| Show CHILDREN AT THE THEATER After Arter a man mm ge into the grandfather grandfather grand grand- father habit amateur performances at atthe atthe atthe the theater are not going to seem very attractive to him He will dodge them whenever he can It Ie ono one becomes inevitable in in- evitable be he will go to it with tho the dread inspired by br the dentists dentist's char chair and will groan through an evening an evening an abject martyr martT to some compelling influence that he cannot evade But Dut even tho the grimmest grandfather would melt to smIles anti and warm to hearty applause at the tho Salt L Luke Lako ke ter last week A perfect marvel manel has hasteen been teen on show there First probably the be credit I If is due to a little man named i A Agostino a n magician in itt spectacular and a creator of or tableaux Maybe ho h gets Ng well paid for or hl his service He should for he ho earns carns it That isn't the point The point is that he doe does I wonderfully well weIl what he starts to doThen do Then th tho th Utah Commercial Travelers Tra in their organized capacity are to be recognized as workers ers of or wonders That association of the tile l keenest and md the tho jolliest men in the tho world devised a scheme for making a little mone money for the Canyon Crest ranch a home for boys s who are a n little more unfortunate th than n others and they are going to do 10 some everlasting c good with their enterprise enterprise enter enter- prise for there will be money enough to mal make e life Jire a little easier and success a little more assured for a n lot of or lads because of the tile effort these commercial travelers have made I And then the tho great good people of I Salt Lake Lale arc entitled to the credit How many homes are represented In inthe inthe the he spectacle It is impossible to sa say There are probably five hundred persons persons per per- sons actually taking part P The They are nrc from rom the very best homes in the city Society women who do not usually indulge indulge indulge in in- In these little HUle exhibits have e lent their talents to the minuet and to tho the groupings Men ten of business and of fortune for fos' tune have been willing helpers In the scheme chome And AntI the result is a succession succession sion of the most wonderful pictures built of living HYing human beings that the present writer has ever seen anywhere any any- where Old Dave e Henderson on of Chicago once made himself famous and famous and temporarily rich wIth rich with spectacular plays like another Cr Crystal Slipper and bad tho Sailor and the tho rest There Thero was much of or scenery and of or color and andI I of lights But this picture on the Salt Lake theater stage hns has all the color and lights are vastly better and there I Is the immeasurably more impressive e I human element in the tableau Fanc Fancy hundreds of children standing close as possible together clear across I tho the stage another line behind 1 them a little higher and a little HUle older ohler and then another line behind that bigger and and on a still more elevated eJe platform And then continue that fanc fancy to the ver very top and back hack of the theater theater and and then imagine it al all alive with color and movement with song sOnS and gesture in perfect unison or Of course it is impressive e Old men get young again looking at it And their hearts out to the tho little go people people peo pee pie who are simply revelling in pleasure plea plea- sure sure and and at the same samo time are each helping to make e life easier and success surer for some little bo boys s 's who have no good h homes mes 4 The Tho Tho pr promoters tho the Commercial Travelers he ho p people big ople big and little of the city a H l have bave dono done a marvelous mar thing They have united in a splendid spectacle which is glorified and sanctified sancti sancti- fied fled by the tho noble purpose of oC helpful helpful- ness It is human life Ufo put to the best and the most beautiful of possible I uses |
