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Show O ,. .-(, music m drama) 4 1 "Everyman." which the original Ben Greet company from London will present pre-sent at the Salt Lake theatre soon. Is the oldest dramatic work which has ever been used by a regular theatrical theatri-cal company on tour. Written 500 years ago the appeal of this old morality mor-ality play is as strong to a modern audience au-dience as it was to the simple religious gatherings of the fifteenth century. Its hold on the audience of today is ciuite as strong, tor, as th? most powerful pow-erful modern play written with the very, spirit and reflection of our own age express?d within it. Why this should be so is obvious to all who have once witnessed "Everyman" "Every-man" and felt the charm which has j made the play the most talked of I drama presented in the east in ten j years. This simple drama tells of the most solemn moment in man's life, j that dread time when he hears th trumpet of death calling him to that last journey which he must take. Everyman, the character for whom the play is named, represents mankind in I general and when "Everyman." the j drama, speaks to mankind today ex-j actly as it did 500 years ago, we of today must listen, for the story is unl- ! versal and is of all ages. Thus it is j that the absolute simplicity of the play J is as effective with modern audiences j as It was with those of the mediaeval j period. Consequently the success of the production in the most modern sense I has been enormous. ' The temerity and daring of Ben Greet j in inwenung nis scnoiariy performances perform-ances have met with an unexpectedly generous support from all classes of the public. In practically every city j in which "Everyman" has been acted j the company has had to repeat the i visit, consequently the company's pro- gress has been slow. j One of the most interesting of all the ! sentences penned by clergymen concerning con-cerning "Pveryman" is by Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia, who summed up briefly his impression of "Everyman" in these words: "I have heard many, sermons, and preached many, but never anything as powerful as this." ' j Salt Lake City's national banks, with j the exception of the Commercial Na- tional, elected directors for the year j ( Tuesday. The banks and directors j chosen follow: Utah National Anthon H. Lund.lt James Chipman, Henry Dinwoodey, John Henry Smith, William H. Smith, Frank T. Taylor, George A. Smith, Thomas R. Cutler, O. P. Miller. Joseph Geoghegan, George Sutherland. Deseret National John R. Barnes. John C. Cutler, A. W. Carlson. E. R. Kldredge. L. S. Hills. W. H. Mclntyre. David Ecc'es. W. W. Rltr . George Romney. John C. Shnrn, John R. Winder. Win-der. Moses Thatcher. Reed Smcot. National Bank of the Repub'ic Frank Knox, William F. Adams. J. C. Lynch, S. Mays. (j. S. Holmes. S. P. Milner, Thomas. Kearns. John S. I Phipp.s1, New York; James A. Murray, Butte. A meeting will be held Jan. io for the purpose of electing officers. The Commercial National bank officials offi-cials met, but because of the absence of a number of the directors and officials, offi-cials, it was decided to defer action until un-til next Tuesday. |