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Show sented before large audiences at' the opera house Monday ar.d Tuesday evenings. Mr. Ethier, Miss Boyer. Mr. Johnson, Mr. ; Cu.Jer, Mr. Merket and Miss Due ! surpassed even . their former J great efforts, the admirable Eth-! ier proving a tower of dramatic ! strength. Mr. Swenson was a i pleasing Shiblon and Mr. Per-j cival gave an intelligent portrayal por-trayal of Seantuai, though he! suffered considerably in compar-1 ison with Seerle's masterful pre-j sentation of that fine part. i Some disappointment rcasfelt ovei the cutting out of a portion of the last act. The new arrangement arrange-ment mav he ail ris-ht, for those who have not before witnessed the play, but it is certainly not j satisfying to those who are' familiar with the production. j George W.Thatcher was re-', cently asked to make a statement! of the trouble between L. A. Im- : haus and himself, but he declined i to disclose anything concerning j j the matter at the present time. ! I He states that at the present he j j is not in a position to give his ! side of the case, but will do so as soon as developments shall make j it proper and necessary to do so. j However, from some o those j who were with the company on its memorable coast tour, many facts are gleaned which throw I some light on the subject. It! I would sem that the members of j the company considered that Mr. lmhaushad practically abaud-lonedthem abaud-lonedthem in Butte, as he had ! made nobookins: ahead, and, be- ing ill at his hotel for three daysj with", nervous prostration, was not seen or heard of for that length of time. In the meantime, the propeity of the production I had been attached, and the mem- j bers of the company were idly j waiting for the next movement. ! It was at this juncture, so state j those who were with the play, j ! tsat 1L. . Thatcher stepped irtoj !.?5e breach and rescued the con- j j cern, even , as he had done at, ! Kansas city, where he paid the ! fares cf the company to Utah , I from his own purse. The actors , i state that they were d:ssatisfied 1 with Mr. Imhaus1 methods and I declined to accompany him tar-i tar-i ther. To show the straits which! I the production had reached, it is I generally believed that Mr.! Thatcher paid eleven hundred j dollars from his personal funds to the move troupe out of Butte. When the unwritten history of j "Corianton" shall be made public, pub-lic, it will be found that George W. Thatcher has been its main support, and that every action of his has been directed by nonesiy, fairness and a courage which sur- mounts great obstacles in the jface of overwhelming odds. Since i the first appearance of the play j in Salt Lake last spring to the ! present time, he has but labored j without emolument and with un-; un-; deserved criticism to make the play a success, in order that those who had invested their money in it might reap some little reward. Whatever he did at Butte, in taking charge of the play in the face of the protest by Mr" Imhaus was made necessary by the extreme circumstances into in-to which the latter bad sunk the company, and Mr. Imhaus received re-ceived all the justice due him, in spite of all he may say to the ! contrary.- Mr. Thatcher has a wide circle of friends who believe that Mr. Imhaus has deliberately misstated the facts. Those in a position to know say Imhaus' j conduct of the affairs of the play ; stamp him as a beginner ic the 'theatrical business and that he I has yet much to learn before he jean aspire to manage a product-lion product-lion of the size of "Corianton." i Before the Footlights Fresh from the sea breezes of the Pacific coast, "Corianton" came back again and was pre- |