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Show Devil's Auction. fl "The Devil's Auction" at the opera ; H house Friday night attracted as largo ii-vfl antudlencoas was ever In the local j H playhouse and while that audience t lH got many good laughs during tho eve- nlng, those who have seen this pro- fl duotlon in the hands of a capable jffl company know that the recent per- y tJM formance was decidedly "on the bum." ,fl Our own individual oplnion,,and that j1 'jH of at least a few others we think, Is I'lfl admirably expressed by the crltlo ot - jjfl the Inter-Mountain Republican, who ' flfl said after the Salt Lake performance: ' . "There is no use getting up new ' r U things when 'The Devil's Auction' ; ifl can draw such an audience as that at ifl tho Salt Lake theater last night. The 9 house was tilled from pit to dome; ' U and tho show was a little worse than ) 9 usual. Thcro are no singers, no actors, MiB the scenery is old, and the mechanical 1 jfl devices for the pretense of magic look f 9 as if they had been used in tho ark, $! and had never enjoyed a night's rest j since. To bo plain about It, the fur. t '. J nlshlng of Colonel Yale's spectacular !'?; play are very shabby. f , j "George M. Topak, as usual, was i Tobey, tho donkey, and won his cus- j! tomary share of applause. Miss III1- it tfi son, tho Janet, whoso extremely bad ihj voice was not so offenslvo as her face, i is ono ot that diminishing brood ot T 1 actors who try to eko out a bad turn f j by making game of somo one in tho "t audience. It always gets a laugh. li And It is always resorted to by women jfiJf who havo no legitimate means of win. jL nlng applause, ftljf "There was one pleasing fcaturo ot IH'P tho play the ballet of llttlo women. Mil They aro pretty, and they danco well. PWB Miss Pragcr, tho Madeline, Is a re- $ markably good toe-dancer; but the rest fpH of tho company U almost as bad as ufl tho scenery.", JIB 'i'l. -VHi PEroyyfejT jai '.igtolialisaBi?r 3ssssstxSM |