The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-08

The week just past does not offer
much opportunity for review. Enter
tainment was scanty, and two out of
the three productions We're repetitions.
On Monday night at the Theatre,
1.-The Chimes OF Normandy closed its
popular and tuneful career, as far as
Salt Lake is concerned. The opera was
a great favorite, and was given often
er than any other OF the company's pro-
auctions. 1t has enough good parts to
furnish opportunities to all the mem
berS and they make the very best of
the material. given them. The chorus
is fresh in appearance and voice, and is
an important feature. A little more care
as to details among its members, how
ever, would result in a more finished
production. Many little slips are notice
able at times in facial expression and
gesture not to mention pose, and while
these things may not seem important,
compared to the work of learning the
music and the general business, the au-
dience has plenty OF opportunity to OBJ
serve, and also plenty of inclination to
find fault. The Salt Lake Opera COM
pany undoubtedly gives the best ANA
teur opera performances ever heard
here. and little things due to careless
ness, are unworthy Of its excellent
standard.
At the Grand. two productions Of a
decidedly different character were Of
fered. Yet lad L seen either of them
without The other ! should have termed
it 6. -neIodranla. As it is, I cannot in
Justice. place them in the same cate
CORY. Compared to THE Heart of Chi
cago" "Cn the Suwanee River is a
peaceful, unruffled idyl, even is people
We're sent to another world, blindness
or idiucy in every act. 1t might be said
that it is melOdramatic in sentiment,
while THE Heart '-Well, it doesn't
waste time in tearing emotions to tat
tiers, for its mission is to satisfy crav-
ing for wild excitement, purely and
simply. There ought to be q sign out
side during a performance of this kind,
saying children in arms, and nervous
people not admitted''-an people with
a suspicion of heart disease should I'M
dergo a special examination before en-
tering.
But, as the locomotive comes thunder
ing to the footlights, threatening to an
initiate the whole audience, the de-
vourer of the dime novel and penny
story paper goes wild with delight, and
the mission of the versatile playwright
is accomplished If Mr.. Carter would
use smokeless powder, he would in a
measure lessen the discomfort of his
audiences.
The apparent incongruity of a lot of
people doing specialties, apropos of
nothing, on top of the Masonic temple, |
did not seem out of place along with
the rest of the incidents. However, if |
Mr.. Mulvey is going to remain true to
the "a theatre for the family idea, a |
little care as to the character Of the
specialties in piece of this kind, might |
mot seem out Of place.
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The Grand offers still another melo- |
dram M1nQpa1-
probably has good box office reasons |
for continuing to furnish this style of /
amusement. 1t would seem to an OBJ !
server, however, that vaudeville COM |
panies have made the records for the |
house, and it is too bad that shows like |
The Dazzler" are not to be had con- !
tinually.
Thursday night, at the Salt Lake the |
atre, opens the notable engagement of /
Frank Daniels. Mr.. Daniels is one Of |
the established stars of comic opera, |
although in his personality and meth |
DDS, he is different from them all He /
attained his first distinction in farce |
comedy, and his performance Of Little |
Puck viii probably always remain as /
ISOLATED with his nams. He comes this !
time in his two big comic opera sue |
cesses, and the management promises
that nothing which characterized their /
presentation in New York Will be /
omitted. This, in itself, is an enticing
bait. The company, also, is the same
one which supported the comedian at
the Broadway theatre, New York.
Mr.. Daniels opens his engagement
here in The Idols Eye The scene is
laid in India, and the plot deals with
the TWO eyes of sacred idol. One of
these eyes has the power of making
everyone fall in love with the one who
possesses it, while the other one ezerts
an exactly opposite influence. Much Of
the fun in the opera is caused by q
Scotchman who has been saved in an
attempt to commit suicide. According
TO the laws Of India. a would-be sui
eide is as good as dead, consequently. I
if anyone saves him. ne is responsible
for ali of the seif-destroyer's future ac-
tons The Scotehman il this case is a
confirmed kleptomaniac, so, needless to
say, his keeper has no enviable posi-
ton These hints suggest a series Of
funny complications. The. scene Of
THE Wizard Of the Nile" as one would
imagine, is laid in Egypt, and the
story tells about the troubles of one
''Kibosh," who poses as a magician. in
efforts TO save his life. There is much
opportunity in this play for effective
costurning.
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Following Frank Daniels at the The