Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-30
AMUsEMENTS

place on the comic opera stage. II IL
equally clear that the undertaking was
completed with the full knowledge OF
success In this direction and that speed
qualities We're what was most desired.
Certainly these characteristics pre-
dominate. for II Is "go' proposition
from the moment Daniels Is hurled
through the air by the explosion Of his
automobile, when he Is shot across
the stage with the velocity OF a sky
rocket. until the final drop of the cur
tain. 1t goes" because Daniels holds
the reins and cracks the whip The
pace is as fast as the whole concoc'
tion Is absurd. More than this need
not and cannot wen be said, further
than that Daniels Is 1T with a big ].
He Is the toad in the puddle and knows
Il. TIE others are simply pollywogs
IN the same pool He knows that, too,
and knows that you know 1t and APP
parently enjoys TO the uttermost that
they cannot swim as fast or splash
as far as he can. 1t has been good
many years now since he took to the
profession that has made him famous
and during that time has made count
less thousands laugh away their wor-
ries; and like the vintage OF the grape
and the tone OF the violin he Improves
with axe. He IS the same rotund
pudgy, big little rolllcklng fUnmaker
that he was when he first visited SAT-
Lake, and that he viii remain to the
end. The same stage swagger, the al
ways present tuft OF hair that he twists
and twirls IN every role that he plays,
the alternate uplifting and down drop,
ping" OF the eyebrows, asldes and
comicalities that have ever ana VIA
ever convulse his audiences, continue TO
scintlllate and make merriment. As
Blossoms the newly and unWllllnsly
crowned monarch OF a Toy Kingdom, ne
finds himself completely submerged
with the dllllculties.real and imaginary
that beset the paths OF royalty, when
together with his inability TO abdicate
the throne, result IN complications IN
Vulnerable. But Daniels holds on ana
moves up" little by little until he gets
back to his old calling as street car
conductor, when happiness supreme 10
once more his.
OF music there is much that Is
catchy but none that Is great, Neitner
is there a soloist OF note In the wnole
company, but there Is q chorus tnat
sings and swings and works admirably
together, while pretty faces and hand-
some stage settings make piS'ufe
well worth seeing. Philip Montfort as
the real king and bogus peasant dlu
his part creditably and Or. Willie fel-
let. the mountebank physician whose
face always gave Blossoms a pain, mas
no little ability as comedian himself
Miss Grace Myers was deciueuiy tah
ing Mademolselle Clair de LolnVille aug
FLORENCE Holbrook was as petite ana
trim a duenna as could Wen De mag
ined. Mai Lowery In the role OF the
beggar maid displayed both Versatiiy
and vlyacity. -
Miss Simplicity" Is the bill at the
Theater again for tonight ana tomoi-
row night. In this connection u Is
nroper TO announce that there VIII ps
M matinee tomorrow afternoon, as, ae-
cording 10 the manager, Daniels never
nlavs 10 matineeg lie says ne won't
and he don't. and that Is the end OK II.
rho bouse was q topnotcher last nlgis
ana the remaining performances VIII
be OF the same order.
o,d. time minstrelsy modernized
relgned at the Grand last night. nv
uarry Ward aggregation was greetea
with a fairly good house and II gave
n show much above the average ana
ono which. seemed to take wen AL
round. Unlike a great many such CON-
hinatIons the singing was pleasihgp
harmonious and the jokes gave eni-
dence of having been selected win
care. 10 the entire elimination OF those
worn threadbare with age. some OF ,ils
songs, too. were of nature calculator
10 arouse the risibllities as wen as 10
appeaI to the emotions while the I'M
ported innovation. 1.-THE Lone Hotteh-
tot" the tumbling, and Herschel' the
electrical bag puncher, were all fea-
lures tending to please. Ward and van
Fossen were received with unstinted
applause and we'll maintained the DIS
tinction claimed for them--the minstrel
fayorites. Among the songs surg
which seemed 10 meet with special IA
vor were "The Furniture Man the
Laughing Song" and shes Sleeping
by the Silvery Rio Grande" The same
lii goes again tonight and tomorrow
night. with a matinee tomorrow after
noon.
Hoyt's "a Trip to Chinatown viii
hold the boards at the Salt Lake Thea
Ter for four performances this week.
tho first to be given on Thursday after
noon as New Years matinee, Bar
gain prices will obtain In the AFTERNOON
For eleven years "Sidetracked" has
been going the rounds OF the country
and always making money. ~ Is from
the pen OF Jules Walters and will be the
bin at the Grand for the last half OF the
week, commencing with a Thursday
matinee.
A member Of the Deseret Dramatic
Syndicate organized for the purpose or
giving "Corlanton" TO the world, In
formed the News" at the Theater last
evening that that play was to begin
another Salt Lake hearing next week
and that Il would run for three days
beginning Thursday, one week from
New Years. Like a good many friends
he recalled the fact that the charge
was freely made while "Corianton'
was on the road that Il went onto the
rocks Of ruin for lack Of advertising
The fact that no one appears TO know
anything OF the plays second bow for
public favor at this time has caused
the question to arise Is II IN danger
Of a similar fate with its new cast, and
In its rejuvenated condition? The pub
lie hopes not.
"Corianton" viii be presented at the
Logan Opera house four times the lat
ter part OF this week From there IL
goes 10 Provo and from Provo II comes
to this city. whence II goes to ogden
and then out into the cold. cold world
0nca again