Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-27
'AnnusenentS

giving Jam last evening when Joseph
Hart, formerly Of the Halen & Hart
team, brought out his new skit. sug
gested by the New York Herald car
toons, Foxy Grandpa" In faithful
copy " the lively old gent with two
| very clever boys constantly In use TO
show the scrnpes grandpa fell into and
! got out Of, and with a big bunch OF
dancers and singers to an IN the gaps,
| Mr.. Hart succeeded IN entertaining his
audience In very lively fashion OF
course, the piece is all froth, and 1t
would be sad task to try and narrGis
the story. IL was the aort Of thing,
however, that big audience. full OF
! good nature. after the discussion OF
turkey and cranberries, wanted 10 end
off the holiday festivities with, so
everyone laughed and applauded, and
very few complained,
The best acting OF the night was done
| by the two boys, who ought 10 have
! had more duet singing. Miss DeMar
had nothing special TO DO except to
dance, and that she performed with
the sl;lll OF long, long ago. The chorus
sang well and acted with spirit. The
fnme bin goes for the remainder OF the
week. with Saturday matinee Yes.
! terday's matinee was well attended ana
| the youngsters greatly enjoyed watch-
Ing the antics OF Foxy Grandpa and
his two hopeful grandsons.
Miss Agnes Dahlquist, pianist, who
| has lately returned from Berlin, makes
her debut at the First Congregational
church tonight, in Il carefully prepared
prc@ram.
The Head Walters came to the
Grand yesterday for two performances
and played 20 full houses. The program
does not mention the name Of the au-
thor of this SHOW" That is hardly TO
be wondered at. Their name is legion
for they are uucountable. II should
by rights be called II potpourrl, for the
most attractive numbers In It are old
friends. some OF them in new garments
and the plot could not be found with
a searchlight. However, many of the
musical numbers We're very faVorably
accepted by the audience and earned
many encores. There was plenty of
fun there and the comic roles were well
filled. The burlesque at the conclusion
was extremely humorous being Il very
clever take-on on the modern war
drama. la3 Burkhart as Iz2y Cohn
gave 4 very laughnbe Hebraic repre-
sentation. William lnnHn and Jack
Percy and Harold Negligee though
some of their humor was rather far
fetched Joe Kelly as the dope tleud
was quite good, and his makeup was
excellent; his quiet style of comedy
provided Il relief from the boisterous-
mes Of the others OF the women, Miss
lnman was very attractive as Gaiety
Girl, and sang pleaslngly. while Dollie
De Vyne as flower girl Is quite a
capable Coincidence, The would-be
serious ballads were tedious. THE
Head Walters" gives the audience plen-
~ of hearty laughs and on that ac-
count Is worth seeing
People who had come TO think that
the practise of turning out In paying
numbers to hear high class concert.
was one of the forgotten arts In Salt
Lake. had their eyes pleasantly opened
at the congregational church last
night Miss Emma Ramseys friends
and admirers. to the number Of six hun
bred or more, filled the handsome
auditorium and were rewarded by hear
ing a program of rare enjoyment Miss
Ramsey, herself, was down for nine
numbers, which she. sang In French,
German and English and which ranged
from the grand Freyschut2 air down
a dainty ballad by Nevln Her pure
tones, the delightful quality Of her
voice especially In the lower and mid
die registers. were given full oppor-
tunlty by the widely varying selections,
and in everything she did she was
heartily applauded several bouquets
bling handed her by the ushers during
the evening. Mr.. Weihe, who was
down for two numbers, but had to
make II four. had an old time ovation.
He was at his very best in the Andante,
second concerto. the exquisite Cradle
song, by Sauret, and the Traumerei,
which he plays in a way that Frankie
himself might take pointsfrom-but was
hardly up TO his own form in the Rus
sian airs. Miss Sands, an accomplished
young pianist, played several selections
i'm excellent style, besides accompany
Ing the singer while Mr. Shepherd, at
the piano, aided Mr. Weihe with his
usual taste
Mis- Arvilla Clark received reception
bordering on an ovation at her appear
ance In Ogden last night Several mu-
cisans present, including Director
Joseph Ballantyne of the Tabernacle
choir, declared the young lady splend-
Id singer From low "G' 10 high "B
FIAT the artistic has voice that Is beau
tiful and her taking Of a high "B' last
night IN pianassimo was one OF the
marks Of the artist.
Mr. Kirkhum, the tenor, made hne
success and was given marked favor for
his solos
Assisted by Mr. Mcclellan, organist,
and the Tabernacle choir. under Dlrec-
tor Stephens, these two artists win APP
pear at the Tabernacle next Monday
night In a SPLENDID program. selected
with "a view 10 pleasing all tastes.
Miss Ramsey, who gave her farewell /
concert in the Congregational church !
last evening, has kindly consented TO
sing a couple OF numbers at the re-
cital OF Miss Dahlqulst In the same |
building tonight The Misses Ram
sey and Dahculst knew each Other
in Europe when they We're pursuing !
their musical educations and formed |
fast friendship for each other one
evidence OF that fact Is their appear
ancc together tonight,
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