Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-30

Will stand up under the strain. The
Christmas holiday for all houses forms
an oasis not often met with. Besides
that, Ben Hur' Is something so out Of
the ordinary that II II not fair to use
It for purposes Of comparison. stu
further, the Orpheum is as yet new
paything, and stlll draws for its novel;
ty, aside from the merits OF it's pro-
grams. For all these reasons the OPEN
Ing week of the new order of things,
cannot be taken as an Indicator OF what
fate either OF the box offices has In
store ahead OF Il.
At the Theater, "Ren Hur' has done,
and will do, prodigious business, though
the receipts Of the nine performances
win hardly reach the $4,000 total that
the seven rendltions touched two years
ago. They viii. however, run very
close 10 II, as several of the night
performances haze mounted UP close to
tho 1000 mark.
At the Grand the attendance during
the week has been spotted. both heavy
and light but the house IL Distinctive
" the home of melodrama, and tho
same faces appear at the box Office
week after week, They are not those
of people who care for vaudeville or
burlesque. and the Grand management
are hopeful on this account that they
can hold their patrons. Manager
Smutzer of the Curtis In Denver, Is
drawing the line more and more tight
~ against everything except melodra-
ma, and catering strongly to tho audi
eDces who revel IN that sort of thing
The Lyric has held up well during the
week. The first three performances
were specially heavy. The manage
ment claim that they will keep on CIV
ing shows of the lively sort, appealing
20 a clientele of their own. or all the
houses the Lyric Is In most respects a
competitor of the new Orpheun, as II
is considerably IN the vaudeville line
itself The whitley glrly" business Is
thrown IN for good measure, and 30 the
management feels sure OF holding It's
own IN spite OF the heavy opposition.
At the Orpheum. II Is stated that the
management are pleased with the pat
ronage thus FAR, and that the first week
has given them handsome balance on
the right side of the ledger, The Or
pheum circuit has had Its eye on Salt
Lake for several years past ana feels
sure that the proper moment for us
advent here had arrived Five years
ago Mr.. Bistes, the local manager,
brought an Orpheum company to the
Grand, but he was not very successful
and II was then concluded that salt
Lake was not ripe for polite yaude-
Vile" Conditions since then have
very materially changed and Mr.
Bistes is now confident Of success
vaudeville is taking throughout the
country" he affirmed. wherever we
have opened new houses We have been
told that we cannot make success OK
them, but Il has been demonstrated
ID. .s.I TA
leans and Minneapolis, particularly we
were told on all sides that We would
have 10 close our doors after a brief
run The sequel has been that we are
standing EN- up every night, am
confident that there is plenty Of room
here for all of us now In the field. We
propose to eater to the large class OF
people who like a good, clean show at
popular prices"
As the News" surmised would be the
ease, Florence Roberts has closed her
season IN Ann Lamont on account OF
poor business. When the production
was brought out IN salt Lake. this pa
per pointed out that the play could
never succeed in Miss Roberts hands
without vast alterations. The conf
pany kept going on, TIL II reached
Vicksburg where the notice of closing
was given. Miss Roberts went at
once 10 Denver, where she began re-
hearslng a new play for her New York
opening. Manager Cot said that poor
business was the cause of the dlsband-
ing. and as the booking took Miss
Roberts to New York, he preferred to
close rather than TO try to Interest
Broadway IN Ann Lamont the
name OF the play, by the way, was
changed to st. Anne" but no change
resulted IN the companys bad luck
With tonight's performance OF ben
IGur," the Theatcr winds up busy
season and Will then close it's doors Tor
protracted rest, something unusual
IN the middle OF the season. Nothing,
however Is booked for the next three
weeks so that the other three houses
viii have an uninterrupted right OF
way for that length Of time,
George AIDE. the well known exponent
OF modern slang and playwright, two
years ago was asked many times To
write n short sketch for ASPIRING play
ers. After refusing at least hundred
times he at last gave to vaudeville
audiences a playlet, "On His Uppers'
that Is virtually dramauzation OF
Fred Lennox, the veteran comic opera
comedian who with his supporting
company appear az the Orpheum on
next week az headliners AIDE once re-
marked. PRED has played the horses
for 20 years and the only way for Fred
10 ever own a horse win be TO write n
sketch around one The story there
d fore IL that of a prosperous horseman
who has gone broke and finds himself
stranded in Chicago with nothing but
the clothes he stands IN and n longing
desire 20 feel the asphalt OF Broadway
under his feet again How he eyentu-
ally attans his ambition by marrying
rich widow who was formerly
newsgirI forms the plot Of the skatch.
ION His Upuers' has a laugh IN every
line which is not devoted TO human in
terest solely. II Is said to come nearer
10 one OF his Fables i'm Slang than any
thing else he has written
Other features OF the bin will be
Herberts Dogs an aggregation OF per-
forming anim.iG including the famous
loop the loop canine. which are claimed
20 be among the best on the stage The
Esmeralda Sisters assisted by four
flower girls. Murray X. HIN. IN black
face monologue, and Spencer who APP
pears IN n dress sue and engages In q
humorous chat which he calls the odds
and ends of comedy are two artists
who ara destined 10 score heavily.
For the lovers of gymnastic work
the management has secured the SER
Vices OF Schreck Bros. athletic enter
tanners. who perform n thrilling hand
balancing turn.
The Klnodrome concludes the pro-