The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-02
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The Stewart Opera company opened "A
| weeks engagement last evening with
something of novelty-a comic opera
mat is tuneful, a company with splendid
sollsts. a good chorus, beautiful scenery.
| attratclXe costumes, and. finally. no
! vaudeville stunts
| Inc Two Roses" is new 10 Salt Lake.
! It's theme is conventional enough. with
plot that revolVes around two love af-
Iairs, an exceedingly modest young man,
| girl who wins him by Disgusting her
sen as a barmaid, and the usual Incl
dental characters. The score is tuneful.
hght and includes a series OF very pretty
AIRS some OF which deserve the popu-
| larlty they have won.
MISS Day. the leading soprano. who APP
| pears as Rose DeCourcelleS the girl of
the dual identity. is rather pretty. has a
| Pleasing, pure soprano with good range
and some exceedingly sweet notes: her
stage manner Is vivacious and attractive.
and she does her part with effective art.
OF her solos, What May Love Sick
Maiden Do" and Just Three Words 50
| WOE repeated recalls
Bertha Shalek. as Susan the rustic
maid was charming, and her voice was. IL
! one dare say it. quite as good as Miss
! Days Her acting was in good taste, in
| telligent and duly subOrdinated to the re-
! qhirementS OF minor part Mr.. Haydn,
] the tenor, IS an artist, and is blessed with
/ an exceptionally rich. fun voice under
! perfect control and much better than one
us accustomed to hear in light opera His
! acting was clever and his appearances
| were greeted always with applause MIR
Leslie, the comedian. was accepta bic
| though not eXcruciatingly funny. Mr.
| Stewart Mr.. Ralston. Mr.. Williams and
Mr. Gordon were all adequate. Miss
Lyon, as Lady Jane. a friend of Rose.
was called on TO do the ornamental and
succeeded admirably. with pretty face
and most fetching costume. IL may be
mentioned in passing that the chorus has
some girls who are really good looking
and can really sing. The stage settings
We're very pretty and the costumes in
Keeping. The same bill is on tonight.
One of the good bills Of the season is on
az the Orpheum this week. Perhaps best
of all short sketches, although intensely
| tragic, and much too deep for light vaude-
vile work. Is the playlet, I'm Self De-
tense, put on by Margaret WycherIy in
which she does seven lightning CHANGES
me changes are not her speciality. how
ever fer the work of the real actress is
Evidenced in the ease with which she
changes, not alone her makeup and
clothes, but her part. POrtraying six diff
IeFent chaI acterS within the few minutes
OF the whole act, she does each one in
master way, showing herself as clever
and quick at adapting herself as any
situation on the boards would require
ana Wltnal II IS evident that she is d
strong emotional actress of a high class
CHARLES Sharp. the mOnOlOgue artist was
easily second on the bill, with his clever
Jokes and his mixture of music and mirth
was Ferry in Falkland" which is
really new in the line Of contortionists
Some good work has been done in this
line before. and this year some especially
interesting features have been shown in
the contortion line. but Ferry" beats
them all Lillian Ashley was rather good
IN her child stories. but her singing is
better omitted; while the other musical
numbers by the Oliviera Trio are not out
OF the ordinary at all.
A bunch of three clever tumbIers do
some fun making in Fun in a Hotel
and the kinodrOme. with good set Of
pictures. goes on strike and runs out of
focus The show is well worth seeing.
The Girl and the Bandit" the latest
comic opera success, is announced to ap-
pear at the Salt Lake theatre next week.
To, please a number of friends who do !
not live in Salt. The Wedding Day. will I
be given one night of cOnference-Monday /
at the Salt Lake theatre This will he 4
practically the last performance of the !
opera.
The company presenting Girl of the
streets at the Grand this week is a most !
pleasing one, especially worthy of men /
non being the performance of Miss
katherine Gregg and little Miss Alice
Berry. The management has given the
Orama careful attention as to mounting
and effects and the entire production is
one of the best the Grand has offered.
A well pleased audience witnessed the
performance of The Power of Truth at 4
the Lyric theatre last night The play
Is one of the lighter society pattern. in /
which the stock company is more espe-
clally at home II is a pleasing comedy
nom beginning TO end.
Davis county fair at Lagoon Oct 3
5. 6. Trains, 1870. 4:30, $50. 7:30 n
m. Fare. 30 cents, including admission
IN Grounds