The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-14
PROMISE OF THE PLAYHOUsEs.
The Royal Chef"

1.-THE Royal Chef is down for a visit
TO Salt Lake, and will appear at the
Salt Lake theatre on Monday Tues
day and Wednesday. The music of the
play Is not only extremely catchy, but
has scored number for number with
any ever written for a single produc-
ton, in many a day. The scenic eff
fects are described as great and the
company, with Harry Hermsen in the
leading role, unusually capable. The
locale of the Royal Chef is the myth
zeal Isle of Oolong, over which the
rajah rules in exalted dignity; finding
his chef has attempted to poison him,
he has the rascal beheaded and orders
Lord Mito, his prime minister, to find
him another before shutdown or suffer
a like fate. The prime minister fears
it is a hopeless task, but just as his
time is about UP he is saved by the I'M
expected appearance of Heinrich Lemp-
hauSer of Chicago, who is at once pro-
NOTED to the position of royal chef
The new chef turns out to be Joke
smith, and around him revolves all the
incidents that show clever dramatic
construction. The opera is staged in
fine style, both in costumes and every
accessory required to give it proper
setting, while the specialists chorus.
dancers and supernumeraries meet
every requirement and, in point OF
numbers exceed any that is usually
required in musical comedy.
Vaudeville.
There will be a dash and vim in the
new bill at the Orpheum which com
mences Monday night that will stamp
il as genuine modern vaudeville. From
the original and clever English juggler
Chinko. to the kinodrome, there will
be sensation, laughs and thrills. The
headliner. ChinkO, comes with great en-
dorsements from the critics of Los An
geles and San Francisco, where he has
been for the past thirty days factor in
the s. o. r. sign at the other houses
of the circuit. His act contains more
real Juggling novelties than any other
before the public. AS fast as he is
copied he invents new ones Just now
he makes a speciality of Juggling with
seven billiard balls and. by way of
recreation, picks up his fair assistant.
a chair and a table, and sends them
on a ring around-a-roses trip.
The Italian trio of operate singers Is
guaranteed not to make the thirsty
man go outside to see friend as is the
case with some trios. These three men
can sing and make an equal hit above
and below; in fact. if anything, the
gallery gods are the more demonstra-
tive when they are on. One of the
singers especially has a splendid voice.
In Katherine Nugent Salt Lake Will
welcome an old friend in the form OF
the Flora Virgins of THE College
Widow" who was here last spring.
Katherine has forsaken the ''le-it' for
vaudeville, and has landed with both
feet She gives limitations of such we'll
known types as Marie D-essler, Anna
Held, Vesta Tilley and Effie Fay Her
work in every instance is artistic.
vision in white. ever in motion,
now astride, under. through and around
silver plated wheel hys Minnie Kauf-
man, billed as "the greatest woman
bicycle rider of the world" Miss Kauf-
mann comes from the famous Kauf-
mann family of stage cycle artists. and
she still further adds TO the family's
record. TO say nothing of the pleasure
she gives to the audience.
Linden Becllwith, the singing por-
trair, is another turn that Will please.
Miss Beckwith is very beautiful wo-
man, sings well and wears stunning
dresses. What more can an Orpheum
audience ask?
Georgia Gardner and Joseph Mad
dern provide a laughable sketch which
is called TOO Many Darlings" This
playlet is said TO leave no opening
empty where comedy could be inserted
1t is a scream from the drop of the hat
The kinodrome deserts comedy this
week for flyer into melodrama of the
blood and thunder type. The vehicle
will be 1.-The Great Train Robbery"