Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-16
ADJUSTMENTS.

There was entirely too much sand
In the orpheum sugar bowl last night.
The public palate cannot continue TO
be ground by II without getting sore
sooner or later and judging by well
developed premonltory symptoms, II
Will not be very long until popular
gagging must ensue. To be sure there
We're good acts last night-some of
them very good. But as two or three
swal lows do not make n summer, nei-
Their do two or three palatable num-
bers make an evenings entertainment.
In the large eastern cities coarse and
unculturd cOlored folk may be crowded
on to program OF artists ana tolerat-
ed. In Salt Lake, however, that sort
OF thing must soon run its course.
One instance only need be cited. When
the African trio. billed as the Three
Mltchells," had indicted themselves
upon u suffering audience for some
minutes lady and gentleman from
the Southland, whose Views on the
race question are known to be in har-
mony with those Of the Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., arose and left the theater.
There were others who wanted 20 leave,
too, but concluded to see the thing
through Then there was one Jack
Irwin, character monologlst whose
work was neither burlesque, comedy
nor tragedy. 1t was Just bad And
singularly enough, tina audience was IN
one of those undefinable moods where
in II would have applauded anything
not positively shocking
but there was also another class OF
vaudeville on the program And II Is
ba Of
work of the Debutz Bros, the comedy
cyclists, was clever MS II was Diff
cult, and the three artists who sail
under the banner Of Horsky Rergerc
& CO., while presenting He, She and
He" furnished the best single attrac-
ton that has yet been given at the
house with the one exception OF the
George AIDE sketch of two weeks ago.
The Spanish dancing girls belong TO
the middle of the road class, and their
castinet and terpsichorean eVolutlons
were not received with unboundcd en-
thusiasm, The knodrome was again
I'm evidence and appears 10 De growing
IN popularity. The Juggling Normans
gave wonderful act In the club
swinging line and made distinct hit.
The house was crowded from orches-
ira to the last now in the gallery and Il
Manager Bistes extended compliment
tary courtesies to the members OF tho
Utah Press association which met in
annual session In Salt Lake yesterday
afternoon Last nights offering goes
for the reminder Of the week with
matinee performances this afternoon,
Thursday and Saturday,
Theo Torch and his company are
giving patrons Of the Grand another
chance TO see that twice week is
rather often for "A star 90 change his
bill The thrilling war drama captain
Herne, Y, $. A." is his Offering and II
proves popular, especially with the gal
lerics, where the unfinished work or the
climayes does not seem so apparent.
To one who has watched the rise OF
Young Torch. It furnishes one more
wish that he would HE himself away TO
a master. or at least get one role down
To a point of perfection, and travel
about with H. Estern critics are now
advocating, with more or less vigor
that arrangements he made with stock
houses so that one stock company
needs only to perfect itself in one or
two plays. and then change play
houses. instead Of bills, this in the IN
terest of giving better drama, even IN
the melodrama class to the popular
priced public. l.oroh. II would SEEM
| is an actor who would profit much by
| such an arrangement.
In Cant. Herne his work Is good, but
| that of his support is open to much
| Improvement. The play continues unui
Wednesday evening with the usual
| midweek matinee,
The "Jolly Girls" are stu drawing
| good audiences at the Lyric where
they are TO remain until Friday night
when they give way to the 'Dreamland
Beauties Tomorrow afternoon the
usual Wednesday matinee and the ra-
dunn dance will be the feature.