Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-27
ADJUSTMENTS.

salt Lake Theater--Floreuce Rob
erts has at last secured a play with
which she may venture upon Broadway.
The venture win be full of risks, OF
course, but THE Strength Of the Weak"
GA better name for which, by the way,
would have been THE Sins Of ths
Fathers"), has 10 chances Of succeed
ing where Ann Lamont had one.
wonderfully strong play has Alice NJ.
Smith constructed in THE Strength Of
the weak" and nothing could give bet
ter evidence of that strength than the
fact that the responsiveness of the main
theme is lost sight of and outweighed
in the minds OF The audience by the
fascination. breathess interest and In
tensity with which the situations are
brought out. The third act at times is
worthy Of Sardou, though the same
cannot be said OF the play as a whole.
II is well constructed. full OF flashes oi
witty dialogue aud bright repsrtee. Tn,
staging - beautiful and the costuming
Of the best The Incidental vocal mt
sic, furnished by a well known local
quartet of ladies' was admirable though
rather loud IN places, and was SO good
as almost to distract attention from the
acting. In a word. the production from
a stage standpoint left nothing to be de-
sired.
Miss Roberts was frighttully handi-
capped by a cold that at times almost
choked her utterance. When the big
audience which 1t must be said wa,
reused 10 strong enthusiasm at the end
Of the cllmaXes called her again and
again before the curtain. and the en-
thuslastic galleries insisted on speech,
she responded In a way truly feminine,
IL can't have such cold that
can hardly say my lines AN assurance,
which was really needless; but on the
whole she has done nothing better since
her "Zaza,' which remains In the minds
OF her Salt Lake friends the best of all
her creations.
Miss Roberts supporting company Ia
a delight 10 contemplate. Mr.. Ormonde
an admirable actor. last seen here,
we believe, as leading man with
Blanche Bates IN Under Two Flags"
easily dominated the stage whenever he
stepped upon Il. lie is so good an actor
that one regrets that his part does not
afford him greater opportunities, but
such as there are he improves 10 the
fullest. Mr.. Wilson, another old friend,
had the repulsve part Of the black
guard father to portray, and he did Il
| with care and intelligence. Mr. Fig
| man, another popular fayorlte with the
| audience, had one of the breezy Gel
| man English roles for which he Is
| famous. 1t was hardly worthy OF his
| attalnments as an artist, but II goes
| without saying that he made the most
| OF IL. Mr.. Northrup. another excellent
actor, though with too great a peuchant
| for STOPPING forward 10 emphasize his
points. was as good as ever IN the part
OF the young blood. There were a num-
| Der Of breezy hits made among the
| ladies. the hest o! them being Adelald,
| Monola In the part Of Kitty. and Ruth
| Allen, who was the "mannsh" girl 20
perfection. Florence Robinson as the
| Chicago parvenue also contributed a
| piece Of excellent character work
| The Strength Of the Weak" VIII be
seen again this evening and tomorrow
| afternoon and evening. While II Is not
the sort OF play one cen conscIentlously
recommend 20 his son or daughter It's
power and Interest as a stage produce
ton are undeniablc
Orphcum-1'he Orpheum manage
ment presented regular ollapodrida
bill of good bad and indifferent mix
ture last night 10 an audience OF rath.
or slender proportions Among the
good features may he mentioned tins
Three Seldoms In their plastic statu-
airy poses which We're strikinglv anC
picturesnuelv beautiful such a display
OF masculine power and grace as would
be q credit TO any playhouse In the
country; Rosaire and Doreto. the cap
tain and the drunken sailor who enter.
taired ard cnnviilssd the aciicrce hS
clever tumbling and acrobatic work
and Lovlne and Walton as the gas in