The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-27
ADJUSTMENTS

An old friend Buster Brown" is in
the city again, at the Salt Lake theatre
large audience, one that contained very
many more adults than children, saw the
performance and seemed to enjoy it i'm
menSely. Yet the jokes are mostly of the
musty variety and there is little, general
~ speaklns, to commend the offering to
the attention of even the frivolous How
ever, Buster Brown" is not entirely
without merit. The drill of the Highland
lasstes at the close of the first act is ex-
Matte Lockette as Mary Jane in the sec
ond act. Master Percy Hciton is the
Buster this year. He is said to be only -
years old. Certainly he does the mart
well Last night. though, his voice was
| husky as a result Of oVeruse and many
of his lines were lost to the audience AL
fred \. Grady made a capital Tige. The
other members of the cast were fair 10
middling. The production is well staged
and castumed., Buster Brown rims
through Friday night with matinees to-
day and tomorrow.
At the Orpheum next week the manage
ment announces the following capital bill:
Charles +. Semon. THE Narrow Feiier":
Musical AVOIDS, premier xylophonists OF
Europe and America; Dillon brothers
comedians who sing their own songs;
Nine. SlapOffski, the Russian soprano;
Palfrey and Hoefler. comedy acrobatic cy-
clists; Miss Lima Panther on the bound
ing wire. assisted by Tommy: and the
kinodrome. This weeks excellent bill is
making a hit, judging from the big houses
in evidence
Emil Krause, who is considered one of
the strongest of European critics. said of
Schumann- Heink when he heard her once
again in Berlin after al absence on this
continent of more than year. She has
wonderfully preserved the maFveiousIy
mellow and yet vOluminous mezzo-soprano
in the years during which we have not
heard her, and she likewise retains the
same great vocal art and noble interpre-
tation. She sang this significant compo-
sltion In a powerful style. at the same
time giving the embellishments which sur
round the melodies like garlands of rose
buds. most delicate execution. The
beauty of her voice was also heard to
great advantage in Schubert's "All-
macht- The SenSuOus beauty the I'M
commonly warm color of the organ Gre
ated a magic spell in this number also.
No wonder, therefore, that the desire for
an encore was universal. but. curiously
enough. the artist did not grant it"
Schumann-Heink's concert recital Is to
be given on New Years eve at the First
Methodist church.
The Sultan of Sulur which comes to
the Salt Lake theatre next Saturday matt
nee and night deals in a whimsical and
events in the Philippines during the
American invasion. Mirth and melody is
the keynote to this comic opera success
and from all accounts the entertainment
and especially diverting to all classes
George AIDE, the famous author of ''Fa-
bles i'm Slang, is said TO have surprised
his admirers by the Gilbertian flavor Of
the lines in THE Sultan of Sulu'' and tha
humor redolent OF the soil with which this
book abounds.
AT Cripple Creek" which will he saa,
here at the Grand the balance Of This
current week. with a souvenir matinee on
Saturday afternoon, can lay claim TO he
ing the most important and comnieta
melodramatic production OF the wear. rs
success in the east was most pronounced
and it's presentation here will be give,
with the original cast. scenery and effects
Mr.. E. J. Carpenter is responsible for tbe
production. which is all the Endorsement il
requires. The New Years attraction al
the Grand next week will be the Romance
of the south. which is having such suc-
cessful run in the east, "As Told In the
Hills
Miss Villa Holt Wakefield. the society
entertainer who is appearing at the Or
pheiim this week win take the newsbovs
of Salt Lake for a long trolley ride this
morning at 10 o'clock. Should the weather
not permit the trip will be nostporfed until
Friday. In the meantime Miss Wakefield
seems to have made a big hit with the
Youngsters. who yesterday sent her 4
huge box of chocolates with their cempli-
ments.
a Desperate Chance continues to d.,
good business at the Lyric.