Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-27

to Jail with him was n piece OF act
ing that prefaced couple of cur
gay old I.othario Edward Ramsey,
was early taken to the hearts of up
stairs while the lower floor was none
the less slow in appreciatng his work
William Latimer In the hands OF Hal
lett Thompson also scored
The play is both well staged and
excellently presented and will be seen
| tonight and tomorrow night and at
tomorrow's matinee.
The salt Lake theatre fresh from
| the hands of the decorators. presents
| a veritabe transformation. Last night
| the small army OF painters had hardly
| left the building before the doors We're
| thrown open for the season. The re-
| suit OF their work is strikingly APP
| parent Green, ivory and gold Is the
| new color scheme which brightens up
| the old playhouse wonderfully. II goes
| without saying that II would be
| vandalism to obliterate the old Nor
| rls ceiling design but this feature has
not been overlooked. II has been
| touched up and generally cleaned UNI
| I'll 1t is splck and span. New hang
| ings, new carpets and general at
mosphere OF Cheerfulness welcomed
the first nighters and Manager
George u, Pyper was on hand To
the ensuing FIVE months.
Orphcum---There Is absolutely no
headliner at the Orpheum this week,
but this is for the unique and welcome
reason that none Of the six attractions
can be crowded back to second place
Each one has a shade of merit which
makes for first quality, and last night
despite the counter attractions. well
filled house greeted the performers. and
went away delighted. THE stunning
Grcnadiers" of course are the adver-
tlsed headliners, and their performance
Is put on with great carefulness for de-
tails, even to the carrying of special
orchestra leader.
The old friends Of the Neill- Chapman
combination did not recognize them
last night soon enough to give them the
welcoming ovation that characterized
the reception OF their act. as soon as
they were known. From the highly
legitimate TO THE Lady Across the
Hail. is rather q far cry, but they
made much Of their opportunities, and
the sketch proved highly successful.
CASTOR and Green In bits of musical
comedy are saved by Miss Greene who
has one of the sweetest voices heard
from an orphenm stage. Gaston.s
opening number is his worst, since II
seems to be drawn from the center OF
some musical comedy In which the au-
dience has been prepared for the antics
which he cuts up with pointless effect
in the excerpts. Charles b. Ward, the
Original Bowery Boy" Is in class
by himself as an initator and enter
tainer, When one lone man walked out
on the stage In a stiff shirt, collaress,
after a series Of really good numbers,
there was just suspicion that the time
had come for one of those sandwich
offerings which the management eX-
nj a nv 81 a that the money has all
gone to n higher priced people clus-
terng around the headllncr. But
when Ward tied his bandana around
his neck and began to initiate what ne
called real Bowery types-not the
melodramatic limitations, he quickly
demonstrated that he has warmth
of heart to his acting and skill that
makes him alone worth q visit to the
play house. The French equilibrlsts COM
rsa great strength with exceptional
grace. and this combination Is rare
enough to insure success Their bal
ancing and muscle posing have not been
outclassed in the houses history.
To come on after the usual hour Of
closing. following the kinodrome and
still make hit Is a feat almost impos~
sible but the Gatrellc brothers did IL In
series of side-splitting roller skating
exhibitions last night They slarted
ont MS amateurs and ended win the
novelty of an excellently executed clog
dance on rollers. Altogether the bill I'M
sures crowded houses for the week,
and with re-arrdnged order tonight
each performer will have a better OPP
portunity.
Grand--The season at tho Grand
theater opened auspiciously, good
sized and thoroughly appreciative au-
dience being present to witness the int
tial performance. Joshua simpklns.'
a play entirely down-east in charac-
ter was the offering, and it is of the
sort that pleases all classes of the thea
ter-going public Archie Ward as
sumed the role of the New England
farmer, sawmill owner and all around
unique type of men who come from the
Green Mountain state. and there was no
end OF fun from his sayings and doings
during the evening. Mixed with the
humorous were many incidents OF pa
thos Then there was some clever
dancing, and something that passed
for singing. The aggregation Is jol-
" band OF merrymakers, and their ef-
forts are we'll worth seeing The or
chestra that belongs to the company
| IL composed of young men, but good
music, is furnished The house has
made a good beginning and there arr
many attractions in store for Grand
| patrons during the season. Joshua
Simpkins" furnishes the week and the
next engagement will be Della Pringle
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