Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-12

ton OF tho meauderings along a devious
| pathway, of a divorced woman who
| leaves her second husband and goes
| back to the first, it has much more OF
| unwholegome suggestlYeness In II than
| has Daudet's "Sapho.' And the latter
| has infinitely less OF animalism and Inn
morality in it than the ever popular ana
so called standard" Carmen" which
we are to see during the present en-
! gagement. AS to the ending OF "Sppho.
il Is logical, effectiN2 and refreshlngly
natural and In no wise does the produc-
ton offend as expected.
Miss Nethersoles support Is excellent
throughout, and MIR. Mills as Jean
Gaussin, more than once divides hon
ors with the star. The Second Mrs.
Tandueray" will be tonights bill, and
tomorrow night "Adrienne Lecouvreur,'
with a "Sapho" matinee in the after
noon,
orphcum-ro think OF art as di-
vorced from the financial income that
results from success is the fond delu-
sion of many of its lovers. Yet the fact
that actors. like poets and painters
receive more for their talent in TINS
commercial age than in the good old
days OF yore has perhaps drawn to
the boards class Of people TO wholn
the Joy OF their work Is secondary
consideration.
The great and constantly increasing
number of Hebrews ON the Orpheum
bills suggests that II Is the tina ncial IN
stinCt of the race rather than any
sudden development of abundance In
talent which makes them learn the
Iiddsh slide aud foist upon us such
denominations as "SSS and cts. cts, cts,
which appeared last week. The promi-
nent Hebrew facial features are be-
coming a fixture OF Orpheum compa-
MES.
This week a pair are presented in
Eugene ana Willie Howard, who really
are good and deliver big packages OF
fun for every moment they are on the
stage. In this particular, however. they
fail 10 pass the rest of the program,
for every number Is received with
series Of encores and rippes of laugh-
ter that suggests well pleased house,
The bill lis excellent throughout with
out having any one feature distinctly
worth the price of admission by itself.
or any so bad 1t ought to go to the dis
card.
Willard Weihe was back at the lead
er's chair in the orchestra, after q trip
east and the welcome accorded him
was II warm and prolonged one. The
opening act Leonard and Louie, in
aCrobatlc foats, was as good as the
lowed with dialect songs and imita-
tons Of Well known singers which
brought the audience for round after
round of applause, calling for half
dozen encores. Wyune Winslow diff
fers from some other Orpheum sopranos
In that she actually has a voice, Is ne
passe In years. and has both good
figure and a pretty face. Her songs
made an actual hit last night.
THE Hebrew Messenger Boy and the
Thespian," by Eugene and Willie How
ard, was so good that the people re-
fused to cease laughing until the next
number was well under way. The
Eight "Vassar Girls" gave a collection
of singing. dancing. whistling and vio-
lin numbers, all OF which are good,
and conclude with an electrical dance
which Is startling and novel. One re-
markabe feature of the bill is that the
participants In every number appear
still to be youngsters in years.
Grand-It was large and entirely
satisfied crowd that filed from tho
performance. Lost In New York; was
the bill, and II was presented in a man
ner that was very pleasing. The play
is one that has been before the public,
under one name or another. for many
Years. hut IL never loses its power to
i'ltd1t. J nv ottlith are lhlu IN New
York and deal with the misfortunes OF
a blind woman, who believes that her
only child Is dead. The girl, however,
is alive and exceedingly lively. Verna
May impersouatos the waif OF the
streets and the things that she does
and the manner In which she performs
them are exceedingly interesting. In
the singing of coon songs and recita-
tlon. Miss May made a great hit with
the audience Very clever too, were
the violin selections of Jack Fleming,
Weary Willie of the raggedest, lag
gedcst type imaginable. Little Lillian
Bronson, the two-and- a-half-year old
daughter of Manager Bronson, is sim
ply marvel OF intelligence. The cast
throughout Is above the average and
the pretty piece goes with a vim that Is
crcditable 10 all concerned. The same
bin finishes the first half OF the week
with "a Wednesday matinee, at which
lady's gold watch will bo given to the
holder of lucky number.
Lyrlc--The stock company at the
Lyric has certainly made a great hit
with patrons OF the playhouse as each
performance IN witnessed by an audi
ence that taxes the capacity OF the
house. The performance OF ~ Pledge
OF Honor was no exception, and Is
playing to big business. II is an inter-