The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-13
ADJUSTMENTS

Let the old codgers Of the I-knew-b,r-
when club retire to places near the stove
and kill time whiting They may have
known her when, but that's of no CON
sequence. There is a new Lillian Russell
ana sne IS Just as charming lust rs
Iuli OF WlnsOme witcheries as the kneu-
heT-When club ever dreamed of II is nor
even trltIe late to begin saying nice
Things about Miss Russell, Ii is never
late Tor that sort of thing where she
Is concerned. In Butterfly Miss Rus
sell has vehicle that runs like a-weII
any automobile you happen to fancy.
There hasn't been anything new about IL
siEce good old e. P. Roe wrote ne Eel
In Love With His Wife" or words IN
that effect. Only in this instance tho
Gite falls in love with a husband sbs
has married as part of a pleas IiffIe
Plot TO defeat the purpose of a dead bus-
band 5 Will The dead one particularly
desired that her second marriage should
not be to d titled EngliShman. She iumps
a the conclusion that she could have n
title for number three and marries num-
Der Two merely as a short hike towards
her ultimate goal. Of course her affec-
tons became entangled with the mar
rage of convenience chan And eo,aII,,
of course. the thing is impossible all
surd what you will. but it is so amusing
that one fOrgetS the absurditics i'm fol
lowing the action of the play And Miss
Russell is the Lillian Russell who is So
many thousands of playgoers. There g
hardly touch of anything that is not
fun in the play, and if it doesn't help YOU
to forget the fact that Salt Lake hanks
have eliminated the overdraft department
il isn't worth while to propose YOU for
membership in any Don't Worry oreani-
cation The company that attends Miss
Russell is in every way ade0uate En-
gene Ormonde is capital Jasper Nal
Tory; John Flood won approval as Teddy
Bacon and Fred l.. Hidden as the Earl of
Dexminster left little to be desired.
delightful Characterization was Grant
NitchelFs Pitney Killigrew.
One of the most charming features of
the evening came at the end of the sec
Ond act when the applause was pro-
lOnged. Miss Russell came to the foot
lights. bowed but old not speak. as ex-
pected. Instead she called to a member
of the company who went to the piano
on the stage and to the accompaniment of
the pianist, MISS Russell sang Two songs.
The Russell engagement ends tonight.
A matinee will be played.
F. Lawrence Walker. avant courier for
Charles b. HanfOrd and well known in
Salt Lake. is in the city. Mr. Walkers
star does not appear in Salt Lake City
on this tour. the available time in the
theatre having been booked solidiy. He
plays Ogden April "a and Provo April q.
George Frederick Hinton. once a well
known Salt Lake newspaper man, is here
as Miss Russells manager Mr. Hinton
snapped yarns in Manager Pypers office
last night with some of the old timers
He covered assignments for a Salt I,anc
paper in 1892. which is some years ago if
you try to count them up on your fin
gers. Mr. Hinton also worked for a time
on the Boise Statesman
The San Carlo Opero company is one
of the three great operate organizations
how IN America The other two are those
Of the Metropolitan Opera house, and the
New Manhattan Opera house. in New
York. The San Carlo is the equal of and
the rival OF these, as il includes several
of the greatest singers of the world The
two principal prima donnas are Nine
Lillian Nordica and Miss Alice Nielsen.
Signor Constantine is tenor, who