Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-01

beamed upon her audience in a way
that so so companionable, il might al
most he said so motherly--that it was
Impossible not to feel the infection OF
her manner. and when her noble voice
swept over the auditorium, she was the
entire mistress of tine occasion. All
her songs were rendered in a foreign
tongue, English. French and Italian,
and 1t would have been a relief to have
heard a least oGe English ballad
While her command of the English Ian
guage Is not perfect, she has had ono
or two English operas of the
lighter school written for her,
so that she might have easily
added them to her repertoire. But from
the artistic standpoint, her triumph was
absolute; her glorious voice is simply
astonishing in its range, and she was
heard to most admirable advantage in
the several selections. Sometimes It
was impossible not to believe that she
was high soprano, as she triled on
the upper notes, but what nature and
schooling made her, were plainly evil
denced by the organ like richness of
her lower notes. The tenderest thing
of the night was the Sappische ode by
Brahms, glorious number which
showed the velvet" of her tones and
was so beautiful that she had to come
back and repeat IT, After the several
Hungarian songs. she had another
great recall. and she rendered the
drinking aria from "Lucrezia Borgia. 4"
song in which she took an interval Of
two full octaves. The audience was
then in an up-roar and she had to re-
turn and sing It again. The exquisite
song by Schubert, ''Du Bist Die Rub"
was another glorious rendition, and the
second song by Schubert, "Wohin," was
everything that was lovely and grace
full The tremendous dramatic posi-
bilities of her tones, were shown in the
"Heimweh" song by Wolf and In the
great prison scene from La Prophetic"
The audience remained after this to cali
her back again and again. Her voice
grew steadily better In spite of the
long, trying program. and she seemed
to overcome q slight huskiness, evident
at the opening, caused by her travel
and our high altitude.
Her assisting artist was Miss Helen
Schaul, who accompanied her with rare
taste, and played several piano selec-
tons with excellent style and vigor.
Theater-A good sized audience for
a New Years eve gathering attended
the theater last night to witness Miss
Alberta Gallatin and her company rem
der Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hail."
perience, who made her FIRST reputation
here from her presentation of Ibsen's
Ghosts Her present role hardly
suits her as we'll as her part in that
famous play, but she brought out the
interest of the story in good fashion
generally and was fairly we'll support
ed by a company ranking from the
good down to the average. The best
features of the support we're the lover
of Mr.. Pennington ana the jester of
Mr.. Applebee.
Dorothy" win doubtless draw two
heavy audiences this afternoon ami
evening, when the engagement closes.
Orpheum-The new bill at the Or
pheum was hardly an aluring New
Years Offering for those who wished to
sec the old year out with proper cere-
mony. While there Is much that is
passahle, the numbers that are super
latively. good, are conspicuous by their
absence, and there is just enough of a
combination of mediocrity. with Jokes
broadened TO the point Of vulgarity, TO
keep down the general average.
Charles IL. Semon draws the most APP
plause, and deservedly 50. He adver-
tlses himself as the Marrow Fellow"
and looks tho part, until he starts TO
making jokes, when one is willing to
forget the narrowness of physical
in the broadness OF the humor.
In spots IL Is excellent and in other
spots II ceases its appeal at the gallery
rail, which perhaps is necessary con-
dition In miscellaneous vaudeville.
Dillon Brothers are pair OF singers,
who sing their own songs" Thelr
own songs happen 10 be PAROLES on
well known favorites, but they cause
some laughter. Mime, Slapoffski sings
IN excellent voice. a number of class
ipul Her 10 with n toh
sopranos. and to listen to her il to
snatch a few minutes out OF an even
Ing with grand opera,
The Musical AVOIDS work hard on a
set of xylophones, and despite the fact
that this form OF entertainment IL one
OF the Oldest i'm vaudeville, they do
fairly well, There are four of them,
two men and two women. Miss Lena
Painter opens the bill with a oreditable
performance on the bounding wire, ably
assisted by Tommy" who furnishes
the comedy.
Palfrey and Hooher are n bicycle rid
ing pair, who would have made n
great hit dozen years ago, when the
bike was a live issue, Now, however
they would have TO ride trained auto
mobiles or roller skates to get their
bearing, although their stunt is far
from nat tired
The kinodrome closes the bill with |
m amusing adventure In which TIRES
little children on visit 10 Uncles
arm are the principal figures
Grand--Despite the fact that II was
New Years eve and that on such coca
lions there are many private parties I
ana home attractions, a good sized au-
iience downstairs and jam upstairs
Witnessed last evening al the Grand
AS Told In the Hills" The play is OF /
he thrilling melodramatic Kind thai
leldom fails 20 thoroughly enthuse low
rs Of sensational cllmA yes. In the plot