Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-09

Mr. sothern was admirable IN the
small part OF the Due D'Alencon, and
me supporting company was seen TO
much BETTER advantage than IN John
The Baptist"
dozen times year we hear the
cry for greater legitimacy IN musical
comedy. but "The Belle OF London
Town." by STANCE and Edwards. IN
which Camille DArvile reappears as a
star at the Lincoln-S Square, is proof
positive OF the possibility of too much
of good thing" THE Belle was
originally n play called "The School
for Husbands which Alice Fisher pre-
sented at Waliack's, and II Is still so
consistently and compactly play that
the musical numbers seem out OF place
and act chiefly as Interruptions. The
average comic opera Is so absurd that
the extra absurdity of the characters
singing their sorrows and dancing their
joys is not obvious. but that Is not
true when people burst into melody In
the middle of seriously written situo-
tons. Songs in n piece as stratghtfor-
ward and faithful to nature as this are
like chocolate syrup ON beefsteak.
Moreover, one misses such adornnents
of musical comedy as the chorus.
There never was. and Is not. any de-
nying the wit aud ingenuity of the
STANCE work which seems infinitely
more like a comedy of the,time of Sher-
ldan than of the present day, Indeed
the story comes from the same source
that supplied The Tanning of the
Shrew." a source which Charles Knight
ascribes to Robert Greene, but that
William Winter traces as far back as
'The Arabian Nights Lady Belinda
Manners Is afflicted with an unappreri-
alive husband, who, liking not her Sc
robustness. wishes that she might be
more like other ladies of the period
Lady Belinda Furnishes him and teach
es him lesson by assuming n sudden
passion for drinking. dressing, gam
bling and flirting. This arouses the
jealousy of her husband, and improves
his attitude considerably, Much OF the
music written by Mr.. Edwards Is quite
tuneful particularly the songs Il cam
not wait Till Monday" The Lady OF
Society" When Fortune Smiles, The
Little Weather Vane" and Drink With
Me the Night Away
Miss D'Arville looked as young and
sang as well as in the days of Made
line. or. The Magic Kiss. She is one
of the few prima- donnas who really
know how TO act. Her several years
of retirement have subtracted nothing
from her charm Ruth PEBBLES. Kath-
ieen Clifford and Edmund Stanley arc
the best members of the supporting
company.
There was one person in the house
who laughed right through the perform
ance of THE Aero Club" the other
night at the Criterion. His name was
James II. Bradbury, and he was paid
to do 1t. Mr. Bradbury is an actor in
the organization appearing with Lulu
Chaser, and he is an exceedingly good
actor. Anybody who laughs more than
three or four times in the course of
Sydney Rosenfeld's play must be
good actor. From a bird's-eye view.
THE Aero Club" which begins AT $3.50
and ends at 1880. seems to be near
musical comedy, made up one part OF
intermission and two parts of people
telling Miss Chaser that she is brave
little woman
The cleverest thing about the enter
tainment is the program. Mr.. Rosen-
field has so arranged this bill that, in
itself, II gives a very fair outline of his
piece. That. al least, is novel. The
characters are introduced in print by
the statement that:
The story concerns
Myrtle Webb Zulu Glaser), n young
lady who comes out of the west, and
somehow or other gets engaged TO
Corey Biddley tFritz Wiliams). of
Lenox, Mass, regular motor car"
of young man, who is the son Of
Mrs. John Biddle marion Abbott,
who prides herself on belonging to an
exclusive set; of which set
Mrs. Edith Vanderwater (Olive Wynd-
haml is member. although her hus-
hand so years her senior
Mr.. Rufus Vanderwater fJames II.
Bradbury, is not deemed to the man.
ner born. These people meet at
Pittsheld, Mass, where several men,
bers OF the Aero club. of which
Captain Horace Harper Samuel Coit)
is the president, are making a bal
loon ascension. and where other mem
hers of the club. such as the three
old fossils
Gen knivem (William HerberD,
Mr.. Crouch Drank Lamb.
MI. seaver edmund Lawrence) con-
gregate and where one also meets the
noted amateur aeronaut. the wealthv
DR.. Alonzo Burr William Sampsonj
and his little wife,
Sophy Burr (Ada Gilman, together