The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-10
ADJUSTMENTS.

one occasionally, even IN the Theatrical
garden, finds lemon ripe for the DIuck-
ing A sample of this species of citrus
! irult was gently passed over the foot
| lghts at the Salt Lake theatre last night.
cupid at Vassar" was a distinct dis
appointment TO those that expected anv-
! thing The disappointed ones were. how
| ever, rev The audience didn't contain as
many people as lots Of Utah families can
I muster for the annual picnic under the
cotonWoOds, beside the gurgling Durlipr
brook, to eat doughnuts and mashed Gus
tard pie and spider-infested Sandwiches
ana talk about how much dear grand
father did for his beloved state So il
wasn't as bad as it might have been.
That is, is wasn't as widely distributed
All, the tragedy of il ALI There is some
comedy in cupid at Vassar" but the
dominant note the motif. as the musical
crucS would rise to remark. was tone
ful tragedy. 1t cracked optN right at
the start. Two girls love the same man
He loves only one of them. The eiri
VINO is not loved is naughty naughty
she destroys a note in which the man
tells his really truly love that ne loves
her. The plot thickens Believing her
self cast off, the heroine is about to be
forced into marriage with the villain
Alas the old home will be sacrificed if
she does not wed him. He has horn
swoggled her mother out of all the money
50 900. f''0''
The worst is about TO happen when the
nero happens In 1t was simply wonder
ful. Another minute and all might have
been lost The girl might have married
the villain and been miserable
m-i-s-e-r-r-rable. But the villain is ex-
posed in his true colors, or color. rather,
black being the prevailing hue However
all does not end happily. That is. not
yet. though by this time we know it will
be SOON There must be another act. in
l0:45. In the last act the wedding bells
ring out. The home is saved Curses
All. darling. mine at last. Curses.
Occasionally there is good song, but.
is not worth while. The engagement runs
through tomorrow night, with a matinee
tomorrow
Howard Kyle, an old-time favorite of
Salt Lake playgOers, came to the Or
pheum last night and he was greeted with
a display of enthusiastic admiration. The
little act IN which Mr. Kyle is presented
is hardly worthy OF his powers, but. as
he does it, ii holds the audience well and
serves as vehicle for his very credit
able acting. 1t is playlet founded on
VIII Cartoons poem. Gone With
Handsomer Man. and. as il is nresentl
ed. il gives occasion for very telling
soliloquy~by Mr.. Kyle, and that is about
all Before the opening act and after
the close OF the show, Mr. KYLE wa g
greeted individually by a great number
of his friends. and he was busy all even
ing exchanging greetings with them
Lyman AN6r maze MS debut as to Salt
Lake last evening and he had a hard
time getting away from the audience
Mr. Myer is billed as a comedy pianist
and he is all of that with some spIen-
did qualities thrown in His grand opera
work kept the house in one continuous
uproar and when he came back to show
off his trained chicken he provided new
and undreamed-Of entertainment at every
turn. Mr.. Myer will doubtless be wei
coined wherever he may go, and surely
Salt Lake will be glad to have him back
in any kind of an act he may provide
Following Mr. Myer come two very
clever clowns. whose act is a new one
The Nightingale's COurtship" which
adds greatly 10 the fun of the bill ia
cob presents three clever dogs, whose an
ties are fully as enjoyable as those of
any Of the splendid animals shown at
the Orpheum within the past few weeks
of course there must be weak snOts
in every bill. but the woman called Per-
tina is little the weakest shown here
for some time. Her toe dancing is of
the usual mediocre ORDER but that's not
the worst of her. A face and figure
which might well be hidden under a bush
el, or two. form the vehicle for about as
coarse an act as can be imagined. There's
nothing either graceful! G. dainty in the
act. and the exhibition of lingerie was
not even enchanting. The other number
which might be dispensed with both for
decency and good sense. is that put on nv
Bernier and Stella. The man might get
along single-handed. but he has seri-
Gus handiHp. A fine set of kinodrome
pictures and two good musical numbers
the bill.