Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-11

n ninstrelsy, holds the boards at
the Salt Lake theatGr this af-
ternoon and evening. He claims TO
have one of the largest organizations
that he has ever brought west. ana
calls particular attention TO his soloists
ana orchestra. who are under the direc-
ton of Prof. Chas Prokop. The stage
settings for the first part are also
said TO be OF great nagnificence and
MI. Primrose makes the claim that his
company is strictly up to date In
every respect.
The always popular comedian, Frank
Daniels. who has not been seen in Salt
Lake since his production of THE
Once Boy" when sallie Fisher was
his prima donna brings us new
creation "Thc Iattooed Man, next
Monday night. The music Is by Nlc-
Tor Herbert and the libretto by Harry
H. smith. so that we ought TO be as
s,,rod az a musical and comedy treat.
The plot Is laid in Persia and gives
some fine opportunities for gorgeous
coloring on the part of the chorus. MI
Daniels, himself has one of the mimi
table freak roles which have made him
famous.
Here are some Of the things that Dan
iols throws on in the course OF The
Tattooed Man
.uneasy lies the tooth that wears
Crowd
II have taken. the gold cure so many
times that when l die don't cremate
me--have me assayed.
II met man last evening VINO GER
tainly had the Yale lock off his spend
ing money
what did you spend"
"oh. I spent pleasant evening
Wont YOU eat something
I'D like TO, but can't spare the
room ea.
last night?n
Eyes. | remember three Of them
Old Grow. Old Honnessy and Old Tom
Gin
THE Land OF Nod" musical fam
tasy. in a prologue and two acts, VIII
be the attraction at the theater next
Friday and Saturday with Saturday
matinee. This play belongs ON the
big extraVaganza order and should
be especially strong with children.
II deals with the adventures of little
Bonnie" who falls asleep beneath a
rose bush, and who is transpianteu
to the land of Nod. The TACK o.
Hearts, the King and Queen o
Hears, inc IAdBBhitgiAlfhtf NNN-f
central figures and we are promised
a big company and beautiful scenic
production The play is by Adam
Hough and the music by Joseph How
ard.
The production of the "Squaw-
man" in London has been deferred
iii the 18th. a letter to the New
York Herald indicates why the tue
should have to be changed to bring
IL within the comprehension of a BRIT
ish audience The correspondent says
.arhe suuaw Man" under its new
title. 1.-THE White Man. Is TO be pro
duced here January IL with Mr.. Lewis
Waller In the leading role. MIR. Miltoi
Royle, the author. is busily engaged II
lrehearsng the company which II
mainly American. One of the Lonu iu
new title which. though Intended u
be perfectly serious and learned, II
as funny as a box of monkeys
10 me" says this wise man of Flee
street 1.-The Squaw Man was typo
graphical error. The real name OF Lht
play and what was intended was 'rh'
Square Man. The American eqniva'
lent for the expression square man
is n white man, and sometimes they
add TO Il all manufactured from noth'
ing other than the best of selected WOO
aud thirty-siX inches from hem te
hem Hence the new title If obvious
Can you beat them when they don
Try to be funny?
AS the headiner at the Orpheum nex'
week Viola Pratt Gillette ana Geo
McFarlane appear in "A Little Musltal
Nonsense" Mrs. Gillette needs no NJ
PRODUCTION. She IS Utah girl who mas
won laurels both at home and abroad
for her gifts as a singer and actress
Mr.. Mcfarland and Miss Gillette We're