The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-03-31
ADJUSTMENTS.

it may he rank heresy to say so, but
somehow Dustin FaTnIssn ism [ missed in,
or out of, The Virginfan." w s. Hart
takes the name part this year. The com
parison is inevitable. but it is by no means
10 the disadvantage. of Mr.. Hart. In some
respects he does il better than Farnum,
and in all respects he does it as well. Mr..
Hart is no stranger in the part of cow
puncher. though he is having his first ex-
perience as a good cowpuncher. He play
ed Cash Hawkins, the bad man, in the
original Squaw Man company and won
large and enthusiastic measure of APP
prevail Mr.. Hart does the soft Virginia
dialect delightfully."-. He may not help the
picture as much from the beauty stand
point as Farnum did, but that is not his
fault And he. more than makes up for
it by his acting
Frank Campeau the best cowboy vii
lain this or any other stage has ever
seen. is still in the cast One could find
1T possible to forgive a lot of shoTtcOm-
Campeau. He is the bad man with the
breath of life in him. his hand eyer on
| his gun. but with a streak of cowardice
that always demands more than a shade
the better Of the argument before enter
/ ing upon IL. Mr.. Campeau's work has
( often been commented upon with favor
I in this department. 1t seems only neces-
! sary now to say that he improves. if that
I We're possible, upon better acquaintance.
some day some genius is going TO write
/ a play in which it will be possible to star
]
will be nothing to ii but Frank Campeau.
| He is an artist to the tips of his fingers.
In Anne Meredith new and better
/ Molly Wood is presented The part at
best is a difficult one In the first two
ects Miss Meredith is all that could be
desired. She is sweet and womanly and
lovable- Il seems impossible to find an
/ actress who really measures up to the
/ possibilities of the last act Miss Mere
/ dith comes closer to 1t than any Molly
/ Wood who has been seen here, but she
ncf tod
are permissible in a woman, Yankee
! school teacher, who knows that the man
she is TO marry the next day is about to
engage in duel to the death. Also hys-
/ terical joy Is permissible when she finds
/ he has escaped without injury. A nor
mai woman would not see the man 20 into
the duel without shedding a tear, nor
/ would she see him come back as from
the dead. without an outburst of joyful
/ emotion.
The company is in the main capable.
Campeau and Hart: the big figures in the
drama, make THE Virginian" worth
1 while. 1t should by all means be seen.
] The engagement runs through Wednesday
night and includes a matinee on Wednes-
day.
I The Orpheum management presents a
fine bill again this week and that. for at
least the first night under extreme dif-
ticultes. The railroads nave often been
to blame for the state Of the show the
first night, but last night whether 20
blame or not. the accident this side of
Ogden delayed the half of The bill and
crippled some of the acts slightly How
ever. only one number was bad and that
came at time when any old stunt would
be weleomed-after a long wait
/ me pantomime work of Fred Walton
and his company is something quite OUT
of the ordinary. and the little acs els
seys Dream Is splendidly done. The act
was given last place on the bill last ~ ght
and 1t really may be said to be the head
liner. despite It's place. A wonderful gym
nastic act is done by the DantZer trio
although the contortions of the male menu
Der are too groteSque to suit the taste OF
most people. The dancer of the trio is
one of the finest seen here this season.
and her gymnastic work certainly puts
her in the first class.
The clever coincidence Eleanor Fake
with her touch of melody and her inf
mite amount of saucy laughter is here
once more, and she makes as much of
Eit as she has done heretofore, which is
saying good deal. Sadie Sherman. bill
ed as baritone and mimic. makes good
not so much with her baritone as with her
original limitations. One of the funniest
numbers is that presented by Cole and
Rags, two clever jugglers with eccentrici-
ties galore.
The one poor number is done by Cor
man and West There was a sound at one
spot in the alleged act when a buzzer rang
as If some one in authority had ordered
the curtain down. but it refused to work.
and the audience was Obliged to witness
the thing through. A good many ,linb-
drOme films were run through to ent&r-
tain between waits, and two fine Orcl1cs-
ira numbers with a shorter selection here
and there 10 fill made up the musicai
part.
The Chicago Symphony orctTstfa and
SOloistS arrived at Ogden yesterday morn
ing, where they gave two GREET !perfOrn.-
anees: This morning they PISS through
Salt Lake on their way to give a con-
cert at Provo this evening. Professor Ste
phens and Professor Shepherd will both
Join the orchestra at SaltSLake to hold an
afternoon rehearsal. Professor Stephens
/ on the Golden Legend" and Professoy
Shepherd on his own composition. All are
said to be in delightful trim. being a much
superior and larger organization than that
of last year. There was rush for tick
cts at the Clayton Music company vester-
day. On the lower floor and center there
remain about 200 seats unsold. and the
best seats in the gallery are fast going
General admission and students tickets
have geen in great demand.
1.-THE Telephone Exchange" is this
weeks offering at the Lyric. 1t IS a
+ comedy opera and opened its run last
evening to one of the best houses the
Lyric has ever seen. Standing room was
+ at premium. and much applause was
given each number. especially the prize
. cakewalk. All of the costumes are nret.
, ty and the songs and dances new and
I novel The fun dished out By Mortimer
and West and the others is far in ad.
vance Of any so far. One or two weak
, spots in the bill slide by so fast and are
SO oVershadowed by cleverness that they
do not count
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