Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-15
THE ROUND OF THE THEATERS

monologist, tells some amusing stores
and creates a great deal of laughter;
some one ought suggest to him, how
some one ought to suggest to him, how
and gets his Scotch mixed with his
Irish.
a specially good feature on the bill
is the Work of the kingsons in their
musical oddity entitled Going II
Blind" One of them initiates almost
every known musical instrument with
a perfection that is amazing. Another
act calculated To drive away the bl;ies
is that OF Amy. Stanley and her band
of little negroes 1t Is an amusing
novelty and the Picks" certainly I'M
derstand buck and Wing dancing. Val
don. the magician, performs some Won
derful and mystifFing tricks. some that
are new and many,that have been seen
here before. Bert Earle made quite a
hit With his banjo selections.
CoLoNIALs--1nS essaying "A Gold
Mine. M old Nat Goodwin success,
Willard Mack and Miss Maude Leone
with their associate players, offer this
week an attractive conledy--and it Is
comedy that has nothing of butfoonery
in it. Just sparkling wit. IT drags
little occasionally, but the action is all
in England. in the city home Of Il gen
#slowness of the piece is in the line Of
local color. Mr.. Mack in Il comedy-fole
as an American in London toy sell his
gold mine III California. to the wealthy
English manipulation is Just as a2-
tceptabe rs nc was in the role Of Majnr
Dale last week--and this is only another
way Of saying that in his part he rias
excellent. His style is something Of.
a copy OF Goodwin ana as copyist his
work is so well done that even tho
copy is artistic, Miss Leone as n widow,
q young one. was q source of much joy
To tho ladies' Her gowns are exquisite
creations and She is so adept in dis
playing all their attractivenesS that her
presence on the stage forms a continual
glimpse of New York ana Parts for the
feminine portions OF the audience. Miss
Leone's acting is in keeping with her
gowns. AS a conledienne she eXccis.
though when she Is given opportunity
to more serious effort, Sllc takes adNan-
tase of every line. Mr.. Farnum is
given "fattcr' part than he had last
week, and as Gerald Riurdan he is very
pleasing in an Irish brogue not Of the
vaudeville type. Miss Blial who plays
opposite Mr.. E'arnum. is also better
cast than in ION Parole and as the
ipgenue she has a dash aud sprisht-
illness entirely in keeping with heH
lines. Mr. QuigleN. somewhat hampercd
BY Il dress suit of rare old vintage. ID
quite Il hard hearted old money charg-
Ell. He smiles only once during, eight
years and that is when he thinks he
he driving a bargain to his advantage
and To the undoing of Sias Wolcott,
Mr.. Mack He is very acceptable IN
his part. Gus Arthur win improve With
age. The piece runs through the week
With Wednesday and Saturday matt
nees.
GRAND--FQr the second time this
season, THE Devil has been put upon
the boards of the Grand theater. 1t is
The same version of Molnar's most
peculiar production that was seen
earlier in the year. but the present
performance suffers somewhat in COM
parison with the preceding one Yet.
as Il whole it is well played, Willis A..
Hail. in the leading role creating q
specially favorable Impression, as did
also Elma Cornell. in the secondary
lines. The play is not one intended
for the masses, that is. if the aim of
the author was legitimate An average
listener is apt to draw wrong conclu-
siors and take rs n license that which
is intended as an inhibition. To the
student the play has its lessons for.
good, but it can scarcely bc said that
this statement would apply to the less
thoughtful.
After this week there will be no more