Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-17
ADJUSTMENTS.

ThcatcI---Mothcr Nature is some
times kind. sometimes cruel, but she
never makes mistake. When sne
turned Creston Clarke out of her work.
chop, she gave him certificate or
ability as an actor in certain direc-
lions. but she ought TO have impressed
on him. II she did not, that he had his
limitations. Roles like Beaucoire, cali
ing for a certain gloss or polish, a
touch of eccentrloity, under which Vo-
cal defects might easily be hidden. he
might essay and emerge with
credit from the venture. but Nature
might have added. thus far mayst
thou go but no farther" In tho heroic
parts, such as Mr.. Clarke attempted
last night he awakens no enthusiasm,
having neither the physique nor the
Evolutionary accomplishments neccs-
sary. He could not have scored sue
cess II his play had been "Virginian"
or an Arizona" and THE Power That
Governs is very far from being either.
The one person in the cast who acted
with IRE and real feeling was Mr..
Lawrence, the father. The other roles
We're colorless and colorlessly acted.
The audience was of only fair dimen-
sions, and inclined to melancholy.
Tonight mt the theater sees the OPEN
ing of THE Gingerbread Man" season.
Orphcum-The Picchiani troupe of
acrobats are the whole show" at the
Orpheum this week and are well worth
sitting through some dreary acts TO
witness. Five women and three men in
conventional attire do some really good
tumbling; they work fast and furiously
with never a slip and, to use a vaude-
vile expression. pull the audience out
of their seats Honors for second place
are divided between Czinka Parma, 81
pretty little Russian maiden, and Anna
Woodward, soprano. Czinka Is billed
as "cymbal virtuoso.' which being in
terpreted, Is that she plays on a freak
instrument which appears to be second
cousin to zylophone and she plays
We'll. She is assisted in her act by
three trained dogs. Miss Woodward is
given full stage" rare compliment
on the part of the stage manager to a
soprano. Handsomely gowned and in
good voice she made a hit Terrell
brothers, a couple of trick cyclists, open
the bill with some old stunts done in
new fashion. OF the rest the least
said soonest forgotten. How Jules
and Ella Garrison ever secured book
ing on the Orpheum circuit is a dark
and unfathomabie mystery, for their
Offering, IAN Ancient Roman" is
coarse, vulgar and inane to an
extent that no handsome cos
tunes can overcome. Jordan and
Harvey. two sons of Israel, bid
for laughs in mediocre burlesque on
their own race. Weihes orchestra was
up to its usual high standard while the
kinodrome with pictures of the British
feet maneuvering off Spithead was
timely, and the audience could easily
think it was gazing on counterpart of
the movements of our own ships down
in Magdalena bay.
Grand-"King of the Opium Ring"
the second weeks Offering OF Theodore
Torch and company at the Grand, drew
a good house, and all in all the audi
enCe was an enthusiastic one. But IL
must be said that the play is not one
to show the popular Mr.. Torch at any
where near his best. Though there is
something of interest in the character
of the cool and calculating Wah Sing
educated Highbinder 1t is not such a
role as Mr.. Lorch's admirers delight to
see him essay. The story and the seem
cry strongly depict life as it once eN-
listed in Chinatown. San Francisco, and
is interesting but by no means elevat-
ing. The parts as a whole were well
sustained. Miss Helen Aubrey being
especially strong as GeOfsette, klloWU
as Queen of the Opium Ring" Percy
Morris Is as good an imitator of a
Chinaman as is Salt Lakes well known
impersonator of persons known as Gee
lestials." king of the Opium Den"
runs the balance of the week, and from
indications will be literally aptronized
Lyric-"A japanese Courtship"
opened the week at the Lyric last eve
ming and bids fair to be a big sue
cess as the initial offering of the linn
TraVesty company. Several hundred
persons We're turned away and the
house was sold a half hour before the
curtain Went up. The packed house
must have been an incentive to the
so people constituting the troupe, for
all worked hard to please and all
succeeded. Deserving OF special
mention Is the chorus, comprising 16
girls who dance and sing with a vim
that is refreshing. The chorus Is well
drilled besides, and with Tony West
Gus Mortimer and Helen Hartley as
the fun-makers, the bill is sure to
please. The costumes and scenery
show taste and cost. The Lyric is
playing to popular prices but in put
ting on snappy bills, it is working Ut
| a patronage among theater-goers who
have been accustomed to paying big