Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-24
THE GROUND OF THE THEATRES

For the first time III its history,8i
Salt Lake underwent the experience
last night of having four regular
theaters in competitionethe Theater,
the Colonial, the Orpheum, and the
Grand, with the New Lyric also out
for business, and a dozen or more NOV
ing picture houses closing UP the pre-
5cession. Whether or not the city has
arrived at thatstage of "bigness" where
ii can stand such an array of amuse-
nent places is yet to be seen.
a representative of the News made
the rounds of the four last night ana
found varying results; the Theater
had a fair turnout the Colonial vas
filled below and half filled above, the
Orpheum had a good sized house with
out being crowded, and the attendance
at the Grand was small. At the three
last named places. however, it is an
accepted fact that since Sunday thea
ters came into vogue, Monday and
Tuesdays business is bound to show II
falling off.
Thcatcl--"Tho Isle OF Spice" was on
exhibition at the salt Lake Theater,
and the audience which beheld t--es-
pecially the upstair portion--was well
pleased with the light merry and
tuncful nonsense of the offering. Those
down stairs were inclined to criticise
some of the leading people, and they
had good cause. OF the main char
acters, that of the King, which might
have been a sort of King Dodo' In
capable hands, was acted and sung
BY Mr.. Sam Rose the comedian, in a
If pptTip The
twin comedy parts. in the hands of
| Nh. Watson and Mr.. Williams kept
the galleries in an uproar, but it must
| be said their dancing was better than
their singing. Mr.. Gunson, a pleasing
tenor did the leading part in accept
| able fashion, and the duct work be-
| tween him and the principal lady, Miss
| Wilson, was quite effective. This young
| lady presented charming appearance
| and showed herself a fair singer. The
main attraction of the evening, how
| ever was the hard working chorus
| Gowned in their attractive japanese
! costumes, they presented a, most at
/ tractive appearance and their rapid
fire work in dancing. singing and act
ing kept the audience on the qul NlNe.
/ The same bill runs tonight, and VIII
| be followed tomorrow night by the
popular alaskan" which runs out TIE
remainder of the week With matinees
/ Thursday and Saturday.
Orphcum-This weeks offering is
4 fairly well up to the average, There
are some good things in it. some that
none TO forget; but on the whole, the
program is interesting and worth see
ing.
ANY drawback in the bin would be
made UP for in the presentation OF
the dramatic sketch entitled, The
4 80. bn NaIl - ny Misc Aue-
line Dunlap. little Viola Fengrath and
Frank Mccormack. 1t is without
doubt one of the prettiest paylets yet
seen at the popular play house, ana
is presented in charming manner
There is room for the display OF
dramatic talent and those presenting
it lose none of the opportunities. MI
Mccormack as the rough working man
but tenderhearted father: Miss DUNLAP
as the wicked designing irish woman
and little Viola. as Dan Egan's daugn
ter are we'll nigh perfect iii the part;
they portray.
Ernie and Mildred Potts put on.
bag punching and singing and dancini
act which might be improved by IN
process of elimination The bag punch
ing is clever to degree OF perfectloI
and reminds one of the skillful Wor
+ performed here some years ago b
a Walter Orr. A feature of the act J
). punching five bags at the same tlns
= Miss Meta Vesta, the singing insenu'
contributed several well rendefe
: songs. Big applause greeted IN
cadets de Gascongne." The voice
the soprano is beautiful and shows tn
! effects of careful training The otne
voices, with the exception of the tenor
are good. =,
May Chadwick. keeps the audienc
! in a litter. The sketch is someth1n
!, about the sale of a farm but the oni
interesting feature is the remarkab 81
buck and wing dancing of Miss chad
. wick. She carries three people wit
t her, Just why, it is hard to imagine
e Eugene and Willie Howard, the con,
zeal Hebrews are here again with thel
mirth creating stunts" McPhec an
Hil are billed for an aerial perfol
nance and some funny STUFF, but care
!, full observation failed to reveal elthe
y TO the degree of thrill or a laugh.
: The selection of ''Lohengrin By II
: orchestra is deserving of great prais
J. and the performance closes With u
: usual lsinodrome pictures
Colonial-"rhe Sunny side
Broadway us presented by those II
q bernian perennals, Murray and Macl
! 1nS I