The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-14

There is good show at the Orpheum
this week Except for one noticeably I'M
fortunate number. the program is one of
balance, and the acts. in their assembling
as whole. constitute an evenings en-
tertainment that is at once profitable in
StructiVe and amusing
The best of the acts is the work of Hope
Booth in sketch called The Little
Blonde Lady" Miss Booth is really
Clever. but it struck a good many people
who were there last night that the piece
is not fortunate vehicle The playlet
is said to have been written by George
NJ Conan Cohan has an unhappy fash
ion of confusing the sublime with the
ridiculous; but in spite of that, Miss Booth
makes pretty good best of a bad bar
gain She is assisted by Charles Deland
and Frank Dickson.
Next in merit comes one of the two
klnsons. The one is a mimic perhaps
unsurpassed by any. His limitations of
musical instruments are at times amaz-
ing in their. perfection. The act is good,
very good.
Valadon, the magician, presents Sc
ries of illusions that is both mystifying
and attractive. His stage setting is eX-
cellent. and some of the things he does
are unqueStionably of a high order. His
performance is well worth seeing.
Bert Earle. who, according to the pro-
gram, once played a banjo duet with the
king of England. certainly can pick the
banjo strings 1t was remarked in the
audience that If Earle left off 90 per cent
of his affectations and did away with 81
worth of makeup he would receive even
more applause than he did. Neither his
affectatiOns nor his makeup, however, in
terfered with his work on the banjo.
An exceptionally good turn is that of
Leo Donnelly, a monologiSt. He tells
his experiences" in manner that Is
entirely satisfactory, His stories, for the
most part. are original. He has a good
address and his way is pleasing. He
made friends from the beginning and kept
them He has the rare gift of telling
good story well.
William Alexis and Della SchalI are
seen in an act that IS a combination of
contortion and grace. Alexis is wonder
fully supple and his companion is an as
sstant who is deserving of a word of
praise.
The one big black blot on the Or
pheums program this week is the act OF
Amy Stanley. 1t ought to be quarantined
For the second time this season 'sThe
Devil is in Salt Bake-that is in the
form of a dramatic offering. and the
Grand was packed last evening to see
Willis Hall and his company in the dar-
ing drama which has caused a merry
theatrical war among producing man.
ayers in New York The play has been
called daring, bold and cunning, and it is
all that and more, and Mr.. Halls pre-
sentatiOn last evening gave Salt Lake
theatregoers an excellent opportunity of
witnessing a splendid performance of the
sensational drama 1t is a rare show
those clever satirical lires of the play
the daring and original situations-all
cleverly portrayed by an excellent actor
in the parsonage of Mr.. Hall, ably as
sisted by a most capable company. The
bill runs throughout the week, with the
usual Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
''BreWster's Millions the most popu-
lar story ever written by George Barr
McCutcheon. will be presented in its
dramatized form at the Salt Lake theatre
tonight 1t is full of humor. and the dra-
veloped in the stage adaptation. made by
Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley. This
will be its second presentation in this city.
The role of Monty Brewster is taken by
Robert Ober, upon whom the heaviest
burden of the play rests. Determined to
win the 100000 left by an uncle pro-
yiding he spends a million left by
grandfather, inside year. he embarks
on career with the sole purpose OF
spending the million He employs big
force of clerks to do nothing. buys stock
that is sure TO go down, deposits money
in tOttering banks, is an angel to an
actress. publishes books for poor authors
and crowns his "follies". by taking his
friends on world cruise in a yacht, and
succeeds. when he despairs of reaching
the goal. by outwitting his friends They
judged him mad. and would save him and
his fortune by hosting a signal of dis
tress on a yacht in an awful storm.
which requires the payment of the re-
naming half-milion dollars for salvage.
Every moment IS a moment of activity
The fever of spending is there. and he has
to fight TO become poor. but by much hard
work and great cleverness he becomes
actually a pauper. wins the girl he loves
and realizes the 100000.