The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-15
THEATRICAL NOTES AND COMMENT

a toy poodle would mimic Anna Held,
Eva Tanquay, 1.-THE Merry. Widow, "
Billie Reeves, Mile. Dazie, "The Glib
son Gip];' etc.
Paul Gilmore in 'tThe Boys Of Com
pany b. is having a series of ovations
through western Pennsylvania. Twenty
curtain speeches out of a possible
twenty performances was the last rec
ord.
Edwin Latell. the black face com
edian, is not using burnt cork this sea-
son. Instead he is touring the Orpheum
circuit of theaters In a musical mono
logue based upon the series Of cartoons
by "Silas" Mckay, called "Dull
Care.' which is proving successful
vehicle
A Salvation Army lass stood drcarily
tinkling a tambourine outside the Be-
lasco theater as the crowd elbowed it's
way In to see George Arliss in "The
Devil Thousands of dollars for the
devil and odd coppers for God. she
said, sadly, as she took three cents out
Of tho tambourine, while spectators
stood waving handfuls Of greenbacas at
the moving throng..
ga Stubborn Cinderalla,'' which is
to Chicago theatricals what "The
Merry Widow has been in New York,
is still playing to capacity at the Pm
cess theater, while the road company
headed by Homer B, Mason and Grace
Edmund are playing to the utmost ca
pacity of every theater in which they
have appeared. Their tour Of the mid
die west is consequently proving a
| gold mine which has any of those in
Alaska or Goldfield beaten to FRAGILE.
The Eddie Foy imitation numbers
! done by the "Broilers," as the ten
littlest dancing girls in the Askin-
Singer Co. IS brilliant musical play
"The Girl Question:, are known, were
| the talk Of San Francisco during the
entire two weeks of their engagement
Every dramatic editor in town inter.
viewed them Individually and collec'
| lively, their views were sought on
every conceivable subject from the
proper number of bairpins a girl on
the stage should wear TO the psycbolog.
ical aspect of Mansfield production
of "Peer Gynt.' - while automobiles and
the Jeunesse Doree Of San Francisco
were at their disposal morning, noon
and night.
"What is the hardest thing you ever
| had TO learns' asked o San Francisco
interviewer of one of tho "Broilers
| of 1.-The Girl Question.
"To 90 home after the show" she
particular sympathy for those who love
the bright lights and the wee sma
| hours, her answer was spread around
the clubs like wildfire;
"The Square Deal" as play title seems
to have a fascination for dramatic au-
thors since President Roosevelt made the
phrase famous. 1t was originally the
name OF Honeymoon Trail" the most
recent Of the La Sale thsatar, san, Chicago;
year. one OF tho minor mciodrama pro.
| ducers, however, had seen II first, and
after putting IT on one Of his thrilleEs
| the case of Honeymoon Trail the
| change seems TO have been beneficial.
since tho graceful employing OF that utle
Is better fitted to the melody and ro-
! mance OF musical comedy than the
harsher. more matter-of-fact name, "The
| Square Deal
| Harry Stone, the actor who has the
| comedy responsibilities Of Honeymoon
! Trail the latest Chicago success. ap-
| peared In "The Stolen Story during the
! Studebaker theater run OF that play, He
created the role OF crooked New York
4 reporter, and his characterization was go
photographically real that the newspaper
critics devoted the major portion OF NI rne,r
This summer he played the leading rolo
In "A Stubborn Cinderella" during John
| Barrymore's temporary absence from the
cast at the Princess tseateF' Chicaso'
Arthur Morse, con of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
T. Moon OF Salt Lake City, has just nm
ished successful season OF OF 1 yapdSxlIte. 1WIr
low, "The Southerner." In which he
onened on October II. Mr.. Morses many
friends will bs glad to hear OF his rapid
progress.
So pronounced have been the hits made
by Audrey Maple and Anred k.asappoigr .sa IN IN
Vase hat hss SesRnnns Weh the n
ment OF this operetta next week at Ham
uerstcin's in New York they Will be fea-
| tured,
Jesse L. Laslsys most pretentious pro
duction, ''Blrdland," Will be seen for tho
| first time in New York next week. This
| the vaudeville houses In Baltimore. WASH
ington and New York state
One of tho most pleasing features in
Lew Fields new "Gtrl Behind the Coun-
ter" which is running at the Garrick
thoater. Chicago. is Miss L9tta Faust's
Two" Kenneth Clark's beautiful song.
| In the Incidental business OF this num-
| ber Miss Faust and Vernon Castle intro
"Hypnotic "fr WALTZ" which Bessie Mccoy
! and Clifton Crawford are doing in the
| "Three Twins ut the Herald Square the
ater. New York CITY
The date for tho first production OF "On
| the Eve" Doctor Leopold Kampf's play.
| Americanjzed by Martha Morton, has not
| Vet been announced by Mr.. Harris. but
| ID Will In all probability be some time In
| December.
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