Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-10
4 was somewhat diseoura cling to our

1T was somewhat diseouraging to our
theater managers to have their enter
prising bills for G. A. r. week greeted!
as they We're last night. The deluge5
which set in at the hour when the va
rious curtains were ascending, was not
altogether responsible for the disap-s
pointing turnouts which were seen at.
most of the houses. People felt that
the first night of the g. A. r. week
was one to he spent on the streets in-
der the bewildcring electric decorations,
and without doubt the strenuous labors
5ofathe theaters will}meet with the re-
ward they deserve later on IN the week.
r TEA En- .lTh he ferry Vadow,'''',,
which has been expected In Salt LAKE
[ for a year or more, drew a br1liiia am
audience, but hardly the crush = nat slLj
Mr.. sayage's attractions have Deen az
custonled to in this city. The $h1gne 81
praise that can be besto wed on tp ss,
1 presentation Is to say that the stage
mountings, scenery, cos
tunes and the superb orchestra are up
to the strictest Savage Standard $. -'uth
#co,npelsf the statement that the same
thing can hardly be said of tbs vocal
accompIishnlents of the principal peo-i
pIe. hut 1t seams to have leen the rule
that dancing ability first, acting ability
second and vocal ability third, should
BIO the order of the requirements IN q
play SO full Of glitter, color and SWING
as The Merry Widow. :
Probably not since THE Chimes OF
Normandy has a light opera been
turned out which contained mere
Charming music than I.ehar tunefuls
work How it's melodies will live Is
shown by the fact that the famous
waltz. the VILLA" solo, and the other
notable numbers which have been play
ed, sung and Whistled to death, are
when heard In their natural places, as
full OF bea,rty and charm s as the cay 9;
they we're first brought out 1t Is al
most with sadness that one records the
union OF so much beautiful music to
episodes SO realistic as to be at times
almost offensive. The one scene rep;
$resenting night life in Paris ut the no
s,torous Maxims Is altogether too real
AS ono auditor Last night was heard to
reply to another who asked him y he
did not think the piece somewhat
loud Loud i Is deafening
$oRPFTEIrNl-There was a distinctly
slim audience ut the Orpheum last eve
ming and candor conpels one to state
that the program merited it. II one
wants to be really entertained, it will
2be time enough to take his seat about
#9..ib. A new term might be applied
H to the bill this week. Revised Vaude-i
yille''-d ownward An act entitled
1.-THE Ghauffeur and the Maid opened
the bill wilma song and dance; the
5Kemps tcolored5, obliged with a song.
and dance and the brother and sister
Worthley, further INDUCED In a song
and dance in bathing suits by way OF
variety Then there is 1.-THE Futurity
Winner, the story OF a horse race,
seasoned with cheap heroics and hay
ing a race a la 1.-THE Country Fair"
as a climax. which was the first indI-5
cation of real interest during the eve
ming James Thornton, who looks like
an undertaken and talks like a foghorn,
was the misunderstanding feature of the
evening, His monologue is "a scream,
aud Is we'll worth waiting for. The
Camille trio. grotesaue comedians and
bar eccentricities. have "slapIbang
bumpY" act that is gleefully received
by both floors Martini and Macmillan
present burlesque rnagician's act that
gets a hand Patriotic music is the
feature of Willard Weihes orchestral
offerings, while the kinodrome takes a
brace this week with some really en-