The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-28

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That universally popular American
nIsy s,In Old Kentucky which Will
be The attraction at the Salt Lake inc
alter for four nights, with bargain mat'
ncc Wednesday, beginning tomorrow, is
now on its seventeenth annual tour oil
the United States aud Canada, rev
will realize nj FIRST glance all that tins
statement implies The ordinary play rs
regarded as highly successful II NJ mas
10 it's credit Two or three prosperous
years or. ut the most. FIVE or SIX. IN
Old Kentucky was first produced IN
1900. and during all the years since
Then il has never been shelVed 1or
single season but has gone on Sedsos
Yr1er season dehghting audiences ana
hacking thcatcrs TO the doors from the
atlantic 10 the Pacific, So far from
showing any signs of decrepllude, IL
seems 10 wax lustier and stronger as
inc wears roll by, until 1T has come TO
he regarded as the most popular drama
. in America The atmosphere OF one OF
tho most romantic ana lnJ'rcsl'ne
nf tbr union has been reproduced IN
,br play with absolute fidelity Inc
characters. drawn from life by the
.utbor arc necessarily real people. lheS
ure NOT stage characters, but hNing'
breai hing human beings, into whose
thoughts and emotions one enters WIN
the Same understanding and interest,"
that is felt for friends with Whoh one
has spent his life. Then there is oeeP
sympathy aroused by the little noun,
tain girl, handicapped by poverty ana
IGNORANCE but with heart so True anu
brave that she knows no fear, regards
no danger when love leads the way,
There is that dear delightful old mala
Aunt Alatbca, and the gallant hth'
iuckv colonel, torn by two conhlctlnG
uassiops-his love for Alathea ana ms
passionate devotion TO the race track.
Then there is that wonderful reproduc-
iion of the BARNARD life of the planta'
iion-the cute little plckaninnles WIN
their dances. their frolics and tnelr mar
velous playing as the Wangdoodie praSs
hand. There IS also the tremendous IN
teTest @ and excitement Of the great horse
race. on which the hero's fortunes de-
nend. with its paddock and the IRE
sistihle comedy of the race Itself as III
;s watched bv the colonel up tree ana
Aunt Alathea dancing IN frantic excite
mept before n convenient knotholc IN
the fence. All in the development OF
the plot, and all arc woven together
~ in0 pl; log;caI and harmonious develop
ment to a conclusion that sends the
audience home with that thoroughly
satisfied feeling gwen by so rev plays
of the modern stage.
Commencing this Sunday evening at
the Grand theater Willard Mack, as"
sisted by Miss Blanche Douglas and the
sent for the second time this season
Edwin Milton Royle's celebrated
Western story, ttThe Squaw Man. ~ The
play is too we'll known to need any
particular comment upon its merits as
among the best dramas written IN the
last ten years. And IL WAS geneldlly
couceded that Mr.. Mack's performance
of UJim Carston" is the best piece OF
work he has done in the city. Walter
Mccullough, who has been taking MI
Mack's place during his recent absence
from the cast, has been retained and
will play % Cash Hawkins, the - bad
man" OF the. story, MISS Dougias wi wlli
of course play Diana" as as oerose .one
womanly performance She gave. Baby
Kennedy again plays "Little Hal,
while Airing Alcine plays HIS former
role of Tabayana, the Ute chief. Mr.
Mack has given the play. his personal
direction and the mountlngs are the
same as before. The matinees are as
usual. upon Wednesday and Saturday
and the advance sale already indicates
big business
Ono of the big bills of the year i,
the promise of the Orpbeum theatei
for the week, beginning tonight, wher
Valerie Bergere comes with her one
act playlet by Grace Griswold, ''BilHe' ,;
First Love- Miss Bergere's presen
tation of this little play has won fron
the newspapers of the country probably
more serious attention than has beer
accorded any similar sketch in vaude
vile. Miss Bergcre s personal Eucces
in the part has been complete. Sh
depicts with startling truth the vary
ing emotions OF the somewhat unkemp
hut none the less sound hearted actress
Intense dramatic action, delicate como
dy, tenderness, anger, and other mani
festations of the heroine's nature ar
shown artistcally and with a surenes
and skin that command admiration
Miss Berqere has a repertory of ney
playlets from which HBillic S Firs
Love- has been selected for presenta
ton here.
Another actual headline act will b
the number given by the Tuscan
Trouhadours, who are SIX grand oper
singers. In order 10 helghten the drs
matte interest of the offering littl
musical drama has been arranged. a
italian street singer and his wife al
pear in the first scene. They are i
distress because Of lack Of money The
are Joined by little newsgirl. 500
another Italian happens along. He
fruit peddlcr and sings of his woe
AS the quartet sing, stranded conf
opera manager who has walked int
the city with his star Joins them II
organl2Ps 4 new company and holds
rehearsal on the spot. Selections fro
Rigolctto. Faust, Carmen and Tam
hauser are given. az well as from 9th,
standard operas. The act is hant
so'-n', STAGED and ftiinely costumed.
For those who like gymnastc pc