The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-22

= COLONIAL TIL EA r e R-"The :.
| II Girl Question" Evening, SIS. -
J. GRAND THEATER-"Rrown OF =
| - Harvard" Evening. S15. =
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The Girl Question" opened at the Co
| lonal sunday night with whirvind
| OF novelty and fun. and kept IL up from
start TO finish. with just enough pathos
thrown in at the right times To deepen
the human interest and make the bright
purts brighter Although The songs and
musical selections are not new 10 Salt
Lake ,heatergoers they are of tuneful
and catchy variety and viii be added TO
the repertoire Of every whistler who has
not already numbered them among his
stock.
John l.. Kcarney. rs Con RYAN. head
waiter in a Chicago cafe, installs him
self into the general good favor of the
audience by opening a package OF slang
that appeared TO be incNhaustibic Con
Is in love with Elsie Davis. the pretty
cashier and Con In turn is loved by
JOG Forster one OF the Mattresses.
though he docs not realize this fact To
lists ''Ioc's' aid In conveying to elsie
a note declaring his love for her. This
is a hcart-rcnding task for Joe. but she
carries out Cons wishes, with the result
thnt Elsie rcfraiDs from answering. She
makes the acquaintance Of Harold Sears
and becomes engaged 10 him. Con. see
ing that he is thrown down. eurns to
Joe and all ends happily.
Tie chorus is well picked and uniquely
costumed, many new stunts That did not
appear with the show when IL was here
before being introduced. Mr.. kearucy
Is all thai could be wished for AS Con.
Dorothy Maynard. as Elsie Davis. the
cashier lita suuSly into the part allotted
10 her Helene McGowan as Joe Fors-
ter is placed in some trying situations
and gets away with them admirably.
Anna Hoffman. as Mrs. Jessie Sears;
mar: Robert Millikin = newspaper re-
porter, Lawrence William. Arthur Knp-
IAN, Frank Halliday, arc all well suited
TO the Characters thcy cndcavor 10 por-
tray, Much has been added TO improve
the play since It's first appearance here
and one will mako no mistake when tick
ton which runs tn" week. with matt
noes "Wednesday. Thursday and Satur-
day.
II Is good bill that the Orphcum
offers its patrons this week. Tho head
liner Is Miss Mary Norman. who Is u So
cicty carlcaturiSi and who has an act
that is dinercn, from the average vaudc-
vile one. but who Capilvatcs the audi
encc with her act She presents some
types of women, types that are seen in
any community every day. These types
OF women She DortTaNS by n change OF
llcadg"ar. She likewise portrays the
woman who takes her first automobile
ride and She does it in an exceedingly
clever manner Her impoTsunation of the
women who are always wanting to dance
the two-Stcp was likewise more than
clever, Her linal Is i'm the serious vein.
when sh" gives = nonoloe1re descriptive
OF a memhcr a The salvation Army Ihat
but il is done i'm such a manner thal5
they are loaih io permit her TO leave tho
stag" II there WAS nothing else upon
the bin but her act it would more than
repay a visit 10 the playhouse,
The best vcntriloquist act ever seen
here upon the orphcum stage is that OF
Edward f. Rcynard. who makes his ap-
country village OF HcksyiIlc, Tho time
is lust at dawn and the stage settings
nor" effective. Ills m5uillins, and there
arc several Of them act just as if they
Were real Ills act is show by Itself.
chasSiuo. who opens the bin Is 4
pedal and Gigitnl ShsdowGraphist and
his silhouette picture act is now. as 1t
Is also novel
Ethel and Emma Hopkins two land
some women present Luna Land an
g M% Ea e"f'S of cb I Is wen To 5mmS 5mS amd m
they ar" aided 10y mechanical scenic and
electrical effects which add largely to
their act.
There arc four acrobats in tho DufGn-
Rcdcay troupe, who present an act which
places them nj the head Of acrobatic
performers of the country. II is a thrill
ing act and in II is introduced double,
half ard double full somersauts.
There is a comedy plaElct The Lob
byist," in which Pa;rice, who Is a pretty
woman with handsome figure, Charles
ltutchison and W. r. Crawford. keep tho
audience laughing all the time the act
Is on.
ing is given when Sisnor Ancillatu intro
duces his mind reading dog, Pilu
Then there is the knodromc pictures
and The delightful music rendered by the
Of Professor Wichc, which pIallc up the
bill There are matinccS daily. The
bin will run the week.
There is not one dull moment I'm
Brown of Harvard" which opened at the
Grand thcatcr on Sunday night. with Mr..
Walter Mccullough in the titlC role. II
is one of the best college plays that has
ever been put upon the stage and has
gained a national reputation such. The
cast is necessarily somewhat large TO ac-
Cumplish proper impcrSonation OF the uu-
merous college characters and their girl
friends aud Swccthearts. Among the lat
ter is Miss Blanche Douglas, who takes
the part of Evelyn Kenyon. with whom
Tom Brown is desperately In love There
Is all the devil may care Of student
He exhibited and all the sChool-boy
pruniS and CsCapadCS, and IL is one Of
the latter which, although in reality in
uoC"ut enough. has such ar appearance
as To cause temporary cstrdngcmcnI
beiwccn Tom and Evelyn. In the process
ot making up again many humorous
situations appear, Tom is bg-hCartcd
and whole-soUod fellow with wealthy
father and through his friend Cartwright
ho supplies money TO dcfray tie college
expenses Of a poor but paiustaliine stu
dent named Gerald Thornc, impcrsonatcd
by Mir Airing Nlclnc. yhorrc does not
know ihis and TcscuGE the iart that his
sister IL on friendly terms with Brown,
imagining that the lattcrs attention
BODIES III for the sister. But the mat
ter is finally cleared up and Tom is no
longer miSjudg"d.
The action is breezy and Elmer Booth
furnishes much OF Tile comedy. They
At best, housekeeping