The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-19
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\ right clever performance Of Inc
Liars was that given by Mary ian ana
associate players at the Colonial last
evening Willard Mack is still sick ana
was unable to appear. Truth TO tell, de-
spite his excellent qualifications as an
actor and stage director. he was not serl-
ously missed last evening I. n heIIIol
as Edward FallSner and George 2. Bald
win as Sir Christopher Deering nlleu
creditably the two parts from Wnich MI,
Mack would have selected his role. ThS
is no reflection or Mr. Mack, who would
be greatly missed in some other plays
but is a mere statement Of fact.
Mary Hall as Lady Jessica, whose Shght
indisCretiOn causes all the trouble and
furnishes the thread Of the story. mas the
best opportunity, and she Utilities 1t well.
Anna Cleveland made a good Lady Rosa
mond. the kind friend who tries TO help
out, and Bessie Hunter was pleasing as
Dolly Coke.
Altogether the piece is an enjoyable
little comedy, and the performance well
up to a high standard of stock. It Will
run the rest Of the week.
The bill at the Orpheum this week is
just little better than the average and
that is saying much. There is really not
a poor act in the entire performance. ana
there is a wide variety of new features.
Harry Tsuda in his equilbrist act does
some things which are novel. and his
performance shows a muscular develop
ment that is little short Of marve lous-
Frank Whitman is called the dancing
viOlinist," which is somewhat Of a mis-
homer: he should be called a dancing
fiddler, for he is not a viOlinist, but he
is q good fiddler. and his dancing to his
own music and antics with his fiddle are
,at once amusing and entertaining.
10 nd ETowaupn Clark rrrr
on The Spring of Youth playlet that
works out cleverly and hits the popular
chord, If one is to judge by the applause
given And the magic spring, OF which
the decFepit old man impeTsonated by
Mr.. Foy drinks, works such a transfOrma-
ton that all are amused.
Lolita Gladstone gives some clever i'm
presentations. though she hardly typifies
the country girl IN this neck of the woods.
There is a near enough approach to a
type, however. that the reality. is ap-
parent. She was called out several times
and a. beautiful bouquet was bestowed
upon her.
The one-act comedy. 'rThe Lady Across
the Hail." was cleverly done, though there
isn't much to the play except that it is
entertaining and a diversion.
The novelty dancing four do some clev-
er foot work, and the bicycle act by the
Baader-LaNe trio wound up the pro-
gram and gave enjoyable acts. though
there was nothing startling new in either.
however. the were UOL DOOE.
The Orpheum orchestra contributed sew
eTal enjoyable selections, but the absence
Of Mr.. Weihe was noticed
The moving pictures were mediocre,
THE Telephone Girl" opened at the
Bungalow last evening before a large aU-
dience, which showed disposition of toll
eTanCe regarding shortcomings and a
ready appreciation Of meritoriOus num-
bers. The performance IS not too bad in
any particular and is really good in many
respects And the good features came
close enough together so thatf nobody
went to sleep in the intervals last even
ing. Among the Number please danes
of they chorus there are a few weak sis
tiers. but the principals for the most part
are good. They are all musicaly inclined
ana several really good voices can be
heard. The acting, except in the parts
taken BIZ Marjorie Lake as Estelle, Miss
Fanny Frankel as Beauty SimDkins and
Abe Friedland as Rudolph Snitz. the new
boss, is very ordinary. The plot Is too
flimsv. even for a musical comedy. but
the musical Interruptions are mostly en-
joyable. MY Estelle." BY Frank Con-
fer and chorus, in the first act ana
Sweetheart Days" sung by Leonard
Confer in the second act are among the
best musical numbers. The hit of the
evening. however. last night was the
Rose City quartet composed OF MesSTs
Confer. Bauer. Hunt and Confer They
were loudly aDDlauded and were obliged
stage settings are very simple. they are
tasty. and the costumes are pretty The
broilers in sheath gowns in the last act
make a very pretty picture This pToduc-
ton continues the week with matinees
Wednesday and SATURDAY.
An Orphans Prayer is being offered
at the Grand this~week. and in spite OF
inpossibilities of the various situations
developed in the plot, II went well with a
fsir-sized house last night.
In writing the Orphans Prayer the
S,Iavsmith evidently had in mind POlOnius
recommendation 10 Hamlet Of the actors,
especially when he said they were the best
actors in the world for ragical-cOmical-
historical-pastoral, scene undividable, or
poem unlimited.
The PRAYER was little in evidence. but
about everything else. from melcdrama to
comedy. was furnished with a free hand
and there were ClimaXes that brought
forth enthusiastic handclaps.
The play itself is more or less hodge
pOdge of a dozen OF more pastoral plays
and really gives no opportunity Tor the
principals. With the material given them.
however the various members Of the cast
did all that could be expected Of them.
The specialJies between the acts. esDe-
ciaIIv that Of s-TneZ. Ody and Helen" as
they appear on the program. were well re-
Ceived and added materially to the even
ing s entertainment
A grand story by one Of the foremost
authors OF modern times is portrayed in
pictures at the Lyric this week. How
clearly the name Of Bulwer Lytton re-
calls 10 The mind the magnificent story
OF The Last DAYS Of POmpeii' The pic
ture Is an exact reproduction Of his great
est writing. The pathetic story Of the
poor blind Eiri Nydia is Unrolled I'm this
picture 50 naturally that one forgets that
ii is merely picture and feels 4 grip IF
pain for the girl The acting the stsE-
ing and the photography cannot he crit
iciscd. they really cannot be praised
enough. The most wonderful scene Of ali
is that showing the great amphithestre
with the thousands Of spectators gathered
to witness the sacrifice OF prisoners 20
the wild beasts. The multitude sees the
smoke and flame belch forth from the
mountain. They rise as one man seeking
safety, but none is to be found. Great
rocks crash down upon them Massive
columns Of marble crash beside them and
the air Is filled with a thick smoke. The
bill runs all week.
Tonight in San Francisco viii occur the
opening Of the new Orpbeun theatre. It
Is built on the site Of the one destroyed
three years ago in the fire The new the
atre will represent. with the ground on
which il stands. an expenditure OF sp-
70 or no vr-1rs-r- ~asEz in Ha