The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
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The aggregation Of headIiners known as
the Orpheum show played to a packed
mouse at the Ofphelm thsater last night
opening weeks engagement The bill
represented the best IN vaudeville COM
pretending the usual variety with eacn
act classic in its line. There was not a
weak spot IN the performance. and the
delighted audience expressed its apprecia-
| ton in enthusiastic applause.
/ FOR those who Ike the rough stuff. and
] tnere are many such. the opening number
brought out Frank Work and Reinhold
over in their combination Of twists and
| TAILS They elimsxed their series OF de-
hghtfui disloeations by entvining their
| nmes ana going over and under table
stter inc manner OF chain gear negotiat-
Charles and Fanny Van came next with
Ian unique and clever conccit. entitled "A
with handsome six-fOoter. and there is
an unexpected family iamboree in full
view Of the audience. Fanny slips him
three and twenty and her pseudo team
mate fades away to make room for the
stage carpenter Just conhdeHtislly. now.
| II ISM the stage carpenter at all but
CHARLES Van IN disguise He looks and
acts the part however. in a way that
| aHords pleasant comedy and realistic
| complications
The Van Dyke" is the title Of sketch
! that Tor class in construction and merit in
acting ranks with the best ever seen in
1 Salt Lake. The fiat or diiietante are
collector and musician is invaded by
stranger. who pretends to be charmed by
! the young mans music. lie makes care
| ful inventory of the filings while telling
the story OF his past life. and with ad-
mirable finesse carries out the impression
| that he is an escaped lunatic. DIT. Dippy
and, his assistants arrived at the psyche
logical moment and the musician Is in
/ duced to withdraw for moment in order
| that the patient may be quoted He Is
gone about five minutes. which is long
| enough for the con men TO strip his fiat
/ Of everything It contains with the excep-
| ton OF ''phoney" masterpiece The Work
| Of Harrison Hunter in the principal role IS
| a bit of finished acting.
'''The Eiopement of Sslome" was put on
/ by dog performers. presenting one OF the
most novel and elaborate animal acts on
the vaudeville stage 1t is impossible to
| describe this canine travesty. and in the
language Of the advance man il must I've
| seen to be appreciated.
] LYMAN Never gave a clever perform
| ance on the piano with a comedy accom-
| paniment. He gave a burlesque OF grand
| opera that was ons of the richest Things
| in the show. Meyer is the Paderewski OF
| vaudeville
Mile. De Dio. the famous Partisan
danseuse, in her European triumph.
! 'Terpsichors's Dream That Is the way
the act is billed on the program. and IL
] deserves every word Of il. \ graceful
1 dancer submerged in calcium and cleo
trical effects. backed by superb scenery
and assisted by consummatc staEecraft,
| produces a spectacle that is dazzling to
! the eye and stimulating to the magma
| ton. IL is the browning triumph OF a
hiEh-ciass show.
| The Orpheum orchestra was al its best
last evening. which certainly was going
some. Meritorious moving pictures closed
| the evenings entertainment.
The PLAYS the thing" saws Shakes
peare. but there is often dispute whether
| the success of a stage production is due
to the merit of the play itself or to GER
| tain individuals or an individual who may
| take part in the presentation When
| Marrying Mary" the book of which Wal
| written by q Salt LalSer, Edwin Milton
Royie. was presented first, there was
! Illuminating presence Of Marie CahilI aid
not have more to do with the great sue
cess of the piece than did the situations.
| lines and music. MARRYING Mary came
to the Colonial last evening without Marie
| Cahii, and there was an excellent oppor-
| tunity TO settle the question formerly
mooted. The conclusion Is inevitable that
/ the musical com sdy itself IS good enough
to win success without the delicious hui
NOR and magnetism OF Miss Cahill-in
| fact, without any star at all.
| The house was packed last evening. and
the reception was enthusiastic. Although
] the piece has had a ruin in Salt Lake City.
| last evening in warmth Of applause was
! almost like a genuine first night
| Marrying Mary is a sparkling comedy.
! full of clever situations. witty lines, pref
| ty music and taking lyrics. The male
portion Of the company is good. ranking
close to IF not equal to the original cast
| Hillisrd Campbell as husband No. l. Matt
| Hanley as No. 2 Harry 3. Roche as No. ;
and Harry Benham as the man who final
| " becomes No. 4, all have good voices
| and took advantage OF the possibilities Of
| their parts. Mr.. Roche Is probably the
best actor. doing some especially clever
wors in his imperscnatiop Of the bibulous
husband No. 3. Richard Karl had the part
| formerly taken by Eugene Cowles. Mr..
Karl has a fine voice. although he ap-
peared to be suffering from cold. Jules
Ciuzetti PLAYED the French landlord on
broad comedy lines and greatly delighted
the audience. Bessie Graham was 50 It's
| factory as the French maid a small part.
| and the chorus was Woodworking and
But what of Florence Gear. who PLAYS
the title role. Is on the stage more and
| oftener than anybody else. and has more
lines and more songs? OF course. she is
neither a Marie Cahill nor a May Irwin.
| She has far more beautiful figure. artis-
| ticaliy speaking than either OF these jolly
and talented women. 1t can be said in
her favor that she wears handsome be-
| coming. weli-ftting gowns. and would
| make splendid cloak model If the au-
! dience could have understood what she
was saving last evening. ii might have
| laughed more than it did. Most Of the
| time she was speaking few persons unfa-
/ milisr with the play knew what was going
| on. except as they caught the context
| from what the others on the stage were
| saving. Her efforts at comedy consisted
principally of a kitteuIsh stage smile and
| a peculiar nasal cackle. Miss Gears
| greatest hit was made when she wbistled
| verse of one Of her songs and aroused a
whisting chorus OF applause from the gal
! ieTv. on the whole. she contributed less
/ to the artistic success of the performance
| than did any one OF half a dozen others.
| But Marrying Mary was triumphant
| once again last evening. despite these
various drawbacks. which goes to show
| that at least in this instance, old Colonel
| Bill Shakespeare was right
! The enga cement is for the rest Of the
/ week.
| Willard Mack and associate PLAYERS
gave their initial performance Of The
/ Man on the Box in the Bungalow theatre
I last night and that splendid comedy has
never been given better presentation