Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-09
AMUSEMENTS

Observation-Disclosures SoliiStA.iiB B
! d.uelDnt, capacity audience gain
cred Tor both evening performances nj
the newest vaudeville house last night.
The Mission theater, the latest addition
TO the blazing array In east Third
South. presented Sullivan g. Considine
vaudeville at popular prices. For the
opening night, state. county and city
officials were present in the unique
boxes. Gov. Spry and members of mis-
sbln, members of the country govern
ment and city council and other citi-
bens prominent in many walks OF lire
there. including former Gov. Heber NJ.
Wells and party OF friends.
The audience was. II IL Is pardonable
TO say so, a frubberncck" assembly
There was constant turning OF heads
in every direction, and whichever way
one looked there WIS something DIFF
ferent" to be seen Manager Clark 8
house is an attractive little theater; il
is pretty TO q fine point, the arrange.
mentS splendid, the seating capacity
large with not post to interfere with
the vision, with large gallery and odd
boxes standing out III the air like va
grants, with no visible means of sup
port. The drop is a pretty picture of
an old California mission, faithfully re-
produced in bright colors. The stage.
though small, Is well adapted TO meet
all vaudeville requirements.
To judge the bill by its reception,
especially In the galleries, 1t was Just
what the audience wanted. AS was OK
pected, not everything went along
smoothly. There were the bitches on
the stage. curtains failed to drop whom
wanted. files were somewhat askew and
there was terrific pounding in the
steamflttingS that was enough to upset
the various players The greatest hit
was scored perhaps by the intense, mel
odramatic playlet, The Hand that
Rules" May Nannary and company
presented this portrayal OF the struggle
between capital and labor with a new
delineation. and accompanied 1t with
striking stage effects when two huge
factory doors were parted to show
great machine in action with the ring OF
anyils and shouts of toilers in the or
derly confusion of the operation of
big manufacturing plant. The climax
OF the act is reached when the stern
employer Is accidentally shot In strug-
gle with woman pleading the cause oil
the toilers, and in his dying moments
forcing him TO yield to the demands oil
the men for shorter hours and more
pay The gallery was much pleased
with the tense action of the playlet,
which was quite acceptably given.
The Katabanzai troupe of Japanese
acrobats and balancers was a close
contender for first place on the bill.
Their act is a marvel of such balancing
and skill as the Japanese alone can
present
Barney Pagan and Henrietta Byron
offered an uproarous act of jest In song
and story. The act drew resounding
plaudits from the upper regions. In
clined to ovcrstep at times the bounds
for refined acts. 1t could be
improved by the elimination of several
lines of cross talk and also a verse or
two of song and It's accompaniment
Of suggestive gyrations. for lack OF
4 worse name termed dancing.
Capt, Nat Ressler and Mrs. Ressler
offere fine exhibition of fancy re-
colvcr shooting. There are few now
feats offered. but the act could hardly
pc improved
Violette Curtis presented her smiling
self In a number of character songs
and was forced to respond to seyera
recalls Her baseball song was prob
ably the biggest hit OF the number
and she reserved II for her final effort
Miss Josephine Morrison, well known
as an accomplished local harpist. was
heard In. number of pleasing selec-
tlons. Two numbers were songs with
harp accompaniment-and one with
violin obligato that, for the lack OF re-
hearsing, would have been improved by
the omission of the obligato.
George Evers also appeared as a
blackfacc comedian. AS far as the
blackface went it was about as black
as the ordinary minstrel countenance
but printers error must certainly be
responsible for getting that word
Comedian" in his title. Throughout
his work was coarse and vulgar and
the evenings entertainment would have
been improved by his absence
The picturegraph offered some splen-
did animated pictures and the orches-
ira completed the bill 1t is believed,
and hoped. that the orchestra members
will ultimately become better icquaint-
ed among themselves and with the
music they have before them, and II
so, last nights musical performance
Will be forgiven
1t is worth remembering that the
first performance, for which seats are
reserved begins at a.; 80. and that the
second performance. for which seats
are not reserved. begins at 9:15. Mat
inees begin at 2:S0, This weeks bill
runs to Tuesday and weekly changes
occur Wednesdays.
Orpheum-The Orpheum's bill Is
proving more than satisfactory this
week and the average merit of tho
audiences every evening. The daily
matinee is also being well patroniz-
ed
Colonlal-The lively comedy entitled
Commencement Days" continues 10
attract we'll pleased audiences, and
as the Sembrich concert is out of the
way 1t will no doubt have an over
flowing audience tonight
Grand-"The Two Orphans Is con-
tinuing a heavy drawing card this
week. Next week Salt Lakers will
have an opportunity of being re-in-
troduced to that handsome and
charming actress Maude Leone Mack)
Miss Leone has not been seen here
since last year st the Colonial. when
Mr. Mack opened here in ION Parole"
Since then she has been playing
special stock engagements in Kansas
City. Omaha, Chicago. and st Louis.
Her orncning play of "Janice Meredith"