Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-09
THE ROUND OF THE THEATERS

TuEArER-Mm Gadsu made be-.
second appearance On Salt Lake city
at tho thcatcr iast evening facing a
/ handsome. representative and critical
audience While % did not entirely hn
the house. there were but few vacant
| salts below and O. throng above. whore
the generosity ofthc management had
granted "a special rate for students and
members of oar singing societies. AZ
The sim rates OF admission. the NUM-
Der ln the audience must have made "a
handsome box office total
From the artistic standpoint. % needs
only Doe said that Nine Gadsd dupli-
Gated. DO she ala not excel the prevI-
Gus record which she made at the tab
eruaclc in October 1907. when she save
20 notable concert assisted tbcn. os
now. by Mr Ia Forge and by tho
tabernacle choir, ln addition. In fact
the tremendous dramatic effects which
she $50 well knows how 20 produce. and
the delicate work I'm some Of her lighter
ballads. gained by being rendered iu
songs was % very Wide one including
English French and German, aud
while her Er giish was spoken with 10
strong Toutouic accent. she is 800 much
the artist that she makes one forget
that drawback such dainty numbers
as my Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair
and THE Lass with the Delicate Air
were most Charmingly done. the dis
tinguishing feature being the even rich-
a|..H..
something rarely heard in the prima
donna soprano. The Grieg song with
the Water Lily" was done in graceful
and tender fashion. and the two songs
by the pianist. Mr. la Forge evidently
f1voritc composer with Gadsk. To-.
she also gave some of his selections
in the tabernacle, were among some of
the most strongly 3pplauded renditions
OF the evening. the difficulties of the
German songs By Strauss and Wagner
were surmouuted In almost breath TAX
ing fashion by the great singer. After
the concluding number the audience re-
manned seated. and called her back.
She responded with the thrilling cry
of the Nalkyric one OF her old time
fJVOrltcs, which we have also heard
Nordica do. So admirably was this
rendered that she was forced 10 come
back and give So a second time
The pianist and composer. Mr.. Ia
Forge, repeated his old time impress
sion He is a. finished accompanist a.
graceful composer and an admirable
performer throughout. his solo NUM-
bers being received with the warmest
marks OF favor.
LOGAN OPERA COMPANY-The l..
A. O.. folks In their production of
"Babette" are the next attraction at
the thoater. They give one performance
only tomorrow night.
ORPHEUM-Martin Becks Orphoum
show, formerly the annual Road
show" has struck salt Lake and in
cidcntally hit it hard. Last night tn
house was packed, and advance book
ings indicate that the $. h. O. sign
viii Boz sported for the balance OF the
week. To that rara avis, the ind.
vidual sulfeited with vaudeville, the
bill presents an interesting study OF
what might be- termed the acme Of
variety. All tho old friends are there
brought up 10 date, and needless 10 say
the majority OF aEa are from the other
side of the Atlantic. The Old-time slap
bang tumbicrs are encountered at the
rise OF the curtain Ia Work and over
who use up enough good stun m
y
nastic tomfoolery turns. Then follow
Charles and Fanny Van in the TWEEN
tietn century happy idea of "gagging'
the audience and anordlng MARCUS
advertisement with quarrel in the
middle Of an act and the Introduction
OF "A gem Of a stage carpenter. A
lunatic in "a fiat who proves 10 be a
second edition of raffles, sounds some
what trlte. but the fashion in which
Harrison Hunter, an English actor with
a voice and stage presence, handles
the theme, marks the playlet The Van
Dyck,' among the most artistic and
best staged sketches seen at the Or
pheum to date.
No vaudeville show would be cont
pletc without a trained animal act, so
Martin Beck gives US the unexpected.
Imagine 40 canine actors TOmping
through a seveu-scene Dutch drama,
each and every actor costumed ana
wearing wooden shoes, II you please,
and not a trainer with or without a
whip In sight, and one gets but faint
conception OF THE ElOpement Of ga
lone" No show would be complete
without monologue man and Herman
Meyer fills the bill Ar Meyer was
here last season but his symphonic
Clcyorncss," droll humOr with a dash
OF yentriloquism arc as sparkling az
ever His burlesque on grand opera
and the chicken in.the plano last night
brought down the house
The headlner IN the galaxy Of head
liners is Mile De DiO, n shapey bru-
uctte from Paris who is the center of
a gorgeous spectacle entitled "Terpsi-
ch0re Dream On which a trip behind
the scenes last night demonstrated tho
necessity of IS calcium lights, 20 drops
two search light and a ton Of silver
beads with i've extra hands on the
stage 90 work the act. At the close
$1,000 candle power rs expended In col
ofed lighting effects, DE Do does not
dance much but as the center OF the
stage she is "a glltteding success. From
these acts % the motion pictures, how
a-