The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-26


People like THE Burgomaster"-at
least salt Lake people do-and they
showed that they liked the musical COM
edy by turning out al the Colonial Sum
lday night and welcoming tho company
with a capacity audience. Indeed, It was
one of the largest audiences that has so
| far gathered in this new and popular
return engagement In Salt Lake within
two months 1t is a demonstration that
1t .i!fho mas hold hold mpon the ,people.
rcndhe IS aways weicome ee AND Am 'he 8e
music that he presents is catchy It is
,aunsful; and and the airs are of the whistling
brings with him pretty girls. Who wear
pretty costumes. and who sing and dance
and who , are res so winsome and nimble,
| All this THE Bursomastcr" brings with
choruses. among which appear trios and
duets finely and well rendered: The
chorus is n hard working one In the
Iockhart Sisters are two exceptionally
| clever soubrettcs: in Marie Grandprc is
a. handsome woman with y very sweet
voice while in the person OF Harry Herm-
sen there is ideal burgomaster.
But it Is unnecessary 10 individualze.
| The BurGomastcr" IS here, and with him
here ALL the week, The stage settings
| arc handsome. The bill runs the week
and there Will be matinces on Thursday
| and Saturday.
| The Orphcum has another good bill this
week. It is bill that will please all.
! for there is little OF everything that
| part Of the audience likes. and, in its en-
| tircty, is liked by all. AS to who, or
what act is the hcadIincr. opinion IS
| varied. There arc old favoritcs upon the
ON and there are new people All were
| applauded.
Fanny Rice Is as she always has been
charming. She Is a wondcrfully versatile
used hv her furnishes an act that plcsscs
all. Her presentation OF Taft and of
Roosevelt was exceptionally clever
Violet Black and her players present
onc-act comedy. I'm the subway" and
| In which this handsome woman has op-
| portunlty 10 do some clever acting. IT.
| Is hard work. in this comedy, but she
| appearance tn the end. When one does
| this IL demonstrates clcvcrncSs. Her as
sociate players are likewise good.
The Kitabanzai troupe OF Japanese ath-
| lctcs, cquilibrists and juggl,es. have been
here before. but their work is as clever
as when they. made their first appear
ancc. 1t would be difficult 10 excel their
work and very few equal II. Then their
| stage settings in the way of drapcrles
are exquisite, examples of handwork in
persons in this exhibition Of athletics.
There Is n novelty that pieases old and
young in tho Six Little Girls and a Teddy
| and they do both well and moro shan
well. while Everett Scott as the Teddy
bear Is tic feature of the act.
In ChiDko. tho youthful juggling gen
ius. is a young man who jugglcs that
lie is an artist in his line. His stunt is
splendid ono.
figure In tho person Of Minnie Kaufman,
a skiIlful cyclist trick cycist who does
number OF things on the wheel in II
way that is not cqualcd by almost any
one else.
G. Herbert Mitchell tells some good
stories and sings we'll "and leaves the
audience laughing when hc says good
bye"
Tho Orphoum orchestra, as usual, dis
courses splendid music. and the animated
Bill Ill., % ''''
Prosper Merimcc's charming romance.
Carmen was given added beauty sun
day evening at the Bungalow thcatcr In
its prcsCnt0 tion by Willard Alacks COM
par1y. with Mary Hall IN the leading role,
BARRING a number of pardonablc delays.
the performance passed off well and was
followed with close attention by large
fell to Miss Hall In the title role. and to
Mr.. Baldwin as Don lose. both parts be-
ing splcndidly rendered. The strong
scenes OF tho play were well sustained,
The scene In the third act was especially
noteworthy for the careful bit of acting
and the duel scene AT the end Of the act
too well known To require repetition. To
those who have not read the beautiful
romance Of Mcrimcc. the story Of the
young soldier who gave up all for cigar
cttc girl, and who was finally thrown
aside by his sweetheart for Escamillo, Il
torcador. has been followed many times
I'm the presentation OF IiiZctS famous
opera. The stage settings were excellent
the scene on the mountain at the SNUG
Incidental music To the play was pro
vidcd in selections from the score of the
opera: The part of Carmen is a con-
genial role TO Miss Hall. and the play !
should prove an attraction all the week 10
lovers OF romantic drama,
The Great McEwcn opened a second en-
gagemcnt at the Grand theatcr Sunday
evening and was greeted by IL capacity |
house. The performance was divided into /
three parts. In the first McEwcn showed |
the audience some mystifying card tricks !
aud the second part was devoted To slip |
ping handouts and Shacklcs. unlocking !
en- box which was made ON ON the stage IN |
front of the audience, The third part |
was devoted to hypnotism. In the first
pletciy mystificd the audience with his
wonderful tricks with cards. During the
second act McEwcn escaped from every
him and unlocked every paddock which
was presented To him. \ heavy wooden
the eyes OF thc audience and McEwcn was
securely fastened in it. The box was
bound with fifty feet of steel chain aud
the chain padlockcd at all intersecting
points. He escaped from this I'm exactly
one minute and both the box aud the
chains appeared not to have been touched
In this act McGwcn was also bound with
twenty feet of steel chain and the chain
securely locked about his limbs and the
kcYholcs carefully scaled with wax. 1t |
took him but three minutes TO escape from
this. but he opened every lock without
disturbing the seal The third act was
the most laughable, In which he had a
dozen men on the stage doing al kinds of