The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-28
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You never can tell what Will happen
TO railroad train when the weather is
several weeks It Is almost impossible
| TO keep trains moving on time and be-
cause 81 locomotive refuses TO steam or
car Is deraiied Is the cause of many dis
appointments No class OF people know
this better than do theatrical people. and
In long jump an hour or two hours
latest company to experience this was
| the isis Hopkins" company, with Rose
Melville as the star.
psn MS' at Melville he f"a sRgagr Mondas To-
The curtain did go UP and the play was
presented, but It was 9:35 o'clock before
yn pe the bsSs had not
last week. until s:lO Monday evening.
There was big audience In the Co
tbe to g So the P PLAY G @ and tb
chestra entertained this audience, while
| waiting for the arrival OF the players
t6c T5h deghtq r b4nc mgsG DsTsa y9eF WbeD Of
arrived and the curtain did not go up
n number. tired OF waiting. left their
2 boN and Their T5osy SS wSs T by
and this was the larger part OF the audi
ence, were more than repaid for their
long walt Of more than an hour. -.
has wonderful hold upon amusement
lovers and has long portrayed the char
aeter 21dsi OF the the, sp simple country lass. SIS
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her actions as when they first saw Sis.
And with Miss Melville Is a most capa-
| BILE company.
isis Hopkins" is a real comedy. There
| is real plot and there are so many
lines In II th9t are brilliant and LAP 1t %p-
to and % the for u as and iea tbe 91d whoe ah
the middle aged all enjoy It, And when
Rose Melville, as SIS Hopkins. with that
age 9aRpy ssTs se s9S na ' ss cdeh In her
well. II there were nothing else that she
says one would be amply repaid Tor
The company with Miss Melville. as
in praise OF one IS to speak in praise
yidualize. isis Hopkins. viii be at tte
Colonial the remainder OF the week, with
matinees on Wednesday and saturday, t
| doubt. during the engagement
| The most important light opera event
Of the present season son viii be the hear ar
next Friday OF Frltzi Scheff in
Charles DIllingham's production of "Thc
rnS Me sehe y Henry
Blossom and Victor Herbert. Strange
for a comic opera, the play has an in
and and the story is developed very skiiligiiS.
gives Nine. scher the opportunity, to
as 1sngssi an emotional actress s as Well las as Being
the best prima donna on the light opera
stage today. The sale Of seats opens at
the box office Wednesday
Beginning next Sunday the orphuem
will open It's weeks bill at a matinee in
stead of In the evening. In other cities
In which orpheums are established the
Sunday matinee has proved very salts
factory feature, II Is believed that this
| giving of this matinee will make four
| teen performances each week at the Or
| pheum.
1.-THE Vagabond King" is receiving not
only the large patronage of the public
this week, but It's hearty commendauon.
public regard by his handling of a diff
cult dual role, and, Miss I,orle Palmer. a
gracious actress as the. PRINCESS has
nothing heavy or wearisome about the
piece. 1t claims to he merely entertain
Ing. and 4 is that to a remsrkable de-
given every evening, with matinees on
Wednesday and Saturday.
Today's performances will mark the
| closing OF the bill being presented at
| Mission. and Wednesday will see com
plete change throug;h91ut u, or the head ,e,1
| jackson deserve the lead. "Cupid's Voy-
age is the title OF their sketch, and
aside from its sdesptins Gomicaiiiss its
derful scenic effects. The Godlewsky
group OF ten Russians Is another head
liner.
The trick and fancy bicycle riding Of
e. c. Alderman made a distinct hit with
patrons OF the Auditorium roller skating
rink on the occasion OF his initial per-
formance Monday afternoon and evening
ut the Richards street rink. Fills work is
very rapid. but the act or series OF acts.
embrace some Of the most difficult tricks
that could be imagined. and many of
them are entirely new and original and
also highly amusing. The engagement