The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
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The aggregation Of hesdiiners known asl
| the Orpheum show played to a packed
/ house at the 0rpheum theater last night
opening a weeks engagement The bill
represented the best IN vaudeville, COM
s srs the usual variety. with eacn
ACT q classic in its line. There vas not
weak spot in the performance, and the
| oeughted audience expressed its apprecia-
ton in enthusiastic applause
For those who like the rough stuff, and
| mere are many such, the opening number
/ Drought out Frank Work and Reinhoid
over in their combination OF twists and
| ialiS They ciimaxsd their series OF de-
| lishtful dislocations by entwining their
/ limbs and going over and under table
| aiter the manner OF chain gear negotiat-
/ ing cog wheel
Charles and Fanny Van came next with
an UNIQUE and clever conccit. entitled "A
Case OF Emergency" Fanny comes out
! with 4 handsome six-fOofer. and there If
an unexpected family jsmboree in full
1 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 confidentiaily. now,
/ il isn't the stage carpenter at all. but
/ Charles Van in disguise. RE looks and
| acts the part. however. in way tnat
AFFORDS pleasant comedy and realistic
I complications
The Van Dyke is the title Of sketch
/ that for class In construction and merit III
| acting ranks with the best ever seen in
/ collector and musician is invaded BY
| stranger. who pretends to be charmed by
! the young mans music. lie makes a care
/ ful inventory of the fXings while telling
| the story Of his past life. and with ad-
| mirable finesse carries out the impression
| that he is an escaped lunatic Dr. Dlppy
| and. his assistants arrived at the psych0-
Logical moment and the musician Is IN
/ duced to withdraw for moment IN order
| that the patient may be quieted. lie Is
gone about FIVE minutes. which is long
or 70 moi n
| of everything IL contains with the eXcep-
| ton Of phoney" masterpiece. Inc WORK
Of Harrison Hunter in the principal role IS
| a bit of finished acting.
The Elopsment of Sslome' was put on
by dog performers. presenting one Of the
most novel and elaborate animal acts on
describe this canine travesty, and in the
language Of the advance man il must De
| seen TO be appreciated.
! LYMAN Meyer gave a clever perform
ance on the piano with q comedy accom-
panment He gave a burlesque OF grand
opera that was on of the RI est Things
in the show, Meyer is the PadereWski OF
Mile. De Do. the famous Partisan
danseuse, in her European triumph,
I 'Terpsichors's Dream. That is the way
the act is billed on the program. and y
deserves every word of it. \ graceful
dancer submerged in calcium and cleo
trical effects. backed by superb scenery
and assisted by consummate stagecrait,
the eye and stimulating to the magma
ton. It is the GROWING triumph OF
| high-clsss show.
| The Orpheum orchestra was at 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
I to the merit Of the play itself or to GER
tain individuals or an individual who may
take part in the presentation. When
I Marrying Mary" the book of which WIS
written BY 8 Salt LakeF. Edwin Milton
Royie, was presented first. there was a
difference of opinion as to whether the
Illuminating presence Of Marie Cahili did
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
CahiH, and there was an excellent oppor-
tunity 10 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 CahiIl-in
fact, without any star st all.
The house was packed last evening. and
the reception was enthusiastic. Although
the pisee has had run in Salt Lake City,
last evening in warmth of applause was
almost Ike q genuine first night.
Marrying MARY is 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. 1, Matt
Hanley as No. ?. Harry B. Roche as No 5
and Harry Benham as the man who final
" becomes No. T. all have good voices
and took advantage Of the possibilities Of
their parts Mr.. Roche is probably the
best actor. doing some especially clever
work in his impersenation 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
Cluzetu played the French landlord on
broad comedy lines and greatly delighted
the audience Bessie Graham was salts
factory as the French maid, small part,
and the chorus was Woodworking and
good as a whole.
| B,It what of Florence Gear. who plavs
the title role. is on the stage more and
oftener than anybody else. and has more
lines and more songs2 of course, she is
neither Marie Cahiil nor May iTWlB.
She has a far more beautiful figure, artis-
tically 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 4 splendid cloak model. II the su-
dience could have understood what she
was saying last evening. II might have
laughed more than il 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 q kittenish stage smile and
a peculiar nasal cackle. Miss Gears
greatest hit was made when she Whistled
| a verse Of one Of her songs and aroused a
whistIinE chorus OF applause from the gall
iery. On the whole. she contributed less
to the artistic success OF the performance
than did any one Of half dozen others
But Marrying Mary was triumphant
once again last evening, despite these
various drawbacks. which goes to show
that. at least I'm this instance, old Colonel
Bill Shakespeare was right.
! The engagement 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
1 last night. and that splendid comedy has
never been given a better presentation