The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-09

4 MISSION II E A I + R-Impcrial y.
!. vaudeville May Nannary in The :
Il Hand That Rules" featured, Natl =
!. noe. $50 Evening. 1880 and :
.ls;-s.-.
Beautiful In It's fittings and furnish
sentative audience OF playgoers and
amusement lovers. the Mission, "the the
ater different the latest addition TO the
playhouseS of Salt Lake. was on Wednes-
day evening chrlstcned. and tho first pro-
gramme in this handsome theater was
presented,
In the boxes were state, federal and
city officials and several dIgnitaries OF
the dominant church. In the auditorium
werc representative citizens OF Zion, and
parquette, balcony and gallery was filed,
The bin presented was sullivan Con,
sidlne's Imperial vaudeville, and from
now on there will be three performances
given every day in the year. matinee
at 2:3O in the afternoon, two performances
IN the evening, one at 1880, the other at
The big audience which filled the play
house was delighted with the fittings and
the furnishings. and the cXclamatlons OF
delight We're gratifying TO the manage
smoothly as 1t should have done, but this
is due 10 the fact that everything about
the theater is new. But this Will he
overcome by this evening. and then
of a clock In The Sunday Tribune of
December was printed a two-column de-
scrlption Of this beautiful amusement
palace, hence II is not necessary to re-
peat II Will suffice TO say that the Mis-
sion is one OF the most cozy, complete,
modern, up-to date playhouses that can
be found anywhere In the United States,
The seats are the latest improved and are
most comfortable. and there is ample
room between them, so that patrons are
not crowded The asbestos curtain In
DrOSCpnlum handsome
and when IL was raised and the handsome
drop curtain upon which Is painted
Gabriel mission, in California, there were
many comments upon this work OF art
for that Is what II Is. The stage settings
were also unusually handsome, and this
applies 10 the stock settings as well as
those carried by the several acts.
There are several headllners on the
programme. The dramatic sketch which
May Nannary and company presents. en-
titled The Hand That Rules" which de-
tails the story of the struggle between
capital and labor. Is perhaps entitled 10
The work OF Miss Nannary and Mrs.
Daley in this sketch was exceptionally
good. The scene showing an engine at
work was wonderfully, realistic.
In the katabanzai troupe Of Japanese
jugglers and equiIlhrlsts are eight en-
traordinary performers. They are un-
usually clever and some of their acrobatlc
Barney Fagan and Henrietta Byron
present an act in which are bits OF mu-
sical comedy that make them favorltes
woman. and with her songs she capti,,
waited the audience. The pair received
several merited encores.
Captain Nat Ressler and Wife present
n worlds famous revolver scenic act. In
which wonderful exhibition OF marks
manship is given. The stage settings for
this act, which represented military
camp. were most beautiful
EfOlptIa Curtis does n singing and
character changing act which Is clever.
She labored under difficulty. in that the
orchestra was not In accord-apparcntly
had not had rehearsal with her. She
was recalled several times, however.
Josephine Morrison. Utah girl, gave
selections on the harp. which were heart
were rendered in a most creditablc man
ncr.
George Evers did a stunt as a black
face comedian that kept the audience in
a roar OF laughter.
An this, with the plcturegraph. whose
moving pictures are pictures different,
and including next Tuesday evening. The
programme will change every Wednes-
day.
Madame Sembrich will not sing in Salt
Lake tonight. \ message received short
ly after o'clock this (Thursday) morn
ing notified her representative here TO
cancel her date. This she does with re-
gret.
Madame Sembrich. who was billed to ap-
pear In concert at the Salt Lake Theater
this evening, and who should have ar
rived I'm this city Wednesday evening, did
not reach here until this morning. the
train upon which she is travelling being
several hours late. Her husband. who is
III on the train with an attack OF pneu-
monia, and his condition is such that he
is being rushed to Los Angeles as quickly
as possible, Howard Potter. advance
"A Madame brlCl.
been here two days, was apprised late
Wednesday night Of the condition OF
Madame Sembrlchs husband, and was
notified to meet the train upon its arrival
here and accompany the sick man TO Los
Angeles. At 2 o'clock this (Thursday)
on tron Would nd pTobebW Was srrIVe here .'5 at "a"
a. M. although 1t might not get here un-
This is the second time the famous
singer has been forced TO cancel her
dates in this city and the second time
the usic-loving public OF Salt Lake has
been disappointed. Upon. the occasion
90 her engagement owing TO herself hav
ing been suddenly stricken Ill. This
time. the serlous illness OF hcr husband
makes II absolutely necessary for her
to accompany him TO Los Angeles, The
news OF her inability TO appear her will
be received with regret by her hosts of
admirers.
The opening of Nerve" the sketch at
the Orpheum theater this week, Is most
laughabe one George Bloomquist. who
is starring in the playlet, is discovered
asleep on his office desk. his bare feet
sticking out from under his blanket, Mr..
Bloonlquist has the role OF young civil
engineer who sleeps In his office because
he hasn't any other place 10 call his
home. How he bluffs a railroad presi-
dent ont of $4,000 a year position; aid
ed by his sweetheart and his friend. the
lanitor makes one OF the neatest little
sketches in vaudeville.
Colonial audiences this week are trying
"a figure which of the songs sung by