The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-10
ADJUSTMENTS

Loney Haskell is the best monolOsist
who has been here on the OTpheum cir
cult in a long while. lie tells good sto-
ries and his business generally IS new
He got the good will OF the audience
at the beginning and kept it. His local
hits are good.
The most remarkable thing about the
bill this week Is the work of the cats,
the dog and the pony carried by the act
called the ''SilbOn's Novelty Circus. Pe0-
Die have seen ponies and dogs do things
in plenty: but the things the cats do are
something amazing There are teilne aC-
robats that do the "FrOlic with Fate
and The Leap Of Death and other hair
raising stunts.
The -Four Poncherrys are superb tight
wire workers. Some Of their business IS
well nigh beyond belief
In a neat sketch appear Thomas h.
persSe ana Edith Mason In addluOh 10
humorous lines. both are gifted with eN-
celIeut voices. The skit called jealous
About Nothing is clean and entertaining,
with comedy that is worth while II IS
put on with good stage setting
The Nindobonas are exceedingly cleNel
on the bassoon and the violin. One OF
the violin numbers is really good. The
man who plays the baSsoon is past mas
ter Of the instrument. There may be
adverse criticism Of their COMEDY on
account OF the Surplussge Thereon ana the
extreme European tint which II mas
There is fun for the 'populace IN the
-One-night Stand i'm Minstrelsy' by the
Three Legations lt-E dlE Air1ooeAAl- EA'N'tA
or brouEht-up-to-date songs. excellent IN
dancing and their Jokes are-some OF
them-nOt at all past the point Whefe uleS
raise a hearty laugh ..
The first number on the bill IS the sing
inc and dancing act of Elsie Faye. Joe
Miller and Sam Weston Ihey can Oance-
They dance all sorts of dances and all Of
them are o. X
which no fault may reasonably be found
|
In these DAYS OF agitation against the
inluoralitv OF the stage, II Is interesting
10 note that at least one highly moral
pIav is before the public This IS A Mes
. - e. From Mars which opened a week
engagement at the Colonial last evening
You see il is this way.
Once upon a time. children there was a
wicked. selfish man. He was not so WICK
ed in other WAYS as he was just absolute
" selfish So a fairy came TO him from
Mars. and he had dream. ard ne
dreamed that he was turned into a peg
gar. And ne saw how selfish he mad
been. And he de-ter-mined to be good
and unseIfisn- So he became good and IN
selfish And that is the end of the story
This highly thrilling tale is interspeTsed
by en- aggregation Of actors and actresses
who are not destined so drive Sotheru and
I Nazimovs and Mrs FiskN and such like
into cnaErined oblivion. Nevertheless they
I do the best they Can-iu fact Berestord
{ T.ovett. I'm she leading role. is really q
fair actoT-and the audience appiaUced
frequently. The dear. good. common pub
lie likes to sec somebody take q whack
/ at v-ickedness and Toioices in the triumph
/ Of virtue. LovettS acts of charity IN the
last act aroused great applause
! It's q fine play for the morals. and more
/ interesting than man- sermons
/ FaInh stuart. en- "Bv Right Of Sword. 80
/ IL inst about the best bet the Bun ealow
! has had. Those who have seen him know
! that he is tall handsome and has fine
/ stage presence In the piece that opened
/ last night he has good thing fun OF
( clever lines and Astounding IN oppOrtuni-
tv And oh, Maggie. amt he got the
/ lovely steam in his actin? He had the
biz house in his hand before he had been
I on the stage five minutes, and it vas his
I ever sfter-deservedlv his for he got Just
about everything out OF his part that
I there was in IT. Curtain calls aoouDCed
and nobody could have the least doubt
that Brother Stuart had delivered the
| goods that the Bungalow patrons want
| He was not alone. by any means. Miss
| Hall had a difficult part that did not
| give her all the opportunities that shs
has had in other parts, but she was splsn-