The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-06


: "Ncrvc" featured Evening. sis !
:. Matinee. els. !:
I BUNGALOW THEATER-Pantagcs !.
=. Hand That Rules" featured. Natl Il
!. nees daily, 2;l5. Evening, 1880 1.
= and $3.50. +
There is a real show at the Colonial.
one that IL filled with ginger. that goes
with a swing from first To last. And In
this show are number OF worry hand
some girls. and there are pretty costumes
and beautiful stage settings, and good
looking men. And the music-wcll, the
big audience hummcd Tine BulliroG
Glide I'm Looking for a Sweetheart
aud Love Me. Dreamy Eyes" as Il left
the thcatcr, This Is the best evidence
that II was catchy and that IL had caught
hold OF those who heard IL.
This show. this play. Commencement
Days" is the big new production OF
There are three acts and each of these
Is better than the one which preccded
IT. The interest grows constantly. The
Margaret Mayo, the lyrics by Charles
Horwitz. the music by Frederick V,
Bowers, who likewise interprets that mu-
sic 1t was staged by Max Figmap. The
action takes place at Cotton college,
There are three clever love stories told IN
the play.
AS the name of the play indicates. 1t
is commencement season. The first sc"nc
is in the apartments OF Lorraine Doug
las. at Cotton; the second in the dorlnl- :
tory, the last tho college campus, And
there Is not dull moment in any OF
these three acts. and In the second there
Is opportunity for Grace Hopkins, VINO
enacts the role OF Lorraine Douglas, ana
Elizabeth Van Sell. who portrays the
character OF Nato Wells chum OF l.or-
raine and president of the senior class.
TO do some exceptionally clever work as
actresses.
Then there Is Frederick " Bowers. the
wcll-known singer, song writer and
comedian. who made such hit with SaIt
LakerS when he was here with Mclntirc
and Heath I'm "The Ham Tree" who
still knows how TO sing and act. and
who. on Sunday evening while suffering
with an attack OF tonsilitis. sang with
all the vim and energy that he possessed.
although suffering intensely. HIS songs.
The Bullfrog Glide" The Moon
Screnade." I'm at Home at Any Old
Place" THE Baseball Song" and Love
Ne. Dreamy Eyes" were encored again
oiivct Halnes. dainty and charming
and chic. made n great hit as Penny.
freshman. when she sang I'm Looking
for Sweetheart" in which she was
aided by the chorus. And she received
mcrltcd encorcs. These were repeated
when she demonstrated how wen she
could dance.
In the twins. Emma Lou, impersonated
by Amy Dale. and Teddy. In the person
Of Leila Smith. arc delightful characters.
The work OF Catherine Carter as Bugs
ley. q biological prod, and OF Tip smith.
sophomore captain of the basketball
team and OF Edna Hall as Nan Dixon. "A
nootcss was also well done.
Willard Louis as Brick Harding had a
role In which hc had opportunity TO
show clcverness. which he did. and this
is also true of l.. f. O'Connor as Pro-
fcssor Peck.
Added TO all this was a good chorus.
both male and female the latter. as said.
all pretty and shapely and becominGly
Gowncd. This combination. makes. up
Commencement DAYS. an entertain
ment which is thoroughly enjoyable from
the beginning 10 the end The comedy
will run the week. with matinccs We'd
nesday and Saturday
Delighted, That Teddyism could never
be more appropriately applied than when
used 10 express the general feeling oil the
large audience that assembled at IN.
Orpncum Sunday night and packed tnls
popular playhouse from the bald headed
rOw To the uppermost tier In the gallery
The bill is we'll balanced, not oNcrdon,
in any particular line, and each ac'
makes a decided hit more entertain
ing aggregation of vaudeville acts was
never presented TO the Iheater- -Soing eic-
mcnt OF Salt Lake.
Those old favorites. the Howard Broth
| crs whose mission In life seems TO be tc
| hand out JOY To people who arc wiillng
TO have the bright side OF life revealed
10 them for a fcw moments, were GlNcr
an enthusiastic ovation when they mad.
their appearance last night. Besides the
constant succession of laughs which they
evoke by their Hebrew dialect, the audi
cnCc is given some rare entertainment II
| the singing line.
George Bloomauest and company. In Q
onc-act slGit entitled Nerve cram nt'
teen minutes chock full OF lively fun anc
ludicrous situations. The skit Is an orig
| nal ono. wherein railroad king cvi'
dences his faith In young blood as pro
ductiyc Of efficient workmcn. by ddvcr'
| tlsing for young man 10 MI the plac,
of chief engineer on his railroad. Jacl
| Vance, civil engineer and orphan, thrown
upon his own resources through the dcati
| OF his father. falls heir TO a Sumptuousll
furnished Office, the rent being paid
year in advance. and this constitutes th'
Young mans working capital. With llttl'
or no experience. but plenty of nerve, h'
does some -four flushing" goes after th'
railroad kings job and gets II,
Miss Rosa Roma. violin yirtuoso
| charmed the audience for brief pcrio,
with her excellent rcnditions. After de
lighting tho audience with the classica
played as the masters intended that /
should be played. she swings into south
when she gets through with them thar
they ever did before. Miss Roma's beau
" and grace. added 10 the manner II
| which she renders the musical selections
make her act q rare treat II might b
said that Miss Roma is the wife OF Man
ager Sutton OF the Orpheum here.
Clark Martinettic and. Joe Sylvester, Il
a ast-moying acrobatIc act called "a
Attempt at Suicide" seems to be all tina
the name implics-suicide by the funn
route. Their act is good one. full o
novelty and fun
Ballcrini's canine tumblcrs Is undoubt
cdly one of the greatest dog acts eve
soen in this city. The intelligence show
by these little performers Is wonderful
considering that no word OF command o
other means of prompting is used durln
the entire act. These dogs constitute
show In themselves.
Myers and Rosa, cowboy and girl laria
. experts. appear In n unique act. whcrcl
the throwing and manipulating Of a lar
lat is worked out to science. Thi
act Is In keeping with the general hig
standard OF the entire bill.
John Birch appears In an original stun
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