Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-18

rtEATER.-U sually it's o pretty
ID, .ult ma ter to criticises an amateur,
nroductior the knights Of Col
= 3 ',,,h,s MINISTRIES who occupied the
u IF the theater last night are
B II Exception to the rule. But this
a;tticulty in the present case comes
.nout with d new twist. The mem
80 taking part and what they had to-
s,rasent we're all so generally good
MAI one 8is&ats a loss to pick out any
80 feature for especial mention.
side from the long time consumed
IS Il the giving of the program there
,,.as no fault to be found, and 1t is
=, eyaggeation to say that the au-s
.,larce that almost packed the thea
w, VAS given an entertainment that
~, ges UP we'll with that of most OF
=. ~ q Professionals, brass band and all.
" ,,e various numbers. both In the
ACT mart and the olio, We're enthusiast
I ticnllv received. and encorcs We're the !.
a .,a OF he evening. Tho innovation
& orsrirls in the chorus and acts was q
tsature, and not only Won applause
for themselves by their clever work,
MT brought communication to Miss
MIA Gleason, who directed their part
~ the production. The number of
iu Marguerite Locke, the clever
no,.S impersonator," assisted by seven
woe tots in Every Race Has a Flag
AM the Coon was an especially dis
tinctive feature of the evening per-
fornlance. II
,.hat George Primrose used to adj
,ertise as ,'old-time nlinstrelsy. aud
tha flrst part gave the end men OPP
,,nrt,nity for local hits that in many
Eases we're plain that even a. stranger
IN theS city could grab them, and they
were ali funny too. The songs We're
sood. too, and made to fit local coil-
di,ions and people
lanes /. King and John r. fran
cis were down on tho program as
{ apren,ier Coined ians,,,. and they made
mod the title. blu L they had little the
Rest Of 3. o. Davis, c.. IA. Locke, J. r.
Canning, Il. AZ Gaensslen. William
lJackett and Il. f. Ghantron as fun
makers at the ends Of the senli-circle..
The first part included in its musical
numbers: Poverty by =. q. Gaens-S
slen; Dear Louise. a. J. Bruneau;
DAVIS; Much Obliged to You, c. Al
locke: "Oro Pro Nolois,' j. j. Burke:
original Song. j. II. Francis: King
off the MAN, Norman Vote; didn't.
ASK, He Didn't Say, SO i. Don't Know.
j. l. King.
In the olio there We're Gaensslen and
Davis, the comic couple in 'Malldy's
Beau Oswald Veltz, Edward Meyer,
Otto Neideweiser and August Motz-&
and song;S the acrobatic team OF G..
4. KnoWIden and Masters Robert
Young and Elinie Bernardo; Miss
Florence Locke, the sweet soprano
singer who sang Sc ssaran Rose, i'll
captivating manner: Miss Marguerite
Taylor in a dance; The Musical Four:
REX King, the ssassii " 81
Sadness, who kept the house n N w.
roar in his mono!ogue: Marguerite
Locke and chorus; and Meet Nc III
the Rose Time. Rosie, sung bS3T. Il
s Nlonal,an and Venus Romney, assist
ed + by chorus 5}ss .51
lanes / King deserves much praise
for the merit Of the production under
Ills direction. and 1t. is safe to say
that the knights of Columbus Afin-
strel show Of next season. will be
pleasure.
ORPHEuNI-The bill at the Orpheunl
this week is calculated to keep the all-
dience in good humor throughout the
evening and 1t does not fall short OF
the mark. "A packed house greeted the
various turns last evening and there
was not dull moment. There was dis
appointment over the appearance
Of Charles Matthews. the jumper, who
was TOO i'll to give his exhibition Miss
Reece his assistant. did her part ac-
ceptably. THE Musician and the Maid
by L. D.. .Coe and Lillian Boyd, was q
clever turn and took we'll.
one of the most entertaining features
proved to be the singing and BShistl!ngS
OF Misses Lockwood and Bryson, es-
pecally the whistling selection There
is not much to the sketch OF Pat and
the Geni, but what there is to it is
good and Tom Nawn is an artist III
his line. 81
But thesreai funmaker is the old 1ime
salt Lake favorite Marshall r. Wider
the humorist and author of Smiling
Around the World 1t is impossible
not to laugh at his Jokes and Wits
sayings. He keeps the audience in q
roar of laughter from the moment he
utters the first word until long after
he has left tho glare Of the footli lights
The Eight Afelanis in their musical
numbers rank a close second for head
line honors, and the four Dunbars in