Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-27
THE ROUND OF THE THEATERS

oRPHEuM-Msny old faces tre seen
az tho Orphcum this week. with some
good attractions. The bin cannot BE-
said 90 be- among the best that have
been seen 40 that play house. but there
are enough good things in % that would
make an evening pass pleasantly.
Miss Minnie Kaufman tho extot-
binary woman cycllst. has changed lsr
.oct 60 ono ~ trick riding ana in this
she is exceptionally clever. when %
comes Co moving about O. bicycle rum
ming over the Hoor Miss Kaufman Is
one of the nimblest of persons. and the
Greek artists might have used her for
q model
O.. Herbert Mitchell who fills I'm the
second number. is a baritone soloist OF
fair ability and De is able 10 tell
fcw good stories
I'm the subway" the ono-act comedy
I'm which Miss Violet Black figures. lie
odd and very clever in spots Although
Miss Black is nearly the entir, thing
In this sketch. she has some clever
assistants lt Is real subway through
out
Among the old aclualntances met a,
me Orpheum this week is Fanny Rice
just the same as she was before only
"Ihe miniature mimic stage" has some
new and original characters She rii-
mics Theodore Roosevelt and Presi-
dent William Howard Taft in way
that brings out considerable applause
Then there is another old friend and he
is Chinko, the little English jugRler
one Of the richest things i'm the enc
tire performance this week IS Everett
scott as a Teddy bear, in the sketch
six Little Girls and a Teddy Bear"
As 20 tho girls being little Us impossible
They were only toad stools 60 a temple
with Mr.. Scott and his antics Of the
popular quadrupcd.
Some Of the cleverest pieces OF work
OF the evening IS that Of the lIitabauzai
troupe Of japanese athletes, eQunibrists
and Jugglers
COLONTALs-"The Burgomaster."
that perennial musical comedy is the
Offering at the Colonial this week. and.
judging from the size OF the audience
last night is destined for a good run
Candidly the best thing In the piece as
now presented Is the chorus. which Is
young, lively and hard working. Three
sheets 20 the contrary, Ruth White Is
not a member ~ the aggregation and
the interlopatel apecialties are Of the
ten, TWEEN. thlrt' order Harry Hermsen.
who undertakes the title role OF Peter
Stuyvesant has some fat lines which
bring the hands, but as a comedian he
IS about as funny as an obelisk. other
wise he is all right The Lockhart sis
tiers are cunning little romps but when
20 Il faI
Of Terpsichorel These unlSind things
having been said as a matter OF stern
duty It Is only fair TO state that Marie
Grandpre is younger and more charm
ing than her name might indicate and
She has a winsOme way of singing that
calls for repeats. nOlens volens. F,u-
phemia Lockhart Is another hit on the
bin along different lines. while the male
double quartet should not be over
looked. Il had to come back four times
before the audience would allow anoth-
err song TO follow College Days" one
of the interesting features 90 the per-
Torrance to the layman was the strik-
ing ana setting Of scenery lin plain
view of the audience between acts a
proceeding which so embarrassed the
stage hands that the porch steps We're
placed upside down and one OF the hired
help tried to eXtinguish the stage man.
ager by dropping the side Of a summer
hotel on his devoted shoulders.
p. S-"The BurKomaster" at the CO.
lonial this week is the best musical
comedy at popular prices yet seen in
Salt Lake, and Manager Grant has
presented a few this season.
BUNGALOW-The Carmen Of Mary
Hall is beyond doubt the best achieve
ment of the charming actress while
playing here. She leaves out Of the
role some OF the wild abandon and some