Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-26

! man blessed with really good voice.
and two attractive women, one also the
preseason Of e. fine voice. waste their
opportunities boz a lot of horse play
that children would not Indulge Boo. is
neither entertaining nor instructive.
The "hcadlncr," perhaps. D. the dainty
little act of the Blonde Typcwrtcrs.
with Arthur Conrad playing the part OF
tho office boy. Tho typcwritcrs, aud
there are six of them. are about as
dainty % soXtct az one would wish to
sec. They ARE not only pretty but
every ono OF them can act and sing
Mr. Cnnrad's acting is of the lively sort
that keeps things going 8ll The time.
Siguor Travuto. billed as "rhc FIli-
Pine Virtuoso." captIVatcd the audi-
onco with his unique violin playing The
orthodox way of holding the violin
close up to the chin s spuncd By this
gentleman. and with the instrument
held between his knees cello fashion.
and The bow tightly claspcd like the
handle az a churn he draws out the
melody in "a manner that brought en-
core after encore.
Harry Tatc's travcsty on motoring
WAS Cd scream from start Go finish,
piquo. the comedy glmnast. does some
stunts ON horizontal bar entirely
original but the business with the
bottles of liquor could bee eliminated
without regrets. Custellauo and Broth
en- in their bicycle double somcrsault
act in mid air. are fairly thriiDus
slight defect in the apparatus. how
ever. caused q spill last evening that
came very nearly being serious MT
and Mrs. Allison as the Swedc girl and
the fellow who sings. o. sketch written
by Mr.. Allison furnish q good part of
the evenings amusement and the orr
chcstra with the Nice carnival and the
huodrome. round out the evenings en-
tertainment
COLONIAL.--Although 10 Is eight
years since Victor Herbert and Glen
MacDonough brought out the tuneful
Babes in Toylaud." the piece still
lives as one of the catchiest light comic
operas ever written. Although the lines
have been changed greatly since it
first appeared. the clever music. pretty
scenery, and fine chorus, with some
good work on the part OF the principals
go 70 make it the best thnc Of its kind
that has appeared i'm salt Lake this
season.
At the Colonial one may see this
Extravaganza done On "a fashion all
most equal 10 the famous company that
first produced 60. There are some real
artists with the attraction and Eddie
Redway and Gene Ormond are two Of
the most prominent. As the babes"
they do some good work and sing sew
eral pleasing numbers Beth Tate as
Contrary Mary" also does well and
gives a good account Of herself FOB Sow
eral musical pieces Gus piNley as
Marmaduke of the Toylaud Police and
Leon Mayo as Roderigo also pleased
the audience.
The chorus Is exceptionally good: On
fact 10 stands out stronger than many
Of the principals The action through
out IS lively. and many local hits go
20 brighten up the witty lines. Babes
tn TOyland' o. something that big and
little viii ind amusement iu.
GRAND-Theodore Torch and his
company ot players opened the week
with the western story THE Struggle
for Gold. The house was not very
well filled. and those who were occu-
pying places on the lower floor were
subjected 20 a rain OF missiles. paper
wads. etc, which ln addition to the
hooting whistling and yelling back
and forth between urchins Ia the upper
tiers marrcd to a great extent what
ever merit there might have been in
the play, and emphasized the necessity
the upper gallery
The story Of the play concerns the
discovery Of a rich gold mine. and the
ulthculties encountered IA finally get
ting out the yellow ore The usual
villain ana his accomplish are ever ON
the spot. thwartug the designs OF the
lover and the fair maiden. but as us
ual, the wretch Is brought to bav. and
merit and virtue triumph with untold
wealth as reward M Torch DOR
trays the hero with his usual care
Miss Maym Moran was acceptable as
leading lady as were also Miss Cecil
Fay and Toward Trcmain. The best
delineatlOus however. were undoubtod-
ly those OF Barney and Bridget the
irish pair by Fritz r. Boone and Miss
Maud Belmorc.
The Struggle for Gold" goes until
Wednesday night. Thursday evening
Mr. Torch win produce "Dr. JelSyII and
Mr.. Hyde"
LfRIC.-Despite competition. the
Lyric continues TO cater to big houses
with a bill embracing some excellent
motion pictures. The Theft Of a Pearl
Necklace "a well acted Sherlock
Holmes picture. Is the headliner. whose
sensational features include a fEht on
"a moving train Six other motion MO
lures and two illustrated songs by Mr.
Fhlllips constitute the remainder OF the
Dill. The music is furnished by Lar
sons orchestra.