The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-22
ADJUSTMENTS

lie who would assume TO say which is
+ the best act i'm the Orpheum bill this week
of necessity must either be an uncommon
judge of that which amuses, diverts and
instrUCts, or else an ass.
The entire bill al the OTphCum is good.
1t Is mOre-it is excellent. There are
flashes in it beyond the field even of the
SO-Called ''lCEit-'
one of the acts that is striking is that
put on by the Russell brothers. John and
James. and Flora Bonfapti Russell. the
latter Tcmarks bly, clever ballet dancer.
The two brothers certainly DO things that
are funny. and they do them right. Their
act j. enormously billed about town %
one of female impeTsonation." a class of
business that has doubtful standing in any
case. The Russels are men who have
brought their work to q standard of per-
lection that is little short of astonishing.
There IS surely nothing effeminate about
them or their production, save the dresses
they wear,
How any one. or. to be more precise.
four any ones. can 50 gain control over
their body muscles and facial features :
do the people who work in Paul Seldoms'
Poems in Marble passes the under
standing Seldoms himself is a famous stat
uaTy artist 1t has been said of Erna
Claren. who assists as Venus, that no
living woman today Is her equal in the OK
position Of what may be called the art
of immobility- Indoubtedly she deserves
the reputation. Some of the group fOrma
tious and poses are so marvellous as to he
almost beyond conception. 1t is a great
act.
Two who are billed as Countess Olga
RosSi and PauI0 are singers. There is no
question about that. The woman has
soprano that reaches and the man bari
tone that is pleasing. In their duet they
are entitled to the recalls which they were
houored with last night. The soprano is
particularly good.
Frank Byron is a mighty funny fellow.
He is so funny that he ought to be one of
the big ones. and maybe he soon will be
Louise Langdon. VINO is his partner IN
THE Dude Detective is fine
The Misses Drucie and Carolyn Delmore
i'm a musical number make good. Both in
their instrumental work and in the vocal
selections they are highly acceptable.
Edward Barnes, the 'Tagtime pianist.
not only has a mastery over the instru-
ment. but as well he sings original COM
positions that are taking
Johnny McNeigh and four women do n
principal and chorus turn that is not all
bad; indeed, no fault can be found with it.
.'Heartsease." as presented at the BUng-
allow theatre last night by Willard Mack
Miss Mary Hall and associate players, IS
another enjoyable performance put on by
the stock company. 1t would hardly be
fair to compare the performance with
that of Henry Miller, though in some re-
spects this performance would pear such
comparison aud not suffer unduiy. In
deed in the climax IN the third act where
Eric Temple accuses Sir Ceoffery of steal
ing his opera. the child of his brain. Mr..
Mack rises to heights quite equal to the
occasion The opening act dragged some
what as is usual with first performances
and I'm the second act, the atmosphere
which the play is supposed to develop
was trifle maFred by Lord Neville 5
reading London scandal i'm the days of
1nickerbockers and wigs and powdered
hair from the Salt Lake daily papers, es-
peciaIlv as the well-known cuts of local
advertisers could be recognized in the ut
termost parts of the house. The walt be
tween the second and third act was too
long for the audience and there vas loud
and prolonged demand for action. How
ever. the setting of the third act somewhat
satisfied their imsatlence. and when the
climax was reached the company had won
the whole house. It IS needless TO PICK
ont the individuals of the company for
special mention. As a whole they were
satisfactory IT can hardly be said that
tine company appears at its best adVan-
tarvc in ..HeartSeaSC.' as the sublime por-
mons of the dialogue sometimes bordeTed
on the ridiculous. and many suckers &C
Commanded situations that were intended
to be supremely serious The costumlnE
of the performance and the stage setthG
we're of a high standard. and except for
a few anachronisms which appear TO be
inevitable in putting on a play OF the
oIden times. were satisfactory Inc COS
tunes of the women were gorgeous. and
the men with their knickerbockers and
swords with which they were ever ready
to run their fellow players through. made
a splendid stage appearance. The play
tells a pleasant story with enough COM
edv to tighten ths serious portions, and
enough of the serious things, like love and
plightinE in love, to evoke variety of
emotions among the spectators. The whole
story revolves around the theft of the
opera. King Lear. from Erie Temple by
sir Ceuffery Pomfort the loss of which
loses for Eric the love Of Margaret Ne