The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-15
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not be missed. The boys and girls under
the. tutelage Of Gus Edwards have been
seen before, but this year their past tri- !
umphs are all eclipsed by their delight |
fully entertaining little sketch.
OF the talented youngsters who are in |
the cast, Lillian Gohn Sassy Little. |
easily leads. She IS probably the best
vest pocket Coincidence on the stage
'Sunbonnst Sue sung by Pearl Young. |
Is feature of the act and seems destined
to become almost as popular as School
Days, featured last year by the same
Were il not for the school BOYS and
Girls" the leading act of the Orpheum
bill would be THE Stage Manager" a
Effie Lawrence and Bert Howard Miss
Lawrence IS another clever Salt Lake act
reSs who is scoring with great success.
As Sweeps" the cleaning girl. Miss Law
renee made the greatest nit. Her charas-
ter work is gilt-edged With a sketch
built around this character she SHOULD
create q part that would make her ia
nous
Edwin IateH was best in his banto Sc
lections, though his comedy work brought
many laughs. Claudius and Scarlet re-
called the olden days in playing the songs
of "a and o. "I<iddie Kerdee" by Tom
Armstrong and Ella Verne was a quaint.
nOnsensical sketch, which was delightfully."-
free from anything that bordered on the
sensible. Caron and Farnum- scrobatic
come dams. were better in acrObatics than
Bill Gordon and Nick Marx. billed as
German comedians, had the weak act on
the bill.
''The BOYS of Company r." presented
at the Colonial theater last evening. is
light and frothy but fairy clever comedy.
, There are a number of bright lines in it.
and the interest is reasonably well sus-
tanned. although there is nothing remark
able about il in any way. il deals with
national guard life, and it can scarcel,-
] - II z 4e nil
IS not essential to a comedy to be real.
Paul Gilmore has the lee ing role, and
at times he appears to be almost mascu-
line The company as q whole measures
up to a good standard, and the audience
appeared to enjoy the performance
throughout
The show will run the rest of the week.
.'stroneheart' is the fourth week offer
| ing at the Bungalow. opening last night
There were one or Two raw spots, but
these were noticeable only to the play
ers and the carper who was there to finl
fault. If fault should BE- found. The best
/ evidence that the play went was in the
| feeling Of the audience Several times,
I al the moment of climax, the more en-
tbusiastic were hushed into silence by
kthOse who wanted TO get all the lines.
/ and the most dramatic scene OF the en-
/ tire play was almost Spoiled by a woman
I in the audience who. forgetting that u
/ vas all a play. sobbed out her sympathy
I in a wailing cry that almost drowned the
/ tense. low tones of the stage speakers.
! "Strongheart is essentially college
nlav. one that makes a college grad grip
( the seat and the coed 10 display all tn
/ excitement of the campus rush or the
/ football field. Back Of 1t all, though, and
/ constantly cropping up is the still IN
solved question of the race, Shall the
! girl marry the Indiaa2' or can the races
! mix?" The play itself is q disapDoint-
nent. for it fails to solve the problem
| The answer. according to the play uDor
/ the emotions. is yes, but the hope ano
even the anticipation is shattered by thS
] realization Of a stern duty.
As sStrongh cart" Willard Mack is seer
at his best. He throws an almost hyp-
/ iotic influence about himself. and makes
his character so real that at times 1t II
positively uncanny. One would rather
| have "Strongheart' as a friend than N
| avowed enemy. IT the second act, wheT
/ he had been taken out of the game aftei
the discovery that the signals had beer
given the opposing football team, an IN,
! Indian. Mack's Interpretation of the dis
graced star Of tbs team watching AMI
| describing the game in its details. wa
/ fine It was hard to believe that a gam,
was not being PLAYED, and that Billy
! wasn't being hurled over the line Tor
l winning touchdown. In the closing scene
the Indians farewell to the girl he loved
Mack was supreme
Miss Blanche Douglas presented a cap
tivating Dorothy Nelson. and was an ex
ceIlent foil TO the Indians strength
power ana character Jeanne RHSSSii' d
Molly Livingstone, was the charming
sister that the college boys like to Sc
come to the college on visit Ray Bran
don. James Rsnuie, 7. A. HefIO-v, Ga
Clement, jr., and JACK Davis in thei
Z roles OF the college boys and member
/ of the team, gave the atmosphere OF re
a1ity to the play. There IL one man, toc
that anyone who ever played on q colleg
football team should see-Fred Allen a
the head coach. The four years of max
ing the team. and staying on II, and the
being goaded into playing the game, vi
be Brought back with a vividness tina
will lead lowell. bad words.
IF Won have gone TO college, you Wi
enjoy fhe reminder Of old days in Strong
heart; II you haven {, In "Strongheart
YOU viii get an inside light on college life
The 11etropolitan cast of unqualified 81
: eeilenre Girls" the latest Clyde Fftc
Comedy will open a three nights an
"Wednesday matinee engagement at "
salt Lake theater tonight. Girls come
here strongly recommended by ooth On
1ress and playgOers Of the east, whsI
{ 1 il proved By far the most popular corned
! | Of tbe decade The cast of the productio
, s11ppIied by the Messrs. Shuhert, Is up
; their usual high standard, which is
, guarantee to the local play gOirg publ
e mat everything concerned will prove
| the highest order
, Seats and boxes for the engagement
II Sothern will be placed on sale 4
I morrow morning at the salt Lake theate
+ There will be no performances at tt
b Grand tbeater this week The house VI
I he dark for one week and possibly for
: fo-t1isbt while the white Rat vaud
: ,-ijIe Circuit is being Strengthened out
10 the meantime repairs planned for Il
Grand will be made
0o,,+ fall To see THE Roman Tilt
-, - ssCovrbov F,mOiTe theatre