The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-25
ADJUSTMENTS

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Few persons who follow the affairs OF
the stage are unaware that Babes in
| 'Eoyland, when first produced. made one
| of the greatest successes Of all musical
| productions in recent years. Years have
/ elapsed since this first production, and
| when it was announced that the piece was
at last coming to Salt Lake, at maxi
! mum Of 81. il was not unfair 70 presume
! that the company would be far from first
I class and that the piece would suffer ser
| iously in the manner Of presentation. All
/ persons who went to the Colonial last
/ evening to witness the opening perform
| ance soon reversed any such opinion.
Babes in Toyland- as there presented,
| IS the best extravaganza OF comic opera
/ which has come TO Salt Lake this season.
Herewith are enumerated some Of its
virtues;
J. The costumes are fetching. the stage
pictures pretty and the maneuvers effec-
/ tive.
>. The music is unusually tuneful ly-
] RIGS and all.
s. Lines are bright. and many taking
| local hits are intcrpolated
| 5. The humor is clean, and really YOU
| laugh heartily and almost continuously.
/ ;. The principal comedian really conf
I edes- and the others are pretty good. too.
| 6. There are many novel effects. in the
| way of stage business and specialties.
| Z. Practically all the principals come
well up 70 the average or so away head
of ii.
s Instead Of filling the stage up with
| a small army OF NUTS the manage
ment has selected lesser number Of
| chorus girls who really can sing. who are
| well trained ia voice and movement and
| in every other way. none OF whom are
altogether lacking in cOmelness and some
| OF whom arc genuine beauties.
| 3. The songs have point as well as mel
! ody. and the singers are trained to enuu-
ciate 50 the audience can understand what
| il is all about-a virtue so rare in comic
] opera or eXtravagan principals and
/ F- has Isas Gfnn nc
emblazoned upon the skies
| 10. While there Is no plot that can be
/ detected without the aid Of microscope.
/ there is plenty of action at all times and
/ the interest never flags.
| There are c-her things which might be
| said in praise. but ten such virtues ara
/ enough TO recommend the production to
/ anybody who seeks pleasure IN the the
| atre and who does not demand the SOM
| Der to make him happy. Furthermore.
/ children and grown folks can enjoy it
! alike. and If you have children, you are
I deDrlving them Of 3 treat II you do not
let them go some time before the engage
ment closes next Saturday evening"
Looking back over the performance. one
question thrusts itself forward in regard
| TO the chorus; Why has the manage
/ ment selected so many spindly girls to be
displayed skirtless and undeceiving?
Aren't there enough in the company who
| are bounteousiy provided with covering
| for their osseOus framework
do 5,''' y" ~ my 9''S '''' anu '''''
Bushels of blonde tresses attached to
! blondes, near blondes and quondam bru-
/ nettes are exhibited in Gus Edwards type
| writer parade at the Orpheum this week.
| The act introduces some catchy musical
numbers. in the course Of which the type
| writers kick up their heels and DO other
1 things in the repertoire of all first-class
/ stenographers. Arthur Conrad as Kid
| Dooley, the office boy, is hardly up to the
! possibilities Of the role.
| Something quite unusual and refreshing
| is Harry Tate's English company in q sbit
called Motoring. This number is both
| interesting and amusing as a study of
| English types and English ideas OF hui
I NOR. The leading man gets off some gen.
| uine comedy and the juvenile gives a
! startling realistic exposition of what an
| American kid would not do under similar
| circumstances.
The real scream Of the show is given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Allison in THE Swede Girl
and the Fellow Who Sings" The dialect
| and Characterization of Mrs. Allison were
deliciously funny, though the press agent
| of the house looked rather bored and some
/ members of the audience were painfully
reminded Of the servant who left on short
| notice.
More rollicking. fun was furnished by
| Charles z. Ward. Kathryn KiaTe and
company in "Tbe Twin Flats" This
| sketch portrays the troubles of a bill col
1 lector who Is mistaken for two other per-
/ SONS at the same time
| A musical mountebank billed as SignoT
| Travato performed some tricks on the viO-
| in which were accentuated by leers dis
| tributed through the audience. Willard
| Weihe has forgotten more about the vio-
lin that the signoT will ever know
| The spectacular feature OF the perform
ance was eiven'by Casteiiane and brother,
| who put on a cycling novelty calling for
extraordinary nerve and skill. PiquO con-
| tributed conventional horizontal bar
stunt
"A Struggle for Cold is a four-act
melodFsma. full of action and heart in
terest. and tells a story Of a villains plot
to separate a loving husband and a low
ing wife by inducing the wife TO believe
/ the man she married was the murderer
of her father The part of the husband, Dick
Aldredge, IS taken by Theodore Torch.
ran. The play opened at the Grand last
| evening before large audience. The
hero. Mr.. Torch, of course. has rather an
easier time of it than most heroes in
| meiodramas, as the wife refuses to be I'M
faithful. She stands by him at every
| stage of the game and refuses to believe
in his guilt. despite the overwhelming
! evidence of a circumstantial nature
| who takes the part OF Bruce harrington.
the arch villain. commercially we'll Miss
| Moran, by the way has some very diff
cult lines In emotional parts. and she
manages them artisticaliy. The climaxes
are good. although some Of them arc ar
/ rived at in a rather mysterious manner
| Applause was frequent last night. and
| curtain calls marked the conclusion of
| the first and second acts.
| w. p. Culen's rivival Of Pixley & Lu-
| ders musical comedy. THE Burgomas-
| ter. will be the big attraction at the Salt
/ Lake theatre tonight. Harry Hermsen
and Ruth White. in the leading roles of
Peter Stuyvesant and Willie Van Aston
| bit. viii play their old parts. and will be
/ supported by a strong company. The cos
| TUNES are especially handsome this year
| Much that is novel has been installed in
! the way of electrical effects. Some Of the
| scenes have been revised and the dances
are ali new. The chorus is said to he one
of the strongest singing sggregations on
| the stage.
| Tonight at SO the doors of the "Bunea-
low" will be thrown open to Salt Lake