Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-05

tic united to throng tho Thcatcr last
night. and the crowded parQuet and
bullying galleries recalled the days OF
old and the days Of gold when the
Thcatcr was the only place of amusc-
ment for the conference throngs ami
when more people were turned away
than were able to gain admission
Viewed from the stage. that audience
must have been an Inspiring sight, and
the player folk certainly showed that
its effects were not lost upon them
Charles Klein is said 10 have made
two Independent fortunes. ono out of
the Music Master and the other out
OF The Lion and the Mouse lie Is
certainly building up another in The
/ Third Degree" Critically speaking. DO
is not so great a play as either Of thc
other two. but it is still a strong, virile.
/ tense conception. admirably worked
| out and beautifully rendered. II causes
something Of a wrench to our sense
/ Of the probable, 90 believe that a man
can be made 20 confess p crime which
/ he never Committed, but knowing what
we do OF hypnotism, such a thing is
not impossible, and the annals Of the
/ police contain more than one record
/ OF the way the sweating process has
/ brought forth spurious confessions. II
rs this practise OF the police on which
the central idea Of the play Is founded
and very .ngeniously IL has been em-
ployed.
The cast is admirable one On
nearly every respect Miss Eliscu,
/ a Hebrew actress. who has play
| ed In the native Yiddish in New
| York theaters, showed herself tho
| pOssessor Of a fund of reserve power
| and emotional ability which stamped
/ her as a true artist. and which will
one day make her heard Of She gave
a most true delineation of type ana
we think. IN many respects was bet
ter than the original i'm the part.
| Helen Ware; the only place in which
she failed to bring out of the role what
| Miss Ware did, was al the end Of the
| fourth act the climax IN which might
have been improved.
Mr. ENerton, familiar TO Salt Lake
audiences from his presentation Of
| Rider In The Lion and the Mouse"
has the part Of Brewster. the lawyer.
the dominating male role 600 THE
| Third Degree II is a great character
| and Mr.. EvertoS rises to its Opportunl-
ties. He is even better than i'm the 9th
| er play. and his work last night drew
forth some rousing bursts Of applause
| The scene between him and Miss
Eliscu was a gem; we wonder, by the
| way whether Mr. Klein did not have
| the scene between Maneypeuny and
| Jan Learoyd in The Long Strike" be
fore his mental vision, when he worked
that ont? The two are almost idonu-
| cal.
The inplacable father Of Mr.. Cole
man. almost unreal in It's lack Of
natural feeling, was a fine piece Of
| work as was the old doctor of MIR
Eberle Mr. Moore's police captain
/ Was excel.ently rendered Mr.. Ram
/ sey's delineation OF the weak boy was
/ uneven, at times good. al other times
! less satisfying, while Margaret Drew.
| the wife must have been selected
rather for her ability To dress and her
hne stage presence, than her acting
strength.
The staging was especially fine. AMI
the music. PARTICULARLY the rendition of
| The Spring Song in which Miss
] Morrison's harp was noticeable. won
a round OF applause.
| The bill runs the entire week with
| matineees Wednesday and Saturday
and is tie TO do immense business.
| ORPHBUM-The IS r. O." sign was
out at the Orpheum last evening before
| the curtain went mp on the first act,
| and even the standing room space was
/ taxed to contain the crowds anxious TO
| witness one of the best shows Of the
season. The program this week con-
| tains not a single poor number. and
| most Of them go with a swing and "a
| vim truly refreshing. The bali opens
| with the Hughes musical trio. compris-
| ing two men and a woman. who do
SOME very acceptable work on xylo-
| phones. comets. ViOlins. saNaphones and
| baujoes. but the selection on the lat
/ ter instruments consisted mostly of ac-
| compartment tho solo beng almost in
audible. The number following this
developed a real" banjoist i'm the per
/ son or Eddie @. Ross. who dispensed
| with the services Of the orchestra. and
with a banjo provided his own music
| for his clever singing and dancing act
Eddie Is somewhat OF a monologuist,
also. and made quite a lift with his
/ jokes
Something decidedly novel and highly
entertaining was the transparent paint
ing done by Herr j. Rubens. on a can
vas lighted from the rear this German
| artist produced with a few sweeps or
! his brushes the most beautiful land
| scape scenes which for coloring and ex-
quisite beauty riyalled the best oil ef-
fects. John World and Miss MindeH
| Kingston have a breezy act OF varied
| performance, chief among which are
| the representations OF the "old time
actor" by Mr. World. and a music hall
whirl dance by Miss Kingston The
acting OF Mr World brings back vivid
! ly the palmy days OF the old tIagedians.
one OF the best quartets on the road
! Is the Bison city Four" composed Of
| Vic Milo. Frank Glrard, Richard Hale
/ and Ed Roscoe Besides being possessed
| Of unusually good Voices the quartet
develops something In the way of hum
orous acting which adds 20 the effect.
Just a little touch OF summer girl iirta-
tlon Is the "Glrl and the Pearl" by
Wilbur Mack and Nella Walker. In its
way the act is "a classlcand Miss Walk
or an ideal summer girl"
The Curzon sisters did some good
work on their whlrllng aerial bar. and
they are appropriately named the hu-
man butterflies" The orpheum orches-
ira was IN excellent form and produced
selections of the usual high class Two
new subjects iu Nnodrome were thrown
on the screen and the performance was
over
| COLONIAL Drehmland." COM
edy fantasy by Epmett Dewey, who
stars in the production, IN one of the
most entertaining attractions that has
yet appeared Ou the boards of the
Colonial Tho play was greeted hy a.
good sized audience last evening and
almost from thc moment the curtain
was rolled un until the awakening, In
terest was Intense
The acting of each member of the
/ company is ot "a high order aud Mr..
Dovoy proved himself comedian OF
rare ability and also displayed fine tai
/