The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-28

of the Orpheum circuit, made his recent
trip to this city, he saw the work of the
Imperial Quartette, which was filling a
weeks engagement at the Orpheum at
that time. So pleased and impressed
was he by their work. that they were
Immediately engaged for a tour of the
circuit. When filling their last engage
ment the quartette favorably impressed
all those who saw and heard them.
But In order to prepare properly for a
vaudeville tour, they have been zeal
ously rehearsing new and popular airs.
They are well known young men. being
Thomas Ashworth, Fred G. Graham.
Victor Christopherson and Willard
Squires.
Ames and COrbett are new to this
city. They present a novel drum dance,
something entirely new in vaudeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Colby present
again offers an attractive bill. 1t will
be marked by the first professional APP
pearance of the Imperial Male quar-
tette, Salt Lakes favorite singers.
The headliner for the week is the
George AIDE sketch. entitled "The May
or and the Manicure" presented by Ed
win Holt and a splendid company Mr..
Holt is well known all over America.
He has appeared in the west in the
past with such notable stars as Maude
Adams. the late Stuart Robson. Nat c.
Goodwin and others. He also recently
has been starring i'm 'The Cardinal. -
and the eastern company in The Col
lege Widow" The plot of the playlet
involves 4 rich papa, a foolish son from
college and a pretty bIackmailer. The
maniCuTist, who has formed an &C
quaintance with the mayors son at col
lege, comes to the Office of the latter.
accompanied by a batch of the sons
love letters to her. and with an alleged
crushed heart. She is willing to part
with the missives and the wounded
heart for $1,000. But she is tricked at
her own game. The playlet is very wit
ty and clever.
A new and novel idea is that in THE
Noblest Roman of Them All" portrayed
by Fred Rays Players. This is a splen-
did act.
Imported some years ago as the fea-
ture act for Hammerstein's roof gar
den in New York, the Three Yoscarys
so carried the country by their act
that they have remained in America
ever since. Athletic eccentricities,"
as they are termed. they give an act
that is startling and new. They dress
themselves in the street attire of the
middle class of Parisians and perform
dressed with hats. shoes and even over
coats, they perform really astounding
feats. Their comedy is clever and ar
tistic.
When Martin Beck, general manager
the mystical, electrical, musical xxi
mo-" This act is modernized black
art" Mr., Colby uses the black back
ground, made more effective by an elab-
crate arrangement Of electric foot and
side lights of great brilliancy. Mr.. Col
by, as clown, gives touch of panto-
mime that is extremely funny. But he
is not only a clever actor, but a skilled
mechanic and devotes much time to the
personal working out OF ideas that are
used in the act. Mrs. Colby introduces
the legitimate and meritorious musical
offering of the act, among which is a
chime of sweet-toned Swiss bells, cleo
trically controlled, an arrangement Of
brass tubes on which all the regulation
bugle calls are played with mallets by
Mrs. Colby. A brilliant finale is given
the act.
THE Frog Man" is the title used by
Mankin. described as one Of the great
est contortiOnists on the stage. He
makes his appearance first from a huge
water lily, discovered in the midst of a
grove which he calls a Frogs Para