The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-03
ADJUSTMENTS
IN SALT LAKE THEATERS.

| Just so long as the Orpheum manage
mcnt delivers the goods in the way of
| iinc programmes as IL has been doing thS
nas several weeks pardeuiary inc T,d imsi
so long VIII IL be the gold mine that this
popular playhouse Is. For the bill this
week Is not on only a good one one hs, nu, II us rs
presented here. Every act is a head
liner and there is ginger and spice In
each.
The press agent did pick the headlncr
correctly when he put the Eight Palace
Girls" at the top, FOR they have a stunt
that is novel, is unique, Is new. the
girls arc pretty in fare and in figure, and
with their drills and dances and songs
they hold tho audience. who applaud them
again and SS Ssan E m The work ss Of IKE thsI
OF the eight girls, exceedingly clever.
In Turning the Tables" Lizzie Evans,
an exceedingly pretty woman. and Jeher-
and wholesome, with the scene laid in
tho golden state. Then. too, both know
how TO act and do act. No prettier west
crn girl was ever seen on the Orpheum
stage than Miss Evans
The Blessings. in head and hand bal
ancing act, present an an exceptionally cleyi y5
specimen of "A woman athlete, and added
to this she is a remarkably handsome wo-
man. The work OF this couple would be
difficult to excel.
Killarney love songs. ragtime songs and
a newsboys plea in song TO his sweet
heart, character sketches by James NC
Donald and Valerla Huntington are not
only pleasing, but some good singing Is
heard, some good acting Is seem as also
some good dancing. 1t is an entertaining
sketch.
Acroestic dancers figure In "The trip,
in which Ralph Post and Eddie Russell
captured the big audience.
In The Captain and the Sailor fine
acrobatic work and good comedy is pre-
sented by Robert Rosaire and Phil Dor
eta Both work hard from their first ap-
fn rtDIn fall
Impersonations and monologues by Ray
l.. Royce are more than clever His
makeup is perfection and in the Object
Whitcomb Riley, he does il as good as
Riley. and that means great deal.
Then there is the 0rpheum orchestra,
its splendid music. and the Kinodrome
pictures, which concludes this exceptional
good bill, which will run the week, with
matinees daily.
"A Bachelors Honeymoon as pre-
sented by the ellison and Bradfeld COM
pany at the Grand theater Sunday night,
is clever clean-cut little comedy in
and judging from the amount Of applause
they received, they have made hit, and
will play 10 full houses the balance of the
week
A committee from the Ladies' G. A. r.
oand were busy tagging the patrons as
they entered, to call their attention to the
(Monday) night for their benefit.
1t was announced from the stage that
there will be ton acts, some good, besides
the regular three acts. of "A Bachelors
Honeymoon The play Wall run the
week, with matinees Wednesday and Sat
urday.
After an absence of three or four years
Daniel Sully. the widely known Irish act
or, returned 10 Salt Lake City Sunday
evening. opening a weeks engagement in
ater to a large house. And 1t was evs-
IDENTIFY a well-Dlcased audience for ap
plause was frequent, laughs were many
Matchmaser ha snnrs %ees deals with the rough and
sometimes somewhat TOO ready life In
western Idaho; the scenes being laid at
Boom, small mining town. and 1t Is Is
thoroughly familiar to most Salt La<ers.
which adds TO the delight OF the piece.
The The MnLchmaker" NAT is even better play
former success. There is story of in
tense interest and IT is more than ac-
ceptably told by Mr.. Sully and company.
There is none of the cheap wit and the
interest Is always maintained:
Mr.. Sully's portrayal of the parish
priest Of yet frontier t99wn Is short
Just as good as II not better than the
character he Is initiating. The imitation
Is so real that one Is led 10 wonder AT its
apparent .rcainess.. Besides, Mr.. .Sully
is funny. irrcsistibly funny. Then he is
sad. too. In fact, the audience I'm front
alternately damaged its hands clapping
in applause OF his bright, witty sayings
and its handkerchiefs surrcptitiousiy
wipins a tear from It's eye at some OF
the pathos of the piece. The humor OF
THE Matchmaker" is much like some Of
Charles Dickens humor: II is closely AL
lied pathos. While 1t provokes "a smile
on the lips there is tear at the heart
| Mr.. Sully loses none of the fine touches
OF the production. which is full of in
| teresting situations without single kill
| ing. however. as might be expected from
| the scenes In which H. IL laid.
| n might be inferred from all this
| though, that Mr.. Sully is the whole show
| but such is not the case. The production
| is we'll staged. the scenery and costumes
| being admirably in keeping with the at
mosphere of the play. and the. rest OF
petite Gertrude Earl as "Dolie. Father
| Days ward" deserves first recognition
| probably. Julius Wright's portrayal OF
| the villain, II Jim Carter, the wealthy
| ranchman. could be called such, Is ad-
| miIably done. and Miss Mary Cagwin
| makes "A most convincing and allurlng
/ Mrs Miranda Wellington. a rich widow
not avcrse 10 remarryinG. The parts of
Pierre Wolf. the half,,breed Indian;
! Colonel Fitzhugh Porter, L :. A.; Willie
| BcelSnan, = transplantcd New York ten
| dcrfoot; Arnold Leslie, mining expert,
| and Margaret Manning. n wild rose, and