The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-03
ADJUSTMENTS

From the moment that the curtain went
up on the act of the Blessings. European
premier eQuilibrists. until il went down
on the closing act Of Rosaire and Doreta
/ comedy eccentriques. the large SUNDAY
night audience at the Orpheum last even
ing was nightly well entertained The
new Dill for this week, while perhaps not
as Suong as a whole as the bill of last
week, IS far ahead Of the average bill. II
I Is Dill reDlete with DeW-idea acts II
contains variety. and the applause which
greeted each act last night was evidence
tnat the bill was one which met with gen.
erai favor There are no weak acts in
, the bill One can prick the program with
a PIN with the eyes shut and hit a head
liner every time. Madame BLESSING whom
the Berlin papers have termed the most
beautiful and strongest woman in the
world. appears with her husband in ac-
rooatic and eqUilibrist work and the cou-
pie made an instant hit with the audience
She IS pretty, and they are both clever
Ralph Post and Eddie Russell explained
that owing TO an accident I'm Butte they
MeIe uhaDle 10 DO their regular stunt
Iheir makeShIft, however, was entirely
entertaining and was well received. Very
clever IN conception and very artistic I'M
lhe production was the act of James Nc
Donald and Valerie Huntington, singers
with clear. melOdiOus. ENJOYABLE voices
They introduce character songs in q most
tetching manner and earned the generous
applause they received. Lizzie Evans and
Jefferson Lloyd present a comedy play
let Turning the Tables" the Mot ~
which IS more clever than their acting.
Eight Palace Girls" assisted by James
Clemons. were thoroughly enjoyed They
are pretty. they wear beautiful costumes
ana they sing and dance and march most
CapuVatngiy. Clemens. in dancing pre-
sented some new steps which won him
loud hands. The eccentric character
sketches of Ray L. Royce kept the audi
ence in continual good humor The mo-
ton pictures closing the bill are ordinary.
Same old Dan Sully. Same old. genial
hkable personality. Same kind of pIav.
''The Matchmaker" in which Mr.. SuIiv
opened his weeks enga cement at the Co
lonial last evening. is somewhat meIodra-
matte. full of bright lines-real Irish hu-
mor-and with plenty Of sentim ent-whole
gobs of it that at times were highly at
fectlnE, but occasionally reached the Dor
der line Of "Oh. Fudge-''
The central character is Mr.. SuIlv as
Father DAILY. the good old priest of an
Idaho town. which is supposed to be con
Slderably wild west. He saves lives.
mends broken hearts is kind to the ia
therless, feeds the man who tries to steal
the collection. says many bright and many
sentimental things and finally brings four
pair of loving hearts to the mating point
All Of which Mr.. Sully does In MS own
peculiar and pleasing way
The company IS not an gregation of
stars, but it IS we'll made IN on tba
whole, and the entire performance is. en-.
joyable.
Fortunately The Climbers" is ONLY q
SATIRE. II IS not presented under false
coloTs. As matter of fact. the program
tells you it is satire. This is we'll he
cause one would hate to think that So
Gety- even in the United States. where
climbers are so prevalent, were quite
so false and hollow as Clyde Fitch makes
It appear every once I'm a while in tbo
piece that opened at the Bungalow last
night.
For all that. '7The Climbers is an in
teresting bit of drama with some roo6
situations that were well handled bv Mis-
Hall and the members Of her cOuDauv
all Of whom seemed to have Jared veTv
happily indeed in the assignment of Darts
Miss Hall IS very attractive in the role
Of Mrs. Sterling, which she handles with
her usual skill, and Miss Cleveland is zerv
clever as Miss GOdesby. Mr.. Baldwin and
Mr. Hebron care well for the DrinciDal
male roles Of Edward Warden and Rich
ard Sterling.
The opening performance of .~Tbe
climbers was witnessed by a good house
and the play deserves good business All
the week.
"A Bachelors Honeymoon presented
by an entirely capable company. opened n
week s engagement at the Grand theatre
last evening The play is a comedy. and
unlike many sO-Called comedies. is really
funny and filled with lauChabIe sit11a
tons. J. G. Anderson and Miss Alice NJ
Lane have the leading parts They fin
the bill well and are satisfactorily sun
ported There was good house.