The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-14
ORPHEUM THEATRE.

The audiences at the Orpheum yester-
day played no favorites. Every number,
with one possible exception, seemed to
please. if applause is an indication of
pleasure, and the laughs came as readily
for a funereial Interpretation of "Harri-
gan as it did for the prearranged puns
of a clown. Vaudeville audiences in Salt
Lake recognize no culture, and evince lit
tie discrimination. The lighter shots hit
the target in the center, while some of
the more legitimate seldom get a hand
as matter of fact, a serious effort is
often misconstrued as an attempt at hu-
NOR, as was shown in several places dur
ing the sketch called "Fagan's Decision -
Seldom has an Orpheum bill presented
such a diversified array of talent as will
appear all this week at that playhouse,
and what weaknesses there are SmOthered
by a flood of good things; certainly the
main weakness is seen in an inclination
to OverdO, and some of the numbers lag
until their popularity is on the wane.
| With equal certainty, no bill has been re-
warded with such generous bursts of APP
| plause, and a discriminating taste would
| have difficulty in selecting the most
worthy, just as it would be unfair to COM
pare the amount of applause received by
| the dlfterent artists.
Claud and Fannie Usher in Pagan
Decision however, present a quaintness
| of humOr, together with touch Of pathos
that makes their piece triumph. 1t is a
| story, well told, and the chara cter work
/ is far above the average. Miss Usher is
| refreshing in her portrayal of a child
waif, throwing into her work an ingen-
| uity that insures success, ably supple
| mented by the efforts of Mr.. Usher him
/ self. No sketch has received more APP
/ plause; few have merited as much
| James Harrigan, as a tramp juggler,
| combines some ludicrOus stunts with a
/ line of talk that is breezy, at times a lit
| tie suggestive, but on the whole enter
| tanning. He Outlived his welcome toward
1 the end but the laughs came in response
/ TO the hySterical laughter of female
/ partner who had been placed advantage
ously in the audience to create artificial
mirth
| Cook and Stevens, opening the bill with
! a dialogue between a black man and a
! Chinese laundryman, found popular favor
4 at once. Their songs were liked and
their turn will be one of the most enter
! tanning bits on the bill all week
| Pauline Moran, a singing Coincidence
! who delivers herself of a quartet of new
songs, was a prime favOrite with the au-
| dience Miss Moran flavOrs her songs
| with as much extract from the Emerald
Isle as her name and the titles of her
songs imply.
What will be regarded as a failure as
rapd-fire sketch, such as the demands
| of vaudeville require, is THE Making of
Man." which Bruce Brayton and Mil
| dred Morris try to make go" In places
/ IL does satisfy, but on the whole it isn't
I up to the standard of other sketches that
| have graced the boards of the Orpneum.
/ Nilmos WestOny, a Hungarian pianist,
] is hearalded as phenomenon" and he
/ lives up to the definition of that word
Rendering fragments of Bizets Carmen
he appeals to the artistic sense of music
| lovers, ana in playing a melange of the
four national airs of America, England.
/ France and Germany, he executes a diff
cult piece which requires all the tech