The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-05

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There is novelty and variety enough in
me splendid bin which opened at the
orpneum eyerw n, Sunday NnnI to please all And
You get the worth of your money in
every act and that is unusual In van
dev'lle bill. for there arc always or
| this weeks one
Ihe headliner is La Tortaj jada. a famous
oeauty and celebrated dancing star. She
presents protean operetta, the "Ad-
venture OF Toreador.' In this she
plays four parts. each and every one
IN splendid manner. She is a beau
,iiu! woman. both In face and figure.
and the Spanish dance with which she
concludes her act is triumph. BeautI-
fnl costumes and gorgeous stage settings
add to the act
One OF the most difflcul, characters to
portray upon the stage is that OF an
bS's Christmas Dir Dnner RI John %nfis p Wade SaeIs
enacts the role to perfection; indeed. he
II is one Of the best playlets seen on
the Orpheum stage where character act
ing is considered
There is not only "A Little of Every
title, which is presented by Miss Louise
Meyers. Mrs. Mildred Warren and Bert
Lyon. | yoIs., but there is more. 1t gives pretty
how clever she can be as Marie, and
In her clever work she is aided by two
people who are as clever as she is.
oo me Joseph Adelmann family in musi-
ca scenes from old Nuremberg. have
not only novelty act but the music
which they get from the xylophone is
IN The best ever, heard here In that line.
herself and who captivated the big au-
dience.
a clever couple is Mildred Grover and
DICK Richards,-the former is d. fine i'm
Personator and the latter a clever pianist
ana the two present an act that is more
than pleasing
A Juggling act out OF the ordinary is
given by the Balzars comedy jugglers
Their work is clever and a great deal
of il is new.
There are two trapeze performers in
the Flying Martins, who do some ex-
traordlnary good work on the trapeze.
ADDED TO this are the kinodrome pic
lures and the delightful music OF Pro-
lessor lessor Weihe.s orchestra. and the bill,
which VIII run the week, is complete.
Miss Grace Cameron as Nancy. in the
play OF that name, began three nights
engagement on Sunday evening at the
Coioniai theater. Nancy" Is tho story
Of rural and city life in New York state
throughout which the author has dis
trihuted smiles and tears with a lavish
hand. AT first Nancy is very unpromis-
ing, she is simple. giggling child. ut
terly irresponsible, and whose child love
Is repulsed brutally by her father, The
father lives only for Flora. his eldest
daughter, who poses to him as a reign
who, in reality. Is a member OF a tough
theatrical company and of doubtful
morals.
To keep this daughter in comfortable
10 keep the show going for her lover, the
father disposes of all his earthly goods
reducing himself and Nancy to poverty
that the New York girl might live her
lie, She comes home for Christmas.
demanding money. and when this is re-
fused she steals the only thing left 10
the little family. pair OF earrings which
are heirlooms, and escapes from the old
home, Nancy is accused by the old man
OF being the thief. and is sent out into
the world on the cold night. when all the
world is expected to be happy and full
OF forgiveness. in the most approved tear
producing fashion But Nancy makes
good despite her natural hsndlcaps. the
SHINING sister is BUNDLED and a good
taste is left in the mouth at the end
Miss Cameron as Nancy was the cen
ter about which everything revolved. and
she swayed her audience with her humor
and pathos at her will She was in splou-
songs. Good bye, My Dear Old Home"
and II Adam Had Never Been Intro
duccd 10 Eve" Miss Louise Wagner as
Flora maintained al unikabe part with
pleasing ability. having that useful asset,
beauty. Al G. Newman as Ezra Peck
ham looked and acted the part Of the
farmer father, and the company through
out was able and enjoyable, Nancy"
goes this and tomorrow nights.
Mark Twain made the character of
Pudd 'nhead Wilson. man with a fad
an idiosyncracv amounting almost to
fsnatical monomania But in the same
Individual he combined with the one
idead man lot OF quaint LONELINESS and
common sense, as well as some sense
brand Pudd' nhead's sole aim in life
seemed 10 get impressions Of the thumb
balls Of all persons he met, and TO study
| the lines OF character which he thus
found recorded upon the bits of glass en-
! ployed In the pursuit of his hobby. In
| the end. however, the fad Of Pudd nhead
is brought into splendid use in the de-
! lection Of criminals Identity and the
salvation Of the innocent.
! II was the play with this character in
the title role that opened the week at the
GarriclS theater on Sunday night. And
| Wilson. the Fudd nhcad OF the thumb
! print lad. the quaint humor and the un-
obtrusivc astutencss He must have alb
| Sorbcd personally from Mark Twa In. the
renowned author OF the story. the very
spirit in which the character OF Pudd'n-
! head was created. His portrayal was one
that left no feeling OF lack, out was ono
! completely satisfying. To one who may
have read the story but who had never
before seen the stage production built
upon It, the character illustration given
! By Mr. Irgersoll furnished precisely that
which was necessary TO realistic finish Of
| the impression gained in the reading. In
! deed. there was no character OF impor-
] iance that was not up TO tho mark IN
! completing the full picture. Miss Wheat %
ley IS Roxy. difficult mulatto role, was
| excellent in her work, WAS AIR, Sey-
/ nour in The character of Tom Driscoll.
Miss Collier as the petite and frolick
some Rowy was as refreshingly light
some in contrast with the heavier fea,-
tures Of the picc az she was delightful
in tho porty3 val of the ingenious hall