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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
LAMsARDI OPERA COMPANY.

Announcement is made of the open
ing of the grand opera season at the
Salt Lake theatre Monday, February
ID, by the Lambardi grand opera COM
pany for a season of five nights and
Wednesday matinee.
The support Of the patrons Of grand
opera is respectfully solicited for the
general development of grand opera
on broader and more artistic scale.
The management has spared neither
effort nor expense to make the coming
season Of grand opera remarkable from
every point of view.
The company has been selected with
the greatest care, and the array Of
singers engaged is imposing, both in
number and artistic strength.
ImpresariO Mario Lambardi has
spent a lifetime i'm grand opera or
ganizatiOn, and the new company
which is the most distinguished array
of lyric artists ever sent on a tour of
America, is the product Of his own re-
source and ingenuity.
The principals are among the fore
most singers of the present day. and
all have enviable records of European
success. Among these the manage
ment takes much pleasure i'm introduce
ing to American audiences the cele-
brated dramatic soprano, Madam Ester
Adaberto, last season prima donna of
the Metropolitan grand opera compa-
ny; Madam Marina Calvi, hailed by
European critics as an incompara bic
Butterfly and Mimi in La Boheme."
The exquisitely beautiful and histri-
0nically gifted Madam Elvira Bosetti
Giuseppe Maggi, baritone from the Co
vent Garden, London; Atillio Maurini,
russo, and AlessandTo ScalabrinO, dra-
matte tenor, one of the great successes
last season with the Lambardi grand
opera company.
The repertoire for Salt Lake is an
nounced as follows: La GiOcOnda,"
Madam Butterfly, II TrOvatore,
Lucia" and Faust
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
GRAND THEATRE.

Few melodramas excel In a Woman's
Power" which Will be presented for one
week at the Grand theatre, commencing
with q matinee today. ms sensational
drama deals with the Lille of d French
adventures ana d counterteiter, and
abOunds in heart interest. Nadiy in love
with a Washington physician and chem
Isl. who had stumbled upon method Of
cOllnterfeiting that produced coins 50
near like the genuine as 10 deceive the
experts of the government, ms daring
yivacious French woman braves the
world and defies the officers Tor the sake
of the man whom she loves. Yet she
turns upon him with the Jury OF tlgreSs
when she learns that NJ has been false 10
her and secretly welded 10 the daughter
of the chief Of the secret service depart
menL
Her mind aflame. she betrays him to
The officers They acquire the eVi-
dence necessary TO convict him of being
the greatest counterfeiter of the ag-
When all is in readiness TO arrest him she
,eIents and regrets her treachery. When
the sleuths are about 10 descend upon
heir quarry. she aids him to escape
This scene is one of the most sensational
situations possible
Nth absorbing heart interest, one eXCit-
ineS climax following 50 closely on the
nt6er that the OnlOOksr has no time 10
wen tax the imagination as to what is
coming next -,.,
is when the physician and cOunterfeiteT
holds up and rObs an express car, to
pet possession OF Nallse that IS on Its
Nav 10 the secret service department at
Washington.
knowledge of the workings of the gov
ernment secret service operations is to be
cleaned from In a Woman's Power.
sI'he manufacture of bogus coins also is
strikinglv displayed. The bill will run
for the entire week, with matinees Sun
dav. wednesday and Saturday. New spe-
cialties, songs and pictures VIII De intro
duced between the acts.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
The Makeup Is Now a Lost Art

. girl over made-up, but they only come to
one in nightmares.
What's the use of looking around for
pretty girls to adOTn the front rows of
the chorus and to wear expensive show
girl gowns if they are to daub paint and
powder on their faces like whitewash on
a chicken coop.
There had ought to be some common
sense limit to this thing Of making up,
and some day a wideawake musical com
edy manager will make a big hit with
the people who purchase seats in the
front of the house by insisting upon the
girls using some judgment in the mat
ter.
And all that has been said of show
girls and ladies of the chorus in this
respect might tTuthfuily be said about
some of the legitimate actresses, although
it is seldom that the evil is carried as
far by the lights" as it is in the musical
comedy.
There's medal due the manager who
is first TO give us a beauty line" that
hasn't been made hideOus to those IN
front by the reckless use Of rouge and
grease paints.
Making up used to be an art, but it's
a lost one to the average show girl. A
paint and powder censor could earn a
good salary with any musical show
Philadelphia Times.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
MISSION THEATRE.

There Will be ten actors in one act
at the Mission theatre for the week
commencing with Thursdays matinee,
the ancestors and relations of whom,
could they talk English, might tell
some interesting stories Of the north
pole, might tell whether or not DR..
Cook reached the fUrthest point north
or II his story was what Lieutenant
Peary says it is. The ancestors and
relations of these ten actors might tell
much about the Inflated Dr. Franklin
and his party might tell many things
about the great frozen north that has
puzzled the world for ages. If they
could talk English, some OF these ten
actors might tell much about the home
in which they were born and where
they lived until brought 10 this country
for their birth occurred and their
babyhOOd was spent in that great zone
of ice and snow.
These ten actors are Polar bears,
the largest troupe of their kind ever
seen at one time in this country. A
small fortune was spent in their cap
ture and in acclimating them to the
warmer climate of this country, to say
nothing of months of patient labor in
training them so that they might ap-
pear before the public. The work of
capturing them was under the diTec-
ton of Herr Alder, one Of the great
est animal trainers in the world, who
has spent months in which he has
daily taken his life into his hands in
bringing them to their present state
the greatest animal act that has ever
been presented TO the public, one that
appeals alike to old and young. Dur
ing the past week this troupe of
trained Polar bears have been in Seat
tie, where so great was the demand
for seats that il was necessary to give
special matinees.
As a second big attraction for the
week the Mission will present Nick
Long and Adalene Cotton in the one
act play. The Banker and the Thief
This act is full of dramatic pOSsibiI-
ties that are not lost sight of by the
members of the company and has
created sensation wherever pre-
scented.
Josephine Gassman, originator o. the
pickaninnies idea, Will appear with her
real pickaninGies in "COOnville FestiV-
tiles" that has been the talk of the
vaudeville stage for the last few
months. The Malvern troupe, six SEN
sational acrobats of extraordinary
skill who recently came to this cOun-
try from Europe under special con-
tract will be another feature of what
is promised as the best bill that has
vet been offered a the popular Third
South street house. As an added at
traction to the bill, the management
has secured for one week. Miss Nellie
Burt. late leading member of "The
Alaskan" company. who will present
novelty singing and dancing act. New
selections by the Mission orchestra and
new moving pictures viii make up the
bill.
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peaTed in the play to crowded houses
at the Empire theatre in New York,
ana he Is now returning from a most
successful tour of the Pacific coast.
Father and the Boys" is American
to the core, and gives Mr. Crane
greater opportunities To display his
rare talents as q comedian than per
haps any play he has ever had. That
Mr.. Crane thoroughly enjoys the role
Of Lemuel Norwood is evident to all
who see him in the character. The
story deals with the breach which
comes between father and his two sons.
The old gentleman. who has accumu
lated a fortune in his business, cannot
get away from the simple tastes he
acquired when a country lad.
His sons, on the other hand, have
been to college and one is interested in
society, While the other is strong for
athletics. They consider their father
miles behind the procession and con-
tinually urge him to catch up. In or
der to bring the boys to their senses
father decides to march shoulder to
shoulder with them. He starts in lead
ing sporty life, and is soon miles
ahead, even of the band. The boys
learn their lesson, for when father
neglects business they are obliged to
look after it in his stead Meanwhile
father has the first real good time of
his life
The story is told in Mr. AIDES hap
piest manner, and the dialogue is
bright and snappy. Laughs are freely
distributed throughout, with now and
then bit of pathOs which adds to the
value of the play. Charles Frohman
has surrounded Mr.. Crane with a
strong company including Margaret
Dale as leading woman. Louis Massen
Percy Brooke, Forrest Orr, Sidney
Blair, John P. Drawn. Elsa Payne
Payne, Vivian Martin. Adele Clarke
Mildred Beverly and others.
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ACROBAT is VETERAN

rORTY years before the public as an
n acrobat is d record that probably
but one man in the world can boast
Of This man is +. r. Damn. who is ap-
pearing at the Mission theatre this week
Mr.. Damn has appeared with the fol-
lowing circuses: Welsh & Sands, S. II.
Barrett. the New Great Pacific, Sells
Bros, Miller. Stowe q Freeman, King q
Franklin and FOrepaws For two years
gler and acrobat
Il remember my first visit to Salt Lake
City" said he. 1T was with the 5. Fl.
Barrett circus in 1884. l stopped at a no
tel across the street from the tabernacle
block UhP Valley House, and we showed
on the block where the city and county
building stands.
Mr.. Damn is the father of twelve chill
dren and the grandfather of four. To
see him in his act one would not believe
that this man was nearly % years old.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
GOT THE GORGONZOLA.

To any one who is familiar with the
alluring though deadly Italian table
dhcte, seven courses with wine for 20
cents which figures out at ten cents
course and five cents for the red ink, ~
a recent experience of Marie Booth-Rus-
sells will appeal.
Miss Russell is the beautiful leading
woman of the Robert Mantell company,
which closed at the Salt Lake last night.
She and half d dozen player friends went,
for the novelty of the thing, to the very
Bohemian resort of the kind, where
the tables were bare, the initials of the
regular talented" habitues of the place
carved in the wood with jack knives.
formed the only mural decorations, and
white sand scattered about the only COW
eTing to the floor.
Asked what kind of cheese she desired
at the close of the meal, Miss Russell
said:
oh, nothing tame! Bring me a cheese
that has some strength and flavOT-sOme-
thing really powerful
With a CLEAN of satisfaction in his eye,
the aprOned proprietor ran to the kitchen
and cried:
Giuseppe, let loose de Gorgonzola."
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When Crane and
Robson HitChed

the part, he said, and whether you play
it or not I can make the managers pay
your salary every week
oh, drat the salary I replied; i want
to appear in the play. It's big chance
for me-
Well he responded, take this other
part and protest, and say that If you IKE
it you'll play it and if you don't you
won't
Things went along for a time on TINS
unsatisfactory basis, when one day ROD
son and l happened to come to an under
standing. Let's get together on both
parts he said, and see what we can 90
so we worked the thing up together,
and as the play grew in possibilities we
grew in affection and friendship, ana
we'll you know the rest If you remember
The Comedy of Errors. The Merry
Wives of Windsor The Henrietta,
which Bronson Howard wrote especially
for us and other plays in which We were
seen together.
GAS the story book says, We lived hap
py ever after "
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Good Part Makes Good Actor
Only If Actor Has Ability

himself justice under such conditions, but
had an invaTiable rule to which l ad-
hered rigidIy in these emergencies.
Knowing that it would he useless to
attempt dealing cTeditably with the en-
tire role, l would first read the part
carefully, selecting a few scenes which
gave me really good opportunities, and
while I would memOTize the remainder of
the part to the best of my ability, l would
concentrate my real study on the selected
scenes wherein [ proposed TO do justice
to myself, at least in a way, while l
was at the same time doing justice to the
manager.
THE result was always good. The idea
of most actors in cases of the kind is
merely to get through; the consequence
being that while they do get through.
Il is with no great credit to themselves,
for the reason that their one object has
been to get down the lines. With that
sole end in view they have risen at no
particular point In the performance, and
they have at best accomplished merely
a feat of memory, a thing to be done
equally well by a score Of other actors" -
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L,~ HERE is an old saying in the the
atriCal world, remarked William
l. Courtenay, Ito the effect that
good parts make good actors; but they
do not in all cases. Plenty of actors fail
in good parts. 1t is a fact, though, that
really fine part will enable an actor
to demonstrate. as he could not in bad
part, whether he has real stuff in him or
not, for the reason that well conceived
and well drawn character will possess
a variety of emotions, and while a player,
even of genuine ability, may not rise to
all the opportunities, several of them
those that lie best within his ability, he
will be sure to grasp in way TO stamp
him as a man of merit in certain lines
of work. Then the good parts come. The
result is really the same in the end, so
suppose that after all good parts have
lot to do with the making of good &C
tors.
In my own experience / recall a num-
Der of occasions when l was called upon
to play long parts at less than twenty
four hours notice in plays that l had
never seen. Naturally no actor could DO
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NJ OF to be outdone by other women
N of the stage, Miss Gertrude Fow-
Ter, who will appear here in the
title part Of George Barr MCCutCheOn 8
Beverly of Graustark," has caused to be
constructed a portable dressing room for
her own especial use while on tour in this
attraction. 1t is a most elaborate affair,
having all the appointments of the stars
room as found in the modern theatre Of
comforts and cOnveniences that the local
management fail to furnish, but that
my lady well knows the comfort of.
The floor Of Miss Fowler's dressing
room is covered with a beautiful Smyrna
rug while the furniture decoration con-
sists of a coy corner and two or three
restful chairs The walls are hung with
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06

do you know" remarked William H.
Crane recently, in speaking of his long
association with the late Stuart Robson,
that the friendship between Robson and
me began with a misunderstanding that
carried us to the verge of a lawsuit
Well. it did. 1 went to New York at the
instance of a managerial firm-names do
not matter much now, it is so long ago
who engaged me to play an important
part in the old comedy, Our Boarding
House. l found when I reached there
and was ready for rehearsal that Robson
had been engaged by the other member
of the firm to play the same part and
that the date Of his engagement was pre-
vious to the date of mine
1T really was nObOdy's fault, although
the partners of the firm ought to have
let each other know what was doing. At
first | believed Robson had undermined
me in some manner and he felt the same
about me. I was offered another part in
the play and went to see a lawyer about
the situation.
You certainly have a legal claim on
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
INFERIOR CASTS
AND PRODUCTIONS

David Belasco continues to reveal the
secrets of the charnel-hOuse, his latest
contribution to the literature of exposure
being protest against the inferior casts
and diminished productions sent out by
New York managers when play goes
on the road.
Managers do their best" he says, ito
give an adequate representation to a
drama in New York. They produce it to
the best of their ability and at great cost,
but the moment the time comes to put
it out on the road the process of elimina-
ion begins A $50 a week actor takes
the place of a $500 a week actor. Stair
cases and platforms and properties are
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06
''Beverly'' Star Has
ChOicy Temperament

photographs of friends of the star. In
one end of the dressing room is make
up table back Of which hangs hand
some plate glass mirror surrounded by
quantity of thirty-two candlepoWer cleo
trio lamps On one side is a full length
pier glass, also surrounded by electric
lamps, while from the ceiling has been
arranged a sUnburst with varied colored
lamps, which can be changed twill and
which assist materially the process OF
making up.
Like to have the same surroundings all
the time" said Miss Fowler. 1t is a
case Of temperament l suppose. They
saw ali actresses are tempeTamenJal
more or less Now, speaking Of this part
of Beverly CalhoUn''-but that is another
story.
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Melodran1a of the Ring

In apparent justification for both play
and the profession it depicts, Captain
Jack, one of the fighters, says, in a pow
erful speech:
IF you kill fighting, you kill the fight
ing spirit 1t sets a standard of manli-
ness TO the whole nation. 1t is a mans
game and it takes a game man TO play
it. A man may be a fighting man and
yet have a tender heart; he may be gen
tie to women and children and a terror
to DULLES and blackguards."
This is the old DOyle-the Doyle OF
Rodney Stone and the earlier tales-be-
fore Sherlock Holmes came on the scene
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w and occupy a seat anywhere in
the first five or six rows, doesn'
it give you jolt to have to gaze upon
a stageful Of chorus beauties" who have
made themselves hideoUs through the mis-
use Of grease paints?
These girls may look all right to those
in the gallery or rear of the house. but
certainly they can't be expected to make
much of a hit with those in the front
of the house
It's quite necessary, ] suppose, for show
girls and chorus girls to make up" but
the manner in which they abuse the
rouge. grease paint and eyebrow pencils
is almost beyond comprehension.
l wonder f these same girls believe
they have made themselves attractive
when all this stuff has been daubed on
their faces, without the slightest regard,
it would seem, for quantity or effect
either. AS a matter of fact there are
few things more hideOus, and the limit
is reached when they try to smile.
Invariably they Gaub too much rouge
on the cheeks. too much red on the lips
and far, far too much black or blue
whichever it may be-On the eyelashes.
There may be worse sights than a show
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06

He latest play by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle is THE House of Temper
l. lev" STYLED a ''melOdTama Of the
ring" and now arOusing great enthusi-
asm at the London Adelphi. In one scene
two cOmbatants strip to the waist and
fight with bare knuckles. There are for
tv-three characters, among them several
historic. figures of the London prize ring
rs we'll as sundTy aTtistOCratic patrons
Of pugilism clad in dress suits and their
best languid manner evident. The eli
max is in a battle in the trenches, in
which one of the several heroes leads
a forIorn hone in true British fashion.
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ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEK
Continued from Page Four.)

other week. No play produced by the
Mack-LeOne company has caused as much
talk as this one. 1t Is play with a plot
a stranger to most of these romantic
dramas. and it is also beautiful
y mounted. The piece is built
around one Mary Tudor" sister
of The king of England, who wishes
to marry his sister u King Louis Of
France. She falls i'm love with one of her
brothers court Officers and is in return
loved by him. The many duels he fights
TO resent insults to her bring about com
plications which finally end happily for
everybody concerned.
This is without a doubt the best play
that has been put on AT the popular PLAY
house and il was a wise move on the
part of .he management in holding it
over for the second week. Mr.. Mack will
be seen as Charles Brandon and Miss Le-
one as Mary Tudor. There will be the
usual Wednesday and Saturday matinees.
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SALT LAKE THEATRE.

The coming of William II. Crane to
the Salt Lake theatre on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday evenings, with
Saturday matinee. should prove one
of the most important events of the
theatrical season. Mr.. Crane Will be
seen in George AIDES clever comedy,
Father and the Boys" which has met
with remarkable success both east and
west. For four months Mr. Crane ap-
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left behind; anything to cheaper the cost
That hurts the profession and frightens
the people ana destroys their confidence
in the theatre managers. When they de-
mand 81 for the best seats there should
be some one to ask, Where is that New
York cast-where is that New York pro-
dUction? Critics and newspapers
throughout the United States should not
allow the public to be bunkoed Pro
teCting the standard Of the drama is as
important as protecting the moral of a
drama. l always have insisted that what
was good enough for New York was not
too good for any other city"
Aunt Salina: They say a woman
hasn't brains enough to vote. I'd like
to know where a man gets his brains
from-if he has EN-. From his mother ?
And where did she get hers from? From
her mother"
Wilson: 'Everybody's got brains but
father
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"THE TOP o. THE WORLD"

Those clever boys. Bailey and Aus
tin, who were recently seen at the Salt
Lake theatre i'm The Top o. the
World" return for a weeks stay, open
ing Sunday night next at the Colonial
with the same big company recently
seen here.
Since being seen here the company
has appeared with great success in the
cities of Los Angeles. San Francisco,
Portland, Seattle and Spokane, and
are now returning east for their many
important spring engagements.
This will be the first enga cement
that this organization has ever ap-
peared for less than one dollar and a
half, and the only one that will be
played this season. The regular Co
lOnial prices will be adhered TO.
The company of seyenty-five people
is just the same and includes ChaI es
Harris, Robert Travers, D. J. Flana-
gan, Adele Oswald, Florence Smith,
VIII Nell Lavender. Bobbie Roberts,
Frances Carrier and others Of the orig
inal cast.
The famous collie dogs are still re
tanned as an important feature.
Il must be a stingy man who refuses
to buy lot in a cemetery for the rea-
son that he might die at sea.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-06

Never judge a mans character by the
baseball team he roots for. It may not
be his fault
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Il must be q stingy man who refuses
to buy a lot in a cemetery for the rea-
son that he might die at sea.