The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-17

well balanced bill. with plenty of va
rlety, Is Il brief summary OF the yaude-
VILE offering at the Mission theater this
week. the opening performance having
been given Thursday. Every turn is a
good one, and the performers are as hard
time. The big act on the bill Is
..Freckles," playlet founded on New
York street life. In which Miss Anne
Blancke, ably supported by cast of six
members, Is appearing. Pathos and hui
NOR are defuy woven through the lines,
together with an abundance of street
slang that hcightens the colorlng of the
sketch The scene used is q correct rep
| resentation OF Madison Square park and
its surroundings, The lighting effects
are prettlly arranged. and In all. the play
let accomplishes Its mission-to enter
tain-in admirable manner,
Frank Whitman, the dancing violnists
received the heaviest applause. His act,
a combination singing dancing playing
stunt. is novelty, inasnuch as Mr.,
Whitman claims TO be the only performer
on the stage who plays a violin and
dances-not few steps. but II genuine
exhibition OF dancing-at the same time;
and his music is as good as his dane
ing.
Then there is "Guise." the clever i'm
pcrsonator, who has the audience guess
ing during the entire act. Guisc is Il
man. but with the possible exception OF
a few, who were next" Thursdays au
diences were led TO believe that he was
looking young lady. AS a necessary ad-
junct TO his makeup, lie possesses re-
markaoly fine voice, decidedly feminine in
quality.
Mile. Nadjc. "the Jersey Girl" appears
in Il wonderful gymnastic Offering. She
is a wonderfully developed woman. sup
pie and graceful In the many difficult
fcnts OF strength and agility which she
performs. She opens her act with neat,
we'll rendered singing stunt. followed by
few turns in fancy dancing:
The Marvel Duo, skate artists, present
the classiest skating act ever seen In
this city, The act is new and out Of
the ordinary. and gets a liberal share OF
the applause: The Picturegraph, with
line of bright interesting motion pic
lures, together with several we'll played
selections by the Mission orchestra, com
pletc the programme: The new bill con-
tinues through until next Wednesday
evening, with the regular matinecs.
When Mrs FIsltc and the Manhattan
company appear In Becky Sharp" at the
Salt Lake ,theater the part, of Rawdon
enson. He recently made strong I'M
preston as Dr. Rorlund i'm Henry lbsen, s
pillars of Society during Mrs. Fiske's
engagement at the Lyceum thcater. New
York. Mr.. Stephenson has had long eX-
pcrience on the Lonaon stage He sup
ported Charles uawtrcy in many of his
messenger in The Message from Mars"
He was with Frank Curzon In tho Lon
don production OF AN EngliShmanS S
Home" and scored marked success as
the Duke OF Braceboroush in "Mr. Hop
kiDson."
If you are n tenderfoot and have been
beguiled with the idea that the camp
follower OF yesterday on the cow ranges
was n staggering rowdy. or IL you haVe
followed with disgust the many attempts
OF hothousc writer's OF western plays
TO dish up a reproduction of the real
cow man in so-calcd border dramas. go
over TO the Orpheum and see Willard
Mack's best effort, Gods Country" 1t
Is a cow camp play, its characters are
the types seen on the ranges, II is re-
dolent with the odor OF everything that
has gone 10 make the life OF the homely
cowpuncher a fascinating theme for the
hack writer as well as the dramatist. and
II is drawn with a knowledge OF the
people IL is supposed to typify. It's j
real. warm blooded American play and
worth your time.
1t is doubtful if n stronger combination
OF clever people could have been
cured for the presentation Of musical
comedy than that which viii open the
Daniels theater for the summer season
on Saturday night, Mabelle Baker rs
leading lady brings qlquant charm and
beauty to a leading role which is quite
in keeping with her personality.
Tho persistency OF tho lightning rod