The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-31

were limited to an hour and n half with
1"o performances every evening and
matinee performances Sunday, Wcdnes.
daY ana Saturday afternoons The idea
stFncK responsive chord with Salt
Lake play goers almost instantly, and in
the SIX weeks Of its engagement at tho
Shubert the Curtis company has playcd
to remarkably heavy business Every
known device has been employed in
Keeping the thcater cool, with the re
SUIT that The average temperature main
| talncd there Is lower than in any other
thcater about the town, while the hour
ana nan arrangement for all perform.
anccs enables one to leave the thcater
before 1T has become uncomfortable
warm.
: - ''"rtis company opened the sev.
entS week OF .ys stay at the Shubert
Saturday afternoon in The newest and
best laughing show Mr. Curtis has been
able to secure, entitled HIp Gnv
Farce, 1t IS one of that class of mus.
cal productions so popular on eastern
roof gardens during the summer months.
and smacks little Of the French music
mans The comedy is bright. the music
fresh and good. The fun making poes
on at furious rate and the chorus fea-
lures and other specIaltics are inter.
spersed throughout the action of an in
tercsting story. II is merry Jingle
or the breeMcst sort, and in it the mem
oers OF the Gurus company will be seen
IN roles entirely new To clever Mr.,
Henry Auerbach. who, the past week,
mas scored great personal success in
hls characterization of Kid Pepper in
The Girl with n Million mt the
Shubert, falls the part of Hebrew
tourist who is visiting Paris with his |
daughter who Is anxious to enter soci |
ETY.. Mr. Auerbach has been so success.
ful with his German eharactcrizations !
that ms work will be watched with un
usual interest this week in the role of |
a Hebrew. His Interpretation OF Kid
Pepper was undoubtedly one of the best
things of its kind theatcr- goers have
seen IN good while, and as his new
role this week offers exceptional opnOr
tunItles for the development Of a new
and unusual line of fun making. mucb
is expected of him
In changing from the demurc
:, Mary of The Girl With Million -
TO the role of dashlng French woman
ssOunnlhGly gowncd, and who is anxious
Tor some one 10 back her in a thea trical
enterprise. will be rather a far cry for
NMaybelle Baker, the prima donna Of the
curtis company, but th1ge can be Ittle
question but that she will attempt it
Few girls of more talent
lave graced the musical comedy stage in
SALT Lake than Miss Baker. Her rich
soprano voice will be heard in several
' y |
md BY the Light of the SiIvery {
Noon the latter will introduced a
novel eject, and Will probably prove one ;
II the hits of . In Gay Parcc.' -
, Ehe, big special feature Of the new |
how is expected to be the travesty on t
he Sousa band, in which Mr.. Auer-
zach Will be seen in the role Of Sousa. o
NJ anGt9sr OF h Mr; Auerbach's songs Will I
Miss Switzerland, the vivacious soub. {
ette, of the company will play the h
laughter of the Hebrew tourist and t
er efforts to break into Partisan So @
iety, and her fathers efforts to ac-
ommodate her wishes, furnish the
lotlf for much Of the fun and melody n
+ In Gay Paree,' f
Mr., Curtis, in following out his an h
ouncements with reference to making o
is company at the Shubert one of the t
ounces that beginning with today's Fl
erformance of ''In Gay Paree" the o
wo Prayer sisters, Mayme and Estelle,
Ill loln the company. The two girls P
re clever dancers and singers, and b
ome to the Curtis company direct from t,
successful engagement OF three OF
onths In Denver. Ia
As the summer season draws ia a close m
nd preparations go forward for the
oenlng of the regular theatrical year. al
-r. Curtis Is completing plans for pre- al
nting at the Shubert some of the b,
ggest. musical successes that have S.
-aced the eastern stage in the last al
20 seasons. The principals and chorus til
the company will be added to as fast fe
capable artists can be secured, and vi
the meantime every effort Will be III
ade 70 make every show at the Shu- nj