The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-10

= BUNGALOW THEATER-"Lorda and i.
+ Lady Algy.'' Evening. SIS. :
Melodrama, 1.
GRAND THEATER-"The Night +
+ Before Christmas" Evening, s:l5, :
j. oRPHEUM TaENTER - Advanced :.
/. vaudeville. Matinee, 2.15; evening, !.
!. MISSION THEATER - Imperial !.
/ ing, 1870 and s;15. !.
II Is a remarkable bill that is on AT the
Orpheum theater this week. and which
I was presented SUNDAY afternoon and
nni6 might to caPaei, SI% sTdences It is not
Ing good bill: but there are people, not
one. but many. who will not take kindly
to the last number on the programme,
which the press agent places as the head
liner: This number is entitled The
Devil and Tom Walker" 1t is desig-
mated as fantastic. musical travesty
scene is laid in Hades. This brief SEN
lehce tells the story. or course, there
is an attempt at moral in the sketch.
but nevertheless II trcads upon dangerous
ground. There may be nothing improper
or irreligious In the sketch, perhaps there
is not. but there are great many peo-
who cannot just reconcile themselves that
sketch in which the internal region is
the scene presented upon the stage, the
players impersonating Satan and his imps
and those whose lives. according 10 ortho-
dox ideas, send them 10 the place that
all, no difference what their view is, de-
sire TO steer away from. The sketch Is
too broad-not the kind OF a playlet that
one would care 20 have their son or their
daughter witness, Salt Lake has enough
Of and sees enough of Hades without
having II pictured and portrayed by play
ers upon the stage Zion is not Partisan
enough for The Devil and Tom Walk
err" 1t could be eliminated from the bill
without detriment. and this is said with
all Difference 10 those who participate in
the sketch, and not In censure of their
work,
In the other numbers on the bill there
are several old favortes, several of which
have been seen upon the Orpheum stage
here before and these acts and sketches,
as well as those of the new faces seen In
the new acts are entitled TO all rank as
headlincrs.
Monroe Hopkins and Lola Axtell open
Troubles" 1t is a sketch In which op-
portunlty is given for some good act.
singing. all Of which are admirably done
by both, Miss AXtell Is more than clever.
and this is true of Mr.; Hopkins. Their
imTagIln59ry ride on oIo trolley car is eNcep-
In Vittoria and Giorgetta, two Russian
equilibrists, a series OF remarkable hand
balancing feats is shown. There are box
ing matches. in which the gloves are
worn upon the feet of one, while the
other has the mits upon his hands. There
is a dance that is more than well exc
cuted. while upright upon their hands
The stunt Is a new one and received mer-
tied applause,
Natalie and Aurie Dagwell are clever
girls. They dance and they sing, and
you can understand their songs They
present a new stunt, a historical cycle oil
songs, in which. melodies OF the coioni91'
and of modern days OF 1910, They have
good voices; they are nimble on then
feet; their costumes conform TO the dates
named They sdap5iyared tines the audience
Ida May Chadwick is liked by Or
pheum playgoers She is the Hee Haw
girl" Likewise. she Is the champion le.
playgoers like Mrs. J, d Chadwick and
MIR. c. D.. Chadwick; They, with Ida
May, are. the CHADWICK trio: and In their
more funny than ever. The big audience
did not want them TO leave the stage
and they were recalled several times;
Donald Bowles and his company have
also been here before. The sketch which
entitled Guilty" Il gives Mr., Bowles
show the dramatic ability they possess,
That this was appreciated was demon l.
strated by the several encores, which
Ben Welch is an oldtme fayorite. His
original Italian and Hebrew character
izaIlons cannot be excelled. His humor
is clean and his acting fine. lie appears
TO be funnier than ever and his acting
better than ever. He was encored sew
eral times
This, with the kinodrome pictures and
the delightful music By tho Orpheum
orchestra, under the direction OF VIII
lard Wiehe. concludes the bin which will
There is one thing that the Orpheum
management should put stop TO, and
that IS the seating OF late comcrs dur
Ing an act. The late comers are an IN
much OF the pleasure OF the first act was
marred for many by these late -comers
were compelled. to stand during an act
they would arrive on time. Unless this
is done, 1t may be that an ordinance
similar TO the one in vogue in Cleveland,
o., may be asked for. People who go
to theaters early, who are there when the
curtain goes UP. are entitled to protec-
mer. and this applies TO all places OF
amusement In Salt Lake,
70 the primal emotions, affordinS oppor-
tunity for beautiful and attractive seen
cry, and finally full OF western local
dience, The Nirginian." presented by the
Kirke La Shelle company. opened Sunday
night at the Colonial
waned in the seven years il has been
on the road and It's favor In the public
eye will not grow less If kept in the
hands of so capable a company In that
headed by William L. Gibson and half
dozen others entitled to be called strong
in their repertoire parts.
Sharing honors with Mr.. Gibson, who
takes the lead, IS Marshall Farnum. who
IN the role OF Trampas portrayed a VII
Han that thrills, almost making his au-
ditors forget II was only in the play, The
Spanish Ed" Of Charles r.. Gilbert comes
| In next for artistic work the portrayal
OF the craven thief. who could not as
did Steve" face lynching like a man.
Mabel Wrights work as Molly Wood was
| we'll done. and the other and minor char
acters were acceptably sustained.
One beauty about The Virginian" is
| that II is not a "one character drama.