The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-18

At the Mission theater on Thursday
night there were TWO big houses TO wit
ness what is one OF the best bills that
has ever been put on in that popular
place OF amusement.
From beginning TO end the show" is
good but probably the most attractive
turn is that done by "Nord.' the diving
beauty The lady Is billed as having
the most beautiful figure in the world" !"
and IL there ever was a living person.
ficatlon OF the Ideal water nymph she Is
that graceful. breathing creature. She
dives in many fashions into big tank
of water behind which is great mir
ror so placed that the audience Is able
TO the surface OF the water. as wcll
as to observe the action OF ''Nord, as
she sports in its limpid depths. 1t is a
rare novelty and worth while Witness
ing.
Then there are the four dancing bellies,
all pretty and graceful and nible as ellis.
one OF them Is sweet singer, too, and
their act is highly appreciated during
every minute. The Girl OF The Times is
played by j, Z. Tremayne and COM
pany. IT represents an ambitious news
paper girl committing q burglar act
in order TO get material for story. She
is caught by the householder. and dur
ing the talk between the two some ludi-
crous situations arise, the outcome being
that the girl escapes and the householder
himself gets into the hands OF the police,
Frank Marckley is really Il wonder on the
banjo. and IL is impossible 10 appreciate
his genius to the fun without hearing
him play The four Mclanis form a good
quarsctte. their singing being far above
the average, The bill goes for one week.
Tonight the much talked of and wide
ly advertised operate concert by Miss
Maggie Tout and company will be given
at the Salt Lake theater. Tho indications
are that there Will be a large turnout of
the music-loving public. Since Miss
Touts return from Paris and London last
month she has appeared in u number OF
concerts and received the highest en-
comiums from the press. The Kansas
City Star speaking of the concert given
was a musicale OF high order. .eclipsing
anything OF the kind given here"
Mr.. E. +, Tout father OF Miss Tout.
attended the ,i regular rehearsal OF the the
vored the members with a beautiful sa-
cred tenor solo,
III response to the hearty applause
which greeted his effort he gave a short
talk, in which he said he hoped that
the project to send the choir TO Wales
In 1911 would beet with success. He
advertisement for Salt Lake City and
Utah He predicted a royal reception for
the singers in Great Britain and prom
sed TO aid them upon his return to Lon
don next month, Mr.. Touts remarks
evoked rounds of applause.
The sale of seats is progressing rapidly
for the ensagem1ent ga a1as of The Great Di,
next week. The superb production is
given under the direction OF Henry Miller
and Will he presented by an unusually
we'll balanced company OF players pre-
cisely IL was seen for over 500 per-
formances in New FORK two seasons
ago,
Theodore Lorch. in the role OF Ensign
Baird of the United States friSate San
Jacinto is proving very popular with the
Grand thcater patrons. Mr.. Lorch Is at
his best in this role and his many friends
are pouring TO the Grand nightly to see
the popular actor, George l.. Graves as
Abra ham Lincoln, who was then president
OF the United States. makes up in very
artistic manner and is given a rousing
reception the minute he steps on the
stage: although he utters not n word
The Ensign" is one OF the best and
without doubt the most expensive pro-
ductions staged AT the Grand in a long
time. In "A curtain talk last night. Mr.
Lorch said that the production this week
was the first of his stock productions
and the theatergoers could Judge as 10
the class of plays that would hold the
boards at this popular playhouse. The
jurors I'm whose hands the fate or DrIs-
kell. the murderer. lies were guests OF
the Grand theater last night and occu-
pied seats in body.
There was crowded house last night