Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-25

martyred president, but the feeling dis
appears as the play goes on. The pic
ture OF the Lincoln household is some
thing that Will be remembered. Mr..
| Chapin does n faithful piece of sketch
| work. though his reading some
times lacks feeling, he Is ably as
! sisted by Willard Clifford, Baker
Moore. Fay Loveland. Louise Evrets ts
and Mrs Lillian Thebodeau The storm
scene is one of the most natural i'm
aelnable
Mrs Jones Smith Carey" as pre-
I sented by Eva Taylor and company, is
a palpablc steal of My Turn Next. .
brought up to date. This means that
1t Is rollicking farce with change of
names. poison. pistol. check. ali the
rest OF the old props" presented, much
TO the Slee of the audience.
Florence Bindley is a versatile com
edienne fun of snap and vim. who pre-.
sents bits" as a Dutch Gretchen. a
Tommy Atkins and a French vocalist
singing II dreamt l Dwell in Marble
Halls" Her xylophone solos were i'm
mensely applauded
Stella II. Morrisini. with her lcaping
Siberian wolfhounds and ponies. has an
act that makes a hit with children and
adults alike. Weihes orchestra and
some Indifferent motion pictures make
up the rest of the bill
COLONIAL-Thcs sprightllest, catchi-
est and best dressed comedy-operetta
presented on the local stage in long
time holds the boards this week ut
the Colonial in that symposium of song
ana humor, King Dodo" A ca
pacity house greeted the piece Monday
evening, and many were compelled 10
stand. There are many commcndable
features about the opera, and no bad
ones The principal parts are In excel
lent hands. while the chorus Is large
richly costumed and well drilled The
military parade In the second act was
mastery and received several encores.
AS King Dodo, William Friend Is
IDEAL AS the cares of age begin to
neap themselves on his royal brow. he
longs for youth and issues an edict
stopping the clocks and turning the
calendars back 30 years As every OH,
familiar with the story knows, ne
seeks fount of youth. becomes young.
put longs to grow old again The prime
minister of Spoopju land makes known
the secret that the spring waters have
a double power, and King Dodo re-
stores his age by jumping into the
waters again. He emerges the same
as he was before and the Spoopju
queen ruSheS to his arms.
Eleanor Kent made charming
prima donna. In the part of
Pedro, the court chamberlain. Os-
born Clemenson displays q fine
tenor voice. DR.. Fizz, the court
physician, condemned to death oy King
Dodo unless he can compound an elixir
of youth. saves his head by rejuvenat-
Ing a wooden Indian by his discovery.
The part is very acccptably portrayed
by William Herman West, backed by
a sonorous baritone voice. As Nudge.
the court historian and BonilIa, the
Irish prime minister OF Spoopju, Chas
j. Udell was a scream" Laura Mil
lard as Queen Lii could not have been
ception Of a rather difficult role. Zoe
Barnett added new laurels to her stel-
lar wreath in the part of pIquant An
nette
One of the most pleasing OF the many
high class musical numbers was the
duet Two Hearts Made One" by
Piola and Angela. The number was
full of feeling and sweetness. and re-
ceived well merited encore. Other
For Love I Live Alone" the old but
,ver welcome Tale of Bumble Bee"
by Annette, Jolly Old Potentate," by
Dodo and chorus.
The operetta goes all week at the
Colonial with promise of record at
tendance.
BUNGALOW-A good sized house
witnessed the performance of THE
Royal Mounted" at the Bungalow last
night and followed the story of rough
life In the Canadian northwest with
interest Willard Mack, as
the lieutenant. again demonstrated
that he Is versatile actor. and fully
equal to the demands made upon him
Sharing honorS with him Is Maude
Leone. who. as the girl of the back |
woods recently from the convent, early |
got into close touch with the audi |
,nce and proved her title as one of |
he best stock actresses our boards |
lave known for some time past
The story tells of murder that has |
oeen committed In the solitudes. the |
escape of the murderer, and his sue |
,ess in keeping the knowledge of the
rhine from the officers of the law. |
Lieut.. O'Byne Is selected to unravel the |
mystery and bring In the man respon- (
'ible On the success Of this depends |
Ills promotion and his taking his place
is heir to estates In Ireland. Natur-
lily the hero succeeds and In due sea-
ION weds Rosa to the accompaniment
II smiles and slow music. The stage
lettings and scenery generally are up
" the IhdSh StuiuAlu ana throughout
he piece is worth seeing.
The supporting company Is fairly
veil cast. Frederick Allen as Major
auckland shows good reading and a
conception of the part and others who
make good are Frederick Moore as
rohn Hickey. deputy U. S. marshal,
Joseph Kennedy. James Rennie, Ar
ing Alcine. Elmer Booth, Earl Pin
,ree, Reed Clarke. Harry RAYMOND.
md Pearl Either. The play will run
I'll the week.
GRAND-The regular stock COM
any now holding forth Mt the old |
line playhouse presented last evening
o a small audience another of It's
cries OF melodramas. "A Man of Mys-
cry" There are four acts to the
rama, all of which are more or less
ull OF snap and interest, and for a
place of amusement
he presentation last night was entirely
90 good for the size OF the attendance
The audience seemed TO like the work
T Ira Earl who impersonated Richard
Henwood. known as the Shadow: and
s much can be said of Robert Hnz-
EFT, as New Keene. or Lucifer, the