Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-18

auulehceS nave listened to many great
pianists in their tours across the con-
eihent' but in the majority OF cases
these have been men Women con
eert planlsts are rare birds; those who
nave appeared here on transcontincntal
trlps In years past may be counted
on the fingers, including Arabella Cod
dard, Anna Mehllg. Adele Aus der Ohc
Neatly Stevens, De la Verne. Myrtle
EVlyn, and now Nine Carreno. Not
that womankind is necessarily behind
'he men at the piano; on the contrary.
Is safe to say many more women
than men are good pianlsts; only it
seems they are content for the most
part to stop short of the line of vritu-
osity. while more men aim to reach the
| higher points in professional life.
Nine Carreno is regarded by com
| petent music critics as the first woman
pianist living, a claim that the large
audience which listened to her last
evening at the Shubcrt theater. was
| perfectly willing to allow. The fore
| most musicians In the city were pres
ent. and they were as enthusiastic az
the non professionals In their apprecl-
| alton of the great artist. Nine. Car
| reno played an immense program, and
| played it without n single score to read
from But that did not appear to
cmbarrass her any. The only thing
that seemed to affect her at all, was
an apparent WEAKNESS easily attribut-
able to the high altitude to which she
| ls not accustomed This popularity
has been noticed many times before
| with other visiting artists. Nine Car
| reno played that massive program as
| easily as one would read the printed
page. She knew the whole by heart,
| and for that matter. many more pro-
| grams just as majestic. She carries
a whole repertoire library in her head
| from which she can eXtemporiZe a pro-
gram at any time.
Mime. Carreno plays more like man
than the average woman, her inter-
pretfve abilities seem more on the mas
cullne order-her execution, her dyna-
mics certainly are. and her manipula
ton of the keyboard is what might be
expected were she of the opposite sex,
Nine. Carreno gave the great APP
passionate sonata with scholarly per-
formance. the immense technical diff
hculties having no terrors for her what
ever, while the Chopin Polonaise in A
Nat was played with an heroic vigor
and majesty of Interpretation that were
very impressive. In this latter num-
Der particularly. the artist rose to the
acme of execution and Interpretation.
Those in the audience who have heard
Rubenstein remarked her performance
was very much such as his would have
been, were he the artist of the evening.
The Liszt numbers were very exact
Ing, In fact, drastic on Nine. Carreno's
physical powers, But she has q frame
and a pair of big arms that make her
equal to the demand, though in the
Liszt Sixth Rhapsodie she showed
manifest signs OF wearlness. The Chopin
Etude In G flat was a gem that had to
be repeated; the "Polonaise" was also
encored. and the final number the
Rhapsodle. scored such q deep i'm
preston that the audience refused to
retire until the artist had returned,
tired as she was, to play a light waltz
movement OF her own composition. The
house was we'll filled. and no performer
could have wished for more appreci-
ative attention.
ORPHEUM-A capacity house greet
ed the opening act at the Orpheum
theater Monday night not a seat re-
unoccupied when the curtain
rang up. That the bill is one of the
best presented on that popular vaude-
Vile stage during the present season
was attested by the frequent applause
and waves of laughter which swept
over the large audience. The head
liner is a British sketch, delineated by
William H. Thompson, Lauretta Allen
and Fred J. Webber. and tells of the
humble pride of an ineXorable parent
who cast his son out of his home for
failing to maintain the proud position
achieved by the father as a British
soldier The scene is n typical British
home. in which the idealization of the
life is apparent, the walls be-
Ing decorated with almost ifesized pic
tures OF Queen Victoria, Prince Albert
Lord "Bobs' the celebrated
English general and other military he
roes. The father served in the army
for 30 years and became the pride of
the regiment" Ambitious that his son
become a great soldier and keep up
the position achieved by the parent,
he was sent TO the army against his
will when but II years old. his mother
protesting against the act on account
Of the delicate constitution of the lad
and his aversion to militarism. The
father compels him to go. and casts
him out of his home when the boy
fails. The mother pleads for her son.
and threatens to leave her home with
the boy, but the father remains OBJ
durate. but he finally reents and
takes the boy back to his bosom, and
there Is hardly dry eye in the house
at the close of the scene. The playlet
points a moral which softens the heart
and illustrates the fallibility of even
the strongest of men.
Toki, tho Japanese equilibrist and
foot juggler. introduces some new
things in the way of balancing feats.
Miss Irene Roman is all that her an
includes. a versatile art
ist. Her readings with piano accom-
paniment are mertorlous and enter
tanning.
Dan Qulnlan and Kelar Mack In
their act THE Travelling Dentist,
tickle the risibllities of their auditors,
while Bob Adams and Bob Alden, the
1.-TWO Bobs." in their musical sltit and
italian representations are scream
from start to finish. The singing and |
dancing OF Miss Elsie Faye. Joe Miller
and Sam Weston in "an act dainty !
some rapid costume |
changes and catchy songs which catch |
the popular ear The last Item on the
bill. but by no means least. is the
acrobatic stunts of the four Floods |
who keep the audience in roar all the |
time. The Orpheum kinodrome pic |
lures are above the average. and the !