Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-06

THEATFFe-"Polly of the Circus,
drew u surprisingly good audience last
night. in view of the fact that the
piece has ben done here SO recently,
and the added fact that all attention
the last few days around the box Office
had been conferred on the coming of
the Russian Dancers, this afternoon. z
s Polly Of the Circus" has hardly
chunged whit from its previous pre-
sentution. AS before. the circus FEAT
ure Introducing the beautiful white
horses and the Shetland ponies, was
the one most strongly npplauded. Miss
Leon, however, Is charming little
actress and In the role created by
Edith Talliaferro, she made all the
humorous and pathetic points possible.
The best work among the support was
done by Nh. Hersey in the role of Jim,
and by Ann Mortimer In the part of
the colored houskcc!i4r. Mr.. Robert
sons minister rather inclined too much
to strict mechanical methods, and sug-
gested working by rule rather than by
inspiration. AAnumber of clever char
acter sketches were contributed by
Miss La Shelle. Miss NVeiling, Mr..
Mowry, and Mr.. Cherry. The feature
ut the close when the minister and
his young bride watch the departing
circus caravan going up the hill. was u
pretty picture, and one greatly ap-
piauded. d
y The bill runs all the week. with mat
ines Wednesday and Saturday.
THE RUSSIAN DANCERS--A. big
and fashionable throng is in attendance
at the theater this afternoon, Witness
ing the ballet of the Russian Dancers.
The entertainment began ut $3.50 pm.
and will be reviewed In tomorrow's
paper
"COLONIAL--A rather refined mco-
drama, played by ali excellent star
with mediocre sunnort--such was
Nancy" us presented to n somewhat
small and only fairly well pleased au-
dience at the Colonial last night. The
play itself. however. has good ground
work: u mistrcated step-dauChter, an
oil farmer bent on every sacrifice to
support his own daughter whom he
believes to be shining in New York
society. but who really Is living rs am
llnchaste danseuse in cheap burlesauc.
I a robbery. the finding Of an heiress,
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES spring all the
surprises OF mclodrama without its
Z powder and smoke.
& 3l Miss Grace Cameron lmpcrsOnatod
the unsophisticated, unconth and III
treated step-daughtcr, most cleverly;
rand gave her musical numbers With
the brillancy of the best vaudeville
i days, two Of the encores: IF The Wind
Had Only Blown the Other Way and
Heaven VIII Protect q Working
Girl" being specially clever.
Sos Unfortunately, however, her support
y was not the best. most of the players
reading their lines with Il self con
sclous stiffness irrcconciluble with the
sympathetic work Of finished art
lists. The exceptions however. We're,
Bert Haddcn rs Merritt. Ed W. Will
son us Jim Davenport and Floyd
White, the picture canvasser, All IN
all the play is hardly up to the Col
.onial standards of the popular grade.
1t runs tonight for the last time
Friday, tho popular4'actor Mr.. Fav-
orshnm opens his engagement In "Thc
world and His Wife"
oRPHEGM-Not an mentertaining
moment WIS experienced by the large
Monday evening audience ut the Or
pheum from the beginning of the first
net until the end of the last picture
scope view: the program IS high class
all the way through ana artistic,sto "A
degree; only the best IN the varied lines
Of talent characteristic OF Orpheum on
tertairments, seems to haveipart IN this
weeks program: ana willard Weihes
orchestra, in all its numbers, is q con-
slant pleasure.
la Tortajada, the Spanish danscuse
and Dantomimist, carried through n
play built on Spanish lines, all By her
self--with the assistance Of n few mo-
tion pictures; she Is graceful, COM
manding. activc; her dancing is cs-
sentially Spanish, but Of unqucstioned
~ 10 d $40 Fl . . t..