Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-04-26


two civilized human beings who ever
/ reached the top OF the world Is the OPP
( portunity afforded at the Orpheum this
week. the headliner being Matt Hen
son. the negro who has accompanied
! Commander Poary on many of his
/ quests FOR the north pole. Henson APP
pears In an explorer furs. hooded
| coat OF fox and brooches OF polar bear
I and his legs encased i'm the waterproof
| boots made by the natives ~ the far
/ north. an outiit which may be bought
| there for N few trinkets. but which Is
worth more tnan $500 here. Henson tells
many interesting things of the arctic
| circle one of them being the mode Of
tanning leather used there. This rs
] task OF the women OF the tribes, who
| first scrape the hair from the skins,
then dry IL aud 20 complete the opera
/ ton go about their work chewing the
I leather until il is soft. The trial mar
rIage has long been custom or the
I EsquimauN ana to settle various feuus
and arguments the trading OF wives
/ has often proved most effective. Hem
son tells Of the struggle 60 reach the
pole his lecture being illustrated with
| numerous Photographic views thrown
upon a screen. The lecture f. one
which holds the Interest and while
! Henson Is not particularly well fitted
as "a public speaker sim his story rs
graphic and so unusual and out OF the
ordinary that 10 o. "a feature Of the bill
Of the week
La Rose and la Gusta. on the sched-
ulc as European novelty Wrists, are
different from others IN slack wire
work and here and there through their
performance are scattered bits OF nov
city that are entertaining. but the
house seemed passive throughout the
Tf mn
expressions of approval
al Summers expected more apprecia-
tion than Doe got. Some Of those DEATH
like sileucos which prevailed during
the pauscs DE reserved for the APP
piause to subside were embarrassing
even for the orchestra members. He
introduced several oddities, particular
Ia his intimatiOn OF q onc-legged frog,
which was rather than dancing feat.
demonstration Of the ends 90 which
the yaudcvillian will go To be new
"On Stony Ground" presented by
Lottie Williams and associate players,
offered a story Of heart interest with
a Bowery chop house as the place
waitress for the girl an honest
plumber for the hero rich young
artist as the man who tore her heart
strings almost asunder. an automobile
90 put color into the plot and a sister
Of the waitress furnishing the stony
ground" the sister having been adopt
ed BY a rich woman and raised In the
lap Of luxury, only 10 refuse to recog-
nize her poor sister when the deuoue-
ment occurs-Ieaving the poor girl the
honest plumber. But fate played kind
Is with all the persons Of the little
drama, for all ends happily. Miss VIII
liams Is "the act" her Bowery slang
being effective. II not new-and some
Of il sounds suspiciously like Bert
Leslie's chef-d'oeuvre.
Ha.
tacular fantasy. was clearly one OF the
best features Of a bill I'm which good
ones are scarce. The electrical effects
OF the act were striking. Her three
numbers were well received. Miss
Fuller's act is effectively dressed and
throughout is performed with artistic
grace.
The Fred Ray players are back with
THE Nobcst Roman Of Them AL
and there Is not new line or feature
i'm the act. the gladiator being as
slender as Of wore. Miss Window and
the Roman senator changed not one
whit. Those who had not seen the act
before seemed well pleased and there
were FIVE or six in the audience who
had not.
Tine comic feature OF the bin is the
cycling act provided by the Ahearn
comedians. From start 10 finish 1t is
TO laugh and that is about am there is
q
through with the last one.
The kinodrome even is suffering this
week with repeateritis, two perennials !
blooming again, yet again. The or
chestra with the Faust selection for the |
entire act was enjoyed as relief after |
entire act was enioyed as relief after !
COLONIAL-"As the Sun Went /
Down" the melodrama presented at !
the Colonial this week, unfortunate |
d. fails far below the standard usual |
Is maintained by this excellent |
theater A duel between a man and a |
woman-unprecede probably in /
the widest Of the west--exaggerated |
PRAYING scenes and an impossible !
marriagC-one that disregards lightly /
the deepest requirements Of man
these constitute but a few OF the !
many overdrawn incidents, for, though |
the play Is supposed TO depict life In a /
Nevada mining camp. one feels that !
the author must have received his in I
formation in a correspondence course. |
In the eNode a little sentiment creeps F!
out tragi-comic In nature; and the /
piece ends with everyone reformed |
and even the town Jezebel about TO |
W ed.
The players were superior 20 their !
lines though there seemed TO be |
general conversational rapidity,
mechanical sNittness In taking up /
cues. which made the situations at /
times unintelligible.
As Colonel BLY, the reformed /
scarlet woman, Estha Williams did |
excellent work. and Edwin Walters /
personality and voice made his Faro !
Bill. the gambler, a clever impersona-
ton Flora Byam as Sal Sue, the sassy l
adopted daughter; Margaret Miller as /,
the gossip: W. A. WhiteCar as Conh- /
dence man. gambler and villain and /
VIM. .. Taylor as the worst man In !