The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-27

W. ITH two headliners billed side
NM by side aud two other acts that
wv have been headliners else
where the new bill. which
opens AZ the Orpheum this afternoon.
ought 10 make a strong appeal 10 the
amusement lovers of Salt Lake OF
strong appeal and finely sustained in.
terest is the playlet, The Baby the
splendid vehicle in which Emma Dunn
IS making a success in vaudeville. Miss
Dunn and her company. including John
Stokes, the author OF the playlet. will
be one of the two top liners this week.
She starred in "Mother for some time
and played the mother with Richard
Mansfield in "Peer Gynt.' In this
play the role is that of German i'm
migrant, whose husband has left her
She takes the baby TO founding hos
pital in New York and after she has
given II to the authorities, finds that
she cannot reclaim il. She tries TO get
the baby back in n most gripping scene.
The anguish of the mother is very short
but very vivid. The end is happily and
dramatically brought about.
Along totally different lines is the
offering of the other headliner. Miss
Villa Holt Wakefield, a drawingroom
entertainer who was all the vogue
among the New York ''400' and she
brings with her into vaudeville all the
society atmosphere. She impresses her
auditors as a cultured intelligent and
brilliant woman withal she has a knack
of entertaining that makes her an in
slant favorite. In a stunning gown
and with her aristocratic mien she is
positively regal. Then she sits at
piano and, TO her own accompaniment.
talks a number of smart little songs
Another big card is the Charles
Ahern cycling comedians who get right
off the beaten track and are one big
scream from start to finisl. For four
weeks they were the rage at the London
Hippodrome and have come to America
TO tour the Orpheum circuit and Will
return to London as soon as their con-
tract has expired. The big feature OF
the act is the burlesque on paced mile
which will appeal hugely to local fans.
General Edward Lavine, "the man
who has soldiered all his life is an
other strong comedy turn destined TO
promote gales Of merriment. The stage
tlefield, and in his burlesque Of sol.
dier preliminary TO his comedy Jug
Cling act he is decidedly funny.
Blackface teams always go strong
at the Orpheum. and in John Corcoran
and Haviland Dixon are couple OF
funmakers who are topnotchers. In ad-
dition TO their songs and dialogue they
are both clever dancers with a number
of tricks and intricate stems in their
repertoire
A decidedly worthy musical perform.
ance is promised in the act of Alsacc
and Lorraine. To begin with they have
distinctly ambitious stage setting and
scenery. Then they are born musicians
and masters of many musical instru-
ments During their act they feature
the Alsacephone, sort of combina-
tion violin and cornet that is said to
come nearer the human voice than any
other known musical instrument
"Neat, nifty, natty and nice' is the
term applied TO the act Of Holmes,
Wells and Finlay, two pretty girls and
man. They rely on good looks, good
voices. handsome gowns and nimble
dancing to get the applause.
Add to the above galaxy of talent
some good daylight motion pictures and
lively selections by the concert Or
chestra and all indications point to a
strong vaudeville bill.