The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-30

k Dances and Grotesqu Stunts in Some New Productions Surprise
and Win Favor

.essed Wire to, The Tribune.
|rW YORK, April 29.-"April
~ That's not the title of a
n but of a dance that defles the
rule warning dramatists not TO
heir audiences. A clown walks
New on his hands. His head
-1Ie9 between his arms that serve
legs, his feet paw the air in
II. of hands, and he is not only
.rfed. but wrong side to- with his
n Turned impolltely toward the
-tsfors. He dances upside down
minutes that feel like ten. be-
.e his stunt looks hard. He
ws signs OF distress, as though the
||n on his arms TO do the work
- cant be borne a second longer.
Ugh soughs through the @ audi
urn Ike q breeze OF commlSera
~ Mayn't the poor devil be
|ceIlng bravcly to finish ieat IN
iii he can't make good? He stag
4 on his exhausted arms. his legs
q In the air with gestures OF de-
iddenIy Instead of him there is a
|fy, smiling. graceful girl. and
IS right end up. The figure of
rfl has simply faced about, 1t
1't danced head down at all. Its
81 and hands have been only imi-
6n legs and feet. Now, the
cer turned half around leaves no
6t as to which pair of her limbs
which. as they move in fine ac-
|V AGAINST the clown dress, now
hing backing OF drepery. A
|terful OF brlght-eyed. sharp
|ed people don't applaud much.
N are not pleased by being
" Dance Foolery.
bat is one OF the ductile big shows
acquire fresh incidents as old
} get stale. Another is similarly
April fool joke. 1t exhibits Il
crmooning pair in the bridal
Uber of n hotel, And they are
d. too. The scene is dim at first
n the dawn OF day outlines a boy
face on one pillow and Sirlish
Oh the other Sunrise sends IN,
calcium and window II strong IL
nation on the husband and wife,
their marriage license isn't in
.I~ aIlQ WliSll Is SScli 10 d 1obS W
|6aels two chubby cherubS with
n heads resting on their arms.
b the difference that not a stone
sment but a soft coverlet comes
E UP under their chins, and no
mage of wings shows OF the hid
feathers OF the pillows.
hem, too. when the pose is broken
for change OF mu-
from an anthem TO a wedding
couple is seen TO he pan
In1ic dancers, in the Russian
,rer now in vogue The joke is
when the fact that they are
cymooners is made obvious they
good morning and spring out OF
/ Then they are seen TO be both
NJ women. Having thus fooled
pouting bicker of a. bridal quar-
while dressing. and the coquettish
keup over the breakfast coffee,
dohe daintily.
ndon Started 1t.
rhy start a dramatic letter with
b fooierics? Well. aren't they pc
arr Besides the week has brought
II nothing sedate. The new gaye-
though. includes two noteworthy
Is In ''London Tollies' and Doc
De Luxe and English and
crican example OF extravaganza
Ito date Visitors TO Paris find
ferrous reviews. as they are called.
which affairs of the stage and of
ef publicity are burlesqued much
pEr musical comedies sometimes
81, but one may easily come away
b London unaware that one the
n OF that dull, dun town has been
oted for eight years TO making
of that sort-as far as the kings
6or will permit. When / was
Re. mockcry OF "An Englishman
he had been rehearsed. but al
ugh the jolly Edward VII, would
mind il personally, he thought
serious political lesson OF the
ma ought not 10 be derided: so
order OF suppression was served
The last hour. When the time
be. for the sketch. the curtain
MT raised. but tremendous din
Voices. clattcr OF conmoiiou, and
|Ily a volley Of musEetry. sur
scd and puzzled the audience for
minutes. Then the manager
be out and said: "Our version OF
4 Englislman's Home can't be
|Hn to you, as advertised, but we
fe kept our promise 10 perform it.
RE Are London Follies.
Il now. the whole OF the London
Hes" show imported to Broadway
been given in that way, out Of
nt and unintelligiblc in sounds, it,
Did have given less pain 10 the
lormers than it did; but the audi
:e wouldn't have got its moneys
fth OF fun by ridicule. Tho house
2 the one once famous for the
per q Fields pieces, and the
nders or those days were numer-
was among those who smiled
'erior as the onset showed four