The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-01

The surprising thing about The Red
Rose" which opened at the Salt Lake
theater yesterday. is the fact that IL
is All excellent evenings entertainment in
spite of the fact that IT does not de-
pend upon an actor or actress OF stellar
fame to carry il past the state OF medic
Gritty and further I'm view OF the fact
that il contains those elements that would
make the ordinary musical show a medic
Gritty,
'''The Red Rose" is a blaze OF fascnat-
ing. barbartc color. IT'S costumes and
combinations of colors are astounding In
number and effectiveness. While there
there is nothing TO offend, and on the
whole they are graceful in design ana
startlingly picturesque. One daring num-
Der is furnished al the opening Of the
in green dance about dais upon which
stands the partially veiled Lola.
\ Young art student studying IN Paris
who is the son Of wealthy American
posed to be q nameless waif. y French
nobleman whose daughter disappeared
when she was child, finds that she
has vast fortune coming 10 her and
he accordingly sets out TO find some
young girl whom he can pass as his
daughter and thus get possession of her
fortune. Lola. who happens 10 be in
fact his daughter, lis chosen to be his
stepping stone to wealth Through mis-
leading circumstances an estrane ement
springs ZIP between the young American
artist ana MS Bonelnldn sweetheart. icau =
ing him TO believe that now that she
has found her father and a fortune, he
has no charms for her. After that, the
story concerns principally the plans Of
a rubber merger between The young art
lists father and another wealthy Amer
lean who Is visiting Paris With his dauGh-
ter IL seems that by uniting the two
American families the rubber merger
would follow a natural course in busi-
ness cvonts However. Lola's future nus
band, chosen for her by her newly found
father hears that his bride -to-he is not
the baron's real daughter. breaks off the
engagement, thus leaving an opening for
the Young American artist and his model
sweetheart TO patch up their differences
which they do in pleasing manner
Zoe Barnett, not 4 stranger in Salt
Lake plays the rolc of Lola With II dash
and piquancy that is captivating, she
uses 10 rare good advantage her excel
lent contralto voice and dances with an
ease and grace that is fascinating. Sid
ncy Brouchton plays tho role of the Amer
lean artist with vim, enlisting his rich
resonant voice In giving highly pleasing
finish to his portrayal
Grace Ellsworth. us n was-once sou-
brettc. and Joseph w. Standish. as a
blackmaiiins picture dealer make the nits
Of the entertainment in their humorous
songs and dances. Marguerite De Non
whose face has beamed above local foot
lights before. appears AS n daredevil lit
tie model. Maurice Darcy makes a cap
ital A)onzo Lorimcr father OF the young
artist There arc dozen others in the
principal cast whose work Is far above
the average OF musical comedy type.
The song numbers are many. pleasing
and varied. Several new dances-new in
Salt Lake al lcast-aro int nterpoldted with
pleasing effect. The chorus is large and
pretty throughout, while It's singing is far
better than we usually hear from a mu
sical comedy chorus. The play is mount
cd IN three acts, each set beautiful in de-
sign and color
''The Red Rose viii be remembered
in salt Lake long after others of It's
kind are forgotten. 1t will close It's To-
cal engagement tomorrow night, with a
matinee tomorrow afternoon.