The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-10

After two weeks OF Glass league
playing, the grand stand is pleased to
note that the Orpheum comes upon the
diamond with some real ball players this
week. The bin that began it's promising
career yesterday afternoon is a genuine
Orpheum bill the kind of bill that people
long and sigh for. but get only once in
a while
The leading act OH the list is Helena
Frederick and her company OF grand
opera singers in a condensa tion of "Hofi
mans Tales the magnificent compost
ton OF Offenbach. Miss Frederick is en-
d9wed with rich dramatic soprano,
which she employs with rare skill. In
erick carries her work with exceptional
power. In her duets. both with the tenor
and the baritone, Miss Frederick proves
Ing requirements of the part; In add-
ton to her splendid voice, Miss Freder-
ick is an actress of surprising force. a
great singers, Sharing first honors with
Miss Frederick are George Champion, the
baritone; and Ahtrur F, Burckly. the
tenor; Mr. Champion sings the part of
Or Miracle. the evil genius, In power
lu voice of marked range. with an utter
lack OF strain or effort. In the duct with
antonio; Burckly as Hoffman. was
trifle more. Others Of the company are
the Misses Alice and Ida Ryan and
Joseph A. Rudd. all of whom have good
NpiCtS anu arc Capable III lUclr parts.
The famous "Barcarole," as sweet a
piece OF music as was ever written, Will
no doubt be hummed and whsticd by
half the Orpheum attendants this week
Tales which so delighted the great audi
cnce in the tabernacle Thursday night
when ii was offered by the Symphony
However satisfying Miss Frederick and
her singers may be: they are not by any
means the only numbers on the Or
al,
triloqulst. Ventrilouuists have come and
gone. some good. some bad-a lot of
them Sood-but IL remains for Lester TO
put the finishing touches on the ven
stage. One wonders how he does il. for
he moves not muscle of his mouth.
His dummy talks all the while. not stop
ping even when Lester lights and smokes
a cigar. cigarette and drinks a glass
of wine. Lester, unlike other vcntrilo
quists, does not make his dummy the
OF line of jokes as clever and fresh
and breezy as We're ever put over on
the Orpheum stage.
Men who can juggle and be funny at
the same time are rare. A good many
can juggle or he funny, but 1t is not
often that funny juggler is both good
funny man md and good jpggSr edfrrd 1t r Is
Winchester. These two kcen,eyed and
deft handed performers have been seen
IN salt Lake before and ahey hIs Are ,rIn re
they have a deal of new 'sbusiness' that
is fetching.
Miss Mignonette Kokin impersonates
famous condolences OF foreign and do
nestle lands. She does II well. She Is
n graceful dancer and her limitations of
some of the playerfolk arc perfect Her
toe dancing is especially good,
Galetu's monkey show Is the best mon
key show thai has ever been seen in Salt
Lake. and that's saying a LOT. Galettis
animals work with an cagerness that rs
quite astonishing. seeing that most of
the monkeys heretofore seen in stage acts
have given the impression that they per-
form their parts through fear of the
whip. The musical stunt OF two clever
little monks is particularly good.
The three Weston sisters give mu-
steal act that Is indeed IL dainty offer
ing, They play the piano the cello the
violin and the cornet with ability, They
also sing well.
John Birch puts on an entire melo
drama all by himself This he does by
means of multitude of hats with which
he "disguises'' himself. fitting the vari-
Gus hats to the parious parts OF the
imaginary play.
Willard Weihe's orchestra, always on
hand with fine numbers in the way of
overture and intermission selection, is
playing in its usual form this week. and
that ought TO be commcndation enough.
AS was the intention at the outset, il
seems perfectly safe 10 predict that the
Orpheum' batting average this week will
be 1000,