The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-19

The Empress bill. which opened We'd
nesday, has some attractive offerings.
The musical features are especially good
Veroni Verdi and brother, in artistic
selections the violin and cello, are
perhaps the favorites OF the bill. Both
seem in sympathy with their Instruments
and with the audience and were COM
PEELED to respond to many encores. The
girl and her brother, who Is a mere
youth, play a violin duet. then the girl
plays a violin solo. showing her rare
skill and musical understanding, A cello
solo by the boy is followed by violin
and cello duets OF popular airs, which
captiyate the audience,
Jean De Llsle and Sarah Vernon. billed
as dainty singers and dancers, give some
especially pleasing character songs, ac-
companled by graceful dancing.
Hugo Lutgens presents novelty in
clever imita tlon of Il Swedish preacher.
Mr. Lutgens exhibition Is absolutely free
| from sacrilege, since he does not choose
religious, theme for his discourse, 1t
is a moral lecture on Gambling mixing
some clever bits OF wit. with good NOR
alizing. made quaint by Swedish accent
and mannerlsm. The assistance he gives
his INA ginary congregation In singing
the hymn, Let Little Sushine 1n.' is
especially realistic.
John Whites Comedy circus produces
some good laughs with its famous trick
some well trained dogs. Four beautiful
Sreyhounds make some wonderful leaps
The headlner The Seal with HUI
man Brain gives a demonstration OF
a clever animal. but is rather more of
an exhibition OF the endurance and skill
of the Trarilla brothers. who present
teats Two of the brothers stay under
| the water minutes and seconds,
which breaks the worlds record Tho
| three brothers and the seal give a spe-
y nd RI
| and the four have a dinner party under
water. with menu OF bananas.
The bill would not suffer II Constance
Window and her company, in an alleged
comedy triumph, IAN Up-to-Da Inven-
| ton" were eliminated. The invention,
an automatic fastener for womans
dress, is not bad. but the play falls to
support clever Idea.
Pathes weekly current events gives
| the customary passing show CT interest
| ing news events.
Helen Hartley and Lydia White, the
two Salt Lake girls at the Orpheum this
week, since their opening Sunday have
been moved up on the bill and now ap-
pear as the third number. The harp
playing of Miss White and the violin
solo work Of Miss Hartley are scoring
have marked this weeks business al, the
State street home of vaudeville. where
Madame Bertha kalich, the celebrated
Jrwsh actress '..h Is preSehting eht VA, as me
|
| Agnes.
With but half the week gone at the
| Colonial where Willard Mack and his
| company are presenting for the first time
| locally the stirring military drama,
| Northern Lights over 900 written re-
| quests have been received that Mr..
| Mack and Miss Rambeau stage "Strong~
| heart" IN the Immediate future.
| The roles Of John SWiftwind In
Northern Lights and that OF the title
role OF 'Strongheart are so totally diff
| ferent In many ways that | am seriously
| considering the production OF the latter
play in the immediate future" declares
Mr. Mack II have played both parts
innumera bic times and OF the two think
| like the role OF Swiftwind trihe the
| better"
This Is matinee day at the Colonial
| for Northern Lights" Next weeks bin
al the Colonial viii be "The Man From
| Home"
Maclyn ArbuckIe in THE Round Up"
} klaw & Erlpngcr's big production, will
he the great thing at the Salt Lake the
/ ater next week. 1t will thrill the play
goer in every sense, and will be very
strange indeed If II doesn't prove just
the sensation that it has in New York.
There will be horses enough the
stage to run regular wild west show.
and the realism which they will add to
the battle with the Indians in the third
act will prove the talk OF the town.