The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-18

A MOTHER bill of the first order Is prc.
sented at the OrphcUm this week
Perhaps the most impressive act in NAM
respects is that OF Owen McGivency. {
protean actor of high talent. Ills slletcl
is entitled "Bin Sykes" In 1t he play.
many parts and makes some lightning
changes that take ones breath away
Scarcely had he disappeared through one
exit as Bill Sykes or Oliver Twists vii
lainous half f-brother. Monks than ne is
seen entering through an opposite dool
in totally different makeup AS Fagin
as Nancy. who saves Oliver Twist from
the Niilainy OF her associates, and pays
the penalty with her life. or as the Artful
DodScr. OF Fasin's gang Of thieves. Never
have the Dickens chara ctcrs been pre-
sentcd in a more striking fashion or with
more convincing art
The audience is given the opportunity
10 see the difference between an Amcri-
can wizard and a Japanese magician,
Owen Clark docs some mysterious stunts
of a kind often seen on the American
Cf his originality. Indeed, he may be
truly said TO have invented every trick
he performs. The Japanese act is more
elaborate. The Great Asahi." assisted
fcats or Japanese magic and mystery,
With his t"o thumbs tied securely to-
Sether By several persons in the audience
he proceeds 10 pass pole or Il mans
arm through the knot. apparently sepa-
rating the thumbs but when the arm or
The pole have passed through the knot
the thumbs arc as securely fcttcrcd as
ever.
One of the qucerest and funniest stunts
Is the way in which jets Of water arc
made TO squirt from a glass jar. Il Keen
edged sword, q man hair or q fan, With
goodnaturcd smile Asahi picks up a
jet Of water that is squirting from fan
and apparently tosses IL 10 the edge OF a
sword, from which it continues to spurt.
The tumblnG of two OF Asahi's asso-
ciates Is also 4 novel act and quite equal
TO anything OF It's kind on the vaudeville
stage today.
Paul McCarty and Mary Qvivc are most
accomplished musicians and were received
with much applause Miss Qyiyc has an
excellent voice. which she used 20 great
advantage
Beatriz Micnelcns, the prima donna.
appeared in d5ShinS costumes and sang
operatic and popular selections. She WAS
recalled again and again by the cnthu-
Siastic audience.
very attractive playIct is IAN Indian
Romance" 1T tells the story OF tho love
of Poe hon -tas-not the original Indian
lady OF that name. but model OF 1875
United States cavalry. The scene is Lit
tic Knee Bend In tho Rocky mountains.
II is early dawn as the curtain rises on
the war council and funeral chant of the
Cheyenne tribe after a disastrous Skin
mish with the United States cavalry. The
music as played bv the orchestra is a
translation from the Sioux death chan.
and love song OF the SioGX naticD.
lieutenant Smith impel.cd BY his love
for Po- ca -hon-tas. daughter OF Wa-pe-
toh war chief Of the Chcycnncs. enters
the Indian camp io make love to tho
maiden ana carry her away for wife,
He Is cS ptuTcd sentenced 90 die and tied
Ia II stake. The maiden places herself be-
tween him and the saTaCcs who would
torture him and is willing TO die 10 pre-
vent his being even injured. Her fierce
father finally relcnis and permits her To-
depart with tho lieutenant and the old
warrior himself is by this means won over
10 make lasting peace with the hitherto
hat Cd palcfacc
There are several other acts ON the
Dill that shared in the general approval
OF the large audiences yesterday.