The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-07

drives on in "A flaming chariot. the
Serpent of the Nile appears. She
pleads with Antony 70 spare her
people. finally removing her dou
BILE crown and offering half Of IT TO
him. HI refuses: and an Egyptian
feast ensues. Incorporated in IL are
a colorful and dazzling ballet and a
series Of the moro thrilling sports
of the Roman Rrcna--bv which |
mean. the horse races and chariot
races that used 10 end the circus.
In short, this years Barnum &
Bai!ey's 5 begins where previous
shows left Off,
A FTER three quarters of an
\ hour Of ancient Splondor
that we arc willing 10 believe cost
twenty-five thousand American dol
lars to reproduce, the clowns and
athletes and elephants all come
tumbliug in: the bands crash rag
time; and. here VIC are again. OF
course the clowns bring on the
famous houn for everyone TO kick
aroun'; and then too we have
r. r. clown who throws his hat
in the ring. for Speaker Clark TO
kick II out again.
A remarkable troop of elephants
anticipate the baseball season most
amazingly and there are feats OF
strength bv Katie Sandwina and
thrilling Jiu-jitsu stunts by the
ROYAL Mikado Athletes. Yet the
great first place NAV be said TO be
accorded TO Nav Wirth, Iuasmuch
as all other rings and platforms
are deserted so that attention may
he concentrated upon her 'act. y
She is a girl of eighteen and comes
from Australia, where her relatives
still conduct wagon show.
She makes her entrance on horse
white enough to have belonged to
Sir Galahad, or to have stepped out
OF "Alice in Wonderland. y A
dozen armored knights attend her.
Yet she has hardly started when
she leaves them miles behind, for
she bounds about and dances on
the back OF a forty horsepower
horse If ever ] have seen one,
However. he proves too slow, or is
shorter of breath than Miss Wirth,
for presently he is dismissed and
a faster steed appears to carry on
the specially Finally the
whirlwind ends, with May Wirth
still alive. and, as successful de-
fiance OF death appears to be the
object and the triumph Of circus
star, I feel safe in cheering May,
in person or in print.
A PREMIERE without at least
"A the promise Of a riot is
hardly worth while nowadays.
Since we all stood on the chairs In
the Maxine Elliott theater and
lodged potatoes. w ter bury
watches and other missiles sizzling
toward the Irish Players, mere
successful first-night strikes us as
insipid. If Margaret Anghu wants
10 hold our interest she Will have
TO rouse the ire Of the militant
suffragettes; and if John Drew
really counts on being noticed
when he reappears he had better
instieate a smrtwaist.makers riot.
Paul Orlenolf. the famous Russian
actor. made his first appearance in
Gear Paul l. matter of mo-
mcntous expectations. calling for
police protection and appearing be-
fore au inaugural audience hiohly
seasoned with central office men.
The play, like the novel on which
it's author based it. has been sup. f.,
pressed in Russia; and, according
TO the Orlcnoff management, its
performance has been prevented
throughout Europe, indirectly or
directly by Russian influence, Then.
too, the actor-manager received
threatening letters from st.
Petersburg. doubtless from a
Northern branch OF the Black
Iandsky; so six detectives from
the United States postoffice were
"amonc those present.
NJ OF TO force my modest person
~ into international upheavals
indeed. ! can run from an uphcaval
faster than any man now living
I NAV mention that | have
evolved costume for modern
metropolitan st-nights. As a
basis. I exhumed an ancient even
ing suit. upon which squashod po-
tato makes no i'll effect. Under
meath i, ! conceal tiu-plate waist
coat: while from an adjacent lire
house. / have secured a low-haekcd
helmet that protects my neck from
missiles from the rear To com
rlpte my thestcr-costume, | wear
spiked shoes and swing iaunty
sword stick. from Toledo, Spain;
and. on the whole. ] find modern
FIRST nights reasonably safe.
"HE initial New York perform
Il auce Of Gear Paul 7. was
actually it's first on any stage. and
though il came of without blood
shed, two nights later two men
were reported TO have followed
Paul Orlenoff to the apartment
house in which be lived. fred at
him. and sped away in a taSicab.
The building, by the way, is the
same 10 which Mrs. Suydam and
her boy lover eloped last summer
and in which, week after they
had been married. they committed
suicide. Gear Paul I. takes so
long 70 get 10 the point that only
the most serious or most patient
playcoer may be counted upon 20
be in NJ the death. But Paul
Onest's death is certainly worth
waiting for. In the first act we
see him a, a military parade, an
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