The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-02

| new Dill at the Orpheum. 1t is produced
with the attention to detail which made
| David Belasco Americas foremost stage
director as he Is Americas foremost
| playwright. Not since Sir Henry Irving
and Richard Mansfield personally direct
cd all the staging of the plays in which
f, they starred has this country looked upon
such masterpieces of staging as are pre-
sented by David Belasco. A week ago II
was Madame Butterfly Now 1t is ".rhe
Drums of Dude"
| The scene Of tlls one-act play is the
| interior Of A palace in northern India, oc-
| cupied By British troops In the spring of
] 1851 The tense little drama. which is by
Austin Strong, tells story OF Sepoy
uprising. Only small garrison is left
| at Dude. The regiment has departed
and the date of its return is indefinite.
| Captain McGrcgor gets wind of the up
| rising and prepares for II, The Sepoys
want TO obtain possession of the powder
stored in the basement of the palace. just
| under the room which the captain makes
his living quarters The denouement of
! back the troops and climb the palace
walls. The captain lights fuse to blow
| UP the magazine Then he and the woman
he loves, arm in arm. take their stand
over the tons of powder
Suddenly the roar OF many guns IS
heard. The regiment has returned The
Sepoys are driven back The captain and
his fiancee stamp out the sputtcring fuse.
The opportunity for thrilling effects is
apparent; and l. j. Ratcliffe as Captain
Hector McGreeor. Jack Standing as Lieu
tenant Alan Hartley and Eleanor Scott
l. Estelle as Mrs. Jack Clayton. the cap
tain's fancee, make the most of the grip
ping situations The play Is quite as in
spring as "The Drums of the Fore and
Att" I'm which Kipling develops a sim
liar theme,
Mile; sealby and Monsieur Duclos are
speciality dancers who present some
graceful creations. One dance, the "Dance
Brutale." is unfit for any stage, Ori-
entail sensualism gained It's foothold in
exposition. The debasement of dancing
has continued steadily from that time TO
the present. II there Is anything baser
In dancing than the Partisan speciality
where east Of SueZ, where the best is
like the worst" And the real depths of
our depravity is revealed by that other
the world we are supposed to have some
regard for these same ten commandments
and vet such dances as the Dance
Brutale' are no longer frowned down.
The worst sign is not the presentation
of such a dance, but the enthusiastic ap-
proval With which II is received. AS
matter from the malls so We should find
some means OF excluding such dances
from the stage.
Aside from that. however. the bill Is
oh -l,x Tf,I4 90 AMI
II begins with some silhouettes that
arouse great merriment Roy Belmont
and Matte Harl in their act, THE Man.
the Girl and the Piano proved them
many encores as they were permitted by
the stern stage manager to give.
Venita Gould is an impcrsonator who
has few equals among the women mini
les of our stage. She impersonates Sam
Bernard. George Cohan and other actors
with as much brilliancy as she mimics
Nazimova OF Anna Held
Joe Jenny, the German comedian, is
featured as the star OF the Empire
Comedy -Four. This act won more ap-
plause than any OF the other distinctly
vaudeville turns OF the bill.
The last act Is the marvellous acrobatic
work Of the Robert De Mont Trio,
The motion pictures show Katherine
stinson, the Youngest aviatriee, IN fliSht ;
| return OF the Olympic athletes and other
Views Of current events
Tho Mack Rambeau stock company
proved as clever at comedy as in more
serious work in the presentation OF the
screaming farce What Happened to
Ing the weeks bill. Tho play is enacted
| in one setting, the home of Ebenzer
| Goodly, a professor OF anatomy, who is
expecting visit from his brother, the
| inveieled into going to II boxing match
| by his prospective son-in- law. on the
| ground that II Will help him In his scien-
tihc work, The match is stopped by the
Heathcrly, engaged to Mnrjory Goodly
| return 10 the house in much confusion
and dlsheVel. purscd by the police An
other attendant al the prize hsht. who
is known Jones. a seller OF hymn
books or playing cards. as the occasion
| demands, seeks refuge in the goodly
| home. Jones has gotten into d fiSht with
a policeman, vino traces him TO the
house. Some clothing. which the bishop
has ordered sent to the house, suggest
to Jones safe. disguise TO save him
| from the police and the professor and
'deatherly are compelled 10 fall In with
his plan OF escape 10 Keep him from
exposing the fact OF their presence at
the prize fight to the women OF the
| Goodly family who are rapturously cx-
pecting the arrival Of the bishop They
arc even forced into introducing him as
| the bishop. What happens to him In the
guise so III suited TO his real character,
| forms the theme Of the play in three acts
Itranspiring I'm the course of one evening
| The arrival of the real bishop and other
lcompicatio ions, which call for all OF Jones s
| faculty for prevaricatlon. make some
| amusing situations.
Tic furnishing OF the stage is especially
| handsome. the rugs, brio -brac and gem
eral decoration going to make up u per
fectly appointed living room In IL wealthy
family.
Mr. Mack in the role of Jones keeps
the audience In an uproar from tho be-
ginning To tho end OF tho comedy. An
interesting love story is introduced be-
tween Jones and ward Of Prof Goodly
known cissy, whose mischief
loving disposition makes her out OF har-
mony with the serious and correct Goodly
household The part assumed by Miss
Rambcau Is OF course made bewitchng.
/. j. Frank Burke as Prof. E;benezer GoodIy
r Richard Vivian as Richard Teatherly and
Miss Lillian Burnett Mrs Goodly arc
excellent. Ada Daniels is good as Ma IorIc
Richards sweetheart. The role Of Minerva
the other daughter Interested In Dar-
win and higher education. Is well done
If Miss Alberta Splers Miss spicrs Is.
by tho way, "a daughter OF Desk Sergeant
Albert Spiers Of tne Salt Lake police
force. Especial local interest WAS also