The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-04-21

,r equally enthusiastic about
IN 1.-THE Father" and A Winsome
widow" almost Simultaneously
kroduced: such contrast between
usi Eiumphant gloom ana gutter as
ma, la Scandinavian Tragedy anu uT
rroadway burlesque make Wouia
IA hard to duplicate. Yet ne Woulu
al moor critic who could not see
Il ond would not gladly celebrate
fs- h. erceptional degree TO whlch
be 10th entertainments succeed ia az
9 htoynplishing what they set out TO
BITE 30.
p, mo make clear why the pre-
dor miere Of GA Winsome Wld-
sl ~, was an event among person
nn Lees of the Great White Way you
6nst know that 1t inaugurated
'ins. ~ venture. The New York the
lei fer. which Oscar Hammcrstein
S'a kuilt fifteen wears ago, and when
'pHqSes since seen many ups and
az iowps. thereat became the Neg-
phsIeid Moulin Rouge; though tne
ack OF any changes IN the goid
5 d ma scarlet auditorium attested thc
ths }act that other things besides the
jiusgIose NAV, by any other name, smell
!ol DWELL the audience was not
had ]rlthout the pcrfumed presence OF
hose opulent creatures who nave
'lnr been called the Ladies OF the Demi-
Ihas tohn. For it certainly was an
or x'Broadway bunch ! have no hesI-
1uha ation in declaring that the late
The Hrs. Astor's drawingroom never
\ vSteld such a notable gathering. of
lietinguished bookmakers. And
inhhe dazzling, crashing, oveT-gener-
BduB entertainment put before them
~ Btas as gratifying 10 their taste as
yel Naeterlinck to James Huneker or
i: n faithful dramatization of high
e rIhurch ritual TO c. Ram Kennedy
Of Eomedians beloved Justify: the
efforts Of the orchestra and
ff.l myers were augmented by brass
ts lind: overdressed and under
- Ressed young women turkey
o. Aretted with the vim of maniacs
uoipt loose, enough variety and
bor5krength of lighting played upon
istT he highly-colored scenery TO pale
MA MONDAY sun; and, indeed, the
r,, hdless wealth of costumes gave
-,ls,he impression that everything IN
ssS be world had been frosted thick
s,r nth spangles-except. possibly,
~, .v larry Couor stomach. In short,
~ &, IN unduestionable Broadway sue
Ma. oss was pulled off.
aouM.,,uAVING spent so many years
3 IN telling every manager who
rs hdould listen to me that a gold
ayti }lue was III waiting for the man
fho would resurrect the Charles II.
IJsm4oyt farces aud remodel them into
FeBtodern musical comedies, ! would
4 Hardly have the nerve TO say GA
= iurFinsome Widow suffered from a
nd dor book even if | thought so;
yitsl Id do not think so.
m, An unnamed author had made il
uuhnt of "a Trip to Chinatown,
Cd Sfoyt's most famous play, and in
MO- 4 bed, the holder of the record for
lring rms in America. having been
orli ted for $50 consecutive perform
4 S' ,c- ices at the now demolished Mad.
- ths;, On Square theater in New York,
ths ,h Rinning November 9, 1891. Mr.
pr;,s 1SS iegfeld and Julian Mitchell, as
,,or., eauently successful III fashioning
'mt ftaI pnlar and opulent burlesquc as
go, Hoyt was in the creation OF
pu,@cy native farces, probably made
,;,,,,ie present version; in any case, 1t
, u.5 .h,, tnelr skill that has dominated it.
eln 'a.u,, ,M UGH Of the Hoyt fun has been
,dinf = retained, though more lost
, and prfed over or frankly crowded
diaerbr TO make room for turkey
tbos; ptting vaudeville "specialties
for ID Frenchy friskiness. Harry
n odF1nOr reanDear;pu =, b;g LA ,bo -
,causs Ter of Wclland Strong, fails to
as funny as ever only where
BuDu character has been cut; bur
i all lpmy Wehlen, a talented and
cDess armlng ingenue, is woefully mis-
that :f as the widow, robbiug the
fapli Iole play OF the centralized dash
s tho fh which Anna Boyd used so
, the ppiiy TO endow it, and which is
fatha ventlal TO the full effect. She
Of DuEs, however, some dainty songs
vet. rHghtfully. Ida Adams also sings
as rests looking wonderfully hand
The g. ne; and Brice and King. Leon
theas53i the Dolly sisters. Kathleen
pasnrtfor and other vaudeville ia.
unity Ikites are on hand TO speed the
t it ing hours with equivalents Of
T the songs aud dances in which they
ring, ISRdy have been liked. Charles
Il, DO noss was among the many who
cotlan' nothing good enough TO do to
LEI ia 1Iy their large salaries, though
loInlsW5y Kelly contrived to make his
ich. ~ iaughable. Irene Weston aud
g Glifford had been brought
rote ~ tue cabaret in Broadway
al utant to do the Maurice sort
ces o. snine; Mana and Alexis. terp,
piece aorean eh bomb.throwers. if ever
neat existed, flung each other
Ined nou the stage with bewildcrine
,atrn and lot of other people did
. bupY ips OF other things that | have
,-,rt,r space nor words 10 recount
: sln ~ points only remain 10 he re
ectne-E,e" Inc entertainment viii
-1,,ost<fp 10 Dc cut down rutblesslv
1oI--E because II is so long now n.
90 tecome wearisome. and becaus,
= Ssersupply of performers makes
sappolnting and cxtravagan
Vc OF talent. Secondly, Franz
rey, the irrepressible darue,
VINO came from San Francisco
winter Garden this season
%E3 faed OFF the greatest honors o
III evening by his genial, indi
-{ az, spontaneous and indescrih
tom.foolcry. much Of whic
suaiehee was so ready to laug
tnat they drowned out the mon
ulst 3 voice beneath their pre-
49, nre outlaws. And finally.
Ri ~ attractive novelty hrouph
s# entertainment to It's end-a
m 'al pond Of ice on which prc