The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-15
THE; first fully rounded bin OF the

THE first fully rounded bill of the
present season was presented at the
Orphcum yesterday afternoon and last
night. Many of the acts during the sum
mer were hardly up to the Orphcum stan
dard and some OF the bills that were
made up largely OF praiseworthy acts
lacked harmony a vaudeville bill. quite
as much as a drama, must have Its de-
tails IN accord. There must be unity as
we'll as variety, that Is to say the entire
performance must have the smoothness
and spirit of a complete production That
much can be said for yesterdays bill and
much more, for practically all the acts
were of a high order.
In way the most Interesting act was
the moving picture Representation enti-
the title IS misnomer The pictures are
actual photographs Of Harry, Thaw. but
not Of his escape, They Tell the story
Of his life in a Canadian city and Jail.
The pictures were taken with his permis-
sion and with the shreWd and correct idea
on his part that they would serve to
convince the public OF his sanity. Anyone
who views Harry Thaw in action must
be convinced by his manner and facial
expression that he is thoroughly sane and
considerably matter r-offact.
In the first place there is nothing about
him of the sildcd youth, nothing 10 lndl-
| cate that he ever went the pace on the
Great White Way. IIc has Il strong face
| WIFI Keen. IaOuSlLluI eyes ana MS ul.lH-
ner has the alcrtness and decision OF a
| highly cultivated lawyer OF early middle
! age His smile is most engaging and
after seeing 1t one can readily understand
| the two or three pictures which show
| Thaw In the midst of a crowd that is
cheering him with splendid una nimity
| The most elaborate act on the bill is
| Gus EdwardsS KID Cabaret with Eddie
Cantor and George Jesssl and company.
| The scene IS the dining room in the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Terrace.
and Pa leave the house. Most of the
actors are really nothing more than
"klds," but their skill is OF a highly pro-
| fessional variety.
aret' are given an opportunity to display
| their individual merits IN various Vaude-
Vile stunts. all OF them pleasing and
some OF them most allurlng.
! The bill opens with exceedingly clever
dance novelties by Eddie Mack and Dot
Williams. This is followed by the sing
Ing OF Miss Dorothy Williams. Her last
number was a ragtime effusion in which
she executed a peculiar walk. such as
Mandy. the colored laundress. might boast
Of. and won much applause.
A quite unusual act was The Devil
| Mate" II tells the story OF the young
man who has gone the pace. AS drunk
ard and gambler he has come to the enc
of his rope. He staggers into his apart
ment one night and places pistol TO hi!
head. but is afraid to shoot; Then the
devil attired In the conventional scarlet
costume Of Mephstopheles. appears anc
| taunts him. In the end the devil agrees
| to give the young man one more chance
| Let II be a game OF chance says tho
devil. 'and We shall play for Your soul
| Choose any game you will. The rake
| chooses chess and the devil evolves q
chess board from the darkness and lum-
inous chessmen appear on the board, 80
will mate you in seven moves, sneers
the devil and he does, but. behold, the
final move which spells checllmate reveal:
the ohessmen formed into a flaming cross
At sight OF II Satan, Kissing and ours
! ing terribly, fades Into the outer darkness
and the youth. falling on his knees, cries
! II am saved; am saved
| One of the most captivating acts o! the
season is presented by Fred Hamill anc
! Cha riley Abbate. The latter. violin under
arm, and garbed as Italian street ur-
chin. appears leading Fred Hamill, who
is attred in evening dress and Is sporting
what is popularly known as bun Botf
are bewitching singers and Abbate is g
| Violinist whose playing shows hne sym
athy and rare skill.
Fiddler and Shelton are colored come
dians who sing. play and impersonate te
| One Is a musician and singer OF classic
| gifts and the other is d comedian whose
| impersona lions are true and gripping
The impersonating OF San Francisco
! Chnaman is especially effective,
| BartholdiS birds are fifty comedy pap
| agays, cockatoos and parrots that do some
marvellous stunts such az riding bicycles
and performing athletic feats.