The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-21
TN the best spirit of vaudeville are

Il the spectacular songs and dances OF
William Rock and Maude Fulton, head
liners extraordinary and entertainers
plenipotcntiary OF the Orphcum biil
presented Yesterday. These are rather
large words to use in describing such
dimiuutve and dainty dancers as Miss
Fulton and William Rock, bur they
serve to convey some idea of the re
markable clcveruess displayed by the
pair in their dancing pantomime, bur
lesque and mimicry.
One OF Miss F>ulton's most attractive
burlesQues reveals her as a "bellhop' in
n 'suffragette hotel" She appears as a
sort of "Zouave belihop" In bright red
with a saucy red cap tilted at the correct
angle on the northeast corner OF her
Uranium. First she Is the hopping bell
hop and then she mimics the speeches Of
the suffragettes. The first burlesque Is
OF a stenographer who is only eighteen
years older than Bryan" The next Is OF
a bride who declare In her speech that
she Is sorry that the club has Endorsed
John Drew for president OF the United
States, as she had pledged herself to buy
ten votes FOR Chauncey Olcott. The last
was OF the 'hIghbrow ciubwoman." who
INDUCES in pretentlous bosh-
The most effective burlesque In which
both Rock and Fulton appear is take
off on Sarah Bernhard Miss Fulton has
caught all the most conspicuous Bern
hardt mannerisms, while Mr., Rock Is
delightfully Frenchy as a leading man."
The French sounds almost like the real
thing In fact. II is much Freuchier than
real French. The lines of the hurlesque
are real French when they are at all
artiCulatc, but most OF the talking is SUBJ
merged In q sea OF comic expression.
one OF the travesties is lese majestic.
1t looks very much like a burlesque OF
President Wilson. Rock appears IN cap
with ridiculous dignity while recitng a
parody on the university professors
knowledge Of everything under the sun.
1t is grateful task TO praise the work
OF these artists, for they never descend
To the vulgar or risque. and it is also
Instructive TO note that their act went
better than any, possible combination Of
rlsgueness ard burlesque.
The bill is opened by Sidney Baxter.
THE Wiry Scotchman,'' who performs
some novel and daredevil stunts on a
Lawrence Johnston is a ventriloauist
who departs from the sIereotyped act OF
the usual stage ventrloquist and evolves
some d. coMedy McN,an that is TeTeshns e.
Leaning and company. presents COM
edy sketch entitled ''The Late Mr.. AL
len" The idea is clever one, but
most of the comedy is due to the ire
pressible gaiety OF manner with which
Miss Mcmillan endows role that calls
for just that measure OF good cheer.
Those Were the Happy DAYS" is the
title OF sketch presented by Eddy How
ard and Bert Snow, Them was" happy
minutes before this sketch appeared, but
1t is filled with very sad stuff that casts
quite cloud on the bills title TO fun
niness.
The Edison talking moving pictures
are. most praIseworthy. Dick, the High
wayman' is an eighteenth century com
edy and The Politician Is comedy OF
THE Girl From Milwaukee, has a
glorious voice OF grand opera calibre and
won recalls until she was forced to de-
fend herself with speech.
The Reed Brothers are comic trapeZe
performers. One of them Is an extra
ordinary contortionist who should con-
fine himself 10 contortion and comic pan
tomine. His witticisms are very trying.
The presentation of ST. Elmo at the
Colonial theater last night by William
a. heily sta and nD2n GGmpany met With the
house. The play. Grace Hayward dra-
matization OF Mrs. Southworths novel
OF the same name. offers numerous op-
portunities; for appealing dramatic effects.
Few OF those, opportunities were neg
lected last night. and most of them we're
handled with pleasing result
The character of st Elmo. arlstocrat
worldlins and cynic. with his bitter mem
ories and his transient moods, furnishes
an excellent opportunity for q display
Of versatile dramatic power by Mr. Kelly
The character of Edna Earl Is Invested
by Miss Edith Lyle, who plays IT, with
the beautiful faith OF a choice inteli-
gencc. the innate honesty Of which has
never been warped.
The play has TO do with the wrccking
and restoring of st. Elmo's faith in hu-
manlty High minded and hot blooded
the hero finds his life made a chaos by
the falseness OF both his sweetheart and
his boyhood chum, and the tragic death
OF that ohum at st. Elmo's hands in a
duel forced upon the false friend by
tho man who had been betrayed
The beauty OF the play Is in the ap-
peal OF the unshakable honesty of the
heroine, r simple country maiden 10 the
keen analytic mind OF the cultured arIs-
tocrat. who, lacking faith. has yet per-
ception. Mr.. Kelly appears 10 advantage
In the third act when portraying the
emotions OF the man In 81
torture OF remorse for his misspent life.
and his quickly following scorn for the
weakness of humanity and his own weak
ness In mourning over his lost faith