The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-13

let and II ends in a. sort OF lightning
speak. by clearing skies. w. l.. AbinS-
don; who enacts the part OF the wronged
husband is an accomplished actor who
! does not fail TO bring out all the values
! OF the brilliant sketch
TWO more eccentric dancers from Eng
iand were a part OF the bill. They were
appeared on the Orpheum stage here 4
few weeks ago. Their amazing CELEBRITY
almost takes ones breath and at the
same time they are exceedingly graceful.
An act that called forth all that there
was Of laughter and applause In the vast
audiences yesterday was "O6 and On a
Nicely, Edwards as a sequel TO their old
sketch. 'On and ON" 1t will be re-
membcred that In the first creation they
were rchearsing the vaudeville stunts
tainment. In "Of and On" we see the
morning after" Edwards in PaIamas
and Flanagan In nightgown and under
clothes are revealed in bed asleep. On
the footboard OF the bed boxes OF
cigarettes and cigarette stubs. On table
IN the center OF the room are dozen
| When the empty ketchup bottle is dis
covered in the morning Flanagan re-
marks; Il thought that didn't taste Ike
| beer last night" After some farccal talk
| the comedians climb out OF bed and dress
| for their theater stunt. An the time they
| keep up Il running fire OF witty converse
|
room scene and they appear before the
| footlights q vaudeville team. Their
| cleverest stunt in front Of the drop Is an
imitation of vaudeville team work as It
ago. The old cakewalk OF a decade ago
stlll seemed TO be much admired.
The last act on the bill was the bur
lesque juggling of Rcdford and Winches-
ter, two of the best In their line.
Mard Mab NJ sbc II the tl5s pTs,,y yos much
the whole thing at the Utah this week.
| He Is a real melodramauc hero-and he
is usually popular in such parts This
weeks seemed no exception with the
The play is a dramatizatio of the well
| known novel OF Marah ELLIS Ryan, Told
In the Hills. McPhearson Turnbul col
la borated with the author in the dhAma
tizatlon. Like many such plays. taking
| IT from book loses some OF the story's
interest and some of the virillty that
| melodrama. and 1t Is well presented by
| the Utah Theater company. The scenic
productions OF John Medland do much
| which was so cleverly created by the
versatile pen of the author In the book.
IT Is seldom that some scene each week
| al the Utah doesn't get applause from
| the audiences who appreciate the artistic
| work of Mr.. Medland.
| The story told In the play is widely
| known. 'Genessee Jack" Is a man who
| leaves his home after marrying a woman
TO cover his brother FROM disgrace and
give a name to his brothers child. He
favoFlte of the Kootenai Indians, who
adopt him. War between the Blackfeet
and the United States soldiers a n near
by post is imminent. Genessee is mis-
trusted by a captain who is left, in COM
rnand In the absence Of the major in
charge OF the post Genessee is lmpris-
| oned and the captain fooIishly allows his
men to fire upon the peace messenger of
the Kootenai tribe. which Genessee has
persuaded to help the whites against the
Blackfeet. The army officers and The
daughter of trapper and the daughter
OF the major are surrounded in the hills
| by Bla cltfeet. Genessee, through the aid
OF his Indian, kalitan, frees himself and
rescues the party. nearly at the expense
| Of his own life, because the kootenai
believe Genessee has turned against them,
When they find the true state of affairs
| they again offer peace because Gencssee
| has been their friend,
| Miss Rambeau plays the part Of Rachel
Hardy, the trappers daughter, who falls
| In love with Genessce. While the part
does not give Miss Rambeau great op-
| portunIues for displaying her talent. she
was as charming as ever In the heroine
| role.
| Leon. McReynolds, popular actor at
the Colonial last winter. made his initial
night. Mr.. McReynolds has won popu-
larity in Salt Lake deservedly for some
Of his excellent characterizations. and
his presence will add strength TO the
| Utah casts. as It did last night when he
played the part OF Captain Holt,
! tan, the Indian. In his usual finished
style A notable feature Of his work was
the fact that he studied the kootenai
| LANGUAGE in his part thoroughly, and
! thereby added realism to his chara cter-
zetion OF an Indian.
Miss Connclli, assisted oy a pretty 1T
| tie kitten, was unusually wlnsome as
| Fredricka (Fred) Dreyer, Walter Gil
| bert and Arthur Moon as Lieutenants
Rafferty, and Murray both in love with
| Tired" essayed the comedy roles with
success.
| Next week "Klndling,' the vehicle in
| which Margaret Ellington starred. will be
presented 1t will give Miss Rambcau an
opportunity for her best talent, and is
| awaited with interest