The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-17
TN 1.-The Virginia Judge" which b.

Il has chosen as the vehicle of his
original comedy talents, Walter G.
Kelly, headliner of the Orpheum 9 new
bill, has strung together chaplct Of
pleasantries that keep his audience in
a. blaze Of mcrriment. At the same
time the audience is conscious at all
times of refined art that lifts the
mere jesting to the level Of high com
edy. Mr.. Kelly impersonates the judge,
the court officer and the various char
acters at a morning session in a police
court of the "Black Belt somewhere
in Culpepper county, Virginia This
gives the monologIst an opportunity
to burlesque tho vnrious dialects OF
that district and 10 initiate the voice
and mannorisms OF negro men and women
the judge, an italian, an Irishman. etc,
All OF these characters he presents with
much truthfulness in spite Of the spirit
Of travcsty, with one exception. The
"orogue" Of the judge was not quite con-
vinclng. 1t seemed TO be q mixture OF
Celtic and Culpepper, but was not very
definitely anything.
Two sketches of farcial nature are
In the blll-and both are equally enter
tanning. Lola Atell and Monroe Hopkins
make fun of Travelling" The first part
OF the street car conductor and the lady
passengers. sleeping car scene fol-
lows. Both are filled With laugh-produc-
ers. and one Of these Is Dooley's famous
description of travelling a la Pullman. 1t
goes something like this: THE next time
I want to take trip I'll throw four dol
lars out OF OF the & window; w. put a cindSr ana,s In
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie Barry present a
quaint concert in "The Rube." There
are no better. ''Rubes" on the stage than
"Rube" who has been fascinated by the
vaudeville lady star and writes her
mash note, The action of the play, to
use grand phrase to describe the ridicu-
ious, takes place just inside the stage
entrance Of a theater. The sketch met
with most enthusiastic reception yes
terday.
"F1avilla" Is an auburn beauty who
plays delightfully."- upon the piano -accor-
dion. She Is especially effective when
she plays ragtime and dances daintily to
her own music.
The Gordon boys are dancers of exceed
ing grace and agility and they sing most
acceptably as they dance.
Louis Stone is DANCER who Is also an
inventor. He does various difficult clogs
and he has Invented various devices to
make his dancing more difficult.
The Sohmettans are equilibrists OF high
merit, The. lady OF this team Is petite
strength that makes It possible for her
to achieve some decidedly novel results
In balancing. especially in the head-to-
head balancing acts,
The members Of the William ]. Kelly
stock company, every one OF therU are
at their best this week In the presenta-
tion OF 1.-The Girl In the Taxi. To one
who is tired or worried or is looking for
solid evening OF fun the Colonial can
be well recommended this week. The
three-act farce Is just two-and-one-
half-hour laugh, because one can even
laugh during the rather lengthy inter-
missions over what has already happened
in the rollicklng piece.
Some might gravely look at the title.
have suspicious and frown upon the
farce. But there Is no need for it. 1t
is Just fun. and despite the fact that
It Is not particularly full Of great moral
duces many laughs. which are oftentimes
the greatest moral help. The morbid who
may go expecting something that would
cater to their tastes Will be sadly dis
fact II would be hard for one to imagine
Miss Edith Lyle as coarse. She Is al
together too charming and refined In In
as the girl In the taxi II would
oe she. first OF all. who would have to
overstep the bounds Of proprety, were
her work in the title role last night
largely increased her popularity with
Colonial "fIrst nighters."
The farce Is developed along. the line
of dual lives" stunts Exemplary hus-
bands, sons and wives are found TO be
ardent devotees of the spicy night life
Of the Great White Way" But it is
all done In an noffensive and comical
way and the situations and climaXes just
fairly crowd one another. each one bring
ing bigger laugh than. the previous
one. The discovery OF the weaknesses
OF the various characters in the end