The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-04
IT is a brlnmlng, bubbling blll at the

/ Is a Drlmmlng, Dubbling bill at the
l. Empress this week. Laughter is the
plot OF every number. To say that II
is up to standard is not enough because
II is better than the Empress Is in the
habit of furnishing
Andrew Tombes. the comedian in Gu
is star whose light would not be great
ly dimmed alongside OF such as the
Ffgman brothers or the other great ma mes
In comedy. He has way Of being fun
the audience From smiles at his first
few efforts the audience evolves grad
ually TO an uproar. Men made them
selves conspicuous last night in their
uDbounded merTiment over his dolngs and
sayings
Of regular comic opera. With a little
elaboration it could be made 20 serve
son. as Daisey Bird, Is as chic and sweet
as Tombes is funny.
Pressing close on the heels OF the
10 outdone," The hits Of se the piece a'aHre are
Morphine and Dopious, two noble war
rtors. Their entrance nearly broke up
the show. The skit Is a ludicrous take
off on Shakespeare's classic yarn. Con-
vulsions were not uncommon whilo this
number WAS on the boards.
4 common error OF this twentieth CEN
utry is to consider things good or bad
in themselves Hence the widespread
condemnation Of the rag dances. Sny-
der and Halo. novelty dancers, do much
20 destroy the stigma OF the Texas Tom
the modern dance lifts rag beyond
criticism. Nothing but grace enters into
their dancing.
Gruet and Gruet, brothers. entertain
passingly we'll with a line Of patter with
a circus sideshow as a background,
The songs this week are left to Mad
alon Lear and Tom OBHen, Miss Lear
has a sweet and pleasing voice, Also
S1,p 10 n lpnl
&C Clarence Oliver, formerly with Officer
breath he talks so fast, and the eudi-
ence Is usually about three laughs be-
When one speaks OF the new bill at
Pantages, first mention should DO made
vehicle, "The Expressman." for Arm
strong and his act are the whole show"
Not that there are not other good acts
for nearly all are eScellent-but the act
mentioned easily leads in the favor OF
the audience.
Dorothy Dale and Ada Robertson, two
pretty and sbepely girls: lend Armstrong
dances, The sketch Is clever one and
Armstrong is a real comedian He gives
limitations of famous actors and pIee sed
sang a Scotch song. when I Get Back
Home TO Bonny Scotland -
THE loves" consist OF chap in
speech and a pretty girl who can swing
the ropes almost as we'll as her partner
number Of their ropins tricks ara
new,
Gene and Arthur have an interesting
singing and plano act Gene-the worn
an-is somewhat fat, or rather. as her
partner says. nicely plump" and Ar
thur is quite the reverse. During their
songs and piano music thoy make good
comedy by joshing each other on their
weight.
Lelliott brothers, who play the cornet,
trombone, TIN flute. piano, saXaplone and
several other Instruments, mixed in
enough fun with their music TO carry out
the title Musical Comedy" They evoked
their share OF the laughs
The Terry troupe of mad acroba ts'
did some clever acrobatc work The
Youngest member Of the troupe boy
OF about II years--was easily the best
acrobat of the five. Their comedy was
not as good as their tumbllnG and could
easily have been dispensed with
The animated weekly was as good n s
usual and moving photographs from varl-
Gus countries OF current events are
shown, as we'll as cartoons and posed
fashons-