The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-03

ances at night.
CNAP and go are Characteristic Of
~ nearly all the acts in the Orpheun
road show. Apparently the lmpre
sario who assembled this aggregation OF
vaudeville talent cndcavorcd 10 select
each act not only for its livchness but
! for It's individuality. Sometimes, how
ever. animation is sacrificed 70 eccen-
tricity. This is particularly aPphea.
BILE TO the turn Of the English m0sical
comedy stars. Bert Clark aud Mape'
! Hamilton. Undoubtedly the act conid
| be improved for American audiences
| by eliminating some Of The distlnc''9
| British humor and substituting some
Of tho domestic variety.
This is not 10 reflect upon Briusn
hur1orist. but Just as age can stale the
humor of Shakespeare or Ben Johnson
! 40 difference in longitude can dull the
/ edge of wit, Some English humor Is
rurnv only a few degrees west OF Green
wich With this said the worst has
been said about the act which contains
many odd and laughabIe concel,s' the
! finale being especially good.
! Perhaps the most eccentric feature oil
the bill is the violin performances ol
Sicnor Travato He places the violin
between his knees AS il 1t were a cello
and kvolles some remarkable results.
He has vivid pair OF big brown eyes
which he employs flirtatiousy as a
comic accompaniment to his playing
! One OF the best things he does Us TO
Initiate on the violin whatever kind ol
whisting any member OF 'ne auo'e"'e
desires to hurl at him.
! And this recalls that one o. the pig
gest hits OF another act was the whist
ling. Perhaps no act went quite SO wen
| Yesterday as that OF Lew Brlce ana
| Lillian Come. the original sassy LAY
| tle." Oh, my but she's sassy NIUE
thing, IN sort of whistling duet they
carry on a controversy that is eas,iy
! translateablc by the audience into words.
The comic work of this lively team is
a constant delight.
terms at this late dag TO say that
ventrloqual act Is a novelty, but there
is certainly much that is novel in Fhe
Theatrical Agent" as presented ny LUIGI
difficult to say which is the better ven
triloquist, but Miss Wallace seems to
have the greater skill in concealing the
| motion OF the lips
A comedy talking and eccentric dane.
ing act was given by Frank Gordon and
Rose Kinley. At the conclusion OF their
act tiny baby ,0ddied on the ne, stage age
and dad" that won her much applause
Ruby Raymond and Bobby Heath ap-
peared in q sketch, The Good Old sum
chair during the first part Of this
sketch and Mr.. Heath sang his own
song, 'In Rolling Chair" His recita-
ton of Railroad Sam another OF his
and suzette. the creators OF the back
to back waltz. The waltz Is produced
in all its phases with exquisite grace.
as are the turkey trot, the tortuous
tango and the two-step, the one-step
and the rag combined.
The stock company at the Colonial has
a thrilling. though plausible and convlnc-
ing vehicle this week In The Grey
strong and Wilson Miner. The titular
role Is a heavy part. played by ]. Frank
Burke. but w. j. Kelly, leading man, is
happily cast as McSherry. q reformed
gambler and card shark who is engaged
I as II detective,
, The Greyhound" is a cognomen APP
piled to Louis Fellman. chief of a band
, OF crooks skilled in confidence games.
Members OF the gang are the Pale Face
J Kid, portrayed by Arthur Moon, and
Deep Sea Kitty by Miss Marie Baker, The
new character woman who made her first
appearance with the company last niSht.
A large part OF the action takes place
, on the trans Atlantic liner Maure tania on
FeIlman and his gang undertake to finn
! fam two families.
Part OF the plot is 10 have young Al
len fall In love with Kitty Aliens sis
> ter is about TO marry n duke and such
an alliance would be very Objectionable
to the relatives. but the scheme Is TO
trap the young man into proteststions OF
affection. have the parents interfere and
then blackmaIl the father with threats
7 OF a suit for breach OF promise.
Previously Fellman committed an afro
city which he now believes resulted in
the death or his young wlfe. So certain
: is her demise that when he catches a
glimpse OF a girl who resembles her nc
is fearfully shaken and tries to drown
his apprehensions with drink, AS a mat
ter OF fact she still lives and McSherry
ie giving him q sort OF long distance
third degree Finally. In the full frantic
height OF his terror he jumps overheard
and ends his life and his dread stimuli
: taneouely.
2 The new character woman was received
with approval by the audience: Mr.. Kelly
was UP 10 his usual standard; Mr., Burke
was acceptable: Miss Jane Griffith was
attractive and appealing as the wife who
was not dead; Richard Vivian made j
: clever Bob Meade: the rest Of the com
pany acquitted themselves creditably. but
/ the big bit was Arthur Moon as the Pale
Face Kid This IS the sort of character
comedy part in which Moon shines with
particular hriliance, He Eept the audi
9 ence convulsed and was the cynosure
whenever he appeared.
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