The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-19
NAIILLARD MACK and Marjorie Ram

NM lLDARD MACK and Marjorie Ram
w beau played "Klndllns" at the Salt
Lake theater last night. 1t being the
opening performance of a farewell en-
gagement extending through the rest Of
the week These popular players will
leave for San Francisco next week and
SO viii be lost to the Salt Lake theatcr-
goers for the time being at least
In ,'Kindling," as has been generally
remarked, the Mack Rambeau players
scored their biggest triumph when the
play was first produced In stock at the
Utah theater last fall and so the choice
OF the piece for the farewell engagement
though lacking no appreciation. witnessed
the play last night.
Miss Rambeau plays her role. with a
line regard for It's strong. though delicate,
demands. AS plain Maggie Schultze, VINO
stole In order that her baby might be
born in surroundings other than the
slums. She becomes an artist by sheer
strength OF hlstrionic ability. Her sue
cess is the more emphasized in that she
lays aside all personal beauty and charm
and relies solely upon the appeal she is
able 10 make as a woman OF the slums
reduced to last extremities and lighting
for her right Of motherhood. God made
the laws of nature before He made the
ten commandments" she says in one fine
but much harder to be right" In an
other
Willard Macks rendition of the honest
old German. Heine Schultze, is better
stock: probably, because II is different
from his other roles. Mack loses his per-
sonalty; which so dominates most OF the
things lie tries. The swagger and all
the other little marks that betray VIII
lard Mack Enthusiastically in most Of the
stock PLAYS are submerged entirely in
The play itself has stronger appeal
than most OF the productions that find
their way into stock. 1t is rich in senti
ments that lie close to the human heart
and It Is wholesome and possessed Of
moral
Those supporting Mr. Mack and Miss
Rarnbeau carry their parts more thar
ing of 'y crent into tbe'r work wo last psbt
Arthur Price as the detective. Eles nor
Haber as Alice. the rich young woman
seeking TO aid the tenement dwellers. and
Morse Moon Steve, crook, were par
ticularly good.
In fact. the entire company that has
entertained SO faithfully at the Utah the
added laurels from their final appearance
In "Kindl!ng.
There are monkeys and monkeys
the champion of all the animal variety
now before the footlights Is Napoleon
the Great on the new bill which opened
YESTERDAY at Pan'eges' an ,g Gresd nsd,, Is
tainly Is The chimpanzee's trainer has
taught him to skate on rollers. dance. cat
at the table. smoke pipe and do many
other things In a perfectly human man
ner Napoleon has a teammate, Little
Hip. trained elephant that can do
some wonderful things in an elephanttne
way, but It was the monkey that made
the audience al the opening show laugh
and cheer throughout the act.
or the other acts, the best is Walter
Leroy and Emily Lytton in "A Horse on
Hogan" Leroy as Hogan" Is an in-
inlitable Trishman with an Irishman's
pleasing brogue and lines in his part that
are typical OF a son of Erin at his best
in repartee. The sketch is a clever one,
tempted purchase OF horse produces
bushel of fun.
Bells Hawaiians. an added feature
cured by Manager Newman for the open
ing act. proved one OF the best parts
of the show The quintette sing. dance
a nd play stringed Instruments In the
original manner Of Hawaiians The
plea sing.
The three Jahns have an excellent ball
ancing and acrobatlc act. Members OF
the trio stand on each others heads and
balance themselves on high ladders with
apparent ease. The act proved superior
to most OF Its kind and brought rounds
OF applause,
The sylfonos have the usual Xylophone
act. but play several selections we'll aud
the audience seemed to like them. Rice
and Franklin. with the comedy "Won
by Ten" failed to score The act has
little that is original and the one song
is Of the vintage of 1890.
Instead OF the usual weekly news pic
lures reel of comedy pictures is shown.