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10 TRU TH. I I. - Ik TJUT 1YC!MIUTARY I flCiLL) 0 BAND Kg A.S.ZIMMERMAN MANAGER j Grand C be aire ,1 TOMORROW I ' SUNDAY EVENING CONCERT I Prof. Youngdale'g I, I String Quartette I ' Missts Fanning & Fanning I - Prof. Struster I and Prof. Youngdale. 1 Mrs. Edward Parry ' I Soprano. ' ' D Love and the Birds . . . Gubicl B H i I TICKETS ON SALE H ALL DAY SATURDAY 1 I 40-PIECES -40 HI I H H Amusements. H I U Suit Lake theatre Harry Bores If H ford in "Our Now Man," matinco to ll , jtf day, porformanco tonight. n H Grand theatre "Yon Yonson," mntl H H nco today, porformanco tonight. B B Hold's Band concert, tomorrow oven H I Q Ing. B ' B Coming Attractions. D Salt Lako theatre Ben Greet's play B I H ors in "Everyman," February C-8; B ' I Lawrence D'Orsay in "Tho Earl of B I Pawtuckot," February, 9-11. BE B II Tlioso of us who romembor how B H Harry Borcsford mixed things in"Tho I Wrong Mr. Wright," also pleasantly B n recall how successfully he played tho B H storm center of that whirlwind of tun. B 81 I In his latest play ,"Our Now Man," H ft ho had secured something equally fast B M I and furious, with situations so rapidly Bj II f following each other as to tax tho B Va capacity of an alert audience B iM "Our Now Man," wo aro told, affords B ilB ' Mr. Boresford oven more strenuous B jffi opportunities than his former comedy. B M -As "Truman Toots" ho sots tho pace ll! that kills with laughter. Tho comedy B H consists of three acts, while the com- B 1 plications of tho plot rcquiro a lnui- B H drcd situations. Mr. Boresford as B l "Truman Toots," tho absent minded B ill professor, is said to bo a scientific II JH demonstration that laughter Is a B BJ side-splitting condition rather than a B M noiseless , theory. "Our Now Man" B H will bo glvon at tho matinco today and B H porformanco tonight. Bm w I 'lift For many years Charles B. Han- B Wi ford has boon tempting fato in Shako- B B spcarlan roles. Wo havo seen him as B $ tho wife taming Pctruchio, tho brutal B Wm Richard, tho mercennry Shylock and B EM the Joalous Othello but, in nil of B li I ; these stormy characters ho Is Incap- III ablo of distinguishing between If Shakespeare and Lincoln J. Carter. B J There Is a gulf between tho former H and tho latter, much widor than tho B 9 & Chicago river, and Mr. Hnnford can- I II not leap tho dlstanco with tho lead of BH i melodrama clinging to his shoes. M f To some, tho art of Mr. Hanford II J may appeal as something approach US! f ing tho best traditions of tho stage. Bjgjnf These)' good people, aro entitled to BIIIm tllolr opinions. But, I have always HR$f thought that Hanford as an actor, HHEM whatever may bo his appreciation Bp and understanding of a Shakcspear jHSra. ian role, can give it neither dramatic BjlRfit expression nor tomperamental inter Kf protatlon. The question is not as to f1 l " Mr. Hanford'B sincerity or honesty of i effort, for these merits ho has in full nesshis dramatic weakness lies else where. Ho has none of the artistic necromancy by which an actor con jures his audlenco Into the belief that lie is other than ho Is that tho player and tho role are one and not two identities. No actor has tills gift In its entire ty, some -possess It In more or less degree, woo to tho player If ho havo it not at all by Its s'tandard art is meas ured. If it runs in tho dramatic veins of Mr. Hanford, It is no stronger than sterilized milk. When Mr. Hanford assumes tho rolo of Petruchlo he Is not a tamor of shrewish women; as Richard, ho Is hardly more than a royal masquerade; In Shylock, his Jewish blood is watery, while as Othello ho is a lover whose wooing would havo frightened a less timid Desdomona. At Thursday's matinee, Mr. Hanford's Othello certainly ter rorized the children without convinc ing tho grown-ups. At the night per formance, ns "Don Caesar," ho settled more Into tho part. Once or twice he throw Into his lines and nction such touches of swashbuckling deviltry as might havo made Victor. Hugo recog nize some of his own romantic color. Miss Drofnah, also from a sniveling Desdomona In tho afternoon, wore tho mantle of Marltana at night with no little buccoss at concealing her own personality. As usual, Mr. Hanford's company was mediocre. There was so much fuss and feathers about some of them, that, if art and effort were tho same, tho salaries would pay for something more than sweat upon tho brow. In a last Sunday Now York illus trated paper Is an actress bouquet of Ilowers that perfumes Broadway, on sunshiny afternoons, with all tho aroma of show-girl sweetness. Coyly peeping out from beneath tho picture leaves aro tho violet eyes of Rosemary Glosz, sparkling with her old-time vi vacity. A few weeks ago wo read that Miss Glosz was kneoling nt tho altar of Hymen, In Portland. But geog raphy Is of small momont when tho camera is concerned. Miss Glosz is such a photographic inspiration that her fair features are constantly in voked by Gotham artists. It has been noticed for some time past that the old guard, tho bald heads of sacred memory, have de serted their post of duty in tho front rows. This because of tho advent of tho show-girl a butterfly of excessive drapery, picture hat of alarming size and parasol of effulgent dreaminess. There Is every reason to believe, how ever, that the hairless heroes of old will be tempted to resume their for mer forwardness. Already Is heard from afar the bugle blasts announcing the reappearance of marching tights and the battle flag of rainbow hosiery. For tho past few years, the frizzy headed, chiffon-flounced show girl, like lilies of the field, In full blown finery of rustling skirts, have swept the stage in a glory undreamed by Solomon. In thi meantime, tights and hosiery were forced Into costumlc forgetfulness. But tho clock has struck and the final hour of the show girl Is ringing In her powdered ear. For the last times she has Flora-dora-ed herself in all the finery of which the arts of millinery and dre3s aro capable. There may be a few, kind sirs, at home, as the song goes, but they will bo left there In their trailing gowns and statuesque poses. Tho expense of gowning the tall willowy creature Is too much for the box office. Every surge of tho billowy laces, every wave of flowing drapery, engulfed in a dressmaker tide, the profits of the manager. Do Wolf Hopper in his successful revival of "Wang" showed tho man agers how to run a show without show-girls. Instead of surrounding himself with frills and flounces, tho elongated comedian has demonstrated llirwiim"nm WW .miii ww " i mm -y - .:;-.:,- ,-,- -,' "-. -- '- !X ''"'--' v v - ' '''J.'t - '",''.'', ' ,'l" '' ' '":'-:' !, ''' '"-; "'"V ''', '-," :' 1- -" -V '-'-"", "'-'' ''', vs. ' '--i ""fifty 5;?';'V 5 "i' .''--.' 1 UTAHNA THEATRE, THIS WEEK I THE ROYAL MEXICAN SERENADERS, THE SOLIS BROTHERS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. ED. SOBARZO. Upon a most remarkably melodious Instrument, they call an "El Melodloso," these four really skillful musicians olTer a repertoire of Classic, Operatic and Popular Selec tions. Tho soft, sensuous, melodiously sweet Spanish music of their own Southland home as rendered by them, never falls to please." Their extensive repertoire enables these artists to oiler new selections at each performance. NOTE-On Sunday evening "William Tell Overture," with grand effects, wind, rain thunder and lightning, will be given. that tights aro timely. Tho economy of much hosiery and less drapory has appealed to tho purses of managers everywhere. No longer Is tho sub stance of the chorus to bo lost In con cealment. It is said also oh, can It be true! that the girls now being se lected aro examples of physical full ness. There is to be no artificial re lianco upon sand or sawdust in filling out tho silk stockings tho real dan ger lies in swelling them to tho point of safety. The foregoing will ho good news to tho charter members of the Front Row Club in Salt Lako. With tho impatience of joy long deferred, local bald heads aro waiting to ap pease their optic hunger. Now that tho costumlc menu Is prepared, give the old hoys plenty of tights a la Ml A. S. 21 M MERMAN, MANAGE I GRAND THEATRE TOMORROW Sunday Evening Concert I TICKETS ON SALE I ALL DAY SATURDAY I 40 -PIECES -40 I chili con came and hosiery on the half I shell. The large audlenco at Hold's con- cert last Sunday night was a flatter- V ing testimonial of tho organization's B popularity. There had been concerts B and studio recitals galore during the I week, Melba nnd Creatoro had turned I our purses Inside out, and yet, despite I tho low tide of our finances, wo still found tho flcklo quarter for the Held m concert. If this was not a complete I vindication of the weekly musicals at the Grand, then I fail to read any moral in box office returns. I even B heard people make comments be M tween Held and Creatoro as conduc- tors, to tho disadvantage of the Ital- Ian the comparison was not, of 9 course, as to musical effect, but as to M gracefulness and deportment in both m of which Mr. Held is happily free from offensive eccentricity Last Sun- day's program was of the kind to evoko applause, every number receiv ing a glad-hand appreciation. Mrs. Lizzie Thomas Edward, the vocalist of tho evening, was well received, while her splendid voice was given the warm recognizatlon a Salt Lake audience always bestows upon a fav orite singer. Mr. Hold conducted with growing spirit and animation, putting all tho strength into his baton which ho had gathered during a weeks' con valescence. Creatoro is a study in animation. Impulsive, temperamental, electrical, ho stands upon tho platform and plays I upon the optic nervo like a klneto- j scope upon tho ear like a w fair organ. Eccentrically, he 13 tM limit as a batonlc acrobat ho Is wltn out motes or bounds. Beginning : at point whero the center of gravity is only suspected, ho is never uncertain of tho orbit through which ho mow w Hovering hero, there, and everywhere, m like a thing of wings and feathers, db calls from the clarinets al I tho W" notes of tho air and from tho IMPU' slvo brasses stormy crashes like tret falling in the forest. Bonding II benediction over his ni"n, he s tho feet of Apollo musical offerings J II fragrant as myrrh and franWnceng II Gesticulating wildly, madly, 1 leads his musicians in B s I charges against Wagner f1. f and the breast-works of Gounod. Com plotoly lost in the excesses of Ms u feeling, ho never for a moment w fl gets his musical mbpomIWIW. livious of the audience, the box offl the ushers, he sees, for t ho toe, B tho faces of his men, their vw- f