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Show AMUSEMENTS. 1 Salt Uiko theatre Joseph Murphy ( In "Kerry Gow" and "Shann Ithno," , mntinoo today, porformanco tonlg:it. ( Grand thcatro Harry Corson , Clarke, niatlnoe today, performance tonight; Hold's hand concert tomor- , ; row ovoning. ( i Utahna theatre Refined vaudeville, , ' afternoon and ovonlng. i i ; COMING ATTRACTIONS. , Salt Lako theatro "Mother Goose," March 7-11. ' j Grand thcatro Harry Corson ' J Clarko, week of March (ith. j Utahnn theatre Hollned Vaudeville, week of March Gth. " "Tho Silver Slipper," which camo hero early In tho wcok, doos not con- i f tain onough real sllvor to tempt oven 1 if Bryan from his Nohraska flresldo. ' , As a matter of fact, "Tho Silver Slipper" Is shined over with only : ; thirty conta worth of tho real stuff, i " ll's only merit granting that it 1ms any Is an anatomical display of stockings In which lurks moro than a misplolon of sawdust. As n work of art, "Tho Sllvor Slipper" docs not extend ex-tend ahovo tho garter lino. And tho voiceless choni3! ( .lust one Front ltow Glory in tho .' painted hunch! How thoso Chicago girls on tho slago j did laugh in their sleeves, when tho llttlo sllppor was passed around! Tho ! picco, howovcr, was not without cos- tumlc and sconle splondors. Portions of it looked llko tho optic charms of an Easter egg, scon through tho window win-dow end. . ji Last Monday night, at tho Salt Lako ' theatre, Jiu-jitsu wrestling stock fell jj to thirty conts. Eddlo Robinson, with j- two good arms, knocked tho bottom I out of tho market. Thoso of us who woro previously uncertain wheethor j woro previously uncertain whether menu, or a now brand of tea, mado a discovery. To tho unitlatcd, jiu-jitsu ; may still stand for Nippon chop-suoy, f but, to thoso of us who know, it is nothing moro than muscular discomfiture discomfi-ture putting a grapc-vlno twist on your antagonist. Just boforo tho preliminaries, pre-liminaries, a trim littlo Jap mado an attempt to oxplaln tho dark sido of jiu-jitsu, nut ho might as woll havo I thrown a showor of rlco nt tho audi ence Tho mystory still deepened and tho lmpatienco of tho houso wns visibly visi-bly nffectcd. Finally, two littlo Japs camo to tho mat and illustrated jiu-jitsu In actual practice. That was bettor. There is nothing like showing a follow, fol-low, even if ho lives in Salt Lako. Tho Japs woro introduced under names Ihnt or.imiloil olv Itw.1n3 oP lipill boo. Hut they woro tho goods, in leg and arm manipulation. They went sliding nround each other llko bronze leopards. Whenever they came to gcthcr and mixed things, tho "Ya-ho!" yell was given and tho other responded respond-ed with a handout. At times they became be-came so interlocked that tho combination combin-ation seemed lost. Then, somhow, they would fnll apart and each would gather his scattered arms and legs only on-ly to moro hopelessly loso them again in tho other's anatomy. Moro than onco I failed to distinguish tho identity iden-tity or tho men, although my optica were working overtime. Finally one of tho Japs pardon mo his name got. tho decision of two straight put-outs. put-outs. Ho won on his merit too, with a perfect right to carry a bunch of smiles on his face. Tho distress signal sig-nal is tho distinguishing feature of jiu-jitsu. It means "I'm nil In!" Whenever When-ever tho brownio goes to tho mat ho gives tho signal, and gives It quick. If tho referee failed to rccognlzo tho signal, something might bo doing for tho undertaker. Next came a catch-as-catch-can wrestling bout between Jack Wilson, tho Montana beauty, and Hilly Gregory, tho pride of Omaha. At no time did tho beauty mako good. Ho attempted two or three rallies hut tho sand ran out of his shoes Tho contest wont to the Nebraska man on two straight falls. At this point Wlllard Roan, master of ceremonies, got up nnd mado nn oratorical spiel that was a spoil-binder. Ho put in homo good verbal jolts in behalf of tho manly art and clean sport. Tho houso cheered and showed its sympathy sym-pathy with tho determination to keep dirt away from tho arena. Now, Wlllard, stand by your talk and things will como your way. What local sports want aro unsoiled gloves In tho ring nnd honest wrestling on tho cloth. Givo us theso nnd there will ho no unfriendly chirping. Tho event of tho evening was now announced. Every neck in tho house became rubbery with anticipation There was a shifting among tho ?2.50 ticket buyers as If they saw their money coming. Eddlo Robinson stopped out as trim as a dancing girl, his back and chest shining like n billiard ball. Th Jap looked like burnished bronze. At tho word they crouched and nlmblcd around each other with tho watchfulness of felines. Tho white man prepared to meet the unexpected. Tho brownio calculating how to land his trick. But Edido matched his brain colls against tho Jap. In tho got together tho Jap grapo-vincd llko a dovll tish, muscular and slippery. Whenever tho brownio wound himself around tho white man, tho latter disengaged himself as from tho. folds of a snake. To bo a bit tragic, trag-ic, it was Laocoon and tho sorpents. Tho Jap exhausted all tho muscular cunning of tho jiu-jitsu, but tho deadly dead-ly grip was just as repeatedly torn away. Onco Eddio was forced face down to tho canvas and tho Jap corkscrewed cork-screwed around his nock. Oh, Jin-Jltsu, Jin-Jltsu, hero wns your chanco for tho deadly twist! But there wasn't enough steel in tho brownio's arm to make good. Eddlo shook hlnr off and tho Mikado's Hag camo down; time, threo minutes, eleven seconds. But Robinson's neck looked llko a string of red cornl in n jiu-jitsu sotting. In tho second bout tho brownio made every i possible effort to land tho deadly twist. His antagonist broke every 1 hold. c Eddlo. throughout the bout, worked moro easy, though always watchful. Tho Jap tried his best to mix things I and played overy jiu-jitsu ace, but tho gamo was up. In two minutes and i eleven seconds Robinson pinned his i man to tho mat and despite squirm ing, wriggling, twisting, ho stayed tied where Eddio roped him. Tho big American voice yelled Itself It-self hoarse. All was over but the shouting. It's back to tho bamboo for Jiu-jitsu! Unless always unless there's a Japanese whirlwind who knows how to blow the game. The usual largo audlenco turned out to greet Hold's band last Sunday night. A program full of light, catchy music mu-sic with enough heavy numbers to preserve a proper balance, appealed to a crowded house. Tho caprices, "Timbuctoo" and "Two Thomas Cats," certainly . reived plenty of applause. ap-plause. But just why "Two Thomas Cats" nppearect on tho program at all may remain a mystery, outside of the fact that there is already quite enough folino music In our own backyards. BolinPs overture to "Norma" was a feature of tho program, while the band excelled Itself In tho matter of rendition. There was unfortunate trombone work in "Lucretia Borgia," but tho clarinets carried tho liquid notes splendidly. Mr. Schuster's solo so-lo and encore numbers on tho violin woro certainly entitled to tho heavy applause they received. Tho march "Belle of Panama," proved a musical Isthmus that united previous success with still greater promise for Mr. Wll-ladr Wll-ladr Youngdale, tho modest composer. As a mark of distinction, Mr. Young-dale Young-dale assumed the baton and marched tho band through the "Belle of Panama" Pana-ma" with a finished snappy swing that took tho audlenco by the ears. A selection from "Faust" made an ngrccable substitute for tho announced number. Tho band, too, felt a musical musi-cal Impulse in the change and tho result re-sult wns a storm of applause worth working for. Miss C. Elmer was tho vocalist of the evening, singing "For All Eternity," and responding with an encore. Tomorrow night Mr. Frank Foster announced as a tenor profundo, will sing two numbers. Mr. Foster will mako his first public appearance since his return from vocal study in tho oast. Next Tuesday at tho Salt Lako the-1 the-1 atro, Klaw and Erlanger's great s.pec-' s.pec-' tacle, "Mother Goose," will appear for llvo nights with Wednesday and Sat-p Sat-p urday matinees. The show is on Its 1 way east from tho Pacific coast whore all records were broken for attend-' attend-' ance.v.. It is tho famous Drury lano 1 production as to gigantic ballets, see- nic magnificence and bewildering stage pageantry. Tho press agnt H says: "Tho hundreds of beautiful wo- men lavishly attired, their graceful Wm ballets, tableau, marches and proccs- MWl slons, tho clever specialties ami mm that princo of funsters, Joe Cawthorne, with his laugh making associates, Kelly, W. H. Macart, Clifton Craw- Hj ford, Neva Hymar, Corlnce, Edith St, MM Clair and others." IH Just think of it! Hundreds of beautiful women! Wl Ah, you lucky, thrice lucky bald Kl heads of Zlon! Ka There's tho optic chance of a life- mm time. But listen, you prospective Tm ticket buyers hear again the dulcet strains of the press agent: "At the .:H end of tho second act, thoso marvelous j'H aerlaiists, tho Grlgolatls, whose pro- mier, at tho end of tho second act ml (;auses tho audience to hold their 91 breath, when she make3 a remarkable flight seventy-five feet above them m to tho top of the gallery rail and back M to tho stage." H Now, there's a piece of airy daring that will push the hats from your heads if you keep your hats on. George Dorr Is fully prepared to meet the rushes. , Ho has been in jiu-jitsu training for this emergency. Anybody who thinks h0 can't do the Catling gun act in shooting tickets through the window don't know the quick man in tlio box- ofllce' , The Utahna theatre has gone back to vaudeville and the change Is marked by a strong bill. So far as attendance Joes Mr. Gourloy's patrons are quite as numerous as they were when "Thel-ma" "Thel-ma" was on the boards. The success of' tho Utahna theatre Is because the money received at the box ofllco comes back to you over the footlights. There Is nothing like reciprocity in the show business, without it no manager mana-ger can win out in a town like Salt Lake. HARRY LEGRANDE. |