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Show I HH AMUSEMENTS ggg ! I Salt Lako Theatre "Woodland," matlnco today, performance tonight. Orpheum Iteflned vaudeville, matlnco matl-nco today, porformanco tonight. Lyric "Innocent Maid," ono week beginning with today's matlneo. Coming Attractions. Salt Lako Theatre. "Yankeo Consul," Con-sul," Savage English Grand Opera company. Our old frlond Charles B. Hanford has como and gono, rattling tho chlna-waro chlna-waro in tho classic closet and oven breaking some of It into little pieces very, very llttlo pieces. I have often wondered why an actor of Mr. Hanford's robust personally and penchant for robustness of speech novor got into romantic drama tho sword and plumo variety and re- malned there. As It is, Mr. Shako Bfl spearo and Mr. Hanford aro at an un-Bfl un-Bfl happy variance. Hanford possesses IB neither tho dramatic tomporament Bfl nor tho actor arts to depict tho moods IB of Shakespearian drama. Ho has im-flfl im-flfl proved since wo saw him last Indeed, IB ho is sinccro and honest to such an ex-IB ex-IB tent that ho improves ovory year, but, IB tho original margin between ability Bfl and requirement is still so wide as II to dlscourago all opinion that ho will IB over bo anything but a mouthy Mcr-IB Mcr-IB chant' of Venlco or a blustering Othcl-IH Othcl-IH io. I say this in a spirit of kindness, IH tempered with tho gcntlo mercy for BJ which Portia pleaded, but, abovo it H all, recognizing that a truthful critic BJ may not strain tho quality of perfect Bl candor. However much my personal BJ feelings may weigh in tho matter, 1 BJ must squaro my critics' conscience Bb with my best Judgment. As Ingomai, BJ Mr. Hanford stood higher upon the BJ artistic pedestal. His Interpretation BJ of this impulsive, emotional barbarian BJ was far moro convincing and moro H happily real In conception, than any-BJ any-BJ thing ho attempted In Shakespeare. H Ingomar Is moro nearly in lino with BJ romantic drama of it and still a H thing apart and thercforo appeals BJ with moro special claims to Hanford's BJ stylo and manner of acting. BJ Llttlo Miss Thomas was an Interest-BJ Interest-BJ lng fcaturo in tho Hanford support, BJ not only becauso of tho interest wo BJ feel In a lady who was and still is of BJ us, but becauso of tho Intrinsic worth BJ and future promlso displayed in the BJ interpretation of her various roles. I BJ heard many say that Miss Thomas, BJ oven now, could wear tho leading lady BJ shoes of Mario Drofnah. Making due BJ allowanco for patriotic forvor, and BJ not directly denjlng tho compliment, BJ I can still afllrm upon my conscience BJ that tho llttlo lady has an actress fu-BJ fu-BJ turo big with promise. H At tho Orpheum this week thcro Is BJ a top-liner which means something BJ tho Barowsky troupo of acrobats. BJ Thcso pcoplo mado a seven-league BJ boot jump from Vienna to State street BJ which of itself shows tho kind of stuff BJ our Orpheum is onterprlsed with. Tho BJ llttlo Barowsky fellow does some bal- BJ anclng that makes you sit up and BJ wonder to look around for tho sup- BJ porting strings. Ethel Whitesidos and her "picks" aro there, too. Ethel Is no Calve at fc'nging, but tho combination sho and BJ lit picks mako is quite Interesting. BJ CaiUslo and Baker, tho colored arts-H arts-H tocrUs, aro a couple of swell coons BJ from Sixth avenue that's all. The BJ bell boy and tho soubretto, Gardner BJ and Revere aro on tho program also. BJ The mine explosion shown by tho kin-BJ kin-BJ odromo is really realistic tho explo-I explo-I slon and tho rescue. I Henry W. Savage has been noted for tho good things ho sends to Salt Lako so go and seo "Woodland." Early In tho week ono of tho cleverest clev-erest musical comedies a claim insisted in-sisted upon over seen in Zion will bo hero. It Is "Tho Yankeo Consul" and so pleased tho eastern pcoplo as to stand 'em up on Broadway for many months. Of courso tho greatest tiling lyrically lyrical-ly that is approaching our way is tho Henry W. Savage English Grand Opera company in a classical repertoire. reper-toire. Our own Alfred Best Is ono of tho prlzo tenors with this organization. organiza-tion. Alfred Is said to bo making 'vo- ly wonder, not that things aro as bad as they are, but that they are as good as wo seo thorn. Somo of tho local press has been unduly severe, of late, In hammering tho Orpheum. Certain weak portions of tho programs have been seized upon and featured at tho expense of other acts really meritorious meritor-ious and of themselves worth tho price of admission. Just why ono or two turns of questionable merit should bo so prominently noticed and the features fea-tures of pronounced worth receive such scant treatment appearoth not to tho understanding of tho Orpheum audiences. Hero is a new house, just beginning its vaudeville career, doing its thearlc best to please, giving tho town absolutely tho highest grade shows of tho kind over seen beforo here, and, for its pains and efforts gets somo cracks over the knuckles from those who should bo indulgent as well as critical. I am not finding BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB aBBBBBBBBBBBB HjRBflP bTbbBbbI ''jSw""' HBhBhBhBhBbBhBI ... 9.LfUD? ALBRIGHT who will sing tho role of MUSETTA in Puccini's t? BSherae.. on Fr,dy nfebt, Feb. 2, and the role of MADDALENA in Verdi's 'Rigolletto," at the Saturday Matinee, Feb. 3, at Salt. Lake Theatre with the Savage's English Grand Opera Company. cally good and will, of courso, got a reception In his homo town. Once in a while it may bo expected, oven by those who rarely expect anything, any-thing, that a vaudovlllo house can not give a continuous menu of peaches and cream. Such an arrangement can not bo on cards no matter who does tho shuffling. Allowances reasonable reason-able allowances aro freely mado by tho generous minded. A just regard for proportion will not insist upon betting bet-ting tho big end of ovory proposition. So many elements of chance and uncertainty un-certainty flguro in tho making of a vaudeville program that ono may free- fault with my brothers upon tho papers pa-pers whoso pencil points are, often and jutsly, tipped with caustic truth. Nor am I posing as a special pleader for tho Orpheum hero and elsowhere It lives and will contlnuo to llvo upon Its merits. But, hero in Salt Lako, a now theatric thea-tric enterprise, whoso box office is seeking public patronage and confidence, confi-dence, may reasonably ask for fair and impartial treatment. Under the circumstances Managor Blstes Is doing do-ing tho best that can bo done his energy en-ergy and diplomacy aro enlisted In tho Interest of his patrons. To bta much they aro justly entitled anr ...ay al ways expect to receive. To ask for moro is beyond the limits of reason. Next week's offering nt the Orpheum Or-pheum includes Leon, Low Sulloy, Leon, Rooney Sisters, two Kings, Grace Jackson and Claudius and Scoolot making, what is claimed, ono of tho best bills yet soon at tho j popular State street house. HARRY LE GRANDE. |