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Show . "; t AMUSEMENTS, jl . ji Salt Lako Thcatro Dark. J y Grand Theatre "Tho Fatal Scar," i , matinee today, performance tonight; ' ' Hold's band concert tomorrow oven-i oven-i , Utahna Theatre Lindsay Girls In "ThoTw all wco COMING ATTRACTIONS, ft ' , Salt Lako Thcatro Floronco Galo ; I In "As You Like It," Jan. 9-llth; "Edna Wnllaco Hopper" In "A Coun try Mouso," Jnn. 12-11 th. .' . Whether it wore a moro coincl- donee of tho calendar, or tho actual , design of a shrowd maganagoment, matters little, eo that wo got "Tho i.' Wlntor's Tnlo," with its poetic I. warmth nt this season of tho year, ; ! 1 when prosaic car muffs are in great I demand. That Shakespeare should I-,'': have glvn such a title to a drama j 1': that burns with jealousy and love is ( a lltornry pan-jsx nllowablo only to a w genius cr uo' of erecting Its own : !. standards. In no other Shakespearean fi'j " dranifu-to extremes so often meet and ' ; i contrasts so run in parallels; no other ' .( drama in which caprice and chanco ifl ' ' I,lay sucn nranlS w'th dull reality. 'Swil'iB Florlzol and Perdita walk tho roman- s' 7ff 1 1 ttc PatnB wnoi'o love, like th lotu- 1 i flowor, lures them Into a sweit for- getfulness of all savo tho fragrance of dreaming youth, In a world where dreams come true. Against tho mad passion of Leontes, the king, Is sot tho paslonless Hermiono, tho queen, in poetic contrast to tho storm and fury that breaks above tho child left upon tho lonely coast, there follows the quiet woodland scene of fair Bohemia and Perdita, dancing like a nymph among tho leaves and flowers. And, then, again tho strange touch of magic by which Hermiono steps down from tho pedestal and out of her supposed death of sixteen years into the arms of her repentant king into tho arms of her newly found Perdita, tho fairy princess. There is only one genius in the world who could make all these extremes ex-tremes wear tho livery of romantic truth and give to them the semblance of flesh and blood tho illusion, atmosphere at-mosphere and suggestlveness of poetic reality. But, you must put yourself wholly under the influence of Shakespeare Shakes-peare before you can appreciate tho beauty of it before you can see tho glamor of it, or feel tho poetry of it. You must walk Into tho Shakespeare tomple with your shoes In your hand, elso tho creaking of your boots frighten fright-en Imagination away from tho Dramatic Dra-matic Altar. Mr. Wardo played tho Jealous, repentant re-pentant Leontes with that scholarly conception of the part wo had a right to expect from such a well-known student stu-dent of Shakespeare. But, I have always al-ways thought, the great fault of Mr. Wardo lies in tho prominence ho gives to intelligence rather than temperament tempera-ment tho moods and tenses of passion, pas-sion, the lights and shades of expression expres-sion are moro a mattor of feeling than montal analysis. This fault Is, of course, radical and quite beyond the personal control of the actor. Becauso of it, however, Mr. Wardo had never been able to climb tho dramatic heights attained by Edwin Ed-win Booth, whose acting was a mirror of temperament and feeling Mr. Wardo's most convincing moments are in tho portrayal of jealous anger and green-eyed suspicion in face, voice and action he sounds tho depths of cruel passion with a fidelity that carries car-ries him beyond tho mimic player. But ho Is less happy in tho portrayal of lovo and tho gentler passions of the heart; Indeed, bo acts tho lovor ns If ho had learned tho tricks of wooing from a book. In tho earlier acts of "Tho Winter's Talo" up to and including the trial scone Mi-. Wardo might have been Leontes, tho jealous king and hus band; afterwards, when swayed by gentle passions, he was hardly more than Mr. Wardo wearing a royal costume. cos-tume. Miss Kathryn Kidder, while In Salt Lake, was suffering from illness and bravely sustained her linos de-splto de-splto her sickness. It is hardly fair, under the circumstances, to make her the subject of anything but indulgent criticism. She acted tho passionless, oxilted Hermiono with a queenly dignity dig-nity moro natural than assumed. In her stago presence, at least, she had Illusion and justified her words as "daughter of a king." But, considering the wide dramatic experience of Miss Kidder, thero is great surprise that she Is so limited In those necessary qualities of an actress, ac-tress, facial expresion and illustrative gesture. As was to bo expected, her Perdita hardly breathed tho youthful poetry of Shakespeare's princess In the rustic guise of the shepherd's daughter. daugh-ter. It was, of course, quito impossible impossi-ble for Miss Kidder to snap her fingers fin-gers in tho face of tlmo and emerge from tho end of tho hour-glass as a maid of sixteen years. A few a very few of tho supporting support-ing company wore acceptable, but, by some freak of arrangement, they filled the minor rolls. Llttlo Walter Burris played Hamllllus, tho youthful son of Leontes, with a dramatic Intelligence quite beyond his years. Camlllo, tho second male character In Importance, In tho hands of Augustus Augus-tus Balfour, would hardly have been tolerated by Shakespeare In the palmy days of the Globe theatre. Tho King of Bohemia by Wadsworth Harris was a clear caso of uneasy lies tho head that wears a dramatic crown ho carried car-ried his royal robes llko a masquera-der. masquera-der. Dudley Kellord, as Florizel, seemed to take evident pride in the opportunity opportun-ity for display given by his scanty shepherd's costume, revealing, as It lid, two symmetrical understudies, vhoso well-rounded support wero caro-'ully caro-'ully studied through every opera-?lass opera-?lass In the house. If tho ability to fill tights with shapely legs were a dramatic distinction, Mr. Kellord could go starring next season. Tho Paulina of Mrs. Welles, despite tho harshness of her voice, was well done. However, Shakespeare has grown to bo such a rarity that I for one, am sorry that Frederick Warde Is to retire from tho classic stage. Ho has done much to elevate the drama. Who will take his place after he goes to the lecture platform? There wero a few vacant seats making mak-ing empty faces at Mr. Zimmerman last Sunday evening at the Grand. The night was awfully cold and a number of Held's clients naturally preferred radiators to trombones, while those of us who turned out heard a program of such musical warmth as caused us to turn down our storm collars. Tho numbers which found most favor with the audience were tho light and famll- Edni Wallace Hooper lar selections from "The Fortune Teller" Tel-ler" and "Princess Chic" something to which wo could swing our feet anil knock tho chill out of our toes. In keoplng with the new policy in vogue for the past few concerts, we were given two vocalists, Mr. Charles Stalter and Miss Etolla Masters. Mr. Staltor must have been out coasting with a .sleighing party, as there was too much frost in his voice for tho oliy unction required In his lovo ballaas. Miss Etelka Masters made her secona bow at tho Grand last Sunday evening. On Mies Masters' first appearance, i throw hor a bouquet of fragrant aa-jectlves aa-jectlves and I find that the musical ears of tho town have since justinen my praise of this sweet-voiced stranger. stran-ger. Her gongs. "If Thou Didst But Love Me" and "Tho Holy City," gave hor an opportunity to display varying vocal temperament, as well as voice flexibility and range, to all of wmcn her rich soprano volco responded whu I lZne sweetness and devotional I aTt lyrically expressive of the I and intent of the songs, al-I al-I fih dSrlnB so widely In senti- 1 uL Masters has a most engaging II JJe presence, while her unconscious 6 i!f iness of manner makes such a S afframlng to her voice as to Lltlvato the eye as well as the ear. & & There will be a continuation of the Shakespearean revival next week, B hen Florence Oalo appears In that ffles of comedies, "As You Like u" The engagement Is for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, with matl- ee Wednesday. Miss Gale has been receiving flattering notices in the I ast for the sprightly gaiety with which she Invests the character of I nnsaline-ono of the most charming M nortrayals of Impulsive youth to be found among the Shakespearean hero- Ines. Accordlhg to reports, the Cos- tumlc wardrobes, scenery and stage H mountings are hew, frdsh and exact, H even to the smallness of detail, SUp- porting Miss dale, special reference is made to the acting of George Sylves- (er as Orlando, Mark Price as Jac-H Jac-H hue's attd the mirthful Interpretation H bf Totichstono by Patil Taylor. The In-H In-H cldfintiii music has been specially ar-H ar-H ranged, whllo the songs and airs will H be handidd by the "Woodland quar- tette and English Glee club. H The Savage Grand Opera company, H numbering one hundred and fifty peo- Hj pie, has started south en tour. After H Its New Orleans engagement, the com- H pany starts for California, filling a six H weeks' Contract on the coast, and re- Hj turning east by way of Salt Lake. The H repertory includes "La Bohome," "Tosca," "Othello," "Trovatore," "Lo- hengrin," "Tannhauser," Pagllacci," "Carmen" and ''Cavallefla Rustlcana." H I thought we were to got "Parsifal," H but the list docs not disclose it. H Little Edna Wallace Hopper, for the first time shining as a star of dramatic magnitude, will appear at the Salt Lake theatre next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with Saturday matinee. Miss Hopper is appearing in a play, H reflective of English "smart society," called "A Country Mouse." Angola, j the Country Mouse, comes from the H provinces, and is thrown nt once into the swagger circles of fashionable B London. The simple girl is caught in j the foibles, follle3 and atmosphere po-H po-H cullar to aristocratic drawing-rooms. At H first an object of affected concern, al- most ridicule, Angela soon demon-m demon-m stratcs her ability, not only to take m care of herself, but to fight a matri-Hj matri-Hj mon,al campaign to a successful Issue H na I" the end captures a desirable m uuke. Miss Hopper has received fav-m fav-m orahle press comments for the dra- f1""0 ability she has shown since leav-m leav-m ing musical comedy, with which she was so long Identified. At Held's band concert tomorrow evening a descriptive number will be Fen- showing tho evolution of mlll- h .muslc as l'layod by a military ?' durlnS the past hundred years. f 0 fcatures of tho piece are as I ! W,B: 1803-"Trumpet Call." an-1 an-1 lln the blrth of Freedom. Yan- fl Doodl' ono f the first national vi!' ,1 tho roart to Boston, 1812; I nnrfna'li0s" th0 assembly of the I lan, toern troops; "Boys of Gl"; Mary-I Mary-I N?,tfcnd Bnltlmoro riot; Dixlo; the I clPrt i?n(1 South "nlted; "Star Span-I Span-I slmnn nnner" and "Dixie," played simultaneously. Then follows tho I "Hall nnn? ln 1898: at Santiago; 19oq ..9I"I?b,il'" aBain victorious. cnrm?ld Hundred" announces tho Am? in of thG century "Should NW. AcWalntance Bo Forgot" remntl No,1 whll "Yankee Doodle" waTc l.aniLth0 Star Spangle Banner Im L th0 Laml of the Free. As V1" do Reen from the outline, the se- l TREADWELL MINES. ALASKA lection is musically historical and soldierly sol-dierly Inspiring, Mr. Zimmerman assures as-sures mo that it alone will bo worth more than the price1 of admission. HARRY LB GRANDE, o |