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Show I ggg AMUSEMENTS fUj I Salt Lake theater Still dark. i Orphoum Refined vaudeville; mat- & lnee today; performance tonight, i 71 Lyrlo theater "Dreamland Bur- .n lesquers," one week, beginning with today's matlneo. Coming Attractions. Salt Lake theater Charles B. Han-ford: Han-ford: "Woodland," "Yankee Consul"; ' Savage Grand Opora company, i Florence Roberts and "Ann La- , mont" owing to numerous differences t at various box offices, dissolved part nership somo time ago. When Ann Lamont" was first produced at the Salt Lake theater I said, plainly i enough, that Mr. Armstrong's play would not weather the storm. 'Ann Lamont" died a lingering box office death beforo unappreclatlvo audiences omith Mr. Court noured out j money lavishly, but .he could not float the dramatic wreck. Miss Roberts did all her actress arts could do, but neither art nor effort could substitute blood for sawdust The fault of fall-H fall-H uro did not Ho with the actress. Mr. f Court himself recognized this by nur-H nur-H rylng Miss Roberts back to Denver, whore she Is now rehearsing In anew play. Miss Roberts will appear hero In the spring In her now production. H Since Manager John Cort has gone star-hunting he has arrived at the eon- elusion that there Is a tw nkllng tu ture for Max FIgman. Salt take aj fl mired Mr. Figmnn quite well In Tno H Marrlaco of Kltty"-hls drollery and easy mirth vrerey well received hero Wo also saw FIgman as the erratic artist in Armstrong's Ill-fated Play- But the protontlons of dignified fun Inspired by his previous appearance were rudely shattotred In "Ann La mont." Still FIgman Is a bright fol- low and If ho can keep the dancing arts of musical comedy out of nis arms and legs there Is enough re- poseful drollery In other parts of his body to compel honest laughter. Any how John Court thinks so and pur- poses to star the eccentric comedian. I care more than a fig to see my 1 friends succeed, so hero's luck to you, Mnx FIgman 1 H Oh, my! Oh, my! tho good things 1 that nro flocking our way! After brooding In sack cloth and ashes the Salt Lake theater becomes arrayed with incandescents and, like a brldo, walkoth forth to meet tho groom. What joy, for sure! First to leap upon tho stago will bo fl our old friend, Charles B. Hanford, In another classic revival. His reper-tory reper-tory is "Tho Merchant of Venice," 1 "Ingomar," with "The Old Guard" for a curtain-raiser, and "Othello" the closing night. Tho engagement Is for two nights and matlneo, January 24-25. 24-25. Miss Blanche Kendall Thomas, daughter of our well-known merchant is with tho Hanford company, playing second parts to Miss Drofnah, the leading lady. I am told that Miss Thomas has still further widened the fame of Salt Lako as a producer of promising actresses. However, the friends and admirers of Miss Thomas will give her more than a bouquet wel como to the town of her birth. Following the Hanford engagement comos a welcome deluge of musical i comedy. "Woodland" a pretty thing of birds, leaves and trees, swayed by ravishing music was a Broadway glory for a long, long tlmo. It is booked for two nights, January 2C and 27. Then comes the "Yankee Consul," whoso pleasing melodies caught the New Yorkers by tho ears, which ap-pears ap-pears January 29, 30 and 31. But, of course, the big musical event of tho year is tho Savago English Grand Opera company, for whose prayerful coming tho dust of supplication Is still clinging to tho knees of tho whole town for It is an event in which even tho least of us are making great preparations. So If you are weary and heavy-burdened hero is a way to ease your ticket conscience and at tho samo time mako your peace with Apollo. Tho repertoire is brilliant "Faust" on Thursday, February 1, followed by "La Boheme," Friday, I closing with "Rlgolotto" for tho Sat- the mat. Altogether It proved an enjoyable en-joyable evening except to those whose ambitions were quenched by sterner stuff. Long llvo tho conquering conquer-ing bleep and tho wrestling leg. Luke Cosgrove, held In dramatic favor in this city and throughout the state, has flung out the sign so that ho who runs may read, "Salt Lake School of Acting." Right here, where so many bright careers have had tholr Inception where tho cradles of famous fa-mous actors and actresses havo been rocked Mr. Cosgrove has chosen, It seems to mo, both an opportune place and time. Mr. Cosgrove is deserving of success, uniting In himself not only the practical experience of the actor, but, better still, tho educational ad- P1 BLANCHE KENDALL THOMAS as Hope Bromer in Eben Holden. urday matinee and tho Immortal "Tannhauser" at night Say, Isn't it grand? Grand opera and a grand opportunity. op-portunity. v5 .J Tho amateur athletic extravaganza given Wednesday night under the direction di-rection of Professor WIHIard Bean was an enjoyable carnival of muscularity. muscu-larity. Wo saw a number of local youths whom wo never suspected of having tho steel trust in their arms and legs get up and do things that would havo put Charley Schwab on vantages of tho dramatic student the cloister and tho stago. & v5 Did you hear Calve? Tho air has been vibrant with her golden songs for a week. Tho event, tho singer and the audience made a S,, Winll0r nrnslclovlng0 StZ. Without a dissenting sylla ' the papers sang the praises of C.u.a al-most al-most as lyrically sweet as if they had borrowed her own voice. As a rule the nowspapers hero gush over mod!, ocrlty and slap genuine in the face But as far as tho Calve concert was concerned there was a spilling of Ink and adjectives to good purpose. Tho coming and going of this lyric queen has put a fine edge of anticipation on our people for grand opera! Tho color line should bo drawn at the Orphoum. Thero has been too much "coon" at tho State-street house ' and too little watermelon this week and last. But as ono blackbird does not point tho way to summer, neither can the three Mitchells wreck an evening's entertainment at the Orphoum. Orph-oum. Horsky, Bergere and company, as tho threo pronouns, "He, She and He," are grammatically and pleasing-ly pleasing-ly It. Tho Spanish dancing girls are out-at-the-elbow Carmens so far as novelty Is concerned, although they do some poetic dancing and poslngs. You really can't afford to miss tho juggling jug-gling Normans. Thoy are the Kings of Clubs for sure, unless wo call tho little fellow a Cupid or Is he Just a little human sugar plum? Ask the ladles. Manager BIstes was graciously thoughtly in extending courtesies to the Utah Press association Monday night Next week, however, the Orpheum will put on a bill to which no ticket-buyer ticket-buyer with a conscience can tako exception ex-ception so sweareth tho diplomatic press agent in accordance with tho usual and understood theatric affidavit. affi-davit. HARRY LE GRANDE. |