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Show I I AMUSEMENTS. Salt Lako Theatre Croatoro and Ills Band, matinee today, performance tonight. Grand Theatre "Rudolph and Adolph," mutlnoo today, performance tonight; Hold's Band concert tomorrow tomor-row ovonlng. Utnhna Theatre Refined Vaudeville. Vaude-ville. Coming Attractions. . Salt Lako Theatre "Shore Acres," Tuesday and Wednesday; Charles B. Hanford, Thursday; Harry Beresford, Friday and Saturday. During tho past four days It can not bo said that Apollo has hung his hnrp on a willow tree and gono Ashing. Ash-ing. Indeed, tho memory of man runneth run-neth not to tho contrary when tho music mu-sic god has been so locally busy as during tho present fortnight. First comos our own Symphony orchestra and sots tho classical nerves of tho town on muslc-odgo. Then, boforo tho dust hns had time to sottlo on our ear-drums It is blown away by studio recitals and teachers dotorminod to Bhow tho capacity of tholr pupils. Miss Flandors and Mrs. Putnam, and tholr respective students, crowded upon each other's inuslc-heols at tho Congregational Con-gregational church, Monday and Tuesday Tues-day ovonlngs. Boforo the air of Zlon has had time to rcsumo Its usual January Jan-uary stillness, tho voico of Melba rings out in a flood of golden notes that add now riches to tho vocal treasures ot tho Tabernacle Melba has come and gono, but Crontoro Is hero Creatoro tho eccontrlc, tho electrical. Surely wo havo poured our offorlngs in plenty at tho feet of Apollo, you say. Not so, may gontlo reador, not so. Go and seo tho Italian band leader ho Is worth tho money, every minute. Ho has trained, enthused, hypnotized and magnetized his mon until thoy oboy, not mechanically, but tompornmontal-ly, tompornmontal-ly, ovcry norvous twist of tho baton as if it woro possessed of somo occult power, Instead of being a common bit of wood. Creatoro's press agent, with a modesty mod-esty which distinguishes him from others oth-ers of his class, Is rosponslblo for tho following: "Many deem it imposslblo to adequately describo Creatoro's music. mu-sic. There is a subtle charm, a something some-thing which pervades and dominates fKi MKkc tho atmosphero of his concerts, tho In-fluonco In-fluonco of which words fall to convoy, and this must bo experienced to bo appreciated." Another clause in tho press agent's affidavit reads, "Tho conception, tho interpretation, tho artistic performance, perform-ance, aro all there in their excellence, and tho Impression is always confirmed con-firmed by tho many music lovers who flock to tho concerts." For tho matinee today, among other numbers will bo given, Creatoro's own composition, "American Navy." tho woll-known overture from "William Toll" and tho famous Intermezzo from "Cavalleira Rustlcana." Tho program for tonight Is ns follows: fol-lows: 1. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Mendelssohn 2. Prelude to "Travlata" Verdi 3. Grand Selection "Damnation of Faust" Berlioz (a) Prelude Recitative and Easter Hymn. (b) Ballet of Sylphs. (c) Mophistopheles' Invocation. (d) Minuet of Will-o'-the-Wisps. (o) Serenado of Mophistopheles. (f) Duet Marguerite and ttiust. (g) Tho Rldo to Hades. (h) Pandemonium. Intermission. 4. Sextette from "Lucia". . .Donizetti Solos by Signori Tommasino, Sarno, Catalano, PIcclrillo, GIovo, Russo. B. Soprano Solo "Tho Charming Bird," from "Tho Pearl of Brazil" David Mmo. Barill. G. Traeumoroi Schumann 7. Ovorturo "Tannhauser" .Wagner Mr. Shepherd, tho director of tho Snlt Lako Symphony orchestra, announces an-nounces that tho organization is abort on first violins and wlshod capable performers to announce themselves. Thero Is a woll defined distinction between be-tween violinists and "fiddlers." If I am correctly Informed, tho local music mu-sic market is short on tho former and lont. n tho latter so bo careful how you approach Mr. Shcphord. John Held, for tho first time in many weeks, put on his shoulder straps last Sunday evening and joined his forty lieutenants. As the popular bandmaster stepped out upon the stage, ho received an applausive ovation ova-tion that fully attested tho esteem in which ho Is held by a multitude of patrons. Of courso Mr. Held gracefully grace-fully bowed his acknowledgments, but. without losing any time in sentiment, ho dived at onco into what proved tho most taking program of tho season sea-son If ono may judge from enforced encores. Two new numbers woro given, giv-en, "My Kickapoo" "and "Teasing," both by Von Tllzor, a composer who is always popular with Hold's clients "My Kickapoo" would not, of course, pass muster with a board of musicians if Mendelssohn were a member. But to those of us, who,' from time to time, persist In getting off the "Classical "Classi-cal Reservation, "My Kickapoo" is just the kind of thing to soothe our savage breasts and calm tho Indian In cur gontlo natures. Thero were somo, however, who acted act-ed Hko "Comanches" when it came to shouting for tho encore. Mr. Zimmerman's Zim-merman's cornet solo, " 'Tls All l Ask," was charmingly rendered and so wero the selections from "The Bohemian Bo-hemian Girl," by the band. Suppe's entrancing "Poet and Peasant" was tho ambitious number on the program and Mr. Hold conducted with so murh spirit as to testify that a convalescent arm is not always a sign of batonic weakness. Miss Agatha Berkhool, the vocalist of tho evening, was well received re-ceived and Incidentally gave proof of Mr. Hold's determination to present tho best procurable singers to his patrons. pat-rons. Indeed, If somo took offense MISS MARiE DROFNAH as-MATITANA In DON CESAR DE BAZAN at any of Mr. Held's lighter numbers thoy found compensation in other parts of tho program. It should not requlro much effort to square one's critical conscience with tho price of a twenty-five cent ticket unless, of courso, one's ears aro longer than tho normal size. West's minstrels havo come and gone faded away in tho burnt-cork of yesterday. It Is really too bad that minstrelsy has lost Its ebony polish in tho frills and flounces of vaudeville. Thero was a time dear to the hearts H of our boyhood when rows of black IS faces peered at us through big goo- H gco eyes and all our youthful world M seemed centered In tho bones and M tambos. There wero giants in thoso II days giants, liko Billy Emery, Frank If dishing and Billy Rice. They made III minstrelsy one of tho fino arts and 111 gave to it a mahogany polish rarely 111 seen nowadays. Oh, for a Jack Haverly again! Give I us the old-tlmo minstrelsy, say 1. I Away with this circus combination of Vaudeville, Slap Bang and Hurdlo I Jumping. Dig up somo of tho forgot- ten Chestnuts and crack them again! Thoy are peaches and cream com- I pared to some of today's "jokes." J & 1 J. II. Stoddart and "Tho Bonnie I Brier Bush" aro still running merrily on and will until tho end of the sea- H son. when, it is understood, tho ven- ! erablo actor is to retire. Tho play H will also, no doubt, be taken from the H stage, because it will bo quite lmpos- slble to find another "Lachlln Camp- bell" capable of measuring up to Stod- dart's standard. Then, again, where ! In tho wide, wide actor-world can bo found such a resistless "Posty" as Reuben Fax? With the retiring of Stoddard, "Tho Bonnlo Brier Bush,' stripped of dramatic verdure, will be hardly moro than dry and withered vegetation. I Thero is something pathetic in all this a popular play swept into the dust-bins and tho passing of an actor much beloved for his personal quail- H tics and admired for tho constant ap- proaches he has made to the highest ideals of his art. Dear, old Stoddart! May his gathering chills or growing ago bo tempered with an over grow- ing warmth of heart, while tho gentle years shift tho scenes, many, many times, before life's final act is played. For Held's band concert tomorrow evening, a program containing somo m now and catchy numbers, has been or- m ranged. In continuing tho policy w m present high-class vocal soloists, Mrs- m Lizzie Thomas Edwards Is announced as tho singer of tho evening. 1! Tho Salt Lako theatre Is booked solid for next week. James a. Heme's well known play of American life and character, "Shore Acres, will be presented Tuesday and yeu- ifesday nights, with tho usual Wednes- day matinee. I I"Cirhnrsday, Charles B. Hanford ,a ,T? Othello" at the matlneo and CaoB?r do Bazan" at the evening Jmanco "Don Caesar," the lnt-pf lnt-pf Ston to the Hanford repertory, est Zt to with scenes calculated to H 8? dasn'nk cavallelry roles It dSS Hves Miss Drofnah opportunities, Karl ank to display the highest f j n romantic womanhood. "Othel-Kl?l "Othel-Kl?l of course, appeal strictly to 7 rIc side of Mr. Hanford's dra-c dra-c ar Mr. Frank Hennlng, In the Sf of "Iago." Is said to present a 'ftv interpretation of all the subtle ,nnlnir of Shakespear' masterpiece of Si meanness. "Othello" is prom-ued prom-ued la scenic nnlshed detail and cos-' tumlc completeness reflective of historical his-torical accuracy. Following Mr. Hanford on Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matlneo appears Harry Beresford In "Our New Man," a comedy my Charles T Vincent. Mr. Beresford has a reputation rep-utation as a comedian whose eccentricities eccen-tricities and quaint manner of speech have provoked the risibilities of Eastern East-ern audiences. The comedian Is said to be surrounded by a company of exceptional ex-ceptional merit. The play, it Is promised, prom-ised, will be handsomely costumed and the staging presents a number of scenic sce-nic novelties new to theatrical patrons. pat-rons. HARRY LB GRANDE. |