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L A P MOD MODERN RN EVE I F tho the original I Eve e who Is popularly sUI supposed po to have created the part I t I IF was even half as alluring as A Modern Evo vo Adam is hereby pardoned pardoned excused and forgiven orrl for 01 eating the apple for tor rendering fig leaves lea out oi of fashion Cashion Stealing Into Salt Lake Jako almo almost t unawares Mort H II Singer and Martin Martin Mar tar tin Beck's Becks t production A Modern Eve En opened at the Salt Luke Lake theatre last nl night ht bringing ing hack back memories of or The Time the Place PI and the Girl before be- be fore foro it was vas done tione to death by fifth class companies anti and providing a a. legitimate legit leglU mato mate successor for Cor Ever Every Little LillIe Movement the moving moving- lilt that made mad Madam l Sherry an and which really and actually was vms Madam ladam Sherl Sherry ln lnA A Modern Evo E a tantalizing seductive air all runs through h it as us a a. motif mOUl an anair anair annil air nil of the kind the sort that everybody tries to sing sinS after lea leaving the theatre The name namo of or It is unimportant hut but the program calls it Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Good bye Ever Everybody hody it bids litiS fair tall to become as popular as the piece de dc resistance resistance- of 01 Madam Sherry u with ith Alele Rowland anu anti Clarion lanon zw a us me Llie voices olce even cn the he most ordinary of musical comedy would bo be entertaining but hut butto when to these are n added e an excellent comedian of the unctuous sort a chorus of or male tunic and female voices excellently trained and as fre fresh as though sleeping cars cal and antI draughty th theatres atres were unknown splendidly produced well vell COB COB- turned and with appropriate stage stage- settings tho result cannot help but b ba be something something- worth while The plot of A itA Modern l Eve Evo Is well weB defined much more moro so than tho the average e potpourri of music and clever dialogue and anti thoro thoroIs Is a story thread ea easily lIy followed Its compelling power however hon lies ies in tho the tuneful music mul and the Uw splendid company compan which sings singH it H. Miss lIs Roddy who mn may he be presumed to bo ho tho the Prima donna looks wholesome wholesome whole whole- some and acts It It has a sweet voice of 01 sufficient power and anci Is young oun enough enough to Invest her vocalizinG with tho the simplicity of youth MISs MIs Rowland has been beena a supporting member of or musical comedy casts for several years is vivacious charming ami enters into the spirit of her role rolo with a a. verve cne and abandon that Is pleasing in th the extreme Miss Arlino Boiling as a flirtatious baroness has not much to do de but look well ell and does docs that to everybody's ovel entire satis atia- faction na Ray flay Raymond graceful and with th a a. pleasing voice Louis and others of th the male mate members of the tho company compan are aro well wen cast Alexander Clark husband of or a n woman lawyer is screaming runn His as the tho henpecked funny appearance ap ap- ap- ap JH nCe arl upon ullon the tile stage was tho signal for roars of laughter which continued continued con con- throughout tho the evening In fact the tho cur curtain curin in descended upon tho the first act amidst such rounds of or applause that it was difficult to induce the audience audience audi audi- to refrain ence y u r J j 1 lie 10 u o 01 HIo uis s hU HUH anu i U in me 1110 act i. i 19 splendid they are dancing lancing together as graceful and pleasing as could be de de- de sired The chorus I Is good to look upon and which Is supposed to be quite proper for a a. musical comedy chorus tho the d dear girls really felt under no obligation obligation ob oh- to conceal anything so 50 little was left leCt to the imagination that even the tired hu business man could enjoy enjo it without straining his mind mind or or his eyes The Cupid costumes costumes thc they warrant that appellation although there Is really but little of them them are are rather daring but the they were most becoming because because- I of oC the tho judicious selection made of or those who wore them We Wc fancy that they I made the costumes then ordered broilers to fit them and In many instances tho the broilers when they came were wore slightly larger than thon were ordered A u. Modern Eve E goes oes with a lL dash and a a. whirl from the tho beginning there Is 15 not a dull moment something doing all the time tImo If it one ma may pa paraphrase paraphrase para para- phra phrase o the Justly celebrated circus press agent Thero Is a professional smartness s a delicate grace about tho production that appeals strongly The youth of most of or the tho principals while it attracts might ar argue amateurishness amateurish amateurish- nes ness hut but It is nothing nothing- of the tho sort A Modern l Eve will wiIl appear this aften- aften noon tonight and tomorrow night A As musical comedy it Is doubtful whether it will be surpassed this tills sea season seaon on It Is decidedly surprising that It is so 50 excellent in 10 view of the atrocities which Mr rr Singer er has perpetrated upon us during the past few years But Bul all is fOI forgiven ho he has sent us A uA Modern Eve |
