Show Ij I AMUSEMENTS i U 1 J I To those tb who have hare hav seen her this one me meo word o conveys a more mOle vivid I Idea Ide than Lan would columns of written description I It I describes derit a personality unique a genius geil a witch with a power of such Uch infinity and a sublimity that tt it suggests rather tather rathe the fer force erce that uplifts mountains or o causes CUI the theto theto sea to rage r than one ou to b be associated ate with witha wih I a p human one little woman It is all al in her hel slight form More Jore than I that hat there thre is 1 the greater power which I reaches rech the intellect arid arki ar the t soul sul Those Tb who wh saw sw the opening onn of oC Mme Mine engagement em t with Ibs A A Dolls Dols House at the t Salt Sat Lake Le theatre last It evening witnessed one o of the th greatest theatrical Metrical p performances 8 of a generation This play pi of Ibsen Ib portrays first fIrt a charming idyl IdI Then rn danger begins begin to hover hoe over or ov th the innocents hovering havering hven closer clOr clOrand and closer clel to the carefree menacing her hr more and ad more mo until she becomes affrighted swooping down dow at last only to demonstrate the cowardice co r of oC the th supposedly stronger man mn and to turn tu the into a woman WOI powerful and a sudden and wonderful tact met metamorphosis The Te first impression of this thi Russian Rulan act actress rose ress re is Ii of ef wonder at her tremendous vital activity She bursts I on o the stage like He a girl 11 of 1 IS 16 years year with almost amot the same interest and ad joys Her husband bus objects oj u to macaroons because bu they the may my spoil her teeth teth and she smuggles them theft in like a t an girl gir at a boarding school Every part pr of her hel ter Uti lithe body b to is t in motion moton each ech minute She h flings finS her wraps about abt she sh rushes hither hiher and thither she talks in Jerks she the flutters futter like a humming bird bint except that tbt I she does doe doe not nt stay Itay in one oe place so s long as I Ids does ds one of these tb feathered pc bits bU when in investigating a flower She is angular Her He figure clad cl with without without out regard to t mode or 01 effect effet is in straight lines 1 Her every eve movement is II angular almost almot awkward and yet t one on does dG not feet feel fel that she 1 II hi exactly ungraceful e ful so expressive is everything she does tut s I sh c She S embraces embrace an a old fri frie friend nd gushingly Site She Se gets gt down on the floor fol and plays pia beI bear ear and hlAd k with her b children hugging and a kissing k ng them and a then th lying prone pone and kicking up her ber heels hl with wih mere merey m j Joy y Child Child Cid You Yo say sy it Imol involuntarily involuntarily She rushes rhe to her ber husband hund kisses J fon fondles f on dies him leaps leps into InO his hi lap strokes his bi forehead looks luks into his bl eyes ees e throws her herself he herself self l back in his arms arl and turns her b 1 gaze pS up toward towar his Little witch she Is to full tl i of witchery of a charm that cannot faR fan fanto fa faRto to captivate And yet there Is nothing of o the sensuality of a siren re The Th caresses Ce are all al as innocent a as those th of o a child hUd hUdo of tion o three thre years ears hobbling bubbling over oe with wt affection afe affection ton Danger begins b to cast cst its is shadows Slid She h flutters like an affrighted canary She turns hither and thither The Te first Ont show sow of depth in her bel character is I when she realizes that fate fat is i closing con in on her leI Here comes ce the te contrast between n the modern mern and the th old school Iho acting Nazi Nazimova mova la does do not rave rP and shriek and aD tear ter her MI hair ball She turns with th a suppressed sp sob and clings to her hr dear del woman wo friend fre Her weeping is 18 not wild On Oe One feels fels that the emotion is 1 too to deep dp for Ol that The Te only onh sound is i that of a few sobs sob sl which can cannot c cannot not nt be held bel within Again Agin her he determination on suicide Is I conveyed by mere mee suggestion In an In Indescribable indescribable describable way wy the shadow show lurks lurs over ovel her b face fa and an manner until the impression has been conveyed long log before she wraps wrap a black bk shawl about abut her he and starts stars to seek sk d death dath ath in the dark waters It I is in inthe Inthe the her h th turn leture of or her eyebrows her hel intonation Til Tilts This lead had up to her ber great geat scene ne the I climax which brought stolid men me out of their seats st in breathless interest I She is dragged dr back before she it ran ai leave the TOOTI roon roo s on her b errand ernd of i Ii In the costume of the masquerade ball bl from which she has nas ha just returned night of oC merriment mermet planned before death i ise she stands stan innocent Innot t hr hl 1 husband se At the outset outlet of or the play pla Nazi Nazimova Nazimova mova does dO not nt appear ap beautiful Hr TI I r face fa has b a lure lur intensified by her man nian manner man nor ner but bet there th re is nothing of f I neo mere bt prettiness pret Now New Xo she si stand brilliant mr blint Spanish costume I 1 and gay In face fae figure garb and man manner manner an ner neI g she is a beautiful young oung girl For Fol a time she turns tur in girlish q qIng 3 tt ing from the impending shock Then ncr h hIle husband begins iping to strip his soul until it i Ile she sh be hc begins i stands in stark hideousness S and h stan gins gns to see him as a a coward and ad a poltroon Not a word wod does do she utter ute As o she se leans beck back against the piano I looking lokin him silently in the th ee eye one can canH see H her be love Jve die di and an there th seems sm to be bean b bean an actual physical death lice Her He skin si turns to an ashy pallor It 1 te Is i done do before bf re the a eyes Death Deth seems ms to be b laying laving hold bol upon her The muscles mul s are ar rigid ng M Recovering Revering she retires to throw off of her dolls dress and return in i soberer garb garbIn garbIn In the minute she seems 8 to have bave g a aged Red years urs Just Jest how 00 se she accomplishes this Is one of the secrets of genius for tt no mere makeup could accomplish this re result result sult suIt In the final scene where she spurns her ber and seeks kl to show him what he heis heIe heis is Ie her ber voice voke rose rn but little above ordinary pitch Yet what a wealth or emotion Nazimova has baa reached the acme of true trueart trueart art She does not act She is Ther There Is perhaps one ene fault which might be found with her bel entire performance and the fact that English is i a anew new Ian lan language guage swage for her is I a good excuse for tOI that While she speaks with almost no accent beyond an occasional occa lonal burr bur her ber nunda enunciation tion when she talks talk rapidly is so IO indis indistinct indistinct tl et that at tones times it is difficult to follow her Iter Otherwise it is hard to find a flaw Oa The company is 18 excellent throughout hout Brandon Tynan the leading man is a splendid actor and played up to the star Just far enough eno b The others were all good Just one word as 38 to Ibsen s play in A Dolls Dolts House he be has grudgingly granted some virtues to mankind and womankind perhaps mainly to make their weaknesses stand tand out in greater relief but he has hu struck at least ast one radically false faise note He Ito has hy maintained sympathy throughout out for f a woman has given her r strength at a crisis and women usually are rp strong tron at critical times and then at the last mo me moment moment ment mont he be makes mak her b r desert des rt along with the husband her het children who are ab ly Iy blameless and whom she protests prote ts ew In loves lovee Writing for the world I been Ibsen could not have bave cast cut a greater reflection upon POD his own race r Th Tb blackest woman in darkest Africa would take her children with her into the Jungle if she deserted descried h her r lord and master mater An American wo wa woman waman 11 man would not have hav left her het offspring behind to a despised deep husband Does Ibsen mean await to imply that Norwegian or n women who could rise rice to such heights het hu of cour courage courage age in dealing with a husband would be besuch besuch such cowards when their children were ere concerned A female male animal would not net The IM women of Norway would not ot What woman an can defend Ibsen on this thin thinA A Dolls DolEs House Is the bill until Wed Wednesday evening Hedda Gabler will be presented Thursday evening evenin and Com Corn tesse tosse t Coquette tte the rest of the week Welk all an anUb wiTh the same me star The engagement of Arthur Cunningham Cunnin ham hamIn in The Kerry Cow Gow Go is proving a great greaf success at the tile Colonial theatre this week Another large audience was in attendance last lII t evening and Mr Yr Cunninghams songs won hearty heart applause There win will be mat matinees matInees limes on Wednesday Y day and Saturday The following week eek Mr Ir Cunningham will wID pre present present pr sent Shawn Shaun Rhue There Is a fine bill bIH on at the Orpheum for COI conference people also everybody tn body else ew tit It embraces every kind of or novelty and vaudeville There is It a play with wit a genii genuine genuIne ine hie prize fight At the Sound of the Gong musicians mu lela gymnasts export expert lasso Ieso thrower and all nil aorta of or good things thing The Grand has certainly struck truck the pop popular popular popular ular taste with The Runaway Tramp Tromp Crowds go there and ami enjoy enJo it ft The Tb perI per performance last Jut night was waa very smooth Del and an certain calls cans could easily have teen MD ba baken ta taken taken I ken as u they theT were asked for tOI forThe The TUP second cond of night engage i I mont dr drw tiree moe more pa J t w n lifted o the big JS horse nors and ix n n I broke rails nals i In i i hands and b bent nt hir ha haIt h with It rs hs terU Tho Th bar we e na J Ja i a Hn 4 11 s 1 Ce i t t c ci r r rv c fe ser 1 t t te ey e WT not then met I He announced during n the course of his h hi act at t 1 1 I that he w would l i forfeit S tonight an and 1 to in tto morrow night if any six ais men picked from front i I Ithe the audience e could break the grips grip pi of his h hands Rubber spike and cork shoei barred ned |