Show AMUSEMENTS After seeing the performance of The Toy Maker at the Theater last night for a dollar Salt Lahcu must have grlevcd at the dollar and a half thr > y huvo paid for several other shows recon re-con tly The Tlvoll Opera company is the populaivprlci1 upora company of San Francisco which has graduated a score of notod stats and noted lngen > Lasl night It vaa seen for the first time In Salt Ixiljo and carried Its trademark trade-mark a bright clover capable organization organi-zation not great I not startling but enjoyable en-joyable to the ear and pleasing to the eye The Toy linker Is n novel and taking tak-ing conceit and Is I so well nulled to the company that one cant help liking It Indeed In advance It can safely ho predicted that It will tickle the fancy of theaterRoers better than The Serenade Sere-nade which has become sort of hackneyed In the frequent hearing The story of Tho Toy Maker has already al-ready been told In these columns but there are any amount of delightful LhlngH on the stage that cant be reflected re-flected In a synopsis The Toy Maker is one of thorn t FerrlB Hartman who Is featured on the programme taken the title role nn old NurcmburfT toy maker lie la rich as the cheese l which comes from his country but It may be Interpolated Unit very good cheese < Is spoiled for l1 taste by eating too much of It Hart mans comedy Is a little overdosed at times much as he makes you laugh Annie Meyers as ElFii the doll Is a Rubens style of maiden with 1 pretty voice and dramatic skill Her impersonatIon Imperso-nation of tho mechanical doll xas well rounded and faithful yet the chorus of the monks led by l Arthur Cunningham Cunning-ham and Tioui Guise was very good singing Master Adams as the boy Chinese doll had much admiration which broko Into encores The other cols Maude French Flora Gln son particularly good Iabel Milliard iind Mildred Davis all took well The toy hop scene when all the animated toys I began to act was the most likable of I i the evenings entertainment The Tlvoll Opera company made good Its reputation as a reliable capable and I oen organization equipped with neat and pretty costumes supplied with I good scenery and an assemblage of real I singers The attendance was good though I nothing lee what The Liberty Belles had for an opening Applause was I generous almost from the beginning This opera lllls tonight and tomoro afternoon followed by ThE Serenade for the next two evenings and The filoPr Eyo for Saturday night With last nights Impetus business will increase In-crease A much larger l audience than ordinarily ordi-narily seen at the Grand on opening nights snw Thelma last night I was the kind of people who like the love story which was reflected by Mrs Soulhworth In the old days and Mario I Corclli In the new Alden Benedicts company gave Il better than It hits other pieces In past days The role of I the trusting I loving wife was played by Martha Beanford who gave a pails factory Interpretation Mr Larkin as the faithful husband temporarily l under un-der a cloud and Beatrice Thorne and I I F C Ilkks In the villain clement pleased their audience Tho perform I ance was of the popular kind and the I audience received the play graciously and followed It Intently J to the end Thelma fills the first nnlf and Fln nlgmx Bal the last half of the week The sale of Beats for the latter production produc-tion begins at the Grand today |