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Show ANNA HELD has become nn actress. ' Jn "Miun'acllc Napoleon" sho does a bit of legitimate work. And sho docs IKwi'll. Anna has boon on the stsiRo for lo, these several years, but always al-ways we believe, ns a giddy young thing. Her Gulllc Intonslty has been cvprosscd hi glances, In hoad-tosslng, In mouth-puckering, in posturing; In agility of inei. In colorful commotion throughout. Jn short, sha has boon an artiste In stunts. But hero sho Is now doing a few serious things. This earnest business Is. lo be sure, somewhat some-what on tho side. She deals In trltlcs. pretty trlfli's, still- But from the point at which Khft says lo a conspiring of HcIhI of the empire, who seeks to make her a favor-lto favor-lto of the emperor. "You would-a tempt mo!" to the end of tho scenr with the emperor em-peror hlnsclf, what she doen Is reiUly-truly reiUly-truly nctlng She turns her temperament to rood account. JDesplte her petit form and her petit voice, her part Is well proportioned pro-portioned and wHI expressed. Wr knew Husband Zlegfeld would be unsparing In the uae of dry noode. The apparel Is something sumptuous. He knows by this time how to buy dress soods. but still these garmiittt.s we neo on the glrln must have coPt a good sum. At times thev tend to dazzle tho "mere mnlc eye. They fill the stage with rich, radiant color right up to the srencry. which sheds more glitter. Into this gorgcousncsx comes Anna nt flrat drowsed neatly In male at-tlr. at-tlr. It If a modest suit and Is not tolerated tol-erated long, being quickly displaced by a feminine costume, ihv llret of a series oC gowns cut low Her " A Ja Modo" girls aro as statuesque and gracoful its her "Sadie girls" of last season, which may be partially duo lo the fact that sono of th?m wero Sadies On theao appear clothep of great variety, which aecm to set woll. Indeed. Tho grace that In characteristic char-acteristic of these big girls la alno manifested mani-fested by the smaller and livelier ones, and there Is a great deal of good poetry In their many motions. Joseph W. Herbert Is Htlll tho comedian of the company He !s handicapped by his part. It If not difficult to keep within bounds the mirth It provokes. Frank Runhworth again has the character of the soulful lover and Is awcet at It Little Franz Ebert was so cute- that in one seeno ho almost -committed the unpardonable sin of being as popular as the star Arthur IawTenco officiated with force as Napoleon, Napo-leon, but if one wanted to see a true likeness like-ness of Napoleon vou had to look at a distinguished dis-tinguished mining man In one of the stalls. Knox Wilson was a very good police agent If excellent playing on musical Instruments Instru-ments make." one such. And a human-headed human-headed puppet show was an effective feature. fea-ture. Music? Oh, yes. indeed. Good music. Gus JwUders wrote It. Singing? Yes. Why, of course. Good singing. Men In tho chorus? t'ertalnly. Good fellows. Graceful, Grace-ful, too. Plot? Well, ves. It runs along to the middle of the affair and then gets lost somewhere. Well received? Very well, but not as enthusiastically as last years exhibition, when the Held was called on for a upcech. Largo house? Yp,i, full "Mam'selle Napoleon" will be displayed this afternoon and again tonight. o "Cinderella" will bo played at the Grand Thoatre this afternoon and "Kidnapped" tonight. Jessie Norton will appear In the latter as Mrs. ?IcMooney, her original role. Ida Duo, a clever Salt Lake girl, Is to be In tho cast of "Shenandoah" at the Grand next week. Of The girls who do the champagno danco In "The Silver Slipper" aro going Into vaudovlllc. They will take the dip in SL Louis at the conclusion of tho tour of the musical comedy. . mat, Miss Ada Patterson, formerly of Salt Lake, Is at present contributing to the Theater Magazine a series of studies of players. In which she again reveals the lino sympathy with tho stage and Its people peo-ple that characterizes tho stories In "By tho Stage Door." i Frederick Belnsco has secured the rights to the stage version of Jack London's book, "The Call of tho Wild." The story Is all about a dog. Nominations for the leading role aro now In order, says tho Kansas City Journdl. Lawrance D'Orsay, tho English actor, finds tho American gamin a source of endless end-less delight. While standing In the doorway door-way of a theater in Philadelphia he saw a newsboy leading a disreputablo yellow dog by n string. "If you will give mo that dog." said D'Orsay. "I'll get you Into tho show " The boy replied . "How do I know you'd take caro o' de pup?" The actor laughed and got the little chap a front seat In the gallery. Next day he saw tho newsboy and n3ked: "How did you like tho show?" "Huh," growled the gamin, "I'm glod I kept me dog." |
