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Show AMUSEMENTS f l- j. SALT LAKE THEATRE Second concert of tho Snlt Lako Symphony orchestra; Arthur Ar-thur Shepherd, director. In Us educational work, tho Salt Lake Symphony orchestra Ib making progress At leant, It Ib, If you can bcllcvo tho testimony The chief purpoao of tho orcanlintlon, of course, la to rromoto a desire for tho best muple. Evidently, It In promotlnr It. Authorities on tho subject have alvv-n.ro folt that tho public tasto wan something to be deplored. Probably, they will never bo nblo to clvo It tholr entlro approval, nut hero at least It lu coming on. How often It hao been painfully apparent, that the creat public preferred pre-ferred to co to hear muslo that plcancd It would do It more trood. Some, Indeed, havo always been lovingly flovoted to tho great masters. Others who havo had an Insistent, plobflan llklnff for unworthy things that tickled their earn, havo clvcn encouragement to tho higher art, either becauso they had a conscientious feeling that thoy should, or becauso they thoucht thoy mlcht acquire a taato for the beat, or becauso thoy wanted others to understand that the real thine In muslo stirred their souIk. nut theno havo foldom been numcrout enough to All houses. Tho peoplo with tastes that noeded Iroprovo-mont Iroprovo-mont stayed away. And thus many plana for their rood failed to nourish. Even In Salt I-ake, which boasts of Its musical culture. It has In tho pniit seemed Imposslblo to maintain a musical organization having tho highest purpose. But a chanco Is apparent. Last tsoajon, when tho Salt Lako Symphony orchestra unvo Its first series of concerts. It had to entice people to hear Its substantial numbers by clvlnc selections that wero lleht and sometimes almost frivolous. frivo-lous. So even tho more or Iocs uncultured had much to enjoy, and tho work of lmprovo-mont lmprovo-mont woh Insidiously dono. Tho result was last nlRht apparent. A larso audlonco not only npplnuded but ovldrntly thoroughly enjoyed a procrammo on which lozart, and Mondclrsohn and Wacncr wore represented, and to which other composers drawn on, Gounod and llassonot and Suppc, furnished nothlnc really fantastic. Was not this evidence of good pro-cress? When this audlenco listened to Moznrt's symphony 33, E nut. admirably played, through tho adagio, tho allegro, tiro andante, tho mcnuolto to tho finale, and unitedly cjrprossed itn appre ciation, tnero wao certainly proor or advanco-ment. advanco-ment. And when theso hearers remained, expectant, ex-pectant, nfter tho rather abrupt ending of a selection from Wocner. tho Inst number, ns if they wanted moro of It, who can doubt tho Improvement of taste? Tho Mendelssohn number wns Mr, Skolton'p. It consisted of tho andante and flnalo from tho violin concerto, and It wan tho most popular pop-ular ono of tho night. In response to enthusiastic en-thusiastic npplauso Mr. Skclton played Wlcnlawskl's Oprtox Mazourka. Mrs. Lu-nlla Lu-nlla Fcrrln Sharp sang "Moro Regal In His Low Estate" from Gounod's "Queen of Sheba." Mrs, Sharp wns a favorlto hero as Miss Forrln, nnd nho was warmly grcotnl. Sho sang delightfully, though her voice scorned a llttlo light for tho selection. Her encoro selection was "Tho N'ymphs of tho Ithlne." In which her trilling was admirable. Tho orchestra especially aroused tho audlenco audl-enco with Masscnut's music, from tho "Scenes Pittorcwjues," and then added to tho enjoyment enjoy-ment by playing a minuet by Boccherlnl. GRAND THEATER "For Mother's Sako." Those who caro for molodrama enjoyed themselves at tho Grand last ovcnlng, tho attraction being "For Mother's Sake" Tho plcco In entertaining and fasclnatlnc, nnd those who aro fond of villains' and heroe.i should not fall to toko It In. Mario Heath Is In the leading rolo and last evening acquitted ac-quitted herself uatlsfactorlly. "For Mother's Sako" runs three nights with a Wednesday matlnco. ' |