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Show AMUSEMENTS ? IN SALT LAKE, THEATERS. ? f f v Comedy Drama. COLONIAL THEATER "The Vlr- -r ginlan." Evening, S:15, v h x English Comedy. v- BUNGALOW THEATER "Lor1 I- and Lady Algy." Evening, S:I5. v J 4 Melodrama. 4. 4- GRAND THEATER "Tho Night 4 f Before Christmas." Evening. S:15. Vaudeville. $ ORPHEUM THEATER Advanced i vaudeville. Matinee, 2:15. Even- ing. S:in. MISSION THEATER Imperial 4- vaudeville. Matinee. "J:30. Even- 4-Ing, 4-Ing, 7:30 and 9:15. 4 t"i i 'i : K--K-: i : ; : : ; : i m-k-h- In the days that havo gone, whenever George Primrose and his minstrel company com-pany came to Salt Lake tho mere announcement an-nouncement was sufficient to Jill the Salt Lake Theater, where his company appeared. ap-peared. Ho was usually here for threi days and capacity audiences wero always al-ways present. For Primrose always had a good 'company and ho himself was a whole show. He Is yot, and he Is Just as nimble with his feet as in the ycar.s that have gone. But somehow or other ho has not. in the selection of his present company, surrounded himself with the kind of minstrels that he has had heretofore He appeared at the Salt Lake Theater on Thursday evening. The audience was a good one. but not a capacity ono. Primrose Prim-rose himself was, as said, uu good as ever. His songs and his dancing were like Primrose. There was a musical act that was clever, and the remainder of the show was but mediocre. The Mission theater is presenting another an-other high-class bill this week, the opening open-ing performance having been given on Thursday and the hill continues through Wednesday next. Those who saw last weck'a bill at the Mission pronounced it the best yet presented there. This -week's bill is more evenly balanced nnd has last week's bill beaten from point of merit. There might be a difference of opinion regarding the .hcatlllncr. Ed Gallagher .& Co.. In "The Battle of Bay Rum," will evoke a laugh from tho grouchluat grouch Mr. Gallagher has an excellent' voice .and isn't afraid to use it. Lou L. Shoan. ns "an old sea dog," Is also a singer of class. Some old Jokes nro sprung, but the general run of them are new nnd ponotratlng. There Is another member of the company, com-pany, but he just happens around oc casionally, a la excess h;iggjige. Harry Thompson, monologlst and mimic. Is- aa good in his line na the best of them. Mr. Thompson has a voice that, can bo stretched to any measure, from the near-grave consumptive voice to that of the husky-lunged Irish policeman. po-liceman. Bandy & Fields, singers and dancers, provide a few moments of high-class entertainment, their dancing being- something some-thing new and novel In the clog line. John Borgamasco. Italian barltono (ho 1h also, billed to whistle some, but he doesn t), Is possessed of a voice of rare fiuallty and richness. His selections arc from several of tho leading operas. Bell & Caron do an acrobatic act. with a little singing and dancing Interposed that odd classiness to tholr endeavor. This act is well up In merit. Crlmmins? & Gore, eccentric comedians, in a novel singing and dancing farce, that Is a cluviation from the general run of this class of acts, aro entorlalncnl of ability. The pictiircgraph complote3 the It is not often In these days that ono can go. to see a comedy and enjov a spontaneous laugh, not a laugh that'has fi? havc 11 m.i0 P"B to set It started, like the gasoline engine in the new flv-Ing flv-Ing machines, but a real, genuine, mirth-provoked mirth-provoked laugh. If anyone has not seen "Lord and Lady Algy" at the Bungalow this week, and fools, as tho Marquis of Quarby says In the play, .'.n JlUlu liverish." liver-ish." ho can shake off low spirits by laughing, at tho complications ot the different dif-ferent personages In tho comedy, It is a capital play. Well acted througnout and well staged. Of course, Wlllard Mack and Maud Leone, ns Lord and Lady Algy. tho principal characters, carry the honors in the brunt of the work, but all tho "other parts are well sustained "with some exceedingly clover acting, and one bus the raro satisfaction, from beginning be-ginning to end, of viewing a Mulshed piece of work. Tho scenes are laid in English high-life racing elrclus, plenty of dukes and lords and other titled folks, and most of tho characters get themselves them-selves into all manner of scrapes, but in the closing act all difficulties are smoothed away and all hearts reconciled, and. an Senator Root once observed, "all s well that ends swell," There will he a matlnco Saturday. Paulino Hall, the famous beauty prlmn donna, who shares the honors with Will Archie, tho original "Bud." in the great racing comedy-drama "WUdllrc." tho attraction at-traction next week at, tho Colonial, wears somo of tho most stunning gowns of her career, and she has always been distinguished distin-guished for hor artistic costumes. It is worthy of note that, although Miss Hall visited Paris last summer in search of suitable gowns for her present tour, sho cmno back empty handed, having deckled that right In America she could secure moro novel and artistic creations. Madame Toresa Carrcno. the greatest woman pianist In the world, comes to tho Shubert for one concert only, on Monday evening, January 17. Nevor was tho fallacy of that adage that prophesies tho early death of those upon whom tho gods have centered tholr af-foctionB af-foctionB better Illustrated than In the case of Madame Carrono, for though her hair .may bo flecked with tho rime of winter years, hor heart Is as green oa it was in the springtime of her activities. Strong and self-reliant as is her method, sho prefers to pcrsuado rather than to dogmatize There is nothing of the pedant and less of the pedagogue about her utterances. For moro years now than ono cares to remember she has preached the gospel of beauty for beauty's sake, and It is largely because she has never practiced the so-called intellectual side of her art (tho cultivation cultiva-tion of which too often leads to tho annihilation of feeling) at tho expense of the emotional that her success as a picture maker Is largely due. The wonderful popularity of "Tho Virginian" Vir-ginian" as a boolr. the exceptional success suc-cess of tho play and the admirable portrayal por-trayal of tho name part by William L. Glvson havc mado the engagement at tho Colonial this week an event of moro than pleasing interest. The main Incidents of the novel are faithfully preserved in tho transition from hook to play. "The Virginian" will run the week. A house that nearly rilled every available avail-able seat at the Grand Thursday night say that they were agreeably disappointed disap-pointed with the performance. Thoy came to witness a production of tho pastoral drama, "The Night Before Christmas" , they were charged less than one-half of tho prices that havo been in vogue at the popular playhouse, and naturally expected that the play would be in keeping with tho price of admission. admis-sion. To their great surprise Ibey found the play fully up to the standard of melodramatic productions, and the long waits that have boon so much in evidence evi-dence heretofore were entirely eliminated,-and Illustrated song, moving pictures pic-tures and some very clever specialties wero Introduced. Ono of the most distinguished actors on tho Amorlcan stage is scheduled for next week at tho Orpheum. He is William Wil-liam H. Thompson, who will present "Pride of Regiment," a little drama that has had a phenomenal success In London, Lon-don, where it bus been running continuously continu-ously since February, 190S. This week's bill continues to pack tho house nightly. The matinees arc also large. The overture over-ture "Taunhauser," as rendered by tho Orpheum orchestra under tho direction of Prof. Wlllard Weiho, is worth tho prlco of admission if there were nothing else upon the bill. The Symphony orchestra next Sunday, at 1.15 o'clock, will be heard In the following fol-lowing programme-. 1. Prelude to Lohengrin Wagner 2. Ballet music from Queen of. Sheba Goldmark H. Prelude to Hansel and Grotol.... i. Fifth Symphony (llrst movement) move-ment) Beethoven Mr. Dougall furnishes the following programme notes upon part 2 of the performance: per-formance: 5. Concerto for pianoforte and orchestra or-chestra Grieg I. Allegro modcrato, mono. Allegro, animate Meno allegro, poco plu. Allegro. II. Adagio. III. Allegro marcato. poco plu tran- oulllo. Anianato, quasi presto, andante maestoso. Edward Grieg was born at Bergen, Norway, in 1813. His great ambition was to creato a national spirit of music in his own country, and this lie succeeded succeed-ed In doing. He died In 1907. The concerto con-certo for piano and orchestra will afford af-ford Miss Clayton an opportunity for displaying her magnificent technical and poetical qualities. This creation of Grieg's scintillates with difficult and brilliant arpeggios, scales and trills; melodies full of depth and beauty, gracu anil vivacity- The second movomcnt, "adagio," contains one of the most refined re-fined and appealing themes of this great master's compositions. The last division divis-ion of the concerto Is a series of dance movements, piquant and graceful, elegant ele-gant In its construction, ending in a majestic motif In which tho virtuosity of the pianist Is pitted against the crash of the full orchestra. C. Suite La Fcria Lacomhc Paul Lacomhc. pianist and composor, was born at Carcassonne, France, In 1837. Ills best works are his orchestral and chamber music. The llrst movement move-ment of "La Fcria" is dainty and capricious, capri-cious, suggestive of the dancing of fairies 7. Pomp and Circumstance Elgar Edward Elgar was born at Broad-heatli, Broad-heatli, near Worcester, England. June 2, 1857. He is today the most noUiblo figure fig-ure In the English-speaking musical world. "Pomp and Circumstance" Is a great, noble march, full of weird effects in the brass and wood-wind. The chief melody Is sung by the strings and Joined in later by the brass, working up to a soul-stlrrlng llnale. Tho scat sale for the. concert Is now on at tho Colonlul theater. |