Show Inimitable Comedians Montgomery and Stone Make Salt Lakers Laugh Hilariously ly I SALT LAKE The The LAKE The host ghost of the the- straw man nian danced on tIme the stage of the Salt Balt Lake Lako theatre last Jast ni night ht The squeak of his voice echoed on cars I which had bad heard it in the time fantastical U Wizard of Oz alone with the imaginary imaginary imag imag- inary mary rattle of the tin man for to all who had bad seen Montgomery Mont omery and Stone in jn their famous fairy play th there re came back visions of their weird characters which delighted thousands over seven years ago There i is not so much ninth of the imag imago inary about their musical com comedy dy this time which they call can The Old OldTown Town It is a s satire tire on the illiterate but ambitious rich and it is almost cruel in the sting of its sarcasm Take Tako Fred Pred Stone and David Montgomery Mont Mout gomery 2 out of time the show and it would would- fall faU so hard that its jar would be felt even to the fourth generation But iut leave lea them in iu and you will forget your coal bill your Iras Ira's gas bill biU and your grocery bill while witnessing a performance of The Tho Old To Town n And bv by this it is not meant that Charles Dillingham sent gent out any inferior inferior in in- in support for his noted stars There is is js not a weak wak spot in the tho company BO so I far as the ordinary mortal can observe I but html Montgomery and Stono Stone aro are so exclusive ex cx- in their class that they carry their shows br by their own cleverness Tho The comical comedians appear in inmany inmany in inmany many disguises and constantly keep their audience in laughter First they are circus men and Stone stono performs a a. really i-cally dexterous stunt on the tight rope while Montgomery 1 does docs the tho barker act et ct to perfection Then they take fake oft the tIlO Scotch next appearing in in Swe Swedish costumes But th the bi big hit is is made when Mont Mont- pom pomp conies PI on II as the iho Japanese I stat statesman and Stone arrives s in th the guise suise of a Mexican cowboy The latter hatter makes the vaudeville lariat champions look like drawing room mollycoddles when it comes to swinging swine a rope and add dancin dancing in its loops He must have bave realized he was wu in th the glorious west last n night when he heart heard the uproarious applause after his bis first sensational lasso trick lie JIe Ic was vas so clev clever r the bi bit bie audience forced audience forced him to repeat and every time he did something something some some- thing better About bout the only thread of plot in the piece is the ambition pf of a e newly rich richman Ulan muse to become a United States sea Ren ator with his wife urging him on al althe aU alt aUthe the time trying to marry a ry her nieces to toa a pair of routs A citified country boy Stone ain and his manager Montgomery cry ery naturally win Win the girls before the tho curtain rin rings s down on the s second cond anc and last act Clara Palmer ralmer as the ambitious wife who commits a a. sin sn against the En English language every Overy time she he utters a word i and a II crime every time she speaks a sentence is excellent She presents an absolutely true pic picture pie pie- turn ture of a type which has hM furnished considerable considerable con con- amusement for more snore fortunate fortu nate mortals If you vou have seen Montgomery and Stout Stono in The Wizard of Oz or The Red Mill Mill fm there is is no use Ul advising you what hat to do this time You will have bought your tickets ts before this But Bui if you haven't na seen them but only the sh shows ws thc they mail made famous you would do dowell well to seek advice from your neighbor who went last night to see them in inThe inThe inThe The Old Town v a.-v i |