OCR Text |
Show t ... . ! - ::::t , , .... l r.3 . L . at thh SALT LAZr. r It is doubtful whether -Klrke La Shelle imagined a more hlc - and sprightly prima donna for his "Princess "Prin-cess Chic" than Is Miss Vera Mloheiena. . She is indeed a prince of "chics," dainty dain-ty and modish to her finger tirs, and with a voice." while not strong, that is clear in tone and true to the score. Spontaneity and force are perhaps the only qualities tha young woman does not possess in a sufficient degree to be entirely satisfactory. Confidence in one's self, however, will engender the former of these and force will come with practice and experience. Most certainly has Miss Michelena a promising prom-ising career before her. As to the opera comique, as Klrke La Shelle prefers to have hia production produc-tion called. It is still the same -elaborately dressed, handsomely mounted, and beautifully peopled "Princess Chic" that first came to us. An array of chorus girls In natty red costumes, comedians, whose legs make you laugh, and singers whose voices have that Jfcving and dash only found in the lighted world are all inherent parts of 1 "Princess Chic." And fun whl, the ensemble at the close of each alt re-Iminds re-Iminds one of a three-ring clrcns, so Vnuch is there that it is quite impossible Jo see and hear it-all. Then there is Soseph C. Miron, he of the massive lorm, the voluble voice, and flexible ace;-well, to be Just with Mr. Miron, lis equal has seldom been seen. His , sng "War is a Bountiful Jade," is and wjli remain one of the gems of comic osera. - Pesides these there is Forest Huff, remembered by Salt Lakers as the bari-. bari-. tone of the Wllbur-KerWin opera com- I pany. He sings the part of "Charles the . Bold,"' with spirit and. his voice shows a marked improvement since it was heard here last. Miss Adele Stoneraan, page to the princess, . has a " deep contralto voice of exceptional quality; and her rendering of "The i Love Light in Your Eyes." won the , limit of encores. Albert Mahar, the I , bibulous steward to his-highness, has two funny legs, a rubber neck and the other requisites of the eccentric comedian. come-dian. "The Story Book" song was sung effectively by Miss Edna Floyd and Lyman Ly-man Wheeler, and the "Reader of Riddles" Rid-dles" "-quartette by actual count was recalled for six encores. See the "Princess "Prin-cess Chic," she is the kind of royalty you like. The engagement is for the. ' remainder of the.week , AT THE GRAND. CAST OF CHARACTERS. Dan Match?. William R. Abram Jobson Solomon. .George H. Jlermandes Colonel Claxton Edmond Abbey Brady, the cook ........Wallace Hester C. C. Johnson, a young gentleman.. 4- C. F. Hooley Y Dan Match. Jr......'. James Rogers Ki'l Millie Maxle Mitchell 1 " Jane Pennywise Camson.. .Anna Dodge 1 Mrs.-Johnson f. Alice Wallace ' f The New Grand opened last night, to t the double Bill. "A Virginia Romance" ( and Mark E. Swan's farce comedy "A Runaway Match." A fair audience was in attendance, considering the bad weather, and during the comedy was .kept in a continual roar of laughter. The curtain raiser "A Virginia Romance" Ro-mance" is a pretty little one-act drama that tells a sweet little love story. "A Runaway Match." is a name that keeps one looking for a turn in the farce that dos not materialize yet the fun goes on. Dan Match is left an income of $100 a month by his aunt in case he marries at once. In two years the property is to be turned over to him by the executor. Col. Claxton. Match falls in love with a girl at th seaside, ' but her father won't permit her to - marry until she is 19. Meanwhile to "' keep a home for his aunt's old servants Dan writes the Colonel that he has married an orphan girl. As the end of the two yeara the Colonel telegraphs Dan that he is coming up to turn over the property. Match at once begins to hunt for tome one to impersonate the quondam Mrs.' Match. He asks Jane Camson, an old maid, to help him and is refused, although Jane changes her mind with-, out1 telling him. Dan then insists up-' on Jobsott. the gardener, becoming Mrs. Matcli for the day, Jobson also refuses re-fuses but afterward relents. .Match then makes a bargain with Millie, the housemaid, who has in reality secretly married Jobson, to act as his wife foi the day. Then the trouble begins with three Mrs. Match upon the scene. In the next act the Colonel asks about the boy and more complications ensue and an overplus of babies Is the result. In ",the last act the Colorel finUs out Match f and forgives him sn.d Dan learns that ( his swoetheiWt is the Colonel's dautrh-A dautrh-A ter. One of the conditions of his forgiveness for-giveness by the Colonel In that he attend at-tend the Colonel's daughter's wedding as the oridegroom. The characters are all well filled and the piece moves , with the snapplness necessary in such plays. It is continued con-tinued tonight and Saturday and Sat- urd ay matinee.- Good nouses arc merited by this production. pro-duction. Paul Girmore will ! present Haddon Chambers' amusing comedy. "The Tyranny Ty-ranny of Tears," in this city next week. The play has enjoyed prolonged runs in London and .New York. Gilmore is known as a talented and discreet actor and Jules Murray has supplied an excellent ex-cellent production and a remarkably clever company to support him. .... For the first half of next week, Man-( Man-( agers Jones and Hammer announce "For Her Sake," the sterling melodrama. melo-drama. The Grand will be dark during the latter half of the week. The seat sale for the Symphony Orchestra Or-chestra concert next Wednesday is going go-ing on now at the Salt Lake Theater. |