Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 3 | Famous Artist Appears at Pantages Mee. Adeline Estee from Old School

FAMOUS ARTIST APPEARS AT PANTAGES w. w MME ADELINE ESTEE FROM OLD SCHOOL I I I f I y r t 1 d i L s 1 f t r rr c. c sj i i r Ii N I T Tt t f y w f S is r ro at e S f a ay y 67 4 ws i g S S t j spi rJ 4 a w 2 r j kIJ tr r 11 N h e. e 1 k ru Jr d r y f fl vry t S W G r v w y 4 r T tYkp f t f i w i S' S y dJ ttY P f rT i wg x y rr sa fYS Mme Adeline Adoline Estee who is appearing at the tho P Pantages theatre on the tho current bill bil as the prima donna with The Thc I pearls of Pekin under the tho direction ron of William F. F Bonce Bence Bon I of ot San Francisco and the coast will r recall call th the tho famous famous' old old Tivoli theatre lh atre In San Francl c as the school for more moro prominent artistes and performers performers per per- formers formers formers' than perhaps perhaps' perhaps perhaps' any other Institution institution tion lion in iii the tho United States States' Madame Adeline Estee who ho has the leading f feminine role In Tho The Pearls of or Pekin now aple appearing at Pant Pantages theatre theatre theatre the the- atre gained her hel first schooling at the Tivoli oll Breaking into the professional end of ot tho the business as a a. young young- girl with Gilmore's band as a n featured soloist Mme o soon won for herself laurels of the most moat roseate hue A contract with the Tivoli management followed and She sho was assigned a a. leading rolo role in The Tho Mikado Time The production was staged with the tho expectation of or a two weeks run but Lilt so IO popular was the piece that the first long run In the United States Stales was established with a ri record of six months It In speaking of ot tho the old days das In her dr dressing room last night the California song bird said There Thero is 15 no school on onearth onearth earth for fot the budding professional lIk like the old od Tivoli I spent two years In the tho i company ot of ouch famous famous' stars an ns Alice Neilson Nellson Mme and mau many oth oth- ers You would bo be surprised if it I 1 could name off to you tho the man many famous people who ho broke In at nt the tho Tivoli The two years earsl I put In with that c company were tho the hardest and at tho the sanie time most lucrative In point of oC experience in my entire professional nal existence and while I wouldn t take n a fortune fortuno for that experience exper- exper ence enco at nt the tho same saIne time I would hate to have It t to go through again In addition to being an n of rare rare I merit Mme Estee Is Js also a musician ana composer composer ol of note noto graduating from the I Cincinnati Conservatory of ot Music She She- has appeared with such successes 8 as The Tho Pink and tho the Merry Widow Pink Tho Tho Lady L. Castle Square re- re company company and al always always al- al ways In a prominent part art She Is the composer of Tho The Wedding of or the Winds I and many other famous musical scores In Jil private life lito tho the madame Is II Mrs William Wil Wll- Wil- Wil liam F. F tho the character actor who it portrays tho the role of ot a Chinese laundryman laundry laundry- I man in their present offering Mr Ir Bence Is also allo a a. member of ot the old I school and has played opposite some of ot I the tho country's biggest star stars His Chinese impersonation in Is in a n class by Itself Mr Bence Benca being the the- only actor on an the tho American American Amer Amer- I ican stage doing a Chinese And speaking speak speak- speaking In ing the purl pure Oriental 1 language e. e Last season seMon Bence Benco was featured in the tho Sophie Soph In Tucker Tick Tack Toe Too show how on Broadway In hIs hla pre present nt act he its plays plas a no genuine Chinese this Is is' not tho the exact spelling but la le the tho closest the tho Chinese Chines language permits n IL musical instrument of simple appearance but but almost impossible of oC producing producing producing- music Bence does It St however much to the tho mystification of ot various trap drummers drummer I and other orchestra members in different theatres theatre who havo tried It I Mr Bonce Bence hrs has only one message menage for Mr and Mrs Theatregoer Theatregoer and that that- f. f 10 Is Ha He He does not smoke moko hop hoi to Benco Bence says Bas ho he may lOay look tho the part in I hl makeup end and perhaps ho he has haa wanted to try th the tuft stuff for foe a a. greater grent r effect in la his role but buthe ho hD I admits also aleo r that hea hes somewhat afraid At any rate he cla n sto to be able to emulate emu emu- I late ll the heathen in point overY b hs tt S m I