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Show I I AMUSEMENTS H AMUSEMENTS. H Salt Lake theatre Olga Nethcrsolc HH in "Saplio," matinee today, pcrfor- HH malice tonight. HH Orphcuiu High Class Vaudeville, HH today and tonight. HH Lyric "The Power of Justice," HHJ matinee today, performance tonight. H HHJ Coming Attractions. HHJ Salt Lake theatre Crcston Clarke HHJ in "The Ragged Messenger," I'cb. HHJ 18-20. H HHJ Seldom or never before has Salt HHJ I-nke received such a continuous in- HHJ tcllcctual dramatic treat as that given B by Olga Nethersolc during the week HHJ just closing. The town is to be con- HHJ gratulatcd also, on the manner it has HHJ responded to make the Nethcrsolc cn- HHJ gagement a box-office success bc- HHJ cause the actress really earned the HHJ money. HHJ The first intimation Sale Lakers HHJ had of Miss Nethersole's existence HHJ Was several seasons ago, when a New HHJ York police court studied "Sapho" at HHJ short range. Undesirable as the 110- HHJ toriety may have been from the ar- HH tistic standpoint, it certainly gave the HHJ actress a national tcputalion and HH opened the flood-gates of the money HH spenders. And while thousands have HHJ been attracted to Miss Nethcrsolc HH through curiosity in the first instance, HH their later conversion bad been bc- HH cause of the woman's personal genius HH and the almost new meaning she ap- HH plies to dramatic art. HH In personal appearance Miss Ncth- HH ersolc is more striking than beautiful. HH There is an intellectual expression in HH her face, however, far more attractive HH than the dreamy eyes and dimples HJ which drive poets to poetic madness. HH Her figure, tall and willowy the ab- Hh solute essential of an ideal actress Hh is most gracefully trained, or rather HH naturally responsive, in the allure- HJ ments which gesture adds to the HJ beauty of speech. She has a body H which might be variously compared HJ to that of a mermaid or a leopard. Hh There is the smooth, undulating grace HI of the one and the lithe, feline HH strength of the other. She can do all HJ sorts of tricks with it she can coil HJ herself like a serpent, with a quick, HI boneless heave until she seems drawn HJ within herself or uncoiling, she can HI lower above everybody oh the stage. HI And she can collapse all over, with HJ a kind of shuddering rhythm dis- HJ tressed, yet poetic like that of the HJ same serpent, dead and limp, thrown HI over a chair. Miss Ncthersolc has, HI more fully than most actresses, this HI wonderful power of accenting physi- Hfl cal expression. Bernhardt has it aso HI in almost limitless degree. Without HI it no acress can attain the perfect Hi flower of her art. The 'soul of the HJ artiste is only half reflected in her HJ voice when the body also responds, Hh then, and then only, does artistic con- HJ victiou work a double charm. HJ Miss Nethcrsolc is partial to what HJ arc called "problem plays." She HJ claims the seamy side of life teaches HJ moral lessons no less valuable than HJ those where virtue is the only mirror Hm held up to nature. This argument HJ does not originate with Miss Ncthcr- HJ sole the great Shakespeare was an HJ advocate of the same doctrine. A Hi problem play is not necessarily filthy Hi or vulgar, nor does it, when rightly Hi written, reach out and soil the linen HJ of our better selves. The best prob- HJ lem play best in the sense of truly Hi illustrating life must always contain HJ lessons of moral value. They heed HHu! not cater to vulgarity or obscenity. Tint they must give us Life whose pathway through the world is actually actual-ly and really red with the blood of feet pierced with thorns actually and really red with the blood of hands, thorn wounded in picking the flowers of folly and deceit. And besides the emotional actress fights her soul's battle on the field where shadows make the sunshine glorious by comparison. Miss Nethcrsolc has the happy faculty fac-ulty of losing herself in a part, so far docs she carry artistic conviction that the existence of an audience to play "at" seems utterly forgotten. JHer one pernicious fault lies in an unconscious uncon-scious surrender to monotone of speech, at surprising intervals, and, now and then, a rather wild gesticulations gesticu-lations of arms. But, in splendid atonement, there is always that superb su-perb technique which produces effects ef-fects not by noise or violence, but quietly, artlessly it seems, by the sheer power of authenticity. And this, after all, is what has filled the town with enthusiasm sending us out into the night with the missionary intention of reforming the world. Go and sec the eight Vassar girls at the Orphcum this week. Whether these young ladies have just escaped from the famous poughk-cpsic boarding board-ing school, matters little. And whether wheth-er they have college diplomas hidden away in their stockings, matters still less. The fact remains that these Vassar girls arc a bunch of rare entertainers. en-tertainers. They dance, they sing, play violins and blow their pretty heads off on cornets one of them whistles like Anna Shaw until the audience goes daffy with noisy applause. ap-plause. But the prettiest thing of all is the electric dance with which they terminate ter-minate their act. I have seen the electric dance attempted at-tempted before. I say "attempted," because never before have I seen this dance so full of dazzling splendor. Talk about ending in a blaze of glory! These Vassar girls turn themselves into electric mermaid.-, and go swimming swim-ming in a sea of rainbows, dashiiigi the golden flame over their pretty heads like waves of colored water burning with stars. It's beautifully startling. Howard and Howard do a clever stunt in the "Hebrew Messenger Boy and the Thespian." It's yiddisb all right fresh from the east end of Hester street. Go and see this funny little Sheeny and the manner he projects pro-jects himself over the foot-lights. Marie Yuill and Robert Boyd are there in a little college stunt called. "The Co-Ed." Not so harmless as it seems, when the little lady does an ur dressing act behind a screen and flings fro.m her hiding place many mysterious articles of wearing apparel. ap-parel. The head and hand balancing of Leonard and Louie, is truly wonderful. wonder-ful. Prof. Weihe resumed the leadership leader-ship of the orchestra last Monday night. A's he mounted the leader's platform, the house broke out into stormy applause. The members of the orchestra made a neat appearance in their semi-evening dress, and Prof. Wcihc beat his baton over their broad-cloth backs with his old time enthusiasm. "The Pledge of Honor" is not always so strong in real life as it is in melodrama "at the Lyric. 4- jfgHHHHHHHHHHHjB i Jhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhb ' hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhpIhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhI I' bhhhF19hhhhbhhh HHHHJHh HHHHHK HHH hhhhhIhkIhhhhhhhh HHHT ' , " HHHHHHH hH VM v .'v HHHHHHF HHYHfJ ' HHHwSL OHHHHHH "Ri HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHrHftf HW IhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhV 'flifcY lLshhj'wI 1BhBB5iS AlfHHHl I ISABEL IRVING This entertaining drama has kept the same crowds going down Main street that were going last week and is adding add-ing to the popularity of the stock company. The company is certainly making a reputation for versatility in dramatic work in every way pleasing to the Lyric patrons. Indeed, there arc hundreds who have acquired the Lyric habit much to the box-office gratification of manager Moore. Charles Stuart, a young stock actor, ac-tor, is in Salt Lake with a new playlet written by Charles II. Bloomfield. He submitted the manuscript to Manager Man-ager W. L. Jennings of the Orphcum with the result that he was informed that the sketch bore car-marks of being be-ing a winner. Mr. Stuart is now looking for a pretty girl who can dance, sing and act with the object in view of trying out the piece at a private performance in the hopes of signing a contract with the Orphcum circuit management. HARRY LE GRANDE. o |