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Show V Back to the days of bloodshed, Ir, when brother was up in arms against fl, brother, when this glorious Union m was divided and almost rent asunder; H; back to the hills of Kentucky and to I Wpst Point as it was during the Ci- ' vil war; back to the days of '61, are I ; carried the auditors in the drama be ing presented at the Orpheum theatre this week by the stock company which each week gains new friends and a firmer hold on the old ones by their graceful and finished renditions ot rj the parts entrusted to them. 1 "Cumberland, '6i,"as its name im- plies, is a war play in which Yankees If and Johnnies figure, a play with a B plot which is not at all hard to follow 8; something really unusual in this iY latter day and has pleased count less thousands in the past asit is pleasing pleas-ing those who can muster up the courage cour-age to remain indoors these warm nights in Salt Lake. As 'presented j by the company at the Orpheum J we believe it to be one of the best selections made since vaudeville gave I place to stock productions at this l- popular house. I . Mr. Al Phillips, the hero of the $ . play, as a dashing Union cavalry of- I fie'er who foils the villain and finally I wins the heroine, Miss Moore, has E a part pcculiary fitted to his abilities X and makes the most of it, while Miss 1 Moore has added newer laurels to her Salt Lake triumphs, if the applause of the audience is to be considered, and wc believe it is, for a Salt Lake audience is usually honest in its be- stowal of an indication of the ap proval of the work of the actor folk Mr. Joseph O'Mcara, the young man who has the appearance of a celebrated tragedian, docs an artistic bit of acting in depicting the contemptible contemp-tible character of Leslie Murdock, an army colonel, and the villian of 1 the play, being one of the best c, - Iportunitics yet offered this young man during the present engagement. Mr. Greene also has a good part ana seems to get everything possible out of it. Roy Clements and Miss Florence, Flor-ence, and the balance of the company comp-any did well in the parts assigned them, as they usually do. The play is well staged and goes with an case and finish that would do credit to a regular "Cumberland, '6i" coinipany. The orchestra is doing it. share towards making the production pleasurable and a success. The bill at the Lyric this week while not as strong as the one presented pre-sented last week, is a fairly good one, the Valentines in their aerial act, Nan Egglcton and company and Emmons. Emmcrson and Emmons carrying ofl the honors. The sketch of Miss Eg-glcton Eg-glcton is one of real merit and was written by herself. The comedy work of the "Three E's" was laughable in the extreme. J. Bernard Dyllyn, the descriptive singer, claims to be one of the highest salaried vaudeville actors in the business. Well, perhaps he is, but if so, wc fear he is obtaining obtain-ing the coin under false pretenses While his take off on President Roosevelt is fairly good, he appears prone to a "loudness" of voice and manner that fails o appeal to many. The other artists fully make up for the shortcomings of Dyllyn, however and it's well worth the time spent to visit the Lyric this week. The moving mov-ing pictures arc of a comic order, and the illustrated song by Morcy Long is a genu The Lyric seems to be suffering less from the effects of the heat than any other house in town, crowds bc- i iug in attendance at cadi performance. The handful of patrons of classical music who attended the Stcckelbcrg-Stcvens Stcckelbcrg-Stcvens concert at the Salt Lake theatre thea-tre Monday night were well repaid for their braving of the warmest evening ev-ening of the present summer, and showed their appreciation of the work of these two artists by vigorous applause ap-plause after the rendition of each number. Mr. Stcckclbcrg is a violinist vio-linist of real genius, while Mr. Stevens' Stev-ens' performance on the piano was equally as interesting as the numbers presented by his fellow artist. It was an entertainment of real merit and worth, and it is rcgrctable that the warm weather and the lateness of the season militated against a larger lar-ger attendance. Mr. Joseph O'Mcara, of the stock-company stock-company now at the Orpheum, was tendered a compliment one night last week during the presentation of "Alabama" "Al-abama" by a visit of about 300 Knights of Columbus to the Orpheum, where they applauded every entrance of Mr O'Mcara and finally forced him to make a speech. Mr. O'Mcara is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and his fellow members took this means of showing the public their appreciation ap-preciation of the good work of a fellow fel-low member in his chosen avocation. Rival vaudeville managers are bidding bid-ding pretty high for talent these days, which is cheering news to those who i : their bread and butter on the vaudc illc stac at well as) those ho at' I a litt'e extra money to their bank accr mt during the vacation season sea-son by doing a stunt in vaudeville. |