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Show I I gig AMUSEMENTS g&fg I I1 t AMUSEMENTS. Salt Lake Theatre Modjeska In Mary Stuart today's matinoo; Lady Macbeth, tonight. Orpheum Refined Vaudeville, matinee mati-nee today, performance tonight. Lyric theatro Miner's "Americans," one week beginning with todays' matinee. mat-inee. Coming Attractions. Salt Lake Theatro "P trshal," February Feb-ruary 19-21; Paul Gllmoro; "Tho . County Chairman." This Is Mmo. Modjoska's farowoll dramatic tour. Othors havo dallied and still others contlnuo to toy with thoso verbal playthings which Shakespeare, Shakes-peare, putting In tho mouth of Juliet, makes her exclaim, "Parting Is such sweet sorrow that I could say farwoll I Scene from Parsifal which i opens Tho Salt Lake Theatre Monday Evening I till It bo morrow." Henry Irving dies In tho harness; Ada Itohan no longer young again dons tho actress wardrobe; ward-robe; PattI comes and goes, and comes again and again; Denman Thompson Is to contlnuo his by-goshlng In Josh Whltcomb all these havo said their farewells, or aro getting ready to say them. Then why may not Modjeska retire gracefully In a halo of goodbyes? good-byes? But there Is a sadness In the dramatic passing of Mmo. Modjeska. Sho Is ono of tho old nchool. Her name and her art unlto tho best that was with tho best that Is. All tho glorious glo-rious women of tho Shakespearian drama have lived and loved havo t been storm tossed In emotion's troubled seas havo been clad In the flesh and blood of this wondrous Mod-Jeska's Mod-Jeska's breathing nrt. Imperious queens, patrician dames, in all tho stately graces of courtly ladles, havo walked tho stage In tho subtlo realism of accepted truth, conjured Into being by Modjoska's genius. And In tho lighter roles, also those girlish creatures crea-tures for whom Shakespeare mado a world of wlnsomeness apart Modjeska Modjes-ka was tho embodiment of alluring charms. It Is too bad that all this art, all this genius, which generous nature had consecrated to ono actress, must say "farewell" to tho stage and farwell forever. Lady Macbeth Is Shakespeare's supremo su-premo conception of ambitious, daring womanhood. A woman who sees "tho eagles ambition soar," will, If she havo the opportunity and circumstance, follow fol-low them with a determination so in-vcntlvo in-vcntlvo as to overcome every obstacle. Because a woman surrenders herself completely to love undlvldedly and wholly so does sho glvo herself with out reservo to ambition, which Is love turned upon Itself. Iago never nursed his jealousy and hato as did Lady Macbeth her ambition and lovo of selr. Thero Is no character In Shakespeare who equals this woman who dares and does. Into her veins Shakespeare poured so much fiery blood as to leave his other heroines cold In comparison. Modjoska's Impersonation is broad and comprehensive. Sho disdains and can afford to refuse tho tricks of elocution, elo-cution, tho studied gestures, with which mediocrity stamps Its base and worthless coin. Genius dramatic genius ge-nius Is beyond them and Modjeska Is beyond them. Her Imperious walk, her graceful attitudes, whether of action or ropose, nro a school of nrt, which other actresses might follow with profit to themselves and their audiences. Take tho supremo moments mo-ments of tho play tho moments when Lady Macbeth upbraids her husband i for cowardice and takes tho dagger from him in these brief moments aro measured tho heights by which an actress ac-tress must gloriously achieve tho summit sum-mit of her art. Modjeska reached them scaled them In a manner, which, for all time, will leave In tho memory of her audiences a tragic picture of tho stage. Tho supporting company, Is, In tho main, a humiliation to the actress. Shakespearian actors and actresses are, I know, extremely rare nowadays. But, this gives no excuse for surrounding sur-rounding Modjeska with men and' women wo-men whoso portrayals aro colorless. Tho contrast Is most cruel and exasperating. exas-perating. At tho matinee today Modjeska will bo seen as Mary Stuart, the unfortunate unfortu-nate Queen of Scotland. It Is a most Interesting dramatic and historic study, because the world still speculates specu-lates as to whether Mary Stuart was badly unfortunate or unfortunately bad. However, she had the lmperiou3 graces of a graceful queen nn.l Mod jeska Is tho actress to portray a patrician patri-cian woman. Something doing at the Orpheum box ofllco this week. A busy box or-flco or-flco reflects tho merit of a stage In a theatre. An there Is method, too, In the madness of the Orpheum ticket buyers. Just listen! Alice Shaw, tho lady whistler, Is at tho Orpheum. I remember when she was playing tho Keith houses In New York and how tho Gotham papers said sho could out-whistlo out-whistlo any man in tho world. This well built, statuesquo lady Is certainly a human canary. I used to whistle some, but I'm dumb and whistle-less In the whistling presence of Alice Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kelcy in their comedy sketch, "Talo of a Turkey," show In a humorous way that one or rather two can not give away their turkeys and still havo the birds for a Christmas dinner. Tho Freydo brlthers aro startling tho na- I tlves In their wonderful feats of arm I strength must have the Steel trust .1 in their muscles. I Tho rurallstic sketch of Henlerson I and Ross is woefully rural, although f tho "farmer" does somo clover alfal- . fa stunts on a tight rope. Median V and Manard tho Jolly girl and the sweet boy received no bouquets the night I saw them. "The Vendetta" In tho KInodromo is an exciting chase of a criminal by officers and is enough to set your blood moving. Wo are promised "Parsifal" next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday with Wednesday matinee. This Is absolutely abso-lutely tho most widely discussed presentation pre-sentation seen on the American stage. A library of explanation has been written as to Wagner's meaning and ' motive in writing "Parsifal." It would bo well for Salt Lakers to read up a bit on this interesting subject and ""-V go early and avoid tho rush. During tho continued absence of Arthur Shopherd, Prof. Pederson is applying the birch to the musical backs of the Salt Lake theatre orchestra. orches-tra. When tho youthful director returns re-turns ho will find the boys whipped Into good shape. "Beauty and tho Beast" was an aurora au-rora boroalis of scenic and costumlc splendor. As tho eyes became bewildered, be-wildered, they filled with Interroga-tlon Interroga-tlon points asking tho question if tho Standard Oil company puts its last dividend into a world of stage finery. "Prince Charming," played hero by Miss Underwood, was, In tho east, tho part made famous by Viola Gillette's shapely form nnd singing voice. J Minor's "American," are following j tho Watson Girls at tho Lyric. Tho j former Is a Now York bunch of jolly girls while the latter aro on their way i I iiHBiiHSHjli home to Brooklyn, the Forbidden city Tho bill at the Orphoum this week, good as It Is, will, I nm told, bo ex celled by the vaudeville aggregation which begins Its engagement Monday night. The Orpheum box-office stocking stock-ing was generously flllol last week and should be repeated by lovers ot classic vaudeville. Advance advices as to next week's bill at the Orpheum give promise of n veritable ccrker. Just by way of a starter tho Europaan novelty of Mile Chester and her statue dog Is billed as tho headliner. This animal, which glories In the possession of a $10,000 Insurance policy, Is a born actor and poses on the stage in a number of pastures associated with U13 hunt. So rigid Is this so ter tint the ac makes some skeptics nssert that h'J is a stuffed drg. Then thera Is Miss Wynne Winslow, one of the best fe male singers on U13 vaudeville stage today. But for rure and unadulterated Joy J. A. Murphy end Elolse Wlllard come near filling the bill. This team havo a skit "The Phrenologist" which has been responsible for more hysterics hys-terics in the East than a cyclone. Trask and Rogers, a couple of singers with a weakness for breaking Into Bpppy ' j J. A. MURPHY Who appears in "The Phrenologist' at tho Orpheum Next week I I dancing deliriums at tho least provocation provo-cation ,are another source of mirth, to say nothing of Lambert and Pierce, "the two men In black," whoso mission mis-sion it is to despel ebon, inky, sorrow. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kelcy are going to stay over here for another week. Their offering is to bo ''Uncle Phlneas," a sketch repleto with high-class high-class comedy and telling tho story of a love lorn swain and his schemes to win the darling of his choice. The scheme is novel, not to say unique, while the climax is said to bo exceptionally ex-ceptionally clover. Tho Kinodrome will present several series of tho latest motion pictures. HARRY LE GRANDE. n |