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Show I Amusements. Suit Lake theatre Harry Bores-ford Bores-ford in "Our Now Man," matinco today, to-day, performance tonight. Grand theatre "Yon Yonson," matinco mati-nco today, performance tonight. Hold's Band concert, tomorrow oven-Coming oven-Coming Attractions. Salt Lako theatre Ben Greet's play-ors play-ors in "Everyman," February C-8; Lawrence D'Orsay in "The Earl of Pawtuckot," February, 9-11. Thoso of us who romombor how Harry Borcsford mixed things ln"Tho Wrong Mr. Wright," also pleasantly recall how successfully he played the storm center of that whirlwind of tun. In his latest play ,"Our New Man," ho had secured something equally fast and furious, with situations so rapidly following each other as to tax tho capacity of an alort audienco. "Our Now Man," wo aro told, affords Mr. Boresford oven more strenuous opportunities than his former comedy. As "Truman Toots" ho sots tho pace that kills with laughter. Tho comedy consists of three acts, while the complications com-plications of tho plot rcquiro a hundred hun-dred situations. Mr. Boresford as "Truman Toots," tho absent minded professor, is said to bo a scientific demonstration that laughter Is a side-splitting condition rathor than a noiseless theory. "Our Now Man" will bo glvon at tho matinoo today and porformanco tonight. For many years Charlos B, Han-ford Han-ford has boon tempting fate in Shakespearian Shake-spearian roles. Wo have seen him as tho wife taming Potruchio, tho brutal Richard, tho mercenary Shylock and tho joalous Othollo but, in all of these stormy characters ho Is Incapable Incap-able of distinguishing between Shakespeare and Lincoln J. Carter. There is a gulf between tho former and tho latter, much widor than tho Chicago river, and Mr. Hnnford cannot can-not leap tho dlstanco with tho lead of melodrama clinging to his shoos. To some, tho art of Mr. Ilanford may appeal as something approaching approach-ing tho best traditions of tho stage. These good people, aro entitled to their opinions. But, I have always thought that Hanford as an actor, whatever may bo lils appreciation and understanding of a Shakespearian Shakespear-ian role, can give it neither dramatic expression nor tomporamontal interpretation. inter-pretation. The question is not as to Mr. Hanford's sincerity or honesty of i effort, for these merits ho has in fullnesshis full-nesshis dramatic weakness lies elsewhere. else-where. Ho has none of the artistic necromancy by which an actor conjures con-jures his audienco Into the belief that he is other than he Is that tho player and tho role are one and not two identities. No actor has this gift In Its entirety, entire-ty, some -possess It In more or less degree, woo to tho( player if ho have it not at all by Its s'tandard art Is measured. meas-ured. If it runs in tho dramatic veins of Mr. Hanford, It is no stronger than sterilized milk. When Mr. Hanford assumes tho rolo of Petruchlo he is not a tamor of shrewish women; as Richard, ho Is hardly more than a royal masquerade; In Shylock, his Jewish blood is watery, while as Othello ho is a lover whose wooing would have frightened a less timid Desdemona. At Thursday's matinee, Mr. Hanford's Othollo certainly terrorized ter-rorized the children without convincing convinc-ing tho grown-ups. At the night performance, per-formance, ns "Don Caesar," ho settled more Into tho part. Once or twice ho throw Into his lines and action such touches of swashbuckling deviltry as might havo made Victor . Hugo recognize recog-nize some of his own romantic color. Miss Drofnah, also from a sniveling Desdemona In tho afternoon, wore tho mantle of Maritana at night with no little success at concealing her own personality. As usual, Mr. Hanford's company was mediocre. There was so much fuss and feathers about some of them, that, if art and effort were tho same, tho salaries would pay for something more than sweat upon tho brow. In a last Sunday Now York illustrated illus-trated paper Is an actress bouquet of ilowers that perfumes Broadway, on sunshiny afternoons, with all tho aroma of show-girl sweetness. Coyly peeping out from beneath tho picture leaves aro tho violet eyes of Rosemary Glosz, sparkling with her old-tlmo vivacity. vi-vacity. A few weeks ago wo read that Miss Glosz was kneoling at tho altar of Hymen, in Portland. But geography geog-raphy Is of small momont when tho camera is concerned. Miss Glosz is such a photographic inspiration that her fnlr features are constantly in-voked in-voked by Gotham artists. It has been noticed for some time past that tho old guard, tho bald heads of sacred memory, have de serted their post of duty in tho front rows. This because of tho advent of tho show-girl a butterfly of excessive drapery, picture hat of alarming size and parasol of effulgent dreaminess. There Is every reason to believe, however, how-ever, that the hairless heroes of old will be tempted to resume their former for-mer forwardness. Already is heard from afar tho bugle blasts announcing the reappearance of marching tights and the battle Hag of rainbow hosiery. For tho past few years, the frizzy-headed, frizzy-headed, chiffon-flounced show girl, like lilies of the field, in full blown finery of rustling skirts, have swept the stage in a glory undreamed by Solomon. In thi meantime, tights and hosiery were forced Into costumlc forgotfulness. But tho clock has struck and the final hour of the show girl Is ringing In her powdered ear. For the last times she has Flora-dora-ed herself in all the finery of which the arts of millinery and dre3s aro capable. There may be a few, kind sirs, at home, as the song goes, but they will bo left there In their trailing gowns and statuesque poses. Tho expense of gowning the tall willowy creature is too much for the box office. Every surge of the billowy laces, every wave of flowing drapery, engulfed in a dressmaker tide, the profits of the manager. Do Wolf Hopper In his successful revival of "Wang" showed tho managers man-agers how to run a show without show-girls. Instead of surrounding himself with frills and flounces, the elongated comedian has demonstrated 1 UTAHNA THEATRE, THIS WEEK I THE ROYAL MEXICAN SERENADERS, THE SOLIS BROTHERS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MR. ED. SOBARZO. Upon a most remarkably melodious Instrument, they call an "El Melodloso," these four really sltlllful musicians offer a repertoire of Classic. Operatic and Popular Selections. Selec-tions. Tho soft, sensuous, melodiously sweet Spanish music of their own Southland home as rendered by them, never falls to please." Their extensive repertoire enables these artists to offer new selections at each performance. NOTE On Sunday evening "WlUIam Tell Overture," with grand effects, wind, rain thunder and lightning, will be given. that tights aro timely. Tho economy of much hosiery and less drapory has appealed to tho purses of managers everywhere. No longer Is tho substance sub-stance of the chorus to bo lost in concealment. con-cealment. It is said also oh, can It be true! that the girls now being selected se-lected aro examples of physical fullness. full-ness. There is to bo no artificial re-lianco re-lianco upon sand or sawdust In filling out tho silk stockings tho real danger dan-ger lies in swelling them to tho point of safety. The foregoing will bo good news to tho charter members of the Front Row Club In Salt Lako. With tho impatience of joy long deferred, local bald heads aro waiting to appease ap-pease their optic hunger. Now that tho costumlc menu Is prepared, give the old boys plenty of tights a la chili con came and hosiery on the half I shell. The largo audience at Hold's con- cert last Sunday night was a flatter- V ing testimonial of tho organization's I popularity. There had been concerts I and studio recitals galore during the I week, Melba and Creatoro had turned I our purses inside out, and yet, despite I tho low tide of our finances, wo still found tho fickle quarter for the Held concert. If this was not a complete I vindication of tho weekly musicals at the Grand, then I fall to read any moral in box office returns. I even H heard people make comments be M tween Held and Creatoro as conduc- tors, to tho disadvantage of the Ital- I Ian the comparison was not, of course, as to musical effect, but as to M gracefulness and deportment in both of which Mr. Held Is happily free from offensive eccentricity. Last Sun- day's program was of the kind to evoke applause, every number recelv- I Ing a glad-hand appreciation. Mrs. I Lizzie Thomas Edward, the vocalist I of tho evening, was well received, while her splendid voice was given the warm recognlzatlon a Salt Lake audience always bestows upon a favorite fav-orite singer. Mr. Hold conducted with growing spirit and animation, putting all tho strength into his baton which ho had gathered during a weeks' convalescence. con-valescence. Creatoro is a study In animation. Impulsive, temperamental, electrical, ho stands upon tho platform and plays upon the optic nervo like a Wneto-scopo Wneto-scopo upon tho ear like a worlds fair organ. Eccentrically, he 13 tw limit as a batonlc acrobat ho Is wltn-out wltn-out motes or bounds. Beginning at a point whero tho center of gravity is only suspected, ho is never uncertain of tho orbit through which ho moies. Hovering hero, there, and everywhere, like a thing of wings and feathers, calls from the clarinets al I tho notes of tho air and from tho IMP"' slve brasses stormy crashes HKo irw falling In tho forest. Bending ' benediction over his mn, he as I tho feet of Apollo musical offings J II fragrant as myrrh and franWnceng II Gesticulating wildly, .A II leads his musicians in B s If charges against Wagner rtrg. f and the breast-works of G;.C0Tn I pletoly lost in the excesses of his o feeling, ho never for a moment w gets his musical re8Pf"l!H,0fflce, I llvlous of tho audience, the box om the ushers, he sees, fojv t 10 tlmCDfUl I tho faces of his men, their vw- f " I nves their cheeks swollen with a do- . I termination to musically do or dip. i I And finally, Creatoro, like a captain on the bridge, guides his band-ship through the tides and waves, the hid- I den reefs, the treacherous shoals, the " VJ eulf-streams and the currents, I through all the streams of the music I seflt I Creatore certainly left an Impulsive : I impression upon the sleepy eyes of I the town. I jt I Next week, at the Salt Lake thca- ' I tr6i Ben Greet's company of famous I London players will be seen In the ' I allegorical drama, "Everyman." This I play attained wonderful popularity In I the English metropolis and later ran an equally successful career In the U large eastern cities of America. Mr. Bj Greet's dramatic methods and the vo-H vo-H hide In which he Introduces his com- ' H Pany w1"' to som0 extent, be an ln- H novation here. It was In "Everyman" that Miss Bj Wynne Mathlson made such an un-Bj un-Bj precedented hit among the skeptical B New Yorkers, though, previously, she B had, In the same play, won her way to English stardom; Mr. Pyper attached no little Inter-B Inter-B est to the engagements and feels con- fident in highly recommending it to B his patrons. Bj Following "Everyman" comes the If B aristocratic "Earl of Pawtucket." This B is one of the latest, and", so say the B critics, the very best comedy that has a yet 'flowed from the ready pen of r- W Augustus Thomas a writer, who, by 's I the way, has shed more lustre upon ts the American stage than any other, e I The plot of the story concerns an d I English earl who comes to our star- s spangled shores In quest of adven- II I ture, matrimonial and otherwise. The I m scene of the earl's complications is 6 the Waldorf-Astoria and the gorgeous t atmosphere of Now York's famous 7 M hotel. If you have ever drawn your i H , breath In the expensive atmosphere a m of the Waldorf-Astoria, your will read- lly understand why an English earl 9 was threatened with overcharged ap- f m pendicltls quite beyond the reach of 0 I the surgeon's knife. II In addition to Mr. D'Orsay, a strong 11 cast Is promised. " J HARRY LE GRANDE. |