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Show i I 3 THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6rii u? M k XUWtL I v;l ' 4 ULT city he a blending of the lunar of B Max Hearty aad the personality of 1 spent ntlur am bcUvb week a Maurice Chevalier. There is a and aa enjoyable one. wild rumor that aa English Or loThe Moroni Olson Player. aa ts brought Coshistorical the S, lybrawy "Frlaod tume play. Hannah," by Paul Boater. at ths halt Lake Telling Marias to children is tbs Theatre- - Although the producuoa moat helpful practice ta which the i Is the nature of a bitter tragedy, dramatists may Indulge. In the the comedy, romance aad hiunn-aea- a opinion of Austin of at It. appealed to many. The "Seventh Bsnvsa-- Huong, author costumes were beautiful aad Biada - Ths reason many plays fall k the play aa attractive one are unreasonable." because The many friends and patrons ssjrs Mr.theyStrong, who through OJoon thorMoroni the .of Players "Seventh Beevea" has become one oughly enjoyed their visit la this of the moat famous dramatists of their bis day-- One wbo tells morlae te city,. and await with Internet coming hero aaaia next ssasaa. children must be alert te questions e o A child wta set accept a story One of the most entertaining without reason. - Ra wests to know shows of the season. "No, No Na- why the Peter Rabbit crgwled aa. nette," wan greeted this weak at der the fence aad bow Johnny ths Salt Lake Tbeatrp by capacity Chuck footed hie frtead 'Reddy, the ' houses. Pox. So by tolling stories to chilThe show, a real beat, halted aa dren Mr. Strong declares ha learn"ths world's greatest musical ed to single out the taeossisteaclse la presented by Edward la hta play aad to ae devise them aesodallca. with Taylor Holmes and "a stage basin ess had Its reasons . Prase "A mastctaa. glorious gardes of beautiful girls." aays Mr. Strong, The popular song hits "! Want "must practice many hoars each . to be foe "Tea Two" and Happy" day. Tbs dramatist should practice will ho remembered for eome than at his profession almost daily. Perhaps be should not write every day. The apptsaaa whtbfc greeted the because writing becomes a meacts voiced the hearty approval of chanical Sort of practice. Rather, seems. be should stady homes feeling. I the aodlencaL Salt. Lake, Is like other . eitv-the musical served for a term as a probation wta their way hxte ths efflear ta a court, because people oomiKfliS or theatre-go- . 'beans In trouble and ta court are aa a -No. Mo, role lee troubled aad toe weary to be artificial- - They are likely to state their cease simply aad withfrom Thanes out pride. Whoa I go to a pay I dbfliti which atipaarsd roeuatly ta the try te analyse it and to get at the tKew Tork Morntng Tobsrspfe. reason why it ta a good or a had weports that "Paris Is all ready for play. I writs part of it to my own & , No. No. Naaetta terms, using ths dramatist's idea "After a short ivs," otatea No hut my ewn dm- Idle De Rogoey the witter T study fhg technique of the Bayadere" wfll fee followed by the find Parhdan prod sod on of - Tie, msteady. But when I be, Na Nanette. It Is said that Messrs. gin to write I pay attention only , Isola paM fSP.fM francs for the te my story- - I write it as briefly as THEATRB-o- ef this m an 1 . ; ' n I - r i 1 'VV I.aS 1 $ 'yA S y,i' ' ( i i f t f y "w wii 4 ; Jh-Amkh- . i ' - " ' w I t f , 1 T r I ' j & iiij' 'f n - A 4 s - ' ' Ta rights, af which llkNt frsacswae la cash. What has really excited Paris la fho dados of leading west both sing aad i the male lead must l ,V ? I ces aad aa g rula I try to writs my entire story st one sitting, whlls the mood la apoa me. Then I begin to r arias - Humor probably comes difficult because it must p , t p- i W- I i. -- .f i 0.1 thte city, for it would be difficult to imagine g more capable lot of performers. Taylor Holmes la the chief comedy role is capital. Be scores his points legitimately, pats over his buffoonery la a delicate an other cl ties la way, aad at a matter of fact Is LIKE every part af the world. groat. Jana Kooahee, the demure plays the role of the Belt lake baa placed the stamp miss who "Nanette." is decidedly shrinking i of approval on Ha, No, Nanette" winsome. She dances divinely, and It la questionable whether a sings with a plaintive captivating more popular musical comedy baa voice aad is good ta look upon; been pfsneated hers te a quarter Maria Wells, well remembered for of a century. This may seem like her of the "Merry Wida broad statement hut the attitude ow," portrayal this aancaaa te duplicates of the audiences that have bean "Nanette." Jean Nash Is well cast Abe Salt ae theatre lake the flocking te confiding wife and Bobby since the opening eight as sms to Higgins provides aa excellent foU . hear it out. for Holmes. Gardiner Hart, CarIt is particularly fortunate that rie Reynolds and Pauline French ths present company was selected also contribute grstifytngly. te the to present "No, No, Nanette," la be rang studied. The things on thinks most humorous la dally convene tins are likely te fall flat wbea fired a ernes ths footlights at aa audience. But ths composition of a play te mo Is a long, serious task. I do not piece a time limit upon myself. Generally my plays have inreached the slags at four-yebut the Intervals have not terval, been iatenuonal- Philadelphia Public Ledger. e- a a A letter which the Pleat Nlghtere of New Turk, sent te the various and reproproducing managers duced recently on this column rewhich seats with tbs laxity garding for the actual critics are handled has taken affect, according to Variety. The complaint was that Critics were brine shoved farther back aad that they were often put eft the e- -i Morris Goat, Dillingham office, Bhubert. Prohman office aad several ether firms have replied slat' teg they will revisa the seating SO thaT critics actually covering-showwill be placed down front aad on the aisle, so that if they have te leave to make an edl treadUoa, they may -do so- without - - s ing on other-- . Cbaantag Pollock, the playwright, foresees the doom plays and naked revue, which he -- says, will pass out shortly in favor gf real American drama. Mora powar to him, aays the Den- Yff potft Most of ths plays which have . 4' , i WATSON SISTERS FAIR, fat, funny. : SHADOW- - LAND: ' . : FASCINATING FANTASY. DRUI EQUIPUEIIT FLIP-FLOPS- .- o MR. AND MRS. PAUL PETCHING Thom DuncAJi Girl In the old days before "variety" had been promoted to "vaudeville," when acts were known as "turn." ths slater nets were numerous There was hardly a blit that did not present two smiling short-skirtyoung qilsses who sang about babbling brook, "walking through the park." etc.. Invariably ending with n "and I'll meet you wbea the sun goes down." followed with n dance. Sometimes it was a "soft shoe." sometimes a clog, ed sometimes bock and wing, hut they alwayt danced after every chorus But as the years drifted along and vaudeville came Into being, the taste for the sister act began to disappear, maybe because of the headliners and ofttimes because the sister acts separated, and again because musical comedy began to draw on vaudeville for Its talent. It was no mors than nine years ago that one of the newest of these sister acts" began fearfully and tremblingly to tread the hopeful pathway of the vaudeville known as small time. They are now known as ths Duncan Sister. Vivian and Rosetta, and they are now tha sister act at tha peak of ascendency. They are really staters te private Ilfs, end they stand on the firm vaudeville foundation of never having "spilt." in fact, they have never been separated In any way even as for back aa In ths old days when they sat In the top gallery of the Mock house In Loe Angela, their home town, just ae two little matinee girls longing to be real actressy, weeping over "The White Staler." as played Ig Thais Magran. But talent was rampant In tha Duncana FThey oould sing, they could dene, they could play the piano and the stringed instrument, aad Rosetta was juM naturally a evt-u- p comic. They hurst like a storm into every "musical and literary entertainment" and were local favorites with a vengeance. It was but natural that, the whole wetaern eoata should soon know them, aad It was torn as natural that Taft's incomparable of cabarets should claim them. Here, of count, came recog. nu Ion--end the vaudevill. The reM Is theatrical his- - FANTASTIC FLOWERS. Or., FRANK tnis - ' -- LILIES - 0? THE - STREETS Prseeate Bitmr ftatfortof b4 factor. . MOnO FfCTCEM. ambkicajc ertBM ortmth "UUiasUoa. Crasd KjwWm inu oxffonm Warn cm t Darla M ' ' LIFE'S GREATEST . - STRAUSS mo . West High Auditorium Wed. February 108:30 rwky Ka-F- a Uaa today jsak Host ta Tb Umstf a toaoRkor "Tho WSool fiU tear" aad Msmaai teM Ford. ItelsiaM, FTltEKle-L-aft I PAXAMOUIVT " X1TFKBM tes aad Dmm Moor Maa.M Tfca vHH To Biaa Icvtj Coosady. Hot aad aosvy." vttfc profwrads Vtfs Bsysoids FiUaa Bard. Waoda Woddiad" Gaasady TTCrOXY iop Hampton May - -- Sing Pompadour as a musical comedy star on Broadway during tha late spring or early summer whan a series of revivals are to bo presented under the dir rection of tha A barns. .... It ta certain one of the roles will he that of "The Merry Widow" Indefinite. while two others are and "Robin Hood. 1 proposed likewise the land In "Madams Pompadour," providing arrangements can be mads for the rights to that production. In ths event that "Madame Pompadour Is secured Broadway wlU have a chance to make aa InterestMias Hampton ing comparison. wao to have sung that rola In ths original production at the Back but at tha last minute Martin Beck would not give har ths oooprtunlty to com into New Tork with the show. There was a oonsldersbla controversy, but tha piece shortly after passed away at ths Beck General Admission $1.50 May Clirttcfclmw finrtst, wtrte a 117-1- H City-He- COHOUDtTEO MISIC 11 re West Musical Comedy Scores High the stag. After the sixty-nint- h performance lie would advertise the eightieth, thus avoiding - the figure seven, and also confusing his records, since the run of a play, according to hte advertising, wopld be much longer than in actual per- g- C si at address role of "Patsy." ths musical com- edy which ta to open in Loe An- gelee en March T. ' Lou Holt, who will be the chief comedian of the troupe, already ta (n California, getting ready to knock thd native sons for a row of laugh. Betram Harrison la to stags ths book and Dave Bennett the ensemble. They, too, are shortly to depart for the scene of excitement. 3 CantOS New SL Edlde Cantor is utaastag second show under Fie ZagBi tent management. It win be Rtah college Ufa and ta new Bta k to go Into rehearml summer. If by that time Boots" has played sB m city tlm. SALT LAKE THEATRE 6 MORE BIG DAYS i . SATURDAY MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND V . ec form an Mlw Ferguson discovered squally amusing beliefs among ths working people in tha small French town. 8ha was accompanied by a maid, who assured Mias Ferguson that to dream of eggs or see a vision of dirty water forecast dire trouble; but If, on ths contrary, one dreamed of a fire one might be happy, for that signified good luck A dream In which the dead figured meant Important news from the living. Cats wandering through your sleep Implied busy enemies, but If your dreams were disturbed by ths neighing of a hors, that was an assurance that you had a stanch friend. The giri also confided to Mias Fsrgusua that in the part of France from which she cams. While a comet was always greeted with fear of war or troubl. tbs formers believed that tha visitor from ths skies mads tbs wine better. Never should one try on mourning garments when one te not In mourning nor should one turn a loaf of bread upside down. And, under no condition. should an actress pass her manager upon ths stairway, for that te a sure sign that the clOelng notice will be posted. Aside from these pet belief. Mbit Ferguson te confident she is not superstitious Philadelphia Public Ledger. tt. 1 Salt Lake City. Mate Without obligation to me tm ear way. Too ea foil details about your tew day tree trial efts ... ev Leedy Drau, si sag (Name instrument ) catalog, prices aad ys d1 A COMSPy kEPi O rXIStNTtO Jass Pseshe. tea sera, 9ti mu Gr Tnr HAPPUEICAL he, 1 I. 11,. , g, Uk( T (PMAXO 0. WIN M A SIOC&IIO WlfM wff 1 f1 ("XttAWTUL Gdllg Last Times Today JACK H(UQE in , r THE DEMON Cuaeiag Ttawnee far tua.' Mow, Taro, aad Wad. THE WHEEL, Of Special Interest To Dir Physical Directors, Playground tors, Leaders of Girl Scouts,Bee Sea Gull, and Campfire Girls. LOUVRE Elizabeth Bnrchenal Instfej ATRIP AROUND Folk, Contra, and Real Social DgS DESERET GYM WEEK OF FEB. Frirff innl Copm, 4 p. . General . . at Ca. Hade fik Tsedir f Bttmtoy Mxi tmrt Top Leedy drum equipment, used by Sousas drummers. Right Sousaphones, made especially by C. G. Coo. U First picture of Sousa and bis band taken in tabernacle during childrens matinee. Souse and his band can well he termed s national Institution sad ths fact that he attribute s great deal of his success to tbs use ef Conn Instruments and Leedy drum equipment beepesks their worth For ths famed band leader bee need and recommended MISS FERGUSON HAS thle llneof years equipment which Is sold exclusively here by ths Consolidated Mueta Company, Ifoln St, Salt Lake -PET SUPERSTITION are houses own words: Conn Instrument have been used In my band for years have considered them best.thirty I consider Btagefolk have tong been noted and more, simply because efweConn instruments enhances tha oomplst equipment musical for their superstitions. Thera Is s that . . , , - . values of any band at Isas M par genu", , , manager te New Tork whS always. Victor artist and his records can also he Ro?'. If it te a possible thing, produeecs ' st ths Consolidated. . , , , , , a new play on Friday, and If FriThs majority of world famed organisations nse this equipmest. day Is also the thirteenth of th month ho te nil the happier. Every one knows thru William Book of but which sub. "Charm" back to New Tork, hut Collier would never dream of put- ssquently Charm," In Chicago proved suc- no theatre was to be had. on shoe that his first, right ting cessful. haa Bean thriving on tour ha believes that a oast with a god all winter. in It argues great success for that Gloria Foy Goes Indeed, It. has done so Well In under no circumstances play; would he permit the last 11ns or the hinterland that several return Gloria Foy started for the coast Tag" of a play to be read by an dates have been booked for the play, actor or actress at rehearsal on Thursday with a neatly signed ChiIts In welcome Mias Myrtle Ferguson, prominent Following contract In her handbag, te the cast of "Topsy and Eva," cago, effort were made to bring for her services In the prim calling donna haa fmperstitlona of a different kind. Of course, she has a few of tha ordinary ones; but her pet ones are unique and little known. Thirteen of them she has treasured for season. She picked them up while touring te Franc. Ehe holds the number seven especially unlucky, $ contrary to general opinion, This she learned from Mr Grtaler, forVi merly manager of the Amblgu theatre, who would never permit a seventh, seventeenth or seventieth performance of any plav to occupy print about being considered Type actor by tbs manager. THE WORLD. mwim! mt Mfti PANTAGES x Msrvat ta Idle u4 ud Asdrsy u4 Viols Tara" fticy la VarWf Kom LAWRENCE - OO THRILLS' fArnmuT OQr a CHARM" GOING BIG. Charm." the piece which foiled to enltat much attention here last season under the. tttle of -- The Society n FURNISHING FUN. oT molc- - Jhlr r musing h The Musical Arts BRAIDWOOD fsattt,- - . nd top I owners of comedy classic, bar. te, opened their own mu Jtahlng house, and neither of them as yet seen Philadelphia Public Ledk?r. - CONSOLIDATED MUSIC HERE BY EXCLPS1VEY wwk SOLD ' -- FLIPPERS, FLAPPERS!) pUwt . been produced reeking with profanity, really.' In the final easJysla, are nothing more than vablclas to se how much swearing oaa he done on a stag They are. for the moat part mere mars ernes sections of life; entirely without plot, devoid of any lemon or moral merely something to which tha public can go for Pastime. They permit of good acting, no doubt, and realistic stuff, hut tha beat thing they can hope to accomplish is ta show theatregoers a Actor Makes Resolution. pbsns of Ufa that they already were aware existed, although per- Kelly, featured player haps they had not actually seen It In Gregory "The Butter and Egg Man" at ere the Theatre, New Tork, The chorus is captivating, aad has Longa bean bothered so often by ths too much P rales cannot be given curious as hta New Tears resoEdward D. Smith for the high pro- lutions thattoha has caused them to duction stan Garde he has mala be and pouted on his dreas taiaed te this attraction- .- Tha aec-a- tegprinted room door. and teat wash's engagement resolutions for ths Mr. of "Nanette" begins on Monday coming Kellys years hold out hope for evening and will Include matinees soma of U. Hero they are: on Wednesday and Saturday. "Never to rater to mjr public ta an interview. Here the Story of "Never to have my photograph taken with my head on my hand. ' torf. Vow. with both feet set en the rock of sUMom.firmly the little Duncans egg not only claim to have made a success, but they also conceived the idea of their latest musical comedy. "Topsy and Eva." which Is delighting audiences In hsporreet theatre. They Wrote ths FOUR BRADNAS by KtlftCAL COUDtg f'AIVTACHfr tk WVtfooa at ( ar -- V SOUSA AND IIIS WORLD FACOUS BAUD USE AIO) RECOZIEIID COHN WIIID IUSTRUHEUTS AND LEEDY :) 4 SECTION 6, 1926 Its a Scream, Dean Mloa It. mmis WEDNESDAY PkoM Wsndi 1424. |