Deseret Evening News | 1910-01-22 | Page 17 | San Francisco's Appreciation of Harry Lauder

SAN APPRECIATION TION OF HARRY LAUDER Own OV that the tumult and the N shouting dIes to quote Mr Kp Kip lIngs had bad grammar and Harr harry Lau Lauder Lauder der Is no longer among us the strong Impression left lert b by hIs visit leads to ton toa n a comment and a question How magnificently he was advertised Is the comment and Will ho he provo prove a as effective an ad advertisement for Morris vaudeville as might appear from hI his success Is the question The comment needs further comment except the statement that no amount of ad advertising would have cre cited the present ent craze for the Scotch comedian unless he had been able to deliver the goods All discriminatIng Ing critics have hare agreed that he Is Isby Isby by lon long odds the greatest artist In hIs line on nn It stage ge Any disappointment among those who witnessed hIm arIses from an ex cx of the superhuman The cus custom customary tom tomary aT vaudeville goer trained b by habit to a different style of offerIng looked forward to a slapstick come comedIan comedian dIan who would eo esol e roars or of laugh laughter ter at eYer every moment who could sing lIng popular aIrs In a voice better than Carusos and who could dance better than George M I Cohen Cohnn Although Lauder Is distinctly funn funny und and has hasan nn an excellent sInging voice olce ho he can do donono none nono of oC these thello thIngs Ho He Is an artist to his finger tips and a really great at Interpreter of character but he Is neIther a buffoon an acrobat nor no opera star Now the question arises Will ho he arouse among the habitual hans lIans who must necessarily be the thO maIn support of 01 the Morris theater a alively alively lively sense of favors to come The usual criticism of oC Lauder from thIs class Wits was Oh hes great groat all rl right ht but Do the they not demand something to whIch tho they are arc more used Will tho they appreciate the very best The Tha natural answer Is that there Is only one Francisco ChronIclE