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Show TRUTH. J1mu$etnctu$. SALT LAKE Salt Lake Theater: Salt Lake Opera macompany in The Wedding Day," tinee today; performance tonight. New Grand: A Convicts Daughter, tonight. matinee today; performance TheLake Salt Attractions: Coming THEATRE. Belle of New York," Wednesday, October 16th: The Wedding Day" on dates to be announced. New Grand A Barrel of Money, Octhree nights and matinee, beginning tober 17th. ater ' ? v f ' i J t , i i GEO. D. PYPER, The Salt Lake Opera company has scored a signal success in their latest Com- production, The Wedding Day. of the work pared with the previous surcompany, this latest production the successes-4o- th passes all previouschorus show. work individual and marked improvement. comIt is hardly fair to call the local there pany a professional organization;in the is more truth and endearment word amateur than in the other term A professional-amatemisapplied. company, though somewhat I paradoxifind. cal is the best description the can requireIn The Wedding Day comments of the opera itself give the indifor pany greater opportunities vidual and chorus work than isany previous production. The opera and pretty situations, tuneful mefody and runs, from beginning to rythm end, in such an easy, swinging find oneto delight a is positive that it self unconsciously glidingandalong breathing the action of the operaindividual work The its atmosphere. is strong chorus is splendid, while the contrast and asand responsive the sistance each renders the other results production such in a rounded, finished our see stage. upon as we rarely EDWARD J.COftNELLY "'THE 3ELLf flanager. Wednesday, Oct. 16. NEW YORK' Return of tDe Ewr-Rtogin- Success g Barrows, Miss Browning and Miss Peterson, go through every kind of graceful movements with all the poetry of motion. By way of generalization, it may be said that the production of The Wedding Day, in costumes and scenic effects, in all the contrivances of stage settings, leaves little to be Improved upon. Under the direction of Prof. McClellan, the enlarged orchestra contributes its full share to the splendid success of the opera. Truly the Salt Lake Opera company is a splendid organization. Its past has been successful, its present more so, while its future promises to be dazzling. "The Wedding Day will be rendered again today and tonight. Many who have seen it will go again. London has capitulated to the Sousa band. It Is gratifying to note that the famous musical organization has firmly established Itself in English favor. By, the way. Salt Lake has two representatives in the Sousa band one of them, Mr. Pryor, is, perhaps, the best trombone soloist In the world. That- discordant triad of musical - ur tisj the Cherry sisters, appeared not long since at an Iowa county fair. They came at a time when things were unpropitious the egg of undoubted maturity was there in nautiating plenti-tudBut the Cherry sisters were billed to sing and sing they did. The vocalizatio.1 was electrical in its effect the vegetable world in accentuated curves and accentric parabolas, was suddenly, focused upon the tree where sang and chirped the featherless Cherry trio. It is doubtful if ever before ah Iowa horizon was so meteoric with products of the farm and barnyard. e. The Salt Lake Opera company met its usual warm reception in Ogden last Miss Clark, though appearing but once before with the company, has as to shown suh marked improvement cause general comment. Cast as she is, to fill a difficult part, Marie, the bride, yet she fully rises to its requirements. Her voice is excellent, while her stage Miss presence is easy and graceful. to our Ferron. the new acquisition a Pleasant imoperatic forces,themakes CoJ.nf J pression upon she audience. at once us a stranger, and fromthe first, popular favor she is an inter the opera, throughout and leading solos the esting figure. Invoice, most the chorus, her interests. pleasingly rich charms and is As Lucille DHerblay, Miss Ferron personality. a most pleasing also finds much favor Miss Dwyer She with the audience. into fullest and painstaking, and enters and stage vocal with every night. Ogden always does the proper thing when it comes to receiving our local company. The Junction city may be a little gruff at times, a little churlish now' and then at our ball tossers, a little cool at our pretensions to railway importance, but when it comes to Zions sweet singers the doors of Ogden swing right open on welcome hinges. Besides, is not Miss Ferrin an ffbt idle of Ifiew Sort. ALL THE FAVORITES, INCLUDING sympathy song, requirement. Herhas something Ovation, from the applause it. Judging encore. which demands an MR. EDWARD J. CONNELLY o MISS BEULAH DODGE per-Sri- ta Mr. Pyper was never in better voice or presence than in The Wedding voice sits Day." His pleasing tenor caresses and ears bird-lik- e upon ones them with sweetness. With but little more stage and voice training Mr. Py drop per could, without embarrassment, be stand and the cloak of the amateur a PrfesSnaLDniest for the footlights was Goddard Mr. hurojest short season wUh mood-- his was highly ben Square Opera company Mritone voice round. eflcial. His toll, Upon al-a is perfect in the solo Once audience the of Time the applause ways demands an encore. in a Mr. Spencer as Polycop revels situa-tion- s world of funny sayings, fnnny and funny antics. If anytolng; tends however, Mr. Spencer to the toll realise to seems he himself revolve est that the comic situations centhe is alone he about him and that else is the cirmim-ferencter, while everything But Johnny Spencer Isforgood ap Just the same and never lacks C Salt a predation from with a Lake11ai ac Miss Asper, all. of satisfaction quits herself to theMiss Kirdwell, Miss The dancing girls, e. AND Ogden girl? The Night of the Fourth appeared at the Salt Lake Theater last night, the opera company filling an engagement at Ogden. The piece abounds with crisp and witty dialogue, rapid movement and catchy musical numbers, strung upon a plot not cumbersome but just heavy enough to keep itself submerged in the rollicking, rolling merriment. Mr. Matthews, as the young lawyer, was just as bright and incandescent as ever he was always a favorite with Salt Lake. Mr. Bulgers absence was a matter of regret, for he and Mr. Matthews make a great team. The aud ence was large and thoroughly enjoyed itself. I hope Mr. Matthews and his late partner will get together again before long. The best success of either lies in partnership. In turning from MUSIC BY GUSTAYB KBRKBR, BOOK BY HUGH MORTON. farce-come- dy to melodrama; Mr. Mulvey has been mindful of the varying tastes of his patrons. There was a time when melodrama was suggestive of the red hand and high explosives. But melodramas are as variegated in quality and color as the ribbons on a bargain counter. In the "Convicts Daughter, now running at the Grand, the situations are in no way overdrawn; the pictures are It is a play bright, but not lurid. sweet home its the with South, dealing life, its air surcharged with the breath of buds and the warmth of sunshine. The plot of the play is one of heart interest and unfolds itself from beginning to end in a series of inter-to esting dramatic situations both as action and dialogue. There is in the play a hero, of course; a villain, most certainly, and a sweet, frail little girl I |