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Show TT TRUTH. IS i GRAND THEATRE MELDS MILITARY CONCERT 0 0 0 BAND of the drama Is shown in the present New York engagement of Ben Hur. In the chariot race, as given in the metropolis, they are now running four chariots and sixteen horses. It is like the two Topsys two Markses count em --in the Uncle Tom shows. There should be a limit to artistic propriety, even if common sense has no legitimate boundary lines. I can not hut regret the insane tendency to turn "Ben Hur into a hlppodromic panto-minUnless there Is a vigorous protest from theater-goerwho still love the traditions of the stage, who love e. ! I ; Sunday Evening, Novomber 1st. FROURAMHE. The Chaperons Rainbow Dance I Washington Post J i f i ; i oousa Brus Quartette l :,! Von Tilzer Echos From Metropolitan Opera House ... ( (a) Tender Thoughts of one Dear Hart." Solo Soprano f (b) Last Rose of Summer Miss Ivy Price. Old Chestnuts in New Burrs. , Spanish Dances Overture From Rlenzl ti 40 40-PIE- CES SEATS 25 CENTS. AMU8EMENTS. 2-- 4; i v i : '! foot-ligh- i , . i ; :! i ts attempt to storm the auditorium by force. The chariot race Is the pivotal scene of the play. Without it "Ben Hur would he both a scenic and a dramatic failure. Everybody in the audience knew this and. were content to wait Pleasurable anticipation in a drama has a vague fascination it is felt rather than analyzed. Klaw & Erlanger made use of It In "Ben Hur and thereby won a fortune. Long before the chariot race takes place, one hears the rumbling of wheels, the suppressed murmurs of a multitude, the champing of bits. A stillnes like the calm before a storm settles over the auditorium. One sees, as In a drowsy dream, a wilderness of dressy display and hears, with a half wakeful protest, the wordy mouthings of actors. Instinctively one feels that listless indifference to things seen and heard, which marks the prelude that Is to stir all the drums of excitement. At last it comes. It is the chariot race! 5-- 7 i Indeed, it would not be a dangerous experiment to run "Ben Hur as a spectacular pantomine. Klaw & Er-- 1 anger are past masters as decorative feaproducers, who saw the attractive scenic-ally tures of Lew Wallaces story That to the stage. transferred with this side are tafceft entirely they JC Jt The company in "Ben Hur was a secondary .consideration, though in keeping with the evident purpose to make the dramatic part of the play an incidental feature. Mr. Kelley, in the title role, will never be overwhelmed He has a forced, with applause. stilted manner of acting which does not fit the imperious requirements of the part. Our old friend, Mr. Ethier, as "Messala, is happily cast and his splendid physique fitted the character. all The other parts received doubtful . i i. to see art clad in simple beauty rather than hurled beneath a gilded wilderness, there is no telling to what extremes of delirious decorations we may be carried. Such scenic extravagance naturally begets a desire to multiply the characters of the drama. It is fearful to contemplate two Ben Hurs, two Messalas, two Irases, chargin an ing down upon the Salt Lake Theater Dark. A Modern MagdaGrand Theater len," matinee today, performance tonight. Helds Military Band, tomorrow evening. Novelty Theater- - Vaudeville. Unique Theater Vaudeville. Coming Attractions. Salt Lake Theater "Are You a Mason? Nov. Grand Theater "Hills of Califor- So fraught with realism that nia," Nov. "Sapho," Nov. thoughts of petty mechanism and J J tricks of stagecraft were swept away For years Salt Lake has waited to in a whirlwind of frenzy. Up to this see Ben Hur. With the opportunity time the audience had been cold. Now came the population of the town. Dur- and then a ripple of applause, swept ing the week the box office has been over the house a sickly ripple. But in a state, of siege. Throughout the now things were different, and the trying ordeal George Derr has worn house, breaking through all restraint, the smile of a martyr. Captains of in- burst forth into a demonstration such dustry, indeed! If to be industrious is as never before sent the echoes thunto be a captain of Industry, George dering through the historic building. Derr should wear the stars of a major To see those glorious horses in action, general. From Manager Pyper down made still more beautiful by the restto the most obsequious usher, the ex- less spirit of the race, with open fiery ecutive force of the Salt Lake theater nostrils and fiaming eyes; to see the were tireless in their efforts to happily moving panorama behind them, the unite courtesy and business. In every contagious excitement of the drivers, sense of the word, they succeeded. the whirring wheels and spinning Larger, more persistent, more insist- spokes; to see, in short, an inspiring ent crowds were never before handled picture of action, defying the limits of with less evident friction and less the stage, was a spectacle we had cause for complaint. Much of the un- never seen before may never see denied success of the Ben Hur en- again. gagement can be traced to the busiJl ness methods which prevailed. "Ben As the chariot race is the uncon- Hur is certainly a wonderful production. From the scenic standpoint, it is bewildering. From the rising of the curtain on the Star of Bethlehem tableau, to the last scene of the waving palms, the provincial eye of Salt Iake was, as never before, greeted with metropolitan gorgeousness. Inventive genius, creative art, decorative skill and the resources of stagecraft were marshalled like a kaleidoscopic army and marched across the THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND vision in all the panoply of scenic SATURDAY splendor. With so much for the eve beto feast upon, there is a growing lief that the dialogue aid music of the play are Incidental If not actually 5-- 7. . s, tested feature of the book, so, In the play, it has no scenic or dramatic curcompetitor. On the rising of the of tableau beautiful tain, revealing the the Star of Bethlehem and the wise dismen, the feeling of adoration is solved In anticipation. One thinks of the coming chariot race. Even in the last act, amid the triumphant waving of palms, and when, hosannahs, liks the bells of joy, are ringing over a world redeemed, one but momentarily feels the Inspiration of the scene. There Is sweeping through the brain the memory of a magnificent spectacle horses In action. While there Is no question about the spectacular dissplendor of "Ben Hur, there Is appointment In the dramatic portion of the play. As a drama "Ben Hur suffers by comparison with "Quo Vadis. Nor is this alone because there is such ah evident purpose to make "Ben Hur a scenic display. In "Quo Vadis an audience finds its sympathies appealed to by the simplictiy and beauty of its dramatic situation. The beautiful character of Mercia In "Quo Vadis shines like a star and adds new lustre to the virtuous womanhood of the stage there Is no female character in "Ben Hur, so altogether sweetly spiritual. A further comparison of the dramas would reveal other characters to the advantage of Quo Vadis. . v ff . . ARE YOU interpretations. "Ben Hur will linger In the minds of Salt Lakers for a long time as a scenic display. J Jl Helds Military Band last Sunday by another evening was greeted crowded house which seemed deter- mined to encore everything on the program. It was a popular program from Sousas Stars and Stripes Forever with its.dashy, swingy movement to the descriptive Sleigh Ride by Puerner. That Salt Lakers love an occasional judicious application of rag time was shown by the applausive encores which followed "Frog In Puddles and "Cotton Blossoms. "Frog Puddles the trombones are given a chance and they make a run for the money, leaving a cloud of brass behind through which one catches glimpses of piston rods workIt took immensely, ing overtime. and the however, noisy demands for . GEQ.D.PYPER.I MANAGE!. CURTAIN ItltW INU V C A 8X S' 7 00" MASON? 99 MmmwmOne of the Funniest Productions Ever Put on the Sta.Se. S9PI Usual Prices! MELD & MILITARY BAND A. fsi Iff S. ZIMMERMAN, S, J. MANAGER Tpirt ..ij It:-- Grand Theatre SUNDAY ty; ' Sk TOMORROW EVENING CONCERT The Programme will include: SOPRANO SOLO .. ?. BY Miss Ivy Price AMD f H - Hrasj Quartette. 40 PIECES HI 40 an encore had not died away, when the band swung into OHaras well known "Cotton Blossoms. Mr. Sims clarinet solo, the polonaise from Mignon, was charmingly rendered during which the reed section of the band showed up splenddily. Litzs diflicult Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 was well received. Mrs. Nellie Penrose Whitney, the soprano soloist of the evening, made a pretty picture clad, as she was, all in white. Her song, Camelia and the Rose, found favor with the audience and called forth stormy applause. It is . surprising, the amount of vocal talent Mr. Held is discovering in Salt Lake, and during the season we shall, no doubt, he still further surprised. For a Sunday ' evening entertainment, Helds Band concerts are growing in popular favor. J I . n ii H t A s jgl a V J fte'rt week at the Salt Lake theatre those two famous comedians, Mason 1 and M4son, who, according to press reporti, vo winning green laurels in the field tLiin making, will be seen for three m'ihtp beginning November 5th. Mason and Mason are out in a ; new comedy this season, followed, by a harmless interrogation point, entitled, Are You a Mason? The fun is said to be of the fast, hilarious order, with a laugh scheduled for every minute. " Jl Jf Next week will be Mason week in this quiet town. In addition to Mason and Mason in Are You a Mason? at the Salt Lake theatre. Miss Lillian Mason, will be seen at the Grand in a warm, drama, crisp version of the stair-cas-e Sapho. Jt Jt Helds band will render an attrac- tive program tomorrow evening at the Grand. A bundle of dainty airs from the Chaperons forms the first' number. Sousas well known Washing-inPost and the prismatic gem, g Rainbow Dance, cannot fail to strike the popular fancy. The famous brass quartette will be heard In two numbers, Jennie Lee and Ma Jersey Lily. In "Echoes from the Metropolitan Opera House we shall h&ve an opportunity to hear the music from several of the grand operas. Miss Ivy Price, a singer new to the concert stage, and who is said to possess a soprano voice of much promise, will sing, "Tender Thoughts," and the ever beautiful, "Last Rose of Summer The last two riumbera on the program ara y I |