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Show THE CITIZEN 10 With The First Nighters occurred to someone that Mar guerita Sylva, the "operatic magnet' on her first descent into vaudeville, ought not to limit herself to mere singing, but should do a talking vera stunt as well. Therefore, sweeta Marguerita" introduces each song with an explanation. It is along the line of the young lady bore who seats herself at the piano and says something like this: "Mary and John are supposed to.be seated on a rustic bench in the arbor; above them is the glorious full moon and Mary says to Johii, Goo, and John replies, Goo, You know the kind of stuff goo I mean. Well it isnt as bad as that, because Margueritas lines are not altogether stupid and her eyes are very witty. And her voice! It is sweet almost beyond compare, and is quite adapted to the lighter themes of vaudeville. It is worth the price of admission, with war tax added to have her sing that little dialogue between the Yankee doughboy who did not know much French and the flirtatious French maid who did not know much English but who finally managed to warn her ardent suitor that her husband waited without. Next to Miss Sylva Skeet Gallagher and Irene Martin seem to be the favorites of the present bill at the Their skit is written, sung and danced around the theme of a Red Cross girl who knitted a sweater with her, name on it and sent it to France. This results in the meeting of Miss Red Cross and Mr. U. S. A. in the hotel where Miss Red Cross is the elevator girl. The lines are fresh and clever and the three or four songs are new and snappy. If the steel strike keeps up La. the toe dancer, may not be able to continue her tour, for, no doubt, limbs will need some her adjustments before the season is over. She is assisted by Yvonne Verlaine and company of classic dancers and a lady interloper who directs the orchestra. The classic dances in this and in another act of the bill are of the Egyptian school. The dancers wear dainty hoods in imitation of the head-piec- e of the Sphinx, but some of them are more active than that ancient gentleman of sandstone. As most of the dancing is done with the hands twisting about like the heads of snakes one suspects that this is the piece for the table. The place cards kind of dancing that was done in the royal cabarets of Pharaoh the Booze Hound. That was before Egypt went 'dry. , Other excellent acts there are .aplenty, but we have mentioned the more important, and we have alluded to some of them in such fashion as to suggest that they may be tiresome, bue that is not the case. We have jbeen commenting on the odd features and have somewhat neglected ;the SALT LAKE IT Or-pheu- Ber-nici- m. dramatic editor of this paper been asked not to divulge the nature of Under Orders, the THE celebrated play which Manager A. H. Woods will present at the Salt Lake theatre on Monday next for an engagement of four perofrmances after its New York success. The reason for this secrecy lies in the fact that the play, which is described as a dramatic novelty, is said to contain a feature of astonishing newness in1 dramatic technique. It would, therefore, detract from the playgoers interest to have revealed to him the exact nature of this surprise. All that can be said, therefore, is that the play is in four acts, will be splendidly acted and because of its great New York and London success, has aroused considerable curiosity and itner-es- t. George M. Cohans happy faculty of drawing character portraits is well exemplified, so the critics declare, in his new play, "A Prince There Was, which is to be the attraction at the Salt Lake theare October 2, 3 and 4. He is the first to discover in a moving picture actor cpportunty to poke some good humored fun at this important industry. This movie player has become so imbued with the fact that being usually cast for screen detectives he imagines he can be a sleuth in reality. Of course he is all wrong in his theories and it eventually gets him into a ludicrous situation. Cohan has pictur-ize- d the character in a manner that is said to be supremely funny. There are other unique personages in A Prince There Was, and the play has scored tremendous hits in both Chicago and New York. Cohan and Harris will present it locally in a complete manner and with an excellent cast, which includes among its members: James Gleason, Ena Lewis Willey, William Slider, Josephine Williams, John Bedouin, Lucille Webster, John E. Sanders, Adelaide Wilson, James Bradbury, Jr., Marie Nelson, Joseph Oddo, Will T. Goodwin, and Muriel Nelson. i PANTAGES leading attraction on the Pantages bill and one that is strikingly reminiscent of the good old minstrel days, Is the George Primrose Minstrels, with pretty Mrs. George Primrose adding charm, vivacity and cleverness to the jolly act. Burnt-corartists of song and patter, these entertainers in minstrelry chase the blues away with their vocal solos, tambourine numbers andd ances. The act is staged and costumed gorgeously, and from beginning to end is a smashing feature of a flashing bill. With a bevy of attractive maids and one lone man, who seems perfectly at THE k EA FOR THREE, the latest comedy by Roi Cooper Megrue, which will be presented at the Or-pheu-m Theatre by the Selwyns on next Monday and Tuesday, September 29th and 30th, is announced by its sponsors as being an angle on the triangle. , .fun. ORPHEUM I- - a, , 7, uT steel-ribbe- d i home, the Revue De Luxe runs a close race for leading honors. It is a merry little gaiety, combining songs, 0. dances and instrumental numbers in a setting colored by fetching frocks and elaborate scenery, A barrel of fun and patter and sheer nonsense is hurled over the footlights by Vic Le Roy and Jack Dresdner, who form a Joy team that is hard to beat. Tiny Nina Booth is a banjoist of ability, and her charm and winsomeness gain her many a smile and handclap. Ward and Howard have a fast line of talk that scores heavily, while their vocal duets are splendidly rendered and win them " a big share of the applause. Booth and Leander are two nuts who frisk around on bicycles in uproarious clown stunts and chuck everyone under the chin with their nonsense. Eddie Fitzpatricks excellent musical entertainment and two reels of film fun complete this bill, which continues through Tuesday night. A sparkling new bill opens WednesSubmarine day, starlined by the F-a realistic representation of a real submarine in action. The rest of the show brings Juliette Dika in songs and characterizations; Green and Pugh, two boys from Dixie; the Cromwells, in whirlwind novelties, and Ned Argo, with Josephine, Virginia and Jean Argo. Emphasis at the same time is placed on the fact that it is not an angle of the triangle and attention is called to the difference. The distinction is well taken. Myriads of plays have been written, each striking to treat the triangle in some way different from all the others. Occasionally, on succeeds, most, however, fail. But whether they succeed or fail, the result in one respect is always the same. They all, in the telling of their story, involve their characters, and base their situations on the same triangle. In Tea for Three, Mr. Megrue has succeeded in standing apart, as it were, from any triangular entanglements. Rather, he has written as one one the outside who views the triangle as a whole in a decidedly humorous fashion. Whatever else may be said for Tea for Three, at least it will have to be acknowleged that it is refresh--inglhuman, and utterly free from: suggestive innuendo which is sometimes found in plays dealing with phases of this triangle. No playwright in America today, y MILDRED EVANS, WHO PLAYS THE LEADING FEMININE ROLE IN "TEA FOR THREE," THE BRILLIANT SEL WYN COMED Y AT THE ORPHEUM NEXT MONDA Y AND TUESDA Y NIGHTS. s so-call- ed |
