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Show THE CITIZEN 10 With The First Nighters ence went as wild over it' as the jazz-bo- s did themselves. Collins and Hart are excellent of the strong man and the acrobat. They were able to get much fun out of their shamming.' ' What occurred after the performance we will not tell. Perhaps we could give you ah earfiili but we wont. We were hot. there after the show, .but those who .were there say oh, will, hi, hum. . . on New Years TWO performances at the Orpheum were de- signed by the philanthropic management to compensate for a dry town. We were supposed to drown our sorrows in jazz insead of fizz. Strange to say those who went to the theatres discovered that they simply had stayed in out of the wet. Not, of course, that the town was as wet as in the good old days when sparkling Colony, Calif.,) Bergundy (Swiss flowed, down the streets like wine. It was officially a dry town, but otherwise wringing wet. The Orpheum performance began before anyone arrived and ended after everybody had gone home. When the early birds winged their way into Musical' Hunters the theatre the The were galloping merrily through Huntsmans Dream, giving a perfect imitation of chasing fox trots to their lair or something of that sort. In the mad race music was forgot and even humor, but otherwise it was a ripping act. Phina & Co. presented Darktown Pliina songs, dances and oddities. sang a song in which she boasted that it was she who had first put in vaudeville, thus admitting indirectly that she had served as a waiting maid on Cleopatras barge when Egypts queen held high carnival in honor of Marc Anthony. Phina was a little hoarse, as one of her age might well be after coaching in coon songs for a couple of thousand years. Her company, however, delivered the goods with a joyfulness and abandon that was captivating. The Salon Singers are admirable in their refined parlor presentations of high-clas- s songs. They evoked the true spirit of that land east of Suez "where the best is like the worst, where there aint no ten commandments and a man can raise a thirst, which is to say that they sang Oil the Road to Mandalay in a fashion that would have" delighted Kipling and whomsoever it was that wrote the score. Indoor Sports told how two boobs, cne who thought himself wise and the other who knew himself to be just a poor, weak man, were entrapped into proposals of marriage in spite of themselves in Mame and Besss Front Parlors. Chris Richards is entitled ta call l.iirself The Eccentric English ComHis English certainly is ecedian. centric and so, too, is his comedian stuff, which consists for the most part of strange and wonderful contortions of dancing. His dancing would go well in eccentric circles anywhere. Eva Shirley led the way into Jazz- land with the aid of Fid Gordons ver- satile musical boys, presenting songs of the moment from ragtime grand opera. We quote the program, for how all about. are we to know what We noted, ho weverUlialvtlie. . audi itas the eminent American violinist, and Pieetro Cimara, one of the best known pianists. Each of these artists will be heard in a number of selections. Among the numbers that Mme. Tetrazzini will sing are the Mad Scene from Hamlet and the celebrated Swiss Echo Song, both of which have been made famous in this state by Utahs own coluratura singer, Lucy Gates. It will be of interest to compare the two renditions. Edward P. Kimball, manager of the Tabernacle choir, who has charge of the concert states that the seat sale will begin Monday, Jan. 5th, at the Bureau of Information on the Tabernacle grounds. The prices will be $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50, plus the tqn per cent war-taAll seats will be reserved. Reservations may be made before that time if accompanied by check or money order. The complete program for the concert follows: bur-lesque- rs - . TETRAZZINI t Concert of Madame Luisa at the Tabernacle on Friday evening next, Jan. 9th, promises to be one of the rarest treats in the vast store of rare things that have been given in this city of the late years. This great artist is making her first tour in this country for six years and she is having the most wonderful success of her very successful career. Everywhere she is being acclaimed as the greatest living singer of colora-tur- e and one of the greatest of all times. She is supported by two splendid assisting artists, Mayo Wadler, THE Mayo Wadle. 3. Ambroise Thomas Luisa Tetrazzini 4. Part II. a. La Pastorella b. LEco c. 5. 6. Conto di Primavera Eckert Cimara . SALT LAKE H, Boy, the smart and bril-liaNew York Princess theatre musical comedy success, under the management of F. Ray Comstock nt and William Elliott, will be the ing attraction at the Salt Lake Part I. a. La Pavana delle Maschere comthe- atre Thursday, iFriday. and Saturday, matinee Saturday. The book and lyrics of Oh, Boy are by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wode-housarid the music by Jerome Kern. The narrative of Oh, Boy revolves around one George Budd, an easygoing young man who has married Lou Ellen Carter without telling her parents of the ceremony. Unknown to George Budd, his friend, Jim Marvin, gathers around him some gay girls to celebrate a polo victory, and they enter Budds apartment by fire escape unannounced, and hide in an adjoining room as Budd enters the same way with the bride. A telegram arrives for Bud from his Quaker aunt, who is his guardian, and as such is opposed to his mary-inReading the telegram the bride decides to go to her parents home for the night just as Jim Marvin and the girls rush on the scene. George prevails on Jim and his guests to go to another room while he sees his bride home. Jackie Sampson, who plays Modesty in Experience, dashes in the Here she mets Jim open window. Marvin and tells him she was with a party in a restaurant and durii-som- e trouble hit an officer in the eye.' Jim Marvin suggests that she stay in Budds apartment and even introduces her to the battered officers as Mrs. Budd. The arival of the brides father and mother and Budds Quaker aunt complicate matters, which leads to no end of trouble for the newly married couple, but with the timely ssistance of Jim Marvin, George smoothes out the difficulties and all ends well. As a delightful combination of clever comedy, wtih sparkling tun and melodies, Oh,Boy is charming. Ch, Boy .was an entire season at the Princess theatre, New York, and then continued its run at the Casino in New York. January b. . Veracini Luisa Tetrazzini a. Rustic Dance! .Victor Kudzo b. Old Melody Christian Sinding c. Hejre Kati Jeno Hubay Mayo Wadler Variations on the Carnival of .... J ules Benedict Venice Luisa Tetrazzini Pietro Cimara at the Piano. x. 1. Hamlet Mad Scene from Gollivogs CakewalkJDebussey Pietro Cimara 2. Ballade Colleridge Taylor 8, 9 10, e, g. . . f . ' ' . i GERTRUDE HOFFMAN, THE GREATEST SHOW WOMAN, DANCER AND IMPERSONATOR, WHO HEADS NEXT WEEKS ORPHEUM BILL IN ANEW PRETENTIOUS ACT |
