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Show W&ifh the Ttri-Jighter B Two more weeks and then most of the politic III will be over, but during those two weeks, not HI a single play will bo presented at the Salt Lake B theater, and exoopt for the spasmodic appearance H of party orators, the house will be dark until after H November eighth. So save your pennies for the H good things that are coming, and make up your BH mind that the Lenten season comes in the fall this H year. BBfl - & fc7 HI THE GATES-SYMPHONY CONCERT. U A brilliant musical success, which crowded the H Salt Lakg theater with an audience composed Bl of the people of the oity vtfio really appreciate B beautiful music was the Luoy Gates-Symphony H orchestra concert of Thursday evening. It was, B one of the most notable events among the many H artistic successes in which Miss Gates, Mr. Shep- H herd, and the members of his orchestra have ap- HB peared, and it thoroughly demonstrated that Salt IH Lake is exceptionally favored in p' -sing such H extraordinary talent. H Miss Gates is truly an artist, u added to her H beautiful voice is a personal charm that compels the admiration of everyone. H Her intonation is well nigh faultless, and her K colorature surpasses that of anyone in local mu H sioal ciroles. She has improved much in the mid- iH die register of her voice, and greatly in her style H of singing. The variety of her selections was H such as to show the complete range of her ex- H quisite voice. H The beauty of the numbers rendered by the H orchestra under the able direction of Mr. Shep- BI herd who is never sensational or bombastic in H conducting his orchestras, cannot be praised too B highly. The personnel and instrumentation were superior to that of any local organization we.have ever heard, and great thing are expected of ho luture of this exceptional company. The dramatic effect of the new wood-winds made the rendition of the "Oberlin" overture far more effective than when previously heard, and "The Queen of Sheba" music heard for the first t me was gorgeous" in its oriental color, the more than ordinary difficulties of the rendition being most creditably surmounted. Rev. Goshen's remarks in support of the orchestra, or-chestra, were greatly appreciated by the many who wish to see the Salt Lake Symphony orchestra orches-tra a permanent fixture. j & & Pretty Peggy will be the attraction at the Salt Lake theatre this afternoon and evening, jj & & WARDE AND KIDDER. If Frederick Warde does not change his mind, next year he will make hl3 iast appearance at the old Salt Lake playhouse, and it will be pleasant for his many friends and admirers to remember that his latest presentation was exactly suited to his talents tal-ents and that he appeared to far better advantage advant-age th?n in such elongated old vehicles as Alexander Alex-ander the Great Playgoers who have seen Mr. Warde in the poorly staged productions in which, he and Mr. James have appeared in late years, were agreeably surrrised at the splendid staging of Salammbo, a somber and tragic picture of old Carthage which essentially calls for an elaborate setting. Another feature of the performance which did not escape favorable notice was the Improvement Improve-ment in Mis3 Kidder, her appearance excepted. She has forgotten some of the prancing special- ties -which hove marred here past performances, and Jiar Tapose in a part where hysteria coulcl naturally have been expected greatly added to the force of her aoting. Both she and the star -were peculiarly effootive in some of the many striking scenes which the play presents. Plays of the somber hue of Salammbo are not the Icind that appeal ap-peal to the average Salt Lake theatre goer, but Mr. Warde's new presentation was a pleasing variation after the lighter performances Which have held the boards during the past few wedks. W 1 (pV Miss Daisy Leighton and Phil Ryley, who have been seen here in "Florodora" and "The Tenderfoot." Tender-foot." and who have a number of friends in this city, were married in San Franoisco during the engagement of the company in that city. The Chronicle says of the event: Philip H. Ryley, leading comedian of the "Tenderfoot," now playing at the California theatre, and brother of Thomas Ryley of "Florodora" fame, sprung a surprise sur-prise on the other members of the company yesterday, yes-terday, 'with the assistance of Daisy Leighton. Ryley Ry-ley and Miss Leighton (whose name off the stage is Daisy L. Slaughter) went to St. Mary's cathe-. dral yesterday morning and were married by Vicar General J. J. Pendergast. Although this was a surprise to most members of the company, it was not so to their intimate friends as the couple have been engaged for two yeTs. They had intended waiting until the return, of the company to New York for the ceremony but they decided that a small wadding in the prorent was better than a big ceremony in New York in June. The groom's brother pn being notified noti-fied by telegraph of the event wired in return that his wedding present would -be a trip to Europe for the pair. Ryley was the original Tweedlepunch in "Flo- ' 1 rodora," and Miss Leighton was one of the famous fa-mous sextette. ,.Aiftsr the success df ni new comedy, "Tho Gblloge Widow," at the Garden theatre, a friend wag .-walking -down roadway with George Ade nfi, passing Wallaok's, observed an announcement announce-ment of tho coming of "The Sho-Gun," the now Koreai! comic opera which Mr. Ade has written in conjunction with Gustav Ludera. "George," ra marked the friend, "I don't see how you do it. Where do you get your humorous vein? You must do a Whole lot of thinking to he able to grind out so much material." "That's where you are wrong," replied Mr. Ade. "I don't do so very much thinking, and if I am at all humorous I am sure the trait can be attributed to inheritance. Years ago I became positively convinced that my father was a humorous man,' and I'll tell you Why. A long time ago fifty years, to be exact my father settled in the northern part of Indiana, near a small town called Morocco. The town is located on the edge of the famous Kankakee marshes, and the population of the entire county at that time did not exceed 2,000. For some reason rea-son my father became convinced that the community commu-nity needed a bank. So he established one, and he named it the National Bank of North America Now, I contend that this establishes my father as a humorist," and if during my lifetime I have written writ-ten anything that is funny I think it is due to the founder of the National Bank of North America to say that he was a humorist long before I broke into the field." & & JS In the comedy of "A Gold. Mine," in which Nat Goodwin. played the character of an American vis-' iting in the English capital, he has one line to the effect that for the benefit of Londoners he was going go-ing to publish a "funny Punch." " ' This inspired one man with the idea of seeing what Punch had ever printed that would strike his countrymen as funny. It was a good deal of a task, but he went through all the files and diSr. covered about four jokes. The prize one in his estimation was this: "A meets B on the streets. "B Where are you going? "A To hear a lecture on Keats. "B What are keats?" je & & "The Runaways," in which Arthur Dunn is starring under the direction of Sam S. Shubert, has a Democratic and a Republican club. Things ought to be far from monotonous just now with "The Runaways." & & & De Wolf Hopper, who is now appearing successfully suc-cessfully in a revival of "Wang," has been a "star" longer than any other comic opera comedian before be-fore the public. It is also true that he has to his credit as many, or more, successes than any of his contemporaries. Among these may be mentioned men-tioned "Panjandrum," "Dr. Syntax," "El Capitan," "The Bride-Elect," "The Charlatan," "Mr. Pickwick" Pick-wick" and "Wang." This last mentioned piece, which was written by J. Cheever Goodwin and Woolson Morse, has proved the greatest moneymaker money-maker with which Hopper has been identified. Its original engagement In New York was of little lers than a year's duration, while its revival re-vival last spring at the Lyric was equally satisfactory, satis-factory, financially. |