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Show i I , - II : I XOiih -the First JVfighters. Ng 1 HL Attractions for Week of January 26th. M k lie Salt Lalce Theatre. Monday and luesday H I ! r evenings, "The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch." "Wednes- H I I K day afternoon and evening, "Magda." Thursday, H W Friday and Saturday and Saturday matinee, "Prin- I li if "cess ChIc-" H m The Grand. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, H (KB' "The Burglar and the Waif." Thursday, Friday H ? and Saturday, "A Runaway Match." H 5 IR e s 4 B ( wi B I Si Br ne aza 0T" Florence Roberts. H i i k, In a clever description of a function peculiar HI ' I j; toNew York, a metropolitan reporter once wrote: H J 1 '' "The big room grew into such popularity that be- H .! wl fore midnight the census showed two men, and H U 1 - six girls to each glass." H 'lj And if this wonderful, unheralded woman Flor- I 'H iP ence Roberts does her work tonight, and during B H H e remander of her engagement half so well H ft 11 h as she has done in "Zaza," the theatrical census L J should show an equivalent demand for seats. Com-H Com-H If ii ing out of the west, an exr 'ment with much to 5 r content with by comnn. with Carter, she H .; i('f, grew right straight in.o cnc hearts of her audi-H audi-H J si ft ence, who having won in their dramatic lottery, KIK ; ;., like the men who go broke after holding a win-H win-H R(f f ning ticket, are buying more, in a good cause. H Mm ! Her other plays have not the life, and color, and B 'iJr u fire and intense Pathos that gives the fascination I I1 - product of the Belasco brain, but Florence H llJ ffcl Roberts is a great actress, and it is safe to say I liU'l that ner "Camille" uer "Sapho," and the rest & Sm ut snow tne versatility of this new stellar ilfr lj discovery. Someone has said that "acting is an II! 'IS elixer for women who have taken chances in the i j$j lottery of ideals, and have drawn blanks. That ,1 W .wa!s a phase in the "Zaza" nature, and one rea- ti Jn a'on maybe why Leslie Carter played it so well, J ij but the whole substance of the dream of wo- fm S"' men wno love deep sentimen Is rarely por- j ,IL trayed clearer than by this new ' Zaza," and in 'b ij! her most tragic scenes, the significance of a lit- 1 ! 3 m tie song instinctively comes to you: t i ii - "There are tears in my eyes, I r 1 at "Ana the world calls them dew." I wllBP Florence Roberts has studied the character I SSfi;B f "Zaza" very deeply, all the sacrifice, all the I II lHll!' love, all the bitter heartaches of the poor wo- I ' Sim man, and the depth of feeling in every word, and I III tlie perlectness of every action is very Belas- I m liflf coesque. And so without that training it is tne more to her credit that she has done what she has done. And the company, ah, what a sweet surprise. First, the aunt Georgie Woodthorpe. It is hard for us to keep Mrs. Bates out of mind, but Miss Woodthorpe's work was so irresistably fetching, and so distinctly her own, that we were all sorry to hear, in the last act, that she had died. The Cascart of William Yerrance was distinct and pleasing, as was the work of our old friend, Lucius Henderson, as Bernard, and the bits of character work of the whole company were gems. C fc? Carmen. Tis said that a Parisian, dabbler in the occult has won the heart of the wonderful Calve, and that she has been captivated by the mysicism of the cult as well as the pleadings of the lover. But her Carmen is dead, and delver in the invisible invis-ible that she is, it is safe to say that she would not recognize that Carmen in the hands of Rose Cecilia Shay, nor could she tell from whence the transmigration. Rose Cecilia belongs rather to the physical culture period of opera (whenever that was) than anything else, and the only thing that made her Carmen tolerable was the cow county legislator, who sat just a chair ahead, and murmured: "Gawd, ain't she beautiful." All through the weariness of the acts preceding preced-ing the Retreat of the Smugglers, those in the audience who remaineu, hoped against hope, till at last the outlaws brought in the long chests. Ah! a thought, a ray of light perhaps oh, could it, could it be that in those boxes, the voices were concealed. Not much, far be it from so, and another long act before the killing. There is no melody in the voice of this One-Horse One-Horse Shay, and her company, for the most part, is an imposition on an expectant, and rather forgiving for-giving public. Especially is this true in the pick up chorus of ham fatters, and sullen-looking women whose legs hung down over their shoetops. Helen Naldi is a brilliant piece of work, and her prayer in the third act was a gem, highly praised by those who heard her sweet soprano voice. Achilli Alberti was acceptable, and especially good in the Toreador song. Pauline Johnson and Bloise Bishop have voices but to the rest back to the sweat shops, and a long farewell. And, by the way, did you note the gush in the dailies? tOith the First ffightcrs, Continued. Great Journalism. A wonderful piece of journalism, and an exhi. bition of foresight, worthy of greater things, was the work of the dramatic critic of "Truth," in the last issue of that paper. Through that medium, one was enabled to read a criticism of "The Amazons" as produced by the University Dramatic club, during the first act of the play, for "Truth" was in the postofflce boxes by 9:30 p. m., and in it a long notice of the work of the Dramatic club "last night." This paper goes to press on Friday afternoon, and so does "Truth," and while we should have been delighted to give the clever club a nice notice, no-tice, it was impossible to do so, and be fair to them and to our readers, without witnessing the performance. per-formance. This is so with everything making its initial appearance Friday night, and anything written before hand must be mostly imaginative or inspired. The suspicious looking notices which appeared in the daily press of the wandering opera company com-pany of the first (rank) were the limit, and this new stunt in journalism is scarcely less harrowing. harrow-ing. W fp f&N The outrage perpetrated on the theatregoers of this city by the daily press during the Shay engagement en-gagement has been the subject of much comment during the week. Many people depend on what the dailies say after the first night, and it is shameful to deceive them. t& && t& Kirk La Shelle's (that means good) opera company in "Princess Chic" comes to the u'lieatre the last of next week. It is one of the catchiest operas on the road. 5 t '55 The house is sold for "Sapho" tonight, noth-ing noth-ing doing. S. R. O. |