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Show HI ; DRAMA Hfi H Alfred Best, the Utah tenor who has 'been so H successful in his work in Berlin and other Euro- i pean centers, will be heard in a cor' c in Salt f jfai Lake beforo he returns for further study in Europe. I The event will take place in the tabernacle on 1 Tuesday, October 5th, and Mr. Best will be assisted f by Prof. J. J. McClellan and Willard Weihe. E It was at the suggestion of Caruso that Mr. H Best took an operatic course in Berlin and his first g appearance resulted in a contract to sing in royal g opera for two full seasons. About the middle of immeasurably improve the program that one could almost enjoy the evening. The majority of the acts are away below Or-pheum Or-pheum standard, and even the kerosene circuit would be pretty good for some of them. The appearance ap-pearance of Christine La Harranque arouses more sympathy for the lady than admiration for her singing, though her voice is of excellent quality. The sextette of dancers who close the bill was one of the Hippodrome attractions at Saltair this sum. mer and consequently is scarcely new to Or-pheum Or-pheum patrons. They are six very clever dancers, however, and form one of the two or three bright spots on the bill. Professor C. B. Schettler and Hi HHIHP k IIH Hi IHIRfiL HHh HI iiiiiHHiHHHHnlP j 'tw? flH If HnHHBP? k SHH H! HHry H H Kj I if- ygfc iHt H Hjf Eleanor Gordon at the Orphcum next week H October, Mr. Best will return to Germany to as- Br I sume the roles assigned him in the most famous R ' opera company of the old world. This distinc- B tion has never before been conferred upon a Utah K tenor. B The program for the concert will contain at H least two arias from grand operas, as well as some H lighter numbers. Hit & & j Hp Ifc ls another of those weeks at the Orpheum Hji where the substitution of the motion picture K machine for about five act3 on the bill would so K - iBi HHliHHHHHHHHHHHHPVIVI Willie Stafford need a lot of ginger in their musical musi-cal efforts. Margaret Fealy, who is presenting "Witches' Hour and Candlelight" is a clover artist but her sketch is conventional and she is poorly supported. Prank Conroy is splendid in his comedy com-edy sketch. "A King for a Night," and Miss George is almost equally good. The work of the remaining gentleman who assists, however, goes just as far in the other direction. Matthews and Ah' " jy. while rather interesting In themselves, them-selves, manage to ring just enough smut into their dialogue and singing to spoil the act Weber, a juggler, is uninteresting. |