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Show " " J - "'" " - i." : t jj With the First Nighters I ORPHEUM. 1 "Patrick Levy" sold them all the seats he had J . at the Orpheiim this week and stood them up ' besides, and wall he might, for a in a few years , ij to come when Herman Timberg, which is Pat- ' I rick Levy's name off the stage, quiets down a bit, -! and takos the place now hold by David Warfiold, j" people will say: "Why, I saw that chap ton years 'I ago when lie was in .vaudeville." 1 1 1 I hardly think it an exaggeration to say that yqung Timberg has got it In him to make a great 1 Star, for ho is a genius in everything that the - i term implies, and instinctively he reminds you f .of the creator of "The Auctioneer," "The Music i Master" and "The Grand Army Man," as that fa- I i mous actor was before he reached the pinnacle j ' I upon which he is now so firmly ensconced. I Timberg is vary young and thero is always ! 1 the possibility of his head being turned, but oven r j that couldn't spoil his versatility and natural ' Cleverness, which are such .splendid features In j Gus Edwards' School Boys and Girls, the liveliest, I and most enjoyable admixture of music and fun on the circuit. : But the best of the comedy lies in the fact that 5 I as good as Timberg happens to be. School Boys ; 5 and Girls is not a one man show, for Frank Alvin, ; ' Murry Harris and Louis Jonap are stem-winders j with a dozen clever specialties of their own and ,' ;8 the continuous spontaniety of youth. i ;J' Miss Maud Earle as the monitor is a real beauty, and knows how'to sing, and Lillian Gohn ! as Sassy Little Is a whole show in herself, with I Gertrude Moulton, Grace MInieken and Ollle I : Walker scintillating trailers. The words the .music and general arrangement of the piece start ' ! and finish it with sparkle and dash, and bdlleve ! ! mo, it is one great show. I There Is a lot of fun, too, in "A Bachelor's I : Wife," the Rice-Cohen specialty. It is really well i worth seeing, and Mr. Rice is very funny. In 1! these respects, the sketch and the star differ J greatly from the usual vaudeville sketch, j Inman's dogs are world beaters, and thero are none bettor made. They are consummate actors, ( and it would be hard to pick out the star in such ' i an aggregation. , I The Four Parros, three-fourths of whom are ; I I very pink and buxom, and all of whom are athletic ; f I to an unusual extent, open the performance, fol- I lowed by Foster and Foster In the musical od- ' - dity, "The Volunteer Pianist." The volunteer j himself is a wonder, and has a hard time getting ' f away from every audience. m In such a beautiful basket of peaches, it is 1$ perfectly natural to And one lemon, and the label S road "James F. Macdonald, singing comedian and I! story-teller." He didn't stay long only long i Ig enough to prove that the program was the story j 1 teller. B "THE TOYlviAKER." . , Once upon a time the lid came off the chamber IJ of commerce and the result was harrowing. I : But a kindly Providence sent a heavy snow to ; purify the atmosphere. ? I Next came "The Toymaker" for an engage- I f ment of three nigMg and the parable was re- I ;I peated. I I & & & j "Brewster's Millions" the great eastern success t which has been awaited with such interest ever I l since it crossed the river, will conclude an on- ! gagement at the Salt Lake theatre this evening. , We regret that the dates were so arranged as I to prevent a review in this issue. j RETURN OF LORCH. Theodore Lorch, for years a favorite with Grand theatre patrons, returns to the Grand theatre the-atre for a four weeks engagement Sunday evening, even-ing, March 8th, and his repertoire this season is said to be the best he has ever had. He has secured the rights for Utah of the big Blaney and Woods melodramas for this engagement. en-gagement. Mr. Lorch is supported this season by not only the largest company he has ever had, but the best. His opening play will be "Capt. Heme, TJ. S. A.," a military drama with a startling realistic battle scene, twenty-five soldiers sol-diers being required for the battle scene alone. Archie M. Cox, former manager of the Grand, arrived here Wednesday on a regular trip of inspection. in-spection. He will remain a week. - " k ! Florence Gear In " Cupid at Vassar." NEW ATTRACTION AT LYRIC. The week just closing has been an exceptional one with the Lyric and its patrons. The latter have been treated to throe bills by the little playhouse down among the sky scrapers. The week started off with "The Missouri Girl," a comedy drama, followed by "The Players." This afternoon O'Neil & Stewart's New York company com-pany of seventeen people will begin a week's engagement en-gagement in "Quincy Adams Sawyer." This company com-pany has its own scenery and a complete production pro-duction in every way. Determined to give its patrons the best ever offered for ten-twonty-thirty and fifty cents the Lyric's management booked the company for a week. News comes from Vienna of the death Feb. 28th of Pauline Lucca. That will stir many a heart in the United States, for many people thirty-five thirty-five years ago thought she could out-sing Patti or any other artist since Jennie Lind. She was born, of poor parents, in Vienna in 1841. As she grew into young womanhood, so wonderful was her voice and so pronounced her talents that many of the best Eurrnean instructors offered to teach her without c mpensatlon, but she was as proud as she was poor and so went out to earn a living. She joined the chorus of the Vienna court opera and made her debut in 1859. Her success was so wonderful that a war broke out among directors for her services. She went to Berlin, then toured Europe and everywhere she was hailed the very queen of song. She came to America in 1872 and was an enchantment in concerts for two years. She married a German baron and retired from the stage, but the news of her-death awakens a thousand memories, and many a grey-beard and bald head, reads the news 'and then murmurs: "Lucca waa an angel, all but the wings, and many a real angel when it comes to singing was just an amateur compared with the divine Lucca. & & & The new musical college girls' play, "Cupid al Vassar," comes' to the Salt Lake theatre next week. According to the press agent Mr. Murray has an eye for the pioturesquo and in this one of his newest productions he has shown more than his usual keen sense for beauty j in the surroundings of his play and he has given it a splendid scenic outfit, the four scenes shown are the inside of one of the senior double rooms at Vassar, the Class day celebrations on the college col-lege campus and two views of the old home in Vermont, one in summer and one at Christmas time, w''! a tree laden with gifts", and a real New Englauu storm brewing outside. The play will come to the Salt Lake theatre the first half of next week. "Scott Welch as Kid Burns in 45 Minutes from Broadway." COHAN AGAIN. "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway," George M. Cohan's original play with music, and Scott Welch as "Kid Burns," the ex-slangy prize fighter, comes to the Salt Lake theatre for three nights beginning Thursday, March 12, with Saturday matinee. "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway" is in three acts, all of the scones being laid in different parts of the suburban town of New Rochollo, which is throe quarters of an hour from Broadway, Broad-way, New York, hence the title. While it is in no sense a musical comedy, some of the most popular songs that have yet come from the pen of that prolific tireless composer, such as "Mary is a Grand Old Name" and "So Long, Mary," "I Want to be a Popular Millionaire," and several others, are rendered during the progress of the action of the play, and what is usually termed the "chorus" in this style of entertainment consists con-sists in this production of eight young women who in personal beauty, clever dancing, and vocal accomplishments ac-complishments are said to more than atone for any possible lack of numbers. As is known to most persons interested in the theatre, Mr. Cohan followed no set linos in the writing of "Forty-five Minutes From Broadway," but departed radically from the conventional by combining drama, comedy, farce, molo-drama and musio, with the result of achieving an entertainment entertain-ment interesting and enjoyable. Miss Frances Gordon will portray the role of "Mary." From this time forth the name of Adelaide Prince will not only be prominent among stage-folk, stage-folk, but will also shed no little lustre in the firmament firm-ament of literary stars. She is the author o "The Power that Governs," the now play in which Creston Clarke is scoring a decided success this season. A picturesque and unique stage setting has been made possible by the locale of the play, its three acts passing in and about the Sierra Madro mountains in old Mexico. p "Buster Brown." about the brightest, breeziest show that has been seen at the Grand this season, sea-son, has packed the house with satisfied audiences all week. |