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Show With the First Nihters 1 "DIVORCONS." J I Whoever selected "Divorcons" as the vehicle ,1 for Grace George to display her unusual talents 1 made a master stroke. "Winsome" and "oharm- ,1 ing" are words almost worn threadbare in vocabu- 1 laries that have to do with things theatrical, but i f Grace George is so winsome In her coquetry and I the charm of her manner and speech is so com- I polling that the two words have perfect applica- 1 ion in reference to her without going into eco- 1 miums unnecessary and extravagant. : Positively, nothing could be written with the I wit, situations and the action, which combined ; would afford Miss George such an opportunity, and 1 in the interpretation of Sardou's Cypriennp the 1 actress has done everything possible to picture 1 this creation of the great dramatist. 1 Thinking over all of his women, in tragedy or jl in the pleasant places, none of them are so inter- I osting to study as Mme. des Prunelles, i roviding I of course that such an actress as Grace George is I in the role, and we know no other such actress. I She is of the type that Isabel Irving would like i to be, but not for a moment is that meant for a 1 comparison, for this woman is a rare comedienne 1 so far above the average that comparisons would 1 no nothing but flatter the other one. , j This Cyprienne is a wonderful character and ;1 the more wonder is that as long as it has been I available, so few have essayed it. Possibly the I secret of their reticence might have been in the I fact that they were bright enough to know that 1 they couia never do justice to the part, but what I modern actress would admit of such an absurd v condition? f However, it is nice that most of them left it to Miss George. Vivacious to a degree, inconsist- ' $r ent in every way that a woman would be, inno- j, ; cent of the pitfall toward which she was going to Si the extent of frankly confessing to her husband, I'll as a matter of course, her indiscretions with Ad- ! j hemar, brilliant in every sally of wit, enchanting 1 1 even with her face buried in a soppy handkerchief (j when involuntarily she is trying to regain what ft she has supposedly lost, delicate and sweet in t situations which at times are decidedly Frenchy : j to say the leas., Miss George is everything that it is possibly for any one woman to be, and a lot u more. J- Why, that sweet whimper full of tears and re- I pentance with her face hidden In the arms of the B man who won her back was one of the .touches of I, jl the pretty comedy so natural that a fellow feels 1 n that ho has hurt somebody again, and wonders if Jf he Isn't the one to beg forgiveness, fe Withal there is an undercurrent of reality, of B seriousness, almost of tragedy, but all in all the most delightful comedy that has been seen here H in years, ft We have been very fortunate also in seeing i guph a finished actor as H. Reeves-Smith in the 1 role of the husband. Frank Worthing, the boy ) with the dumplings in his mouth, though sincere li ! enough in his work, 'has until very recently been II . seen with Miss George, but Mr. Reeves-Smith is a M finished actor whose mummery is of the high- B brow brand, and whose conception of Henri des B Prunelles is a very definite one of an order of rare B intelligence. One of the cleverest bits ever seen in character work was Joseph the waiter, as done in star col- I ore by William Riccardl. He actually made you i I hungry so well did he enjoy the repast which lie I was suggesting and In every action, word and facial expression was nearer actual than typical. Divorcons" will remain a very bright spot in ! 1 j the history of the Salt Lake theatre for many a ill month to come. Hi' kM..t... ORPHEUM. "In the order in which they appear" as the program says, is the easy -way to tell the story of the Orpheum this week. But it isn't easy to tell how bad the opening stunt happens to be. Hoey and Lea are real comedians for just one reason, for nothing could be funnier than to have two men of their cast of countenance Imagine it necessary to put on a Hebrew makeup. After the season is over, it will hardly be necessary for them to go anywhere to regain their nerve for of all the inane contributions contribu-tions to the realms of boredom, theirs come closest clos-est to the limit. " Harry Allister, impersonator of the celebrated B is mighty clever, though everything he does is I uot perfect. JHowevor his is a dlean pleasing B performance with the balance of it to the good. B The Melani Trio instantly met with popular B and critical approval without a struggle. Such B work as theirs is one of the things best calcu- B latea to advance vaudeville. Their music was B beautiful and the Italian color they gave it more B than doubled its value. I Violet Dale was woefully lacking In most of B her impersonations. Some of them were fairly B clever, but the majority were jokes, entertaining B enough if one had not seen the originals, but cartoons if one had. B ANNE MEREDITH Who will be seen here In "The Virginian" next week |