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Show With the First Nighters II "THE AWAKENING." A remarkable play Is Paul Hervieu's "The Awakening." Not that it Is satisfying, or that a groat success may he predicted -for it in this country, coun-try, hut remarkable nevertheless. With a theme as old as the world, the love I of two men for one woman, Hervleu has intro duced a new element of duty, a persistent force which takes styape in the beginning of a talky first J act and grows steadily greater as the play goes ,', on. In that first act there seems to be much that is unnecessary, much that might bo omitted, but in the swift action that follows, the boredom of ' It is forgotten in the realization of the early nec- i essity for a perfect foundation for everything that tpanjiQifiivtho. subsequent situations. Tha partjcujar kind of duty, that of leading a ' lost cause to final victory, which has been the I grand passion of U19 young lover's father, is , rather a new idea in support of an argument to make a man renounce tne love of the woman with whom he is infatuated, but the fabric Is cleverly wrought and in the scene between the old man's retainer and Thereee De Megee (Miss Nethorsolo), and the imps.fiQned quarrel which followed between Prince Greolre and his son Prince Jean (Mr. In-gleton In-gleton and Mr. Mills), there was some wonderful acting, for In this Miss Nothersole had her first opportunity and that -wonderful voice sounded all the depths of tragic emotion. The scene between the two men Is as perfeet as anything of the kind In. any modern play. It was done magnificently. And before going further fur-ther It would be well to say that the excellency of the conjpany is one of the most charming features of-a. Nethersole production. The woman Is too great an artist to have her own. work spoiled by inferiority, which is In direct onnoeition to the general idoa that anything is good enough fox people so benighted that they live hundreds A , . . of miles from New York. There was not a flaw in the performance and wlian that may be said of a star's support tills far west, it means a great deal. Thp stage embellishments em-bellishments too, were, the height of artistry, and ovon if a lot of us did not care, pariianlarly for the play, we couldn't get away fipm the fact that we were witnessing a finished poriormanco. The ending Is bad, not so much on account of the natural result of the affair, as the explanation of- It, Tihfe is a,. siuniAitX imtftiflftiinjsk ttm& followed: thft real one whloh apoJlaMJ th. ao& for, those, who- thought at, all "The AtYjtakaning." Is. scwnathln entirely- nawfcC&c Miss NDthjorsole, ajid h.ar audience Qn qgnjgr believe that she had ohosan Ikwifch, anidocJfrEBj ing a little, fox it la no wise, gives, bar thjqiyyj tunities that ocaur in any of h;o othax pjaje tp, show her powers, of' portrayal auah, aarsanlnj her Sapho, or bettor rtlll, her Qarman, whioh is truly groat, and in which she wil be soan this afternoon. af-ternoon. 8 & MRS. TEMPLE'S TELEGRAM. There are a, lot at foolish paaplaJa town, who shied at the paper whioh preceded Ms. Temple's Telegram, and consequently just as many who missed the performance of two genuine comedian The ridiculous situations in this farae ware truly delightful, and thu.funny effect of them, wag greatly enhanced by Edward Emery as Jack Temple and Franklyn Underwood as IJrank Puller. These two vary natural.. comedians who in the play were about a rojawtpalul llar a one gen-orally gen-orally meets wore responsible for most of the fun though the reat of vurup&ny wee ntbaii even if tome of the paste -weje jabifeosswljaae. It is too bad that the wanfc mace publicity given the piny before it appeared here for the light business here wee just as much a lotti to local playgoers as it was to the aotors, though perhaps that might be looked at fro'nv a dlfffir eut standpoint., ' ORPIxlE.l!)jyit ( How long must the common. people flje grtkt mass of theatre patrons, natt tojisolfjsllad oritur of the upper ten, demand thai? rights? Wlthcu,t any apparent results? - It Ib an "" abbslute -fr:fflgaeme'anr ' - fijr those in control of the -Orphoum .'to take the money of a gpnerous public In exchange for a seat at such a show as the oho appearing at that house this week. There isji't much more to be said. The personal opinions ,of . its patrons and the press opinions seem to carry no weight. The disgusting performances continue, but the fault really does not He with the local management, man-agement, it rests with the Chicago offices whlhh seam to haxe collected a particularly cheap, aj$ disgusting lot of bralii stormers. " The idea seems to be that so long atf the public will give up its money without stint for the cheapest kind of a tractions there Is no occasion to make a further outlay, and really that is the business way of locking lock-ing at it. The doing away of such programs as that at the Orphoum this week rests entirely with the public, and until It protests by withdrawing its patronage, the outrage will continue. A reformation reforma-tion may be affected by the pocketbook route, but that Is probably the only way. ' Just recall for a moment Dixon and Fields. They are supposed to bo original German come- 1 dlanB and most of the stuff they use Is a direct ' lift from Kolb & Dill from spmo of their hits jin San Francisco two and three years ago. Thja'n there was Forreros, the. clown and his musical dog. The dog redeemed this performance and' it was to regret that there woren'tnore dogs a'nd less men in the- show. Emil Subers said te. be a, monologlst, sprang a bunch of dilapidated stuff that made a graet hit in the dear departed days of tha nineties, jo was something fierce. Then came the Peters, Phil and Nettle. They had appreciative audiences in each other, but nobody else could see the fgp. Really it is. hard to reoaJl anything, worse tbjan. Mr. Peters' imposition,-the climax of four acta that would be hissed at any wall conducted, tan, twenty, twen-ty, thlrt. Mllo. Martha Is a strong card, but like many another headllnar the Orphoum shows toward the close of the show, people wore so exhausted that her novel and beautiful work could scarcely he appreciated If shows such as those of the. last two weeks- continue to be a feature at the vaudeville vaude-ville house, it will be no compliment to bo a head-liner, head-liner, for the accomplishment will he within reach of anyone. & GADSKI. Mmo. Johanna Gadski, whose appearance noro October 7th; may well be considered one- of- the leading musical oyants of tho.sejfson, wag; scasoely more than a girl whan ska wtffc, bnouglit to this .country to sing before audiences to-whom her n$me, was practically unknown. At Kroll's theatre, the-atre, In Berlin, Walter Damrosoh hoard her sing, and was so impressed that ho offered hor an en-gagfimjeat en-gagfimjeat with the Djuarosch-EHU Opera, company. com-pany. $ . Gadfkl made hor New York debut in March, 1806, in the role of Elsa in Lohengrin, and she steppedt into instant favor. In 1808 she became a member of the Gran company, rocaivlng on Grau'a retirement a flattering offer from Helnrlch Con-rled. Con-rled. Gadski nights became quite the most fashionable fash-ionable of the opera seasons, the prima donna's Aide and Brunnhllde being especially popular. A difference with Mr; 3bnrl6a) ld Grtslci to sever hor connection wlth-lho-opera company, and -for three seasons alie devoted herself exclusively to Concert under Loudon Charlton's direction. She is now baolc at the Metropolitan, however, dividing her time equally between the concert and operatic fields. The sale of seats will open at the Clayton music store Monday, September 30th. iC "THE VANDERBILT CUP." Next week local theatre-goers will be given an opportunity to see "The Vandorbilt Cup," which comes to the Salt Lake theatre. It is thoroughly musical comedy, the automobile being the motive power from the rise of the curtain till its fall. W. K. Vandorbllt's cup race at Mlneola, Long Island, Is-land, i the .foundation of the funny situations. Mr. Vanderbllt present's. tlie trophy, Which is raced for by automobile drivers of the world eaoh autumn au-tumn on the smooth roads of Long Island. The story of the play hinges upon the efforts of a clever little country girl who overthrows a plan to defeat hor millionaire uncle's car. j "The Holy. City," Clarence Bennett's successfully success-fully Biblical drama, seems destined to take place I among the classics of the American stage. Each year that It Is presonted it is witnessed by audiences audi-ences of increasing size. Its popularity does not seem to give any indication of waning, and demands are nearly always made for a return engagement. "The Holy City" will bo presented at the Grand theatre one week, starting Sunday, Sept. 29th, matinee Wednesday and Saturday. Teddy Heik, Malamoot at State Fair The Orpheum attractions for next week are as follows: As a headliner comes Julie Herne & Co., in a playlet entitled "Botween Acts," written by Miss Herne, who is a daughter of Jas. A. Herne. The scene is laid in tho dressing rdom of a Now York theatre, and the story is about a young-actress young-actress who is in love with a successful author. Lew Hawkins, known as "The Choetorflold. of Minstrelsy," is. billed and there Is Loona Thurber, and her pickaninnies. Scott and "Wilson are a couple of aorobatio comedians and the- Balzars are styled as original up-to-date acrobats. |