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Show I! With The First Nighters I THE DANCING OF ST. DENIS. I By 'T. G. B It is difficult for those in whose natures poetry B ' is Jacking to hear the voice of romance of the B far East it is still harder for them to see it as B typified in dances unusual and strangely beautiful, B and so there were many in the theatre on Thurs- H day nir.t who felt like the old gentleman behind H ' me wh.' raved because he had lett a comfortable H bed at home. H For him and for those whose natures were akin H there was no perfume in the blossoms of the H ' Magra tree, no fascination in the lucent eyes of H ; the swiftly moving cobra, no chill in the night on B the plains of Ra, or warmth in the dawn that fol- B lowecT, no wonderment at fie meaning of the H carvcn walls, no inspiration in the light that B i bathed the Hadha. B Admitting that Si. Denis has little personal B magnetism, how anyone an witness her dances B and remain unmoved is a mystery. They have B been described, I believe, as sensuosly lovely. B They are not. They are all exotic, many of them H are loveliness itself, but St. Denis does not, and, B it would seem, cannot make them sensuos. She B makes them classics but is not temperamentally B constituted to add that something to their beauty B which would cause an audience to grow tumultu- B ous. St Denis is far from being a Pavlowa, but per- B haps even a suggested comparison is unfair con- B sidering the wide variance in the methods of the W two, St. Denis dances behind an Occidental bar- Bi rier which Pavlowa always vaults. Bj Apparently she is boneless, except that here B and there is an indication that something under- B neath is calcified, though she dances with her B whole body, and so carefully has she prepared, B with every attention to detail that the necessity B for any speculation on her physique or that of B those surrounding her is entirely obviated. B -" The delicate, exquisite beauty of "The Dance of B ' Day" made a greater appeal than any of her other B dances, and the picture of the vast Egyptian B i plains with the varying lights and shadows from B. ' dawn until the night again, created an atmosphere B that was most impressive, particularly for those B who have accompanied Hichens through "The Bl Garden of Allah." The dance "The Spirit of Bj Incense" was another glorious thing, the beauty B of which was enhanced by the care with which B the costume had been chosen to blend perfectly B With the restful blue of the smoke surrounding B the dancer. B The opening act, "The Tamboura," was in- B teresting but not pretty, the "Cobra" a delight, B and the' Nautch an artistic success, but deadly B stupid. Abandon is a state of being with which B St. Denis is evidently unfamiliar. The "Rahda," a B Hindoo temple dance, was weird, and rather un- B canny, but none the less remarkable in Its bar- B baric color effects. B With her artistic, but passionless perform- B ance, the Meyrowitz music was in exact accord. B B THE ORPHEUM ATTRACTIVE. B The heading refers to Frank Tinney, Fannie B Ward, Vallecita and her leopards, John Neff, and ' B perhaps Al Lawson not to John P. Rogers and B Mark Hart or Earnest Langton and Bertha Hart. B j In act tlie Harts are in the discard at the Or- B pheum this week, and they've got a couple of B jokers with them that are not needed in the B deck. B ' "The Artist's Dream," executed by Earnest B Langton pud Bertha Hart, is supposed to occur B ' in Paris, and it only goes to show what environ VAfJ ment will do to home talent, for no visir q of Bi BBB! I H ! an artistic absinthe absorber juid be worse than this same dream thing. When the lady constantly constant-ly reiterated "Oh, Joe, you have only six months more," there wasn't a soul in the audience who did not think of the judge with bitterness for not having given Joe at least six years. . Rogers and Hart now altogether, try to forget for-get them. Their act is indescribably stupid, and through, and increasing in splendor every minute After they finish, the daylight begins to filter through, and increases in splendor every minute ends in a blaze of glory. Lawson and Namon give a fairly clever performance per-formance of comedy cycling and bag punching, and John Neff and Carrie Starr have an unusual skit in which the clever Neff creates a lot of fun. "An Unlucky Star," as played by Fannie Ward and her company, is one of the real surprise sketches in vaudeville, and it is splendidly played BHBhVBHBVJBBP ,2fJHBpj YfflnBBYBYBYBi iiBBYBBP VBB IBvBhBBBBhBMt jbV' iHOwt'KBHBv ' - ' uHBBpF!BBBi flPgaar iWmT IH HUB i f- a H BB lv B AMY BUTLER The Tiny Comedienne who appears with her male quartette at the Orpheum next week. by the attractive little English woman and her company consisting of Elizabeth Emerson, horn-as horn-as Morrison, J. W. Bean and Arthur Forbes. And then Tinney yes W-i-i-i-M-1-ard, Tinney, one of the funniest men in low comedy on any stage today. There isn't one man in a thousand who could get away with the stuff he puts over without boring an audience to death, but his voice and actions are so unique, his humor so irresti-ble irresti-ble that every time he adorns an Orpheum bill there are hundreds who seeing him early in the week drop into the theatre again and again to try to get their fill. The beautiful part of his performance is that it is never twice alike He is surely a great card. An animal act that has few equals as a thriller is that in which Mme. Vallecita puts her five beuutiful leopards through their paces, the beasts performing in a big cage that occupies the greater part of the stage. It is one of the biggest big-gest features in vaudeville. With three head- liners and two other acts that will bear close in spection, the Orpheum gives its patrons more than full measure this week. There were long waits between the dances, at the St Denis performance, but who could be mean enough to begrudge a lady a few minutes to change her belt and the rings on her toes, even if the lecturer was painful. "ROSALIND AT RED GATE." By T. G. "Where is them papers?" "They is where you kinnot get 'em Wilson Day, who jest went out, has got them hid." "Oh Daddie, Daddie" (aside, "I wish some -$. -boob would write a play without making a leading lady 'Daddie' through four acts) that ain't Hank Holbrook at all, but William Hutchinson, who has come to slip one over on you, take him by the forelock and when his wig is off, see for yourself." "Nu, nu, it kinnot be, he is with his cheild, and we left her in Australia." "But, Daddie, she has traveled some since then, and has traced muh by muh emerald ring I lost the ticket and she found it." "Hush gel, I" "Come, come Hank Crosby, perduce them papers, pa-pers, er forge another set " Voice from the canoe shot: "I willa killa heem, hees biga da broth' wida da hata peen of my lila da sis' fora me, da 'onera tousan' peso." "Hush, Daddie, that sound brings back a thousand thou-sand memories, was it a ghost no, no, this is not his night to walk as I live, the echo sounded sound-ed like Sailor Walta da Seymore." "Nu gel, you're overwrought, you remember I advised against that Mediterranean trip ah, ha! who is this?" "Mickey Durkin at your service sir." "Leave the house and don't come back until we're in a pinch." "It was not always like these." "Well, onest again, them papers." "And what would you with them?" "You see our sister Jessie Pringle lives in The House of a Thousand Candles, and she's sitting there in the dark waiting to pay the light bill when I get them papers " 'When I geta da mon, I goa back to Firenze an' cutta da icea" "Daddie, Dadda, how did he find this place?" "By the carmine on the gate, Jan Wheatley, I said we shouldn't paint it red." "You said it would do picket duty, Daddie." "Don't jest gel, this rummie is liable to like , the place and stay to supper." ' "Once more; them papers or I fire." "Not so fast, Bill Hutchinson. The trusty Nell Pratt is boosting me through this coal shoot, and Emerson has you covered from a stage box." "There's class to that lover, what Daddie? He has saved us." "Mickey muh boy, she is yours, take her and if you promise to work hard the rest of your life, I'll come and live on you. An' besides, I ask ' yer pardon fer callin' yuh a lemon earlier in the act." "You were wrong Hank, I'm a grape fruit." "An' what is that, Mickey, me boy." "A lemon that has had a chance." "Promise us that you won't scrape the red off the gate." "I will, for it has opened into lover's lane." "My darling." "Ah, Jan." Curtain. The new bill at the" Orpheutn next week will be headed by Amy Butler, a diminutive comedienne, come-dienne, who appears with what she calls "the big quartette." The tiny actress has made several successes in recent musical comedies and her manner, personality and singing are said to be very attractive. Tor her vaudeville tour she has surrounded herself with four clever male singers and the numbers they present are said to be new, novel and effective. "Just Landed," a clever Irish skit, which is called a minature musical comedy, will be presented pre-sented by the well known comic opera artists, Mr. Walter Lawrence and Miss Lillian Fitzgerald. Comedy, novelty and acrobatics are all included in the specialty presented by the Reed Brothers. "What's the Matter With Father?" is the title of . j, a laughable sketch which will be given by Milo a Beldon, Hazel Chappie and company. The com- II mJL edy hinges on the attempt of "Perdy Mush" to gain the consent of an old Irishman to wed the daughter of the house. Leo Carrileo, who made his reputation in vaudevillo with his quaint Chinese Chin-ese stories and imitations of birds and animals, Is included on the bill with a new assortment of funny stories and mimicry. The Black Brothers, billed as expert banjolsts and dancers, will present pre-sent an act, it is said, somewhat different from the usual run of such turns. Twisting themselves into knots is the best way to describe the act that will be presented by Russell and Devirne, the former costumed as a frog and the latter as a dragon. The interesting announcement is made that next Thursday evening in the Tabernacle, the Salt Lake Symphony orchestra, under direction of Professor J. J. McClellan, will appear for the first time in the big edifice, assisted by the new-(Continued new-(Continued on page 10) WITH THE FIRST NIGHTERS. (Continued from Pago 13.) ly re-organized Orpheus Club, under direction of Professor Anton Pederson, the Tabernacle choir, under direction of Professor Stephens, and as un added attraction the appearance of the German singer, Alexander Heinemann. i The Theatre will offer "Mizpah" as its conference con-ference and aviation week attraction, with matinee mat-inee performances Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. aft-ernoons. At the Garrick, Clyde Fitch's scintilating story of the three embryo suffragettes who try to hate men and can't, opens for the week Sunday night, in the hands of the Garrick Stock company. "Girls" was last seen here at the Garrick when that theatre was known as The Grand, and the Shubert Bros, company that brought the show to town, left many a pleasing recollection of the fun and genuine wit of the Fitch effort. The three girls, Pamela Gordon, Violet Land-sowne Land-sowne and Kate West, will be played by Jane Wheatley, Helen Collier and Margaret Dills, respectively res-pectively and with the help of Mr. t urkin, Mr. Crosby, Mr. Herblin, Mr. Day, and te very enjoyable en-joyable Jessie B. Pringle, "Girls" ought to prove a cleverly presented show. Miss Pringle will have quite the opportunity of her season at the Garrlck as Lucille, the spinster character, whom Fitch made so thoroughly enjoyable. "Father and the Boys," which was bad enough even when Crane had it, opens the week at the Colonial, and after three or four performances will be followed by a melodrama called "Alaska," which will bo produced locally for the delectation of the visitors from the counties our legislators come from. |