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Show I Be With The. First Nighters BS Hj "Gff JZMffS" Hj "High Jinks' with somo old favorites in mu- H aical comedy and somo others who have made H themselves popular since their arrival, came to H the Salt Lake theatre on Wednesday night and H a large audience joined in the fun of the frolic- H somo troupers, the book and lyrics of Otto Ilauer- H bach and the music of Rudolf Friml. H "High Jinks" Js a year or two old and most H of the chorus and some of their costumes a year Hj or two older, but practically all of the lines are H new out this way, and there is a go and dash H and don't care what happens sort of spirit among H the principals which attracts and holds, and H causes one to intinually gurgle or roar with H laughter throughout the complications thai H exist through a mixup of husbands and wives H and others. It never would bo straightened out H in tho world except by the ut of a magic per- H fumo wiliicj charms tho most belligerent into H a forgiving mood. Stella Mayhew Is the bright H particular a tar of the production, and it is hard H to see how she could be much funnier. With an Hj irresistablc sense of humor of her own, it has H full play in the lines given her, she is a3 quick Hj as a flash, she doesn't care very much what she H does or says and is a joy to everybody in the house with) the emphasis on the front row. She's immense. All of tho men and most of the women fell for tho blandishments of Ada Meade who with Miss Mayhew shared the encores of the evening. That old word personality must be dragged to tho front in extrolling her charm which is heightened by a sweet voice, and ability to act and enough life for a dozen. For that matter, practically all of the principals prin-cipals are way up front in tho running; Cecelia Hoffman and Emma Frances, old friend Phil Ry-ley Ry-ley and Blllie Taylor, Bernard Gorcey and Eugene O'Rourke and others more or less familiar to regular reg-ular first nighters. Tho engagement closes with tho performances of this afternoon and tonight. The comedy and "business" are well worth hearing hear-ing and seeing, and the music, while not great is a cheerful relief to the T. B. M., even if the chorus can't dance. ORPHEUM Before saying anything about this week's bill at tho Orpheum, permit us to remind you that Charlotte Greenwood heads the bill tomorrow with Sidney Grant in the musical skit "Long Lanky Lettie." That's enough for circuit follow- ' ers to know. There's a long laugh coming. . But that's got nothing to do with Velerio Bergero in "Tho Locks of Panama." If someone had shorn the locks before they got a good start, it would have been better for everyone including Miss Bergere from whom is expected so much more than is seen in thla makeshift sketch. Mis 3 Bergero is and has always been an actress of 1 such capabilities In portraying many moods that it is painful to find her in "The Locks of T,an-ama." T,an-ama." Edwin Stevens and Tina Marshall with varied character sketches, with 'music included, have charmed their audiences as this clever pair always al-ways do, even If some of their lines have been -t. borrowed from tho long ago. The Girl from Milwaukee has a velvety voice, big as it is, and is making a great hit whoever she Is. Just to show how well she took, the audience applauded "My Hero" from "The Chocolate Soldier" which has never been heard here before, that is more than two thousand times. Cervo is another of those piano accordeonisbs; tho bill opens with Loughlln's Comedy Canines which are the goods, and closes with the Rigoletto brothers, more men who do everything, and do each thing well. It Is hoped, however, that we are not going to be surfeited "with, headliners "who think It la interesting in-teresting to the public to show 'how many things they can do. This is not said as a reflection on theso two clever men, but in view of the recent Schaffer performance, one becomes fearsome. |