Show BETTER THAN GENIUS At the tile Grand theater this week a aman man name named Theo Theodore ore Lorch has opened an engagement Mr Larch Lorch f- f Ie ma may fairly be bo lc regarded e as a Salt Lake product ro Much of or his Ilis work as an has been done llone hero and he has here built up a following which can canLe be Le nothing less Jess ess than flattering to him The rho man is a goo good deal of a a. stu study y There certainly is first rate rale material in him He appears lacking Jacking In some someS S of the accomplishments which are enjoyed en en- jo joyed c by br many or of his profession and to learn slowly and amI with difficulty some home of or the ru rudimentary things of or grammar grammar gram gram- mar for example example-a a weakness that Is revealed re when he Is forced to respond to a Do call for a speech before tb the cur cur- tam tain He e has bas difficulty in expressing expressing- himself In running talk tall and frequently violates accepted rules as to verbs r and nouns and their relation J rh These hc things are t. t handicaps Mr lr i Lorch l Impresses npr one one- oneas a as an al uneducated J san man But ho lie succeeds lu In spite of of- It t He c before the Salt Lake Lake peo pea pea- eo- eo pIe for orR a number of oC seasons in a wide variety of plays an and each time of oC his return shows him improved e That Is the hopeful thing in his case The Theman Theman man works He is resolute determined deter eter- mined He may have llave none of or the fire I o of genius but hut he has that better quality quality it ity the capacity for work And that has been defined as genius by excellent excellent excel excel- lent Judges There is a a. level IC of likeness in his presentations a familiar quality in all Situations a an apparent difficulty in filling his acting with flashes of variety va- va variety with surprises But to the observing observing ob s. s serving inc n-inc and to the friendly ly there Is Isan an even een more important proof of effort of ot persistence of ot study and of ot exploration exploration exploration ration in a field which would discourage discourage discourage age age a a. lesser man o That wa way comes e education and easy polish c sand and and Impressiveness-and and sue sue- cess No Ko one oue can watch Mr Ir Lorch through an evening without realizing that here Is In a spirit superior to difficulty dUll dUll- culty cully a a. soul too big for defeat And there is a loyalty of the man to his audience au au- au a a. loving oving allegiance to them and a a. hopeful taki g them with him himIn In what is certainly an upward march With continued life ure an and the health that seems likely with the excellent r LL habits that are fixed conditions with 5 him we look Jook for Theodore Lorch to yet ran rank It with the tbt very successful 1 and recognized leaders of oC the American C f- f stage tase 5 |