i5 F ir M JfP Jr 5yP ORPHEUM THEATER Advanced j vaudeville. New bill this nftcrnoon H and evening:. Performances every MmmW afternoon and evening. COIjONIA Li THEATEP. Wlllard H Mack. Jvlnrjorlc Ratnbcan mid as- mmW noclate players In "What Happened H to Jones." Curtain at .8:1 B p. ni. H Matinees Thursday and Saturday j at EMPRESS THEATER Sulll van-Con -H Fldino vaudeville. Matineo dally at B 2:30. Two evening performances, 7:30 nnd 9:15. BUI cliangcs WcU-H WcU-H needay afternoon. nPI " wat the critic on tho Clii- capo American said in opening P a. column review on the hend- ' liner at the Orpheum on the new bill which opens this afternoon: "Vandoville these days is more than merely interesting it is important. When David Bolasco trains bis staging cenius upon the little brother of the legitimate, calls to his aid players rich in power and understanding, imports his properties from India and gives us a drama like 'The Drums of Oude which leaves the audienco in a quiver and sends it forth awed and spell-bound, spell-bound, then this 1012 kind of vaudc-villc vaudc-villc must be reckoned with serious- "The Drums of Oude" is tho second Belasco headlincr to appear at tho Or-phcum Or-phcum hero insido of three weeks which is 6omo record. It is a weirdly thrilling story of the Indian mutiny, played 1)3' six men and one woman. Miss Eleanor L'Estolle played tho role with Cyril Maud in London, when the flj one-act play ran for two years without LwM a break at tho Duke of York's theater. She has been to America but once, when her visit did not extend beyond H- New York. On this occasion she was a member of one of Charles Prohman's companies. E. T. tfadcliffc, as tho cap-tain, cap-tain, is too well known to need intro-duction. intro-duction. The rest of the company is selected with the caro for which Bo-lasco Bo-lasco productions always have boen noted. The Kmpirc Comedy Pour is listed second on the new hill. Joe Jenny, as LwM the eccentric little German is featured, while the rest are a dude, a tragedian and a "straight." This rpiartotto is the oldest in existence, having been in-tact in-tact for fifteen years, dunne which period it has appeared all over the civi-lized civi-lized world and before royalty on sov- WW era! occasions. Vcnita Gould, a charming imperson-ator, imperson-ator, has an act she calls "Twelve Minutes With the Stars." Unliko'pthcr impersonators, she has civen private performances for the benefit of her subjects boforc preseutinn them to tho B public. She dopicts the mannerisms of B Xazimova arid other stars with strik- B incr fidelity. B Scalby nnd Duclos are an agile pair B of French novelty dancers who arc now fl filling an oxclusivo Orpheum engage- B ment. Their programme consists of B four numbers, containing man torpsi- B chorcan innovations, j "The Man, the Girl and the Piano" B iS tD0 f :1 c-lssy act that is the B offorinc of Rao Belmont and MjitMe B Ilarl. Their work is as plcn.-inj? in man- l ncr as it is fresh nnd snappy, f "Hotel Turn Over" is the vehicle B iified to introduce the Robert De Mont B trio, two boys and a irl, who indulge B whirlwind acrobatics ivith some- B thine doing on tho stage all the timo. B "Silhouette Fun in Shadovland' as B presented b' the Stanleys, consists of B clever manipulation of an a&sort- B ment of figures which concludes with Hj a novel engagement bctweru two bat- B- tlcships, the representation being given B i 'n tne smallest detail. The Animated Weekly, fhowiuc the Bj " world's news in motion views, and If homo now music by tho concert orches- B' tra completes the new bill! T 1 THEN" "Officer 0G3" begins Ha A engagement for the first time Y V tierc aL th Salt Lak"C ,hr;itcr' B beginninir Thursday evening, B A September 12, for three nights, Satur-h Satur-h day matinee. .heatergocrs will be asked J. for their judgment on the comedy that has made theatrical records in' New B York and Chicago. "Officer 66i" may B' found like a badge of courage, but ft has nothing to dp with law aud order. A vount; millionaire wij.h time and money hancine heavily on his hands has filled bis New York home with ex-pensive ex-pensive paintings. Growing weary, of (he Broadway chatter, hi closes his house without thinking it neccssurv to B cupae a caretaker and sail- for'Eu- rope. Over then; ho becomes suspicious B a former vnlet, hears the latter has B turned crook and sails for home'incog- B n'to- l'P'"? lo ?atcb the fellow trying B to ro t-lc" .hosc. Tho fun begins B tvith his arrival home. Under his as- B filmed name hn registers at Hie Kil7 B in mve "'b a yinnfl Mi'rl ;'t the B 'text table, nnd later discovers that not only is a famous picture thief. Bl aided by a former valet masquerading B under hi? name, but is that night goiuc to take the best of the paintings and Bl elope with the same girl ho is in love Naturally he calls in the police. Of-H Of-H ficcr 66p responds. Then it occurs to the youth that it ueVor-will dy to arrest ar-rest tho h'm"!. so he pays the,, officer $)O0 for tho use of his 'uniform for few hours. Hi will catch the thief hiiui self. Au over-zealous vjilct iii J"ormcl as to none of the :if fairs, fiiidini; the trnngcrj in the liouso, culls moir police. po-lice. They ronio in drovus. ..Tho rcl owner and the fake owner fao them. Enrh claims the other to be flic Ihlof, hut the onug ninn linving beeu caiiht iiiariqiioradiii as an officer is iinur:tlly suspected. A plain I'lolluw ilotecl ivc, however. recigniz(.i (he mink and is (aking him from (he house when Hie latter suddenly turns out all Hi.-liphU: Hi.-liphU: there ii- a wild scramble in the dark, and RatTJosliUo. (hr: .thief nil diKafpe"ro(l. Kor anolhcr acl there arc alternate thrills and liMiirhs. whilh.thf crook, now aided by tho yona; man seeking to avoid a newspaper Scandal, tries to eliulo the police, who havo'iir-founded havo'iir-founded the houcc lie doe- t,lys, finally fin-ally br bovrouiiiti in his turn tho oul and hcliuol of Officer ii(j(j. luring the puard to an upstairs room and d.-nhing oul. "It doesn't fc'ccin-as if it could po sibly happen except in a pla.v. " (b Hcrvc3 tho heroine at I he close, wboii she has promised to trans.fcr . c(r. af-fectious. af-fectious. " Believe me. it cotiJdn 't," acroe? this hero. Clarence Oliver and George Il,Qiy-ell Il,Qiy-ell pla.v tho youthful art fancier .and the older crook, and Marie Ashton, the heroine. FROM the timo Bcft'Gutler starts his funny sayings as an accom-pauimont accom-pauimont to his illustralion of tho most difficult billiard shots now known to that sport, until the last laugh has boon laughed at Clarence Wilbur Wil-bur and his funny people in Billic Burke's comedy success, "The New Scholar," there are but few moments on tho bill at the Empress this wook that aro not cither amusing or interesting. interest-ing. In fact, the programme taken from every standpoint-, is one of 'the best of the summer and Mnnagor McCoy' Is lucky in his soloction 6f hcdliuo features fea-tures with which to top tho bill off. M. Wilbur and his company of show girls and comedians offer a big, long laugh in the Bufkc sketch. Mr. Wilbur portrays por-trays the character of a youngster who has lost his clothes whilo in. swimming. Ho appropriates an outfit of girl's clothes from a nearby seminary, but before he can make his "getawa3'" the principal of the seminary and the girls come trooping in and Patsy as ho looks in his girl's outfit is hailed as tho new scholar, Mary Ann Taft, who was expected ex-pected that morning. The finish is not far off, and for the next twenty minutes Mr. Wilbur furnishes the Eniprcss patrons pa-trons with Bomo of the richest fun of tho season. It is a whirlwind sketch from start to finish and tho compauj' Mr. Wilbur' haa with liim numbers some exceptionally clevor people. Mr. Cutler and bis efforts with the billiard balls ib a big auccoss as a vaudeville vau-deville feature. Ho makes a dozen shots thafons doesn't seo inTa lifotime, aud by means of an inclined mirror on the stage every shot he makes is perfectly per-fectly visible Princeton and Yale aro a slangy cou- ?le whoso "600 Miles From " New rork" is off the beaten path a little. Elizabeth Ivcnnody aud Annie Mack Borloin follow in a pretentious comedy sketch from Miss Berleiu's pen, entitled "Darby and Joan," in which the two character women do some very capable work. Niblo's talking birds arc the novelty of the bill. The two parrots arc IS and 20 years old, respectively, and Coo Coo is "tho one that answers questions in three languages. Tho parrot is 20 years old and Mr. Niblo has been teaching the bird since it was 2 years old. Coo Coo speaks English, French and German very distinctly. The Tiindon sislors caper about for an interesting twenty minutes and display somo pretty costumes. With the Pathe pictures they furnish a first-class bill. The regular winter season at the Empress Em-press opens the coming week, being ushered in by tho bill that begins Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon and Manager McCoy calls it his jubilee week. To celebrate the event he is bringing in one of the biggest of tho Sullivan & Considine fonturcs, an idyl of tho plains entitled "A Wj-oming Romance." Tho presenting present-ing company consists of ten cowgirls aud cowboys and a horse race i staged during (ho sketch. Following on the programme will come. Hici-i 's Symphon-ms Symphon-ms jiuartetle on tho .saxophone: tho Lc-roy-IIarvcv company in a wostorn tabloid, tab-loid, "Rained In;" 10. T. Moore, the gr.bby truckstcr: Hanlon and llanlnn, acrobats, and May Elinorc, a comedienne com-edienne who has niado a big success of her tour of the Empress houses this year. , THAT rollicking comedy, "What Happened to Jones" has boon solcctod as tho fourth week's attraction for the Wlllard Mack-Majorio Mack-Majorio Itambcau players at tho Colonial Colo-nial theater commoncinK tonight. Mr. Mack has rccoived numerous requests for this popular farce and this announcement an-nouncement is bound to moot with hearty approval. As a warm' weather bill a better selection se-lection could not have boon made. The story starts with a whirl and a laugh and the fun never drops for a second. This is probably the most amusing play ever written by the popular writer ol farcos, Mr. George U. Broadhurst. It is strictly a farce .from start to finish aud for this rcasou cxcejs iuiiny of his other efforts. The story is that of a professor ot anatomy. Dr. Goodly, who is induced to witness ii prize fight which is being hold in private The police learn of the affair and raid the place; tho pro-I pro-I fessor escapes through a window, only to drop among the waiting bluccoats. Being also chased by the police is one Jones, a drummer for a hymn book house. Tho crowd cscapo tho police and run to tho Goodly home to hide. Tho professor's brother, a bishop of the Church of England, is oxpoctcd from Australia, and has forwarded sonic of his clothing in advance Jones disguises himself in the broth-or'p broth-or'p olothes and is introduced into the professor's family as the real bishop. The fun starts at this point and is fast and furious until tho fiual drop of the curtain. Mr. Mack in comedy is at his best and as .louca should prove most amusing. Miss Ifanib.euu also excels in comedy and farce and a pleasant surprise sur-prise is in store for patrons of this theater. Tho "real", bishop of Ballarat will be in the hands of Arthur Morse Moon, a Salt Lake, boy, who" is making his first appearanco with this company. .He has just completed a very successful stock engagement with the Oliver Mo-rosco Mo-rosco stock company in Los Angeles, and is considered one of the best light comedians in stock organizations, J. Frank Burke will be cast as Ebenezor Goodlj-, tho professor of auatomy about whom most of the storm couters. Mr. Vivian will be soou as liicHard ILcatrcr-ly, ILcatrcr-ly, Mr. Taylor as William Bigbcc, the Indian; Miss Everhardt as Mnrjoric, tho "old maid" sister; Miss Roma as Hel-ina, Hel-ina, the Swedish servant girl. Miss Spoors, Mr. Patton and Mr, Dyer complete com-plete a cast which in comedy should Willard Mack, of tho Mack-Bamboau Company, Which Will Prosout the rarce i Oomedy, "What Happened to Jones," at the Colonial All Wcok, Starting Tonight. Special Matineo Tomorrow. bo at thoir best. Tuesday evening has been chosen as society night at this houso and the demand for season reservations reser-vations is unusually largo. Regular matinees will be given on Thursday and iSaturdav. A special matineo will bo given .Monday, Labor day. TllK new bill at the .Rox today includes six pictures that run the gamut, from roars of laughter laugh-ter to tense thrills. Thcro will be two Bison offerings on the screon in the form of "The Western Girl's Dream" and '"Tho Widow's Claim." Both arc typical Bison films which moans plenty of action and a well-developed well-developed story. Mr. Duun aud Miss .lane rernley, both recently with the Imp company, play loading parts in tin.1 laHt iiamed picture of the mining country. Miss Kernloy appears as a widow' with manv boys, who has struck it rich, and the former as a gamblor whom she has refused because of his business. The gambler overhears a plot io jump the widow 'n claim aud in true western style blocks the game. "Tho Castaway is an Imp presentation presen-tation of a thrilling talc of the soa. From tho time of the wreck until the lovora arc locked in a fond embrace tho situations arc most enthralling. Two n'thor Imp films arc "The Cure That Failod" aud some views in and around Chicago. "What the Milk Did" is an oddity from tho Powers studio that will afford af-ford fifteen minutos of brisk entertainment. enter-tainment. The management of the Rex announces an-nounces Tor tho midweek a feature that is a posi'tivo innovation in, tho moving picture world. Commencing Wcdnos-dav, Wcdnos-dav, Dickens's immortal "Oliver Twist" will be tho feature offering in five reels. In addition to the spocial company of adorn presenting this powerful and convincing drama, the rolo of Fagin will bo shown portrayed by Nat Goodwin. . W' j ELEANOR. L'ESTELLE Of "The Drums of Oude" at the Orpheum.