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Show II " 'With the First Fighters. v? f Attractions for Week of April 27th Hit Salt Lake Theatre Tuesday, Lecture by Cap- HfjL tain Richmond Pearson Hobson. HI Wednesday, afternoon and night and Thursday H I night, Hanford in Shakespearean repertoire; Frl- H' day and Saturday night and Saturday Matinee, H Mrs. Brune in "Unorha." H & & & H The hero of the Merrimac, Captain Hobson, B jj' he of the kisses, and a variety of patriotic lectures, 1 will appear at the Theatre on Tuesday evening, H under the direction of Major Pond. The lecture M ho will deliver has not been decided upon, but that H docs not matter so much as the curiosity his own V personality will arouse. B & & & H Mr. Hanford's matinee will be "The Taming of H . the Shrew," Wednesday night, "Much Ado About H Nothing," and Thursday night, 'The Merchant of m I Venice." B ( 7V v tw B j "Moths." H Many worse productions than that of "Moths," H given by the Thatcher stcok company, have been H seen on the Theatre boards, and in fact with a H little training, and somo weeding, the company H will bo very acceptable. Helen Boyer's Lady Dolly M was a clever bit, tho talent of Ida Due was unmis- 1 takable in her portrayal of Vere, and Miss Lottie m Levy was clever as Fuschia. Only one woman in H the cast needs repairs. Miss Jean Ingraham as H Madame Sonney should never get closer to the H stage than the station its starts from. H A. G. Swenson was good as Carreze, and has M the making of an actor. His noticeable fault is his H inability to forget ho is acting. H The others in the cast were fair. m ZigZag Alley a strong company if you can hold H your nose tight. t?i Sv v H WHEN ELLA MET MRS. "PAT.", H By the way, that meeting between Ella Wheel- H er Wilcox and Mrs. Pat Campbell was much fun H nier than the newspaper represented. The act- H ress is a woman of nimble wit, and sho abhors H the patronizing airs of the pretentious. Being a H cultured woman she rates Mrs. Wilcox at Her true H value, and she resented the latter's intrusion ho- H cause it was evident that the puerile poetess of H passion visited her in a spirit of condescension. H Now an actress who has been steadfast in her refusal to do drawing room stunts for hire even in tho palaces of our most puissant plutocrats isn't likely to flush with pleasure over the ostentatious osten-tatious magnanimity of an Ella Wilcox. Hence it was that Mrs. "Pat." accorded Mrs. Wilcox the same freezing reception that Mrs. Cortelyou re- "My book!" exclaimed Mrs. Wilcox, "why, celved at the hands of Paula Tanqueray. "Surely you have read my book," exclaimed Mrs. Wilcox after several efforts to explain what said Mrs. Pat, "but I shall make amends. I shall be delighted to buy your book." Then turning to her maid she said, "Jean-a "Jean-a famous woman she really was. "No, I must confess I never read your books," I've written nineteen books." "Jeannette," said Mrs. Pat, with the air of one who had money enough to buy a whole library, li-brary, "go out and buy Mrs. Wilcox's nineteen nette, go right out and buy Mrs. Wilcox's book." books." Town Talk. |