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Show "THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH." J. H. Stoddart, whose wonderful creation of the character of Lachlan . Campbell in "The Bonnie Bon-nie Brier Bush," has won the admiration of thousands, thou-sands, will be seen at the Salt Lake theatre all next week Mr. Stoddart's art is well known from his many previous triumphs as the principal character actor in the excellent stock productions of A. M Palmer and Daniel Frohman. Never, however, has the veteran been seen in a vehicle so congenial or so -full of opportunity as Mr. McArthur's comedy, drawn on the ground plan of the exquisite Scotch storied of Ian Maclaren. Mr. Reuben Fax, whose delightful portrayal of the tippling, but far-sighted postman, Archibald McKittrick, has delighted all who have seen "The Bonnie Brier Bush" and is deservedly sharing stellar honors with Mr. Stoddart. A simple story is "The Bonnie Brier Bush' There is no intensity of dramatic feeling, no straining' for effect, no running the gamut of the emotions, but a plain, straightforward tale is told. It is an old story in a new garb. The supposedly erring daughter, the cruel, unrelenting father, the true, steadfast lover, the imaginary wrong, tho B denouement, the mistake, the forgiveness, hap. B piness, curtain is all there is as of old. But in Hj "The Bonnie Brier Bush" the story is natural, K true to life, and written by a master hand. m The associate players include Bobert Y. Per- L h guson, JMabel Brownell, Julius McVicker, Helen WM Holmes, Wallace Jackson, Pearle Redding, Da- B anon (Lyon, Adelaide Cuminings, George Warnock, B tQuennie "Phillips, 'Robert C. !toton, "William Hale H and others, who have all made the acquaintance H of local theatre-goers in other plays. The scenic H investiture of "The Bonnie Brier Bush" will be H it is promised, more elaborate this year than H last. H |