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Show !j ' THIS WEEK'S ATTRACTIONS. i I ! SALT LAKE THEATER J. H. Stnd- ' i; , dnrt In "Tho Bonnie Brier Bush," Mon- , day, Tuesday and "Wednesday nights and , ' "Wednesdny afternoon; "West Minstrels, j Thursday afternoon and nisht; Creatoro ! und his band, Friday and Saturday nlghta J 1 nnd Saturday afternoon. I . GRAND THEATER "Rudolph and i Adoph," Thursday, Friday and Saturday I J nights and Saturday afternoon. ; ! fi On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday j ; nights and Wednesday matinee at tho ; ' Salt Lako theater. Kirk La Shcllo will J present for tho third tJme here. "Tho Uonnfo Brier Bush," with J. II. Stoddart J -IB Lnchlan Campbell, and tho quaint I comedian, Reuben Fax, aa uPosty." I ' ). "The Bonnlo Brier Bush" mainly treats I of "the transformation of Lnchlan Cnmp- I 1 bell," nnd has In particular two scenes of I j oxtraordlnnry power and pathos. In one, H 1J1 Lnchlan Campbell has brought himself to D !i believe that his daughter Flora has done Hi, wrong, and without listening to her pro- D tests or explanations, ho turns her out of J) 1 , his house, afterward blotting her name U 1 from the family Bible. In the other scene H I loneliness and the reproaches of his U y; friends have broken the old man' down, D fi for ho realizes hl3 error, nnd he shows his II '1 Kricf In an unmistakable manner. In M j these scenes and throughout the piny, Mr. M i Stoddnrt's portrayal of the stern old H Hhophcrd of Drumtochty Is conceded to bo If III ot an exceptionally artistic und forceful H 1 character. In It ho has been fitted with a K r part more suited to his methods than fl J, anything ho has been cast for In recent I' . Houben Fax as "Posty" in "The Bon- ' nie Brier Bush" Salt Lake Theatre, f Jon. 23, 24 and 25. ( ' IV years, and his retirement at tho end of 5 tho present season will be a source of rc- gret. Tho bulk of comedy Is furnished j ! through the character of the tippling ij. postman, Archibald McKlttrlck. and will lift nln.V(fl h' TCmiliftn T7V, - ...111 Iff remembered as being so signally succcss- rul In tills role upon the previous vlslta i( of tho company. 'Robert C. Easton collie coll-ie tlr.uea to lend tho quartette with the com-ti com-ti pany.' and will ho seen as the Earl of Kll-tl Kll-tl spindle, one of tho principal characters. jf s well. , 1 , Amonjr tho associate players will be Ir-)'! Ir-)'! fia 1x1 I,orre who originated tho part of I?0, bolne. Flora Campbell; J. Palmer lr i Collins. Louise Rutter. W. S. Gill. Cnr- i Jylo Moore. Adelaide Cummlng, F. Elliott f I Jenkins, William Hall, Edith Talbot. Rob- t crt Ireland and M. p. Stcpner. j William IL West's Mlnlstrclo are still L . tn. management of Sanford B. l Ricaby, the original manager of this fall fa-ll JP.Hf organization. During tho life of I TVilllnm II. West Ricaby was his personal j representative. The West Minstrels are t paid to bo this season sti-onger Jhnn ever. M In the show Is a double octotto ot trained I -j voices, Including 11 vo tenors. There Is a l V otrong contingent of comedians. The end 1 1 JBen arc headed by the New York come-t come-t A dlan, 1 om Mack. lie Is ono of tho clevor-' clevor-' rst nionologlsts In tho country. Georgo f j L. Wade, on tho opposite end, Is another ?iT?f Tcmedlan. His song, "That's a Habit I Isoyor Had," makes a hit. .Tho ( other comedians include Andy Kelly.' Jo-t Jo-t PPh AIcDevItt, Joe Aldert, with Georgo S. 5 Van aa interlocutor. b U -Tha -i?ln?Er contingent Is headed by M John I Moore, Georgo T. Martin and t j, iainCat,H- Sadler. The others nrc Edward I 5? ,0p?.weJ.Cul basso: Gilbert Losee. f Fred C. Bell. Wayno Christy. D. Plouff I , Richard Gray, Fred Johnson and William f bicwnrt. Inn 1 no nct of Frederick V. Bowers, tho f 'J co,ml8or and singer, who wns featured W ?. ,8i!nnTC.?V',lh the, K'hilfy spectacloTt j ill? Stl ,L,0UJS oxposllion, Is in tho olio till Dowers Is tho author of well-known iiod-JM iiod-JM ular songs. He carries eighteen changes of H cnSr3,wf0Tr h,,s acL show will bo at m tho Salt Lake theater Thursday i ftor-M ftor-M noon and night. The matinee will be t m a bargain, and will open at 3 o'clock. MU inrCtht.or0,ba."'1 !s,.th? 'rgest now tour-m tour-m zJB country. It is composed of an 0.1 evenly balanced and superbly orcanlrod m SSv,liI r,rea,tore himself. onjoyeT In M 1 orkl 11,0 ingest nnd most success" ffl ,"1 cngagcniei.t of any simitar orS & (5-on,ln musical hletory. Crtoro an d h i s in pband appeared on Broadway for threS fl? coneecutlvo months. mrco IW 'cry ono,hould hear Croatoro Interim Inter-im 2,r,rt?iCCPir,1,ns' to ,hls ow" Preconceive,! ! rfL 8' ..arVch stanilnrd worlcs as I nters.0rCrl0y' and olhovoAft MM crownlngand critical tint nt t,r.- 1 KSSS; Crtoroaandf hVPnEl I Sri Saa!oCn off fSC" 3 Sn"McldlSntp,an C',Kht nllrolyUd V. t c?uded. dlstnct movemcrus are n-ffl n-ffl ..,T.srncl Zangwlll's new plav In to bo r-iiii I . pea, and at onco It scored a success? then, however, tho Bhow has been pruned, enlarged and otherwise Improved until now It ranks as ono of the most popular thentrlcal pieces touring tho country. Local Lo-cal theater-goers will have an opportunity opportuni-ty to see it at its best on Thursday, Friday Fri-day and Saturday at the Grand theater i Itn story concerns tho actions, adventures and mlshnps of two unusually droll Germans Ger-mans who become chief actors In n case of mistaken Identity. Tho action of tho piece Is rapid, nnd It takes them Into grotesquely gro-tesquely funny plights. The characters aro all drawn with a view to their mlrth-provoklng mlrth-provoklng proclivities, and laughter Is constantly on tap. Interspersed throughout through-out th6 farce are some of the newest and bo.?.1 .BOnB3. dances and specialties. There will be a Saturday matinee. a .Sr1al.oro d ,,,s Italian band will be at the Salt Lake theater on Friday and Sat urday nights and Saturday afternoon. His vocal soloist Is Madame Barlll, a soprano of high reputation. A week ago Creatoie gavo concerts In Chicago, and the Trlb-une Trlb-une said of them: "Crcnlorc and his band returned to the Auditorium yesterday, yester-day, nnd both afternoon and evening entertained en-tertained large audiences with the spirited, spirit-ed, sensational performance of standard music which the Impetuous llttlo Itni'.an nnd his men offer. Tho band Is a better one than Crcnlorc Inst had here, cither superior players having boon engaged or tiie schooling having been moro exact and thorough. Tho playing yesterday was characterized by a precision ln attnek. a care in shading and phrasing, and a close aclheronco to the director's every wish that our finest orchestra can scarcely surpass. sur-pass. There wore marvelous things accomplished ac-complished by those men yesterday af- JS5lo?""r,I?nr?l0US In th0 hght of pure technical finish. "As for the Croatoro readings, thov aro absolutely Individual, and their individuality individ-uality Is what lends them such value na they possess. The little Italian is an ln-""3lcaI ln-""3lcaI Personality. He sees and feels things differently from what all other musicians and directors do, nnd ho therefore Interprets dlffcrentlv. But no 'h? watch?a him and feels the spell iien CXCLS ca'1 dout tho sincerity of thte man, Thero s n.-nn.hi r,. , cited actions or his exaggerated readings" Ihu 3.?iUlnc' and ? m"sc Partakes of this genuineness. And because of this it commands respect. That It Is electrlfy- ' in ,n( can flony- Tno audlenco yes. , tcrday afternoon received everything with anC,nav.and ,n8l3tC(1, on havin chores lainCl" numbcr l,,e Programme con- fr'ri'-lnrr,eln.ii! .Swcdlsh-Amcrlcan charac-VJ.at!S"' charac-VJ.at!S"' ?.n Vonson." will b given at the Grand theater on February 2, 3 and Yft,,?nnn5 U,C ,nst lll,rtecn years "Von lonson has proven a great success nnd the Indications are that the famous olav wlll long continue to do so, amous pia Blanche Bates will play tho "Darling of tho Gods" In Portland January SO In a theater construcled In fourteen days. Tho hi T-a umall. vnudevllle house, managed b Keating & Flood. Is being torn to n"M' ""tfor Purpose , o giving giv-ing Miss Bates a theater In which to plav The actress was booked to play In the Empire theater, managed by John F Cray "ut a clause was found in his leaso which would not permit hlni to f UN 111 his contract with Miss Bates The theatrical trust had this, supposed to bo tho only Independent theater under i s control, and until the hurried arrange-made arrange-made to reconstrucf tho Lyric It was feared she would have V.. fiJi ? .C. armory, which is not at all fitted for tho purpose. n m Charming Pollock will soon have a nhv ?i i f vM S1,oa. w,n 00 thc leading man It Is of Napoleonic era, and relates to the Utile corporal In his earlier days .mriircinr '"'Ing's next American tour will begin in San Francisco September I next. He will appear, during his visit In a repertoire of his best known ptavs ' On Iheater.' St hC Wl" pIay at the Sail Lake o Harry Fisher of the "It Happened In ordland" company, now playing at tho Lew Field'H theater, JN'cw York tells thH story of his father: " orK' lcus tn'3 i oik one day. and enter ng a cab at tho Fnl?"d,Ccntral -nation. tokV the idrlver to ThC m at "'l??10 St- Michael's church JihCi?abrian.d'dl1 1 know w,,ere St M ?i,a.el si c,h,,re,h vnM. but nil her than ioso a fare, delermlned to blufTlt out . nX did know there was a Catholic church in thn ne ghborhood. and so drove there and halted at the door, above which was The and said? Cttbm,in hcld t "Pen. "I ;?j,Ja,,Ifln't SU Michael's church.' J "'a Ih where you get out Just thc Vm11!11"-, Th,s 13 Ml Saint's church and. St. Michael must bo In there i, r ny fatl?er had to get out, and nav tho fare," concludes Mr. Fisher. "The Dlshnn'o p!.r.ni i t.. , U,ed with all haTte "And be pur forthin 0r.k m "PPoalUon to tho greatest success in years, Mrs. Flake's "Lena Klcschna." "Tho Bishop's Carriage" has a plot somewhat slmila to Mrs. FIskoN rn'oa,ldu1L V,n,b0 madc more so when It y essv,ltaCdrolftM?aret AnE will like' kJm ,8now reported that Mnurlco Camn-boll Camn-boll will hereafter book his wife HenH-otla HenH-otla Crosman. through tho syndicate Thh Is not confirmed, but it looka iiirnu-K iiirnu-K aw & Erlanger declare thA "tSsKfs true and Campbell's assertion that hf would not have any further "wiIngH with Belaaco seems to confirm It Mi nV man will appear In SaULakc later 0Cnr.S- t,,. ?' xvll'artl arrived with his com said thc landlord, "and vou moi-ht .' prisoner hero In Now York thL3 m a Croatore, Who Will Bo at the Salt llake Theatre, With His Italian Bond, Jan. 27 and 28. regret that I am prevented from playing ir. tho city of my birth, Now Orleans." a Here aro somo Interesting facts: "Tho Runaways" holds thc New York Casino record for ono performance S2S7G.&); "Flo-rodora" "Flo-rodora" holdB It for length of engagoment 523 nights; "A Chinese Honeymoon" sold the greatest number of tickets 731,312. a Lewis Morrison, who has made two fortunes for-tunes from his acting version of "Faust," has accepted a tempting olfor to condenso It Into one nct nnd put It on in vaudeville In April. "During ono of my trips through Europe." says Charles Hawtrey. "I found uij&e)i in a sman village witli no razors. Thoy had been packed in mv handbag, which I had left at thc- hotel where I had stayed tho day before. There wns no bur-ber bur-ber shop In the place and 1 wnii In a quandary quan-dary as to how I mighUger shaved. Tho Innkeeper told mo that there was a man In tho vlllago who occasionally shaved peo-pie. peo-pie. and I determined to risk a cut or two and send for him. The amaiour bnibcr arrived, nnd after a llttlo hesitation ho said to me: ' " 'Will you please, sir. 'le down fiat on your back while I shave you. sir?' "Thinking that It was probably the custom cus-tom of tho country, I stretched our. comfortably com-fortably on my back und ncarlv wont to sleep while tho follow shaved me, so light was his touch. When he had finished I said: " 'I am curious to know why you asked me to Ho down to be shaved?' " 'Because, sir.' wns his Ingenious reply. re-ply. I never before shaved a live man "I may add that I sent for no moro amateur ama-teur barbers to shavo me during mv trip " ' Encouraged by the approval bestowed upon "FatlniLsa." Charles B. Dlllli,gh:im hns decided definitely to continue Fritzl fecheff in Now York for the remainder of the season, preeentlng her In a revival of tho once popular comic 6peras. "Boccaccio "Boccac-cio will bo tho next piece presented. David Belasco looks far ahead, which If? probably one of tho secrets of his succ-s as a producing mnnager. At present he is filled with plans that may not see fruition for five-years. Under hi3 management ho has at present Mrs Carter, Blanche Bates and David Warficld. He is at present planning to make now productions for each of these stars. He Is arranging for theaters In Boston. Philadelphia, Chicago and possibly two other largo cities. When these houses are completed ho will he nblo to put a star In each ons sind plav tho complete season out with his repertoire. reper-toire. 'The chain will also allow him to p.ny each of ills stars In each of thc cities for nn extended season each year . Tho long promised revival of "Flora-nna "Flora-nna i '' according to arrangements as now outlined by Messrs. Shubcrt. Fisher v",'!'1?'' taic nlaco al 1110 Casino. New lork, after tho termination of Lillian Russell s engagement. A star cast Is proposed pro-posed for tho piece. 1 o whn'lnn"1 rtlCT.0!(1' an 0,d English actor who d cd about two weeks ago. was fond f.Lii 1 ,s a." anecdote in refcrenco to his Moiin p aying. On one occasion when ho .W,ahCto,K at U' Gayoty theater. London. ,.Y .1 cherry Inn," Just after the King's (then tho Prince of Wales) recovery from ?n! 1Ke01J,si lncss' ,h0 ,al Dion Boucl- ro,i S.oUmR,Wi lo clvc 1110 a"Uenco God Save tho Princo of Waled." thnlu!L!nk notes f well-known air the house roso and continued chccrlmr vociferously till the player ceased. After tho outburat was over tho late Herr Luts came up to tho actor nnd said: Rlgnold. do you know why they an- v your Playing?" , was tho answer. 1 mnc ?a,d ,Lutz fr'nb "It wns be- cluYdVthnLrT" 8Uch 11 no,sc that thc' Miss Agnes Cain Brown is to nlav1 Omeo-Oml" In "The Sho-Gun" when It takes thc road, replacing Trizlo Frlganza. ryiManncr!n'7 13 soon to return to the cte a 'Iramallzatlon of "Nancy W oo of the now novels of the year n,.,tvnlch E'eanor McCartney Lane is tho authoress. The dramatization Is bo nr bV Paul M., Potter, and the idece will bo seen at tho Hudspn theater Now ?il,kinC nr; a,,h", Th0 "wnes will bo laid In and about Edinburgh In 17&S and Robert Burns will be a lending character. oS,C,Thn fmfled ",'ometlxncs courteous, courte-ous, t ho stage doors of the playhouap hi which Mr. Mansfield and Ada Reha,i were- appearing recently In Boston opened on tho same street, and the two reaver mot one morning while Mr. ElansHeW h hurrying to a rehearsal of "Ivan the Tcr. "How I should like to sco your nor TTl0' SWock." remarked Miss Rchan I have wanted, for a long time, to set fnnL cnonce"tlon of the part, but never found an opportunity to do so." irCi0nl. ln wlen I play 'The Merchant of Mansfiehf n,0n'0W ovc""-" suggested" bu7y."W Ca" 17 My ac,ln5 will keep me "Would you like lo wee me act tliH nnrt I ?mLM,ktd M.r ""Held. Miss Rehan SivWhrri 8UrPrlsel. replied in tho afnrm-?i?e, afnrm-?i?e, T.no actor ,c1 her to the staKoof ththcater where his company had gathf TerVblo' untCn Vm ruIJJal of 'Ivan tho it z. . until this afternoon." -aid Mr Mauafleio. Wc will jtoy .rnHe Mcrih, of Venice' this morning for MlSs Rohan." Thus Shakespoare'B comedy was performed per-formed In Its entirety during the morning, morn-ing, with thc distinguished actress aa a audience of one. a Mnrgarct Anglln and her compnny aro In New York rehearsing a now play, "A Wife's Strategy." by Georgo Mlddlcton, and will appear In It for tho first tlmo about February 1. "Thc Eternal Fcml-nlno" Fcml-nlno" will be retained ln Miss Anglln'3 repertoire. . Joseph Fields, the eleven-year-old son of Low Fleldo, the comcdlnn, attends a private school In Harlem where tho pupils aro being taught bits of French history. Napoleon was tho chief topic of discussion the other day. and tho teacher was leading lead-ing up to tho Emperor's lifo with Josephine Jose-phine nnd their subsequent divorce. "Now, children," said thc teacher, "who can tell mo what mean, contemptible thing Napoleon did to Josephine? "1 can" shouted young Fields, eagerly "Well, what wns the mean thing he did. my boy?" "Ho married her" proudly responded re-sponded Fields. Just before George Ade palled for Porto RJco and Mexico he signed a contract with Henry W. Savage agreeing to wrlto a play to be called, "Tho Second Tlmo on Earth." The signing of the contract means that Mr. Ado will continue to wrlto plays for Mr. Savage, who produced Mr Ado's "Sultan "Sul-tan of Sulu" when tho Indiana author was unknown as a playwright, and later followed fol-lowed "Peggy from Paris," "Thc County Chairman." "The Sho-Gun" and "The Collogo Widow" an unbroken line of successes. "I havo hnd 'Tho Second Tlmo on Earth' In mind for a long tlmo," said Mr. Adc. "It will ho a comedy of modern life and will bo strictly American. The principal prin-cipal character will represent a millionaire who has a wayward son. Th l-ittor In order to get possession of Ills father's fortune, for-tune, has the old roan commuted to a sanitarium. After a tlmo tho old man secures se-cures his freedom, and It develops that his sojourn In the sanitarium has completely rejuvenated him. Tho old man returns to tho outside world younger In his notions no-tions than his son." Frank PIxIoy. the lyricist of Honry W Savngo'e "Tho Princo of Pllscn," "King Dodo," "Woodland," and other successes, received this letter from an unknown admirer ad-mirer recently: "Revered Sir: I havo been authorized to write you concerning tho within lyric Inclosed herein I dcslro to say at the outset out-set that I consldor you a pedestrian trustworthy trust-worthy of gl Ing this lyric a competont test of Its durability merits. Thc way you manipulate music would guarantee a multitude mul-titude of circulation. Of course I shall compel royalties even at first. I am working work-ing on somo moro." There were Inclosed eight stanzas, thc first of which follows: O. there will bo quite many sad persons, If an earlhqunko should visit us soon, It will surely demorallzo all things, But we must never think about such. Thc following notice ha3 been tacked on tho callboard of tho Lew Fields theater, thea-ter, New Yorlc: j "To tho Ladies of thc Company: -This Is a theater und not a botanical garden. If admirers wish to send flowers, they will bo retained by tho stage doorman until af- i ter each performance If necessary, tho management will Install an Ice chest In tho stage entrance. Any lady who wears 1 natural (lowers during thc progress of tho play will understand thnt while she may bo pleasing to tho gentleman who sent them, she Is so displeasing tho management manage-ment that she need not report for duly tho next day. JULIAN MITCHELL. ' Lawrence D'Orsay looks forward with real pleasure to the approaching far "L-aitni luur ui i hp ji.a.1 1 Ul J.IW tucket." He has made tho const trip several sev-eral times during tho past fow years, and when Manager Klrko La Shcllo told him last summer that he had been booked for tho coast ho was delighted. "You know, dear old chap," ho said, "It isn't until a fellah gots out In that country and stays on a train two nnd sometimes three days between stands that he can evah Imagine what a perfectly enawmous place- this Amerlcah Is, Isn't that so?" a On the occasion of her return to tho stnge, Lillian Russell nstonlshed the New York critics by tho Improvement in her acting and tho excellence of her singing, but by neither of these more than her ap-paront ap-paront youthfulness. Miss Russell ia over 10 now sho admits that much and has a married daughter, yet In "Lady Teazle" sho seems to have been so surnasslngly lovely ns to have captivated every one who went to sco her. A writer In the Evening Tolcgram, Impressed as wero his fellows, addressed to hor a Doom, of which tho following aro tho opening verses: Has sho led a life of lotions, Has she groaned beneath the notions That tho beauty doctors force upon their victims day by day'' Has sho lived on right diet And nover any pic et, Just because sho feared indulgonco might enlariro as a fnlrv fnv? Has sho dreamed in gloves and masque, That sho wore a knightly casque And tilted ln a tournament where beauty beau-ty was the prize? Has sho waked on many a morrow Tc a morn of fearful sorrow, ln remembrance of a supper which might well Increase her size? ,.Th0 . attractions at the leading Now lork theaters last week Included Maudo Adams in "Tho Llttlo Minister" at tho Empire. Ethel Barrymore in "Sunday" at tho Hudson, "Woodland" at tho Herald bquarc blr Charles Wyndham ln "Tho Case of Rebojllou3 Susan" at thc Lyceum. Mrs. Leslie Carter ln "Adrea" at Belas-co's. Belas-co's. Fritzl Scheff In "Fatlnltza" at the Broadway, David Warficld ln 'Tho Music Master at tho Bijou. "Mrs. Left Ingwell's Boots at the Savoy. Francis Wilson In ?,n.J?ni v at U?e Criterion. Arno d a y n,,0" Nov"er Can Tell" at tho Gar-?he Gar-?he Duchess of Dantzlc" at Daly's ,,T,h,e Sh,o-Gun" at Wallnck's, "The College idow ' at the Garden. "Humpty-Dump-y ..the Now Amsterdam, Ida Conquest " Tneney Makers' at tho Liber ty. Angells n "Fatana" at thc Lyric. Lillian Russell In "Lady Teazle" at the Cas no. Edward Terry In "Sweet Lavender" at tho r:Cr3 " "opened in Nordland" at TZ"FLCf,d?v. Vlai ";V,lon ,n "Tno Winter's Talc at tho Knickerbocker, Mrs. Flsko In Leah Kleschna" at tho Manhnim "ThoCCol1?eand', Bf. tH ' WSTtlS'Snd folds csc Widower" at Weber & zieg- |
