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Show THIS WEEK'S ATTRACTIONS. Salt Lake Theater "The Princess Chlfc," Friday and Saturday iilprhts .mrt Saturday afternoon Grand Theater "Grimes' Cellar Door," firs half of w" k . ' S;.n- walks of Now H' i York." Friday, Saturday and Monday of following w k. In all av0 the world has loved a soMflei Ipfl ond i ili .! ra In th I comkiue, "The Princess Chic," which Will bo given nt the Salt Lake Theater nex. Friday and Saturday evenings and Bat urday matinee there is a soldier's song i H, love and war. Though written to bo In keeping with the locale and period oi Charles the Hold of Burgundy. 1463. It Is In spirit as fit for now as then, particular ly In the declaration, "War Is a Bountiful H ! "War gives to her lover, the soldier bold, Plunder of country and town My lady's jewels, the miser's gold, II And often a kingly crown. . Ho drinks of wln Cront the oldest cask, In casth-s to sleep he lies, And th- wenches offer their hlood-red Hps, And woo him with roguish eyes REFRAIN. Then mend, mend, mend, And polish every pike, B . And hammer and sharpen HJ Each laneo Up alike, IS And temper keen eacfa blnde. Now peace aside Is laid, H And war, war, war, is s bountiful jade. The soldier has only to pro and fight, J1 What matters the right or wrong. Ji 'Tl9 a gay wild life of glorious strife. And its spice is wno and song. And over the wenches will trooping come, The wenches with eves aflame. With the turn. turn, turn of the warlike drum, And the soldier Is their game H Ah. many a captive the soldier makes. To hold for runsom dear. Hj And many a jeweled bauble takes Hji And riches in costly gear. But the wealth he prl7.es most he finds In the love of the wenches slim, And their glances warm In calm or storm. Are fortune enough for him. In a massive bass, but thrilling voice, it H ts sung by George Callahan und a chorus H of male voices with anvils It is pain that Kj this stirring, swinging song has never rent re-nt celved less than four encores since Mr. Callahan Introduced It to the public. James B Mackle. a Hoyt comedian, will bo seen at the Grand theater Monday, Ha Tuesday and V, 1 1 . -1. : . with Monda and Wednesday matinees, in the musical pantomime farce, "Grimes' Cellar Door," The new edition of "Grimes' Cellar Door" has comic situations acrobatic feats droll incidents, multiplying annoyances and un-expected un-expected development? The scenic and mechanical effects are ereatlcms of Jami B. Mackle, the originator of all the trick stuff used in the production Pantomimic and acrobatic trick comedy, musical num-HJ num-HJ hers and novel specialties predominate it Is new and up-to-date. The music Is HB catchv, the girls vivacious, and the me-chanlcal me-chanlcal effects follow each other rapidly. "The Sidewalks of New York" will bo H eeen at the Grand theater next Friday and Saturday and Monday, with Saturday and II Monday matinees This play is now In Its fourth season and has played in nearly H every town In the United States and Can. ada. That such an attraction could keep In the zone of the theater-goers for that f length of time there must be something of H more than ordinary merit to the play. The scenic, effects are most novel. An ex-rellent ex-rellent cast Is said to be with the attrac Hl Hon this year and Includes Mr Mack HH Swain and the emotional actress Cora King Swain A number of choice specially special-ly ties are introduced In the pla ; Players to be at tho Salt Lake Theator I It F'lon are Warde and Kidder, t lorenc Galo and Edna Wallace Hopper. . . . "The Fatal Wedding" will bo at the I Grand January 3 and 4. i f. Edna Wallace Hopper will begin her Starring tour In "A Country Mouse," a H Ftralght comedy. In tho Boyd theater, Omaha, tonight, t . ' During her spare time Miss Maudo Adams Is Quietly Studying "As You Llko It." It is the Intention Of Charles Froh-mnn Froh-mnn to star Miss Adams next season In K that play Miss Adams would make a I very dainty Rosalind. Thoy are laughing In London over an R Incident which happened at a recent production pro-duction of "Hamle t" there. In tho gallery was an old fishwife, and sho took umbrage um-brage at tho scene wherein Hamlet calls Polonlus a fishmonger. ' ' Come on," ald sho to her worst r half, w ho had gone to sleep, "let s git hout, HI didn't I como ere to be hinsiilted'." Franz Ebert. who left the Weher-Zelg-I fekl forces because ho didn't have part enough, is going Into vaudeville. Edmund Day has written him a sketch Just fitting bis diminutive stature, called "Dan Cu-I Cu-I rid" Henrietta Crosman Is coming West Text spring and It Is positively settled ; says Maurice Campbell, her manager and husband, that thla famous actress will !.,... a r In Salt Lake City. There may I have been obstacles In the way of Miss W. Cm-man's appearance here In tho past, HH but it In now announced that these have HI been overcome Just how this has beon brought about Is not set forth, but Mr H Campbell says It has been Salt Lako has H desired to see Henrietta Crosman, who Is remembered here as the star In Bron-spn Bron-spn Howard's Comedy, "One of Our Hvi Glrs" pome years ago. which was Miss I Crosman's first soaeon as a star Since I that time sho has gained a world wide I reputation; her position In tho drama lr. Ml assured. I Maude Fealy is announced as sir Henry I Irvlng's leading lady lor his American I tour which will Include 6alt Lake, and BHl has postponed her own starring until af-BBH af-BBH &w that favorable Introdui Hon m Raymond Hitchcock of "The Yankee BBBJ Consul." will have a new comla opera H next season, and the authors of the "Con-BBBJ "Con-BBBJ sul," Arthur Robyn and H. N. Blossom, J Jr.. of St. Louis, will do it for him. It fl will be a Savage production. H Blanche Walsh will have to shelve "The H Kreutzcr Sonata" In January, as she i HHHJ under contract then to produce her new Clyde Fitch play. "Tho Woman In the j Case." ' 0 Shakespeare's "King Lear" has been , 1 : 1 Mane Henderson in "Princess Chic." produced with great success in Paris. Pierre Lotl made the translation, and M. Antonio played Lear. In bis own theater A preacher In Ottunvwa, la., is taking the namrs of plays for his texlp Re-oently Re-oently he discussed The Sign of the CrOSS, York State Folks" and "The James Boys In Missouri." Although Mary Manncrlng will start her season immediately after the holl-Hho holl-Hho will have to play on the road until April, as sho cannot find an open dato at any of tho New York theaters until that time. "Mrs. Wlggs of tho Cabbage Patch," which opened at the Savoy theater In New Y rk early In tho fall and has been running ever since, will terminate tho metropolitan engagement shortly after the first of the year and take to the road again Arthur Dunn, who Is starring in "The Runaways," 1b much perturbed at the discovery dis-covery that the vaudeville theaters aro being visited by a team known aa "Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dunn." There Is no way to stop the newcomers using that name, since It Is really their own. After turning down the proposition to unlto Hallen and Hart, William A Brady has finallv decided upon tho new piece in which ho will star Mr. Hart and Carrie Do Mar. This pair will go out after the Christmas holidays and try the piece for a cotsplo of weeks on tho road. The new. offering Is a big musical show, carrying about sixty people Tho book Is by Joseph Hart and the music by A. Baldwin Sloane The title selected Is "Mamma's l'apa " Mary Mnnnerlng and James K Hackctt her husband, who have not played together to-gether for some years, will Join their talents tal-ents In The Prayer of the Sword," a new plav, next season. This la one result re-sult which Hackett hoped to achieve when ho deserted the Independents for the syndicate last season The syndicate seems to have "punished him by making him wait a year Sir Henry Irv ing has sold his rights In "Ivan the Terrible" to Beorbohm Tree, who will produce the piece at his Majesty Majes-ty s In London early next year, Blanche Walsh has purchased a sum mer cottage at Great Neck. L. L, near tho homo of Mrs. William Astor Chattier, Chatt-ier, who was formerly Minnie Ashley The pneo paid Is said to have been $14., and many Improvements will bo added to the place beforo next summer. Richard Harding Davis Is writing a new play for William Collier, which will Lc called "Tho War Correspondent ' Mr Collier expects to take "The Dictator" to London next spring. It has been reported that Ethel Barry-more Barry-more will have a new play b Jack London, Lon-don, to bo founded on one of his novels. Marlon Alexander has brought suit in New York for $10,OW damages against S nn S. Shubert, a theatrical manager, on Hi.- ground that he discharged her from the 'Lady Teazle" opera company because be-cause she was not "pereonallyr attractive." attrac-tive." Miss Alexander does not wish to pose as a beauty, but she admits to being reasonably rea-sonably comely," and says that, us she makes her living by nppearlng as a show girl, the criticism and her dismissal haV seriously interfered with her success MIhs Alexander was engaged for the "Lady Teazle" company live weeks ago, after Lillian Russell, star of tho piece, and Mr. Sbuberthad passed upon her attractiveness at-tractiveness Sho began rehearsals and continued until a couple of weeks ago: When K. II. Burnslde, the stage manager, according to tho actress, said 'You won t do. There Isn't anything attractive at-tractive about you. and as I only wont pretty women in tho chorus, you're dismissed." dis-missed." The voting woman refused to get out. Next day she consulted her lawyer, Leon Laskl, and on his udvlce continued to report re-port for rehearsals. MlSS Alexander savs the charges ari falsi and that she. will subpoena Anna Held, Joseph Weber, Lew Fields and other oth-er managers to prove sho Is attractive Mr Shubert said. 'The statement that a woman can be damaged to the extent of ?iomv by being told that she isn't lovely Is all nonsense." WOllam A Brady Is negotiating with Israt I Zangwlll for a new play for wnton Laekaye, to b railed "The Jew." It will probably bo added to the actor's reper-tolro reper-tolro tlin H'.ason after next Tie vogue of tl recent play s by this dramatist has persuaded Mr Brady and his st.ir that the time is ripe or a revival Of "The Children Chil-dren of the Ghetto ' as well as this new pi,i for .which Mr Brady hits offered Mr Zangwlll extraordinary Inducements, Otis Skinner will appear next season as Lord Byron. In a new piny taken from the popular novel, "The Outcast 1 Miss Annie Russell has in "Brother J K ines," at the Gnrrlck. New York, a comedy which recalls the triumphs she won two seasons ago In "A Royal Family Fam-ily " All tho charming girlish qualities which Miss Rttssell can so successfully ' Impart to a character are to be found In : captivating abundance In her Genevieve, the heroine of this pretty love story. Miss Viola Allen will succeed N. C I '.. .i.l win at the Knickerbocker theater Monday, December "Jt. and will appear as Hermione and Perdlta In "The winters Tali Miss Allen has made o sumptuous production of the play, and has enjoyed success everywhere she has appenred this ' season. . . . Irt spite of all the angry criticism which is hurled at syndicates and combinations, thev continue to multiply. Directly affecting af-fecting the theatrical business, we havo now no less than five, vix. I Klaw .SL BSrlanger's . First-class houses I Stair ,V Havlln's Popular-priced houses ! Proctor s Slock houses i The Wheel .. Burlesque houses Associated Billposters' Advertising The, show printing trust and the vaudo-II vaudo-II e combine ar- sue to go through, and hat Will make seven big ones. Besides these there are over two dozen smaller Oi I which, while they are now only dlg-iHled dlg-iHled by the name of circuits, are being ipldly added l.. and are constnntlv growing grow-ing In power and prestige. Billboard. In "Leah Kleschna, ' Mrs Flske, at the Manhattan theater. New York, has again won sa. i ess As to Mr. Flake s acting In It theer has be, n no dissenting word while the enthusiasm of most of the writing about the affair mikki'Ms something altogether alto-gether out of the ordinary run of offerings. offer-ings. What strengthens and verities the critical verdict Is seen In the popular response, re-sponse, 'j he Manhattan is thronged nightly. |