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Show gig AMUSEMENTS H I Salt Lako Theatre: "Under Southern South-ern Skies," matinee today, performance perform-ance tonight. 4 j Grand theatre: "An American Tramp," matinee today, performance tonight. Lyric theatre: "Tho Tiger Lilies," one week beginning with matinee today. to-day. Coming Attractions. Salt Lako theatre: "When Knighthood Knight-hood "Was in Flower," Nov. 27-28; "The College Widow." "Tho Marriage of Kitty" is, In my opinion, one of tho few clever farces w seen nowadays which carry tho mem- I ory back to tho days when clowning U an( norso P'ay were happily un- t M known. Whilo much of tho original veneer of tho "Marriage of Kitty" is, no doubt, scratched In the translation and much of Its French freedom has been suppressed, thero still remains enough to appeal to one's intelligent humor and refined appreciation of suggestive hilarity. Although the fun of tho situations are liko tho wit neither new nor old still both are, to a pleasurablo extent, different. Tho playwright makes no attempt ana with joy you witness tho effort to "rub in" anything. There is no chance for any character in tho play to be serious, se-rious, and tho actor who catches the spirit of It, while giving a free rein to mirth, can not become clownish. In short it is Intelligent, rotlned, piquant piq-uant farce, and, when properly Interpreted, Inter-preted, these qualities stand clearly uppermost. The sophisticated see in tho theme and situations of the play much that is striking because so unaffectedly un-affectedly casual. Those who like their fun cut In thick slices may think "Tho Marriage of Kitty" rather dry and tame. Those that like to spread their morals in their laps for a touchstone might think "Kitty" wicked. wick-ed. Tho farce will satisfy neither the circus-minded nor tho Puritanic critic, crit-ic, but thero aro many others to whom its half-toned Parisian gaiety of fun is hugely diverting. It is too bad that Salt Lakers havo not seen Marie Tom-pest Tom-pest in the title 'role she satisfied Now Yorkers during many, many months. Tho old tlmo spirit' of operetta, which of lato has become lost in tho modern shuffle of up-to-dato musical tum-ty-tum, came very near ilndlng a wolcomo rovlval in "Tho Sho-Gun." Indeed, it camo quite up to tho first mllo stono that marks dignified music and action, but, thero It swerved, foi tho "Sho-Gun's" music Is not particularly particu-larly mellifluous, nor its action especially espe-cially original or Inspiring. Further-j Further-j more tho ghosts of Gilbert and Sulll-. Sulll-. i van hover unpleasantly near, remlnd- ing ono of tho "Mikado" and others, ,y and wearing off that varnish of adul- II ation to which past achievement en-, en-, jj. titled Mr. Ade and Mr. Ludors. But I should not indulge too much in tho salt of doubt, while thero is better need for an extra pinch on other productions pro-ductions coming our way. J & Although tho "Washington Society Girls" at tho Lyric were supposed to represent tho blue-stocking aristocracy aristoc-racy of tho Capital, thero was no attempt at-tempt on tho part of tho "Girls" to wear nothing but azure-colored hos- lery. Indeed, the color scheme was '9 altogether prismatic and rainbow-hued rainbow-hued sufficient in complexity to fully ful-ly satisfy tho Front Row club's partiality par-tiality for that sort of thing. Salt Lake's new Orpheum will bo a bijou of a houso when tho finishing touches aro applied. There will bo but ono balcony a largo one, running back almost tho full length of tho auditorium. au-ditorium. On either side of tho stage aro four boxes, and they will bo artistic artis-tic beauties. Tho interior of tho houso Is being rapidly put into shapo and ono may seo enough, even now, to confirm his suspicions that tho Orpheum Or-pheum is to bo a theatro in every artistic ar-tistic sense of tho word. As tho now nouse will bo on tho Orpheum circuit, Salt Lako will seo tho best vaudeville .shows in America tho same people who play In tho Orpheum on O'Farrell streot in San Francisco, will mako Salt Lako on their way to tho Orpheum Or-pheum In Denver. Just' when tho new houso will bo opened is still impossible im-possible to say, but everything is being be-ing rushed with tho expectation of selling tickets about Now Year's day. Very few books havo been more popular than Charles Majors' "When Knighthood Was in Flower." Everybody Every-body had read tho story and everybody every-body must havo seen in it much ma-.erial ma-.erial for dramatic situation, for, very scon after its popularity was established, estab-lished, theatro goers woro shown bluff King Hal" and his mad-cap sis-cer sis-cer behind tho foot-lights. Julia Mar-iOwo Mar-iOwo first produced tho play hero, and although that clever actress is no longer in tho cast, the drama still goes merrily on its footllght way. This bewitching be-witching story of king and princess, romance and love, will bo seen at the Salt Lako theatro next week, November Novem-ber 27-28. Following "When Knighthood was in Flower," George Ado's comedy of college life, "The College Widow," will bo seen hero for the first tlmo. Those of us who remember tho highly amusing characterization of life as depicted de-picted in Ade's "County Chairman" ian appreciate tho claim which is mado for 'Tho College Widow" as being be-ing tho best reflection of curious cypes yet drawn by the clever Hoo-3ler Hoo-3ler artist. "The College Widow" has for its locale a small western town with a big college. Thero aro all kinds of doings by college students and tho mad pranks they play upon each other as well as upon tho townfolk of tho village. A bit of stago realism is introduced in a football foot-ball scene which is said to bo ono of tho most exciting scenes over witnessed wit-nessed on tho stage something fully as exciting and oven more realistic than the race scene in "Ben Hur," or the pit scene in "Tho Pit." Tho same company, which won such high favor in tho east, Is promised. Georgo Ado is no stranger to Salt Lakers and his "College Widow" will need only a box office Introduction. It is a double musical treat which Arthur Shepherd has In store for us next, month in tho joint appcaranco of tho Symphony orchestra and tho Orpheus Or-pheus club. Both of thoso organizations organiza-tions stand so high in tho musical esteem es-teem of Salt Lakers that Apollo should not bo required to lay tho birch upon our backs in driving us to tho ticket window. In tho mcantimo our generously inclined in-clined citizens should feel a thrill oi joy when Manager John D. Spencer asks them to contribute to tho money fund of tho Symphony orchestra. Music Mu-sic i3 art, but the "fiddler" must bo paid and no musicians work hurder than tho boys in tho Symphony orchestra. or-chestra. HARRY LB GRANDE. |