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Show n T RU T H AMUSEMENTS. gloomy corners, until, at last, weary and exhausted, we cry out for the freedom of the open air. What a freedom It is, too, when, after the final curtain, you find yourself under the sky. The night may be cold and stormy, but you feel as If the winter woods are full of violets and the birds , Salt Lake" Theatre Dark. Grand Helds band concert tomorrow evening. Ben Ton Vaudeville. Unique Vaudeville. Novelty Vaudeville. are singing in the leafless trees. Coming Attractions. In the play you witness the unfoldSalt Lake Theatre Paul Gilmore in of events with rebellious fascinaThe Mummy and' the Humming ing tion. You see the characters swept Bird, Jan. 29th and 30th. i helplessly along to their irresistible ' doom and watch, with delirious anticid Early in the week Ibsens pation, the coming of the fateful drama, Ghosts, was pre- climax. There are only five characters sented for the first time in this city; in the drama, which enables one to resolve them into typical classes That it has been .productive of serious easily rather than distinguish them as parconsideration is not surprising. It was ticular individuals. The central figure a play to open the eyes and set one in the play is Oswald, who is the emGhosts is a tragic tra- bodiment of the dramatic thesne thinking. hereditary transmission. Mr. Claus vesty upon the accepted convention- - Bogcl, in the portrayal of the part, did the best acting in the play, excelling the star, Miss Gallatin. His mental and physical struggles against the horrors of his impending doom; his dramatic exhibition of approaching canity, the legacy of a sinful sire, were so horribly realistic that the audience, at times, involuntarily closed its eyes for a shuddering relief. Mrs. Alving, the mother of Oswald, stands MANAGER A. S. ZIMMERMAN, for Ibsens idea of indulgent, though often, misguided motherhood. Mis-- , takes they make, and plenty of them, hut whatever errors there are, flow from a heart ever open to the frailties of their own flesh and blood. ' Miss Gallatin, as Mrs. Alving, did TOMORROW not always rise to the emotional reSUNDAY EVENING CONCERT quirements of the part, though one could not doubt her Intensity of feeling. THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE Pastor Manders stood for the VERA A. FELT MISS SOrKANO SOLO authors idea of accepted conventionality. He was the little papier mache HR. HARRY MOMMY TROMBONE SOLO, island standing in the. vortex of the wild, maddening stream. Hi3 ideals of MR. WILLARD SQUIRES HASS SOLO life and living never reached beyond the narrow horizon of a stifled nature, nor. could his eyes see beyond the cushions of his hidebound pulpit. IbON SALE TICKETS sen, in Pastor Manders, with his timid ALL DAY SATURDAY suggestions and false delicacy, uses the watery cleric as a caustic example of negative endeavor and effectual 40-PIE- CES-passiveness. Mr. Davenports interpretation was generally convincing. Regina, the other regenerator of the was used Ibsen to more fully play, all lies of society. It crushes, like egg round out his by illustration of hereditary .shells, our preconceived ideals, but, disease. in the breaking, Ibsen skilfully shifts She was the fair and luscious apthe rsponsibility by. eliminating him- - ple of girlhood, beautiful to gaze upon, self from the equation. By enlisting but rotten with inherited Infirmity. Mr. John Bavolds interpretation of cause and effect upon his side, he inthe. mentally and physically warped geniously escapes the criticism which Jacob Enstrand was a finished hit of might follow the exhibition . of mere acting. it may be said that lb-- , pe:3onal theories. Like the mathema- senIn conclusion in Ghosts has given a great tician, he coldly states the theorem drama to the stage. and proceeds withlhe frigidity of logic It is full of food for thought. There to conclusion. We may not like his are lessons in it of a most forceful premises, because they are cold, hard and repellant, but there is no escape; the diameter of a circle must pass Ghosts is a through the center. widely-discusse- . MILITARY BAND Grand Theatre . . 40 One sits nature. to fly desire his through it, despite fascinwierd is a away, because there ation even in its gloom and horror. But when the curtain falls at last, you feel all the joy in escaping from a mental madhouse. and convincing minstrelsy, will take part in the Elks burnt cork show at Boise, next week. He is down for his great specialty stunt, a monologue comment on the incidents of the day, as seen from the window of a Rock Island hurry-utrain. Johnny is an adept in the gentle art of jollying. Lew Dockstader once affirmed that Johnny was the coming black carnation whose fragrant jokes were worth more than a cent, where laughing had any kind of a quotation on the stock hoard faces p The Columbia will be noisy when Johnny shoots his new lags. Jt Jl Helds band played before one of the largest bouses of. the season last Sunday evening. The program consisted of carefully selected numbers, most of which were heartily applauded. The "Pilgrims Song from Lombardi by Verdi was especially well rendered. Mr .Henry Johnson, the cornetist. made his first appearance as a soloist, nlaying Zariada in splendid syle. Three bouquets came to Mr. Johnson over the footlights as an appreciative token from admiring friends. Dalbys patrol, The Blue and. the Gray, was the most appreciated of f he lighter numbers and the band was forced to repeat it Mr. George Moss was the vocalist of the evening. He was, however, a no disappointing feature though, to effort sincere a doubt, making , please. Tomorrow evening, one of the best urograms of the season will be heard The opening march will be Sousas There will be two Liberty Bell. Vera Miss Felt, who will vocalists, sing Gounods Sing, Smile and Slumber. and Mr. Willard Squires, the bass, will sing Asleep in the Deep, with hand accompanyment. veil-know- n J The Bon Ton theatre continues to row in favor and has securely estab vaude-illished itself as the high-clas- s house of the town. Last weeks ig business is being duplicated this week. Mr. Widmer has been especially areful in selecting his people this e GEO.D.PYPER. MANAGER. WHIN 835. The Charming them-selve- s. cinder Cyclones, in their, coon shouting stunt is one of the best things In -- minstrelsy. Altogether the Bon Ton this week is putting on a program that makes you feel at home in any opera chair in the house.. The next attraction at the Salt Lake theatre is Paul Gilmore In The Mummy and the Humming Bird, January GRAND THEATRE LIT OOO BAND CONCERT Ml A k Y Sunday . Evening, January 24 PROGRAMME. March, "Liberty Bell" Heart-Throbs. ;; CapilcesK Sousa la .The lb Celebrated Minuet. .Boccherini First " Eilenber Soprano Solo, "Sine, Mnlle aqd Mum Gounod her $1188 VERA A. FELT Madam De Leores, Accompanist. Selected Trombone Solo AIK. HARRY MONTGOMERY Ballet Music from La Heine Dc Saba" . Gounod . Brass Quartette, Tls- The Whi poor-wi- ll Song." Ilnmni. Held. Leslie, Singry, Funning Bass Solo Asleep in the Deep AIR WILLARD PQUIKK8 With Band Accotnpanlnent. a Entr Acte from ''Mignpn ....Thomas 4 Caprices b Mr.-h- . The Btitning of .....Pattil I Rbme". . Gounod Grand Selection from Faust" SEATS 25 CENTS DAt SATURftiT TICKETS ON SALE-AL- Mr Gilmore Is said 29th and 30th to be surrounded with, a strong and evenly balanced company ? especially selected for this tour. February will .. be. a , busy; mbntn. Among the attractions will he Mrt. Langtry in Mrs. Deeritigs Divorce, February 1st, 2nd and 3rd Next follows the Chinese Honey moon, February 8th, 9th and loth Miss Florence Roberts is booked for three nights about the middle of thea month, and a return engagement month later. HARRY LE GRANDE. o dramatic portrayal Of the laws of hereditary transmission. It is a. para- doxical example of the weakness of the parent showing Its vicious strength in the child. In the portrayal of his characters, Ibsen may have had lii mind actual examples, though, as we saw. them, they were typical rather than individual. And what a revelation it was! Not the holding of the mirror up to nature, with weak and but a seaching aptrembling 'hands, : of the plication laying bare the diseases of the heart and brain! Ibsen rattles the hard, metallic keys and unlocks the mystic doors of. our inner nature explores the winding hallways, the hidden passages, peopled with loathsome, hidden shapes. On and one he goes, down the corridors, and we after him, slipping, sliding, stumbling over damp and dripping stones, peering into - the George Trewhela, Johnny Wilson of the local Rialto, who does railroad work for a pastime when not engaged In the more serious efforts of of an audience... week and feels confident in assorting that he Is now .presenting tin- best show for the money ever seen in Salt Lake. .The imperial musical sketch team, Holmes and Walden, have proved great favorites. Douglas and Fletcher, in artistic singing and dancing, have firmly established If you want to see better people than Louise and Frank Beverly you will have to go out of town! Their sketch is bright, breezy and hugely funny. Hyland and Grant, the Modern Comedy. . Life In Solar System. A supply of energy, particular ele ments, change, of temperature, and abundance of water are necessary tc life, as it is known. Scientific scru' . tiny has not discovered Urn equivalenl of these necessities in any one of the members of the solar system. ' Therefore F. J. Allen claims that there can be no surq life' as ours on any oi the heavenly bodies but life may exist' under their conditions for aught that is known. X-ray- s, ever-darkeni- For economical fuel and satisfa-in ctory' is not deceived results,--on- the use of Castle Gate WILL BE PRESENTED ON Friday and Saturday, ng coaisV. - - ... Prices 25 Matinee Cents to II 50. 25 cents to 0-- -7 rrr-.-.- Sings, to the Sick. i" ' - . The following advertisement recent to tM Saturday Matinee at 2:15. Six months In New York City. Two years in London . 7A cents:-- . 4 1 .. .. 30. January 29 and .; and. Clear Creek I willladly sing are unable to ieav who sick or those " ". 7" their homes. ' ly appeared: |