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Show rrr 2 TRUTH. 12 Unlquo Vaudeville. Novelty Vaudeville. -- COMING ATTRACTIONS. Salt Lake Theatre Maude Adams In The Little Minister May & & it 23-2- 5. t Good friend, for . i 1 ' 1 ,. 5 ! i , I i : i j t i J f I I the demurrer that Bacon is the real party in interest. Admirers of Bacon applying for criminal proceedings must be prepared to establish the Identity of tho complaining witness. The Press club does not like to deal in technicalities, but when put upon tho defensive, it proposes to use every privilege which tho law grants to tho prisoner at tho bar. Leaving others to take the initiative, If they think that, high crimes and misdemeanors have been committed, my duty, be it known, docs not require mo to attend tho police court. To boil down four Shakespearean dramas into one finished play is literary fame enough for Race Whitney, Harry Clumcr and Angus Nicholson. That they fully succeeded is attested by a thousand dollars above all expenses. Commercialism is the final test in such matters, notwithstanding tho editorials in the Ladies Home Journal. To place the laurels upon any one brow of the distinguished cast is a responsibility too great for me to assume. The easiest way to satisfy a troubled conscience is to mako a composite head of all the actors and knock them with a single blow. The dramatic highbinders in tho order of their appearance upon the stage are as follows (Whether it was in the inverse order of merit is another matter): William- Licblein was the first to edition butt in with a sixteen-ounc- e covers. 'of Shylock bound in paper His lines were well read and illustrated. Kenneth Kerr, as tho weather-boa- t en Polonius, stood up well under a Populistic weight of whiskers. His voice and pronunclar tion were refreshingly clear and gave tho audience a distinct clue as to what was carrying on. Londoned his George Carpenter and apHoratio till pealed to tho risibilities of the house Around in a clever English stunt. Hamlet Htirry Culmers demented blew all tho chilly blasts from the The open barn doors of the show. found he sea of troubles in which liimsolf would have drowned a less expert dramatic swimmer, but Harry never once fell out of the Elsinore life boat. It is still a mystery how he got into the port of Salt Lake with such a cargo of Danish accents. The floral tribute, Gates of Provo, offered to Mr. Culmcr over the footlights was a well chosen testimonial to his simulated Insanity. Race Whitney, at every turn of tho road, smoked Sherlock Holmes out of his hiding place, even if some of the asbostos cigarettes refused to light. Conan Doyle and Dr. Watson were among Mr. Whitneys most noisy admirers in the audience. Romeo where art thou? was first answered by Johnny Spencer under the Juliet window in an operatic prelude entitled, The Lobster and looked as if the hoys in the tin v had been playing tricks on Ms 0p cos-tume. The Democracy of Brutus painted to the life of Fisher rvf 8 Harris, who Invested the part S the courtly gracefulness of a Vir cavaher Prd studies. Mr. Harris was wo symmetricalably The dlsgulZ as J. C. Boyle, Jr., and Ed Penrose were merrie devils. Under the tunics of the Roman senators, I recognized man. grave-digger- s, men about town Tho was mob a fierce outburst 'of out' raged citizenry. There was no restraining the of such men as Harry Joseph gusto p Wood, Dick Whittemore, W H. Dale L. A. Ransohoff, Sam Porter Mnr Smith, Charley Lawrence and the other misguided ones who lined un n well-know- n the last act. Trovers of Shakespeare who seek to Indict the Press club will be met by i . ej hosiery, but no .amount of elasticity could catch a flash of the Rhinestone garters. Alan Lovey as Caesar carried the whole Roman cheese under his ambitious cloak, with dignified case and imperiousness. A. K. Nicholson can name his own price at playing Marc Antony on any stage. If Charley Frohman doesnt land him. It will be because Klaw & Erlanger were there first with a certified check. He took and held the center of the stage as if it were a plaything, while the galleries were carried in his dramatic palms like a piece of small change. The Caledonian oration over the body of Julius was a gem in the obituary casket. Sam King, in his rattling uniform, trial. , i Jesus sake forbear To dig the dust inclosed here. The foregoing plaintive request appears on the Shakespeare tomb at Stratford. Whether the Bard of Avon had any reference to the rccen1 doings of the Press club, is too speculative for consideration. Besides, in all such discussions the question arises as to whether Shakespeare or Bacon is entitled to movo for a new . He sang a voiceless song on a mute guitar, Fred Graham using the long distance wire with insulated sweetness. Tho Juliet of J. S. Critchlow was Critch-low- s altitudinlous in conception. natural loftiness and high ideals were never shown to higher advantage than in the lengthened suicide scene in the tomb. Tod Goodwin Opheliated as if Shakespeare had given him a pair of His hysterical ravings new gloves. were so realistic that several keepers from the State Mental hospital waited for him after the performance. Tods Interpolated dance was high-heelpoesy. Now and then the rubbernecks caught a glance of shapely the Fairy. AMUSEMENTS. The Ham show has passed into history, hut it should furnish any amount of discussion for the summer season. 58 Last Sunday night Helds Military band closed its remarkably successful season in a burst of splendid music, a full box office and an enthusiastic audience. its During eight months run at the Grand, Helds band never played before a small house. From the first, an automatic Standing Room Only sign was used, and the Sundays were few indeed in which the combination was not worked at the ticket window. The programs throughout the engagement were selected in such a way as to cater to all tastes. Ragtime, classical and popular music were given with a due regard to the fickle demands of a public which is never certain as to just what it wants. John Held kept his finger on the pulse of his audiences, and when-eve-r the slightest evidence of discontent was manifest, there would be an agreeable change In the program the following Sunday. During the season just closed some nineteen thousand people attended the thirty-threconcerts and over four thousand dollars was paid out in salaries to the members of the band. Without wishing to blow the big tuba? too much, it may be said in passing that no other western band has ever played so long a concert season under one roof. During the coming summer Helds Military band will play twice a week at the Saucer track for the bicycle races and every Sunday evening at the Salt Palace theatre. Afternoon concerts will he given at Liberty park and a Saturday evening concert up town. With five concerts a week Helds Military band will be a busy organization. e - , snow-flake- d MAUDE ADAMS IN THE LITTLE MINISTER GE01PYPER fare-you-we- ll MANAGER. CURTAIN MONDAY, TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY - NO MATIN AX 23, 24, 25 EE CHARLES FROHMAN PRESENTS -- - MAUDE ADAMS AS In J. M- - Comedy Barrie's 6 ( LADY BABBIE The Little Minister SALE NOW ON. 58 Salt Lakers are waiting the homecoming of Maude Adams. All during the week the tickets have been going like flakes of snow on a kitchen stove. It is too bad that the little actress could not give us the Pretty Sister of Jose and Quality Street," as well as The Little Minister. But unless the unlooked for happens, J. M. Barries play will be the only drama presented during tho engagement.at It has been played here before the Grand, but, of course, there was no Miss Adams in the play and The Little Minister without Maude wouk be like a Ham show without a Pressa club cast. Miss Adams has shown versatility " of international ' flavor. is In The Little Minister she Scotch lassie; as Juliet she was Italian; then came the French blood oi stage Qualitt followed by LAiglon, Street, in which she was an English 75 .i "' |