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Show TRUTH. AMU8EMENT3. Salt Lake Theatre Denman Thomp-Mo- n In "Tho Old Homestead; matinee today; performance tonight. Grand Theatre "Down by the toSea; matinee today; performance tomorHelds band concert night. row evening. Unique Theatre Vaudeville. Novelty Theatre Vaudeville. COMING ATTRACTIONS. Salt Lake Theatre Shay Grand s Opera company, March Flats, March 31, April 2. Grand Theatre Georgia minstrels, Isabel Irving in "The March 2. March Crisis, 2o-3- . 28-3- "Mc-Fadden- 0; 0; 31-Ap- ril With the matinee today and performance tonight, Denman Thompson will close his engagement in the Old There are no problems, Homestead.' no wild emotions, no dark pictures in this quaint and simple drama of plain jA tliroufh the people, plainly told Htory there are touches, here and GRAND THEATRE HELDS MILITARY BAND MARCH EVENING 27 IHOUKAMMK Harris March, "The Cavalier1 int w) Grand Selection from Dolly Vardcn"... Kdwariltt Violin Solo, "Caprice crinnao....ltil)rloi Mr. Merman ShueHicr, AinJanie from Uiiyiln s Surprise SymHaydn phony" Tenor Solo a. Helovod," "Serenade." with vio lin obligato Neiblung b. Irish fiOvoSong Lang Mr. Fred Graham. Caprice, "A Musician Astray in tha For- est" llcrman (With Kcho Quartette and Solo ) Shuester March, "Held's 40" (Ik'd I atod to Mr. llehl.) Solo for Soprano a. "Still as the Night" Hohm Goddard b. "FlorlunH Song" Mrs. Mary Im r I ridge Irlce. Songs for Cornets a. "Gypsy Love Song" Herbert Air. .ImmeriiiMii. "Sbuberth Serenade" , Air. I.eslln. OverUm. "Hohemian Gin" b Shubcrt llalfe 5 CENTS BEATS 2ALL SATURDAY . TIOKETB ON BUI DV there, of a warm sunshine that somehow get into the veins and makes you i eel better for living, mere have been rural dramas and rural dramas a whole alfalfa army since the first days Hut there of "Tho Old Homestead. has nothing since that has taken the shine from Denman Thompsons cow hide hoots In this pioneer of "by gosh plays. Florence Roberts is dramatically ar tistic. From her Sapho to her Zaza, she is every inch an actress. Last week I said she was entitled to wear the laurels of her darling ambition as the representative actress of tlio west. During her most recent visit here, I discovered no reason to change my opinion. Nance ONeil is not to be considered in the matter, because sue is no longer exI understand that clusively western. the talents of Florence Roberts are tho assets of a corporation and that by virtue of her abilities handsome dividends are paid upon the capital stock. Just fancy the "Florence Roberts Emotional Footlight Investment com And on the pink cerpany, limited. tificates the sylph-likfigure of GIo- - conda draped in fluttering scroll work. What a chance there was for the lithographer to dip his fingers in the ink Florence Roberts is a money pots! winner ana deserves every penny that But the flows into the box office. lady is not altogether fortunate in her dramatic repertoire. .Somebody armed with a blue pencil, should go up and down the list. During the recent visit of Miss Roberts she gave us our first introduction to "Gioconda a talky The audrama of poetic madness. thor, DAnnunzio, in a moment of hysteria dedicated it to Mile. Duse. But that clever artiste discarded the pipy, because It played the deuce with her We are still dramatic reputation. over the depressing memory shivering of "Ghosts. when along comes DAnnunzio and wraps our sympathies in more kinds of wet cloths than Ibsen ever dreamed. Now whats the use? Why should we be sent home from the theatre with a wet sponge in our pockets and our belfries flying with evil Then again , why does thoughts? Miss' Roberts retain in her repertoire that weak and colorless absurdity, "The Frisky Mrs. Johnson? Clyde other written Fitch, its author, has even at its things much better. But, best, Fitchism in dramatic literature, is a yellow germ that threatens the Why stage with a vicious fever. doesn't Miss Roberts revive that tearful, sympathetic, classic "Camille. Tho great actresses of other days have not been ashamed to portray tne heroine through whom-thyounger Dumas won undying fame. Miss Roberts In would make an ideal "Camille. and dramatic moods painting her tonsos. Camille might live again .in the art of Florence Roberts as she did in the genius of Clara Morris. Then, too. Miss Roberts has just the proper temperament to fit the imperious duShe plicity in "La Belle Russe. could enact the role with all the delicacy of artistic touch and finish with which Rose Coghlan used to characterize the part. Indeed, Miss Roberts owes it to herself, to art and to her patrons that her repertoire receive changes moro in keeping wjth her own dramatic sympathies and the better traditions of the stage. e The Novelty theatre has changed hands and in future our friend George Wood will preside over the destinies of the popular house. From the first the Novelty has catered to the more refined tastes cf lovers of clean vaudeville. Under the management of Mr. Wood, new features will be constantly added and the popular reputation of the house strictly maintained. The pretty girl in tho box office has an attractive matinee smile. The usual large audience attended high-heele- d red-haire- d e Helds band concert last Sunday even There was a threatening storm ing. In the sky and actual chilliness In the air, but that made no difference in the the idea of breaking Into the sacred precincts of the higher drama. Re ig sick of twisting the President., Eng. lish into Teutonic s and pulling waxen corks" from woolly western ears. His late trip through the land of the ungodly inspired him with a desire for better thing. it galled Fields pride to know that the California orange growers paid a lar and a naif to see Lillian Uusaeii and only fifty cents to hear him and his. partner for the two dollars wero So, when Fields thusly divided. back to Broadway, far from the mob, he went to Belasco and laid bare the secret in his heart The diplomatic David did not turn an asbestos ear to the fiery pleadings of the With that astuteness funny man. for which he is noted, Belasco promised to think the matter over. Let us. hope., the Shakespearian revival will not gather Fields in its danger-ou- s meshes. It is about time to the inscription on the tomb at Stratford. Something like this is cork-screw- Indeed, Mr. Held has attendance. repeatedly demonstrated this winter tnat inclement weather rather adds to the determination of his patrons. The proofs of this are in the box office, but who shall attempt the exLast Sundays program planation? was selected with the idea of appeal: The ing to widely divergent tastes. notion seems to have got abroad that hardly any two people in this town and isnt it so? absorb their appreciation through the same musical I suppose this accounts for straw. Mr. Held's tuneful tankard being supplied with almost as many spigots as there are numbers on the program. Last Sunday evening it certainly seemed so. For if you didnt care for the stately measures of the Paderewski minuet, you got a swifter .run through Haines sunny "Dixie Land." And if you didnt care for the musical shamrocks in Godfreys "Irish Airs," you could turn to the greener classical If you pastures of William Tell. didnt care fer the lilt and lightness of Whitmans "Chaperones," you coula get heaviness and thunder in the cliA S. ZIMMERMAN, maxes of 'Webers "Freischutz. HowMANAGER ever, if you failed to find anything that appealed to you, there is only one conclusion your musical ears are too If one may long and need pruning. most from the judge applause, enjpy ible band number was Meachams TOMORROW American Patrol, placed on the proSUNDAY EVENING CONCERT gram by request and repeated by comxt was so captivatingly pulsion. played and carried us so patriotically THE PROGRAMME WILL INOLUDB away, that, through much of it, there was uncertainty as to whether Mr. Soloists: Held was waving a baton or flying, a Oden-walter The singers were Mr. P. flag. IRS. AIRY NRTRID6R PRICE and Miss Grayce Berge, two TISOR nupils from Mr. Charles Kents studio. IR. FRED GR1B1I Mr. Odenwalter, with a pleasing bass JR. SOl'ESTER TOLU voice, almost upset our vocal traditions by rctaiulng the key throughout his songs. The gentleman, however, TICKETS ON SALE carried mechanical precision at the exALL DAY SATURDAY pense of expressive interpretations. Miss Grayce Eerge, girlishly radiant, looked a breezy picture of freshness with the long stemmed beauty roses S fa in arms. her She made nestling splendid vocal impression . ana incidentally enlarged the reputation of the written there: "Good friend, for Jesus Kent studio. ' sake forbear. t jt The doleful tale about the coming All the theatrical bon mots are not separation of Weber and Fields is perthe Fields has been spoken on the Clyde Fitch side of sistently repeated. The following happened at stung by the legitimate bee and is stage. It was durscratching the ambitious wouna witji the Sapho performance. ing one of those painful intermissions between curtains, when the orchestra sometimes gives the impression of GEO.L. PYPER working for its money rather than Miss Sharpe I suppose earning it. MANAGER. everything will be cleared up in the end. Miss Verydull How so, Miss Sharpe Why, after Gladys? CURTAIN Sapholio, use Sapolio. mad-denin- g re-Rpe- ct HELD MILITARY BAND Grand Theatre .... .....; 40 PI ECE 40 81 3 NIGHTS COMMENCING MONDAY WEDNESDAY MARCH 28 IMATINEE - ROSE CECELIA SHAY AND HER ENGLISH GRAND CARLOS NICOSIA TuesdvfilhV MUSICAL DIRECTOR. orohostif Pr ices Truing, OPERA "Carmen Wednesday Matinee Night 25o ouo, 7o i "Sf 81 50. COMPANY Near the close of the- - season a shower of meteors will burn their way across the local sky. The Salt Lake theatre has some heavy bookings later on, such as Rose Coghlan, Anna Held, B. Hr Sothern, Richard Mansfield and We shall also possiother notables. t0, bly get Maude Adams on her way or from. San Francisco. ; ii Trovit.nr' "Bohemian Girt "Faust" Augmented Matinee: 25c, 3Ce, 75c, 81.00. .' J It was just after the famous stair case scene in Sapho. The girl in the auditorlhm looked perfectly innocent hut was she? Judge for yourself : |