Show I AMUSEMENTS t ATTRACTIONS TOJ TODAY I I Salt L Lake ke Theatre Ih Mission s on play piny Evening I Photoplay Photoplay bill headed h by j I I Miss Edna Mn May In seven part I feature Salvation Joan Continuous j I 1 I to 10 11 p. p m. m New vaudeville opens I Wed Wednesday n as day a I Wilkes Theatre Wilkes players In I Tho Trail of ot the Pine t Evening f J Theatre Theatre Vaudeville dally daily I nt at and ancl 91 New bill opens Wed Wednesday nead ny Tho Tho Man Inside from tho well well known own novel and starring Edwin Stevens acclaimed b by critics as ns Americas America's Amer Arner- ica's groat greatest st character actor In reels Reel Heel Lifo LIto tho film m magazine I J Interesting subjects I lJ T SUT LAKE In the profound solemnity of ot Its S STEEPED O historical origin and Its living living- motif the tho 1 Mission play was given Its premier performance perform perform- ance anco In Ill Salt Lake theatre last night before an audience that showed keen Iceon Interest In Its R. over every feature Tho The play hundreds of or thousands have havo cono rono to Los Angeles to witness In the theatre specially erected for It at nt San Gabriel mission mis mis- sion slon tells tho story of ot civilizations civilization's dawning on tho California coast Thousands of travelers travel travel- lorB l- l orB ers who tour the Pacific coast mako It an object oh- oh to visit ono one or more of ot tho the missions that survive and ruins of ot some somo others Just as thc they visit tho the chief points of ot interest In Salt Lako on their wa way out or returning and ono one of ot the tho great privileges for tor many has haa been to tobe tobo tobo bo be In Los Angeles to witness at least ono of ot tho performances given thoro of which but fow ow havo boen been outside e the tho Mission the the- atre otro This IB is the tho bl big spectacular voIding of ot p pageantry and drama that ha has hils been brought to tho the or very doors of ot Salt Lakers It Is not an nn easy elsy task to Ivo n. n brief de description description le- le of or tho gigantic production or or- orto to sound Its lofty noto of merit The paraphernalia vC nalia nalla for tor the tho throe three stage settings has been beon produced with tho the utmost regard to historical accuracy Lot it bo be understood at nt once that this Is not a moving mo picture drama of or old Spanish days when Alta California was ono one of or tho the Mexican provinces but It Is a picturesque re reproduction reproduction re- re pro production of or the days when Franciscan friars began dotting California's shores with mission mission mis mis- sl sion n stations from San Sari Diego to San Fran- Fran deco almost years ago There are nearl nearly living moving speaking speak ing characters In the tho cast some soma representing tho the Franciscan padres others other In the rolo role of ol conquistadores ores the tho n natives of or California and the tho gay ay senora and senoritas The first act Is mounted In an nn accurate scenic environment and tells tolls tho the stor story of ot Father Sorra's vigil for tor the tho l long ns awaited supply ship shiV that saved swed his little band from tram starvation Its locale 13 ss on tho upper shore of or San Diego ba bay now occupied by br 01 Ol Town a suburb of ot San Diego city also dle dis as ns Ramona's marriage o place with Point Loma stretching out to the Pacific and tho the point of or Coronado strand In view Tho The second act Is laid at the tho mission of ot ofSan ofSan San Carlos do Carmol near Monterey some soma fifteen years later and Is Js mado especially brilliant by br tho the fiesta Introducing Indian and anti Spanish dances with a real California pepper In one corner of ot the patio The third act depleting depicting tho the last days das of ot tho pristine glor glory of ot the missions about 1574 is located In tho the ruins of or tho the most famous of or tho the ruins tho the S San m Juan do de Capistrano Capis- Capis between San Diego and Los Loe Angeles This might bo be called an epilogue to tho the days of or tho the padres but hut the author has chosen choson to call It the aftermath and in Its Ita architecture true to tho surviving the destruction of ot this mission b by 13 earthquake and its emotional spirit It Is at once tho the most wonderful scenic part of ot the tho drama and ana most Impressive o in contrast to the gaieties of ot tho the fiesta John S. S McGroarty l tho the author was a n newspaper man In Pennsylvania anla until In hi went to California twenty years ago fifteen of these later years yearn bein spent in tho the editorial editorial edi edi- tonal sanctum of the tho Los Angeles Times He has written a n groat deal to preserve tho historical historical historical his his- value of or California's genesis both In prose and verse and ml might ht bo be called deservedly deservedly deser deser- vt ly tho the poet of ot tho the missions along El CamIno Cam Cam- Ino mo Real neal tho the kings king's hl highway vay 11 traveled ty times b by Fra Fray on foot toot In l his s pastoral pastoral pastoral pas pas- toral visits Mr Is here with the company for ho lie IB la personally directing tho the performances An effort wa was made last night to havo him appear before the audience but buthis buthis buthis his modesty forbid H However wever future audiences audi auell- ma may not let him off orr eO o easily e It Is worth mentioning mentioning- that of or the score 11 T VI JL UI C lOI is 15 a 0 real rea chief Young Turtle of ot Oklahoma there thero Is a a. family of or five rl Pueblo Indians IndianA from Ne Now New Mexico the tho others are and anti what are arc known wn as Mission Indians from tho five reservations of southern California EI Eight ht bravos braves give 0 a real war danco and an arrow dance danco In iii the tho fiesta The rhe Spanish songs and dances are by bj do- do scon of tho the old Spanish families of ot Cal Cal- Two couples give I e tho the sombrero bianco whito hat dance and anel La Senora with castl- castl nets and anti tambos Juanita and Juan the tho dance danco dud duo dUCi La Jota and anel Miss Carmen Castello In solo gives a a. sprightly to with the chorus singing parts of ot the tho aria Miss Jessica sings La The Tho Swallow In solo and andLa andLa La Ll Paloma with chorus Among th tho friars Is seen Le tor Paul who was with tho the stock company hero here last year lr From m hero tho the Mission play goes to Denver Donver Den Don ver Omaha St. St Louie Louis Chicago then direct to New York t for r a n. year ear Performances will be given every evening this week weel with matinees Wednesday anc and ani SatU Sat Sat- U urda ta lQ MRS 1 11 S IJA LANGTRY AT NOl HING so deeply Interests Mrs Irs LangIN Langtry Lang- Lang IN try the noted English beauty who comes to tho the Orpheum for Cor a brief engagement be beginning begInning beginning be- be ginning Inning tomorrow evening c a a ah trio progress of ot the tho war In Europe Lad Lady Hugo ao GO Bathe Dathe as Lily Langtry is known In private life lite Is making making mak mak- ing a vaudeville 1116 tour In her new one act play play- let lct Al hes and anti while Bho sho does doos not contemplate contern- contern plato plate quitting quilting tile the stage It Is expected that In the future sho ho will only in her own coun country try Zeppelins she said In recent a Interview have ha come to bo common near m my homo home In Suffolk Several weeks before I left England Eng Ent land I saw one ono afire In the tho sky Curiously h It seemed to be bo going upward In Jerks Instead of or coming coining down Often Otton th the Zeppelins appear to be In a hurry hurr to finish their work sometimes dropping dropping drop drop- ping ping- their bom bombs s In tho the son sea before eforo reaching England A bomb in the tho last raid before before- I left late In August lEu t killed n. n famous a-famous amou race racehorse racehorse racehorse horse that belonged to Lord Londonderry that was stabled at Ne Newmarket marJ et tl o miles tromm from m my place The Tho horse was RS considered the fa- fa a- a for tho the London Derby In Mrs Irs Langtry's newest sketch Is told toM the stor story of ot a woman whose whole happy married life lite is Interrupted b by the tho appearance upon the scene of ot a man to whom she once In a I moment of ot pique wrote c compromising letters Ho undertakes to blackmail mall How a womans woman's wit proves too much for him neatly turns I the tho tables at the tho last lant moment and completely vindicates herself contributes a 0 stor story that Is Js novel dramatic and replete with surprises i k |