Show rA t t h e Th r I L or I L f 4 H 4 M t M s H t t t M t MM t t M Mf t f 4 AMUSEMENTS TODAY Y f ff 9 f Salt Lako Lake theatre Julian El- El Elf f tinge in Tho Fascinating Widow p. p m. m Colonial theatre William J J. Kelly and his company In The Royal Box 6 15 p. p m. m theatre Vaudeville f 21 p. p m. m and p. p m m. 4 Empress theatre Vaudeville f ff f 2 30 p p. p m. m TSO p. p m. m and 16 p. p m m. m 4 Liberty theatre theatre Licensed Licensed mo mo- f Uon tion pictures and music Special feature The Dawning Dl In two 4 f reel reels Matinee 2 to 5 G evening 4 47 7 to 11 4 t H t. t M t. t M t. t t t. t M M M t tt KT GE Tho The largest lars audience the tho Salt Lake theatre has had In many mum mouths months turned out last night to see ee Julian In Inthe Inthe the tho title HUo role 1010 of The Fascinating Widow and vor very fascinating Indeed ho Is What a shame ouro only a bluff as a A. widow said one of the characters ch to Mrs Monte Eltinge during the courso course of ot the tho production and most of th the audience echoed the wish so 80 stunning stunning stunning stun stun- ning does the Impersonator appear Inthe in tho the remarkable gowns Frowns with which he drapes a regular rl figure ure Appearing AppearIng- with a chorus of ot varying degrees c rees of ot pulchritude Mr lr loses nothing by tho the comparison Fascinating Is rean really tho the word The action of ot the plot plot so so far tar as there Is a plot plot plot-Is Is concerned with a coeducational Institution somewhere In inthe tho the United States as Hal Blake a Junior In the college o has fallen In love with the tho lissome daughter of or Mrs Irs matron of or the tho girls girls' dormitory After Arter ho he has ha had an altercation with a rather feminine sophomore the matron seeks to ha have him arrested In order to avoid arrest and remain In the tho neighborhood Blake decides to Impersonate the widow friend of or the thc college trainer an obese personage with a well developed sense I of humor and sufficient avoirdupois for half halt a dozen men inca From tho the time he lie appears draped becomingly ly In black until a moment before the final curtain curtain cur cur- tain tam Eltinge wears frocks wears them well wen so well wen that perhaps he gave e a a afew afew few faw pointers ers to admiring women In Inthe Inthe inthe the audience Tho The program ram asserts that Tho Fascinating Widow Is for amusement purposes only a mission In which It thoroughly succeeds succeed although the tho star Is Indifferently supported by a a. compan company com corn whoso members look took pan pany n extremely won well nut out tor whom little else elso can be said with two or three exceptions However Mr himself Is the at at- at traction Essentially a a. comedian with witha a good singing voice he would have done dono well wen for tor himself even It If his gifts of impersonation and a carriage that lends Itself well to the tho role rolo he essays had not given I him something more en entertaining entertaining entertaining en- en and no doubt more profit profit- table to do Aside from Mr Eltinge the most pleasing of or tho the members of ot the comI company com corn I pany are aro Carrie E E. Perkins who was tho the extremely plump matron tron of or the girls' girls dormitory and Charles W W. Butler the tho chaplain of the college e. Miss Perkins in the tho second a net act t gave gac perhaps the best imitation of ot a n perfect and painfully proper lady with a souse that the Salt Lake Lako theatre stage has over ever seen seon Two mischievous students strengthen the Innocuous punch made by the matron on the occasion of or the tho college dance with several quarts of the sort of ot whiskey th that t propagates murder and arson If It taken In sufficient quantity The matron and the chaplain chaplain chaplain chap chap- lain whose aversion for tor strong drink is so BO Int Intense you ou can feel teel it are aro do- do lighted Ug with tho the Improved punch and partake generously or of It Tho The ensuing scone is excruciatingly funny tunny and is perhaps the only time during the evenIng evening even even- Ing when any of ot the company divides the tho attention of ot the audience with Mr MI Eltinge The Tho production Is well weIl sta staged ed and md excellently costumed The book of tho operetta is is by Otto Hauerbach of Salt Lake Lako who was vw responsible for tor tho the I book boole of Madam Sherry also and In tho cast appears Juno June Mathis of ot Salt Lal Lake e whoso whose friends In the audience showed their appreciation of ot her hor work on several occasions during the evenIng even- even Ing lag The Tho part assigned to her Is comparatively com corn minor yet she acquits herself herself herselt her her- self creditably The music is of the popular sort Bart several se of ot tho the strains however being old oM friends Among Amon the number Is Dont Go In the tho Water which Josephine made famous some years yeara a ago o. o For tho the benefit of tho the women to whom frequent changes of ot costume are arc supposed to be an unmixed pleasure Itma It ma may be remarked that Mr Eltinge appears appears ap ap- pears as tho the widow in a street gown a bathing costume an evening dress a wedding gown and an exceedingly diaphanous but gorgeous affair in I which ho he goes through the steps of ot a n. most wonderful dance He lie will continue con con- to do all this through the tho entire week at nt tho the Salt Lake with matinees tomorrow and Saturday T scene In the fourth act has already created create a great deal of ot comment ORPHEUM T ORPHEUM Amelia the tue manager actress whoso Big Moments From Great Plays Is arousing enthusiasm at nt the Orpheum this week Is known to b be In tho the market to purchase a now new pIa play therefore Miss l Bingham has lias hasa a private mail mall car cal and a carrierI carrier carr carrolI I havo o been reading and reading plays plas until m my ray head swims she says saps I have hae on hand sI sixteen teen plays about airships airships airships air air- ships morality pla plays plays one one one of ot them makes makos mo mc Saint Cecilia two Cecilia two bushels of ot problem plays plas a ft bundle of farces facos and several yards ards of ot tragedies In blank ver verse e and a R melodrama about tho the Panama canal Then I have a grand opera on tho the suffragette question ot of all an things These are arc just a a. fe few of ot otI I m my troubles E EMPRESS EMPRESS- After Arter a successful run of 01 seven Boven lays days and three big capacity houses dall dally daily the Empress ss program that has hM served ser to entertain thousands tho the past week will close with tho the rc regular ular three to today The bill as It will be given today and closing closing- tonight will consist of ot the tho musical comedy Fun in a Delicatessen Shop His Fathers Father's SoiL a strong stirring heart dramatic presented by Walter II Jr Brown I and company Barney Gilmore the tue i witty Irishman Alt AIr Holt the GlobeTrotting GlobeTrotting Globe Globo I Trotting Mimic Weston and Leon Leoti two sprightly and magnetic girls from flom Broadway LeMarle and Vance a cyclonic skating exhibition BEN HUR The Thc The fame tame of or General Wallaces Wallace's great book hool Don Bon Hur the tho stage dramatization of ot which has score scored the biggest success in the thc history his bis tor tory of oC American amusements could have hMo been satel safely relied upon to fill rill theatres and bring great groat returns to the box office without the extravagant ex expenditures expenditures ex- ex made manifest through the gorgeous gors dressing ing given the pIa play and I Its co costly of many ingenious mechanical devices supplied by Klaw Erlanger Tho many recent gigantic undertakings of this progressive pro pro- 10 lve firm made mado it apparent that an ambition to bo be considered first among tho the producers o of tho the day was tho the underlying motive motivo in this Ben BenHur BenHur BenHur Hur undertaking Ben Den Hur liar will bo ho bothe bothe the attraction at the Salt Lake theatre for tor four nights and Thursday and Saturday Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- matinees commencing Wednesday Wednes da day evening e December 18 LIBERTY On On the program at the Liberty is a picture of one of ot those time old-time French farces tarces by the Pathe company which were so popular when motion pictures 9 first came camo Into nence It is la played b by Max Linder whoso whose work In this form of or comedy is unequaled The piece Is entitled An Escape of ot Gas and contains many ex exceedingly ox- ox l funny situations Tho rho two- two reel Vita graph feature The Dawning has been tho subject of ot many favorable comments by those who have seen It ft and a number have stated that it Is 16 tho strongest dramatic picture ever shown at the Liberty An Edison educational educational educational edu edu- subject The Tho Forest l Fire lre a Pathe scientific The subject Octopus and anti an Edison drama His Mothers Mother's Hope complete the bill which will conclude with tonight's performances Tomorrow will bo be Night |