Show I At the Theatres I e I. I I Ht M 4 M t. 5 4 M t. 4 M t t. t M t M M t M t. t A AMUSEMENTS n TODAY 44 4 4 44 f 4 Salt Snit Lake Theatre Theatre Den Ben Hur 4 f 15 p. p m m. and p. p m. m 4 Colonial Theatre William Theatre William J. J f 4 Kell Kelly and his company In Jim 4 the Penman p. p m. m and f f p.m. 4 P. P m. m 4 Orpheum Theatre Vaudeville Theatre Vaudeville f 4 4 2 15 15 p. p m m. and p. p m. m 4 Empress Theatre Vaudeville f ff f p p. p m. m p. p m. m am and ln f 4 p.m. 4 P. P m. m 9 Liberty Theatre Theatre Licensed Licensed motion mo- mo f 4 tion pictures and music Special 4 feature Lady Clare Clara f 4 Matinee 2 to 5 5 evening 7 1 to 11 IL 44 4 t 4 lIEN BEX nUlL Whether Its appeal lies In the beautiful beautiful beau beau- storY story It tolls or In the marvel- marvel staged chariot charlot race certainly the tho acme of ot stage realism Ben Hur HurIs Is still without a rival In Its particular particular particular ular field Its fourteen years of triumphs tri trl no less In entertainment than at tho the box office have not withered Its power to attract nor has custom staled Its va It Is fixed t the led variety Ity as In e oron as once wim wui Uncle Toms Tom's Cabin Shore Acres or Way SWay Va Down East rast as a spectacle It ranks with the best as a vehicle for tor the display dis ds- display dis- dis play of dramatic talent few are arc Its su superiors flU su- perlora and as the basis for splendid stage mountings no production In many years cars has been Its equal With the freshness of ot youth Ben Hur Is again at tho the Salt Lake theatre as gorgeous I well-staged well handsomely costumed andas and andas as ns well produced as 55 heretofore To most of or those who count time time- by bythe bythe bythe the periodical visits of the dramatization tion of ot Gen Lew Wallaces Wallace's great book the chariot charlot race In which the Jewish o of Hur reaps the revenge he long promised the Roman Is s the piece do resistance By a clover clever bit of stage machinery simple enough when Inspected at close range but creating a wonderful Illusion the tho three chariots seem mad madly dashing across 0 anol T nn TT TS u Ch it h 41 A- A Wf 0 1 0 LOCH y n 01 horses Ot of Sheik Ild rim Is pitted against his former friend and while the they whirl around the arena his span I Is seen to creep slowly hut but surely to the lead As Ben Hurs Hur's chariot charlot careens careens ca careens ca- ca reens a that of ot the tho Roman and falls into the dust of or the arena under the trampling hoofs hoots the lights flash out and the scene Is over o the curtain arises quickly again to disclose disclose dis dis- dis close the victor receiving the plaudits of or his friends and the tho bettors of ot his race clamoring for their great fortune the they have ha won from the Romans Roman's backers As a brief but Intensely interesting In In- In bit of ot action the chariot race face Is second to t few w stage spectacles It seems the height of ot realism and the connoisseurs who have e educated themselves themselves them thom selves by years of ot witnessing witnessing- the race raceS declare solemnly that It S was never given better bettor than last night Ben Hur Her as produced carries as asman S man many persons as many a modern modem dr cir cir- cus From the camel who Is one of ot the stars of ot the production to Monk 1 the equine standby who for years has nightly helped Ben Hur win his revenge re revenge re- re there are about persons The production carried a wealth of scenery and the settings s for several of the scenes arc m most st beautiful disclosing disclosing disclosing dis dis- dis- dis closing the Palace of ot Hur In Jerusalem from which falls faHs the tile that Injures the Roman ruler and brings Ben Hurs Hur's sentence to the galleys the rowers rowers' i deck of the Roman trireme where for tor three years the young oung man was chained to an oar and the tho floating floating- raft on the tho open sea upon which Ben Hur But rescues his master the Roman tho the grove grO of ot Daphne with the temple of ot Apollo and the intensely beautiful night scene scone by the lake near Antioch All AU are well-staged well in the fashion that has aided In making Ben Hur Hun fa ta- ta mona The Ben Hur of at this season Is Thomas Thom Thom- as Holding an angular actor of ot considerable considerable con con- talent and splendid voice who reads his lines with unusual fervor fervor fer tel vor the essala 1 Is Wedgwood Nowell the Esther Is Miss Alice Haynes with Miss Muriel GoUre Godfrey Turner Turner as 08 Iras The latter Is a singularly handsome young woman and she afforded a splendid rendition of her role rolo as did Mi Ha Haynes nes The company B is splendid did throughout the strength lying in numbers and perfect precision rather than In Individual ability A matinee of ot Ben Hur will win be given today and Saturday with performances performances per per- up to and Including Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day night E EMPRESS THEATRE Fun in a Barber Shop Is the title of tho the headliner at the Empress theatre thea thea- tro tre on the bill bUI opening op-enIng yesterday af afternoon at- at to run a a. week and the audience audience audi audi- ence got a a. good deal of fun tun out of it too In spots The piece Is Iii in miniature miniature miniature minia minia- ture one of ot those comic operas In which the emphasis i Is rather light tight on the tho opera part Tho The chorus girls are aro pretty enough to put them there well above the average and while a n. little attention atten atten- tion from the costumer wouldn't hurt In places the production wins much applause MelvIn Melvln of exaggerated exaggerated length and thinness provides I most mot of the fun along with Henry Ward as the barber and Rose as his daughter The bill bit opens with Falls Falls In tumbles turns and twists as the tho program program says Tho They wor won muc much 1 ap au- last night About the tho best beat thing Unit that Howell Scott pulled in their Yiddish comedian stunt was when one ono asked what tate state Salt Lake was was In Inand Inand inand and the other replied In a terrible state Blanchard do some Iome songs and dances One of ot the woman's womans womans woman's wom worn ans an's stunts is to dress dross up half In male I attire and half halt In tn female and nd then to I waltz fast enough to produce the Illusion lilu- lilu sion slon of or a couple waltzIng Her Hor partner partner part part- ner ncr has a good take off on her act They also get got some fun tun out of ImitatIng ing irig the calls of the common barnyard barn barn- yard nI animals James Juines F. F Leonard and Clara Whitney present Rise which seems to be pieced to fit The sketch Is neatly staged and th they y work hard but some Borne of th the talk Is la has little bearIng bearing bear bear- Ing on tho the point of the sketch Glen 1 Ellison provides Ellison provides pro a n variety in inthe Inthe the song and elocution line Of t which the Scotch piece Breakfast In Y Your ur 4 T TI lied Dad on Sunday Sunda Morning ng seemed to I strike the audience nearer homo borne than any of or the others The Tho announcement that Willie Ritchie Ritch Ritch- ie io Is coming coining early next year brought I a round of applause from a part of at the audience i i I By the Press Pross Agents I I THE HE following concerning the at attractions attractions at- at I. I tractions offered b by the local theatres theatres thai the the- i atres has been furnished b by their press pross representatives The sentiments expressed expressed ex ox- pressed or not be bo those may mayor may of or the dramatic editor of ot this newspaper I COLONIAL This This Is matinee day at atthe tho the Colonial and for tor this afternoons afternoon's performance of ot Jim the Penman a avery avery I er very heavy hean advance seat sale has been beon reported that assures a capacity house The star has scored so distinctive a hit as Ralston in the tho drama that dozens dozen of requests have h already been received at the Colonial asking that Jim the Penman be bo played an extra we week k This will be bo impossible however according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Mr Ir Kelly who has haa announced announced an an- for Christmas week opening next Sunda Sunday nI night ht the great capital against ag labor drama The rhe Lost Para lara Paradise dise disc There will be a special matinee performance Christmas da day An An Interesting act to scientific purposes Is la be beIng being be- be ing presented at the Orpheum this week by a young German who I Is b billed as George Georgc II Watt the electriC electrio problem Apparently Mr 11 Watt Is altogether al al- al together void of feeling against highest highest high high- est electricity Either by some somo clever device or by a supernatural quality ho he Is able to turn himself Into a human heman hu he- man accumulator permitting enough h current to pass through his body to a small arm army He lights bi bicycle bicycle bi- bi cycle lamps lumpa torches et etc by allowIng allow allow- allowing ing them theTa to be brought within four tour inches of ot his bare skin Ho He also allows himself to bo be entirely wrapped b by b electricity donning a a. suit made mado of copper copper cop cop- per wire i Rehearsals Rehearsals of The Tho Love Makers the first of a season of ot high high- class musical comedy attractions that are to be presented at lit the tho Garrick for tor the first time starting with ith Saturday matinee have been going g steadily on and promises to bo be full tull of ot pretty girls elaborate stage settings and electrical effects The cream of or all tho the musical corned comedy stars of the Pacific coast cities clUes will compose the principals while the balance of ot the tho company will be he a bunch of Honey girls The Tho company compan wa was personally selected b by hi Mr Curtis The Tho management has decided that all seats for the matinees will be sold for tor 10 cents Tho evening performances perform perform- ances will begin at and Sl and popular prices will prevail with the first show reserved DUSTIN F. The The Littlest Rebel the pIa play In which that sterling actor Dustin Farnum will appear at the Salt Lake theatre next week Is said to b be the tue very best bost of the pla plays s 's having for their foundation tho war between the north and the south Salt Lake Lako theatregoers evidently are awake to this fact tact for tor the tho demand for seats has been tremendous since tho the sale opened this morning A remarkable feature of ot the pIa play is that while It Is a faithful picture of at scenes of ot the thc war it can in no WIl way offend As Morrison Mr Farnum has a role greatly to his liking full tull till ot of action vi vigor or and fine tine sentiments LIBERTY Lady Lady Clare b by Alfred Lord Tennyson produced In motion pic pie tures by the tho Edison In company England Eng Eng- land is Js the special feature of ot the bill which commences Its Us three days run at the Liberty today It Is an rendering of or the tho familiar poem In which Tennyson carries his readers back to the good old da days s 's ot of Merrie England when knights were bold and ladies fair and castles abounded as centers cen cen- tera of or the great estates Marc McDermott McDermott Mc Mc- Dermott and Miriam Nesbitt play pIny thi tho leading roles A Kalem drama The Finger of Suspicion Sus Sus- Suspicion features Alice Allee Joyce In ii a a charming story of ot love lovo and devotion de An drama The Virtue of Rags tells a stor story of ot wealth versus conscience and teaches an object les les- les- les son An Old Appointment Is an appealing appealing ap ap- ap- ap pealing story with a scenic value showing as ae It does tho the quaint and most roost beautiful institutions In and about London devoted to the caro care of tho the aged An Edison comedy and two raph Blos-raph farces complete completo the bill At At the theatre today Is offered a two-reel two feature by bythe bythe bythe the Broncho company o of ot the early days of the west entitled His Ris Sense of ot Dut Duty While the colonel Is away battling battling battling bat bat- with the Indians in which he Is shown In sensational scenes s the private vate ate guards the honor of ot the colonels colonel's wife b by Interfering Interfering- with witha a superior of officer officer of- of ticer who vho Is paying attentions to her He accepts the verdict of at the tho court martial but all comes out well at at tho the end S |