Show jAL LOCAL AL THEATRICAL REVIEW i iBY 1 I I BY THE PLAYGOER I I II J r L L OTH OT the Salt St LAke and Colonial B In at week in The Fortune tr JIt flMer n ater r with Fred red Niblo and Mary MaryI I Pa Pai Pann which starred Max Fig The OrPheum had bad an a average b and th the Garrick showed The Thea a i r which was Wail not up to the ward jid or former productions at this thie The Girt Girl and the Uie j to good business at the Shubert lad 1 th moving K picture houses had the I i change tIge of ot program rne fhe t Mining ming of ot The Fortune Hun Hunu event If u d an 1 important for salt It 1 L lu It u Is one ot or the most molt comedies of ot recent years eara both fi fr the merit of ot its ItJI humor and andor etau or t 1 the moral lesson 18 ilOn of ot the tor It is la a a wholesome play playA mu I il A pleasing in its ha sentiments and nn h moral rt Fortune ItURe Hunter te Is staged on ona a m DI i rut scale For the third act Ceding a i l complete drug store More equip equipment ment meI i 1 IS tarried which it take takee about thir thiry i tu ti put in place Two r i of scenery are needed though on amount t of ot the quality of ot stage ao tes cei ce 1 the play should be called a aV u V production rather than a asti aSCI sti i production Fil F Niblo who follows Jack Bar nar Barry n ry rIll t and anti Thomas Thoma W V Rose in the ther r rt 1 is equal to either of ot the f forth ni tars in the opinion of ot the thelie orlI lie He is Ia the husband hu bud of ot Jose Joie Joseph l ph h i l rohan ohan I slater of ot George M 34 Cor iI an of 01 the firm of ot Cohan Harris orx of the tb play pia For the last hist tw vv ears he has baa been giving mus tH tf turea in all quarters of ot the theol gio ol Mr said Mid that he wanted and found Rd the lecture tour H I placing method of pacing his hia ex ox exise ise This is I his bill first role in leglU r ra at drama Irama for tor some time as pre pro previously he was as aa for tor years leers a R vaudeville star tar W M Sam Harris Harrt of ot CO Har Her Herr Harr r ns h hard ar l from WiNchell Smith the 10 uth r of ot The Fortune HURter Hunter that MI Mr I Niblo ibo was the beet Nathaniel of the three who played the theart part art he ht traveled from New ew York to to be De present pent at a single manner JUU for the purpose e of ot assuring hlll lf of ot the truth of at the statement Ti rh o clock cl k train out of ot Milwaukee that 1 same ame afternoon carried a well ii producing manager whose who of lit Mr r work agreed ith that of the author and later ot of the Known on oiz Coast Frank Bacon whose who portrayal of ot ott the he t rule role of Sam Graham Is fa I a perfect I Lit it ot of f acting was recently from the taik company of ot the thee thea theau u Lr 1 Sat San Francisco Frand o There is no actor aeter actori i U Tt T known I than Bacon on the Pa Fa Iru ic For over oer twenty years yr i lit u ha lio confined c his Me III talents talen exclusively t I that th t portion of ot the map chiefly to tot toh the t II h stock companies of ot San StU Fran FranICO ICO and aDd though he has ha had Ire fre fr to venture upon east eastIn tin In soil he has baa always remained steadfast to the Golden Gate The Fortune Hunter affords the first op opportunity for other sections Netto of ot Ute the country to become conversant with the tin finished ripe art of Prank Frank Bacon Miss Mim Alms Alma 1 is III another an Cali Call California fornia product who ho was was discovered h hy by Mrs ri Leslie Lealie Carter and taken fast east eastIn In III tat l comp ny She later played wilh Mrs 1 Patrick Campbell for or two a ti until hl came under the man management ot of ohan 0 A Harris Hams HarrisT T N Heffron who played the part or of George eorge Burnham was wu formerly Iea man and stage manager with the t lh h Willard Mack stork sock company in hi this oit city His HIM appearance Tuesday i night ight S his hl hi first in the present role a lie h had on hOlY nIr Joined the company in Kinas it it from whence hence It Jumped io to 1 Salt Lake Lae He lic had hd previously been hOOD fohan han Harris Ham management In I The Th Member from tN ork one ODe of ot then their elaborate failures of the present presentS S M ion the Among the thO amusing am features tures of ot the pla Id Hi al th misunderstandings that thata a in ri rk Fm t I lit hi facial contortions contortion of ot Banker Lockwood from which he de derives i rives rivee the sobriquet of ot Blinky flunky Dur ing In lie ita New Ne York Tork run it happened that a well known Wall street banker of ot the name of Lockwood who vho had I the th same me unfortunate habit also aliO i acquired a the name of ot Blinky Lock Lockwood Lockwood i wood and is now known by b no other otheron on the tho street I The naturalness of ot the Ute players InThe in inThe InThe The Fortune Hunter H is generally generall noted Costumes and are I simple and it is staid said that not a single member of ot the company compan wears a wig As AM for tor Frank Bacon Beon he merely adds I a few tow touches of ot rouge and Is ready read to go on He does doe not even enter his dressing room until after the first act actis is i over The Fortune Hunter holds holda the record for tor a long Chicago engage engagement engagement ment meat among nonmusical plays It ran for tor 33 consecutive performances its nearest competitor com being The Thu Man ManFrom ManFrom ManFrom From Home with Following lest last summers season in Chicago the company was wu joined join by Fred Pred Niblo and played Columbus Columbu Milwaukee Louisville St Louis Kansas city and I Salt Lake From here it goes to San I Francisco and other cities eltes of ot the coast I I Because lea Max Figman spent a month in Ogden live years ago rehearsing Ann Lament Lamont in which he was co costar coatar costar star atar with Florence Roberts he cut short his hie Salt RIt Lake engagement to present pre nt Mary Iary Janes Pa ra in that city Hi Ogden n friends would woula have considered themselves shabbily treat treated treated treated ed had he passed them by b and though it required a special train out I ot of Ogden Friday night to got get the I company compan into Inte L Lea s Angeles in time for forthe forthe I the Sunday Sunda opening he gave Friday Frida i ito to the upstate town Mr Figman who was as booked for tor an eastern season says s that business in i that section is so s phenomenally bad I that his plans were we 8 changed and i western we tern time was waa hastily secured Plays PIas on which managers have lav mv lavished elaborate te productions are a pro prey proving preying ing failures in the east Mst and retrench retrenchments retrenchments ments monte are now being made all along the line Une By the first of ot January I however it te Is hoped the theatrical business will Improve At the beginning of ot the year Mr i Figman will himself appear in a new I play pia whose name he is not ready read to I announce It Is by b a celebrated play playwright pia playwright wright and is III a buoyant society com corn comedy II oily edy ad in which Mr Ir Figman will wUl have havea a role more nearly like Ike that he lie played in The Man on the Box Although personally enamored of the part Dart of Hiram Perkins Mr Figman is deter determined determined mined that no one role shall dominate him or absorb his talents to the ex ox exclusion elusion ot of others other For Por that reason Nason he hete heIs te Is willing w to relinquish k Mary Janes Pa LIUe Hiram Perkins Mr r Figman likes Hiram because of ot the ps psychology of the mans nature While bIle faithful to the th lines of the au author author author thor Mrs rs Luke Ellis li he hoe has added largely to the conce Uon in panto pento mine in characteristic expressions expression and aDd by giving rein to hi his hili own fancy tancy The result has h il been a addition to stage types I In pla playing mg a character like that of ot 1 Hiram m Perkins Perking where it is Ie necessary n ry to 0 maintain illusion Mr Figman thinks t it best to avoid curtain calls calla and rarely consents con enta to give one on He feels feela that the continuity Is Lo lost in a aI I characterization n which is so mush much out of ot the tho ordinary he Ito la hi known to tobe toa tob be b a r ready and witty wRt speaker speake r audi audiences lose In hi enjoyment what they thoy have made mide up to them in artistic ef of effect feet Orpheum Not ot Good Coort I The Orpheum bill had a number of ot oti i interesting acts ets last Ia week although the whole program did not total up as I much entertainment ment as aa is usual at the I popular vaudeville house Manager C CK CN CN N K Sutton found the arrangement of ot If the acts rot not to his liking and after the Sunday matinee when it is his custom to try them out be he made sev several se eral erl changes that improved the gen gee general genI I eral oral He placed Arthur Bowen the th singing cartoonist second on the bill in order ordet to enliven the first half halt of ot the program and plant George Auger Immediately after the inter intermission Intermission Intermission mission Mr Sutton says mys that given a n certain certain tain tam number of ot acts a program may maybe maybe maybe be made or marred by their arrange arrangement arrangement ment and that as alii much care should be taken in determining the order of ot the features feature of ot a vaudeville feast as asIn asIn asin In preparing a dinner menu when it would be a serious mistake to serve sare the soup after fter the meat or the salad lad for tor dessert d rt George Auger gave a reception on oni i the stage of ot the Orpheum theatre fol toi following following I lowing the matinee on Saturday It Iti i was primarily for tor the young oung folks who wanted to approach more closely I one of ot their fairytale t heroes hoes Auger was a favorite among the stage hands at the Orpheum during his ht engage engagement engagement engagement ment as the big fellow tellow is as good natured as he lie is t overgrown Only hi his propensity to Joking sometimes got the employee into difficulties and none of ot them was ever sure that he would not be lifted off oct his feet teet and held hold at t arms length I th or gently placed in an uncomfortable and unde undesirable undesirable position Lost host at Pinochle John Cantwell Of ot the Ule team toom of ot Mc Mo McKay MoICay McKy Kay Ky and Cantwell relates relate an amusing incident that t at occurred to himself and his partner a few t w seasons ago that thatis is worthy of being retold They The had been around New rew York for some time lime without an engagement when they were unexpectedly booked over the Orpheum circuit and ordered tp ro re report port in San Francisco immediately Going out on the train they the lost more money than they could afford in a game of ot pinochle with a fellow pas lIas passenger lenger With two more days staring them in the face they found their available aels totalled and andI their meats meals were ere limited to ham sand sandwiches I A man whom hom thy thOy t y termed the Good Samaritan discovered their plight I and after alter learning their business and amI destination offered to t advance the necessary sary funds which h they could re repay repay repay pay In III San Francisco According to Mr Cantwell We told t our lifesaver I where we were Yere to play pia and wrote out an order on the manager nager for tor two tickets gave ve it to him and arranged for tor him to go to the show on Monday afternoon and nd wait for fOl us after the matinee when we would draw enough money to toJ pay back his hie generous loan He came and saw DW the performance and we ue saw him afterwards and nd paid him the money George asked him how lion he lie liked d our act and he replied Im BOlT Norr I 1 let you jou Ou boys starve to death on that train We e were wera standing near the box office and just then a messenger bo boy came up to the window and a tl said ld he had bad a telegram for tor Martin Beck manager of the theatre Our Good Samaritan turned to the boy bey bo and said I am Mr Beck Play on Honeymoon Ben Kalmar Kamr and Jessie Je ate Brown the headliners of ot the current currant week have recently rec had an interesting matri matrimonial matrimonial experience according to the California papers They rhe were vere playing an engagement at the Oakland Or Orpheum Orpheum the last lut week In September when they the suddenly disappeared the only trace of ol them being a postal lostal card carll of mocking cheerfulness received by bythe b bythe the brides mother and postmarked Los LOll Angeles Mrs Brown had hiatt for I I some ome time opposed the tIIe marriage but I became reconciled r after the inevitable I had happened The couple resumed their vaudeville work tw two o weeks later hater and are taking In Salt Lake on their honeymoon trip The was wa the production tion last la t week at the tile Garrick but be lIe lIeg g an play of a sentimental nature it failed to drs drw 4 the Ule good houses that had previously been beep the rule at the Second South street thea theatre theatre tre The leading 1 roles were wore in ip the hands or of William Ingersoll Walter Waiter WalterR alter R It se Seymour mour Frances Francee and nd Margaret fills Dills The costumes and scenery were attractive and the play pia well put on Mr Seymour Is one of ot the most capable members of ot the company playing second to Mr lr Ingersoll This is not his first Salt Lake engagement as he supported Effie Easier Essler In When hen Knighthood Was Vall in Flower in 1901 at the Salt Lake Luke theatre and on an another another another other occasion played Pl in The Sor I rows of o Satan in this city Mr Sey Soy Seymour Seymour mour domes to Salt Lake direct from the Bijou stock compan company of ot Miens Minne Minneapolis apolis He is 18 an experienced actor having nine years in stock and sev lIev several several eral seasons as leading man in road companies One of ot his important en engagements engagements engagements was liS that of the title role in The Man of ot the Hour with an eastern company last season Changes Chates at Garrick Several changes ehg in the Garrick company have been announced to take effect immediately Miss M Fran Frances Frances Frances ces Neilson ellson leading woman and Miss Mise lW Leslie closed their engagements last lut night Miss 11 sons ons place will be filled by Miss M Jane Wheatley who comes to Salt Sait Lake from New ew York She Site will Ill make her first appearance ppe in The Th Little Min Minister lIn lInIster ister next hext week Miss U Bingham goes go goto to New ew York to Join her husband Joseph Byron Totten formerly stage manager at the Garrick Mis Con Constance C Constance n stance Abbott will play in Miss Mias loll Hobbs next week and Miss Mias Margaret Dills will take the title role The rho Girl and the Prince had a afine atine afine fine tine week at the Shubert theatre Miss UY Maude Beatty Beatt is making good as the leading singing woman and Carleton Chase more than hold his own on Frank Vack the new comedian Is a distinct addition while Albert Leon Leonard Leonard Leonard ard and Chic Burnham help the bill along wonderfully The production of ot the week which opened at yester yesterdays yesterdays ester days das matinee is The Flirting Duch Duchess ess The Salt Lake theatre is dark to theatrical attractions attraction this week though politics politico and Lisa La Lehmann keep it open several nights The one big outside attraction is JOhn J hn Mason in The Witching itching Hour Which comes comell to the Colonial Thurs Thursday Thursday day da night for the balance of ot the week Veele |