Show AMUSEMENTS 1 j jWill Will all aU of you ou who think you are tired of ot musical comedies kindly go to see Little Johnny Jones You will find that at least one good one is left lett It is rather difficult to keep away from the superlatives in reviewing Little Johnny Jones It Is a musical comedy with some sense to It some plot bright blIght lines almost without number much good singing and a alot alot alot lot of marvelous stage pictures If people could be persuaded that they have such goings on in the Hotel Cecil London as Little Johnny Jones Jon s por per portrays portra trays tra s nobody would argue in favor of see seeing seeing seeIng ing America first It would be everybody ever body for London and the Hotel Cecil right away But through the foolishness runs a areal areal areal real story a plot worked out with tine Une attention to stagecraft and with an eye single to amusing and entertaining all comers And the ginger that the people got Into their work No better stage manage management management management ment has ever been seen here no better handling of principals chorus ensemble and pictures The company is as much entitled td t l congratulations on this technical technical technical I cal feature as on the general excellence of the production for without it Little Johnny Jones co hardly be as ef er effective effective as It is The undoubted hit last night was Tom Lewis as The Unknown who later turned out to be a detective Mr Lewis gave a I marvelously faithful picture of ot what would technically be described as hold holdover holdover holdover over inebriety but he was never offensive ive lye which is real art And his sayings The rhe waiter wants to know if he Lewis feels like a cup of tea Do I 1 look like a cup of tea is the reply And again Is there anything an else 1 I can do sir If you ou could do Anything else you be a waiter One more Hello Whiskers Not Whiskers sir not Whiskers Well VeIl Teil they the look like whis whiskers whiskers kers The great scene of the play and the greatest song hit of the season occurs at atthe atthe atthe the close of the second act A steamer loaded with passengers draws away from the dock Little Johnny Jones Bobby Barn Barty Is left behind He sings Give My lIy Regards to Broadway Remember me to Herald Square Then the stage Is dark darkened darkened ened and the chorus continues the song Now far out in the water the steamer appears brilliantly lighted from stem to stern A rocket then another rises soars apparently to a great height and bursts into falling stars It was the finest but buta a bas has the superlatives Little Johnny Jones will be seen at atthe atthe atthe the Salt Lake theatre twice today mati matinee matinee nee at 3 and this evening when the engagement closes It Is full of pretty girls and the company compan throughout is as asgood asgood asgood good as the best of them which is say saying sayIng saying ing quite a n bit Those that dont see it will be sorry Some who were there last night will see it again this afternoon or tonight Reaping the Harvest will be seen tuce t ce at the Grand today matinee and evening The engagement of the Reilly company at the Lyric continues through Friday night There will Ul be a matinee today Murray and Maik Mak JIa k like the green bay baytree baytree baytree tree seem seem to flourish forever They are the same old rollicking pair pall this year Whilst their piece is new and all the characters surrounding them are aro new creations they themselves s have retained their famous They will introduce many new specialties All things considered they think this is the best beat organization that they have hae ever had The sale of seats opens today at the Theatre The engage engagement engagement engagement ment opens Friday night Miss Georgia Harper is to present Zaza at the New Grand theatre for one week commencing Sunday Sunda April 15 Miss Harper is an emotional actress of excel excellent excellent excellent lent ability and is fitted for the exacting role rol of Zaza If a good bill bUl and big houses are arc any an criterion the extra matinee at the Or 01 Orpheum Orpheum today should be a winner Sev Several Se eral small Emall changes have hae been made in inthe Inthe Inthe the since the opening night with the result that the thc bill now runs smoothly Among the acts that are ar cre creating 1 nUng favorable comment are Edwin Stevens in A Night Out E Fred Haw Hawley Hawley ley Icy presenting The Bandit Ward Trio of sensational gymnasts and Nello the juggler |