Show THE ORPHEUM I Three years y rs ago when the Orpheum circuit was not organized as well wel as a now one act missed ml sed connections and could not appear for the opening per performance performance performance The management was per perplexed until some soma one one said Try Tr Millie MIle Williams Maybe she will wi fill fi In for tonight And a carriage carrage was rushed to her home and the little girl who had been seen ceen in numerous amateur performances was bundled off to the theatre where she sang sang two or three thre songs and sang them well wel That was Miss Williams first appear appearance apper appearance ance in real vaudeville and as a sub substitute substitute she made good Last Lt night she appeared on the regular bill bi in good company and although of course her hermany hermany hermany many local friends contributed their full ful share In the applause Millie Wil Williams Wi hams liams lams scored an unqualified success She is the same winsome little girl gir who has delighted Salt Lake audiences on Sal many occasions and her art and voice have improved and she has a cleverly con cos costumed cs turned and well wel arranged act act First she sings The Rosary Rosar and then a schoolgirl song and then she introduces a novelty novely in an airship No lavish use of superlatives is necessary necessary sary to sum up the te bill bi as a whole but butI it I is well wel worth while Miss Lena Pant zer dances dance and jumps the rope on a tight rope exceedingly well wel and Sam Mint shows some clever acrobatic stunts The act closes with a Merry Mer Widow waltz walz that Is both acrobatic and graceful Davey Moore and Miss Poney Moore More present a wild wid west skit ski In I which Miss Moore does doe some exceed exceedingly exceeding exceedIngly ing clever cever character work and her dancing partner shows a few new wrinkles in La Petite Pette Revue is the name given to a clever musical act in which six eix of the te seven leven singers are seen with mini miniature minIature atur bodies bodio of manikin size and comedy and music both oth won favor Eleanor Elenor Gordon in Tips on Tap has a clever sketch well wel set and well wel acted acte Miss Mis Gordon herself hersel is ex extremely extremely extremely attractive and equally clever cleverand cever cleverand and she Is well wel supported The Five played playe xylophones xylophone rapidly and the William Tell Tel overture was a marvel of gymnastic agility They hey won a clos don closing closing ing lug round of applause with a patriotic medley meley and a display of the flag The Trio ride most anything on wheels showing all al of the old bicycle tricks and some new ones one all al well wen exe executed execute cute The motion moton pictures including Our friend frien the President are better beter than thai those thOe usually shown at the Or Orpheum Orpheum LENA RIVERS That most absorbing of love stories store Lena Rivers River was played playe last night nl ht at the Colonial to an audience that alternately wept and cheered the woes and triumphs of the interest interesting interestIng ing if j somewhat heroine Her tribulations that were the engrossing theme of an earlier curier generation are real rel Ind indeed l in the hands of the company pre presenting seating the play ply It I may ma be said sl with wih truth that they deserve dearve a more nore date medium However the genuine flavor favor of cling clinging cing clinging ing to the story stor has Ms an at attractiveness of its Ita own Also Als we re recall recal recall call cal that the tb brown brwn covered volume long Ion since relegated to toa toa toa a distant shelf shel had In its Is day a greater greter degree degre of popularity than many best bestsellers bt bestsellers sellers now enjoy The play embodies ebie the salient points pints of the story stor though many well wel remembered remembered bre characters are wanting their great number not being well wel suited sulf to the stage Emma Bunting Is charming Charing In the role of Lena Lea the persecuted child In the prologue though enchantingly pretty she Is somewhat trivial and the part is in overdone overdone Later Lter she shows her herself herself self J a capable actress and wins some well wel merited applause As s much can cannot cn cannot not be b said sid of Janet Loudon London in the part of Carrie Carre Livingston She is I unspeakably unspeakably ably abl stiff sUf and careless crele The roles role of Granny Nichols Nichol and Joel Slocum are played playe better but the Test rest et of the sup support support port is it hopeless It would seem sem that a play of the I I period and one so s well wen known as this i should pr have lae been ben better staged stage and the costumes in keeping with wih the times Modern fashionable clothes cothes are decidedly edly out of place in a play of ot antebellum lum him days However those who like Ik 1 highly seasoned drama rama will wi be well wel suited suied with wih Lena Lena Rivers The play runs during the te week with wih matinees Wednesday and Saturday QUO VADIS ADIS V The Arington stock stoc company began a weeks engagement at the Bungalow last night in Quo Vadis a drama of the days of o Nero Ner which has run the gamut of a decade dede and still holds Its Is commanding position as a one of ot the fore foremost most moat mot dramas dras on the American stage tage Headed by John ohn Ince and Miss Bertha Berta Creighton Crelghton the company presents a strong front front and the rendition of the drama was even better beter than could have been expected on so s small a stage Wil William Wi Wilham liam lam ham Belfort Belor as as Petronius takes a position position tion ton as strong as a that of Mr Ur Ince and ad shows himself to be an actor of true himsel merit meri His difficult role is well wel acted and brought forth round after ater round of applause during some of the most strident str dent scenes sene of the play Harold Ken Kennedy Kennoy nedy nody noy as Nero did more than creditably and has added adde many more to his list of friends The acting throughout was of ot a high character for a stock organization and ad speaks well wel for the plays to come from the Arington company There was wan not the crowd last night which the playing merited merie and it I is probable that tha the seats set will wi be better beter filled during the re remainder remainder remainder of the week There are of course a few ragged spots In the act actIng acting Ing lug but the first were more than pleased ples with wih the general work And it is certain that these ragged ends will be smoothed down In the next per performance performance performance or two There are six acts to the play playas as given by b the Arington players lasting for more than three thre hours and a half But it is difficult to see s where the play ply could be b cut down appreciably The scenes are complete in spite of the size siz of the stage this feature working against the actors on most occasions Harold Harld Kennedys Kenneys voice Nero Ner in his stinging singing of ot two odes and his masterful work In one on or two of the scenes sene brought round after round of applause On the whole the play is well wel acted acte and merits good go attendance from thea theatregoers the theatregoers during the week THE OTHER GIRL Had it not hot be ben been n for the tho inexcusably long waits wals between acts and an occa ocea occasional O juggling with wih the lne on the part of some sm of the actors acors the perform performance ance of The Other Girl Girl by the Willard lard Mack stock stok company at the Grand thea theatre theatre tre tr last lt night would rank well wel to the fore in the list of ot plays put on 01 by this popular stock stok organization All Al In all aU considering that it was a first night performance and that the waits wait were wert the fault faul of the tho stage stag force forc the production tion ton was wa good go Augustus Thomas Thmas the well wel known playwright must have been ben in happy vein when he wrote this delightful comedy for the lines fairly scintillate with wih wit and lively humor and the situ situations situations are aN through throughout out A vein of seriousness runs rutis through the play ply and the th plot lilot has hi logical se sequence s sequence quence sufficient to hold hoki hok the attention a of the audience Mr r Mack ack showed good goo judgment jud ent in casting the parts for the members of the company seem sm to be especially adapted for the roles assigned to them themAs themAs themAs As Rev Re Clifton Clfon Bradford the Ule fighting parson who wh takes up the tho manly art because he lie believes bleve the physical self should be cultivated as well wel as the spiritual James Rennie gave a good go characterization In the part of Kid Garve middleweight pugh pugilist let of W Mr lr Mark Ia k demonstrated the versatility of the capable stock stok actor acor He showed showe in the part the th characteristics of the professional fighter and yet did Ut not overdo overo It I as is often ofen done One On of the cleverest bits bis of acting in the whole play pIa was wa that of Elmer Booth as a Reggie Lumley who after being bing run over by an automobile describes his hospital experience In a apathetically apathetically pathetically humorous way Others Othet who acquitted themselves well wel in their parts were Arling Aleine Frederick Freerick Allen Anen Harry Har Blanchard Bianchard Blanchar Bessie Besie Dainty Irene Outtrim Annie McNaughton and Blanche Banche Douglas Dougla A little attention to the correct pronunciation of words l t ducHon would assist materially In a better pro |