Show AMUSEMENTS AVilllo Collier has long been known to Sail l iko iheaterpoor as u comedian of exceptional tulcins and has iceti l held In high regard as un actor His I uppenr anco hero just HCIMIII In lie t Man 1 rout Mexico Wits one of the t theatrical tventft of the year Tho llrsi opportunity how uvor ol Judging of hIs ability nsu playwright play-wright wan ftlven htML vnlny when ho pro > eritod Ills ttett farce Mr Smooth Nearly every person who forges to the fiont I In Iho I t hottrlcal profe < > loti Home tIme In his curecr Jis clzoil with u dcslro lo I write plays and ITIOI of thtni make a trial I I at it IVw capable aoinrs though lute thcro t been who over futile 1 marked incojw an playwrlplilti An almost ond loins list I of ijlnys written by ambitious pulyors which have jiroved tin most miserable mis-erable failures and havo boon roleffiitod to Uio retlrrd list could In furnished and with i horn the story of this sad cnd IIIR of nniiiN an mirrors amblllons to 10 cumo a pliywrlirhl Mr I oilier however has 1 provud i an exception to I time gonoral I rnlo i nnd in i his Mr Smooth has broiighl out a ehnraetcr well adapted to his peculiar style of acting H must bo admitted I though t thin Mr I Smooth In the hands of uny other actor lien Collier himself would hardly bo classed as a sue CL M MMr Smoolh la an uilodnle fareo Of the very lIghtest order full of witty any IIIKS I simuslnfr situations i t and taking I din logues amid durlnc Its presonlatlonlo a niol enjoyable skit produrlntj plenty of liuighlor After It Is finished howovor one Is l al n los to explain what time laugh bus nil been about I In I his new play Mr Collier npnear MH Jnc Paten who as sinncs tho name of Mr Smooth and through lylnij and decolt plunioM himself Into I no end of dllllcultios but maniiso cia ci-a lime to I olcv Tlv extricate hlmf lf from the t eiilaiiRlomontN though I finally bus to confess lo all hits fahrleallons Tin ohnr uctT of Mr Smoolh In Itself Is pretty much the tlmiO lay nnd Mr Polller hn i given himself Inmost favorablo opporlnnltv to display hln particular kind of oomodv work Ho was given n hearty curtain call I during lie I even I us John F Vard ujis seen us Mr ChllloIBh a retired banker and Alfred Illckmac ns his son Iwlh brhiglnu out heir parts In good style Jlu i butler of Jawroiieo Shocnim vis a wellhandled pkei of chaructcr worlc though his HIKS roqnlred fivqiiont repetitions which became monolunoii Iho femiilo roles wore In I tho t hands of Hulena I I oilier I Ilolon I tel mr Myrllo May and Louise I Allun Collier all of whom lent Kiibsiumliil support to tho I hIllY Only a ni < nlorute sized uudlonoi trims In iii end ijnoe Mr Smooth1contlntuH i the bill durlnj time remainder of the wool with u Sattumday matinee Mnmgur Mulvey aniimiiiLv the followIng follow-Ing roportolro for the second week of the tjruu Opera conipunvM ctiBairumenl nf I ho Hrm Monday Tucxduv Vodnosduy and ednesday mullnet Paul Jonos Thursday nltrhi < and Saturday matinee nohomlan Girl Frlduv nlglit Gilbert Sullivans now opora Tho Gondollors and Saturday jiliclu lM 1erlcholo ihe Street Slngur Tho littler two oponui tin new to SJilt Lake lhoauruoii The ad vunco sale of sea ts openod it the box ofllco yeslordny mornlnc thoio I bilnu a heavy iloiniuid for tlokots t to t piiul Jones |