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Show ...AMUSEMENTS... j RICHARD MANSFIELD comes to tho Salt Lake Theater tonight, for ono appearance, In "Ivan tho Terrible." With the house full, as It undoubtedly undoubt-edly will be, tho receipts will be greater than for any single performance given in tho Theater in years. Tho play Is said to be one of tho most powerful of Its kind tho 3tago has seen. Ida Conquest, wno ras here Inst as substitute for Mrs. Bloodgood in "Tho Girl With the Green Eyes," Is the loading lady. The curtain goes up at S sharp. Tlds evening tho Elloford company will close Its engagement at tho Grand with "Shenandoah." Aftor tho mntlnco this afternoon those attending will bo entertained enter-tained at a pink tea on tho stage. . Manager How long have you been on the staao? Applicant Seventeen years. Mnnagor And do you still hope to become be-come an actor? Chicago News. man The doom of tho peroxide blonde has been sealed. Throughout the pust theatrical theat-rical season It has been ovldent that tho brunette hns been regaining her place In the choruses of Broadway, and now ono of the leading purveyors of musical comedy come-dy has mndo It his settled policy to permit per-mit no false blonde to appear in his shows. As It Is the avowed aim of the modern theatrical manager to follow public pub-lic tasto, not lo lead It, It Is obvious that, off the stage on on It. tho voguo of the chemical blonde has come to an end. New York Times. John Barrymoro wiis mlnning when the "half-hour call" was given at a New York theater the other cvcnlnir. As tho time drew on for the rls-o of the curtain, tho stage nianiigor grow norvous, for In "Tho Dictator" Mr. Barrymoro Is first on the stage. When ho did appear, carrying carry-ing a parcel done up In a napkin, he told how it happoncd. "Ethel and I wont to So-and-So's for dinner," bo said. "Tho thick-headed Dutchman that waited on us was slow, and Just as wo were leaving he camo In with the steak. I gave Ethel half, and brought the othor half with mo." And, opening his parcel, ho showed half a sirloin steak and a couplo of baked potatoes, which ho proceeded to eat whllo lie was dressing. Miss Barrymore at another an-other city theater, is supposed to huvo eaten her dinner in the same unconventional unconven-tional mannor. Marcel Provost's new play. "La Plus Falble" (Tho Feeblest), has Jumped Into favor at the Comedlo Francalse, soys a Paris dispatch The end of the play Ih moral, and for that reason Ls something of a novelty in a French drama. Por-haps Por-haps It Is this very novelty that has caught tho popular fancy. The hero Is a man who has linked his life to a divorced woman. He has no faith in marriage vows, and thercforo taken her without a wedding coremonv. At last tho hero meets -with a serious accident, ac-cident, and while his life Is hanslng in the balance his relatives carry him off and try to lernilnato his unconvoutlonol alliance But, as it must In all successful plays apd books, love triumphs In tho end. Tho husband of tho divorced woman conveniently con-veniently dies, and then a mutual frlond crops up to reunite the twain. Tho hero's anti-marriage views am suppressed. He nnd tho heroine arc properly married and 'ilvo happy ever after' |
