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Show 1 We Actons . I ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEK. Salt Iake Theater Maude Adams In "The LlUIe Minister," Monday, Tuesday Tues-day and Wednesday evenings. K It will be six years next October since' Charles Frphman advanced Maude Adams to a stellar position. During these six years Miss Adams has reached 0 an eminence in dramatic circles that I lias scarcely been equaled by any of her Illustrious predecessors In the same space of time. The people of Salt Lake City take a personal Interest in this talented young woman. It' was here that she was born, and her early girlhood girl-hood days were spent here. Salt Lake has reason to be proud of Miss Adams. While her rise 1ms been exceedingly rapid, the position she ban achieved Is secure. For one of her age she has accomplished ac-complished much, and It Is her ambition to strive for new honors, and that they will came to her there Is not the least doubt. The delightful personality of Miss Adams' Is a strong factor In her success. suc-cess. She Is the happy possessor of that indefinable quality, commonly known as magnetism. She Ik unconscious uncon-scious of it, yet it Is there. All persons In public life have their followers. It has often been said of Miss Adams that a person has to sit in a theater but a short time until she becomes a subject of genuine affection in other words, she has the faculty of drawing people toward her. and leaves behind the Impression of her, personality in so torcible a degree that to have seen her once is always to remember her with a feeling of more than mere admiration for the deftness of her art for herself, as she is, dainty, charming Maude Adams. This is the first time that Charles Frohman, her manager, has been able to send Miss Adams here since he placed her at the head of her own organization. or-ganization. She Is not only visiting Salt Iake for the llrst time as a star, but she Is likewise making her Initial Journey as such to the Pacific coast. Miss Adams's regular tour was to have elose'd about the 1st of May, but the supplementary one was arranged for her in a section of the country where she had not been seen since reaching hor present high position. For her Pacific Pa-cific coast tour it was thought advisable to comply with a large number of requests re-quests from managers throughhout the West to have her appear In the play In which she began her starring career, and with which her name has been so prominently associated. . The part of Jeannette Vaubernler, In which Mrs. Leslie Carter appears In "Du Barry" early In June at the Grand, enable her to portray a great variety of emotions. The piece was originally produced in the Bclasco theater in New York, where It ran for two seasons, and then was successfully given in Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Baltimore. This will be Mrs. Carters last tour in "Du Barry," as she Is to create a role In a new play David Bclasco has wrlt-, wrlt-, ten for her. The grace, charm, and power of Mrs, Carter's art in this play nre seldom equaled on the stage. 'The Proud Prince," which E. IT. Sothcrn will preaeilt at the Salt Lake Theater the Jlrst week In June, is called , miracle play, because It pictures the miracle which befell Robert of Sicily, of whom Longfellow tells In his sublime verse and Leigh Hunt In his charming prose. The story of the downfall of the haughty monarch has long been a fa-orlto fa-orlto with the clergy and poets. McCarthy Mc-Carthy has conceived Its value as a iiramatlc presentation and In his play has Introduced the religious, supernatural supernatu-ral and ethical teachings that are found In the legend. He has made it a poetic Sra.ma, with scenes laid In romantic and mediaeval surroundings, envelopes' envelop-es' n Intense love story. |