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Show l I! ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEK. ; SALT LAKE THEATER "The Sleeping Beauty , and the Beast," first half of week; Madame Modjeska last half. GRAND THEATER "My Wife's' Family" first half of .week; "Ten 'Nights In a Bar Room" last half. J ORPHEUM Vaudeville all week. , LYRIC THEATER "Watson's Orientals" all week, excont Saturday. . C The big spectacle. "The Sleeping Beauty ami the Beast," comes to the Salt Lake theater Monday, for four . performances. Henderson and Klralfy extravaganzas, at j the height of their brilliancy, never of- fered. It Is said, anything as beautiful as the "Beauty's Awakening" scene In the second act of this Imported spectacle. Bc-sides Bc-sides tho senile effects there Is an abund-ancc abund-ancc of witty dialogue, catchy songs and music Interpolated by a host of comedians and charming young women. The cast to be seen here Includes Barney Bernard. Charles Saunfi?rs, Ralph Edwards, David Dc Wolf. Edward Marsh, Isabeilc Un'der-wood. Un'der-wood. Hose Sarteila, Edith Arnold and Isabelle Miller. One of the attractive inu-s-lcal features of tho performance Is the .appearance of the Ixntyre Seminary Girls band, from Frapci", now making its llrst j i American tour. as an added attraction with the big extravagonza. The railroads of-i of-i fer excursion rates for these In the various I towns on their respective lines who wish to attend the performances of "Tho Slecp-ing Slecp-ing -Beauty and the Beast" during the c.n-gagement c.n-gagement uf the attraction in this cy. The Rio Grande will run a spcclnl train Monday from the south ami the Salt Lake Route a special on Tuesday. Madame Helena Modjeska's apj)earanco ; in ill Is city at the Sail Lake theater next Thursday, Frldny and Saturday Is com-mandlng com-mandlng wide attention. The reason Is not far to seek. Such art as Modjeska's while thoroughly entertaining. Is on a far higher plane than the acting that is done for mere amusement. It 'r.ppeals to the intellect and touches the highest senslbil-itles. senslbil-itles. It affords a much desired oppor-tunlty oppor-tunlty for diversion that carries with It mental and moral stimulus. What makes this occasion of especial Importance is that It will be, the last tlmo ModjcBka will net in this city. Manys will show their appreciation of a great actress. Many 1 "farewells" arc tcmpornrv, . but It seems 1 that this of Modjeska's will be perma- H "My Wife's Family" in the title of a mnrry musical comedy writtenby .Steph-ens .Steph-ens and Linton, which comes to the Now Grand today for four performances. This farce met with success when presented last season and is duplicating that success this year. The story tells of the trials j and tribulations of a young married man j -ndenvorlng to rid himself of his mothc-- in-law and his wife's relatives. Ho resorts to everything except murder to aecoin-pllsh aecoin-pllsh that purpose, and the many inlx-; inlx-; ups and funny complications which ensue furnish plenty of ludicrous situations and laughable scenes. The cast employed in the interpretation of the merry musical melange Is said to be excellent. There are bright comedy , lines, catchy musical and dance numbers, and vaudeville rfpccltiities interpolated by members of the company, Including Anplo- ton and Perry, Ruby Raymond, Mable j Hawthorne, Edna Ward, Helen McGowan, Marie Del Vecchlc. John -P. Stowc's revival of "Ten Nights In a Bar Room" will be at the New Grand theater three nights and Saturday matl-nee, matl-nee, commencing Thursday, February ID. Mr. Stowe will not only afford amusement ', lovers an opportunity of hearing a pure, sweet story, but promises a production that excels all former efforts. A noted author of several Christian works Is responsible re-sponsible for tho version employed, and u hrlKhter bit of elaborating could not be desired Ho has not only built an Inter-estlnc Inter-estlnc ttago story, but Introduced new chSterso auch an extent that some twentv players are required. W hero the book was void of humor he has sprlnl led his version with comedy. II" has intio-duced intio-duced a gambling hHl. a reallrtlc mob scene and the Sickle and Sheaf tragedy. The act which is accorded the big type on tho Orpheum bills 0,1s week tho plavlet of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kclce, "The Tale of a Turkey." The groundwork ground-work for the situation Is Jack Forrest an actor out of a job who wants to get a Christmas dinner for btmself and v.irc. but he has only C cents In the ""? provide for their, wants. There Is Just orough sentiment, wit and sarcasm united in tho number to make it "-'V?sffi-tlI' and Mrs Kclcoy perform well together, making a little gem out of "Imple ry. By wav of an European attraction Salt Lake will see the Freydo Brothers, a couple cou-ple of gymnasts, who are great in hanri-balanclng hanri-balanclng and head-work stunts. Marcena. Nvaro and Marccna arp clever artists Th- Mnreenns carry each other about on one hand. head, tip of the np?e or heel and Nevaro contorts his spring mattress of a body Into all shapes and positions, " Then there la Mrs. Alice Shaw, world a greatest female whistler." who has whistled whis-tled on throe continents, before crowned heads as well as the people. Mrs. Shaw brought some- resplendent wardrobes, back with "her for her stage appearance. Henderson and Ross are billed as pre; sentlng. a "ruralistic noveity Sketch while Mcelian and Manard will appear In a sparkling effervescence of comedy. The Klnodromc" will be up to standard. General Manager Martin Beck of the Orpheum circuit sailed from Nw ork yesterday for Europe. He expects to bo J, ALICE SHAW World's Greatest Female Whistler,. Who Appears at the Orpheum this Week. away until the middle of April and while absent he will sign up a number of head-liners head-liners for next season. These will appear next fall and winter here. In presenting "Watson s Orientals" this wck at the Lyric theater. Mr. Watson claims that this company Is tho best of his managerial career. First is presented an original extravaganza, written by Hurry Montague, i-nlltled "Miss Clover," In which the entire company will be seen. Next comes an olio, Introducing tho following fol-lowing vaudeville acts: The famous Japanese Japan-ese coulllbrlsts, Yamamoto Brothers; Swan and Bambard. the comiques The final effort ef-fort is "The Bashful "Venus." with a well-tratned well-tratned chorus. Lizzie Hcwc, Mamie Howe, Edith Crawford. Lillian Thorndyke. 'Catherine- Gately, May De Vondc. Hilda Stuart, Caroline Duncan, Edith Parker. Stel'a Hastings. Laura Ghleserettl. Kitty Lu-cclteand Lu-cclteand others. Billy Watson, the comedian, come-dian, lends the entire contingent, and merriment mer-riment reigns. The musical portion of the programme has been carefully selected. A special Lincoln's birthday matinee will be given on Monday. I The drama of ."Parsifal" will- he prc sented at the Salt Lake theater soon." The presentation of "Damon and Pythias" by the pupils of the Salt Lake School of Acting. Thursday and Friday. Fobruary 22 and 23, will be with' special scenery and costumes. The piece will be produced with careful attention to detail. Miss Ruby Lindsay, the talented daughter daugh-ter or tho veteran actor. John S. Lindsay, has accepted an engagement with the Blttner Slock company at Ogdcn as lead-Jug lead-Jug woman. r The average day's mall for Maude Adams Is heavier this year than In any other of her entire stage career, says the Now York Globe. Utter strangers write to her their Individual, impressions and generously detail all that the play has meant to them. Scores of such letters come from children, but In their moat nrloiiH form they come signed by women I'vidently well on In years. Qv.c wrjtcr of this latter sort gave way to hnpreur,lcns and confessions to the extent of forty pages; but the rending of It nil was well-repaid well-repaid by this pretty thought in the closing clos-ing sentence: "Of courso I believe In falriea; they are but the hopes we live by." When such a letter makes a request It is generally that Miss Adams will sing a particular verso of "3a Uy in Our Alley." The song. It seems, is a half century or mere old. Like folksongs, Its erce: have grown as it has passed from mouth to mouth. In Palgrave's "Golden Treasury of Sonc and Lyrlcr," tho balad Is printed In four stanzas, but Miss Adams In singing sing-ing It In this year's Dlay ha3 brought out the Interesting fact that the little tunc has been clothed In several more metrical thoughts. Many of these letter writers afcrcrt that they can recall their mothur nlr.glng such and' such a verse, which thoy Inclose, with the request that the aclreas sing It on a certain night at. "Peter Pan." The request Is never refused. Dramatic criticism does not give perfect satisfaction even In Cedar City, as the following fol-lowing from the Record shows: ' Our comments last Isrue on the production by the Anchor Dramatic company of tho drama. 'Escaped from the Law, have not been altogether kindly received. Some nt tho voting people hnvcthe Idea that we vere trying to knock' thMr company, and Intended to give tho Impression that tho production was 'bum ' Nothing was farther far-ther from our Intentions, and we do not holleve that any disinterested person got away with such an Impression. Our verdict ver-dict was that the play was Just about on a par, or, on the whole, a little btter than the average amateur production. Our object In calling attention to some of the deftcas was not to mortify the players, but to point out to them how they might improve on future productions. We believe that home theatricals are a legitimate and harmless means of amusement, and that they should be encouraged. At the same time, It should bo borne In mind that Codar is an educational town, and that our very best talent should be called Into requisition and due pains taken to make the presentations creditable.'' Sad news comes from Kansas City to the off eft that Mmo. Cnlve Is compelled to spend most of her time In the dentist's chair. Sh Is suffering from disease of the gums which causes a loosening of tho teeth and is accompanied by severe pain. The great, singer Is worried lest she be compelled to secure a set of false teeth, which may Interfere with her voice. Chicago Chi-cago 'Chronicle. Mme. Modjeska is reported to have sold her estate. "Arden." In California, for J30.0CO Besides buildings It Included 12.000 acres of land. "A follow who did a tryout at Boston tho other night went to the stage manager man-ager and said: 'Say, Mac. lend us a dollar till Saturday? 'No.' said Mac. You ain't going to be here till Saturday.' " c Charles Frohman bus arranged by cable to extend for a long run ut the Comedy theater. London. "The Mountain Climber." The plav has scored treinondouslv as a laugh maker, equaling the hit of ".Are You a Mason?" With this Is used the one-act plav. "The Little Father of the Wilderness." which is now being played bv Francis Wilson In this country. "Tho Mountain Climber" will be produced In New York at Easter, with Mr. Wilson In Wright's role. Shortly after little Margaret, .aged -I. had been taken to see "Peter Pan," in which Maude Adams plays tho title role, her six-year-old brother undertook to tell her tho story of tho creation. "And then. Margaret." said ho. "after the Lord had made all the rest or tho things, ho mode a man and called him Adam, and by and by Adam got tired of being all alone, and the Lord took ono of Adam's ribs from him when he was asleep and made a wife for him as a surprise, and her name was" "Oh. I know! I know!" exclaimed little Margaret, quickly, "her name was Maude Adams." Harper's Weekly. Are modern melodramas harmful to uneducated un-educated minds? Some of tlio old-time pantomimes In London proved to be. In the eighteenth century one of tho most popular productions at tho Drury Lane theater of those days was a pantomime called "Harlequin Jack Sheppard." which was simply a reproduction of the crimes of this popular young criminal, who was mly 23 when he was hanged. His chief apDcal to the pooular imagination was his brilliant escape from Newgate prison with the fetters on his hands and when ho was made the subject of a Christmas entertainment enter-tainment hundreds Hocked to' sec it. It was even proved that numbers of boy pickpockets who tilled the prisons about that time had go't their llrst inspiration to thieve from this melodramatic entertainment, enter-tainment, and one h,oy confessed that ho stole In order to get tp the pantomime and hoped some day to bo as clever as Jack Sheppard. Chicago News. ' c A letter from E. H. Sothcrn. says the Detroit Free Press, contains an authentic statement of the facts relating to his own and Miss Julia Marlowe's change of managementfrom man-agementfrom Charles Frohman to the Shuberts. "The matter is quite simple." he writes. "Our contract with Charles Frohman ends with .this present season. Mr. Frohman announced this fact lately in New York. It was our intention to take our management manage-ment In our own hands. We have, as you know, managed our own separate ccm-panles ccm-panles for years, and It would "be no new thlng for us. Mr. Shubert made us a proposal o greatly to our liking that we acconted it. "There Is not tho pllphlest fooling over tho matter Wo feel at liberty to book our time with any one. It Is purely a business situation. Wo do not espouse nny quarrel that may exist. We have our work to exhibit and we exhibit It to the best advantage. We have an excellent tour for next season and the conditions of our arrangements with the Shuberts are greatly to our advantage. Miss Marlowe nnd I "have only the kindliest feeling for Charles Frohman. who lias treated us mcst generously; and we yee no renson whatever why our nw plans should affect his friendship for us. Daniel Frohman has been my guide, philosopher and friend ror many years, and I trust that he and I will long continue our friendship. "People seem to think that because we have accepted this line onportunlty from the Shuberts we are all going to shed blood. Well, It Is not so. Competition and good manners nre not Incompatible In other callings: "why should it be so In the theater? "We shall play next year 'As You Like APPUiTOI- a i-.rtx Comedian, "My Wife's Family Co." at tha Grand, Sunday, February 11 It.' 'Much Ado About Nothing,' 'Merchant of Venice.' 'Joan of Arc,' Justin Huntley McCarthy's piny on that theme. 'Sappho and Phnon. a new play by Perry Mac-knyc. Mac-knyc. 'The Sunken Boll,' 'Colombo's Birthday' Birth-day' and 'Hamlet.' " A much traveled artist is telling the group that ho had been nearly everything under the sun before ho went upon the stage. "Yes, sir, I've been a sailor, soldier, fireman, fire-man, stoker, engineer In fact, everything." every-thing." , "Yes," answered the sour faced baritone. Everything but an actor." Chicago Tribune. Trib-une. Plxley & Ludors's evergreen success. "The Prince of Pllsen," will have completed, com-pleted, when it reaches Baltlmoro where It will bo presented at Ford's opera-house. I2S.C0O miles of travel. During Its life on tho stae It has been witnessed by 7.2Si,-000 7.2Si,-000 people. Fred C. Whltncv. the theatrical manager, man-ager, has given Lillian Blauvelt tho entlro production of "The Rose of tho Alham-bra," Alham-bra," In which she has boon starring. In return she gives up a three-years' contract con-tract which she had with Mr. Whitney. The manager Is said to hnvo lost S&i.COO on this opera, but the singer thinks that f,ho can mnke money with it and is going to manage herself. A brief two-act Russian tragedy by J. Snrtone Is giving Paris tho horrors. Tho scene Is laid In Russia. A nobleman Is entertaining en-tertaining his friends. Including a number of Russian officials and a half dozen-French dozen-French actresses, at a sumptuous little supper party. Light, laughter and song aro In full swing. But the nobletnnn's sor-vnnls sor-vnnls aro Nihilists and have placed a homb with a carefully timed fuse directly under the palon. At tlu moment when the gayety is nt Its height terrific explosion, explo-sion, everything In the air, a shower of debris and the curtain falls on a silent ruin of dead bodies and shattered walls, through which one sees the calm loveliness loveli-ness of a spring landscape. It Is reported that Charles Frohman has secured Louis James to appear In Shakespearean Shakes-pearean plays mxt season. Ho will have a prominent actress as co-star, and tho combination will lake the place of Marlowe Mar-lowe and Sothern in the Frohman attractions. at-tractions. Cyril Maude Is going to produce "Shoro Acres" In London. The English papers say the scenes are "laid on tho shorea of the Pacific, whore there Is great loneliness." loneli-ness." ' t At a little Broadway dinner the other evening the talk fell upon a well-known emotional actress famous for her realistic scenes of stormy wooping ufl self-abasement "I rom'-mbir asking her no night.'' said an actor of the- pnriv. who had long MISS MOLL-IE THOMPSON", With John F. Stowe's "Ten Nights in a Bar Room Company." known the actress in question. "If these blfr scenes did not tire her fearfully. Wo were standing in the wings, by the way, just as she was preparing to go on for one of the most strenuous of them " 'Bless you. no,' she laughed. '1 don't feel them afterwards, why. I can cry at will over anything. I could cry over a newspaper or a wooden spoon or an old shoe. I could cry over that little Loyal Legion button, or whatever It Is you are wearing In your coat. Sec here.' and tlx-Ing tlx-Ing her eyes on my coat lapel she began repeating over and over again, with the tenderest, most pathetic accent, 'Dear, dear little button! Poor lltle butt,on!' In ten seconds two big tears rolled down her cheeks, then two more, her lips quivered, quiv-ered, her voice shook nnd meltoel Into perfect per-fect ecstasy of grief. Half a minute later she was laushlng at my amazement and a few moments later she was on the stage at the height of ono of her crises.". |