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Show ATTRACTIONS THIS WEEK 1 : m AT Kit It J. k. II in I V. hi -i htilf ..I v.. . k Uuk Sun R I M I I ' 1 , . , i, LYRIC THBATKR Rroiidwn i'n. i i.i . - . mm ' ' ' A Jr Jckyll and Mr Hre' will In ' , HP e' ' " i" nil- J tg role Tho transition from Ji-K II Into - 5 t Hyd Is accomplished In full view of the "'I audlcnoe Willi mp.ldlty and effect Hp a shrinks from tli Mulwui I pritpnrllons and . f It J i k '. 1 1 to 'I' ,,'r,,"Oiint and repulsive stature and avll : Xl manners of Hyde with Rreat dramatic 0 f f"r'' "ncl ' v ernes His r.-tm n to Ji k II i v I this rehabilitation being achieved by iw means if Knottier powd i Tin- nature of ' E lh play imf? nt-ari .nil tin- work upon Ho i r 1 1 mlnoi character i i Ing vary Httle to do. However, the central J f'.gurc l no nitrosslng that this peculiar-' peculiar-' I it doea not detract from thi pla. p i . iik the la il hall -i 1 1 a .. Jr Qua Sun Minstrels win i- jii the Grand '11 This season Mr Hun In said to ha VI the f i r.ini t'-4 Ji lied The costumea, scenen tlactrlcal i -i - i .- m nit surprise f..r in - i i of fun, fl vi I At th. Lyric IheaUl tin Weak, the i 'i 'n in it i i 1 1 if am ' i .mi lion Oood scenery, attrut-llve costumes, ir tt i I ' '. i r j i of aero :i 1 1 do new stunt" Julio Weber aa Hnltz t Harxi :ifffi i .. id. ;-iiii.i'i mni-dln ii , . ii in a maiiiii i original and catch) Michael ! Hognn, n i.i.-.ii .i i. .i.iim Kenny, U 1 j Waper'a right low i a in i x 1 1 m-i comic lit Mildred Stroller, who t.ik.n the role of ' Mr OIHterliiK Nlt;i. In a handime woman L and fonni n radiant tting foi the pratt I mermaids who compo- her court In the ; It of thr iteamahlp Mudlark and in Marti Mar-ti maid i ml at the bottom of thi aea The I sinking of the Mudlark and other nautl il advanturea, gave material fur ludlcroui ' ! j complh ut loiui j Next wi ik- bill at the Orpheum gives J . E promise of being full) up to I In- pare ul-' ul-' K ready set. Aa the headllner Al Hnunrd, Ifi I ' the i-nli llouliil i niiii illnn. ha- t.. . n yl i kid for a thirty-minute acl which In jf said I- a d-i hi- il . I in ' iK1' from thl mm -fl 1 1 iiiartnin- of that deacrlpflon "A Hon) 1 moon lii the Catakllla" will be preaented v i I playlet is aioiur mirthful line Th. a. ro , J batlc c-omed j turn will he in the hand! of H B tin H B proved ao rMipnlni with old iiml young B during thr pnni . k 1 I another troupe of trained animals, doga "A I and rate hrouRht to a hiuh taK'1 Of v 1 1 i Mm- Hai in. 1.1 K. nip and mil w hich will run all Ho w . k Itualiu-an i - t week I Jft 1 pl-d mi) i i nliic 3 1 Waitnrrn Tannhnuaer," with Ita i it araaJtn "f lukrmonlot and up rb dramatic erainlii l s i m k ' 1 1 i i . com pan) owei it- won- " " (flB numbern ami original melodlea that lln- R nM iii thi aai aftei r- being lu-ard B I Th opera In preceded b) lha German r, maatei Inini irtal overt in Thorough " ' enjoxmont of the opera la hardly iinnnlhle R without raoae attention to thU wonderful Il Introduction In which Wagnei haa nii-n la delightful foretaate of th opera' I j i urn hart non lea The ilninm 00001 ; with th" beautiful and M-hl .-olore.1 m ( "Vonuaborg" nviu anna; h venua mvi ,a the . a nywarri Mlrvntrei Kolghl who haa 111 IM Iowa the alwayo loved Vjb I "Pllgrlma" t'horu" that l rt-peated later ' v I on ""hen the pllgrlmi relurn fmm Rome 3 The famoua mlnatrel ningiria ronteat In vB I which the pure-minded Wolfram arid hla V I frlenda. the Mlnneatngera. compete with . Tannhauaer In a muatcal expnaltlnn of Jt the meaning of love, IfigOlher with the B' otlrrlnx ' Tatmhauaei Mai number, 3H In jH 1 1. .1 r it i Klliabeth knowi Klliabeth'a Prer aa wiii ii- Wolfram'a 'Song ii I " the V:-enlnK SImi " prlt.r to the return t.f mmw " yvK ( freyuent n-ndjtloo on .ni -ert programme UM it V 0 - t t-omi -linn mil Vei i " helei an prima donna, will be at the ' Salt Ijlke Theater the mat three night 0 ' Jl ii Iii be bui Sat Will be one tf the feature of " nmlng iSf iS lie . . . jf Qoorge A : M i2 w. . , . ieJ ihlp with 1 iti Kj1 ln The Tbesplnn fmm the wB c 5 iv, j,J ' TlaV wJl icj m, J ,;' Wf" 'J earn, .tiv demretl at otn areddlni negt I Tueaday." Ti. clerif playwright ' 1 1 wt r Bt JWM 111" eeiiin ft,m has scored quite a success there In the title role of Teler f w n The 'other' hotel not always the better Re,rnti Kdna Mh an.1 UM f'ateh of the Season company played In a em. ill New Knalen.l iln There are In thin town iw. ,,..it !n. and otil two Vnt niornlna Aif Mm . .. i narle Prohmane general manager, received a telegram from Minn Ma) -1 1 1 1 n a; the h .tel w Il r. the agent had plat ad th m and lamenting thnt the other hotel had not been hi i h- it t Mr. Hay man reflected long Mill ggll rersll his Impreaslnna of the ctt I question and MBllod appr.t latlx -l I Mil "f the fullness Of hla experience h dictated the following characterimir eleanim t.. MUM M.i He thankfu ou taed where you did We itOpped at the other last year " In the theatrir-ai line a rhange In public pub-lic taste haa begun to make Itself felt a change alight but unmistakable The mu-sl.-al comedy rraie la euhsidlng Man-afers Man-afers here In Chicago as well as throughout through-out the cojntry hav ills. m .-n d 'luring the twelve months that the patronage of ao-called "muaieol shows" haa fallen ..fT from M I.. H pet eom from that of last year The "straight dramatic" han gnlnt-1 correspondingly In favor, and the wise fl CJ il MADAME CALVt managers ale iilannlnc .in nrdluglv . Chicago Chi-cago '1 rlbuui'. Comedian Al II W llson tells ihls one: "And now. ins -on. laid the bank president, pres-ident, "on this. the threshold of oui business life. I desire to Impress one thought upon you, Honesty, ever and always, la the policy I hat Is pagL" "Yte. father." said the young man "And, by the woy." appended the gray-beard, gray-beard, I would urge you to read up a iiith corporation law it win hum you to tlnd how many things you can do In a buslneaa way and still be honest ." Lg lit lie Marst lllnlne, in which Virginia Vir-ginia Harnad bgg been starring for a few-weeks, few-weeks, has been taken from the stage. Ho has Thomas W Ross's new play, "A Fair Kxchange." The Hat of big failure thin season Is now a bit -Lulling "The Beauty and tin Hargt W olfvllle." "The While Ct "The Rail Samaritan. "The Kmiiasay Rail." "Easy Iiawson. ' "Mary ami John, "The HgjgltJnO" and "Tomorrow "To-morrow laud Robert R Mantell tells a story having to do with the yellow fever quarantliio In the South In 1897 W. When the hr went up his was one of the frst rvun-paniaO rvun-paniaO I0 ba Qlllokl) liiked away frmii the feer hn'lt over an emergency route. It waa essential to the plan of booking that four IllKhtn he -pent III I ilt Where the chief theatrical fore had long been n peitolre COmpanlOi Of the IQ gO arl-ety. arl-ety. with an OOOOBionai mlnntiel or "C T C." troupe Rnslnesa waa bad. 110 wan more than theatergoers there cared to pgjf foi I neat "Monbars" wae given on Monday night to a small audience: Tho Ka In the Moonlight" Tuesday night to one even smaller; the aale for Wedneadft) had not made an appreciable hole in lOa ticket rai k Majitell himself was chatting In the box t.fhce with the loeal manager, who wan roundly denouncing denounc-ing "this bhafeoapaa i follow and the nluloi r.itlc greed that nskrd more than ia tents for a good seat In the op i-house i-house A woman etepped up and asked for t aOajU for the night giving a R OJK Khe was hamleil the s-ats and tl "It's 'Hamlet tonight. Isn't It" ahe us. o at reocfeM pir the change S it. kail ilie manager. " Ham- l. . morrow night 'Corelcan Brothers' tUmJght Mu. If iter play than 'liOJttk t - 1 1 ..I n axelaJmod, pushing back th. tickets ' 1 can't be here tomorrow tomor-row night olnl I dM so wanl to see Hsin-let" Hsin-let" I aha'n't take the seals then " "Now nee here, ma'am." expostulated the manager, "don't go an be onrea-s onrea-s n t'l ' iunt lake tht seals tnil we II pa 'Hamlet' anyhow n "If the report Is true that Harrv R Irving l siton to ini to America. 1 hope ii wIM be to plav eome of the char-aclern char-aclern In whh-h his father won renown." said Uen treet. the disciple . f Shakespeare Shakes-peare untrammeled b the scen' painter "Harry Irving In the legitimate successor of hln father anil thai he rlchlv deserves his prlcelrtis heritage ! I think suffl-clently suffl-clently Indicate by the ovation which h" rooelved as Hamlet last spring In London, Lon-don, especial I) when one realises that hla work In that role had to stand ixnnparl-son ixnnparl-son with Tortus Robertson's beautiful Hamlet ' Two caniv blriln appear In the Aral art of "leati Kleachna and help .. alve atmosphere t t the lodging of the Kleachnas In Paris. The birds made their debuts on the stage when Mra. Flake iinvducwd the play last Da pa labor In Jew York and were with the company djrmg its four months In the Manhattan theater. Th stage fright which all novice suffer made them a bit nervous al first, but. It Is said, th-y haw be come accustomed to thlr surroundings ind appear to think that thev have at lalned an ornithological nirvana, where all tradition an to the time f r waking and elepin la upsei The night of their debut the birds went to roost at sunset and great was their .Itemay at U-Ing .! In the glare of the footlights two hours later The fluttered and hopped about In Intense excitement, but as part of the business of the play Is for Srhram to feed them the Interruption of their slumbers waa not altogether unpleasant After the first two perfnrmanrea the binia began to gel use! to their new method Of life and now they refuse to go to roost until the play Is over and the lights ire out. So far K 8 fUlard n engagement In the New Amsterdam has been marked Mih grattfxlng popularity, savs William Mullock In the New Yoik Press. It Is likely that the concl ullng week will be even more successful from every point of ew The public has beeu glilck to nrond to the all-around excellence of Mr Wlllnnl offerings, and the demand for seats has become so brisk that the a. .i an. I Ms managers .-gr- ' the en-k'lgtfucnt en-k'lgtfucnt cannot be extended t'hlef Interest In-terest of the week haa centered In his acting Of "The Man Who i " This Is .. wondt rful ierforniance t n remarkable remark-able in that it ahows Mi W'lllard more nearlv contained In a character than In any of hi, other imporaonatlona Of) the opening night Mr Will. ml stepped completely com-pletely out . f himself as The Man Who Was His transformation was complete. The play drugged heavily until he came on the stage, then In a moment the audience audi-ence was held to tall attention His effort ef-fort w-ut a consummate etroke of acting It was a triumph without a qualifying feature The only possible adverse comment com-ment that SOU Id be made was that toward the end the interest of the play began to peter out. "In reply to your question. 'How does thi aid. villi of today differ from the trgrlaty of forty years ago? I will say II doth not differ, says Tony Pastor, In the Chicago Tribune "There haa been a great change Injthg appointments of the stage an elaboration elabora-tion of sct-nlc effects arid settings, but the essential thing, the nets, are the same In ityli and scope "I cannot recall an act today that was not a resemblance to those of the olden day, then, as now, we recruited from the legitimate stage and furnished bright, clever people In return One act plays, nketchea. song and dance features fnim single acta n acts of a doxen or more people we did then as now. "Comic opera "Pinafore," "Patience." Rlli Taylor." and other I did, and illd them well, ut my house. "Kun on the Stage," the first of all fan I comedies. I produced In the Bowery Acts of the circus, bicyclists, elephant acta, trained horses, ballets pantomimes, and scenic prOdUCtloni wi re used. The only difference differ-ence now Is in the poopU "New fuces have come Into the bunl-DOta bunl-DOta and have turned the kaleidoscope, but ihe name bits of color that we usrd then are shown now in different combinations; combina-tions; the same things are done, and the slight variation la due to those who handle han-dle tlu in. not to uny great advance In Idea - "There are m6re theaters devoted to i i I del llle and there are more people than In Ihe old days, and this style of pcrformanci haa grown in public esteem not because of uny different but because tin public hn-i grown to appreciate thut the vaudeville Is. as first named, a varl--t from all kinds of shows. "The present vogue la hut an Index of the future. Vaudeville will grow In public pub-lic favor, increase in attractiveness, and is ban to tta v Henri W Savage has engaged for his Kngllsh i 'rand Opera company. Mine Bertha Harmon, ihe srell-knoem dramatic soprano, who has forsaken her concert engagement to re enter the Held Of opera. Mine Harmon poi vt a brilliant dra- eo,t unu tout- Ul tnioe lltllge one will appear In Wagnerian repertoire, as Kkaa in "Lohengrin." Klliabeth In "Tann-hausei." "Tann-hausei." Siegllnde In The Valkyrie." and Mueatte In "La Rohenu Mm.- Harmon w ient remembered b bar late rendition of Kundry when Walter Damrosch gave excerpt of th. mystic music-drum. i "Riiralful" In hi recent tour. n Parte Is enjoying novelties in the vau-d. vau-d. 111. Una The rraiich are leading all other countries In ihe prodm Hon of novel i'1" One of the startling feats accomplished accom-plished by u perfoimei has won hl brief fame He la an acrobat who, after many difficult feats, finally places a candle .,h top of a table und stand upside down with one band only on the candle, bul-anclng bul-anclng himself In that position Three Japanese performt rs have Improved and made more daring the old circus "slide for life." ilu three coasting down a slightly slucked wire at a terrible angle to the stage Then r an Indian Juggler dls- .r- d by some nt rprlKlng Parisian vi u de v I He manager, who walks tin sla. k t ,re. and, while balancing there, perforins the most difficult trh ks of Juggling -feats which the most ordlnari performer would not attempt on the solid floor Rut above Diem all In popular favor atandn the jUg-gl-i vvl... i . I. chue. 1 to m- th- nioni wonderful won-derful that has appeared In Parle for a h ug time He does all th- stock trleks of the vaudeville juggler, and a lot of near ones, .niggling every thing on th stag chairs, tables, lami. rugs, umbrellas cl-gurw cl-gurw -everything, and he does it all while keeping one hand In hla trouser'a pocket through the entire a. t n Harry Rulger ha recently added to hla repertory of torle a new character vlg nette which has been received with laugh ter In the South It relates largely to a lawyer and a Jewish Jew-ish client during a civil action The t-lorii-v watching the evidence HU the countenance of the Impeccable Judge whose reputation for severity was weii kn.wn In the district. whlss-red to hln llehrrw client "It looks very bid V m. g..inK to lose the case" Whereupon the client r. sponded "Veil, I will send the Judge a box of l I ire " "Ureal heavens, no! Thnt would end I " The following day. much tt. the surprise of the plaintiff's attorney, th- declalon wan rendered for hln cll-nl Meeting hi Jewish friend later, the lawyer t- lalmed : Hv Jove. I can not understand this decision de-cision Beats anvthlng I eve, heard Tell me. dhl v ou send the Judge a U-x of cigars?" certalnlv. Of course I did " u ball "Yea. but I sent It with the card of the other fellow In It " While David Betaaeo han the reputation for having Invented many of the in..nt realistic atage effects shown in recent years, he haa also to his cretin th- , -t iir.real effect ever attempted. Many years ago In CeJIfOrtlla, when Mr Reiaaco wan officiating as stage manager for a local fnpanj iwho were then playing "1 nd-r the lias Ught "i. he had occasion to reprimand rep-rimand the property man wh..ne rareioas-ness rareioas-ness In neglecting to fasten aacurol) the bit of firework that pntducecl the sparks ffom the canvas locomotive, had apolled the big scene Reins, o cautioned the young man that a recurrence of the of-fei of-fei se would result Iii hla Immediate dismissal, dis-missal, and on the following night, as th. h mmotlve wan reposing In Its accus-tcmwl accus-tcmwl place, resting against a "w...sl wing." the property man mounted a ladder, lad-der, and with a hok of determination m, his face, he nailed the "spark" securely to the smokestack, but In his seal he failed to estimate the length of 'he niJI he used, which went through the smoke- I stn'-k aed into the wo. d wing snd when the cue came for the train to rush across the stag. It rushed all right, and ao did the wood wing, and th spectacle of a tree fivtng arntsn the stage, emitting a nh. wer of sonrks was a Relaaroan effect that has nvt been equale. ii intier dsv production I . Charlea f I "tbum. now playing in Texas '' recalls an early experience when he waa on a tour with a male atar who ronflned himself to the smaller ..ne night stand Mr I'oburn was playing the rll lain of the piece and the reroirer failed to explode The trigger was pulled three oi four times, but there was no result, ard. aa the audience commenced to laugh, i'oburn walked off the stage The star followed him to the wings "I'ome hark and finish your death Sin ne." he ordered. "But the pistol won't go off " No matter. COBM back and die " "Nay I nav Finding that i'oburn was Immovable the stnr walk -d down to the footlights, placed hla hand up to his heart and remarked to the audience In the blandest manner "Ladles and gentlemen. I am very sorrv, but Mr i'oburn positively refuses to . ..no n und tss kin I Trusting vmi will over-looh over-looh this slight departure from the original origi-nal business of the play. I will bid you all a hearty good-night ' No other field of human endeavor can compare wl'h the theatrical world as a rt aim of rapid rises. One of the most noteworthy Instances Is furnished In the ruse of Lfly Brink, whose capture Of applause ap-plause unmeant for her on the first night of "The Press Agent In Flelds's theater, has taken her from an lis a week position In the chorus, to one which pays $10n Miss Brink Is now general Instructor In dancing danc-ing with th- Shuberts The Bong whb h closes the second act la entitled "Alexis From Texas." and In the course of Ita rendition, several young women dressed as cowboys go through some rather ordinary ordi-nary evolutions. When Peter F Dalley preaented the piece for the first tune the attention of the audience was attracted to a young woman In the chorus who was adding to these evolutions some unique steps of her own The young woman waa Lily Brink, and at the end of the song she was given a round of spontaneous and ln :.rt ippl i is- which might have pleased v . n Sarah Bernhardt The following day-Mr. day-Mr. Shubert sent for Miss Brink. "Did you Invent that dance step?' he asked. Tag, and hundreds of others." aho re-p'.'ed. re-p'.'ed. "t'ould you teach some of the girls?" Inquired Mr Shuberl Ami when Minn Brink replied In the affirmative, he pro-niOted pro-niOted her to the post of Instructor of dancing Mln Brink still remains In the chorus of "The Press Agtnt," since she Is too valuable to be taken nut Of that number, but next season she will have an office 'n the I,vrlc theater. "Helen Pullman Is quite the best child actress 1 have ever seen, wholly lacking MISS RITA NEWMAN The dramatic prima donna, who n III be the uinti BUaabatli in "Taankaaear " as ahe Is tu self-const lousm-ns I wanted to know something about In r. and this Is what she wrote men In her own hand: l am the lltlleal Claudia In ' The Prince Chap." You see, h is just nk the story of the 'Thr.-.- Beara There is a little btai ii mliMI.--ii7.cil hear, and a big bear. I am the granddaughter of u, Methodist minister anil none of my people have been on the stage My first atari was when 1 won u prlxe for singing "On a Good old Ptve-Cent Tn.lh v Ride' in a contest. 1 was awfullv proud when Paul Ureaser banded no- m pilzc-muney and (uld: "There Is something In her" When Kxra Kendall waa looking for u little girl to pat Ice cream und run about In "Weather Beaten Benson." 1 thought II would Just suit me. He thought I looked like a good Ice cretin at'-i to... n. h-engaged h-engaged me and I at- tl I cream for eight month I got kind of tired of lot cream so I am glad it Is bread and Jam In this play. 1 wa with Mlsn Barry more foi ,( While, tito, and then I became I'laudla I am going, to groa up Into real actreaa some day'" Kv erv Iswly's Magaxlne |