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Show II A. nophew of the laro Edwin Booth I 1 Trill bo tbo hoadliner s.t tho Orphoum I this vreok, supported by Miss Theo I Carow- and company, presenting a I sketch, "What Will Happen Next?" I The fact that Wilfred Clarko, son of I i John S. Clarko and nephew of Edwin I Booth, has deserted tho legitimate for ' a flutter in vaudoville, aroused consid erable interest in dramatic circles. I , Prior to this event he was leading com edian with Barry Sullivan, Edwin , Booth, Lawrence Barrett. Julia Mar lowe and Ada Jichau. Miss Carcw, who ' assistB him, also comes here with a ( 6tago record, for she was leading wo man with Ada Itehan, also for three seasons previous ingenue with the Au-, Au-, gustin Daly company. The sketcli is fresh, clean and artistic. Tho other 1 features on the bill aro the Camillo , Comedy Trio, with their stunts on tho I triple horizontal bars; Kelly and Kent, who aro billed as "Tho Bonownoci Comedy Couple" and havo a clover sketch; Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Kemps, incidentally about the only people peo-ple in vaudeville who aro advertised with tho prefixes "Mr. and Mrs.," with their original "Talcs of tho Desort"; : ; Bernico and hoy, a livery couplo who sing and dance; Georgo Yeoman, a Dutch comedian, who tells stories, dances and sings, and tho Kinodromc, , with some new and original motion pic tures. Tlio bill is essentially different in every dotail from the ono which held tho boards at the Orphoum last week, t and it will givo the amusement seeker Borne idea of what a variety there is in modern vaudeville. Manager Pvper's opening vattraction at the Salt Lake Tboater for tho coming season will bo tho Salt Lake Opera company in "Tho "Wedding Day." Mantcll, who was to have openod tho season, has canceled his dates. The first porformanco of "Tho Wedding Day" will bo on Saturday afternoon, September Sep-tember 15, with repetitions Monday, Tuesda', Wednesday, with Wednesday matinee. Ogden, Provo and Logan will bo visited lator. "The Wbito Slave,' ' a Southern I melodrama, will bo offered at tho Grand I theator this evening. Georgia Tinnier will play Liza, a role in which she has won much success. It is an emotional character, and as Miss Harper is particularly par-ticularly clever in this lino some rood work may bo expected. She will be supported by Mr. Delriek, in tho role of Clay Bntton. a reckless Southern gentleman who tails in love with Liza and rescues her from her enemies. "The White Slave" is a story of slavery slav-ery days, with tho joys and sorrows of the while people and" tho negroes told in a pleasing manner by the writer. Bartloy Campbell. A quartette of singers sing-ers has boon engaged to sing some of the old Southern songs, and among the scenic effects are the great explosion scene o.n hoard a steamboat, the escape on a burning spar, Red Devil 's island, and tho old Southern plantation. Commencing Com-mencing Thursday evening and continuing continu-ing tlie'bulanco of the week, Miss Harper Har-per will terminate her engagement with 'Camillo." The charac.ler of Camillo is well interpreted by Miss Harper, who will be supported by her excellent company, com-pany, Joseph Detrick appearing as Ar-mnud Ar-mnud Duval, and J. G. Harper as tho eldor Duval. MM At the Lyric theater tonight the last porformanco of "The Telephone- Exchange" Ex-change" will bo given by Zinn's Merry Travesty company. Probably the bic-gest bic-gest feature will be tho Inst cakowalk botweeu tho chorus girls, when the winning win-ning couplo will eacti bo presented with a beautiful ring, tho winners to bo decided de-cided by the applause of tho audience. Commencing tomorrow night Zinn and his merry company enter upon their Inst weok here, and will present "Fra Diavolo" in an up-to-date fashion, with the pretty girls, the comedians, the dancers, tho pleasing principals and tho costumes. The management has tried to hold this company for a few weeks longer, owing to its popularity, but previous pre-vious bookings prevent. Although disappointed by the disappearance disap-pearance of Hcrschol May all, Manager Grant of the Lyric will bring together a Btron'g slock compnnv. Tho opening production will be "The Bondman," on Saturday afternoon, September 1. Eugene Frazicr, tho heavy man, arrived from New York, Thursday. Mr. Frazicr was last season leading man with Ger-trudo Ger-trudo Coghlan in "Alice of Old Vin-cenucs," Vin-cenucs," and is woll known in tho East for his excellent work, and although new to this part of the country is expected Jo make a strong impression here. Alice Condon, tho now soubretto, will arrive today. Miss Condon was at the Afrijcstic theater, San Francisco, for nearly two years, and exceedingly popular there. Manager Grant has been busy telegraphing for a new lead-inir lead-inir man and woman aud by tonicrht two new peoplo will bo on tho way here from New York to fill the places made vacant. Tho opening production will bo beautifully mounted, entirely new scenery being painted. Sallio Fisher is to be with the Henry W. Savage forces this season, and Mr. Savage's press agent has this to say of her: "Miss Sallio Fisher, tho now prima donna engaged for the "Man from Now," whon Mr. Savaco bring3 this musical travesty from Boston to the Amsterdam theater, New York, on September 3, is a striking example of the possibilities that await the talented and ambitious young women of the operatic stage. Mi6S Fisher became a prima donna in a night. Three years ago she was in Frank L. Perry's chorus with tho "Chaperons." When tho pieco opened in New York Miss Fisher 'b only opportunity was to step to the footlights foot-lights in tho big final o and take a top note. She did this so well that tho next morning she found herself a prima donna. Every critic in New York proclaimed pro-claimed her and Klavt & Erlanger im-mediately im-mediately engaged her for the rtrime donna role in the "Billionaire." It might bo mentioned that hor salnry .lumped ono hundred rind fifty dollars a week at t.ho same time." Channing Pollock nnd Miss Anna Marble, a newspaper writer and editor, were married at Toronto, Canada, on August 9, and are spending their honeymoon honey-moon on the lower St. Lawrence. Miss Julia Dean, nieco of the great Julia Dean, who was ono of tho 'most popular actresses of her day and is now almost forgotten, even by players play-ers who ought to havo a memory, will appear at Powers ' theater tomorrow nidht in the role of Rachel Hardy in "Told in tho Hills," says the Chicago Record-Horn Id. The great Julia Doan, who was contemporary with Charlotte Cushmau, made her debut in Chicago as Julia in "Tho Hunchback," at John D. Rico's Chicago theater on October Oc-tober 5. 1S47. Ono of the treasured relics of the present Julia Dean is the original playbill of thnt night. Miss Dean was inspired by tho memory of her mint's notable career, and made hor debut at tho age of 16 rears in Joseph Jo-seph Jefferson 's companj-.' As Miss Dean tells the story, the vetoran gave her this engagement as soon as he hoard her name, declaring: "Julia Doan?' Why, that is the name of tho first woman I ever loved." Rehearsals of "The Merry Wives of Windsor" bogau last wcok at Louis James's country home at, Monmouth iff!.'. iBBm& nil! MISS THEO CAREW, Wioso Company of Players Assist Wilfred Clark at the, Orpheum Beach, N. J., whore recreation and business bus-iness will bo combined for two weeks. The season opens on September 3. Anna Millward, a young English actress, has been added to the company for the part of Robin. The production will be seen here tho coming season. 4 Mme. Helena Modjeska slipped on tho polished floor at a friend's Home in Los Angeles recently, and fell, striking her face against tho sharp corner of a table Her head was severely bruised and her cheek badly lacerated. The accident compelled her to cancel her social engagements in Los Angeles, and she has gone to San Diego to rest. |