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Show BtL I ATTRACTIONS FOR WEEK. RB l 4- SALT )AKK 'PI I HA T K R -I- BBrJ U - -r KlRtnan in "The Man On the -j- B? '( " Box." Monday. Tiicwlny and -j Bt7 J Wednesday evenings, W'edncs- K!! fl day inntinco. 'I " bU v GRANT TI I EATER Stetson's Hill' "Unnli Tom's Cabin." All the H:) ' -J- ivook, licginntnK- tonight. Mall- V? ! "ccs Wednesday and Saturday. -- HK$ !' ' ORrilEIWr THrcATKK Advanced ? KH '" b vaudeville. AH the wool;, with v Kr ' -I dally in a tinges except Monday. ' Htjrff; ' ' - LTRIC TIJRATEU- -"East Lynne," ? Bsj' 4 -r by tho Utahna Stork company. - : j All (ho week, Wednesday and - Hilr. , f r Saturday matinees. H'fltt 5 it .Max Figmnn will mako his stellar I ''( Tlobnt in Salt Lake tomorrow night i y '-at tlio Salt Lake Theater in "The-i KT ' an on the Hox," the brilliant enmodv jr success that kept New Vork City in 11 f good humor for over Ihree hundred ub anight:, and is the most enjoyable bit Uh ) of singe literature that has been eon- jjj j eeived since the days of the August ia u 7J:il3 comedies. It. was adapted by Grace Livingston Furniss from Harold 83 J MeGrnlh : book of the same name, and ' n . promises to eclipse the latter in point i it : of popularity. Max Fignian has earned J I his spurs as an actor, ami is more than 'i ! ' qu.ilificd to become a lasting star. His tj J experience covers a number of years in 1 every form of dramatic art. but'his hap- frt rlPst vein is light, comedy rides, such 4 ? :is the hero of " The Man on tho Box." I jj - Ho has a distinctive, personality, full ' of magnetism, and a splendid oi'ce and : delivery. His methods are at all times j' Vartistic, and essentially of' t.he modern jj school. .Mr. Pigman is exploited under 1 ' I the management of .lohn Oort, who eon- 1 trols the theatrical destinies of the 4groar Northwest, as well as directs the f -Jarring tours of Florence Roberts. ! . j . i -Mamif Fealv. Sarah Tnia'x and .Mme. I' aJve. .Mr. Con has spared no ex- ; $:pon?e t. e(uip Mr. Pigman with a t scenic production" complete, in every de-i.-rnil. and surround him with a company ..of experienced and capable players. 1 ! f including Miss Fannie Marinou,' Miss ;.lia ,Kni'Iiofl'. Miss Madeline I -Dalles. Aliss Berenice Buck and I j y-Messrs. Cameron Clemens, Douglas A. f .Flint. John Charles Browncll. Frank Oil- Kamger. George Center. Krnest P. 'il JOrr. Herbert K. Denton, .Marshall jj Franklm, 1M ward .lohnson' and Tlohu JPeaisoii. The story of "The Man on I J'he Box"' is replete with comedy, and ' ' dramatic surprises and abounds in terse ; jHti-J witty speeches. It is founded on A Sthe practical joke of a young ariny of- n incer. who plans to give his sister a M ..pleasant surprise lv exchanging places ,.vith the familv coachman, driving her , y'pnie from a society ball and then cap- t . l.,ing 'I"1 climax with a kiss. 'In tho contusion of the carriage calls he gets 1 ."n; t',e nnx of the wrong carriao and ' drives away with two voung ladies vchom he has never met aud with one ki ,0 whom ho has fallen in love. He loes . f control of the horses, becomes the cen- k tral figure m a midnight runaway, and i I?-arcelK a!' lho Polit'o. station. i Uith this foundation, a comcdv and ro- UtiUl:! ! mancp is developed that kceps"thc audi- , u -v-"H" cfuiilu acis and tur- If snishes the star and his company abund- 111 material to reveal their qualities SI H -M.r-.JMgman's engagement concludes H i -with the inntinco nnd night n-form- f r ' ances Wednesday. jU' . v 1 I K Wlh 7liat h cla!m.cd to bo the most I ft , bonutiful stage settings and pictures I i CVCT shown in this State, Ihe. Stetson i'i revival or "Uncle Tom's Cabin." that f. famous cJaasie. of the American stage. U I comes to the Grand theater fur a week's 9 Q ongagement, commencing tonight. The fi m IV?y ias been mm in cverv section of 8 B tl',3ou"Jx3' and in almost oVery-villago 1 1 ?f thoorth. East and West, 7t has 1 had ?, has retained a popularity never fi I eouallwl and never known by nn'y other 'S B p,a5l and ow cornes in tho best and I f IJlul S T mp Cte s?t.liDff ovor made for I 1 -K a nnd Played by a company of more I SCR'i ft than forty persons, of whom twenty arc f ifi ,,",the?1i ak. whose harmonious I frflUi voices blend in the old plantation mcl- In H od.es and the old Southern slave songs IU J lha' ,on touched the eart of n ii I nation, making an effectiveness and ' realism never before known in "Undo t Tom's Cabin." Tho companv is 3 I: 10 fu"y worths- the elaborate scenic f " settings ot the play. Its members have t been especially selected for their Cx- ! periencc in tho parts assigned them and from their adaptability to the char- acters. The result has been a rarclv t harmonious whole, it is claimed, and has K p done much to add lo the effectiveness . o tfao production. The scenery has f P ,)ec.n Painted specially for this $'.1;7,000 T ; revival and includes a number of hand- The Utah it a Slock companv. playing ; at the Lyric, w'ill offer the famous so-: so-: cioty drama, " Kust Lynno,'' starting I Saturday inatinoe. The play' needs no introduction, but a word in reference lo I the company. LMi&s Agnes Johns, late leading lndy for Paul Gilmoro. will ap-I ap-I pear in tho dual role of I.adv Jsabel and .Madam Vine. Miss Johns is a gifted leading lady, and is becoming quite a favorite with patrons of tho Lyric. The. gowns worn by MiHa Johns are marvels of the dressmaker's art. A number of old favorites arc with the Utahna company, munch. II. li. Carpenter, Car-penter, Will IL, Abram." Fannie Hammond, Ham-mond, Harry Wilson, Jack Conway and .Men Wilsoto A capital production ia promised, and no doubt. "Fast Lynno" will (ill tho Lyric at every performance. perform-ance. a The current week's attractions at the Orpheum are as follows: Anna Kva ray hends the bill. There arc but few people, in the generation of amusement lovers who do not know of Anna livn F,ny' -P-r Ycars H,, IlaH 1 raveled over tho civilized world, giving her wondc-r-iul and astounding exhibition of her occult powers. Ilcr act ia divided into two parts. Tho first part of hor in-comprehensible in-comprehensible performance is devoted to cabiuet seances and other strange manifestations. Later in the evening she gives a still more remarkable exhibition, exhi-bition, entit od ''Somnolency." Tn "Somnolency'' Miss Fay gives a marvelous mar-velous demonstration of' her skill ns a scientific manipulator. Her arl, adroitness adroit-ness and dexterity in this performance is said lo bo second to none in the world. Tho public, after seeing Miss Fny, is left to draw its own conclu sions as to how sho accomplishes her wonderful performance, but this fact is vouched for. that there are people in her troupe (she carries a good-sized company of assistants) who have witnessed wit-nessed her act from the stage for vears and are just as mystified ns anyone in the audience. One critic says that "her performance is a gorgeous, mysterious mys-terious and niarvMouslv enchanting scenic production of Fast Indian and Fgyplian lore." Howard and North, a team of clover arlists. who put on a little sketch called "Those Were Jlappy Davs." Their act, it is claimed, is an original one, full of good lines and entertaining situations, and runs I the gamut from mirth to pathos. Xext tim mm imTwnmmwimi i win n hj i ixBiiJiHJ,bMijmrj3imiw p comes Dumond's Minstrels. Thev are iai " : TTr rrr: r ' S ! high class instrumentalists and singers i H iJfy&M- O W- V i i '""1 lave made an international repnta- 1 I vWw 'WfS&SK tl ' for ,,,oi.r -"ortaiMi- work. Willie I timlml mmMmmMM 3 ininicrman is heralde.l as tho best in.i- 9 jWlmSmWmmM S ?nl,,r iu UK, h-" specialty II mmmm& WWBmMM&XM ls the worl.rs greatest coni-ISllWP coni-ISllWP -mm llSilW & I,0f,crs nifl directors, which he E wKST " llfPB 1 'f' ' ruIniigbethvrc.,9,cllcU!!Jm' I HHMpfcf ' WJ 'i! I nrail? 'n r""Sl,!ll' jMeg":s- William j .1 wont i ii U fcm J2'. 3f ft i i ii Ti 'Ihf- M"H f ,,K' ,',lir." with no -ytW ' TV5 'SfiTv ; 1 booming or advance heralding of any s? ' i I kind. As they afterward expressed it, -fr- 'M ! ,n' V "s'mPb' opened tho doors and let V ' i j? SCENE FROM "THE MAN j'1' P"'?nc wn,,,'er 'f'10 Public wan- j. W&Zk S ! dcrcd in enough to fill tho theater tho - .&t$& S ON THE BOX." j opening night. The next morning's J newspapers were unanimous in saving , At the Salt Lake Theater, l'lat he play was the greatest success )- 'Jjf. AT s !v- , . . m j , ol the season, and their verdict was X. Monday, Tuesday and j echoed by the uf tcrnoo u papers, bv the ' iWtk F'rM I Wednesday evenings. Aveeklies. by the monthlies, and at length by every iniblication of the day BB&-z- , s . that takes note of the irogress of the atricals. An example of how deep un , . ' ' l ninri'iinn flip nlnv innIn ..II ..1. some scenes reproduced from photographs photo-graphs of tho localities mentioned iu the book, as the3 were iu the time when the great authoress first wrote the storv. moro than fifty years ago. Some or the most notable of these scenes arc the Suwauee river by moonlight, the cotton heds in full bloom, the Ohio river in winter and the escape of Fli.a. carrying carry-ing her child across the Moating ice, the rocky pass in which George. Harris inude his stand against, tlic men pursuing pursu-ing him and protects his family, the St.. Clair home, the levee at New Orleans, showing a slave auction; Logrce's plantation plan-tation and lastly, the beautiful (runs-iormation (runs-iormation sccno, showing Fva's ascension ascen-sion to the Celestial fit v. The play has long since been public" property and has been played bv manv poor companies com-panies until the public has coino to Tocognize the fact that, none but Manager Man-ager Washburn has Ihe one great unequalled un-equalled organization, and that, is why his production always brings1 the theater-going crowd. The Stetson production produc-tion is .iiidicially considered an era in the history of Harriot Beccher Stowo's great novel. Ben Hendricks, who is playing ' s V'on Yonson" this winter, will bo seen at U, G'.n1 l,ll.enlcr " He plaved 'OIc Oleson' last year and hail' a number two company plaviug the oue-night oue-night standi. In this No. 2 company rise actor playing the title role, desiring desir-ing to show his sweetheart a picture ot the character he was pl.iving, cut one from the newspaper advertisement and sent it to hor. Upon his first visit to the town in which she resided, she showed him the picture of Olo in her , locket, saying. "Vow sec how much I. think of you, I wear your smiling face next my heart.'' ""Why, that's not my photograph, but Bon Hendricks's, j we use his photo "for our newspaper cuts," replied the ,;ieior. . - Many requests 'have been received at the Salt Lake theater for this or lhat play of Mrs. Patrick Campbell's repertoire. reper-toire. The role that 'she has selected, however, for this city i.s one df Lho four with which her nnmo will always bo identified. "I have earned the right, I. think.'' said M rs. . Cnuipbol) upon landing land-ing in America, "to play the roles which moan the most, to ine. ' This-does This-does not mean, of course, that the great Fnglish actress will never create i any new parts. She' is an omnivorous reader of the drama, but before she ! undertakes any new production -hu I must find a role which appeals to her j temperamentally and logically. .Hor two groat. Pinero characters have been j played by nearly aJI tho modern stars I from Dusc to the lesser lights of provincial prov-incial stock companies; but London will have none oT them. Mrs. Campbell, if ! she chose, could emulate the example I of the late Joseph Jefferson and play j ."The Second Mrs. Tanquerav " or "The 1 Notorious Mrs. Fbljsmith " 'for the rost 1 I of hor life. Of her Magdn, too, a Lpn-f Lpn-f tlon critic has said: "If she had never played any other roles, she. would, still the greatest actress of our generation gener-ation in Kugland." - ----- - i"" .hi. aw n .in aiuiaiua i of playgoers was alTordcd in the fact that "Current Literature. " in many respects re-spects tho most conservative magazino in the United Slates, made nn article on "The Man of the Hour" the feature of its May number. "Tho Man of the Hour." acted by Messrs. Brady and Grisinor's special company, will be given for tho first time, hero", in the Salt Lake theater, all next week. Seals will bo ready on Thursday morning. at The Boise Sunday Times has this to say iibout Edith Lindsay, a Salt Lake girl who is now playing in Boise: Miss Edith Lindsay, leading lady' j of the Salt Lake Dramatic companv. is welj known lo theater goers- in Boise, having appeared behind the footlights here during several seasons. She is tho I only actress who boars tho distinction I of having piayed in Boise for sixty-four I weeks. Her first appearance before the I public of this city was some voars ago, when she took the leading "role for (twelve weeks with a stool; company I then playing under the direction oV I Professor Christensen at Ifiverside j park. Later and for thirtv-iwo weeks she appeared in the Old Raymond theater the-ater in the Sonna block with a slock company. Sho then returned to Ogden and Salt Lake City. Utah, where she rcni.'iincd for two years and a half, ap-I ap-I pea ring in stool: companies in the pro-i pro-i miiicnt- theaters in both cities. She i also toured the Woslern Stales with a company nnd then returned to Boise. Since that, time she has been plaviug the leading part with the Salt Lake Dramatic company, her engagement navmg lasted up to the present writing, twenty weeks. She is a talented actress who has made a name for herself on the stage through her excellent, impersonation imper-sonation of many prominent characters in the' theatricaf world. Miss Lindsay comes from theatrical stock which has an established name as well as reputation reputa-tion of high standard. She is the daughter daugh-ter of John S, Lindsay, an actor of the early d;iys when the drama held full sway in Sujt Lake City. Throe of his daughters. one of whom is Miss Edith, accompanied him .during trips through Utah and other Western States and in this way she obtained her early (raining (rain-ing for' Hie. stage, and was led to the belief, a'nd is thoroughly convinced of tho same, that the calling of an actor or actress is a high one. .She is ardent iu her work. " , t tr "The Virginian," under the" manage- ' mont of the Kirk LaShellc company;' - ' will be at the Salt Lake thcatijfrcli '.Madam Butterfly.5' the " operatic sensation of two continents, under. the manngcmenl of Henry W. Savage, comes to the Salt Lake theater - for two performances only matineo and evening on Saturday, February ICk The cast includes Harriet Bounce, Ottlev Cranston,-. Dora de Pillippe, Carl Gavitfort, Ethel Dufrc Houston, Rudolph Ru-dolph Koch, Gcorgo Nntanson, Thomas D. Richards. William 8chullor, M, Vernon Ver-non Stiles. T-hocbu Slrakosch, William SL Willis, Francis J. Tyler, Rena Vivien nc, Elizabeth Wolfe and a grand opera clioius of sirav. Change in several hotel managements in Chicago has resulted in the stars who come here with pet dogs having hard times in knowing where to put up with thorn. It was not so long ago that Adolo Ritchie was driven around trying to find a resting place all because be-cause of a little gray and touslv-haircd touslv-haircd beast that looked out of her luggage, apparently oat. 0f her rug straps. She final! v put up at ihe Great Northern, where the rules do not bar four-footed trnvelors when proporlv chapcronod. Just before Mrs. Pat Campbell's engagement her advance agent, engaged rooms for her at the Annex. Soon after he received a courteous court-eous message from the management. "Our rules are so strict about dogs'," was the substance of this loiter, "and we have heard so much about Pinkov Panky Poo. that to save von the trouble we will let you know that if he is still with the company wo will have to f Are-go Are-go the pleasure of having Mrs. Campbell.' Camp-bell.' The production of " Rosmersholm, " by Mrs. Fisko in New York, has stimu-atcd stimu-atcd Lho reading of this plav ainaziii"-ly. ainaziii"-ly. The publishers of Ibsen's work: have prominently advertised a special edition of. " Roiusrsholm ' and the newspapers news-papers announce that, in the, Now York public library the calls for this work ar tin time arc more numerous than lor anv other. ! Secretary Tuft's visit to Japan has been dramatized ant! will shortly be j seen on the stage. Dorothy Russell, the daughter of the I over young Lillian, is going back in-j in-j to vaudeville. k j t "The Secret Orchard" is to be given . m England, with Fanny Ward in the ; leading female role. I The success of Mrs. Fisko in " Ros-j Ros-j incrsholni' at the Lyric theater, New I ork, has been so pronounced that her engagement, originally limited to thrco I weeks, has been extended to four weeks. I At its conclusion Mrs. Fisko will begin be-gin hor second tour this season, and I will appear in Philadelphia. Washing-I Washing-I ton. Chicago. Kansas City, St. Louis, and other cities. i t m ! The will of Clara Bloodgood. who ; committed suicide recently, was filed ; lor probate in Now York. She left about $20,000 nnd most of it goes to hor husband, William Laimbccr. h Liebler i- Co. have begun the selection se-lection of plays lhat will fall to the lot of Eleanor lfobson after "Saloinv Jane" shall have outlived its useful- ) . t; "tj ,V-4i'j'-"' AA EVA FAY. "Vfr s ' . "" 'At the Orpheum' this iWcok... . I ' " ft ness. The first of the new ones (vKk bc produced for this star is entitledBL 'The Dawn of a Tomorrow." and lRI net'" tllC PC" f Jrraiu'cs ,0'-r80n Bor-Kf Ermcto Novell i '5 American tour, ift arranged for twelve weeks, will cniBL.--: in a fortnight, when that distiiiguiah&llBSlj Italian actor will sail with his conipanB for Tiome to begin his regular annmSBf I engagement in tho Eternal City. ''Bi!" Nearly all the prominent actors ooB-lN David Belasco's staff are wcsteroiBii' ! David Warfiold, Blanche Bates and J.BlL. : If. Bonrimo are Californi.ms. FrankBr Keonan and John W. Cope are nauvesBfcti of Iowa, but Francos Starr is immEL upper New York State, and ChnrlotteBF Walker is a southern girl. JBfe Charlotte Walker has been voted lliejRfv-1 lliejRfv-1 most bonutiful actress in New York byEi a certain woman's club, whoso memberjBS recently attended the performance o?!!B " lho Warrens of Virginia" in a bonjiKS at the Bclasco theater to take pcrsonalKw observations. iBiw Miss Viola Allen's now plav. " FrcneK W yehorley. ' which opened 'in Balti-lE more a week or so ago, is from airKg accounts a most interesting bit. of dra-jW inn tic writing. The piece is now mn-Ki, nmg at the Kingsway theater, London,Wr.I wir.11 .miss ijena Ashwell in the title 'fe role, and is the greatest success of the K London season. It was written bv Prof.'w Anthony P. Wharton of Dublin iinivcr-K sity. who has just turned his twentr-sKsfi fceA'cnth year, and is his first drainat'icjjBjjjtj ''iB' Henrietta Crosinan, in spite of tltcKu failure of "'The Christian Pilgrim, 'K and her more recent petition in bnnk-Btel ruptcy, is undaunted, nnd will soon pre,;. sent a now play under the dircctioniEJ of her husband, Maurice Campbell. Thc-B5 name of the new play is "Tim Smoke fli. and the Fire." aud it is described as iK: comedy by Jessie Trimblp. 'ilKii M'r. Donald Brian, who plays Prince tBi Danilo to M.iss Ethel Jackson's Soni.i-aMk"f in Henry W. Savage's New York "TheB"-: Merry Widow" company, made his first iBiS hit as Pierre in "The Two Orphans'fpis w'c" was written by Miss Jackson 'sit Mr. Albert Parr, the tenor, and Miss jBi May Mooney. the contralio, have beenBW added to the cast of Mr. Henry W. Sav-J"Bli age's production of tho exceptionally :B; successful comic opera. "Tom Jones." .B' Society in Oakhuld and San Francis-'BB co was surprised to hear that Rev( -B Father Sesnon, who, until a couple of.jBlt.' months ago wus in charge of the ino3t,:M!i fashionable Catholic parish in thPB former city, has resigned from thft;HV priesthood and intends fitting him8ol,-Kj for the operatic stage. "Father .Sesnon.Ki who was regarded as one of the best-'jB' drcssod men in Oakland and San Fran-.Bli eisco. studied for the operatic stage -B some 3-cars ago. . '-BV A striking instance of tho hold which ''B she has taken upon the affections jBi utter strangers by her playing of Pclor Bl Pan. is the great" number of poetic and B1 Dersonal tributes written and sent to Bjk Miss raudc Adams, expressive of reJgWB grot that she abandoned the jiart. TfieaBf following qnnrtrain by Kato Thomas hi 3Bs pcrhans the finest B "Dispute it, ye who can. j iBi God doeth uniight that's comtnonJjK Ho made a sunbeam human. "B , And called it, 'Peter ran.''' 1 SB The Western tour of William 'TBJ Crane in Gcorgo Ado's latcsf play. -Mmi "Father and the Bovs," has proved 'fii so successful that the date of Mr '-Sffll Crane's opening in Now York has been jBl. I sol. for late in February. Charles iABBJ Frohnian will set aside for him one nl'Bll his largest theaters, probably the"'-B I ? Knickerbocker. In "Father and thei!,B1 1 Roys. " a author and actor have made SSB |
