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Show AMUSEMENTS . .u y IN SALT LAKE THEATERS. j- SALT LAKK THEATER Frank X v Daniels In "The Tattooed Man." Evening, S: 15. v -I- GRAND THEATER "Human I- Hearts." Evening. 8:l"i. ORPHEUM THEATER Advanced - vaudeville. Matinee, i':K. ! Evening, S:15. c v vr!"I"!I!-I H";-K'Wvvvv,H,,Krv The man with Ihe inytic tatloo mark on his neck 1 here. He Is at the Salt Lnko Theater. Arrived Inst night. Funny? IS heV Well, ask the big audience audi-ence thnt greeted him. Irresistibly funny, too. You laugh whether you want ,to Inugli or not. Then, too, he In a cure for Ihe blues. He dissipates thorn, and you lenvc the playhouse rested In mind, although your muscles are tired from the paroxysms of laughter you have Indulged in. and you declare- that "The Tattooed Man" is best of all. and Frank Daniels Is the same old Frank DnnlelB thai von .uw as the original "Old Snort" In Hoyt's "A Rng Ruby" a long wiille ago. The house which weclomod him was a capacity ca-pacity one. and this capacity audlenco gavo the inlrth-provoker a royal welcome, for the role which he enacted Ills his pocullar inanncrJiims. looks and voice like a glove. U Ik an elastic role, too one which gives him wide latitude; find ho avails himself of this latitude, and you Itnigh and laugh until you are tiled. The -Tattooed Man says man.V good thtngK. In reculllng old friends with whom he spent an evening rerently. ho referred to three of them as "Old Crow. Old Hennessey and Old Tom Gin." Then when be sang "Rain In Iho Face" the liouso went wild and he was encored again and again. "The Tattooed Man" Is a bogus weather prophet and right bower of the Shah of Persia. The Shah is off the Job most of the lime. and. in his absence. Omar Khnyam. Jr.. descendant of the famous Oriental verifier, holds the reins of- government. Joy Is Omar's main scheme of life, and he takes advantage of his billet to have as much frtn as his situation allows. Ills ustiolonle. lore has II that somewhere there are two other persons bearing the f-aine magic tatloo mark that ho has on his neck and that tho lives of all three aro Inevitably bound up together; the day that" one of the throe shall die. all will die. Omar falls In love with most all the beauteous beings of the Persian court, but with ono in particular whom he learns, however, how-ever, Is In love with a Redouln chief. Him captured. Omar decides to execute, and the mock tragedy Is turned Into frcnxled fun when al tho last moment it Is discovered that he is ono of those who bear tho mystic sign on his ne.ck. The search for the other, Omar's Jealous care In safeguarding his affinities, and the efforts tif ihe two to escape, afford a pot-pourri of screaming fun throughout through-out the two nets. There are good songs nnd pretty danc.es ami handsome women, and bountiful stage settings and catohy choruses. Tho Jlrsl soeuo Is in the courtyard of the Shah's palace, the second In a Persian rose xnrden; hence, the scenic effects aro beautiful. Mr. Daniels Is surrounded with a splendid splen-did company. Louise Sylvester as l"atima Is almost as conlical as Daniels; hor song. "No One Loves Me," elicited several hearty encoros. while Julia Bremen ns Leila ami Norma Kapp ns Alma proved popular with the audience. The same may bo said of Harry Clarice as Algln Cuffs, u matinee Idol, and William Danforth as Alldallah, nn Arab chief. "The Tattooed .Man" goes again tonight, to-night, and everything points to an overflowing over-flowing house. w Salt Lake turned out Monday nvouiug to greet Viola Pratt Gillette at the Or-phcutn. Or-phcutn. find the audlenco certainly greeted greet-ed her warmly. But sie deserved it. holding thoHC who were strange to hor In tho audience by tho beauty of her voice nnd hor general attractiveness from her first appearance. Her first song. "Homo, Sweet Home." was especially appropriate, ap-propriate, and "Tho Sand Man." her second sec-ond song, was finely sung. She was ably assisted by George MacFarlane, who has a powerful and splendid voice. Thoso woro tho hendllncrs nnd will serve to pack tho Orphcum all tho woek. Ray L. Royce. In chnrncter sketches, was extremely ex-tremely good, and some of his "tuke-1 "tuke-1 offs" woro roundly applauded, with every rensou. Knthlccn DeVoio makes a mls-tako mls-tako In postponing hor dancing until the last. It Is a difficult matter for a woman to be a successful monologlst. but she can bo a dancer, and Miss Kato DeVole can dance Flo Adlor, aided by tho bright little singer in tho box, captivated tho nudlonco. In spite of the fact that her trunk did not arrive In time for her to socuro her stage gowns. Burton nnd Brookes tell some good stories, tho bost part pi which is the reception tendered Jokes by Brookes as Iho English lord. Thoy sing somo good take-offs on Salt Lake. Tho Two Lorlcttos, eccentric acrobats, are equal to their title, and put on one of tho enjoyable stunts of the evening. As a whole, tho bill Is well worth seeing. "llumuii Hearts," tho wholosonio heart story that Is now playing at the Grand. Iti proving to be ono of the bost pleasing plays seon nt tho Grand this season. There will be a inallnce of "Human Hearts" "Wednesday afternoon, and no woman oan afford to miss seeing this beautiful play. w t The Salt Lake Tabernacle has been measured and platted In sections for tho Paderowakl recital. All seats are. numbered num-bered and reserved. Tho ticket sale at Carstensen k Anson's music stoic was opened yesterday morning, and an unusual un-usual number of tickets has already been sold, considering the early opening of the sale. The Interest In Pnderewskl'a coming com-ing Is- mnde keener by the statement that this is positively his Inst visit to America. n "The Clansman." the play that Is referred re-ferred to as "the answer to 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,' " as It is based on historical facts In connection with the reconstruction period In tho South, Is soon to pay a visit lo Salt Lake. Marie Cahlll, who was here last week In "Marrying Mary." Is soon to go to London, where she will present her play for nn Indefinite period. Tho secret of the disappearance of Maude Adams, which caused people to wonder what had become of the actress, has Just lenked out. She sought the seclusion se-clusion of the famous convent of Tours, France, where for a year she obtained the complete rest which she sought from the stage. Florence Roberts has broken away from problem plays and has appeared In a modern piny of society culled "Sham." Tho first presentation was given at the Marquam In Portland. Or.. Friday night,, and the Portland press speaks In highest praise of the presentation. Martin Beck, who Is the king of vaudc- vllle; Is planning a new departure In the Orphcum circuit. In that he proposes to I establish a vaudeville theater In Paris. t j I George Primrose and his minstrels ! I will play a return engagement at the Salt ) Lake Theater. Wednesday afternoon and ! night. The scats arc now on sale at the Theater box office. The matinee will be a popular-priced one. |