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Show II 21 ATTRACTIONS FOR WEEK. ? I S SALT LAKE THEATER ''The T ; Cablnot Minister." by Unlvor- 4' I slty club. Monday matinee, 4- Monday and Tuesday evening. 4 B 4. Last ' half of week, beginning 4 M - Thursday evening; with Satur- H 4 day matinee, Thomas Jefferson i M j- In "Rip Van Winkle." y I - COLONIAL THEATER "The, I - Gingerbread Man." All the I r week. befrinnlnK tonight, with 1 -r matinees Tuesday, Thursday 4- : I and Saturday. r 1 ? THE BUNGALOW "When Wo 4 i Were Twenty-One." with Wil- y J I lard Mack and company. All tho y 4" week, beginning: tonight. MatI- y H y nees Wodnesd&y and Saturday, y 1 4" THE ORPFIEUM Advanced vau- 4- m 4- devllle. All the week, beginning y 4 tonight. Matinees dally except y -r Monday. y I Thomas Jefferson in his masterly I portrayal of "Rip Van Wiuklo" will B be the attraction at tho Salt Lako the- D ater for three nights beginning Thurs- D day, and he will present the play in H a manner said to be more elaborate than Q ever given here before. Thomas Jef- I forson has already established himself yj a favorite here on his last visit three H years ago. and he is now looked upon H as an artist of rare ability and well interest in its character?. That tho play possesses surpassing merits is amply am-ply proven by tho length of time it lias hold tho attention of tho public. Even tho genius of the Jefforsous could not havo- for so loner a time maintained popularity for a play that was valueless value-less in itself. Tt was over fifty years aco that Jo-soph Jo-soph Jefferson brought out tho current version of "Rip Van Winkle" at tho Adelphi theater, London, but evon that long lapse of time- does not cover the period that "flip" has held the interest in-terest of theatergoers, for Joo Jefferson's Jeffer-son's father and half-brother, Charles Burke, together with himself, had played an older version long before I THOMAS JEFFERSON, I In "Rip Van Winklo," at the Salt Lako Theater, Thursday, Friday and Sat- H urday, with Saturday Matinee. In son a name which has stood for all m that is best in theatricals for five m generations. He is happily endowed nj by nature to succeed his great an- cestors. He is gifted with a splendidly M - sustained characterization, which pos- ; sesses certain elements of strength and a .power that be'.ong to the Jefferson in- dividnality alone. "Rip Van Winkle" is well worthy of preservation to the stage. It is a delightful romance, told 9j in an entirety charming manner; its n sentiment, its comedy and its pathos have the ring of smceritj-, notwith- standing the poetical and fanciful style of treatment, and there is real human tion. In all, over 16,000 performances have been jrivou of tho play by the members ot the Jefferson family, a record never equalled by any other stage production in the history of tho drama. Thomas Jefferson has been playing it now for over eleven 3-ears, and so long as he keeps on playing it. just eo long wil it remain tho one great classic of the American stage. One- of the biggest events in the course of school activities at the University Uni-versity of Utah occurs this week when the University Dramatic club makes its twelfth annual appearance at the Salt H MISS UHAKijUXXtJ STEWART AND MR. ROGER W. POWERS, H "vith tho University Dramatic club at the Salt Lako Aea.or February PJ2-23. , Lako then tor. During the twelvo years of its existence the club has worked itself it-self up to a standard that is seldom excelled ex-celled in amateur dramatics. It has of late year's been particularly successful and has had tho poliil support of the Salt Lake public, a support that will be heartily given again this year, as evidenced evi-denced by the large advance sale of scats. The play selected this year is ''The Cabinet Minister, ' ' bv Pinero. It is ! a typical Pinero plav, holding up to good I natured laughter tile faults and foes i of society. Tho scenes are laid in ISug- I land and Scotland, and the plav deals with tho vicissitudes of fortune that befall n member of tho ministrv and his family. Being a well-balanced play from every point of view, it is admirably admira-bly suited for college presentation. Heretofore the expenso attendant to procuring costumes for plays of this character has been an obstacle too great for the student body to consider. ; But tho support given th'e club lately has warranted tho attempt at some- I thing more pretentious this year. Special Spe-cial costumes havo been secured from San Francisco and a number of beautiful beauti-ful court gowns have been made hero in the city. Tho special oriental hangings, hang-ings, furniture, brasswork. potted palms, hats and jewels will be fur- j nished by local houses, no effort or ex- ponsc having been spared to secure everything required in the plav. Tho cast is exceptionally strong this year and deserves special mention. In it are Erma Bitner, Clifford Ashby and C. T. Woodbury of the "Amazons"; Loa Roberts and Charlotte Stewart of "You Never Can Tell"; Rover W. Powers of All nallows Dramatic club, Vera Rich of Los Angeles Pol.ytechnic Institute Dramatic club, Spencer Felt of tho L. D. S. U. Dramatic club; "Til-lie" "Til-lie" Oleson, next year's football captain; cap-tain; Frank Johnson, manager of dramatics, dra-matics, and Dora Johnson. Lueilc Thurman, Esther Christenson, Vivian Tolhurst and Thomas Walton, all prominent promi-nent students who havo had previous experience in dramatics. Prof. Maud May Babcock has entiro charge of the production, which promises prom-ises to be one of the best that the club has over had. As a courtesy to the club the governor and members of the Utah state legislature will attend tho presentation in a bod This is a departure de-parture from regular ousiom and marks a now era for the alreadv successful club. Sloane & Ranken's pretty comic opera. "The Gingerbread Man." which created such a vogue hero last season, will be presented at tho Colonial this week, beginning tonight, with the same admirable cast, the same charming ensemble, en-semble, and the same fine production that embellished it on its previous visit. "The Gingerbread Man" made a lasting impression on our theatergoers, theater-goers, and many there aro that will be glad to seo it again. Too much of a good thing is never a surfeit, and who nhall sav that wo will get too much of "Tho Gingerbread Man?" Good musical plays peom to bo a littlo scurco this vear perhaps for the reason that tho theater feels the trend of tho timos the same as any other business, and a? musical shows are the most expensive, entailing as thev do a largo number of people, and much moro expenso than the ordinary dramatic show, for it leads managers of this class of production to think twice before sending them en tour; hence, their scarcity. Probably there is no fonn of amusement that has a bettor appealing quality than comic opera. It is acceptable to all classes and has the faculty of pleasing by vir-tuo vir-tuo of its variety whero things drn matic might fail. Music at all time? has charms, especially such music ai A. Baldwin Sloane furnishes, and his melodies havo a quality that are undeniable. unde-niable. He is proonbly one of our most successful composers, and, according to the public, his works arc always in demand de-mand The cast this year includes finch clover pconlo as Ross Snow. Fred 2sicc. Maurice Holdcn. Oarrick Major, Root Vroman, Mav Bouton. A dole Archer air! Eleanor 'Waring. Many of these were in tho company last season and will no doubt "be remembered for their excellent work. Messrs. Sloano & Rankcn havo a dried a few numbers to tho piece, and somo interpolations havo been made that have greatly added to tho performance: per-formance: tho production has been rr-newed; rr-newed; the costuming has been refur bished in a way thai will leave nothing to be desired, The company ha? received nothing but ou'ogy, as our exchanges ex-changes will attest, and it is very safe prohecy that thoso who attend the per formancos will bo mbrc- than pleased. "The Gingerbread Man" made a lasting last-ing impression on its previous visit, and in fact was one of. a verv fow musical musi-cal shows that pleased everybody on its western trip last year. V "When Wo Were Twcnty-Onc,"' H. V Esmond's delightful domestic comedy, com-edy, is the next to bo given by WiN lard Mack at the Bungalow in the series se-ries of popular succcsbCK which he has been giving, opening this evening-for r week 's run. Even' week has been increasing the Bungalow's )at of regular reg-ular patrons. "Strongheart" last week almost tared the capacity of the house ft times, and the popularity of the company com-pany is steadily growing. In "When W Were Twcnty-Onc," Mr. Mack will have a character differing entirely from any other that he has played here., Nat C. Goodwin made his greatest success in the part, and is perhaps more pleaK-antly pleaK-antly remembered m it than in any other. Mr. Mac!: has played it in Chicago, Chi-cago, St. Paul, Duluth, Buffalo and Atlanta, and tho press of these "cities made comparisons which were decidedly flattering. As Richard Carcwe, n bachelor bache-lor somewhat past his lirst youth, he has some opportunities for so'mo clever j acting. This bachelor has also on his i mind tho care of a young man. who when an infant was entrusted to him, along with '-Tho Doctor" and "The Soldier Man," -by a brother ofticor. These old cronies' arrango that this voiith. whom they have nicknamed "The Imp." for very good reasons, shall marry Carewe's ward, Phvllis, who is lust twenty-onc. Tills suits neither Phyllis nor "Tho Imp," who havo views ot their own, the former secretly loving Carcwe and "The Imp" having boon inveigled into a marriage bv "Tliu Firu-(ly,'' Firu-(ly,'' a music hall singer,' who thinks he has money. Oarowo and Phvllis aro playing at, cj-osji purposes, concealing conceal-ing their lovo from each other. "The Imp's troubles complicate tho situation. situa-tion. Larewe hears that, the voting mau has become entangled with the singer, but knowing nothing of the marriage goes to her and by paviug her a round I sum induces her to leave "The Tmp." I who unfortunately happens along ns tho bargain is concluded and makes a scene, accusiug his foster fathor of treachery. Ho leaves his home iu anger, an-ger, re-turning later heartbroken. Phyllis and Carcwe in the last act And out that, they lovo each other, and the dououc- niont is a happy one. Miss Douglas, as . Ihyilis, has some good scenes with Carcwe and James Tcunie us Tho Imp has a perfectly titling part. Mr. Mack : has a treat for his patrons in prcpara-I headline acts that have nover been surpassed sur-passed in vaudovillo in th.e west. George W. Leslie and his donou merrymakers direct from Now York, appear in "The Naked Truth." considered tho great vaudeville success of the year. An original orig-inal one-act imir.ic.nl comedy by Edward Ed-ward P.'tiikon , it is so complete and so fine an example of twenty-minute amusement that critics everywhere have been profuse in their praise of it. Mr. Leslie has the part or a fortune hunting hunt-ing Scotchman which fits him admirably, admira-bly, while his support is adequate and the gir) attractive. There is a cast of otstablifihed principals, a well trained chorus, n special production of scenery and costumes, while the book ia remarkably re-markably clover, with appropriate lyrics ly-rics and a brilliant scoio. Thero are also a special leader, stage manager and wardrobe mistress, ll is. in fact, in every tense, an entire vau'dovillo musical comedy. Wilfred Clarke, n legitimate juvenile juve-nile comedian, together with a company com-pany that is far above the ordinary, appear iu thtt clever vaudeville sue cess. "What Will Happen Next?" Mr. Clarke has been leading comedian with Barry Sullivan, Edwin Booth, Lawre.uco Barrett, Ada Rc4iau. Julia Marl,,wf' and Augustiu Daly, and is a son of tho world famous comedian, John S. Clarke and grandson of America's greatest actor. ac-tor. Julius Booth, and nephew of the lamented Kdwin Booth. The rfketch ;t solf. written 1)3 Mr. Clarke, is a scream .from start to finiRh, and is cxcelleutlj' played by Mr. Clarke and his star company. Les Salvnggis wore imported eight ynars ago to New York by Oscar Ham-merstoin Ham-merstoin for his famoiiK aerial resort over the Victoria theater. Their first appearance was a sensation. They had brought with them from the Eldorado. Paris, something so now and o.xtraor dinary in dancing of the whirlwind variety, va-riety, that I hey took Now York by storm. Mine. Salvaggis, after three seasons in America, returned to Paris, but returned again to this country this season provided with a new number in which lour Parisian ladies and one gen tleman participate. They also carry a fitting atmosphere, being a setting which shows tho inuch-talked-of Bal Labarin iu Paris during its most active-moments. active-moments. In addition to their whirl- , wind dancing they introduced several characteristic Parisian, Spauish and classical numbers which aro wonderfully wonderful-ly clever and effective. I "Weary Waggles, the Dandy Dude ARDIZONI TO SI, SOPRANO, With the Lambardi Grand Opora company at tho Colonial theater for four nights March 3, 4, 5 and. 6. tion in "Tho Rose of tho Rancho," for which special scene ' is being built. Beginning Sunday night, the Orphoum will present one of the heaviest bills of the Beason. embracing a variety of MARY KALI. Mary Hall, who opens at the Bungalow Bunga-low next Sunday ns Willard Mack's new leading woman in David Bclafco and Richard Walton Tully'a latest New York success, "The. Roso of the Rancho." was especially selected by David Bclasco to follow Blanche Bates in the characterization of "The Girl of the Golden West." and for two entiro i seasons pla3'cd this picturesque part j throughout the eatt. Mr. Belasco heartily desired Miss Hall to. remain under un-der his management, but she preferred stock work to tho uncertainties of an anti'syndicafe road life. With Henry ' Miller she played the role of Ruth Jor- dan in "The Great Divide," boing i overywhero complimented as the best ! example of that curious New England i maidon since tho part wan originally f created by "Margaret Anglin. In stock j she has also won the tribute of virtually vir-tually equalling Miss Anglin 's emo-j emo-j tional achievements, and Mrs. Dane is auothc-r strong part of hers. Tramp," in which Arthur Borani and Annie Nevaro appear, is one of those excruciatingly funny turns that appeals and pleases. It embraces clever acrobatic acro-batic work and is a surprising novelty from tho opening of the act to its close. Borani is a remarkable man, both as contortionist and twister, and Miss Nevaro is no less clever. The act , is a whirlwind of amusement from beginning be-ginning to end and closes with a prettj exhibition by "Scotty," a terror-of excellent ex-cellent training. The Rooney sisters, the American dancers who "conquorcd Europe, recently recent-ly returned from abroad a ft or au unusually un-usually successful season. Their ofl'or-;ng ofl'or-;ng consists of singing aud dancing and nil the songs used were written by Miss Julia Rooney herself. Their dancing is so spirited and agile that they wero . styled "The Roonc' Madcaps" while ' abroad. At cvey performance they wear medals presented to them by Princess Marie, which the3' highly prize. Tho Rooney sisters aro tho : daughters of Pat Rooney. tho famous : Irish comedian and dancer. Hawthorno and Burt, two entertainers, entertain-ers, will have an act that will be found extraordinarily clever. Although new to tho west, they bring with them a long record of successes wherever thej have appeared." The MUch sisters have a musical act that is vary clever, refined and novel. 1 Tliese j'oung ladies, although now in the ' west, will be found of the grade of highest o.vceHencc in their line of work. They are handsome and .young and present pre-sent au act (hat is clean, chaste and , clover. The orchestra, under the direction of WJlard Woiho. will render several overtures over-tures and standard selections, while the kinodrome will, aa usual. Hash some now and interesting feature moving pictures', 03'cz! Oyer.! Oyer.! Big show at the . Salt Lake "theater March 17. Come one, como all! Be glad in the jo.v that is offered you ! Make othors that havo small ,ioy in life, comparatively speaking, speak-ing, glad with your liberality. The children of the Kearns St. Ann's orphanage, or-phanage, assisted -by the best talent afforded af-forded in the city of Salt Lako, aro to give an entertainment. Tho .simple announcement fehould be sufficient to crowd the house. The children could not give the entertainment without tho assistapco of older heads to manage the affair, so somo busy men have taken hold of the business end of tho show, and some busier women havo taken hold of the show itsolf,. and they ovc working work-ing together, and promise' the best entertainment en-tertainment of its kind, but the best of all kinds. Tho older fo'ks aro giving giv-ing their time to aid tho children, and the children aro enthusiastic hcyoml measure; With this sort of combination combina-tion success is assured. Besides, the object of the entertainment makes it worthy of success. For what could appeal ap-peal to tho hearts of humanity as tho needs of little, children children bereft of parents and left to the car? and cus- WILFRED CLARKE, The Eminent Young Comedian, Who is at the Orpheura Tills Week. r lodv of the public? The success of the show will redound to the benefit not only of the children, but to the creators crea-tors and patrons of the show. No one can support such an institution as St. Ann's without being personal enriched. en-riched. He is made bettor, and as the individual is bettered the community is bettered. Aud the chief beneficiaries are the children, God bless them! The public reall3' cannot afford to miss this opportunity to benefit themselves aud tho orphans at the school. One of the most, notable attractions of tho season begins on Monday evening even-ing at the Auditorium roller skating rink, in the appearance here of Reckless Reck-less Recklaw, .known throughout tho cast as the king of all trick bike riders and fauc' roller skaters. Manager O'Mara has been in communication with Recklaw for Fonie time and finally securod him and Mrs. Recklaw for a two weeks' engagement. This is the first appearance of Recklaw in this citv. and his feats on bicycles and the little wheels promises to be a revelation to ! local rollor skaters. It is said that he performs tricks not duplicated b3' any other roller skating artist iu the conn-trj", conn-trj", and aside from tho difiicult feats performed thero aro a number of burlesque bur-lesque acts that aro highly amusing. a it There is uo one who pretends to keep j pace with contemporary literature but knows Sir Gilbert Parker's most powerful pow-erful novel, "Tho Right of Wa-," a stor3' which carried him to tho limit of his fame as a novelist and secured for him knighthood aud a seat in the British Brit-ish house of commons. Nowhere in modern fiction is there a more fascinating, fascina-ting, moro human figure than Charley Steele, the brilliant cynical, doubting, dissipated hero of "Thb Right of Way." Uns.ympathetic as the character is in the earlier portion of the storj', one cannot help out admire the author's au-thor's masterly drawing and the deft touches by which tho character is de- : fined, and in its later stages the autV j demands respect aud sympathy foriBi ! hero. No less carefully and fascUH I ingh' drawn is the character of H ! Portugais, the French-Canadian "bH tant," in the same story. ThasoH characters stand out as the most proH uent in modorn fiction and have 'kH the book for six years constantly inH mand. while thousands of other noH ; have come, had their little popolkH ; and disappeared. In the dramatic iH siou of "The Right of Way" thesel ' characters have been placed onH 1 stage ns Sir Gilbert, drew them, and ', impersonated by Guy Standing H j Theodore Roberts have taken tH i places as two of the greatest characH j ever depicted on the staue. Klaw.' Erlangor's unusually fine production ; "The Right of Way" with Mr Sta'f I ing and Mr. Roberts and the origii i New York cast is boing sent throi I the west this season for the first tl' J and will be seen in this city in the nU".0 I future. 1Mb is A thiti VltWBJt t Vtia-; litolatE Who will be seen as Richard Oarewc, in "When Wo Wore 21," at the Btfl g low this week. i - V 't t , |