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Show if H' ' 4jH!Hi,.H R K ? ATTRACTIONS FOR WEEK. i X SALT LrAIvE THEATER "Tho Hi 1 I Cat and iho Fiddle." Last threo H'. nights, commencing Thursday, v K ' ; - with special children's matlneo v- Vf j on Saturday. r Hft Jl I GRAND THEATER "Her One 4- V i Great Sin." All tho week, be- ginning tonight. Matinees Wed- r ; I ' nesday and Saturday. H 1 - H' 1 ' .r. ORPHEUM THEATER Advancod 4 ( vaudeville. All tho week, begin- . 4. nlng tonight. Matinees dally ! K- - except Sunday. r Hb LYRIC THEATER Camoraphone. 4- H 4 Moving talking pictures. All the 4 H j week. Dally matinees. 4 I Tho nest attraction of fared by thn Salt LaV.o theater will bo one that 16 m . A brand new to this city it is termed r J merry musical extravaganza, "The Cv i I Ihc Fiddle," r. most perculiar tide, m and an oda one, bnfc, nevertheless, ojjo W 1 that creates immediate interest aa io III' what it is. or what it means symbol ft , llu of mystery, fun and fancy. Reports mfi from cities whero it has been presented r in tho west this season are most flat- 1 toring, and it is pronounced amonjj tho S 1 ' best musical spectacular extravaganza, a relief from the time-worn present v! craze, musical comedy. Whilo the n 1 beauty chorus, song hits, numbers, etc., m j are there, they are interspersed among m ' so jnany other novelties and surprises mi j that the show takes on a new phase in m 1 its entirety, and becomes at once I ( breezy, nit' 3' and satisfing. ''Tho I Cat and the Fiddle" has "no less than 1" j sixty-five hanging pieces, or drops, to 1 aid in sceuie production, together with a largo amount of flat and sec stuff and two big trucks of properties, electrical elec-trical effects, etc . comprising in some : uiuclcen different changes in scene, 1 ranging from the typical rural sccno of nn old Indiana farm to tho mystic realms of tho mvsterical island of 'Eye, somewhere in No Place, except tho 1 fancy of the mind. Iany of these scenes arc marvels of illusion, transfor-I transfor-I mat ion and stagecraft, and are cer tain to create an atmosphere that will p delight both old and young, recalling r, boyhood 's happy dreams to tho former, f' and Etronjhcnin the mind's fancy to the latter. As to which in tlio moBt gorgeous, it is impossible to deseribo, as all are marked with splendor suitable to that particular portion of the story 1 it represent probably the one that is . mosL striking is "Under the See." an i In ensemble number sung in tho Water AVitohes cuvc, the lighting effects in fp this scene are exceptionally well done. W Other scenes of importance include the a, Egyptian Cave, tho Fire Altar. Great Gob's Castle, the Fairy Ship "Diana" Ui and the Grand Transformation. Tho Ik plot is laid around and tells of the ; j strange doings of the people of the 11 imaginary" world, tho Island of live, I'i whose destinies are ruled over by the " Great 'Eye. Great Gobs and his consort vf are at present ruling king and queen, ; a having obtained tho power by imprison- t ing the good Fairy Queen," the Genii 4 j and her wishing cat. in a big ;jar under j the Catskill mountains. A sacrifice in ! 7 the shape of a maiden with a straw- ;( berry mark is required every hundred 1 years to appease the Eye so that it will 4 be open for another hundred years. The story commences with Great Gobs and Circe in search of tho sacrifice and, F finding the girl, Polly, daughter of I I Captain Blufr, an old sea dog, they in- '. I ducc Polly and her friends to take a . cruise, aud wo find them drifting to- t wards tho Island of Eye, within the f ( wishing ray of the eye. Gobs wishes I j the ship to sink, and all are apparently I, i lost. In tho meantime, the jar has been If 1 broken by mistake by one "Happj'," U and the Genii and her wishing cat "are U released, and, as a token of reward, the Genii grants to Happy tho power to 7 wish for whatever lie may have a de- j Hiret and it will be granted. It can f 1. readily bo seen what an opportunity is 1 here presented for a comedian to start ' a fun riot. Happy saves all by his .5 wishing power, and in tho last "saves Polly from the sacrifice, the 03-0 closes 3 forever aud the Genii and cat are re- stored to their rights. The company comprises somo forty odd people, it is jb said, and will introduce to Salt Lake 1 h 3'oung comedian of sterling worth, practically unheard of before, but who is making an impresion that is bouud Klj to stamp him arf" a much looked-for L favorite he is Charles A. Sellon. The II engagement of "The Cat and the Fid- H die" is for threo nights, commencing KL ' Thursday, October 35, with a special J:; children s matinee on Saturday. I K t 1 ff ' Eulor tho sheath gown in the latest rjja :,. I'Vench fashion of the craze at the $l Oraud. With "The Devil" packing ' THE FOUR BALTUS At the Orpheum all this week. the theatre to standing room every night since Thursday aud with Florence Stanlci' in "Her Own Great. Sin" opening open-ing at the Grand for a week's engagement engage-ment this Sunda- night, that theatre is surety keeping well abreast of the times theatrically. "The Devil" drew : splendidly and it is to be expected that; with so well known a star as Miss Stanley Stan-ley in tho stellar role of the latest melodrama melo-drama to be brought west, "Her One Great Sin," that the record week's business busi-ness at the Grand will bo repeated this week. Those who saw Utistin Farmim and his original company in "The Virginian" Vir-ginian" and those Salt Lakers fortunate for-tunate enough to see the famous automobile auto-mobile racing pla-, "Bedford's Hope," in the east last season will remember Florence Stanley as one of the most beautiful and charming girls of tho casts of the two companies. She was Farnuin's leading woman in "The Virginian" Vir-ginian" for two seasons and followed, her conquests in that piny with the leading feminine role in '"Bedford's Hope." a play so clever aud original that it scarcely has been seen outside New York. Miss Stanley is stately and beautifully formed aud hor passion has always bom to wear as gorgeous gowns as possible in her roles. That is one reason WI13' she will appear at the Grand this week in "Her One Groat Sin" as the wife of a rich contractor and in the latest model of the famous directoiro sheath gown. The gown is the latest directoiro creation to come from the shops of Worth, Paris, and is exquisite done, according to all reports. Tho phi- Miss Stanley is starring in. "Her Ono Great Sin," is the play of tho hour in eastern melodramatic liclds. It is in reality a comedy drama, so thoroughly thor-oughly enjoyable is tho comedy straiu running through the piece. The stoiy has to do with tho infatuation of the wife of a wealthy contractor for a young and talented artist. Tho hus-pand hus-pand by reason of his contracting work is awa3' from home a groat deal. Returning Re-turning unexpectedly one day he finds his wife gone and immediate'h,' his suspicions sus-picions aro aroused. He knows a littlo of the artist of whom his wife occasionally oc-casionally speaks, and ho determines to seek her there. Tho wife's vounger sister, a beautiful girl with tho' love of I her sister's homo at heart, contrives to havo the artist start out on a wild goose i chase before tho angry husband fJ.ches his studio. Ho finds his wife Vaorc and all is forgiven. Husband nd wife start on a tour around the srarld and in a foreign hotel they conic Jpon tho artist. The wife introduces h;ra under an assumed name. The hus-Lhiid hus-Lhiid discovers his true identity, how-over, how-over, and swears to kill him. Returning Return-ing early from a banquet one night ho comes upon his wife and the artist in his apartments at tho hotel. The artist has forced his way into the room, do-I do-I daring his love for the woman. She j repulses him. declaring the old folly dead and orders him from the room. He' I attacks her and refuses to go. Tho I husband enters just as his wifo faints in the amis of the artist. Then on-I on-I sues a most dramatic scene, the duel : to tho doath between the ariist and the husband, in which the artist is (inally killed. The husband has heard enough to know that his wifo i& innocent of wrongdoing and they .ire reconciled. The play will be beautifully and rcalis-'tieally rcalis-'tieally staged and Miss Stanley will be seen as tho contractor's wife. She is supported by an excellent company. "Tho Four Baltus, " Olympic gymnasts, gym-nasts, who are making their lirst American Amer-ican tour, aiv tho Orpheum head liners his week. This clever quartette lias been sceen in America before, but never outside of New York city, where they were the star features at tho New York Hippodrome three years ago, and their fame snrcad from coast to coast,. There is no European act more highb" recommended recom-mended or more favorably commented on b public and press than this act. They aro wonderful athletes and their performance is a marvel of grace and hnesse Aol only on account ol the dit-Jieull dit-Jieull feats that thev perform aro they noted, but they do- everything with siu-h apparent ease and are so deliberate, delib-erate, graceful and stately in their maneuvers that their act is one of the .star entertainments in vaudeville. "Supper for Two" is the vehicle in which Miss Julia Kingsley and her capable capa-ble company will be seen. This is a sparkling, bright little comedy, in which much witty talk is indulged in and many keen dramatic situations are evolved. It, is tho story of a wife trying try-ing to arouse the jealousy of her husband, hus-band, who loves her to dfstractiou. and this causes the most perplexing complications compli-cations to arise, but eventually all ends well. Salt Lakers will be thoroughly interested in the production of "A Modern Mod-ern Pocahontas." the dainty little Indian In-dian playlet which was tried out on the local stage some lime ago. Mr. Martin Beck, whoso keen sense of' what is what in vaudeville, saw this act and was so woll pleased with it that he immediately im-mediately booked it for a tour over the circuit. The present, stage manager of the Orpheum. .I. F. Giiss. who is also an expert and artistic electrician, and V. H. Howard, treasurer of the Orpheum, are the authors of the sketch. Tho story deals with that historic incident concerning Pocahontas and Captain John Smith. The cast is made up entirely en-tirely of full-bjooded Indians from tho Shoshone reservation, with tho exception excep-tion of two men. Frederick Seton. who has the part of the Indian chief in keeping, keep-ing, aud John Donovan, who takes the part of the soldier. Emma Raiuey, an Indian girl of royal lineage, takes the part of Pocahontas. There are eleven full-blooded Indians iu tho cast, who wear their native costumes and perform the war dances, sun dances, smoking tho pipe of peuco and other ceremonies of the Indian tribes. Tho scenery is new aud attractive, while tho scenic effects j aro said to be the most pleasing and satisfactory. "A Story of the Street" is tho title of the vehicle in which Barry Bar-ry and Hughes aro seen. These two artists ar-tists give a character stiity of two distinct dis-tinct types familiar to tho streets of our great cities. There is sentiment and humor harmoniously blended throoghout this sketch. It deals with a youii man who suddenly makes a hit In u aheap melodrama, and in conscquenco the roof - H JENNIE ELMORE AND THE DAINTY SCHOOL MAIDS. KI . ',In t'.Tlie' Cat and tho Fiddle," at tlio Salt Lako Theater, October 15, 1G and, l7.fc gets a sevcro caso of enlargement of tho head aud proceeds to forget his former friends and pals. Ho is especially espe-cially careless and indifferent towards his former sweetheart, who remains do-voted do-voted m to him. A number of dramatic situations and complications arise during dur-ing tho course of this littlo sketch, which eventually ends well enough. It is said of Tom Barry and Madgo Hughes that the are past masters and adepts in using tho language of the street and tho parlanco of tho Bowery. A shop window novelty, entitled "Tlio Dummy's Holiday." will be tho offering offer-ing of Harry -Klein and. Pearl Clifton. Thej' aro two might clover entertainers. entertain-ers. Tho grotcsquo and unusual poses the3' striko aro said to be excruciatingly funny. They also sing and dance in a pleasing and diverting manner. An exhibition ex-hibition of skillful short ran go mark-mauship mark-mauship will bo given by Frank Mc-Crca Mc-Crca & Co. One of tho pleasing, sensational sensa-tional features of this act is tho fact that Mr. McCrea uses only human beings be-ings for targets, but 011 account of his accuracy, skill and perfect marksmanship marksman-ship there is nothing to frighten even tho most timid in this exceptionally clever sharp-shooting net. At one time during tho performance ho performs the difficult feat of discharging two guns at the same time, shooting different objects ob-jects held in the hands aud mouth of tho assistant. Then there is tho kino-dronie, kino-dronie, on which two interesting and amusing reels will be shown. Mr. Weihc has a musicnl treat in store for Orphcumitcs, as the orchestra will play three new selections, including a new classical overture. So that it looks like the Orpheum bill this week would be ono of the best of the season's offerings. offer-ings. a i The new bill which opened at the New Lj-rie theater Satunko' uight combines com-bines the best iu moving pictures and talking pictures. The bill is believed bv the management to bo the equal of the superior one presented to such large crowds during the week just closed. Manager John E. '"'lark said Saturday that the business dono during the lust week has established a new record at tho Camera phone house. 1.10 doubt due to the large crowds which wore in Salt Lake to attend the conference con-ference and state fair. The several productions produced one of the most pleasing programs of the season and was received favorably 1)3" the thousands thou-sands which, attended the South Main street pla3'house. The Camoraphone is gaining in favor among the theatergoers theater-goers of Salt Lake, and tho novclt' of the talking pictures does not seem to wear off. Good crowds were the order j Saturda' afternoon and last evening when the new bill went into effect. Ong .of the features which will please lovers of good music is the second act of "The Chimes of Normandy." The first act was the headliner last week and was g-eatly appreciated. The pingiug and acting of the second act is even better than the first. There are clever songs by Daniels and May, old vaudeville fa v'orites. A departure from the geucral j Camoraphone shows is seen in the Howling Wilderness saloon scene in "The Schoolma'am," which received such generous patronage throughout the j East. The scene in the Howling Wil-! Wil-! dcrness saloon, when the schoolma'am j puts in her appearance was recognized ' as one of tlio most striking western 1 scones, and it has been reproduced for I the Camoraphone in a realistic manner. "The Goo Goo "Man" song hit from "The Isle of Spice" is another feature of the bill this week which is both clever and catchy. Among the still pictures are several strong attractions. "Tho Zulu's Heart,' is one of the most l daring attempts of the Cameraphoue people, showing the savage Zulu chieftain chief-tain who braves death at the hands of the warriors of his tribe to save the life of a Doer mother and daughter and then sends them 011 their way in safety. It, is a most impressive piece of work. One. set of films in particular which will appeal to tho national guardsmen and others interested in modes of warfare war-fare shows the British territorial army in the H)08 maneuvers 011 Salisbury plains, uear London. Tho work of troops in the Held, wig-wag and heliograph helio-graph signalling, rapid taying of pontoon pon-toon bridges and other features of actual ac-tual warfare aro shown most clearly. There are several other moving picture films which are interesting, all of which go to make up another strong program which should receivo generous patrou-ago patrou-ago during tho present week. Www "Harrigan," "Jack aud Jill." "My Small Town Gal." aud "Boys Who Fight tho Flames" arc said to be the song hits of Georgo M. Cohan's latest musical comedy, "Fifty Miles From Boston," which conies to the Salt Lake theater soon. u 'i n The old-time chorus girl, who has been tho butt, of the humorous papers $iuce 11103' have first been published, has been eutirelj eliminated from H. H. Frazec's production of that fascinating fascinat-ing musical mixture. "The Tsle of Spice," which will bo offered here very soon. Thev have been superseded by small chorus girls of prepossessing appearance ap-pearance and good voices, who can not onb' sing and act, but aro expert dancers. danc-ers. George Broadhurst's sterling play of "The Man of the Hour" comes back for three nights, at tho Salt Lake theater, thea-ter, beginning Monday, Nov. 2, including includ-ing a Wednesday matinee, where it was ; so very successful a year ago, aud whero it will again be acted bv the special eompan' organized for the west 1)3 William A. Brady and Joseph R. Gria-mer. |