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Show AMUSEMENTS 1 y " IN SALT LAKE THEATERS. 4- -I? . SALT LAKE TIIJSATER ''Paid -i-!n Full." TSvcnlns, S:IT. COLONIAL. .THEATER "The I- Devil's Auction." Evening, S:15. y - ORPHEUil THEATER Advanced - voudovUlc. Matinee, 2:15. Even- 4- y ) -lng. S:15 y I- .LYCEUM THEATER -"The Flam- -I- y laf .Arrow." Evening'. S.15. y LVRIC THEATER Motion ile- . ture's. Matinee, Evening. y J .' Wagenhals and ICcmper announce '.'something' new." in 'the matter of dramatic dra-matic entertainment for this city. They will present at the Salt Lake Theater this evening' Eugene" Walter's ploy of contemporaneous life In America. "PaJd In Full." This play sounds a new note In the matter of dramatic literature. Conventional methods have been IohI sight of, and the usual rule of writing Jiais been laid away by Mr. Wnlfer. and ho has proceeded on the lines of frankness and originality. In this play he takes a vital Issue in American life ax hln theme and he hews close to tho line in the pursuance of his thought throughout. through-out. He has not been gulden by the belief be-lief that a pretty woman, a dress suit and .a. time-worn simille form the ground scheme- of the average play. He has been- moved, however, by the belief that flesh and blood and human deeds, thonghts and emotions as wo know them In our overy day world aro tho 'things With which to deal, and he deals forcefully, force-fully, not playfully. His arguments ore advanced consistently; his train of thought Is followed up closely and he has as a rcmilt rounded out u. play which one famous authority on the drama in America Amer-ica has characterized as "The best play of the past fifteen years." "Paid In Full" recently closed a run of five months at tho Grand opera, house, Chicago, and Is now In its pecond season at the Astor theater, New York City, and where It Is to continue indefinitely. The engagement engage-ment hero will be a notable one. ns tho cast arid production is a brilliant one. and the play will no doubt be greeted by a large audience. o The Grand theater reopens its doors with tho Christmas matinee performance tomorrow afternoon, presenting its new policy of vaudeville, with drama, offering offer-ing in addition to tho George W. Scott company in the western drama. "Tin Queen of the Rockies," five vaude-vlllf'act., vaude-vlllf'act., Including Illustrate songs and the latest motion pictures, thus including in the one programme the crazo for motion-pictures', good vaudeville and lively, interesting drama. m 9 At tho Colonial. "The Devil's Auction' is lllUng the new playhouse at each performance. per-formance. Tho bill runs tho week, with fipeclal matinee Christmas and matinee Saturday. "The Flaming Arrow" Is drawing good houses at tho new Lyceum theater. The play will go all thowcek. The bill at the Orpheum this week s' one pf the best of tho season. Dirk Crollus and company, In "Shorty. and Homer Lind in "Tho Opera Singer, are the headlinojf- There arc dally matinees. |