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Show AMUSEMENTS IN SALT LAKE THEATERS. X i Drama. .J. f COLONIAL THEATER Wilton I Lackayo In "Tho Battle." Even- 4- Ing, S:15. .L t ' 'I' Vaudeville. 4. f- ORPIIEUM THEATER Advanced J. 7- y.-iudevlllo. Matinee, 2:15; cvun- ing, S.15. J X SHUBERT THEATER Popular ! I priced vaudeville. Matinee, 2:00. Evening, 7. Three performances. J V ! V Musical Comedy. -J DANIELS THEATER "Tho Sum- mcr Tourists." Evening, 7:15 i- and 0. f .V T -rrT. Motion Pictures. T EfcT,T'il LUNA AND ISIS TIIEA- T LRS Continuous performance. 'V .- Dally matinees. 4. MISSION THEATER Continuous $ j performance. Dally matinees. You siJ.0l,,d not mIss the Orpheum this week. There havo been bills as good as tlio one which was presented to capacity audiences Sunday afternoon and night, but there have been none better. It Is the kind of a bill that appeals to all. and it is more than pleasing. Thero aro old favorites upon the bill; thero are new races and now stunts, but every stunt Is n top notcher. If there were nothing upon the bill but fc;k0J:cl1 Grasping an Opportunity" in which Crcssy and Blanche Dayno appear, It would more than repay one to go. tl?r, ,s deHcIous humor in tho sketch, which, by tho way, la written by Mr. Crcssy. Tho characters are not overdrawn, over-drawn, the one portrayed by Mr. Cressy. In particular, being delightful. He Is a typical down East farmer, a second Ben Thompson, nnd you arc in love with him from tho rise to the fall of tho curtain. It Is a corking good sketch. In the eccentric violinist, SI'gnor Trava-lo Trava-lo hns a faculty of making a violin talk. n)usIc which he brings out of his violin Is not only delicious, but It Is marvelous. mar-velous. Were there no other number than his upon the bill you would not regret re-gret having attended tho play house. He captivated the audience, who did nol want him to leave tho stage, and he was encored again and again. MarefMia, Navaro and Mareena arc equilibrists who do a stunt that has never been equaled hero. Their act, as the press agent would say, Is worth the price of admission. Stewart and Marshall open the bill. They are colored entertainers, and their act is away up at tho top. Dale and Boyle have a new stunt In "The Belle and tho Bean." It Is exceptionally excep-tionally clever, and the graceful figure of Boylo calches tho boys with bald .v.,.uu, iiiiu m v U utvi nun, mm- ever, his wig Is removed, then the female part of the audlenco go wild and have the laugh on the sterner sex. Of course. Jolly Fanny Rice Is Just as funny as she always was. and she holds tho audlenco with her from tho beginning be-ginning to tho end of tho act. Derwin, ventriloquist and Impersonator, presents an act that Is not only pleasing, pleas-ing, but ono that Is more than well done. All this, with the splendid music by Professor Welhc's orchestra and the klno-drome klno-drome pictures, make up tho bill which will run the week. The Curtis company opened at the Daniels Dan-iels In a whirlwind of novelty and fun. evoking constant yells of delight and laughter up to lhe very finale of tho entertainment. en-tertainment. The new play on the boards Is "Tho Summer Tourists," which, from the point of scenery, characterization and general construction, together with a company com-pany somewhat larger than heretofore, Is the strongest production yet undertaken undertak-en by the Curtis company In Salt Lake. Tho mission of "Tho Summer Tourists" is to please and drive away dull caro; It fairly bubbles over with tuneful hilarity and comedy, and the audience Is kept on the qui vlve, so closely Is each event of merry Interest followed by another. The scones of the story are laid at a mountain resort. To tho resort comes a scientist. Professor Ludwlg Moohner, and his daughter Elsa. The scientist Is In search of qlot and rest, and In order to guard himself against the scores of visitors visi-tors that would Hock to sec him because of liis achievements, he assumes the name of Leopold Gottlieb. Then comes to the hotel an adventurer whoso real name Is Leopold Gottlieb, The latter finds a purse containing letters of credit as well as all tho money that the professor has with him. With the letters of credit in his possession pos-session as an evidence of his Identity, the adventurer assumes tho name of Professor Ludwlg Mooner. The roal professor pro-fessor discovers hla loss, and when ho tries to explain to tho landlord, who Is persistent that the hotel bill be paid. Is assigned to tho stable to work out hlo indebtedness in-debtedness Eventually a telegram Is sent to Hamburg for Information to sustain sus-tain tho real professor In his claims to being the great scientist, proper Identification Identifi-cation ensues, tho adventurer Is forgiven by the professor, who Is Intoxicated on tho happy outcome or events, the struggling strug-gling landlord, who has fnllen In love with the professor's daughter, secures her promise of marrlago with the professor's consent. The last scene shows the rear end of the train bound for Hamburg, with the professor, tho landlord, the adventurer, ad-venturer, the daughter and the hotel attaches at-taches standing on tho platform. The Illusion l.s most effective through tho aid of a moving picture machine, Maybelle Baker Is seen as Elsa Mooner, the professor's daughter. Tho part does not offer a Gcopc In keeping with hor talents, tal-ents, but she avails hcrsolf of the opportunity oppor-tunity for costuming with the most entrancing en-trancing effect. She slugs "Nix on the Glow Worm, Lena." accompanied by tho chorus: she also sings a solo, "Song of tho Soul." which Is beautifully rendered. Lillian Sutherland, the vivacious sou-bretto, sou-bretto, makes a big hit In her song, "Lena Schmidt," In which tho chorus. In Dutch klddlo costume, takes :i connpicuous part. Henry Auerbach as the professor is seen at his .best. Othor members of the company com-pany have npproprlato assignments, and handle them with vim. The comedy will run the week. It's a good bill at tho Shubert this week, a bill that is worth far more than tho money to anyone seeking an evening of real entertainment. The "Musical Bolmonts" arc both experts with the banjo, and while the dialogue of their comedy needs Impro'oment. their Interpretation Inter-pretation of classical selections Is thoroughly thor-oughly satisfactory. Mr- and Mrs. Hart-man, Hart-man, famous Hungarian dancers, are making their first appearance In Salt Lake. There Is no fake about their work, they are natives of Hungary, both of artistic ar-tistic temperament who execute tho dances of their nntive land In a manner seldom seen In the west. Their interpretation interpre-tation of the "Merry Widow" waltz, which originated In Hungary, Is one long to bo remembered. Then comes "Elcctra," whose real namo Is C. Quill, and who Is no stranger to Salt Lake. His stunt Is wonderful and baffling. baf-fling. He Is Immune to the electric current cur-rent even when It Is up to a voltage of 1800. Ho allows the current to pass through his body nnd from his bare fingers fin-gers or his tongue leap sparks that light candles or cigars. As a climax he Is strapped In the "death chnlr" and receives re-ceives unharmed a current as strong as that used In Sing SSng. Tho moving pictures arc of unusual excellence both In cleanness and dramatic Interest, This evening at the Colonial theator Wilton Lackayo will begin an engagement engage-ment of four performance's In Clevelnnd Moffett's play "The Battle." In which ho assumes the part of John J Haggle-ton. Haggle-ton. The play sparkles with bright lines. For instance, hero Is an extract: jus, u. iiiu auacK us unci oiacit-guard oiacit-guard us, but you know in your hearts you'd do exactly what we do If you had tho chance. You know wc are precisely as honest as the average American citizen. citi-zen. If we weren't, we'd be In jail. "You say wo break the law. Well, we do, but who doesn't? Give tho average American citizen an automobile, and watch him break the speed law. Let a policeman stop him and r,co tho flash of his $10 bill. That's bribery. Watch the average American woman back from Pnrls with a lot of new drosses. Does she smuggle them in? Well, watch her! "I tell you the only law anybody respects re-spects Is custom. What does the average aver-age American citizen do whon he wants a. drink in a prohibition state? Ho breaks tho law and gets the drink. And tho avoragc American woman when she tells tho conductor how old her llttlo boy is? She's a good mother and all thai, but she'd let Jimmy ride on half fare until he had whiskers. If she could. When It comes to business, the average American citizen does. In a small way, exactly what wo do In a big way. Give him a chance to crush a rival and see how quick he'll lake It." The seat sale Indicates a capacity audience. au-dience. David Reese of the B. Y. U.. Provo. was a Salt Lake visitor Sunday. Mr. Reese returned homo last week from a two-years' stay In Berlin, where ho has been studying with Georg Fergusson. Mr. Reese will bo remembered for his work In tho leading rolo in "Princess Ida" and "Boccaccio" with tho B. Y. U. Opera company, which were given In the Salt Lake Theater. He will be heard In the labernacle at the October conference and also In concert this fall. Arthur F Warde associated for some years with John Cort's attractions, will be the manager of the tour of tho eminent emi-nent actor, Frederick Warde. who Is to make his reappearance on the stage after an absence of tlve yearn, In a most lavish lav-ish production of Shakespeare's play, "TImon of Athena," which will bo scon for the first tlrno In America, outsldo of New York City. "Our Miss Glbbs." lhe musical comedy come-dy triumph of London, will have Its first performance on any stage In America at the Knickerbocker theater In New York, under the management of Charles Froh-man. Froh-man. Then; will bo an International cast! of 100 American nnd English favorites. Ermlnlo Clarko, one of tho famous chorus of sixty In Frederic Thompson's production of "GlrlleH," received so many proposals of mnrrlago during the first two months whon the big musical show played at the New Amsterdam tho-ater, tho-ater, New York, that she was forced to send printed rejection slips to her suitors suit-ors to be up to date with her correspondence. corre-spondence. While longitude and latitude may affect af-fect moral standards, political beliefs and lhe price of Ice, they havo nothing to do with tho power of appreciation of a good play "The Spendthrift" hns scored as heavily on the Pacific coast as It did In New York. The play will bo presented pre-sented in Salt Lako at an early date. Henrietta Crosman comes to tho Salt' Lake Theater on Monday next In Percy Mackaye'a brilliant comedy "Anti-Matrimony." |
