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Show Gossip About the Playhouse, Both Here and W "W" IT . r " " Jl Elsewhere; Likewise Personal Men- H T frl ih r T 1 jTh T 4 s s X O t If t at Salt Lakers Will Have Presented tp ' Jl 1 vviui me i Heaters ot 5alt Lake Them my J 4- ATTRACTIONS FOR WEEK. . j Vaudeville. ORPHEUM Ti l EATER-Advanced ! vaudevillo. All tho week, begin- nlng this afternoon, Musical Comedy. SHUBERT TJ IEATEIl-"ln Gny Faroe." All (ho week, beginning J this afternoon. 4 I- Motion Pictures. 4 LUNA AND ISIS THEATERS -I-! All tho week. Continuous per- J-I J-I lbrmancc. ... 4 ,..i.....T..t..f..t . ??.?.. ..T..r.T.....iT. I The Salt Lalto theater season for 19.10-21, it can bu said, lias opened. Tho Orphoum and tho Shubcrt arc running, Iho former in vaudeville and tho latter musical comody und inoy will co musical comedy, and thoy will so continue con-tinue for the season. On Sunday, August 28. tho Colonial will open for tho season, when Wilton Lackayc will present ''Tho Battle." This will be tho opening gun of theatrical theatri-cal war that is to bo waged in this city tho coming season botwocn the C'ort crowd, the Independents and Klaw and Erlangor, who control t ho Salt Lake theater, the-ater, in so far as tho bookings are concerned. con-cerned. It will likewise moan an advance ad-vance in prices at tho Colonial over what they have been horotofore. Mr. Corf., who has tho Independent organisation, organi-sation, promises the best that is to bo had in tho theatrical world and in view that a number of the producers of plays havo joined forces witli him, the Colonial Colo-nial will be n greater factor than ever In tho Salt Lako theatrical world. The season at tho Salt Lake theater will open September 5th, Labor 'day, when Kcnriotta Crossman, an old timo Salt Lake .favorite, wall appear in a new piny and from that dato on it is said that tho Salt Lake theater will havo no dark nights during tho winter. Klaw nnd lSrlauger will have on the road thirty-eight of tho biggest productions, most of which havo nover been presented present-ed outside of JSfew York. Boston, Philadelphia Phila-delphia and Chicago, It is said that all of Klaw arid Erlanger's big productions pro-ductions will come to Salt Lake, and every ono of their productions will havo a week in Utah. Tho Ogden Orphoum will take care of them two nights of each week- and the Orphoum show on those nights will be sent, to tho Logan oncra house. But the best shows that Klaw and Erlangor have- and this includes in-cludes all the Frohman stars, will be seen in JSion. With the opening of these theaters 'here will then be seven playhouses running run-ning in Salt Lako City exclusive of the motion picture shows, so that Salt Lake play-goers can havo their pick. It is a question whether this number of theaters thea-ters can bo sustained as it is one theater thea-ter for every 13,000 inhabitants. With tho announcement that the Grand, theater is being remodeled and - I changed in many ways and that: it is to bo an up to date playhouse in which a stock company headed by William Ingersoll is to present tho best plays and which will bo run as a slock house it might be well to recall some facts about the old Grand theat'or. In this connection it should be said that several sev-eral of the stars of the lirst magnitude which now scintillate in the theatrical world made (heir advent on the boards of the old Grand. The Grand theater was opened on Christmas night. lSi)i, when ' 4 Moths." an adaptation from the novel of the same name, was presented. Tho company com-pany was a splendid one. It was under the direction of Larry Giffen, who is now the advance representative of. Mrs. Fiskc, Tho company was made up of Miss Tano Kennark. Miss Blanche Bates, Miss Madgo CaTr Cook. Miss Jean Coy, T. D. Frawloy, Howard Kyle. C. W. Xing, Harry Corson Clarke and H. D. Biakemorc, tho latter joining the companj' after the first week; This company held tho boards until the spring of 1895. when a break occurred, a row being stirred up by Harry Corson Cor-son Clarke. A new company was formed, headed by Wight Huntington. Howard Kyle, Victory Bateman, Lisle Loigh, I Cecil -Kmg8tonc. Hugh Wardo, Florida Kingsloy and others. In the fall of the same year, September Septem-ber lb, 1895, the Ingersoll company, headed by William Ingersoll, who will head the new stock company at tho Grand, this year, opened in "Boscdalo. Other members of the companj- were Fannio Meiutyr, Walter Edwards and Itebecca Warron, tho two latter now in stock in Toledo; tho older Mr. Edo-son, Edo-son, who died in Philadelphia several Tears ago; Mr. and Mrs. Chest'or, William Wil-liam Tqokor, Hugh Wardo, Miss Pollock, Ka therm 0 Joromo, who married a business busi-ness man in Salt Lake, and Ilnny Hathaway. Hath-away. Mr. Hathaway married the daughter of 3yron Groo of this city and afterwards left tho stage and. entered en-tered the ministry. He has been in charge of an Episcopnl church in tho tast .for several years. A few weeks after the JngerFoll company opened tho Grand Miss Ada Dwyor and Mr. liich-man liich-man opened at the old ILyccum. Following these ventures the life of stock in Salt Lako City has not been . n bed of roses all tho time. Among those who attempted tho business can be recalled Wallace Mttnroe, who opened tho Wonderland with his com--pHny, the only company, by the way, That ever played a continuous performance perform-ance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin- which the members did hero running the plav eighteen hours in order to caro for the great timing who wanted to sec the Play. This was at' Wonderland. Mr Munroe aftorwards exploited tho Into Loins James and is now managing Olga Notliorsolc, h 7i-RUil0 lv,ho flowed to Charlotte 1 itlel. the California-!, Edith Chapman, Hayes and Emily Lyttoii, the last two r7?,intf.? ;,CJ'11.V splendid performance of 'Duvid Garrick;' the McGnrvcv com-1any, com-1any, winch was short" lived, and later -I- the WMIard Mack company, which f Jhiyod the Colonial, tho Grand, the Mungalow, the Daniels and rho Ovihcum. On September n Mr. Ingersoll will 4. return with a splendid company and re-.t. re-.t. open tho Grand, which will be run as a J. stock theater indefinitely. It is proba-f proba-f bio that tho nnmo of tho Grand will bo v changed to "The Carrick,'' although it has not boon definitely decided upon. f. For its principal act during the week h that begins this afternoon, tho Orphoum " will have Grigolati 's Aerial Ballot, a j spectacle as beautiful as tho mind can L well conceive. J 11 the realms of aerial j, ballot the namo of Grigolati is as fa- r Miss Tyson, who is the soph's swoct-hcart, swoct-hcart, maKqueradcs as a boy unbeknown to her lover, so that sho might witness a prize nVht. Miss Tyson, as the college green" student, impersonates a ,bov very clevqrly and, with tho assistance of Air 1-ennol, gives a very humorous and intercsMiitr entertainment. Franklin and Standards are sensational sensa-tional acrobats and dancers who have ;pist arrived from Europa where thov ?.ro ,r,-'C,li'.l,,11 'is it groat novoltv. At the Tivoh 1 heater. Bremen, where they hist appeared, the manager offered a big bonus to the American managers to allow them to remain another month, but their opening at tho Majestic thca- MLLE. FLORETTA, Premier Coryphee With Grigolati's Aerial BaUet at tho Orpheum All Week, Beginning This Afternoon. mous in Europe as that of Kiralfv is in association with the classic ballot in America. Grigolati startled Berlin twonty-fryo years ago at tho old Wal-lialla Wal-lialla which was the first theater on tho continent to introduce a permanent ballet bal-let and spectacular dancing features. After many tours of tho continent this sensational novelty became a permanent feature at the Drur3' Lane theater in London, as the climax of tho gorgeous .ballets in the series of pantomimes which included "Sleeping Beauty and tho Beast," "Bluebeard," "Mother Goose." and "Humpty Dumpt-." In 1901 Klaw & Erlanger purchased the producing rights of these plays for this country. It was found that In order to reproduce the flying ballet, the original aerial coryphees would have to be secured se-cured and Mr. Erlangor contracted with Herman Schultz, who controlled tho Grigolati patents, for their appearance here. m The sensation these graceful flying fly-ing girls created in New York is stage history and in every one of the pantomimes panto-mimes to follow in New York they were features. With the opening of tho New York Hippodrome they became a permanent perma-nent feature. For their present lour the spectacle will begin with tho beautiful ballet, including a graceiul specialty by Mllo. Florettn, the premier coryphee, and concluding with tho gorgeous dove ballet, in which live pigeons are used for the concluding pictures and figures. "The Code Book," presented by the Hammond & Atwell company, deals, with the alleged attempts of a Ja'pancso army officer to obtain copies of tho signals and information contained in tho Code Book of the United States army. A thrilling drama is worked out and it is presented with great skill and dramatic force. Fred Warron and Al Blanchard, two minstrel and musical comedy stars, will present nn act that is melodious and extremely funny. Jovial Fred "Warrcn is this year introducing an impersonation of a colored soubrctte that is said to be tho best thing he has ever done. Scnores Valentino and Dooloy, who make their initial appearanco in the United States over the Orpheum circuit, present a unique entertainment ii which they perform many difficult fonts on the bicycle with unusual dexlcrit', interspersed in-terspersed with comedy. They are great favorites in Chili, Brazil, Venezuela and othor South American countries and, it is expected, will duplicato their success in North Amorica, Harry Fontellc and Viola Vallorie present a neat, novel and laughablo conversation con-versation act with iongs and dances. Mr. Fculcllo is well known in musical comedy six a comedian and was last seen in vaudeville as the comedian of the team of "Fculcllo and Carr." Miss Vallorie (a very pretty girl) is lato of Itichard Carlo "Spring Chicken," Rogers Bros., etc., and was last seen in vaudeville as the "Athletic Girl" in "A Night on a House Boat." Ed Fennel and Miss Lena Tyson have a miniature musical comedy entitled "The Soph and tho Freshy' in which ter, Clucago, could not bo postponed. Abroad thoy are known as "the living rubber balls." Ncw motion pictures' and the regulation regula-tion high-class orchestral programme complete the bill. That Snlt Lakers appreciate what few things the management of a theater is ablo to do looking to.their comfort these hot summer nights, is evinced most om-iphalieally om-iphalieally by the manner in which local t'heatcr-goers are patronizing tho bright I and clever musical shows which for the past six weeks have been produced at the Shubcrt theater by the Allen Curtis Musical Comedy company. It was decided when the Curtis Musical Musi-cal Comedy company opened its engagement engage-ment at the Shubert;, that an hour and a half was long enough to give an audience audi-ence all that was .bright, all that was clever, plenty of mirth, plenty of music and lots of clever dancing, pretty girls and striking scenes in musicnl comedy, and for that roason the Curtis shows were limited to. an hour and a half, wit i two performances every pveniii" an i matinee performances Sunday, Wodno ' (I'.v J!d Saturday afternoons. The ide struck a responsive chord with Sal ! Lako play goors almost instantly, and i i tho six weeks of its ongngemcnt at r.li bliulKTt tho Curtis company 1ms pluyo to remarkably heavy business. Hv'cr i known dovico has been omployed ii keeping the theater cool, with the rc suit that the average temperature main tamed thoro iw lower than in any othu theater about tho town, while tho hou and a half arrangement for all perform anccs enables one lo leave the thcato belorc it has become uncomL'ortabl' warm. rj.;g co,p.lny opCm,fl tj10 scv cw. week oi -.m stay at the Shuber baturday afternoon m the newest am host laughing show Mr. Curtis has bcei ablo to sccuro, entitled "In Gni Paroc." It is ono of that class of musi cal productions so popular on caston root gardons during the summer months find smacks a little of tho French musi halls. Pho comodv is bright, tho music fresh and good. Tho fun making goe: on at a iunous rate and the chorus J'oa tures and othor specialties are inter spersod throughout the action of an in torcstnig story. It is a merry iingU of the breeziest sort, and in it the rncin bers of tho Curtis company will bo seen in roles entirely new. To clover Mr Henry Auor.baoh. who, the past week, has scored a great personal success in ;Vm,chac,t'eria.,0I, of Ki(1 Copper in "The Girl with a Million," at the Shubert, falls the part of a Hebrew tourist who is visiting Paris with his daughter who is anxious to enter society. soci-ety. Air Auorbaeh has been so success-iul success-iul with his German characterizations that his work will bo watched with unusual un-usual interest this week in tho role of a Hebrew. His interpretation of Kid Pepper was undoubtedly one of the best things of its kind theator-goers have seen in a good while, and as his new role this wcwk offers exceptional opportunities oppor-tunities for tho dovolopmont of a -new and unusual line of fun making, much is expected of him. In changing f,om 10 rionnirc "Mary" ot "The Girl With a Million" In ('.hp rrdrt nf i ,1 1. . ., stunningly gowned, and who is anxious for somo one to back hor in a theatrical enterprise will be rather a far cry for Maybolle Baker, the prima donna of the Curtis company, but there can bo littb' question but- that she will attempt it successfully. Few girls of more talent -'.ny,c graced the musical comedy stage in bait Lake than Miss Baker. Her rich soprano voice will be heard in several songs, and among others "-Yrcadia" and ''By the Light of the Silvery Moon the latter will introduced a novel efect. and will probably provo one ot the lute of "Tn Gay Pare'c." The big special feature of (he new show is expected to ho tho travesty on the Sousa band, in which Mr. Auorbaeh Auor-baeh will be seen in the role of Sousa. Another of Mr. Auerbach's songs will bo "Ifosenbaum. " Miss Sotithcrland, tho vivacious soub-rctto soub-rctto of the company will play tho daughter ol the Hebrew tourist, and her efforts to break into Parisian so-cioty, so-cioty, and her father's efforts to ac-commodato ac-commodato ' her wishes, furnish the motif for much of. tho fun and melody of "In Gn.y Parce." Mr. Curtis, in following out his announcements an-nouncements with reference to making his company at tho Shubert one of the largest and strongest in the west, announces an-nounces that beginning with today's performance of "In Gay Parce" the two Pragcr. sisters, Maymc and Eslelle, will .loin tho company. Tho two girls arc clever dancers and singers, "and '. come to tho Curtis company direct from a successful engagement of three months in Denver. As the summer season draws to a close : and preparations go forward for the opening of tho regular theatrical year, : Mr. Curtis is completing plans for pre- : sonting at tho Shubert some of tho 1 biggest, musical successes that havo ! graced the eastern stage in the last two seasons. The principals and chorus I of tho company will be added to as fast 1 as capable artists can bo secured, and i in the meantime every effort will be 7 mado to make every show at the Shu- l bert better, bigger and moro satisfactory satisfac-tory than the last. Mr. Curtis ackuowlcdgedly now has one of the best looking and most graceful grace-ful choruses, and the handsome show girls have become ono of tho principal features of tho play. This week they havo more work than ever to do and altogether, al-together, "In Gay Parce" will bo a good show not to miss. Harry Iicricr of tho Majestic theater and president of the Bevicr Film Manufacturing Manu-facturing company of Salt Lake, which has just been organized with a capital of $o0,000, tho object of which is to tako motion picturos showing scencry 111 Utah, returned on Saturday from his first trip on tho rango for the purposo of securing pictures. This trip was up Parley's canyon to Park City and thence bv stage to Brighton. At Brighton ho "secured pictures pic-tures of tho beautiful mountain resort of St. Mary's lake, Twin lakes, Mirror lako and a number of views of the magnificent scenery in that locality. Then with a pack horso Mr. TJevior nnd party climbed Mt. Majestic up lbove timber lino and obtained a number num-ber of magnificent views of the range, several of the picturos were taken tbove tho clouds, the lower portion of the pictures showing superb cloud effects. ef-fects. Then the party crossed the di-I'ldo di-I'ldo ovor to Alta and in the vicinity of :he famous old camp a. number of ma"-nficent ma"-nficent views were secured, the pano- ramic eficct of which will startle eastern east-ern peoplo when they seo it thrown upon the scrcon as it will also bo a revelation to Salt lakers when thoy seo it flashed, here. .The pictures taken from the several viowpoiuts show many prominent Salt Lakers in their summer homes and clad in garb that makes them present a most picturesque appearance. The view ot Mt. Majestic is the first ono ever taken of that splendid peak. Next week Mr Rovier will take his company of players, which havo been secured for moving pictures, all of whom are actors and actresses of merit includod in tho actors being Willard Mack, and will mako a trip up Provo can von to Hebcr. Pictures will bo taken of. this great gorgo in the range, of the water falls and peaks and the rcat panorama which is always presented, iho trip will rcquiro ten days and the magnificent pictures which nature presents pre-sents will be used as stage settings for the presentation of drama, of tragedy of comedv. . These films or pictures will bo exhib-ired exhib-ired all over tho country. Tho pictures taken the past week will be the firsi: release of Utah scenery. On and after September thero will be films released every week during the ontire winter. Ihcy will be a splendid advertisement oi the magnificent scenery found in Utah. Miss Hazel Josselyn, the well known voung actress who was formerly with De Wollo Hopper, once understudy of Marguerite Clarke, is now in vaudeville.. She was recently married fo Earl Hauo a well known vaudeville artist, and tho couplo now have a song and dance sketch that has made a hit wherever it has been prescutod. The couplo wore in Detroit during the Elks' carnival woek and Salt Lakers who were thero and witnessod the stunt says that it is more than clever. Mr. and Mrs. Hague will bo seen here at tho Orpheum this winter. , Another play based upon Mormonism in addition to "Coriantoi:," ia to bo presented this season. The new play is called " King Jerrod " and is written by a prominent Ogden attorney. A rehearsal re-hearsal will be given at an oarly date Willard Mack has gone info vaude- vllle Beginning Monday ho will nre-sont nre-sont a sketch of his owii at tho Maes- week. During the season ho will an- sPketchoS VU???r S Pl;i-rlet9 ! SKctoaos. jur Rovier, however, will in 1 ill probability, use Mr. Mack as his lure? Mr" Ar 0t-clle3 f or n,otio ' turCes"ate0proSeyd Sm SS2 ! 1 i 1 At tho Luna theater, in tho bill whiM. 1 opened with Saturda'y afternoon 'b peJ 1 1 formanco, Genera Manager Mav TW T R ceomedv andd 1 ,,nw SSbo? p comedy and drama, new illuslmfprl I I? of"?f a?4 new music. The comedJ end J fe of .the bill was taken care of bv " ? J K "owed by the new Selig drama I l" tt Gowboy s Stratagem, and tho ' 4 ft Hrban-Eclipse "The Art LoVer ?h Strafc! j I ""7 r-x? traveJoguo miMect for tha H week at tho Luna is the Lrban-Edinso t 1 film, 'Mexican Domain." Thi? film i I a sencs of deeply interesting B I Mexican daily lff0 and traffic " I spcrscd with 'picture? ill, EK&nJThe 5 I varied recreations of . pleasure loVing' ; I FyV?7 kwo ncw Solig comedies ! III gramme at the Ts is is rmh pr0; f 1 1 f ill tratcd songs 0f a high character and an II mcture, "A Daughtor of Dixie." is par- I II cogKinga seUingl" it3 J j Mile. Delmares, late of the Folie-' III alor to Lor ctist and VaThor "ri ill plefelv flol m?lcatod Jler coni-' 1 ( piereiy. Her toothache was perfectly- ' I ( bona.fijlo, and tho manager Foses hfs I i action tor damages as 1 - I V obliged to paySn! BJhnaSs 100 Ml J pounds, balance of salary due q II |