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Show 1 AMUSEMENTS lHwvIH, -i IN SALT LAKE THEATERS. ! .r f. Musical Comedy. 4 COLONIAL THEATER "Tho Girl 4- at the Helm." Evening. S:lo. 4 A- Drama. i SHU BERT THEATER "The Bells," -b with Alfred Swonson and com- 4 r pany. Evening. S.15. , r BUNGALOW THEATER "Polly J- Primrose." with Wlllard Mack, J- Maud Leone and company. Even- n -- Ins. S;15. f V f 4- Melodrama. r a. GRAND THEATER "Tempest and -J Sunshne." Evening, S:15. 'b J. Vaudeville. t 4- ORPHEUM THEATER Advanced 4- vaudeville. "An Evening with Dick- ens." featured. Matinee. 2:15 4 -J- evening. 7:30 and 9.30. 4 4- MISSION THEATER Imperial -b vaudeville. "Cupid's Voyage." fca- 4-4- turcd. Matinee, 2.30; evening, 7:30 4 -j- and 0:30. y There is a singing show, a real singing sing-ing show at the Colonial, and It goes with a hip, hip, hurrah from the start to the Ulnlsh. Then thcro arc pretty girls, and handsome costumes and wonderful won-derful electrical effects, and a remarkably remark-ably strong chorus, and a male sextette sex-tette that can sing and some good soloists solo-ists and a corhlng good comedian. In the person of Billy Clifford. All this is seen In "The Girl at the Helm." which opened a week's engagement at tho Colonial theater the-ater Sunday nlghl. This musical play is the offering of H. H. Frazee. nnd It Is one of the successes of the LaSalle street theater In Chicago. A capacity house greeted tho presentation Sunday night. The Indications aro that capacity audiences will 'greet tho remaining performances. per-formances. , The music Is of the catchy order. There Is dash and ginger throughout. And then It Is clean, and this applies to the plav In Its entirety. The male sextette is a tine one; there Is harmony blending blend-ing that it would be difficult to excel. The marches are pretty; the dancing Is skilful, and, as said, the chorus is exceptionally ex-ceptionally strong. The humor is clcar- CUMarguerlte Devon, who has tho role of Dorothy Hlgglnson, and who was hero a vear ago with the original A Girl Question," Ques-tion," Is as pretty as ever and she sings and dances just as well as ever, perhaps per-haps It should be said that she excels her former . role. Then there is Ml c. La Journc. who Is also pretty and who has a sweet voice, and this Is also true of Hilda Mason. The Broilers are pretty In face and In figure, and so are the SlThc Comedian is Billy Clifford, and he is most clever. He sings well, he acts well, his monologue Is well done, and he Is nimble with his feet. His solo. Not All, but Nearly made a hit. with the big audience, and he was encored several sev-eral times. "The Ghost of Ragtime. In which he was aided by tho chorus and with electrical effects, was one of the prettiest, acts of the evening. The duet between Mr. Clifford and Miss Devon De-von was charmingly rendered. The "motor-boat race" was most effective, ef-fective, moat realistic and It elicited merited applause. "The Girl at the Helm" will be seen the remainder of the week. There will be matinees Wednesday Wed-nesday and Saturday. The bill at the Orphcum this week is bright, breezy and entertaining, with no putnos throughout tho entire performance and every act a laugh or a thrill. rom an artistic point of view, Mr. Ldwn Stevens, aided by Miss Tina Marshall in "An Evening With Dickens." heads the- bill, In which arc portrayed several of tho leading characters as created by the famous author. Mr. Frank Tlnney. monologlst. singer and musician, was the fun-maker of the evening, with Mr. James B. Donovan and Miss Rena Arnold. In their sketch entitled, "Doing Well. Thank You," running run-ning a close second for the funny honors. Mr. Tlnney has a lew miniuui uroHeriet. up his sleeve that take well, slng3 a couple of nonsensical songs' that take equally as well, and plays tho piano In a way that brings down tho house. Donovan and Arnold's skit. Is a bunch of laughs. Howard's musical Shetlands and performing per-forming dogs is well up to the standard of animal acts, although it la slightly marred by too much prompting on tho purl of Mr. Howard. Tho De Haven Sextette, five pretty girls and a man, in a singing and dancing operetta entitled. "The Understudy," is a cleverly staged affair. The girls arc all good looking and their costumes are dreams of exactness and beauty. One of tho young ladles met with a mishap, presumably pre-sumably a sprained ankle, and was compelled com-pelled to leave the stage, but she gathered gath-ered herself together and finished tho act, although It was quite ovlderit that she was suffering great pain. The audience au-dience grasped the situation anil she was given quite nn ovation for her efforL The Zanottos their nationality is uncertain, un-certain, despite the fact that they were made up a la Japanese do some decidedly decid-edly clever work In the juggling lino that took well with the audience. Milt Wood is one of the best buck and wing dancers over seen In this city. Ho Is not booked to slug, but does, and his singing udds much to his act. Tho Orpheum orchestra renders, besides be-sides the accompaniments, several well chosen selections that add zest to tho evening's entertainment. Tho Kino- (lromo s ever popular motion pictures complete the bill. The house was crowded, tho S. R. O. sign having been hung up long before the performance commenced. Tho applause ap-plause was plentiful and frequent, and this, after all, tolls the story: The bill Is a Kood one. It continues through the week. The opening jvrf"ormanco of next sveek will be at 2:15 Sunday afternoon This rule will be In effect through tho balance of the season and will no doubt be welcome news to mnny of Salt Lake theatergocra. Tho first Sunday matinee was given yesterday and a good audlenco was present. The current theatrical bill at the Bungalow theater drew a big audience Sunday night, with Wlllard Mack and Maude Leone and their associated thos-plans thos-plans In "Polly Primrose," a pretty Htory of the south and its splendid women and chlvalrlc men. There was a good house, which thoroughly enjoyed a clean-cut presentation of the attractive play. Mlns Lcono la seen In tho part of Polly Primrose, a southern beautyi whoso lovely character and charming graco appear ap-pear to bo enhanced by a determination and a confident expectation to brenk the heart of every man with whom she comes in contact. Her pride- in this particular respect, however, receives a somewhat rudo shock when Hugh Carlisle Car-lisle (Wlllard Mack), a guest at her father's fa-ther's home, nnd who Is a matter-of-fact New Yorker, for a tlmo proves to bo apparently impervious to her charms. Even he, though, finally falls her victim; vic-tim; but In his case It Is an enduring love that finds serious and lasting return In tho heart of tho hitherto wilful young woman. This arouses tho Jealousy of Oliver Chase (Arllng Alolnc). an unsuccessful unsuc-cessful suitor, and of this Jealousy la begotten be-gotten tho trouble of tho New Yorker at, Georgetown. In tho midst of the enemy's ene-my's country. Carlisle Is accused by Chase with being a northern spy, and the loyal southern heart of Folly Is torn! between the emotions of burning love and intense patriotism. Sho sends her now-found sweetheart away from her, nnd then his adventures begin In earnest In tho end, howovcr (and who would huvo it. happen otherwise?) things work around to a. reconciliation and greater happiness for the lovers than they had ever experienced before. There Is a good company In support, of Mr. Mnck and Miss Leone in this production. It includes Frederick Allen. James Rtmnle. Frederick Moore, Elmer Booth. Joseph Kennedy. Harry B. Raymond. Ray-mond. Pearl Ethler, Irene Outtrlm and Inez. Balrd. all favorites with tho Salt LaUc theater-going public. And thoro are the usual Mack accompaniments of appropriate scenery and staging; all going go-ing to tho finishing of a clean production. produc-tion. . "Polly Primrose" will run at tho Bungalow Bun-galow during tbo entire week, with Wednesday and Saturday matlncesr A falr-slzcd audience greeted the performance per-formance of "The Bells," which Is being presented at the Shubcrt, Sunday night. The play calls for some strong acting on the part of the principals and this Is crcdltablv performed. Tho supporting cast is well balanced and the portrayals of the various characters are well. done. The plot centers around a murder that was committed years before the tlmo represented at the opening of the play. An Inn-kccper, one Mathlas. In his lust for gold, murdered a. wandering Jew. securing se-curing by his crime a. fortune, lears after, the matter was being discussed In the Inn. which was run by the guilty keeper. Scarcely had the words left his lips than sleigh bells arc heard and the arrival of a Polish Jow Is announced. The guilty man's conscience Is stricken by the coincidence and ho becomes mentally ill. A clairvoyant doctor is consulted and informs his patient that he has taken tak-en too much wine, and incidentally boasts of his power that enables him to hypnotize hypno-tize a criminal and compel his subject to confess. Mathlas lives behind closed doors and arrangos his daughter's wedding wed-ding with nn officer of the law, figuring figur-ing that the union will afford him protection pro-tection should ho be discovered as the murderer. As he counts out tho money for his daughter's dowry a sleigh bell is found among the coins, the ring of which again calls to his mind tho scene of his guilty act years before, the money being the samo that was tal;en from the murdered Jew. Ho retires to rest and dreams of his deed, dreams that ho Is hypnotized by the doctor und that he confesses con-fesses his crime; he sees hlmsolf on trial for the murder and feels the noose around his neck. At tho critical moment mo-ment he awakes, but the strain and Impression Im-pression is too great for him to withstand with-stand and death has Its Inning. The lovers lov-ers arc married and the ending is satisfactory satis-factory to all. Mr Swcnson as Mathlas Is excellent. William S. Donovan, as Christian, the lover, holds his own with his character. Luke Cosgrove, George Stanley, Earl Plngrec, John Whitcman, Rob Davis, F. Hardle Meakln, James Ellis, Don Stevens all creditably portray the characters assigned- Miss Lorlle Palmer, as Annette, Is delightfully sweet nnd winning In the role. Dorothy Meeks and Francis Hooper arc well up to the standard of the company. The play continues all through the week with matinees Wednesday Wed-nesday and Saturday. At the Grand Sunday evening "Tempest and Sunshine," that pretty southern play which has pleased so many, was presented pre-sented by o. very capablo company. There was a good audience present and that tho play was appreciated was evidenced by the fact that there were a number of encores. Miss Marie Do Beau portrayed the part of Tempest, the ever fieri' Sho was vivacious and tense according to the demands of the role. She Is an actress with a pleasing personality, Miss Bessie Dunlop did herself credit In tho part of Sunshine. Sho portrayed tho role well. Earlo S. Ross made a good Dr. George Lacey. while Robert Pcrrln, another favorite, deserves credit for his excellent rendering of the part of Richard Miller, the wronged wooer for the hand of TempesL In addition to those mentioned, the company com-pany producing "Tempest and Sunshine" Sun-shine" Includes a number of capablo people, peo-ple, among them being Lilian Black, Carl Wlntcrhoff. Elmer Gamhlo. Fred. C. Ben- nolt, Raymond Droycr and George Hur-ton. Hur-ton. The stage settlngn wore beautiful. "Tempest nnd Sunshlno" will run tho week, with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Announcement has boon nmdo to tho effect that beginning January 0 there will be a cut In the prices at tho Grand. Tho prices will be popuk prices. In addition to the cut In prices thcro will bo moving pictures, vaudeville skits and Illustrated songs. The Symphony orchestra, programme Is being rehearsed diligently by Professor MeClellan and his selected musicians every ev-ery Thursday at the Odoon dancing hall an Ideal- placo for these practices. From all the Indications tho orchestra will score another triumph on the 16th. when a programme of raro beauty will be rendered. ren-dered. The soloist. Miss Clayton, Is to attend tho Thursday morning practice and try out with tho full orchestra, the number allotted to her, the Liszt con-furto. con-furto. Those who know and have heard Miss Clayton aro counting on a rare treat, as tho number will afford her tho most ample opportunity for her rare talent Another pleasing feature will be tho appearance ap-pearance of Mrs. W, G. Tuttlo. who will assist as harpist In Hovcrnl of the notablo numbers. Professor MeClellan will announce an-nounce the programme In detail In a few days. Tho present week bids fair to be an unusually oventful one In a theatrlcnl aenso, slnco It brings beforo tho local public a much admired and thoroughly appreciated actor, LouIb James, who will appoar as Cardinal Wolsey In "Henry, the Eighth," at tho Salt Lake theater. Tho presentation Is a gigantic undertaking undertak-ing nnd when It Is considered that nearly forty persons aro enlisted In tho performance. per-formance. It will bo realized that tho task Ik ope out of the ordinary, and In the rolo of the cnrdlnal Mr. James Is reported to offer tho highest examples of his ability In character Interpretation. Tho return of Mr. James, and In so Important Im-portant a production. Is an event worthy of more attention on tho part of tho play-going public than Is the averago theotrlcal portraiture, and the devoloo of the theater having beon educated to tho fact that a performance bearing tho Individual stamp of the distinguished actor means the best of everything, especially es-pecially from nn artUtlu standpoint, and In tho hands of a past mnster of theatric art. It Is only fair to presume In this Instance that the presentation here will provo a source of Infinite delight, and the engagement mark a new epoch In local theatrical events. Roger W. Powers, press agent and advertising ad-vertising man for the Mission theater, severed his connection with that house last Saturday and will from now on tako up other pursuits. Mr. Powers has been connected with tho theatrical world for tho past two years, first with the "Cam-araphone, "Cam-araphone, Talking Pictures," and later wltn the Lyric, who It was run as a motion picture house. When Mnnagor Clark nnd his nssocla.tes gave up their lease on tho Lyric last Juno and began work on tho Mission Mr. Powers left and hns been Identified with that house ever since. M. F- Cunningham has been selected se-lected to fill tho vacancy and will assume his duties at once. Charles A. Taylor, author and playwright, play-wright, left Now York Saturday evening for Salt Lake, and will assume tho staging stag-ing of all productions at the Grand theater. the-ater. Mr. Taylor Is the author of over ono hundred successful plays. His latest production Is entitled. "Alaska Loo." Some of his most popular melodramas aro "King of tho Opium Ring." "Queen of the Illghbrndcrs.'' "The Derby Mascot." "Queen of the Harem. Phc Girl Engineer" Engi-neer" and others. Tho last two-named plays will have an early production at the Grand tinder tho personal direction of Mr. Taylor. Al T. Dlckersen, who will bo tho principal prin-cipal comedian In the now company now being organized for the Grand theater, and John Mullally ind Robert Evans, late of tho Frawley and Taylor companies, com-panies, aro en route from Seattle and will tako promlnont parts In the new Grand company which will onon with Sunday matinee January 9 Tho opening play will bo "The Night Before Christmas." The Illustrated songs, moving pictures and vaudeville will bo very much in evidence. |