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Show Gossip About the Playhouse, Both Here and ---IL X "1 -4- T 1 What Su,t takers "Will Have Present E'-s,Hcn- In the Flay nouses ox Salt -Lake ti-.1 ATTRACTIONS FOR WEEK. Musical Piny. J. SALT J.AIvlC THEATER "The Alaskan" first four nlshts, begin- -I ; nlitff Monday evonlnsr. with spc-clnl spc-clnl niatlnuc on Washington's birthday. ? Comedy. ' Bl'NGAI-OW THEATER "Because-She "Because-She J .overt Hlni So." with Maud Leone and players. All tho week, i' 4. beginning tonight. Matinees Wed- ncsday and Saturday. v v Melodrama. J GRAND THEATER "The Lien- r J r Knaut and the Cowboy." with v Theodore Lorch and players. All ! week, beginning this afternoon. Matinees Wednesday and Satur- y HHH v Vaudeville. OKPHEL'iM THEATER Advanced vaudeville. All the week. Matl- v 'b nce.s daily, including today. v J- .MISSION THEATER Imperial van- V devlllc. All the week. Matinees HBVJ -r dally. Including today. v That delightful musical play "The Alaskan." with its lianilsomo chorus, one of the prettiest, by the way, scon In Salt Lake for a lout: while, aud with ils dog train of Eskimo and Alaskan dogs, will appear at tho Sail. Lake theater the first Tour nights of the week, with a special matinee Wnshing-ton's Wnshing-ton's birthday. "The Alaskan" has been sung here before and proved tin-usuall- popular, and the presentation of the musical play this Lime, it is said, will be better than over. Tho story of "The Alaskan," which has been told before, but which -will bear repetition, ix somewhat unique in the fact that it really possessed a plot to be followed, and a heart story that, rings true while the opportunities for local color are tin-limited tin-limited Combining these three, it would appear that this comic opera well dc-serves dc-serves that success that has conio to it. for how seldom in tho musical com-cdy com-cdy of tho present (lay can there bo found more than a single thread upon which to hang a series of tunes and melodies The story tells how Potor Harrison goes to Alaska in the first rush of prospecting. Ho discovers rich ground in an unknown district near tho Tannna river, whore mining will be Hj impossible until a large dilch Tins been constructed to bring tho water a con-siderablc con-siderablc distance. Harrison locates the -water right and proceeds to tho coast in search of a partner who can belp him build the ditch. His money running out, he takes up the trado of a packer as n temporary business and becomes known as Totem Polo Pete, because of his unusual height. While acting as a guide he takes a contract to transport one Richard Atwater, who has been grub-staked by a Boston capitalist, into tho ulterior. Atwater has a surveyor's transit in his freight. Attracted by that Totem makes in-quiries in-quiries of Atwater and learns that, ho is skilledi as a survc3'or. Totem than j decides that ho will show Atwater the 1 rich ground on tho Tauana. and after getting him there will otTer him tho water rights if ho will build the dilch. Atwater readily consents to go to this 1 secret place, but on tho way there To-tern To-tern breaks a cp. Atwater remains with him- while it is mending. Thc3-make Thc3-make their camp in an Indiau village while Atwater prospects the neighbor-ing neighbor-ing -streams and discovers gold. Tn spite of Totem's urgings that they push on to' the secret Eldorado, Alwaior in- j sists on remaining for tho season aud 1 working the find, ho has made. 1 Totem is forced to accept the posi-tion posi-tion as foreman of this find, rather than lose tho chance of getting Atwater to build his ditch later on. Tho play opens on a clean-up day at Atwatcr's claim. The miners have heard rumors of a great discovery in the Tanana country and are about to leave At- j water, when Totem, makes himself known to them as Harrison, and per-suades per-suades them to finish the cleaning up before stampeding. Meanwhile the capitalist who grub-staked Atwater has L died. His daughter has inherited the grub-stake contract. "Receiving no reply to her letters to Atwater she determines I? .v'?'1 Alaska on her own account. This is not so much on account of the mine of which she owns her half, but 1 because of an old dream of her father's 1 that some day she and Atwater should 1 make a match. Arlee is chaperoned by Mrs. Good Better Best and thev go j to Alaska under the protection of Pro-tessor Pro-tessor Knicklebein. in search of a lost 1 ingrelient for his laughing powder. 1 During the clean up a baud of stroll-yiir stroll-yiir players reaches tho Atwater mine 1 for tho purpose of giving a pcrform- 1 ance. Totem is in no mood for this and being without resources, tho plav- j ers are forced by him to don miners' clothes and go to work. Walsingham Vatt. the managerial comedian of the organir.ation, learns of the arrival of j Miss h'aslinan and represents himself H being Atwater. Arlee. disgusted 1 with the man she thinks is Richard. j presents rcr c.haperonc as herself and assumes the dignity of tho chaperonc. 1 Atwater discovers the plot and is about Hl to straighten it out when he learns that his mine is a failure. Thereupon ho al-lows al-lows tho mistaken identity to stand and int'rodiiees himself as the prospec-i?r prospec-i?r Aft?r HIC) fnHnro' of the mine 1 Totem .makes his long cherished secret known to Atwater and tho two leave for laiiana as plirtiieni. fi.ss Eastman Ins taken a bungalow u.nl decided to remain in Xome throughout the winter; twilt.1''' mid Totem come there to spend Aew cars and at the reception the various threads of the iano-lc am '' y (: . l&v&r -' GUS 15INBUEG AND DANCING SNOWBIRDS In "Tho Alaskan," at tho Salt Lako Theater Monday Night. straightened .out with a happy prospect for all hands. Commencing this Sunday night Wil-Iard Wil-Iard Mack-Maude Lcono and their company com-pany at the Bungalow will offer William Wil-liam Gillette's greatest comedy, "Because "Be-cause She Loved Him So." Miss Leone has played the part a number of times and it is a role which she vorv much lfked and the production of "All of a Sudden Peggy" will bo postponed for a week. Tho two leading roles assumed by Mr. Mack and Miss Leone arc well suited to them, and as tho pin' is from the pen of one of tho foremost playwrights, play-wrights, the production should be one of tho best. Tho cast is well taken. Tho.ro will be matinees upoii Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. "The Lieutenant and tho Cowboy'"" will bo tho attraction at tho Grand theater for ono week beginning with tho matinee this Sunday afternoon. Mr. Theodore Lorch, who hns become popu- lar in the east and in the west through the production of this western play, opens in tho Grand for an indelmitc engagement. presenting the play named as his opening bill. The scenos of the play a ro .nearly all laid in Fort Garland, Oolo.. twelve years ago, General Gen-eral Faulkner is in charge of tho fort, with his son, Lieutenant Faulknor, and Lieutenant f'orbing assisting. Miss Faulknor. who comes from New York to visit, is in a stage hold-up and recognizes rec-ognizes ono of the highwaymen as Bud Larabee, a cowbo' and broncho buster of the fort, and "later recognizes him when ho is brought in by her father, but becoming enamored nf hint, open-lv open-lv declares that, be is not the man. MISS CECIL FAY Who is in the support of Mr. Theodore Lorch for his stock engagement at the Grand, commencing with mat ineo today in ' The Lieutenant and tho Cowboy." By parental arrangement Corbin is supposed to marry Aliss Faulkner, but Licutonant Faulknor finds out that Corbin Cor-bin has a wife in Denver. Corbin denies de-nies the report, and in trying to intercept inter-cept a telegram sent to verify tho news, cuts the bridle of Larabee, who is to inako a long and hazardous ride in order to place- tho message. Miss Faulkner discovers the intrigue, and saves Larabee. Young Faulkner has lost his pay roll money and has been a .party; to the hold-up in order to obtain ob-tain coin to replace his gambling losses. loss-es. He is loaned the mono3r by Larabee, Lara-bee, and while on his way to nay olf meets Corbin, who states that lie will exposo him as a party to the robbery. Faulkner determines I'o kill Corbin, but is himself woundod. General Faulkner comes npon the scene and is about; to break into the room whore his son is when Larabee stops out and surrenders surren-ders as tho intruder through the lines and thus saves 3ouiig Faulkner. "The Lioiilonant and the Cowbo3'" always makes a decided hit, wherever it has been presented The pity has been seen hero threo or four times the past live years and each time to better business. 1 liore will bo regular matinees Sunday. Wednesday and Saturday, and a special matiueo on Tuesday. At this matinee Mr. Lorch and company will give a presentation of the popular play, a dramatization of the famous novel,' "St. Elmo." A notable recruit to vaudeville from the legitimate dramatic field is Frank-lyu Frank-lyu Underwood, who with Francos Slos-son Slos-son and Mr. Da vies, popular stock actors will be seen during the comine week at the Orphenni in "Dobb's Dilemma," a sketch in which they achieved' a merited mer-ited success here last year. Mr. Underwood Under-wood niacjo his reputation as an actor in support of such stars as Nance O'Xeill. l'iorence Huberts and Kalhe rino Grov. Ho also slurred under his own itianageinenl. "Dobb's Dilemma" Dilem-ma" is an oxtrenioly funny eomedy, in which are detailed "tho woes of a husband hus-band who lies to his wife to cover up some innocent peccadillo. The Basque quartette will also be ou the bill. The first appearance of this organization was in 10015 in grand opera in Now Orleans, and sincn that time it has been plaviug Aniprican vaudc-villo vaudc-villo houses and at musical festivals throughout the count O'. The members ' nppcnr in Alpine costume with appropriate appro-priate scenic surroundings. All have superb voices which 'show every advantage advan-tage of t minim- and full justice is dono to the classic selections. Their repertoire reper-toire includes numbers from Italian, French and linglish operas. A sensational acrobatic act will bo provided by Hie four Headings, who are regarded abroad as without, peers in the feats they . C3sny. They do somersaults, dying leaps from ono to another and various other startling stunts. lielle Davis and her pickaninnies will furnish a lively and amusing dancing danc-ing and singing act. in which they illustrate il-lustrate the pastimes of the colored people of the south in the ante-bellum days. Miss Davis has been all ovor IOiirone since her last appearance here and lias made a great, success overy-whnrc. overy-whnrc. Her f. ickaninniea arc considered consid-ered the cleverest on the stage. Miss Julia Fniry is an American prima donna who luis distinguished her self in several successful light operas. She will present, n number that she calls "Songs of the Day," In this she presents a number 6t tho songs from operas in which, she has been a feature. Miss Frary will be best remembered re-membered as l ho prima donna with the Frank Daniels company. She possesses a sweet voice and an attractive personality. person-ality. A blackface act will bo the offering of Abel aud Irwin, who have been highly high-ly successful as entertainers elsewhere on I he circuit. Thoy sing and dance, and do both well, anil I hey have a dialogue dia-logue thai is described as irresistibly funny. Another feature of the bill that will have special attractions for the children chil-dren is Fox and Foxic's Circus. Fox is a clever comedian. Foxio is the smallest horse in the world. There are besides a number of cats, dogs and poiiies in the company. I'ho animals perform a number of diverting tricks whilo Fox enieriains with a lino of comedy that is said to be as clover as it is possible pos-sible to conceive. New music by tho Orphoum orches.-Ira orches.-Ira and new motion pictures complete the bill. Still another big bill is promised for the Mission for the week commencing next Thursday afternoon. That Manager Man-ager Clark is living up to his promise to present the best that can bo ob-i ob-i ained in vaudeville with each week's bill just, a little bit better than the ino preceding it, is the verdict of the patrons of the house. H is not, a question ques-tion of the cost of a single act, or of the whole bill that figures with the manager, but tho question "is this tho best that can be got?" And that, is the pojic3' that is being pursued. The new bill will be composed largely of comed3', but there will bo one acrobatic acro-batic act that is said to be without an equal. What is promised as one of tho head-liners, head-liners, of the bill will be George Heno and company in r.n act entitled "The Misfit Army," an act which is described de-scribed as a scream from start to finish, flip company consists of four men, ono dwarf, one tall, one fat, and ono ordinary ordi-nary man, and one. woman. They give a number of songs of tho real laugh kind and go through a number of "amy" maneuvers. Tho act ends with an attack on a fort, which is cap-lured cap-lured by a part of (ho "army." What, has been described as a most marvelous acrobatic act will bo offered by tho Four Baltus, Europoan artists who have created a sensation on two continents. Another scream from start to finish is the promise made for Whitehead and Grierson. The members of this team were formerly loading members of "The Umpire" and "The Girl Question" Ques-tion" companies and have made a decided de-cided hit in vaudeville with their original origi-nal lino of singing, dancing and talking. talk-ing. Hoc.y and Mozar is another team that arp said to be laugh producers of the real kind. Many say that it, is worth several times the price of admission lust to hear iloey sing "Up Against It Good and Hard." Another good- number- of the 'bill is promised in Hay Fern, who is said to bo a goodi comedian with a real singing sing-ing voice. New selections by the Mission orchestra and new moving pictures will go to make up what is promised as one of the best, if not the bcsl, bill yet offered al the Theater Different. An umbrella opened on the stage is supposed to bring bad luck and many actors would hesitate about wearing new shoes on-tho first night of a plaj', says the Indianapolis News. The evil effects of new .shoes arc said, however, to be averted ly wearing themt on the wrong feet; in fact, any player who makes this mistalco in the hiirry of dressing rogards it as a good omen not to bo disturbed. Whistling on the stage during rehearsals is believed to insure a frost on the night of production, and in operatic circles a 3'ollow clarinet, in the orchestra, is held to bring about the same dire result. One of the widely heralded features of Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year was Kaw & Erlanger's production produc-tion of "Little Nemo" at the Tulane theater. The show made a great hit with the revelers. "Little Nemo" will pla3 the new south before coming north for spring engagements. Mile. Adeline Gencc announces that she will be married June 1 in London. She will plav one more season, how- Stat jmPwt v'-w' i, - m$4&m 'mmMiM J?WW$M J ' JULIA FRARY Prima Donna With Frank Daniels, Who Sings at the Orpheum This Week, Beginning this Aftornon. ever, under the management of Klaw it Rrlangor before she retires from the stage. Her tour will cover all the principal cities in the United States in one of the firm 's big spectacular productions. pro-ductions. Robert Hdcson, starring in "A Minn's a Man," was once a clerk in a lumber mill in Ba- C'i I y, Mich. , Mare Klaw, of the firm of Klaw & Krlanger, contribute to The Green Book Album for March an article entitled "Theatrical Management, the Public, and Dram.tic Criticism. " Loie Fuller, the godmother of present day dancing, contributes to The Green Book Album for March a highly interesting in-teresting article entitled "Eighteen Years of Dancing." i Laura Nelson Hall, who plays the leading female role in Henry T3. Harris's Har-ris's production of Sydney Rosenfcld's play, " Childrou of Destiny," made her debut on the stage in Philadelphia as an extra, woman with Herbert Kolscy and Effie .Shannon in "The Moth and the Flame." Professor Baker, who occupies the chair of English literature at Harvard, delivered a lecture last Tuesday before be-fore the Civic Forum of New York, the :, . ; & ANTOINETTE IE BRUN. Grand opora singer at the Mission this week. subject of which was Percy Mackayc's play, "Tho Scarecrow." Assistant Manager and Treasurer Ben Kctchum of the Colonial theater hears some funny questions during tho course of his day's work at the ticket window, but he thinks the limit was reached Thursday morning, when a tall rural looking individual approach window and said: U"ontim I want; to lake a picture.',9;! "A picture of tho theater or S1 the aots?" asked Ketclnm l J W iSaw, a picture of mvself IHmor, '.,, mcl, "You're in wrone old mnJ'i4"? the treasurer, "ihffWt a S 3 lory it's a theater." P J A "Well by gun.," anid tho fa? V sec all thoso pretty pictures nnl V the hall andVtho'ight'S0 V picturo gallery." n0 ,vns J tyffl the chorus in "The Top o' th' f I: bo instead of taking homo ti ! dy ho picture for the fron t PS gentleman from the country?? frfft j Bjnph.0 description oi .Tj Lola Merrill, sister-in-law 0m M. Cohan has been granted a M et from her husband, Frederick . j fy 1 Charles Frohman mav nrei London repertoire eompaVy- n K "J linniediatelv after tho closo ofi ,,-, son in London. . John D. OMIara has been enea the character part of Judged in "Miss f'hilura." b 35 ip tf' George Alercander is soon to-M for tho first timo in Enelani Wilde's "Duchess of PadfitfS St. James theater, London. ffef WiP Julian Eltingo will open in thut dy in which A. H. Woods wliP him about September .1 nextfrff New York theater. Olga Nothersole will open M$ don f-cason in M'ny. Aftor herftif oan season closes Miss N'ethorsck mako a tour of South Aieriqa'iI M.me. Araricttfi Ollv, the j5 actress, has began refiearsals ;f5ji tirst appearance as an Americftih She will act. in an emotional if' a foreign author. John Fnicrsflp3 staged "Tho City" and "TheWf - .... . v..s.a.g, . Ncllto McCov, recently witHi Gence, and "L'Amnuv'de I'A which was one of tho features " Queen of the Moulin Iiouge,Jt been engaged for the Morris cj 'Gl vaudeville houses. S F Tho Colonial theater will bo H this week but will open agaiui; February 27, with Max Fign firf 'Mary .lano's Pa." h Sir Herbert Tree has added r. 1,1 to his long list of vividly pol1 character parts. This timo ifr-M1 rollicking, penniless, romantic, JPf drunken Irish soldier of fortunefiH O'Flyuii," not Lord O'Flynn,-! O' Fly mi. but "Tho C-'Flynn."! cross between L. Artnagan andtJrT 0'M.aIloy, in fact, a sort of Ir,l runo De Ticrgcrac. w!J Florcnco "Roberts, tvIio is popnimf Salt Lake playgoers, opened tholf T theater, the new Shubert. housoff Francisco, on Tuesday evening ijr Thc Transformation." Tho nroa is described as unusually norm Laura Nelson Hall has boon etl by Henry B. Harris for a stronM in Sydney Roson fold's play, ijfl drcn of Destiny," which will blR premier in New York on Fcbruafl |