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Show I, Gossip About. Hie Playhouse, Both Iloro ami T . " "Tt! i jT t Til Twi o ""J m lii the Playhouses of Salt Lake "jjj 1 4M vvWvv-vWW ' ATTRACTIONa FOR WEEK. .' f Comedy. V M'fm T tM.T LA K THEATER William I Crane in "Father nml the v Hoys." Last hair week. 1ua,'IuiiIiip: J V 1'miradny evening, with Saturday- SB matinee. 'r?flK " Drama. t 'i'Sm Y COLONIAL THEATER "Beverly." f'tffW V V," ll,c week, beginning tonight. - ' ' " vSB jj1al'"c'cs Wednesday, und Sntuf- j tfM V WNOALOW TtlEATER"Wrhmi ; -PM KlBlUiH"! Wns In Flower." with irYM Al'(l Leone nnd player.". All the loffl v week, beginning tonight, with -j , y majlnccs Wednesday ami Satur- -; f ,' f ! Mcfodramn. "'fjm : cnA'VD THEATISR"ln a- Wo- v i "tfH man's Cnwcr." All the weak, be- .j. y S'lnp I his afternoon. Matinees -J. M ";" Wednesday and Saturday. -.'JB ! Vaudeville. .. """"'H ORPHKCM THEATER Advanced ! ''-tni vaudeville. All the week. .Mall- v -cflB V dally, including today. 4VfV .-.MISSION THEATER--Imperial van- a T'mB ,,oV,"c. All Hie week. Matinees -J- v-'fysB r flinrlcs 7roliniMn will present at t lie i'Jf L:iku theater Thursday, Fridnv Jm n'' Saturday evenings of this week, 'jMM xvi,l matinee on Saturday, William II. - ' Crane, i lie foremost of American come- "'ijm than?, in G'oorgo Ado's clever comcdv, "Father and the Boys." Tho pluv ran i'tm for lour months ar the Umpire i heater lyR ". 'Vnv Vork and has been meeting .,agS wiln the -same ureal .success through- , ?"i no """I'T. Mr. Crane is now on V il ":s way east al'ler a successful tour ol tno northwest and Pacilic caasl. -" ;U .f" s,'i;.IS "10 Hishionalile modiste slmlios 'Jm r , 'lnc1s.' s,'lc Cenonil make-up ( iiSH ' , ,,,;' (,!'-,nt liofore desiyninir madam's I '-tOT jiove-filliiiL' gown, so Ade. with the i -;H ''''"V! "I scrutiny and tliought has ,-'M -shidied iho stylo, melhods and char- I .-:$ iiel eristics of .Mr. Crane. The r.vsull. , !:3i IS afl'onlins the star tremendous n"V-nr,,"",,a's ,or ,lnrni-ter studv and v'rfB a '.VS,i "3 01 !lis u,l,'no gift of comedy. I'alher, a sell-made man. has taken ,HB 11,3 Mvo '()VS i'o partnership. One. - !l sof'y Int t oril.v. is enamored of a married woman with a penchant for 'Xtm youths of this type, while .the othr -' ;f "ocs, !" for ,,tll,t;''9- Both, like many ''Aim woallhy men's sons, are not in the leasl '.i'mB interested in Mm K. i..i i I '-Jfcffl '"i i ?s ,0 :uv;,kon hem to a sense of slftiM ! '.' r(,sl'"sil)ilitics. and tinder the Inlelagu of one Bessie Uravlon, a iB clever young woman of Iho west, he n!W V' Ks '.' ver.y Actively and inc.identallv 'i'dfm Uw llmo of llis Iif,?- Mo invest'; i 'V ,no,!ir t'ar b,,ys the sportiest of ,?WM clolhcs. plays tho races and even disap- 5v8B V"V: fy.'m:i Ccw (lavs 0,1 :i Private MaB y:'",,b i',llc bovs aro nlioncd vorv :.'t'aB Perceptibly and the scene 'in which ! tfm tl,c-y remonstrate with father for his 1 ''tfm licgect ol business is highly funuv. .'SJHB r ' yoJm'ian ''s surrounded "lIr. Sm i ranc with a most excellent, company. JftB UslI,n-t who originated the role pt Hessio J3raylon, is agaiu plaving il . ""9 soas-on. Louis Classen, an actor of 'bH experience, has a strong role, and others well known in the cast include Percy Mm Sr-nk0, I,or,?;?st 9,T' Siihiov Blair. John Hm Af-Mn,V'V; hh? Pa-',R!' Vivia" Martin, MM Alildred Beverly and Adelo Clarke. I! "m r "Mcvmly, " the dramatization of .'tSH CJcorgo Ban- Mctulchcon's great novel I B , u.l"u- U,,e sc' lo "Crau- ' i .m r ai?'- i "",n e offering at the rEB olonial tor one week, beginning1 with f ildSB V",8 fYSn.ia.P I'f'rfonnance, when this TSlH delightful htllc story of war. love and !b' B laughter, told in a clean, wholesome! ''-v HB manner, and trained in a scenic picture L VlBB h:',' ? rt,s':a"y perfect, will bo por- 1 ' iblM rayed tor the first time in this city. iSffli JJelainatcr and Norris. under whose ,,.XBB management this production is being staged, are a practically new firm of 'rSffli ainiiagers-. but in preparing " Beverly" 4 iSfl f 0I n'.;uI 110 PPcnso has been si)nreu i iM ! "'"kc sccnically perfect. In sta- 'l lffl i'"" I' ' of ill0jr Productions, thoy fol- ' '' IH - 1 . nieLho(ls of David Bclnsco. pay- m '' I'C strictest attention to realistic i. 'ttfl roroducLioii. rfll of the scenery for ' iftiH Beverly was painted by emineiit ar- Vm 1l6ts fliul (,rnig (ho eight weeks' en- ' 'At m cKcmciit at .the Studebaker theater. "-lH hieago, last spring, exclamations of tfflglB wondf r and delight were heard at every 'MsM raising ol Ihu curtain. 'iSsiB T' "st is pari icularly strong. Iriss Mm Gi-rtnido l'owlor. who has flic role of MM Hcverly Calhoun of Washington. T). l'WtM ( 'S aid to be not onlv one of the fllfll 'i11031 ",c:,",l. but also one of the best ;16M aix:? women in lho"country. Her II ' .,iL KM . P.-io iii.iiiv.uu. ufiB " " "j'Vne. another very beautiful Mil woman and who will play the role of L Princess cliyc, was for several sea f M . sons with Clara Bloodgoou. For the i m VrSt t,,rce1ears she. lias been seen with 'flfl i"'??" Jllimiton in "The Lion and ' ' .'H ' .Mouse' and during a part of last 5 , n KMSfm.wa.sJcadnm lady -with Henry V. I .4M Savage s Piofhr-hon of '-'The Devil." f .'im ,. J,, vory Iffirwlt part of Aunt illE J'niiy, a typical old southern mammv, 'X,m JS taken by Hattie Carmontclle, the tm "Ply- woman in tho country who has .m "ver fii'-"fssfully played "tho male i am negro character. For several years she ! -M w,ns .cn(1 n,!ln .' 3,ily dice's minst'rels Playing .opposite the well-known Bi'llv . ,Xm an and gc ting fully as maiiv laughs '-.4M !s 110 (,uK lrr speeialty 'H the part of J m the negro niau.my and her quaint south- I ;r "Moms and grolesdtio movements I t MM "T,nl " cotimmus s'tream of laii"hfr J ' M B 0VPrv "loinenl she is on the t.i"e l. ' m , ,yond Whitaker, for the past I H y'ra lojiding man . with Blanche t ,m alli, will have the strong lovirr. 'll-'M nM,r. yc.inc liart of Baldos. the J' ' M 'l0'1 I'nin'o Bantam. M , 'I'oaias V. Morrison, for two years H fading heavy with Mrs. Leslie Carter. nn i 'J i'Ji ''"r MARGARET BOLE, jjj ' Leading Lady Avith Wm. H. Crane in Xh !--lCj ' "Father and the Boys." ' i will enact the lole of Hie grim-via'ei , warrior. General Marlanx. and ICzr. W. Graham, formerly with Louis Morn son in "Faust," will bo tho aflablc am diplomaiic Colonel Quinnox. Other members of' the company an I- ranees McGrath. a wealthy Chicagi society girl, devoting her life to ar and the drama, as the Countess Dag mar; Madolin Mover, as tho PrincCS: Candnce; Dudley Arthur, last scasoi with "Ben Ilnr." as navonnc; Wil nam Long, as Fran.; L'dwnrd Clare, foi tho past two years with "Brewster': Millions," as (.'astro, and Walter Car tor as Reimark. The management of (he Bungalow has decidod to continue "When Knighthood Knight-hood Was in Flower" another week in view of numerous requests that have been made for a continuance. Miss Maude Leotio in the role of Mary Tudor Tu-dor has demonstrated again her ability as an actress ami has added many iriends among the playgoers to her list. She is a hard working, painstaking painstak-ing actress and under her direction the play has been presented tho past wcok The fast that it is to be continued an-oilier an-oilier week speaks volumes for her. The other roles have been well enst and there is little doubt but what the Bungalow Bun-galow will play to capacity houses all the week. Jhe Orphcum road show, usually the acme of all that is best in vaudeville, comes lo the Orphcum for a week beginning be-ginning with todav's matinee. It is under Martin Beck's personal direction. direc-tion. The coming of (he ntrprcgatioii is always one of the really big events in local amusement circles. The road show this year contains a scries 'of picked acts, each heading its own class and not one of them possible to view anywhere else. They are the per sonal choice of Mr. Beck for the show which is the pride, of his heart. lhp sketch is "A Bit of Old Chelsea, Chel-sea, a classic by Mrs. Oscar Beringer and presented by special arrangement with Harrison Grey Fiske. In it Mrs. I'iske made one of her greatest successes. suc-cesses. Miss Ida O'Day ami a on Totally To-tally selected company will interpret il. Miss 0 'Day taking the role of ".Saucers" which Mrs. Fiske made famous fa-mous in America. Miss 0 'Day's last appearance in vaudeville, oddlv"cnouh was jts-li banjo soloist. She 'left vaudeville vau-deville to go into a stock company and rose steadily until now she is a vaudeville vaude-ville leading woman. . The little play i soil makes a powerful appeal, with us contrasts of humor and pathos. I he sensationally spectacular act is presen ted by La Tit comb, known aoroad as " La Belle Amerieame " and ;,V , ."tnueuso a Chcval." Miss Iitconib is a native Califoruiaii. With the aid of a superb while horse and clad in tight fitting white, she makes a stage picture of surpassing beauty in her splendid environment when the colored lights are turned on. She sings several selections, gives a number of posings and finally .Iocs a skirt dance on horseback, an act impossible of imitation. im-itation. Her spectacular successes abroad, at Pans and London, have been duplicated since she returned to America. Maud Kochc-: will offer the animal 'iTn A.lN,"-llt '' Monkey Music Hall. wherein every actor is a simian A, miniature music hall, with stae" orchestra pit and audience hall is set jup and the monkeys not only enact the stunts but play the music n"ud Ionic le orchestra leader is called "the Simian Crcatore. ' .Miss Mac Melville and Robert Ili"-g.ns Ili"-g.ns have a sketch which they call lust a Little lun." Bolli have earned reputations for clover comcdv WILLIAM H. CRANE, In "Father nnd the Boys," at the Salt Lake Theater. work an. 1 their act has proven ono of the best features on the bills on which it has been seen. .If. mum Meyer, "the man at the Piano, who was with the road show last year, returns with it this week; Air .Mover was a popular favorite in ftalt Lake upon iho occasion of his former appearance and it is not doubted doubt-ed that he will bo equally liked on this ri'iV-r r r0oc.rto,ire ranges from the lightest of musical trifles to sonorous selections from grand opera with a series ol coinody offerings sandwiched iv-,?inf ,M!ir' Sawtclle and (he Ku ght brothers have a little sketch which they call "A Little Bird Vs Looking All (he Time," and which 7 Pr?I l'1 basis of introduction fdue ? ngt aml COIU'rsaiional dia- mwI WAr.. S" n0-''0'".1, , nvrlnl s. Mont am bo " : w' sMPly thn athletic teatuio ol the j)rogiamme. Thov are .lesenbed as comedy acrobats of tie ,nendeT,0r "mI ar hihl.v n-. n-. There will be the usual excellent mu-sical mu-sical programme by the orchestra nd acw kiiiodrome pictures. An animal act, the equal of which it is claimed has never been seen i heSbiil5":,twi,,Il1 lVu. of l!" r& il- . -Mission theater for the week commencing with next Thursday's Thurs-day's malineo. The act is describe fs being the greatest animal act. that "has over been offered on the vat dev He stage, one hat appeals alike to old and young. The act is that of Professor A her and (en trained polar bears. 1,?.' white fe lows who have been brou"l,7 from then- native homo in the froe, north to furnish amusement for - the people or this country. To secure thes? annuals a small fortune was spent - Jo tram them and bring them to their present, state of perfection as actors took months of patient labor. ,"rin winch time the daring trainer was mo"? j ban once in danger of losing his IhV m fact there is scarcely an inch Sf the body of Professor A'lber that does not show a scar left by the claws of ouc of these hpnc 1 u'. Bl -gC , LS THS FAMOI7S OOLLIE BALLET IN THE 'TOP OF THE WORLD " ! WhiC" C0a,cs t0 ,J'c Theater Week BeSinnlg FcbL ' . was training him. It is seldom that the people of this country gel. a chance to seo ono polar bear that there is no question but what thousands will go jo the Mission for the purpose of sec ing ten of IIicrc white denizens of the north. Professor Albor and his bears, however, will bo but a part of what is churned will be I ho best lull that has yet been offered at the Mission, "the theater different." By special arrangement the management manage-ment has secured Xick Long and Adaleno Col ton. who will present the sensational little drama. "The Banker and iho Thief." a plavlet that has created a ecusntion wherever it has been presented. The play is full of drama! ic possibilities which nre not lost sight of by the members of the compa n y. The Malvern troupe of six European acrobats promise an act of cxlraordi nary skill, tho like of which has never been seen in this citv. Josephine Gassman and her piclcauin nies will offer her latest in this line of. amusement. Miss Gassman was the originator of this line of entertainment nnd hor offering this season is said to bo the besi that she has vet presented to the public. Nellie Burl, late a leading member of " Tho Alaskan" company, will offer a singing and dancing novcltv that has I made her name famous as a vaudcu'lle star. Tho Mission orchestra will render a number of new selections and new moving mov-ing pictures will go to make up an ex ceptionally strong bill. "In a Woman's Power." a thrilling melodrama production, fairly sizzling with sensations, will bo presented throughout the coining week at the Grand theater. Special scenery has been secured and a first-class perform-mec perform-mec is promised. This production deals with the lifo of a French adventuress, who makes things hum during her career as accomplice of a Washington physician and chemist, who has be come a counterfeiter through the chance discovery of a process whereby he is able lo produce coins that baffle detection by experts. Madly in lovo wilh the nlivcif-uiii dm !,;,, ;,. frenzied jealousy and when she learns that he has secret ly married a famous female dolcctive, the chief of the secret, service, her rage knows no bounds. She betrays her false lover to tho officers, and when they are about to arrest him her Jo'o for the counterfeiter asserts itself and, repenting of her treachery, she aids him in effecting his escape. I he operations of the secret service of the government in ferreting out crime arc well illustrated in this production. A scene showing the robbing of an express ex-press car by the counterfeiter while the train is in motion is shown, the physician securing a satchel in which is evidence against him being shipped to tho secret service department at Washington. The swaying of the car anil thn grinding of the air brakes are reproduced with a degree of realism and carries out in a stirring manner the sensational trend of (he melodrama. Jhe scenic investure of this production throughout is noteworthy and tho most elaborate ever presented on the Grand stage. There will be illustrated songs, specialties and moving pictures between the acts. "In n Woman's Power" will be presented beginning with a matinee today, and will run for the balance of the week, with regular matinee Wednesday Wed-nesday and Saturday. Those clever boys, Bailcv and Austin, who were recently seen at the Salt Lake theater, return for a week's stay, opening open-ing Sunday night next at the Colonial, with the same big company recently' seen heer in "The Top of flic World' Since seen here the company has appeared ap-peared with great success in ' tho .cities of Los Angeles. San Francisco, Portland, Port-land, Seattle and Spokane and are now returning cast, for their many important, impor-tant, spring engagements iii the eastern cities. This will bo the first engagement engage-ment that this organization has ever appeared for less than $1.50 and the only one thai will be plaved this season. sea-son. The regular Colonial prices will be adhered to. The company of scv-onty-five people are Just Iho same and include Charles Harris, Bobert Travurs D. .1. Flanagan. Adelo Oswald, Florence Smith. Wiil-.N'cII Lavender, Bobbie Kobcrts. Frances Carrier and others of the original cast. The famous collie dogs are still retained as an important feature. "Why did 'The Witching Hour' succeed?" suc-ceed?" asked Louis Mann. "Because the work of the various big men and large bodies engaged in psychical research re-search had begun to be of "interest to the general public. Why did 'Paid in Full' succeed? Because of popular interest in-terest created by a number of legal cases in which wastrel husbands had sought to profit by the exposure to danger of the honor of their wives. Why. the play was simply Maeterlinck's Maeter-linck's 'Moiina Vanna' laid" in a Harlem Har-lem flat, but Eugene Waller knew how to make that life live and seem real in the mimic theater." Maud Allen, whose name was re cently ' brought into international prominence through her interpretative dance called "The Vision of Salome," is a Canadian by birth. Her father is a naturalized citizen of the United Slates, so she considers herself an American. Her early life was spent in Sau Francisco. Few actresses of long experience could have handled a "stage-door Johnny" more effectively than did M iss Flora Wilson recently in an eastern city, although the brilliant daugnler of the secretary of agriculture agricul-ture is out on her first coiTeert lour, and who recently gave a concert in Salt Lake. As she was leaving the hall where she had been singing a very young man came ' forward somewhat timidly and said, with a smirk: "May I not go home with you? I'm ifraid " Ho was probably about fo uld, "you'll find the walk" lonelv," nit Miss Wilson caught at tho word. V Poor child." -die said, looking down n the fragile youth with a benign .'lance, "of course you're afraid. Your uoMier will be worried to death about on. But I can't lake vim home mv :elf. Wait a moment and I 'II ask one l my friends lo call a poiiccinan to ee vou safely to your door." The embarrassed youth took one look it Mi?n Wilson's powerful proportions she is Jin athletic girl) and fled. Miss Kay Bevoridi'o, tho vaudeville cnus. was drawn for jury duty in ew ork a short time airo.. The sum-1:011s sum-1:011s reached her in far Helena. Mont . lereniplorily ordering her to report for ury lutv or pny n fine of .$50 for con-cnipt con-cnipt of court. In private life Miss Jeveridgc ' the Baroness voji WreJe. he jury commissioner mistook her ame, Kay. for Hint of a man. t Adeline Gonce. in "The Silver Star " Jaw & Erlanger's big musical eomedv. as mado nn omphalic hit in Bosio'n hero her engagement is limited to two' ceks unh. "The SiherStar" return i .New Vork (it, for two weeks and LA TITCOMB, "The Singer 011 Horseback," who will be at the Orphcum all week, beginning begin-ning this afternoon. will then go to Chicago for a limited engagement at the Colonial theater. When William Kawrslmiu was appearing appear-ing at tho i,yni: theater. New Vork. bliakcspcnre "Antony ami Cleopatra" was presented at tlio New theater. Jl is a curious coincidence that in the first act of "Herod." when the death of Mure Antony Is announced, his death wns belli:,' be-lli:,' enacted at the New theater by Edward Ed-ward hothern. And then. In "Antony and Cleopairn. Octavlus Caesar arrives at Rome at about the same time that Mr. I'avcr.sham as Herod. left the .singe at tho Lyric to ko to Homo to meet him. Iho story of "Herod" is laid at Jerusalem, Jerusa-lem, and "Antony and Cleopatra" at Ktf.vpt and Rome, at exactly the shine Unit', ami the quarrel between Antonv plays "S ,lsl,res '"'"soly in both 1 "omm" '-owell. (he eccentric old niaki n Jhe Lottery Man." now current at tho HIJou theater, .e-.v York. Is the ovvnor of half a dozen lino spaniels. One of these she calls the "Duehoyx of Devon-oli'i1-0' , T?llrIk lle first week's run of The Lottery Man," Miss Lowell was compelled to move Into town. She lookup look-up qunrters at the Wuldorf-Asloi in. Of course tho "DucIioks" accompanied hor. Ueinj; somewhat of a comedienne oven off the stage. TUiss Lowell placed the name of tho dot' 011 the register, which caused several afternoon papeis 10 fall into the error of iiiistalclny the presence at the hotel of the real duchess. Miss -Nance OWelll is proud that .she has had the friendship of three American poets Thomas Hailey A Id rich. Charles arren Stoddard and .Louise Chandler Motilton. She-has a book of Mis. Moul-ton Moul-ton s- verse In which are inscribed these lines: Fair lady, will you gather from mv garden Some flower of dreams'.' Though pale il be and umall. Its very frailness should appeal for pardon. par-don. Since In my heart Its roots grew that Is all. Edward Sheldon, author of "Salvation Nell ' and "The Nigger." beli-ives that no one can write a good eomedv until he Is 10 until ho Is far enough nwav from things to sc.. In peispcctiyy how" funnv they are. He says that until one Is 10 life Is too serious to be written of humorously. humor-ously. .Menifee Johnstone." who plavs John I Crane In support of Robert Ede&on in "A Man's a Man." played the part of Cash Ha-.-klns In the London (England) Lyric theater production of "The Squawnian," In which Lewis Waller was the star. Helen MacbPlh. who plavs Jean Christy In support of Robert Edeson In "A Man's a Man," made her debut on the stage In Chicago with Mrs. 'Fiske In "Teas." "The Revolutionary Wedding." bv Sulphas Sul-phas Michaels, the Scandinavian" playwright, play-wright, and "The Flea in the Ear." bv the German author. George Fcvdean. have been secured by the Shubertu for produe-U?n. produe-U?n. America. "Tnc RevoWiilonni v Wedding has been seen in most of t lie European countries except In Russia, where the censor forbade Hs production. Alice Lavlmie died in Paris recently, after a brilliant career on the French stage, followed by thirteen years of torturing tor-turing pain on a sick bed. She had the reputation of having played a thousand servant maids, and that no two were aUk. Some critics held her to be tho funniest woman on the .stage, She joined the Palais Royal troupe in I.S70. With eyes of blue-gray, described as resembling resem-bling lotto counters, she mado an appearance appear-ance that let loose a shout of laughter. Toward tho end of her days she was blind, but her good humor never deserted her. llor last word was "Curtain." Earle Mitchell, who played ono of tho principal comedy roles In "Tho Blue Mouse" for the past two seasons, has retired from the east, and Is going to do a monologue in vaudeville. "The Fires of Fat" is Sir Arthur Co-nan Co-nan Doyle's first play written Independently Independ-ently of one of Ills novels. John Plavln. tho comedian, wilt go into vaudeville, opening at the Colonial theater. thea-ter. Xew York. January 21, in a musical piece. A ma ride statuette, entitled "Ophelia." signed by Sarah Bernhardt, was sold In the Rue Drouot, Paris, a few dnvs ago for 521'.-.. David Belasco's production of "Ik Mat-rlmony Mat-rlmony .a Failure" will close at the end gone Widtf.i. .1 JlWi Walker S,1!!1. ,' maiHfi f&'i"! Dainrosoh VoE? V society at Its nfin5 Mr. ConnVj l ,,rp' .y jvont abroad MrI,?1'" bis studio aiui I,;36' Germany. 1 ,)ntlij '2tBr?a SffiiH novelty, a "fe.11" tor's ver.m ConHjiiere,! moUT"'; vold. who dm I" ftti yr-nrs ago In q, ,1n, Ui People's &r(. ai several roif.,4 ',' J1" A ;ts."i",'i,.'V R |