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Show amusements COLONIAL THEATER "A Gentleman Gentle-man From Mississippi." beginning this evening, for tho balance of the week. Curtain, S;15. GAKRICIC THEATER "On tho j Quiet," by tho Garrlck stock company. com-pany. Souvenir matinee this afternoon, after-noon, 2.1f; evening, S:1T. ORPHEUM THEATER Advanced vaudeville. All week. Matinee, 2:15; evening, 8:15. SHUBERT THEATER "The Hen Peck Family," by Allen-Curtis company. com-pany. First evening performance, 7:15. LIBERTY THEATER Motion pictures. pic-tures. Continuous performance. "The Girl in the Taxi" opened at the alt Lake theater yesterday afternoon and concluded Its engagement last night. , A capacity house greeted eacji perform- I ancc. The play Is a combination of clever , lines, an absurd plot that is not entirely original, and nearly a score of pleasing ' characters. i Just where the altogether proper loaves 1 off and the naughty begins is a question to be decided by Individual temperament. I The scenes of "The Girl In tho Taxi" are 1 laid In New York, though it possesses ! a decidedly French atmosphere and consequently con-sequently Is peppered liberally with spicy bits, characteristic of French dramatic f workmanship. If there Is a lapso be tween the proper and the forbidden It is to this Intermedium that, "The Girl In Ihc. Taxi" may bo consigned. The humor Is so spontaneous, tho laughs so fru-qucnt. fru-qucnt. all developed In such graceful vivacity, vi-vacity, that the suggested Indelicate Is robbed of most of Us vitality. The company is an excellent one and well balanced. Bobby Barry, whose appearance ap-pearance calls to mind George M'. Cohan, renders a humorous porlmy.il of .Bertie Stewart, the potted son. who wants .a girl, and who gets one. He is the centra) -tlgure In tho pluys and he seems to realize the fact, for ho gets every ounce, of value out of the role. Pearl Siildclar txppoars ' In the role of the "girl." She Is a beau- ! tiful woman, shapely and dainty, and ' brings to the part a personality Hint tits ' tho requirements of tho role perfectly. Richard Bartlett appeared to good ad- ! vantage as Percy Peters, whose health J falls regularly twice a year, and who places himself as regularly under tho care oka nhysician In New York, whoso cllou- j tele Is compohcd entirely of chorus girls. ; Alexis, head waiter at Churchill's cafe. 1 and later buller in the Stewart house- , hold, Is capitally Impersonated by Nidi- 1 j olas Judels. Tho rest of- tho cast (there are llftceri people In tho company) Is more than adequate for the requirements of the roles portrayed. "A Gentleman From Mississippi." with j Robert A. l-'ischor in tho rolo of Senator , Langdon, and the special company which ; Willi am A. Brady brings here, at tho ; Colonial tonight, for a Ihroe-nlght en- j gngement. is one of tho most successful plays produced In years, and as a po- j cunlary success It has hardly an equal. , Many who saw the play before will want to so II again, for above everything else 1 it possesses an atmosphero of cleanliness , and purity that Is a treat to experience. , i In Whitney hall this evening a big performance per-formance takes place, tho proceeds from which will be added to thr building fund of the ward. Miss JcppriFOii. contralto, comes to the cltv from Provo to appear tonight, and. with the exception of her number, the programme will be repealed tomorrow night. Other well-known ar- 1 lists who will appear aro B. S. Young. 1 John I."'. Spencer. Spencer Clnwson. Jr.. Miss Margaret Whitney, who will glvr a I skit from hor new opera: Professor Shrt- D tlr and Iho Piper-Whitney-Ensign- I Spencer quartette, which will sing a I round of old melodies. Thr Kearns-St. Ann's orphanage entertainment. en-tertainment. In which live hundred youngsters will participate, will bo given at thr Salt. Lnkr theater Friday night. It will br a gala event for the children, who aro now being drlllrd In their respective re-spective bits in llir entertainment. Many, reservations of boxes tnd seats air be-j lug listed for Iho performance, and ov-1 oryihlng points to a lolly and proiiiahlr good tlmo for kiddies and grownups ; alike. Lillian Burkhart. who In private life Is' Mrs. Goldsmith, is making a hit Iblsi week ai tho Orpheuni In thr strong I sketch "What Every Woman Wants " 1 which has for lis motif I be mother's love j for her child. .Miss Burkhart Is also a , Los Angeles society woman and a inem-i her of fovcral clubs in that clly. The , reason sho plays Iho rolo of the maid with such feeling, she says, is thr fact that sho. hersrlf, has 11 llltlo girl at homo. Orpheuni patrons Insist thai sin-is sin-is among (he best actresses in vaudeville. vaude-ville. This is Dip Garrlik's' regular midweek . mr.lliiro day, and (hose who attend this afternoon's pfrformanco of "On Iho Quiei" will rrceivr prrdy souvenirs in Iho shape of tastefully designed folders, containing the photograph of some member mem-ber of the company. There Isn't n person per-son In llir cast this wok who hasn't his or her personal following among local playgoers, and tho souvenirs mean dainty little keepsakes that would be bard lo replace In the regard of these amusement seekers. iVcxl yunday Ben Hendricks's famous play, "Olo Olson," will be scon at tho Colonial for ono night only. Tho distinguished English actor. Edward Ed-ward Terry, comes to the Colonial for three nights and a Wednesday mallnco, starling noxt Monday night. Another house (hat packed the theater to Its doors saw the Alton-Curtis company com-pany in the Hover musical show. "Tho Hen Pock Family." at the Shubert Wednesday afternoon. The two daintv littlo Prager sisters received an ovation as they came on and Doris Wilson, the rormor Orpbotim star, was encored several sev-eral limes. Eighteen hundred spectators' witnessed the three performances at rhc Llbertv theater on State street last night. The pictures arc among the best that have boon shown In town, with excellent music mu-sic accompanying. Tomorrow there will m a" e,n.,I,e change of programme. There will also be another change on Monday. |
