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Show AMUSEMENTS IN SALT LAKE THEATERS. t. Comedy, j- SALT LAKE THEATER "Father J- and the Boys," with William H. y Crane. Evening, 8:15. r r Drama. -r -I- COLONIAL THEATER "Beverly." r Evening, S:15. 2- i. BUN'GALOW THEATER "Madame J Satan," with Maude Leone nnd 4-4 4-4 players. Evening, 8:15. j. .j. f- Melodrama. ? GRAND THEATER "In a Wo- Y man's Power." Evening, S:15. v r Vaudeville. j- ORPHEUM THEATER Advanced i vaudovllle. Matinee, 2; 15. Even- lng, S:15. r .i. 4. MISSION THEATER Imperial vau- devllle. Matinee, 2:30. Evening, i- 7:30 and 3:15. 4 It was a satisfied audience, it was a delighted audience that left tho Salt Lake theater on Thursday evening, for this big audience had witnessed a delicious comody. had laughed and laughed until their sides ached, and onco more applauded ap-plauded that charming actor, William II. Crane. Ills vehicle to amuso In this Instance In-stance Is "Father and the Boys," a comedy com-edy by George Ado that is not only brim-full, brim-full, but runs over with shrewd, clean-cut clean-cut American humor. And the play Is true to life, It Is not overdrawn, the plot Is perfectly legitimate, and something like It constantly occurs somewhere In this groat big country of ours all the time. Playgoers, In many Instances, reach the conclusion that plnyers tire of a play; that after they have appeared In tho same role night after night, naturally they would lose moro or less Interest In It. BuL ibis Is not truo of "Father and tho Boys." for not only does Mr. Crane enter Into tho spirit of the play, as he did when he first portrayed the character of Father, hut every momber of the company com-pany a most capable ono It Is, too did likewise. And thcro Is a dear, good, jolly old man who Is, In renllty, a boy. for he Is Just as young as ho feels, despite tho fact that he has passed the three-score mark, and he works nnd acts llko a boy who Is just out of his teens. Would there wcro more upon tho stage like William 11. Crane! The story of "Father and the Boys" Is a simple one. Father, a self-made man, has taken his two boys Into partnership. Ono, a society buttcrlly. is enamored of a married woman with a penchant for youths of this type, while the other goes In for nthletlos. Both, like many wealthy men's sons, are not. In tho least Intcrestod In tho business. Father decides to awak-on awak-on them to a sense of their responsibilities, responsibili-ties, and under tho tutelage of one Bessie Branton, a clever young woman of tho west, who owns an Interest In a gold mine, he docs It very effectively and Incidentally Inci-dentally has tho time of his life. Ho Invests In a motor car, buys the sportiest of clothes, plays tho races and even disappears dis-appears for a few days on a private yacht. By this time the boys make an attempt to hold him In, but without avail. Ho is teaching them a lesson and he Is doing It so well that he enjoys It. To prevent his young woman friend from being duped by the villain In the play, the man of the world. Father takes her on a runaway trip to Gold Held. There simply are no conventions In a matter of business. They arrive In lime to save the mine from covetous hands, and discover dis-cover the. other half owner Is tho wom-'nn's wom-'nn's long-lost sweetheart., The Boys and the Girls arrive, and Father learns that the business has been thriving in their absence. Also tho two youths have proposed pro-posed to tho very young women the father has selected for them. Tho only difference is that each has proposed to the other's Intended Intended, that Is, by Father. Everybody Is satisfied. Father and the Boys. go back cast. But this only tells tho story In briof To enjoy it. you should sec ft. It will rest you. and you -will feel better after you have seen It. ' No better company ever supported Mr. Crane than the ono with him now. If any one of tho capable company should be singled out, there are three that would be sqloctcd. Thoy arc Margaret Dale. Adelo Clark and Vivian Martin. But, ns mild, all are good. "Father and the Boys" will run the week, with matinee Saturday. Tho bill ,of all bills that havo been presented at tho Mission since this cosy amusement place began mnklng theatrical theatri-cal history opened for the week's run Thursday afternoon. Sucn, a hit did this performance make with tho matlnoo audience au-dience that hundreds wcro turned away at both evening performances on Thursday. Thurs-day. The programme Is perfectly balanced, bal-anced, each act teems with genuine entertainment, en-tertainment, and could easily bo clashed at a hcadllnor. . Hcrr Alber's polar bears Is probably tho highest classed animal act that was ever witnessed on tho vaudeville stago. These big. white, shaggy mammals ten of thorn unchained and permitted to romp on the stage, with the dare-devil trainer In their midst. Is Indeed a sight to arouse tho latent spark of enthusiasm hi the most indlfTorent person. Theso bears drink from a bottlo, act drunk, balance ;hMr huge frumi's on a lurgo ball, wrestle, slide down a toboggan In fact, they do so many things, almost Inconcolvablo of tho animal trlbo. that It .keeps ono on tho lookout for fear of missing miss-ing something. Josophlno GaHsman and her pickaninnies pickanin-nies shook the house with convulsions of laughter. Singing and dancing, with Just a bit of rich witticism thrown In, the act Is In a class by Itself. Nick Long and Adolono Cotton prcscnt-od prcscnt-od a near tragic playlet that took hold of tho audience and held its concentrated attention until the curtain dropped. Miss Cotton Is jl clover emotional actress, and tho "Banker nnd tho Thief" affords an excellent opportunity to display her tal-onts tal-onts In a dual part. Mr. Long, as Henry Clsirkson. a defaulting bank president, handles his portrayal In a masterful manner. The Malvern Troupo Is composed of acrobats of tho highest ordor. The three moil, a woman and :i child, draw forth gaHpa of astonishment from the audience by their remarkable feats. They do many thrilling stunts that others In thch particular line have never done on .a Salt l.ako stage stunts that, perhaps, others daro not attempt. Nellie Burt, character singing comedienne, come-dienne, sang her way Into the good graces of the audience. Her character portrayals are excellent, nnd her singing Is equally as good. Her net Is original and novel, she making bar changes of costume while singing to the audlenco. exposing her bead through a lattice work. Even tho motion pictures aro of an exceptionally Intorostlng nature nnd brought forth a round of applause. Prof. Mollcrup and his Mission orchestra play some catchy music that put!! tho house In a good humor before tho curtain rises on tho first act. Tho bill continues through the week with tho usual matinees. Tonight will be society night at tho Orphcum, which with the drawing power of tho road show, tho bill of the week Is expected to pack tho house. Beginning Begin-ning Sunday matinee there will he a new bill headeu by Alice Lloyd, whoso act has proven the most popular attraction cvor put out on tho clVcuit. Admlrcrr. of George Barr McCulchcon's works who have not yet seen his "Beverly "Bev-erly of Graustark" at tho Colonial, will do well to go thoro speedily, as. (ho engagement en-gagement ends with tho Saturday evening even-ing performance. The dramatization Is by tho scholarly Robert M. Baker, Is In four acts and Is mounted to tho point of lavlshncss. Scats will go on sale this morning for Hie LambardI Grand Opera company engagement en-gagement at the Salt Lako Theater next week. Indications point to a very pretentious pre-tentious season as both the soclfly and musical leaders have signified their Intention In-tention of supporting this senson with tho view of securing another opera season sea-son in tho event that this is a financial success. Mail orders will bo received from both out of town and city residents, as many will bo unable to go to the box office In time to secure good seals. Railroads Rail-roads run excursions every day of next week from Utah points at one fare for the round trip. Tho complete repertoire reper-toire follows- Monday evening and "dnoday matlnoo. "La Gloconda," Tuos.iay. "Mndam Buttorfiy," Wednesday Wednes-day evening. "Lucia;" Thursday cvonlng, "II Trovatorc," Friday. "Faust;" Saturday Satur-day matinee, "Cavallcrla Rustlcana" and "Pagllacci." "Madame Satan." which is being presented pre-sented at the Bungalow theater this week by the Bungalow Stock company, which Is headed by Miss Maudo Lcono, deserves the patronage that It Is receiving receiv-ing as It Is one of tno best plays presented pre-sented by this splendid company. Miss Leono handles a difficult role to perfection, perfec-tion, and displays some boautlful gowns. There will bo a matinee of tho present bill on Saturday, and on Sunday evening will be offered a dramatlztalon of the famous novel, "St, Elmo." The seat sale for Bailey & Austin's engagement en-gagement In "The Top o' th World," which opened at the Colonial theater Thursday goes to show that thoro Is as much Interest displayed as was tho caso two short months ago, when they played a banner engagement at the Salt Lake Theater. The Indications aro that this engagement will surely be a record-breaker, record-breaker, as all parts of the theater were eagerly sought for. and this clearly demonstrates dem-onstrates tho popularity of the attraction. attrac-tion. That society will bn represented In forco Is very evident on account of the largo number of box reservations. |
