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Show I AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE THEATER "MIzpah," Plays all week. Curtain, S'.lo. COLONIAL THEATER "Alaska." Evening performance, S;15. Matinees Mati-nees Saturday and Sunday. ORPHEUM THEATER Advancod vaudeville. Matinee, 2:16; evening. S:15. GARRICK THEATER The Garrlck Stock company In "Girls." Evening, Even-ing, S:l. Souvenir matinee this afternoon, S HUBERT THEATER Tho Curtis Musical Comedy company in "The Queen of Spoonyland," beginning this afternoon. MISSION THEATER Cunning, tho handcuff king. Matinees daily at 2:15; evening. S o'clock. The stage version of Ella Wheeler Wll-con's Wll-con's Biblical story. "Mlspah," will be presented at tho fc'all Lake theater for tho last times this afternoon and evening. Many conference visitors have found this play one of their chief sources of entertainment enter-tainment while In tho city, and Indications Indica-tions arc that as many more as can crowd Into tho Salt Lake theater at each performance today will tako advantage of the opportunity offered to see "MIz-pa "MIz-pa h." "Alaska," which has entertained two large audiences so far at the Colonial, will bo given this afternoon and evening and tomorrow afternoon and evening. The play Is a gripping melodrama, with the scenes laid in the glow of tho aurora borenlls. on the Yukon river In Alaska. Those who enjoy tingling situations, a tangible plot, and appealing characters will find "Alaska" a sourco of much entertainment. en-tertainment. The closing presentations of this week's bill at the Orphoum will be in order at today's matinee and evening performances. perform-ances. Commencing with tomorrow's matinee, mat-inee, a strong bill ' Is promised. The heudliner will be a novelty in vaudeville in the form of Offenbach's opora. "The Tales of Hoffman," with Helena Frederick Freder-ick as tho star, supported by a strong cast of singers of grand opera experience. experi-ence. "Girls" will bo presented by tho Garrlck Gar-rlck Stock company for the last time this evening, with a special souvenir matinee tills afternoon. Tho souvenirs are .said to he something in the way of a novelty and a- surprise. Beginning tomorrow nJght the Garrlck will open the new week with Otis Skinner's masterpiece. "The Honor of tho Family." It Is said that the work done by the Garrlck players play-ers so far this season has properlv prepared pre-pared them to undertake what promises to be the premier effort of that aggregation aggrega-tion of players. Francis "U'ilson, who Is to appear for throe nights at the Salt L,ako theater beginning next Monday night in "The Bachelor's Baby," written -by himself for his own use. received a letter while playing Boston from one of that cltv's best known clergymen, who. tho night before, had sat through the comedian's performance of his play. The letter read: "Allow me to take the llbcrtv of thanking you for the pleasure I bad'last night in seeing you In 'Tho Bachelor's Baby." If all plays were as pure, clean and uplifting as that, I -would say. 'God bless the stage. And it certainly can be said of you and your play " "Suit the word to the action, suit the action to tho word," wrote a certain William Shakespeare a few hundrod years ago. "I see Brother Shakespeare, and go him one better." says Blanche Ring, who comes to the Colonial in "The Yankee Girl" next Tuesday night. "T suit the word to the action, the action to the word, and toss a smile In for each sometimes two or three smiles." The success of Blanche Ring as a maker of popular melodies lies in her ability to project a wholesome, happy, hflthful personality across tho footlights. foot-lights. That she Is an excellent Judge of songs is patent from her selection of such numbers as "Top o the Morning." "Nora Malone." "Vlp-I-Addy" and "Rings on My Fingers." A musical comedy of excellent entertaining enter-taining qualities is "The Queen of Spdon.vlnnd." which opens at tho Shu-bert Shu-bert this afternoon for a week's run. The Allen. Curtis company presents the piece, which Is said lo be one of the best quipped comedies presented at tho Shu-bert Shu-bert this season. Cunning, the "Jail breaker." master magician and illusionist, continues to draw capacity houses each night at the Mission theater. Last night. In addition addi-tion to his many other mystifying features, fea-tures, he succeeded In liberating himself from a specially constructed box built In full view of tho audience. Cunning's engagement closes on Sunday evening, and those who find pleasure In witnessing witness-ing exhibitions of mystery and magic will find plenty of entertainment at the Mission. |
