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Show I SALT LAKH Tl -I WATER Alio Lloyd In "Little. MIk? Fix-It." three iiIkMh ami a Wednesday mutlnec. bopln-. nlns Monday night. My C. COLONIAL T1IEATBR "Tlio Coming Com-ing of Columhus." In motion pl lurcs.all week, beginning Monday. ORPHKl'M THEATER Advanced vaudeville. All week. Matinee, dallv at ICvenlnc curtain. S:1G. Bill' changes this aftcmoon. GAnRICK THEATER A double bill: Max Flgmnn and Gnrrick company in "The. .Marriage of Kilty" and "The Danger Signal." a one-act plavlet by n local author. All week, beginning: tonight. Curtain, S:15. EMPRESS THEATER Sulllvan-Con-sldlnc vaudeville. Mutlnce dally at 2:0. Two evening performances, 7:30 and 0-15. BUI changes Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon. KB ,,T ITTLE MISS FIX-IT," with 11 Alice Lloyd, the popular J J English singing comedienne, as its star, is to be I he attraction at-traction at the Salt Lake theater for three days, beginning Monday. May (3. and including a matinee on Wcdncs-This Wcdncs-This engagement marks Miss Lloyd's debut in the west a? a musical musi-cal comcdv star, her former appear-nuces appear-nuces having been made only as a vaudeville licadlincr. On those cnrlicr visits -Miss Lloyd made herself immensely im-mensely popular and leathered together a larger following than perhaps any other English comedienne soon here. " Little Miss Fix-It" is said to be an extremely amusing musical Faroe and has nlreadv enjoyed a run of four months at the Globe theater in New York, and also has to its credit an all-summer all-summer engagement at the Chicago on era, house during one oE the hottest stimnicr reasons in that city. The book is the work of William .1. Muribut. Harry B. Smith and George V. Hobarf. During the course of the omcdv Miss Lloyd introduces her most recent song successes, ,I1.ac Vou Ever Loved Anv Other Little Girl?" "Cupid." "The Hobble Promenade." Prom-enade." "T'll TSuild an Eden for Vou" and "Excuse Me. Mr. Moon.' In addition lo Miss Lloyd's own songs there are "There Is a Happy Land t "Staving Out Late." "Disguising and "Mv Word." A feature of the second act is the. now famous dance number. "The Newport Turkey Trot," said to be quite the most fascinating of the now numerous terpsichorcau . I Woven throughout "Little Miss Fix-It" there is a most amusing and appealing slorv dealing with the .ioys and trials of Delia Wendell, a young woman who loves her husband so devotedly de-votedly thai she exercises a woman's prerogative and quarrels with him over a foolish trifle. She then determines to forget her sorrows by making those about her happv. So she starts a wholesale whole-sale match-making campaign and attempts at-tempts to "tix it" for everybody who js in love or who, she thinks, ought to Such a campaign furnishes material for numerous a musing situations and supplies Miss Llovd with ample oppor-tunitv oppor-tunitv to display all those delightful talonts for fun-making which have made her so popular. , Messrs. Werba & Lucscher. under whoso management Miss Lloyd is presented, pre-sented, and who : also the producers of "The Sprinir Maid," "Mis Dudcl-sack" Dudcl-sack" and "The TCose Maid." have nrrnundcd the comedienne with a most distinguished supporting company, includinc in-cludinc Lionel Walsh, Frederic Sant-lev, Sant-lev, Frank Shnnnon, James C. Lane. Grace Field. Nellie Malcolm, Annie ;. "Buckley and Grace Brown. The scenic equipment is an attractive attrac-tive and tasteful oue the first act oc- enrring in the grounds of n pretentious country house on fashioable Long Ts-land, Ts-land, and the second act in the living - room of the same attractive establtsh-' establtsh-' ? II 1 NTS week marks the close of tho I vaudeville season at tho Or-' Or-' B pheum, and -Manager (". X. ' ' Sutton has promised a bill that for general excellence has not been surpassed nt tlie State street, -amuse- merit house in many months. The ad- vance notices of tho various acts, and the good words said of them in other cities, indicate that the fullest expectations expec-tations will be realized. The headlincr is a pretentious production pro-duction from the pen of George V. irobnrt. and is called " Every wife." a mueh-talked-of playlet in four scenes, requiring, forty-five minutps for its nresentation and twenty-one persons to fill the cast. Tt is a symbolical play in which the author has taken a flash at the old miracle plays, wherein human hu-man Qualities nnd emotions are personified, per-sonified, and then brought that plan of drama up to date. The result is most felicitous, and the. playlet is one of the best things seen m vaudeville. The characters from sohodv. who speaks a prologue before each scene, to Everywifc and Everv-hnsbnnd. Everv-hnsbnnd. run the scale of human qual ALICE LLOYD AND LIONEL WALSH, In "Little Miss Fix-it,'' at the Salt Lake Theater May 6, 7 and 8, With a Matinee on Wednesday. , ities and desires, which make modern life complex for the ordinary young couple. The opening scone shows Evcrywifo and Everyhushand happy in the first month of wedded bliss, llappincsn is there, and then enters "Rhyme and Reason. Jealousy also comes and when Evervhusband is caught kissing her. Reason suggests ho tell the truth, but Rhyme says to lie. and lie lies. Then enter the other characters to add to the general tuuglc which is finally straightened out, The story is told in a simple manner but with force, and has a charm that is said to be irresistible. irre-sistible. Mike Bernard, said to be the world's champion ragtime pianist, and Amy Butler, a petite character comedienne, have each scored individually on the vaudeville, stage, but since joining forces their triumphs have boon, it is said, greater than over. M'iss Butler But-ler 'r work is artistic and tho two combine com-bine a bright and refreshing musical number which should make a strong bid for popular favor pn this week's bill. Ornhoumites will remember George McKav and ."John Cantwoll and their pronounced success when thev were here before in a skit called "The Po Iieeman and the Pickpocket." Thov are returning with a new vehicle called "A Breeze From Broadway," a satire on Xew York's famed great white, way. McKay and Cantwoll are graduates from musical comedv but their place in vaudeville seems to be fixed. They are eccentric dancers, they have a line of bright, witty and timely patter and their soncs are new and original. Miss Sue Smith, a gifted singing comedienne, will make her how to Salt Lake audiences, and if half what is said about Iter is true she will score a big hit in Salt Lake this week. 1 1 is said she possesses a sweet voice of remarkable re-markable range and has a larrC repertoire reper-toire of clever songs and bright pat-tor. pat-tor. Lovers of minstrelsy will harp a dash of their favorite amusement in the act of Bogart and Nelson. They have a ekit entitled "A Day With a Minstrel Show. A novel feature of the new bill will be the transparent paintings hv Karl Grees. which are something new in lightning art. He paints in colors with unusual rapidilv two landscapes which, are extremelv beautiful. The work is done on transparencies through which electric light? are thrown, illuminating the work in a new wav and giving it a unusual and most attractive effect. An excellent musical programme will be rendered b" the orchestra and the successful farce, "The Marriage of Kitty," and, as a curtain raiser thereto, there-to, tho production for the first time on any stage of Mrs. Martha Royle Palmer's new dramatic sketch, "The Danger SigiiaU" Mr. Figman himself chose "The Marriage Mar-riage of Kitty' Tor this, U last week at tho GarriY-k. and while the farce has never been given locally before, a good many playgoers here have seen it played in the east and will remember remem-ber if as one of tho snappiest, cleverest clever-est and most rapidly moving French farces adapted for tlie American stage in a good many years. It is a play so admirably suited to Mr. Eignian's artistry and temperament that ho gives it. first place in his repertoire and declares de-clares that it is one of .tho finest comedies it has ever been his privilege to appoar in. The story is laid in England and the principal role that taken by Mr. Fig-man Fig-man is the character of a foppish young English nobleman who has come into a great fortune on condition tha' lie marry before a cortain date and that he does not marry a widow or a woman who is a native of Prussia. In asimich as he is in love with a widow who was born and raised in Prussia, it is readily apparent that there already exists the ground work for a good many laughable situations. Mr. Figman is staging "The Marriage of Kitty" with the greatest care and the management of the Garrick is outdoing out-doing itself to give Mrs. Palmer's sketch a mounting and production that will be long remembered. Mrs. Palmer lielself his directed the production of "The Danger Signal.'" and when the curtain goes up on . I he interior of tho HUle miner's cabin nestling against the side of a Colorado mountain there will be revealed a tale of pathos, mining camp life, love ami courago that beyond a question will put the sketch among tho few successful success-ful playlets ever written, the scenes and action of which deal directly with the real west as western men and .women know tho west today. Its story is a storm chapter from tholife of a woman whose husband has been dead several years as the result re-sult of a mine accident, and who has lived for her boy alone since then. Her little claim, the only legacy of her husband, hus-band, adioins the property of a larger company and the widow is becoming more and more certain that the larger company has invaded underground tho property of her claim and that much of her ore has been stolen. The story has been carefully developed, devel-oped, and those who have been permitted per-mitted to see rehearsals of tho playlet this week at the Garrick unhosital ing-lv ing-lv pronounce il one of the strongest and most appealing western sketches vet written. Miss Margaret Dills, one of the. most accomplished and popular of tho Garrick Gar-rick players, has been chosen for the leading role in "The Danger Signal" 1 r , HENRIETTA OROSMAN, In Hor Latest Comedy Success, "Tho Boal Thing," Coming to the Salt Lake Theater; Ma y 0, 10 and 11. motion pictures will toll the .stories of current events of importance. WHILE, after the record the theater the-ater has made the pal, two sea-, sons, playgoers here have come to expect big things of tho Garrick Gar-rick and have socn unusual features inaugurated there with a niiniimnm of fuss and flurry, an annuuucemcnl issues from Manager Jtogcrs's office occasionally occasion-ally that is so much out of the ordinary that one's attention is ' quickly arrested. ar-rested. Of such nature is the news that has come from the Garrick relative to the offering at that house for the ensuing week, beginning tonight, of the fure; well attraction of the fogulur sensort there. The programme is to he a double bill, running through the entire wee'-, and consisting of Ljx- Figman and tlK, Garrick pkiyru'b ir Mr. Pi gum's r.io't and the Garrick has spent several hundred hun-dred dollars in stuging tlie sketch adequately. ade-quately. Hundreds of Mrs. .Palmer's friends in club and social circles have reserved seats for Monday evening at the Garrick and several 'organizations lo which sho belongs will attend performances per-formances at the Garrick the coining week in a body. With this double, bill the management manage-ment of the Garrick has decided that, despite the extra expense and work, no change will be made in the prices charged and regular Garrick prices will prevail throughout the week, Matinee performances will be given on Thursday Thurs-day and Saturday afternoons. TO Eva Ray, who headlines tho bill at the Empress I his week, belongs the distinction of, having hav-ing created an impression here with her work that no other woman Scone Froni "Evm Headlincr j working along similar lines has ever duplicated. This woman of French descent, whose work has created little less than a furore on the continent the last few years, is making her first appearance under the exclusive management of Sullivan & C'onsidino, and with the stage set in a scene of wondrous Egyptian beauty, she performs feats that to the laymen are filled with mystery mys-tery and delight. Her exhibition of mind reading is one of the most sen aalional of its kind evor given on a local stage, and since her opening performance. per-formance. 'Miss Kay has been besieged with hundreds of requests for information infor-mation concerning matters of love, matrimony, business and financial affairs. af-fairs. The performers on the bill with Miss Ray include the two Stantons, Val and Ernie, who with their new conversational conversa-tional patter, are two of the biggest hits of the soasou at the popular variety va-riety house. William F. Powers and Will D. Ilowavrl and their enninanv have a funuv farco comedv in "Books." by Phillip Troup. Mr. and Mrs. Gilson are two versatile entertainers, enter-tainers, and Coy Do Trickey makes a hit with her tan types and dances. Tho Altns brothers open tho bill in a successful and graceful juggling novelty. nov-elty. For the coming bill at the Empress, beginning Wednesday afternoon of this week, we arc to have the first appearance appear-ance here at popular prices of George Augor. the giant actor who is already a Popular entertainer with Salt Lakers. His company of midgets are always a srroat drawing card. Mr. Auger himself him-self is eight foot in height, while the largest, midget is only thirty-four inches tall :yid weighs' onlv 'forty pounds. Beatrice McEenv.ie. Walter Shannon and thoir company will offer a prettv tabloid musical comedy entitled "More W.-ivs Than One." Sheridan and Sloan will be seen in "A Tag Dav Episode.' and Carl Randall in a new daueing act. Moxetto is a European higgler and the nv. (-.. .,,1,1..., 1 I' . i. f II. 1 -li Ai.u .nimu ii.iMiiu oi iiie diii is a fierman orator. Senator Francis -Murphy, who is appearing by special permission per-mission of ClifT Gordon. YOU dutiful mothers, you doting wives, you spoiled children, you dear husbands am all you sweet hcnn'H hark lo the ston of "Tho Real Thing." that Henrietta Crosmnn will tell at the Salt Lake theater on Thursday. Friday and Saturdav, with Saturday matinee. This comedy is by Cathorinn Chisholm Cuahing. and in it Miss Crosmnn has .just closed a verv succsful engage-lhent engage-lhent at the Maxine Elliott theater, New York City. The management wishes it distinctly understood that "Tim Real Thing'"' does not tench a lesson. It docs not take a scientist or a deep thinker lo appreciate "The Real Thing.'' It is a simply story. A pretty 'girl, athletic, gay and wholesome, whole-some, mnrrios a man who is himself fond of athletics nnd fun. Soon after come babies nnd the 3,oung wife finds with the care of these and the house that she hasn't time to devolo to the j.hings her nt.nbaiuj likes. So she lt' him go abo.it alone- There is nothing to drink in I he house because of the example to ike little boy, so when " hnbb " vants ty quench his Hiirst ho must go lo tho club or a neighbor's. neigh-bor's. Tho piano isn't opened any more, because it would disturb the kids, and "wifey'' goes about with curl p pers. etc.. I ecause sh is busy. Of course, the wife i a goose, and she doosn 't wake up until the "widow" conies along in the shape of her sister, and who has some modern ideas regara ing the dominie duties , f worian. In the first idnco. the y.-idow admitb that it is criminal lo neglect children, but, she argues, it is fatal to neglect lnis band, and so there must be a happv medium; me-dium; and a good wife's a good mother, every time. At any rate the widow catches the husband kissing the wife's understudy. But she doesn't make n fuss about it and tell the wife. She's too sensible for that. Instead she tries to wake the wife up and show her flint she can still be a good mother and a wife at the same time. Of course she succeeds suc-ceeds aud the spoiled children under the regime are not so spoiled. And the husband forgets he kissed the under ftudv. because he didn't menu it, any- ' way. Now, while the widow can regulate her sister's affairs, she gets her own lovo affairs all mixed up. but the- arc finally straightened out and all cuds happily. Miss Crosman plays the "widow," and it is a paTt in which she is said to excel. WITH the announcement that the Garrick theater -will close its regular stock season on Saturday night of this week, comes the news that the theater has been leased for a soason of musical comedv by a local syndicato of theatrical theatri-cal People headed by Tommy Filz-Gerald. Filz-Gerald. at present proprietor of the Maiestie theater here. Opening Sunday night, May 12, -Mr. FitzGerald and his associates take over tho Garrick for their poat-scasou ol musical comedy productions and from the scale on which these presentations are boing prepared it is evident that the management has decided to stage a. scries of plays far more pretentious than have evor beforo bocu given locally lo-cally by a stock musical comedy company. com-pany. The first production will be "In Gay New York," a musical extravaganza extrava-ganza that has scored success on the eastern stage. Mr. FitzGcrald and his associates arc comploting the assembling assemb-ling of their company of show girls, dancers and comedians, and when the initial curtain goes up at the Garrick next Sunday night it will disclose one of the handsomest bevy of girls ever gathered at tho Garrick. In addition, some very clever comedians have been obtained and will begin work immediately. imme-diately. Mr. Fif.Gerald has had several years' experience in tho production of musical plays, and while the I'orthconi-iiifr I'orthconi-iiifr appearance of his company at the Garrick will not be the. first time he has managed productions of this nature here, it will bo the first opportunity he has had for staging a big musical show on a stage sutlicioutly large to -HIM"i permit of the proper scenic of a big musical production. M? The schodule for tho wfcajK at the Garrick will follow tkKf ule that has been in effect itlVv house. Tho bills will opn P,' nights and continue tbrouch tUB with matinee porfonimntes CilP dav and Saturday. The Garrick 's eccnie nrtuli hBj' Tondv started work on Ueirft5K orv lo bo used in the prctaiiHr "In Gay New York.'1 ad lkBf tunics havu been ordered frnHfi York-. -A company of ttrcBlT-iijR1 cipals and chorus will opes tVH cal show seasou at the GjniiBw, Miss Gordna Beanctt. one of kJ beautiful girls on the irutrH lias been engaged as leaiiri'iB Miss Bennett h possessed of tjB1 splendid range and tone THK! will be seen Grace Walten, iBjr known comedienne ir iPjf popular. Fred Ilocy will be uVK1 comedian and the chorus H bevy of shapely and pretty r!riHr; to Salt Lake. Popular prices will prevail IfP out the engagement of h IP?. aud rehearsals will beslo ruiR week on the opening bill. nn 'UB vital events it tKn and discoveries of Blf Columbus, who ?1T 'rjE world to ei vilizatio;, IJHfsk produced with historic eiadasSBjJi three-reel motion picture, "Bc ing of Columbus," which mil KH&i at the Colonial theater fcr iHRt beginning with tomorrow's Tho making of this renuuMj to-plav entailed ncr three MBItl research and labor, rcquirr .""iO people and cost tho prwlK Such records of his vosK discovery of Hip western '"fTHt Columbus left were followdjVBPt (Continued on rollowbKf . YVIIiLABD 1L4.CK. rthftiijii St.'E- Who Returns to Salt Lake as Leading Man With the ?w&tmW, pany, Making His First Appearance With the Orpheui lBo&m l-Oolonial l-Oolonial Girl,'' Which Reopens tho Orphoum as a Sftvj Plays and Players (Continued from Preceding Pago.) ias possible, and every facility of the greatest motion picture plant; in the world was utilized. The duplicates of the three caravel?, Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina, which y the-Spanish nation had built and pre- I' l -rlli 3cntca to the American nation were . 'i employed in the production. Even the ,'!; I original log-book used bj' Columbus is ,('f"i S shown. The early vicissitudes of' Co- i h lumbus aro depicted. His pleadings be- i t V for the Spanish court, his final com- J. mission to go forth on his exploration 'MMk of the unknown sCas. flic incidents of v!,H,!i the voyage, the landing on American V'TJ soil, the return to Spain and the groat .I-1 receptinn, aro nil faithfully portrayed by competent actors and recorded by tho camera. ,.r The presentation is under the man- it , T agemcnt' of the Liberty Theater com- ''.' ' pany. There will be matinees daily .ind "" .O-j two performances each evening. A j! special matinee for all school children n'l-; V has been arranged for S'aturday. ?Vj: t Xf; THE Moorc-Ethier Repertoire com- ! t pauy, with headquarters at Salt '-'j. : Lake, has started on a western i',!', -' tour which, will take in the lj- ' principal towns of Nevada, eventually ;';ilV. reaching the summer dramatic territory 'jjj'i'.lT of northern California. ,n'l-.'"j: Frederick Moore aud Pearl Ethior. -"j.,1 'jj who head the company, have, been seen J''''?! here in stock work during several sea- 'J )rj! sons and became favorites with theater patrons in this city. Jn the eighteen vj (i,," years of his theatrical career Mr. u t. Moore has appeared in the chief towns "! 1 from the Mississippi river to the Pa- ';:s -,v cific. coast. Miss'Ethier is a siaier of ,. f j t, Alphonso Ethier of Ben Hur fame and v. is an actress of ability. rw't This company is tl" one that had 'tlj'y successful runs in the Lyric theater in ,.' j: Salt Lake and the Utahna theater in b,'. j Ogden, and in it the principals have good support. Many of them, includ- '.' ing Mr. Moore and Miss. Ethiev, were i also with Willard Mack during his be?t 'j - ' i days in Salt Lake. 'ii- T WILLARD MACK, writing from ij J the Baker theater, Portland. Or., where he closes his en- gagement as leading man to- j 'l night, announces that the opening play to be presented by the Orpheum play- if crs will be the E. IT. Sothern success, : "A Colonial Girl,-" a drama which calls for elaborate staging, powder and t-; patches and romantic costuming. The '"', ! old time Salt Lake favorite actor state r ;' that he will arrive in Salt Lake Citv .( early in the week, when rehearsals will .. I i commence. The parts have already haen ',! 't 1 as.niwned hv mail and hp nromisp that y.'l.r when the curtain goes up at the Or- ; ,.i pheum, May 32, for the summor stock 1 scasou. that a finished production will i greet his numerous friends here. J Manager C. N Sutton of the Or- i,.l'A phouin feels in good spirits over the .9 strong company of players he has se- i J : 4 cured for the summer season. . "I am sure," said he, "'that &alt t'::j'.j Lake will like the play selected for the - , ,U, opening week. The pace set will be maintained throughout the season and j;' a splendid list of high priced royalty L' plays has been secured. 'A Colonial .1', ; Girl' is one of those romantic dramas ; which call for elaborate staging, hand- r;i: some costuming and good emotional acting. n-'i "This play was produced by E. H. i Sothern and" Virginia Harned in 1903 ' ) '.i at the Lyceum theater, New York, un- I der the title of "A Shilling Dinner." v '1 ft. rau for tliTeo months and was then i " 1 j seut on the road with Howard Gould i.,, , J as the tar and the title changed to " A j ;'. ', Colonial Girl." The tw0 leading parts I. of Godfrey Ticmsen and Molly Heddin ' arc two great romantic leads, Remsen ,-i ' being one of those picturesque patriots fj " ; of Washington's army. ;l; i "This role, will be played by Mr. I- i ' Mack, while Miss Genevieve Blinn, who : Jii has resigned as leading woman in Oliver i'i'N Morosco's Burbank stock theater, Lo- i ? Angelas, plays Molly. Candidly, in kr-A -1 Mr! Mack and Miss Blinn I believe we r.'..';, have secured two of among the best p.i'V stock people in the country, today. The supporting company, too, is a trong . one thatdias been recruited from among fit.': 1 J some of the best organizations ea;t a;.., i, and west. There are many actors 'rest- i !.'' ing' right now and we were enabled to j '"!'-' take our pick, so to speak. J . H "I am sure that the Salt Lake pub- fi! ' lie will be delighted when it sees the !':"- company wc have gathered together. f-j (;j Mr. Mack has beeu a great success in - .! Portland and elsewhere on the coast- : 'j where his productions have been said .x;i to oqual Bela6CO in scenic, and lighting u;, "The plavs to be presented through- ) ? out tho season will be selected from . ," among those high priced royalty pro- ;," duct ions that have not been seen in ; Salt Lake before. Without exception, I ." jftj reallv belicvo that the Orpheum plavers . ri will' be. the best stock company Salt . , f. Lake has had, and this city has had some good ones." . |