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Show AMUSEMENTS SALT IjAKE THEATER Henrietta Crosnian in ','The Kcal Thing." Curtain. Cur-tain. S:15. f COLONIAL THEATER "The Com-infc Com-infc of Columbus," In motion plc-tutcs, plc-tutcs, all week. ORPHEUM THEATER Advanced vaudeville. All week. Matinee daily at 2:15. Evening curtain. 8:15. GARRICK THEATER A double bill: Max Flgman and Garrick company in "Tho Marriage of Kitty" and "The Danger Signal," a one-act playlet by a local author. Evening curtain, S.ln. EMPRESS THEATER Sullivan-Con-sldlno vaudeville. Matinee daily at 2:30. Two evening performances, 7:30 and 0:15. Bill changes Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon. If every -"wl fa In Salt Lake who doesn't know how to make herself the ruling factor In her husband's life doesn't learn' how before- Henrietta Crosman travels on her crusade against too domesticated wives. It will not be Miss Crpsman's fault, for she is certainly doing her utmost to mako a wlfo tho real thing In "The Real Thing." "The Real Thing" is a domestic comedy worthy of the many laughs It draws during dur-ing the course of its unwinding. If one were to become supercritical in viewing the play it might be said" that Its verbosity is Its only drawback. But the Irreslstiblo humor that lines practically prac-tically every utterance put Into the mouths of the characters lias a tendency to compel keen anticipation for the witty remarks; hence the loquacity of the char" actors is readily forgiven, if not' overlooked over-looked entirely. " Jesse Lorraine, a widow (Miss Crosman) Cros-man) breaks into t lie domestic tranquility tranquil-ity of Richard Grayson (Fred Tld,en) and his wife, Kate (Josephine Lovett). The Graysons are satisfied with their dull existence, but In their matter-of-fact lives Jesse discovers a foreign note. She discovers dis-covers that Grayson Is dialing under tho sacrificial and austere domesticity of his home life with his wife at the helm, but for the first time gives voice to his feelings feel-ings when he Is caught innocently, perhaps, per-haps, bestowing a brotherly kiss ,on tho lips of a young woman with ... whom, through his wlfo. he has been thrown In constant companionship. Jesse hints to tho wife, without telling her of the episode, that her husband might in time learn to think more of the young woman than he did of his wife, and points out tho reason constant companionship com-panionship of the kind that is denied him In his own homo. For a short time it becomes a sort of three-cornered game of wits between Grayson, his wife and Jesse. The situation Is somewhat strained, but is relieved when Grayson leaves for a vacation. Then Jesse gets In her work. She thrusts Kate to oneT side and herself takes hold of the helm of tho Grayson household. Little by little Kale Is worked over into her former self, a bcnutlful woman, painstaking In gowning herself attractively. She relaxes in her severe views of her homo duties, lakes to tennis, ten-nis, a game at which sho once excelled, and kindred other pastimes, which she had discarded with the coming of her children. When the husband returns he llnds a new atmosphere in his home, his wife a new woman, and his household Ideal in every rospoct- I'arallellng the story of the Grayson affairs Is another story, in which Jesso has hor own troublos with a former sweetheart who, learning that she Is a widow, Is more ardent than In tho past In suing for hor hand. She loves him. hut for some petty reason refuses to tell him so. In the end sho capitulates; in tho same few moments during which Grayson returns home and takes his rejuvenated re-juvenated wife to his arms. Miss Crosman Is her Joyful, effervescent self as Jesse. She possesses the knack of alloying her pleasing presence and exquisite diction with the framework of character supplied by thrf author, and her portrayal Is a delight thai will overshadow overshad-ow the. best things she has done on -.i local stage in tho past. Josephine " Lovett Is splendid as Mrs. Grayson. Albert Brown Is a real comedian, come-dian, doesp't fiCPiji to' wish lo be. but just can't help being: and therein lies his charm. He plays Tom. Jesse's swect-lioart. swect-lioart. The other .members of the company, com-pany, including two little lots of tho "Just-kids" age. souse the values of llielr part and make manifest Ihe fact through interesting portrayals throughout. "The Real Thin" Is a fine lesson for doling mothers, and will he found, an evening of enjoyable cntortainmnot' for everybody. ' The engagement rims through Saturday night, with a matineo-Saturday matineo-Saturday afternoon. With but two more dny.s of vaudeville this season at. the Orpheum, It seems as If the lasL bill of the season will mako a lasting Impression on the minds of those making up the big audiences in attendance attend-ance daily. The flood of scat reservations, reserva-tions, especially for matinees during the entire stock season at tho Orpheum, which begins Sunday, has come somewhat us a surprise. All the best ocata In the balcony are already reported booked for the season. As the Garrick season draws to a closo, theatergoers are flocking to that house at every performance to witness the last appearance of tho Garrick. players this season. Max Flgman In "The Marriage of Kitty," and Mrs, Martha Roylo Pal-mci's Pal-mci's sketch of mining camp life, make one of tho most appealing attractions housed at the Garrick this season. La Wayne and FJtzgerald, who will install a stod: musical comedy company in the theater Immediately the Garrick playors close, report everything in readiness for reopening the house Sunday night with "In Gay New York." Captain George Auger, the tallest man In the world, and company, presenting "Jack tho Giant Klllei-." is r.he headline act at the Empress this week. Plenty of comedy Is worked Into the unique sketch, which gives Mr. Auger and his company an opportunity to display their abilities In the fun-making line. "The Coming of Columbus" In motion pictures at the Colonial, shows Columbus performing the trick of standing an egg on end. After many attempts by various courtiers, the explorer is asked to accomplish accom-plish the feat, which he docs by fracturing fractur-ing the end of the egg. A courtier then remarks that the trick Is easy to perform, per-form, to which Columbus replies that it is easy after he had shown how it was done, and that, after he had shown the way to the new world, it was easy for others to follow. |