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Show AMUSEMENTS UTAH THEATER Brandon Tynan and Florence Storio In "The Passing of the Third Floor Back." This afternoon and tonight. COLONIAL William J. Kelly and Florence Rockwell in "The Girl from Rector's." This afternoon and tonight. to-night. EMPRESS Vaudeville. Performance every . afternoon and two performances perform-ances at night. Th following tlieiter notlc r murk! "drtlemeuls" In ordr to comply trlth a tlrlet Interpretation of the new federal neng. paper lew. lu no aenao aro they paid adTer-tltementa. adTer-tltementa. They are Itema (urnUhed by tha prtta agenta of tha varloua thaatara. An attractive feature at the Utah the- ! ater, and one that will continue throughout through-out tho season, Is the appearance in the lobbv before each performance of two little Chinese girls garbed In fantastic Oriental costumes. They greet patrons of the house and hand out fans and flowers. Another distinctive feature Is tho organization organ-ization of theater parties lo attend tho Utah plays. The house has been sold out for today's matinee and another big house Is assured for tonight. "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" clones with this evening's performance, but judging from the audiences thai have witnessed lis presentation by Brandon Tynan, Florence Stone and associate players, it colild easily run a few more nights. Next week "The Concert" will be the bill and there will be a special matinee on Decoration day, making three afternoon performances, Thursday, Friday Fri-day and Saturday. The cngagLinent of the clever French farce, "The Girl From Rector's." at the Colonial, closes with tonight's performance. perform-ance. A heavy reservation of seals is reported for the matinee performance this afternoon, and altogether the opening open-ing week of Mr. Kelly's summer stock seuson has been most successful. For the coming week the bill is to be a big revival of the favorite romance. "Old Heidelberg." In which the star will be socn as Prince Karl. The piece has been beautifully mounted and Mr. Kelly considers the role one of his best. Majestic Park Is tho new name for the old Salt Palace, which will throw open Its doors May 2(5 for the season with Campbell's United shows, a combination of circus, menagerie, wild west and carnival. car-nival. The show carries some 300 people peo-ple and many different animals and birds, among tho latter being a large herd of trained ostriches and a full-grown full-grown cassowary, nearly as large as an ostrich. The cassowary la now almost extinct and the prlco of a full-grown one would be more than that of a full-grown full-grown elephant. During the week's stay of the Campbell shows, every night will be a special night and introducing some special features. ."Forty-nine Days in California," and a reproduction on an elaborate scale of tho Mardl Gras festival festi-val In New Orleans, arc said to bo two of the most Important events. The show will arrive In Salt Lake Sunday morning In two special trains and everything will be In perfect readiness for the opening Monday night. Tt Isn't the amount of the amber brew that the noted German comedian, Al. Lewis, who carries the star part in Aaron Hoffman's latest effort "The New Leader." is able to contain that makes him popular, but undoubtedly the droll-ness droll-ness of his humor. When the great New York comedy hit, "The New Leader." first gained prominence us a vaudeville offering, while playing at Hammcrsteln's, tho New York Hippodrome and other New York theaters, there was'a scramble among the theatrical booking agents to get the production and the original cast. Sullivan & Consldlnc secured the original cast and the noted German comedian. Al. Lewis. They are making a lour of the circuit and meeting with unprecedented unprece-dented success everywhere. It Is a comedy, com-edy, ana a good one, and contributes most generously as an entertaining feature fea-ture and as a merry-maker. There are a half dozen other acts that go to make up tho "ail good" bill that will be of special spe-cial Interest to the "kiddies" and grownups grown-ups at today's matinee. Additional interest attaches to the forthcoming production of the dramatic spectacle, "Evcrywoman." at the Salt Lake theater all next week, with matinees mati-nees Wednesday. Friday (Decoration day) and Saturday, by Henry W. Savage, Sav-age, because of the great success the piece achieved at the Drury Lane theater, the-ater, London, where it was produced last September. Though that vast playhouse play-house seats over 4000 people. It was filled to the rafters at every performance perform-ance until tho play had to give way to the annual Christmas pantomime, which is a British Institution. The story of the play Is the chronicles of the adventures adven-tures which befell a young and beautiful woman who sets out from her home In quest of love. The search leads her into strange experiences. To illustrate her ca'reer, fully 150 people are employed and a symphony orchestra and a tralnload of scenery and electrical effects are carried. "Past Redemption," a sensational western drama in two parts, by the Kay-Bee company, will be the headllner at the Mehesy today. The story Is that of a beautiful young girl whose father, a gamblor and dealer in liquor, brings his daughter up In a rough atmosphere. He Is driven out of business and arrested arrest-ed after a desperato struggle- His daughter swears revenge and plans to .kill the minister, but upon arriving at his home she ovorheara his little motherless moth-erless son praying for the safety of his father and she changes her mind. The minister takes her Into IiIh homo and later marries her. but his congregation refuses to rocognlze her aud because of their gossiping tongues she goes away and becomes lost on the desert The Thanhouser company presents a roaring farce comedy entitled "Why Babe Left Homo," with John Wallace, who weighs 350 pounds, in the part of "Babe." The celebrated Spanish romance, ro-mance, "Carmen," produced In throe parts by the Thanhouser company, will be featured at the Mehesy soon. "The Big Boss," a Reliance two-part feature, dealing with the political graft prevalent In most large cities, will be the special attraction at the Mehesy today. to-day. The "big boss" promises the aqueduct contract to Baacom, who Is In financial difficulties, providing Bascom's daughter becomes his wife. But she Is nlready engaged to a young reporter, who has boen detailed to Investigate the graft scandals. In an cast side saloon tho reporter re-porter overhears a plot between the boss and one of his men and with the aid of a dictograph ho gets the desired Information Infor-mation lo prove tho boss a grafter. "The Old Clock." an Interesting comedy-drama, comedy-drama, and "Mosques and Tombs "of Egypt." a splendid scenic subject, complete com-plete the bill. |