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Show AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE "The Pausing Show of 1012." five nights, beginning tonight, to-night, with matlnecB Tuesday, Tues-day, Wednesday and Friday. UTAH Brandon Tynan and Florence Stone in "The Spendthrift." Entire week. Matinees Thursday and Saturday. Sat-urday. COLONIAL William J. Kelly and Florence Rockwell In "A." Man's World." All week. Matinees Thursday Thurs-day and Saturday. EMPRESS Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and two in the evening. ""XI. selfish and extravagant" Is the way 1 Frances Ward names her faults in "The Spendthrift," and no one could put them In better words. The play Is tho current offering at the Utah theater, with Miss Florence Stone in tho part of Mrs. Ward and Brandon Tynan In the role of the ovcrlndulgcnt husband, who wantos fifteen of the best years of his life trying to satisfy all of hrs wife's selfish whims. It. was strongly produced, has some almost melodramatic climaxes and should prove a popular attraction. Richard Ward, at 40, finds himself so deeply In debt through his wlfc'B extravagances extrav-agances that there Is no way out but the bankruptcy court. Tie finds that his dreams are shattered: Instead of a. home he has a mansion; instead of a wife and; family1 he has a vain woman, who braz- j enly declares that "a woman's sphere consists of more than Just raising children." chil-dren." He urges her to start over with him, tries to explain what fatal mistakes they have made. But she, thinking only of herself, refuses to leave her wealthy friends and luxurious surroundings. She goes secretly to Suffern Thome, a. millionaire mil-lionaire friend with a decidedly unsavory reputation, and borrows tho money her husband needs to pay his obligations. Sho tells her husband that she borrowed It from a wealthy aunt. The aunt denies de-nies and the husband finds his wife in a falsehood. The third act Is Intensely dramatic Mrs. Ward Is in her bed asleep when the curtain rises. Her husband comes In. His look frightens her. She thinks he lias learned where she goth the money: A slip of the tongue and he does know. He compels her to call tho millionaire to her room In the night. Ho denies that he exacted any payment for the loan, hut makes some cuttings remarks that almost al-most Influence Ward to kill him. But ho fires the shot Into the floor. Suddenly her awful experience teaches Frances Ward the folly of her ways. She disappears, believing that after the Thorno Incident, her husband can never love her again. She becomes a tutor for two small children, she learns to love them they bring forth tho Instincts of the rnothor. Her character is completely transformed. Her husband finds her, through his best friend, a bachelor lawyer, and they decide to start over again. To show the other side of the moral, Mrs. Ward has a sister. She marries a man making only J100 a month and goes to live with him In a western mining camp. She, too, had been extravagant, hut saw the result of it early enough ln life to reform before she ruined herself and her husband. The part of Mrs. Ward gives Miss Stone opportunities for some splendid acting, and sho lives up to every opportunity. One was almost Inclined to "hiss" her, so well did she tako the part of the selfish wife last night. It was an unlovely cliaractcr, a difficult one to portray, but Mlsu Stone brought out all of Its possibilities. Mr. Tynan, too, was seen lo advantago In the role of the Indulgent husband. But Utah patrons have learned what to expect of Mr. Tynan, and they have not been disappointed. dis-appointed. His . makeup was especially good last evening. His appearance accurately accu-rately typified his part, the man worn out ln lighting a losing fight. J. Frank Burke, Richard Vivian. Fan-chon Fan-chon Everhardt and Rcglna Connclli were all favorites. Mr. Burke appeared as Philip Phil-ip Cartwrlght, the bachelor friend of Ward; Mr. Vivian lightened the piece with his humorous excitement over getting married and his eagerness to make money ln the part of Monty Ward. Richard's younger brother; Miss Connelll whs well cast us Clarice Van Zandt, Mrs. Ward's sister, and Miss Everhardt In the role of a second Hetty Green was up to hor usual standard. "A Man's World." wtitch was presented by William J. Kelly and company In the Colonial theater last night, calls for some difficult and clever acting. Tho various characters are unique and are such as require versatility and perfect control. And all the requirements are met. Each actor seems peculiarly suited to tho part assigned and division of the credit for the performance must be Judged largely on which has the moro difficult part t0Mlss Florence Rockwell was clearly the favorite laBt night. With a difficult purt and one that keeps her not only In the center of the play practically all of tho time, but tho center of interest from start to finish, her every move and glance Is watched. She plays with her adopted hoy, pacifies her quarrelsome neighbors, is happy and most unhappy at times, wins tho love of her natural enemy, rebukes re-bukes him and brings him to her feet, and through It all she carries with her everyone In the audience. Tho character part filled by Loon Mc-Reynolds Mc-Reynolds also Is difficult and well played. The simple and retiring part of tho modest mod-est German musician Is acted well. His faculty of continually getting Into trouble trou-ble through his endeavor to help others and tho persistence with which he strives until he makes his meaning understood are extromoly amusing and pathetic at Urr Kelly plays with his usual excellence excel-lence through difficult and critical situations. situa-tions. His part Is moro that of a character char-acter man and as such causes him to bo regarded In tho light of a vlllllan. by those who wltnoss then lay. He fills that part and, as he wins the dislike of the audience, he does tho part Intended for htm by the author of the play. But If anyone who has a part In the entertainment causes disappointment It It? the author. Rachel Crothcrs nvldently altempted to write a moral play. She, through the lending lady, sets forth her ideas of mortality and of a single standard stand-ard for man and woman. She tells of the woman who was wronged and of her hatred for that man. Then sho falls In lovo with him, learns that ho was all she had hated, rebukes him with bitter tears and then. Just as the audience bo- J gin to think that tho guilty one will Miffer, he tolls her he was wrong and Is sorry and sho forgives him. Tho too forglvlnp spirit seems to kill tho moral effect of the piny. Apparently tho real Him of the author i lost "Deficiency on the part of the author, however, Is made up by the acting The disappointment at the close f the piny 1b almost forgotten. Miss Jane Burby and MIsk Bonnie Bernard have nnufiial nartc, but they rlo to the occasion well, as docs alno William Ross, who taken tho prl of the French artist. The part of Arthur More Moon seems to demand less than tho others', but that Is largely .been use It lf so well filled. s Melville Held, a Salt Lake boy, who takes the part of Kiddle, has much to do in the part of the adopted boy. the indirect cause of all the trouble and the friend of everybody. He has difficult parts to play and ho fills them unusually well for a boy. The play will be seen In the -Colonial every night this week, with matinees Thursday and Saturday. Tti following tlinttcr notices are marked "dvrtlemenis" ln order to complr Tlth a itrict Interpretation of tha new federal newspaper news-paper law. In no genso aro they paid advertisement. adver-tisement. Thej are ltemi furntihed by tho prate agents of the various theaters. A corps of stage mechanics In advance of "The Passing Slrow of 1012" almost annihilated the capacious stage of the Salt Lake theater last Saturday. In order to produce the tank scene which has contributed so much to the success of this great Winter Garden extravaganza, it was necessary to cut a large swathe in the Intricacies, wires, traps, pipes, etc., underneath the Salt Lake theater stage. A large part of the stage hud to be removed re-moved and In Its place has been fitted a big water tank Into which many of the characters of the burlesque will fall at the performance which opens tonight. Speaking of .the attraction, Manager Pyper said last night: "I hope Salt Lake j will come out early to this big show, as It is the last of the season and is also I the heaviest. We expect to have the Winter Garden production complete, with all the stars, and In order to give the people the entire performance, we have gone to a great expense In putting ln the big water tank which will be like a miniature Hippodrome. The Denver papers pa-pers Just received say that the attraction attrac-tion is all that was claimed for It; that It Is a scream from beginning to end. Tho big show will be here for five nights, with matinees Tuesday. Wednesday and Friday." The Voster of the company Includes such well-known entertainers as Trlxle Frlganza. one of the cleverest travesty artists; Charles J. Ross, Clarence Harvey, a dapper, little comedian; Texas Gulnan, a statuesque singing comedienne; the Howard brothers, with their excruciatingly excruciating-ly funny comedy; Louise Brunncll, a comely prima donna; Morris and Moon, the silent and graceful devotees of the fascinating art of terpslchore; Albert HowBon, the unctuous actor; Ernest Hare, baritone soloist, the Incomparable Adelaide, Ade-laide, assisted by J. J. Hughes ln classic and syncopated dances. Travesties on such well-known plays as "Bought and Paid For," "Bunty Pulls the String," "A Butterfly on the Wheel,"' "Kismet," "The Typhoon." "The Pirates of Penzanco" and "Oliver Twist" will be presented. A Broadway beauty squad and chorus of eighty will appear. There are two young men at the Empress whoso sinews and muscles mus-cles stand out like whip cords and are said, by physical culturlsts to be a perfect type of physical manhood. They show great strength and porform feats ln weight-lifting that are remarkable remark-able for men of their. size. Ernest Rack-etl, Rack-etl, who Is programmed "the Richard Carle of vaudeville," Is making good. His songs are all original, The balance of the bill Is made up of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Murphy, who are appearing In their latest lat-est comedy success, "The Coal Strike"; Marie La Varre, the singing comedienne, that has scored ho successfully In the popular song hit. "Then He Would Row, Row, Row." Miss La Varre wears some stunning gowns that fairly sparkle. |
