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Show AMUSEMENTS SALT "LAKE AJaska-Siborlan Expedition Expe-dition motion pictures. All. week, with dally matinees, beginning tomorrow. to-morrow. ORPHEUM Vaudeville. Every afternoon after-noon and night. UTAH Wlllard. Mack, . Marjorlc Rambcau and company, In the first production of "Their Market Value," a new play written by Mr. Mack. All week, beginning tonight. to-night. Matinees Thursday and Saturday. EMPRESS Vaudeville. Matinee every ev-ery afternoon, and two performances perform-ances at night. PANTAGES Vaudeville. Matinee dally, with two performances at night. S-pHEIR MARKET VALUE," written by Wlllard Mack, received the stamp of approval of Salt Lake theatergoers theater-goers at Its first performance on any stage as presented by the Ulah theater company last night. It was generously applauded and at the conclusion of the third act the audience was not satisfied until Mr. Mack mado one of his famed "curtain speeches;" Mr. Mack, his laurels lau-rels resting modestly on his brow, thanked Ihe first nlghters for their warm approval and added that ho was going to offer three more plays, all of which he said he believed were better than the current offering. Mr. Mack's play, styled by tho author as a 'society comedy In four acts," presents pre-sents some original Ideas on old subjects. sub-jects. Further than that, the actor-author actor-author displays his knowledge of stage "business" by some clever bits of climax, cli-max, In some cases effective and In others oth-ers not so effective the latter perhaps because they were so original that the audience was not prepared for (them. On the whole the chief criticism that could be made of the piece Itself Is that there are times when the plot lacks cohesiveness, when the audience Is keyed up to a keen Interest In what is going- to happen, which way the action Is going to turn, and some trivial Incident In-cident Is Introduced that lends to dlspet the "grip" that the play has taken on the spectators. The story Is based on the world-old plot of two men in love with the same woman. Richard Ellis Livingstone Is the son of an aristocratic family. He has Inherited "blue blood" and a stack of money, and also the caddlshness which Is frequently characteristic of the sons of the idle rich. If we are to bellevo the story books. John Lomax is also a man of wealth. But Lomax made his first stake at a faro bank In Alaska. Later real estate operations In California added largely to his fortune. Then ho comes to New Vork, a self-made man seeking to become a power In the financial center cen-ter of the country. These are the two men who love Mary Abbott, the niece of Colonel Caleb Jones, a lovable old aristocrat. In the first act Livingstone matches swords with Lomax. and the two make known frankly what they think of each other. Livingstone tells Lomax that he doesn't bellevo he (Lomax) belongs In the "set" because he has no family, no social standing Lomax asks Livingstone If he is as good a man as his grandfather, morally, mentally men-tally and physically. Livingstone admits that he Is not. Lomax then declares that he Is a bettor man than his grandfather. "All my grandfather left my father was a set of carpenter's tools. All my father left mo was an education, such as It was." says Lomax. "And I. with my own head and hands, have made a fortune for-tune which I expect to leave to perhaps a. son who will probably make a fool of himself with It." Thus, In brief "the market value" of each man Is expressed by his own Ideas of alue- Then it develops that Livingstone has become ontanslcd with Lucy Milllgan, a ward of Col. Jones. He has ruined her. He promises to marry her and then sets a.bout to break that promise. In the second act Livingstone's affair with Lucy comes to light when the girl confesses to Mary Abbott after Llvlng-stone Llvlng-stone -has proposed to Mary. In the third act Mary and Lucy go to Livingstone's room in the Colonel's home. Mary makes him promise that tho next morning he will slip away to the nearby village quietly qui-etly with Lucy and be married by a clergyman cler-gyman who Is also the house guest of Colonel Jones. Lomax and the Colonel walk by outside on a balcony. Fearing exposure Livingstone switches out the light while the men pass. Lucy slips out of the room. Livingstone turns on the light again to find himself alone In tho room with Mary, the girl he wanted for his wife. He locks tho door. "When his demands that Mary shall listen to his passionate declaration of love becomes too Insistent she cries for help. The summons Is answered by Colonel Jones and Lomax, Livingstone and Mary both promise to explain everything In the morning. The lasl act, is set In the morning room of the colonel's summer home the next morning. Livingstone appears, ready to take Lucy lo the village and be married. He tells the Rev. Edward "Woolcot, a fellow fel-low guest, of his plan. The clergyman In the meantime has fallen In love with tho unhappy Tucy. When Livingstone tells Woolcot the plan and the reasons for tho marrluge the reverend gentlemen denounces de-nounces him bitterly and dashes In search of Colonel Jones. I!vlnsstone, fearing that the colonel will kill him, escapes in. a machine, leaving word for Lucy to meet him In "New York. Here Mr. Mack brings In a, new thought on marriage as a settlement of a disgraceful dis-graceful affair. Colonel Jones declares that he will not porinlt Lucy to marry Livingstone, that such a marriage would not be the solution of the situation. He declares that Livingstone has dono enough harm to Lucy without binding- her to such a cur for the rest of her life. Word comes that Livingstone met with an accident on the way to the station and was fatally Injured. In rapid firo Lomax Lo-max has a brief talk with Mary In which she assures hi m that he has every chance la the world to "make good" with her and thus the play cuds. The comedy part which lightens the piece s that of Rurnlo Abbott, n young man who Is very much "stage struck," He reels ort tho latest gossip about stage-folk stage-folk and even tries sonic ventures In financing fi-nancing a chorus girl who had had a hard struggle." Burnic doesn't get much sympathy. sym-pathy. There are many genuine laughs from Burnle and the part was, most creditably cred-itably played by Walter Gilbert. Mr. Mack plays tho part of Lomax and It Is a character well suited to his abilities. abil-ities. Miss Ranvbeau Is the charming Mary Abbolt. She. Is called upon to take tho center of the most "drama tic climaxes of the play. She carried them splendidly last night, considering the fact that It was the first performances Only once did she fall to got across and this was when tihe dlsgracoful affair was revealed to her shortly after Livingstone had proposed pro-posed to hen The emotions which would overwhelm her after such a revelation were not strikingly evident In her llrat few lines. Then she picked up the part and carried It very ci'edltablv. Arthur J. Price did not live up to his part, that of a very modern villain. His villain wus too much Uko tho old melodramatic typo that wore a Ions black mustache and whiskers. It lacked the polish that would naturally have been displayed by an aristocrat such as he represented. Anyone could have guessed he was a villain without half trying Howard f?cott did the best he has done since he came hore. and that, is saying-much, saying-much, Mr. Scott ha8 proved to be ont of the best character jno.n ever sccij here. His interpretation of the part of Colonel Jones was all that could be asked. Miss Connelll fitted perfectly Into the part of the unfortunate Lucy Milllgan. Her work has always been characterized by an apparent effort to get the most possible out of every part she has played, and the . difficult role she essayed last nlghi Avas no exception. Ronald Bradbury made the same mistake mis-take as Frankly n. Abbott, father of Alary, that he has made for several weeks past-He past-He overplayed his "pari. He seems to think that li is necessary to bellow his lines in order to accentuate Ihe importance impor-tance of tho character he Is portraying. Ills makeups, too. have been overdone. William Chapman appeared strongly in the last act. where he denounced Livingstone, Living-stone, In the part of the Rev. Woolcot. Miss Lillian Rambeau appeared as an aunt who Is loved by Colonel Jones. The colonel's frequent proposals and the equally frequent rejections by Mrs. Phll-brlek Phll-brlek add a touch of humor to tho piece. With some brushing and polishing, the elimination of some conversations which make tho trend of tho plot altogether too obvious to the audience, the play ought to mako a winner, because It Is well constructed con-structed and carries some fresh ideas. Even as It is It is well worth while and Is a credit to Its popular author. The new bill at. the Orpheum. while it has a number of excellent features. Is distinctly Inferior to the bill of last week. The audiences seemed to be particularly par-ticularly pleased with tho music afforded by the Bell family, an organization of six men and three women. Their first numbers, played on xylophones, were not especially attractive, but their mandolin playing aroused the first marked applause. ap-plause. The enthusiasm reached Us climax cli-max at the conclusion of the sextette from Lucia rendered gloriously on more kinds of bells than Poe has celebrated In his famous poem. Milton Pollock and company appeared In a one-act play by George Ade. The idea of the piece Is mildly funny and the lines are occasionally up to the Ade standard of wit. It Is, however, perhaps per-haps the least interesting- Ade production produc-tion that has been seen here. Will Rogers, the Oklahoma cowboy, docs fancy tricks with the lariat and keeps up a cheerful chatter that makes him at home with his audience. His final feat of swinging one lasso about his head and another about his feet while he trotted off the stage was loudly acclaimed ac-claimed The Titanic pictures start with stere-optlcon stere-optlcon views of tho heroes of the disaster. dis-aster. The scenes In Southampton harbor har-bor and the wreck of the ship are shown by means of the old-fashioned "illusion" so popular tiflecn or twenty years ago. Perhaps the most insipid feature of yesterday's bill was the dancing- of the Du-four boys. The lads occasionally re-dcomcd re-dcomcd the act by some difficult steps executed with ease and grace. The hoop throwers who open the bill present a conventional act with much skill. Ward Baker. "America's most soulful violinist," rendered classic and popular numbers In a way that won him deserved approval Tho following theater notlcc3 re marked "dvcrtioement" In order to comply with n strict. Interpretation of tho new federal newspaper news-paper lavr. In no sense aro they paid advertisements. adver-tisements. They nro itoms (urntahed by the press agonta ot the various theaters. The Denver board of education has indorsed in-dorsed tho moving pictures of Siberia and Alaska, which will be shown at the Salt Lake theater each afternoon and evening this week, as possessing- educational edu-cational value of extreme merit. The mallncc performances will begin at I o'clock in the afternoon and the evening performances at S:;l0 o'clock. Miss Grace Cameron, the "Dolly Dimple Girl," who is the headline attraction at Iho Empress this week, Is one of the cleverest clev-erest comediennes who has ever appeared In Salt Lake Her voice is of unusual sweetness and possesses a. range permitting permit-ting her to do pyrotcchnlcal vocal stunts that others cannot accomplish. Some of tho best song writers of the day have contributed to her repertoire and she has sung a number of new, catchy and., cer-tnln-to-'be popular airs at the local play-houso play-houso to the manifested delight of ca- j pacity audiences. "Ain't II a Riot." as i rendered by this pleasing little comcdl- enne will live long- in the memory of Empress Em-press pa Irons. With two more days left of Its second week, tho Pantagcs, (formerly the Colonial) Colon-ial) is playing to some of the heaviest business thi house has enjoyed since Its opening-. 'Pile programme that includes Malde Dc Long, tho Eight English Roses. Hill. Cherry and I Nil, the Victoria Quartette. Quar-tette. Delia and Templeton and Charles Lludliolin in his sketch success "The Man From Minnesota," bus proven one of the most enjoyable vaudeville programmes of the season. The bill goes until Tuesday night, closing with the two performances t'hat evening. Next week's bill begins Wednesday afternoon, headed by Mrs. Bob Fltzsimmons and company In "A Bulgarian Romance." A Lubln coniedy-draina, "An Artist's Romance," will be shown at the Mehesy today. Arthur Johnson, as the artist, shoots a rabbit while out hunting. He Is seen by Lottie, another artist, who takes the wounded rabbit 'homo and makes a pet of It. Both artists tfet an Inspiration from the Incident and enter their pictures at the Academy. An Essanay drama. "The. Two Ranchmen," Ranch-men," clearly portrays the folly of quarreling quar-reling with your neighbor. In the Vlla-sraph Vlla-sraph comedy, "The Bringing Out of Papa.'' Mr. Dean falls heir lo a fortune and his wife and daughters Insist on being be-ing stylish, ninoh to papa's annoyance. |
