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Show J AMUSEMENTS ORPHEUM; Superb vaudeville. Performances Per-formances every afternoon and evening. UTAH "The Third Degree," all week. Performances every night. Matinees Thursday and Saturday. EMPRESS Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and two performances per-formances at night. T1IE soul-stirring drama, "The Third DoRrec," has lost none of its interest in tho years that it has been before tho public and its presentation presenta-tion in tho Utah theater last night was warmly frreotcd and the actors roundly applauded for the happy manner in which they illled their parts. Miss Alico Fleming, who took the part of Mrs. Howard Jeffries, Jr., was the lioro-ine lioro-ine and the darling of the evening. But all of the actors did well. With every move a dramatic one and with a deep laid plot and a psychological psycho-logical undertone tho play in itself would seem sufficient lo interest an audience. In its presentation last night no effort on the part . of tho author could have been lost. Every part was ably filled. Tho work of Hobort McKim was compurativolj' brief on the stago but it was difficult and required different forms of acting, to all of which tho leading man' of the Utah stock company com-pany proved himself equal. Ho is tho drunken son of tho stern aristocrat and egotist, the trembling begging victim of the third degree and the affectionate affection-ate husband to' the wife who saved his life. Miss Fleming's part is most difficult and she Is In tho story practically all of tho time. The strous reliance and Independence, not without the slang, of tho girl who knows what It is to fight for everything she gets, requires acting act-ing and Miss Fleming did not once disappoint tho audience. J. Frank Burke, as Richard Brewster, and Ronald Bradbury, as Captain Clinton, Clin-ton, have character parts that are of directlv opposite nature. Mr. Burke, the kind-hearted lawyer, wins tho love of the audience, while Mr. Bradbury, who Inflicts the third degree, wins their cordial cor-dial hatred. The excellence of the two parts as played last night soem to be about of equal merit, aside from the affections af-fections of the moment. Both character men have difficult parts and both All them well. Miss Fanchon Everhardt. who fills In a capable manner the part of Mrs. Howard How-ard Jeffries, Sr., has varied acting to do and In all cases is equal to the task. Arthur Morse Moon, as Mr, Brewster'3 clork, is on tho stage but for a few moments at a time. He has an amusing amus-ing part to play which Is a relief from the general tension of the play, and seems to be appreciated by the audience. audi-ence. Richard Vivian as Robert Underwood, Frank Jonasson as Howard Jeffries, 8r.I and Gavin Toung as Dr. Bernstein, all nil their places In the case creditably, as do also those who have less to do. Tho plot of the play Is a presentation of the horrible mistakes that take place through the cruelty of the third degree. de-gree. The mental torture as practiced by so many peace officers Is decried by the play, which tends to show that a confession wrung from the tired brain of an innocent man may sometimes be the cause of his conviction. The tollovinjc thtater cotlcea ara. narked "adTrrtlaemaata" In orfler to complr with a atrlct IslerpreUtlon at tho new federal nwa-papcr nwa-papcr law. Ia no aenie are they paid adrer-Utesests. adrer-Utesests. Thejr tr ltema furnished br tbo press agents of the various thMters. Another capacity house was in evidence evi-dence at the Orpheum theater Inst night where the show being presented all this week seems to have nit the popular fancy. fan-cy. The amusement lovers of Suit Lake apparently aro ripe for tho presentation of high-class vaudeville. The tcmpcra-turo tcmpcra-turo of the new theater Is another feature fea-ture that Is appreciated. Yesterday the thermometers in different parts of the hou3e registered from eight to Ion degrees de-grees lower than outside. The acoustics, too, are admirable and every word uttered ut-tered on the stage Is plainly audible, while tho show Itself Is one of those vaudeville offerings that appeal to all tastes, one embracing comedy, music and clever novelties. Ray Thompson and his wonderful high school horses are scoring a tremendous hit at the Empress theater this week, whore they arc headlining an excellent bill. "The Arm of tho Law," a splendidly splendid-ly acted dramatic skedii, Is another of the successes of tho bill. It Is presented by J. Herbert Frank and company. Among the other notable features are: Fay and Mynn. musical comedy favorites with a line of patter that proves refreshing; Albert Leonard, a distinguished dancing maater. Introducing among other new features of the dancing art, a pantomimic production of a game of baseball set to music: Crelshton brothers, "rube" comedians; come-dians; I.ohne and .Sterling, tho dare-dovll acrobats and gymnasts, with the Gau-mont Gau-mont review, complete the bill. |