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Show .1 AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE T 1 1 IS ATF. II Val cska Snratt In "Thu Kls?s Waltz," tonight to-night and tomorrow night, with niatinrc WcdncsJay. "Tho Rosary," two nlKht5, 1)01:11111111 next Friday, with niatlnnc Saturday. OlriUCU.M THEATER Advanced vnuflvlllo. Performances every af-lernoon af-lernoon and evening. EMPRESS THEATER Sulllvan-Con-?!dlnc vandvllli?. 1,-itineo dally at 2:S0 Two evening porfornia noes, T:H0 and 0:15. Kill changes Wednesday Wednes-day afternoon. COLON7AL THEATER "Th Thief." emotional drama. AH tho week. Matinees Thursday and Saturday. OA RRIC'K THEATER Gar rick Stock company In "Our New Minister." jvrfornmnrea cvry evening, with inathiees on "Wednesday and Sat-niday. Sat-niday. .TII l-'X the curtain fell on the Xiniil VV djizzlinji fcono of "The Kiss WnlU" at tho Salt Lake theater last night the ninlicnro was keenly diwp-poinlod diwp-poinlod that llioro was no nifiro. If ap)I:msc i-ould have pursuuded the players play-ers lo an indefinite number of encore-s I ho merry Viennese opera would still he in progress at the opening of the oI)s this morning. Not all of the opera is satisfying to everybody hut everybody can find iniu-h of delight in tho rich me-iisuro poured out for him by Zichrcr who wrote the music, 1 at hew "Woodward, who composed the lyrics to suit tho American taste and Tlgar Smith who traiibformcd tho Yienneso humor into tbo American bra.ud. Valcska Sural t is Nclla. the Haroness Von J'-iarnau, beloved of Guido Spimn, tho composer, who is beloved of all the women from countess to barmaid. The dignify of a baroness does not fit Valcska Va-lcska Sura ft as divinely as tho many marvelous costumes sho wears during the play, and in the second act when the play permits h'cr fo drop the baroness bar-oness and io assume a. mask of gaiety she is as pleasant a commedienno as over hailed from tho vicinity of Bird ('enter. Indiana. It would nol do to dwell too much on the merits of the opera and neglect wholly the subject, of drops, a subject that is always fascinating to one-half of the world. Few stage i-tan? can boast the variety and richness of conlunie that VnlesUa Sura It displays In UiIh production. produc-tion. Tho man who n n describe such a bewildering array of dresses Is seldom found wandering at large outside the denies de-nies of a department store. The gown that caused the moxt commendation was on" that swept Into view like a comet at tho beginning of the second and last act. It whs a sort of silver tlsh-scalo effect with red hollyhock nmnincnth nnd wa barred with lines of crimson. In her hnlr the actress wore a gorgeous flanic-colored flanic-colored plume. To describe the divers songs and dances would be an equally difficult tusk. Here again the critic can select tho mo.t popular popu-lar numbor. It waa one that made the rntlro llrst floor of the theater a. stage. While the orchestra played a seductive march, the funnyman pranced down a irangwav leading from tho stacc to th: hodv of the houac and waa followed by the' cntlre troupe hi nil us splendor. Last, hut moHt. considerable, cam valcska va-lcska Suratt. "clothed In white samite, mvailc, wonderful," as Tennyson might miV: onlv It wasn't samite, but. something some-thing more up to date and iultc as wonderful, won-derful, . , i , , This brilliant procession skipped j-oif.lv j-oif.lv to the foyer and then stampeded limit to the stage by way of the ft- hand tier of boxes. Storm n applause persuaded the company to repeat the jier-formmie jier-formmie several timc3. When .Miss hur-'att hur-'att ncnln flared Into view she was attired at-tired as a feminine Mephlstopheles ml carried tho ornamcntul pitchfork that Satan is supposed lo use when cultl--tiillng new acquaintances. One of the chief roles of the opera Is that of Paul Von Oervals. the iinpecunl-otip iinpecunl-otip baronet. It Is enacted bv Edward Lorralii". a most graceful youth, who 1 given an opportunity to perform many dances with exquisite grace. Tho role enllK for a stutterer, which some ancient comedy writer, who probably was a madman before he set pen to paper, made ne of the accepted comic characters of the stage. As matter of fmt. It is nl-vavs nl-vavs aggravating and exasperating and kteps n audience on tenterhooks. This Is th one fllfitlnclli tllssnllsfj lug character char-acter of th opera, nnd Mr. Lorraine Is In no ise to blame, as he makes tlw most of tho pa ,L , , ,, liorgo Daldwin affccl3 a sort of LL - ronle costume In presenting the character charac-ter of (Tuldo Splnni, the composer, about whom all the women of tho court world have pone mad. He has an excellent stage presence and a good voice. At the climax of the first act lie and Miss Sur--att display some histrionic skill of a superior order rarely seen In comic opera. Miss Suratt possesses all of the accomplishments ac-complishments that one requires of a comic opera, prima donna. She is a Sraqeful singer and dancer, an unusually talented actress, and has a comic snse that is keener than the comic sense of the man who took the contract to furnish fur-nish the humor of this opera according to American plans and specifications. Many others of the large company are deserving of mention, but art Is lone and space shorl. Tho entire piny is most attractive at-tractive and contains all the up-to-date devices thai go to please the popular laste In musical comedy. Tt will be seen again tonight and tomorrow night, with a matinee tomorrow afternoon. - . i Th folloKlnc tlieiter notlcn ro murkea "5ertl5emfnf" In ordfr to romplr with trlct InterprMitlon or tho nev federal nwa-pipr nwa-pipr Ia no senux r they pt.ld sd- vrtliemfint. They aro ttoms furnished bj the $r4B tceatu of tbs rarlouj thtiteri. Each succeeding Tuesday at the Colonial Co-lonial has witnessed a larger house at that theater. Tuesday nights are society so-ciety nighrs for the Colonial and Manager Man-ager Ketehnni reports several boxes engaged en-gaged for this evening's performance, of "The Thief." Miss Cotmtiss has scored a big hit as Mario Voysln in the Hern-steln Hern-steln play and, as an additional feature for tonights performance, the Colonial will receive and read to the audience the returns on the election. That the Empress pntrons may -receive the election returns with the least possible delay. Manager McCoy has completed arra.ngoments to receive Ihem by sppclal wire ami thoy will be road from the stage bet wen acts. Today's performances will mark the elope of the big anniversary week programme and on I he morrow a bill teeming with variety of more than 4iuusual merit will be provided. pro-vided. Tonight will bring to u. close "The Incubator Olrls;" Berry and Rcrr, eccentric Instrumentalists. "Smiling .Toe McGee.' the "king of minstrelsy." Miss Dona Cooper and company In "The Confession:'' Con-fession:'' Professor Wallace with his cockatoos, featuring "White Eagle. The show at the Orpheum this week Is one long laugh from slart to finish, for there is not a serious turn on tho new bill. Tt opens with a freak musical turn that is distinctly out of tho rut, and from then on each act endeavors to outdo out-do Its predecessor ns a laugh promoter. Prominent among the big hits are Nat M. Wills. "The Happy Tramp:" the sketch "The Suffragette." and The Three Collegians, one and all being big comedy hits. TonighL the management announces, an-nounces, com pit-1 e election return."? will b thrown on tho screen botweun acts, so that life audience will be posted on the developments of the. battle of the ballots bal-lots throughout the United States. Tl Is seldom In this section of the country coun-try that one gets an opportunity of seeing see-ing anv of the big league baseball teams In action. To have this opportunity and pass It up would indeed be a misfortune to anyone Interested In the national pastime. Then to have the world's championship series brought to your door and not see them would be unpardonable. The firm of Pa the IereF. who made arrangements ar-rangements with the national baseball commission to take exclusive use of the series caught some verv Interesting pictures pic-tures of the critical moments of all of the enmes played between the Giants and Red Sox. The pictures will form a part of tho programme at the Liberty theater Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The films are exceptionally good anil clear, and In many respects superior lo any baseball pictures previously mode. In that they show the entire Infield, together to-gether with the vast thrones of fans who attended tho cames. To see the pictures I Uko watching tho games from a box seal. Seldom docs an author portray such an important character as (hat of a Catholic priest, and hnve it meet with approval from the clergy. "Rut this is just what has happened to Edward E. Rose, author of "Thi' Rosary." which will be seen at the Salt Lake theater next Friday and Saturday. In "The Rosary." Mr. Rose has drawn a character of the Rev. Rrian Kdly. n Catholic priest, who interferes in domestic troubles between man and wife, and eventually shows the unlimited un-limited amount of good that can he done by a priest, not of conventional stag" character, but a Teal man. a big man of faith, strength nnd conviction. Mehesy theater offers its patrons to-dav to-dav only Sir Walter Scott's great and most delightful masterpiece. "Guy Mici-tneilnc"." Mici-tneilnc"." whose splendid story conies right oft" the heather-scented moors of bonnv Scotland, the whole being a masterful production In two rels by I he Rellniu r company. No pains or expense has boi spared In exploiting this wonderful stoi v. made particularly famous by. great actors. ac-tors. To miss seeing this graphic Interpretation Inter-pretation through means of motion photography pho-tography Is to miss something worth while. The usual dally, programme completes com-pletes Tuesday's big bill. |