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Show 1 "Hl . I SALT LAKE JhHuh F.ltlnsc 'in "The .Fascinating- "Widow." opening '.Monday '.Mon-day evening. OKPI1ELW1 AUvauml vaudovlllc. Performances overy afternoon and evening; Amelia langluun the fdC-lure fdC-lure tills week.--CCfL.O.VIAL William J. Kelly In "The Royal Don." week LeKlnnln;; tb-E.MPRESS tb-E.MPRESS Vaudeville. ' Three Performances Per-formances daily, matinee and two .performances at nlb'hl. Hill changes Wednesday. fTHE attention of theatergoers "will I he centered ?n tho appearance J of Julius EltiiiRc-- mnl "Tlio KasciTinlin-r Widow' at tho Salt Lake v theater, ,opcning Monday evening. A distinct novelty in theatrical m-tcrtaimuent m-tcrtaimuent is promised. :uk1 in view f tho fact that Ellinge ami bis play remained in Chicago for twenty weeks, it is safe lo b'ok forward to seeing somothjug out of the ordinary. .Inlian lilthigc is a yuting actor who HH lias grown rich and famous by im- jH. ' personating women. He was taken from jH vaudeville and starred by A. IT. Woods Hp. at a fulary of $2,U.OO weekly. His K success was electrical. Wherever he Hj . has appeared in 'The Fascinating HHi "Widow" he has e rented nJ veritable Hfl . senfation, we are told. Ho perfectly does he disguit himself as a woman I thai, did In not appear in i ho play first as a man, it would be impossible lo tbiuk (hat be was not a womau, yet his methods are absolutely free from all t raves or suggestion of burlesque. Another feature will be I he com-punv com-punv siirioundiua the A. Jl. Woods star. All the members of the original cast who appeared during the two yearn run in the ICas-l . have been retained re-tained in their old Voles and the company com-pany includes besides .Jnljnii ISItiuge. I-Mwnrd f-'arvie, -fames Spoil swood, mIIiitI Douglas,. Charles liutler. James Sullivan. I tell. Adair. Carrie Perkins, dune Mathi", Louise Ortli and otherd. In ''The Fascinating Widow," BlB Inlian Ellinge is cast for two roles, BH that of JIal Blake, a college man and WIH as Mrs. .Monte, the "fascinating yH widow. " The story, which i full of HIH amiiMiiff complications, tells how Hal HH Dlakc, after ti fist -fight on the cam- BB pus of I lie university where (he scenes are laid, rvttini.- disguised as a HH ''widow" with a two-fold piirpo.-e. iu DB view to escape the detective who is HH on bis trail and lo win his masculine HH rival away from the girl with whom HjH they are both in love. Fortified by NHj. the cleverness of-bis ''make-up" the UK reekles ouug man stirs up no mid Hjl of trouble for everyone concerned. Ilej Hk wins the women over by hi.s charming ; HJ manner, and captures tlin heart- of all BMH the men in the vicinity by hi flattery, InB His most ardent admirer is his own HHb rhal. whose affections he play? with yH to the )ioiut of chtimiiia him for a I RH fiance ami leading him' to the altar.! Wjm There, before the assembled a"est,and i IHB the bridesmaids, the inumster tear- off MB hi:1 w ig and denounces t he luckless lover HH to the consternation and amazement of; IHH everyone. MH m Orplicuin tieion:s one of its DB G big vaudeville featured, Miss J Amcli:; Bingham, who is the Hl bcadliner for the week, opeuiug Sunday matinee. Miss l.iugham has H been wooed away from the legitimate stage, iu which she has triumphed, and I where ?he has been an ornament for yours a mistress or the emotional, to present to Orpbeum audiences the 4 big moments" from iho fine plays which have combined vith her own talent to give the stage masterpieces of drama. In her company are Lloyd Bingham, DcrCifoid Lovett. .Misa I.islc Leigh and Willncll. The" ,:big moments-" 1 will iucdudo drainatic,' seenes from such ihamas as '.Tosca," ''Mine. Sans f!euc, " " Fedora. ' ' 1 The Climbers, ' ' and even her own drama. v.V Modern . Lady Godiva." The management prom-; ij-es a rare artistic treat iu this special j engagement which has bceu responsible, j for big business in tho Oiphenm hoiuesi on the Pacific- coaht during the past six Second on tho new bill is listed Frank! Morrcll. He is now called ''thc t'ali ! fornia boy." aud is known in New York as ''that tenor," as ho was for-j ulerly the leading feature of what v. as considered tho beat singing four in an-foville, an-foville, called "That Quartette."' Tlisi mecesfas a minstnd was so great, while ' . lie was with Cnhan & Harris' Honey Ho Minstrel", that he was persuaded to contiuuo in this line of work and appear ap-pear in a single- art, as "tho singing minstrel." His funuy tories. good i olce 'and excellent selection of song' hae made him a faorite in vaudeville I Dane Claudius and Lillian Scarbjt in their revival of. a score or more of the' old songs of war times, Micifae 'M'le-mentine." 'M'le-mentine." ''Old Don Tray." and "ojei Han Tucker." have won 'their way to j headline?. Revivals arc always thrill-1 ing if sincere and there is a truth and fidelity to tho original music that. , mukes thj act more stirring and olatiug. Thev are ali'o cxeelbmt banjoists and make their act more altnietive bv .lre?-iing in keeping with the times o'f "Mrs. Murphy'- Second Husband" is de-cribed as one round of coutinuou.s laughter. Miss fJracie Emmet t has become be-come a fixture iu the stellar arrav of 'vamlcvilliauti through her faithful" do-lineation do-lineation tf,truf Irish characters, of which ?b" has niade a life's stndv. This act ir n Ioe aTfair of a woman "S yefir old with a young man of C". " The r.oinan is a "widow with a ciianniiig young daughter and tb" youth attempts to win both the mother for her mean:, and the dadyhter for herself. Tho fim Mm1 ari'-c- can plainlv b sec::. In an athlet.c r xli . i-i : !o.i ii--. ; . h , ., 'Jn btM tiif ." an ait that at ta I Scene from "The Fascinating "Wid. ow." Julian Eltingc as the widow is in the center, Jauics Spottswood on the lef t and Edward Garvic on the right. At the bottom is a picture of Eltingc hefor c lie makes up. There will lie lots of fun next -Monday at the Salt Lako theater. borders on the tensatioual. They iutro-duco iutro-duco a number of new feats' which aro entirely out of the ordinary on account of the number of bare used' in-their performance. per-formance. In a comedy juggling act Fdwiu Ocorge keeps his audience hi a continual con-tinual roar of laughter,' it requires an expert lo attempt burlesque, but if Mr. George was nol a most capable, juggler he could nol get the huge amount of-fun of-fun out of the trick, he misses. t The many friends of Mi.-s Edna Evans, Hie dainty little soprano, who j was one of the " soloists on the New York trip of the Tabernacle choir. last season, will be j.-iveti an opportunity to attend her debut in vaudeville. The management f the Orphoum con-graiulais con-graiulais thf public on thin acquisition.. acquisi-tion.. Miss- Evan's repertoire will include in-clude operatic and uopular selections. The Animated Weekly will be well in jine with a imninqr- of newsy pictures taii.'ii of events on three continents. While the celebrated concert orchestra wfll offer soiue new and lilting sidpc- rtioJI.-'. ' . ' WITH the promises that are in ado for "The Ifoyal Box" at the Colonial' theater tonight and for tho remainder of the ensuing en-suing week, playgoers at that theater are due for a dramatic treat. William J, Ivclly, the Colonial 's star, j L ; ' H ! Tliomas Holdmg aa Be.u 2Iur. Salt ,Lakc thtatcr, December 18, 10, andl. has- brought forward for the third at- j taction of bis engagement his favorite j drama and is to preseut it iif a mot ! elaborate fashion. It is usual for leading lead-ing men in slock to save their best ve- j hiolea until further along in their work1 than is Mr. Jvcjly at. present, but the, latter believes the patronage he has received the past two wcoks warrants his presenting immediately the play he j considers his strongest card. This is "The L'oyal Box." and Salt. Lakers will see it for I be first time this even ing. Mr. Ivellv is using Charles Cogblan's yeiion of the story on which the play , is founded and that eminent netor played the role of Clarence, the a'tor. for year with tremendous tircecss. It is a part calling for all the versatility ami leMuiireefnliiess one can possibly bring to rbe charaetcriz.il iou. The role is that, of au actor a, star who has ta-' -ken Loudou by storm and who has fallen fall-en deeplv iu love with the Countess 1'elsen. a beautiful, talented woman and i a great favorite, in Continental society, In the fourth'act the countess goes to, Clarence in the hitter's dressing room, entering through a secret sliding door, and after a tempestuous love scene between be-tween the two. she leaves as her husband, hus-band, die count, and tho Prince of Wales, tap at the dressing room door and ask admittance. Clarence is secretly se-cretly .iealoas of the prince, as he be lieves the royal gentleman is very much in loe himself with the beautiful' coui'tesi). Tho scene changes here and shows the st::go of the .Drnrv Lane theater, the-ater, with the Prince of Wales and the Count aud Countess of Fclscn occupying the lower left hand stage box. The play in which Clarence is appearing is " l.'o-, meo and Juliet " and the actor discovers , the royal party before he has spoken ; ten lines. Most of the latter he directs di-rects at the countess instead of Juliet, 1 who i in the balcony of that famous -porrion of the Shakespearian play. ' The countess affects not to hear the actor, however, aud the latter becomes more and more embittered, until the sit 1 nation is plain to the audience. Sud denlv the actor ceases speaking his lines 1 to Juliet altogether and coming rapidly j down to the front of the stage be do ' nounces the Prinen of Wnles in a lien J flow of language, bringing the act to a most dramatic close, j For tonight and Ihc week at the Co-1 lo'iial ' the Jower left hand stage box will h o fee Toya! box and it has bssn 1 bcailifu!v ibji-oratod for tho event. Peep red velvet forms the background and tin Knglihh joyal coat of arlna ts, . blrj.oned at the rear of tho box. It will be brilliant !v illuminated and J. 1 Frank Burke will play tho prince. Miss Dallas the countess and Mr. Vivian, her husband, the count. ; In New York eitv Mr. Kellv vrou his i greatest triumph in "The Roy a Box" and a it has never been plaved bv anv company locally he feels confident that ' the attraction will prove a great draw-iuy draw-iuy card. The reduction iu pricy? for Thuridav malnje at the Colonial Js nomilariiiug those porformajices. the admission be me- in cents for r.lj scats in the theater. "The Roval P.ox" will be elaborately stand mi every reject and narticularl y a- to costume, bcintr clothed in the nre-1 aibu mi.des of style of. IS10, the date j of tiuyictii.ti f the drama. Charles oh!an was 0ne of this cotwi-i tr' s reate,i nr urs and he investeir "The Ifoval llox" with a diinitv ami sn.',-et.; ihat i;::s made it nmeh sourht alter for slock comnauies. The rovalfv is verv hiarh. however, and tho plav is most oxneiif-ivf. to st-mjo. vet nothing hns bren overlooked to make the production pro-duction complete in every detail. ("in UK nrnr:inimn at the Empress 0 th if. week has struck a hnpi.v ' J ihord with all lovers of vaudeville vaude-ville as the business so t'ar since the nev. bill upviied last "Wednesday "Wednes-day ha- Ifi n :il! tint could bo de.-ired. Whili thr ... ,; 'bole couUiiu- no Liid ul Xid3 aud enter luiaiug i'eat i nies, the one big feature is, of course, Lew Fields" mammoth musical comedy tabloid offering, "I'lin in a Ueliea- te-sen Shop', which is the first of a series of Lew Field product ions. It ih a noticeable fact that vaudevilliaus i low variety aud especially, is this thci case when a programme contains offer j ing: that are of a very humorous nature, na-ture, calling for a laugh every recoml. as in the caso of the prei-cnt .week's! bill. j "Fun in n Delicatessen Shop'--is tin.' one big continuous laagh. for it. con-j i tains two very clever German comcdi-; ,.'111". besides 'Frank, Ueruard. a musical come.fy slar. toi'etber with the) lamoiis Weber . & Fields chorus composed com-posed of" ten people. The production is an elaborate one. "His Father's Sioi,"' a playlet well conceived and intensely dramatic, 's-hi 's-hi bits (bore finished touches which show the ;.JiU of actor and author. The suspense is well worked up and brilliantly bril-liantly sustained in a story that is full I of thrills. The offering is in I he hands (of Walter II.- Mrowii and a company of real actors. A new ren.-ation has manifested it-(self, it-(self, thi- time in the uur-ions of Lc. 'Marie and Yance. who do a mervelous-i mervelous-i skat in act. which is one of the most ! pleasing acts of the" week's bill. A treat is iu store for the' Irish !in particular this week, for Harney ('ilnuue the noted Jrislr star and producer pro-ducer of Irish plays, is taking a layoff lay-off in the dramatic line and is touring the S. St C. circuit. His sketch s called jed "A Jollv Wamble Through Ireland" j and it bj as interest ing as it is rdens-iiiR rdens-iiiR and full of the good lri"h wit. Mi:H Colin Weston and Miss Lcou offer u pleasant diversion in yiut.'inc and piano plaving. All of their select-Ions select-Ions are the latent Broadwav hits and are rendered in rapt i me. Miss Leon recently won the prize for piano ragtime rag-time playing in New York, against 2H) competitors. The irU are very clover i and hae a personality and "winniiii.' manner th.-i' places them ricbt with their audiences from the moment I hey walk on the slni," For next week's attraction Mauai-er McCoy is sponsor for the staleineul that a pleasant, surprise is in store for Empress patrous. Firet. and as the head liner, comes one of (!. Molasso's latest, audeviij,. t riuinnhs. .ailed "La Dance An Yiolins". taken from a bal-leL bal-leL of the Imperial opera of Moscow-It Moscow-It will be remembered that Mr. Mol-asso Mol-asso is one of the noted French novelists novel-ists and producers and has done much for audeville bv iutroduciu. a number of his French productions, that have ii eery instance procd winners. Fob . lowing "La Dance An Violins ", willj Mr m WmmfM WHKtk:. mmmM Pffc. tijM arit,: a-fw-TrTv -i riYffi-frTii-ri-r --in -w - r , .mvh i'mh i 1 j Vi . n ' William J. Kelly as Romeo in "The Royal Box." in whicli hc will appear tonight and all this week at the Colo nial. v conie ollins ni'd Hait, the oriuiual "Stron:; Men'. I'liev are styled "'Cirotes(,,u' i 1 1 v - i i- 1 1 i ultnrist-j'; Ar th'r hitfliw. the Iri h-Aintrican. will I j com ri out e l.ilfrom the " Uld Soil":, .while rut. a-;. inn songs ami bewitching jiiiUM.- r.vill enuMiali' from the Tlmv Ilaliau Tioubadour.-. who are touring America for iho first time. Mile. Hessee's Cockatoos' promise, to show some, startling developments of education. educa-tion. The Dancing Maddens together with the animated review and choice selections by the Empress orchestra will conclude Ibe bill. r IIK coining of "I3cn Hur" is an J event of more than usual signill- cauce to thoughtful observers oi the theater and its products. This wonderful story of the ,azarene was dramatized aud produced fourteen ears t-.go. since, which time the play has bien uniquely cITeeiive an a creator of popular and critical attention, aud the proceeds of the performance have been the greatest on record. Why this should be so has been much discussed aud will probably contiuuo a matter of debate In the cud of its career. Some of tile wise men of our generation genera-tion who write for a living anil pose a5 theater judges for the unthinking, ,;-tribuAe ,;-tribuAe the wouderfnl vitality us a popular pop-ular success to the inspired '.'harm and uplifting spirit, of General Wallace's re-liigous re-liigous book "Hen TTur. Others agaiu, ao loss wise and emphatic in their opinion, attribute the compelling' interest of "the promiscuous crowds to the picturesque scenes and characters, the pathetic and romantic incidents that foUow fast and thrilling'ty. and the exciting episode of the nerve-straining nerve-straining chariot race ami terrific co'u-llict co'u-llict bel.wrcu llo galle".. From the viewpoint of the writei. none of these ca'.-ses is yu'fiioient reason ( for tlm continued worshipful interest in u play so markedly melodramatic in story and action. The book no doubt has hem a powerful niolder of sympa-j sympa-j thetic iaterest in the direction of tho stage a .i! the spectacular beauties and I mecbardenl triumphs of the play have written a r.e-,v a;id impressive chapter On the modern genius in stagecraft, F;it the real. ' itnl spark and sustaining vie-or vie-or of the wondcrfnl play is the religious reli-gious them." and reverential treatment of the Messiah. The stimulating chariot char-iot race with Us sixteen galloping horses and the lierec conflict betwocu j the galleys are. tremei.dously effective I for the moment, hut neither scene takes hold of Hi- deeper fo I'm 2 -i of the spectator, spec-tator, wliil.' the :urrentia treatment of the pivotal idea, of the .Savior roadie? the soul am lingers in treasured treas-ured and sweetening memory long after j the passing of tbe affecting' seen? s. The utmost .delicacy has been observed iu dealing with the Scriptural parts of the thrilling narrative "and lb,, person. I of the Savior as manifested in the bean- I'fnl seen. o the Mount of Olive? by the api.oaraiien of an intensely w-hit'e ; l'j'ht is f:iM ilia ting in its - viibolism. This scone is wondrousK boai.tifu and' I Bap're DncsVi0Itn',' a awmoth G" Mrt"o Prodncl.on from ballet o f imperial Opera in MoBcow. Opcat caoctivc with .itsuSil Hung by palm bcar:2 -t 0 m vast, ninltitv.de i t-ott-ni P bands and uplift J,.. tfVj t tbe approaching xa; ' opening of this ClhU'MHf souu.ls of ceiestial AiW oi men, women ana lit u 1 t'i i their Hneosaud thJ . t Sftj when su.Idenlv a rj,v , o 'iet brightest liglit fallfmS' the vast multitude. iJW'" as if in benediction V steals awav hk0 tti0 ,u.k' Hw .. swaa's ,,0 . Jj. WB-,.. fai.ilcr meloav 0f an an-SR- the slowly fading .,., ? LK"." vent bells, fth'fi aud so comp etcly ,,,, fif one dare:i l0 l-.nak the rBS mystical silence b, inv ..?: plaud the n,arveWrr,;!rrf by stage art.ism, ..L ; reverent prodi.c-n.. time during the plnv L ,2 brought closer to iho'vW' tor and that ,s who,, HP ftJBC the rad.anrly tV vMt gave nm a cu,. 0f walw a?Kt: wearily on hi v.a i0 j w. shunned bv all ps;; lls .. J-WLie---branded criminal, 'j'hc ,Wmtt"i-rents ,Wmtt"i-rents of the hmnnw sm Jmfc-z Ihesc touching spiritual the music wriltea f- iC'Zm&M by Ivlgar .SUIbuan k ff with the same rciv 0.i ii,-". lilts and dignities fro wJ.'1 tures of the dramati, t-toiv' ibs Judo "'Phe Wise Me,, ofVhf ll5 tlie music is both onaio-tral ltn&- For the latter, them were !fs sages t rom hc ProplitL- jfc- T' concerning the coining ot Ihf ?: whore Christ, is referrcil (6 iT Light to lichten th,. ilnrkaul:.-'" people. The music uscl bAjT the themo ot the whir,m$?' and trombonesond is ImiU VnBsu-! eient musical scale l nliiir'tXss4' mefic. peoples (be Arabs aMiP- in which the interval -iiiJr' ond is a prouiinciit fcatiirf.w''8'"" taken up bv au invisible nu'j3'.'.. : announcing the Vision of Itjjft.. ; lowiug is heard the siigi'lij; ' Star of Bethlehem theme at M.1,' "Arise, and shine, for tlic lo.wfj Lord is rising upon thee ' Mr somber passage "For, b"ho!d,'fc,...- ,shall overcome the earth," ftiP trn takes up the thenii' nf while the chorus cbauta the tBfv""" Lord shall rise upon thee. thtlBr""." shall come to thy lieht anil MuStC-- brjghiness of thy rising. The curtain. rises on the opijfc"' lean showing the Wie .Men ia'jB11' " ert beside their kneeling canthBr.','.'. ing the appearance of the mmBX-cast. mmBX-cast. As' the first, sliimnioricjK..-star sliimnioricjK..-star hi'comes visible, sng?et(wBw star theme are licani devcloaBSf5'" orchestral fullness as tho H" creases in inrensit-. As ibuMfer of the drama clo,c the tTeaijW tt' cx.mel i simulated by tho ij suggesting the journey of tho ff over the arid waste of sand foAfeief of 'David where the child lstoWprll whom tlicy seei: and tvouM wk' Thi.1 ereiody is "onipoicd in scale common to the EtD'ptalttEl'' Greeks 20U0 yaus ago. W.'.. THE 7'irst L"nitariaa sm' Salt Lako will aive a ?.'.! j ie evening ' at Cat VmL? hall at loS 'outh street, on Friday. Deccmlffj tttf programme vvill be under Ibfi of Mrs. C. P. Laroh and hit! teia ton of the Utah CoiiHervatoryii The proceeds will o for theVi rt the church. . The programme will consist' malic sketches. rcadiupsfBni ... hers and dances. Eleanor Ww - bo the accompanist. Enid Mar; Jj Mae b'aton will present the lit Gc coined v, " Pat 's Excuse." .An t, s-ketch, "A Flower of Japan. '. fafci: IL Beutley, A'era Johnson, Li- : tor. and Enid May in the cast, Jt by s-,vcral young ladies as "in Fairies" aiid dancing yirls m of the features of the evenmr Bty taiiimeiit. Several voral aod.t lt fill jelectioiis. recitation.', ff? and an oriental ballet will coJ proaramme. . IflBl AT the Mebesv 4 For the G fg.. a two-reel feature tbrUB j; war story, with a tbtct loe talc vixidly loW tB0 i throughout, with a duel lielweei I val otlicers. The enmitv bet - ! men is bitter, but iu the J i fa ri rices his life in sa ing the otlji W the Cause," The battjc ic Am vond description, aud will n? dience rise lo its feel iu cxtllfl tancv. ' sird", tiaumont "s Weekly ;s a nf? late important events P'" gia. from all over the world- |
