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Show l ! " SALT LAKE" T 'B! j vyy 1 g A , ,T ,A KE THEATER Maude Mams In "rhantocler." May L 3, 8 and . Matinee Saturday after- noon. COLONIAL THEATER The Durbar n Klnemac dor. Last performance tonteht. Curtain. :V Touise Gunning Gun-ning In "The Balkan Prinf-es. Monday nd Tuesday evenings, OBPHEUM THEATER Advanced vaudeville All week. Matinee dally a B:18 Ermine curtain, 6:15. Bill changes this afternoon. SARRXCK THEATER Max Figman, supported by the Oarrick players, lr. The Puhtitut--.' Ml week, bp-ginning bp-ginning tonight, with matinees on Thurso) and Saturday. BMPRE8S THEATER Sullivan-Con -fldlne vai:d'-' 'lie. Matinee dally at 2 so Two evening performances, 7:50 and 8:1S. Bill changes Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon. THE coming of Maude Adams is always counter a red-letter event bv the actress' admirers. And thai these admirers are numerous g obvious from M 1 thAt Miss Adams is looked upon as the most pop-nlar pop-nlar actress thai this country has ever know.,, rust now Mis- Adams s indulging in-dulging in her ambition to do big things In the theater, things worth while. Mid when she makes her appearance at nut Salt Lake theater on Wednesday nignt It will be it Edmond Rostand b celebrated cele-brated Dlav, "' hnnleeW. ' ' Much baa been written, and much undoubtedly remains to be tten about Bostand;s work that is bo BHed vrith rich noetic Pancy and dramatic fire. The work has lone rank as a splendid piece of literature, and it stands today ns the strongest novclti of which the stage of this or anv other country can boast. It is pleasing to state that Miss Adams s iiucoesfl in the play has been very pro nounced. , "Cbanteder" opens with a prologue lo; Lrri".l t-i create an atmosphere for the plav. kindle the imagination of the audience, and explain the absence.! all hnman being from the scenes, itua prologue i rente b. Miss Adams before be-fore the curtain ascends. Then the picture of the barnyard comes into view with its wistaria-covered house, dog kernel and general farming paraphernalia, parapher-nalia, all built on a large scale bo as to dwarf tho stature of trie actors. There are fonals nf all kinds. 'he cat dozes on the waii and the dog is seei in the kennel. Then ChanteclW lordly and superb stmts upon the scene chanting th Ode to "lie Sun, one of the poetic glories of the play. Ohanteclcr is the egotist, the idealist burdened with a greal mission in the world and filled with faith in the importance im-portance of bis work. Ho believes it is his cqcation to dispel the darkness of the night by causing the sun to rise each morning. There are some who arc amused at Tljfl conceited pretentions. preten-tions. Gantecler dominates kindly over rns flock and sends hie progeny of chicks about their business. But bis contentment is ruffled when Patou, the dog a symbol of the plain, honest phi 1 nsopher and the blackbird, a saucy, insincere, shallow time-server, warn him that insidious influences are working work-ing against him. As he listens, -a hen pheasant puT sued by 8 hunter, take? refuge in ihe vnrd With ber entrance into Ghanteeler Ghante-eler 's life begins the conflict which is lr end with the disillusionment' and the sad revelation of the humbler direction in which bis services reallv lie. In the hen pheasant Rostand typifies worn an In all her virtues and weaknesses, beautiful and high-minded. v jealous of 'nan's appointed tks and covetous to monopolize his whole affectiou and interests. Ghanteeler i-- attracted by the hen pheasant's charms. The Second act scene is a hillside overlooking a -valley. A plot against the cock is heing formed by the envious en-vious owls. They, reflecting that they cannot overcome Ghanteeler alone, de-i de-i Lde to enlist hired assassins, the game I BBBBBBBBBBBBaSBSSsl mt!B&BBBsBm!ffi . jaSflBiBg?H ' - ' B9 1 BglP 2aSSMBBsBaBBBlHS'iS( ' f &Ssi' ' BMTSBSSSIaBSBBBBBBBBBBBSB SSSSslBBBlBSMB iSBSBBBSBBBSBB jM HilSPBISBBSBB MSffiM pjay 'FfiSW'&Ci JmnK '" JSIwtSS&SfKmmMkniSlrfw -roOSSHflBsY MhSnmc.jBB&'EBwlHCsSifBBBBn BBBBSBSBSBSBBBS BMiBBSBBBBB i SkHssb ifeBBMtEEKBowgiH Ei&$ttBBL wfB$&ffv bJP Pib3Ks" BB"Bylar hSS MAUDE ADAMS AS " CHANTECLEE." At the Salt Lake Theater for Four Nights and a Saturday Matinee, Beginning Wednesday Night, May 1. cocks, summoned bv the peacocks, who hate 1 he barnyard monarch. They will humblo their victim at the guinea hen's reception on the morrow. But dawn is about to break and in one of the most brilliantly imagined and most eloquently eloquent-ly written passages in the play Chanto-cler Chanto-cler raises his mighty clarion coll and brings hack tho day. The third act discloses the reception of the parvenu guinea hen. who is the 3nob. the tuft lmuter, the busy-body of the fowls. The reception is held in a corner of the kitchen garden made pic tn rescue by huge vegetables. The guests arrive in all the varieties of the feathered world. Now comes one of tin strokes of the drama. Cbantecler makes no attempt to conceal his contempt con-tempt for the gaudy game cocks. The insult is offered and the white pylo with the rawr spurs challenges. In a moment the battle is on. Ghanteeler Ghan-teeler is beaten back. He is about to go down to defeat when an ominous shadow spreads over the throng. It is the dreaded hawk. Instantly the feath- '. .: :"'-'.l .' J' : '; .' j . . ;. 1 . . . ' ; ; ; 4,,. :rr' MAE DEVLIN, Who Is Starring ?.t the Empress This Week in 'The Girl FTOin Yonkers.'' ered tribe dash to their natural protector. pro-tector. Their 1'uitb renews his strength and courage and when, with the passing pass-ing of the hawk the battle is resumed, he is victorious. He realizes that all of his friends except Patou wished to see him humbled. So he listens to the tempting of the pheasant and resolves to go out into that wider world from which slip came. This brings the plav to the wild, beautiful forest scene of the final act. The monarch is now dominated by the pheasant, who will allow only one song ench niorning. She taunts him that the nightingale's song is more beautiful than his and ruefully he adinitB it. The hunter shoots the nightingale, when lol another rises to take its place He begins to doubt his own omnipotence, om-nipotence, and then the pheasant takes his head under her wing and keeps it there until the sun has appeared. And this timo he has neglected to crow even ouce. Disillusioned, c.rc?l-l c.rc?l-l fallen, he is now face to face with the i tragedy of his life. Yet he will still be strong. Tf hp cannot bring the llgM he can at least perform the humbler mission of raisin" the sleeping world after the d2.v. which is not of his making, mak-ing, shall have dawned. Thus, the moral of the-plav "Find vour right place in the economy of life. Be faithful to vonr conception of duty, even though it be less important than i in vour inexperience, v had a first i believed. ' ' ; There are over seventy roles in the play, tho production of which i- not Only massive, but decidedlv picturesque. pictur-esque. There will be r. matinee on Saturdav FAMOUS for the witchery of its coaxing melody, -ts contagious comedy and gaily caparisoned production. "The Balkan Prin cess, with Louise liunr.ing, comes to the Colonial Monday nighi tor two evening at rforma nee,. i "The Balkan Princess" is one n j the most successful of Kngli: ;i operettas, ope-rettas, having enjoyed a year's run at the Duke of York '-. theater, London: I The book is T Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Cureon; t!:e ivrics l,v Ar ilnir Wimperis, and the music by Paul A. Rubens. In the slur-.. Princess Stephanie, of mythical Balaria, must marry to keep her throne, but. lg indifferent to ih--anxious ellgiblee a-id interested onl) in a wayward grand duke, who hopes I to start a revolution. He is a Pre I quenter of a gay bohemian restaurant, and it becomes the task of the princess prin-cess to eek him out and subdue him to ruling with her. Louise Gunning occupies much the same esteem in the hearts of easterners eastern-ers as ihat enioyed by Tqtrazzini in I the west. "Give us lots or Louise Gunning,' said Asliton Stevens in lhn Chicago Examiner, "and we'll a'l be j i;ppy. ' As n prima donna. si). ia I America a own; a home-grown product, born, reared and schooled in Imerica-Miss Imerica-Miss Gunning received her mnsicai traintag .n ttie United states, and her 'career as vn operatic tnr has been consistently identified with her na- tt'.c heath, except .01 one scaeon la Loudon, and that was with an American Ameri-can production. She "arrived'' through strictly legitimate channels; charming personality, person-ality, natural histrionic ability and an. exceptional voice, she has won her reputation through mprit, and not by wild tales of lost jewels or other sensational sen-sational and spectacular heralding. Miss Gunning hails from austere Boston, and she herself is a very dignified dig-nified person. Her father was a minister, min-ister, and Louise saug in his choir. She aspired to the stage, and set about working the thing out in her own way. slip went to New York. Her first appearance was in vaudeville, followed bv an engagement under Charles Hoy! for a small part. A short time after litis she became leading woman of "Tho Mandarin" company. Then followed engagements in im portant roles with DeWolf Hopper. Frank Daniels, Louis Harrison and Mmc Bchmann-Heink A two-season starring engagement in Pixley and Lu-der;3 Lu-der;3 "Marceile" was her next step upwa rd "And so, ' ; she says, "from church choir to comic opera stage hasn't proven anything so dreadful after all I found that hard work and determina lion were needed in both places and also that noble character and human frailty were quite .as common in one place as uiiot iter ' ' Tn the supporting casl of "The Balkan Princess" is Harold Crane, the leading man whose debonair bearing and strong ba: i-.. ' voice make him an admirable troubadour He was secured se-cured by Lee Shuborl in London to l ' . . ....!.. 1 LOUISE GUNNING, In "The Balfcan Princesa," at the Colonial. Co-lonial. Monday and Tuesday Nights. opn the New Vork engagement of Gaby neslrs. The east include- other? '-ho nave been features of starring lours. Mnr.i Bmth is the lending comedian. Teddy Webb, fcrmarly with tac Tiroli opera company, and Ham P, Gibbon, are a pcirlo'.neous pair. Mise Gernldine Ma-lone Ma-lone will pertra'- the fascinating swept, heart of the rebellious duke, Amy Leicester, Bthel Intropodi and other celebrities r.re included in the csst of principals. Probably no music?.! comedy in manr yearn he.? contributed as raanv musical gems ore contained in the score of "The Bnlka.n Princess." including "Holidays.-" "Stealing." "T Like You All," "Love r.n.i Laughter.-' "Dear. Beautiful Women." "Don't. Let's Ever Meet Again," "Arm? and Hie Man." "Wonderful World," "The Opera Ball.'- "Dreaming'' and "A Man's a Man. At each performani-e Mus GuncirT will sing "His Return," B colorful and rapturous burl of melody, in which her voicp .- heard to range up ;o her famous "E in alt.' - a musically seo'ictive and inspiring number, riOLLOWING the announcement that ihe vaudeville season at tiip Qrpheum will cios Saturday, Satur-day, May il. .'ores the word that rhe last two weeka of the vaudeville vaude-ville season are to be distinct winners from an entertainment viewpoint. Commencing th-s afternoon, this week'-; bill will be double headline! event with Jessie Millward ;,nd John Glend inning presentinft the powerful one-act .day. " Pepping the Whirlwind." Whirl-wind." and M?r- Norman in her mon ologue. "Women I Have Met." The flrst two named constitute another case in point wherein two clever people have deserted the legitimate Tor vaudeville. Miss Mill ward for vears was with Sir Henri r- ing, William Faversham and other stars, while her partner has been leading man for Annie Russel, Mrs. Kendall, riara Morris, Vance O'Neil and Olga Net her sole He will always be remembered as the Laird In "Trilby." Mi-s Xorman has an en viable reputation repu-tation in vaudeville as being a woman v. In, c:in take off the foibles of her sex and make both, men and women scream with laughter during the process Her monologue has been broughl up to date and several new additions have been mad. to ii Ifpr various characterizations characteriza-tions are accompanied by clever songs. A uni'iue animal act far out. of Ihe beaten track is Sammv Watson's farmyard farm-yard circus. While four humans ap pear on the stage at the same time, there are several roosters, a trained donkey, dogs, cats ami a little pink pig which rides in a baby carriage and refuses re-fuses to he comforted until light refreshments re-freshments are served from a bottle. The ;.cr i said to he a genuine novelty and one long, loud scream. The Wilson brothers should be well remembered on the Orpheum circuit. Their last tour was in a ski! called 1,1 A Padded Cell." and prior to (bat they vi-re mam ham of the Wilson trin. This year they have a new German skit called "Tin Out," which is built for laughing purposes only. Two musiciil comedy favorites with a long list of musical comedy successes to their credit, are Robinson Newbold and Marie Louise Pibbin. who have taken ta-ken a short excursion into vaudeville and are emphatically making good there Thev offer fifteen minutes of sparkling bits of songs and impersonations. imperson-ations. Costume ( hanging and a touch of dancing add to the general attractiveness attrac-tiveness of thei ract. It is hard to imagine anything new in the acrobatic world. Wills and Hassan, however, claim to bave several sev-eral new athletic feats and to offer the old ones in such a manner as to make them new. At hand balancing they have few. if anv, equals. Siegel mid Matthews wil bo seen In a musical novoltv. Thev are "banjo-rine" "banjo-rine" exnerts. The banjoriiie is a most unusual instrument and is said to have a sweet tone, and i considered most difficult, to master, Mis- Anna Mathews Math-ews is a slnkinglv handsome woman with a ppnehant lor changing many handsome gowns during the perform ance. . . . The Pathe weeklv review will include some aood motion pictures of current events nhotographed in vp.rious conn Irirv The concert orchestra, too. will be a goo d feature on the new bill. THAT charm of personality that, has carried him to one of the highet rounds on the success ladder of theaterdom, ia the gir; to which Max Figman may credit a u'ond share of the success as a com cdian that has come to him those past fcv. years. I Tie i? a comedian who ,;oes a stpp higher than others equally as capable ! a- iu. :. oi producing laughter. He can be untiringly mirthful when he desires to be. ar.d then again I here ;:ro ' 'in-.t - ivheu his comedy ,! augmented ! by ' SJOOd deal of serious acting. And i !u this sin '.'ting of moods and Ihe changing oi" his facial expression that 'Mr. Figman Ls most interesting In such i play be is to appear the ensuing week at the Garrick. The at- traction is to be "The Substitute.'' a comedy drama written by Beulah M. I Pix and Evelj n Greenlcaf Sutherland, authors of such successes as "T'le Road to Yesterda " and other stories The style of the story is so entirely Id ffcrent from an thing Mr Fipnan haj so ar appeared in ar rite Garrick. and the locale of its scenes ig so to-j to-j talh different from his other ne- '-esses, that the character he. assumes I is a. pom pi etc c.hi'njjtf from hi other j portrayals. He takes the nart of -lams sCntb. a ilat-hiug young man about town and ! .! attorney, 'he junior member of the :v firm of X'andergift Smith. The letter's sister lives in a small .Sew i'ork country town, and is eniaged to B theological student there The stu-'ient stu-'ient is called from town on account of illness id before gning he makes his prospective brot her-in -la v.- promise thai he wiD find a substitute for him. S n i '' t b , thinking that be will have no trouble at al! in inducing some minister min-ister to go to West Anpleton, shoulders shoul-ders nil responsibility for the filling of the pulpit. At the last moment I MARY NOR?.IA, ss4 '"' In Witty Caricatures of Her Own Sax ' the Orpheum This WpiRi Smith is horror-s'rn ken tn discover that every , arrangement he has made for a minister to lake the yonug student stu-dent b place has gone amiss and that the eleventh hour is at hand ami no one has agreed to show up in the little town and bake the theological stu rnt 's pulpit In order to keep hia word Smith finally decides that the least he can do is io go down u West Appleton, announce himself af a minister, and, if worse comes in worse, go into the pulpit of 9 Sunday nroning and preach. On arrival in Wear Appleton he finds the town in a commotion through the efforts of gang of tricksters trick-sters to fasten a charge of embezzlement embezzle-ment on an elderly pastor of the vil lage. Smith meets his daughter, falls dead in love with her. and at the last minute when the real minister arrives. Smith announces himself as counsel for the accused pastor, saves his reputation, reputa-tion, and, of course, wins the girl for his own. ' The Substitute" is reallv Mr. Pig-man's Pig-man's favorite play, and in it he has scored tremendous successes. His portrayal por-trayal of the role of Smith is so fresh and iovial ami kindly, and rings so true that it scores instantly with an audience, Then, too. Ihe locale of he scenes add to the general attracrj-e-ness of the production, " The'Substitute " opens tonight at thp Gasxick, running through the ensuing en-suing week with matinees nn Thursday Thurs-day and Saturday afternoons. Regu lar Garrick prices are to prevail as usual, and that Salt Lakers are thoroughly- appreciative of the treat of having Mr Figman at the Garrick at the head of a capable stock company and in those plays in which he has scored his ureutest bits the pat few year--, is thoroughly evidenced bv the patronage' the attractions are receiving. receiv-ing. Some of the more popular per- ' nrtr.a n. - veck .v are practically T--'jKr sec; d.'ivs in ;vlvanc(. fc THOSE playgoers who ntBfj1' nccK c!flHK' ' ( t rf l-.nipn'r- this nsKj jC I hp "BtlPr- I grfrntrr-i . ariCf thai tisW" ever offered. Br I r is i t we n ty-sut h Kmpres . M-.naz-T '"'"''jmi lected a 1 ia i .' i ' n ' irii N"1'i-"BttVp one of which innM hcadliuHHg nary bill Mr r 's rte.4'Cj,1 the miniature musii al ?ro-i:!aM-,, 1'erire Pe ue." is The bill, though evorv other ai'. Hi pushes it ior top Bt pketch is tiic nl.l idea o M j bodies with fh.- nctori oi ), furnish. ii' the heads for t:ABK. i rrttigna 1 lia'.. . -c lllcr-tc I Emma Calve Dave Mnr.tsMJ, toii;- thers ..p::i!'.--.?tenCjJ among the stace celebntisi rt5R in miniature. . B.., Mac Devlin and cnmpM? BJK of the rhes or t JF' Th- Hirl nken, Devlin vrWr enacts a ditricult role acMfWWUi storv concerns a girl wdo 1BJKW; professions! thief, hut !--t'fc, of a simple r:r .. p more easilv dupe h?r v,,,'fc"t! discover' -! n the a .urtirH about town. :n-d .'rt",r1lB upon i -' ' h'r 'r'.TBor skill t from :cr rreimra uation. M- gets w-.-lff takes with cr the rtr'MIhi and most hia other reBm, "'Tile' Bennington hrotttn lEr splendidly staged ttrons ,3.5vBi a the two men ar- T;"cpw ""(Continued on FoUoB1 ' tm. r. MAX FIGMAN. t ,t tie SfflhL Who Opens the Third Week of His Starring Engagement M, Q-axrick Players Toniglit, in "TJic Substitute Plays and Players (Continued From Preceding Page.) oped Phil Bennett is possessed of an ex. -client voice and sings his way to the heart- of his hearers with his first song. Merritt and Douglass ;ire engaging en-gaging dancers and the l.es Oougets are French musicians who plav some very unusual instruments in brass in a. very unusual way. Beginning Wednesday afternoon of this week, the twenty seventh bill ot the season goes on at the Empress. It will be headed bv no other than the world renowned Eva Fav, a priestess of the psvehic power, who has created a furore till over Europe the past two years. She is billed as "the most mysterious mys-terious woman in the world" and comes to the Empress in one of the first, engagements en-gagements she has made since coming to America under the management of the Sullivan-ConsidiUC forces. This is her first American appearance and Manager McCoy declarer, that if she in am way duplicates at the local house the Success she has had elsewhere the Bet will prove one of the most interesting inter-esting of its kind ever staged in Salt La he. William P, Powell and Will Howard are on the new bill with their company, presenting a rollicking farce of college life, "Rooks." Following them Will come the Stantons "Droll DaffvdiUs;" Hvde and illiams musical comedy entertainers; en-tertainers; Coy De Trick ey in s ring ing act: Altus brothers, artistic club manipulators, and the new photoplay. DELI-A CLARKE 'Q new comedy, "Introduce Me." which is absolutely ab-solutely new in theme, bright and laughable throughout and wholesome in every moment, will be the offering at the Colonial for an engagement en-gagement of four days, starting Mav The story of "Introduce fie" has to do with the misfortune of a young married couple Qeorge Nichol. an unsuccessful un-successful playwright, has a wife who is more gifted and successful and who Writes under the name of Frances Ev-erton, Ev-erton, absolutely unknown to her husband hus-band She expl ains her income that keeps them in comfort and happiness hy saying that her Aunt Hannah makes her a bountiful allowance. The wife writes a book entitled "Susan," which create? something of a furore, and her girl chum, Edna Som-ers, Som-ers, who is an actress, prevails upon her to have the book dramatized that she might star in it Meanwhile Aunt Hannah arrives and trouble begins right away, Mrs. Xichol's manager calls and is talking business to her when Aunt Hannah comes in and sees them making love, ah she thinks Laler Edna BOmers arrives at the Nichol home; she is making arrangements arrange-ments with the husband about dramatizing dramat-izing the book. "Susan," when Aunt. Hannah comes in ngain The actress is smoking n cigarette and is making love to the husband. The nunt leaves the room and dis j covers a bottle of wine in the cooler, which she thinks is cider. She drank it. becomes tipsy and tells the husband that a man was making love to his wife a few hours before S'he also states that she has only one cow. two pigs and two acres, and she can i send anybody anything. When the wife arrives ar-rives her husband questions her integrity integ-rity and she leaves him. They are living apart when the play opens. The final finds the husband and wife together again, when he is all but overcome with astonishment to know that it. is his wife who rroto the book, ' ' Susan. ; 1 MANAGER BODEL of the Casino Ca-sino has apparently demon--1 rated to the "satisfaction of the patrons of his house that he can produce musical eomedv of the better kind at popular prices. The Sid Gov Jollifies company, which reopened the Casino as a musical com- edy house a short, time ago, will this week present a tabloid musical comedy entitled "School Days," said to be a laughable farce dovetailed with music and song. Rehearsals have been vigorously j under way at the Casino for the past week 011 "School Days." Miss Mill-tally, Mill-tally, dancing instructor of the company, com-pany, sacs that the chorus, which is rehearsing under her direction, is composed com-posed of as fine material as she has ever drilled for musical eomedv. The girL are sprightly, good looking , and in fine voice. The management of the '"asino has adopted the policy of changing the principals of the company about each week, which should result in bringing out. the versatility of the players and afford Casino patrons an opportunity to! see their favorites from different angles. an-gles. The new bill will take the boards Monday and will run through the en suing week. |