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Show liy( i H'j SALT LAK12 "Ben Hur." fnr Hj,- nlphts, beginning inset "Wednesday. -tvilh matinees Thursday and Sut- BBJ . Hj', ORPH13U M Advanced vaudeville. , I'crformancs every afternoon and evening. Two headline acts ate Howard. the ventriloquist, and H' Watt's electrical' mystery. H'' COLONIAL William J. Kelly and rompany In ".Mm the ronmau" to-H,' to-H,' nic.Ul and the rest of tlw week, with H, matinees Thursday arid Saturday. lilMPHK.SS Vaudeville. .Throe. P:r-' P:r-' lonnnnccs daily, matinee ami two BH si,ow at nicl.t. G Alulasso's j "Dance an Violins' h I'culuicd. Bill changes Wednesday. ' p ai the splendid spectacles H I I staged within the last twonty- 11 the vcars aonc ha'a surpassed in beauty of pageantry, magnin- cruco of pictorial execution and (strength of dramatic force tlic Klaw & Hrlangov production of "Bon-Hur," 1 -which comes to the Vult Lalcu theater for four nights a!id Thursday and 3at-H( 3at-H( ndav matinees, commencing Wcducs-day Wcducs-day evening, December 1S: i Presented originally at the Broadway thcatpr. New Yorl?. November 29, 1S99, .t.s romance of tlic house of Hur is jiir.v mi itn fourteenth year, and from 'the demand everywhere for, tho great drama this season gives Vo'- of be-ting be-ting bigger than any of its predecessors HJ in point of mnuotary returns, which is H'jd- principally to the fact that the (high standard of its first production t has been faithfully maintained, i Anv changes I hat have appeared in the play or its equipment have been i but to add lo the grandeur of the scenic I and costume embellishment or to cor-'j cor-'j vect some slight; archaic defect in paint-jug paint-jug or drc:-s. -So it 13 that the Wallace drama is today the staudard for all .-.orts of theatrical offerings which have Homo or tho Orient for a background. BB 1 "Bcn-IIur" has in it everything that appeals to the ordinary theatergoer, and B ' 5t has as well that which takes to the 'j plav-houso the casual visitor and the , churchgoer who never attends the the-B the-B ater uuless some religious work is be-ing be-ing presented. In the delineation of 1 the living Christ. General Wallace and "his dramatizcr, Mr, William Young, BBg 1 have been so reverent and so much un-lcr un-lcr the spell of the Son of Man that B they have given to this vivid drama B , of the time a tinge of religious exalla-B exalla-B ' rion seldom found in a church. This . is done at no sacrifice of dramatic val-'lies: val-'lies: in fact, it rather enhances the 1 effect of the biir scenes of the play, '' and the atmosphere of mysticism which 'u pervades the closinr; act, set in the I' nlo outside the gales of Jerusalem ,! on tbo glorious day of .Tosus' triumph- '. al cutrj' into the city, makes that scene one of the most, improssivn ever shown 1 in a theater. The crowds are assembled assem-bled to greet the long expected Mcs-). Mcs-). siah and as a great white light an- uonnccs His anproach tho people ?ing j hosaunas to TTi? name and greet Him . -with waving palm branches and shouta of welcome, while the very nearness '( of TTis presence is puflicicnt to cure tho lepora who await His doming in such I .iffi' and reverence. Of a totally different nature is the I marvelous chariot race, the Teal crux j of the drama from a spectacular and scene that fortuno is tested by tho two most vitally wrought into the fabric of the play's plot. Jlcw-llur and AIcs-ala. AIcs-ala. his false friend. The moment for which both havo been mailing has arrived ami valiantly do hoy sol themselves them-selves lo lind which of iV tw0 shall livo in honor, lovo and riches. Tho hnto browed between tho two is so terrible I hat nothing less lhau disgrace and beggary will satisfy ei.lhcr, and us their chariot', lo ouch of Avhich are harnessed four fiery horse's. Ily around tho amphitheater, tho spectators, yield-ing yield-ing lo the magic realism of tho scene, til. with bated' breath and teuso nerves awaiting tho outcome of tho conflict. And when it comes and JJcn-lIjir, triumphing tri-umphing over his enemy, receives tho plaudits and Ihc victor's crown, audiences au-diences go wild with delight and leu In twenty calls are not enough to calm tho cnlliusiasm cokcd by the scone. Among the momberfl of tho lino company com-pany assembled lo prcsonl "Bcn-IEur': aro'Thomas Holdimr, who has the title role, a pari which he has played many times in lingland and which fits his superb pbysiipio and his manlv beauty lo perfection. Wedgwood Nowell is the Mcssala. Ben K. clears pJaya Si-monides, Si-monides, Jieslin Slowc is Ibe Jlderim. Others are Waller -M. Sherwiu, AVillard TJlackmore. ticorgo Sydenham. Aturie) Godfrey Turner. Florcm,. A 11 nr. Alary Condon, Louise. Hull' ami Alice Ifayucs. tt is well to bear in mind I he fact that the curtain rises n the evening performance of "Bon-llur" promijtly at S o'clock ami at 2 o'clock on the matinee, and that no one will be sealed during i Itn. nrclmle, which shows the appearihicc of the star of Bethlehem to the three wise men, and which should be ."eon by all who would thorouglilv enjoy Ihe performance of " Bcn-H.ur. ' TWO big headiiners arc billed side by side on the' Orphouui bill which opens' at the Stain street home of vaudeville this afternoon after-noon for a week's run. The two big attractions are Howard, now playing his second American lour, and George IT. Watt, with his electrical mystery front Europe. Howard has been called a sub-vocalist, sub-vocalist, for he is more lhan a ventriloquist, ventrilo-quist, 'inasmuch as hp appears to have two dummies and himself talking at Scene from Bcn-Hur, tho attraction at tho Salt Lake thcatov next Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday Sat-urday ovenings, and Thursday and Sa trrrday matinees. Dustln Parnum and 4Virgie" in s cenc from "The Littlest Be el," Christinas week at tho Salt Lake theater' theatric standpoint. Tt. is in this the same time. In addition ho drinks and smokes while he does somo of his remarkable work, lie will bo recalled as a big feature with tho road show when his dentist's oflice, with the patient pa-tient with tho toothache and the boy who has come in to see the fun, were the talk of the town. There is no ventriloquist ven-triloquist on the American stage today more capable than this clever Scotchman, Scotch-man, George IT. Watt, flic other hcadliner. is apparently altogether void of feeling against highest electricity. Ho allows 500,000 volts to pass through his body, making it possible for him to light fire crackers, bicycle lamps, paper, otc, on his hands, his head or chest. He also allows himself to be entirely wrapped in electricity, donning a suit made of copper wire. A reproduction of the electric elec-tric chair used in eastern prisons for the execution of murderers, also apparently ap-parently has no terrors for him. Another act (hut has boon a head- One of the sensational scenes in "Jim, the Penman," the drama in which. Walter J. Kelly appears at the Hj Colonial tliia week, o'peuing tonight. 3 l . ,,. liner elsewhere on the Orpheum circuit is George Hobart's playlet, "Mom Lieb-ehen" Lieb-ehen" (My Loved One), which is a little gem, dealing with the Jove of a wealthy department store owner for oue of his clerks. Tho girl, daughter of an aged musician, is compelled lo earn her own living and take care of her father. Joseph Hart has produced the character study with infinite care. The role of the old Gorman if played by that excellent ex-cellent character ado?, Gus C. Wein-burg, Wein-burg, why -will be best remembered as the "Burgomaster" in the musical play by that name. An animal act that does not introduce intro-duce a single one of the stereotyped stunts will be the olVering' of l' y. Herbert, who is generally acknowledged as one of the most successful trainers of domestic animals. lie introduces the greatest leaping dogs seen on any stage, while there are "terriers which loop the loop and do other novel tricks. Itailroad skits have been seen at the" Orphcuju before, but "Mr. Flynn From Lynn," as presented by Tharles .Drew and company, is eaid to bo something out of tho usual nil. The sketch deals with the troubles of a traveler and the unreliability of information tendered by some railroad employees. Tlic set shows tho ticket, ofiice, information bureau and gate at a depot. There is plenty of comedy and a song is introduced, Les Marco Bc-Ili "on the new bill are a couple of Frenchmen who give the usual conjuring turn with frills, inasmuch inas-much as one of them performs mystifying mystify-ing tricks which the other promptly exposes ex-poses for the edification of the audience. audi-ence. The Saxaphono Trio will undoubtedly receive a warm welcome. Those three young men four years ao were members of the Halt Lake High school cadet band. Thnnks to the musical educatiou they received bote they, two years ago, broke into vaudeville and are "now going strong. Today they are x'etornns in a hulidsoniel- dressed act wherr-in rhoy render popular airs and ragtime that make the audience boat time with them, Oarlislo vs. West. Point, Memorial to King ICdward, Flirting With Death, World "s Champion Sculling Bacon on the Thames, and other timely topics will be shown in motion pictures by the Animated Weekly, while the concert orchestra has some good music, U-LTi MAT'S . punishment of those men who lead dual lives, fattening fatten-ing on their own aud tho misdeeds mis-deeds and crimes of their associates, asso-ciates, has, through all the history of the stage, furnished tho material from which have been evolved the most intensely in-tensely interesting and enthralling stories the play-going public has ever known. There is a fascination in the life story of men who commit crimes against society, while occupying a high station in fiuancial, social and professional circles, cir-cles, that is apparently unfathomable. Their lives are so at variance with the lives of Ihe average man and woman and playwrights have woven about them 0 tangled a web of highly dramatic 111 ' eident that the untangling of that web has for years furnished the theatrical managers with a most fertile field of endeavor. .Such a play is "dim, the Penman." Founded on "the chief incidents in tho j actual life of a man who baffled the police of all England for years while he perpetrated- a series of monstrous forgeries and crimes, "Jim. the Penman' Pen-man' has stood for main seasons as the highest and most successful typo of the sort of drama it represents. Intense, In-tense, masterful, filled with climaxes and dramatic incident, it grips aiul chains attention in every moment of the unfolding of its sensational story "Jim, The Penman" goes on tonight al the Colonial for the ensuing week, with matinees on Thursday and Saturday, Satur-day, and in the role of Ualsion (Jim. the Penman) will be seen the Colonial's star, Waller Kelly. 'In three weeks" this -oung New York actor has jumped into popularity locally lo-cally to a degree that has not been achieved by ilnv other stock star in many years.. His talent is so obvious, his personal, appearance so pleasing and his work so thorough and painstaking that play-goers have accepted him on his merits us an artisl. Few other attractions at-tractions in stock have received so heavy and continuous a patronage as the Colonial has been favored with the past three weeks. In "Jim, the Penman." Kellv believes be-lieves ho has chosen a play that will hold more interest for more thuater-goerf thuater-goerf than almost aiiy other drama he could have selected. So unusual is its story, soTsensational the development of Hint, ft'-ry and eo elosely do dramatic Icidcnls and climaxes fol ow one a -other through its action thai, .1 . K l'enmanr' has few equals lor thrills and throbs. . c..;iv .James Halslon is a British man of wealth, position, influence an is in parliament. He is kuown as a linancier, and into Inn home come the elite of Hhixm"-. n,,rt ,l,nHlc, 0 rosped ability l.'alston i-.Iho greatest and most dangerous criminal MyA' haul. From birth he has been P.or.ed of an almost i-uporunlurii! .'nolily imitale the handwriting of other people,, peo-ple,, and here lies the foundation of his crimes. He becomes associated with a band of criminals, who use his wonderful wonder-ful forgeries perpetrate the nios "igunlic swindles. Kalslon has even put his cnnniiig lo work to win Jus wife. The hitler was engaged in Ins rival when Mutator, forged tw(, letters ami mailed them to the ,-irI and Ihc man., each breaking the engagement. Captain Redwood, an inane fop ol an English armv officer! stumbles on the scent I hat leads to Palston as "'. II,., Penman." II follows it doggedly and persistently, and finally Ihero draws about the sWindler and his associates the net of circumstantial evidence Unit culminates i" their oxuourc. Dramatic scenes follow one another through the four acts. They are superbly superb-ly constructed, and at Ihe Colonial this week Kellv has arranged for a production produc-tion that will be quite the most vivid urescnt alien of his first four weeks in fcall Lake. As. Kalston Ihe star will have1 a splendid opportunity for strong work, aud Urn members of his company are all well cast, notablv Caidain Mod-wood Mod-wood aud Baron Hartfield. Mis? Dallas will have a great ro'c in the part ol Mrs. Ikalston. Albert Laug. KoIh'rs new si age director di-rector from Xew York, has staged "Jim. tho Penman."' Frohman's general gen-eral stage dirocloiv for yearn, LaiiLr is recognized as one of the most export men in the business, and it te expeef'd that "Jim. tho Penman" will show the effects of his handiwork. FAIRLY bubbling over with variety va-riety and good tilings, tho lini-press lini-press bill which opened last. Wednesday has been serving Empress patrons with sonic of the best things that vaudeville affords. Another of the big Molasso productions is great part of lib) oriVriiiLfTTft prettv girls, entrancing nim , "'Miitl cOHlun.es and al age " K ' jiomothiug more nr-reai-liiua' rWftnl ries one away 1 mm the trouhi- H'B?" Molnsso has called C &f biggest vaudeville l.rllJ.T11. Dance An Violins' fp" ffi- Andre and Louis Aveliiio With ten girls who can -;. dance, ihey offer an Sh''? K worth while. r (he agarcS.?"? three charming violiniaU. S" M. their selections in a mu.j,.;.,.,,?. WBfejSCfl nor. while the other irF, iia! grace ami charm. W1' Anol.her entertaining fPatllr rtJ Hall. Lakers are not slow tr. "I! i he manner in irliirb thr "g'V Italian troubadours render Trom some of ,c noted cnrtf,' among ihem Vordj, n0nbS?K&'-Offenbach. n0nbS?K&'-Offenbach. They have anlcndifl JHS' and having received their vocal EB'' ing in th" Dalian schools. IW wK'' just how to use them to H,0 JWBja. vantage. The trio ai mpXm ; tMS.-first tMS.-first American t,,r 0vCr tfiC & ( onidine circuil. imfr - During the past year tho vlC programme have provUcl sonSWJrS ads. but it has never offered b IfSKjiT of trained cockatoos a.s thow aHBtf-' scnted by Mile. FcS3ce this . They have intelligence almost W&BK1 inn on the uncanny, f0r Ihov obV-SBBS humans the bidding of their m&SWSZi I'hey prove ihcm&elvos able to do iB in addition, mulliplicatioii uui lahtfiBP1" tion. Thev a No tell .h time of fiP?"' Ihe number of dajs in ihp Pct number in Ihe month and tbp They are nol afraid of lire, oilher jU when a fire is started in a little bB ing, in which the sweetheart ij i&EftnX ing. the fireman comes to the rtiEf , breaks ouen the window, rcsciieiBf sleeping beauty and puts out thefoWTSSr1 Arthur Whitelaw. the Irish AinfJiSft!- 1 oroves lo lm a show in himself, fotBVV has no end of entertaining lnaUrK,1 which he hands, out in a manner tKfert,. convulses his audience with Ianii3T!.i Wliitelaw some story toller, I00J iK.-j; Collins and Hart, the on'pJr "stronir men.'' ofl'cr a scream in uSlSi' crotcstiue make-up. ThcC artist) WB just completed a two yearj' ti!!." The dancing Maddens are P"orift"'(i themselves fully entitled to 9ll tjferf ilattoring press notices which theji ceived in the east. They dance Wf Mile, Andre and Louis Avclinc, who are feature dancers of MoniS jj Molasso's sensation at the Empress, "La Dance Au Violins," todayiMirt and Tuesday. i ?l topping the bundle of varieties (his week, and it is making good regardless of tho oilier good things of which the bill boasts. Mons. ti. Molasso will bo recalled as the .French producer, two of his productions having appeared at the Empress during the past year, depicting de-picting (he "Parisian Underworld.''" fn his production, that is proving one of the most interesting spectacles in many months, Molusso has taken a more beautiful view of life; and while a a ease and grace that is tlic M" all in t,hf-ir profession. ijBki. Tho bill will close 011 TucsW Mf-' and a new bill will open on "WBF1 dav which Manager MeCoyMftj.BJl best show in months. It will "gBUlh a hcadliner one of the bit; Lo,Br miiMcal farces. " Fun .f5,,e Shop," and v.ill afford """SJJHn t turning and stage oflsjuaWfc?) (Con tinned on Followhuj-my , M"l 1 , Sccno fr0lil "Mem Licbcb.cn," at the Orpliouni all this week, M U At The Theaters (Continued from Preceding Page.) of (iL'lcen of the most charming sinners and dancers to bo fountt iu all of New York, .lamca Leonard and Clara Whitney Whit-ney present "Duffy's TMsc." Others are Howell and Scott, parodists; Falls and Falls, comedy acrobats; Glen Ellison, Elli-son, the English comedian; PriUkow and Blanchurd, in "A Mixed Affair' THE scones of "The Littlest Rebel, ' 3 tho play in which Dus-tin Dus-tin Earnum will be soon at tha Salt Lake theater during Christmas Christ-mas weok, aro laid below Richmond, V., near the closo of the Civil war. The sfcor.y, iu brief, is as follows: Colonel Morrison of the U. S. army-has army-has been ordcrod on foraging duty, and comes with his troops to the homo of Captain Herbert Cary, a Confederate scout. Colonel Morrison trios to extract information from Mrs. Cary concerning concern-ing tho whereabouts of hor husband, but fails, lie ia about, to depart when Dudley, a drunken sergeant in his command, com-mand, sets lire to tbe house, aud is in tho act of deserting whon he is shot by Colonel Morrison. After tho burning of the house Mrs. Cary and her child, Virgie, so to live 1 iu au overseer's cabin, aucl remain there until the death of Mrs. Cary, when the child is left alone. Captain Cary, in an effort to got her through tho Union lines to Richmond, is hunted as a spy by Colonel Morrisou, who tracks him to the cabin. Cary hides in the loft; and Yirgie on-deavors on-deavors to shield him from his enemies. ColoneJ Morrison discovers him and is about to havo him shot when he finds on Gary's person a pass from General Lcc. given to Yirgio and escort. In mercy for the littlo one he iji-.rlorsos iji-.rlorsos this pass, ponnitting Gary and his daughter to proceed on their way to "Richmond. Ou the way Cary is captured by Corporal Dudlo3'. brother of tho sergeant, ser-geant, who Morrison had killed. Dudley reports his colonol at bead-quartors bead-quartors for aiding aud abetting a spy's escape. Morrison is courl-niartialcd courl-niartialcd and condemned to death, and the sequel of the story lies iu the pica for pardon to General Grant. |