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Show AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE Cohan and Harris production pro-duction of "Stop Thief." Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Matinee Mati-nee Saturday. UTAH THEATER Wlllard Mack in his own play, "Scandal Alley." All week. Matinees today and Saturday. Satur-day. ORPHEUM Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. PANTAGES Vaudeville. Performance Perform-ance every afternoon and two performances per-formances at night EMPRESS Vaudeville Performance every afternoon and two performances perform-ances at night. Thi followlnc theiter notion ara mtrked "adrertUeuiont" In ordor to comply T?lth a strict lcttrprcUtlon ot the nerr federal newspaper news-paper law. In no tense are they paid advertisements. adver-tisements. Tliey aro Items furnished by the prers agents ot the Tarloua the tern. Y A SOMNAMBULE," the sensa- tlonal French pantomlmo pre- sentcd by Mons. G, Molasso and " Anna Kremser and company as the hcadllno number of" tho Empress bill this wcok, is a work of art such as Is seldom soon on the vaudeville vaude-ville stage. Without a word being spoken, tho plot of the near tragedy is unfolded to tho entire satisfaction of the audience. audi-ence. The graceful dancing and gestures and clever expression and acting, tell tho story far bettor than words could. Mons. G. Molasso, who takes the part of Mons. Martelle, assisted bv a maid, aro preparing a surprise party for Mmc. Martelle, In honor of her birthday, when the curtain rises. When tho guests arrive, ar-rive, Count Antolne pays unduo attention to Mmo. Martelle and persuades her husband hus-band to go away with him when the party breaks up. Later he returns, after Mme. Martelle has given a somnambulistic somnambu-listic dance, and forces an entrance Into the house and into Mmo. Murtolle' room. Sho escapes, locking him In tho room, where ho remains until the master of tho )miicn vnllirno T-T nttnmnli. -, nlinnt falso friend, but Is prevented by his wlfo. Tho dancing is beautiful and all of the members of tho company do well, especially espe-cially Snrlna Molasso, who takes the part of the housemaid, but the leading man and woman aro sufllclent In themselves for nn evening's entertainment. Charles W, Bowser and company. In tho playlet "Tho Watch," would rank second in but few bills presented by tho Sullivan Sulli-van & Concidlno company. The skotch roqulrcH and producos excellent acting and all of the parts in the tensely interesting inter-esting play, that everything scorns to Indicate In-dicate will end lnHa tragedy, are filled perfectly. The story Is of a gamblor and a false friend. The friend has lost a watch in a card game. The watch contains con-tains the picture of tho gambler's wife. When the plcturo Is seen, tho villain and the wife expect 'bloodshed, but the gambler gam-bler thinka that tho watch wns his and accuses his false friend of stealing It, evidently to the relief of the villain, the gambler's wife, and his divorced wlfo. all of whom aro present when the watch Is opened. Ah a comedian, Henry Froy stood high with the audience at tho first performance perform-ance of the bill last night. He has a stock of JokoH find storlos that seems to bo Inexhaustible, and hlB unique way of presenting' them could not be more perfect. per-fect. Other Interesting numbers on the bill this week are Lew Palmore. who Is advertised ad-vertised as the juggling Johnnie; Bernard and Scarth. who present some good musical mu-sical comedy; and Luciano Lucca, tho man who sings as with two distinct voices. An Interesting featuro of the Gau-mont Gau-mont Pictorial review Jo a scrlco of motion mo-tion pictures from tho scene of tho war In the Balkan penln.fiiln. The bill will be presented In tho Empress Em-press three times dally until Wednesday of next week. Lottie Mayor and her diving nympsh are Interesting headllnors at the Pantagcs theater, whoro a new bill opened yesterday. That tho theater Is acquiring a following was evidenced by the large audience In attendance at tho first performance yesterday afternoon. First performances In a new town are notably difficult, but little fault could be found with yestenlny's opening. Tho word had evidently been spread that a good bill was to be given and none was disappointed. Briefly, Miss Mayer and her five companions do stunts In n largo tank of water. They havo a list of different kinds of dlve3 which keep .a boy on tho side of tho stage busy changing signs. The girls seem to bo equallv proficient in the water. Noodles Nood-les to say that tho question of physique i evidently played u considerable part In J the selection of the makeup of tho company. com-pany. Blmberg, Marlon and Day, ragtime singers, came In for a large share of applause. ap-plause. The trio weavo together a now line Of tuneful music In the rondltlon of which a piano and violin aro noticeably efficient. Jaqk Taylor, billed as the talkntlvo trickster, has n fow tricks which ho performs per-forms llk a real magician. But tricks form but a small part of Taylor's stock In trade. His principal offering and one which he handles creditably, Ih the telling tell-ing of numerous Jokes, and whist most of them are new Jokes and mako oven Mi moat sLtiil.l JliS auditors laugh, and In tho female portion of tho audience ther0 was a volume of giggling. ToJottI and Bennett In their "Dream dance" havo a pretty act, which In part at least, has been seen before in this city Both aro clover dancers, particularly particu-larly tho young woman of the pair, who executes her steps with an abandon which scorns to Indicate that dancing Is it pleasant art with her. Billy Mnn, blnck face comedian, Alfredo Al-fredo Marshall, heavyweight juggler, and the Pantngcscope complete the programme, pro-gramme, which Is tho fourth to be shown at the new house, The success of "Officer GG6" naturally paved the way of "Stop Thief." One vcar in New York is the wonderful record of this non-musical play, and during the en-tiro en-tiro run appeared before capacity houses. Cohan & Harris arc sending the samo perfect company and production to fill this engagement at the Salt Lake theater the-ater for three night? and Saturday matinee, mati-nee, beginning tonight Williams, Thompson and Copcland, at tho Orphoum this week, are making a palpable pal-pable hit with their farce, "The Burglars Bur-glars Union." Jack Williams does a good piece of work as the embryo burglar through force of circumstances, a neat and effective piece of work is James Thompson's "Jlmmle," a negro, whilo Carl Copeland does some able protean work as a policeman, a passer-by and an old miser whose home Is burglarized. Wlllard Mack's charming play, "Scandal "Scan-dal Alley." drow anothur largo audience at the Utah theater last night, and today's to-day's matinee promises to be a record-breaker. record-breaker. Miss Rambeau and supporting company There hao been a heavy demand for spats for this afternoon's performance and alno for the balance of tho woek. The management of the house has announced a special matinee for next Sunday, when "Mon of Steel" will be the bill. I "Tho Prisoner of Zcnda," a four-reel motion plcturo produced by the Famous 'Players Film company of Now York, will i bo glvori tH initial exhibition at the Liberty theater today. This picture has lonly been secured by special permission from Daniel Frohman. James K. Hark-ott. Hark-ott. one of the foremost stars of the present pres-ent day, and his special companv will bo seen In this great production by Anthony :Hope. I Preparations nro being rapidly completed com-pleted at the Rex theater for the baby contest to be held at that house this month, and during which the audiences who attend Rex show will be called upon to cast ballots for tho moet popular baby In Salt Lako. Tho entries are bu- injc received dally by Manager Davln, and some of tho prettiest tots In the city have been entered. Their pictures will bo run on colored elides nt each performance perform-ance during the contest. The queens, maids and special commissioners commis-sioners of the various counties of the stato who arc the guests of tho state fair this week will be given a grand ball In tho new Majestic pavilion tonight. It Is anticipated that the affair will bo ono that will linger long in their memories. The sororities and fraternities of tho state university have been Invited to be present. It is expected ex-pected that many of the people of Salt Lako as well as tho visitors will attend. |
