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Show ITho Ke3 Bosc," threo inefdai-. "Broadway Thursday night tor ,n0 Saturday matinee. JinreJ vaudeville. Musrs every Sunday rrorniancca every aft-lliam aft-lliam J. Kdly and ..Th9 Lottery Man." ovcry night, with -fday and Saturday, xo Flore, educated imi other vaudeville nances every aftc-r-, every night. Bill Year's uftcrnuon. Allen-Curtis Frolics The Frolics of 1913." cvory night. Matl- and Saturday, musical comedy stand-bed stand-bed Jn John C. Fleher's1 Tho Rod Rose.'' playgoers will again be pufF judgment at the ; where this bis musl-ic musl-ic Barnett ullll at the c nights' stay on Mou-rcputalion Mou-rcputalion for personal rtlstlc Ideals, for voc:il vcriic&s. and for taeio ;tnt feminine attribute than uili:ld lu this us and altogether do- ' )fu scenes are laid In J of ran n. Icly. Mi3 Barnett h&a I st's model. No woman I tago hus inspired paint- ' more frequently than I y contemporary artist New York and Parlr It of Mfsu Barnett. and 2 have been reproduced and allegorical groups, the haa had such ex- II LPr,mlB0 of another cork-5r? cork-5r? lmV Wll at the Or-clnn-owhig- Sunday aftcr-m aftcr-m i ft. n,us' comedy. $U tory f caut ,oi twenty tt Go" l7nf. t.he carly mission HuoS? att a Jesse-L. lM a- rft Dc "nri P 8ow?rr ir,Ucrs of nol,J' "nd Lle. tviIu8 composed tome rr tho l.hlH quartette G'lUn Ln,na L,c8l Lceh 5 18 tromLtt?ln tljc leads, u ftJant en.1, 500(1 voices, asllc !' nSiuJ?M t0 Give fur-m?sD0lK fur-m?sD0lK lH are more pop-IK" pop-IK" wh ?1?n- the "fellow ev"mca merriment in Ht h11,10vo a"d I" UIb Sou iT of h05"J PM l'$b the rn,u utu?r ov tb0 Hw Ivm 01 1 machine ami fh b CVCrV Sll' ;i '.'''' -' i Zoo Barnett, Mio charming actress -who will appear in "The Rod R030" at the Sait Iiahc. and acL that bcai":; tho stamp of originality. origi-nality. Their vehicle Is Intended principally prin-cipally tu convey their Individual accomplishments. ac-complishments. 31 gives Barry splendid opportunity for broad comedy, in which he excels, and affordn the two plrfa a chanco to si lis:, dance, chat and look well. Another act auro to score lic-avlly id Nonettc, the clever viollniatc, with a per- I ml-4li?,Jbccau2c she 1b pcr-Er pcr-Er w?1 ,lh.the student life of fcm.111 "b,c Rcd Kose." a jjT": The art school of M-Ll M-Ll . me baron'a chateau, and arts. During its SlcdiStluin 'onty musical Tm M.B E0l0B- fJ,JOs. trlofl and K lat twelve of them arc tt itvficty., that, plays001'! buvr ,U,C Scaler and Mh?n,r. thelr Phonographs. WibiS0!1 :ullarly Intcreat-KiSS Intcreat-KiSS ,crs. are "Tuc StudentB" rtirfe'.'' with MIV3 nr-.""bSS nr-.""bSS ih p.0.,rJ, lllct "Men. lint ?n..by, ,Mlas Barnett and 6,. ..'nblc. and Mlsn wnr-"H wnr-"H Incliwi5cn of A'alt-V Jrali'." 'Wnon 1,.lns l'0l"3 Caunvanl. fcSftv'' BlV Brown. Charlca k ChiiHA,'. Jaft'ray. Wul- CSain t ltr? Phllbrlck. Manrlco nce Conlcv und others of will be Riven Wed-r Wed-r lbt tvcnlns S enBasement ftp I. sonallty that JnakcH an instant hit with her audience. Nonet tc Is possessed of a splendid singing voice as well ns t3lent with the violin, and both quantlcrf are assets that have made her a big favorite with patrons of vaudeville tho country over. . , Delamar and Dolamar are a pair o. sensational aerlallstH who are featured on tho new bill. Their act is one of thrills and grace and Is said to be scoring scor-ing wherever presented In vaudeville. A mystifying act Is that furnished by Meredith and Snoozcr. the latter being an ISngllsh bull terrier with a great head for mathematics. Snoozer doca everything every-thing but tall: in every day language, but ho has learned to express himself with great efllcieuey in dog language, com-puling com-puling sums on a blackboard, tho answers an-swers being given in barks. .DeWitt Young and sister, presenting the "College Boy JuKlfr." omjlit Lo prove a noveltv. MIsh Young is the onlj ladv Australian boomeiang tbrowor in existence, while Young Is an original ana sensational juggler, who handles bookcases, book-cases, a brass bedstead and other articles or .furniture and outdoes most of tho famous foreign "juggler: in this line. Tho Animated Weekly will furnish views of evf.-nls ranging from tho Lot a Mayor's show in London to testing the largest gun at Sandy Hook.. Ldster day in Liverpool, and tho 'ale-Harvard game, whilo Eddie I'oy at home with his seven little boys will be another interesting inter-esting picture A YOUNG, handsome and very . clever ucwapaper man was "broke." 'ot only was his financial coudition moat unsatisfactory, unsat-isfactory, but his affairs of the heart had turned out most disappointingly, lie bad tried hard to fall i lovo with first ono nice, rich irl and then another, an-other, and in each ease either tho girl couldn't gco him at all or he lliought ho found bcr lackinrr in too many attributes attri-butes to overcome the favorable Impression Impres-sion her wealth had created, nd out of this condiliou of mental depression over tinaneos and ylrimJ was born "The Lottm-y Man." tho nier-rioat. nier-rioat. fuiiniout. cleverest aul moat co-iovablc co-iovablc and original comody, pJaygoers cast or west havb been given, theuo many seasons. "The Lottery Man'' is today tee most sought for. offering among stock slarg in tho whole field of theatrical attractions and tonight at the Colonial William. J. Kelly will offer it for tho fir&t lime in Salt Lake at popular prices and produced exactly as it was when first given on tho Xow York stage. "Tho Lottery Man" will be tho New Tear's week offering at tho Colonial. The first, performance will bo given thia eveuing. The star is to bo eeen in the famous role of Jack Wright, tho talented fellow fel-low who proposes' to his paper that the latter conduct a gigantic lottery with Wright as the prize, tho scheme boing to priut coupons daily in tho paper and ask all uumarricd spinsters interested, inter-ested, to cut out tho coupon, send it in with ono dollar and rceoivo in exchango a numbered, ticket entitling tho holder to ono chanco at tho drawing. "I believe tlioro aro at least fifty thousand spinsters in tho country sufli-cieutly sufli-cieutly interested in a matrimonial prop-osition prop-osition with a good-looUing. capablo voung mau to pay a dollar for such a lottery cbanco, tlio holder of tho winning win-ning ticket to tako mc in marriage, or if she absolutely refuses to do so, tho two of us divido all tho money tho other spinsters havo scut in," declares Wright to his friend aud managing editor, ed-itor, who accepts Wright's dare and the deal is on. This happens at II o'clock ono night in .Tack's apartments in tho basement of tho Xew York homo and lho managing man-aging editor isn't couo five minutes when an automobile breaks down outside out-side tho door and tbo party takes rcf-ugo rcf-ugo in Jack's rooms until another machine ma-chine can call for them, In the crowd of autoiuobilists is a charming and prcttv girl and with tbo first look she aud Jack get at each other, they aro up to tlieir ears in love. She is re-fiued, re-fiued, Totiriug and modest aud in the ! midst of a most ardent declaration of his pleasuro at meeting her and his pro testations that, their acquaintance must continue, Jack remembers his lottery scheme and with a mental vision of his naino blazoned across tho shcet every dav for two months or more, his picture pic-ture running just as often, and being obliged to marry tho winner of the lot-tcrv. lot-tcrv. whoever and whatever she may be," ho rushes to the telephone lo call it all off and give his undivided at tention to tho new-found object or ins alfcctior.ts, whom he is instantly convinced con-vinced is tho one and only girl for hi in. lie is too late. Hack over the wire comes the fatal words "The paper's on the press and we bold you to your bargain."' Then for three-fjcihrious act Kida Johnson Voting develops tho funny story. The unfoldiug of the plot, the dis-closurn dis-closurn 'of !ie holder of tho winning tick ot and the tak of .luck's elforls to undo with tho real girl of his heart all ibf niif.chicf the paper's lottery contest' is doing, forms a blory the equal of which for i'ini has never been writ-leu. writ-leu. Them, will be a special matinee per-foriuaDoe per-foriuaDoe on Christinas day at the Colonial and the regular malineos will be given on Thurcday aud Saturday as usual. f-jjr-jlin Cbristmas week bill at the WmpvcK-has proved tho biggest and brightest programme of popular pop-ular priced variety tho bouse has had in months and with threo days more to- go before tho Xcw Year's bill will replace it, Manager Sutton is hav- 1 iug a busy time curing for thos'e who haven't seen Prince Floro and the other features that constitute tho list uf acts -on tho current programme. Manager Snttou'a hosts of friends aro glad his rejuru to Salt Lako should j havo been tigualizcd with such a good ! bill. . I Tbo educated monkey or chimpanzee is unquestionably oio of tho biggest novelties of the year. Tho animal was caught' in Africa and trained in England Eng-land and this country by his owner, a British tporlsman. 'This is tho first trip ho has ever made over tho American Amer-ican vaudeville circuits. Scientists who havo examined him disputo the statement state-ment that he is of tho ordinary species of monkey or ape and Floro is a pretty strong argument in a good many ways of the truth of the Darwinian theory 0J man's evolution. Ho heads the bill at tbo Enlprcrs and his act is the fcaturo of ovcry performance, perform-ance, both for tho youngsters and the grownups. IIo makes bis entrance alone, dressed in swagger evening clothes and carrying a silk hat and cane. These ho. deposits in a chair with exceeding grace aud then sits down to cat luncheon. Ho calls for the menu, apparently reads it, orders his food, and when the latter, arrives he cats with knife, fork and spoon and uses them properly. Tho meal over, he callu for his check, pays il. lips the waiter and lights a cigarette. Then comes even tbo more interesting part of Floro s performance when ho rides a bicycle, uses roller skates and prepares pre-pares to retire. Preceding tho appearance of Ploro ' ' ' ' 7 vr . LEW DUNBAR, tho funny German Comedian, who brings twonty laughs a minute at tho Garrick this week in "The Frolics of 1913." TRINCE FliORO.- the sensation of two continents, at the Empress today, Monday and Tuesday. i Ono of the big laughing occnes in "The Lottery Man," to ho presented this week by William J. Kelly at the Colonial. comes a half dozen other excellent acts. McClaiu and Mack provo to bo a couple of fun-makers and entertainers who win instaut popularity with tho Empress Emp-ress patronst and tbo McGinnls brothera follow with twonty minutes of hard shoe and eccentric dancing that- develops de-velops iuto a whirlwind act before it is finished. "Fred Morton is .-mother novel entertainer enter-tainer and bis papcr-tcariug stnnt alone would mako.hini a valuablo member of tbo bill. Cathryn Cballouer and company in "Kale's Press Agent" is enthusiastic-alb- welcomed: and both star aud sketch aro hits. Marseilles is a foreign acrobat, whose work is developed along new lines and whoso feats in equilibrium aro exceptional. excep-tional. The pictures aro timcby. Altogether Alto-gether tho Christmas bill averages away abovo most that havo preceded it at the Sullivau-Considino house. . With the popular new manager replacing one not so well liked the outlook for the "Empress is vastly improved. For New Year's week, opening next Wednesday afternoon, Paul Spadoni is announced as the headliner. This i Spadoni's second American tour aud tbo world-famous strong man should provo a irreat drawinir card. Tho three Spa brothers in a gymnastic- specialty: Collier aud Dc Waldo on rollec skates; Van and C'arrio Aver' in "Tho Night Porter;" Gcorgo Garden. Gar-den. xylonhnniFt, and Iorc Lyon's Belles and Beaux will.jrith-'-tbe'Tnc7 turos, finish up tun -bill. THIS coming to the Salt Lake theater next Thursday, for three nights and Saturday matinee, of ."Broud-way" ."Broud-way" Jones will bo looked forward to aw the, real event in the season's sea-son's theatricals, as Cohan'3 now play has been a six month3' sensation in New York and has been conceded by all tho critics to be the beat nlay in New York, and the best play that George M. Cohan ha3 ever written. This latest olTcrlng from the pen of the popular author is a comedy devoid of slang, us that vernacular is popularly defined, yot it contains enough r-mart and breezy chatter to keep tho four acts In which It is written whizzing along at a speed space that keeps it abreast of the stride that Cohan sets for all his brainchildren, brain-children, and lu this caa0 a stride or two ahead. , ., , When the play opens "Broadway Jonen is arriving home very late in a condition that -o:,e Is not likely to arrive at very carlv. Tho youth is supposed to be very rich, but the :i:ornlng after the night beforu discloses the fact that ho has run through life money and has engaged himself to a rich old woman in order to get ready cosh to pay oft his debts. Ills frlondB try to breaic oit i' engagement, but fail. Then Jonc. the hero gets word that his uncle hao died nnd left him a. bic property in toe ha poof po-of a chewing gum lactory. and irte rcl action of the play begins. The scenes that follow show how the young fellow Is bro-jght around from a oesirc to sell hU new property for whatever what-ever it will bring, to an. earnest determination deter-mination to keep It for tnu soodo' "c little Connecticut town of v.'lnrh 11 Is the o o Uidustrv, and "Brcudway" .lones. moncy-bhrnor ar.d man about town, becomes be-comes Jackson Jones, factory owner ami li-iifitn- man In his community. Tl SmsI neiudes John Webster. Ttalph Moi"aii. George SchaeTcr. Caroline Li 11. Sllth Lueket? Grace Monlssey Marie T'lvlor. Gcorgo K. Henry. cn.trics u. Hen&on, Daniel JDurns, George Staloy. Doro Rodgcrs and others. JOHN C. FISHER, the man who sent tho famous "Florodora" to Salt Lake ton years ago, is the same John C. Fisher whose latost production, pro-duction, "Tho F.ed Hose," will bo scon at the Suit Lake theater for three nights, opening tomorrow night. Fisher, who hua boon caled "the Inventor In-ventor of musical comedy," la a man who Is moot pronounced In hiH Ideas as to the clementH which mako for tho success of a musical offering. Feminine youth and bcautv are tho primn requisites, ns witness wit-ness "his famous "Florodora. Sextette." liven one of th? original girls, of whom volunies have been written, wn a. prlso beauty. .Kvcry ono of them ban since won a wealthy husband and they nro all out of tho theatrical world, but the effect ef-fect of their personalities Is to bn found lu "The Red Rose," as It haa bocn in every lusher offering since then, for in the glrla of his famous sextette Fisher showed tho world his ideals of womanly beauty, and his show girls havo since be:n selected with tho old sextette In mind. It will bo noticed that they aro rather tall, arc usually brunettes and havo singing voices, and dance. And there you have tho secret of Fisher's success as a. producer of musical comedy com-edy In a nutsncll, so to speak. True, ho gives his productions the most extravagantly lavish mountings pays almost absurd attentlop to tho rich- i ness of his costuming and spares no expense In the securing of clever comedians come-dians but the real crux of tho whole matter la In the selection of hla women principals and his chorus In ample refutation of Ihc oft-repeated claim that thic, that and other show slrl who at. the moment achieved an unenviable un-enviable notoriety, was "one of the original orig-inal Florodora eexlcLte," Mr. Flshor makes known tho real members of this famous group: Marie WIIfoii, Vaiighn Tcx.smlth, Agnes Yv'uyburn. Daisy Green. Margaret AVnlkcr - and Margaret Ralyea. Of the men little has ever bc.cn known, They wero Scott Welsh (since featured in musical offerings), Lewis Hooper. Edward Ed-ward Gore (son of the actress. May Rob-son). Rob-son). Joe Colt. Tom Klcrnan and George Do Long. The "Queen of Vanity Fair" i number In "The Red Rose" Mr. Fisher has garnished with u. setting and production pro-duction which places it in the "sextette" class. Again the personality of those erstwhile show-girl beauties is manifest In the appearance of tho young women, who. stunningly arrayed in tho most modish of gown3 and marvelous mllll-iierv mllll-iierv crfatlorii!. provide a picturesque and ngrecable background for the prima donna. THAT "A Butterfly on the Wheel" has proved so successful is due in the main to the fact that ono of the authors. Francis Ncllson. now a member of parliament, was formerly for-merly an actor, then n. writer, then a dramatist and then a politician. The collaborator, Edward G, Hcmmcrde, Is a : I Icing's counsel. Tho legal aspect of the II play doca not come In however until tho j H third act which is devoted to tho trial 1 1 of "Peggy Admaatou." who Is sued for II divor'-o bv hor husband, a member of I parliament. , I The flrt two acts take place In a Pails hotel. P-gv, with Roderick Col- ( j Ilngwood. haa been u member of a partv f traveling from London to Switzerland J i At lloulogne Colllngwood. who was a. for- ' j mer bultor. and very much In love with i l Peggy, has arranged for them to get jr J ceparated from the others". Const- i j quently- Peggy and Colllngwocti find . I themselves In Paris nnd go to a. hotel. 4 , The woman, however, means no harm. '! , ai she la absolutely Innocent. Colling- I Wood has told Ladv Atwlll of his plan. J (. and Lady Atwill In turn haa written Ad- A maslon to be on the lookout. That even- i j ing Admaston calls ud tho hotel and tho tit tfk-phono 1b answered bv Colllngwood. Tho next morning Admaston arrives sit r j) the hotel and as hla wife Is unablo to fjt tell a strulghtforward story ho repudl- j i ntcs her and enters suit. H j The audience sees the trial nt thn F point whern Peggy takcr. tho atand. Sho i f Is confronted h.v an adroit counsel, a 1 r- man who occupies a Klatlon canal to that i of her own. There is much jrood-natured A '! bantering and by-nlay back and fortli. ( but the attorney does this alway: with . a view of catching her off guard so that j he may extract damaging testimony. -! Peggy from tlmo to time anneals to the court but she gains nothing by bcr hyn- tirla and in the end, shq falls in a swoon to the floor of tho wltncs? box. HI "A Butterfly on the Wheel" wan first , produced in London where it ran for a. Xl year Lewis Waller, tho English actor. i who came to America to play In "Tho 'fj Garden of AHaJi." persuaded Lee Shu- m bert to put the piece on In Now Tork. -jj This was done tho early part of laet seat;on and "A Butterfly on tho Wheel" remained In Manhattan all year. jt This, therefore, Is the first road tour. 3J The company which will be seen herti tl will be an all-EnglJch one. the members ! having been engaged in London and rj- I li hearsed by Waller himself. U WITH tho oecond week'e bill of i musical comedy in full blast at Sj the Garrick, proprietors of thr ttj Allen Curtis lollcs company at gj that theater say that company lias taken its' place In theatrical circle" if In Salt Lake to slay. if "We have found Salt Lakerfi in a most receptive mood for musical -omedy jj shortened to an hour and a halfa cuter- talnment, nnd the plays we have on our jj list Include some of the most popular j of the musical shows of the eastern . stage," declares Curtis. H Opening every -Salurday afternoon, thn j Curlla productlonc run through the week, i'ij with matinees on Saturday, Sunday and i Wednesday afternoons, and prices rango fcjj from 10 to 50 cents prevailing for the 11 night shows and all scats In the after- 111 noon performances at 10 cents. "ft Pretty girls, clever comedians and new jjl songs, dances and expensive eostunu-a jj seldom fall io mako a successful combl- 1 natlou In musical comedy, and Curtis has f apparently struck Just the right pro- j. portions of these Ingredients to make his productions popular. if The bill that opened Saturday after- til noon is entitled -'Frolics of 1013 The J dialogue Is paid to bo bright and snappv. the action full of surprises, and among J the characters introduced are Count Von j Klotzmoyer. Baron Schlitz, Klondike Mlk. Archie Flianoodk. Madam Do Luxe. i Maslo Dimple and Tootslc Twlnklos. J These will bo played by Low Dunbar. $ Bud Duncan, Ben Boyd. Paisley Noon. w Mai-garet Manners. J-Ialllo Manning and i lSva Martella. and the chorus will maks i' up the balance of the character and pco- Iff pio s'een In the Curtis production. Flying heels, a wealth of pretty clothes i and a score of new songs will torn the ji spectacular end of the bill and the song - hits will include such favorttea ne "You t. Cun't Expect Kisses From Me," Hung hi by Paisley Noon and chorus. fjl Margaret Manners and the chorus will W sing "That'f How I Need You," and Jj Hallle Manning will olng "That Tovlng Trauincrlr." Other song hits t-.id be jj "Coupons," sung by Lew Dunbar, and J "In Dear Old Dixie Land." sung by l'1 Paisley Noon and chorus. FJva Martella M l will do a dancing spclnlty with song ac- cotnpnnlment, and Miss Manning Is to w sing "Men. Men. Men." Ben Boyd will ; ping "Hag Time Cowboy Joe" aud the fmalo will be by the entire company. V Thrc Isn't any plot to "Frolics of f 1913, ' declares Curtis just fun, muelc, Jj pretty girls and mirth. l. i John WcbBtov and Grace Morrisaoy in "Broadway Joncc," coming to the Mffl Salt Lako theater. |