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Show SAIT LAKE-"Ready Money," threo & r j- nishtfl bi!t;liiii!iiS tomorrow, with )k gj. inntiiwo- Wednesday. "The ISn- Iffi pj elmr.trosV throe nights beginning jsjtt' Thursday, with niat'.nno Saturday. Wt UTAH Wilhml Maclc mid Marjorio J; j H! x Rambcuu. in "These Aro Peo- i'fjllwj pic." the seouol to "Tho Squaw Ij W Man." All week, matineos Thurs- 1 ijj day and Saiurdny. I jlf ORPHEUlf Vaudeville. Performances dj I every afternoon and evening. EMPHBSS Vaudovlllo. Performances "'iflllii every afternoon and two perform- lelrlnr anccs at night. ttWm PANTAGES Vaudeville. Pcrforni- allwlj? anccs every afternoon and two por- SjHjjjf forma noes at night. $mM T ORTUNAT13LY for nil concerned, MhiIi- Ih tMe wonion of tllis pnrt of ln0 'PlM a -'lobo to uofc havo to buBy Llieiu IliM selves -with marching and bomb tWm throwing and . hunger striking. They arc permitted suffrage in many states, 2 Bjar and that they arc permitted in their i Ifflilr families, one can decido either from tbe i ilPrl -100 ooks or from one's own ex- 'fi otII perionce. Anyway, woman and her $ rSlin problems loom largo in the publio eye. MnM Novelists and playwrights are busy !B with her, and she Beoma destined to get !jj w the fairest hearing possible. '8 ftjjl Hampered by many conventions that ifjjlffl do not touch man, a young girl of today iljj&lijl , is confronted by many trials that tax g m II her wits nnd try her soul. And4 often alffllill "cr measure as a girl of -worth is do 1131 01 termined by the man iu the way m ,i m jjj which she mootB these obstacles. One 1 likes a play primarily for the perBonB i SlSi one meets across the footlights, and ft j wj plav of likeable peoplo -will novcr lack Imill app'reciativo audiences. If James Mont- I dvm if gomery had not put such a winsome, Uml lovable girl as Graco Tyler in his Mm comedy, 7'Boady Money," the comedy iSlittll might not havo been the success it is. wialll When j'ou see the romantic play that 1 ffili William A- Brady, Ltd., -will bring to WpSkII tno Salt Lake theater for throo nights Mm an Wednesday matinee, beginning to- fill morrow, with Robert Ober in the role ' 'AfijJ of Stephen Baird, you will feel about wfjH Graco much tho same as Stephen Baird, mnil tno nero tno Play f cels atout Der ftttj And it is safe to wager that you will )fl applaud Stephen for doing all the M l things that ho finds it necessary to do, Si It for you will want Stephen to overcome MM the obstacles set in his way by Grace's mother. It is a play that will allure i JSl women, and the final outcomo of tho I Slill girl's trials will delight all those who " fnl ! believe in the ability of a woman to ifSw III mako her choice and stand by it. Tho New York company which is to Willi' bo seen hero includes Robert Ober, ' W II Douglas J. Wood. John C. Brownell, ti 2Jarv Carlisle. Clarence Iiockfoller, .; g2H Adelaide Hastings, Estclle yynno and , jtR manv others ot equal merit. Eight qil months in Irondon, eight months in Now filMI York, four months in Chicago and three Sfiflil months in Boston is but a brief record fi raj j of tho comcdy;s runs in the larger OEfjIJII citioc. Slljmj . .f IlrSB Aro My People," sequel iWA 1 t0 "TIlR si"aw &ia" hy B Edwin Milton Itoyle, a Utah actor-manager, is tho choice ihiy theatrical offerinu at tho "Utah theater ufinlr '"s wcec beginning tonight and with ffjlfj Thursday and Saturdaj- matinees. The r presentation of this play is a distinctive IwlhVli feature in tho season's offerings at the imjilr popular Stnte street playhouse, aud the wJi management and the theater-going pub- 'jjmjk j lie alike are to be congratulated. The! wfflf I play has never been presented here be- j ill Jj fore. The I'tah company, with Willard j Mack aud Marjorie Rambcan in tho leading roles, nijl play tho revised ver- gip ! eior., recently completed by Mr. Boyle, ifflliil e ay wa3 rew"tton hy the author ftjfjj nj with plans for a big New York produc- ,yfl!JI tion, but not satisfied with the original llwidi manuscript, tho author has made some $ln lrtl changeB, and urged tbe Utah oompany Ilklir3i to a-' "ie rev'Fed "version, thus tho lnljlj Utah company is to hayc tho honor of SH5lft3l ne nttial production, Iffiml Although "Tho Squaw Man" closed JhiIIII s Eeventn week last night in this city, ISlRllili pla.ve,l to heavier business than ever, IjilfilUy. furnishing roiiclusivo proof of its un- iti H j "bounded merit, and the announcemeut suPjj. that it is to bo followed bv "These Are wM lit) My People," a continuation of the lyftlrll thrilling story, is indeed good news to Eobert Ober, who will havo the leading rolo in William A. Brady's international inter-national success, "Beady Money," which conies to tho Salt Lake theater, opening open-ing tomorrow night. Salt Lake play-goers. The big company com-pany has been rehearsing day and night m preparation of tho play, and John Modland, the accomplished econic artist, has worked overtime in creating a series of wonderful scones. Tho play will not only be watched closely hero, but in tho east, whero a great amount of interest has been created. ! Tho story of "The Squaw Man" closes with the departuro of James Wynnogate, alias Jim. Carston, from tho Red Butte ranch, in eouthorn Utah, for England, after the suicide of Nat-U-Bitch, tho Uto mother of little Hal. It leaves something to bo desired, and everybody who has scon tho play is anxious to know ju6t what befell tho little half breed. The sequel, which begins' tonight, tells tho Btory, and a more interesting one could not bo found. When Hal goes to England ho is educated edu-cated and secures a commission in tho army. He marries, but tho marriage is an unhappy one becauso of the unstable character of the wife. During a campaign cam-paign in Africa Hnl disobeys tho orders of a superior officer, but In doiug it bo saves his regiment from complete destruction. de-struction. His heroism is forgotten and he is forced to leave the armj' to protect pro-tect the "higher nps" and save thorn from .lust criticism. nnl makes his way to America, his destination boiug southern Utah, where his father and mother struggled against fToat odds. Hal becomes chiof of the ndian police, Avith headquarters at the Standing- Bear agency. Ho meets a beautiful Indian maiden namod Wah-Na-Gi, and thoy fall in lovo with oach other. Ho rcniembers his wifo in England, En-gland, and being honorable, ho returns to tho land of his adoption In the hope of froeing himself from tho cruel bonds. Failing in this ho returns to this country coun-try and becomes involved in many perilous situations. Great nsphalt deposits aro found on Red Butte ranch, and a cornipt Indian In-dian agent named Ladd, and others of his ilk, scheme to not possession of the land. Tbej' try to trap Hal in their nefariouK scheme, and ho oxposes them, and places his life in groat: danger. Many attempts are mado to take his life, but each time ho escapes, and finally brings his e'nomies to book. His ovorpowering love for Wah-Na-Gi; who is alouo in tho world, keeps him here, and he protocts her from the villianous Ladd and a vicious medicine man named Appah. Tho girl is shunned by her own people because she Is educated, edu-cated, and by the whites becauso she is an Indian, and the two have manv thrilling adventures, but in the end thoy triumph. Mr. Mack will be soon in the splendid splen-did role of Hal, known as Calthorpo. Marjorio Bamboau has been cast for the part of the Indian girl, and she will havo anothor fine opportunity to display her ability. Leon McBeynolds, who playod Cash Hawkins last week, will play tho part of David Ladd, tho Indian agent. Howard Scott has beon cast for the rolo of Cadger, an Indian trader. Big Bill, who was such a prominent figure in last week's play, will appear again, the part being In tho hands of Ronald Brndbury. William Chapman nlays Appah. the medicine man. The Bev. John McCloud, an important part, will be played .by Frederick Sumner. Frederick Mooro will plav Mike Mc-Shay, Mc-Shay, nnd Arthur Morso Moon has the comedy role of Curley, Minor parts will bo played by Messrs. Decker, Ashworth and Wilson, " Mrs. Lillian Bambeau has boon given tho part of Miss Biggs, postmistress of tho agency, and Alice Conrad will play Miss March, principal of the agency school. Tho play is in three acta, with a number of wonderful scenes. ONE of those lilting comic operettas oper-ettas that invariably score with vaudeville audiences will be the hcndliuo offering on tho now bill at the Orphoum, commencing the wc iv 's run at today's matineo. This time it comes in tho form of "The Lit-tlo Lit-tlo Purisionno," a musical comedy in miniature pronounced to bo tho best of tho outpnt of Josse L. Lasky to dato. Tho book Is tho work of William Lo Baron and Cecil B. de Millo, both authors au-thors of rocognized repute, tho music composed by Deems Taylor and Bobort i John P. Wado & Co., in "Marse Shelby's Chicken Dinner," at the Empress Em-press theater this week. Hood Bowors, who enjoy an equally high position in thoir own field of endeavor. en-deavor. The title rolo in the oporetta, which calls for twenty-five people, is taken by Mile. Yalorio Serico, a product of tho Paris music halls, who has scored heavily, without nny supporting company, com-pany, in prnctioally every civilized city of the world. In "The Littjo Parisienno' Mile. Serice is given great opportunities for singing, dancing 'and acting. Tho production is handsomely staged and gowned and altogether carries car-ries enough coined to make it a pnlpn-blo pnlpn-blo hit. In Holland and German', Jeannettc I ffi: Sc0110 frora " 111(5 L-ttle Parisicnne," hcadlincr at the Orpheum all weok. Frarr.uPica is a prime fuvorito. She with John W, Schouton, a conductor and composer of note, have a numbor on tho now bill which will appoal to all lovers of high-class music. For six vcars Fraulein Franzcska was tho prima donna of the Amsterdam grnnd opera, singing all of the Wagnerian operas. Schoutcn conducted for her in grand opera, and when she decidrd to enter American vaudeville an agreement was entered into by which ho was to enter tho new field". is hcv accompanist, an agreement that is decidedy advantageous. advanta-geous. She sings many of his own compositions, com-positions, written specially for her voice, which ranges from low G to top C. , , . . Something out of I ho usual invariably invaria-bly appeals in vamlovillc. hence the offering of Sutton, Mclntyro and Heath ought to score this week. They call their offering "Tho Pumpkin Girl.'' from the fact thai, a dainty girl is discovered inside of a pumpkin .selected .se-lected from tho field that forms the stago setting. Tho act is an acrobatic novelty. It is hard to believe that there is us much music in an accordion as Frosini. the musical geniiiB. gets out of this plebeian instrument. In his native Italv, Frosini was a musical sensation. Ilcro he has been acknowledged by modern musicians to bo a miracle in tho realm of harmony as regards the accordion. ac-cordion. A good roller-skating act, handsomely handsome-ly staged and costumed, is promised in the nppcaranco of Jack J. McLallon and May Carson, who aro returning to America' from a long engagement in tho .principal music halls of Europe. Abroad thev were billed as America's representative skaters, a title they seom well entitled' to. Carl Bosini, assisted by chic Mile. Margaret, is scheduled to offer a puzzling puz-zling act that is bound to set people talking. He doo a number ot baffling baf-fling tricks with hoops and a clock dial that must bo sceii to be appreciated. Tho Dohertys, billed as a pair of nonsense dealers, present one of those acts that aro full of ranid-firc conversation, conver-sation, clever. songs and general comedy com-edy calculated to tickle tho risibilities risibili-ties of their audiences. The exclusive first-run photodrama during the coming woek will bo an Essauay film called "Tho Doctor's Duty,' a thrilling incident of western life in which is featured G. M. Anderson, Ander-son, known lo movie fans the world over as "Broncho Billy." The 93niphony orchestra will Tender the customar' 'concert prior to each performance, featuring a cornet solo by Frank Westovor, for two seasons soloist with tho Kilties baud. HEADING the current bill at the Empress will bo found the renowned athletes, tho Seven Bracks, presenting what is unquestionably un-questionably ono of the greatest gymnastic gym-nastic spectacles ever soon, cithor under un-der the "big tops" or on the vaudeville vaude-ville stage. The Seven Bracks represent repre-sent the last word in sensational gymnastic gym-nastic work. They recently closed a six months' engagement at tho Now York Hippodrome and immediately accepted ac-cepted a route over tho Sullivan & Considino circuit of vaudeville thea ters. This popular acrobatic offering has been seen locally before, but Bince its last appearance has added manv new and startling tricks. They work with a unison and ease that tells of a long training. The sketch this week is "Marse Shelby's Chicken Dinner," with John P. Wade in the leading role. Mr. Wade's character work is always well done and, as Jefferson Jackson Mon-roe, Mon-roe, faithful servitor of a blind "southern genf Ionian," he adds a strong loiK-h of pathos to a novel act. This- act offers u delightful commingling commin-gling of PontiiPrn Fentimeiit and humor; in fact, it is u little one-act play that makes one laugh with one eve and cry with the other. Tho patter team. Hurst, Watts and Hurst, turnish a rollicking fiftcon minutes min-utes that keens the audience in keen humor. The boys hnve a lot of new jokes, and even the old ones sound good when they spring them. The Hursts are chappies and Watts is the vivid contrast, a roly-poly boy capable of cheering even a hard-pressed debtor. Hats off to Hurst, Watts and Hurst as fun-makers of the first water. An unusually pleasing numbor iB that of the Four Society Girls, charm-ing charm-ing femininitv with a re.nortoire of new songs and a display of new gowns that arc of the latest creations. Thoir voices blend with such plcasiiig harmony, har-mony, and they have selected thoir songs with such wise discrimination that they prove one of tho most oniova-ble oniova-ble numbers on the programme. ' " For Hi rills and sensations the famous fa-mous La Franc brothers, with their equilibriatic feats and head-to-head balancing, aro all that could be askod lor. Thev otfor :i sories of trieks that arc absolutory new. most of which are head balancing. Defying gravity, they smoke, disrobe and plav musical instruments in-struments while standing on their hoads. Charles Gibbs styles himself an inimitable in-imitable imitator. There aro imitators and imitators on the Btage, and the I Willard Mack and Marjorio Bambeau, who will bo seen in the leading roles of "These Are My People," sequel to "The Squaw Man," at tho Utah theater thea-ter all this week, beginning tonight. mere mention of thorn is sometimes dis-1 dis-1 trcssing, but Gibbs is of the variety who by sheer ability lift themsolvos above tho mediocre imitators. His imitations imi-tations of birds, animals and musical instruments aro a feature of tho show. The Gaumont Weekly with new views of timely interest brings to a close one of the most enjoyable programmes pro-grammes of the present season. Artists from all quartors of tho g'lobo go to make up tho new bill, which starts its local engagement with a matinee uoxt Wednesday. The new bill will be known as "laughing week at tho Empress," as cver3' act but one is of tho liumor-ous liumor-ous sort and constructed solely for laughing purposes. Heading the list of new attractions will be Xarao's London comedians in "A Night in a London Club," with Charles Chaplin in tho leading role. Kar.no has Bent many laughing succcssou to this country, coun-try, and uio present one, lie claims, ia his latest and best effort. Those who wish to see what the future has in store for them should not fail lo sco tho amusing farce. "When Womon Bulo." Tho title of tho playlet tells its own story. A trio that is a sure euro for the blues, with their timely songs and tomfoolery, is what Modlin, Feibcr and Townes promise patrons of the Empress Em-press for the coming week. Just a Httlo nonnenso, a few new songs, and all rendered in an artistic manner, is the offering of Pringle and Allen, in their up-to-t he-second sketch, "Keeping an Appointment." Byal and Earlv are two excellent singors of exclusive songs who have been a great big hit over the cntiro Sullivan & Considine circuit. A dancing act that is really out of the ordinary is what tho Leo brothers promise Instead of wooden-solod shoes, these bovs execute several difficult dif-ficult steps while daucing on ice aud roller skates. As an added attraction to the seven-act seven-act bill at the Empress theater, Manager Man-ager Suttou will show for tho second time in the United States, and for. the first, time in Salt Lake City, the uncommonly un-commonly interesting molion pictures depicting the last night on tho fnnmus Barbary Coast of San Francisco. The Barbary Coast, famous throughout the world, closed with all the ceremonies of a festival and furnishes one of the most unusual pictures ever taken. ANOTHER very good bill at the Pantages theater follows closely, close-ly, in the fresh footprints of tho ono that has just departed for other fields of conquest. The few dainty selections on the harp nnd violin presented by Marie and Helen Hughes have been ono fa-vorito fa-vorito on the programme. Tho Aorial Bartlotts, in a sensational mid-air exhibition, ex-hibition, bring specialties new here on this sido of the vaudeville world. James Brockmann, known as "The American Chevalier," has the cntiro liouso in laughter with clover charactor songs and parodies, including "Are You Kidding Me, or Showing Me a Good Time?" which are his own compositions. com-positions. Tho Mus-Art Trio will also bo a feature fea-ture on tho bill. The act is elaborately staged. One of tho members of tho trio does sketching and the othors entertain with vocal and instrumental numbers. Tho Do Von sinters, a duo of potito i beauties, offer a singing and dancing specialty, and Hany Fisher and company, com-pany, in a comedy bicvcle act. and the moving pictures conclude the bill. There are several features on tho programme for next week, beginning with a matinee on Wednesday afternoon after-noon at lA'y o'doek. "A Bit of Old Ireland." with Charlie. Reilly, the Irish singer, in the central rolu. The O'Mnlloys and the O Gradyts are strongly represented in tho cast, and a quartette of dancing and singing colleens give further realism real-ism to the title. Connolly sisters, a pair of pretty misses, with songs and dances, add beauty and chic to the occasion. oc-casion. Irving Both, the humorous wop, brings a characteristic musical monologue. Allen and Lewis arc scheduled to head the comedy section of the show, a position for which their qualifications aro fully recognized. uu oaneers, at tho Pantages theater this week. RPoli, the stroi(, Hathaway and ac gramme. tt5 been prcsenltd,'! than tlio , pnnco in lhe u production of iirS which will l)e Lake theater for 'ajZ Thursday, XovemW Gordon in tho title ri qineite vista of the Bh the Balkan moimtajjj distance, and with Us" for" ballroom ly Enchantress'' U Jf, (lor, which will be& entirety, which muad goers will place era' B.radway product at the .New York tbeaU months' run of the pis Additional splenjjri the production throart' impressive costumed x coronation scene, in M music rises to the kj opera. Music, spirkliij rushes "The EncbiS lanty, and this hint tor Uorbert composd easily seen that he dLj of his career, long itj it has been, in "Tie Mr. Herbert hag rcrui in tho score, which ct mous numbers aj Fishes," "Kom, lid Your Own Am I," "1 Own Bomanco" and Me; I Want toBeaPri Bomance drips froa piece. It romimls osj that mado "Tha ?nsi EfcnvryE DiyahefccofM3 a scene of "Chelsea 7750," a four-part motion picture at tMV tar threp daya, cojnniencing Thursday, November 6. 9 and "GraustarV1 , stories. Dealing with young Prince Ivan of-his of-his throne through i m singer, the story advw of the prince actwlff v.-il.b the sinccr, until succession to the to point of inditforenfeH The opera singer, ' role taken by Mt compliment, nn? coW love for the prmcfc ment when it bepni! ihe enemies of tbe K get tho upper hand w singer proves tn birth, which nil0? her, and after a i climaxes the storo? The Bupportine eg flint, broucht -Ml5J,Vl ful support snfi,.'" ing hor reputahoa m with the knof'SB Gordon's first WcSifiM theater-goca are engagement as one oiph season. -B rs. ns&tm J High Ro"M VI thMt-Jrr eS 11 and 12, wit The play is uf M Sheldon, whose "JjH MrFiskc acbie'fM success. Hiph'jjB of womanhood, a" acter of M corns import a small farm HSM wero all but cru of beauty ,adXiM second epoch, jvo e'Sife.21"!'' Ibe BjjB great awake;!" JB be confidently JH of production w.J Jm tho former .JWM menddJorjiiB AT THE THEATERS (Continued From preceding Page.) including in tho three principal rolos, Arthur Byron, Eutfcno Ormonde and Jvenneth Hunter. OP ESPECIAL intoroot to Salt Lake theatcr-Roera is tho nuuounco-mont nuuounco-mont of tho roportoiro of Robert B. Mantel and his company, who will appear in this city this month. The management of tho Salt Lako theater has received tho announcement that four plays will bo presented by Mr. Mantell during tho throo days, "bopin-nine "bopin-nine Monday, November 17. On Monday Mon-day nijrht "Kincr John" will bo oilered; Tuesday night "Hamlet" will be tho attraction; Wednesday matinee Richelieu " will be shown, and Wednesday Wed-nesday niffht tho nroduetion will hn "Macbeth." Mr. Mantell 's production of "Kin John" is said to bo tho most magnificent with which ho has ever been surrounded, and sots a new standard stand-ard in Shakespearean art in America. CHIME in eomo phase or othor is tho dramatic element of most of the world's greatest plays aud stories. Thcro is a fascination in subjects of this naturo that has apparently secured se-cured an irresistible hold on tho American Ameri-can public and the exposition on tho stage of this country of thoao subjects sub-jects dealing with crime and criminals has oxortcd a most potential moral in-fluonco. in-fluonco. Crime and criminals are tho basis on which M. do la Parollo has built tho dramatic two-reel moving picture drn-j ma, "The Criminals," which headlines tho new bill at tho Rex today and Monday. Mon-day. The great film is a rare study of character and a mnstorpieco of dramatic drama-tic composition. In addition, tho now bill will contain the frontier drama, "Tho Brute," and tho imported comedy, "Tho Beggar and the Clown," besides other now featuros. Paulino Buah, M. J. MacQuarrie and Jessalyn Van Trump aro tho threo stars who enact the principal rolos of "Tho Criminals," and the story is intensely in-tensely interesting. Richard "Wninnght leads a double life. By day ho is a well-to-do business man and by night a burglar. Hc adores hia daughter, Pauline, who has a passion for charity and reform work. One James Stove'ua. a man old in crime, ,is a breeder of criminals. Wain-right Wain-right has also dono his share of wrong, for besides being an expert cracksman himself, ho hns instructed others, including in-cluding two Rosaon boys, who live with their younger sister. She is aware of tho liio thoy lead, and tries in vain to roform them. Sho, too, delights in charity work, and it isr while she is visiting a poor widow that sho meols Paulino. Pauline learns of tho struggle strug-gle to reclaim the brothors. Promising to holp, sho appeals to tho brothers, but to no avail. Sho is told that if sho will secure evidence against Jim Stevens Ste-vens and land him in 'prison she will do more good than trying to reform them. TVhen tho boys aro cone the sister sis-ter tolls Paulino that it is "John Dick" ("Wainright) who makes the boys stoal. Paulino resolves to ace both men. Discovering their haunts, she tries to secure an interview with "John Dick." Failing in this, sho goes to Jim. Stevens, only to bo turned out of his office. That night sho goes to Stevens's office and gains entrance with a hairpin, a trick taught her by hor fathor. While Blip is searching for evidence aho is interrupted by , somo ono entering like herself. She.-comes She.-comes fnco to fnco with tho intruder it is hor father. Tho shock reudors her unconscious. On recovering sho finds herself alono and by hor sido aro tho paperB she scoks. Wainright porsuados the "boys" to Slvo up tho crookod gamo, and then bavefl tho city. Stovons is later arrested. ar-rested. "Paulino finds a noto from her father, Baying that by tho timo ho ro-turnB ro-turnB tho "law will have been satisfied and that ho loves hor better than life. Having dono her duty, sho awaits his return. TTTT1 management of tho American theater is to bo congratulated on securing such a notable offor-ing offor-ing as Homy E. Dixoy, ono of America's foromosfc dramatic stars, in "Chelsea 7750," an original drama of tho underworld. Mt. Dixey will bo seen in tho rolo of an eminent, ablo and conscientious detective. In this toIo bo is afforded ample opportunity to utilize the fino powors of characterization characteriza-tion for which he is noted. The play, "Oholsoa 7750," sounds every depth of tho underworld, its secrets, se-crets, its methods and omotionB. and fionocrates tho intricato labyrinths of ho submerged half. Tho picturo Is in four reels and was secured through Daniel Frohman, tho noted producor. Laura Sawyor and House Pelora will bo soon in M. Dixoy 's support. "Chelsea 7750" comes to the American Ameri-can thoator for a three days' showing, commencing Thursday, IS'ovombor G. Tho performances will bo continuous from 12 noon to 11 p. m. r-iqHB Liberty management will in- Iaugurato what io considered to bo a worthy movo along tho advancement ad-vancement of tho best in music. Commencing tomorrow night. Miss Christino Durfus. formerly with tho Shcohan English Opora company and with tho Theodore Thomas Symphony orchestra of Chicago, will open a brief ongngemont. Miss Durfus will sing at both tho evening performances, between be-tween pictures. Hor selections for tomorrow to-morrow night will be: "Happy DnyB" (Strolezki). "Sunshmo and Roso3''' (Van Alstyuo), "Summer" (Chaminade). Miss Durfus has had consideraTjlo cx- Eorionco both In opora and vaudeville, ut recently loft vaudovjlle to continue con-tinue her work in grand opera. Mips Durfus 's voico is one of a vory pleasing pleas-ing quality, and, togothor with hor operatic op-eratic experience and hor natural flrn-matia flrn-matia temperament, tho pntrons of tho Liborty thoator will certainly havo a treat during hor ongagoment. a yipOTION Picture Dancing Lcs- I sonH," tho greatest novelty f since the invention o'f mov-ing mov-ing pictures, will bo f oaturod !afc the Mohosy today by the Kalom com- ' fell' : ' Mrs. Fisko, premiere artist of our stage, who comes to tho Salt Lake theater thea-ter November 10, 11 and 12, in the play in which sho haa won such a signal success, "The High Road." pany. This throe-part production is so greatly in advanco of anything hereto-Toro hereto-Toro attempted as to mark a now epoch in motion pictures. It gives thoroughly practical instructions in tho tango, turnkey tur-nkey trot and tho Viouneso hesitation waltz. The instructors aro Wallace McCutcheon and Miss Joan Sawyor, tho sensations of tho Now York theater roof garden, and dancing teachers to the "four hundred." An amusing Edison comedy, "A Horrible Example," tells of a young cork salesman in lovo with a violent prohibitionist's daughter. He puts somothing in tho prohibitionist's tonic that has a romarlcablo effect upon tho crusty old fellow. DRAMATIC NEWS AND COMMENT In tho Little theater. In London, by arrangement ar-rangement with Miss Gertrude Kingston, Hugh Robinson and Konelm Foss, presented pre-sented a new play the llrst from the author's au-thor's pen by G. K. Chesterton, which tho writer himself describes as a "fantastic "fan-tastic comedy." Tho original title of the work was "Magic," and u suggestion has been mado that a still bcttar name for it woujd be "Tho Conjuror."' Among the characters figures an elderly English duke, not tho ordinary kind of duke, bu: a real Che3tertonIan duke such as wan never yet seen on land or sea. Tho next production at tho London Strand theater will be Laurence Cowen's comedy, "The Joneses." Tho action takes placo in a little village In South Wales, whose Inhabitants live tho almple life, undisturbed un-disturbed by thu stress and turmoil of the great world outsldo. To them comes an adventurous Englishman who, to serve his own purposes, successfully endeavors to upsot local traditions, local customs, and local Ideas. It Is a study of Welsh prim-Itlveneas, prim-Itlveneas, moved to a most unexpected upheaval, up-heaval, that Mr. Cowen outlines, The natives na-tives act throughout with porfoct seriousness; serious-ness; and from tho gravity of their demeanor de-meanor much of tho fun springs. "Le Grand Seigneur," by Edward For-rls For-rls and B. P. Matthews, which has Just been produced ly H B. Irving at tho Savoy Sa-voy theater, Jn London, seems to have mado a hit with tho public, though the critics treat it .somewhat irreverently. Apparently, Ap-parently, it is about as unreal as most of tho plays pretending to deal with phases of the French revolution, Ono prominent commentator .writes. "Historians are Kill! vainly trying to find a formula for the French revolution. Let them go to the Savoy theater and thoy will know at J.isL what tho leading characteristic of the revolution rev-olution really was; It was tho porlod In which everybody dressed up ln everybody else's clothes. People who obstinately wore their own clothes wcro guilloLInen, and serve them right. Tho others, who didn't mind the trifling inconveniences of a misfit, mis-fit, escaped; the survival, you may call It, of the mls-llttoHt. Thure were several ways of playing the popular gamn. If you had a pistol, for Instance, nothing was easier than to put It at tho head of tho gentleman whose clothes you wanted. This was tho Manjuls's way. Ho wanted tho coat and tricolor yush and plumed hat of the republican general, in order that he might cscapo from durance and (with tho magic Influence or Robespierre's own signature In the coat pocket) compel tho bloodthirsty citizens to do Just v)iat he liked. Quick! a pistol to thu general's head and the thing was done. Ho effectually ef-fectually done that the general without Ills own clothes utterly failed to re-ostnb-llsh his Identity und was promptly sent, as the marqulH. to I ho guillotine, while the marquis, as tho gononil, saved tho life of a brother aristocrat by making him (way No. 2) put on tin; clothes of a lackey. A third way was thf Interchange courteous. This was practiced by the duchess and the dancer. Why aro French revolution phivs nearlv always absurd? You might as well nsk why their players choose so many different ways of mispronouncing 'Monsieur.' It Is a stago tradition. And It Is a aiini tradition which audiences accept with perfect good humor. On Saturday Sat-urday night wo all took the groat clothes-chancing clothes-chancing same as somewhat an Inevitable sequel to the fall of the Bastllo nid thoroughly thor-oughly enjoyed It. The circumstance that the leading clothes-thief was II B. Irving had no doubt much to do with our enjoyment. enjoy-ment. For Mr. Irving Is prominent among those actorn of Impressive and romantic personality who can make absurdities not only acceptable but delightful. Indeed, In-deed, wo know no other actor so compb-tant compb-tant lo present the type of grand seigneur ! with a dash of the absurd ln him. and If any one has tin- courage to bring the most brilliant specimen of that typo. Mer-cdlth'a Mer-cdlth'a Richmond Roy, on the ."tape, hore Is tho man to play It. Miss Marie Lohr plays the persecuted duchess with graceful grace-ful charm, even In the trying moment of tho minuet preserving hor dignity, and Miss Knto Cutler, Leonard Rayno and (Maude Reed distinguish themselves In ml- nor pnrtti. There was ovcry sign from the audience of satisfaction with tholr exciting excit-ing entertainment, and they would not go away until Mr. Irving had npoken n few words of thanks." Henry Arthur Jones Is onco more laying about him in England with all manner of oratorical cudgou In an endeavor , to oroide public IntarrHt In hla demand for municipal and repertory theaters. In. the courso of a speoch at Sheffiold he drew some humiliating comparisons between the respect and study bestowed upon Shakespoaro in Germany and tho neglect of him in England. This Inspired Sir Herbert Her-bert Tree to write to tho papers concerning concern-ing tho Shakespearean Festivals at His Majesty's theater in London. This elicited from Mr Jones a prompt response, in tho course of which ho wrote: "I put beforo Sir Herbert a plain statement of facts as to the respective amounts of Shakespearean Shakespea-rean -production in England and in Germany: Ger-many: LONDON. BERLIN (last year). Not a single In Berlin eight Shakcspoarcan por- theators put up formance promised twenty-five different for the whole oca- Shakespearean pro-son. pro-son. v ductlons between them. Sometimes as many as Jive or Blx Shakespearean productions pro-ductions might bo scon on as many successive evenings. GREAT BRITAIN. GERMANY. (Provinces.) (last year.) Perhaps two per- Sixty-six different formances a week in companies playing some of our large twenty-five different cities. A few oth- plays of Shako-ers Shako-ers ln qulto small spearo; 1104 per-out per-out of the way formances of a sln-towns. sln-towns. "Julius Cae- gle play, "The Mer-sar" Mer-sar" next week, by chant of Venice." Miss Hornlman's repertory company, dono qulto simply, without reliance on scenery and effects. "I am afraid that I must ask Sir Herbert's Her-bert's permission to repeat that the condition condi-tion of tho Shakespearean drama in England Eng-land which these facts disclose is a national na-tional disgrace. I was not able to compare com-pare tho two ycurB exactly, as the German figures for the present year are not complete. com-plete. It is quite possible that an exact comparison for any given season would be rather less damning to us. But it would not alter tho underlying substantial fact. Indoed, the figures might bo very much less damning to us without altering the substantial fact, which, Indeed, would scarcely be altered by an array of figures. That substantial underlying fact is this Shakespeare on the stago In Germany Is regarded ln wholly a different way from the way he Is regarded in England. I will ask Sir Herbert to read carefully the lecturo recontly given to the British academy acad-emy by Professor Brandl. It was reported report-ed rather fully In your columns on Us delivery, de-livery, and Is, or will be very soon, ln print. Professor Brandl said: " 'The theater 1b the stronghold of the Shakespeare cult In Germany.' How different dif-ferent It Is ln England, whore Shakespearean Shake-spearean scholars and men of letters stay away from tho theater and have the quoerest notions about It. There are ISO companies In existence, and they maintain main-tain In their repertory about twenty-five plays of Shakespeare.' How different 11 is ln England, where we are mainly left to Mr. Benson's gallant efforts. 'If you want lo do Justice to the best portion of modern German literature vou must go to the theater to hear It.' 'From the time that Shakespeare was nationalized In Germany, Ger-many, the literary drama has become a most Important, factor In Gorman life ' 'A good theater Is a necessary part of the equipment of ovcry German town of any dimensions. fi'ile people go to the theater regularly They relish poetical life and beauty, ami despise mure sensation. A literary atmosphere-pervades atmosphere-pervades the soololy of such i (own. The blessings of this repertory theater wo owe principally to Shakespeare.' Shake-speare.' " Charles Frohman is going lo put on another short play by J. M. Barrio. This timo it is a skit, "The Censor and tho Dramatists" a burlesuun on the institution of the. censor, which, in view of certain roccnt plays, hag lately loomed on t lie horizon as a much-needed much-needed damper for a certain tvpo of play. Tho scheme of J. M. Barrie's latest skit is that his antecedents have a lot to do with tho cfliciencv of any play censor as a man's trade is, so does ho think. Tn "Tho Censor and the Dramatists" there is a play within a play. A specimen serious drama is to bo censored, and, quite inadvertently, inadvert-ently, the censor chosen happens to bo an architect- When the play comes before him "for performance tho censor is overwhelmed, not b3r his moral, but by his architectural senso of tho fitness fit-ness of things; ho cares not who destroys de-stroys tho morals of tho nation if only its 'geometrical laws aro spared. For the proper playing of the parts in tho play which is to be censored, tho dramatist, dram-atist, hns called on tho sorvices of n group of music hall gymnasts. Tho parts aro distributed v and the play is about to bo given supposedly it "iB a sex play, with "a punch" whon all of a sudden tho music hall artists go on a striko; as man and wifo thoy protest, pro-test, violently against speaking tho unholy un-holy and unwholesome linos characteristic charac-teristic of all modern, so-callod higher high-er drama of the miscalled "legitimate "legiti-mate Btnge." With tho utmost difficulty dif-ficulty tho author of the problem play persuades the vaudovillo gym- nasta to continue; tho music hall ar J tists beliovo their morals in danger of corruption; never in nil their careers from tho sawdust to tho vaudovillo stage havo they been asked to think, much Jees to speak, such scandalous dialoguo aa is called for by this specimen speci-men domestic drnnia of tho "Jogit" stage. Richard f'nrlo will play tho cockney husband; Hattio Williams, the cockney wife: Will West, tho plaj-censor, plaj-censor, and Charles McNaughton, tho evil-minded third anglo of tho supposed sup-posed domestic triangle. Jn short, "Tho Censor and tho Dramatists" is a kind of companion skit to Mr. Barrio's Bar-rio's earlier burlcsquo, "A Slice of Life"; and, like the institution of tho censor and tho modern domestic drama which it satirizes. "The Consor and tho Dramatists" contains a moral, which is, that it is only when people aro obstreperously moral that they aro complete!' unmoral. J. M. Barrie's baronetcy is said to bo tho firsL conferred on any man of letters sineo Sir Waller Scott. You cau scarcely walk along Fleet street nowadays without meeting a literary or journalistic knight, but that a scribbling scrib-bling fellow should gain tho coveted honor of a baronetcy is a rare enough event to bo sensational. The -joke of it is that this uew recruit to tho aristocracy aris-tocracy is tho most modest of mon, and the very last whom one could suspoct of having made any effort himsclt to gain the decoration. Ralph Connor ha3 told how ho was onco invited to a reception re-ception at Free St. George '6, Edinburgh, Edin-burgh, which was givou by tho young poople of tho church in honor of the risiug novelist. Coming in late, tho Canadian met Henry Dmmmond. "Have von seen Barrie?" asked Drummond. 'No, I should like to eco him," was tho ro-ply. ro-ply. "Well," said Drummond, smiling, "look round till you find a nolo, look down in the hole, and you will seo Barrio." Ralph Connor found Barrio later in a quiet corner, evidently looking look-ing for a hole, and somewhat distressed dis-tressed at not finding it. All tho English-speaking world knows Barrio today as a novelist and playwright. Some recall with a keen pleasure watching some of his earliest steps o.n tho ladder of fame, and how delighted all wero in his brilliant newspaper sketches, beforo ever he had ventured to sign anything in his own name. It was in 1SS7, when the British Weekly was still a now and struggling journal, that it began lo publish somo extraordinarily extraor-dinarily clever stuff written by a man who called himself "Gavin Ogilvj." Charlotte Walker, who is touring the continent in ''Tho Trail of the Loncsomo Pine," has her favorite su- Eerstitiona like most stago folk. Sho elieves that black cats bring hor good luck and always carries ono with hor on her tours. "There camo near being a tcrriblo catastrophe on tho road recently re-cently when a dog. who had no superstitious super-stitious at all, killed her black cat just oulsido tho stago door in tho courso of a battle royal. Tho company manager man-ager wns equal to tho occasion, however, how-ever, for he was ablo to get a black kitton from tho head cook at tho local hotel just ten minutes before tho company's com-pany's trains left for tho noxt city. Tho ingonious and artiatio manner ia which William Hodgo has arrangod for himself and tho mombers of his oom-pany oom-pany to tako thoir curtain calls in "Tho Road to Happiness," which is now playing play-ing at tho Garrick theater in Chicago, is attracting considerable attention. Mr. Hodge has found fTom his experience experi-ence with the pubhe'a reception oi tho play that ho receives on an average of thirty-seven curtain cnlls ench night. Ho has arranged, after tho finish of each net, for the story of the play to bo continued during tho curtain calls. When tho curtain drops tho actors ac-tors aro seen in action silently keeping along in the same situation in which they had been appearing. The result is a continuation of tho story without tho disconnected jarring of seeing the actors ac-tors simply appear and make ooclsanco. In evory city visited by Mrs. Fiske thore is always more or less wonder and speculation ovor the delivery at the box-offico of the theater in which she is to appear of some ten or a dozen lot-ters lot-ters all addressed in tho same handwriting hand-writing to "Mary Pago." This is tne name of tho chnracte'r m "Tho High Road" impersonated by Mrs. Fisko, but tho two aro not usually related in the minds of tho box-offico attaches until after the first perform ance of the play. Among the preconceived precon-ceived explanations of the letters, some new activity of tho "Black Hand" is usunlly the ono most favored. When tho manager of the company appears he is always appealed to lor a solution. Without glancing at tho lottors for he has grown used to tho inquiries ho exclaims wearily: "Oh, thosof Just letters that tho property man writes and mails before wo'get hore. In the plav the character played by Mrs. Fisko, Mary Page, destroys a package of letters, " and Mr. Fiske is such a stickler for details that ho insists on the letters boing real ones, sealod, stamped, post-marked and all tho rest." Whereupon the excitement subsides and the box-offico staff has learned something about tho importance of little lit-tle things in the estimation of a careful stago producer. In the days of our youth "That stars are suns is taught by astronomers" stood side by side in our copy books with "Tell me not in mournful numbers," num-bers," and "Mv having, in Sanskrit, like Orlando's "beard, is a youngor brother's revenue." Wo never knew what Ihc latter meant, and now in. the days of our maturity we aro often just as 'much at. sea ovor (ho teachings of our theatrical astronomers, for a "stnr" would seem to be not a "sun' of the stago. but a creation of tho genius gen-ius of Thomas A. Kdison. Whnt many latter-day "stars" would do If it-wore it-wore not for tho electricity that gives tlioiii their chief prominence, is a hard question. Perhaps some of the humbler occupations might, become overcrowded. The tenure of all too many in tho constellation con-stellation of tho stago, in these piping times, depends upon the. electrician who I controls the switch. Their glor!o3 bo-gin bo-gin with his; nightlv advent and close when he "throws off the sign." One of the greutest difficulties encountered en-countered by Henry Stillman, tho stage managor of "Kismet," in which Otis Skinner is appearing on a trans-continental trans-continental tour, is in keeping up tho host of supernumeraries in tho bazaar sccno to conceit pitch. Aft or a fow nights the excitement of the local extra ex-tra pcoplo is apt to flag. Mr. Stillman has hit upon tho fchome of putting a few genuine half dollars aud an occasional occa-sional gold piece in tho purso of tho attoudnnt of tho Caliph, who scatters coins among tho crowd in - one of tho scones Tho effect of tho genuine pieces is electrifying. Frank Mnulan, tho " comedian of "Tho Count of Luxembourg," which I is mooting with much success on tour I and which recently played Salt Lake, lias an idea that ho is a golf player. His friends havo an oqunlly firm conviction con-viction that ho isn't. When he wns in Donvor he wont over tho beautiful courso at tho Country club, accompanied accompa-nied by a bright caddy. Ho had suc ceeded in burying his ball in every bunker, corn field, wood lot, gullcy anU stroam on or near tho links when he turned to the caddy and said: "Really, this is the most difficult ' course I havo over played on." "How do you know?" said the cad dy; "you haven't played on it yet." Elcnnor Gales, who wrote "The jH Poor Littlo Rich Girl," which Messrs. Klaw and Erlangcr aro prcsonting on fll tour, was bom in Shakopeo, Minn. Hor parents at that time wore engaged in jH stock rnising and tho Sioux Indians of the neighborhood in hair raising. Tho ll Indians won and Miss Gates's folk3 moved ovor to Dakota. Miss Ada Lewis, who ia playing in "Tho Honeymoon Express," is a most frugal porson, and it was only recontly that her friends could understand whnt jH sho has been doing with her money. iH She hnd erected n modem apartment jH house in Now Rochcllo. Just as sho wns ready to open tho building, a few jH members of tho chamber of commerco jH waited upon her and offered their con-grntulations. con-grntulations. "Will dogs be allowed in the build-ing?" build-ing?" a member asked. Miss Lewis re-plied re-plied in the negative. "Will children bo barred T" "No. indeed," said tho owner, and without a smile sho went on: "Aud I will go you ono hotter. I will give a month's free ront to tho parents of every baby bom in tho apartments." This pleased tho committoo immense-ly immense-ly and, aa thoy bowed out, she smiled and remarked: "But I forgot to say that this iB to bo a bachelors' apart-mont." apart-mont." Tho advanco representative of the delightful musical play, "Oh! Oh! jfl Delphine," proudly announces that jH tho cntiro original cast of that play right from tho Now Amsterdam thea- ter in Now York will be seen in "Oh! jl Oh! Delphine" throughout the pres- IH cut tour, which includes tho wholo country and does not end until noxt ,H August. Ho was vory much shocked to learn from tho company managor the other day that ho made one slight rH error in this stntcment. Evory man fH and woman of the original cast is with it on tho road, But tho parrot is ab- solutoly new. Tho old parrot was iH taken chargo of by Frank MoIntyTO 'M at his camp in Michigan last summer and the things that the bird learned to say would not bear repetition, at IH least might provo shocking from tho !H stago of tho leading theaters of tho 'H United States and Canada, and so (H another parrot has been found who is jl very circumspect in his remarks. 91 Mabel and Edith Taliaferro havo most auspiciously commenced their tour under the management of Joseph :H Brooks, in association with Messrs. Klaw and Erlangor, in tho now play, H "Young Wisdom," hy Rachol Croth- !H ers. It is an interesting fact that it is Jfl about forty years since sistera have SH jointly starred on the dramatic stago '1 m this country. Tho last prior to tho wjH Misses Taliaferro wore tho Batcmau 'SfH sisters in tho early sovonties. "Young . kH Wisdom" deals with tho universially !OH discussed subject of marriage as it is ffil viewed by thoao of tho old school in 'HH contrast with tho advanced and mthcr llH revolutionary ideas of the risiug gen- QH eration. IH This story shows how the dramatio SH instinct and rapid-flro thinking of IB Robert Hilliard una addod another tin- SBJ gle to "Tho ATgylo CaBe." Hilliard, H as Detective Asche Kayton, was grill- HH ing yourig Argylo. suspected of his fa- HJ tlier's murdor, when he noticed that HvJ Harvoy Clark, impersonating the boy. HH aoemod confused and concealed one of KVJ his hands behind him. VI "What's tho mattor with your II hand?" asked Hilliard. BBJ "I met with nn accident," replied Vfll Clark. "I cut it, sir." ,(H It was covered with blood. Hilliard '091 sensed tho thrill that ran through the Vfll audience. Aftor tho act Clark ex- fll plained that just before going on tho HJ scono ho hnd torn his hand on a nail. MJ "It's good business," said Hilliard IiHI cheerfully; "we'll keep it in." Hll Of courso Clark does not cut his uHI hand on a nail at evory performance, flfll hut the proporty man stands ready Hll with a dab of rod paint, and tho qffoct QVJ of tho bloody hand nightly sends its 9KI shivor down the spine. vjfl Henry Millor, who is appearing in the west with marked success in "The HJ Rainbow," is very optimistic Tegard- IwJ ing tho presont-day drama. Ho does hHI not join those unhappy people who t.HHJ think it is going to the bow wows. SHI "I feel sure that tho standard is HVJ constantly becoming higher and that RhI wo are getting bettor plays as time HhI goos on," ho said recently. "I have HHJ at homo volumes of old plays produced WJ in London yenrs ago and from the UHfl standpoint of dramatic value they are IHhI practically worthless. In pointing to ' hYJ the past, as many aro ao fond of doing HHJ and citing tho classics as evidence that 'HH we do not have as good mntorial today, HHh it should be remomberod that tho clas- HhI sics are tho gleanings of tho best of all yHHfl ages." Hl |