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Show I AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE THEATER "One Hundred Years of Mormonlsm." whole week, with matinees dally at 1 o'clock. COLONIAL William J. Kelly and Edith Lyle In "Tho Sign of the Cross." All week. Matinees Thursday and Saturday. ORPPIEUM Vaudovllle Performances every afternoon and evening. EMPRESS Vaudeville Performances every afternoon and two performances perform-ances at nigh:. GAR RICK Stock company In "The Parish Priest." Every night. Matinee Mati-nee Saturday. "ANB 7-lundred Years of Mor-monism." Mor-monism." a motion picture production, began a week's return cn-gamemeiiL cn-gamemeiiL at the Salt Lake theater yesterday. yes-terday. A largo audltnco was present. 1 he management's organization, having had several weeks' experience with the Minis, gives a much smoother performance perform-ance Lach scene Is reeled off without hitches and In every respoct the production produc-tion shows great Improvement. A previous review or "One Hundred 1 cars of Alormonism" has appeared In these columns. The pictures give vivid reproductions of incidents In connection with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the beginning of the sent. In fuel, they go back to the time when Joseph Smith, the founder, was an iniant. The aclors aro made up (o resemble all the historic characters. charac-ters. Joseph Smilh Is seen working in the ilciti when tho angel Moroni appears to him. Several such visitations take place-iho place-iho angel Is seen guiding him in nearly all his actions. He is shown tho place whore tho golden plates aro hidden and digs them up. The familiar story regarding re-garding the difficult task of translating the inscriptions Is depicted stage by The first Mormon meeting is shown. Subserjuenl trials and tribulations, including in-cluding rlols and persecution. follow. The founder Is tarred and feathered Public baptism is Interrupted. Smith and other leaders arc arrested. They move from placo to place to escape their foes. Finally Joseph Smith is assassinated. then Biighani Young takes charge They move In a body to the west. The trip across the plains and mountains is beset with all sorts of hardships. 'There Is even revoll on the part of some. Finally the journey ends on what Is now familiar ground and a great city results. re-sults. The following theater notices are marked advertisement" Jn order to comply with a trlct Interpretation of the new federal news-piper news-piper law. in no Mnst are tboy paid advertisements. adver-tisements. They are items furnished by tht press agents of the Tirlous theaters. James H. Cullen. the dean of Or-pheuni Or-pheuni monologlsts, who Is getting the ,ei h5,Uds at the Orphcurn this week, last Wednesday was best man at a function in San Francisco which Interested Inter-ested every baseball fan the United States over. Mr. Cullen and his charming wife were the only two who knew of the Impending wedding of "Rube Mar-quard Mar-quard and Blossom Seeley. They accompanied accom-panied ithe pair to tho homo of die pastor pas-tor of the St. Mark's Lutheran church, where the ceremony was performed. It was the intention to keep the affair a secret, but it leaked out when the record-breaking southpaw of the New York National league club invited tho balance of the Orphcurn bill to an elaborate supper sup-per and congratulations were the order of tho evening. T" costumes, Fcenery, augmented cast and the 'thousand and ono details that go to make up a successful presentation of . a al!ow.a,s Sign of the Cross," W ill am J. Kelly has set a now standard at tlie Colonial this week. Tho production produc-tion of the famous religious drama is exceptional ex-ceptional in many ways and Mr. Kellv as Marcus Superbus is doing the bost work of his season at tho popular stock house. of the charm of "Bunty Pulls tho Strings," the most talked of play In America, lies In Its quaintness. The play Is based upon humorous characterizations. characteriza-tions. They are generally supposed -to be typos peculiarly Scotch, but in realitv thoy are types that arc universal. That this Is true will be demonstrated to Salt Lake City theater-goers the week of March 24 when "Bunty Pulls tho Sthlngs" will hold forth at the Salt Lake theater thea-ter The success achlevod by the Reynolds & Ross players at the Garrlck theater In the few weeks thoy have occupied that house will no doubt be continued the present week by their production of "Tho Par 8h Priest," which opened for the week on Sunday afternoon. William Sal-roy, Sal-roy, a popular member of the company, appears as tho priest, and his efforts have received tho approval of critics Willard Wilson, the now leading man recently re-cently engaged to head the company at tho Garrlck, will make his first appearance appear-ance before a Salt Lake audience next Sunday afternoon In "The Counterfeiters," Counterfeit-ers," a drama which has many vcars of success to its credit-Three credit-Three performances to be given todav will mark the close of the present delightful de-lightful bill at the Empress headed by James J. Corbett. former heavyweight chnmpion boxer of tho world, but later legitimate star and ellto entertainer During thn past six days thousands of tho Salt Lako admirers of "Gentleman Jim havo greeted him and doubtless his heart has been made to feel glad because of the warm and cordial manner In which he lias been received. Thoc who will appear for tho laBt -times today to-day arc Grant Gardner. "Tim Morry Mu-hIc Mu-hIc Box," and a blackfaco comedian, with a new and original lino of wit and funny sayings; Gcorgo Palmer Mooro and Florence. Flor-ence. Elliott In "A Matrimonial Substitute'," Substi-tute'," Campbell and MacDonald, Pierce and Maiace. Epso and Hoth, Mutt and Jeff and Patho's rostor of Interesting ploturcB of ourront news ovents. There waa a delightful gathering at the Auditorium roller skating rink last evening, the occasion Doing a St. Pal-rick's Pal-rick's party, when hundreds of roller enthusiasts en-thusiasts rolled about on the big floor on the little wheels. There were scores of attractive green costumes and tlio beautiful decorations in tho building added to tho gaiety of the scene. Manager Man-ager Dcrr announced that. the. rink will be open heruafte.r on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Next Thursday Thurs-day night the final race for tho state championship between Fenton Hardy and Wllllo Shatz will tako place. "A Regained Reputation," by tho Reliance Re-liance company at th0 Mehcsy theater, tells an amusing story of a mlxup between be-tween a policeman and a burglar. WlilIo the family Is out motoring tho policeman police-man visits the rnaid and the burglar visits Hit; house. He is caught I" h thrilling manner. "When Dreams Come True" is a beautiful Tlianhouser story of the California orango groves. Tho Majestic Ma-jestic company also shows a splendid picture entitled "The City Fellow." |