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Show AMUSEMENTS I , SALT LAKE Nat Goodwin and company com-pany In "Never Say Die," tonight and tomorrow night, with matinee tomorrow. "Peg o' My Heart," en-tlrp en-tlrp vek of June 15. PA NT AGES Vaudeville. Performance every afternoon and two performances perform-ances at niglit-EMPRESS niglit-EMPRESS Vaudeville. Performance every afternoon and two performances perform-ances at night. MOTION PICTURE?. REX-r-Feature programme, containing contain-ing the "Adventures of Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery:' ford Sterling, in "Neighbors;" The Animated Ani-mated Weekly, and a drama, "The Last of Their Race." MEHESY Military feature, "The Air Torpedo;" J. Frank Burke, in "Fires of Ambition." Continuous perform-( ance. Concert orchestra. t.v "Never Say Die," which was pre- sented at the Salt Lake theater last night, Nat Goodwin enacted the role of a sick American millionaire who could not keep his pledge to die, although he was ably assisted by two English doctors doc-tors and the London fogs. So as to give his old friend, Hctor "Walters, a start in life, DIonysious Woodbury, the millionaire, mil-lionaire, agrees to wed Violet, the daughter daugh-ter of the Hon. Mrs. Stevenson, to whom Walters is engaged. The reason for such a strange marriage is that the Hon. Mrs. Stevenson has lost all her money and the young couple cannot marry unless un-less they have quite a bit of this medium me-dium of commercial exchange and meas-' ure of high-life values In London. Besides, Be-sides, Walters is only a poor artisL with a frightful accent on the poor. He must have a year under a master in Italy before lie can be expected to paint those who sit for him so as to make them look even like respectable goats. , The foregoing description of the plot may be what the English law describes as "frivolous." But that is just what the plav is a mere frivol with a sprinkling sprink-ling of'plffle and other English and some French condiments. The play is under the management and personal ' direction of the author. William H. Post. Judging bv what the critics sometimes designate desig-nate as "the internal evidence," Mr. Post evidentlv has collaborated with the inimitable Nat to make the piay wittier than it was originally. But that is mere guesswork and all the wit may be the goods and chattels of Mr. Post. If so, we must at least give Mr. Goodwin credit for uttering the quips and jests as if he had coined them at his own mint sometimes out of pure gold and sometimes out of baser metal. One jest and not one of the golden ones was surelv of the Goodwin mintage, because it referred to a distinguished person who occupied a loge no less a person than "Buffalo P.IH." It was something about Chevenne. but it was no great matter. With Falstaff. the actor might have said: "It's a poor thing, but mine own." Obviously, Nat and "Buffalo BIN" are old-time chums and don't care who knows It. They seemed to enjoy cacti other immensely and the audience appeared to be equally Interested. The play Is by no means unworthy of Mr. Goodwin's genius, and yet one wishes that he could find a vehicle that would permit the line Mights which cha nned his audiences of old, such as one or two of the scenes in "David Garrick." Perhaps Per-haps somewhat of the old tire is lacking, lack-ing, but surely all the art and spontaneous spon-taneous brilliancy a re still there a nd you can't be sure about the tire until you have blown on the coals. Throughout Through-out tiie play Mr. Goodwin is a delight and his company is one of high talent a nd versa I iii 1 y. Margaret Morchuid has an inconsider- able part. She is expected to be sweet and pretty and al! that sort of thing and she nils the role most acceptablv, but ;ier opportunity is finite limited. It is patent, however, t ha t f lie possesses 'artistic 'ar-tistic poi.-o and a manner of much ease and grace. The play wfli he repented this evening and there will be a matinee and evening peri oima nee tomorrow. Tb9 follow! theater notice ins mtrked j ".dTertlBflment" In order to comply- with a itrlct tnt-rpretatlon of the fetfenj oewapiper : ; lw. In no een are they paid a4vertlae-, a4vertlae-, meati. Thy are It eras furnished bx the pres t agent of the -various theatera. ! Society, always on the out vive when a genuine blown-in-t he-bottle dramatic success is announced to visit Salt I-ake. is preparing to accord "Peg o' My Heart" the best of receptions. The sale of seats and boxes will commence from the box ciftice of the Salt Lake theater todav at 10 o clock. Mr. Morosco promises a cast ! of surprising merit, which indues Peggy ; O Neil, Martin Sabine, .Tanr; Meredith, j Maggie J'olk.way Fisher. Poland Hngue Olin Field, Joseph Vanner and A T Hendon. Bob I-Jall. extemporaneous singer, and Loins Granat. the impersonator of parrots par-rots and animals, are two of the favorites favor-ites who are helping to draw big crowds at tlie the J-lmpreFs this week. Mr. Hall is one of the cleverest extemnuraneous singers seen here In many vears. He selects his victims, so to speak, from the audience, and sings his songs about them In a manner that never gives of- i f"nse and creates a deal of merriment The head liner of next week's bill is Beatrice Morelle's Six Parisian Harmony Girls. Barnold's trained dogs and monkevs are to be seen in the pantomimic novelty, novel-ty, "A Hot Time in Dogvllle." Dan, the original "drunk" dog, is the cornelian in the act on the Pantages bill. Tlie other acts comprise the Barrows-Lancaster company in Kdmond Dav's little classic entitled "A Jolly Jollier;" Woods and Lawson. In a dainty planologue; Jerome and Carson, eccentric acrobats; Milton anrl Moore, -piano, singing, dancing and patter; and Baby Moore, a 6-year-old singing "Peg o' Mv Heart" and several other popular song hits. Comic motion pictures supplied by the Keystone weekly close in tlie big bill. The further "Adventures of Lucille Love, the Girl of Mystery," add to the thrills of the story as thev are depicted at the Rex theater In a production which will conclude tonight. The adventures become more thrilling as they -progress Ford Sterling Is droller than ever in the laughable comedy of "Neighbors." The A ni mated Weekly contains manv interesting inter-esting scenes of current and up-to-the-minute events, and there is a gripping drama in "The Last of Their Race." Many unusual and exciting incidents are introduced in the three-part feature "The Air Torpedo." at the Mehesv todav' This stirring military drama of ail venture, ven-ture, love and intrigue is full of thrills and dramatic climaxes. J. Frank Burke and the Domino players appear In a powerful pow-erful two-reel western subject, "The Fires of Ambition." The storv concerns two men, partners In a mining claim. They quarrel and part, the one joining a band of Indians, the other in time becoming becom-ing congressman. Later a dramatic meeting takes place. |