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Show DANCERS HEAD EMPRESS BILL tSfe 3fi WEST AND JOYCE MAKE A HIT ( The "Six Olivers" in a Tumbling Act Win Applause, i I 44T7" E VE tangoed and one-stepped our J way across the continent and 1ml f way bark, ami the more we do It Uie better they seem to like it," declared Frank Joyce last niffht at the Empress as he whirled his pretty partner into the wings after a ryelosic finale to one of the best dancing aits of the season locally. lo-cally. Joyce struck a timely note with his remark. re-mark. Headliners other than dancing acts 1 8 re fighting- it out all over the variety ' circuits this year, with the innumerable I duos of nimble-tooted men and maids who I assimilate the fastest work New York or i San Francisco cabarets can offer and then S charge down on the vaudeville managers f -with a flash of form that invariably puts them luck of the footlights for an en gagement. I Joyce and Dorothy West top the new ! l,oew Road show that opened at tho Cm- press yesterday for a four davs' stav, J and everything that's strictly ultra mod-i mod-i ern and can't be done in a ballroom Is offered in the twenty minutes thev are on. Miss West is a slim, shapely limbed girl. Both dancers are graceful and the act is I rightly placed as the bill's headliner. Those who have sained the impression that being born in the middle of the Sahara Sa-hara desert is essential to the. development develop-ment of a whirlwind tumbler will harbor an entirely new regard for the Kansas corn belt after seeing the Six Olivers on the Empress programme. This sextette of Americans puts to shame most of the coteries of howling Arabs who have splintered splin-tered the atmosphere of a Salt Lake stage in years. They are good for a new thrill or two for the most blase theatergoer theater-goer in town. ' Richard Warner, author of the comedy sketch, "When It Strikes Home." hasn't a great deal to be proud of, either in his story-telling or his creation of character.-;, although Elmer Brown, Frank W. Taylor and Anna Reader make the most of the slim opportunity he gives them for effective ef-fective a-'iing. The detective is going to win a captaincy and a reward by arrest-jug arrest-jug the girl who shot the man, and the newspaper reporter tries to dissuade him in the name of humanity. At the end a very dramatic declaration that "right is right," and the like, the police gentleman gentle-man discovers the girl is his daughter, which somewhat alters his viewpoint. Bush and Shapiro get along rather well tvith the usual line of "team" nonsense until they sing, at which times the act becomes desolate. Valentine Vox will be a welcome vaudeville vaude-ville diversion these many years to come. His ventriloquism is well nigh perfect and each season finds him with an act that is better and better. This week he is 'sure to prove a popular Empress performer per-former with his ventriloquial classic, "The Clubman." The "movie" feature at the Loew theater the-ater this week is a smashing- good Keystone Key-stone two-reel comedy. It's a well-balanced, lively bill of popular-priced vaudeville, and should give the Empress three more good days. The programme runs through until Monday nighr. "Children of the Ghetto" and "Break- ing In" Please Crowds at American. rriwo photo-dramas of -unusual Interest form the- programme which began at the American yesterday and will continue con-tinue today. "Children of the Ghetto," by Israel Zangwill, featuring Wilton Lack-aye, Lack-aye, is the chief attraction. The other, entitled "Breaking In," is a story of a western millionaire who attempts to break into New York society and deals with high finance on Wall street. An interesting little love story enlivens the picture. The fact that Lillian Walker ta In the cast should in itself be sufficient suffi-cient to recommend it to the public. "Children of the Ghetto" is a story of a Jewish community. It abounds with life and human interest; of love, sorrows and joys. The picture Is fascinating to an extreme and brings the audience into keen sympathy with the Jewish people as displayed in the picture. The story is of a son who forsakes his religion and father, a rabbi, for a life on the stage. He becomes reckless and Is fatally injured in a drunken fight. , The scene shows a father, who is unforgiving, un-forgiving, but who stands before his dead son, heart-broken. The father is one who gives his all to the poor and is beloved by all. .Scenes of misery are seen that wring one's heart, and scenes of sudden joy that could not spring from an Anglo-Saxon nature. In the playlet "Breaking In," a rich westerner goes east and is received with open arms by Wall street. But when his family gives a reception, the snobbish New York society finds reasons for not , attending. So keenly is his wife and daughter hurt that Jones, the millionaire, resolves to have revenge. On the stock market he forces his would-be friends to the wall and quits their company, leaving leav-ing for the west, where his daughter marries her western sweetheart. litis Afternoon and Tonight Last Opportunity Op-portunity to See Alice Lloyd. ALICE LLOYD is as captivated with Salt Lake City as Salt Lake City is captivated by the gay singing comedl-t comedl-t enne, who has enticed packed houses into the Orpheum at every performance this week. During her stay here the weather has been sunny even as sunny as her light-hearted, light-hearted, disposition and she has spent o many delightful moments and has been so royally-welcomed that she announces now that It is with regret that she will close her Salt Lake engagement this evening and go to another town. According Ac-cording to Alice, she would liko to stay $ here the rest of her life If she was going 5 lo have as good a time as she has had ' this week. The regrets are not all on "Miss Lloyd's part. Salt Lake Cttv is just as sorry as Alice is that this afternoon's and this evening's performances will finish her ORPHEUM Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. PANT AGES Vaudeville. Perform -antes every afternoon and evening. LOEWS EMPRESS Vaudeville. Performances Per-formances afternoon and evening. MOTION PICTURES. MEIIESY Today only. Kay-Bee feature. fea-ture. "ThrouRli tho Murk." "Colored "Col-ored Villainy.'' Keystone. Two other pictures. AMERICAN Last time today. Zang-wlll's Zang-wlll's great pluy. "Children of the Olietto." with Wilton Lackaye. Convert Con-vert orchestra. Professor .1. .1. Mc-CleUan, Mc-CleUan, conductor. engagement here. It would be satisfactory satisfac-tory for both parlies if the daintv English Eng-lish comedienne would go right on working work-ing here indefinitely, taking motor rides every morning before the matinee and every afternoon after the matinee, and otherwise enjoying life in the high altitude. Th following thealrr notice are marked "advertisement" to comply with a strict Interpretation In-terpretation of tho federal newtpapor law. In no a. use aro they paid advancements, being items furnished by tb press ak'ents ot the various theatera. PANTAGES At Pantages this week, in "The Garden of tho Rajah." Mr. Newman New-man and Mr. Kent present David Reese, tho popular Salt Lake tenor. In addition addi-tion to Mr. Reese and Mr. Kent, the principals include Eslelle Mi-Meal, latelv prima donna with the "My Best Girl" company, which closed its western tour In Denver. The Sail Lake girls who comprise com-prise the chorus are Dorothv Hocking, Hock-ing, Beth Merrill. Margarete Portia, Bessie Bes-sie Craig. Margaret Bentrod. Viola Ser-j Ser-j vice. Daffodil Norman and Bessie Service. ORPHEUM As tho bill at the Orpheum changes tomorrow, this afternoon and evening win he the last opportunities to see what has been unanimously pronounced pro-nounced one of the greatest vaudeville bills ever offered. Packed houses have greeted all performances and have encored en-cored every act several times at e-ich performance. per-formance. Alios Lloyd, the headliner. is a well-known favorite, and the supporting bill Is thoroughly good, without a. weak spot. Each act is the best of Its kind and there is plenty of variety. SALT LAKE The sale of seats for the engagement of the Fuller Sisters at the Salt Lake theater Monday and Tuesday nights will begin at the box office today. AMERICAN For the last time today. Israel Zangwill's masterpiece, "Children of the Ghetto," with Wilton Larkaye in his original role of Reb Shemuel. which role contributed In great measure toward to-ward giving him his well-deserved reputation repu-tation as the greatest character actor on the stage. This play is making a record run here, and those who have seen it are unanimous in declaring it wonderful. MEHESY An unusually appealing two-reel two-reel western drama with some real char-'aeterization char-'aeterization in it is the Ince-Domino feature, fea-ture, "Through the Murk." This tragedy of the west is eloquently acted, warm with human sympathy and powerful in its appeal to the observer. Some verv clever child actors appear In the Flying A drama. "Imitations," an entertaining picture of playmates and lovers. "His Last Deal," a Majestic drama, and "Colored "Col-ored Villainy." a Keystone comedv. complete com-plete the Mehesy programme today. r ' . ! - ": - g - " v ' f i rav.irtriiWi'ililliniia.awwaaalMaaMaaaawiMajaiaMtf Alice Lloyd, whose engagement at the Orpheum finishes with today's performances. |