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Show AMUSEMENTS j LOEWS Vaudeville. Per- ' formances, afternoons ar.d evenings, ' today, tomorrow and Sunday. j ORPHEl'M Vaudeville. Inform- j anres every afternoon and evening, j PANTAGES Vaudeville. Perform- j anees every afternoon and evening, i 1 AMERICAN- Robert Edeson in Be- ! laseo's ,,The Girl 1 Left Behind Me."' 1 Concert orchestra. Professor J. J. i McClcllan. conductor. .ME H KSY I; pi sod c 10, "Perils of Pauline," today. Fay Tinchcr in j "Cupid and the pest." Miss Jeanne Ward at Loew's Empress Has Strange P'owov That v I Puzzles Audiences. f NE of the strangest and most interest- Ing exhibitions over arranged for a -Salt Lake vaudeville stage will take place Tonight at boil) performances at the Em-press Em-press (.beater. George Nelson, the famous Utah wres-I wres-I ' tier. Is undoubtedly oiw of the strongest, if not the very strongest, men in the in-termountain in-termountain west. To say tShat he oan-not oan-not lift a ninety-eight-pound girl Is a statement that apparently is ludicrous on its very face. Yet Miss Jeanne Ward of the Ward Sisters, who are featured on the new bill opening this afternoon at the j Empress, is so sure that Mr. Nelson cannot lift her that Manager Cook of the i Empress has oftVved to give Mr. Nelson i.'iO if he accomplishes the feat at either i of tonight 's performances. Miss Ward possesses a strange power by which she Is able to stand erect on the stage and defy any man to lift her i so that her feet swing clear of the floor. I ifackensehmidt and a dozen other famous , wrestlers and strong men v.-ho are world -. famous have tried and failed. One oy , Salt lake's strongest firemen tried Wf-. ' feat Wed n e sd a y n f h t a nd failed. Au : Nelson believes ho do it and will sit-tempt sit-tempt to lift Miss, Ward at both of to-I to-I night's performances. The new bill opens this aftenjoon at the Empress to run todav, Saturday and Sunday, and Is headed by James Grady in the character masterpiece, "At the Toll Bridge. The bill, includes, in ad- !dition, the Ward Sisters in singing and dancing; Russell's Minstrel Comedians; Lacy Sampson and Mabel Douglas in songs and dances; El Cleve, the famous ! Scotch xylophoniaL; Les Casodos, Spanish Span-ish acrobats, and a new comedy film. "The Girl I Left Behind Me" to Ee Shown in Motion Pictures at American. mHK GIRL I LEFT BEHIND ME," David Belasco's blood-stirring j I drama of the army, love and redskin war- ; fare, a play as thrilling as a trumpet j call. Is the first great production of its : kijid to be filmed. In it the glorious traditions of Uncle Sam's dashing cavalry- men are depicted on a magnificent can- ! vas with a masterly brush. With broad, sweeping strokes,, the days of the In- i dian warfare are brought before us again. ; Skilfully interwoven with military valor and redskin craft Is a love story of great romantic charm, handled with deftness and power. David Belasco, master craftsman of all playwrights, had just witnessed a' "run" of his great play on the screen. "Wonderful," he exclaimed. "And not the least extraordinary part of it all Is that when I wrote 'The Girl I Left Behind Be-hind Me,' which always has been, and still is, my favorite work, the cinema I had never been thought of. It would have been a wild dream, indeed, if I had ever thought for an instant that some day my play would be presented, not on the boards of a theater, but on the actual ground where its action takes Xt:,: place, with a living background and every device possible to bring out its life ;V:tT- anrt color, "When you look at the frontier scenes in this? production you can say to your-f'l- self, 'Thls is Montana." You feel the sweep of the western winds, and the ; y magnificent distances and spaces of the l borderland. I don't think I was ever as !V y deeply impressed by the possibilities of J i the screen drama as I was while watch-3 watch-3 Jug this production. The use of such an immense company, a small army, in fact. V-1 and real trooners of the United States .') cavalry, enhances the effects I tried to fcj get in writing this play. It serves to '5'.' quicken and refresh our pride in our soldiers, and I am sure it will be a vaj-Ll-...; uable object lesson in patriotism at a particularly trying time. 'Wonderful' is the only word I can find to express my appreciation appre-ciation of living in an age when I can see such a wonderful visualization of a written writ-ten work." This magnificent feature will be at the American today and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry in Kustic Sketch Make Big Hit at Orphenm. TtTR. AND MRS. JIMMY BARRY, at the Orpheum, are interesting characters, char-acters, especially Jimmy for his rube impersonations, which Jimmy assures us are from life. It is a fact that the Barrys used to live in a little down-state town in Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. Iater they moved to New York City. Occasionally their friends from down state would come to town to see the sights and invariably tiiey would visit the Barrys. This was highly agreeable to Mr. and Mrs. Barry, for Mr. Barry never lost sight of any gesture, remark or habit-that habit-that he thought would "go" in his act. A few days belre starting on their vaudeville route a couple direct from the hay dropped in on die Barrys. The country people wanted tjo make some purchases pur-chases and inspect a large department store, so Mr. and Mrs. Barry conducted them to the largest on Broadway. Mrs. Barry and tie country woman walked in advance of Mr. Barry and the country man. Just as they approached the entrance of the large store the man from the rural districts carefully took off his hat and scraped his shoes upon the sidewalk to dust them. Barry courteously reanoved his hat out of compliment U the rube, and they entered the store. Barry carried his hat at his side, but his friend held his hat aloft oi one arm. The attention which this attracted In the store suggested to Barry the great use lie might make of it in his act. and. therefore, before Barry enters the door of the brick building shown in his stage setting he conscientiously scrapes his shoes upon the stage and later holds his hat in the manner of his rural visitor. These little touches to the Barry act make it a great deal - funnier and land many laughs. , i The following theater notices r maritefl "advertisement" to comply with a strict Interpretation In-terpretation of the federal newspaper law. In uo stMi) are thev paid advertisements, being items furnished bj- th preaa agents ot tht various theater. ORPlfEUM The Orpheum show this week is a lively one, and one of the head-liners head-liners is Frederick V. Bowers, the noted song writer. Bowers combines showmanship showman-ship with song writing and singing. He writes the song, sings it himself and arranges ar-ranges a stage setting and spectacle descriptive de-scriptive of his songs. To say that Bowers Bow-ers has original Ideas is a mild statement state-ment after seeing the oddities with which he has surrounded himself. Ills company comprises six people. PANTAGES ' THEATER Comedy is featured on an excellent bill at the Ban-tages Ban-tages theater this week and the attendance at-tendance Is large - at eVery performance. Tho Twelve Whirlwind American Beauties Beau-ties have a clever singing and dancius act. O'Neil and Walmsley are the bright particular stars of the bill so far as laughs are concerned, and "Little Caruso and Company" offer a repertoire of instrumental in-strumental selections and latest songs. Sherlock, Chamberlain and Sherlock are singing comedians. LOEW'S EMPRESS An extra heavy I seat sale is already reported for tonight's performances at 1 -oew's Empress, when . George Nelson, the famous Salt Lake I wrestler, wilt attempt to lift Miss Jeanne ! Ward, the ninety-eight-pound girl who I declares that no nta.n possesses strength S enough to lift her from the floor unless i she so wills it. The new bill opens this afternoon with six big kH s, and a new corned v film. The programme runs to-! to-! da y, Saturday and Sunday, wl! h three shows daily. REX "The Million Dollar Mystery," in its final episode, will be presented at the liox theater Sunday and Monday. The film will announce the winner of the prize. The same excellent cast that enacted en-acted the earlier installments will appear in this final episode, headed by James Cruze, the Ogden hoy; Florence La Badic. Frank Farrington, Marguerite Snow and Sydney Bracy. The "Million Dollar Mystery" Mys-tery" has proved to be one of the most successful of photo-plays and seemed to strike the popular chord wherever shown. I MEHESY Episode No. 19 of the "Per- Us of Pauline." which was delayed in I t uinslt from Denver, will be shown at , the Mehesy today. In this number Paul-I Paul-I ine has a thrilling encounter with a huge 1 yorilla, escaped from Us circus pris .ui. 1 "Old Jackson's Girl" is a two-reel Tit;m-! Tit;m-! he user stovy of a brave western girl's heroism. Fay Tineher and the Komic .comedians appear hi "Cunid and the t? A B i ' O C 1C P. 1" A D I .V C, S M a : i d e Mjy Babcock commences her series of I.er.jr, reading; at the Hotel. Utah parlors v-night. v-night. The readings for tonight will, lie Shakesneare.'s "Taming f the Sijrov." which aptlv ill ust rales woman's piaor in the soei.-t! life at the time of Shakes-are. Miss Babeock win endeavor to ilhi;, r;i:e t he evolution of wo ma u as port ryrl in drama. Thoe who have b.-.ird M is-s Babeock Bab-eock "ii o!h--r occasions de'-'niv. :i p pn-t.-vtaimi!!; and educational treat niav L-e expected. |
