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Show 'cil Hlomidity '-ailed ''Buck Home." Ill New York and other eautci n reviewerg have declared the pioce one ot tha host mrJoicttl pieces in faodarina; Nina Morria hah ninqed a coutracl lo appeal under tbc direction of Joneph Hurl ami her new manager has found r new playlet worths' of her ability. The sketch is called" "The Blue Diamond.' Dia-mond.' ' and ia hv John Willard, the local author of "the fCed Hat," " The Green Beetle" and olhr gripping one-act one-act plavs. A muHieal organization com posed of sixteen soloists am! known as ' ' The Navassar Girls ' ' ha bcun an Orphe- am circuit tour. Mine Augusta IJia'i COnducta the com -any, which is cotn-pOfldd cotn-pOfldd of A oealiHth aui instrunir-ntali:;! -. 1 Tbg latter are arranged so as to form 1 a band and orchestra. - -CardUne White, former prima donna nf the Boston and Chicago graud opera compaoias, ia about to begin a tour of toe Orpheum circuit. Hne was tho creator in America of "The Jewels of i Madonna" and "Tbe Secrete of Suzanne." Su-zanne." Nazirnova ia responsible for Mies' White's desert'ng grand opera ; for vaudeville. The great emotional J actress found the two-a-day so congenial i t hat she adviaed her friend to follow i her there. Bonnie Molly Mcintyre. the Scottish j j actress who eame to America to play ''Booty Pulls the StriDgw" and re-i re-i maincd to create the fitle role in "Kitty .McKay, " ia webtward bouDd lover the Orpheum circuit In "A Breath of Old Virginia," the firt play of the I hwftch-back variety to be seen in vaudeville. vaude-ville. It is the first time tdnce Miss Mcintyre has been on the American stage that hc has been compelled to I discard her Scottish bur-r-r. a The inventors and manufacturer of unescapable contrivances had better begin attempting their worst, for throughout Houdini 'p Orpheum circuit tour he will invite theae worthy citizens citi-zens to produce a retaining devjee from whi'h he cannot escape. It may i be recalled that recently Houdini per-I per-I mitted himself to be roped and nailed insidp of a packing case and throw d overboard into the New York bay from a tug. After a remarkably short time Houdini emerged from the water absolutely abso-lutely free from all impediment?. The California orange packing indus- ; try has been given a place in vaudeville. vaude-ville. Two couples from Riverside. CaX, who have on four consecutive occa-eion occa-eion demonstrated themselves the most rapid packers and builder? of crates extant are shortly to be seen I over the Orpheum circuit with a novel adaptation of their business. a v Bessie Clayton is once again to be seen over tbe Orpheum circuit. This time, however, she has an entirely new-routine new-routine of dances and a complete new j production. She is assisted by Lester j.Shean and the t'leff orchestra. - m Out in Santa Barbara these davs they are calling Lncile Ward, wfto stars in American "Beauty" films, the "Hetty Green of the studios-' ' Recently, Re-cently, in addition to purchasing herself her-self a motor runabout, she acquired ; title to five acres of property in one of the choice sections ot the be'ach. near the American studios. A recent addition to the stock, company com-pany at the Reliance studio acting forces in Los Angeles, is Clyde E. Hopkins. Hop-kins. Mr. Hopkins had a varied and successful career on the speaking stage. His associates look forward to his screen debut with considerable interest, inter-est, as they believe that his face, figure and art are especially adapted to the screen drama. ii An eastern admirer, who signs himself him-self " Anonymous, ' ' has for the past five weeks been sending Neva Gerber a five-pound box of candy. bach box contained a note, in which the unknown writer expressed his admiration for Miss Gerber's delightful portrayals in American "Beauty ' releases. " Roshanara will shortly begin her second American tour over the Orpheum circuit. She will retain only one of her old dances in her group. This is the snake dance which caused a furore wherever it was seen. Roshanara came from England to America on the same steamer with the Canadian prime min- B So enormous was the success of the fashion show in vaudeville that the powers that be have decided to make it a permanent vaudeville fixture. It is the intention to produce the fashion show anuually, one exhibiting the spring creations and the other the fall finery. The fall fashion show is now in the making, and will be seen over the Orpheum circuit a$ soon as it is co.npletcd. j The. Lambs' club and John W. Dunne have completed arrangements for Sam Chip and Mary Marble to be seen in J vaudeville, in John L. Golden 'a musical fantasy, "The Clock Shop." " The clock Shop ' ' was the feature, of the , recent Lamb 's gambol given for the benefit of the Actors Fund of America. Amer-ica. "The Man Trail." the story of the Northern Big Woods with which the well-known magazine writer, Henry Oyen, makes his debut as a novelist, has been "filmizod" or possibly fil-matized fil-matized or any other word for from-a-book-to-movies-converted by the Eesa-nay Eesa-nay company, and is to be released the later part of September. Tt will be one of the important feature films of the rear, and at first will appear only at the leading movie palaces. To make the film, the Kssanay company sent a large eonipanv of actors into the woods. Louis Joseph Vance, who has recently been engaged in superv sing motion picture making in California, has return re-turn cd to New York. Tt is announced that a new and exciting novel by Mr. Vance, ' 1 Nobody, ' " will be published early in October. SALT LAKKRfi who had the plea-, ure of wi to owing performances hi the I tali theater aomething more than u year ago, when Mist I Lillian Kcjubic and Charlct Mackay were handling the leading rolla, will lie glud to know of Iheir fUCeepg at His Majesey'i theater in Montreal, taiiHda. A recent issue of the Montreal Star contained an extended review of ''The Mantpierader, 1 n which the pair are boipg featured. In part the roview lays': ll whk a happy thought to utilize this ploy as the vehicle in which to reintroduce Mr. I 'baflei Mackay and Miaa Kemble to fl Montreal audience. audi-ence. Of their popularity there waa never any doubt, but it must have .been heartening for both to find that If 00 1 real had not forgot-ton forgot-ton Iheir yearn of hard work at the Orpheum, Both received a very enthusiastic welcome, and both were the recipieuta of gifts--flowers for Mia- Kcnible and other tbihgl for Mr. Mackav. Their littip speeches of acknowledgment were Hpontane-ous Hpontane-ous expression a of the grat itude and pleas are both obvioutdy fait There i no doubt whatever that these two artista have broadened broad-ened in theii h rt since they last anpea pad in 1 hi city. Miss Kemble Kem-ble 'a Doleie Lfcrondig was a clever-h clever-h shaded interpretation of a role that calls for conaiderable versatility. versa-tility. She lent it diatinetion in all ft abaaea. There waa evidence always that she realized the spirit Of the bara tcr. Miss Kemble has always been able to act n n way that holds her audience, but to this akill she now adds a deft employment of more aubtle things than what the Americana Ameri-cana call ' ' punch. ' ' Nothing ia over accentuated; nothing is left obscure. Her art is touched now with a refinement that makes for addit ional charm. Mr. Mack ay played l be part of the lovable, open-hearted David Bemon. and made it appeal to all. He read into the character more than appear on the surface, and he did this with an a.- aod a directness di-rectness that made hie impersonation impersona-tion a very attractive and sympathetic sympa-thetic one. He has lo-t none of hia old care lrt. eaae. and he can always make the climacteric moment grip. He was never melodramatic in scenes that nothing t-hort of sound art can lift from the melodramatic rut. and in his final renunciation he Bounded Bound-ed a note of moving pathos that did not leave his audience unmoved. un-moved. ' ' The FVaiahinndoT, ' a visualization of Owen Johnson 's widely read and discussed dis-cussed novel, which in plav form had a metropolitan hearing last season at the Harris theater. New York City. iB rapidly approaching the complete staee under the guidance of A rthur Donald-eon, Donald-eon, conceded to be a master producer. It uj being filmed by the Mos Motion Picture corporation.' Mis Olga Nethersole has for vaudeville vaude-ville a pantomime in one act and five aeenea, written by Ralph Bunker, now playing in "The Girl Who Smiles" on Broadway. It is called "Mary of Magdalene. Mag-dalene. oo George LeMaire of Conroy and Le-Maire Le-Maire is recovering from an injury to 'his arm that has kept him out of the I limelight for a fortnight or so. He was hurt in an automobile accident aud he ; swaan he will never tell another ioke about a Ford. He fays the darned tniiifr bit him. K-shanara. the Knglish exponent of native dances of India, is playing one week in New York at the Palace theater prior to her tour of the Orpheum circuit, cir-cuit, starting at Milwaukee September .ri, and the consensus of opinion of the newspaper critics is that her new dances are even more startling and weird than those she offered last season. Several times in recent months, during dur-ing the staging of plays, Klnier Clifton. Mutual favorite, has been called upon to display his i military Knowledge, gained while he was a student at a ' prominent academy, 0 0 0 An entire room in her New BochaUe home is devoted entirely by Helen Badgley, Tanhouaer "kidletT" to a nursery for her many dolls. The prize one among the collection is one that was split her by an admiring frieDd in far off Tokio. Most of Helen's spare time is spent in the nursery. C. M. aud S. A. Franklin, co-producers co-producers of the Majestic (Mutual) juvenile plays, are in receipt of letters, complimenting them on their excellent work. These kid comedies are making a Jbic hit, aud much of their success is due to the clever work of the hranklin brothers. o Lot tie Pick ford and Irving Cum-mings, Cum-mings, heroine and hero of " The Diamond From the Sky, ' ' recently received re-ceived invitations from the secretary of the Woman's club of Sania Barbara, request ing that thev deliver addresses at a meeting to be held in the near future. fu-ture. How it feels to be lionized by thousands of unknown friends, is to be the subject. Both have accepted the invitations. o Owen Moore, who played opposite Elsie Jania in film productions, has become be-come a permanent member of the Fine Arts studio. He makes his first ap-pea ap-pea ranee opposite Dorothy Gish in "Jordan Is a Hard Road. " An interior decorator, formerly employed em-ployed by the wealthy set of New York, has been engaged to supervise the dressing dress-ing of scenes in Fine Arts Films plays. 00 George Stone, the 5-year-old actor who plays with .lane Gray in "Mother of Seven ' ' at the Ti tangle Fine Arts Films studio, recently received a box of cigars from the Kenneth O'Hara Tobacco To-bacco company, and a letter soliciting his opinion of their product. a The tour Tflrx hrntbers, whom tliP west hus always known as good cp'wfi-di.'uis cp'wfi-di.'uis and who recently went east to make this fact known, are returning home via the Orpheum circuit in the full flush of accomplishment. The Marx brothers are presenting a musi- |