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Show AMUSEMENTS : . ! t SALT LAKE Opening of season, September 6, with Mrs. Patrick Campbell in "Pygmalion." ORPHKL'M - Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. I'ANTAGES Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. UTAH The Utah Players open the season with "The Mialeadlng Lady" September 13. BROADWAY Nat Goodwin In "The Master Hand." Also another letter let-ter of "You Know Me, AL" MEHKSY All-comedy programme, featuring Charlie Chaplin and others. oth-ers. "When Hungry Hamlet Pled," two-reel scream. AMERICAN Marguerite Clark and Famous Players in "Helene of the North," and a new corned". Professor Pro-fessor J. J. McClellan in a special organ recital between 3 and 4:30 this afternoon. LIBERTY Hobart Bos worth, Jane Novak and other stars in "The Soar-let Soar-let Sin." A new comedy and Pathe World News. REN Frederick Perry, Jean Sothern. George Alison and Claire Whitney in "Dr. Ramcau." Also a new com- . edy. Stock Company for Empress Theate Will Be on Hand at an Early Date. Tir I THIN the next few days the play " ers who will compose the Empres Stock company will arrive in this clt; and begin rehearsals for "Within til Law," which will open the stock sea so i at the Empress Sunday, September 12. William Ernest Wilkes of San Fran cisco, who has secured a lease on th house from the Empress Theater compan; of Utah, will be here shortly to look ac tivejy after the opening of the Empres stock season. The names of the leadlnj man and woman have not yet been an nounced, but will be made public wlthii a iay or two. The Salt Ia ke company will form i link in a chain of houses which are con templated by Mr. Wilkes and his asso elates. Negotiations are now on, accord' Ing to Roger W. Powers of this city, wh is looking after the local interests of Mr Wilkes until It Is arrival, for theaters lr Ix)S Angeles, Portland. Seattle and Denver. Den-ver. A. S. .Hatfield of this city will acJ assembled for a single motion-picture production. pro-duction. "Dr. Ramcau" is well worth seeing. LIBERTY Hobart Bosworth has scored many successes in his career as author, actor and producer, but none that will live longer than the five-act photoplay, photo-play, "The Scarlet Sin," which is to be shown for the last time today at the popular Liberty theater, on State street. This gripping story of the triumph of a man of God over evil was directed by Mr. Bosworth and he makes Eric Norton, Nor-ton, the leading character, seem to live and breathe. "The Scarlet Sin," at the Libertv, is reallv a great drama. MEHESY The aU-comedy programme at the Mehesy today and tomorrow is headed by the screaming farce, "When Hungry Hamlet Fled." a two-reel story of the stage, in which an actor of the rail-walking variety, whose chief asset Is an appetite, as neglected as it is hearty, attempts to put on a performance of Hamlet at a tank town with tank talent. And the fun commences when the curtain cur-tain rises. as house manager of the Empress. The season of musical comedy which has been running at the Empress for several weeks will close Saturday night and the theater will at once undergo complete renovation and decoration. Nazlmova in ' ' War Brides ' ' Moves Audience With Powerful Emotions Emo-tions at Orpheum Theater. Tl HE bill at the Orpheum is one of the strongest ever seen. Nazimova In "War Brides" has a gripping playlet and all the other acts are pleasing. "War Brides" is deep and emotional. Nazlmova in the part of Joan, one of the first war brides to answer the call of her nation, and who married the man of her choice, only to have him torn from her a few days later that lie might take his place at the front among the fighting men. is supreme and emotional. Her work Is impressive and she runs the entire gamut of emotions, playing upon the heartstrings of her audience to such an extent that there is barely a woman in the vast assemblage that Is not weeping, nor a man who Is not choking down his sorrow. Nazimova presents a wonderful wonder-ful piece of acting and is supported by a company worthy of appearing in the same piece with her. William Mason Sees Himself Act in "You Know Me, Al" Pictures at the Broadway. TIT ILLIAM MASON, "movie' actor, " who plays the leading part in the "You Know Me, Al" series, adapted from Ring Lardner's baseball skits, dropped into the city yesterday and saw himself act at the Broadway theater. Although not all of the "Al" pictures have been released to the Uieater-going public as yet, the photographing of them is over, and Mr. Mason Is on his way to southern California to embark in a new series of pictorial adventures. One of the "You Know Me. Al" pic- bell will open at the Salt Lake theater next Monday. ORPHEUM At the Orpheum this week are the Misses Campbell, two delightful girls who invariably captivate their audience au-dience and hold it in rapt admiration. One plays the piano and the other a banjo, ban-jo, and bo tli radiate magnetism that Is so strong that they prove themselves irresistible. ir-resistible. They have charming manners and talent that is indisputable. Their down -to-the-minute version of "Uncle Ned" is a real laugh-raiser. BROADWAY World Film presents the five-act photoplay, "The Master Hand." based on Carroll Fleming's well-known drama of the same name, with Nat Goodwin Good-win in the leading role. Nat Goodwin is tiie star of the photoplay, which abounds in the most thrilling situations and incidents. in-cidents. It has an intensely gripping story and plot, is well cast and acted, and in respect to photography ' and production, produc-tion, is a feature film of outstanding excellence. ex-cellence. Also todav "You Know Me, Al." A M ERICA N Pe t i te . cha rm ing and popular Marguerite Clark has the greatest part of her wonderfully successful screen career in "Helene of the North," an unusually un-usually pleasing five-part Paramount production, pro-duction, which is to be the offering at the American theater for the last times this afternoon and evening. Professor J. J. McClellan gives a special organ recital re-cital between 3 and 4:30 this afternoon and directs the American concert orchestra orches-tra ever evening. REX Forceful and gripping is the sensational six-act Fox production, "Dr Rameau," which closes a highly successful success-ful engagement with the last pe'rformance tonight at the Rex theater. Frederick Perry, who scored such a tremendous triumph tri-umph in New York City in "On Trial " plays the leading role with extraordinary force and power and he is supported by what is said to be the greatest cast ever tures was showing at the Broad wny yesterday yes-terday afternoon when Actor Mason called on Manager A. G. Fyhn. The actor sat in the darkened house and approved of himself as a baseball player o' the "movies." Roxanne Lansing, Lead in Utah Players, Arrives; Company Is Due Here Today. TJOXANNE LANSING, leading woman of the Utah Players, who will appear at the Utah theater during the coming season, arrived last evening from the east. She is registered at the Hotel Utah. C. McClean Savage, stage manager of the Utah Players, also arrived last night with his wife and baby. The rest of the company is expected today, when rehearsals rehears-als will begin. Although Miss Lansing has had an unusually un-usually varied experience on the stage, this will be the first time she has played in Salt Lake. She said last night, however, how-ever, that she felt quite at home because of the large number of relatives she has In Salt Lake. Among them is C. M. Brown, treasurer of the Salt. Lake theater. Miss Lansing will make her first appearance ap-pearance here as Helen Steele, In "The Misleading Lady," which opens the season sea-son at the Utah September 13. She will be supported by Tom Powers, whom William Wil-liam Gillette chose as hie juvenile lead for his revival of "Secret Service," but who preferred an engagement with the Utah Players. Big Audience Is Delighted With Organist Or-ganist McClellan's Playing at the American Theater. EARLY 3000 persons, or almost the full capacity of the house, attended the American theater between 3 and 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Besides an extraordinarily attractive five-part photoplay. photo-play. "Helene of :he North," which features fea-tures Marguerite Clark, who almost equals Mary Pick ford in public favor. Professor J. J. McClellan gave one of the series of organ recitals which the American recently recent-ly inaugurated. These recitals are becoming be-coming more and more popular, as the near-capacity audience yesterday indicates. indi-cates. After three selections Professor McClellan was so Insistently applauded that he responded with an encore The reception given his recital amounted almost al-most to an ovation. At the same hour today and tomorrow the organist gives his recitals. Th following tiwster notices are mrkM tfiTerllacf n.- to romply with a strict In-lerprctatloTi In-lerprctatloTi of tha federal cpwspapr aw. in -.0 sense mre the? ptlfl advertliementi. being items toraisbed by tha press agent a of tha vi-ioiia theater SALT LAKE "In order to appreciate Pygmalion. Fays Mrs. Campbell "one must understand and be in sympathy with tiie keen satire of 'Ceorge Bernard Shaw. His pays are different from other modern mod-ern vlays and in a way more difficult BUffSS- 7n,,s is Mrs- CampbclTs f rst comedy and she is well '-pleased with fee ehanxe, although she would much Vrc fer to appear in repertoire. Mrs. Camp- |