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Show tilLARITY RULES AT PAINTAGE8 BILL CliUCK FULL Of LAUGH8 een in 1 his city, and superior to moo! of them, la the one now playing at the I "tali thaater in Jnflei Covar?' Tha Utah players are an agKrgation of Htars selected from the best to be had in New York City, i he company also Including two of L'tah's most promising artlais. Am-ore! Am-ore! Dixon and Lucdele Roffer. The I'tah Flayarg win offer "Rebecca of Buwiybropk r'arm" iicglnmng next Monday evening. AMERICAN One of the most unusual nhoto-iiuimas ever seen on t lie screen will be the live -reel Pa ra mount production. '"The Explorer." which will be shown at the American theater today, tomorrow and Saturday, in which Lou Tellegen. the romantic ro-mantic star of two OOOtlnenta, appears In the leading role, ably assisted by Mr. H. R. nrp'ntcr. former leading man with the Qtah Stock company, which played in Salt lakc some few yearn ago. The scenes of '"The Explorer' carry the audience from t he center of fashionable Ixmdon to the heart of the African Mingles. REX Today and tomorrow, fliace Cu-nard Cu-nard and Erranctj Ford need no ln-trodiu ln-trodiu tlon to the public, and the natrons of the at-home theater, the Rex. They will be seen in the fifteenth chapter of "The Broken Coin" todny and tomorrow, also a rousing comedv by the Nestor company. com-pany. "Lizzie and the Beauty Contest." and the one-re1! drama. "The Only Child," complete, a most pleasing programme. LIBERTY lasl night's presentation of Wilson Barrett's Immortal drama. "The Sign of the Cross." with William Farnum in the part of Marcus Superbus. fully met tlie expectations of the large audience which attended the Liberty theater last evening. For many years the original play has fascinated the imagination and swayed the emotions of audiences through the civilized world as has no other drama of its type, and it can be conservatively stated tliat. with the added scope of the motion picture and the thrilling camera effects Impossible in n stage version, the subject attaches renewed and increased appeal. j BROADWAY Emily Stevens in the sensational play, "The Soul of a Woman," Is the attraction for the remainder of the week. Throughout all the picture's five act it carries a convincing ajid enthralling en-thralling message. The treatment of the theme is unusual, and it is notably rich in novel and striking photographic effects. ef-fects. Some of the most startling of these occur in the cafe scenes, whither the young novice goes to view the world. When rum. lust and avarice tempt the boy, their shadows are seen to leave their bodies and go over to whisper in the lad's ear. MEHESY Charlie Chaplin, George Sidney. Sid-ney. Riley Chamberlain. Beatrice Van, four of the most noted comedians, in their respective specialties, are featured in t lie ail -comedy programme of 5. 000 feet of film at the Mchsy lie last t'me today. 'The Bashful Man and the Maid" Is the Head-liner. Head-liner. ; mH Hasiitul Man and the Ma Id, ".a ; acted by S liber ami North In the new bill at the I'aiuacs, is not only lr-raaUtlbta lr-raaUtlbta comedy, hut it is an exhibition : of dramatic talent rare on the vaudeville ! Mage. It is something to rerntuu-her rerntuu-her in moments when the blue devils In ik In t he shadows of daily thinking. In it there are no old .(okes, no bids for applause- Just an abandon 01 humor that catches the emotions of the audience as a pupu lays hold, of an old hat and I'glitM It a twcnt -round bout to a draw, whether the hat lasts or not. Joaft OTynn'a "Merry Minstrai Girls' are high class. As dancers they are something Of an innovation. Rio and Nonmin. gymnasts, who appear ap-pear first on t he bill, present a alaan series of difficult and well-done physical feats. They are better than the nverag'' Of their kind. Rice and Francis, in "My Win tot GW," get by in great style with the help of a trick thermometer. Juliette Dlka holds her audience with the skill of a muslcnl comedy star. She is so bUledi which leaves no room for argument. Anyway, she gets much applause, ap-plause, since the audience doesn't quit looking while it applauds. The bill concludes with a hypnotic exhibition, ex-hibition, which has its rhlef merit In the substlmt Ion of the burlesque for gruesome grue-some features. "A Butterfly on the Wheel" Will Be Seen at the Empress This Afternoon. N E of the most sensut ional divorce J trials known to the courts of London is enac ted in the third an of "A Butterfly Butter-fly on the Wheel." the comedy-drama now playing at the) Bmforaaa theater. The play is a slap at modern marriage and the frail divorce suit frameworks built try some attorneys out of i ireumstantial evidence. The play was writ ten by E. G. Hemmerde. an English barrister. In "A Butterfly on the Wheel" a frivolous, pleasure-loving young woman who la neglected neg-lected by her husband plays with fire a little too long and some things she does look worse than they really are. The plav affords rare opportunities for comedy, chiefly through the character of an English dude. The emotional and dramatic dra-matic situations whb h follow the husband's hus-band's discovery of his wife's foollBh escapade ;n Paris and at the divorce trial are quite alt any actor could ask for. Few plays afford more hlg parts. Fourteen Four-teen of the Ernest Wilkes stock players have parts and most of them call for more than t he average amount of work. The players are so cast this week as to afford them the opportunity nf displaying dis-playing their versatility. A matinee performance per-formance of "A Butterfly on the Wheel" will be given at 3 o'clock this afternoon. after-noon. Orpheum Travel Weekly Will Help You to See America First in Thorough Way. TO" EXT week, at the Orpheum. starting ' October 3. will usher in the first of the "See America First" travel weeklies. Up to date the Orpheum travel weekly has conducted long tours of foreign countries, coun-tries, but with the first of the new series will be shown a brand new at vie of scenery, namely, our own. The views of this travel weekly film promise to be of intense interest to those who have spent most of their lives in the east, to those who have just visited the east and to those who have never been in the east in truth, to all. The tour will include the water front of New York City, showing Governor's island. Brooklyn bridge. Manhattan bridge. Williamsburg bridge. CJueensboro bridge. Rlack well's island. Hell Gate. Ward's island hospital. scenes In the Harlem river, the Hall, of Fame, New York university. High bridge. yachts, cruisers and ferries on the Hudson a nd a North river fire boat. Famous Irish Tenor Is Coming to the Orpheum Theater Next Week. RAND opera in English is hecom-" hecom-" ing nearer and nearer to actual fact and now the cry has gone out for grand opera in Irish. Member? of Gaelic societies socie-ties are convinced that the native Gaelic tongue sounds just as musical, or more so. than any other, provided the proper persons sing it. as Thomas Egan will do when he makes his appearance at the Orpheum theater In this city next week. There are four great tenors alive today to-day two Italians, Caruso and Bond, and two Irishmen, McCormack and Egan. Of the two Irishmen It is hUrfl to say which is the greater. McCormack is. perhaps, a little better known among English-speaking English-speaking people, because he gained fame principally In London. Egan, on the other hand, has been more associated with other parts of Europe, particularly Italy. But Egan Is one of the greatest enthusiasts for Irish opera. "Grand opera," he says, "has never been prominently associated with the Idea of Ireland, and when most people think of her music they recall a few ballads and old folk songs, but as a matter of fact Ireland has heard and shown her ardent appreciation of most of the greatest great-est operas and singers for many generations. genera-tions. In the days when Coven t Garden Gar-den opera house in London ranked even higher than it does today among the j great opera horses of the wor'rl it was OBPil EUM Vaudeville. Perform -ii nces every af t ernonn and evening. even-ing. PANTAGUS Vaudeville. Performances Perform-ances every afternoon and evening. even-ing. UTAH The I'tah Players in "Under "Un-der Cover." Matinee Saturday. EM I 'It ESS The Ernest W ilkes Slock company In "a Butterfly on the Wheel. ' Matinee today and Saturday. Satur-day. BROADWAY -Tnuredaj . Friday and Saturday, the sensational picture, "Lies i in ." or "The Soul of a Woman." MEHESY -Charlie Chaplin andCeoige Sidney La "Buay Lvay ' Last time today. AMERICAN Today arid Satuiday, Lou Tellegen in "The Explorer." Miss Uydll White in special solos on the lut rp. RBTJC Today and tomorrow. Qrat t Cunard and Francis Ford In "The Broken Coin," "Liozie and the Beauty Contest." and the one -reel drama, "The Only Child." LIBERTY Todaj . tomouow and Saturday. Sat-urday. William Farnum in "The Sign of the Cross;" also the fourth chapter chap-ter of Neal of the Navy." the regular custom to supplement the season there by a visit to Ireland. The Theater Royal in Dublin was then the scana Of brilliant meetings between music mu-sic and society, anil the splendor of the ladies' gowns and the beauty of their faceti h on Id compare fa orably with the present-day a udleni es at I lie Metropolitan, Metro-politan, In these day a In Dublin there is less social life, but Dublin hopes for a return of her old regal davs when home rule becomes an established fact, and then we'll have real Irish grand opera." Supporting BfflU next week wilt be a big ifioa of eigM other features. Joan Sawyer Explains Why She Did Not Appear at Saltair as Was Expected by Many. MltS JOAN SAWYER, headllner of the Orpheum bill, feels very keenly the references which have been made In Salt lake to bar failure to keen an engagement engage-ment here last summer and in explanation explana-tion Iihs written the following letter: To those who were so kind as to come to Saltair to see mv partner and I dance a few weeks ago 1 wish to apologize and explain. Mr. Nelson was inveigled into making mak-ing a contract for my appearance by a former representative of mine whom 1 had already dismissed from my employment. Mr. Nelson did not know this. When I was informed of the contract I wired to this agent to cancel It, which he neglected to do. In the meantime I wan taken ill on the trip and had to stay four daya In the village of Parshall, Colo. The contract. J was suie. had been cancelled. can-celled. Mr. Nelson surely is not to blame and I surely would not have disappointed disap-pointed you had I known the true state of affairs. Although often I have felt very ill, I have never knowingly disappointed an audience. I am too ambitious for sueees to hurt the feelings feel-ings of the public, for I realize it la the public I am dependent upon for that success. 1 do hope you understand that neither Mr. Nelson nor I are to blame. I am vary miserable about It all. Please excuse and believe me. Yours most sincerely, (Signed) JOAN SAWYER. Th following thuter r.oMi-en r marke4 ' fedTWttsfUDWjt' lo com pi r with a ttrirt 1b-I 1b-I terpretatlon of (he fMPrtl newapaper law. In i no -na are they paid advert isementa. belnc Iltema fumlitied by tb preaa agents of tha varloua theaters. SALT LAKE The production of the , grand opera. "La Traviata," which is to i be presented at t he Salt Ike theater I October 4. 5. 6 and 7 by the Lucy Gates Grand Opera company, assisted by B. Cecil Ce-cil Gates, conductor, has not been. In the process of preparation, entlrelv without amusing incidents. Miss Gates' expresses genuine satisfaction in being able to secure se-cure the support of two local favorites, Hush W. Dougall and Horace S. Ensign, and both singers are accomplishing exceptional ex-ceptional effects. Mr. Dougallwlll appear as Germont. Sr., on Monday, the opening night. The sale of seats opens tomorrow morning. ' ORPHEt'M A dav modeler named Bicknell is attracting worlds of attention at the Orpheum. He goes with rapid speed from one cartoon in ciav to another, an-other, getting many laughs and" bursts of applause by the comedy, or the cleverness, clever-ness, which he shows. Novelty Is the principal of his act, for he has an abundance abun-dance of "new stuff." A big laugh-getter is the way, bya few dabs, he transforms trans-forms one cartoon to another. EMPRESSA matinee performance of "A Butterfly On the Wheel." the comedv-drama comedv-drama now playing at the Empress, will be given at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The play is one replete with dramatic situations situa-tions and outbursts of clever comedy. The trial scene in the third act affords Miss Nana Bryant an exceptional opportunity to display her talent as an emotional actress. The company has been busy all week rehearsing the popular melodramatic melodra-matic Farce, "Bought and Paid For." I'TAH A stock company that lias proved itself to be the equal of any ever |