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Show illli AM) VAi'f TOvrrjK. W1LKKS "Tli.' .Nw Henrietta" comedy, com-edy, n;ad fa dioiis bv Wit Htm H. Crane All uf-k, with matinees Tlnir.sdHv and S;iinr.lav. ( l fU ' 1 1 i :r ! N -w a udevillo who w ipcu.i i ; !-. I it v f ve hirer. Kour ii.-inillM.M'. Mu 1 luces on 'I'hiirH'Uy. f'YId.iy and Salunla.. I 'A XTADKS I'a is Wirth fn mily. tMicl..iik il-i'-i-H, and other unof arts. X.-w hill oj.-'iis at UVdneHday's h.atblCe. SALT I.AKK ''The. Mlu Piii-;i'Mh" will onm il 1 1 1 if-night V ii fin ge- iri'-n t lu x I Tuesda y evening. Mi iTUiN f'K'TniKS. i !t IMM-lt'M Today. Monday and Tiirs pin 'I oplu hill, headed by. l n-!ii I l.i nmi Mt-wlU) In Hidden Valley"; f'earl White in "I'enrl of the Army"; Klorenc Ko.se Fashions; 1'nth' Tru.velngue ; Ilearat-I'at Ilearat-I'at he. NrwH. f'r (Tor i MR nee eonttnu- CIS. l ,, 1 p. I,,. MKMKSY - "Shorty Trails the Moonshiners"; Moon-shiners"; "Purple Mask," "The Mfm.Hf uf Mynlery"; "Hee America rirsf": Hurry Palmar mrluon. PAItAM' H'NT - KMPRKSS Moil-ihiy Moil-ihiy and TiifHihiy. .Tii k FMckrord hi a plft uri.ui Inn of tin great stage HUfi'pus, "The I'm m my" ; Wud n end ay and Thnr.mlay, l;ilnty Vivian Martin In "Tho Spirit nt' Kunmnce"; Krlday n nl Silt i ir lay, Sessiie I layakawa In Hohfrt T.ouls Stevenson's "Tho Bottle Bot-tle Imp." AM KKK 'A i'--Tn(lny and tomorrow, Willlnm S. Hurt In "The Square Deal Man," a ml Mrs. Vernon Castle In the ninth epinode of "Patrla." Tups-el Tups-el ny and Wednesday, .lonn Suwyer and Stuart HolmeH In "Love's Daw," ii net new Keystone comedy, "Maggie's "Mag-gie's First False Step." Thursday and Friday. McChiro Pictures present pre-sent H. B, Warner In ""Wrath," one of the "Seven Deadly Sins," and eduea t tonal seonlc. , PROA DWA Y Sunday, Monday and I Tuesday, Franela X. Bushman and Heverly Baynn in rhapter JO of "The ireat Secret." Sunday only, the gren t, big. western drama, "Imme-d "Imme-d late Dee." Monday and Tuesday, Mabel Taliaferro in "The Barrt- cade." Wednesday and Thursday, 1 ,eslle Carter in "The Heart of Maryland." Friday and Saturday, Hall Kane in "As Man Made Her." THE BLUK PARADISE," most joyous of Viennese operettas, comes to the Salt Lake theater the-ater for ftn engagement of three nights, hoginning Tuesday, March -7, with Ms exceptional cast, its Irresistible Irre-sistible whir of pretty girls, enchanting enchant-ing music ami brilliant costumes. This satisfyingly delightful musical entertainment entertain-ment comes hero with tho substantial indorsement of a wondrously popular run in New York City, where for fifty-two fifty-two consecutivo weeks "The Blue Paradise" Para-dise" attracted thousands of play lovers lov-ers to the famous Casino theater, which has housed s.no of the most memorable successes in the history of the stage. It is tho work of Leo Stein, author of "The Merry Widow,'" and Kdmund Eys-Ier, Eys-Ier, composers of "Tho Peasant Girl." Its story is told in a prologue and two acts, the scenes being laid at tho Ring hotel and ' ' Tho Blue Paradise ' ' iun, Vienna. The score of "The Blue Paradise" Para-dise" fairly brims over with a sueees-, sueees-, sion of seemingly irresistible musical numbers, and one of the vocal gems, "Auf Wiedersohen, " has swept into instant in-stant popularity in every nook and corner cor-ner ot the land that boasts of an orchestra, or-chestra, n piano or a phonograph. The Messrs. Shuhert have assembled for "The Blue Paradise" an organization organiza-tion of exceptional excellence that comprises com-prises upward of seventy persons. Among the principals are John E.. Young, Robert 0. Pitkin, Shop Camp, George Everett, Fred Harten, Sam H earn, Madeline Nash, Helen Kiev, Louise Kellev and a complement of others oth-ers of equal prominence. Tho chorus of Broadway beauties is organized of real sinccrs and dancers. In the matter of scenerv, this attraction has been mounted "in a lavish manner, "with a wealth of striking costumes. IF YOU are poor or downtrodden, misunderstood or sinning, go and see "The New Henrietta," tho big, rousing comedy-drama which opens at the Wilkes theater for a week's engagement en-gagement with the Wilkes players tonight, to-night, and you'll get a big dose of happiness. hap-piness. "The New Henrietta" was originally original-ly written by Bronson Howard. For the present revival of the piece it has been "modernized" by Winchell Smith and Victor At apes. These collaborators with a dead dramatist have done fheir work with taste and tact. They have cut out the soliloquies and asides of the original text, and they have introduced telephones and motor cars, multiplied he figures of the financial transactions, transac-tions, changed the villain to a son-in-law instead of a son of the elderly hero, and softened tho melodrama tic' mood of the scene at the climax of the raid in Wall street. "The New Henrietta" was used as a starring veht.de for William H. Crane, with an all-star cast, including Mack-lti Mack-lti Arbu. kle. Mabel Taliaferro, Douglas "airhnn'.s and other prominent stars. 1 1 is one of M r. fane 's greatest successes. suc-cesses. Huron E. Blyden, strgo director direc-tor of the Wilkes theater, will assume The role made famous by Mr. t rane. ThU is in line with Mr. Biyden's previous pre-vious wori;. as lie has made a study of several of William 11. Crane's star roles, having played ' Father ' in ' Father and the Bovs " more than "J")1' times. " The Ww Henrietta" deals with a rich obi New Yorker named Nick Van A tvst i ne. The old man gets ready to retire from business. Because he thinks his son is worthless, he puts his entire fort line in t lie hands of his smi-i n-law, M at k . w ho is a rascal and w astes his opportunity by squandering Van Aly-st Aly-st ine 's money. The old man is just starting out on a yachting trip when he ! " ; ,r , - s e ,V l.' . , .V . iv,v w j I I i. ; : i ; ' The charm and tlie beauty of the girls in "The Blue Paradise," which is coming to the Salt Lake theater for three days, beginning Tuesday, hav e made the Viennese operetta one of t he most delightful and acceptable musical musi-cal comedies that has yet been presen ted on the present-day stage. learns that his fortune is tottering in tii e hands of his son-in-law. He rushes buck u town, and with tho million dol-I dol-I lars he gave his sou saves his fortune from wrock. The reunion of father and son, the tragic circumstances that confront the sou-in-law, and the portion of the story that deals with the fortunes of the Van Alystino estate, centering around the New Henrietta mine, all produce a huge success. The part of Van Alystine, made famous fa-mous by William H. Crane, will be portrayed por-trayed by Huron L. Blyden, and "Cliff" Thompson will play tho part of "Bertie, his son. Frederick Moore will play the part of Mark Turner, the son-in-law; Munier the part of the Rev. Harry Hilton; McNulty, Hutchins: Bonner, Muscrow, the secretary; Cecil Kirke, Dr. Wainwright; Barnes, the stock broker; Miss Nana Bryant, leading lead-ing woman of tho Wilkes players, will assume the role of Agnes, ward of old Van Alvstine; Charlotte Trcadway is Rose, Mark's wife, and Claire Sinclaire is Mrs. Uptyke, a widow. Opening with tonight's performance, "The New Henrietta" will run throughout through-out the week at the Wilkes theater, with matinees Thursday and Saturday afternoons. BUBBLING ad sparkling with color col-or and action, the all-feature bill on tap at the Pantages theater this week is one that will appeal to every vaudeville lover. The Wirth family, one of the greatest great-est attractions America's progressive circus men ever brought from Europe, and the sensation of the most prominent circus in America, has deserted the "big top" for vaudeville. Alexander Pantages, who has lured movie stars and legitimate stars galore into vaudeville, has secured one of the bifjgest treats in years in getting this, the best recognized circus attraction in America, into vaudeville. vau-deville. The Wirth Family are the world's premier bareback riders, and their Pantages offering on the stage is even more sensational than their circus offering. Another notable feature on the bill this week is the Exposition Jubilee Four, which consists of a black-face quartette that offers dialect songs in its own inimitable style. Verna Mercereau and her company offer of-fer n striking classic dance number,"por- traying a tragedy of old Egypt. Mile. Mercereau appears in a number of dances that interpret the mysterious spirit of the old temples, with sinuous rhythm and dramatic passion. Tripping, Trip-ping, toeing, bending, leaping, pirouetting, pirouet-ting, twining, turning, twisting, beseeching, beseech-ing, praving, loving, hating, falling, flying, fly-ing, feeling, dancing this is Mile. Mercereau, Mer-cereau, as she appears at the Pantages this week. Herbert and Dennis, the two jolly fellows, fel-lows, present a strikingly rapid-fire act of fun and nonsense, which closes with a surprising exhibition of acrobatic agility. agil-ity. The .Tungle Man Monk, an educated monkey, is one of tho big attractions on this week's bill. He walks a tight rope, performs wire .stunts, smokes, roller skates, rides a bicycle and rolls a huge ball down a flight of stairs. "Hip" Raymond, famous as a New York Hippodrome clown, scores in comedy com-edy pantomime and acrobatics, finished off with some difficult dancing steps. The fourth episode of "The Secret Kingdom" concludes the all-feature bill which runs until Tuesday night at the Pantages theater. Beginning with Wednesday's matinee Manager Newman announces the following fol-lowing programme: The Great Leon, wonder worker; the Kinkaid Kilties, the original lads and lassies from the Hie-lands Hie-lands of Scotland, in a Scotch revue; Trevitt's Military Canines, in a drama of dogdom; Irving Jones and Roy Johnson, John-son, vaudeville's funniest; Eckhoff and Gordon, the musical laugh makers; Margaret Mar-garet Ford, singing novelty,, and the fifth episode of "The Secret Kingdom." King-dom." CLAUDE GILLING WATER, who will be seen here soon in his newest vehicle, "The Frame-Up, Frame-Up, " is one of the veterans of .Orpheum 'vaudeville. He has made a complete tour of the circuit twelve times and on three other occasions slightly shorter trips, thus holding a record for a dramatic actor. He returns re-turns here this week as one of the head-liners head-liners of the bill opening Wednesday evening. At the time that Mr. Gillingwater entered en-tered Orpheum vaudeville dramatic sketches were in an experimental stage. A few celebrated actors had tried the field, but in no single instance was an outstanding success made. The Orpheum management felt keen disappointment over this state of affairs, for they had a strong conviction that the dramatic playlet had its rightful place in the two-a-day world. It was at this crucial point in the history of this type of entertainment en-tertainment that Mr. Gillingwater came upon the scene. He had been playing in Chicago with Mrs. Leslie Carter in "Du Barry," and during his spare time had written a comedy dramatic sketch, called "The Strenuous Rehearsal." Mr. Gillingwater and his company are not ever likely to forget the opening performance in Chicago. It was on a hot day, before a listless audience, in entirely new surroundings. The sketch started" with a rather long-drawn-ont. introduction, which did not help matters mat-ters much. Then, too, the English accent ac-cent of the two female members of the company w-as too much for the irrepressible irrepres-sible gallery boy, who, like his kind the world over," was not hesitant in voicing his disapproval. Downstairs, however, as the playlet progressed the audience saw some 'worth in the production and they applauded. But Mr. Gillingwater understood clearlv that in many respects his vehicle did not meet vaudeville requirements, and before the next performance he had ripped it to pieces and thoroughly "vaudeville-ized" it. He did it so successfully suc-cessfully that on its next presentation it met "with unqualified approbation. Following this engagement, he played it everv summer for seven years, and appeared in it 104 consecutive weeks. Even to this day "The Strenuous Rehearsal" Re-hearsal" is remembered among old-timers, old-timers, and Mr. Gillingwater is often asked why he doesn 't revive it. The joint headliner of the bill viill be the Japanese prima donna, Haruko Onuki, in a repertoire of songs. This little woman is just as sweet as the plum blossoms of her native land and has established an enviable reputation on the Orpheum circuit. The featured acts will be Ben Ryan and Harriette Lee in a comedy skit, "You've Spoiled It!" and Florenz Ames and Adelaide Winthrop in "Caught in a Jamb," an episode of exceeding interest. Thomas Swift and company will present pre-sent "Me and Mary," an incident with music; Maria Lo and company, in "Porcelain," are known to the Or-pheumites Or-pheumites of Salt. Lake. They present reproductions of the world's most fa-moifs fa-moifs Dresden and other china. Meredith Mere-dith and Snoozer, the intellectual bulldog, bull-dog, accredited with being America's wisest animal actor, are expected to be one of the big hits, and the Hearst- FAMOUS PLAY OPENS AT WILKES TONIGHT j : ? -.c 4 c -" ; :. a Cn- 1 - ; s i i i r ' N " ' -I ' - -J - h ' l" ' - - . ' ? H r f , " 1 -s ,r - V f x J r "i Scene from "The New Henrietta," the play which served as a starring vehicle for William H. Crane, Douglas Doug-las Fairbanks. Macklyn Arbuckle and other notables, and which will be presented at the Wilkes theater all this week, with matinees Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Pa the News, with animated views of current events, will conclude the bill. SELDOM are three such offerings included on a single week's motion mo-tion picture programme as will be presented at the Paramount-Empress Paramount-Empress commencing today. Starting out with a three d;:v run on Jack Pick-ford Pick-ford in "The Dummy," dainty little Vivian Martin will occupy the" screen Wednesday and Thursday "in the latest Pallas Pictures feature, ''The Spirit of Romance." followed Friday and Saturday Satur-day by Sessue Hayakawa in a screen version of Robert Louis Stevenson's immortal story, "The Pottle Imp." As Jack Piekford "s support in today's offering of-fering are that sterling character actor, Frank Losee, and Edwin Stanley, Helen Greene, Eihelmary .Oakland and Ruby Hoffman. A brief synopsis of ''The Dummy" is herewith presented: The. Merediths, reality very much in love, have quarreled and agreed to separate, but cannot agree as to the disposition of their .little daughter, Be'vl. K Tnis is opportune for the plans of Spider, a notorious kidnaper, and his gang, who steal Heryl while her nurse flirts, in the park.. The father and mother, in desperation, each apply to Babbings, a celebrated detective, although al-though each accuses the other of having kidnaped the child. -Babbings privately suspects Spider's gang, which he knows to be in town. His men discover that Spider is receiving receiv-ing many telegrams in code. It is necessary neces-sary to get this code, so Babbings and one of his most trusted men go to the hotel where Spider is stopping, taking a room near his. , Here they are at a loss until Barney, one-time messenger boy who was ''fired" because of an overfondness for detective stories, comes whistling into their office to apply for a position with "reglar dectectuvs. ' ' Babbings hires the boy and starts him to work j by telling him to get the code b"ook from Spider's room. The clever lad accomplishes this. Babbings tells him the real plan, which, is for Barney to masquerade as a wealthy deaf and dumb boy going to a senatorium with an attendant. at-tendant. Spider will undoubtedly think this is a rich morsel for himself and will take Barney to the spot where he is hiding little Beryl, thinking to receive still another big ransom. This happens as Babbings had foreseen, fore-seen, and Barney finds himself in the deserted house with little Beryl and Spider's gang. He manages to phone this information to Babbings, who comes to the house, but the gang succeeds suc-ceeds in making a getaway, taking Beryl- and Barney with them. Barney manages to signal 'to a small-town sheriff whom he sees reading the notice no-tice of the $1000 reward offered by the frantic Merediths. j- DLE WIVES," adapted from I James Oppenheim Ts novel of the B same name, will be the offering at the Strand theatep four days, beginning this afternoon at 1 o'clock. Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, who made the production, are celebrated for their originality and cleverness in handling han-dling stories in photoplay' form. "Idle Wives" is no exception, and has created creat-ed great interest wherever shown. The story is one which has to do not only with the fads and foibles of society, but delves into the life problems of all classes of humanity. The message which the picture brings to every spectator is direct and forceful. Miss Webers talent tal-ent for novelty in presentation is again noted in "Idle Wives," the narrative being carried forward in a most unusual manner. The bill for Thursday, Friday and Saturday will be Theda Bara in "The Tiger Woman," which is announced as her last and greatest vampire picture. Theda Bara in her few years as a photo- I play star has easily maintained her 1 early-established lead at the head of the sirens of the screen, ami "The Tiger Woman" displays her peculiar talents of this order to greater advantage than any other production in which she has appeared. . Beginning April I, 'The Eye of the World." Chine's magnificent photoplay-production photoplay-production of the novel by Harold Bell Wright, will occupy the screen at the Strand theater. WS. HART in a Triangle play, "The Square Deal Man," is the big attraction at the American today and tomorrow. tomor-row. In this play Mr. Hart is seen in a role of finer character than any of his previous plays, presenting more powerfully pow-erfully the complexity of human nature as opposed to the worn-out, ono-sided, j theatrical personality. It. is said that the "atmosphere" of ranch life depicted depict-ed in this release is deeply impressive, and one reviewer pronounces it ' ' pure artistry." Along with this feature is Mrs. Vernon Castle' in the ninth episode epi-sode of ' ' Patria. ' ' On Tuesday and Wednesday the Fox feature is a picture called "Love's Law," with Joan Sawyer handling the leading role, supported by Stuart Holmes. This is the Miss Sawyer of dancing fame and beauty. There will be presented with this feature a new Kevstone coined v, entitled "Maggie's First False Step," one of Mack Sen-nett's Sen-nett's burlesques on melodrama and keyed up with ludicrous thrills which characterize all of Mr. Sennett's productions. pro-ductions. H. B. Warner, who has established for himself quite an enviable reputation reputa-tion in his profession, plays the leading role in the next, of the Seven Deadly Sins, which is "Wrath." and will be shown on Thursdav and Friday. Shirley Shir-ley Mason and Ceorge LeGuere, who have appenred -in all of the Seven Deadly Dead-ly Sins, find themel ves en tan tried in ; munitions plots in "Wrath," which has to do. in some of its phases, with sup-i sup-i plyinc Russia with ammunition to be I i used in the great war in Iuropc. An- other reel of the beautiful scenics of the Educational Film company will also be seen with the McClure pic'ture. Xext week will mark the seventh and last of the Seven Dead I v Sins, and the name of the last and the character of the picture are being withheld. The cast will include, however, all the principal prin-cipal stars; that have appeared in the previous Mr 'lure pictures, ami will present pre-sent Ann Funlock. Hnlbrook BHnn. Charlotte Wnlker. Xance O'Xnil, H. B. Warner. Shirley Mason and George LeGuere, Le-Guere, all in one production. Themusical features at the American continue as before, with Professor J. J. M.-Cicllan giving his splendid organ re- DAINTY ARTISTE COMING TO PANTAGES i : v ; ' . s - v n v . : i - v - ? s i - v s v r ; x V i ! f s i - x : 1 x t A - ' s x - A ' x ; .x- v SV t i w o ' , x x " ' v r i ' ' L-.:.X-. .x -.r..-.....-.- .x r. .,..v. ,v.V -. ( X : ., -. v.fay ('f -;" -(Kj Axa.1iT ll"., flTWlfiJftrilfiit '.ITViW fig Margaret Ford, the dainty singing artiste, who is featured on the new j bill opening at the Pantages theater next Wednesday afternoon. . ; citals each Mondav and Wednesday uight and at the matinees on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The American orchestra, under tho leadership of Eddie Pitzpatrick, has special musical features for each change of programme, and the work of Franz Rath as piano soloist is always' fresh and satisfying with the varying order of each change of bill. THE big feature of the photoplay bill nt the Orptoeum theater on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday will be "Hidden Valley," the Pathe Gold Rooster production. The' supplementary features will be the thirteenth thir-teenth episode of "Pearl of the Army" in which Pearl .White in the featured player; the Florence Rose fashion, a reel of the latest creations of the dressmakers' dress-makers' art, a Pathe travelogue, including in-cluding a tripiinto the far north, and the regular edition of the Hearst-Pathe News. In "Hidden Valley" most of the scenes are laid in Africa and are characterized char-acterized by beautiful exteriors, and fine photography, Valkyrien, the Baroness Baron-ess Dewitz, premiere danseuse of the roval Danish ballet, chosen of 60,000 contestants as the most classically beau- tiful maiden of Denmark, is tho star. ; The. director is fc'rnest Warde, son of the famous tragedian, and Emmet Mixx i is the. author. Tho cast supporting Valkyrien includes Boyd Marshall, fir-nest fir-nest 'Warde and Arthur Bauer. "Hidden Valley' ' .should find favor in the eyes of everyone in every audi- j ence. Tlie boy in the first row will J feast upon its thrilling adventure; the young girl will follow the exploits of tiie hero and heroine breathlessly- the , j woman of the world, half way down, will keep her lorgnette raised through j the five reels in her interest in the j story, and the man in the last r6adio j just happens in and "never sees iurk i in ' in pictures," will find that he tan ik 1 snooze off in the third reel, as he had intended. Valkyrien 's beauty will hold JA his attention and the unusual talc of the trackless wilds will remind him his own trips to out-of-the-way plA I trips which he either has taken ii reality re-ality or has often wished he could take. ( ' Hidden Valley " is a highly dramatic dra-matic story depicting tho power of j brains over brute force. We follow the fortunes of a white man wdio. penetrates the depths of darkest Africa for a large (Continued on Following Page.) AT THE THEATERS (Continued from Preceding Fags.) importer of ostrich' plumes. How he bravely invades "Hidden Valley" where plumes aro plentiful, but where death awaits the intruder; how he is hailed as a god because he brings water to the arid valley, and how he frees a beautiful white girl, about to bo sacrificed, is a splendid tale of thrills, mysticism and romance. Thnnhouser has filmed the scenes laid in Africa with striking realism, and the horde of ebony-skinned savages makes a wonderful background tor Valkyrien's beauty. VISUALIZATION of some unusual character types are a feature of the big Chine cinema drama. "The Eyes of the World," which will be shown at the Strand beginning be-ginning April 1. Harold Bell Wright's novel, 011 which the photo production is founded, is rich in types, and tho utmost care has been used in the recreation of these for the svreen. It has been asserted that there is not a hackneyed character in "The Kyes of the YVorid," and the story is" both idyllie and melodramatic, but its melodrama melo-drama is of the finest type. Particularly in the drawing of Svbil. the mountain girl; Lagrange, the novelist: nov-elist: Taine, the physical wreck of a misspent life, and Henry Marston, the convict, has the author shown his unusual un-usual powers of characterization. The burned-out roue, Taine, contrasts strong-lv strong-lv with the ingenuous young artist, Aaron King, ambitious tor fame, but who is on the point of debasing his talents tal-ents for the easy way to success and becomes riie shining mark for a designing design-ing woman. Then there is Conrad Lagrange, the cynical story writer, who confesses that he "haunts the intellectual slaughter pens''' for material for his "successful" "success-ful" stories, but in whose heart still burn many of the kindly sentiments of 1 ranger, a hardy, rugged and fearless specimen of manhood. A quaint, touch is added in the picturing pic-turing of Yee Kce, the keen, devoted servant, who adds many a light and humorous hu-morous touch to the picture. LlTT HE ADVENTURES OK I SHORTY HAMILTON" is 5 the headliner at the Jlehesy today, with the two-reel thriller, "Shorty Trails the Moonshiners." Moon-shiners." Unusual twists mark this feature, and although the story is laid in the Kentucky mountains it is not the usual story which the name may imply. How Shorty escapes death out of a subterranean trap is a wonderful scene, with a suspense aud interest that grips. The comedy part is, however, never lost sight of by thieowboy favorite fa-vorite of the screen. "The Purple Mask," with Grace Cunard, is also a |