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Show Mi M V AMI VAriiKV'U.LK. SALT j.AKIl- Al .lol.-oti In "Ituhin-Hfin "Ituhin-Hfin ( 'I'uii'.i-. Jr.,'" Tu.'K.Uv, V;. m-.s-i;i.y .i,m I Tn .it j , with TiinrS'l.iy nirill':--, WII .!: h:i - Wi!l-:-s Pkiv.-r.s open e-:i-rnti in "i 'u'lmi'Mi ( 'l;iy" tonight. Kui.h ;ilt v.-fi'tv. S o i l ; l I lnatitiK: A I r r i !:iv. I ,; I Ar ' i lay. Rfnhir mali-ih-km Tl.:;rs lav and Saturday. '')i:i'lli;i'.l vaud.-viUo Mil this !'.': ;i.ion ain! uvciiin, h.:;i'lf;fl by "UiMx-vii:-," lite aptn-laciilar rural rr.u.sii al pirn 1 1 1 : km. Xi-xt t'how op.'ii.. ,ln- :;-iay evening. N'TAiiKS- .Vnv Miowing, Kirner'a MliiK'Hs, :in Lilliputians, who prc-s'-nt c.t:iy (ov:. tu anuiKfiuiiiiit, to-X--' h'-T u it h a big vuudevillo bill. Kuur hIkj'.vh to-lay, at 2:45, G:30, S ai.'l D:2t p. ni. LILKKTY - I llppodronio vaudeville, Willi Henry Ktrlolf, the "vagrant tenor," an headliner. Five other acts. Now bill Thursday. MOTION PIOTirRKS. PARAMOUNT - KMPRluSH Douglas Fairbanks In "I town to Earth,'' Paramount Pirtornpha and Pa the Nowa. Thursday, George Beban In "Lost In Transit." AMERICAN Louisa Glaum In "ldolatora" ; comedy; Universal weekly. , STRAND Henry B. Walthall In "The 1 Truant Soul" ; comedy. I M FJ1 T E.SY "Lone Harry," two-reel Bison drama, starring: Kings) oy Benedict and Eileen Sedge wick, to- I day. I BROADWAY Sunday and Monday, i ' Viola Dana In "The Girl Without a Soul." Tuesday and Wednesday, Carlylo Black well and June Ehide i In "T!io Marriage Markot." Thurs- , j day, Friday and Saturday, Dustln Karnum In "Purand of the Badlands." Bad-lands." THE coming of Al Jolson ami his fellow merry-makers of the ".Robinson Crusoe, Jr.," company, com-pany, from the New York "Winter "Win-ter Garden, serves to call attention to the remarkablo whirlwind tour the or-i or-i ganization has made since it left that famous temple of frothy fun and frolic, I early last season. The jovial throng will have described a sweeping circle across the entire continent when it comes to the Salt Lake theater, Tuesday, Tues-day, Wednesday and Thursday, September Septem-ber 4, 5 and u Starting in New York, ( 1 Robinson Crusoe, Jr., " played as far west as Pittsburg, then swims north into Ca.a-da, Ca.a-da, thence east until Boston and the New England territory had been covered. cov-ered. "With the approach of tho holiday holi-day season it swept west as far as Chicago, Chi-cago, from which point Detroit and Cincinnati Cin-cinnati were made, with a tour as far west as Lincoln, from which point it worked east to Milwaukee. Tho tremendous success with which ' ' Robinson Crusoe, Jr., ' ' met everywhere every-where induced tho management "to brave tho withering influence of summer for a second time and continue its tour to the Pacific coast, from which it is now returning, and the tour will close late in November, when the oronnizn- tion will go into rehearsal ou a second edition of "Robinson Crusoe, Jr.," under un-der a similar name, which will be the ; January offering nt the Winter Garden, j "Robinson Crusoe. Jr.." had its premiere pre-miere at the Winter Garden in February of last year, and ran there until Julv before taking to the road, so that its career is a record-breaker for continuity, continu-ity, as well as prosperity. WITH the theater beautifully decorated and every comfort and convenience provided for its patrons, the Wilkes opens its 1917-1013 theatrical season tonight with one of the finest and most talented tal-ented stok companies ever assembled west of Chicago. Not onlv js the company one of the most brilliant possible to obtain, but the management of the house has chosen cho-sen for the opening week a play of such unusual worth and of such prominence promi-nence that it is doubtful if any season sea-son of stock productions has been inaugurated in-augurated in Salt Lake in recent years so auspiciously. "Common Clay," the work of Clcves Kinkead, is the production in which the Wilkes plavers make their initial appearance ap-pearance this evening. For his storv the author has dug deep into the roots of society and has brought to the surface sur-face and weaved into a telling drama 'a two-fisted story dealing with an innocent in-nocent girl who is wronged and then damned on all sides by society, with the boy 's rifh father going to almost any length to cover up his son's slip and push the girl further down. Tonight's performance starts the Wilkes players on their third consecu- DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS AND SMILE AT THE PARAMOUNT-EMPRESS TODAY ' ' s.y.-":v-.? '3.. ,V..;-:L.':? ' .-, ;'; ',-f:.vca:t.'j,-.:,.', .'i mV&Ki , - - ' '',"v.-. .'-'X- vv--v - . ::. . .v.-::--':-.- te' ' ' ' " y' i jy: .-.-i'-: oi:. ii''fi.-: . ' . .: .' ,:; . .- . . :' ; -1 - I tive season in Salt Lake and the record rec-ord this company has made is on a par with what has beea accomplished by the greatest stock companies of the country in the last few seasons. There will be a special Labor clay matinee Monday afternoon at the Wilkes. The announcement that Ralph Clo-ninger Clo-ninger is to be tiic leading man of the company this season has already created cre-ated a great deal of interest. Coming to Salt Lake as on-e of the most talented tal-ented as well as one of the handsomest handsom-est of the younger leading men on the American stage, Mr. Cloninger has a long list of successful stage triumphs to his credit. Young, debonair and possessed of a splendid stage presence, it seems certain that this young leading lead-ing man will score one of the distinct hits of the past several seasons at the Wilkes. Among the other members of former Wilkes companies here to return this season and who will be seen in tonight's to-night's cast is popular Claire Sinclair. Frederick Moore is also back and Salt Lakers will unquestionably have a warm welcome for "Cliff" Thompson. Thomp-son. Ancyn T. Mc.Nulty is with the company, together with Frank Bonnier. Bon-nier. The director of the company this year will be Huron L. Blyden, recognized rec-ognized as one of the best directors now in charge of stock product ions anvwhere in the country. During his work here for the past two seasons Mr. Blyden has made a host of friends and earned an enviable reputation as a director and actor. The new members of the Wilkes players play-ers include one of the prettiest and most vivacious ingenues here in many a season. She is Mae Thome. Eruest Van Pelt, Billy Jeusen, James Lee, Ethel Tucker and Jeone RusseU are among the new members of the Wilkes players and each has been selected because be-cause of special fitness for the parts they will play with Wilkes players during dur-ing the coming season. WHEN Kathleen Clifford, who is to appear at the Grpheum theater thea-ter here as the headliner of the bill opening next Wednesday evening, was in England about Iwo years ago she took occasion to purchase some very expensive male attire for use in her male impersonations. Consequent- ly when she returned to this country, I after a very successful engagement at I the London Empire theater, among her baggage were two trunks full of suits, silk hats, full-dress and other shirts, silk weeklies, etc., the whole representing an outlay of several hundred dollars. When she reached New York the customs cus-toms officials, as usual, asked her to open her trunks to examine the baggage, and, of course, the' saw all the male attire. "You'll have to pay duty on this," ! she was told. "But they are all personal effects," I the dainty little comedienne protested. "Personal effects." the custom man repeated, with an air of superior knowledge. knowl-edge. "Whose personal effects?" "Mine," insisted "Miss Clifford. "But they can't be personal effects if yon don 't wear them, ' ' asserted the officer. j "But T do wear them," was the positive posi-tive assertion. "I wear them in mv I act." And then the customs man recognized Miss Clifford's name, and saw a light. Also a headliner of the bill will be Elsa Ruegger, cellist, and her company of musicians, Zhajr Clark, harpist, and Edmund Liehenstein, violinist. Still a third feature will be Austin Webb and his company in "Hit the Trail," a sketch which has been described as a comedy of conscience. The Three Jahns are as many expert equilibrists who have come to America from the European Euro-pean halls with a reputation for sensational sensa-tional daring. Hufford and Chain are frequently referred to as "Young Me-Intyre Me-Intyre and Heath." As delineators of plantation darkies they are superfine, and their performance perform-ance is always enjoyed. With a smart and highly-sophisticated monologue, which he delivers in an easy nonchalant non-chalant manner, Ray W. Snow establishes estab-lishes himself as a clever comedian. Salt Lakers will no doubt remember the ludicrous sketch, "Fixing the Furnace," in which George Rolland enacted the role of a plumber. George is no longer a plumber, but this season has fixed upon the vacuum cleaner for his fun-making. fun-making. These acts, with Pathe News, will comprise the bill which runs for five nights, beginning with Wednesday, and four matinees, beginning with Thursday. SINGER'S MIDGETS are at the Pantages theater , this week. There are thirty little men and women in this company of talented tal-ented artists, and they present every form of theatrical entertainment. They are singers, dancers, cowboys, acrobats, acro-bats, boxers, musicians, animal trainers train-ers and character actors. The Midgets present their number I in ten distinct acts, all of a different 'nature, and it is exceedingly hard to, pick a headliner out of this "show within a show. 1 1 One of the most thrilling numbers of the Midgets is that of Carl Becker, the world '? smaPest animal trainer, who is only thirty-four inches tall, weighing fifty-one pounds. He has absolute control over a herd of full grown elephants, twenty ponies ! and a number of dogs. The stunts that 1 he makes these beasts perform are ' truly remarkable. - A musical comedy number presented bv the Lilliputians is little less than a riot. Another act of the Midgets that is highly pleasing is the prize fight between be-tween the two smallest male members of the company. Some excellent stunts are performed bv the cow punchers of the troupe, including in-cluding rope-throwing contests, rough riding and all kinds of athletic stunts. Manager Newman has advised the theatergoing public to come early if possible, as capacity houses are expected expect-ed every day and night. Four shows will be given at the Pantages today and tomorrow, starting at 2:45, 6:30, S and ! I : .' i p . m . No seats are being reserved at the Pantages theater this week, due to the length and magnitude i of t he M id gets number. As an added attraction, a high-class i road show is on the boards at the Pantages Pan-tages this week. These acts include ' such high -class entertainment providers provid-ers as Gerard 's monkeys, with human intelligence; the Romanoff sisters, who present both classical and ballroom ball-room terpsichore ; Schooler and Dickinson Dickin-son in a singing and dancing number, and Antrim and Yale in "Things You ';e Heard and Things you Haven't." The second episode of the thrilling serial, ' ' The Fatal Ring, ' ' starring Pearl White, is shown as a special added attraction. For the coming week, starting with next Wednesday 's matinee, Manager Newman has announced the following big hill : Will Morris in ' " Tattered Talent"; "Hadina, " accordionist extraordinary; ex-traordinary; Stuart, the male Patti, assisted as-sisted by Albert Prince ; Paul Armstrong Arm-strong and a large company in their one-act comedy farce, "Woman Proposes"; Pro-poses"; Green, McIIenry and Deane in "From Farm to Cabaret," and Mr. George Choos will present his original playlet, ' Oh. Please, Mr. Detective. ' ' The third episode of Pearl White's vehicle, ve-hicle, "The Fatal Ring," will be shown as a special added attraction. SALT LAKE theatergoers for the past three days have' been enjoying enjoy-ing the show at the Liberty theater. thea-ter. The show which opened Thursday and which will continue, including Wednesday night, has many features which appeal to exacting audiences. au-diences. Henry Rudolf, the vagrant tenor, offers of-fers one of the most striking examples of the manner in which the Liberty is catering ca-tering to the demands of the public. Secured Se-cured at a high salary, this performer is one of the higher-class entertainers, who seldom appear in popular -priced theaters. thea-ters. He is the possessor of a wonderful high tenor voice. Other acts on the bill are equally at7 tractive. Bessie Lester, in character types and songs, is scoring a big hit. Her Italian number and other impersonations call forlh many encores. The Ttetjens, a young man and young woman, present different athletics, while Billings, Billings and Billings, a trio of clever novelty entertainers, inject a whole lot of zip into their offering of comedy sayings and dances. The Dellar Sisters, two dainty misses in a singing and dancing revue, display some wonderful gowns, which are the delight de-light of the feminine patronage at the Liberty. The motion pictures are up to the usual standard. With the cooler weather here there is a greater array of amateur talent lined up for the Wednesday night performance. per-formance. TWO top-notch male stars will hold the screen at the Paramount-Empress during the coming week in the persons of the ever-popular and athletic Douglas Fairbanks, and that sterling character actor, George Beban. Commencing today and running until Wednesday night, inclusive, Douglas Doug-las Fairbanks will be seen in his latest strenuous photoplay, which he has named "Down to Earth." Starting Thursday and running for the rest of the week George Beban will star in one of his characteristic screen offerings, this one entitled "Lost in Transit." The customary single -reel features, In the form of Paramount .Pictographs, Burton Bur-ton Holmes travel pictures and the newspaper news-paper of the screen, Pathe Weekly, will accompany the feature films. There are many funny situations in Douglas Fairbanks's latest picture, in which this popular screen star makes his bow as author of his own photodrama. Not the least amusing are the titles and subtitles which accompany the story, ana which are in Anita Loos's best style. If all those who believe themselves afflicted af-flicted sorely with all sorts of diseases will see this picture, they will undoubtedly undoubt-edly discover, as did the patients, that tor, that their ailments are mental and that by cheerfulness, sane living in the open and exercise, followed by appeitie appeased by wholesome food, they will attain perfect health and happiness. The story: Bill Gaynor is in love with Ethel. He is too virile for her. She seems to prefer a "pink tea" type. So Bill's suit is rejected. He goes away to try and forget. Bill travels all over the world, while Ethel stays in her own circle and lives as fast as she fan, until she has a breakdown. Bill, out on his ranch, hears of it, and comes east, to find Ethel in Dr. Joliyem's sanatorium. Bill is amused at the antics of the inmates, in-mates, and decides that while he Is saving sav-ing Ethel in spite of herself he may as well include the others. So he buys the whole outfit from the doctor and plans the reform. He effects a smallpox scare and In the night the people depart secretly secret-ly on his yacht. He leads them to a desert island, where he starts to humanize hu-manize them. They like it not at first, and some exceptionally ex-ceptionally funny situations take place. Finally his cheerfulness prevails, and the patients are doig well when the villain, in the guise of Ethel's fiance, discovers that the other side of tne Island is inhabited. in-habited. He gets the aid of a friend and tries to abduct Ethel, but Bill vanquishes the foes with one blow each, and he and Ethel float far out on the sea of life, while his cured patients go back to finish fin-ish their naps. A PRODUCTION of unusual merit will play a two-day engagement at the American theater, commencing com-mencing this afternoon. "Idolaters" "Idol-aters" features Louise Glaum, the screen star who is known in filmdom as the "Super-vampire." It is said this gripping play is one of Miss Glaum 's best. VEOLA DANA is seen Sunday and Monday at the Broadway in a Metro wonderplay of love and sacrifice, "The Girl Without a Soul." The story is as follows: Dominic Beaumont, mender of vio- j lins, lives in a little country village with his twin daughters, Unity and Priscilla. Priscilla has a talent for music and is the idol of her father. IJnity is a wholesome capable girl, skilled in household duties. On account of her lack of artistic temperament her father considers her "a girl without a soul." Ivor, a violinist, is attracted by Priscilla and gives her music lessons. les-sons. He tells her that she has a great future before her. Priscilla is all unsuspicious un-suspicious of the man's true character, and knows nothing of the girl Louise, whom Ivor also promised to make famous, fa-mous, but whom he has heartlessly abandoned. Unity's sweetheart is the village blacksmith, Hiram Miller. To Hiram has been entrusted the church fund for a -new organ. Hiram obtains Beaumont's Beau-mont's permission to pay for a term at boarding school for Unity. Before she leaves she tells Priscilla about the money in Hiram's desk. Ivor persuades Priscilla to take the money. Some day she will be rich enough to pay it back, he tells her. In Hiram's absence the church committee go to his rooms to get the money to pay for the organ, which has arrived. They find the money missing. On Hiram's return with Unity from her graduation he is accused of stealing the monev. Unity intercepts a note sent by Ivor to Priscilla, telling ' her where to meet him, so that they rnav elope. She keeps the appointment herself, and, thinking she is her sister, Ivor takes her to a country hotel. He 1 4-u. 1 u : , i ing the minister will not be able to j marry them until moruiug, but aslts at j once for the money. Then comes the finale, and everybody is happy. A "BISON" two-reel western drama, dra-ma, starring Kingsley Benedict and Eileen Sedgewick in the story written by Grant Carpenter, Carpen-ter, and entitled, "Lone Larry," will be seen at the Mehesy today. Henry McRae, the director of '" Liberty, " produced pro-duced this wonderful thriller. "The Gray Ghost" is in evidence, with "The Pearl Necklace," with Eddie Polo and Priscilla Dean in the cast, and is one of the best of these interesting features. A Thomas Edison unique film is shown, "Crystals in Formation," one of the most entertaining films ever shown, and is as interesting as it is unusual. A cartoon comedy and a Vitagraph comedy, with Hughie Mack, complete a well-balanced diversified programme for today at the Mehesv. Tomorrow "The Brand of Hate," a three-reel Gold Seal drama, starring Tina Marshal), storv, written by Elizabeth Eliza-beth Burbridge of the very rich and the very poor and two other pictures are on the Monday bill. For Tuesday a r special Fox film comedv and an "L-K-O," in two reels, "Her Daring, Caring Ways," are the two headliners, followed by "Lonesome Luke," and "Mutt and Jeff," a Bud Fisher cartoon. i "The Double Standard" is the Thurs- I uay s --rsurternv - special picture, wrii- ten by Brand "iVhitloek, United States,'", minister to Belgium. The plot is based upon the question of the same law for men and women, and Hoy Stewart is the star. MARY CHARLESON as the dauntless daunt-less little nurse in "The Truant Soul," has won for her- f self a position among the foremost fore-most actresses in photodrama. This dainty young woman has introduced intro-duced an entirely fresh type of tense dramatic acting 'in the Essanay super-feature. super-feature. With an amazing initiative, she has shaken off the traditional ex- ' aggeration of gesture and facial ex-pression ex-pression whicli has been accepted as the unquestioned Requirement of emotional actresses. In her portrayal of "Joan Westvvorth," Miss Charleson has put real life on the screen. She encounters grave perils, undergoes the acid test and finds love and happiness with never 4 a hint to her audience of these thread- t bare trademarks. Miss Charleson has had ample training train-ing as a foundation for her spectacular success. She was born' in-Ireland of a theatrical family. Her father was one of the most noted actors in Europe in his day. t |