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Show DRAMA AND VAUDEVILLE. ORPHEUM This afternoon and evening, eve-ning, triple headline bill, with Avon Comedy Four, Ann Chandler and the Boyarr company of P.ussian dancers. Beginning Wednesday eve-. eve-. nlng, a new show with Joseph Howard and his company of girls in "A Musical World Revue." PANTAGES THEATER Six-Act bill now playing headed by "The Courtroom Court-room Girls." Four shows today: 2:45, 6:30, 8:00 and 9:30 p. m. Reserved Re-served seats for afternoon performance perform-ance only. WILKES "Baby Mine" all this week. The Wilkes Players with Nana Bryant Bry-ant and Ralpii Cloninsor. Matinees Thursday and Saturday. MOTION PICTURES. PARAMOUNT-EM PRESS Douglas Fairbanks in his new picture "Headin' South"; Burton Holmes Kangaroo Hunting in Australia; Pa-Ihe Pa-Ihe News. Commencing Thursday Alice Brady in "Her Silent Sacrifice." Sacri-fice." Special music. Continuous 12:30 to 11 p. m. RIALTO Eddie Polo in "The Bull's Eye"; feature "Desperate Odds"; O. Henry romance, "Discounters of Money"; comedy number, "Secret Sen-ants"; new "Grant, Police Reporter." Re-porter." story, "The Trars." AMERICAN Fanny Ward in "Innocent"; "Inno-cent"; Comedy; violin solos by Mr. Claude Swee(cn, 7:40 and 9:20 p. m.; Signer Adolphe Milar, baritone, in new songs. STRAND Harry Carey in "Bucking Broadway"; Comedy; Scenic. BROADWAY Sunday and Monday, Douglas Fairbanks in "The Lamb." Tuesday and Wednesday, Mme. Petrova in "More Truth Than Poetry," and William S. Hart in "Every Inch a Man." j ADAiTE BOKGXY HAMMER. li who appears at the Salt Lake .VI theater February :3 and March 1 and 2, is Norway's greatest and most distinsiuished actress. At an early age she became a member of the Koyal theater, and it was not long before be-fore she was honored by being made the leading actress. Shortly after this she met Ejorn B.iornson, the great Norwegian Nor-wegian author and playwright. He was so impressed by her great genius that he said: "You have genius in you. Some day you will be the greatest actress in the rvorld." Later he created the play of -'Marie Stuart" especially for her, requesting that she plav it when her wonderful genius matured. Mme. Hammer entends to carry out his request soon, when she operrs the National Na-tional theater in New York, a project she has been planning ever since her first arrival in America. It is only by sheer accident that Mme. Hammer happens to be in this country, fche was quite content in Norway, Nor-way, where she -was fast establishing herself a place in drama second onlv to Sarah Bernhardt; she loved the Norwegian Nor-wegian scenery, and enjoyed her trips immensely to the various European capitals, where she pjiycd as guest artist at the Royal and National" theaters. the-aters. She probably would have been in Europe yet had not her husband, who is a gifted artist, been sent to America on a musical commission bv the King of Norway. Rolf Hammer liked America Amer-ica so well that Ije had no desire to return to his native country. Twice he crossed the Atlantic to persuade Mme. Hammer to come to America. But in both cases she refused to come. Hi; third trip, however, was successful. The j Hammers, charmed by the lure of the i west, came directly to Chicago, where ; Mme. Hammer ' at once set to work' playing Ibsen. During her stay in Chi-j cago. besides thoroughly mastering our I language and completing her plans for the establishment of a National theater in America, she has given over a hun- dred performances of Ibsen. Chicago i critics were fairly astounded by her marvelous acting, and at once compared j her presentations with those of Mrs. j Fiske and Nazimova. lamenting the i fact that the latter actresses were de- ficient in histronic abilities when com- i pared with this wonderful woman from Norway. Mme'. Hammer's acting is .tiffin- j guisbed by virtue of its charming sirn-' I : j r - -t j, - ' '. ' -.. ! 1 - v V'" ;f , ' . t'J i r s. - - - ! i y"' - , ' " i i- ... I ' : - I ' - s, 1 - V v , s i - .- , ' f ' - ; - - ? . r - ' ' . T xs- , i i . , - . V , . 5 ? ' -.3 i : . ; ! r i v v - - - " - - w -"i i ; - v ' i ' 'h if s . - , : ; J" " " ' ' - ' - I.Jj;:e. Haiiaiier, Miailee Brown, Roll Hammer and Bllea Van VoiSenburg in a scene from the play, "Hedda Gabler," wlucii is to be produced at the Salt Lake theater tiiroe niglits, boguining February 28. plicity and naturalness. Perhaps, after all, that is the true rer.son for her greatness. Of a recent Milwaukee performance per-formance of "Hedda Gabler'' the Milwaukee Daily News wrote: "No actress has given a more consistent interpretation in-terpretation or a more natural reading of the stiange character of Hedda than does this Norwegian atcress, Mme. Borgny Hammer. Unlike Ai'a Nazimova, Nazi-mova, who dcL-nded so lurjelv upon 'freak' traits to attract attention to her portrayal of Hejda. Mme. Hammer scorns to attempt surprise maneuvers and by wholly natural methods makes the character scorch its impress upon the minds of her auditors."' Madame Hammer is assisted by a brilliant cast of artists, containing no less than four prominent stars. This very able company, under the directorship director-ship of Mine. Hammer, is giving one of the best performances of Ibsen that has ever been given on any ?t:le. "Hedda Gabler" will be plaved Thursday niht. February and Saturday Sat-urday night. 2darcb 2. "The Master Builder" will be played Friday night, March 1, and Saturday, matinee. ft NYCNE who could not enjoy A"Babv Mine," the offering of , the Wilkes Plpvers all this week, commencing tonight, would have to be absolutely f-.iu-proof, the gloomiest ghost in shadosv-land. A great many farces have been described de-scribed by many adjectives, and now along comes ' UaJjy Mine" and lays claim to every word that means funny. It Las the plot the attempt of a woman to adopt a baby by stealing it. in order to v.m her husband 's love again. A!-d it lias the dialogue lines that just race alon.' at the ' merriest, swiftest pace po-siide. nearly everv one carrying a laugh. Jn the la-t place, it has the cast the Wilkes Player; all of whom have proved their ability to enact farce in just the right way. Alfred and Zoic, so tne story goes, are a very loving couple, with but one lir-le ''cloud on their hafipiness. Zoic will fib. It seems she just can't resist the temptation "to Ml a lot of annov-in-z white ones. She justifies herself by saying that Alfred is foolishly sus picious, and that if she told him the truth ail the time he would be insanely insane-ly jealous over just nothing at all. Alfred has caught her in several " whoppers," and has given her fair warning that she must tell the truth. And Zoie really means to do so. But one afternoon she meets the husband hus-band of her verv dearest friend, and he, in a perfectly friendly, harmless way, invites her to lunch. Neither has any fear of the consequences, but yet the most fearful consequences follow. For the head waiter of the restaurant tells Alfred that his wife has been dining din-ing there with an unknown man. Instantly Alfred is furiously jealous. Very trickily he asks his wife where she took lunch and, all ignorant of the head waiter's revelation, she drops into her f;bbing habit and tells him she lunched at home. A confession would l ave saved all the grief, but as it is, Alfred leaves her, and she is brokenhearted. broken-hearted. Agtrie. her bosom friend, sees a way to bring him back. She advises Zoie to adopt a babv and tell Alfred it is her own. He has often complained at having no children, and it is certain to bring him back, all forgiveness. It lines. But in order to get a baby. Zoie has to steal one. The outraged mother arrives at almost the same time as Alfred, and raises a furore. Then Zoie borrows another baby, but before be-fore she returns the first Alfred sees the two. The onlv explanation is that h has twins. This isn't all. When . But it is too good to tell. You will have to see the play, which runs every nic-ht, with matinees Thursday and Saturday, Sat-urday, i 7 ITH some pf the cleverest prin- cipals scon in vaudeville this y season at the head of the com-pany, com-pany, "The Courtroom Girls" is proving one of the most delightful musical sketches of the year at I'au-tages I'au-tages this week. Robert Milliken, Ruth Francis, Her- j bert Broske and a half dozen others , head a company of Broadway bt antics, ! who introduce a lot of new and tuneful j airs, beautiful costumes and Vnough fan making to suit the most blase theatergoer. theater-goer. The plot of the sketch has to do with two male miscreants who are arrested by a stunning looking policewoman and haled into a court composed entirely of women. - The handcuffs are bedecked ('.'":-'- VlS '( . I , NV' ' '1 i it- Douglas Fairbanks, who appears to-1 day at the Paramount-Empress in his 1 new hair-raising picture, "Headin' South." with ribbous and everything about the arrest and tho trial is conducted in a strictly feminine manner. There is plenty of fun in the hill and the principals prin-cipals are extremely clever. The Chauncey Monroe sketch, "A Business Proposal," written by Daniel Dan-iel D. Carter, is the second feature of the new programme. It is one of tho cleverest of sketches, with the scene laid in the office of the head of a big stove tnanufai during company, and the characters are John Rugg, head of the Consolidated Stove voris; Jane Hooper, Hoop-er, his stenographer, and Ralph Tim-niins, Tim-niins, his bookkeeper. Chauncey Monroe Mon-roe plays the bookkeeper, aud the entire en-tire piece is cleverly acted. Will Burns and F.d Lynn aro seen in some of the best and newest dances of (lie season, and Stewart Jackson and Dorothy Wahl, late of "The Girl From Brazil" company, offer a musical oddity odd-ity out il led "Too Late," which is ono of the bright, snots 011 tho programme. Hill .and Ackennan are seen in a sketch entitled " Snonsense. " and both performers an1 scoring 11 personal hit with I'ant.'iges patrons. Bill Pruitt is another favorite with Pautages utrons of tho present bill. A two-ieel comedy fills out the programme, pro-gramme, which pees through till Tuesday Tues-day cvenine; of next week. 'There will be four shoes at Pautages today, at 2:."i, ti : -" ' ) , S and !l;,".ij p. in., I with seats reserved for the afternoon j j.erlormnnce (inly. For the pro'jratumo which opens next 1 Wednesday allernoon, Manager Frank Newman has one of the most important impor-tant .announcements of the season In the news that George Primrose, king of minstrels on the American stage in the last half century, will appear in person per-son willi his seven all stnr minstrels, in one of the most elaborate black-face acts ever seen in Salt Fake. "rimrose hns made hiniaclf dear to th' hearts of pla vyncrs. and his r! this year is one of the most pretentious sketches in which he has ever appeared. Ou the same bill with him will be Jan Rubina, the wonderful Swedish violinist; vio-linist; Senator Francis Murphy, in his excruciatingly funny monologue; Harry Keichman, the boy with the piano; Tom Kyle and company in "The Doctored Widow"; Agues "Finley and Charles lill, presenting "Yodvil a la Mode," :d Martlette's Marionettes, presenting' Stars From Toyland. " i j jRANCIS.X. BUSHMAN and Bev- rerly Bayne, the popular co-stars, in "Red, White and Blue Blood," a human story, full of ve. romance and adventure, is the .ftraction at the Broadway. Francis v. Bushman plays the role of John mith, a medical graduate, who goes to ds father's Colorado mine. He soon .ocides to return east and wire Pat-ick Pat-ick Smith, his father. Mrs. Malloy-amytho Malloy-amytho and her daughter, Helen, a co-piettish co-piettish girl, who has jilted several aien, returning from a western trip, arc :n a train holdup. John proves himself i hero by disarming the bandit as he s taking" Helen 's ring and by helping ;he passengers to recover their valuables valu-ables Helen is delighted. She asks lohn his name so that she may send a loken of appreciation, and "he says " Deadwood Pete, Yuma mine, Colorado." Colo-rado." At her Long Island home, Helen receives "Count" Berratti. Bob Malloy-Smythe owes him a big gambling gam-bling 'debt aud the "Count" demands that he be introduced socially. Hit valet, Bertie, is a crook. Patrick Smith's country place is not far fron Mrs. Malloy-Smythe 's. Again fate permits per-mits John to rescue Helen when she has trouble with her motorboat. This time he says he is "Sea Gull Ike, the Pride of the Ocean," then confesses he is John Smith. Both are vitally interested in each other. However, Lharlie Jadwin, John's friend, tellj him that Helen has jilted him, and John determines to teach her a lesson. Patrick Pat-rick Smith has discovered an old friend in Mrs. Malloy-Smythe. He reminds her that she used to keep a boarding house in Roaring Camp, and that she married mar-ried her star boarder, Jim Smith. She is glad to see her old friend, but remained re-mained determined to marry her daughter daugh-ter to the count. Helen forgets to flirt and John forgets the lesson he is going go-ing to teach her, and they become engaged. en-gaged. Mrs. Malloy-Smythe. seeing her plans going astray tells Patrick Smith to keep his son away. He says that his son intends to teach Helen" a lesson. Mrs. Malloy-Smythe at once reports this to Helen, who immediatelv accepts lue count. In addition to this .ve-act .ve-act Metro wonderplay, chapter 10 of "Yengeance and the Woman," featuring featur-ing William Duncan and Carol Hollo-way. Hollo-way. T Chambers to be picturized is Chambers to be pievturized is "A Woman Between Friends," which will be shown at the Rialto tomorrow and Tuesday. None of the color or action in this famous work has been lost in its adaptation. Alice Joyce has the stellar role in this absorbing story of loce and tragedy trag-edy woven about a flower girl and two young American artists in Paris. In the role of Ceeelie, the flower girl, Alice Joyce shows as never before her charm and power of interpretation. In "Desperate Odds," the "Bull's Eye" feature, with Eddie Polo, which will be shown today only, there is a fight between Polo aud a gang of cattle cat-tle rustlers, who kidnep his sweetheart's sweet-heart's father. Features of the picture are an exciting chase, a daring getaway get-away and the leap of horse and rider over a cliff. An O. Henry romance, "Discounters of Money," a new Grant Police Reporter Re-porter story, "The Trap," and a clever comedy, entitled "Secret Servants," complete today s bill. F, ROM the sun-beaten desert of Arizona to the snow-tipped mountains moun-tains at Truckee, Cal., is the contrast con-trast in the scenery offered by Douglas Fairbanks in his new Artcraft picture, "Headin' South," a rip-roaring tale of Mexican raiders, which will bo the attractiou at the Paramount-Empress Paramount-Empress theater for four days commencing commenc-ing today. The snow scenes are partic uUirly effective after the audience is shown a broad sweep of the Mexican border, the desert lands of our country. coun-try. Those who believe in seeing America first will be more than satisfied with the scenery that makes "Headin' South" a "distinctive film. Considerable Consider-able expense was attached to transporting transport-ing more than 200 cowboys and Mexicans Mexi-cans to the various locations, but the results attained more thau justify the expenditure. With Fairbanks in his story of two borders, Mexican and Canadian, appear prominently Catherine McDonald, a recent re-cent discovery in films, and Frank Cam-peau. Cam-peau. As the mysterious rider of the desert, Fairbanks personifies thrilling romance, and rescues the girl iu an unusual, un-usual, acrobatic manner. Art Rosson directed "neadin' South," from the story by Allan Dwan. The latter is chief director of the Fairbanks Fair-banks organization and staged " A Modern Mod-ern Musketeer," which was selected recently re-cently to open the Rivoli theater in New York City, said to be the most attractive at-tractive picture house in the country. 1 ANNUS WARD, the ensaslng star of "Innocent," the Pathe play which will Pe at the American theater the-ater today and tomorrow. Is not only a clever actress, but also a clever woman, two entirely different thiiiRs, for n woman may often he a talented player and yet not be distinguished distin-guished In pilvalr life for brilliancy. Rut Miss Ward is different she hns :'v mind and knuws how to use It. Therefore, it i.s UniU'lstarulablc when one learns that the little lady has a secret umbttion to wrile pluyK. "When I nni acting before tho camera." says Miss Ward, "all sorts of Ideas conic to my mind for what, it seems to m, would be good 'situations' ami Rood material ma-terial for strong photcplay features. Tim actor who studies his script frequently t;cts ideas which appear to bim to be .eood. uuc tliou'ht brings another. Police Po-lice Ion.;, as I work in n picture, there comes to my mind the ruugli outline uf i slnry which pleases me. I plan to write up that story when I leturn homo after the day's work. But one has to ron-ccntnile ron-ccntnile upon what one is dnliiK when wnrklnif before the camera. Retakes nro costlv. the bane of the director and plav. er alike. When the day i.s over much of the story I bad thoutiht out hns ,11ir, from tne aud 1 am too tired, mentally n (i physically, from the eactlnu woi'u 4 q the day I o be wlllinc or capaM,, (. t t down find work out in y tm-rs ,,n pater. Some day I'll get the time and then " Miss Ward did not finish the sentence, but smiled at the interviewer. So then the stars in the phoiop.ay worid say to themseives even as we uo, "Sometime 1" "Innocent" gained the distinction ot receiving the highest possible rating from, the experts on the Pathe film committee, which must Dass upon every picture before be-fore it goes out. It is adapted from the stase success by George Broadhurst. which ran at the Eltinge theater in New-York New-York for over six months. It has been superblv produced and beyond all doubt Is Miss Ward's greatest picture. ARP.Y CAREY, the star of west- Hern pictures, whose latest release, "Bucking Broadway," will be seen at the Strand theater today only, has the largest collection of dogs at Universal City, where Butterflies are made. Last week he added another to the flock, making fourteen in all. They are of all sorts and conditions. There are four ribbon-winners among them, but the rest are of the back alley bre?d. Carey has a weakness for homeless and starving eui-s. and the latest arrival came to the back door of his ranch house one morning whining for food. Carey took him in on probation, gave him food and a bath, and as soon as he had proved his good behavior, he became a member in good standing of Carey's kennel. "He's a little bit of everything. I I think," said the western actor. lKr j over his new acquisition criticaliv, j I s:uess I'll train him to chase nioscv-' i away from the house. That's ah.?';' I he's good for. I wander if there'd"':; ' profit in breeding mosquito hound -I the market?" I |