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Show DRAMA AND VAUDEVILE. WILKES "St. Elmo," Wilkes Players, with Nana Bryant. Matinees Thursday Thurs-day and Saturday. PANTAGES - Vaudeville, with "The Fall of Rheims." Three shows today. to-day. SALT LAKE Tonight and all week, matinee Wednesday. Friday and Saturday, Sat-urday, "Her Unborn Child." MOTION PICTURES. ORPHEUM All week, "Over the Top," Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey. Three shows daily. PARAMOUNT - EMPRESS Charles Ray in "His Own Home Town," the Battle of Picardy; Paths News. RIALTO Vola Vale in "The Secret of Black Mountain," and Charlie Chaplin Chap-lin comedy. BROADWAY Today and tomorrow, "American Buds," and IPeggy Hy-land Hy-land in "Peg of the Pirates." A?TERICAN Nazimova in "Toys of fate"; Christie comedy. STRAND Rex Beach's story, "The Auction Block"; comedy. the seriousness of the last act brought many handkerchiefs into use. Mrs. Catherine Bennett, as Mrs. David Kennedy, the most lovable, old-fashioned Irish mother, was excellent in every line of her role. She radiated the love and high ideals of motherhood that won her way straight to the hearts of the audience. audi-ence. Audra Alden, as Felice, her daughter, daugh-ter, victim of the lack of self-control, handled the part well. Little Frederiea Moore, in the juvenile role of Minns, the brat with "good ears" and a penchant ior telling all her "good ears" had a habit of hearing, took the audience by storm. She was a favorite from the time of her first appearance, and it was her especially-good especially-good work that kept the audience in roars of laughter. She is not unknown to Salt Lakers, for she formerly appeared in stock at the Wilkes, where she was a favorite juvenile. Pearl Ethier. who has also appeared ap-peared here before, did splendid work in the role of Miss Sarah Livingston, wealthy reformer, advocate of birth control and poodle dogs rather than children. Warren Millais as "Waffles," Gladvs Nicolt a Beth Forrester, and Clark Comstock as Dr. Remington, all handled their parts effectively. 7 Nazimova in "Toys of Fate," Screen Classic Superproduction, Appears at the American Theater Today. WJ-AZIMOVA. the celebrated star, plays L' the role of a pypsy princess, with the fiery, untrammeled nature of that picturesque pic-turesque race, in "Toys of Fate," a Screen Classics' superfeature which' will he offered on the screen at the American theater for four days, beginning today. Ijove and hate are almost equally developed devel-oped in the gypsy grirl. Azah, who is m:ide the instrument of fate to bring to justice Bruce Oriswold. a millionaire. Her life In tiie gypsy encampment, and in the caravan of her trihe, is depicted in a fascinating manner, and gypsy rites and customs are reproduced. Strong Moral Is Pointed in "Her , Unborn Child" Unborn Child" is a propaganda play, but it is exceptionally good for that sort of production. Of course, it preaciies a sermon, but the sermon is a timely one, of high moral tone, that should be productive of good moral effects. ef-fects. If anyone went to see the play, which opened at the Salt Lake yesterday for the week's run, expecting to see something risque, he was disappointed. It is. not tltat sort. It is clean and wholesome throughout. The story is embellished with plenty of good Irish wit emanating from the whole-souled, loyable woman who radiates the wholesome, elevating influence in-fluence of true motherhood throughout the whole story. She and her youngest hopeful, the ubiquitous brat, furnish a continuous strain of mirth that pleasingly pleasing-ly relieves the soberness of the problem play. f In his rather unusual play, Howard MeKent Barnes points a strong moral and teaches an Important lesson one of vital import at this time when war is decimating the world of men, but he does 11 in an interesting and entertaining manner. man-ner. The production is a worthy one and is well presented, with exception, unfortunately, unfor-tunately, of one weak link in the cast. However, what is lacking in this point can he generously overlooked in deference to the excellent work of other members of the cast. "Her Unborn Child" is a severe arraignment arraign-ment of the modern doctrine of birth control, con-trol, which, as is cleverly revealed in the play, traces its origin to and finds its support among that class of idle-rich women who prefer poodle dogs to babies. While the play arraigns the propaganda of birth control, .It assails it by holding it up to ridicule, while at the same time it emphasizes the importance of self-control as the real solution to the problem. As the good old Irish mother so significantly signifi-cantly remarks, "Obedience to the law of od" will bring the control needed. The subject is handled very frankly and in plain language, yet in a manner that could not offend the sensitiveness of the most modest. It carries a lesson for old and young that is wholesome and good. Last night's production was witnessed by an unusually large audience for this late date of the season, and the predominance of women was noticeable. The pla.y has its humorous and itii serious sides, and |
