Show SOCIETY ON HAND AT I EMPRESS Salt LaKes LaKe's Newest Playhouse Playhouse Play Play- house Presents Bright Scene at Opening Salt Lake has a population oi of f said mostly theatregoers former G Heber M. M Wells in his dedicatory address addres at the opening of the beautiful Empress the theatre tre last ni night bt cc and and when a IL good o d show conies comes 9 to town the average Salt Laker Jaker will willbe willbe be there if he be has to rob the baby's bank Whether many t babies banks were robbed or not a lot of Salt Lakers were out last night to see the prettiest pla playhouse in the cit city inaugurate Sullivan Sulli Soil van an C Considine ine vaudeville in ill this city The bouse house seats 1700 and ever every seat sat was n-as sold soll within a short time after the box office opened Saturday Many extra extra ex ex- tra chairs chirs were placed back bf f the Joges loges last night and anil they too were occupied Then while the first diet show ivas I S goin going on out a large largo crowd waited impatiently outside for a chance to enter for the se second oDd performance for forit il it is the policy of tho S. S C. C people to start one show at i 30 and antI a second at Dl 0 clock o'clock every ever night with a matinee every epry day except before the opening night Many ian of Utah's most niost distinguished citizens occupied boxes and lo loges cs last ni night ht Probably no finer audi audience nce has ever eer ass assembled in a local playhouse Smartly dressed women an and men inca iu evening clothes added a touch of at- at to the gorgeousness of the house houe furnishings s. s An And it takes a abig big occasion to get et Salt Lake men mon t to wear anything but business suits Admire Beauty of Place I Daniel P. P McCoy l mana manager er of the I theatre showed his handiwork in n ar arrangements ar- ar about the theatre As one OM I ar-I entered the first pleasant shock was the brilliancy J of the glass pen pendant aut lights in the l lobby Then above th the first entrance en trance to the foyer were floral decorations decora while inside were magnificent flowers everywhere The boxes with their green plush draperies caused exclamations of ad ad- The comfortable splendidly ly situated lo loges es also came in for remarks remarks re reo re- re marks of approval The Tho dainty gold tints and the paintings s on the proscenium pro pro- arch added much to tho the artis artis- tic beauty of the theatre But There Is Curtain But what a shock sok k when the ugly ugh multicolored ad advertising ad curtain w was s lowered It Tt was an a awful fu I blow A V genuine enuine aesthete would have given giyen lip up the ghost All the splendid effect attained at at- tamed liv r 1 the he finished touch of 1 the he scenic architects ets and decorators was as I necked k-necked silly bv In th that t eye wounding spectacle e. e The only theatre of importance import import- alice ance in town that tat offers such a shock to o the e eve e is the where there theres is s al also alco io an ugly advertising curtain that doesn't t belong in any first class place Wh When n the curtain with the painting of Lak I Phoebe ho b in iii Ri Bug Big Cottonwood canyon can can- yon ron was shown howe er r the audience applauded for it if is us i l I piece of art And Andall Andall all nil th the other drops are arc pretty prett too Among the prominent per persons ous enter euter- taming at hex box parties were for JJ former Senator Senator Sen Hen ator and Mrs Thomas Kearn Kearns earns Mayor Mavor and Mrs Irs d Bransford Mr Ml- fl and Mrs ir SamP Sam P ark rk Joseph P. P Smith former no Gov leber lieber M. M Wells and anul Mrs Wells WllIs Judge fudge Orlando rlando W W. W Powers and aud Mrs Irs Powers PO Mr and aud Mrs r Edward Sh ets Sh-ets ets Mr lr and Mrs irs Benner X Smith t Mr and aud Mrs W W. Mont l Ferr Perry Society was well weB rep rep- resented ted After the stra under Willard 3rd lea leadership played d a a. pa- pa air the audience wi n p standing former former for for- mer Governor Go Wells delivered It a a dedi dedi- caton address The management invited Governor Spry to f the address but not bong bo boo booing jog ing ng able to pro procure ure him on ar account ot of hi his absence from tho the state a person conne connected with tho asked me roe to officiate T T am proud woud of the tho honor lonor Tn In the words of the gentleman who extended to o me the invitation who ho is always elo elo- quent and convincing o and who who ho is no lessa ess a celebrity than Judge e Orlando W. W You Yon will ret get an opportunity ex 1 holder as you vou ar areto to appear I again before a I. I public which ru some years ears ago relegated you OU to oblivion ion I hO an in opportunity ex actor a as you TOU are al aI eged to be Le tp appear l' l 8 ain behind the footlights an opportunity old and aud Ob oh- h. h cure as 15 you yon have become to have the tho calcium shine again upon your jour poor h 1311 ld bead hlad and let its reflective effulgence efful I genre gence R as all it were hold hoM the mirror up UI to nature Jor for a brief l transitory spell Be- Be I ides iles all this he h said vou ron will get et a II aass pass ass for the op opening performance good for or yourself an and wife and several sl in in- rite gusts guests That seemed fair laIr enough h and so 50 soI I I accepted cc Many Man years ago he continued when this place was infested with tho the coyote the thc rabbit lack mind and cricket when at night no sound was heard on Main lain street save the casual of a abel bel belated td frog fore before Overt even Di Dick k K Keyes cs I tho ho original Gentile pioneer i had arrived ar ar- I rived Alved there stood on Temple square I within a stones stone's throw of this magnificent cent edifice an old hOl erv with only branches of nine and balsam hewn from the adjacent mountains for a covering It was there therl the people of ofa I h a primitive settlement gathered in Sunday sen service ice anti and there also on week s da as early as 1831 81 to participate in inho ho home no theatricals given l by the best talent tal tat ent tnt the humble community ty could afford I Mr Wells lia said ll that the first firt play pIa produced was Robert Macaire J in York reincarnated afterwards New Nea- ew as III an opera under the time name nanie of Erminie Erminie Er minie in which Francis Wilson made inaJe his flu first bug big impression The cast rast of this first theatrical production in Utah was named na l bv hv Mr Wells John T av played Robert M Macaire Hyrum B. B Clawson lawson Strop Phil ts Pierre Miss Mis Orem reni Marie and Miss Margaret l Judd Clementina Of OC these celebrities two Mr lr Kay and antI Miss Mis Orem have hn gone jone to that bourne from which no 10 traveler Ira returns and one air Mr MargetIs Margetta Is ill R nt mit I his home In Iii this cIty But Mr MI ium H B. B Clawson and his good wife Mrs s. Judd Clawson so please pleas you ou and thank God are e my honored guests for fo- the he evening In lii yonder onder box |