Show 1 4 f Plays ana allI Players J. J H Rere Jere r and Els Elsewhere g C CALENDAR LENDAR FOR THE WEEK WEEL Frid Friday FrIday- SALT LAKE THEATRE Way Down East GRAND The Man From Mexico Saturday Saturday- SAM BAET LAKE THEATRE Afternoon and night Way lay Down East GRAND Afternoon and night The rho rhoMan TheMan Man Han From rom Mexico Last night witnessed sed the opening performance performance performance per per- of ot The Man From Mexico atthe at atthe atthe the Grand Irand This Is by far ar the cleverest and funniest funniest funni funni- est cst farce arco on the road It Is as cheery sparkling and refreshing as a a. glass of or champagne The audience was convulsed with mirth and now and again a a. perfect gale of ot laughter would sweep weep over the tho house shaking it from pit to dome The parts were well sustained especially especial especial- ly those of ot the man roan man from Mexico by Louis Peters and Von Bulow Bismarck Schmidt by John E. E Hazzard n zar The plot of ot the farce is extremely novel The hero Benjamin Fitzhugh while on ona a drunken frolic gets Into trouble with the Authorities and Is sentenced to tl thirty thir lr- lr ty day days in Sn the penitentiary To explain his I absence to his wife he ostensibly starts on a a. thirty days' days trip to Mexico This gives rise to inexpressibly funny tunny complications rations both In the tho penitentiary and when he returns to his home and family Ili Ills HIs description of ot a fight bull that he has hag paver never seen was so droll that it threw the tho audience into perfect convulsions At times he gets badly mixed in his figures fig ures urea and finally says Well anyway my bull ran second Later Later on he says the matador r said Just before killing tho the ferocious bull C Caramba Caram ram ram- ba C Caraco raco Pressed by his wife for tor a translation o othis of this Spanish and at his wits' wits end for tor ane an in e explanation he finally says Oh that thatIs Is hI S Spanish for tor Go to h h- h The farce Is so full tull of ot clever things t one almost gets a surfeit of ot mirth but each poke is funnier than the last and arid when you OU feel eel certain that you a single laugh left lett something always happens that makes you roar again There are hitches In a first first- night performance that the audience knows nothing of at but unless there was sortie some good reason for tor it It the delay of ot Carlotta Bordeaux In responding to her encore for tor the Spanish dance in the thelast thelast thelast last act was Inexcusable With this trifling exception the play was splendid In every way an and the company will doubtless play with the standing room only sign out for the remainder of ot the engagement tonight and tomorrow night to tor Laughter add ten if years makes se to long Oy your life existence If you by want all li means see The Man From Mexico Buhler Manns Mann's production of at At Valley Forge will wilt be seen at the Grand Grandone one week weCk commencing February The play Is one of ot the new type of ot dramas dramas dra dra- mas Thas built on romantic comedy lines with the motive and scenes of distinctly American character It Is said to embody embody embody em em- body a splendidly stirring love story In which the heart Interest moves its audiences audiences audiences au au- au- au to live In the very atmosphere pt pf the time from which the piece Is drawn A series of ot tremendous climaxes are cleverly woven In to lend an art effect of ot realism to the act ending Buh flub Buhler Buhler ler Mann are reported as having given to this play a scenic equipment that Is unusually effective elaborate and complete complete com corn plate in detail The costuming Is said to be obtained from the plates of ot the period of ot the great Revolution The presenting pre pro r A fh c company J rs Is one of surpassing rr s strength and It Is promised ro that the entire entire en en- tire production will be one of ot attractive merit mert In every respect H. H 3 J. J W. W Dam Darn the author of ot Blanche Walsh's a play La Madeleine I which will willbe willbe t er Th ew be presented at the Salt Lake Theatre on Wednesday evening February has Just completed In collaboration with David Belasco a society drama for tor Mrs Leslie Carter entitled The Red Mouse He Is also at work upon a play for tor Amelia Ame Ame- lia ha Bingham which Is yet unnamed Mr Dam Is the the- theauthor author of ot several European successes notably The Shop Girl which was d done at the G Gaiety theatre nG g 1 r. r London n and d dd The Queen n of Brilliants the comic opera which Lillian Russell did some years ago abroad La Madeleine Madeleine Madeleine Made Made- leine Is said to be Mr Dams Dam's favorite work and th there re was sharp competition for tor It it is 19 stated before belore Miss Walsh secured It It is an em emotional drama In four acts modern and up to date with the scenes laid In Paris and a strong acting role for the heroine r a part which Miss fl Walsh is said d to fill nelna In In a most f fr perfect perfect per per- r lect manner La Madeleine will be given given on on Wednesday Thursday and Friday Friday Fri Fri- day evenings and on Saturday afternoon and evening the bill will ill be changed and arid Janice Meredith givers The Pollard Juvenile Opera company which began Its American tour In San Francisco on November will soon Theatre JP play lat an In engagement this Jim city n at They the y yS S Salt are Lake fifty o l strong trong and come direct from Australia They have toured all over the Orient Slaying playIng In irs all the tho large largo cities of ot China Japan apan India Java Australia New Zea Zealand Zear land Tasmania and South Africa everywhere everywhere every everY- where when meeting with Immense favor tavor All the critics agree that the children are bY far tar the aggregation of ot youngsters youngsters young young- that have been seen on the stage their acting t is s perfect and the stage e business bus bus- f mess iness i Is gone Rone st t through ii in fine es style without without with with- Wl out a e skip or break They have a a. large repertoire j of the most ih popular II musical u comedies 1 Including I The Belle Belie of New NewYork NewYork York The Geisha In Town A Gayety Gin Girl and anel many of ot the comic operas They The also carry tarry complete warde wardrobe wardrobe ward ward- robe e and scenes for r the different pieces and altogether ar geSt the rc company c p A eI is equipped in the beat best style to present musical comedy comedy comedy com com- edy as It should be put on They will be seen seii here Monday and Tuesday February Ith end and the first piece to be The g Geisha to be follow followed by A b Gayety Girl Besides the ticket speculation bill there is now before beCore the New York Legislature another asking the creation of ot a 0 play censor Tho iho author of or the bill Senator Ahern states In explanation that the managers who now oppose my measure look to France and anel Italy for their greatest greatest great great- est successes and both these countries exercise state supervision over the drama The Importations are the dramatic refuse refuse refuse re re- re- re fuse of ot the nations plays named catering to Indecency combinations combinations' of ot scenic splendor and suggestive sensationalism or ft pompous po Jaff pageants of shameless zi Sensuality Sen a The Tho harvest t has been Zaza Sapho The Turtle Madame du D Barry Barry Bar Bar- rry r- r ry ry and kindred productions Art gave way to commerce and art suffered C C The success achieved by the bl big Lendon London London Lon Len don extravaganza The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast will bring to this country country coun coun- try tt two more o of the English n pantomimes to lm g next season a Charles I Frohman Is to Import Blue Bell Boll In FairYland and Klaw Erlanger will have Blue Beard both of ot which lave have been ph phenomenally ly successful In the English metropolis Henrietta Crosman's appearance at the Theatre Republic In her new pIa play Joan Joano 0 o the Shoals was was the the chief novelty of ot last w week ek In New York and In disclosIng disclosing ing the fact that this charming comedienne comedienne come come- dienne has not fallen upon as good fortune fortune for tor- tune as she did In of the Nell Gwyn pia play it has been the cause of ot keen disappointment to her admirers and well The fhe common agreement seems to be that MIss MIts Crosman achieves in this last venture nothing more moro che cheering cheering cheer cheer- rIng r- r ing or 01 substantial than a real personal success l and ld d that this though hg g a striking ab th example T of the breadth t of her e art an and of ot the charm of ot her breezy personality is still not potent enough to carry lher the r leaf play r Sutherland into lato er popular J the favor author Evelyn v has smothered smothered Greenleaf Greenleaf Green Green- J ered her situation it is said In tiresome I bulks of verbosity a and falling failing to strengthen st in th the story y by ya well defined ri 8 m motives mo mc- tives lives she has turned ou out a work ork so to totally totally to- to tally lacking In Interest t that even p Miss II tot ot t Crosman's friends hold 1 out no hope p of her being Ing able to turn the tide of oC public favor In h her r direction with Joan o 0 the Shoals In Its present shape |