Show I AMUSEMENTS J TONIGHT'S AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE The LAKE The Alaskan o ORPHEUM Vaudeville GRAND GRAND At At the Peril PerU of His Life LYRIC dYBIC Vaudeville GEM GEM Moving Moving pictures r FAMILY Moving FAMILY AMIL Y Moving pictures Gadski the great Wagnerian soprano will appear at tho tabernacle tonight After a trip of miles sho will open her ler season In Salt Lake Loke City Frank La LaForge LaForge LaForge Forge a a. noted pianist will assist her hen This will be Gadekis first appearance in Salt Lake City and music lov lovers rs should rejoice at tho the opportunity afforded d to hear such an artist S Tho The eng engagement ement of oC John Corts Cort's spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- production of oC the Nome gold fields nelds comic opera The Alaskan kan b by Joseph Blethen Max and Harry Girard at the Salt SnIt Lake theater beginning to tonIght tonight tonight to- to night will Ill afford local theater goers an opportunity to see the latest comic opera novelty novell which comes come here direct from n n. successful summer In Ne New York at the Knickerbocker th theater ater and a a. signal tri triumph triumph tri tri- In Denver It was staged by Max FIman Figman S The Orpheum offers beginning tonight what appears to be an nn uncommonly uncommon at attractive attractive at- at active ti-active bill It abounds in interesting t features and should prove a a. At tho the Risk of oC His Life Lite a 0 melodrama melodrama melo melo- drama In four tour acts was as given Iven its Ihl first presentation in Salt Lake City ity b by Theodore Theodore Theodoro Theo Theo- dore doro Lorch Lonch and his company at ol tho the Grand theater healer lost last night before an audience that packed lacked the playhouse pl from pit to dome domo Briefly the play tells the story of oC an nn aged B ed chemist wh who has discovered tho the secret of oC making a valuable dye dyo Ho IIo has a n young foreman of or hl his mills whom he hs trusts with except the formula of ot the dyeUs dye Us Ills nephew a 0 worthless fellow tellow learns that hat his uncle does not Intend to e len him ilm his fortune at his death and with the woman whom he through force admits is lift wife plots pIotR and kills the aged undo uncle Prior to this thle the secret has hns been stolen b by y the nephew who to divert suspicion accuses the tho superintendent of the mill of tho the theft The nephew and his acknowledged acknowledged edged wife kill the tho aged chemist b by means of ot a 3 poisoned pol book The blame of ot the mur ter IB is placed on the young oung superintendent but later Inter it looks as though it had iad b been n committed committe b by his sweetheart the ward and heir of the old man nH n. n In order order order or or- der to save gave the tho woman he loves love the su superintendent superintendent superintendent su- su says that ho he is guilty guilt of the tho murd murder or The pIa play Is better than the usual run of oC this class There Is 18 little of ot the tho blood bloot and thunder In it The plot Is well worked out and holds the tho Interest of ot the audience audience audience audi audi- ence from start to finish The company compan Is s of the good cut clean kind which never never nevor nev nev- er or fails tails to make a n hit with mth tho the audience Mr Lorch has done lone few things better InthIs in inthis inthis this city than ho be e did tho the part of or tho the young superintendent last night He was forcible tore fore ible Ihlo without overdoing the part The Improvement ement in his work worle In the last year has been remarkable The other performers last nl night ht seemed to fit their parts and to work in harmony harmon with the star to make the performance a success What little Mr Grants Grant's had to todo todo I do handled handled han han- was well done Mr Montgomery died a thankless part In an acceptable mann manner r Tho Robert Lennox a young physician of Roslyn and the John Cranshaw Cran- Cran shaw shan from Scotland Yards of Mr Whish wore were good By the Wit way wa t that at name for tor a detective John Cranshaw r sounds Just a 0 little as tie liS' liS If It the author tried to write Hawkshaw and got Jot his pen mixed In starting tho the name Tho The servant of ot Mr ir Earlo Earle was good an and attorney of Mr fair Of Ot the women members of ot tho the cast east it is a 0 little hard to decide to whom first honors belong be be- long tonK Each was good in tier respective part Miss Iss Martinez as tho the ward and heir accused of ot the murder of ot her benefactor benefactor ben ben- looked and acted the part Miss played a decidedly part partin lu in a 0 most acceptable manner The same Is 10 fn true of ot Miss Mis Lewis The Bessie Desmon Desmond Desmond Des Des- mon mond of Miss Fay was a gem bit of ot acting act act- In lag ing from start to finish At tho the Risk of His Life Lito will go 0 until Wednesday edne night with tho the usual bargain matinee Wednesday afternoon n. n Say Sn exclaimed the Old Timer let lot me mo put you wise to something that is not down In your our dope book as L yet et Tho The Lyric theater management has hos framed up as good a show at that popular playhouse playhouse play play- house this week as ns has ever eyer blown In over o the circuit since vaudeville was ns made the star boarder In Inthis Inthis inthis this home homo of oC varlet variety There ore were three performances there thero I last evening and every one Jammed the I place to the tho guards making It n n. record breaker for tor attendance The Tho headliners Perkins Perkin Lappin and Young loung in their exceedingly ex- ex Iy clever and original en entitled entitled m- m titled Friendship give a keen satire on Ibsen's problem plays plas Deer Decry and Francis appear In a funny rube not act In which there is much good dialogue of ot the tho raid m ld order and several sc up-to- up date songs Another pair that shook up the diaphragms ms of oC the spectators were cre Rome and Ferguson whose imitation of I the Bowery Bower boy and his girl in a roughneck roughneck rough neck dancing bit was a scream Miss Fyvie Dench Bench the Australian contralto has a 0 good singing turn Possessed of oC a n powerful po and exceedingly sweet sv voice olce a handsome hand stage presence and charmingly gowned she he won nor her wa way into favor tavor from the moment sho she made her entrance The in an acrobatic act introducing introducing intro Intro- new ideas In foot root Juggling and head balancing pleased as did little Miss Dorothy in a n new Illustrated song and the with a fresh tresh bunch of ot ad advanced advanced nd- nd motion pictures Next week eek Manager Donnellan announces announces announces an an- that I he ho has something n new w to public in inthe spring on tho the theater going the tho permanent formation of a comedy stock company at the Lyric to be run in conjunction with the regular bill of oC vau vau- deville Light operas musical comedies high-class high comedy corned and condensed versions versions ver ver- lIons of ot tho the latest melodramatic successes will be given gi during the season and the new members of oC the tho stock company will begin their rehearsals this week |