Show I AMUSEMENTS I TONIGHT'S AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE LAKE John John Drew ORPHEUM I ORPHEUM Va Vaudeville GRAND GRAND- East Lynne Out here In Ia this dramatic wilderness o wo had begun to think that there thero were no real players and that musical comedies como come dies and dramatic failures only ure are exIstent existent exist exIst- ent for fol travel tl In the far tar west How much we no mistaken for Is not John Drew Draw with his capable company In our midst presenting ily My 1 Io P Its It's good to have John Drew here and It almost reconciles one to ln living where artists come intro intro- 11 en Nobody can afford to miss miss' t Wife It is tho tue theatrical treat of ot the tho entire sea sea- son It Is a comedy that Is 10 a comedy It H glints and sparkles and shines and makes makos one glad Klad bd of living It teems with epigrams and keeps ono one In a pl pleased ased and expectant condition nil all the time Al Although Although Al- Al though adapted from the thc French It Is Ie not roc racy Of course cou there Is 19 Just a 11 little eu suggestion se of oC domestic Infelicity but bul 1 It Is lai j su so o slight a n suggestion one cannot be bo be offended Tho The comedy Is la too Infectious the tho dialogue too bright and the tle players too loo artistically clever er to command anYthing any anY- an- an thing but praise e. e Those who miss seeing IMy My Wife fall tail to recognize one of oC lifes life's great opportunities and you know what lIs said about opportunity My Iy Wife WICe ite Is the story stork of an indulgent guardian and a 11 willful though charmingly charmingly charm charm- natural ward Just approaching 18 Is years Oard Gardy loves his ward so dear dearly y that ho he cannot den deny her anything Sh She i Is Ie told b by her parents that she must marry narry a certain young oung man In order to Inherit a large largo fortune But the little ml miss s has other Ideas on the subject She wants want to marry mAtTy the man of her hearts heart's choice She Sho finAlI finally persuades her Gardy Gard who b by the wa way Is supposed d to bo be a 1 confirmed old bachelor to marry marT her a as M asa a a. matter of ot convenience It Is arranged that after nIter a 1 year ear tho they thoy are to be divorced dl Then Trixie the thc ward will be free tree to marry Rene the man of her choice Gardy carries out tho the first portion of the tho a agreement marries TrIxie and md settles down to what seems to him to be a year of servitude ser Ho lie fights tIghts a aduel duel dual to protect his wife Just as 15 a matter of common court courtesy s to her and then ends b by sudden suddenly I leaving her with her parents In a little hotel on the tho Swiss frontier But Bul Trixie refuses to be bo left She follows S Gardy to hl his apartments In London where several complications arise ariso Gard Gardy Gardy Gar d dy Is 18 going to tako up his old bachelor life lite and Is 18 celebrating his newly gained fre freedom om b by a supper party when arrives on the scene Sho Oneil finally persuades persuades per per- Gardy to forego tho the supper and arid then cupid who ha has been lurking near this strange couple shoots ono one of his darts dart and Gard Gardy Is turned Into a lover But his happiness Is short lived for Rene who Is affianced to Trixie comes Gardy supposes It Is to claim his Ills wife wire but In reality It Is to say that ho he Rene is already married and does not want TrIxIe Like all good stories the romance cads with the Idea that they live lIvo happily over ever after I Being a stage stor story My MV Wife could not riot possibly be absolutely truo true to life but In so far as It Is 1 possible It Is ts Best of oC all l I My Wife Is natural In Its Unfolding unfolding unfolding un un- folding of plot Every ery line lino Is the tho speech of ot a real human being There are no forced situations no Impossible climaxes The Tho comedy appeals to the Intellect ItIs It ItIs Ita Is a tho the sort of ot comedy that arises from the dall dally daily contact of or men and women M My Wife Ife is a comedy from tho the CObe very CO be beginning to the end Of or course Mr 11 Drew Is the star but beIs beis be he hes Is s not the only artist t In the cast Unlike most stars Dr Dro Drew has surrounded himself elf with capable players He Is arIst artist artist ar- ar enough so 80 that h he docs does not have to lave have a company of or puppets who mouth their heir lines and give gl him cues for Cor situations situa- situa lons In which he shall shine alone He believes In iii sharing the good things of the play with others and therefore nearly nearl I every ery member of the entire co east cast t has j several sev ser eral opportunities to dl display his or ox her ability And ever every opportunity Is made tho the most of or Natural forceful and graceful gives but little Idea pf pt John Drews Drew's perfect art He Is 18 a master of oC comedy an adept in Ia facial expression and a B. consummate ar- ar withal Not ono one single thinking person person person per per- son left the Salt Bait Lake theater last night without saying There Is ts an nn actor HI His every overy gesture Intonation of oC his voice olce and movement mo on the stage shows eho that ho has 1 reached a hed tile the acme of oC perfection Words are arc I but a poor means of expressing full rull appreciation of ot John Drew He was as a astar astar astar star years ago Today he lie Is better than then hon It seems that ever every time one sees John Drew v he hc Is better than thun tho the time before Beauty and histrionic ability nb seem rarely to go together Most Moat beautiful ac actresses actresses ac- ac tresses arc are called upon only to look beau beau- not act But this cannot be said ald of DIllie Billie BUllet Its It's a woman though h the name iame would signify differently She Bhe Is Isa a n. dream of loveliness an and an actress Her ler elfish ways was and her charming manner captured oven er heart Not ono one of ot her prisoners however would break their chains To lice ace her Is 18 to appreciate te her A wealth of shimmering hair halt a 1 quaint little nose noe a rosebud mouth a a. pair pall of ot eyes that penetrate a n. manner so eo charmIng charming charm- charm Ing ng and eo so o In Ingenuous this Is Ie Billie Burke Burke- Any man who ho cannot love her cannot love 13 ove at aU all All AU Lon London on fell down and worshiped Billie Burke Is Salt Lake LaIc doIng doing dong do- do Ing ng likewise 7 Open your ears cares and lI listen ten today odny and you ou will hear ono one name In tho tim mouth of or all all and that name Is Billie Burke She will carry away from Salt lAke jike tho the best wishes of ot When she sho ho comes here hero again and again and ma may that time be soon soon she she will bo be welcomed with open arms arras and applause For tho the typical Englishman who likes not to trouble himself with thou thought ht commend commend com corn mend me to FerdInand Gottschalk when hen hen henie he ie portrays tho the Honorable Gibson Gore Mr 1 Gott Gottschalk chalk ne neer ne er overdoes o his part at any time lime He makes It sincere re He does not drawl his words nor does doell he las burl burlesque the character H H. H He 1 IK ha dell delightfully delight delight- ht- ht full fully ully natural at all times and Is b by way of becoming a n close cloo rival of Mr Drew There IB Is not ot a poor member In the en entire entire en- en Ur tire cast enet Even the butler and tho valet alot and tho the waiter walter In the hotel make much out of ot little They all aU show that they are earne earnest t nn and have the tho best Interests of oC the tho performance at heart henrt More fore than thana a a. word vor of ot praise should go to Morton Selton SeHon as M. M 1 Dupre father of ot Trixie and Frank Goldsmith who essays Rene lIens I Both give faithful portrayals of Impetuous Frenchmen and anel add greatly to o the tho strength of ot tho the comedy As I said before nobody can afford to o miss My Iy Wife for It Is the most afloat delightful comedy In a decade Therefore Therefore There- There fore ore take tako this great reat opportunity and tind go goo goto goto to o tho the Salt Lak Lake theater before Saturday night or you ou will regret It It Indeed ARTIE S S S Martin Beck Deck g general manager of ot the tho circuit purchased th the th exclusive producing rights of Tho The Van Dyke from rom Mr Arnold Dal Daly last Saturday This Thle is III s the one-act one by Cosmo Gordon Bennett which Mr Ir Daly Dah presented so 80 sue suc- at the Berkeley Lc Lyceum um last lest season option and Mr 11 Beck has placed d It In Jn the repertoire of oC nea Katherine Grey who opened at tho the Novelty Ko theater San Fran- Fran FranIsco Francieco laco Isco Sunday evening April with lyde Clyde Fitch's FIlch's The Truth Miss Gre Grey will not appear In tn The Van Dyke n Il as the requires but two male character charac charac- tera ter ero but it will bo be used ao a curtain curtain- raiser when she appears In the tho The later on Robert Mantell Mantel who aho ho In is short shortly to appear ap appear appear ap- ap pear in Salt Lake speaks 1800 words In Macbeth He Ho must know whore they come omo In In-he In he must have the tho cues and sit eit- to say nothing of the tho carefully worked out business a. a which Is the tho tech tech- leal term for the tho acting Itself Ho He In is Inn ison on n the tho stage stag In these scenes scone of ot Macbeth all II over oyer two and quarter one hours The Theart part art of ot Lear Leal h ha has UI In It Jt 2000 words word with nearly early three hours of oC trying work on tho the sta stage tase e In Jn the presence pr of oC the critical nce enco Then comes cornea with only onh 1600 words but endless labor The rolo role rolof or of f Shylock lo Ia com comparatively para ely tt short with Its ts 1700 words but anyone who has seen seeni th the i s part knows knowlI that It Is wear an and tear for Cor or more than two strenuous hours Hamlet speaks words Jn hi n nearly throe three hours Richard always alays a hard part run run- I I Ing for two hours and live forty minutes j lana has but 1800 words but the tho work Is try try- Ing Othello has 2100 2400 words and nd lago Zago a part that Mr t. t Mantell Manteli pla played cd In the great s tragedy recently has 1600 words all ull delivered with the care T required by this great part Altogether Mr 11 Mantell l mU must t know letter perfect about words of poetry with all of the attendant business and cues This means a thorough knowledge of the numerous I plays It Is la a a. staggering sll task for or th the mind S S S The Lorch company compan made another hit last night with the tho patrons o of or the tue Grand Orand Grandin in East liast Lynno Despite tho the fact that the pIa play has lies been beeD done dona time tune and timea time a again in this city the announcement that It was to b bo lJ played again was sufficient to draw a big house which was w well wll repaid for its ILs attendance Though the thc part of ot Lady Isabel Is 11 widely widely widely wide wide- ly different Item that of Sapho MI Miss made good In the part port as QS Sh she has In everything e that she has undertaken undertaken under under- taken tolen In this city Her He work last night once more demonstrated demonstrate that she ahe he Is one of the best leading women who have appeared In stock In this city In Jn many years cars As AsSir AsSir AsSir Sir Francis Levison Mr Lorch was at his best and gave ga the part part a- a careful reading Miss Aubrey Is I Iby by far tho the best Barbara Hare Haro that Salt Lake theatergoers have seen een In man many mans years cars What hat lifts been said In the past about Mr Boone Doone as a character actor Is still good as was proven pro lost last nl night ht when Mr played tho the part of Mr 1 Dill Mr Rutledge as Archibald Carlyle Carlle was WI good as was Miss Mis' Fn Fey Fay as Miss 1 Corney CarlYle Mr Pemberton as Lord Mount Severn was all that could be asked for gIving gUIng a n. careful reading and delineation of tho the pa part rt The rest of or tho cost cast was as good East Lynne will go for the tue rest of or the tho week with Ith the usua usual S Saturday matinee This will be 00 society night at tho the Or- Or and tho the advance ad sale of ot seats ws Wa that there will be standing room only ony I |