| Show 1 J Searching for tor good entertainment when the real good stuff Is BO so sparingly distributed dis distributed die dis- frequently ends ono one up at a vaud vaudeville house resigned to make maite the tho best of the same old stuff stutt This week eek at the tho Empress It is the same samo old stuff all except one act Bet But at nt th the outset outlet le leIt let It bo be understood that no matter what I Isay say about the balance of ot tho show chow that one act act- Is 18 worth more than treble the price of admission After Alter wading through n four acts acte of or less lest than mediocre merit the tho audience g gets ts its liB reward in a a. miniature musical comedy This rills redeeming feature Is called The Thc Girls and the tho Jockey Jocko and Its first asset is it Its amusing English drollery droller gotten the com corn over by hy an earl and his Jockey Jocke Pretty Prell girls with shapely limbs must como come in for tor a n. share of or the tho praise and then there Is some ome catchy music and clover clove dancing not at all ordinary which gives give un an artistic touch to the tho 4 There Thero Is barel barely the tho trace of a R. plot but the ac action action action ac- ac tion and comedy are oro t so o cleverly InterWoven Interwoven Inter inter- woven wo that the plot Is j not missed missed- The earl and his Jockey Jocke sing sinK a son song I or two vo and chatter awa away about America got got- gotting getting ting in the typical dialogue and some English h characteristics which make their performance the tho funniest t In Its line lino wo we have ha seen soen In tn vaudeville in a long while Theres There's a R. young oung girl Irl who plays the tho role of ot a Kentucky ky belle who with her Awe sweetheart sweetheart sweet sweet- t- t heart sings and dances and does docs both unusually w well wll 11 Thc The scene of or tho the act Is and al- al located on a southern plantation thA tho name namn of nf th the act would would- SUg- SUg g gest st race h horses the the nearest approach to thoroughbreds are the Kentucky girls gills composing the chorus The The- two comedians are R. R N. N Cor Cory as the carl earl and Vincent Erno Erne as the tho Jockey Both are exceedingly I clever Mae Francis the sunshine girl Irl Is hilled billed to appear ar in new Eon song j and gowns gons The Tho gowns may bo ho now In now In fact they are quite stunning stunning but but the songs are not and the singing is hardly abo above o tho the or ordinary or- or Frank Evans and Will burnt cork comedians looked promising when they came on on but their stuff sturt was slow and very ancient A sketch called Just a Girl has nothing I could discover r to recommend it It wakes up a little at tho the climax but until then It moves mo like a a a. funeral procession slon Charles III and Bertha Walker the tho pla players e showed deserving of something bet better ter Ben Ryan and Henrietta Lee also failed to mako good their claim to bo be somewhat some what wha t different mirth makers Their songs and their 1 patter nt r got sot a a. poor reception reception recep recep- tion but rf right ht at the tho end they gave save an exhibition of ot fancy dancing that was surprisingly surprisingly sur sur- good Next to the musical comedy tho the Leland Leland Leand Le- Le land and ra rapid ld fire tire artists who paint artistic scenes scones on gauze sauze afford the beat best tho the bill offers Their work is cleverly executed and something of ot a a. no novelty elt The Tho movies of ot current events are in interesting In- In and Instructive as usual A. A S. S HATFIELD D. a S S The show at the Pantages theatre this week weel Is Just fair The Thc performance as asa asa asa a whole docs not come up with the class of vaudeville the house has haa been presentIng presenting present present- Ing ng since it opened four or five weeks a ago o. o However there arc are nets acts on the bill that are interesting on account of ot their being away from the ordinary run nm run of acts seen at vaudeville theatres these days Destiny Is a a. dramatic sketch presented presented pre pro b toy by William Schilling and other members of or the company compan The act is a good one and the various dramatic situations situations sit sit- nations which come como up during tho the climax afford Mr r. r Schilling and other members 0 of tho the company chances for tor wonderful acting The story etory told is a gripping one Bessie Jessie A. A Falsom portrays the part lart of or orthe the he woman She Is a a. cover clover actress and ami handles landles her part exceedingly well well- Beltram Bertram Ber- Ber tram ram Grassby as the newspaper reporter has a a. difficult part and does docs full justice justice jus jus- tice to it An act that puts lots of or life Ufo In the bIll Is Sorority Days presented by Menlo Moore and company The act Is Isike like ike any other college ge there beIng belag be- be lag Ing ng lots of or musical numbers that thal arc rendered In a way that wins much ap- ap lauso lause from the audience There are si six people cople in the act and all alt are arc above tho aver average e dancers and fair singers Miss Christine In the part of ot Doll Dolly made the biggest hit with the audience The musical act offered by the Tyler St St. Clair trio is an ordinary one The members of the act acl play on bells and offer several xylophone selections The young oung woman member of the act causes much laughter on account of her want want- wanting lag ing to danco dance while playing on the tho various arious various va a va- va rious Instruments Instrument Dudak's trained bears beats offer octer an amusIng amusing amus anius- ing lag act The largest of or the thc troupe died while en route to Salt Lake Lako City last week and the other bears are arc a bit backward In performing their tricks on account of or the big bear not being with them Clayton and Lennie as tho the Happy Chappy Chapp and the thc English Johnnie go well The closes the bill with moving pictures a a a aThe The following theatre notices are marked advertisement in order to comply with a strict Interpretation of the new federal newspaper law In no sense are they paid advertisements They are Items furnished by the press pre agents of or the various theatres SALT I. I LAKE tho the Anderson musical musical mu mu- company compan playing The Thc Cand Candy Shop reaches this city at the Salt Lake theatre tonight for three nights and Saturday matinee maUnee lovers of music and comedy will havo have the opportunity of seeIng seeing seeing see see- ing tho the greatest organization o of or singers rs dancers and comedians experts In their various lines that thal has over o been heen gotten together under one management This Is the usual boast of or the tho advance agent wo we leno know but at last here is hs one with the goods who can make malte good his every ll assertion If It It is a fact that good goodwine wine needs no bush bUth it Is by hy no moans means the fact that a good show needs no preliminary boosting for tor there have been so flO many claims made of ot superior excellence for tor various organizations Homs that tho the show us style stylo has bas become popular and here indeed Broncho Bill Billy It Ander son and his wen well known general manager J J J. Rosenthal are aro able ablo to make mako good The Tho company includes such well known artl artists as aR Rock and Fulton Al Shean Tom rom Waters Will VIll Philbrick Oscar 1 Ragland Rag Rag- land hand Franklyn Gene Catherine Hayes Bessie Franklin Cecilia I O Illo T Kitty Doner Dotter and a beautiful collection col col- col- col I lection of or sixty singing and dancing as associates as- as sedates S S S The ORPHEUM-The The local Welsh colony colon turned out in force last nl night ht to do honor to Mr Ir Edwards Davis M. M A. A who is such a bl big feature at nt the Orpheum this week with his superb company 11 pre presenting present present- entIng ent- ent ing The Tho Kingdom of Destiny an 11 al allegory al- al legory In rhyme As Mr Ir Davis hs is a Welshman himself tho the compliment was wasa a double one loda Today Mr Ir Davis ht will address the bu business men lnell of the lie city at the regular luncheon of the Ad Ail club which will wilt be bo hl held helcl at tho the Commercial club at 1230 1230 Ho will tal for tOI his Is sub tub Sect Genius Is Talent Glorified d by the tile Joy of or Toll Toil II UTAH TIle close Mention attention hen given to Willard Villard Macks Mack's own pla play Men Ien of or Steal at the Utah theatre thIs thin week celt I and the favorable comments heard at tt u t the close clos of or each cach performance must be bo extremely extreme pleasing to the play actor wright ht Tho Tim unanImous verdict been heen I n actor octor that K KMiT Mr MiT Ir but Mack a careful Is l not no student only of or H It finished modern political and social conditions cOndition In jn view of L the BP splendid Id l he II is offer offer- lag Ins tw this week No play has been bern pre pro pre h here re In Jn recent years jears possessing more gripping grIppin power than his Men of Steal It gives a 8 keen In ti to the system of or stool pigeons in vogue in many of tho the large lorge cities of the countr country It shows how men mon and women who ma may desire to frO aro straight are arc forced d to do dirty work for tor crooked police officials because the tho police have something on the tho victims victim In Mr Macks Mack's play there is a a. cold blooded presentation of or facts conc concerning underworld orld doings |
