Show AT THE THEATERS t v a TONIGHT SALT LAKE LAKE- LAKE Tho Tho Lion and the Mouse Orpheum Advanced Advanced vaudeville Colonial Babes Babes in the Bungalow Bungalow- HeIr Bungalow Heir to Grand Dr Dr Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde On request of or many competitors tors torn in THE TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S Lion and the Mouse contest con st tho the date dato of or tho the I closing has been moved forward rd and andall andall all communications suggesting a possible possible I ble blo better name namo for tor the renowned drama by Charles reaching the thede de desk k of the contest editor by noon tomorrow tomorrow to to- morrow will bo be eligible The Tho tickets bestowed bestowed be be- stowed as prizes will be issued for Saturday Saturday Sat S-at- night To ro those not acquainted with t the wonderfully won d gripping gripping- stor story tOr ol or the Lion Ilon and nd the Mouse a brief resume of or the plot may be in order The Tho mone money kun king of oC the tha world ha has m met methis methis t this I his Nemesis In an honest Judge By fair fairand fairand and honest d decisions th the financier ha hab has I b been en set hack back con considerably ld rl bly In III his plan to form torm a Q world wide trust H He resolves resol as I revenge rc to ruin tho the Jurist both financially I and In reputation Here Heie enters t the mou mouse e in form torm of fair Shirley daughter of oC the Judge I She h has Just t returned from Europe where whereIn In travel tra she ehe has met tho the money kings king's 5 only on I son Of Ot course the young oune people i are In love 6 with t each other Ryder the financier fin has s Just accomplished the financial finan finan- cial ruin of the hOM honest t JUd Judge when hen Shirley Shir Shir- the revengeful Cul plot against Ic Icy ley learns of at re en I her father I Simultaneously she faces tho the situation I of loving lo the son flon of ot her fathers father's despoiler dl I Ho How sh she overcomes 0 8 the tile lion Hon bringing the story to a successful ending would bo unfair to reveal enl for or there lies tho the dramatic dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic Interest of ot the pIa play Suffice it to say that in o o doln doing she Is instrumental In In clearly de defining the authors author's big moral drawn drat on modern ethics Now ow with the story atory in Sn skeleton plot be before before beg be- be fore you can you suggest a better belter e name than g it that t of the author io You ioe have nua until i tomorrow noon to place your suggestion In THE TELEGRAM office and you arc likely to draw as all a prize two or moro more choice 8 seats atA at the tho Salt I Lake ake theater The 1 Ion and the tho Mouse opens Its engagement tonight The names of ot the tho winners of ot prizes prize willbo will willbe willbo bo be published on the tho theater page paso tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- ro row afternoon Some Sense of ot the answers al already al read ready sent In follow tollow Possibly there are plays pbs on th the boar boards s today lust as good as The Lion and the Mouse but out in a theatergoing oin experience of over twenty years ears I have hao vet et to see ce o n play with the same power to to claim and h held bold ld the attention of an flu audience d I en t e. e About two years 3 ago 0 I had the pleasure pIcas pIcas- ure nrc of seeing Charles Kleins Klein's great reat drama at a n first performance in so an eastern city cHy The Tho house was packed from pit to dome but through b the entire entire en cn- en- en tire performance that vast audience sat anc and gaped as if thrown b bj- bj some unseen un un- un- un seen into the the sleep sleep 11 and not until the denouement had been reached the m mighty ht money kin king whose hose little finger held more power than another an Ion n nother other monarchs monarch's scepter baffled and humbled b bv bs' a slip sUp of a girl and aDd the curtain fell upon the climax of the play did it show how any s signs s of awaken awakening ln ing With regard to tho name of this play lay I believe it to b be a good one but might be considered obscure obscuro by those unfamiliar unfamiliar with tho the allegory ory As an improvement improve e improvement ment I w would lu aug st Rugge-st A est The Tamin Taming of ofa a Croesus Submitted b by br G G. G ELTING No East Second South street City Januar January 24 1909 1900 Submitted b by G. G E. E Paddock No Xo South Eighth East street Salt Lake City Cit Jan 25 25 1909 1009 To ono one who has seen Charles Klei Klein's Kleins s 's famous play it is hard to conceive of a better or more more appropriate name than The Lion and the Mouse How could the tho king of beasts be better typified than by this billionaire Ryder who ruled the finances of the world oven as tho the rules the jungle 1 Or the apparently insignificant mouse b by the slip of ot a girl irl who works his un undoing undoing doing J Besides being so 80 sowell well Wen adapted to the play this name has another charm not Dot so eo easy to explain but which has long long- been recognized by playwrights W Witness tho the man many beautiful productions both in comic opera and aud drama which have bave taken their names from fable and fair fairy tale talc I w will not try to propose a n abettor better bettor name for this great play Merely as another name I might suggest SUg The Th Do Downfall nal of tho the Mighty ht II Commencing tonight and continuing until until un un- til Sunday nl night ht with t tho the usual Saturday matinee e Theodore Lorch will III present nt the late lato Richard Mansfield Mansfields version erslon of ot Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Louis Stevenson's famous story stor tor Dr Jekyll and Mr 11 Hyde tlde The play Is III ono that Lorch Larch has scored a R. b big success in during his engagements In the east cast and it was at the request t of many man patrons patrone of ot tho the Grand that Manager Binford decided d to put the play piny on for the balance balanco of the tho engagement of Mr Ir I. I Lorch Lords tr Babes In To Is he amusing ng big big- audiences 8 at the Colonial To the lover of music Victor Herberts Herbert's work always appeals and In Toland It Is entrancing Tho The scenic effects arc aro dazzling A S A S A S Willard Mack ack has caught the town tOt with his hilS cozy now theater the Bungalow on State street t. t Since Sinca tho the opening Mor night he has played d to capacity wit with Paul Armstrongs Armstrong's virile American pIa play The Tho Heir Heh to th the thi and the ad advance ad ad- vance anco sale Ie for tor tho the balance of oC tho the week indicates the same business The Orpheum show shot this week c k Is good and Immense business Is resulting Signor Tra ato the tho Filipino virtuoso IB Is furnishing a large larco share of wholesome refreshing and pleasing pleading entertainment with his isis exquisite and original violin playing Tho headliners Gus Edwards Edwards' Six Blonde Typewriters appear In a. a delightful dancing and musical l production |