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Show niniiiiNiiiimmiuiiiiiiuiitiitHinuiiiu By HAROLD H. JENSON Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiir Bait Iavke is ranked aa on of the best show cltle tn th Vnltd State. Th number of theatres In oomparlson to th population exceed that of any other city of its sixe. Appreciative udlences are alao found, for In talk-yTnr talk-yTnr with many artists who appear In atT Oraroa, comedy, vaudeville and acreen. s thl 1 the unanimous opinion. kI.T I.HKH HltiTUBK' THEATRE. Th city also enjoy th distinction of having on of the oldest and most h'storlc theatrea, and It Is hoped the fait Lake will continue to llv for many a day. Nearly every tar of note, past and present, ha appeared In this eilayhouae. X MAI lR AOI- AT IHK-F.vr. Many wonder what haa become or riaud Adama. I tah most noted actress t I all h I taking life quietly ind plessantly In her beautiful and talatlal home not far from New Tork J'lty. She ha not appeared for om time in professional engagements, although' al-though' he still tske a keen delight In assisting, rtaglng and directing pageants for charitable purposea. In Which manv amateur take part. Maud A'hima Is on actre who doe not seek publicity, and th number of interviews granted newspaper men during dur-ing her entire career could b counted on one finger. Hh can well be ald to be wedded to her art. Several year ago rumor we afloat that th noted an re. s would direct her sreateat pageant. "Joan of Arc." a a tribute to I tah on the university campus or at the then proposed outdoor theatre. In case money is needed to keep alive the Bait iJtke theatre It I not Impoa-a. Impoa-a. Me that this could still be done, a n any other artists have volunteered. Including llenrv Miller. Ruth Chatter-ton Chatter-ton and Laura' Hope Orews. to assist In staging a theatrical benefit of om l K'S l.tTKUT cotiritrK, Wlllard Mack, well known to Vtah Plavgoera for hi work In stock work ' ier'e ha etagtd another comeback He recentlv Buffered from another nervoua breakdown In San Francisco and press notices carried word that h's latest . Ife wjio is slso well known here nd ppeared with him In "Kick In. - had l,ft htm. Th truth of the matter, according ac-cording to a fellow actor, who ap-reared ap-reared with Mack. I that his wife went on a visit to see her mother and then the rumor started, n was true Mr Mack waa 111. but immediately on h. arlng of the aame. hi wife returned. .After a few weeks' rest the. clever S actor-play wriirht ataged a comeback r that was a marvel to everyone around vlm There has' heen times when his i, fehas t.ee- despslred of. especlally ' " during n lllnes. In the Kaet. Immediately following his return to perfect heslth. Mack et h'a usual en-, teustasm and writ verai piaster- 1 pieces of dramatic art in a few week. Thia 1 the Hat: A complete three-art Klay for Vera Gordon, which he will eln direct, and which will Immediately Immedi-ately be produced; another dramatic sketch full of Interest called "Vour Irlend and Mine." and hla lateat vaudeville vaude-ville offering which took th coast by alorm. In thl (ketch th Ku Klux Klan la used for a background, and Mack hss woven a wonderful theme Into the offering. of-fering. HI wife take one of th leading lead-ing part nnd la th only woman In the rst. Th plot la that of a young man who I up for murder and Mr. 'Mack show the fallancy of disregarding disregard-ing law and order, and in vivid word I oint nut that ven those hiding behind be-hind "disguises' are not without sin themselves. Although the word Ku Klua Klan ar not used sn atmosphere atmos-phere la crested that tenda to ahow that thia organisation I meant. It I rot unlikely (Salt laik will aee Mack s latest sketch In the near future. (.tSOHftK I.KADIM; WAV Another Halt Lak who has com rapidly to the front. Is tlsorge Barnes. I who manv will remember for his work at th Wilkes theatre In stock. Mr I Parnea la taking the lead at th Newj Alraz.ir theatre tn Man Franclaco, and prea notices greatly praise his work. His parents reside in Salt I-sik. nd his host of friend will welcome news of hi rapid rise. After h left Salt lJke he stared tn Denver tn stock for some time, becoming what might well he termed a "matinee idol," but unlike nany thl did not turn his head, and he is Just th same "tieorge" that everybody used to know here. OTHER ITtim TR. Many other 1'tahna have rlaen rapidlv In the'theatrlcal game. Eleanore Tout Is the latest member of this talented I family In New York to be stsrred In a j special production. I.k, her sister Hasel. known as "Ifazel ltaw-n. of Pink !.ady fame," she possesses a charming personality and is a clever actress and ! musician. She Is being featured aa leading lady In a plav of her own anl. like her sl.ter, I taking Kroadway oy storm. Harry Knoles hss arrived in America with a print of 'Th Bohemian Girl." which h filmed In Ijndon. In the cast sr Kllen Terry. Ivor Novello. f;iadya Cooper, Constanca Collier and C. Aubrey Smith, Charles Hat ton will hav th title role In "Michael O'H illoran " firat In the j series of Jean Htratton I'orter aerlee to he filmed. Irene Kich and Josephine j .Sedgwick are In the cast. I Pauline Oaron will hav the leaning role in Cecil IwMllle a next. Juliou Ilea- ter will play opposite ber. , |