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Show HARRY CORSON CLARKE AND "HIS capable stock company made their bow at the Grand theater Monday night for an' engagement that 1s to run for the -next six weeks. They wisely chose for 1 their. first. offering that standard farce ' comedy.' "What Happened to Jones." There is fun in every line of this and with Clarke as the inimitable Jones there was nothing left to be desired. Mr. Clarke la too well known and has too many friends in Bait Lake to need ' . encomium. The character of Jones Is one admirably suited to him and he gets the most fun possible out of, it. . His supporting company Is exceptionally exception-ally good and judging by the enthu- alasm Monday night It la safe to say -the engagement will be. a renewed triumph tri-umph for this, popular comedian. "What Happened to Jones" will be the bill throughout, the week, with reception recep-tion matinees Wednesday and Satur- '. day. The first half of next week "His Absent Boy" will be presented. . .-,;..- . "THE feECOND EDITION" OF JOHN C.Fisher's C.-Fisher's stupendous musical production. produc-tion. "The Silver Slipper," will be presented pre-sented at the Salt Lake Theater Tuesday Tues-day night for the second and very . likely the last time In this city, aa ar-rangementa ar-rangementa are now pending lor an. Invasion of Australia. This year'e selection, se-lection, as regards the cast and chorus, cho-rus, is a most careful one and is con- . sldered in every way to be the superior of the former presentation made here a year ago. The special orchestra which is carried by this organisation at an additional expense of several hundred dollars a week was selected by Max Winne, the conductor. "MOTHER GOOSE," WHICH WILL BE seen at the Salt Lake Theater next Tuesday night. -Is a kaleidoscope of . amaslng pictures. There are hundreds In the ballets and choruses lithe, agile, graceful coryphees, tricked out In gowns that would make the Queen of Sheba herself hold up her hands In t wonder. Each woman's wardrobe contains con-tains a dosen changes, and each ' change Is more beautiful than its predecessor. pre-decessor. There are two beautiful bal-lets bal-lets and each contains a half dosen component parte. The first, L Art Nouveau," Ja the daasling finale of the first act. The stage is fairly alive with beautiful blending colors flashing In ths rhythm of dancing feet. Nor this all. Above the heads of the dancers danc-ers hover, the winged ballet, darting in graceful flight as far aloft as the proscenium arch, and sometimes oyer the heads of the audience, scattering flowers, natural flowers, to those be--low. More magnificent still Is the second sec-ond ballet. "Heartease." In aeemlngly endless array, feminine legions robed In every conceivable shade and design de-sign of the pansy, dance to the circle of the footlights until ths stage Is fllled from the orchestra to the highest high-est point of the back wall, all the while the scene changing in harmony ' with each changing color of the flower. flow-er. The sale of seats will begin Thursday. The engagement im for five nights and Wednesday matinee. . . THE BON TON THEATER OFFERS A bill of more than ordinary merit for the present week. The programme opens with a new illustrated song by Miss Wagner. Curtis and Loralne in operatic selections win the approval of the audience before they are on the stage five minutes. The Promplns offer a musical act that 1 novel and entertaining. The woman member xr the team ie the cleverest female cornet cor-net player that haa been heard In Salt Lake for many a day. W. J. Whalen. aa the comedy acrobatic Chink, keeps the audience entertained the full fifteen minutes of his time. Albert Leonard, in singing and dancing, and Miss Lewis In the same kind of an act. are favorites. The Mysterious Caesar and the Misses Lewis, they jot the trunk mystery, have returned for a week's engagement and oner an entire en-tire change of bill from that presented present-ed upon their last visit. The programme pro-gramme closes with a new set of moving mov-ing pictures. THE UTAHNA THEATER HAS AN Exceptionally Ex-ceptionally good vaudeville bill this week and crowded houses are the rule. |