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Show Theater, and la tha only production o lta magnitude and caliber ever seen In thli city. "Stupendous" ia the only word. It la said, that wjll describe-this great beauty, ahaw. In importing and adapting it to the American rtage, Klaw & Erlanger apent a fortune. It represenU the most oostly production ever aeen on the American rtage. It In ataged In three acts and - seventeen scenes, and four hundred people take part In the performance. During its presentation nearly 2000 UUTerent costumes cos-tumes are worn. The original book was entirely rewritten by John J. McNally. Taking solely the theme of the KngUsh manuscript he wrote a complete new story, filling It with comic lines and funny situations, while the piece is humorous hu-morous in the main, it couvcya-in a comic vein the serious moral that great wealth will not bring contentment in life. There are two great ballets and a wonderfully beautiful transformation scene. -The -ballet at the f nul -of the first act is called "IArt Nouveau" and represents In choruses and processions products of art in manufacture, displaying dis-playing carved Ivory, wrought bromces and Iron, mosaics, Iridescent glasses, earthenwares, limoges. enamels, gold work, transparent, enamels. Jewelry and the diamond. Over four hundred people appear in this feature. The great ballet "Heartease" at the end of the second' act Is preceded by a minor ballet called "The Land of Frost and Ice," a remarkably beautiful scene, composed of frosted bead work. This melts Into the "Land of Heartsease," showing nearly four hundred people In most gorgeous costumes in every hue of the pansy. g9pag. SALT LAKE THEATER. ' Saturday, Matinee and Might , LawraD.ee D'Orsay in "The Earl of Pawtucket." . . Thursday, .Friday and Saturday Nights, Haux-.es Saturday Ban Greet's players in "Everyman." Ben Greet, whose company of players will be seen at the Salt Lake Theater next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, stands as the foremost champion of the non-starring system. To his mind the play Is indeed the thing, and he has all his life fought the starring system, tooth and nail. His Ideal of a company com-pany Is one modeled after the fashion of the best German Stock companies, where an actor may play Hamlet one night and a' mere sailer or eoldier the next. Ben Greet, himself, not only directs di-rects the stage but acts, and here too his theory is shown, for he as well plays, all sorts of parts. In "As You Lika It." he is Touehstone; In "Hamlet." ha is Hamlet, and the crown of all his work as an actor, say the critics. Is his Mal-vollo Mal-vollo in "Twelfth Night." Ben Greet is n Englishman who has for the past twenty years occupied a uniQue position posi-tion in the dramatic world of England, where he has maintained a celebrated chool of acting and a superb Shakespearean Shakes-pearean company, which toured England, Eng-land, playing especially under the aus-i aus-i pieces of the universities. Mr. Greet I was in the company which supported I .v . - - ; ; - : www "The Dictator." the new farce by Richard Harding Davis, in which William Wil-liam Collier is now appearing under Charles Frohman's management, is to be seen at the Salt Lake Treater, Friday Fri-day and Saturday, February 24 and 25, with Saturday matinee. , William W. and Joseph Jefferson, Jr., are presenting for their third very successful suc-cessful year of starring Richard Brlns-ley Brlns-ley Sheridan's delicious comedy, "The Rivals." The former is the Sir Lucius O'Trigger, while the latter is valiant "Bob Acres." and are supported by the all star cast which have been employed by Mr. Jefferson for many years. This attraction will be at the Salt Lake Theater Washington's birthJay. v - WHERE LACE AND SILK HOLD SWAY. An allover pattern (n renaissance hand-made 4ace is used for the body part Of the elegant evening cloak, a backing of double chiffon - which is so often miscalled chiffon cloth, a- term which belongs to the broadcloth weaves serving serv-ing to veil the white sutln Iliilnsr and throw the hand-wrought pattern Into relief. re-lief. The coat Is extremely full nn-1 loose, no pretense bring made to fit the figure, save over the ohouidf-rs. where a yoke serves to make a smooth fit and act as a foundation to which the full folds of the coat are applied. An exquisitely exquis-itely fine pattern In Chanti'.ly i. accordion pleated and posed over plisse chiffon chif-fon with a ruched edge, this making a cape design over the shoulders, forming a frill all aroun? the hem end mak'n? a cascade down either side of the side seam, where th full and puffy sleeves are inssrted. these being put in dolman fashion. The sleeves themselves are o f plain black chiffon over white and finished fin-ished with a chiffon frill. Handsome appliques in a coarse Russian guipure are placed o the shoulders with excellent effect, and an edging of Irish crochet cro-chet edges either side of the fronts. In spite of the many characters of lace used the result is anything but patchy or scrappy; rather is it one of a cleverly clev-erly diversified elegance. - V Good Deeds in "Everyman." The Mantelll Opera company win give two performances at the Salt Lake Theater Monday and Tuesday evenings. February 20 and 21. Madam Mantelll has a world-known reputation and the event will be an Interesting one for music mu-sic lovers. GRAND THEATER. Sunday Night Held's band. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Dark. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Nights, Matinee Saturday "Two Lit? tie Waifs." "Two Little Waifs," Lincoln J. Carter's Car-ter's popular melodrama, will be seen at the Grand theater tm Thursday, Friday Fri-day and Saturday. The story of the play is in the separation of man and wife by the appearance on the scene of a woman from the streets, who is the wife's twin sister and "as like as two peas," although they are unknown to each other. The husband catches this woman with another man in his garden, gar-den, and concluding without further evidence, but contrary to her protestations protesta-tions of innocence, that it Is his wife, discards her on the charge of infidelity. He leaves in a passion, and falls over-board over-board .from -a fltaten island ferry boat. tan Opera company is nnt. strictly speaking, speak-ing, a concert organization. In its tour across the country it will give JubI one concert, that in Salt Lake. An opera would have been presented here had it not ben learned that there Is no building of sufficient seating capacity in Salt Lake in which an opera co.:ld be preaented after the superb Conried fashion. But Salt Lake and Utah musicians are congratulating congratu-lating themselves on the fact that they aiv to have the concert. All Join in saying say-ing that this is tne opportunity of a lifetime. life-time. Many of them have paid hundreds of dollars in railroad fare and expenses to hear vastly Inferior music. Mary Anderson when Ph- appeared in London first, and he was lso in th-company th-company which supported Lawrence' Barrett on his appearance In Knglind. When "Jim, the Penman" was first produced, pro-duced, Ben Greet played one of tiif: leading roles. Mr. Greet did not come to America until three years ago, when he brought "Everyran" to this country. He has received a warm welcome wel-come from the universities of America, as well as the, public, and the tur of "Everyman" has been an enormous success. ' - "Mother Goose." the most brilliant and comprehensive - of ' art the 'Drury Lane spectacles presented in tl.li country coun-try by Klaw & Erlanger, will be seen March 6 all week at he Halt Xaka picked up by a. vessel outward bound and becomes a soldier in the Philippines, Philip-pines, fiom which he returns bic-K. auu almost dead. Meanwhile his wife livts, or exists merely, in a garret on the scanty proceeds of her sewir.g, and the earnings of her little boy, ail the while being besieged by the addresses of the villain who is concerned in her domestic domes-tic misfortunes. She remains true, however, and with her two starving children, wanders the streets, at last being tound where the snow is falling before an illuminated church, with organ or-gan playing a soft anthem lnlue. Here there is a Joyful reunion after a long nightmare of suffering. "Black Pattl" has rallied round her Troubadour banners about ail the talent tal-ent worth having in the colored world of comedy and song and dance. Her success has been so great that she has been able to create a sort of monopoly and plutocracy of a Jet tint. Her company com-pany for this season, the eighth of her great success, numbers over two score of white teeth and shiny-eyed male and ' female funnlnes and funsters. This collection col-lection of talented singers, dancers and cake-walkers is headed by the merriest droll "Merry Andrew" that ever split his face in twain when he smiled; John Rucker, "The Alabama Blossom." is a corker In fact, a fancy cut glass stopper stop-per in the way of a good cork who don't need burnt cork to be black, or be merry, droll or hilariously amusing. The Troubadours will appear at the Grand theater February- 20. 21 and 22. . For February 23, 24 and 25 the Grand theater offers an excellent attraction In Rowland and Clifford's "Over Niagara Falls." The reputation of this piece has preceded it and it will doubtless be well received, for the lovers of melodrama melo-drama are legion in this city. John Gordon will portray "Starlight," the Indian chief; Will Chatterton will do Asa Phitlipa. the heavy; Louise Barrett, Bar-rett, Mildred Roslyn, the orphan heir-f heir-f s, and the other members of the cast have been especially engaged for the characters they represent. Harry Corson Clarke's engagement of five weeks at the Grand theater will he-gin he-gin February 27. The house will be open for seven weeks straight, beginning begin-ning next Thursday. HELD'S BAND CONCERT. The following programme will he rendered ren-dered by Held's band nt iho Urand theater thea-ter Sunday evening. February 12, 1HU5: Selection, "The Burgomaster"..... Luders Caprices (a) "(iood-bye. Little Girl, Oood-bye" Edwards (b) "I'm on the Water-Wagon Now" Frank Daniels Grand selection. "II Trovatore" Verdi Prison Song and Anvil Chorus Ballad for cornet Selected John Held Seem funny on the Theme. "We Won't Go Home Till Morning" Daiby Solo for violin, "Scene de Ballet" De IJllot Slgnor Sardoui. accompanied by Prof. Shepo rd Toreador song, from "Carmen" Bizt Grand overture, "Tannhauser"... Wagner THE CONKIED CONCERT. J With the operatic concert to be given by the Conried Metropolitan Opera companv in the Tabernacle on the evening of April 4 still nearly two months distant, the demand de-mand for sents ha been so greni as tj axtoninh and gratify thrse who hav-charge hav-charge of the event. At the muaic stor -of the I'aristensen A. Anson conipuny otf Main street,' where the advance sale is In progress, almost the entire . tlmi of Vn. man Is being taken up by the application for reservations. The present outlook Is such that It would tun be at all surprising surpris-ing if the entire house were f.1i1 out two or three weeks prior to ihe date of the concert. Utah seen-T determined to take advantage of this opportunity to hear th World's greatest singers, not only In arias and individual selections, but In the masterpiece, mas-terpiece, Kosainl's "Stabat Mater." which will be presented In Its entirety for the first time In Utah on this occasion. Nordics. Nor-dics. Homer. Dippel and Journet will te the stars In tW production. Mme. Nordics Nor-dics is well known here. Of Mme. Homer, Ho-mer, John J. McClellun. than whom there is no better known musician in the West, says: "I consider Mme. Homer's voice the most marvelous contralto In the world. I have heard many singers, bui she easily overtops them all. And Mr. McClellan has only words of praise for tha other star.. The Conried Metropoli- |