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Show Bohamian 'v!61ln virtuoso, for twenty additional concerts, which include Buffalo, Buf-falo, Chicago, Louisville, . St. Louis, Memphis, Montgomery, Nashville, Birmingham Bir-mingham Atlanta, New Orleans, Omaha, Oma-ha, Denver, San Francisco and other cities in California, Ben Hendricks in "Ole Olsen" comes 1o the Grand theater February 26th, 27th and 28th. j r': : COHING ATTZACTIOirS. '-. . . . - ' ' ' ' ' . Theater-goer are perhaps not aware that the amusement season is already - .more. than two-thirds over. ' In fact, neither local house has more than a dozen attractions 'booked after next week. It i fortunate,, however, that eomeof the very best phows of the sea-, son are among those to come. At the Salt Lake Theater an early attraction will be William Gillette in "Sherlock Holmes." Later will come Kyrle. Bel-lew, Bel-lew, then James ONeil: For a closing the season will have Mary Mannering, in "The Stubbornness Of Geraldlne," W. H. Crane in "David' Harum," and H JL Sothern in repertoire. 1 The star attraction at the Grand in . the near, future will 'juidoubtedly be "On Broadway." a veMde, for the inlml-, inlml-, table Murray and Kack.. Another good one is Hen Hendncks ,lr "ole oleson" - fhen the ol-j' stand-by. "Human Hearts." Barlow's minstrels, "The 811- ver Dagger' and Faust" will bring to a close w,hut will have been the most successol reason, In every respect, in the hittry of the Grand theater. . I' AT THE SALT LAKE THEATER. Y"' "The Amazons," A. W. Pinero's clever A . comedy, will -be repeated at the Salt U - Lake Theater this afternoon and tonight 1 by the University Dramatic club, the " proceeds to go toward the relief ef the famine sufferers in Sweden. The club . achieved its greatest success in the production pro-duction of this play about a month ago, and those who patronize it tonight are assured; a pleasant evening, asjde from helping a worthy cause. The Theater .. has been donated free of any charge, and the entire receipts will be forwarded at once to the relief committee, . - Augustus Thomas's excellent play - Arizona" returns to tht Salt Lake The--ator for an engagemtnt of one week, beginning be-ginning next Monday night. There will be eight performances, two of them . matinees. 'Arizona" is remembered by local amusement patrons as one of the - very best attractions of last season, and Its return, with, nearly the same players and wlthr'elaborate scenic effects, is looked forward? to with pleasure. It is a play as full of bright color contrasts as the changing: combinations of a kaleidoscope. kaleido-scope. I fairly pulpes with fresh, vigorous vig-orous active life of the young West. It "has a love story as tender and almost as tragic as taa of "Romeo and Juliet," and it has a relief work of humor as ' ripe and unctious aa that in which Mr. Thomas has previously shown us in : -"Alabama" and in In Mizzoura." " AT THE. GRAND THXATER. j Mrs.v Thomas J. Smith in "The Game Kper" will be the attraction at ths errand theater Thursday. Friday and ' Saturday of next week. It is said to be ' a bright, interesting play from start to -flaisa,' with a thoroughly original -plot ; worked out on lines thatiare almost in v every respect new to the Irish drama. f -.In the story that is told, no one can see V the end from the beginning, every act I being full of surprises, and yet there is nothing ao glaringly absurd and im-probable im-probable as is almost sure to show Itself la tho stereotype jrisa play-- There is . a charm m an Irish play that is found nowhere else. The poor Irish wanderer, the ne'er-do-well, f ull of delightful in-. in-. .firrcities and rich in virtues of self-eac-' riflce, is a genial character. Everybody 'feels like shaking him by the hand. The . r play, too, must picture his side of Irish, fllfe. There tSNnothlng Uncommon in a .grave, impetuous, heroic Irishman; the man who is ready to give bis last drop ' 'for Ireland is not an exception, further ' . than the exception taken to blm by ' "England. Then, again, every man of another nation feels that he, too. is a hero when the occasion demands it. . For that reason "Land League" dramas will neves be popular. Even tire good eld Red' Coat' play is no more popular here, sinoe Americans can speak "of the war." The company Is said to be the beet that ever produced the' piece. - Thomas J. Smith wilt be toe hero. The attraction is under the management of Messrs. Rowland and Clifford, managers of several big traveling companies. "A Gambler's Daughter," the new and sensational melodrama, will be. pro- I duced at the Grand theater Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. The atmosphere atmos-phere of the play is most exciting and the plot is one of such ingenuity that the interest of the audience is kept keyed up toa high pitch throughout the .enactment of the ploty Owen Davis, who wrote the highly successful sensational sensa-tional melodramas, "Lost in the Desert," Des-ert," "Through the Breakers," etc.. Is the author of "A Gambler's Daughter." "Briefly, the plot deals with a board of trade man by the name of Horace Mer- rick, mho has a beautiful daughter, Kate. She possesses the same dashing X and daring spirit that has made her W. father a leader on 'change. Kate and I George Hart, one of her father's clerks . and a manly young fellow, ars in love, - and there would be no obstacle to their union were It not for Merrick's unscrupulous unscru-pulous partner, James Stetson, who holds Merrick in his power. Merrick leads a double life. He conducts a great and gorgeous gambling-house in Michigan Michi-gan avenue, Chicago, although Stetson and Mrs. Mayburn. an adventuress who i 'manages the resort for him, are the only persons who know that he is the owner of the place. Miss Lillian Hayward, a , clever emotional actress, heads the cast. NOTES OF THE THEATERS. The White Slave" Is drawing big bouses at the Grand. The engagement closes tonight. The show is a good one. . Mrs. Brune. the clever actress, . Is scheduled as one of the earliest bookings book-ings in her wonderful play. "Unorna." This play is said to be the most extraordinary extraor-dinary story ever written by that wizard wiz-ard of romance, F. Marlon Crawford. Those two favorite Irish comedians, Murray and Mack, will come to the Grand theater for one entire week in March, in "A Night on Broadway." , i ; Mile. Irene and "Zaza" will be new J features secured by Manager Charles -.. H. Yale for this season's production of the "Everlasting Devil's Auction." a EfBc Ellsler, who Is this season star- ring in Julia Marlowe's production of "When KnightBood Was in Flower." is a profound student, and carries a libra- , ry of over 300 volumes With her while traveling. a p - For the first half of the week begln- nlsg February 23rd. "A Fatal Wedding". will be the attraction at the Grand. . . . ' Manager Rudolph Aronson baa already al-ready signed with Koclan, the. young 1 ' |