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Show . "The Devir Auction," one of the greatest spectacular attractions known to , the stage, now In ita twenty-first year, will open at the Salt Lake Theater Thea-ter tonight. The advance sale for tonight to-night has been large, and1 an interesting performance Is looked for. i ' ; "The, Fatal Wedding, a new melodrama, melo-drama, opens at the Grand) tonight for an . engagement of four performance. The scenes of the play are ail laid in New York, and are all particularly -well mounted, especially . the "Palisades," where a sensational feature is Intro-, duced that of swinging' a ravine on a rope which la run across1 the stage and on which the villain is hurled! to death when the rope Is cut. The cast Is said to be a good one. e . The advance sale for "The Cowboy and the Lady" begins at the Salt Lake Theater tomorrow. The engagement Is for Friday and Saturday nights, with a matinee. This play Is by Clyde Fitch. . . . The band concert at the Grand last TXnlght was attended- by the usual Sun-, Sun-, iday night crowd. The programme ln-r ln-r y eluded a number of patriotic selections, J in honor of Washington's Birthday, and v the , special features were a trombone solo by Joseph McMahon and a vocal solo by A. W. Knox. , . William Gillette's engagement at the Salt Lake Theater Is for the first half of next week. There will be no matinee. mati-nee. "Ole Olson," with Ben Hendricks In the title role, will fill out the latter half of this week at the Grand theater. E. S. Wlllard" has given $500 to the A. M. Palmer testimonial fund. , Edna May is about to begin rehearsals of a new opera, "The School Girl," in London. Julia Marlowe has secured a new play by Henry V. Esmond, entitled "The Fools of Nature." The staircase fight In A Gentleman .of France" is one of the most startling' stage battles ever presented. . The Earl of Roeslyn is to have a lead-ins; lead-ins; role in the new play, "The -Young: Mlse Plttifer." This doesn't augur any particular treat. Martin Harvey, the English actor. Is recovering: from a severe cold which at one time, it was thought, would cause him' to end his tour. Forbes Robertson recently celebrated his fiftieth birthday in London. He is the husband of the beautiful young; American, Gertrude Elliott. jT' Another English noble, one Lord) Lvvedon. is taking to the stage. Here's T hoping it isn't another case of the Earl I of Yarmouth or Rosslyn. ' Henrietta Crosman will open her next Fcafon In New York on September 7th In "AS You Like It." She will later take Shakespearean comedy on: tour. , Annie Martell of the "Busy Izzy" comedy has been promised a seat In Santos Dumont's famous airship during dur-ing the World's fair races at St. Louis. George Fuller Golden wears a medal presented him by the .White Rats for the fight he made against the agents. He is very popular with New York labor la-bor leaders. |