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Show p "L,,, players j THE EVER POPULAR '"YORK State Folks" returned to the Grand Monday night for the second time this season. The play is one of the "rural dramas" and has a strong hold on the hearts of the people of Salt Lake for Its homely flavor, and naturalness. As usual Ray L. Royce as1 Myron Cooper, the organist, organ-ist, and James Lackaye as Simon Peter, divided the honors.' Miss Lillian Lil-lian Rhoades as Jennie and Millie ' Stevens as Mrs. Martin, the browbeaten brow-beaten wife, were good. At the Grand Tuesday night and Wednes- I day matinee and night. ... "IN A BALCONY" WAS PRESENTED at Unity hall Monday evening to a large and welt pleased audience by Mrs. T. J. Armstrong, Miss Grate Lelle Davis and Mrs. F. C. Kelsey. The reading was exceptionally well rendered. vire. Armstrong took her part well, her rich voice pleasing her hearers and being well in keeping with her part. Cohstance was delightful de-lightful in the hands of Miss Davis, while the queen, by Mie. Kelsey, was taken without an imperfection. The role is a difficult one and was most creditably handled. Miss Mildred Mil-dred Brooks rendered incidental music. mu-sic. As a viollnisit rhe held her hearers hear-ers in a spell of admiration. Mrs. P. N. Cook and Miss Emily La r sen rendered two vocal numbers at the ' opening of the programme. . . . THE BON TON PRESENTS THIS week an unusually attractive programme. pro-gramme. Lon Harvey opens with a unique illustrated pong rendered in his usual sweet voice. Elroy and Lepslng keep things moving in the comedy line. Hanvey and Doane give an unusually clean musical sketch In hand balancing that are nothing but marvels. Leo Kendall he is a Dutchologist, that's all. Teed and Lazell dispose of an immense quantity of Irifh song and story. The moving pictures are new and interesting. in-teresting. ... IT1S SELDOM THAT A BIG VAUDE-ville VAUDE-ville headline act pauses in Its swift flight across the country to play a one-night engagement. But this is v exactly what the big double acts, the Tuxedo Ladies' band and the famous fa-mous Navajo Girls will do. These handsome and unusually talented young ladies are appearing in special spe-cial performances on the Orpheum circuit, having just c!oed a week's engagement at the Orpheum theater in Denver. Their next appearance will be in San Francisco, where they are billed to play eight continuous weeks. On their way to the Pacific coast the entire company will lay off in Salt Lake City, giving a matlr.ee and two night performances at Utahna park Thursday, November 3. In addition to their regular vaudeville vaude-ville performance they will present a corrplete comic opera, into which . will be worked a delightful list of number by the Tuxedo Ladies' band. This band is composed solely of ladies an even dozen of as pretty maidens as ever stepped before the footlights. ... UTAHNA PARK HAS MADE A MOST unprecedented run as a summer resort. re-sort. On November 15 it will have been open just six months and during dur-ing that time only two performances perform-ances have been annulled and this on account of rain. This Is a. compliment com-pliment to Utah weather. This week there is the usual vaudeville bill. Leonhart and Held will perform a sketch and Miss Held, who is a female fe-male pugilist, will probably lick the stage manager unless things go to suit her ladyship. George Trump, the legless wonder, is also on the biiL Mr. Trump has no legs, yet performs wonderful feats as a slack wire equilibrist. Gordon and Gilbert Gil-bert are billed for a comedy sketch and the Miller Brothers with their diarama. -- Crew Wcs Discharged. VIGO, Nov. 1. Fearing complications with Great Britain, the crew of the German Ger-man colllpr Elizabeth, now here, have refused re-fused to proceed to Port Said with the Russian warships. The men were discharged dis-charged and a Spanish crew was engaged. Morgan Not in Party. ST. LOUIS . Nov. 1. According to Charles Larlner, president of the Fort Wavne Railroad company, who arrived Sunday at the World's fair with friends. J Pterpont Morgan, the New York financier, finan-cier, is not in the party, of which It was supposed he was a member. |