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Show r7T pV'jj; ! Li ; FLORENCE ROBERTS NEVER lacks for appreciation In Bait Lake City. She waa again moot cordially received at the Salt Lake Theater Monday night, when she opened her annual engagement In Mrs. Flske's famous play, "Teas of the D'Urber-villea" D'Urber-villea" Marked enthuriasm followed each "fall of ' the'curtaln, and the popular actress waa called out again and again. Miss Roberta has given some notable performances here, but In none has ahe appeared to better advantage than In this tragedy ot lowly life in England. The charac- , ter of Tesa calls for' the play of mahy emotions. The conflict between leve and shame, the unwitting de- ' ceptlon which brought her lover to her ride; the happy denouement of the wedding day; the despair when, the truth becoming known, her husband hus-band leave her; the struggle against poverty and the pursuit of an -unwelcome lover; the shock when ah la told her husband is dead; the restraint re-straint of emotion under the insult . " of a drunken brute: the Joy which almost kill when the man she believed be-lieved to be dead returns; the nerving nerv-ing of her hand to murder all wer " portrayed with vivid distinctness. ' In the fourth act Mis . Roberts reaches the height of bet power. In the scene preceding the killing of . Alec jyUrberville by Teas and her , subsequent flight with Angel Clare, , . her husband. Mis Roberta gives a . remarkable portrayal of emotional -acting. The final scene in the ancient , Druid temple, where the fugitive murderess surrender to the officer of the law, the effect la beautifully carried out. Lucius Henderson ; make an acceptable Angel Clare. Eobart Bosworth give a careful Interpretation In-terpretation to the despicable char- acter of Alec D'Urbervllle. The other characters In the cast are in eompe- ' tent handa "Tesa of the D'Urber-villes" D'Urber-villes" will be given again' Tuesday night and at the Wednesday matl- j nee. Ita final presentation will be on ',- J Saturday night. Wednesday, night i ' and for the remainder of her engagement en-gagement Miss Roberta will give ' "Marta of the Lowlands." . . FULL OF THE "ATMOSPHERE OF the Southwest and of the army, 1 "Arizona" wa presented at the Grand last evening by a company ot j real excellence. The Thomas play , never grows old and never loses its charm, and to see It given by so capable a coterie of players adds to ; Its charm. The theater was deco- J rated with the national colors and! , a number of officers from Fort Douglas occupied the boxes. Jam ; Klrkwood Is raucous and blg-eart- i ed as Canley, and Alfred Hollings- : worth does well as CoL Benham. Clara Langley Is pretty and wears daxzling gowns and ahe plays the role of Estella Benham with dell- j cacy. It is a part easy to overdo, , but she makes It realistic. The audience au-dience liked her. Carol Arden was , winsome and- vivacious as Bonita, ' and Francis Justice as Lieut. Denton Den-ton made love to her in a way that won many feminine hearta. Harry G. Keenan as Capt. Hodgman was - decently villainous. He might put a little more life Into his acting ln the first act. Harriet Wlllard was quite good as Lena, and E. Fernandez Fernan-dez made a distinct hit as Tony. Ben Deane was rotund and Jocular as Dr. Fenlon and Jack Ferris had the metallic Chinese dialect true to life. The other parts were well taken. ta-ken. The play wa nicely staged. "Arizona" will be at the Grand all week. , THE BON TON THEATER PRE-sents PRE-sents the following fine list of at-tractlones at-tractlones this week: Tlppel and Kllment, comedy musical artists; Brumage and Clark, comedians; M. ! Adelaide Powers, elocutionist; Edward Ed-ward Cimon. monologue and song?, and McGarvy, Gavey and Bair.bon, song and dances. In addition to this programme there is the moving picture entertainment, which is iM worth the price ot admission. ."" . . , THB COUNTESS." THE NEW OP-'Veretta OP-'Veretta by Miss Margaret Whitney, daughter of Bishop Orson F. Whitney, Whit-ney, was presented for the first time In the Eighteenth ward amusement hall Monday evening. The work Is entirely of the young lady's compo-" compo-" sitlon and arrangement, and the staging was under her supervision. Aa Mis Whitney is only 15 yeara of age, the work may be said to be phenomenal. phe-nomenal. Little Charlie Shepard played the accompaniment under the direction of the young librettist and composer. THE MEMBERS OF THE PHTLHAR-monlo PHTLHAR-monlo Guaranteeing association met at the residence of Mrs. W. A. Nel-'den Nel-'den Monday afternoon and decided to disband the organization, aa It. ' has not received sufficient support at . ' the hands of the public. The association asso-ciation gave two concerts last season, sea-son, one by Lillian Blauvelt and the other by Harold Bauer, the expenses f which were $700. There waa a deficit de-ficit of $50. which waa made up by assessments and by contributions. . 1 , AT UTAHNA PARK THIS WEEK there Is a bill of unusual excellence. The star attraction is "The Mysterlr -ous Zelds," in all of the greatest 11- luaions on the American stage. Zel-' Zel-' da is hypnotized and placed ln a casket, after which the body slowly rises and floats ln the air. A solid , hoop Is passed around the body to , show that it has no support. The - Illusion is certainly mystifying., and - a reward of $500 Is offered any one who will solve the problem. Another . .attraction on the bill la the Beatty children, the youngest aerial per-" , formers in the world, who are but and 7 years of age. |