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Show TONIGHT ALT LAKX Helen Gardner "OUo itatra.'1 motion alctnraa Perform ancee rmdlBBiag from s p. m. to U opKBUlt VaaarrUla, wMk Welter 0. Kelly aa tka featur, OOLOKLai WUUatn . Kally and Mitt Lyle In "Tha (Mil la tka Taxi." MaTBlW SaSeWa Q nuit- ma. OAfcMCK - Jfaw Hack enjajaW tn "Tha Otal freea ! regale." ORPrOnjX Tha Orphaara has again oama Into Ita own. The naw hi" which npened reetereAg la full of Intaraat from rtaa to fall of curtain, both bafora and aftar tnlermlBelori. During this season and thoaa which ban peassd tha mala alraat hotje, haa aat swh a high standard that patrons have noma ta expert a oonatant euooee- lon of pood aata. Occasionally thara la a tun la tha stream and tha publlo has frown aanaltlva on tha subjaot. A few waak ants In tha program ara as notice -abla aa would ba a rotten appla In a bos of tka aalaoted product from ona of Utah s famous orchards Tha Sunday matinee auditor, too, and aaa Mi all of tham ara avowed "regu-lara. "regu-lara. are mor than ueually rltlral mora enthusiastic whan pleased : more chilly when displeased All of which Is Intended as a preamble to the statement that the new bill made a hit with yesterday's matinee audi -enca and It aboud ba, to use a Mt of slang, a cinch that the house will have a blf wink. Walter C. Kelly. "The Virginia Judge. Is advertised as the headllner, and possibly pos-sibly hi delineation of wit entitles him to (ha place. Mr. Kelly takss ths audi-ence audi-ence to a Monday morning police courtroom court-room scene In Virginia, and In that section sec-tion of Virginia where nagToas of tha old southern type form no -mall par-oentaga par-oentaga of the totat population. Mr. Kelly enacts the part of judge, bailiff and prisoners at tha bar. There s a world of fan tn the distribution of jue-tica jue-tica With all doe credit to Mr Kally. tt must be said. In hiettlre to Mr. and Mrs. Jlmmie Berry, who Immediate.)' precede him, that thay, too,, have an act that la unusually funny. "The Rube" la sketch built primarily for the purpoee Of afford -tng Mr Barry an opportunity of doing his well Known impwjrso nation of the "nay-seed. "nay-seed. " There is a heap of fun tn "Ths Rube." and at ona or two polnte a moral may be noted by those who would peer Just beneath the surface. The Be timet tans, equilibrist, received more applauee yesterday than any similar Pirfnrmance here has had this season, ossibly a large part of this is due to the fact that one of the pair Is an exceedingly ex-ceedingly good looking young woman. dlars engaged in celling sage than tn any other line of Industry, rut basee his beHef on his experience in trying to obtain ob-tain strictly fresh ega all over the country. coun-try. Some of the eggs that have been sold to him at strictly fresh egg prices were very ancient. He has had so much trouble In obtaining fresh ban fruit that more than onoe he nas threatened to buy a pen of egg laying l ens and rany tham around tha country wlti htm. BMlHRaUSS Salt Lake contains many lovers of refined and higher class vaudeville, vaude-ville, a fact that has been evidenced the past five days that the present bill at the Empress has been effective. The Empress has beooms a home for ths family fam-ily to gather and enjoy an evening of good, claan entertainment diversified and with enough variety to suit the most exacting. This week the Mil Is especially espe-cially good and last night saw tha largest and most appreciative audlencee that have gathered In a long time. The bill has a headllner. a strong drainaitlc playlet play-let written by Harrison Armstrong and presented by Harry Burkhardt and a dls-tingulshsd dls-tingulshsd company of twelve, called '"Circumstantial Evidence." Others who round oat the bill are: The five Musical , IaSrads, who are generally lYcognlaed as the flneet muslsl set In vaudeville. Jack nana hen. referred to aa "tha kid ; the Three Hawtders. In a series of graceful and daring gymnastic and hand to hand balancing bal-ancing tunta; Fox and Ward, tha veteran vet-eran black cork: artists: Al Wallace and Murray Mack, In "A Medley of Old Tim. Melodies ' Ths present hill -in continue con-tinue trp to and including T needs v night r-ueemiT Miiotoer pan is nue to in. im that the woman is fully the equal of tha man In the different stunts performed. Monroe Hopkins and Lola Axtsll have a good time with "Traveling." a skit which Is in two scenes. Rrene ona la tn a moving mov-ing street oar. with Miss Axtell aa tha paeeenger and Hopktna sa the oonductor. A quirk change lands ths auditor In a Pullman car. Tha pair huniaaqua tha difficulties of the traveler In iinureeelng and drssalng again tn the tiny bedroome on wheals. Fie villa la a woman and plays the ar-rordcon- In addition to the musts, which net-esserlly conforms to ths oraae of the day and ta ragttme. FlavtUa dancea a step or two, and does so very gracefully. Tha Gordon Boy are sweet young things who wear the latest atyle of Jabots Jab-ots affected by voupg gtrls. The Jabots are very becoming. The two youthe have a mistaken Idea that they can sing, but thay both can dance, and get by cm the latter acrompllshmani The complete garment gar-ment of a man might be mote effective, however. Moving pictures, a score of them. rem. prtae the Oeumont weekly. The section show-ins- races between seroplsnea and automobiles In Pan Frsncleco Is especially Interesting. A visit to the Oreheum this week Is well worth while and ehould be pleasing to the most hardened vaudeville patron. e s e 0OLONTAL--"Tlie Olrl In the TaxL" aa preeented by William J. Kelly and hla company at the Colonial thla week, can te tsxeiy named among ' the varv beet stvok productions ever presented In Salt Lake i lty r.verv character in the farce finds a aultable representative In ona of the members of Mr. Xelly'a company, eg Ssclally Miss Edith Lvle, who la seen as tgnon. wr of a wealthy perfume manufacturer man-ufacturer and known aa tha "girl In tha text." Miss Lyte proved very poputer Isst wesk aa Dorothy Vernon of Hsiddon Hall, out the role in which she le cast this week Is far more up to date ' The Olrl In the Taxi" Is designed for Isughtng purposes, nothing mora- It fulfills ful-fills every purpose for which it was Intended. In-tended. It Is clean, refined and the one with morbid tastes who goes to the Colonial Co-lonial this week will be indeed diseppolrt. ed. Mils I.I the girl In the taxi, would he the first In the play to overstep the bounds ot propriety, hut her manner-lams manner-lams snd actions are far too refined for that. The story Is taken up largely with the dual naturee of practloally every male member of the cast. Been represents to his wlf, ths I he Is the model of virtue but cannot refrain from the pl.aaurea of the spicy night life on the great vvblte way. John Stem-art. a. banker, the very Image of virtue; Bertie teert. his Innocent Mn, snd Percy Peters, an sll scad sufferer suf-ferer from asthma, alt ao out In the night and Fee the slshta. winding up with vows of "never again' to their wires. Arthur Morse Moon was nsesr seen to better advantage hers than as Bertie Stewart. Mr. Moon ta a comedian of rare ability and he sucoaeded 1n causing many a hearty laugh at the Initial performance laat night. Mr. Kally was at his usual style i' Percy Peters, who always, want so New York for a visit on ths pretext that his ailmsnta could only be cured by one Dr. Paul, sn eminent physician, who. by the wav, had large practice among chorus girls J Frank Burke hae a well adapted par as John Stewart, tha banker Richard Vivian, as Frederick Smith, the perfume menufa. turer and Irate husband was also wsll cast. No mention nsad be made of Mr Vivien's ability. All of ths parts are wall filled but ona, that is Walter Wstaon. played last night br Mr. Harmon Weight. Mr Weight la far below tha standard held by Mr Kelly'a company and wars It not that ha has p laved so many times with the companv, one would believe that hs Is but a 'fl!l-tn 'fl!l-tn ' at the last moment. The following theatre notices ara marked "adverueement" la order to comply with a strict Interpretation of the new federal newspaper law. In no ens, are they paid advertisements They are Kama furnished by the press agents ef the various theatres s salt LAKE "Cleopatra," with Helen Gardner, the grant moving picture arttat. In the title role, began an engagement at the Salt Lake tnla afternoon. The plcturea will be seen dally from o'clock to II o'clock until Wednesday night, a a The property man of "The Concert." the comedy that David Bolasoo will present pre-sent at 'the Rait Iake theatre Thursday. Friday and Saturday nights, with a fourth performance Saturday afternoon, haa hie own trouble,. In this, play alx egg, are used at every performance. Thay are eaten, too, at the breakfast in the moet-clan'e moet-clan'e bungalow The property man's troublea come from having to buy these eggs. It has been Impressed on hlin forcibly, tlnie and time aataln. that there are various kinds of eggs, and the kind tlist he Is expected to supply Is the strictly strict-ly fresh kino. S'o limit Is placed on the amount lie can pay for theee eggs, gs long as they are fresh. The property man believe, that there are mora swln- |