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Show lVMUSEMS TONIGHT'S AMUSEMENTS SALT LAKE "A Country GirL" OEPHEUM VaodeviUe. GRAND 'The Cherry-Pickers. ' LYRIC Vaudeville. AUDITORIUM Roller Skating. CHAMBER OP COMMERCE Free. While J. C. Duffs chief desire when he engaged the big chorus for "A Country Girl" the "The Cingalee" was to get. first of all, good voices, he found when he had the many dozens of girls gathered for rehearsal that they constituted the best looking lot, of girls he had ever been able to secure. Duff claims that this amalgamation amalga-mation of beauty In this company was largely accidental, but those who are familiar fa-miliar with his taste for comeliness, as well as vocal ability In the auxiliary department de-partment of his companies, think otherwise. other-wise. It Is said that he secured many from the graduating classes from several of the large musical colleges of New York, who anxious for a stage career, realize that they must start from the bottom of the ladder. When they show their ability they are promoted and given small parts, and act as understudies to the principals. The company numbers I seventy-five people. Its performances at the Salt Lake Theater so far have b&en excellent. The Adelman trio, which Is making a pronounced hit at the Orpheum this week returned from their five years' tour of Europe a couple of months ago. In their absence they were three times the feature fea-ture act at the famous Empire theater, London. They still hold re-engagements. Of their work the London Daily Telegraph Tele-graph says: "Their xylophone playing comes as a revelation. It is as interesting to hear as Kubelik on the violin." The decoration Mr. Adelman wears around his neck was presented to him by Prince Ludvig of Bavaria recently. The biggest audience of the week at the Grand greeted Harry Leighton and his players this afternoon at the matinee performance of Joseph Arthur's thrilling military drama, "The Cherry Pickers." The gun room scene evoked storms of applause. |