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Show .. , , . ' 1 I . . . 1. i- . :. : . L.. J EA.L7IxATI3 "The Tenderfoot." C U Vaudeville. C 4liD "The Fast IlalL" IVIC "rat iATne." CIIATrr OF cuiMnrxs Free. AUDITO. ru: I Roller Skating. WASATCH HIIOS Roller Skating. . . That delightful rnuslcal tomedty "The Tenderfoot, with a big company headed by Oscar Firman and Ruth White, U to be the attraction at the Salt Lake Theater tonight. Firman wm the best Burgomaster, who ever played the title role In that delightful musical comedy, and It will be Interesting to see what be will do with the role of Prof. PetUbonj In "The Tenderfoot." Figman waa aald by the Chicago critics to be a better Prof. Pettlbone than Carle, and Chl-rago Chl-rago has ever been loud In praise or the man who la now starring In A Spring Chicken." The company will number nearly seventy persons. A musical comedy without a "Vase Is 'der name, please" comedian, minus the cowardly king of the mythical Isle, shy on the blundering lord high chamberlain, with the naval lieutenant and the count In disguise. It "The Umpire." which made a tremendous success In Chicago and la announced for a brief engagement'at the Salt Lake Theater beginning Thursday, March 21. "The Umpire" has an abundance abund-ance of bright lines, funny situations and music of 'the lilting, swingy kind that possesses pos-sesses the quality of adhesiveness, haunting one's memory long after being heard. Fredv Mace of "PUT, Paff, Pour Sandman fame plays the title role. There Is said to be no funnier man on the stage. . - Tonight Is the regular society night at the Orpheum and the fashion in which Patrice and her playlet, Hlckey and Nelson Nel-son and the other favorites are drawing the crowds makes a packed house assured. as-sured. Next , week the Eight Bedouin Arabs will be the headliner on a bill that promises to be one of the best presented at th Orpheum. , . ; . Giuseppe Glacosa, who wrote the libretto of Pucclnl'a Japanese grand opera "Madam Butterfly," in collaboration collabora-tion with Lulga lllica of Milan, died ordy recently. He was considered, one of the greatest of modern Italian dramatists, but few of his works came to the American Ameri-can stage. His "Wife of Bcarll," adapted by G. A. Greene, was produced In the United States Just ten years ago. His "Rights of the SouL" a fine one-act psychological flrama. In an English version ver-sion made by J. L C. Clarke and C. H. Meltcer, was produced .In November, 1899, by John Blair and others with Mary Shaw In the role created by Eleanor Duse, the great Italian actress. Glacosa was a great Italian poet and dramatist; the beautify lyrics In "Madam Butterfly" Butter-fly" prove this. His death was looked upon in Italy as a national loss. He was born October - 21, 1847. He studied law at the Turin University, but literature was his .attraction and his first play, "A Game of Chess." made him famous at once. It Is Indeed a gem of grace and Is still the most popular one-act one-act play on the Italian stage. "The Triumph' of Love" waa Giacosa's next success. Then followed "Companions in Arms." "Count Rosso." "Sad Loves," "As the Leaves Fall" and "The Strongest," . A Glacosa was a splendid reader, lecturer and novelist. It was a treat td hear him recite the legend of an old Valdeuslan castle with Its nobles, knights and dames. He was an idealist and was content with life as he found it, and be found It good. Glory and wealth were his, and he en--. joved both with dignity and taste. In private he was kind, cordial and expansive. expan-sive. He could never say "no" when a favor was asked of him. however Inconvenient Incon-venient It may have been to grant it. It was this good nature which made him write the "Dames of Challu" In French for Sarah Bernhardt. He afterward translated It into Italian for. Duse. It was the least successful of his plays. The most successful still are "The Triumph of Love" and "The Game of Chess," especially es-pecially the latter, which Is the favorite for all young actresses' benefits and aristocratic aris-tocratic amateurs. One of Italy's most famous painters -iTmde a picture from its principal scene. The Puccini opera of "Madam Butterfly" reveals the poetic nature of Glacosa, who with lllica also wrote the librettos for Puccini's "Tosca" and "La Boheme." - A grand masquerade carnival will be given at the Wasatch rink tonight and a big attendance Js assured. A select crowd is promised. . Notwithstanding that It has paid a visit to Salt Lake City at least once every year for the last twelve or thirteen years. "The Fast Mail" drew a large audience when it opened a three-nights and matinee mati-nee engagement at the Grand last evening. even-ing. The company Is the equal of any that has presented the play In the past, being well balanced and capable of arousing arous-ing the audience to pitches of enthusiasm from time to time. The fast mall train, the slow freight train, the steamboat race and the night view of Niagara are still features of the play. If you have not seen "The Fast Mall" you have missed seeing one of the really sensational plays of the day. The engagement continues until Saturday night with a matinee tomorrow afternoon. |