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Show erowd of ao many pof1a vatherad to cwthar at tba rrtcJi at one ttma and lauahvd ao heartllT and ao tltoroiiatuy enjoyed a parnrmana of any kirwj did tha on Wat nlaht whln wltnad ' Pack a liitd lui, tha funnleat of ihm all, and tib Uttla Huddla Imnuan. hi baa haan a aenaatlon In the "lHitrh" comady rolea the pat two waka, in tha title role, tha performance llttj hurt of a continuous arram of laugh-tar. laugh-tar. Knnnrea wnr numaroiia, tha nu-ali-al numbnra wra well randerd, tha cnetumaa wara nlacant and onnapltvioua tm thutr tichneaa, tUa phot op! r waa on of tha beat oomadla afn tn tha otty fr waka, whlla tha balance of tha vninga that go to make up Ua performance aa of the nwt. JeJff" mualral eomedy at tha Belt Lake theatre next MoxUay, a The miialrnJ eomedv that tfiVIa the aaan'a retird fur the munbar of per-forniM per-forniM rnea alvrn. "Louletana Lon." will ba plavM Vr tha flrat Urn In thia city next Thurnrlay night In tha Salt Lake theatre. Tha aiuxlnal comMy will ba i given hero by a apt -la) eaat under tha management and under tba guarantee of I Harry Aitkin, tha managing direr-lor of tha La belle Opera llnuae company, which operate, the Ia ftalle ope re. houee, t'bluago, and lta travaltngT oornpanlea. ''When that day eomaa." aald Mr. Aa kin, when he t'io poaaeaadoa of the La Haifa, "that I cannot an on tour aa Kd a a how, gt leaat. aa I give In tha Halle, that day I will take my name down; for 1 ahould ba aahamad to have one of my enterprtaaa compared riia- ; B'lvaritAgaoualy with another." Aa Mr. Aaklu a name la aUII "up' on the onm- , nany that will ba eean bare tn "TxMiia lana Lou." It would appear that theatre-gMra theatre-gMra of thia city will have no thine- to ba rralti of In patrutdAliig- the new mu I aloai comedy. becaiie 1 cannot prove 1 am Innocent" la tha pltlfu) remark whh I'eaay Adinan-atoo Adinan-atoo makea to her maid following bar bar-rowing bar-rowing experience reeultant frum her In-dtwreet In-dtwreet ondo4-(. And In that remark la contaJDMl practically tha aniira aiorv of "The Butterfly on th Wheel." wh1 h started a w'l angagemeut last nigiil at the Halt Lake theetr. Whlla the pUy la wrl) gnte1, fully as wall aa any high cliias production Oiat haa vlalted Hait Lake thia aeaaon, ami while tha staging? U of a high order and the custuiitiug oxeellvnt, the coniaiiy rwoolveft a chilly reception last nlgtil. And that statement would go two wave, brLh aa re-apect re-apect the aiinoaphere before and behind the scenes. A lark of heat In tha theatre the-atre undoubtedly had a grtwtt deuj to do with the temper of the antltence. tha cans being the shortage of water in the rlty dne to the eatreme cold ape) I, That condition con-dition pruuilava to b rouwlled, however, a ltd no doubt tha efforts nf tha eontpany will be properly appie lateO at auoceedliig parfornwnftea. The averace American theatregoer Is a-uuatomal to acting the preaentMtton of American plays and hence tha "iCngllah-naaa" "iCngllah-naaa" of "The Butterfly on the Wliaaj" la peculiar to him. The company playing tha show la tha English company whh h played with rmnarkaMe aucctaa In New York- City. The members of the caat era, without. excepUtm, carable and rievcr portrayers of the character fur which tbey are oaat. www KMPRER Today mark the cktslnc performMiices of wht bus proven one of the moet enjoyable bills of tlie entire "-son "-son et the fc.iitprt.ss tbeetre. The bill Is headed by one of 111. latest Sullivan Ooiieldlne Importations In the persoo of Paul Hpadonl, tbe greatest luICn ph.. nnmtnon tn the world. With him on trie bill are: The tbree ri brothers. Van and Carry Avei-y. c:ollUr and V Walilo, 0orire Garden, the Hlrschliums, end with the KinprMa or heetre and I'.lh.s animated ani-mated review make up the bill. Beln-nine Beln-nine wtth tomori-ow mwUime. the new bill opening will neve a distinct novelty to offer of-fer In the norld a iht welsh! ciiatnplnn boxer. Mr. Willie Ritchie, who defeated the Michigan wlMcnt. Ad W'olaaet. last Novemhet. Mr. Hltchle will he acciompa. nled by hie clever nmnaner, Billy Nolan. cjArtRICK Musical comedy, aa Allen Curtis Is preeentln; It at the tlerilck, has certainly struck a happy chord with theetreuoers of Halt Laka, If crowds aud audience are to be ransMered. and last nlKht the Oanick manaiment eould not help but feel ood when It saw the bun-ilteds bun-ilteds who crowded and lammed about the small loblr In an ilfnrt to Obtain " 'h rt..ul,trii If rvi r In renr. a The atory of the play evoK-a about tha action of Mra. Oerga Admanatn Peagy In starting, aa aha iuupumi, fur rtwliaerland In the c-ompanv with thre frtenda. Lady AtwUI, lrd 121atdlne and Roderick Colllngaood. Tha party becomes aaparatod and Colllugwood and Mra. Ad-ntduiston Ad-ntduiston land In Farla, where Col ling' wood e-xrte Mrs. Admanston to a hotel, where he h-te previrtualy engaged adjoining apartmenta. Mrs. Admanston la Innocent or tha prearranaed alTnir, although Lady Atwill la entlrrlr familiar with tha details. de-tails. Ad mo n ion la Infoi tried of his wife g wiiercelsoute through the m odium of an anonymous leiu-r, which has been inoilfd after teliig aeoretly written by I-a-1v At will. A detot-tive is cent to tha hom) to watoh tlie couple and on hla re-port re-port Admaiistou starta dlvortje proceed-IttKP, proceed-IttKP, The latter brings up tha trial aoeno wlij.h ha- made the plav famoua nd drnina w hl-?h .Mra. Adrnaitaton finally coi-laswa coi-laswa as the result uf the method of roea examlitatlon to which she la in-t4. in-t4. T he lat act there are Aur. dls-t dls-t toaea the real stata of an aits, the writer of the letter Is expoed and Admanston and his wile are lu.pplly reunited. "The liutterHy on the Wheel" Is a play with a problem and at tha mime I line trachea h moral or two In mthiT a rut hi rae n mi i iter, tt la a beautiful i prodiH ilon and worthy of attendance by all thtHttrcL'nrr w'io enjoy seeing a n-al plrtj pr'iperlv pnxlured. ftrotli' Ijine Is elm nn Ing as Mrs. Ad.imnon- UnrriMtun lrnn- g1va a delightfully de-lightfully htnnomua . urh utui n ( the "m1v ess" Kngllshinan. Und Kllerdlna i. Muh Iin 'iinii la splendid as Uuder i k t'fllingwiMl, and so are the other n.tiibem of tl company en tr Iu.iiIj.il, I The following theatre natieee are 1 marked "advertisement" In oreer to , I comply with a stiirt ntrpretaton el i the Dew federal newspaper law. In Wo I anaa are they paid advertisefnenta. Tbey are Heme furnished by the preee caala af tha ywrioua Uaatrea. a a f'OLOMALNot aln.-e Mr. Kelly's first sppearan:e at tha OdonUI ti.ie mimd has tbat aotor scored ao grtat u ati-totiaa tn a peraonaJ way and wltli his production produc-tion aa this wealt In the mla of tilr Uun-lel Uun-lel Cartaret in "Mra. Dene'e lernst," by Henry Arthur J ones. Tha drama la the atory of a woman's psst. and the part that woman figures in the J'Jurlish smart set In whlh she move. snJ It ia quite tha d react at, classiest play of tha Kelly engagement at the (lonlal. for the oomlng week at that house tha star Is to preMint for the A rat time on any stage in this country n stk "Oet-Rh h-Ouhk h-Ouhk Walltngford," Verte M. Cnlian'a dramatlsavUon of tha famous George Randolph Cheater atoties. Tickets are now on aale at the Colonial for tne entire en-tire weak "a enaTaereineut. e e a OBPHEtH Tlie near bill at tha Or-ptieum Or-ptieum thia waek rwrrtes the eeaoDce of up to dale vaudeville with three great headline acts and the rest well up to the front aa hitch class antortainera. lethal Green, billed aa vaudevllle'e daintiest dain-tiest comedienne Uvea up to the aenil-nent aenil-nent to tba last latter and la proving- 10 I be a big favorite who has a bard time loavlng the atace on account of tha spplauaa that follows bar got. Tha Royal Martonettae. loo. are about the beat aver seen here, while tha buildoga are a. riot, Lew Cooper a acreain. and the rest of the entertainers all get Die big hand all along tha Una. The mtse-ing mtse-ing g"t, the ale tare Gasch, too, la prov Ing; another strong; card with wonderful wonder-ful bead and hand balancing atonta, "A. Mutt aaya that I'm entirely tm-oonsequanUuJ, tm-oonsequanUuJ, superfluooa end Irrelavaul. He even haa th audacity to aay that I am nonnbalantJy opUmlstlo reUOve to hie social Importance, but I'll leave It to you. Wouldn't ha listen Ilka a boob without eT" aska Utile Jeff, who tells bis own troubles in the big; "Muttaod ! SALT LAD "A BntUrfy on tfc WheeL" OBPHL UM A A vaacad vaodvUlA COLONIAL btock company In "Mr. Dane Defense." EMPRESS Vsndrvll. BUt change Wednesday. QAJtftICK ck'i lad Boy. Mn, steal comdy. " -Seaty one em Mists as gwUty |