Show SEASON or Of THE TH AT R PEST HAS COIL OM AGAIN People Who Bother Others During the Play Will Get fief et It If in the Neck This I Time Thue Openings of Local Playhouses i Shows That Are Coming 1 Hes He's with us again the theater pest J Coming in late to the newest play r Buzzing talking and trying his Ins best To make us wish we had stayed away He tells what in is coming conling every act V For h hes he's 8 seen the show many times Hes He's an round all r ll-r und bore as a matter of fact For IFor he spoils all the actors' actors lines THE SELFISH MAN OR WOMAN WOMAN WHO INSISTS ON SPOILING THE PLEASURE OF OP THEATER-GOERS THEATER IS DOOMED TO DEFEAT THIS SEA- SEA ON THE MANAGERS OF LOCAL THEATERS ATERS' ATERS SAY SAT THEY WILL WILL PUT PUTA A STOP TO THE PESTS TESTS WHO CAN FI FIND NO NO THE PLAY THEMSELVES THEMSELVES THEM THEM- SELVES AND INSIST ON BOTHERING BOTHERING BOTHER BOTHER- ING OTHER PEOPLE WHO PAY TO BE ENTERTAINED The man a and d woman who tarry around the house until the curtain las has ris n and then stroll in in half an an hour hour- late so O the woman can cai show off fr her new gown o and make the silk skirts skirt rattle will find stern justice a at the thedoor doors door of the theaters I Th UL a t It 11 i is really S 'S surprising n how hon Selfish some somO people coplo are who go to to the theaters Everybody has been annoyed by the tho theman thoman theroan man roan who sat st behind them theta and told his companions ot of the time he he saw the same same play in New York when a re real l lood I good company was producing it He lIe chatters all through the show and 1 points out the weak places in tho cast before him Is Coming j The woman who insists on ou putting 1 her hat on on in the middle of f the last act and stands up so her escort can help I. I her with her wrap will get et a I that will shock her nervous system if she keeps up her selfish habit this sea sea- son The man who imagines he will never get et out of the building if he doesn't leave his seat and hurry to the door before before be be- fore the last act is half hail over will find finda a a. stern guard ard to J give ive ve him a call so everybody can hear his humiliation Too lon long have the decent theater patrons patrons patrons pa pa- endured the insults and the tho selfish selfish sel gel fish habits habits' of these theater pests but the stock of of patience has been ex ex- hausted So many complaints have reached the mana managers ers that they have decided to punish the guilty ones Is Determined George Georg D. D r manager of the Salt SaIt Lake Theater said sud today that he would enforce the rule against seating people after the curtain raised for the first act All who come late must stand Until until until un un- til the first act is over Fully 80 SO per p percent r cent of the patrons get there ther on time The other 20 per cent think they can cando cando cando do as they please and will arrive when it best suits them They will wake up this season We intend to see that our patrons are comfortable this season said Mr Ml today It is very annoying to see the late corners bother everybody and the worst pest of all is the person who insists on getting etting up before the show is over as if f the house were burning burning burn burn- ing and he had bad to get out in a hurr hurry Many women put on their hats and wraps before the last act is finished and nd this habit must stop People are driven away from the theaters Because the selfish ones ruin their pleasure and we want to end the evils of the pest post this season May Arrest Anest Women There are rules against women keeping on on their hats in in the stalls But some some- prominent Salt Lakers refused last season to obey the rules We have a anice nice little card on which is printed a apolite apolite apolite polite request to remove hats bats One of our Ushers last season went to a stall where some stylish women were sitting He quietly handed a card to one of them She started t to remove her hat but a woman near her told her no noto not notto notto to pay pay any attention to the rule She I The head bead usher then politely asked her and the Woman oman in n person to remove move their hats bats They absolutely ignored him We could have had them arrested but didn't like to create a disturbance and anda a scandal But the rules rales for the comfort of others must be obeyed and an arrest is liable to follow some such action The habit of getting ettin up before the end of the show extends all over the country but the actors have begun a crusade against it They often rin ring down the curtain in the middle of the closing scene when the audience begins to bother them This has often a good effect If people would only stop to think how they aro are destroying the pleasure of others I do not believe there would be beso beso beso so many theater pests Cox Also Insistent A. A M. M Cox manager of the Grand theater said eaid lIe he would enforce the rules a against theater pests peats as strong stron ibis this year yeara a as last st season season- n. n A tk i 1 i Under no circumstances will will a 3 person be seated in tho the Grand theater after the curtain has risen for an an- act said Baid Manager Mana er Cox today If he arrives arrives ar at- rives rives after the first act has started he roust stand roust stand in th the rear rear of the building and if the rear gets filled he must muEtt stand in an the lobby until the c curtain goes down The rhe same rule will be applied ri rigidly rigid d- d ly during the second act There is no excuse for one person spoiling D the pleasure pleasure plea plea- sure of ot another another- We will see that the patrons of the Grand who want to enjoy en en- joy the plays 1 are protected from th tb selfish ones n It was the constant crusade of manag managers rs patrons patrons' and newspapers that finally forced the women to remove remove remove re re- re- re move their hats habl in the theaters Five year ago o many women wore Word hats h dur duC plays 1 la When we wo can ean empty a a. house of 1500 in three minutes what excuse i ither is there ther for any person to get up before the last act ends or put on her hat and bother people near near Usually the person who does doe this is the last person to leave the front of he theater and then strolls down the street as if ir she had a thousand years in in which to get home We will try to make the theater a ap p place aee of enjoyment not a place of stampede The Salt Lake Theater will open August August Augut Au Au- gust gut 26 with The Bishops Bishop's Carriage a very very clever and popular piece Jessie Jes- Jes Jes Jessie sie sie- Busley will have the leadin leading role She is said to to be very fine in hex hei part The Prince of Pilsen will wilt come come September 5 and the Salt Lak Opera company compan will present Hood September 11 Manager is now completing h lr bookings f for r the season He lie ha aready ai ak ready ready- closed contracts for many of ii hi 11 best shows on the road and Salt Laker will get to see seo the country's stars this se season son Among th the plays and stars alread already booked are The Vanderbilt Cup The Squa Man Man Man- Mme Butterfly Butterfly- De Dc Hopper Salomie Jane Olga Nethel Nethe- sole Fritzie Scheff The he Grand Mi Mi- gul guI Frank Daniels Anna Held JohnDrew John Johr Drew Mary Mannering n The The Man on oa the Hour Social World an ana j I Dream City Cit Manager has spent of dollars during the summer in in inH inn proving provin the Salt Lake Theater Th entire interior has been redecorated first time in twenty years The taint cotta have given way to green ivory and gold colorings coloring eW red carpets have been placed in tb the house Pine Fine Ventilation A new stage floor has been put i IB in The new rows of lights have been an u. a- a ranged over th the second and third see seo which will add much to the bril brilliancy haney of the house The ventilation system which has haa been installed during the vacation isas is isas as good as any theater in the country has Five fresh air inlets have bee been arran arranged ed to draw fresh air from the outside up under the radiators All AU the theair theair theair air that is heated this winter will be pure The ventilating holes in the ceil ceil- ceiling lUg ing have been corralled and a big exhaust ex cx- haust fan has been put in to draw all the used-up used air from the building The Theold Theold Theold old smoke stacks have been turned into ventilating flues There are four self elf elf- operating ventilators like those in the Utah Savings Trust company's build in ings s. s They are so 80 strong a handkerchief handkerchief chief can be drawn through them who held close to the fans The Grand theater Is a busy place for Manager Cox hat has a score core of decorators at work vork In the cosy pl playhouse and when the regular fall season Benson Inaugurates It Itself itself it it- self patrons of the Grand will readily appreciate the changes The walls of the auditorium have been the woodwork woodwork woodwork wood wood- work repainted nek rack electric fixtures carpets carpets carpets car car- pets and draperies dral rles Installed while the lobby ha has been repainted and papered and the outside of ot the theater has a a. new coat of of paint A rr new lighting system i w will db be Md added to th the front ot of the theater and will prove pro o an Innovation when Installed and started The date set for the opening of the regular fall season Is August 25 25 and from that day until the close of the season next June patrons of the Grand will have an opportunity of witnessing a splendid line Une of popular price attractions In fact as s Manager Cox says the best the Grand has hall ever offered While of the kind which Is always popular at the Grand will hold the boards a large larg portion of or orthe the season there will also be several large musical comedy dy creations l Prominent among the seasons season's attraction tion will be the engagement nt week of September 1 15 lo of Theodore Lorch and hi his hi Continued on on- ua nue 11 1 1 S THEATER PEST i Continued from page paJe 1 1 large company who will wil be seen SEen In The I Lieutenant and the Cowboy a play pla which Pelton Polton and and who are the lessees of the Grand as well wel as 88 sponsor for Mr r. r Lo Lochs Lorch's ch's productions re reI recently recently re- re I c purchased in iii New York and InI in which Mr Lorch l will b be sees seen In all the I J tg r leading theaters in the United J r States af the coming seas season n. n Amon Among the attractions booked for the Grand are re The Holy City Royal Prisoner Prisoner Pris Pris- oner No Mother to Guide Her Joshua Johua Simpkins For Tor Mothers Mother's Sake The Sweetest Girl in In Dixie Why Girls Girl Leave Ibm Horn Hor the te popular popular favorites Murray and Mack In a a new production The he Sunny Side of Broadway The Choir Singer Lost in New York A Desperate Chance A Ro Royal al Slave Old Arkansas r s The h Cow Pun r i. i Richard and Pringles Pringle's gl Minstrels II lt Thorns t and Orange Blossoms At the Old Cross CrossRoad CrossRoads CrossRoads Roads Road A Wife's Secret the big bi musical musi cal comedy Tilly Olsen Human Hearts Uncle Josh Perkins Uncle Toms Tom's Cabin Yon Yonson I What hat Happened to Jones On the Frontier Fonter Billie the Kid Kd Buster Brown Quincy Adams Sawyer Barry's Barrys Barrys Barry's Barrys Barry's Bar Bar- rys ry's Minstrels Minstrel A Daughter of of Judea What Women Will Do Big Hearted Jim Denver Express Firl of the Streets As Told in the Hills and andS others S Mana Manager r Bert 0 O. Donnellan Donnelan of the Lyric S theater has finally decided to hold to his first decision of opening the house for the fall fal and winter season the last day of this month month August August 31 Nothing but high class vaudeville will wi be offered the patrons and it will willbe willbe wi be the best on the tho Sullivan Sullivan-Considine Sulvan-Considine Sulvan circuit which controls many clever acts act S Manager Manager Donnellan's proposition is isto isto isto to have nothing but vaudeville in inthe inthe inthe the fullest sense of the word The theater has been thoroughly renoI renovated renovated reno reno- I under the direction of Uncle Billy Castleton and will wi present anI an I ent entirely rely new and clean appearance when the doors are thrown open to the public The colors are ae dark maroon and pale green even the gallery alery being touched up until it i looks like a real theater The Tho sanitary conditions are good and ancl altogether the te old patrons will WIl hardly r recognize the old old homestead ad Andrew Arnoldus the toy boy wonder will wl have charge of the stage during the coming season with the rest of the sta stage e crew remaining ng as usual usual |