Show t NEXT WEEK SALT S LT LAKE Monday LAKE Monday night Y M. M C. C A. A gymnasium exhibition for orphans orphans orphans orphans' or home and day nursery fund Tuesday night Yoke Karp Karp wrestling match Wednesday night annual Press club show Thursday Friday and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee William H. H Crane in tho the comedy Father and the Boys COLONIAL Starting COLONIAL Starting tomorrow night Beverly of Graustark ORPHEUM Starting ORPHEUM-Starting Starting tomorrow afternoon after after- noon annual road show Starting GRAND Starting tomorrow afternoon n n a Womans Woman's Power M Mi ION Sullivan ION Sullivan Considine vaudeville vaude vaude- ville change of bill Thursday after after- noon T The e promises of press agents fol follow ow AT THE SALT LAKE I WillIam William H. H Crane who Is s popular from coast to coast and since tile the trie death of Jefferson ranks as Americas America's Americas America's leading I comedian comes to the Salt Lake theatre Thursday Friday and Saturday of next week with a matinee Saturday in George GeorgeAdes GeorgeAdes GeorgeAdes Ades Ade's bright comedy Father and the Boys In this pia play Mr Crane has made one of the greatest hits of his long and successful stage career The role Of Lemuel Morewood fits him like a glove and is a a- typical atypical Crane Crano part Mr Crane is on his way east after a successful tour of the northwest and Pacific coast Fort ForO For four months O h the e play crowded the Empire theatre t In New lb York k Father and the Boys Is Is' In four acts and the story concerns a quiet old business business business business' busi busi- ness ness ness' man who has devoted his life to amassing a fortune for his two sons After After After Af Af- Af- Af ter they leave college he admits them to partnership in his business but they take little Interest In the affairs of the con con- cern His against their behavior are of no avail In order to bring the boys to a realization of their responsibility y the father decides to catch catchup catchup catchup up with the procession Once the old gen gentleman leman cuts loose there is no holding him back and soon soon the boys are are f forced to look after the neglected business For Fora a pacemaker father takes up with a Nevada Ne Ne- vada girl who is a bit t s slangy She h has a ir hl se good heart however o e e and helps keep e things moving Frohman has furnished Mr Crane with a strong company Margaret Dale originated the role of Bessie Bessle Brayton Brayton Brayton Bray- Bray ton from Nevada and will be seen In It here Louis Massen is an actor of much experience and plays one of the leading roles Others whose names are familiar familial are Elsa Payne Vivian Martin Mildred Beverly Adele Clarke Forrest Orr Sidney Sidney Sidney Sid Sid- ney Blair Percy Brooke and John P. P Brawn One of the daintiest features of the Lambardi Grand Opera company's production production production pro pro- of Madam Butterfly Puccini's famous masterpiece that is coming to the Salt Lake theatre lies in the wealth of flowers used In the first act Butterfly's s 's little bamboo bamboo bam barn I boo cottage Is literally embowered in drooping wisteria while all around grows the most beautiful flora llora In the second act when the little geisha wife prepares for the reception of her husband sweet scented blooms are strewn in profusion upon the matting until iris cherry peach and balsam petals cover the floor It Is In this act that Puccini has Introduced the beautiful flower duet one of the most exquisite melodies in the opera It ItIs ItIs Itis is sung by Butterfly and her faithful maid Suzuki the latter being the contralto contralto contralto con con- role The orchestration for his number Is described as one one of the most ravishing bits of composition in the tho entire opera AT THE COLONIAL I Beverly of Graustark the dramatization tion of George g Barr r McCutcheons McCutcheon's C great novel g elo of f that name a t the sequel f to Grau 61 stark will be the offering at the Colonial Colonial Colo Cob nial for one we week k beginning with the performance performance performance per per- tomorrow night when this delightful de de- de- de little story of war love and laughter aughter told in a clean wholesome manner manner man man- ner ncr and framed In a scenic picture that thatIs Is artistically perfect perfect- will be portrayed for the first time in this city Beverly Is a sequel to McCutcheons McCutcheon's astonishingly successful story Graustark Graustark Graustark Grau stark and carries the spectator again into that mythical land after the fashion of Anthony Hopes Hope's Zenda stories It ItIs' ItIs Is' Is romantic IB-romantic in the extreme but dramatic as well in almost every scene and Incident Incident Inci mci- dent several of the situations being so surprisingly well weIl managed as to lead to a climax of excitement both tense and ef ef- ef The Spokane Chronicle In commenting on the play had this to say A play is Is' Is good when it grips you and the qualification qualification cation for a good production is a good cast properly rehearsed All of these qualifications are found In Beverly and the piece In addition is artistically staged Beverly of Graustark steps from the book a living iving breathing realization of the fiction character As portrayed by Gertrude Gertrude Gertrude Ger Ger- GerI I trude Fowler Beverly Calhoun Is an ideal tW 4 4 S p i J k I l j 4 I I fr t- t t t tS 4 S a IsI w IDA 0 ODAY DAY Who Will Star in A Bit of Old Chels Chelsea ea at the Orpheum All Next Week Starting Tomorrow Afternoon representative American girl and her role I is one of the strongest In the play Beautiful stage pictures follow one nIter af after atter nI- nI ter the other and the costumes in Beverly Beverly Beverly Bev erly are unique and costly The Tho scenes are piquant exciting and full of romance Every minute detail of the production is exact elegant and gratifying and for those who urge the preservation of clean clan sentiment and rugged adventure Beverly Beverly Beverly Bev erly is bound to delight Delamater and NorrIs under whose management Beverly is on tour are practically a a new fi firm of managers f Mr Norris however w v is an a actor o of great popularity Among other things he created the stellar role robe of King Dodo and as the Jester in Francesca Da Rimini he divided honors with Otis Skinner Mr Delamater has had considerable experience in management management-It It being through his direction that Graustark won such widespread success Those Those- clever boys Bailey and Austin who were recently seen at the Salt Lake theatre return for tor a weeks week's stay opening Sunday night February 13 13 at the Colonial Colonial Colo Cob nial with the same big company recently seen here In The top o 0 the World Word Since seen here the company has appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap with great success in Los Angeles Angeles Angeles An An- geles San Francisco Portland Seattle and Spokane and is returning east for many Important spring engagements in eastern cities This will be the first engagement that for this g less organization gt than a ll O. O has and ever the h r 0 only appeared rl one that In will Colonial n be l P played prices re this will fI t season be as adhered The to regular The company of seventy-five seventy persons Is just the same and Includes Charles Harris Robert Travers D. D J. J Flanagan Adele Oswald Florence Smith Will-Nell Will Lav Lay ender Bobble Bobbie Roberts Frances Carrl Carri Carrier r rand rand and others of the original cast The famous collie dogs are retained as asan asan asan an Important feature AT THE MISSION I With ten big polar bears the largest number of these animals ever seen at one onetime onetime onetime time in captivity as the tho headliner the new bill which will open at the Mission 1 next Thursday afternoon promises to be bethe bethe bethe the strongest and best that the popular Third South street house has yet offered to the public The capture of the ten big white bruins in Jn the frozen north cost a a. small sized fortune and took months of hunting by Eskimos under the direction some of-some of the best known hunters of the north To bring them to their present ability as actors that they might appear before the public took months of patient labor on the part of Herr Alber one of the greatest animal trainers In the world Time and time again during these months of training Alber took his life in his hands and today there is scarcely an inch of his body that does not show scars which he received while training these 4 7 I II I 4 iR J t I 4 I S 5 4 r V Vf It 4 f g j 41 4 j 5 4 e 5 p WILLIAM H. H CRANE S SI I In In Father rather and the Boys at the Salt Lake Theatre Next Week I ten polar bears Though the act has been before the he public but a short time It has been declareS declared by competent critics as the greatest animal act that has ever been seen in the world an act that furnishes plenty of excitement not aloe for children children chil chil- dren but for grown folks as well DurIng During Dur Dur- ing the tho recent en engagement of the act In Seattle the tho demand for seats was so great that it was necessary to give special matinees to accommodate the the the- crowds that wanted to see these big white bears As a second headliner for the new bill the management has secured Nick Long and Adalene Cotton who will present their latest dramatic success The Banker and the Thief The little play Is said to abound In In tense dramatic situations which are not overlooked by the members members members mem mem- bers of the company The Melvern e troupe of six European dIf ac acrobats a will present es an e extraordinary act of skill and strength Josephine Gassman Gassman Gassman Gass- Gass man originator of the idea for the vaudeville stage and who has been a headliner In vaudeville for over two years will appear with her picka picka- ninnies In a new and up to date act As an added attraction to the already strong bill there will be Miss 1 Nellie Burt late a leading member of The Alaskan company who will present her characteristic character character- singing and dancing act that has made a hit in every city In which she has appeared in this line of entertainment The Mission 1 orchestra in new selections and new moving pictures will fill out the bill AT THE GRAND Opening with a matinee tomorrow the Sutton Button players will present the sensational sensational sensa sensa- and heart In Interesting melodrama In a Womans Woman's Power Lovers of melodrama will have an opportunity of enjoying one of the most sensational as aswell aswell aswell well as cleverly framed melodramas ever seen in the city In a Womans Woman's Power deals with the life of an adventuress and anda a counterfeiter who Is also a Washington physician and chemist with whom tho the woman Is In love so madly that when she learns that he has proved untrue to her herand herand herand and has been secretly wedded to the daughter of the chief of the secret service service ser ser- vice department her rage knows no bounds and her one ona thought is for re re- re She betrays her false lover to the officers officers officers cers but her variable nature asserts It Itself Itself It It- self at the last moment when the detectives detectives detectives de de- de- de are about to seize the counterfeiter counterfeiter counter counter- feiter and she aids him to escape A chemist of noted ability this physician accidentally happens upon a scheme for making bogus coins that would baffle detection by the best experts and the temptation proves so great as to sway the physician from the paths of tude A continuation of this play finds this I once prominent and respected man of medicine in the role of the criminal and andIn andin andin in the power of an adventuress In his efforts to thwart the efforts of the secret secret secret se se- se- se cret service men the physician robs an express car to obtain possession of a satchel containing evidence which the government sleuths had secured against him This scene Is shown in all aU Its realism the robbing being enacted while the train Is in motion New specialties will be Introduced in introduced introduced In- In between acts also new pictures and illustrated songs The latter will be rendered by Miss Cora Morris There will be regular matinees Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day and Saturday AT THE ORPHEUM Martin Beck regards this years year's road show as the finest he has ever secured Each year ear he books European and American Ameri Amen can can acts acts with an eye to their suitability to road show purposes aiming to add novelty to excellence and to make of the whole show a perfect balance of vaudeville vaudeville vaude vaude- ville richness La and Ida ODay are Joint headliners on the bill La is known as the singer on horseback She Sho was brought from Europe to be a aI feature i of this years year's r show an and her act tu aa will I be a complete novelty o She is an American girl born in California who won Europe with a novel Idea Recently she was awarded the prize in an International international international inter Inter- national beauty contest at Munich She appears in a picturesque costume of white seated on a snow white Arabian steed Her act is In five parts and in includes In- In songs s se serpentine dances C and h high school riding fg with artistic r l t lighting ri g gh ef et- et Miss 1 ODay will appear In A Bit a bf f fOld Old Chelsea a literary gem eem em written by Mrs Oscar Berringer and end made famous In this country by Mrs Harrison Grey Fiske For its production in vaudeville the cast has has- been been carefully selected and Miss ODay will be well supported She takes the role of Saucers In which Mrs Fiske scored such a notable triumph The securing of A Bit of Old Chelsea by Mr Beck was In I Itself f something of ofa fH rs riN a ct feat as Mr Fiske who c controlled the American rights to the piece was loth to let any y other star stan r appear In the part r w Ic which m marked an epoch in his wife's st stage career The e Orpheum um circuit always endeavors to please its patrons and as monkeys seem to be fashionable this year the best European monkey act was secured for the road show It Is A Night in a Monkey Music Hall a and is presented s e by Miss M J I When h t this act was a In n San Francisco the Call said of ot It Monkeys provide a vaudeville entertainment real real monkeys I mean on a miniature stage l An orchestra of monkey players faces the stage and the leader a tiny simian beats his baton with the assurance of a areal areal areal real director Then th the curtain goes up and a strong man and an acrobat do tUrns The act made an earned hit yesterday yes yes- Mae Melville and Robert Higgins genuinelY gen gen- funny and original comedians are also with the big show They entitle their contribution Just Little Fun and It MM a A Mill b bs Is 1 s just what Its name implies Both Miss Melville and Mr Higgins are arc known as humorists of high degree Hyman Meyer the man at the piano will be with much appreciation Jl tion n by Salt Lake players He appeared In this city last year and was one of the notable successes of a notable bill Mr Meyers Meyer's act Is Ig worthy of the title of musical monologue His work Is' Is artistic and pleasing to the trained musician and the tho plain untutored music lover equally Miss Marian Manian Sawtelle and the Knight I Brothers who have been playing the circuit circuit cir cir- cir cir- cult with A little bird Is looking elI all the time are expected to duplicate here the success they have achieved elsewhere act Is a singing chattering s sketch c t and Martelli European comedy comedy com corn edy acrobats who were brought across the ocean for a tour of the Orpheum I houses have a fine assortment of new acrobatic stunts which have been much I commended as mirth provokers The orchestra under Mr Weihe's i tion will have a |