Show I Thomas Wilkes Here for Opening I k I 51 It e v k t Sh I 4 1 h r y r i yr err k p a J a Thomas W Wilkes manager of the Wilkes theatre circuit in the West who will be a visitor in Salt Lake Lako to inspect the renovated State street theatre and see the opening performance Through I am more than pleased with the now appearance of or the theatre said I John M M. Cooke mana manager r hero for for Thomas Wilkes likes yesterday afternoon after atter his Inspection Inspect of or the thc Wilkes likes theatre theatre the the- atre etre on State street Mr Ir Wilkes manager manager manager man man- ager of or tho the Wilkes theatre circuit with companies In Seattle Los Angeles Salt Sa-It Lake City and nd Den Denver r Is to be In tho the city to see sec tho the performance this week of or the new Wilkes company In Sm n. n Through Jane Cowls Cowl's great Now York success Salt Lake City was the scene of or Mr Wilkes likes first tint venture as manager of or a astock astock stock company compan and his hh success s here encouraged him to open theatres s In Butte Spokane Tacoma Seattle Denver Denver Den Den- ver and Ios Los Angeles and In each of or these cities the Wilkes players proved pro uniformly popular Mr 1 Wilkes likes is now noVo making arrangements arrange arrango- ments menta for tor tho opening of ot theatres in two now new Western Westen cities which will bring tho the number of ot theatres theatres In the circuit at the pru present nt time up to six The Salt Satt Lake company which opened at t the old Empress theatre now now the Paramount Empress with Manager John M M. Cooke who will have charge chugo of the Wilkes theatre In n Salt Lake L' City again ln this season sealon was successful from the tho first performance and steadily In Increased increased In- In cr creased in popularity After an absence of ot t two o years yeara Mr fr Wilkes Is sending sending- one of or his companies here to make a u permanent stand He lie has secured a year ten on the State street theatre and Intends to produce the best contemporary dramas there each season This Is the best company I have over given Salt Lake City salt nal Mr Jr Wilkes s and consIdering the popularity of ot former stars and pla players rs this Is H hl high h praise Indeed Mr Ir Wilkes states that since Salt SnIt Lake City was the scene of or his first success and Salt Lake L. theatregoers have Ve always warmly welcomed welcom d the Wilkes players player the elt city lies close to his heart and he has as assembled assembled assembled as- as an nn unusually talented company company company com com- pany and made arrangement for foran an attractive series of or plays by the best contemporary dramatists for tor the coming com com- ing InU season neason When Mr Wilkes began his career aa as a a. theatrical manager ho he was a l successful suc sue oil operator He in HI still in interested In- In chiefly In the oil business al although although al- al though he devotes a a. great deal of ot time and attention to his theatres Mr Wilkes and his hla brother A. A O. O Wilkes I are at pr present sent constructing a motion picture theatre In Honolulu which when completed will be bo beyond question rc the th handsomest theatre on the I Island eland Sylvia Dreamer who la is playing In lice Alice Duer Millers Miller's original photoplay for tor Goldwyn t The Tho Man lan With Ith Two Mothers appeared as ns leading woman to V Will Rogers Rogen In his two latest Goldwyn Goldwyn Gold Gold- wyn wn pictures picture Doubling for tor Romea and A Poor Relation not yet re- re leas d dc When Charles wrote Oliver r Twist London ws is so filled with pickpockets and their teachers that he made mada Pagan Fagan and this his this pupils pupil minor Immor 1 characters char h When the tho book was or ar the tho censors forbade the Production production Pro pro- bec because uso It It would teach crime London was already dy swarming with thle thieves before the the book t book was WiS written yet et the tho censors that It woul-S woul create what It l merely described This is fa s a n. typical ty hit of or s n c censorship long logic |