Show I Believe Me Xantippe Opens at Wilkes Tonight J I IS S e 54 Scene from Frederick Ballards Ballard's noted t Believe Me Xantippe which opens at the Wilkes theatre t for a weeks week's engagement with the Wilkes players I Bubbling with laughter and originality original orIginal- it ity excitement and stray wisps of ot love love- Bellevo Me Ie Xantippe the tho play that has taken all New York b by storm with its clover clever lines and unique situations will be bo this weeks week's attraction at the Wilkes theatre beginning with to tonight's tonight's to- to nights night's performance There Thero is Js a slap and a a. bang about Believe Me Mc Xantippe that insures its success in Salt Lake Believe Mo Me Ic Xantippe is a slang expression indulged d in freely b by the hero As a rich young youns- New Ne Yorker holding the arm of or the law and tho the of officers ticer's that go so with It In supreme contempt contempt contempt con con- tempt he wagers that he ho can commit a Do crime and with twelve hours' hours start escape capture for one one year D During ring that year car he will remain within with with- in the tho borders of ot tho the United States A flighty friend and a foolish detective take the other end of tho the bet and tho the chase is on At tho second act the year Is nearl nearly up Our hero is wandering over the tho Colorado mountains Enters cabin Ho meets the tho daughter daus of oC the tile sheriff who has been left lett alone In an Impulsive moment he ho uses his pet slang phrase se The sheriffs sheriff's daughter recognizes tho the clue recalls there is reward of offered ot- ot for Cor him and mid takes him to her fathers father's Jail at the end of ot a a. pistol The bet Is still on at the opening of ot the first act but her hero has bas proved himself a rt real al man b by defending the tho sheriffs sheriff's dau daughter whenever she Is in peril and In an unguarded ung moment mis mis- chievous Dan Cupid takes true aim and adds a touch of ot allurement to the I scene Tho sheriffs sheriff's daughter even tries to aid in MacFarland's escape but he cannot ride a n. horse without at least east three pillows in tho the saddle and andIs andIs Is casU easily recaptured D By this time the year is up however however however how how- ever and the hero has won the tho wager wag because his captor was only a sheriffs sheriff's daughter and not a a. re regular ular officer of the law Love scene Curtain Believe Me Xantippe Is a play pla that Is chuck full of ot laughs laug Frederick Ballard the author of ot the pla play Is said to havo taken his characters from real life lire and it ma may be true but wherever ho lie got them he has given them lines to speak and placed them In situations so 10 original and funny that his play has been the tho talk of tho the country from country from tho the Pacific to the Atlantic from Atlantic from the Mexican l can border to the Canadian line Miss Nana Nairn Bryant leading woman of ot the Wilkes rUkes players will be bo seen In Inthe Inthe Inthe the delightful rolo role of ot DolI Dolly the sheriffs sheriff's daughter daus Frank l as Buck Kamman Kamman Kam- Kam man tho the sheriff Cecil KIrko Kirke 01 as a. MacFarland MacFarland Mac Mac- Farland Frederick Moore as Galloway Calloway Cliff Thompson as Sole Solo MacNulty as Brown the lawyer Claire as ns Violet Miss 1 Tucker as Martha the tho sheriffs sheriff's wife George Barnes as William Wil YIl liam and Frank Bonner as the Jailer Beginning Bes with tonight's performance perform perform- rm- rm ance Believe Belleva Me Xantippe will bo be presented by the tho Wilkes VIlIes pla players ers at the Wilkes theatre all nIl this week with matIn matinees mat mat- In ines es Thursday and Saturday after atter- |