| Show r I I I A I I V I I I i I I I II I II I I I I I I khI I I I I III L I I ll II II I I III I I II I 1 I h I I I I II i I I I i i I I i I IG I i G I Ili II I iII i I I del it I I I I II I III I il li lii l I i l I II r I i ff I TT T lIT the box bo ones office records of ot Y tho rho lien Ben Hur engagement n Jr will u III be br b IH ta now the ilia topic to I en grossing local loca peo people p o peo pic When the great play pia was Willi seen peon tM here oro for tor seven Performances two ago liro go the thi receipts went put pat the mark nn average of ot a n little better than i 2000 a n performance 1 This broko all nil Halt Salt Lake Inke records and the town IL i status In the eastern NI tern theater world wand 4 which It lt never before enjoyed Of or J H w y j x 9 9 wv r y rt t Nt ry ryd 4 i fi iJ kr tr d X 1 I 9 t tf tk i 1 A f k 1 1 t I 1 il i i ir iI i a t r s 4 y 2 R t i if r f Y A r I Y j I i y N q rah t Ii z zi r i tw S S I I I I j t 0 t t t t i 1 z a k t f t y yc 4 J e f 1 S Sri 1 f ri 1 t 1 r 1 I t 1 i r 4 1 r zi I r I a h f rrb t ri 3 a 1 11 X H woh X M 10 n THE TIIE MEETING OF IRAS AND BEN HUB nUR AT THE FOUNTAIN OF Or CASTALIA IN THE GROVES OF OP DAPHNE 1 neither the thc company nor the lo to tos local cal management expects e to reach r any bul s nich uch average aage g n a second leond time Nine Inc per performance p have been licen booked for the tho Ih nine corning engagement inch and If It the nine reach there theiu wilt will bo tie no corn Tho rho net fact that the thu company has for an opening U le In III Its favor t vor ami and the further fact fuet that reduced ed ell t will bo given gen over all nit railroads rail railroads roads during tho Iho holidays ought to help swell Its ito re Against this ho how however v vever ever eer Is III the of or the Orpheum und end the existence of or the L two tao taco factor tots tor with which lien Don Hur dill dIU not HIVe have to tn contend on Oil JIll Its It previous visit In nil 1 spite of nil all of tit them however the ther r il wile sale up to 10 this time assures us if u n splendid engagement Front From tho the artistic standpoint nil III press j reports agree that tho the company iny Is H even Ii stronger Iron gel than Ulan on en Its visit The 4 1 lien Hen Hur will be Alphonse Ethler a iI Utah actor who has hns mounted high In Inthe Inthe the since the l i days The will be Horace Me Ic Vicker who ho also liso has a 1 great reat number of or friends friend In this Ihl city The Theater stage I ann Is U now no In the hands hand hI of the he I ud ad n 1 5 I vance yance force fOl e of mechanics Who vho are lire reT re reconstructing recon T constructing con everything to hI get In read nci n ness a u for Cur the tho ponderous m of the production I rho Tho observance of or Christmas In la always 0 I a notable event to the 1 of the lien Hen Hur com coin company pany w which number numbers just to people 4 r They have sent tnt nn an advance man malt hero here hereto to tl make preparations for tor the annual annualS annuala I S celebration after artt th the performance The a VJ V r club has lua very er kind kindly been placed i At the disposal of ot the company and I yr if after the curtain falls rolls Monday night nl ht ilI the Christmas Christina program will begin Not rS ell all 11 the company however will 1111 be he con enn concerned f ii i In the As ts always t 1 1 happens where here so 10 many miln theatrical peo people I o I pie are or traveling together lo there Is ie nay any a amount of ot professional going on nn and lint says that the tho lien Hen liar Hur II II r IH is split spilt Into two big cliques with Ith lIh about TO on an each side 1111 the actors In one Oll group and the singers iii i 1 th the stage tagI musicians ee tile Inthe In Inthe 1 the other N When hen they thy are at work Nork of course nothing hut but harmony It is I In ev ev evidence I hut but when they are ie at t play pa in IU inthey they will be tie at tho Christmas celebration tion the I ing gnp Kit cannot be b dl i gulped xUI fd This mesas th that thlU t the f tips at et the Ih Elks Elk Ike club will b be con ducted only by a 8 group roup of ot 70 iO which t the group the principal actors and wid the lever lewer folk lolk It 1 la III Just Juat Ju t that this season will we see some winn 01 or of the big i NIt eat nt companies from New Ve NE York hooked bookEd Rl lit the Oran Grand theater In Belt lt It Lake 1 U 1 taut It t r year It In II welt well remembered 1 th that t Mrs Mr i ri FI ko ke fluId could not gr Re a presentation tv here as a the theater were then under tho the control of n a I II The an announcement made m ul In ha Denver however that the Independent hat hail secured the Curti Currie theater end and that drat Manager coul caul 1 J e i to 10 Bundle hundl them until their own theater r should hould 1 he s l mi m I It probable that the same enno ruling A Milt ill cover Salt Lake tm as the Grand U is pert part of or B II circuit controlled t by h I Mr with the Curtis OB as d a I starting place A friend of at Mr Ir who Just arrived here hero from Denver states stales that thit the Impression ho received from n a talk with him wan teas thru that the thc Salt Halt Lakehouse Lake house haute hou e would be opened to tile the Inde Independents although ho he could not state this as a IL positive tact fact Manager Inna er Arthur C Smiley of at the rand Orand also aleo expressed this as liS his view Of O course we wo hate hato had hall no official word he declared and the question Is entirely In the hands of ot Mr Ir However I J know knol of no reason rellon why wh this house hou c should hould not be bo Included The rue who are trying to get gel an all Independent Independent circuit across S the conti cond continent nent neat have hae the II Casino and mid Lyric In New York the tho In Chicago the Garrick In St 81 Louis th tha BIshop theaters then In San Han Francisco and Oakland and I understand J P 1 Howe Is III building them a IL theater In Seattle The Tho Jump from Denver to Ann San Fran Kran Francisco cisco Is 18 rather tong long and If It they went want tin the Grand Orand In Snit Salt Lake ns as It seems reasonable they tile the would I have no doubt Mr would close with them themI I 1 think the companies will to be booked here hero till all right If they come west this Should this report prove proe true trul It will open open Salt Malt S Lake amusement doors long Ion lewd closed to such artists tA as It Mrs Francis FranchI Wilson Jefferson Do Da Angells Angelis Heni Miller Margaret Fritzl Scheff and should she come west to t Madam Sarah Bernhardt The next attraction nt al the rand to tobo bo tie seen lIeen Mp Up p till 1111 night with a II Christmas matinee o e will twill be Honest Hearts with Alma In ht tho lead leulIng leadIng leadIng Ing rule lUll The author of or Honest ne l t Hearts William L II who wrote On the at nt Midnight and Big 1111 Hearted Jim has hai gone to II Ken lien Kentucky Kentuck lucky tucky tuck In tills this Instance In for foi his lila romance uncommon and amt genuine American types Ipes charm of the south scones and quaint humor Ills His heroine li is the tho daughter of an Old Kentucky farmer firmer who ho hw has only her beauty and honesty honet to 10 commend her to an nn aristo critic young joung civil engineer employed on the government Improvement In tho the Cumberland river near her fathers farm aria Wild Willi uneducated Bhe he presents a combination lonu of or charac characteristics cl u r cl l I terl which none but clever Alma I learn Heirn could cope with successfully full on the Ih The rho play piny U Is overflowing with Rood good comedy and the tour four elaborate ela horale lice lien on river and farm fa aria rill should eat Bat I 1 f y sill all rt reasonable expectation of stage singe pictures pIcture I I Following Honest Hearts nt at the Grand Orand comes a n extern v play pia called At Al t Cripple reek Creek n a new drama by hy the well tt ell known hat Hal Held The fhe story Alory Is III a 1 wholesome elevating one tilled filled with a 1 sense of or Ute the II tendered heart In interest lt and beauty enlivened by hy bright comedy and nod containing many man novel noel effects and striking situations u It Is III said that not since Campbells My Iy Partner host hits hn so eo strong a n play pin of ot life lite In tho thu treat great wi went t been lJ ln given to tho the public The scones scenes lire ere laid In a n emai mining Comp camp In the tho mountains of Colo Coln Colorado redo rado A car load laid of ot special I scenery Is tarried corned for tor the production and anti each ench of ot the four tour acts Is 18 mounted In hr the mot most elaborate and careful manner minter 1 Judging from the opening bill ached sched tiled lIed at lit the Iho Orpheum next week the tho net nev Slate playhouse Is ls destined t to tJ I I early achieve the sobriquet of ot Tl Th Tin House of Mirth fox Hox office returns al at lead toady nd Indicate that the tho S 8 11 It 1 0 sign will vv be he hung out atit bright and early carl on an Christmas Christinas night it Tim The o lay of ot sketches In vaudeville Is ti more pronounced every enry season and the Orph Orpheum eon oum circuit always a with a finger on the pulse of at the amusement hUll has booked n number of ot actors from the tho legitimate stage to appear as I In tho the weekly bills For Joor the opening o elling night Christmas Lewis McCord and ami his company compa have been secured as nH the tha headliner rind they will present a none one act net play entitled The Ight Before While this title might suggest anything from an nn Impending r marriage to tn a champagne feast teut this the Ih skit simply deplete de III a very ery strenuous rehearsal prior to the presentation of ot an nil ambitious production Tho The farce farco Is le both novel nOel and hilarious Following Polio wing a n close second but hut of a different order or Is the tho turn of ot the Heng ter ler good looking singers anti dancers who are reading heading this thin way with a II whole scrapbook full press pre s notices I i Should hould this appear too loo frivolous those thin n a love lovo for high class clam vocal work inthe In Inthe Inthe the next number will be catered to In III Inthy thy the torn form of ot the Grand rand Opera Trio Tilo three who come direct to Halt Sait LaKa LitRe from the east cast Thu ihu second acco t sketch on the bill IH is pre presented presented by Lucy and who appear In nr eccentric comedy Thu Fools Errand Nelle Florede another name on the bill does not go IN In for opera Her specialty Is cute cuto songs lIons and trite remarks of or u o distinctly humorous vein rho Tho Three who already are ae aeI I In III Salt Bult Lake Lolle Andrew Ollie and Glenn Olenn I physical culture re artists havo have an nn act f that Is us as as It Is pleasing I The show how will wilt conclude with kino drome chronic exhibiting n a number of new ami entertaining motion pictures picture Not the least pleasing feature of at tha the I evenings entertainment entert will vIII be tho thu I work of the th orchestra under Prof WIN Wil WilI I lard Weihe Denver Is boasting regard regardIng regarding Ing tho the excellence of her Orpheum or 01 orchestra chests chestra blut Salt Snit Lakers competent to Judge who have heard heird that organization lion tion predict that tho the local orchestra picked n a sit lilt lt Is i from tram the leading talent of the city elt will be the best man for forman or orman man scot on ices the es entire Orpheum circuit and that Is ic a somewhat sweeping stat ment 00 At tho the Ink Lyrie next weeks week attraction will be bo Miners Merry pro producing Pr fI during The rue Goblin Sills Girls Iho t performance will b be given gh en this afternoon after alter afternoon noon I r THEATRE GOSSIP I Mrs Carter began her lar road rond tour b by a 32 mile automobile run n h Philadel Philadelphia phia hlll to 11 Dustin Dunlin Farnum li Is to become became star at the end of his ills career In The Virginian Clyde Fitch Itch lino hns engaged ed himself to write two t new plays one lne for tor Walsh and the tha other otho for Mists Th The The le Shubert have ha secured e the tho American rights right of The Moon which line has hen ben ft a 1 grout great rent success I at nt the Lyric theater London tills this sea hen henson season son Worthing who oho has hai been sup HUH n In III Ira hay ia 1 heen engaged tl to 10 support Ellis Bills Jeffreys s sIn In In The rile MI It Miss Ivy 1 A Ashler Hoot niece of the tho Secretary of War has written n In Innet act net poetic drama around the life m of ur Mozart which will bo be produced d at Al AI I Pa Christmas night by J Maurice i Campbell I Mann and tills M 1 M Clara I have havo been annexed by the m tad 1 will play a Q comedy called Julie Hoi Bon Bon lion under 11 Miss MIAs Lipman IH is the author of ot the lilt play pin Sarah Powell Cowell Le II 1 widow of or W J Le Ie oyne will o vote her hlf tin ti II henceforth to teaching dramatic lIt nir giving readings from and In l n q occasionally on the lh N pw w York stage for special Henri font De Dc Vries the eminent actor will his hI I III ha i New York on Jan 6 He lilt will bo II h se u n uIn nIn In An nn l ver verJon Jou of A v a nf ot Ar Arson ArAon on In which he hI l is hi Mt Itt orient link lug ing a 1 In ondon r A t short note nol from King Kd VIT It to 10 idly Langtry was recently sold cold nt nl m an auction of or ito for tor 2 it is I written on Marlborough n ch ho hOI house i e pacer with the Prince of ot Walt Wales cre tr crest t in III the IhA upper tipper J left ft hand corner comer and Is a A E It Jr d M 01 newest play pIn Is for production January IS 16 Aft r n It three thre weeks out of ot town lour tour It win will be he h taken to 10 N New oiw w York City where It U IK Is booked hooked for tor an nn timeA time timeA A short note from King J Edward VH VU to Lily Langtry was recently sold at ot nn nil I written n on Marlborough Hou louse Houle e paper with the Frinco of or Wales crest lIe ere t In too tao upper lefthand curlier corner und and te la 1 A U UIt i 1 It Is understood that Sir Charles Wyndham now 01 dl years old will retire not lon lOll the close clote clo o of ot his hili next n American season It H IB Is II his hl Intention to leave the tho theater without any farewell and n without ostentation Herne It li Is said Mill li is I to play pia th thi leading role rolo opposite II U H Irving In The Hie Jury of ot rate Fate t nt at the Shaftesbury bury but I London ondon Miss Herno Herne hn tin has been tit since her hel IH as n Vivian In lit Mrs Jars Irl Warrens Profession James O press agent mindful that Ihn the star Is to play Itt i the theater shortly wends seeds word that Mr Ir ONeill who huts has Ld Id i In lit Monte Cristo 1802 IS 2 otter after ter this year will never appeal In ht the tho play again Reports tram from Vienna Austria u an nn nuance that Oscar Whites Wildes Salome line b been cn barred l In that thit city a M as tumor burner Immoral al After tho the first attempt Herr Mah olah Mahler ler tr of the Iho Imperial Op Opera ra louse House at rut attempted tempted to modify the libretto but the second attempt proved likewise a n tall fall failure tire ure ur It li Is likely III ly that It will not nol be bu bet tried t again i I The file Princess theater London after litter a a a mars course of oC extensive alterations end ind a which will make mako a 1 practically ally nil now house of or It Is I to be reopened as es II the homo home of melodrama Its new lIew manager Mr Ir n E Da Dagnall nall believes that there Is la stilt RUIl u tL large demand for the tho type e of play playa i which made the old Adel del phi famous The success of ot ITh The Tho Woman In the tho Case e Clyde play pia with Blanche Walsh In the cast h has is been so marked thin that Kemper have put putout out another company to 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