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Show I AMUSEMENTS H Orphcum. Vaudeville. hyric.f'A Vagabond's Wife." H I COMING ATTRACTIONS. I Salt Lake Theatre "Checkers." H Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and H Thursday nights. Matinee Thursday. H Orphcum Vaudeville. H Lyric Moore Stock Company, pre- H scnting "A Vagabond's Wife." H H Time seems to have dealt gently with "In Old Kentucky." For fifteen H years the public has crowded the thc-H thc-H atrcs whenever the opportunity of-H of-H fcrcd to sec Mhdgc Brierlcy make H the daring leap across the chasm; to H, sympathize with the Colonel in his H inability to propose to the woman H he loved, and laugh at his prcdica- ment when he was forced to peep H through a knothole in order to see H a race which meant so much to him H and his friends; to enjoy the capers H of the pickaniny band; and to hate, H for the moment at least, the very H sight of the treacherous Horace Hol-H Hol-H ton, and sympathize with the unlct-H unlct-H tercd mountaineer, Joe Lorcy. .And H still the play we first saw so many H years ago has the same facination H and doubtless many of those who H were at the Salt Lake theatre during H the return engagement of "In Old H Kcrtucky" this week had seen the H play many times before, but could H not resist the temptation to renew H the acquaintance of their old friends H Candor compclls us to admit that H; the company might have been im-H im-H proved upon, but, take it all in all, H the production was a creditable one. H and everyone was apparently satis-H satis-H ficd; and when another season comes, H we doubt not that many of the same H people who witnessed the production H this week will be again present to H enjoy the pleasures of a portrayal H of life in the bluegrass country. H H With but a single exception, each Hj act being presented at the Orphcum H, this week is of a pleasing character. Hi The exception is the alleged humor- Hl ous act presented by "Chinese" John- H ny Williams, which causes one to H wonder how the management of the H' Orphcum circuit could have been H' slipped such a package of green goods. H However, there are other numbers H which fully make up for the agony H, of enforced audience of the Chink H performance. The chair balancing of H Harry DeCoe is of the hair-raising H order and is an act worth seeing. H Charles Charlene is an adept at jug- H gling, introducing several new stunts, H and Lilly Charlene is a clever per- H former on the xylophone. The com- cdy sketch "The Dakota Widow," is H one of the best things of the entire H program, William Bramwcll and H Minnie Seligman proving to be capi-H capi-H tal entertainers, thoroughly demon-H demon-H trating that a jealous woman should H think (wice before rushing off to Da- kota for a divorce. Paul Lucier, as the messenger boy in "The Fool's Errand," introduces an unique dancing danc-ing specialty that is a winner. The "Teddy-Trio," acrobatic performers, also have an act that ranks away up in that line of work. Two pleasing selections by the Wcihe orchestra and the moving pictures complete the bill. "The Oath of Vengeance," the melodrama me-lodrama presented at the Lyric the past week by the new stock company, headed by Frederick Moore, is a real heart interest play of the "thriller" order, and has been presented in a most creditable mbnncr, the company com-pany being a great deal better than the prices charged would indicate, the pleasing concetion of the character charac-ter of Jack Diamond by Mr. Moore being especially praiseworthy. The company is to be strengthened next week by the addition of three new people from the cast, who will appear in "A Vagabond Wife." It is announced that A. M. Cox, who has been the manager of the Grand theatre in this city for the past two seasons, is to leave Salt Lake, having been appointed assistant general manager of the International Theatrical company, which controls 140 theatres besides the Grand. Clarence Clar-ence W. Anderson, who has been treasurer of the Grand, will succeed Mr. Cox as manager. ' Henry W. Savage's American Grand Opera company has started on a second cross-continent tour with a visit to all the principal cities between be-tween Montreal and New Orleans, and those cities in the West not reached last year when the same splendid organization made its remarkably re-markably successful trip to the Pacific Pa-cific Coast. An Atlanta, Ga., dispatch announces announ-ces that Jerome K. Jerome's new play "Sylvia of the Letters," was given its first and only performance in America at the Grand Opera house on the 9th. The play will be played at the Haymarkct theatre in London next May at the commencement of the season, with Grace George, who presented the play in Atlanta taking the leading part. Mr. Jerome, the anther, an-ther, who came to the United States to see his production staged, was called cal-led before the curtain at the second act and was greeted enthusiastically. Tommaso Salvini, the actor, is seriously ser-iously ill at Florence, Italy, of an affliction af-fliction of the heart. In view of his advanced age, much anxiety is felt concerning the outcome. In the comic opera 'Tom Jones," under Mr. Menry W. Savage's management, man-agement, there are four featured principals, prin-cipals, a condition unprecedented in a theatrical organization. They are Louise Gunning, William Norris, Van Rensselaer Wheeler and Gertrude Ger-trude Quinlan. It is claimed that David Warfickl has refused an offer of $1,000,000 from Felix Isman, the Philadelphia capitalist and theatrical promotor, to become a star under his management for a period of ten years. Mr. War-field War-field was to sustain no risks, for it was assumed that he was to invest no capital in Mr. Ismail's enterprises. He was to lose no part of his stipulated stipu-lated salary of $100,000 a year in case of the failure of the plays in which he appeared. His contract, it is said, was to be guaranteed by real estate values. His only obligation to Mr. Isman was to act at seven, possibly eight, performances a week at a daily dai-ly average- of about three and one-half one-half hours. |