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Show Music and Theatres Amusements Tonight. Salt Lake Theatre "The Cat and the Fiddle." Orphcum An excellent vaudeville bill, headed by A Modern Pocahontas." Grand Sanford Dodge in "Faust. "A Modern Pocahontas." "A Modern Pocahontas," an all-Indian novelty playlet, was Riven Riv-en its first performance at the Orphcum last Sunday night, continuing contin-uing throughout the week. Leaving this city next Sunday it will cover the entire Orphcum circuit, forty weeks having been booked for it. As a novcltv act, nothing better has ever been seen on the vaudeville vaude-ville stage. The handsome 'scenery, painted by the highest salaried scene painter in the world, the electrical effects, and the beautiful costumes make up a stage that has never been excelled. Again, the nature-born actions of the Indians themselves present a picture that has never been equaled. To the people of the West, accustomed to the aborigine in all his varied, and not altogether pleasing forms, it will probably not present the alluring features that it will to people oi the East The latter have heard of the Indian only as a scalp-srtist. scalp-srtist. They have never clothed him in that idyllic atmosphere that is so essentially his own. Surrounded with his native conditions raid elements he presents himself as a picturesque and interesting personage, a part of the growth of a great country. And it is in the embodiment of those elements in the present act that "A Modern Pocahontas" is strong. It brings out strongly the savage ceremonials ceremon-ials and the brusque picturesqueness of a people who are fast dying out, whose life and legends are becoming only mere memories. From the viewpoint of a novelty, it is one of the most entertaining enter-taining acts ever presented in America. It also possesses, in an adjunctive ad-junctive wav, a plot that makes it of considerable heart interest. B. S. Y. Orpheum. The Orpheum repeats its conference week bill in giving another one of all excellent acts. The Indian novelty act, "A Modern Pocahontas," received more attention than any other act on the bill on account of its being presented pre-sented by local people, and in view of the fact that the past week saw its initial bow to Orphcum patrons. It is a beautiful and interesting inter-esting act and will meet universal favor everywhere on the circuit. The Four Baltus, termed "Olympian Gymnasts," present a line of work that has never been excelled in the city. The men four in number arc all handsome and stalwart. Their feats of strength and case of performance makes it a delightful turn. Frank McCrca and company the company being a man who permits pipes to be shot out of his hand and mouth and from around his head gives some of the best examples of small shooting seen in the city in many days. Tom Barry and Madge Hughes present a bright" little East Side character study in "A Story of the Street," in an interesting way. Miss Julia Kingslcy and company, which includes V. D. Stone, who is a comedian of exceptional ability, pass a few moments in exploiting a comedy playlet called "Supper for Two." Harry Klein and Pearl Clifton, in "The Dummy's Holiday," give a clever act, well carried out. The action or work is nothing startling or particularly new, (Continued on I'lijru 18.) Military Octette at the Orpheum All Next Week, i I MUSIC AND THEATRES (Continued from Pago 10.) but their work was conscientious and consistent. The kinodromc 1 presents a couple of interesting subjects in moving pictures, while Willard Wcihc's orchestra again won the hearts of the large audiences audi-ences that hnvc been attending by its excellent renditions of a number num-ber of overtures and selections. C. A. R. Grand. -The thrilling and realistic melodrama has been shelved, for the week at least, and the patrons of the Grand are being regaled with a comedy drama that has been welcomed, probably as much for the sake of variety as anything else. The play, which has to do with the fateful error of a wife and her final atonement and forgiveness by those whom she had wronged, is "Her One Great Sin." There arc dramatic features enough and to spare, but there is also a goodly portion of genuine comedy in the action of the play. The company is a fairly good one, and the play goes with a swing and precision that is commendable. Those of the company most to be commended commend-ed arc Lewis Dayton and Lester Mitchell, as the husband and the mend, Miss Orricc Obcr. who has the part of the wilful and erring wife, and Miss Florence Stanley, who as the dashing widow displays a dircctoire gown in the last act. One of the many versions of "The Devil," the new problem play which has created such a iurorc throughout the country, was presented pre-sented at the Grand the latter part of last week, George W. Scott having the part of Doctor Brown, "the devil." While having no desire to belittle the ability of Mr. Scott, or the members of his company, com-pany, the writer is of the opinion that on this occasion they attempted attempt-ed a play of which they have but little conception. There are undoubtedly un-doubtedly rare possib.hties in "The Devil," if all the characters are in the hands of thoroughly capable and letter perfect actors, and it is to be hoped that Salt Lakers may at some time in the future be iriven an opportunity to witness this much talked of production under more favorable circumstances. |