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Show Uli AMUSEMENTS " Salt Lake Theatre "Midnight in matinee today, performance tonight. Grand Theatre "Escaped from the Harem," matinee today, performance tonight. Lyric Theatre "Star Show ' Girls," matinee today, performance tonight. Follow each graceful curve and swell, Observe a perfect left as well! Coming Attractions. Salt Lako Theatre Hoyt's "Trip to Chinatown," Nov. 8-9. After drinking the froth and foam of musical comedies, which fall to even moisten the lips of the average dry man, one may go to the "Prince of Pllsen" and feel like a thirsty man breaking Into a brewery. There Is plenty of "nut brown nle" and steins filled with amber fluids In this divert-W divert-W Ing and amusing show. Not that one experiences the actual fact of feeling a stream running down his throat of course not but one feels that Gus Lu-p Lu-p ders has blown tho cncap froth from ( tho musical glass and handed over tho I real article. Salt Lakers have already whistled themselves daffy over tho t)i catchy airs of this tuneful comedy. "Heidelberg," "Tho Message of the Violet," "Tale of tho Seashell" and a half dozen others of Its lilting tunes have been planoed and vandevllled at us time without number, but somehow tho haunting melodies are always welcome wel-come to our ears. And, best of all, my children, It is all bright and pretty, standing on Its own feet, without the uso of horseplay crutches to keep It from falling. Thero is fun In tho "Prince of Pllsen," but It is not of the Peruna brand of comedy. Frank Plx-loy, Plx-loy, who wroto tho libretto, seems to have caught tho Inspiration of words which do not make an audience long for the padded cell 01 a madhouse. 1 can say all this without feeling that 1 am sticking a yln In my conscience. Of course, there isn't much of a plot to the "Prince," but what there Is stands out plnlnly and may bo followed without a diagram. It Is true, one may not expect much of a plot In musical comedy, still this Is no excuse for tho plotless musical comedy. One likes some semblance of a plot, If only to divert the mind from the price of admission. ad-mission. There will bo much joy, even In the ranks of tho circus-minded, when musical mu-sical comedy becomes again something more than a meaningless jumble of show girls, slap-stick comedians and vaudeville turns. Edwin Milton Roylo's new play, "The Square Man," is winning both laurels and lucre for tho author. It is a play which goes far out of tho beaten paths of tho ordinary and therein, no doubt, lies one of the secrets of Its success, to Mr. Roylo Is a genius of originality, 17 c- and whero others have blindly fol- II 5fc lowed, or foolishly imitated, ho has V. always gazed upon heids waiting for ,M tho harvest. Imitation always begins and ends In hopeless mediocrity. Tho playwriter who would gain tho groat oar and eyo of tho modern audience, while not expected to originate now themes, must set tho old stories In a now atmosphere. It Is plain to see that Mr. Roylo Is doing this. Coming, as ho does, from a talented family, fully equipped In education and natural ability, his highest ambitions may be possible. J "Tho Truth Tellers," a new dramatic offering, is startling tho east with Its 4t, voracity. With a city acmpalgn on in New York and a city campaign on In Salt Lake, "Tho Truth Tellers" Is certainly cer-tainly liko flying In tho face of Provi- donee. It's a little strange tho author didn't hold tho mirror up to nature and glvo us "Tho Story Tellers." J J Airy, fairy Lillian Russell is making great money in vaudeville. Tho blonde goddess Is advertised as appearing in "now songs and gowns." Her manager man-ager takes her to and from tho show houso In a silver mounted "auto," driven driv-en by a motorls in tho swollest ot swell livery a plush joy uniform with the monogram "L. R." engraved on tho buttons. It isn't so long ago that this blue-ribbon beauty was singing In tho Casino bird cage with other canaries of tho chorus at twenty per. They say beauty is fatal it certainly has been fate-ful to Lillian. That every dog has his day and night, too was abundantly demonstrated demon-strated In "Buster Brown." It Is a long time since old doy "Tray" was tho canlno burden of our childhood lul-libyes. lul-libyes. But in these grown up days, we must have a dog that can do something. some-thing. So our friend Outcault came ilong and gave us "Buster Brown" and tho very much In evidence "TIge" a dog whoso bark made tho New York Herald famous. As a musical comedy "Buster Brown" can not bo said to run to horso play, and yet, If thero were not so much dog play, tho former allegation allega-tion would bo true. Mr. Hill as "Tlgo" did some clever work slnco tho "Cowardly "Cow-ardly Lion" in tho "Wizard of Oz," TIge or Mr. Hill Is entitled to wear the collar of animal achievement. Indeed, In-deed, If tho dog catcher has not already al-ready marked "Tlgo," then Mr. Hill is licensed to run regardless of hydrophobia. hydro-phobia. Master Rico as "Buster Brown," was precociously tho lnfantllo limit. He was mother's fair haired joy riised on rough-houso syrup, nil right. But outsldo of these two principals thero was nothing to crack nuts over, unless one habitually raves over ton, twenty and thirty cent mediocrity. Tho chorus, however, wa3 a well rounded bunch of shapeliness. Its plumpness was generously advertised up to the danger point whero stockings stock-ings fall unless warranted not to rip or tear. I have a friend who for his own 30od, dabbles too much Into tho forbidden for-bidden field of poesy. When ho wooes the gentle goddess thero Is something some-thing doing nmong the muses. This friend says "Buster Brown" and the display of tightly fitting hosiery drove him Into poetic Indiscretion. Hero follows tho Imprudence: With fluffy dress abovo her knee Sho Is a jolly dancerlte And wears It high you see, Because sho has a perfect right; And looking closer, as wo might, HARRY LE GRANDE, n |