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Show T RU T H Carruthers goes with the company as its manager through the northwest. comI congratulate the Wilbur-Kirwi- n pany no less than my friend Mr. CarSalt Lake Theater: Frohm&ns com- ruthers. will be your last opportunity pany iii Lady Huntworth'S' Experi- toTonight see this most capable light opera ment," tonight. New Grand: Kirwin company in an unique and entertaining medley of refined vaudeville, Opera company in. vaudeville and selections. minstrelsey, and high-claTheLake Salt attractions: Coming ater, A Texas Steer, three nights bemin-strelse- y. up-to-d- ate Monday and extending throughout the week, the entire city will be canopied with the antlers of the Elks. The town will be in the throes of a purple hysteria. There will be regime of san soucl. Purple and white will be dominant colors everything will be filled with purple and fringed with white. The days will open with purple sunrises and close with purple sunsets; purple rainbows will follow purple storms; purple stars will twinkle through a purple atmosphere and be winked at by a moon wearing purple the birds will fly on purple wings through a sky filled with purple clouds; the girls will blush purple tints and cast their modest eyes upon purple shoes, while the boys ask them, in purple tones to take purple soda running through a purple glass. Purple, purple, purple everywhere and purple everything. A purple beginning, a purple continuation and a purple termination in a pur- -' pie glory. Yes, indeed, there is moving upon us an army with purple banners, purple flags and purple bugles. Aleready the outposts have surrendered and the purple enemy is surging over the breastworks. But enough ;we surrender completely and hand out of the window the keys of the city hall, the city bastlle any and every old key in our possession. Welcome, purple carnival queen, and may your purple reign be one stretch of purple grandeur. Welcome, ye knights of the purple horn the spreading Beginning Hilda Spong has made a most favor- able impression in Salt Lake. In her rendition of Lady Huntworth she fully sustained the high expecta- tions I had. formed as to her dramatic qualities and her personal charms for in New York Miss Spong has long been . 41 regarded as one of the best actresses of i the metropolis and a beautiful woman. She came to us last night as a stranger, though she has been a conspicuous success in the East for several seasons. :;j She has played the leading roles in AmbassaTrelawney of the Wells, dor and "Wheels Within Wheels. Miss Spong s success last night was immediate and lasting her acting is not k only bright, clever and vivacious, but it is embellished with a personal beauty and gracefulness which created the warmest sympathy between the actress and her audience. Some of the situations of the play require rare dramatic tact and personal gracefulness of the highest order to interpret them Miss Spong met them with a careless Indifference that made her perfectly natural and devoid of any effort at striving for effect. The charming play goes again tonight. -- pyro-tecn- ic l r: With the resorts closed so far as real summer business is concerned, the the- will now become the sources of apopular amusement. Saltair has done well; the Lagoon was more popular than ever, with Caller's Park a close third. The Salt Palace was rejuvenated by anager Mulvey and closed its eason of light opera after a successlongst phenomenal. Indeed the season at he Salt Palace has demonstrated anew he abilities of Mr. Mulvey to grasp the equirements of a situation. Mr. Mulvey, with rare intuition, that Salt Lakers wanted, or at jpeast would appreciate a season of light jopera and he gave them the best that al-o- con-lud- ed could be procured, prices considered. That the company has been successful artistically and financially In its long engagement was repeatedly demonstrated by the encomiums of the press and the attendance at the performances. There is no need to review the individual merits of the Wilbur-Kirwi- n To deny that the orcompany. ganization has would, of course, be stating an untruth and would as readily be resented by the company as by others. I said before that this was not the time to make Individual comment. I. mus,t however, induge in one or two generalities. As an organization a popular-price- d light opera company It rounds out and compares favorably with any similar company we have seen here. The chorus is and responsive there is a world of meaning in the word responsive. To be responsive a chorus must fill a hundred and one requirements, such as stage groupings, vocal assertiveness and statuesque pos-lnIn a word become the lights and shades, the prismatic colors and changWilbur-Kirwi- n short-comin- gs well-drill- ed m will be the biggest one in events that Mr. Edward H. Frye, as David Har-u- m Salt Lake has ever had. The sources of amusement will be numerous and the kinds of amusement so diversified that none need seek in vain. For the week, at least, the town will possess all the whirl and excitement of a metropolis. I sincerely hope that everybody may wear the royal purple and become a princely good fellow. at the Congregational church on Friday evening was an artistic treat. Mr. Frye is one of the ablest mono-logis- ts that has ever appeared in Salt Lake. The entertainment, which was under the auspices of the Garfield and Alethian lyceums, was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. HARRY LE GRANDE. ! The lease from Walker Bros. and. Heath to the Salt Palace association will expire on October 1st, and then the real estate and the improvements will revert to the lessors. The lease to the original Salt Palace association was executed .in May, 1898, and it was to run for three years. By its terms the landlords wefe. at the termination of the lease, to get the buildings and other Improvements made by the lessees. After the original association went to the wall the present association was organized and took over the lease of the old association on the original terms. The lease really ended in May last, but by arrangement it The was extended to October 1st. buildings and improvements on the grounds are valued at $70,000, a nice plum to fall into the lap of Walker and Heath, who, it is said, will lease the premises again to be operated as an amusement resort, it being better adapted' to that than for any other purpose. goo-goo- s; - ' SALT PALACE LEASE. Taken all in all the coming week ss ginning Sept. 16th. 11 HAIL! Ye Carnival Revelers. antler. No knight of the olden time, and so utterly .knightly as Sir Purple Elk. Deal gently with us all we ask is that a w ee bit of Salt Lake be left upon the map for the use of future writers upon geography. For the week let us reverse the mystic letters B. P. O. E. and put them E. O. P. B. Every One Play Ball. Within the portals of our Enlarged and Newly .That ever popular comedy A Texas Beautified quarters you will be accorded a most gold-spurr- ed silver-plume- d, i j fills an e ngagement of three Lake Theater next week, beginning Monday, Sept; 16th. Steer, nights at the Salt From the first Plenty of room now to accommodate all and A Texas Steer" has been one of the most popular comedies turned out by that bright, erratic genius, Mr. Hoyt, and, owing to the circumstances with which we are all familiar, the Hoyt trademark has become invested with a peculiar interest. In coming to town when the purple hosts are in full possession, A Texas Steer' ought to do an immense busi. ness. Everybody should see the Texans who have such a chant for miking rapid gunplays puncturing the neighborhood with erously sized bullet holes. wild-ey- hearty welcome. ed big, pen- sure you perfect attention. as- Come in and make this Popular Store, your headquarters at all times. All our accommodations, all our conveniences and all our privileges are yours to command. and gen- gs ing atmosphere that form the background and framework of the operatic picture. The girls of the chorus are young, and pretty there are no females of ancient birth among them. Miss Kirwin has seen to all that and 'has, while her, recruited the chorus with some of our own fair maidens went here and there among the gardens of Salt Lake and plucked some of the fairest TIHKOS TWTcTbrarT flowers. I have extended my remarks on the Wilbur-Kirwi- n company because I regard It, In a measure, as a home company. When they go away from us we shall follow them, as It were, with our eyes. It is pleasing to record that Mr. Ed. Office in DesereT National Bank' Building Capital 076,000.00.' Telephone 142. a Lessee and Manager of |
