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Show THE CITIZEN 10 With The First Nighters A notable performance of Madame X marked the opening of the season of stock at the Salt Lake theatre last Monday evening. This was the vehicle chosen by Ralph Cloninger and Florence Stone to exploit the versatility of the players of Mr. Cloningers new company. It is a sad play, sometimes painful, often gloomy, but it is tremendously powerful in its unfolding of the fate of the woman who fell, repented only to find herself scorned by her husband and who sank to the lowest state, and even became a drug fiend. In the role of Madame X Miss Stone was at all times convincing. She swayed her audience to tears at will. Mr. Cloninger selected as his role that of the son who obtains the acquittal of the woman 'accused of. murder without knowing that she is his mother. Madam X was the bill for the entire week and played to capacity houses. PANTAGES Superlative is the adequate word to describe properly the musical act headlining the Pantages bill this week. Madame Dores grand opera celebrities are all, and more, than has been said of them, according to reports from the regulars. Those who have journeyed to the Pantages the past few days have come away filled with genuine praise for the work of these musical stars, and are frank in stating that the act is one of the very best of its kind that has ever been presentedat any local theatre. And it should not be overlooked that the rest of the bill, is of high order. Harry Von Fossen, well known offerin these parts, has a black-fac- e ing that is getting over in top shape. He is a natural laugh maker. Manning and Lee present a sketch that is said to be making a big hit ail the way. Brierre and King in the little girl from Boston and the boy from New Orleans, do a singing and dancing act that is far above the average. Miss King was formerly with The Slim Princess. Van and Emerson round out the vaudeville part of the bill with a hand balancing act par excellence. The Phantom Battle is the title of another Flynn Film Drama of the usual standard. The new bill opening next Wednesday promises another treat for the Pan friends. A sketch, "Somewhere in France, heads the bill and presents trench life in a dramatic way that is said to prove most entertaining. Tom Kelly is with us again next week, and thats all we need to say about Tom. Sheldon and Hazlen, who were originally on the bill for this w'eek, will be seen in Sampson and Delilah, said to be a veritable scream. Another bright spot on the bill will the song-storbe Alice Manning, girl. Jim Reynolds is a monologue and Degnon and Clifton, with a vaudeville surprise, round out a' well balanced y bill. time star and a trickster who talks glibly as he manipulates the cards, a boob comedian aids in creating thi magical fun. Tom Nawn and company will present a clever one-ac- t myth entitled Pat and the Genii, in which this clever Irish comedian is seenat his best. Blough and Lockard, amusing exponents of blackface, have a laughiure which is declared to be a comedy, riot. Madelaine Traverse in a drama of the newly rich in the big city, The Tattler, will top the motion picture section. dark-tow- The Another Flynn Film Drama, Fakir, will be an added feature and the usual good orchestra. KINEMA In The Heart of a Child, a special production adapted from Frank Dan-by- s a novel of the same name, comes to the screen of the Kin-em- a theatre Sunday, September 12, in a role that is different from any of the wide variety of characters she has portrayed so marvelously in previous triumphs. It is that of Sally Snape, an English girl from the slum streets of London who finds herself orphaned at the most critical period of her life, and left to face alone, without any other aid than her own sophistication, the struggle of maintaining .the worlds respect. There is in The Heart of a Child a gorgeousness of pictorial beauty. The scenes are done early tenement-stree- t with amazing fidelity to detail, yet created with an eye to the picturesque that brings their shabbiness to border on the quaint. Such later bits of the story as the Bohemian revel, the theatrical dressing-rooscenes, the glimpses of Lord Kidderminsters hunting lodge, wtih its manorial dignity, and later the superb beauty of his family estate, all go to make up a series of strikingly pleasing scenes. The story will be screenec at tne Kinema theatre all this week, with a Universal Comedy and Internaticnal News as added attractions. Nazi-mov- m SALT LAKE the offering of the Cloninger players for next week, is one of the merriest plays of the season, and all that the name implies. The play has scored such a tremendous hit in all parts of the country that it is considered one of the most Sick-a-Be- d, successful comedies of the day. The story deals with the ever -- h- subject: the This particular husband decides to teach his wife a lesson and flirts with a very charming girl. He is umorous hen-pecke- d bus-band- . found out and immediately ' his wife begins action for divorce. The only witness is a young man, whom the husband persuades to pretend he is sick in bed and cannot attend court A nurse is hired to wait on him, and from the fact that the two fall in love many amusing situations arise. The manner in which the various complications are handled makes this a comedy everyone will enjoy seing. The success of the first weeks of- - ril Itoeo e .t om in Home of Big Features CASINO With vaudeville bill of such extensive proportions that it seems destined to be one of the biggest and best bills seen at Loews Casino theatre this season opens Sundgy. Two high-- , caliber acts will bid for headline honors on the new program. The Military Revue, framed in scenic splendor, will present a revue of pretty girls of grace and agility. This act is a musical extravagance which has been hailed with delight everywhere on the circuit. Lyndall Laurel and company, with a trio of girls and a young chap are seen in a rather novel bathing plunge entitled, A Night on the Beach. It is a fascinating presentation staged along novel lines. Jewell and Raymond, a pair of girls who dance, sing and talk, will present a nifty turn entitled At the Kiddies A six-ac- t Club. SOME OF THE LEADING MEMBERS OF THE CLONINGER STOCK COMPANY. TOP, FLORENCE STONE; LEFT , RALPH CLONINGER; BELOW, EVELYN HA MB LEY Frank Juhaz and company will appear in Bunkology. Juhaz "is a big n us tomorrow for a one week engagement The Incomparable NAZI MOYA In a picture of surpassing artistry and poignant humanness THIS HEART OF A CHILD' The life romance of a cockney girl from the tenements of Lirm house; of the London theatre: ami of British aristocracy. A living romance that will reach tl.e hearts of all. -- IN ADDITION Universal Comedy nnj International News Henry K. Pyle and C. B. Steven-- . Organists Week beginning September E. K. LINCOLN In VIRTUOUS MEN I:1 |