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Show 8 THE CITIZEN WIth the First Nighters MIRACLE STUFF AND PANTAGES ENTERTAINMENT FOR OLD HOME INMATES ZONERY, BY THOMPSON, AT THE ORPHEUM. Thompson, the Egyptian, is dispensing miracle stuff with the punch at the Orpheum playhouse this week. And his Zonery which simply means finding the right spot and then pinching it for a matter of five minutes to an hour, seems to relieve about all the ills that man is heir to. It is a new applied in home-spu- n brand of pain-killemanner, in which combs and othr, er household utensils figure. There is no mystery in how the zonery work is done Thompson explains all that and simplifies his instructions but the mysticism is contained in The inmates of the Old People's Home will be given a rare treat by Manager Diamond of the Pantages Theatre, Monday afternoon at 1 p. m., when open house at this palatial theatre will be held exclusively for the Old Folks. The full program of the stellar Pantages bill, including the photoplay drama, will be staged especially for the edification of his elderly guests and all the choice seals of the big house reserved for their comfort. e The Auto company will from 40 to 50 cars to transport the old people to the Pantages. Covey-Ballar- d fur-nish- PANTAGES OFFERS RARE CHARM IN PHOTODRAMA AND SWIFT VAUDEVILLE. deep-dye- d the effects accomplished. discover before You will gets demonstrating as well as Thompson through talking and that you have an and possibly an eye-toan if you care to go that far down also you can brush yourself a la. September Morn, all over with a wire brush and a gain strength and vivacity, or push headache clean through the top of the It's wonderful stuff and skull! Thompson guarantees it so strong that he stands ready to quit the job and go back to the Sphnix and the Mummies if it dont work. J. Francis Dooley and Corinne Sales present a hodgepodge of spontaneous nonsense of Winter Garden and Follies fame, that wins great favor. There is wholesome contagion in Miss Sales laugh and Dooley is a rarity as a wit. A bit of effective stage scenery and the clever dancing of her two assistants not forgetting the master piano playing of her accompanist introduces Miss Neilson, a clever and accomplishand vivid terpschorean ed artist. This topline act closes the show and serves to keep the early homeward roamers in their seats until the final curtain goes down on a whirlwind roundelay of swift foot work eye-fing- eye-toot- toe-danc- er e h er in which Miss Neilson and her masculine aids participate. Buck and wing dancing Interspersed with acrobatic work in which a Midget takes a novel part, is the stunt done by Pearson, Newport and Pearson. It is different, differentiated, punchy, therein lies its principal charm. And Claude and Fanny Usher e Home, a vehicle in their that has served them for many seasons on the vaudeville stage and which appears as fresh in comedy and as punchy in all other directions as ever, wins great applause because of the fine sentiment and the fine acting. Les Gellis, done by the Parisian Entertainers, consists of a trio of singers and dancers, a girl and two husky acrobats, who perform wonderful flip-floBide-a-We- ps dance and near stunts. Opening the bill the family In Jurigleland do a nifty and clever turn with straw hats and Indian clubs. The youngster in the act is also a keen dancer. Animated cartoons and other features are unusually good. neck-breakin- g There is much homely simplicity in the photodrama John Quincey Adams, heralding the return of Blanche Sweet to the silent stage, which is being screened for the first time in Salt Lake, this week, at the Pantages. This picture reflects the atmosphere of a Down East home of the early period, when social climbers still gloried in their Mayflower ancestry and America was still very much American. John Quincey Adams of the screen is a Bostonian whose mother takes more than the usual pride in her particular ancestry and whose most ardent hope is that John Quincey will not contract an alliance beneath the familys social standing. So she sets out to classify and find a suitable mate for her handsome son. But John Quincey played by John Bowers, finds romance of his own and is not daunted in his desire even tho the girl he loves is blind. Alice Pettengill, the girl, played by Blanche Sweet, reflects the finement and sweetness of a demure and lovable maid of the early day type, in vividness and faithfulness that thrills. Other outstanding characters in the cast are: Lon Chaney as Obadiah Strout, an unscrupulous and cowardly villain; Emil Lincoln as the immensely strong but childish-minde- d village blacksmith, and Abner Stiles and beautiful Barbara La Marr add strength and charm to the cast. And the largest xylophone in the world is well worth seeing and more so when its thunder tones burst forth in entrancing harmony. This monster instrument is introduced by the Avalos troupe of xylophonists, musicians of great ability, which graduates into a real act when the boom and purr of the giant stovepipe instrument is made to resound throughout the theatre. There is an inimitable act done by stage children and guided by Maude Daniel, which is very fascinating. It consists of clever dancings and some really good song stuff along with classy musical turns. The Le Grohs pre-. por-trayal- s top-lin- er j sent a pantomime novelty in which the grotesque is well featured. The Four Ortons combine clown act and tight-wirstunts in unusual and mirthful maner, while The Great Maurice, a French product, amazes and delights with nifty card tricks and legerdemain interspersed with swift It is an unusual Pantages entertainment more than worth e frog-chatte- r. while. THE BAT WINS AGAIN AT SALT LAKE THEATRE. The mystery play, The Bat, by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood, won signal success in this city for the second time at the Salt Lake Theatre for three nights and matinee beginning Thursday. Not a little of the success of The Bat is due directly to the sportsmanship of the theatrical critics and theatergoers who have seen It. The authors and managers unite, wherever The Bat is presented, in requesting that no one disclose the secret of the play, and, so far as is known, no one has ever broken faith in that regard. The result is that there is still the same delightful surprise in store for theatergoers today as there was the first night The Bat was ever presented on any stage. The road company presenting The Bat this season is above the average. While the plot is sufficient to put over the most exquisite thrills and |