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Show THE CITIZEN E White Rose. The Although his new picture, White Rose, is a modern story, D. W. Griffith has it continually refer of previous days, Mr. atmosphere Griffith gains an extraordinary artis-$th- e effect. He does not stop at this. Giving his imagination some free rein, he stages a costume ball for one of his big scenes. It has direct bearing on the plot. The ball is attended by the very aristocracy of the south cf the present day, but a youth less for- tunate than the others in wealth and station takes advantage of the fact that the affair is a masked one. He manages to get in, and dances with the girl he adores before being forced to leave. Griffith has his various people appear for this ball in costume of the older day. Crinoline, hoop-skir- t, powhead-dresof uniforms the dered Civil war, and even the Revolutionary war, are shown. The old fashioned minuet, rollicking gallops, of the lancers, and quadrills, all combine to make the scene one of striking pics, Mr. Griffith sets this ' revel amid a perfect bower in an southern home, with flower-hunand stately conies g, old-fashion- ed balpil- lars and entrances In the new production will be seen rose-entwine- d. n in leading roles such players as Mae Marsh, Carol Dempster, Ivor Novello, Neil Hamilton, Lucille La Verne, Porter Strong and others. well-know- I A lamp that rivals the light of the sun has been invented by a Swede. Under the light of this lamp colors may be matched as accurately as if they were being viewed in the sunlight. The invention is the result of a series of experiments by a Stockholm company headed by the Nobel prize winner. Dr. Gustaf Dalen. yimumiiiuiiiuiuiiuiiiiiiuiinuiiimiuiiiiuiiiinuiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim m ( I FLOWERS I For I WEDDINGS FUNERALS I 1 3 1 j and all occasions i i HOBDAYS I s Flower Shop 246 South Main Street Thoa. Hobday, Prop. Phone Wasatch 987 fllllllllllllllllllllllllWimilWIUlIttlWIIIIIINUNIIiMlWIIWIIUIIIHIIUIUmilllllllh? Haunted House and Ghost Stories Hold Large Audiences Spell Bound During Acts. i who is greatly peeved after the will had been read and finds that she has been left out, says that there is not a decent man in the world and she is also confident that the mind of Annebelle is affected. Roger Crosby (William Ronnelli) is the executor of the will. During the reading of the will there was a toll of seven sounded but there were eight people in the room. Mammy Pleasant (Alma Kruger) said that it meant that before dawn one of the eight would die and all became hysterical, more or less, and the least noise created havoc. The play was full of mystery, weird and uncanny rappings, Mr. Crosby disappearing in the mysterious darkness. All tended to create the most heart rending awe which is carried out with such realty that the audience thought itself confined in a haunted house. The play is one which will make a hit no matter where it goes, and it is a play one could very easily see twice without tiring and become more interested. The first strong indication that If you did not see the Cat and Catheatrical managers of New York benary which played at the Salt Lake lieve that the increasing prosperity theatre four nights commencing last of the country merits the attention .Monday, you certainly missed one of the real treats of a life time. The of the largest of New York produccast was made up of experienced actions comes with the announcement that Spice of 1922 which was the tors and they had to be, in order to sensation of the New York Winter secure the desired effects which held Garden last summer, has been routed the large audiences spell bound from for a transcontinental tour of a solid the time the curtain rose until the were those affected finale. years duration. Arrangements are who hadEspecially not read the story which was now under way to include this city written by Wesley Clawson, formerly in the itinerary of this superproducof this city. tion of mirth and magnificence and The story takes six heirs to a hauntthe provisional date is September 25-2- 6 ed house where a will is read, twenty at the Salt Lake theatre. Edward L. Bloom, general manager years after the death of the testator. Before the reading of the will, weird of the New York Winter Garden comstories are told by the pervani who pany, who is personally presenting has lived in the haunted house alone Spice of 1922, is firmly convinced since the death of her master. Charles COLOR AGE. that this continent has got the grips Wilder (Harry Oldridge) feels that he on itself by a gigantic upheaval and has been cheated out This is a colorful age, between the of the estate has thrown off the post-wperiod which has been willed to Annebelle whites and blacks, reds and pinks, the of depression. West (Elsie Hitz) and he uses the other fellow being yellow and oursaid he America and , Canada., selves green with envy, and all of us ghost theory to frighten Annebelle have lived through one of the most into a hysterical mania, but his efforts singing the blues. Lansing State extraordinary periods in their history in the end fail and land him and his Journal. in the few years since the armistice. accomplices in jail. Charlie also seeks 7638) Office Phone 8314 Individually, each adult member of the hand of his cousin in marriage as Rm. Phone Wu, Ret. 555 West lit North the population has fought against the does Harry Blythe (M. J. Briggs) and most malignant wave of depression Paul Jones (Robert Toms). The latter Faraitnre end Plea Moriad in recent history and this continent is successful, but he is so bashful he is already on top. It has been a fight could not propose and he was at all Larf e and Small Neia Buildini Auto Vana ' Salt Lake City, Utah times so bloodless that one hardly realizes losing his ideas. Suan Sillsby, it has happened but I venture that when some future historian touches on this period in our lives, he will THIS devote many chapters to the econWEEK omic war we have lived through. It imir is a war that has been fought indiTHE vidually to collective advantage. FAMOUS Theatrical producers have been GEORGIA awaiting this moment, and I do not MINSTRELS think I am premature in sending out such a large and expensive company 40 PEOPLE 1922 which was the as Spice of BAND ORCHESTRA biggest production on Broadway. My AND coast to coast plans have been made STREET PARADE to include practically all the original company who played at the Winter ALOXCJ WITH OUIl Garden. The few changes that have HUdULAll VAUDEVILLE HILT. been made simply improve the variIXCLUDIXd ous angles of the production. I realize that one of the results OLGA & MISHKA POKTHY IX MOTION of this economic war has been to remill duce extravagance. By that, I mean CASSON & KLEM that we are now more careful spendSOXdN, Milt Til AXD MI'LODV ers and very discriminating. Spice min will cater to just such audiences of ULIS & CLARK people who want one hundred per 1 1 A It M OX 0 1.0(2 Y cent satisfaction with every purchase. iiiiii Of course, the expense of transportSELBINI & ALBERT ing such a large company with its TIIE II UTTER PLY AXD THU CAT treis amount of scenery phenomenal IIIIII mendous but I am working on a plan now to offer this production at adout dAXtt ix DOGS OF WAR mission prices much lower than those enobtained during the New York gagement at the Winter Garden. I believe that Spice will be welcomed by capacity audiences wherever it is played and on the basis of large theatre capacity, I believe I will be able to make substantial reductions in the admission scale. , V ar C. 213-1- i 4 UIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl,,mmu i -- I (Keith Emporium) I This Play Was the Sensation of the New York Winter Garden; Now Touring Country. 1922 t to the past and in making his exteriors has particularly chosen backgrounds that represent the south of some years gone by. With his play-- , ers in modern garb appearing against turesqueness. CAT AND CANARY CREATE WEIRD SCENES AT SALT LAKE TO Popular and Attractive Mae Marsh Stars in Production, The ' IS COMING SALT LAKE THEATRE SPICE OF MODERN STORY ON OLD-TIMSETTING AT THE AMERICAN 9 PA WV ACES |