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Show THE CITIZEN 7 With the First Nighters POTASH AND PERLMUTTER WRITER AT PANTAGES. Potash and every Sunday In the Salt Lake Tribune. Well the fellow that writes that burlesque is at the Pantages theatre this week and his name is AlexOf course you read Perl-mutt- er ander Carr, who is famous the country over for his remarkable character impersonations. He is making a hit with Salt Lake audiences in nrnicing the He English; Hebrews and Scotch. a in way vings, tells jokes and recites could 'Vhich pleases and the people sit to He has and listen all night him. note of for many years been an actor and he thoroughly understands the art of entertaining the people and he can keep them in laughter or tears at will. He is in great demand all over the country and Alexander Pantages did not hesitate when he secured the opportunity to present this great star to Pantages theatre patrons. The Jackson Troupe, in The Limit in Cycling, is the best bicycle act that has ever been presented in this city at any time. All sorts of tricks are performed by five people, including a cycle dance. In a balancing act, all five performers ride on one bike with ease and grace. Johnny Alexander and Billy Fields, who travel in a sidedoor sleeper un- - der the cognomen Two of the Idle Rich tell funny jokes and sing their way to popularity and. make a hit with the audience. Flashes of Melody and Dance presented by Virginia Ogden is made up of a cast of super singers and dancing girls. They sing popular songs and the dancing of one of the girls is a feature. Miss Ruth Harvard, Winnifred and Bruce, are novelty entertainers who Bruce perform on suspended rings. makes a flying leap, swinging from the rings to a rope. If he missed he would land in the audience at about the center of the treatre. As he makes the swing and lets go, the people part as if to give him room to light if he missed. Among a series of feature pictures run on the screen, Excitement is the feature showing a series of thrilling love adventures planned by a beautiful girl who must have excitement to live but who is finally cured by a ride in an aeroplane upon which she is placed and locked up in an Egyptian mummy casket. Any girl would want to lead the simple life after such an of the best shows of the sea son and will be here until Tuesday Its one night. AUTHOR WRITES XMAS PLAY FOR BRIDGE PLAYERS starting at the Orpheum Sunday. This clever comedy was written by Echard, the companys playwright, especially for the closing and for the grand opening of. the Garden theatre in Kansas City. The ChristMar-gai- et mas atmosphere will prevail and a theme of unusual interest runs through the play with novel dance and song numbers made the comedy doubly interesting. The Little Red School House and Glen Hunter in Grit are the photoplay features. A1 Bridge will be seen again in his famous old man characterization. This time he is the central figure around which is woven a human interest story that is full of pathos and yet just enough humor. It is Christmas time and his daughter Mary, who has won high honors as a singer, is away from home. A snowstorm, being alone, and at a time when everyone is particularly happy, makes a happy outlook. The old gentleman finds in the storm a forlorn-little girl, called Mary. How she for wins the heart of the old man who Margaret Echard, playwright Bridge Players, who in three days wants her to take the place of his wrote A Mary Christmas as farewell daughter Mary makes an unusual and comedy for popular Orpheum new theme. Dorothy Woodward as the little girl, has one of her best parts and Beulah Hayes as the daughter AS A MARY CHRISTMAS Mary is also well cast, particularly as BRIDGE CO. FAREWELL. her part calls for song members. Bill Rader is the Irish housekeeper who A Mary Christmas will be the tries to cheer up the household. Claroffering of the Bridge players ence Wardig, Dorothy Raymond and Bill Dougherty also take part. Many clever numbers are given by the beauty chorus, and the Orpheum Beginning Today Four with their repertoire of song numbers are bound to please. Costumes, a novel stage setting and timely music add the finishing touches. ONE WEEK ONLY Joe Barnett wrote a special opening farewell number in which each member of the company will bid their friends goodbye. When Manager W. H. McCall, now in Kansas City, and Mr. Bridge w'ere deciding on the closing bill, Miss Echard wras consulted and they wanted to produce one of her former successes and there are 46 to choose from. Miss Echard said that inasmuch as the company liked Salt Lake so much and to her also it was home, she was going to write a play they would remember the Bridge players by. She set out Friday night to write Mary Christmas and finished it Sunday. When Miss Katherine Murdock, secretary, she worked night and day and rehearsals started almost before the script was ready. A production both timely and interesting was the result. Wednesday night will be farewell night and it will probably bo next March before the Bridge players return to Salt Lake. They express appreciation for the treatment accorded them. . VICTORY 'iiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiMimiiiiiim!iiiiimiiiiiiiiHHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I MR. I I ALEXANDER CARR (IN PERSON) ! ! IN A SERIES OF CHARACTER IMPERSONATIONS I ( FLASHES OF MELODY 1 I One 1 1 JACKSON TROUPE Mr. I AND DANCE ALEXANDER AND FIELDS pleasure that we bring Alexander Carp to Salt Lake For 1 HARVARD, WINNIFRED AND BRUCE It is with a great deal of Week Ending Tuesday I Night. - I Mr. Carr's act Is one of the most I artistic attractions we have EXCITEMENT ever played. I The entire bill is ,j iiiniiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiHB wonderful. PANTAGES 9 NORTH OF 36, A THRILLING STORY WOVEN INTO PLAY. 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