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Show s TALBERT'S REVUE MAKES BIG HIT AT PANTAGES. Talberts revue, a Negro orchestra of ten pieces and Charleston dancing boys and girls, none better in the world, headline an exceptional vaude- ville and feature picture bill at the Pantages theatre this week. This orchestra is full of the choicest music and its not only a pleasure to hear them, but a real musical treat as well. The Charleston dancers are the best seen at the Pantages so far and are in a class by themselves. Two boys and two graceful girls dance as a quartet, then as partners and singly. Their presentation of the dance is executed as it should be danced. One of the boys dances so fast that it is impossible to follow' his feet. lie is a thrilling wriz. The Sap is a picture showing how easily a mother can raise her son to be a moral coward, or a man who will fight his battles against all odds. Here we find a picture without a hero, but one is finally made before the end. It is a story of a youth that everybody picked on because of his sissy ways and general dressy makeup. At home he wras no hero because he only capHeinies out of six tured twenty-tw- o million. His friends all deserted him. He then Including his best girl. changed and became a real hero by whipping the town bully. Ann Schuler and George, the opening act of vaudeville, is an act of poses and hand balancing feats requiring great strength. And say, Ann is some girl. She is a well proportioned and pretty girl with the strength of Hercules and she is very graceful in her work. Boyne & Leonard meet on board ship, where they get mixed up in a love affair. They are a pair of good funmakers, do some singing and dancing and make quite a hit. r In China is staged on a in a Chinese harbor where Chinese customs are imitated. A Chinese wiseman foretells the future and all worship the white statue which stands amidst beautiful scenery. The statue comes to life and a sailor falls in love with It. There is some mystic about it and under certain conditions it will fall over and break in pieces. The sailor is horrirled to see it fall and he believes he will die. The captain of the ship comes along and wants to know' what caused the great catastrophe. While the sailor is trying to explain, there is a loud report and the statue is returned to its former condition. Sid Lewis, a Salt Lake boy, kids the ludience, springs a lot of new' jokes and proves to be the usual cutup. He tells the audience wiiy girls leave home when they see him. His advice to the men to make pals of their wives and treat, them as their best girls makes a hit with the married women, and if his advice was strictly followed this would be a better world to live in. This show' continues all wreek, ending next Tuesday night. . man-o-wa- Talberts Revue, now playing the Pantages. This Orchestra of super musicians and famous Charleston dancing girls and boys, is the big feature at the Pantages this week and is a complete . .. show in itself. The Gibson sisters will be here next wreek, an orchestra of unusual merit composed of Salt Lake girls. SATIRE ON WHITE COLLAR IN COMEDY AND LAUGHS. White Collars, Anne Nichols great comedy drama by Edith Ellis, which has just closed a run of more than tw'o years in Los Angeles and a run of more than a year in New York, will be next wreeks presentation of Ralph Cloninger and his players at the Wilkes theatre, starting tomorrow night. Here is a romance laid among the white collar class, and the inconsistency of false pride is revealed during the action, which moves rapidly through one laugh provoking situation after another. The story concerns Joan Thayer, a pretty stenographer, who falls in love w'ith her employer, but insists that before their marriage he shall meet her family, who live in a fairly respectable but none too luxurious flat. William Van Luyn, the multi-millionai- , re is introduced to Joans father, a bookkeeper, her mother, a busy, bustling housewife, her baby sister, Helen, her brother, Frank, and her erratic cousin, Henry, who is able to acquire many jobs but unable to keep any of them for long. William hopes to lift the family out of its difficulties by setting Joans father up in business, but family pride enters in and with the help of Henrys oratorical protests, William is blocked in his efforts. After the wedding William at Joans solicitation tries to live with the Thayers, but finds their stuffy flat too much for him. rich husband-to-be- Complications ensue and Williams breaks the newrs that William is going to give away his money to come one of them. Things begin to be-sist- er |