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Show "Charley's Aunt." ' Charley's Aunt" seems to have taken Salt La.ke by Btorm. It played to crowded houses both last night and Thursday. It eoes there again this afternoon af-ternoon and evening. The fun loving public of the capital go in fljekstosse it, the newspapers speak in highest praise of the p'ece. It is very different from ''College Chums" as played here lately, although the public some weeks ago were led to believe it was exactly the same play when O'Malley was hauled through the courts by Frohm&n- "Cnarley's Aunt" will be at the opera house in Provo on Monday evening even-ing next undoubtedly the theatre will be packed. There are five or six pretty love Btories artistically doye-talled together to-gether in the farce and the development develop-ment of the play begins with the impressing im-pressing of a young student into the task of helping two of his college chums along in a double barreled love affair. The aunt of one of the bovs is expected from Brazil, and they have prepared a lunch for her to which they have invited their sweet-hearts. At the last moment a telegram tele-gram is received from the aunt announcing an-nouncing that she has been delayed and will not arrive for a dav or two I The eirls are on band and so is the lunch. The young men do not wish to postpone the affair eo they get their fellow Btudent, Lord Fancourt Babber ley, to personate the aunt and give propriety to the occasion. Then the tun begins. The author of "Charlev'a Aunt" is Brandon Thomas, whose admirable ad-mirable acting made him popular when he was in this country with Rooina Vokes and played in "The PAnlomine Rehearsal." The farce will be prtsant-ed prtsant-ed under the direction of Charles Froh-man. Froh-man. ii |