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Show I . With the First JVighter. H ATTRACTIONS FOR WEEK OF MARCH 2ND. H Salt Lake Theatre. Monday, Tuesday, and H Wednesday, William Gillette in "Sherlock H Holmes." Thursday and Friday, Daniel Sully Jn H "The Old Mill Stream." B The Grand. All week, Murray & Mack in "A M Night on Broadway." H 0 H "Sherlock Holmes" and Gillette. H "Sherlock Holmes," at the Salt Lake theatre m for three nights, commencing Monday, March W 2d, is almost enough of an announcement to pack m the capacity of the theatre at every performance. B His enormous success at the Garrick theatre in B New York, his triumphant tour of two years ago m throughout the largest cities of the East, his enor- M mously successful engagement of eight months at M Sir Henry Irving's Lyceum Theatre, London, are H all known, and his short engagement here on his M way to the Pacific coast will give theatre patrons H in this city an opportunity to see the man and the H play which have attracted attention everywhere. H This engagement will be the first and the last H that Mr. Gillette will ever play here in this piece, H for he is under contract to appear in something H else next year. H && i5 t? M The Devil's Sell. H Who dares to say that "The Devil's Aticcion" H is not under good management. In the first place, H the thing has been handed from generation to H generation, and each generation has in turn hand- H ed in its dollars; then it books such a place as H Salt Lake one night; and next gets out of town H before the appointment of a new chief of police. H "The Devil's Auction," or rather sell, may its H chorus live another forty years, its jokes survive H , more of the fitest, and its success continue, for H in truth, there is a sucker born every minute. B (J? 6 &fc H "The Cowboy and the Lady," with S. Miller H Kent, is the attraction at the Theatre this after- H noon and evening. We regret we were obliged H to go to press before the performance. H tv v jv H Especial attention is called to the fact that H during William Gillette's engagement in "Sher- H lock Holmes" at the Salt Lake theatre, the cur- H tain will rise at precisely 8:00 o'clocic each even- H ing and that after 8:25 no one will be seated un- H til after the end of the first act. The Interest Jn the story of the play commences at the rise of the curtain and this rule is made so that those who are in their places promptly shall not be disturbed dis-turbed by a few late comers. iZi t A Quick Change. Those who sit in the comfortable seats in the theatre seldom understand or appreciate what Is done on the stage when the curtain is down. Use has made it seem but natural that one scene should take the place of another, but how that change is made would be a revelation to many if they could but see it. Of many quick changes none have attracted more attention, nor been so remarkable, as the change in "Sherlock Holmes" from Professor Moriarty's office, underground, to Holmes' rooms in Baker street. It Is said it is a sight to be remembered. The last part of the second sec-ond act is in progress, and intense blackness prevails pre-vails everywhere. On the stage the words of the dialogue are still being spoken, and out in the great black gulf of the auditorium can be felt the presence of the hundreds of spectators, although not one can be seen. The scene ends and eveiy light in the theatre gos out instantly, and what has been black before takes on the superlative degree. de-gree. A mysterious swish of sinking cloth can be heard, and then a dim light appears in the region above the stage. "Follow me; quick!" is Ihe whispered injunction of the stage manager, and then appears a silent army of workmen. The stage manager goes to the back of the cloth, which hangs down at the rear of the stage, raps three times, and up the cloth goes to the mysterious regions above. Down from overhead unfolds a fancy ceiling, which is deftly guided into place. Tne stage had been doubly set, and one wall is out of the other, so that when Professor Moriarty's Moriar-ty's dungeon vanisnes the comfortable bachelor quarters of the detective are shown In its place. And then the furniture! With a man for each piece, it takes only a second for every article to be carried from sight, while other detachments come in from the sides, pushing cabinets, spreading spread-ing rugs, placing sofas in. position, and doing everything ev-erything imaginable. Not a word is spoken, not a whisper can be heard, and all is done in the weird, dim light which makes the rapidly moving scene seem almost uncanny. Among the handlers hand-lers of the furniture appears a tall, smooth-faced man of superior appearance. He is clean-shaven and wearing a long lounging jacket. This is William Gillette. With a quick, nervous movement, move-ment, ho strides across the stage and fumbles at the mantle-piece, behind which unseen stage hands are fixing calciums that will throw the red glare of the fire light. Running his hands over the mantel, he sees that the pipes, matches, and hypodermic syringe are there, fixes them in place and vanishes. The stage manager comes down to the front of the stage, extending both of his arms with a quick motion, and the little army of men on the stage vanish as though they were spirits. Then on the borders a shaded, red light is turned l1 on. A bright light comes from the fire-place, 1 showing Sherlock Holmes seated on the rug tie- fore his sofa, and one of the quickest changes on l the stago had been done in thirty-three seconds. .& .n .it |