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Show HHHJ I The First Nightefs H ORPHEUM. M The sketch end of the week's Orpheum hill m has all the best of it on. the program. H Paul Quinn and Joe Mitchell, in their own K comedy, "The Land Agent," put in the opening H wedge, and after twenty minutes in Lemon City B they let Ida O'Day and Harry Northrup on in M Lily Tinsley's sketch, "Cinders," in which Miss H O'Day in sack cloth and ashes, and H. S. in a M spiked tail have quite a time of it stilling Miss H O'Day's fluttering heart and recouping the other's H poker losses. Both are excellent sketches and H well enough acted. Paulus Florus is quite some H player on the xylophone, and as a curtain raiser H he starts a fair bill in first-class shape. Augusta H Glose in three gowns, a number of walks and H considerable cleverness teases the laughs out H of those who enjoy her particular sort of work, H and after Lacome's overture, "Suite Espagnole," H Henry Horton, Louise Hardenburgh and Jeffer- H son Osborne give us Edward Locke's sketch, H "Uncle Lem's Dilemma," with a whoop. It is all H good particularly the Uncle Lem Smiley oT H Mr. Horton with the exception of the Harden- H burg girl's characterization of the daughter. H The way she says "Mother" is a scream that Mr. M Locke probably never figured on. H Hess, Monroe and Powell have a very accepta- H ble musical act, and with Spissell Brothers and M Company in an acrobatic pantomime called '.'The H Continental Waiter," finish up the bill. The tum- H bling work of the Spissells and the men with M them is out of the ordinary run of such acts H and offers a novelty or two that are worth H while. H . The headliner at the Orpheum next week, H J'The White SI ,er," written by Lionel Barry- H more and played by him, McKee Rankin and H Doris Rankin, is one of the most interesting m sketches in vaudeville and is acted excellently by H these performers. The writer has seen the m sketch and knows of its merits. Mr. Barrymore H again impersonates the low Italian typo, which M seems to be a favorite character with him, prob- m ably because he made his first great success in m such a part with his uncle, John Drew, in "The M Mummy and the Hummingbird." Rankin as the M title role has one of those brutal parts which M he does so well, and which was best exemplified M in his characterizatioii of Bill Sykes, seen here M many years ago. m ' The headliner is followed by the old Soldier M Fiddlers, two Union and two Confederate vet- M erans, who render old melodies. Not one of them M knows a note, but they get genuine music out M of their fiddles, and their act is reported as a m great novelty. Willard Sims and company will be seen in the wall paper scream, "Flinders' Fur- M nished Flat." Leona Thurber and Harry Madison M have a skit made up of singing, dancing and dia- H loguo called "On a Shopping Tour." The Gus m Onlaw trio, a Parisienne novelty wire act; Hilda B Hawthorne, the ventriloquist, and Rio, the gym- H nast, finish the bill. H H THE BEAUTY SPOT. M "The Beauty Spot" in the beginning must have m been a bird, for even in its moulting stage as m shown at the Colonial early in the week it was 1 entertaining enough for everyone to be well satis- B fled with the performance as a Whole. B it is saddening, however, to see the irresistibly m funny De Angelis turning seer and yellow-ward, H just as it is always pathetic to note with a shock B the change in the stars that have pleased one in H other days. De Angelis cannot help being funny, M but his legs can't come back and so his audiences are deprived of some fun that was the most attractive at-tractive feature of his performance when he was younger. But it is nice to see him again any wo v and in a musical comedy that is replete with importunities im-portunities for the exploitation of his genius. Two popular Salt Lakers, Viola Pratt and Frank Foster, Fos-ter, were seen in the De Angelis support. Both of them received splendid welcomes. Mr. Foster is rapidly rising in his particular kind of work, and flne things may be expected of him. "The Beauty Spot" is full of catchy songs and good music mus-ic and it does not let down for a minute from start to finish. Special mention should be made of George J. MacFarland who has as flne a voice as has been heard here in many a day. PTrvMS v ' f' -JbBBVBBBBBkP&t -r '"" '-,&fc "5fe- DE WOLF HOPPER Who will be seen In "A Matinee Idol" at the Colonial next week, beginning Monday, December 10th RULES FOR POKER PLAYERS. "Bob Blake" Versus Hoyle. "The Traveling Salesman" Considers the Game From a New Angle. Five cards constitute a hand sometimes. In a six handed game, when you are seated "under the gun," always "pass blind," and then look at your hand, when the other fellows have been unable to open it. It will cheer you to And how many times you have thrown away a "big . pair," or "threes." ..Always be the last man to ante. If the others have to call your attention to it, you will be certain cer-tain that you have never "put up" twice. If a card is faced in the draw, always claim it m angrily. No player on earth is going to let you have it, but you might bluff them into believing that it spoiled your hand. , When an opponent opens the pot on a "pat hand," always look out of the window. You will save money by admiring the scenery. ' When there is a "kitty" for the cigars, always smoke twenty-five cent ones. It makes no difference differ-ence if your usual limit is a dime the other fellows fel-lows are helping to pay for them. If you wish to be considered a seasoned travel er, always insist upon a lower berth in the Pullman, Pull-man, and then sit up all night playing cards in the smoker. The Pullman company needs the money. If you figure that you may be winner early in the morning leave a call for the five-o'clock train. If you are loser at that time you can stayover for the noon train. When they are "breaking bad" for you exclaim: "I wor ,n't mind if I could get something to bet ! mymoney On, but I haven't had a pair for an ' Vhou&4 i $&WS PlaT Poker. It is the great American H game and "the king of indoor sports," and your H Arm expects you to have some amusement, even H if you don't send in any orders. H One of the host ways to change your luck is H to take off your coat and walk three times around H your chair. Hj Another way is to remove the scarf pin which H was given you by the girl at home. She may not H approve of the game. H If you have bluffed an opponent out of a pot, H show him your "busted flush." It will make him H sore, and when you really have a hand, you will H be likely to get a raise from him. H "The Dollar Princess" arrived at the Salt H Lake, Theatre too late for extensive review in this H issue. It is one of the best of the musical come- H dies now on tour and good music, fresh costumes, H splendid settings and talented people have made H a place for it far above the average run of H musical comedies sent west. The engagement H will close with two performances today. The H next attraction at the Salt Lake theatre is "The H Traveling Salesman," which will be seen at that H playhouse Christmas week. H H "THE PRISONER OF ZEN DA." H There is always a charm in the best of An- H thony Hope's stories that have been staged, and H these many years has "The Prisoner of Zenda" H afforded theatregoers a play of adventure and heart B throbs seldom excelled in the more modern pro- H ductions of its kind. H The play for a portion of this week has been H at the Garrick, and the stock company has M presented it creditably. It was elaborately staged M and an extia effort was evidently made in costum- H ing the production. m "Mrs. Temple's Telegram" goes on at the H Garrick Sunday evening for the coming week, m and those among local playgoers who have been B fortunate enough to see this clever play the. H several times it has been given by traveling m companies, will need little to remind them of its M cleverness and brightness. The comedy is so fl good that it has endured through a dozen seasons, M with plenty of pationage at each successive pre- H sentation. It has not been given here in some M time and the players at the Garrick have had it in H preparation for several weeks so that it may be m expected to prove one of the month's features at H that house. H H "A MATINEE IDOL." H The theme of "A Matinee Idol," the latest M success of De Wolf Hopper, in which he will soon H be seen in this city, is over two hundred and H fifty years old. It was evolved as long ago as m 1651 by Moliere, the greatest French playwright m of his day. Yet last season in New York City, H where "A Matinee Idol" ran for more than four m months at the Lyric and x Daly's theatres, it H proved more potent in its appeal to the interest H and risibilities of the present day audiences than H most of the comedies of modern times. No B doubt this was owing in a large measure to tho H fact that two clever men of letters of our own H times, Messrs. Armand and Barnard, rejuvenated H the original manuscript of Moliere by their own H wizardy. These playwrights, though, generously H lay all the credit for the success of "A Matinee M Idol" at the feet of De Wolf Hopper and Miss H Louise Dresser, in whose hands they consider it H has become a masterpiece of wholesome, cloan- H cut, irresistible comedy. "A Matinee Idol" will H be seen at the Colonial theat 3 for three nights H and a Wednesday matinee beginning Dec. 19. |