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Show SUMMER SHOWS. ORPHEUM STOCK COMPANY In the THREE OF US. j; Very pleasing, very satisfactory and one ot I the best plays of the late season in town, is the "Three of Us" at the Orpheum this week, presented pre-sented by the Orpheum Stock company. ' Despite unusually warm weather and the attractions at-tractions at the resorts, the show has drawn excellent ex-cellent audiences through the week. The engagement engage-ment closes with a matinee this afternoon and a performance tonight. The piece is by far one of the best plays attempted here for the past two seasons by a stock company. Its plot is stronger, its action faster, smoother and surer, and its interest in-terest far more tense than is usually found in a play of tills character. The Orpheum players are giving it a splendid production. There is scarcely scarce-ly a weak spot in the entire cast and some especially espe-cially good work is done by several members of the company. Earle Williams and Lee Baker have the two leading roles and both men prove themselves capa- s ble, forceful actors. Mr. Baker does a heavy that is an extremely good piece of work. Mr. Williams plays the lover intelligently and with excellent effect. ef-fect. John Gorman is proving an unusually clever man in juvenile work. Miss Edith Evelyn has the leading feminine role this week, and she comes to the front with forceful, compelling acting. She is possessed of a personal charm and personality that adds greatly to her work. Very clever is the "Maggie" of Miss Margaret Sayres. She Is worth two hours and a half in a hot theater alone. Miss Sayres hasn't had a part big enough for her since the company opened at the Orpheum. When she does get one, I want to be there. Miss Lola May and the other members of the company com-pany are splendidly cast In the "Three of Us," and do very excellent work. The play is a good one not to miss. W fc5 THE BUTTERFLIES. Henry Guy Carelton's satire, "The Butterflies," will be presented at the Orpheum next week. The engagement opens Monday night and runs throughout through-out the week. Carelton's play is one in which Maud Adams, John Drew and half a dozen other present day stars .have appeared at one time or another during the past years, and the piece is unquestionably one of the most successful and ciever society plays we have had to date. Carel-ton Carel-ton has embodied in the three acts of the piece, the philosophy or lack of it in present day society. so-ciety. He sticks a nice large, round pin in the j social bubble. j M'ss Edith Evelyn and Mr. Elarle Williams are to have the two parts in the play made famous ' by Miss Adams and Mr. Drew. Joe Green will play Hiram Green, an eccentric and uneducated millionaire. Everyone in the company gets a j good, big part for the week, and unusual efforts haAObeen made to stage the piece elaborately. ) The resorts have had the best week of it since Monday, of the season, with the exception, of course, of the three or four days the U. C. T. boys hit things up. The bike races at the Salt Palace and at Saltalr have been all that could be j asked for, and then some. The motor races at j the Salt Palace Tuesday night put enough thrills ; in the game to last out the month. About the first time Chapman puts four of the buzz bikes , on his Saltaif track and one of them Is Whittler, very properly styled by Big Bill as the wabbling ; wizard, we shall be extremely pleased to occupy I ' a point of vantage on the roof of the pavilion The Saltair track is three feet narrower than the j Salt Palace saucer, and it ought to prove a small Garden of Eden for the wabbler. The track is a f beauty, however. With American day and Real Estate day coming, there is promise of some big crowds next month at Saltair and the Lagoon. There isn't a better feature at Saltair this year than Captain Anderson's new boat, the Iiene. It's the prettiest, fastest, most enjoyable craft the lake has known in four or five years. It is worth a trip to the beach alone to be on her when the white "caps are Tunning a mile or two out from the pavilion. ,. S. G. |