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Show With the First Nighters I The announcement made early in the week that "The Blue Mouse," one of New York's theatrical theat-rical naughty naughties will be seen at the Grand here early in June has created some little interest inter-est among playgoers, as the play is being pretty widely discussed throughout the east It is to be hoped the report is true and that the Broadway play will follow Mrs. Fiske's appearance at the Grand in June. & & Toned up with a good, strong headliner, the Orpheum show this week would prove an unusually unusual-ly good vaudeville bill. As it is, from Harry Tsuda to the pictures there is little to be desired in the majority of the acts. Tsuda is in old-time form with his balancing feats, and Frank Whitman Whit-man has a rather novel piece of work in playing the violin while buck and wing dancing. Harry Foy and Florence Clark add twenty or thirty minutes of fun to the program in a one-act farce and Edythe Chapman and James Neill present j Julian Street's sketch, "The Lady Across the Hall," with a lot of clever acting and becoming clothes. Lotta Gladstone is a dark spot on the bill with country girl studies that grow tiresome after the start. The four Rossiters offer a dancing turn that ranks with the best and their work has been been a hit on the bill at every performance. The . Baader-Lavelle trio close the show with bicycle riding that embraces several new features. For the bill that opens tomorrow night, Fanny Rice is announced as the headliner, presenting her latest creation, "The Minature Mimic Stage." , ' Violet Black and her players will appear in Ed- ' ward Allen Woolf's one act comedy, "In the Sub- i way," said to be one of the best sketches on the circuit. The other acta include Six Little Girls and the Teddy Bear, featuring Everett Scott; The Kitabanzai troup of Japanese jugglers; J. Herbert Her-bert Mitchell, baritone soloist; Chinko, a youthful youth-ful juggler, fresh from the London music halls; and Minnie Kaufman, who has several stunts on a wheel to offer. J 3 . Miss Hall and her associates have had a very successful week at the Colonial, presenting that clever little farce, "The Liars," a play a trifle familiar, perhaps, to the regulars, but nevertheless neverthe-less sufficiently well produced to be enjoyable. Miss Hall and Mr. Heffron seem in a fair way of retrieving the ground lost through the with-,; with-,; drawal from the company of Willard Mack. Nor ' 13 there any reason why they shouldn't make this loss more than good. Mr. Heffron is a talented, versatile actor and ably supports Miss Hall. The latter's characterizations take a wide range and of those seen so far here her Lady Jessica this week is among the best. The support of the company com-pany is excellent. y w Willard Weihe has so often in the past appeared ap-peared successfully locally that it was possible for him to add but little to his reputation as the soloist of the afternoon at thd final concert of the Symphony orchestra at the Colonial last Sunday. He was at his best, and his selections were splendidly splen-didly rendered. Mrs. K. T. McGurrin, harpist, and the orchestra in tho numbers it rendered were excellent, and the concert was unusually well arranged. The only regret is that it is the last of tho season. 5 . S For a prize aggregation of fosslllze'd voices, ossified acting and general worthlessness In a theatrical way, tho Lewis and Lake Musical Comedy Com-edy company that for three or four weeks has presented pre-sented frc'hy farces at tho Bungalow Is entitled o the ribbon. The only difference in their shows j . a chpnge of names anr soiled lingerie. The l I Bungalow has offered so many good attractions during the last two or three months that it is regrettable the Lewis-Lake company were ever permitted the use of the house. Prospects brighten up for tfio immediate future, however, with the return to the theatre of Mary Hall and company. ? & & The Skelton violin recital of the early part of the week at the First Congregational church proved a treat for those who attended. Aside from the musical numbers Mrs. William Igleheart gave "The Book" as a reading. & 8 t Several Salt Lakers who were in San Francisco Fran-cisco Monday evening attended the formal opening open-ing of the new Orpheum Theater In that city. The play house is the latest to be added to the i i I l I ii Hairy Hermsen in "The Burgomaster." H Orpheum circuit and is one of the largest and finest theatres to be found outside Chicago and the east. With the dedication of the house the Orpheum people issued an artistic, interesting and beautifully illustrated booklet descriptive of the entire list of Orpheum houses. "The Burgomaster" is coming back to say good-bye. This time at the Colonial, where Salt Lakers will have an opportunity for the first time of seeing the rather old but tuneful Pixley & Luder musical play at popular prices. The show was one of the attractions of the early season sea-son at one of the other local houses, and returns tomorrow night with practically the same cast. Besides the star, Mr. Hermsen, a loctn favorite, fa-vorite, the company Includes Leo Kendall, who will be seen as Doodle von Kull, the Burgomas ter's secretary; Robert W. Albright, the Har- M lem Spider, Joseph F. Rooney as Oaptain Spuy- M ten, George McKissock as Blue Feather, H. E. Scott as Terrance Rafferty and Fred W. Bailey as E. Booth Tarkington, the actor. Marie Grand- M pre, who besides being pretty, is gifted wltn an excellent voice, has been engaged for the part H of Catherine Vanderbeck while Marion Mack has the role of Phoebe Kummagin, the Phlst woman. H The Lockhart slstes, have prominent parts Etta Lockhart as Daisy, a roof garden favorite, M and Phoebie Lockhart as Willie Van Astorbilt. M At Colonial prices "The Burgomaster" is un- M doubtedly due for a big week at the Cort houne. fl Mary Hall and her associate players return to the Bungalow tomorrow night to present Prosper Merimee's world-famous "Carmen." Miss H Hall will have the title role, of course, and from H the performances this talented young actress H has been giving the past four or five weeks at H tho Colonial and Bungalow, "Carmen" should Ifl prove most satisfactory In lier hands. Miss jH Hall has headed the company assembled by Mr. jJH Mack in splendid shape, and with the support she is receiving from Mr. Heffron and other players, H it will not be long before Mr. Mack's loss will H be less noticeable. The company as it stands H is ont of the best stock organizations in the D west, and with things running smoothly again M should enjoy a very excellent summer's busl- M noss. H "Carmen" will bo put on next week with close attention to detail. The engagement opens to- tM morrow evening. M Hj Eugene Walter's "Paid in. Full" will be pre- Hj sented at the Rembrandt theatre, Amsterdam, H Holland, early in May. Hj & & & Hj William Hawtrey will have the role of Mr. Hl Brown in "An Englishman's Homo" when that H play is produced in America. HK w w Hj Billie Burke will resume her American tour in Hj "Love Watches" next fall, after her London sea- Hj son in that play. H tv 3 t H' I Katherine Grey has been engaged by Wagen- R hals and Kemper for the leading role in Max H Foster's new play, "The Whirlpool," to be pro- Hj duced next month Hj V (V fc5 V Henry W. Savage, through his attorneys, Hi Fromme Brothers, has commenced suit for ?100,- H 000 damages against the New York Press. The Hi complaint charges in a list of seven different Hj causes of action that the "Press" maliciously Hl libeled Mr. Savage, the Garden Theatre, and Mr. H Savage's production of the play, "Mary Jane's H Pa," in which Henry E. Dixey recently closed an H engagement in New York. The allegel libel con' H slsts of the statement that the production of the H play was a failure. In reply Colonel Savage seeks H to prove that the box receipts showed an entirely H different state of affairs. H fcSv tv t5t H Dustin Farnum and Mary Bessie Cromwell, H his leading woman, were married at Chicago, 111., H on March 24. The ceremony was performed by H the Rev. Dr. M. M. Mangasarian, father of Flora H Zabelle, Raymond Hitchcock's wife, and the wit- H nesses were Mr. and Mrs. W O. Wheeler., |