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II It is a chapter from the lives of a half dozen H i men and women of the Hudson Bay country in H 1 the north and in its action of les3 than twenty H hours there is a force and compelling power, a H I rough, quick rush to the heart of primitive emo-H emo-H B tions that lays bare tho pulsing, throbbing lives H 1 of strong men and sets rugged natures clashing H I with a ferocity and cunning that grips and holds HI ft the attention irresistibly it is one of the most Hi 1 virile and realistically human dramas written in Hj j ears, and in its production at the Theatre this H B last half of the week we have had a second big H B lay within ten days by an author practically un-H un-H ft known in the west. HfjJ Mr. Walter is the author of both "Paid In Hip Full" and "The Wolf." The former came with m very little known of its story or the members HI of its company. "The Wolt" opened Thursday H evening under almost identical circumstances, B and as Mr. Walter's first play proved a revelation M in strength and naturalness, "The Wolf" even g more fully demonstrates that the young author H has secured an insight into the every day lives B of men and women that will make him in the H I next few years one of the greatest American play- B wrights. H "The Wolf" is such a story as Rex Beach has H written of the men and women of Alaska. Sex H , is Its theme and its action is the drawing to Hl safety of , brand dangerously near the fire. Mac- H Donald, an American engineer, is running a rail- H road survey through the rough, unbroken Hudson H Bay country. More than one wretched woman Hf awaits his return to the States and in the wil- Sderness of the North he seeks to add another an-other to his list in Hilda MacTavish, daughter of a Scotch settler whose harshness had driven the girl's mother yeai'3 before to an elopement B with an engineer of MacDonald's stamp and ulti- j mately to her death. Jules BeaubienTa young H French Canadian, crosses MacDonald in his ef- W forts and the rushing vortex of action through ' the twenty hours of events in the play centers H a'lout these two men, MacDonald bent on the r" K ntion of Hilda and Jules fighting for her with W the knowledge that the girl's mother was his B sister, that MacTIvish drove her from his cabin H by his cruelty, and that MacDonald was the young H engineer who, years before, while running pre- H liminary lines through the country, has ruined H and deserted her. It is difficult to put more of m the story of "The Wolf" in type, so essential to its H appreciation and force is the interpretation of its BH six characters and the atmosphere secured in BPJ its staging. Through three acts and two scones HB it runs swiftly and surely to a denouement that H is all powerful. H Mr. Andrew Robson as Jules Beaubein, Mr. Bfl Alfred Swenson as MacDonald, Mr. Haines as H the assistant engineer, Ben Lamar as MacTIvish H the Scotch settler, Lorle I 'aimer as Hilda and BH Conrad Cantzen as B'Atiste, a Nomad of the Hiud- H son Bav country, present the play and but this H can be said of each, that as a whole they form a Bj most capable and splendidly balanced company. HHj The B'Atiste of Mr. Cantzen is a most remarkable HH character study, and the same is equally true of HB Mr Robson's Beaubien. Both roles are very dial- B BHk' Bi s t r I1 l t Hall McAllister, One of the Headlines at the Orphcum Next Week. ' cult in lines and situations, and not a false note is struck by either actor. ' Mr. Swenson is good through the majority of the play, but his work is not convincing in places. It would be hard to And better artists foV the roles given them than the remainder of the company. com-pany. "The Wiolf" is most realistically staged without being overdrawn and a dozen scenes are tremendously effective. In "Paid in Full" and "The Wolf" we have had two of the most forceful and representative plays of their class given the stage in a long time BB x .HBllBv ' BF - ''laBflBBH wrJit BBBBBBBvsii7 BBBBBh BBBBbIHBHbIbBhhBS i w i fBil tbbHHBbBK' r-t , i'p '3 "iLiJB BvAdBVBhHBEjbBVBVBY y 't Hi , 'i &&jflvj IbbbbHbbbW - 'dr $&k:mr VIM bbbbbmbBuIbbbb IE rJtKk Corinnc in "Lola From Berlin." ORPHEUM. "Handsome is as handsome does," which reminds re-minds us that the Italian Quartet was at the Or-pheum Or-pheum this week. In other words, the quartet quar-tet does handsomely, but handsome it is not. However, if you shut your eyes, even that is a good number, and so is everything else on the bill with the exception of the opening act. Mr. Jack Connelly and Miss Margaret Webb open the show in a "cyclone" of comedy, melody, and action. It is a cyclone, all right, windy enough, and Mr. Connelly makes good with his hands and feet but not with his comedy. He knows a lot ' i about a piano that most of us don't, and if he H vvould confine his efforts to the ivories and for- H ' get the almanac, he'd do a lot better. Miss Webb H has a catching name, but she is not so enticing as H I the word would indicate. ;, ' However, anyone who has seen the Orpheum H this week should have no real fault to find with Hi the bill as a whole, for it is splendid in nearly H qvery partcular. The only exceptions have been H npted above. For instance, there are the Four Hl Orans and there is also Dog Oian, who might 1 be considered a very small part of the perform- H ange, but who is really a great hit. Their novelty H "Qja the Seashore." is one of the cleverest stunts H in acrobatics ever seen on the circuit. H Emerin Camel and Aubrey Yates in "Two Hun- K dred Miles From Broadway," hae a sketch which Hl in their hands should make good no matter how H far away they get from the corner of Forty- H second street, and following them Frank Nelson M and company in Sewell Collin's playlet "Thirty H Dollars," have a real head-liner among those H sketches which add so much to the usual Or- H pheum show. It will be rather difficult to make H any improvement on Mr. Nelson, Mr. King, or m Miss De Shelle in this particular sketch, and H aside fiom the comedy, it contains enough hu- H man "interest to make it attractive to anyone. H Whatever there is to say about "Slivers" is H only a repltition no matter how it is worded. He H Is all alone in just one class, all by himself, and H his ball game this year is better than ever. He M Is assisted by Artie Nelson, who is some acrobat H in a place where real acrobats are frequent; but M there is no gainsaying the fact that the real show H is "Slivers" Frank Oakley in his home town, H but "Slivers" to us. His pantomime has been H a joy for several seasons and the best indication B of the public approval of his act is the fact that H he continues to be a headliner after several soa Musical acts are usually a bore, with a greaf; big "B," but Staley & Birback vary the rule, n is safe to say that no transformation of scene and costume has ever equaled in rapidity the change of these people, fiom the blacksmith shop to the drawing room and back again. Their work is perfection itself and to improve it, would be almost necessary to be supernatural. The man who could find fault with the bill this week is a, groUch. For next week the headliner is Mr. Hall McAllister, Mc-Allister, whose sketch "The Girl of the Times." has secured for him nothing but the highest commendation wherever he has appeared. This is to be expected, as Mr. McAllister knows a good thing when he sees it, and It is very doubtful if he would consent to appear in anything that didn't have merit. Fine fellow, bon vivant, and at one time one of the leading society men of San Francisco, Fran-cisco, he happens to know what people like and has provided for the public accordingly. There is an Italian Trio which will be heard in operatic selections also, and Bowers, Walters & Ciooker in "The Three Rubes." Walling Brownwell and company will present an original act, followed by Agnes Mahr. the American "Tommy Atkins," La Petite Mignon, a comedian, the Bob and Tip company, the usual kinodrome, and the unusual orchestra. t tw v5 The west has had to stand for so many burlesques the past few seasons in the efforts of a certain coterie of playwrights to stage the western cowboy, that a play with but one or two in the cast who look anywhere near like the real thing in cuaps or without chaps is a novelty. In a measure this piobably accounts for a portion por-tion of the large patronage at the Colonial this week where "The Flower of the Ranch" is being played. The cowboys do credit to the story and the play is tuneful and breezy. Edward Hume is evidently a comedian fiom whom something la yet to be heard. His work is clever anl he is ' the life of "The Flower of the Ranch." The music of the play is decidedly reminiscent, though ' ' '''" iwmiii '""f "Pig Scene From "The Girl of the Golden We?t." pretty. There is al&o a chorus you take a choius but tonight's the last night anyway. w w "CONFUSION." If half the plays that come to town were half so good as the revival of Joseph Derrick's farce "Confusion," which took place at Whitney Hall on Monday and Tuesday evenings, theatre-goers Would have few complaints. t "Confusion" is the cleverest kind of a farce, and in the hands of those who presented' it this time, it savored more of the professional than the amateur. When such artists as those who pie-sented, pie-sented, it decided years ago to take up the prosaic pursuits of life, the stage suffered several losses. This is not a new idea, it has been written time and again; but with each reappearance of these people it is impressed all the more toiclbly on those who have seen them for yeais during the gping and coming of the seasons. Heber M. Wells, John D. Spencer, B. S. Young, and J. T. White are each and every one real actors, and the pity Is that their work cannot be seen oftenor, and that when presenting "Confusion" "Con-fusion" the play was not given in the Salt Lake Theatre. Just think of Bjd Young staying on a ranch in' Canada when he can do a piece of character acting such as was called for in the part or James, the butler! Bid Young is one of the best character actors in the country and has seldom done anything better than this bit. John T. White as Dr. Bartholomew Jones was a revelation tq those of the younger generation who had no idea of his histrionic ability, and Heber M. Wells as Mortimer Mumpleford looked and acted the part with the consummate skill that gave, him hjs reputation as an actor at an earlier day. His conception of the part was perfect in every way. John D. Spencer as Christopher Blizzard seemed to do better in the part than anything he ever attempted, unless his work in "Robin Hool" might be excepted. His make-up suited him better, bet-ter, the' role was ideal for him, and he had an inimitable in-imitable limp that was a constant scream lrom his first to his final entrance. Elliot Clawson as Ru- pert Sunberry looked and acted the part well, and B. W. James as Muttle was very fair. Among the ladies Mae Alder as Lucretia Trickleby acted .the part in a way that left no doubt as to her splendid ability, and Edith Claw-son Claw-son Knowlton as Rose Mumpleford, Margaiet Whitney as Violet, and Gwen Knowlton as Maria, contributed greatly to the pleasure of the entertainment. enter-tainment. We are almost forgetting a very important im-portant pait of the performance, which was the baby, probably the best stage baby that has ever been seen on any stage. The pertormance was under the direction of Mr. H. G. Whitney, a fact that counted as much as any other in making every detail perfect. All in all it was a production produc-tion worth seeing more than once. & & & With Sunday evening's pioduction at the Grand Archie Cox will turn the management of the theater over to John Held, of Held and company, com-pany, who has become associated with Pelton & Smutzer of Denver, in their theatrical ventures here. Mr. Held absumes active management of the Grand and he has already announced a number of changes in the policy of the theater, which, hereafter will bo devoted almost entirely to vaudeville, Pelton & Smutzer having signed up with White Rats, the eastern vaudeville association, associa-tion, to supply their house with vaudeville acts for the remainder of the present season. Cunning, Cun-ning, the man who releases himself from handcuffs and confining irons of every description, heads the bill for next week Mr. Cox goes to Colo- rado Springs for seveial weeks for a rest and M will then enter Pelton & Smutzer's Denver of- M fices to take charge of booking all the acts used 'M by that firm. & J ,H The Roosevelt Pictures, as a new film of mov- ing pictures are called, will bo exhibited in Salt IJ Lake next week at the Lyric. The film has jjH taken its name from the fact that the pictures f were shown in the East Room of the White House pH at Washington befoie Piesident Roosevtlt sev- H eial weeks ago and created a very favorable lm- H pression with the Piesident. The pictures em- j biac the "Round Up," "The Wolf Hunt," and "The H Bank Robbery." Most of them were taken in H Oklahoma. The Lyric is constantly offering one JH of the best picture shows in the west. jH & $ H Beginning Monday evening the Theater offers, IH "Lola Fiom Berlin" for three nights and Wed- ?H nesday matinoe. Corinne, who has been seen H here in several popular musical shows dining JH the last few seasons and whose biggest success jH was her appearance in Cohan's "Forty-five Min- H utes From Broadway," heads the presenting com- pany for the play. i H "Lola From Berlin" was Lulu Glaser's vehicle ' H last season and that star experienced a fair sue- H cess in it. Corinne succeeds Miss Glaser in the ,M loading role and is supported this season by Mark Sullivan, Henry Carl Lewis, Lillle May White, I Osborn Clemson, Pearl Revare and others, with a H large chorus. The play is by John J. McNally. H while William Jeiome and Jean Schwartz have IH contributed some of their best lyrics to the pro- IH duction. 'IH The Theater will be dark the last half of next II week and for the week of the 17th to the 23d "Sis' H Hopkins" and "Fifty Miles from Boston," will bo jfl presented. pi J |