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Show I i-mr'" m'-rTTrW I Hill II im il llll llll I ITIIII TT . I n rTi-irmmnf-nr i in ' , , ..-'S. . .... V.,, . .w H-l-t , . 1 -V " i ii . Tl J I Under Southern SKfes When Knighthood Was in Flobver The College Widotw Isn't, it a pity that we can't have more operas B like that of "The Sho-Gun" which contrived to stop here for a night on the way westward? Nothing daintier, prettier, or wittier has been. sqen here for a longer time than runneth the H, rrfemory of man, and after such a performance 1S justified in heaping curses on the generous' H; theatrical trust which allows us such, a beautiful evening occasionally, and then plots, to starve us H; for a month or two to follow. - - ' ( George Ade never wrote anything better along Hjj these lines, and it was doubly welcome for the B. reason that at last something had been produced KB w)th all the embellishments of modern stagecraft; Hl with plenty of pretty music, with fun without hprseplay, and a chorus of surpassing loveliness. H: "The Sho-Gun" is the first light opera since V the war. The others have been amalgamated Hj vaudeville done on a background of painted peli- cans called show girls, with a sameness and a repellant coarseness in all the scenes, whether fl the affair was Fluzie From Flanders, The Silver Ripper . of any of the other multicolored' mon- strosities that have been dumped in Salt Lake. , We could stand a long session of this "Sho- Gun," with the clever Henshaw, Thomas Leary, very like. Barnabee of old, and the rest of the melodious company. H There is to be more of Ade next week. "The College Widow" will be here for five perform-ances, perform-ances, beginning next Thursday night, and from all accounts she is very much alive. "The College Widow" was one of the three successes of th ( whole New York season of a year ago, and het will be warmly welcomed here on Thanksgiving Hj 'clay. There's one beauty about the play Henry HH Savage is sending it. 'Jp j "The Marriage of Kitty," .almost as bad as when last seen here, filled a couple of nights at the theatei'. during the week. But if it filled the nights, it failed to fill the theater, which was ex-pected, ex-pected, and so no surprises were forthcoming. flH d?or those who were not present, however, there is a stretch of the imagination coming when they .hear that a Mr. Wolf, who plays the husband in1 H this silly affair, is worse than Mr. Figmann was. in -the part. .... mn i u in r i$ A composite lady and tiger will be at the Lyric next ijveek. 'vThe "Tiger Lillies", are an-nounced";a"ridwill an-nounced";a"ridwill give people ' a . chance to look them ovefonight for the first time. The engage-H engage-H ment of 'trie burlesquers lasts-a week. & & "Under Southern Skips," which began an en-gagement en-gagement at the Salt Lake Theater last evening, closes tonight. : There will be a matinee today. H tC mmm Miss Roselle Knott, who has been very, sue- W H cessful, it is said, in portraying the part of Mary I in "When Knighthood Was in Flower," I comes to the theater with this play the first of I the week. Miss Knott appears to be a very at- jfl tractive young woman, and will doubtless prove i9 more entertaining in the role than poor Effie I H Ellsler. If serious thought is to be given the anthems I H, the Tribune has collected, the one, two, three I HH order, from a musical standpoint, are undoubtedly I H "Utah,; We Hail Thee," "Utah, The Name I B H LoveV tmd "With Bright Stars of Glory." I H & flj H "THE COLLEGE WIDOW." I Hi One of the characters in George Ade's "The I H College Widow," which comes to the Salt Lake I IR Theater for" five performances, beginning Thurs- ' ; : ' y i s X W Dorothy Tonnant In "Tho Collodo Widow" i HHaiH day next, is Hiram Bolton, a multimillionaire, jwhpsp principal philanthropy is the endowment of fcolleges, although he admits that he can see little 'of practical use in a college education. .In '.lis y.outh he was expelled from the very college of which he in later life becomes the principal benefactor, bene-factor, and to that occurrence he ascribes his great success in the world of business. There is much more, truth than satire in the painting of Hiram Bolton. The theme of this comedy, which comes to the theater Thanksgiving day,,t.is the rivalry between two inland colleges, Bingham .and Atwater, which finds its most potent vent in the annual football game on Thanksgiving day. Bingham Bing-ham has provided Billy Bolton, a famous halfT !jv back, with a scholarship for the purpose of get- P ting him on her team, but through the machina te tions of "The College Widow," at Atwater, Bol- j .ton is persuaded to remain there and -wins the all important game, as well as the "Widow's" hand. "The College Widow" is the-sort of comedy com-edy that does not need an atlas to follow. It is said that its humor is straight from the shoulder, and in the best vein of its accomplished author. Henry W. Savage has given to it a scenic equipment equip-ment of unusual attractiveness, and it is safe to say that the cast will be like that of any other Savage sends us good. Dorothy Tennant heads the company, but Amy Ricard will not be seen here. There are matinees Thanksgiving day and Saturday. . . |