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Show B I pi With the First Nighters 1 ' 1 ':r it If any man' womnn or cild has not boon a HnP ' "-il theatre attendant, it is due not to dearth o at- '; ' ' " w tractions, for the town has boon wide open theat- HI I Iff ; rically the entire week, with a matinee somewhere T, I or everywhere every afternoon. Biwi ' lJ P? Tno House of pyDer i8 unusually generous in H' ; ! ; I ; Vjjt its holiday offerings with a record of throe com- H' , ' I.iJh panies for the week; Maude Poaly, in the "Illu- iHl'f! f; ffr'fjj sIon of Beatrice," "Buster Brown" and now the BiHj ' m "Sultan of Sulu," a one night stand. B ' MAUDE FEALY. B: . T$f To refer to "The Illusion of Beatrice," as light B';' 'J .',' drama, is describing it lightly without reflection Hvf! ' ,i y-i upon the demure Maude herself, to whom the play Hi;t ! !'' ' v does little justice, except to signal her out in con- Bi i p. 'A t trast to the assemblage of glimmering lights of ' ! which the balance of the cast was composed, un- Bl.'l 1 If I ! fortunate perhaps as it was evidently an occasion Brl) 1 ! of misfits in making up of the various roles. This HiFH ' w 1 was esPecnIly noticeable on the part of Blanche Bf jit ' 111 Douglas as Cynthia, whom we have seen here to Hrc ' fe ; better advantage. Miss Maude herself was lovely pif I '!,( to a marked degree, a natural attribute to her de- Hi '' ''" llghtful personality, which befits so becomingly, Bir ,', !', the part of the modest Beatrice. We will welcome Kif i' f $ ' MIss Ii1ealy's return in something more substantial Bn! ; ' From the brush of one so famed as the Father Kiilf ' ' III I of tho Yellow Ki(ls Buster Browns, Tiges and iii -'iwm Buddy Tuckers, something of the ginger Bs - . v hR:' order was expected of Mr. Dick Outcalt's car- Bral ' ' 'Bi'! ' toon comdy- TIiere was a lack of the original Hif- ( ' ' Wk ' oko and lncidont of wlllch the instigator of Bus BIH ' ' '-m ''''iM; ter'8 l)lots ls capable, to the contrary it is quite Bfii W evident that the author-artist found a more an- Kl'if1 clent set of joke book files than was procurable Hjjf; 1 1 for our own Press club's recent production, no Kk ue less than two of the alleged humorisms having Bjfi been badly moBs-ridden long before our friend Dick Hli i ' V?' embraced the "Funny Business" as a vocation. To Blli ' 'HLr get tne 8unny version of Buster Brown ask tho Bl'it ' ' I 3r' k,ds" They tell yu now TlgQ an( n's master Hg . Hrllfk' were the real things. There is, however, no gain- Hif! 1 i ilc'- saying the cleverness of the little Master Helton, Elif ! .l ' withal a talented bit of a stripling in the star role Elijf - i iit: and had the balance of the cast been as capable Bfi ' 1 as duster and Tige, the shortcomings of the Hull v ' i flw ' Peco itself would have been diminished. Hf "i Followers of the Orpheum certainly came to ngvf: vwftl their .own this weak a pleasant compliment' of H ' , wife the season, in a bill without a bad one in it. Take Hii ' Sot''- tllG list from Black & Jones to Motion Pictures, h tj'iHl there was hardly a dull moment or a lull in the Hi llr interesting entertainment. H 'j'ljf ADE'S SULTAN OF SULU TONIGHT. I ' jm'i An American musical satire will be tho novel ' . " i ; , I ffj attraction at tho Salt Lake Theatre today and H ' l & tonight (Saturday.) I 1 1 1 1 1 ii TIl Pretta emanates from the brain of that P f$ 1 1 iii famous author of "Fables in Slang," George Ado, 1 if vKW and the musIc is by Alfrd G- Wathall. It is on- HBI '1 1 H tltle(i "Tlle Sultan of Sulu" and deals witft the jf I Iw arrival of Uncle Sam's expedition to the Philliplne HuH ' Ml! ml' Islands to introduce American civilization among Bin ' f ! Sm suGcts of tlie com,c Potentate. HH ' i E W. F. Mann, who has produced so many sue- Hulli . mm k1 cesses the last three years will present his latest mRm ''S M offering, "As Told in the Hills," at the Grand HB fiB W" Theatre four nights starting Sunday, December IHt' t k jB 30tl1 lt Is a storjr of tlie western plains, and "H snows tho brighter sido of Indian life that ex isted on tho plains some years ago. There is a sensational Indian fight and many other thrilling scenes that cannot fail to interest the lover of tho exciting incident. New Year's matinee will be given January 1st, after which "Nettie Tho News Girl," a melodrama of the hustling, bustling order will be tho attraction three nights starting Thursday, January 3rd. Tho play is from the pen of Lorn B. Parker, author of "Dora Thorno," "Utah," and many other later day melodramas. "Nettie tho News Girl," comes hero with the most favorable press notices no-tices from .the eastern papers. The scenic and lectrical effects are said to be better than the ordinary and tho cast a good one. A family matinee mat-inee will bo given Saturday afternoon. ? t$ t$ The next bill at the Lyric Theatre starting of her adoption, and leads what might be called j a strenuous life in bringing her children up as j American citizens. Her belief in that each indi. j vidual must work out his own problems, ana for I the working out of tho problems of her sons she has chosen this land as the ideal. Her home is American not alone in its location, but in its arrangement, ar-rangement, and her boys find here rest from their work which is of a very real sort. Those who have heard the great singer say that her personality is no less interesting than hoi wonderful voice. She is said to be so wholesome, whole-some, so lacking in artificiality, so genuine in all hor ways that she is really loved as few world famous artists are. Those who have paid immense im-mense prices for the privilege of hearing her are the people wl:o appreciate at what immense cost she is brought to Salt Lake where the expenses of the concert recital to be given Monday evening in the first Methodist church, will figure up nearly a thousand dollars. Alberta Gallatin. I Sunday night with the usual Wednesday and Sat-urady Sat-urady matinees will be the sensational melodrama melodra-ma called "A Fight for a Fortune." This is a play of thrills and plenty of action with the usual amount of heart interest that appeals to lovers of tho pathetic and sensational. toi: Salt Lakers are to be given the opportunity of a life lime in the coming to this town of Madame Ma-dame Schumann-Heink, whose rare power of voice and whose artistic rendering of the most difficult contralto solos are winning for her suoh laurels in all the cities of the oast and middle eastern country. Madame Schumann-Heink, while a typical German "hausfrau" is intensely loyal to the land Since "Trilby" started the fashion, the book I play like the breakfast food has multiplied with I startling rapidity and few of either have been M palatable; Miss Alberta Gallatin however, is for- D tunate in her now offering, "Dorothy Vernon of I Haddon Hall," in which she will be seen at Salt Lake Theatre on Monday and Tuesday evennigb. two nights and matinee New Year's day. It is ( more palatable; it is delicious; at least the opinion opin-ion of the critics where both play and star have , been seen have it that way. Charles Major's beautiful story of the romantic career of dainty Dorothy Vernon has been read by nearly everyone and the play that Paul Kester has made of it-is it-is one ihdt everyone should see. It ls bright and happy in dialogue, rich in domantic inciden', abundant in historical facts and vary entertaining. entertain-ing. The winsome, witty, and wflful Dorothy browbeats her father, defies her aunt, betrays and saves the Queen of Scotland, hoodwinks the Queen of England, and finally elopes with her true love, as she does in the book. All this is shown in four acts, which incidentally incidental-ly introduces some of the most beautiful examples of the scene painter's art that have been produced. pro-duced. According to one newspaper, "It all seems so real and lifelike, so just-as-it-should-bo that one is willing to overlook the facts of the case and say, 'bravo playwright, bravo actors, bravo scene painter.' And that is what the audience did say at the end of each act with much noise and much sincerity." With the fiftieth and final performance of Puccini's Puc-cini's "Madam Butterfly" at the Garden theatre last Saturday night, the world's record for grand operas was broken and Mr. Henry W. Savage, the American impressario, . was the recipient of Messrs. Joseph F. Shaehan, Francis Maclennan, H$' o9 Robert Kent Parker and Thomas D. Richards. 'i cf- flfl Three nobod conductors will also accompany the . organization. They Include Walter Rothwell, from ? fj JH Vienna; Alfred Feith from Berlin, and Cornelius J 'AH Dopper from Amsterdam. Jvl f SuU Comic' Oer universal congratulations on the sensational success suc-cess achieved by perhaps the most pretentious grand opera production ever atompted in the English language. Giacomo Puccini, the composer of the fascinating fasci-nating Japanese opera and also composer of "La Bohemo" and "Tosca," sent a cablegram to Mr. Savage in which he said: "You have sent me more royalties from your American production of "Madam Butterfly" than all the other impressarios in the world. By this I know that you have succeeded. Thanks and sincere sin-cere congratulations." The same company which contributed so largely large-ly to the artistic success of "Madam Butterfly" during its long metropolitan engagement will be seen on tour. It includes as prima donnas Mme. Elza Szamosy from Budapest; Miss Florence . Easton from London; Miss Rena Viviehne from Milan; Miss Harriot Bohnee from Berlin; Miss Estolle Bloomflold from Dresden, and Miss Ethel Houston from Paris; also in the male roles, |