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Show f I FITCH'S NEW GIRL. I "The Girl Who Has Everything," has pretty 1 nearly everything but a good play and a good He I company, but there is some good even in those, 1 and the sweetness of the charming comedienne makes up for much (that is missing in her sur- round ings. J & Ever since her "Zenda" days, in "The Tyranny of Tears" with Drew, in everything she has ever . attempted her. attractive personality has seemed 1 ' to develop more and more, but she has one fault ijj she has never lost, and without it her charm would be added to Immeasurably. She persists Ijj In saying "dawg" and "cawffoe" and "lawng," jjl an accent which is certainly not in keeping with a girl who knows the language so well, and has practiced it in public so long. ! "The Girl Who Has Everything" was one of I ! r the speediest failures in the oast last year and ' j for that reason it was to be expected that we 'j jj' would see something of great merit, Now York I having put the stamp of disapproval on it. But it , I is an impossible tiling without rhyme or reason, , jj and except for a few bright lines spoken at the Mm eVAJIUDGE.QUICK mMMI Ml CHARACTER CHANGE" risk of detracting from the play itself, Is a groat bore.. Harry Milliard as Philip Waring was all that he opuld have been under the circumstances, and I proved to be a thoroughly capable actor. The company was handicapped by the illness M of one of the members and the consequent sub- stltutlon of some quaint peculiarities in thespian import goods scarcely high enough proof to mix with the spirit of the season. I & I ORPHEUM. I There is a bully good show at the Orpheum I this week. It is a lively holiday kind of a show with a lot of good fun In it, so much that is en-B en-B tertainlng in fact that even George Wilson's coarseness and vulgarity Is lost sight of in the mm general excellence of the rest of the bill. mm The two Vivians, the sharp shooters are splen- did, but if they weren't, It would be hazardous 5 to so they can shoot too straight. H Geiger, of Geiger and Walters, does just what H the press agent said he could do. He makes a 6 violin talk, and talk in such a way as to convince B his audiences that he is one of the cleverest vio linists ever heard in vaudeville. His imitations were wonders, and the novelty of his entire stunt decidedly original. However it was labeled, "In tlio Streets of Italy," and about as close to those streets as Aguinaldo is to Labrador. Miss Walters would do better if she varnished the exterior of her thorax with a pinch of capsicum vasaline. Eva Mudge, the military maid, changes her clothes quicker than most other women can change their minds, which is going some, if you know women. The sextette managed to liberate large volumes vol-umes of good music, the grand opera selections being greatly appreciated. With a little loss of the lady who tried to sing soprano and more of the oho whose contralto voice is so beautiful the director will make a change that will make the organization great indeed. The men voices, calves and moustachips wore all good. Slivers Is the same old Slivers who gets a little lit-tle younger and funnier every year, and his pal Siegrlst who makes a monkey out of the scientists scient-ists who are supposed to be authorities on the laws of gravity, is a real wonder. If you haven't dropped in this week, take the steer to go it won't be time wasted. "GEORGE WASHINGTON, JR." Geo. M. Cohan's remarkable musical success, "George Washington, Jr.," will be presented at the Salt Lake theatre four nights and two matinees beginning New Year's day, by the Cohan and Harris Har-ris comedians, a company that stands pre-eminently in the front rank of musical organizations. The play is another of Mr.. Cohan's remarkable effoiits in which he is responsible, not only for the book, lyrics and music, but also personally staged the piece. The title role, played by Mr. Carter De Haven, is that- of a young American whose father, Senator Sena-tor Belgrave, is desirous of marrying him to the daughter of an English lord to establish a social standing for his family in London, where he has decided .to live for the balance of his days. The young man refuses to listen to the match-making of his father and is disinherited and told that he is a disgrace to his name. He then takes the name of Washington, claiming that the father of his country is the only real father he can ever know. Ho becomes known as George Washington, Jr., and meets the niece of Senator Hopkins, a southern girl, and asks for her hand in marriage. Hopkins tolls the boy that he can never give his consent until he proves himself worthy of the name he has chosen. The young man agrees not PLAYS A BASb< BALL GAME ( ry ALL BY HIS mm to. broach the subject again until someone has erected a monument to George Washington, Jr. Senator Belgrave is a man of unscrupulous Ideas and has amassed a fortune by promoting get-rich quick-schemes. As a member of the sen ate he has gained the enmity of Hopkins, who has openly denounced him in the chamber as a disgrace dis-grace to American politics. Lord Rothburt, the father of the girl Senator Belgrave has chosen for his son's wife, is to become interested with him in a ten-million-dollar swindle, and it is upon these terms that he has offered the daughter's hand in marriage. Young Belgrave, through a mixture of telegrams, discovers that Lord Rothburt has not yet arrived In Washington, and that the man supposed to bo the English nobleman is really a New York Central Ofllce detective in the employ of Hopkins to procure evidence of his father's guilt, so that ho may be publicly denounced. The boy nips the scheme in the bud and saves his father from actual disgrace. He discloses his' love for Hopkin's neice and says that he must have a monument before he gets a wife. He gets the monument his father erects it and he gets the girl, and like in all such things upon the stage, everything is joyful at the end. SCALA SEXTETTE The action is quick and direct and the situations situa-tions are full of spirit, dash and originality. There are nine musical numbers introduced throughout the play. These .numbers are "He Was a Wonderful Won-derful Man," "Virginia," "The Grand Old Flag," "I'll Be There With Bolls On," "I've Never Been Over There," "All Aboard for Broadway," "The Wedding of the Blue and the Grey," "A Colonial Chorus" and "If Washington Should Come to Life." The principal members of the company include Carter De Haven, Willis P. Sweatnam, Jack Rafael, John A. Boone, John Kauffman, Flora Parker, Leona Anderson, Lola Hoffman and a singing and dancing ensemble of Cohanesque choosing. tC t "UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES." "Under Southern Skies" comes to the Salt Lake theatre on Monday and Tuesday nights with special Tuesday - matinee. Miss Grace Hayes Lambert, in "The Girl ana The Stampede," is. the attraction booked at the Grand theatre for New Year's week, and press reports indicate that this is another western drama that will please. - - "Tilly Olson," the Swedish comedy drama, is the next attraction at. that use. "A Wife's Secret" at the Grandvthis week is one of the best melodramas seen at that house this season. Manager Anderson is handling the attractions in first class shape and making himself him-self very popular with everyone. & : The great Kubelik will be hoard here on the evening of January 2nd. The Moore Stock company made good with the patrons of the Lyric Christmas week in the stirring melodrama, "Foul Play," the attraction for the coming wek with a special New Year's matinee will be "A Cowboy's Honor." tC The Auditorium rink has afforded an attractive attrac-tive gathering place for those who like the sport this week, the school holidays making it possible for hundreds of students to take advantage of the occasion to indulge in the roller craze. ,it Odeon hall, opened by the Ensign Amusement company on Monday night, fills a great want, and will doubtless prove to be a popular rendezvous for club dances, cotillions, etc. It is on East North Temple between Main and State street, and no expense is being spared in completing its various departments. The dance on Monday evening even-ing was largely attended. The Grand itheatre got a new curtain as a Christmas present, and the effect greatly adds to the appearance of the house. & & & There was an informal gathering at the Or-s Or-s pheum after the performance Christmas eve, Manager Jennings entertaining the people on this week's bill and also several local artists and newspapermen. It was a very happy event, and the custom inaugurated by the management will be followed annually. Mr. Jennings was given a beautiful cane during ithe affair, and several others received Christmas packages. & & & Hold onto your buttons funny old Prank Daniels will be here with bells on the thirteenth of January as the inside layer of "The Tatooed Man." |