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Show I JWHf the First-Nighters f I For the year the attractions theatrically have thus far summed, well above the average season, with a big list of the best of them to come. While wc have seen but the .smaller half of the road shows, the ones in store later in the season will gi.. us more than our share of the recent successes. suc-cesses. The coming week will bring Maude Fealy in "The Illusion of Beatrice," while the late attractions attrac-tions will include Olga Nethersole In repertoire, Savage Grand Opera company in "Madam Butterfly," Butter-fly," and Maude Adams in "Peter Pan." At the Orphoum the second season has been IH a great sucoeas In point of patronage, and shows, H with some noted exceptions, have been consider- H ably above the standard of last year, which, as has l:een often repeated, is due to the early bill- H tag on the regular circuit. KM & & "In the Bishop's Carriage." 'm A very suggestive title suggestive of almost MM anytb'cs: except what actually did" happen in the Carriage, which was of the regulation size, drawn H by a real live coal-black steed. The play is 1 bright and clean, intorsporsing plenty of humor Into the situations. There is o villain, to be sure, Mm who 8ts it' right whore any ordinary generally does, for right will triumph in any old drama. Nance Olden was a hit, as was her pal-lover, pal-lover, the aforementioned villain, Tom Dorgan. This pair, Miss Jennie Busley and James Keene, together with the ever jagged Edward Ramsey-of Mr. Sam Reed, furnished the pathos and the mirth for the evening. .With a strut that would make a Cockney valet envious, the hero and Sherlock, William Latimer, of Byron Douglas, was beautifully beauti-fully mechanical, and as he followed the object of his affections, yea, oven to the police station, where the touching scenes of the finish were enacted. Maude Fealy the Christmas Attraction. To Maude Fealy belongs' the distinction of "the youngest dramatic star on the American stage." Reared in a theatrical atmosphere and advancing from the period of infant prodigy to the position of leading woman with one of the greatest actors in the world Sir Henry Irving. In "The Illusion of Beatrice," the latest comedy from the pen of Martha Morton Conheim, Miss Fealy is seen in the title role of a play which fits admirably her girlish appee . ce and pleasing pleas-ing temperament. It is the story of a foundling reared in the luxurious home of a philanthropist, whioh provides a oharacter in keeping with the charming personality of the young star. With ijH Miss Fealy comes a very capable company, 1 ''j I which should make the attraction one worthy of ;'H tile day of days. , i V Mm $ & ''mm Things theatrical move in a cycle. For a ' ' i 'lMm time melodrama had the call, then so-called so- : ;! : clety plays came in for a brief spell, to be fol- ' ! L lowed by light opera, farce comedy, and occa- 1 )' sional Shakespearian revivals; but the form of ! entertainment that has now and has had for J , some time a firm hold on play-goers in general, 1 '' H is that which comes under the head of musical , '-'mW comedy. In the latter there are elements that '1 appeal to all classes of theatre-goers. Of the many musical comedies presented in the past few : years, none seem to have hit the popular fancy .' j -LM to so great an extent as has "Buster Brown." No 1 L matter where or how frequently it has been pre- 'Mm tented in any place, the result has always been the same overflowing audiences. It is an'abso- ' ' lute truth that in many towns more people were k ' ; Lm turned away than were played to. In various ' cities, where the engagement was limited to one Lm week, the company could have played profitably , fcr three times that period. Despite the fact ' WL that as given last season "Buster Brown" was mm entirely satisfactory to the theatre-going public, mm its managers, being desirous of keeping it up to MM date, have had the book rewritten and have in- ' ' troduced many new musical numbers. Of the latter, some of those that have hit the popular . , fancy are "Cupid is the Captain of the Army," . , mm "Mpon Dear," "Idaho" and "Come Down and Kiss Me, Honey." Additional interest will attach to vmm this engagement from the fact that an oppor- ; ' '-'JM tunity will be afforded local theatre patrons to f'1' -''''jH compare the work of Master Helton, the littlest $ -H ccrr.odian, as Buster, with that of his predecess- crs. Elsewhere the verdict has Invariably been jAm favorable to Master Helton, who, to quote Mr. Outciult, the inventor of the character, "is a liv- ing realization of what I have hoped to convey Lm to the public through the medium of my draw- mm ing-." Master Helton, it is- said, was selected by Mr. Outcault for the part of Buster. "Buster ? Brown" is Manager Pyper's happy selection as a , holiday attraction. Engagement is for three ' ,. MM nights, beginning Wednesday evening, Doc. 2G, y 2H Matinees will be given on Thursday and Friday. ' Mm "At Cripple Creek" is the Grand's holiday of- ' H fering, which is said to be the melodramatic hit ' - . of New York last year, and will be seen here for the flr3t time Sunday night, with the engagement I; for the ontire week, with a special Christmas ', WM matinee. MM Following the "Buster Brown" engagement, MM the "Sultan of Sulu" will be seen at the Salt Lake , JH theatre next Saturday afternoon and evening. JH 1 fijl Patrons of the Lyric will be favored with "A , Jj Desperate Chance," a touching melodrama, with fmm becoming scenic effect, which, we are told, is one ? Mm of the best that family house has offered during iH the present season. , F "No one but a churl," says Ethel Barrymore, ,'mm "In fact, no one at all, can fall to be pleased, flat- t 'Mm tered, touched to the heart, by the spontaneous ' admiration of the public. To feel that people like . ! 1 H no, smile when one smiles, grow teary when one weeps, give one their affection for no more -j -'mm cogent reason than because they oannot help it ; 9M which is the most cogent reason on earth, after " , all Is a delight. To escape from oneself every ' night to thrill with the emotions, think the ,H thoughts, play the games, use the words of an- , , -;Kj other woman to be another woman, Interesting, . r 1 In 'V l plaintive, charming, tragic, witty, or whatever ' I .t '' her creator has made her is the fullness of joy. f . , t i Ij1' To feel the electric currents of sympathy play ; ! 1 1 11 back and forth across the footlights is well, it Is ; ff jl an intoxication of pleasure." tfrattoy Ailex Campbell. It looked for awhile as " though Alex was going to be 'the Whole show, but as fortune had willed that one C. Stuart Johnson, the Glabrio of the "Sign of the Cross" company, was loft in our midst, and gladly assisted in the K Schum Ii' u I- W Tll flrst night of tne weelt was amateur night ( ' ? H at tl10 0rPnoum! while no prize wa announced, i ' lillr- m is faIr t0 asBume tliat tho wont to nono I other than that promising young black face inter- entertaining while the crowd waited patiently for the "trains to arrive." The performance commenced with only two numbers in the house Miss Irene Boljea, the Debutante Vaudevlllian, in impersonations ol noted actresses., who exhibited the usual timidity which accompanies the first appearance before J the footlights; and Fred Zozedie, about the cleverest clev-erest of the hand balancers, whoso act alone , would he a redeeming feature on almost any old i kind of a bill. About the time the final pictures should come on, the regulars began to arrive. First, the Bruno and Russell pair, Chris and Mabel, in a comedy skit, in which Chris was somewhat the favorite, while Mabel was a fair ; support. Then came another rustle of skirts and another Russell, not the above mentioned Mabel, nor Lil, but Leah, and all present were glad Rhe came. Her Belle of the Ghetto act was worth waiting for. Just as the Swor Bros., in cullahed impersonations, were about to appear, sjmething cut the curtain strings and it drooped probably a kind, brotherly act of Alex Campbell to avert showing up the traveling -team by comparison with liis own performance earlier in the evening. |