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Show j; . . . I j ; With the First Nighters I I THE MAN OF THE HOUR. "The Man of the Hour," by George Broadhurst, begins a week's engagement at the Salt Lake ; Theatre Monday night next, with matinees Wednesday Wed-nesday and Saturday. There is scarcely an actor who has visited Spit Lake within the past two years who does not dpclaro "The Man of the Hour" to bo the best 1 1 play written in years. j. The story) of "The Man of the Hour" is said to involve the fortune of both the heroine and her brother, and the fact is held over the hoad of tho i mayor by way of forcing Mm toi tho will of his j . party's boss. Many other powerful influences are t brought to bear, but tho mayor resists them alL f; The. fact of. his resistance is then' used to show U ' the heroine that ho is opposing tho railway fraji- j chiso for tho purpose of personal gain, even at f ( tlve cost of tho fortune of herself and all her i: friends. This has tho effect of breaking the on- jt gagemont between the mayor and tho heroine, j j, ' Dallas Walnwrlght, and influencing her to accept the adva'iicos of" Mr. Glbbs, one of the promoters 'r of the franchise graft. Tho company which Wil- ;r I'ain A. Brady and Joseph R. Grismer are sending i is said to be of qxceptional strength, having ft played all tlve past summer at the Savoy Theatre, . New York, and includes Lionel A urns, as the h Mayor, Ruby Bridges as Dallas Wainwrlght, J. j I R. Alrmstrong, the Flnanoier, Louis Hendricks, as if I-Iprrigan tho Boss, Felix Honey as the Alderman, f Ethel Brandon, Jane Aubrey, Everett Butterfleld, 11 William Lloyd, R.D. qaln, Thomas L. Davis and Murdock McQuarrie. At tho Wednesday matinee a handsome souve- If nir album of scenes from the play will be given j to each lady. i j t? tX ! THE SYMPHONY. i j' , ; ' . The Symphony orchestra will be heard in the list recital of the season, Sunday even-J. even-J. itig, February 2nd, at 8:30 at tlie Or- rheum theatie, where it is expected a j i great audience will be present to hear the work ; of this excellent musical organization. It is ' through tho generous courtesy of the Orpheum J management that this arrangement is mado possl- ' ble for patrons to attend who could not otherwise I' hear tho orchestra. The occasion will be hailed i with-delight Tlie - soloist, Miss Elizabeth -Eg- 1 1 glflSton, is a woll-known pianist, whose work is i I vouched for in tho highest terms by Mr. Shepherd. '1 Tho Orpheum box office will open Thursday for sale of seats. fi; 1. Prelude to Hansel and Gretel. . .Humperdunck ', 2. 'Invitation to the Dance" Weber I 3. Selection from "Madam Butterfly" Puccini 1 Intermission. 2 4. Concerto B minor Tsctaikowsky 5. Symphony Poem "Les Preludos" Liszt & !"THE MAN ON THE BOX." "Tho play Is In three acts, and in eaoh act there is a laugh." If the author of the above, which appeared somewhere during the week, had only stopped tho sentence as abruptly as it ends ji here, he would hav hit upon a perfect doscrip- ijj tlon of everything that is in the stupid drama- : tizatlon of "Tho Man on the Box." ft There are about three real laughs In the play, '3 and it is a pity that an actor of Max Figman's capabilities hasn'f a better vehicle for tlie display of his distinctly -.nd unusual talents. Somehow v the comedy In exaggerated situations such as fill 'l this play isn't so screamingly funny as it was of I ji j yore, and tlie matter of dropping a tray of dishes to make the gallery yelp at the splash, or the sly swift poking of somebody in the region of the vermiform appendix has too much of the flavor of a slap stick sketch to excite any undue mirth. Without Figman, "The Man on the Box" would go about as fast as a prospector's burro, but he lends a charm to the stupid scenes despite a company that would handicap anyone. Given a chance, he has it in him to do something some-thing well when the opportunity arrives, and It isn't his fault that his first play as. a star is so very tiring. Rather is it to his credit that he has made so much of the thing. It is a most uncertain affair to watch, for the Anna Fay is just as clever Us ever, and no matter how she does it, whether mental telepathy is responsible, or not, her performance is always worth seeing. There is a germ in the make-up of the great American public that always "stars it on tho road to a theatre whon a lady of mystery is holding down the boards, and papers and people may expose ex-pose the trick, if It Is a trick, every day in the year and the crowds will go on paying their money till oternity. But really the most interesting people at the Orpheum this week are Willy Zimmerman and Dumond's minstrels. LIONEL ADAMS AND RUBY BRIDGES IN "THE MAN OF THE HOUR." play itself is a perfect sleep producer, and Just as one is ready to sink to rest, in conies the Irrepressible Irre-pressible Figman and wakes a fellow up again. The Elizabeth Annesloy of Fannie Marinoff was a weird piece of work, and tho only capable person in Mr. Figman's environment was Berniece Buck as the maid. 1 j ORPHEUM. With a nice clear conscience It can be said that the performance at the Orpheum this week is several sev-eral notches higher in quality than the Standard make, and as usual, when the bill is worth while, the crowds have tested the capacity of the theater thea-ter every night. In their different ways, their artistry is remarkable, remark-able, and the novelty of thoir work is most refreshing, re-freshing, in Its departure from the ordinary routine of specialties. Willy Zimmerman In his impersonations of great composers has reached a perfection seldom gained by impersonators, probably because this man has made a thorough study of his subjects, and knows them all. His act would not suffer, if he left the Ham-mersteln Ham-mersteln finale out of It. He was greatly assisted assist-ed by the clever work of tho orchestra. Great things were expected of the Dumond rainstrelB, for their fame has preceded them across the continent, and to say that they more than fulfilled expectations, is not exaggerating. Howard and North in "Those Woise Happy j" Days," havo a Scotch full Qfjgoo'a thing?,, and there 13 no time wasted in seeing tham. - Valazzl, with his equilibristio and juggling act is. another subject Cor bouquets, ana the kino-drome kino-drome completes -a program in which there is not a fault. & PADEREWSKI IN LONDON. Great Britain has always vied with America, in lis admiration of Paderewski, who now, on his seventh tour of this country, is to make his only appearance here in the Tabernacle on February seventh. It is rare that a spring passes without liis giving at least one recital in London. Last spring his management charged a guinea ($5) for every seat in the hall atid seats for days in advance ad-vance were selling at a premium. After the recital, re-cital, the London Tribune said: "If possible, he is playing more splendidly than ever. Every player of the first rank has certain points of excellence which distinguish him; but in Paderewski all these several excellencies are gathered up and. focused. Yet it is not his possession pos-session of so many special grades that gives him his place apart; it is the per sorial something which binds them together,-..enfolding ' them w. inimitable power of charm. You can tell, ,f u are expert in such matters, that in sharp def ni.iCn of rhythm, in justness of accent, in the molding of expression, Paderewski transcends his rivals, and that in the less subtle qualities of touch, force, brilliance and lightness,, he. is .at least their equal; but you feel that the poetic gift abides in him more than in any other pianist, that a higher soul speaks to you through the medium of music when ho is the player. Yes, there is something about him which tells you that . you are listening not only -to a poet, but how shallwe put It? to a great gentleman. GRAND THEATRE. For the first time in eight years, Ben Hendricks Hen-dricks will be seen in that first of all Swedish character plays, "Yon Yotison," and will be at the Grand theatre all next week commencing Sunday Sun-day night, January 2Gth. His singing of the favorite favor-ite Yodel songs Is the feature of the show, and the scenic equipment showing the great northwest north-west logging camps and waterfalls, are well worth seeing. Coming to the Grand for a week's engagement commencing Sunday evening, February 2nd, is Josephine Jo-sephine Doffry, the well-known emotional actress. ac-tress. "Bast Lynne" and "My Friend From Arkan-&uw" Arkan-&uw" have., boon., the. attractions at the Lyric during dur-ing the week, but the Utahna Stock company will try something more difficult the coming week, when "Camilla" will bo produced. Undoubtedly the Lyric will bo crowded all week. |