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Show I WITH THE PLAYS, PLAYERS AND H EMPRESS. H Tlic Empress program this wcok makes H up Tor any Hint in tlio past may not liavo H boon up to tlio oxpectancy or Empress H patrons. Tliuro aro vatulovlllu acts and H tlicn again thcru aro otlior vauilcvlllo oITor- HH ing-s, and whllo somo aro in a dogroo much Hl hotter tlinn othors, Sullivan and Consldlno H Looking agents tlio world ovor aro at all Hj tlmos (letonnlnod to secure for tlio circuit H tlio class or vaudcvlllo attractions that aro H proving popular. Every wook nearly tlio H local Sullivan and Consldlno vaudeville H theatre boasts or having hrought to H America some great Europoan attraction. H This wook tlio Empress provldos It's many H patrons a lino or ontertainlng ofTorlngs H hoadod by a riot, called "Fun In a Board- H lng Houso." The oITorlng is prcsonted H with all tlio realism that stage crart and H good acting can produce. Two floors or H tlio hoarding houso aro shown. Tlio H regular star hoardor Is thoro llkowlso tlio H Dooh and the hot-air poddlcr. Thoro aro H nearly a dozen players in tlio aggregation H that is said by eminent critics or eastern H houses whore the act was prosentcd, to bo B tho latest and greatest comedy triumph. B ( A touch or tlio black art, is given in the H porrormanco or tho groat Del Adelphla, H who with live assistants Is presenting H "Mysteries" which Include a number or H now and mystirylng stunts. A number or H illusions arc porrormed that arc astound- B lng to siiy th" least. Ills tricks arc Tor B tlio most part now. Ills paraphernalia H was made by hlmseir and ho has arranged Hj a variety which adds to tho cntortaliunent. H The staging roprosonts a cost or over H 910,000. Prominent critics in the cast Hj have rcrcrrod to Del Adelphla as hoing the HH only mystlilor worthy or tho mantle or B Herman the Groat. B j julla Hooncy, a charming comodlennc H or the ramous nooney ramlly, Is ontortaln- H lng with a lino or songs, dances and a H crisp monologue Her rather Pat nooney H was one r the greatest or Irish comedians H ati'l lier brother Is a member or tho team H or Iinoney and Bent who recently played H a tour or the Orphoum circuit. H Bowman hrothors, ruinous stars or H Bowman Brothers' mlnstreals are proving H ontcrtainers or worth. They entertain in H blaekrneo, singing, dancing, mimicking and B reciting They put old time minstrelsy E into a modern sotting. In a genoral wav M they are what Is gonorally characterized H by the elastic term. "A Scream." Hp Bob Archer, In a monstrosity or a make E up, does good pantomimic work In "A H Janitors Troublos". and his comicalities H roally aro or the kind an audience can on- M Joy. Then his team mato Blanche Bol- M rord, sings ploaslngly. and hor plump at- M tractlvenoss Is a Toll to his clownlshnoss. H Alvin and Konnoy, oITer a novelty In tho riylng rings. Their orrorlng calls ror gront H daring and skill, and thero Is a generous H amount or comody sprinkled In, as they H swing about tho Hying rings. Tho Oati- H mont unlmatod review is chock rull or H rorroshlng pictures or happenings tho H world over. Tho present bill will come to H a close with tho rogular porrormancos H given on Tuosday. H Tho now bill opening Wodnosday will H havo a big Rlngllng Circus act as tho head H lino attraction, that or Bay Thompson's H trained horses. The horses which are H thorough-bred Arabian animals, porrorm H many tricks that evince lntolllgenco almost H human. Thoy danco everything rrom tho H "grizzly boar" to a minuet, kocplng por- H rect time with tho music. J. Hoibort H Frank and Company will present "Tho Arm or tlio Law" while tho Crolghton H Brothers will oiror a "Rubo" act or much humor and qunlntness. Tho balanco or tho H bill opening Wednesday will bo comooacd H or the rollowlng: Loliso and Sterling, Al- H bert Leonard, Fay and Mynn. UTAH THEATRE. Without doubt tho most notable ovont in tho annals or local stock productions will claim tho attontion or tho Salt Lake public next wook whan all roads theatrically the-atrically speaking will load to Tho Utah, whoro the Justly rained play "Pudd'n Head Wilson" will bo oiTorod ror tho approval or Utah patrons. Doubtless it would be surriclont to merely announce that tho Tajnous Mark Twain play had been selected selec-ted Tor noxt wcok's bill to arouso more than ordinary public Interest, but when news Is Impartod that tho nrst govornor of tho Stato or Utah is to play the title rolo, and that a Utah actress who won Tamo at homo and abroad will be soon In the character she made ramous moro than a dozen years ago whllo playing with Trank Mayo, It may be said with pardonable prido that tho management or wondorrul hit -in ''Mrs. Wlggs" and many other notable plays, will bo seen again in hor old part, that or Boxy, In "Pudd'n Head Wilson". Artor Miss Dwyor played this part at the Salt Lake theater somo 1G years ago, her success was assured, and the theatergoing public or Salt Lako City may bo congratulated ror the opportunity or again scolng her in tho noted play. Mr. Wells and Miss Dwyor will be supported sup-ported by a company second to none in tho country as the cost Is composed or loading members or tho Utah Stock company. com-pany. Staged under the direction or Oavln Yr-mg thoro will bo nothing lacking In scenic oiTocts to bring vividly bororo tho audloncc those scones conjured In the brains or Mark Twain and tho older Mayo. The production is one or tho biggest ever undertaken in local stock and IT the Interest In-terest already shown not forgetting the ADA DWYER who plays Roxy in the Revival of "Pudd'nhead Wilsen" at the Utah all next week The Utah has capped tho climax In mat-tors mat-tors histrionic. Hobor M. Woll, tho first governor or tho beohlvo state; a man known and honored In ovory hanilot and vllliago In Utah; a man who has ontortalned thousands by his clovor acting; who was ror yoars loading load-ing man or tho Homo Dramatic club, has been coaxed rrom private liro by l'rosldont Garrett or tlio Utah and otlior rrlonds, to again trod tho boards, ir only Tor ono week. Mr. Wells will play tho rolo or "Pudd'n Head", and patrons or tho Stato stroot playhouso aro promised a raro treat. Ada Dwyer, or Ada Russell as somo pro-ror pro-ror to call her, will bo co-star with Mr. Wolls Tor tho wook. Miss Dwyor, who mado ramous tho rolo or Frisco Kate In "Tho Docp Purplo", Mrs. Loadbattor in "Merely Mary Ann", and who mado a mKmmmmmmmmBmm unprocedontod advance sale or seats Is nny criterion, all records ror attendance at tho Utah will go gljuimcrfng noxt wook. It has been a long tlmo sinco "Pudd'n Head Wilson" has been glvon In this city and perhaps many roadors or this paper aro not familiar with tno story and a synopsis will no doubt bear ropoatlng. Tho play consists or a prologuo and Tour acts ana us many scones. Tho action begins be-gins In May, 1830. Davo Wilson, a lawyor, known as "Pudd'n Hoad" who novor had a real case, has a hobby, said hobby bolng tho individuality or thumb prints. Ho is the laughing stock or tho town because ho is regardod as a ranatlc on tho one subject. Boxy Is a woman with nogro blood In hor volns and In her caro aro two babies, Tom Driscoll and Chambors, tho latter be'- iiiiaHHHHHHHHHBHUHH lng her son. Tho youngsters look so much allko they can scarcely bo told apart Save ror the Tact that tho Driscoll baby wears a certain necklace. Davo Wilson takes it Into his head to take the thumb prints or tho Httlo ones and he presorves tho Impressions. Im-pressions. Boxy changes tho necklace rrom one baby to tho other and when Paasy comes ror the Driscoll baby she takes Boxy's child and tho mother keeps & silent, keoplng the Driscoll baby and letting her own go In his place. 4 Tho play begins 22 years later when tho youngsters have grown, up. Tom Driscoll is nephew to Ydrk Driscoll. Tom Driscoll Is roally Chambers, and Chambors Is really. Tom Driscoll.. A number or rob-borles rob-borles are committed by the man known as Tom Driscoll who shows an evil char-actor. char-actor. Boxy was once a slave but was given hor freedom but arter tho robberies she Is suspected or tho crimes and plans arc mado to take away her rrccdom and sell her again. At this time YorkDrlscoU Is stabbed in "the arm and the" dagger shows a thumb print. It Is then that "Pudd'n Hoad" discovers dis-covers quite by accident the Identity or the man who has been masquoradlng as Tom Driscoll and by his clover work brings about rull Justice to all. The thumb print on the dagger traces i the crimes to the. door or Boxy'S. son, and "Pudd'n Head's" pet theory Is. corriplotoly vindicated; The supporting cast Is composed or many or The Utah's strong ravorltes. The part or Tom Driscoll, played with such great skill by Frank Campcau, will be In the capablo hands or Blchard Vivian-York. Vivian-York. Driscoll will be played by J. Frank Burke. Robert McKIm who has made a most ravbrablo impression upon Salt Lake audiences, will bo seen In the charaptor or Chambers.' Frank Jonasson will 'play Howard Pembroke, Arthur Morse Moon1 tho part or Blake, Bonald Bradbury, Swan"; Prcscott Erlckson, Jasper; Harmon Wolght,. Augi lo; James Ellis as Eph and also Judgoi Robinson. Miss Beglna Connolll will be soon In tho .rolo or Boxy, Davo. WUsoB! , Plpeo, anjll I mclion Lvorliart as Patsy, Davo Wilson's sister, and Allco Conrad as Hannah, a negro girl. . ' ' |