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Show THE NEVy BILLS. Rosa Roma, the violin virtuoso, who in private priv-ate life is Mrs. Sutton, wife of C. N. Sutton, manager of the Orpheum, will top the new bill at that house the coming week in the affections .jp of a big circle of friends and acquaintances and certainly among those who appreciate finish violin vio-lin music. The beautiful young soloist scored a big success suc-cess on the occasion of her previous local engagements en-gagements at the Orphetim and her swing around the circle of Orpheum houses tY ? season has added greatly to her prestige. "The Fire Commissioner," a one-act play by j Harrison Armstrong, opens the bill, and is fol lowed by Welch, Nealy and Montrose in a comedy com-edy skit called "Play Ball." Boudini Brothers are billed as wizards of the acoordian, ,and the four Casting Dunbars are on in a combination "ij of laughter and thrills that is said to constitute a novel vaudeville offering. A sketch of stage life entitled "Broadway Love" will be given by Rowena Stewart and Gladys Murray. (Walter Graham, who, with his novel manikin music-hall, portrays life-like imitations of stage celebrities, past and present, will, with the pictures and orchestra or-chestra finish, the program. "The Man on the Box," Grace Furniss' dramatized dram-atized version of Harold McGrath's book of the same name, will be given at the Colonial for two nights next week, Sunday and Monday. A number of more or less important changes have been announced for the tag end of the Garrick's season. With the production the coming week, the engagement opening Sunday evening, of "Quincy f - Adams Sawyer," a pastoral play of New England life, the regular stock season for the Garrick t closes and, beginning Sunday evening, April 23rd, the house inaugurates what it has termed its stock-star engagement, featuring Maude Fealv. Warren Emerson, who has had the management of the house for several months, leaves for the east early the coming week to perfect plans for the season of 1911-1912 at the Garrick, and while Miss Fealy's engagement is indefinite, it is expected ex-pected it will run well into the summer, as the repertoire selected for her appearance includes such excellent plays as Mary Mannering's famous fa-mous success, "Glorious Betsy," "Peter Pan," "The Little Minister," and others. Miss Fealy, who in private life is Mrs. James Durkin, wife of Mr. Durkin of the Garrick company, has spent the past few months here, and the management of the Garrick has announced that there will be no increase in the regular prices in force up to date there. Miss Fealy has not been seen locally local-ly since 'her appearance under John Cort's management man-agement two or three seasons ago in "The &, Stronger Sex" and "The Illusions of Beatrice." Her opening bill beginning Sunday night, Apr'l 23rd will be "Glorious Betsy." Miss Jessio E. Pringle of the Garrick company com-pany closes her season tonight and with her husband, hus-band, Mr. Emerson, goes east next week, to return re-turn late in the summer for the coming year at the Garrick. The Theatre will be dark for the remainder of April, opening Monday evening, May 1st, for three nights with Nance O'Neill and Julia Dean in "The Lily." This is the play in which Nance -O'Neill scored her New York triumph last year, 4fr and whkh has been played almost steadily in Manhattan since its initial production. Tiiie coming of Sothern and Marlowe to the Colonial week after next will be one of the most important theatrical events of the end of the season, sea-son, and the two great stars will unquestionably draw very large houses. Included in their repertoire rep-ertoire are a number of Shakespearian productions produc-tions they have not been seen in before in this city, and the interest of theatre goers is not unmixed un-mixed with curiosity in anticipating Mr. Sothern's appearance as Macbeth. AVIATION. With, five of the most brilliant aeroplane drivers driv-ers in tftuo world hero and representing the inventors in-ventors of two types of air cnat essentially different, dif-ferent, nothing but success should be recorded for the contest participated in by Brookins, Ely, Glen Curtios, Parmale and Willard, and it is quite possible had fair weather attended each day's program, the event would have been financially finan-cially (profitable. Sunday's wind and Wednesday's Wednes-day's snow put the aeroplanes almost entirely out of business, and the promoters had to content con-tent themsielves with somewhat slim crowds Monday Mon-day and Tuesday, Despite untoward conditions the meet was one of the best ever held in a western west-ern state and certainly as well managed as any cither public event Salt Lake has had in years. |