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Show With the Plays and Players I 'JTho Master Mind" is the title of . .a hew four-act drama which Is offered" of-fered" by Werba & " Luescher at the Harris theatre, New York. The new offering is from the pen of Daniel D. Carter, heretofore better known for his magazine stories. The managers man-agers have assembled an excellent ' cast, -which Is headed by Edmund -Breese. The play is "Werba & Lues-" Lues-" oner's first dramatic offering of the .year. The author has woven a drama ;;of mystery and thrills, in which he dis-, dis-, Closes the working of a master mind . misdirected because of wrongs and sufferings inflicted by civil .and social customs. Thore is both moral and logic toxtho story, and tho author has 'told it In a manner" so gripping that . , the audience Is. hold bj the spell from ''tlie first curtain. - - - '-'The drama is a study of characters - 'drawn from life.' Its principal-cluir- - ." actor' is a" mysterious iridividuaV fas-' fas-' cinatlngly. wicked, given to' tlie accom-.. accom-.. pllshmentiof deep-laid . .plots and ' '. t sohbmes.'thaf astonish', society .'.and "' j-.xnakef hlmUhoi terror :of ;bothMhe.po-' ;bothMhe.po-' -- xllce'Un'd .the underworld; cSVitlialriie -.fs a.' ih'airOfc brilliant. "par.ts," p6sseSsjgd ' of' the. advantage's of. a ilnlversltyjedu- . '' catfohr- versed irf chemistry, .: physics ' .-and ;legaUlp're, all- pf'. which -he brings J,intoiavln his-peraonalr, battle to de-Vv de-Vv : feat thGends 'qt .justice. . Through rx. ';?' 'all' thetaTo"- threr'5 is an undercurrent '- of .loA'e.' ftitere.'thaV (a, rfcfreiphjngrf ." -... The scenes 'are lald in New" York v . City,- anjtt ln.prio.pf the excJusfv'o. res- . . r ' Identia1'vcpo!n.fo3 tlvat dol'.tho banks of tno : Hudson ivbovej" TnrriytoVji,-"-. : ' :-o .- ; ,-- . : .- . ; "" ' J., v In V'T.hQtJVIiacle,;'; whlelv A, -;.JI. - K't; Wopd?.-andOi6icMr9.Abprr-prispnt ,.. ... ,4 for;' th6?3xst3im?l tfjAmte'ripa'' fi tthp ?Z4 tork-.hcatVo,vwYirk.'.wlll.oo the T-'fi&r T-'fi&r jSJ?toatmovlng!.plctucespeettt41o.over " . conceived,, and . ono of the most Interesting In-teresting religious dramas th world has' known. It. ia even more vivid In its appeal than the "passion Play," and, although it la shown by a series . of film accnea, it could hardly be more realistic. The accompanying music by the- Rusolan Symphony or-t or-t chegtra of seventy-five pieces, under . .the direction of Modest Altschuyler, a.nd a yes ted choir of ICO voices,, ia lu no way Incidental. On the other hand, it .is a vital part.pf the pro-. pro-. duction and londa to it an"elo,ment which could bo secured in no other way . Dr. Karl Volmoller wrote the book of the big Max, Relnhardt spectacle, nnd Englobert Humperdlnck, com-. com-. posor of "Hnonael und Gretchol," "Dor Koenlgsklnder," etc., the pro- ductlon'a music. "fltttr The postal law requires that any reading: 'matter prlutetl for u consideration con-sideration must bo marked .'.'Advertisement." .'.'Adver-tisement." Tho advan.oo ...notices, printed- on this page, nvq up advertising. ad-vertising. They are furnished, by tho various playhouses,, but ajre ., not paid. for. ,., .,, 9 jflHflHHflHRw3f VilHHSBjBH HmbH3HhHHk9gf 7y' dtjp p A&dt, ?fc.. JBmBBWmmBmBMBBB Clara Bollcrini, a feature of the Orphcum bill next week. No religion or creed can be offend- ed in the least by "The Miracle." It is really a lesson such as will un.. doubtedly be commended by the local .. clergy everywhere, slnco it shows tho horrors of temptation and the beauty of repentance. Especially will tho production appeal to the religious element. ' !:' To the Salt Lake theatre tho first half of next week Henry W. Savage-' will send a play that ranks among the most successful stage offerings this producer "of successes has presented.-lt presented.-lt ies the farce "Excuse Mo" by Rupert Hughes. It haa'a"" sub-title?" "A Pullman Carnival," the descrip- tlvenesa of whlc Ills evident when It .Is' understood that all the action of tho" play 'takes place on the Overland Over-land Limited train bound from 'Chicago, 'Chi-cago, across the continent. For th'e interpretation of the story of "Excuse" "Ex-cuse" Mb"r Mr. Sava'geKas gat'fi'ered a cast' that is really remarkable. " " v - '" ' An operett'a is a comedy with ap- propriate', Indigenous, "' rtfiislcal accompaniment. ac-companiment. IT' is distinguished from musical comedy, because tho latter Is generally a dramatic and musical, crazy, quilt- .. Now we know all about. It., and therefore we jknow moro than the average American author or composed or that rare af--faIr,leono who is called on tho. program pro-gram a librettist. This may bo a vig- orpus, tojerant ppsitlqnto asump; but thc.announcement that "Tlie Merry Mer-ry Widow," tho queen of tho Viennese Vien-nese operettas, wjll bo offeree! ;by Mr. . Henry Yf. Savage at the Sal. Lake theatre next Thursday and Frjilay, puts .a, lot of muslejil stiffening into one's spine, and causes tyjrefloction uthat afte,r.vaH tho AmerJJlan com- , r pjiser,hashad his lesson nd;..o.iher . .wjn'tor. Is funableto benefltby It, most probably the latter. V jjt '- ' Another big hoadliner"will bo offered of-fered "at nhO' Orphoum'' during' the coming week when Salt "La l?o 'amusement 'amuse-ment lovers will be given the oppor--fuitlty of seefhV'tlrd- falhoiiS'Jorsey ' rilly" at popular prices. Mrs. Jahg-try7'-'(Lady de Bathe) the a.upremed natrona'l faydrfte both theatrically and (Continued on Page 14.) """ H PLAYS AND FLAYERS. H (Continued from Pafe 9.) H socially, is -ono of England's most lm- H ' porta nt -women. Her beauty and abll- H ' ity brought her fame throughout the H English-speaking world. She has H been secured for a brief vaudeville H tour and it is understood that her H I weekly salary is one of the highest H ever paid in tbeattlcal history. For H her present tour, MVa Langtry is H appearing in a playlet called "Mrs. H , j Justlco Drake," a fantasy of the fu- Iture. Groat possibilities for the four-footed four-footed vaudevillians are shown in H ' Wilson's Comedy Circus, in which Mr. H Wilson has trained several small H j ponies and a mule to accomplish many H picturesque, many difficult and many BH comical feats. The Chadwick Trio, HI consisting of 'father, . mothor nnd IH daughter, in their skit . called "For H Sale, Wiggin's Farm," furnishes somo H ji - fun that Is wholesome and contin- H . uous. Ida May Chadwick in her m I character as the Country ".Hoe Haw fH Girl in Town with Paw" foi the first flj time, is a scream from start to fin- H ish. As a buck and-eocontric dancer, H 3he is without a peer.---Bronson and H " - Baldwin offer ono of those charac- H 1 teristlc acts so dear to Che heart of H ' - the individual with the vaudeville H habit. They are billed as introduc- H ing "Pickings From Song and Dance H Land." Petite, pretty nnd possessed H of a positive musical genius, ".is Mlss- m Ethel May Barker, a youthful violinist M known as the juvenile -viiUuoso. For M vaudeville she is using a wide range M r of selections and "for each number, H has an appropriate costume. A brll- H v liant and charming young woman, is H Clara Ballerini, who has dust re- M turned to Amorica after an extended H and triumphal tour of Europe. .Tall, M lithe, handsome in a feminine way, M ,her features all the time expresses H the delight that she takes In all that M 3he does. She is as versatile as she H is talented. The Mabello Fondo M I j Troupe is made up of a quartet of H i j young people who are recognized, H ! .wherever thero is high class vaude- H i , ville, as being amonor the foromost m l jugglers in vaudeville. The Gaumont H Weekly, as usual shows a number of H interesting pictures of current events H euch as President Taft at Panama, B the flooded Ohio and others. H Hj Many remember with pleasure the H superb acting of Charles Chaplin as j the "souse" in the productions sent Hj over tho Sullivan & Considine circuit H by Fred Karno, known from ono end H of the United States to the other as H Kannp's Comedians. Thoy are again B at tho Empress, headlining the current m bill with a now piece and with a K company of eighteen persons and pro- H 15 j renting "The Wow Wows," a secret H society on tho River Thamos. The B J act contains -more laughable sltua- HH tions and clever comedy than any of BD the other acts Mr. Karno has sent Numorous comedy sketches presented pre-sented at tho Empress the past month have received some1 flattering press notices, but few of them have been greeted with as much enthusiastic enthusi-astic acclaim as "I Died," from the pen of Jules Simonson. James Rerf-nle, Rerf-nle, tho popular actor of tho one-tlmo one-tlmo Willard Mack company, Is seen in tho tftTB'role. Another of the big features of tho now Empros3 bill Is the Sullivan & Considine importation from Johan-nesburgT Johan-nesburgT South Africa, of the Throe Alex, who were re-engaged because of thelrVWertOmenal triumph in this ' country last year. It is a bit of beautiful beau-tiful herculean gymnastics. Harry Sauber Is making his debut In vaudeville vover a tour of the S. &. C. circuit. He is a vory "clevor r character singer. One of tltiiT'funni-est tltiiT'funni-est bits Of '"dialogue presSfttdd to vaudeville-In many moons is the of-"" foring df'Biele & Girard. One a'cts the SwcrfeMfhif does" "the droll dialogue dia-logue in a manner that 'has convulsed con-vulsed Efm'press audiences from Now York tovSan FraricTsco. Miss Inez Lawson, 'fho' fascinating and remarkably remark-ably talo'nted trumpet virtuoso who has won tilni6 In the musical world of both cbhtlnonts, is making her first vaudeville "appearance over the Sullivan Sulli-van & Considine circuit TnSv ever" interesting-"" Patfie weekly review of current events 'closes the program. |