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Show I With the Plays, Players and the L H Mine, Sarah Bernhardt.' week at H tho Orpheum has been a dlSappoint- BHHl HH, jnent In two ways. The engagement HHY has been n ftnanclaJ loss to the play- HHV home, for one thing, and for anothre, B the vaudeville patrons did not appre- HHB elate her work, nor did those pla- HHV goers who went therV to worship for H the last time, possibly, at the shiine H of the Divine Sarah, esthetic person Hff who regard the average vaudeville' Hh bill as crass and crude, Tho prices HHlj at the Orpheum had been doubled HHV to. meet the extraordinary demand Jl qaused by the visitation of Bernhardt. HVJ The Divine Sarah must have hei HV1 $7,500 a- week, and then there are HHV other acts on the bill. To stimulate HHJ an interest in Bernhardt as a vuude- HH vllllan, Messrs. GnrrelL and Carpenter HHr went to a great expense in the way of HHb special advertising. An advance sale HHl was ilrummed up, and at first it HH looked as tb'iigh the Imuse would HUH break even on the week. It appeared HHl hover, that most of the inquiries for HB seats related to Camille, a part of HB which Mine. Bernhardt was scheduled HHl Ho piny the last two days of the week HJ Many who had cherished a desire B to fioo Bernhardt wanted to see her HHf in Camilla and knew nothing of the HHl . . other bits In her repertoire. The re HHs suit was that the house was not sold HHl out during the earlier days of the HBb week. The Orpheum people learned HH that Orpheum patrons will pay si HHl bits for a good seat, but won't pn HH any more, no matter bow uiiumimI HHJ the attraction may be HH1 Bernhardt was regarded b. cub HH! succeeding audience as a great -oil Hj oiity. l'w persons expected to 1 HH' , entertained, most .of her nuditois HH caring only to complete the record, HH bo that in future they might sr.v tie. HH didn't understand her, although Mi HH were no doubt Impressed by her wu H derful magnetism. During the r -n HH dltion of "Luerece Borgia" one aj li HH ence watched the action with interns, HHl but didn't understand a word tli 1 P9 was being spoken. For all the audi- HB ence knew, the actors might han HH .been . using the French language to HB tell each other what they thought HB about the lack of appreciation of Salt HB Lake audiences. A- number of the HB French actors seemed to be talking HB at once, and quite ehemently, too, H when the Divine Sarah interrupted. HHJ She evidently meant every word she HB said, for site emphasized iter ro- HK: marks with vigorous gesticulations, HB the other members of her company B, being respectfully silent, when a man HH ip the gallery shouted. "Give em hell, Hk Sarah." H lie seemed to be getting out of tho HE rendition of the fan- ous play about B all that its author put into it. HH Those who are in a position to K know say that the Orpheum manage- Hj rnetU will loue about $5,000 this B! week. This .loss, of course, is stood HJj by the local house. HI ," HjS ' At the Salt Lake Theatre Monday t)ll IJKI-W Who U t online t the Silt Lake Theatre Iv "The IWpkwed Husband" Hus-band" Next Wccl:. night Miss Rose Stahl will begin an engagement of three nights and Wednesday matinee In her new part of "Maggie Pepper ' Charles Klein's piece. It Is called a comedy, but underneath un-derneath It all Is the sonuo of the very human story of the department store girl which the author set out to tell. This story is emphasized by the acting act-ing of Miss Stahl, for she makos this "Maggie Popper" a very real, jjr:ulne woman whom one might meet at any time In the transaction of business with one of the big city department fc tores. The fine acting in not ail done by the star, for the Henry B. Harris estate has surrounded Miss' Stuhl with a company of players of exceptional worth. John B. Itoberr- Miii, Gillian Clair-, Mabelle Adams, Marie Hudson', . Perclval T. Moore, Walter Craven, and Helen Duhl, among the players do their part In making "Maggie Pepper' 'one of tho best plays produced in many seasons. Miss Stahl lias tu her credit one of the few long runs attained by any star or play this season. She opened an engagement at tho Park Theatre, Boston, on Labor Day and continued to play there through tho Christmas season when the engagement had to be .concluded ow.ng to the necessity for fulfilling prior contracts on her part. This is tho longest run with one exception, made in a theatre notable not-able for long engagements. o In the biiillarif clever co'medy. ' The Perplexed Husband," by Alfred Sutro, John Drew 'vill be .seen at the Salt Lake Theatre the last half of next week. This is tho tltsf Alfred Sutro play seen iri this Country slnoe "The Walls' of Jerico." Mr'. Sutro came to New Ydrk for tho first performance per-formance of the drawing-room com- ! cdy three months ago. Mr. Drew's company this season is again hoadotl by Miss Mary Boland as leading lady. others In the cast aro Miss Nina, g Sevening, the English actress, last . ' seen in America as the adventuress 111 "Mid-Channel;" Alice John, Margaret Watson and Hubert Druee "The Perplexed Husband is in four acts. The scenes are laid in London and the entire action transpires ' within three days. . The period of the comedy com-edy 'is not only of today, hut hi It unravelling it touches upon tho tlme-liedt tlme-liedt of contemporary topics woman suffrage, and "the new woman." The situations hinge upon what happens when she is confronted by tho suddenly sud-denly transformed "new man." Thomas Pelling, a tea merchant, lias returned home to find his attractive young wife converted to the suffrage cause. She has domiciled in his house u very theoretical philosopher profos-&or profos-&or and a lady fire-brand. Tho wife has been to see nn Ibson play. She feels herself another Nora Jn a "Doll's House" and poor Polling is aghast. On adlce, however, of & practical married sister, Instead of i ombating the craze, Mr. Pelling pretends to fall In with It and introduces in-troduces into the horse a charming young woman with a Greek soul, who he says, needs converting also. Without With-out following all the developments, It may b. said that the lady with the Greek soul brings old-fashioned jeai-oue.v jeai-oue.v to light and eventually pairs off in a very quaint sceno with the professor, pro-fessor, who Is known as "the master." t As the husband, Mr. Drew gives one of ills perfect finished performances, lauded alike by the press and his pub- ' lie. Paul J. Rainey, a Cleveland millionaire mil-lionaire and sportsman who has hunted hunt-ed big game in the remotest corners of the earth, conceived the Idea two years ago of penetrating tho Interior of Africa with an expedition equipped v- I"- not mainly for tho purpose of killing " l tho wild beasts of the junglo, but to L got pictures of thorn as thoy appeared in their natlvo haunts unobserved. At tho Salt Lako Theatre, for four nights commencing Monday, April 7, with matinees Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, there will bo oxhlbited and described the achievements of this expedition. That one great attraction follows another at the Orpheum thoator will occasion no surprise to local playgoers, play-goers, as they aro used to that sort of thing, but next week tho bill contains con-tains something entirely new, something some-thing out o.' the ordinary the demonstration dem-onstration of nn invention that is the HKS&SmHHWHHHHBHfE tocai Playhouses All of Next Week J Ruth .Lockwood, Harry Van and the Electric Citv Four In "A' Night In tine-Park." at the Empress-This ' ' " Week. ':'!' ' '"--' ' ' - '.'-v;.. marvel of tho age the wonderful talking pictures, Vhlch honds a bill mnnj' have termed fautlew. For the first time Orpheum patrons will see a production .of tho massive brain of Thomas A. Edison. They will see the . workings of a device that has surpassed sur-passed his many other inventions the klnetophone, or the talking machine. ma-chine. The pictures are from an improved im-proved lclne toscope attached to an improved im-proved and delicately attuned phonograph. phono-graph. The secret Is the absolutely synchronization' of- U!femovemuil .in " the motion pictures witlr appropriate sounds, whether singing, speaking, .. whistling-or tho playing : of musical-instruments. musical-instruments. . . Who will not remem-(bor remem-(bor "Alon Armour," tho dainty, .en--chanting, littlo " operetta presented here a season 'or twos ngo by Mtssr Amelia Stone " and Arnrand .-Kalis.? . Iisa Stone and Mr. KaliSK have a prominent place on next week's bill, and a musical treat is in store for those who hear them. 13oth are art- ists possessing voices of rare quall- & ties. An act that is tmlquo and tho ijtr catue for much' won'doTnlontr, ttff" well- ff as being highly entertaining, is a mu- . - sical mechanical novelty known as "The Flying Piano." Tho term seems misleading, lxtitr'tLhoipianO' actually floats about In tho air, with pretty Evelyn Gilbert standing on . it and singing to tho accompaniment of Volant, Vo-lant, who is responsible for tho act John and Winnie Honnings-hava an entertainment- oomposod - of instrumental instru-mental music, songo and patter that is recommended as a sure antidote for " a "gnoucli." Mr.ironnlilgsboars tllev' reputation of being one of the real -. comedians in vaudeville, Ventrlpo-qulsm Ventrlpo-qulsm Is always a source of wonderment wonder-ment and pleasure, but when com- H blned with musical corned: of merit H lt-lii'coinos doubly Attractive. Such H an aotdsfprosonted this weeJc by Hugh H J MQnmiett, AJWlsted bv Jitildred Em- H melt Those delighting in wltness- fityr fonts of strength and nglllty will -u be afforded a treat jn the porform- LY alive of the three Molvin brothers In Hj- their dexterous display of muscular H pover and during hund-to-hand Hj ditches. Hal and Frances, a young H man and nxoung womnn af ostah- H lifehed ability,-as" singers, ure new- H timers to 'the vnudovllle stage, but H tlie have' beenwrinteing big hits ovoi BBBBJ m j . r r j the circuit with their delightful onn H skit" called "The Stock Tnrm." In it j the tell an amusing story5. Another H act that piomises to please will be H gven by. the Jordan girls, three at- j tractive and clever young -women who H performimany-.unusuJilrfents on .the t:ya,i'" ' v -- .- wire iThey work with speed and nc- , H , curacy, Judicative of careful training BBB - fc wj.,r v-- ..--. '"--' H and splendid physical strongthv u v - p ) :?. - XI H l"The Suburban ,v inner, with all Baffl the excitement Incident to -a- horse ce, is the headline attraction of the H current iblll at the Empress. The Hj company presenting this sensational H piny let isffuom posed of twelve per- H .sons, Including jockeys, starters, vvvJ 1 judges, etc. Three horses trained to H 1 the minute come In one the home- H I stretch. George Hooy of "Strong- B heart" fnme is the leading uharauter B ., 1W .in the playlet, and Is surrounded by H a selected" "company. De Michelle H Brothers, Italian street musicians, nio bb l-H of the finest as a vaudeville attrnc- H tion They nie harpists and fiddlers H and introduce both the popular and H claswkal. The four Lukons come sm H an added attraction and nue said to B . be the world's most daring aorinllsts. i These four artists perform wonderful feats of during. Some of their fonts iro Hva bar toasting, triple somesaults andlnyo'ers Jn itho Jilr. In the course of the. 4ujt a .trouble somorsault is tlirown from one bar to Another. Klchnrd Burton vvtmblos In a rich I baritone voice. He hns been oxcep-. oxcep-. tionally Well received along the circuit. cir-cuit. (Artl'q Jaisort 'nnd Miss Floye , presonl ja .singing and dancing spe- clalty ithat places thorn in immediate , favor wlUiothe audience. They have I'efreshlhg-ooharm of youth, Injecting t plenty; of vim and dash Into their loffrh g. "tnhe now Alderman," a sketoJvlhat has .been built for laugh-t laugh-t ing purposes -only, Js presonted by ) lawro noe 4ind JSdwards. Putho's anl-I anl-I matedtrewlew concludes the bill. ! ! i Saltt'ikors are beginning' to get used to -looking for the unusual from j William J Kelly inhls tock starring ' gMgagwient at theCQlonial. Mr. iKelliT Earnestly bellevew In variety for , his patrons, and is so successful in .' giving it to them that the announce- ment ttlils week that following the close1 Af "The Talk of Now York" tonight, to-night, j he will present Clyde Fitch's ' "The Iftlue Mouse," will come ns excellent ex-cellent news to very many Salt Lakers i who -hjenrd much regarding the farce ' upm the occasion of its last visit to Salt iLake, but -who did not have nn opportunity of witnessing It at that time. Fltch adapted the farce from the -Geiman of two clever versatile authors, and while the continental version was rather broad In spots, Mr. Pitch smoothed these over until the play developed Into a laughing vehicle second to very few other farce now na!lable. Both Mr. Kelly and Miss Lyle will have two excellent roles and the remaining characters will be glen td other members of the supporting company plenty to do of nn Interesting nature. The plot Is based on a case of mistaken, mis-taken, Identity, and around this foundation foun-dation is built a comedy that for humor hu-mor falily jumps over the footlights would be difficult to improve on. It should prove a great conforonce week bill. The majority of out-of-town isitors never have witnossod the production, pro-duction, and Manager Ketcham Is making arrangements to handle roc-oid-breaklng houses. The regular Thursday and Saturday matinees will be glen during the week, and on Monday night the special men's matinee mati-nee will be on, with pi Ices ranging fioin 50 to 25 cents. ftBBB. BBHPi- PJkS&A BBBBBlBBBBBBBr fafaV J&9 y kBmBhL, IBBHbV1Ib!bBBBhI 1 far JPr'BBB $ J t'PBm BBBT bVBbBBBBd I vVK bbbbVabm bbB Stone and Kalisz, Coming to the Orphcum Xcxt Week. |