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Show The Drama and Music NEW YORK. The original shrink- . ing violet of tho dramatic world has arived in New York. Before Be-fore he had been hero an hour he was in a state of nervous exhaustion, with his smelling salts bottle sniffed dry. He is Pierre Loti, author of "The Daughter of Heaven," which will be produced here thjB fall. In private and official life he is Capt. Julien Viaud of the French navy, retired. His literary fame, in this country at least, rests on his wonderful won-derful Japanese story, "Mile. Chrysanthemum." Chrys-anthemum." i When the Vavoie arrived a flock of newspaper men found it hard to scent the violet, whose name was not on the passenger list. It was found that Loti was booked as "Monsieur Vernier." He refused to come out of his state room, but finally, after many entreaties, shyly stepped to the door. The crowd saw an undersized man. His cheeks were rouged and his eyebrows eye-brows were penciled. His hair and. moustache were dyed deep black. He wore a flaming red tie. In his hand was nervously clutched a lace bordered bor-dered handkerchief. "Ze monsler he zay howzedo. He gives out ze one grande interview at ze Hotel Marie Antoinette," said hla valet. Then the shrinking violet faded back into his stateroom. He was finally fin-ally coaxed out again. Then he started for the pier with a crowd tagging along behind. The valet volunteered that Lot! lived In horror of being in the spotlight. Interviews frighten him dreadfully. He is said, though, to be there, or thereabouts, when the royalties roy-alties arrive. The second surpise was experienced when It was learned that the violet i haB bloomed for sixty-two years. He 1 looked to be about 28. Loti was In a rage when it was suggested sug-gested that he pose for the photographers. photog-raphers. He grasped his handkerchief handker-chief tightly, and as one In terrible agony said in French: "I will never submit. It will kill me." The valet explained that Loti would only pose when in special dreSB. The dramatist will remain here for fifteen days unless annoyed. In that case he will leave at once on the first boat. La! la! Paul Armstrong's "A Romance of tho Underworld," in which Holbrook Blinn will be seen at the Salt Lake theatre for tho week beginning Monday Mon-day night, is not only one of the most intensely interesting plays from the pen of this gifted playwright, but presents as well, the most thrilling and startling surprise in its third act climax yet shown on tho American stage. During the court room scene, Tom McDermott, a young lawyer (played by Mr. Blinn) is trying to convince a jury that tho testimony of Michael O'Leary, a a crooked politician, politi-cian, is perjured and that if his client, Richard Elliott, is sem to prison on this testimony, that justice is being j miscarried. Just as ho is addressing ! the jury, a summer storm breaks and for a time the court room is shrouded in darkness. A recess is taken until the storm shall have passed. It is In this brief space that tho thought comes to McDermott that it mav havo rained on the day and at the time O'Leary has sworn he stood talking bribery for half an hour on the street corner. McDermott gets the weather ' bureau on the phono and before the squall has yet passed, information comes that on the afternoon in ques tion it rained three inches over tho .entire city. The prisoner leaps to his feet to denounce O'Leary, but McDermott McDer-mott chokes him into silence. He knows that the one chance is to trap the witnesses on the cross examination. examina-tion. How well ho does it, how they fall into the trap, how a clerk of the Weather Bureau suddenly appears an a witness, is bettor seen than told. For a moment there Is a silence. Then It crashes in upon the jury that O'Leary and his witnesses have perjured per-jured themselves in an attempt to send an honest man to prison. A loud protest begins. Tho spectators take up the cry of "perjury." In an uproar McDermott demands the commitment of O'Leary and his witnesses to tho Tombs, it uuus fuel to the flames ot anger that have spread over court and jury. But the uproar threatens still and the judge calls for the police to clear the court room, while O'Leavy and his tools are ruBhed to the Tombs ror safety. It is in this empty court zoom that the lovo story blossoms between be-tween McDermott, the lawyer, and Doris Elliott, sister of the man who nas been set free. A corking good bill commencing Sun-day Sun-day matinee is tho promise of the Or-phoum Or-phoum management for Conference, State Fair and Irrigation Congress week. Just back from a very successful success-ful European tour, W. C. Fields tops the bill under the caption of "The Silent Humorist" One big scream is promised in the playlet "Youth," which is listed second sec-ond on the new bill. Tho playlet was written by Edgar Allen Woolf and will be presented by Mrs. Gene Hughes and company. Charley Case, "The Fellow Who Talks About His Father," is known on two continents as a monologlst who will dispel the most chronic caso of blues. A real comedienne is promised in tho appearance of Mildred Qrovor. An extremely popular act in England Eng-land Is that presented by the Brad-shaw Brad-shaw brothers. They are tumblers and contortionists of real merit. Hairraislng and novel stunts on roller skates are tho offering of the Roxos who combine acrobatics with graceful skating. In addition to the world's news in motion views as exhibited by the Animated Ani-mated Weekly, this weekly film will carry a new feature under the caption of "Who's Who in Stageland," showing show-ing intimate views of stage favorites, their home life, etc. Next week Ethel Barrymore at her summer home with her husband and children will be the feature. Announcing a decision that local theatrical managers have not dared to make in years, Willard Mack, at the Colonial, has determined to present for the coming week at that house an extended production of this week's bill, "The Man From Homo." It has been a good many seasons since a stock production hero has been accorded ac-corded enough patronage to justify holding It over for an extra week and credit must be given to Mr. Mack and Miss Rambeau and their associates for so excellent a presentation presenta-tion of "The Man From Home," that a demand has arisen from city and out of town playgoers that the play (Continued on Pago 13.) MUSIC AND DRAMA. (Continued from Pago 11.) be given a second week in order that they may have an opportunity of wit- ' nessing it. The Booth Tarklnglon- Harry Leon Wilson effort is known by reputation and story to thousands of theatre patrons who have never I had a chance to see the play. The lat ter has been weBt but twice, and for limited engagements both times, and the current production at the Colonial Colon-ial is the first given by any stock company com-pany between Chicago and the coast. "The Man From Home" will be a very attractive and popular drawing card next week with the town filled , with conference visitors, state fair crowds and the thousands who are coming to the National Irrigation con- , gresjs. Miss Rambeau will be a stranger to most o the out-of-town people, but Mr. Mack has thousands of friends and admirers over the state who will find him cast in the role of Daniel Vorhies Pike, the Hoosier law- . yer from Kokomo, Indiana. |