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Show It With The First Nighters I 'ft ORPHEUM H r FOLKS who saw "On the High u o Seas" at the Orpheum at either II of the opening night's performances lUl went away declaring that in his latest L stage creation Langdon McCormick, K producer of spectacles etxraordinary, HV has attained the very last letter in HJ) stage realism and in his present pro-Mr pro-Mr I duction gives us a worthy successor fl V to "The Forest Fire." B-1 The story of "On the High Seas," H briefly told, concerns a merchant ves- Wl sel, "Centurian," which is carrying M?S supplies to Hun submarines. The l V wireless operator refuses to play any H? j part in the nefarious operations and H is beaten and put in chains. Thus, a Wp youth taken aboard from an open rm skiff who proves to be a wireless m operator is doubly welcome. When M the new operator learns of the "Cen- fl turlan's" mission, he attempts to H "flash" the American warships in the fl vicinity, but is caught by the civilian H captain, who orders him shot. A fire H- suddenly breaks out in the hold and the tables are turned. The youth is , begged to send out the C. Q. D. In this I manner the ships are told of the fire and to what use the trader is being put. This leads to the big scene of v L the play the arrival of the American a Y' squadron and the engagement at sea. I And this last scene is most inspiring inspir-ing ,the big battleships seeming to be j S in reality the monsters of the sea vj jjt they so realistically portray. Guns p boom, smoke belches from fiery f stacks, and the big scene comes to end with the ships rushing to the res- j ?f cue of the "Centurlan's" crew and I' passengers. M Reno, an eccentric and pantomimic I, comedian, does a lot of Joe Jackson K stunts with a bicycle and does them Mr in a manner to win frequent laughs HP from the audience. Ill Walter C. Kelly, known far and Mj wide as "The Virginia Judge," is the H same inimitable story teller as of old. J' He spins his funny yarns of the Irish II and the southern negro just as he 8 always does in a manner to win con- M tinued laughs. Kelly has a lot of new H stories, but his characterizations of H , the hangers-on and the types that frequent a southern court room are H as ever the best things In his reper- n tolre. If Hill and Whitaker open the show Hfll with an interlude of song and music. I Miss Wliitaker excels as a harpist, Hill whistles, plays the banjo and violin. Officer Voices and his inebriated ineb-riated canine, Don, have something I unusual to offer. The dog does re- l markably clever stunts in depicting i; M "bun." J Billy Dale and Bunny Burch pre- ,V I cent what they term "The Riding i Master." It Is a melange of chatter IT,' well done by the pair. The Pathe KwTlrt Newa and 0rPheum Travel Weekly Wylj , complete the bill. D'tf i Tlie 0rPlleum management gave I f I shows Now Year's eve and also enter- II' I m.' V tained the theater's friends wtih a dance and reception held on the stage following the second show. A big crowd partook of the evening's festivities. fes-tivities. PANTAGES THE new bill at Pantages is playing play-ing to maximum capacity. An extraordinarily attractive act is presented by Hill, Tivoli girls and Hill. "Interesting and Amusing" is ihe title of this sketch, which Is not only unusual, but clever. Dorothy Vaughn, "The Cheerful Singer of Cheerful Songs," keeps her audience in a merry mood. "The Champion" is a piyuant playlet presented by William Fleman, Violanta Stewart and Bruce Richardson. The theme is by no means new, for it has to do with a case of mistaken identity, but the plot is worked out skillfully and affords much amusement. The quarrels of a man and a wife- are wittily portrayod in "Only a Dream," presented by Holmes and Lee, 'The Revue Boquet" is the main offering of-fering of the bill. It is a vivacious melange of songs and dances. The leading parts are taken by Joe and Evelyn Alvia, May Janiese and Lloyd Garrett, the contra tenor. A chorus of eight pretty girls adds much to the charm of the production. The bill concludes with No. 11 of the Berial photoplay "A Night for Millions." NEW STOCK COMPANY SALT Lake's new dramatic stock company, headed by Ralph Clon-inger Clon-inger and Audra Alden, Is scheduled to begin its season at the Salt Lake theater next Monday evening, when the comedy drama "Jerry" will be presented. pre-sented. Audra Alden was to have appeared ap-peared here in this play of Billie Burke's on October 10, but the Influenza Influ-enza epidemic resulted in the disbanding disband-ing of the company on its arrival in the city. Ralph iClonlnger, who was the leading lead-ing man with the Wilkes company last season, has returned to the city from Camp Lewis, where he has been AUDRA ALDEN AS "JERRY" AT THE SALT LAKE THEATRE, WEEK OF JANUARY 6 1 - . with the U. S. forces for five months H He has signed with the now organl- M zation as the leading man. M The usual stock prices will prevail. M In addition to the evening perform- M ances matinees will be given on Wed- M nesdav and Saturday of each week. M H R. C. Knowles, who recently retired M from the British music hall stage on fH account of ill health, once compll- H monted a Scot by saying, "Scotland is H a great country. His reply was, "Mon, H it's the greatest country in the world H for keeping the Sabbath and any- iH thing else we can lay our hands on." H During a world tour Mr. Knowles was H going through a South African railway H station one night when there was a H dust storm raging and overheard a H British soldier remark to another, H "Fine blessed country, isn't it?" The H other replied, "We fought for it, didn't H we? And now Nature is getting even H by forcing us to eat it." jH |
