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Show I ' I he First Nighters I T H I 1 jlj Messrs. Klaw & H III 1 I m I Erlanger an(j nn H I -M I' exceptional com- H J! Ijl pany for giving H PaMBmrTTgaBgi us oho of the H most pleasing H shows of the winter. "Miss Spring- H time" is everything that its producers H clnim, and more. The music is en- H trancing and the play carries a real, H red-blooded plot that never fails to H sustain interest and every line is in- H tensely pleasing. H The company contains a collection H ' of real artists, including Frank Mc- H Intyro, Hattie Burks, Zoe Burnett, Har- H rison Brodbank, Frank Doan and H George Leon Moore. Miss Burks is H admirably cast in the title role; she H has looks, her voice is pleasing and H has exceptional power, and most ap- H pealing of all is her personality. Miss H Burnett is well suited to her unique H role and played the part to perfection. H Brodbank sings the picturesque role H of the grand opera star, masquerad- H ing in the guise of a gypsy photog- H . rapher. He is every inch an artist and H finds strong favor with those who hear H ( him. Frank Mclntyre is the principal H i funmaker in the cast and he is just as H irresistible as ever. H The cast carries an exceptionally H large chorus, one that dresses well H and sings well. All told, "Miss Spring- H time" is a rare production; the best H show of its kind seen here this season. H ORPHEUM DAN HALPERIN is at the Or- pheum tliis week. There are H others, of course must be to make up H j the bill. But were there none other H than this most charming comedienne, H the first-nighters would leave the H theatre satisfied, for no more charm- H ing actress has ever appeared before H a local audience than this genius ot H vaudeville. H i Her entrance on the stage is so dif- H ferent. Her song stylo is so different. H Her costumes are not only so differ- H ent but they are so very becoming. WM Her stories are so different. Her exit is so different. No one wonders how H she captivated Broadway on her first H appearance. Salt Lakers fell in love H with her on first sight and want to H see her again. As a fun maker she H has probably but equals and none can H surpass her. H There is a "Flash Drama" on the H bill that is most artistic and in which there is some superb acting on the .part H of Emily Ann V Ihnan, who wrote H the play in collaLorutlon with Edward M ' Eisner. It is designated on the bill as B k "A two-hour play flashed in- eleven H f Climacteric scenes." And there are H J, climaxes eleven of them, as said H but It is not a vaudeville act, as we I 1 I interpret vaudeville. Tragedy properly belongs to the legitimate and not to vaudeville, where the gruesome is eliminated and tlio joster and the fun-maker fun-maker appear. Most people want to laugh and this flash drama is the opposite. op-posite. Golet, Harris and Morey present a musical melange that is exceptional. There is melody and harmony in their voices and their manipulation of the instruments is delightful. Jeanette Buckley, Ed Johnson and Frank Burt present a' clever musical act called "Bluff." Ben Linn does a vocal stunt that is pleasing. Ho has a good voice and he, can and does dance. The Ioleen sisterB present a sharp-shooting novelty nov-elty on a tight wire that is out of the ordinary. No better act in the way of athletic endurance has ever been seen here than that of George and Dick Rath. The Pathe News pictures conclude con-clude the bill. - PANT AGES )HE new bill at Pantages con-Zs con-Zs tains a little bit of everything it is a veritable variety show. The "Six Entertainers" provide a variety of music, ranging from the classical class-ical to the latest popular selections, selec-tions, and are exceptionally fine performers. In addition to their musical mu-sical offerings, one of their number is a first class funmaker and is continually contin-ually furnishing a little comedy on the side. The Johnson-Dean Revue contains an assortment of the old southern melodies, melo-dies, cake-walks and clog dances, offered offer-ed by a high class negro company. These performers are right in their element; they experience no difficulty in getting up steam, and they sing and dance the old favorites in a most pleasing manner. Their competitive cake-walk is a scream. Charles and Henry Rigoletto, assisted as-sisted by the Swanson sisters, offer a variety entertainment, including vocal and instrumental music, dancing, posing, physical culture and legerdemain. legerde-main. The act is exceptionally well staged and the outstanding feature Is the singing of the Swansons. RIggs and Ryan are a pleasing pair of comedians. They sing well and chatter incessantly and furnish a running run-ning fire of fun all the -while. Larson and Wilson open the bill with a novelty nov-elty athletic act, containing a sensational sensa-tional turn or two. A comedy picture of unusual merit concludes the bill HARRY LAUDER "jpARRY LAUDER has announced Jul his definite and positive .retii'b-nient .retii'b-nient from the stage, and when the well known Scot says anything, anyone any-one can go gamble upon its "being a certainty, and his present tour of the United States and Canada will be his final tour. Lauder is today the greatest single artist in the world, i After two hours of single effort on his closing night in Now York, the audience declared they would not let him go and cheered him for fully ten minutes whilo he stood speechless in the midst of the tumult, and tears of happiness coursed down his face. It needs no fake farewell fare-well announcements to bring people to the Lauder banner and were it not for the circumstances which the war has brought about, Lauder might have gone on indefinitely, for now he is it the zenith of his powers. But Harry has lost his only son in the war, the son for whom he purchased pur-chased an estate in Scotland so that father and son, when the war was over, might there enjoy the fruits of the comedian's labor. When Lauder returns to his native land he will go to that Scotland estate, and in his loneliness be buoyed up with the consoling con-soling thought, as he himself expresses it, that he has been able to give the sacrifice of a son to his country. While-here Lauder is giving every moment of his spare time to the International In-ternational Y. M. C. A., to speaking to the soldiers in the cantonments and telling them what their brothers in arms are doing for the common cause of humanity and democracy in France. All this extra labor is of his own seeking, and is entirely apart and separate from any of his theatrical theat-rical work. Lauder's Salt Lake engagement is set for Saturday, January 19, with matinee and evening performances only. LIBERTY yyISS DOROTHY VAN, manager of , the Liberty theater, announces a rolicklng laugh inducing comedy for the headline attraction starting Sunday Sun-day afternoon. "Mr. Fisher From New Orleans" is the name of the farce and is presented by Dick Hutchins and L an able company. Others on the bill are Foster and his mind-reading dog, ft Dorothy and Arthur Rosell, nifty entertainers; enter-tainers; Lewis and Miles, comedy acrobats, ac-robats, The Alberts, novelty artists, and the Pathe Weekly news review. There will be four shows hereafter on Sundays, starting at 2:30, 6:30, 8 and 9:30 o'clock. During the week there will be three shows daily as heretofore, 2:30, 7:30 and 9. A new policy was inaugurated this week which provides that an entire change of program is made every Thursday and Sunday at the Liberty. THE FOUR PRETTY (URLS WHO, WITH TWO CLEVER MEN, MAKE UP THE SIX SERENADERS, ONE OF THE FEATURES ON THIS WEEK'S DILL AT PANTAGES |