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Show H 1 JFA 7 .Fr.s Nighters & I IE years seem to I have dealt kind-ly kind-ly with Robert Mantoll. Like old I wine, he has mel- H' ) jjll lowed with age fl and his wonder- Hj, ful artistry has acquired an extra H flavor. It is quite apparent, especially H in his role of "Romeo that his joints H aro less supple than before, but even H so, sacrificing a bit of youth for those H finer qualities which go to make the m finished actor, he seems now to have H just reached the summit of his his- H tronic attainments. This week at the H Salt Lake we have been seeing the H great artist at his very best. He is m indeed furnishing a Shakespearean H festival that local lovers of the classic H i drama will long remember. Hjj Of the performances so far seen Hp during the week, it is difficult to so- H. lect the favorite. Mantell seems to Hr' completely satisfy one's expectations H ' in each of the famous roles he es- Hi' says. His "Hamlet," perhaps, permits Hf, him to more fully and finely reveal his Hi matchless talents than any of the H) other characters ho plays, but what H' more appealing presentation could one Ht hope to see than his impersonation of H- Richelieu? That his most impressive Hi scene in Hamlet surpasses the over- H powering climax in which the cardinal H pronounces the curse of Rome upon Hi his enemies, is at least open to fair Hi dispute. The probabilities are that in H' the discussion which would follow, the H disputants would soon forget all about H Mantell, in their controversy concern- H ing the respective merits of these two H master plays. Which is merely an- H other way of saying that MantelPs in- H terpretation of the two dissimilar char- H acters leaves nothing to be desired. H The role of Romeo is perhaps the H most difficult impersonation that Man- H tell undertakes in his whole reper- H toire. This for the reason mentioned H above: he is no longer young in years. H However, his reading of the romantic H lines was most appealing, and with H( charming Genevieve Hamper in the H role of Juliet, the performance reached Hf the very heights of artiBtry. They Hi were both at their best in the cele- H, brated balcony scene. Hj ""Mantell is supported by an excep- H tionally strong company, notable Hi among the number being Fritz Leiber. H1 It is needless to say that each play Hj is staged with the utmost care and H in truly characteristic manner. The B week's engagoment at the Salt Lake I will close with two performances today: to-day: "The Merchant of Venice" at H the matinee and "Richard the Third" Hi in the evening. H j H Argentina may recognize the handl- H work of "peaceful" Teuton "penetra- PANT AGES XF you havo not seen "Johnny's Now Car" you have missed something. It is on exhibition at Pan-tages Pan-tages this week and it is a hum-dinger. It has all the latest improvements and accessories and as a speedy car it has them all beat a mile. Of course you laugh, for that is what the car and Its occupants Intend. And you laugh and laugh and laugh again, for as a fun producer it is even better than when seen here before. In a classy, harmonized act, Dixie Harris and her quartet present a musical mu-sical number filled to overflowing with melody. Her solos are more than well sung, particularly her patriotic number, num-ber, "Liberty Bell." Another musical sketch that also delights is that offered of-fered by the Cortez Trio. Harp and violin are the instruments used and the strains of melody which the trio draw from these instruments mark them as excellent musicians. In acrobatic innovations Tony and George Florenz havo a clever act. Their chatter is good and their acrobatic acro-batic feats are the superior to most acts of this kind. Jarvis and Harrison in their comedy skit, "Shooting the Shoots," have a first rate laugh producer. pro-ducer. Billed as the topmost star of the equestrian arena, Rosa Rosalind lives up to the claims of her press agent Her act is one from the sawdust ring and is out of the ordinary on the vaudeville stage. News of the day is featured in the film offering which witli delightful music by Gronneman's orchestra, concludes the bill. ORPHEUM yiUSIC holds Bway at the Orpheum Jii. this week and all of the five musical mu-sical acts are good. Emma Carus and Larry Comer hold first place on the bill and are favorites with Orpheum patrons. There is punch and pep in their act; it is brim full and running over with humor; the songs and duets are most pleasing; the acting of Miss CaruB is perfect and the dancing most graceful. The pair were given a real ovation on the opening night. Stan Stanley has a show of his own. He has a stunt out of the ordinary in which the play Ib both in the auditorium auditor-ium as well as on the stage. It is more than funny and one laughs until his sides actually ache. A pretty girl who assists in the act is captivating and shares with him the honors of the comedy. The Zlegler sisters and their Jazz band present a terpischorean and musical mu-sical act that is very entertaining. The music is better than the usual Jazz and the dancing of the siBters is most graceful. Scarpioff, the Russian Boy Tenor, has a splendid voice and his several numbers aro oxqulslte. He is assisted by Varvara, a boy pianist, whose manipulation of the keys is extraordinary. ex-traordinary. Felix Bernard and Eddie Janis, in their musical highball with violin and piano, execute some difficult numbers in a masterly manner. The bill is opened by Reynolds and White in a musical novelty that could be improved by the elimination of a good part of the act. The young woman gets some delightful music out of the violin. Ten persons and a dog appear In a satirical sketch entitled "Love Thy Neighbor." It is said to be one of the most recent success of the Washington Square Players. It may please in that section of the country but in this locality it is not up to the usual standard of excellence that Orpheum Or-pheum patrons expect in playlets. Pathe News films conclude the bill. Speaking of these films, we suggest to the management of the Orpheum that If their presentation was made at the beginning of the program instead of the close it would please the great majority ma-jority of the patrons as a large majority major-ity of Utahns have boys and husbands and fathers in the camps and in the trenches who really like to see the places where the members of their families are and which the films actually ac-tually portray. As the films are now shown at the end, the stampede of about one-tenth of the audience each nights tends to mar that part of the program ahd to annoy those who stay to see the pictures. "DOUG." FAIRBANKS-PHILOSOPHER FAIRBANKS-PHILOSOPHER I XT all happened because Douglas Fairbanks is a philosopher. One would not think it to look at him. But it has long been an axiom in masculine discussions of women that wo like best to be praised for those things which we do not appear to be, and the great discovery made by feminists is that everything men have said of us is true of themselves. Therefore it waB not surprising to see Douglas Fairbanks standing in the wreckage of an old French inn, still panting from slaughtering fifteen men with his sword, his feet, and a poker, eager to talk philosophy. " 'Laugh and Live,' is your philoso-hpy?" philoso-hpy?" said I. "Obviously, it isn't 'Laugh and Let Live.' " He laughed, mopping at the blood which trickled down his cheek, spoiling spoil-ing the grease-paint. Behind him seven men struggled to crawl from beneath a heavy oaken table which he hud overturned upon them, and we heard the stern voice of Allan Dwan, director, direc-tor, commanding, "Men that are dead, Btay dead! We're not through with the scene." "Yes, I'm very fond of, philosophy," said Douglas Fairbanks. "Spencer, Locke, Shopenhauer all those fellows. fel-lows. I'm very fond of them all." "And Kant?" said I. "Kant? Oh, yes. Yes, Kant, -of course. I'm very fond of him, too. And Orison Swett Marden, Orison Swett Marden! He's the chap to read when you're feeling blue!" I repeated the name, stunned. "He's the man who edited 'Success' until it failed, isn't he?" I said feebly. "Yes. Now, he's a real philosopher!" philoso-pher!" said Douglas Fairbanks. "He's got the right idea. Anybody can succeed suc-ceed in anything he undertakes, if ho goes after it hard enough. Just be cheerful. Just laugh, and get up and go at it again every time you're knocked down, and you can do anything." any-thing." "Anything?" "Anything," said the optimistic philosopher, phil-osopher, firmly. "Ask for what you want, that's the secret of it. Ask for it, don't wait for it to be handed to you. Be determined. And cheerful. And you'll get anything in the world you want." "Then," said I, "I'll supe in this picture." pic-ture." Rose Wilden Lake in the April Sunset. BECK ENGAGES BERNHARDT EROM the East comes the announcement an-nouncement that iMartin Beck, managing director of the Orpheum Circuit, will present Mme. Sarah Bernhardt Bern-hardt in the Orpheum theatres for twenty-eight weeks, starting this week in Memphis. The Divine Sarah has just returned to the United States from Cuba. In the Orpheum houses she will present "Champ d'Honneur" (from the theatre to the field of honor), written by a French officer at the front, and "Camille," opening her engagements with the war playlet and presenting "Camille" for her final performances. It was Mr. Beck who originally presented pre-sented Mme. Bernhardt in vaudeville on this continent. Her engagement then extended from December 2, 1912, to May 28, the following year. Her salary of $7,000 a week still remains the highest ever paid in vaudeville. A MODERN VISION The Anthony of the present day would say: "And thou camouflaged Cleopatra thou art no longer a vision of joy. Thy passions and pleasantries aro alike transparent. Wilt I match thee pennies at this late hour' Nay abas ye idle fancies! For I have awakened from slumbers of artificial-ties. artificial-ties. Beauty, say the sages, is but skin deep. Then skin the beauties and leave but the bare skeleton of that which was. Caesar Caesar! For I wilt have no more of her!" Tableau. Quick Curtain. I |