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Show " fighters ? IIh ' II sff II H s E wn ,iavc lH III mC I falle(l seo tnG lH 111 m. J III Picturcs at the H III frun I Orphcum this LB iil MUll week, the con- B I IllswWlfesiisiBaijil j ciuding, series H showing the re H treat of the Germans at the battle of H Arras,v have missed the greatest pic- H tures ever thrown upon the screen. m Some of the Alms arc, of course, grew- M some, because war pioduces grewsome M pictures, but the awfulness of the M world war is realistically depicted by M the camera and the pictures are most M gripping. What the allied armies M have to contend against in the way of M entanglements is shown in the min- M utcst detail, while the devastation H both in field and hamlet and city, M wrought by the shells and rain of mis- H silcs, vindicates the opinion that Gen- m eral Sherman had of war. H The vaudeville is excellent in places, m mediocre in others, and decidedly bad H taste in one spot. The excellence of H the bill is in the opening when Fritz H and Lucie Bruch, cello and violin vir- H tuosi, give three numbers that are H most delightful while the fourth num- H ber, "Traumerei," was most exquisite. H Clara Howard, the musical comedy Hj girl, in her songs and stories, capti- H vated the audience. She has a most H charming personality and as a mimic H she would be difficult to excel. Then, H too, she is a real commedienne. She H was recalled and recalled on the open- H ing night so pleasing was her offer- H Constance Crawley and Arthur H Maude supported by Lamar Johnstone H present a playlet, "The Actress and H the Critic," in which some clever act- H ing is seen, but the act is marred by H the low tone in which tho actors re- H peat their lines. H In-D'Avigneau's Imperial duo, a Chi- H naman and an Italian grand opera H singer appear. The Chinnaman per- H forms on the piano in a manner that M places him in the front rank of artists. H The manner in which he essays the H classical or the ragtime is exceptional. B His partner has an unusually good B voice and in the prologue from "Pag- M Hacci" his voice was at its best. H The bringing of stage hands in the 1 lime light to aid in a play is almost as M bad as bringing vho audience under H the spot light to help the players B amuse the audience, and D'Armond H and Darrell in the "Demi Tasse Re- 1 vue" should revamp their act and H ' eliminate this objectionable feature. H f 'In "The Right Key, But the Wrong H Flat," Billie Reeves and company pre- H ' sent an act in which Reeves does the H ( "jag" stunt' to perfection. Iff i The war pictures, howcyer, are tho H real feature of the bill. wLU ' - PANT AGES "t NUMBER of good things can be 1, seen at Pantages this week, all are calculated to please. There is shown for the first time on the stage the invention of an Ogden boy, by means of which it is possible to send pictures by wireless. Pictures by this invention may be sent thousands of miles and reproduced in just eight minutes from tho starting point to the receiving point. The device is now being be-ing used by the government. It is a wonderful invention and its workings are explained by Mr. Leishman, the young inventor. In "The New Producer," a grand opera cocktail, there is some splendid music including selections from grand opera, both in solo and chorus, while the premier dansuese appears to add to the act. Harry Coleman is a ventriloquist who is away above the average, and he adds to his performance with a walking doll that appeals to the old and young alike. A pretty act is that of the Curzon sisters who give a butterfly aerial exhibition ex-hibition which affords a series of real thrills. Moran and Wiser, comedy boomerang hat throwers, are more than clever in their spinning and throwing of straws. "The Traveling Salesman and the Female Drummer" in the persons of Harry Devino and Belle Williams, present a sketch that is a laugh producer. pro-ducer. On the screen is shown pictures of Fort Douglas and the soldiers in review. re-view. Pictures are also shown of the parade of the troops through the streets of Salt Lake. The nineth episode epi-sode in the "Fatal Ring," in which Pearl White is featured, concludes the bill. BLANCHE RING COMING g5fHE cannot sing the old songs" ZJ but she did once, when they were popular and made so by her. Blanche Ring, star of "What Next," Oliver Morosco's successor to "So Long Letty," has made so many songs famous that it would take pages to write about them. Such songs as "Bedelia," "Tipperary," "Belle of Avenue A," "Good Old Summer Time," "Rings on Her Fingers," "I'd Leave My Happy Home for You," "Dublin Bay," and many others, are never mentioned, played or sung, but what visions of stunning Blanche Ring appear. ap-pear. In Morosco's new success "What Next," which is coming to the Salt Lake theatre next Monday night, Blanche Ring has several new sensational sensa-tional songs that are said to be even more popular than any of those she has sung in the past ten years. In "What Next," Miss Ring sings "Cleopatra," "Keep Your Eye on Mary Brown," and "Get a Girl to Lead tho Army," and hist! in the last number num-ber M,iss Ring appears in tights with a flock of soldiers following her around the stage. "Get a Girl to Lead the Army" and tho first two songs mentioned are sure to be whistled and sung for many a day after "What Next" yecelveb its initial performance. THE 13TH CHAIR rfHEN Bayard Veiller, a few years Vly ago, gave the stage "Within the Law" and that melodrama became the most sensationally popular play of its time, theatrical wiseacres when discussing dis-cussing its merits, remarked that tho unfortunate thing for the author was that he could never hope to duplicate its success. It is not unlikely that when writing "The 13th Chair," Mr. Veiller was act- MISS MARIA MASLOVA, ONE OF THE DAINTY DANCERS WHO WILL BE AT THE ORPHEUM THEATRE OPENING NEXT WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH THE WONDERFUL DANCING ACT OF THEODORE KOSLOFF AND HIS IMPERIAL IMPER-IAL RUSSIAN BALLET. uated partly by a desire to confound " these critics, qr may be ho was not caring in the least what they said. At , any rate, when he produced "The 13th Chair," he created a play that in its quality of popular appeal, is not only ' the equal, but the superior of "Within w the Law." In his review of "The 13th 1 Chair," Heywood Broun, writing for J" tho New York Tribune, declared it to I be "twelve and one-half times as good as 'Within the Law,'" and during a year's run in New York, a succession of audiences which crowded the theatre the-atre to its utmost capacity, have been unrestrained in their expression of enthusiasm en-thusiasm and support, thus marking the piece as one of the greatest stage successes of all time. "The 13th Chair" is a mystery play. Its story is a succession of thrills. Incidentally; In-cidentally; it has a delightful love story and leaven of natural comedy. It will be presented here by a carefully selected company which has Kather- r ine Grey as its leading member and includes Kathleen Comlgys, Louise Brownell, Marta Spears, Brinsley Shaw, John T. Dwyer, Bruce Elmore and others. "The 13th Chair" will be seen at the Salt Lake Theatre for three nights beginning be-ginning Thursday, October 25th, with' Saturday matinee. ' v T j, LIBERTY )OUMANIA, 'the little country' Jt which has done so much in the present big struggle "over there," giving giv-ing up her blood and all that is dear, still believes in keeping up public in- -Mfctft terest in art and music and has sent I Leo Fillier, its best violinist, to this J country to tour the nation. So the patrons of the Liberty theatre this week are having the opportunity of their lives in hearing this "second Kubelilk" in concert. l There is no advance in prices because be-cause of the appearance of this great artist. Filler's appearance here is more in a nature of keeping Roumanian Rou-manian art before the American public pub-lic than for financial remuneration, and that is why the Liberty is able to give this big program at the usual prices. Besides Fillier there is the usual big Hippodrome show to attract J the patrons. , HE KNEW r ' "Any rags? Any old iron?" chanted the dealer, as he knocked at the sub- , urban villa. The man of the house himself opened the door. "No, go away," he snapped, irritably. irrit-ably. "There's nothing for you. My 4iwife is away." ' t - Tho itinerant merchant hesitated a moment, and then inquired: "Any old, bottles'" Tit-Bits. |