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Show I AMUSEMENTS HI ' J PANTAGES H The best vaudeville performance to be found H i in town today is Pantages, and, prices consider- B , ed, half the bill is of a quality seldom seen out- H ' side of the big time. H f i Leon Kimberly and Rena Arnold in one of H j -those indescribable acts comprised of songs and H1 chatter, both possessing subtle wit and ingratiat- B ing personalities, make the most insistent appeal B to those who like vaudeville of class. They give H N a finished performance in every particular, and H t resort to none of the tricks or coarseness usually H depended upon by their inferiors in the profes- H sion with acts modeled along similar lines. H Earl Emmy and his pets, the pets consisting B of a pack of clever terriers are responsible for H a classic in dogdom, and nothing prettier or so H clever in which the principals are canines has Hr ever been seen locally. Hi A musical playlet, "A Night in the Park," flu- B ' ishes the bill in a manner that has met with the 'j J heartiest approval of every audience. It is B j really a series of songs well sung by a cheerful Hi little company, the members of which have H' youth and pep and in the main good voices. H The Douglas family start things going with H ' Irish and Scotch stories, songs and dances. It l; is quite some family in numbers, and most of HL the members are talented, though their offerings H: are a trifle slow in this old rag-time world. Harry B' Coleman, a ventriloquist, is also on the bill and H so is Edna Aug who got a hand, while scrub- H I bing, from those in the audience who had just H . done their dishes and had a fellow feeling. Most I of Miss Aug's comedy was produced by a deluge of soap suds tossed over the footlights, a kind of humor that usually sends the boys who wear five and three-eighths hats into hysterics. But 'most of the bill is bully. j !: ORPHEUM H H If you are going to the Orpheum this evening, Hf and happen to be late don't hurry you won't H miss much of anything if you fail to arrive. After H. . playfully luring us on last week with a bill re- H! plete with good things, a cluster of citrine ef- H ' fects are suddenly introduced without a word H of warning except through the announcements H j and assurances of a perfectly good press agent. H It was sort of a U-13 trick, sneaking up on patient H patrons like that, the only difference being that Hi those aboard the good ship Orpheum were not Hj' notified in time to take to the boats. It was a H terrible disaster though George Halperin, the Hf .Balzar sisters and J. C. Lewis, Jr., did all they B. could to save the cabin passengers. Hf Halperin is a true artist, Master Lewis has several opportunities to exploit his abilities as an embryo comedian, and the Balzar sisters in an aerial act in which they put a lot of dependence in thoir teeth arc the distinctive features in the monotony their work and the personality of Willard which grows almost as readily as he does. Harry Iteischman came to the rescue at one stage of the proceedings but nothing else exciting excit-ing happened except a discord now and then from the orchestra which was apparently unfamiliar un-familiar with the music for the various turns. The Orpheum is just as sad this week as it was joyous last. SALT LAKEHTHEATRE At the Salt Lake theatre today seats will be placed on sale for the engagement of "A "World of Pleasure," which is booked for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights of next week. The play comes here from New York with, it is said, the metropolitan cast and production intact. The book and lyrics of the new extravaganza are by Harold Atteridge, the music by Sigmund Romberg, Rom-berg, and the dances were put on by Jack Mason, and Theodore Kosloff has arranged the ballet. Two score of tuneful musical numbers are among the features of this attraction. The cast of principals prin-cipals includes in its roster the names of William Wil-liam Norris, Conroy and Le Maire, the Courtney sisters, Collins and Hart, our own Wanda Lyon, McMahon, Diamond and Chaplow, Margaret Edwards, Ed-wards, Franklin Batie and Rosie Quinn. There is a chorus comprised of sixty-five girls. AMERICAN E. H. Sothern, makes his debut in motion pictures pic-tures in the Vitagraph feature, "The Chattel," which is the attraction at the American for four days starting today. In New York City this picture pic-ture was shown at the Strand where sixteea thousand thou-sand people applied for admission the first day. It is stated that Mr. Sothern's contract specifies that he will appear in three pictures for the Vitagraph Vit-agraph company, which are to be the only moving mov-ing pictures in which he will ever appear. Mr. Sothern's own statement is to the effect that he has retired permanently from the speaking speak-ing stage, hence it would appear that this great actor is left to us now, only in the films which will no doubt give a good account of his greaU ability. Peggy Hyland is the leading lady in "The Chattel" and the reception scenes, the opera and house parties offer splendid opportunities opportuni-ties for the display of many gowns during the progress of the play. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday is the William Wil-liam Fox feature, June Caprice in "The Ragged Princess." |