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Show i j AMUSEMENTS. j The attraction at the Salt Lake theatre thea-tre the latter half of next week, beginning begin-ning Thursday, will be Thomas Jefferson Jeffer-son in his delightful rendition of "Rip Van "Winkle." This will be Thomas Jefferson's third engagement here in v the famous old romance of the Catskills. The play is one in which the human t heart is neliciously involved, and the laugh and the tear are the jolly com panions that lead from scene to scene to the end of the very last act. It is ' clean, happy and wholesome, but with . f the quaint humor and splendid artof fl Thomas Jefferson. This art is the quintessence of years of conscientious and skillful stage work, during which Mr. Jefferson devoted his genius. Now, as Rip Van Winkle, he represents the very finest and most effective touches of historionism, a compendium of every phase of the heart and skill which he applied in all the characters in which lie has appeared during his career. Local Lo-cal theatre-goers, who will again have an opportunity of seeing Thomas Jefferson Jeffer-son as Rip during his engagement at the Salt Lake theatre, will witness the magnificence and beauties of his acting, rind will understand and apreciate it all. His has been a brilliant career behind the footlights. Success not only crowns it, but he has the rare satisfaction of knowing that he is perpetuating the work of his father, Joseph Jefferson, who added to the gladness and gaiety of the nation without the shadows of offense of-fense to the purest-minded person among the millions of people to whom he played. And it is no exaggeration to say the piece has been seen by millions. For many years crowded houses have laughed until tears rolled down their cheeks over jovial, sunny-hearted Rip. Those are unprecedented runs, and all goes to show that the term millions used i-n this connection is perfectly correct. cor-rect. It is a pleasure to be one of those who has seen Mr. Jefferson's Rip for the mere remembrance of the enjoyment enjoy-ment which this inimitable characterization character-ization gave is sufficient to make one , foci happy and delighted with life. |