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Show I DANCE I the-r H Providence Pavilion I Every Saturday Night I Cushioned floor, commodious M hall, best In the county. M Hick leaves Harris Music Co.'s M comer, Logan, at 8:45 every Satur- H d.i) night. 10c a round trip. H Theatrical Dope H Sheet. H A press notice sijs: " The Xow fast M Mall," Lincoln J. Caitci's al t.iyt pop- M .ul.ir melodrann will be tin altiacllon M I at Thatcher opera homo nexf. Monday M evening. It has been said tint this M play Is likened lo Sarah Rcrnhaidt's H acting- like old wine, the older tho ' M better. Rut while It Is really the old- H est melodrama on tho road, It still M holds well with any f tho modern M melodramas with Ihclr carloads of H scenery, horses, dogs, tialucd beasts M nnd huga water tanks In their para- H phcrnalla. This is ricmonstiatlvo of H the fact that while present stage man- M agers and producers devoto much of M their time to large companies, huge H and mechanical elTccts very difficult M to handle, tho people Into not lost the M Idea that the fines nl' the play aro M weak and supplementary tolls scenlo M effects, but In the words of Shakes- M pearo "I he play's tho thing," they H look for Ilea it In'cnst. dramatic action M and comedy that Is rarely given them. M That is why (tie new "Fast Mall" still H holds good; though' the railroad train, H the explosion of the steam boat and M thu view of beautiful Nlagaia Kails H aro wonderful In tliemolcs, the ur- M ravelling of Its delightful and Inter- H cstlng plot Is what has made It the H wonderof the theatrical world Tho H scenery has bacu entirely mada new, H painted by the masterful hand of H Ilary J. Iluhlcr and a corp of assistants H and tho tour Is under the direction of H Messrs Scott and Itanor. H "The Tenderfoot", one or tho best H shows coming to Logan this f-oason Is H billed for somo later ditto this month. H A not-over enthusiastic critic In the H Dent er TS'ews has the following to, say H of the show: H "I met my love In tho Alamo H When tho moon was on tho rise, H Her prrsenco quite bedlmmcd Its H So radiant wero her eves. H No star In Heaven's llrmamcnt. H Can her bright smllo outshine, H There's no one like that Alamo love H Thu above Is tho chorus of tho song H that really made "Tho Tenderfoot." H Its swing and melody has always H captivated. It has been whistled, H hummed, played on the street organs H and used as cUnco innsls for years. H Oatsle of Miat refrain and ono r H two pretty lyrle, notably the waltz H swijr, "I'm a retble Party, nliMi H Profes.or Peltlbotie, a sort of luuslaal H Dr. Paiij;los, TMrblcv 'thnro Is not H very much to li, '. r.c's popular H comedy. H Its wit Is thin and watery, its beat H examples being where one of the sol- H dlcrs asks Patscy, the waif, what H makes her hair so rcd.and she answers H "I had scailet fever when I was a kid H and it settled In my hair," or when H the authoress tells the professor she Is H writing an article on "Niagara" and H he says, "well, anvaway, you'll not H llnd It a dry subject. H This observation strikes the profes- H sor as being exceptionally clever and H ho gleefully compllmentB himself, Bay- H Ing In a coy aside, "And the way I said H It, tool So free from affection, and so IH full of rogulshncss. Rut the comedy IH gives opportunity for glowing colors IH and tostumes, Texas rangers, Mexican jH girls, American soldiers, Indians, IH bridesmaids, cowboys, seminary girls, IH all unlquo characters. It Is likely to IH hold the boards for some tlmo on ac- H count of its distinctly American and l western Mat or, H Its presence at Dm Tabor yesteiday IH afternoon was tho third appearance In H Denver. Twice befm It has been H given at tho Rroidway, tho last time H with practically 'the samo cast as yes- H ttrilay. IH It was brightly sung and well acted. i Ruth White, refreshed by a long rest, IH was seen andjicard to advantage Mr. )H Figmun, light of foot and funny of 11 featuic. wasacapltnlPettlbone, Law IH rcn,ce Coevcr, the tenor, sang bettor jH than ho looked. Grace Sloan and iH Parry Williams did a clever danco H and the other pcoplo were quite ado- H quale lH AUogethcr"The Tenderfoot" is a tH good bIiow, and tho big audiences &V lH night and yesterday afternoon had tho H worWi of their monqT"" , IH aai aaaal |