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Show '4 ti ' Amusements Hi vj1 H .,. "Tho Spendthrift," one of last Boa- j 1 1 on's Nov Vork successes, la tho of j forlng of tho week nt tho Salt Lake H' ! Uicntrc. It Is n piny that brines hono HHf h j '; jlS -vivid truths nnd points a strong mor- K J ail,'" while nt tho name timo It enter- B, r I j 8f ' aiilns. It deals with n vltnl question of HHw ml if I tno !'"y '" n mnnncr tnnt niakos, a ro- HHnfr (S rlous Impression wherever It Is pro- UB1 , n Rented. Tho extra vaganco of wives HHf , I)" nil tho subject of living beyond one's HHliilS' 'i , Income hnvo been tho themo of count- Hi . , , '. lens sormonB nnd sociological troatla- Hi f fl h ,' -oh which hnvo not the forco of tho HHk II i lesson (might by this play, nut for UHJj It M ' nil Its serious Intention thoro la not a B'i . quiet moment. It Is allvo with drama- If 'i . 7 HHi ' ISBBk fi 1h ' hHhhhhL' IBs ! HjHHHHHHL 1 l 5Mhhh?f hhs $? JRhhh hhI i JtHw HI p 'n HHI ,ar Hi ..HIP i "i'' H Li- &:.J B .j , DORIS MITCHELL B J ' In the Spendthrift, Opera m .! .House, Friday Night, M ( MAY 19th HRb nlc situations nnd warm with' n gen- B .,, ulno heart Interest. HHVj ,' Tho story Is nu only too tiu'o incl- B ilvftor modem life. Hlchnrd Wnrd HHi' fludB himself seriously Involved flnan- HHV dally nnd pleads wltfl Ills beautiful HHW l ' nnd petted wife to nsslst him In cut- HHY 1 ting down expenses. Hut tho girl has HHV ! r-o conception of his meaning, and ut- HHM ( tcrly falls to realize thclc aoudltlon. HHWt t Ward determines to go Into bank- HHY 1 ruptoy, rclinipilsh everything to his HHB I tredltois nnd seek n position, To. avoid B tho dlsgrnco und sacrlticc, tho wife JHSf , borrows n large sum of money from a HBhE nmn friend, who Ih called to account JBVf ! by Ward. Though tier lnnoconco Is Jl lirovcd, Bho flies from tho houso In (J ijiu I'liiht and seeks employment aa a J I governess. Tho denouement is her V . dlBcayery.liunn nttlq after montlis of B n llfo thnt tins brought iior to a real- Hit Izntion of its seriousness. It Is said B that in Now York there nro thousands pBVJ of families who have roortgagod tholr BHHJ, Jioinus to buy automobiles. There may bo one or two such persons in Salt PBVt J-nko. At any rnto that particular al- PBVM , 'luslon wns warmly applaudod, and tho PBVM' j remark that thoro nro as many good j people living on $00 n month as on B j 3C.000 struck tho gallerios forcibly. B The play Is filled with neat epigrams H 1 nnd tho dialogue throughout Is forclblo I ind strong. Herald itepubllcan. B ' Upcaklng of tho visit of tho Hells- B j a'loto shows to Seattle Inst season tlio B 1 Slnr had this to Bay: "Thoro aro three H Ital defects in the Sells-Kioto clrcub. B In tho first place, oti pay only 25 cr-nts to see It; jn tfiJ sccohd placet the employees aro all civil, even courteous, cour-teous, and thirdly, there Is no "grafting" "graft-ing" in the show. "Whdovor heard of a, civil ticket seller inji circus? Whoevor conceived of a circus without pickpockets and grafters 7 And, finally, whoever expected ex-pected to seo a real big ten cent show for 25 cents? "Surely, Mr. Tnmtnon, ono of tho owners of tho bIiow, Is Ignoring custom. cus-tom. Perhaps tha public is pleased with tho policy. It would seem bo, as 4,000 pooplo wero turned away from tho big tont last night If you arrived after 8 o'clock you didn't' seo tho in- sldo of tho main tent. Tho disappointed disappoint-ed ones, Instead of returning homo, found Bolaco In tho sideshows. "Of course, It was tho samo old-timo old-timo sldoshow, but you saw it all for a dlmo. Two or thVeo thousand pcoplo woro turned nway in tho afternoon ns well. "Tho -show ltBclf is not qui to ns ox-tonslvo ox-tonslvo ns soino which Scattlo has Econ; but lhat Is an attraction in Itself; It-self; you can seo It all. When it comes to paying CO cents to go to the did-timo did-timo eight-ring circus or 25 cents to Sells-Floto, a lot of fellows will chooso (ho lattor. "Tho equestrian nets aro better than any circus over brought to So-nttlo. So-nttlo. Tno clowns aro good, with several sev-eral brand .now acts. Tho famous Xelr.on family, who know 110 peoia in acrobatic work and tho Borslnes, with their rolling globo, aro topllncis in tho tont work. Nono of tho eight-ecu eight-ecu big nets Is unworthy tho largest show In tho country." The Sells-Floto ShowB como to Lo-Ran Lo-Ran on Thursday, May 23. Tho ropu-lar ropu-lar prico reranlns tho same and tin show ittclf has been cnlnrged to almost al-most doublo tho stzo of former years. o |