The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-21
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 81 1906.

Co, at the Broadway thcater Tuesday
| evening. and she made good. She dis
| paycd real merit rs a legitimate actress
| ana proved II nne drawing card for the
| thoater. The vehicle In which Miss Janis
scored her success was an automobile
play, called The Vanderbilt Cup" The
author Is Sydney Rosenfcld, the lyrics are
by Raymond Peck. and Robert Hood Bow
ers has written the music which runs
| through the piece. The features Include
an auto race In which Barney Oldneld
drives his Green Dragon cur, the launch
ing OF n battlcship at the Brooklyn navy
yard, and scene In womun's hotel In
New York. called The Marjorie yelling
ton Miss Janis plays the nicce OF a
millionaire who is in love with a wine
agent, and In one scene assumes the dis
GGlso Of a college boy
Henry Miller appeared at the Princess
theater Tuesday evening In "Grierson,s
Way" n new play by Henry Y, Esmond,
author OF when We Were Twcnty-One,.
and several other well-known dramas.
Ism and provides Mr.. Miller op-
portunlty for considerable comedy work
The story has to do with Jones Grier.
sen, an oldish young man, whose best
friend Is 4 retired sea Captnln by the name
Of John Ball Grrcrson Is In love with
Balls daughter Pamela. as Is also Phllhp
como to Il sorry pass Miss Pamela loved
neither man but rather fnncicd married
army ofIiccr-one Aynsely Murray. ana
when Gricrson, kecne and Papa Ban mix
the discovery, they are duly horrified
Grierson marries tho girl to save her
name and this union results In
discovers that Murray's wife died
shortly after her own wedding.
The conflict between her duty TO her
husband and the man of her choice
provides the dramatic material of the
piece. Many of the characters shown are
unsympathetlc. but Mr. Esmond contends
that they are actual on that very ae-
count
Mr. Miller who temporarily retired from
the stage some months ago TO pilot Mar
garct Anglins "Iira, returned IN me inc
role OF Gricrson. Rebocca Warren. who has
starred successfully for several years, TOOK
tho part of Pamela and Guy Standing
the Captain Murray. Mr. Miller. long q
faYoritc of the GothamitsS did some OF
his best work
musical opening was furnished Mon
day night by the humorlSt. Lew Dock
appeared at the New York theater. The
troupe comprises sixty men In black race
and a large orchestra TO add to their
tunefulness The entertainment was out
OF the ordinary path and proved very IN
tCTcsting
Mr.. Dockstadcr opened his show with on
old fashioned first part and then present
ed a second part different from anything
attempted heretofore by minstrels. Fol
lowing a skit called I'm the studio
Dockstader presented all OF the famous
dances of minstrclsy by performers made
up TO represent old time minstrels. After
this appeared n sketch entitled. The
Live Wire" and then The RubbeTneCk
Hack" the liveliest feature OF the bill
In the finale. moving picture shows Lew
being pursued by the indignant passen-
gers
OF course Mr., Dookstador had his mon
ologuc at the expense OF New York frills
and foibes. and he and his minstrels
sang score OF songs
The Fourteenth Street theater had
first night OF its own Monday night,
when Lincoln J Carriers newest play OF
Western life. "Bcdford's Hope" was pro-
dUccd The big scene Is race between
a locomotive and an automobile In an cf-
fort to prevent q sale of mine The
east includes number OF we'll known
actors. Bedfords Hope" VIII remain at
the theater for some time II 1t proves as
successful as its managers hope.
Mrs. Leslie Carter this week began a
six weeks season at the Academy of
Music. She had not been on the Academy
stage since she played The Heart OF
Maryland there several years ago. Mrs,
Carter will have been seen In all of the
plays of her recent repertoire She start,
ed this week with ''Adrea," "ZaZa," and
Mrs Carter is warmly greeted by her
friends and admirers at each performance
II is always possible to get good scat In
the thcatcr, without buying II weeks In
advance. This has not been the case dur
ing Mrs. Carter's previous engagements
In Gotham.
their third month at the Empire Theater
Charles Frohman has extended Miss Ad-
ams's engagement into February. having
the time held for her In Boston.
Wednesday matinecS Will be given for the
rest OF the engagement.
Ethel Barrymore I'm Alice Sit blythe
Fire and Lionel Barrymore I'm "Panta-
loon" are breaking attendance records at
the Criterion. Wednesday matinces have
been added.
"A Society Circus" at the Hippodrome
bids fair 10 prove even more popular than
It's predecessor at the big playhouse The
ballet, The Song OF the Flowers, and
the concluding tableau, The Court OF
the Golden Fountain" are elaborate a.
anything ever attempted on the stage.