The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-26

some Idea of what variety there Is
in modern vaudeville.
Manager Pyper opening attraction
at the Salt Lake Tbeater for the coming
season will be the Salt Lake Opera
Mantell, who was to have opened the
season, has Cancelled his dates. The first
performance of "The Wedding Day.
will be on Saturday afternoon, Sep
| tember Is, with repetitions Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, with Wednesday
matinee. Ogden, Provo and Logan will
be visited later,
"The White Slave Southern
melodrama, will be offered at the Grand
theatcr this evening. Georgia Harper
will play Liza. q role in which she has
won much success. 1t is an emotional
character, and as Miss Harper is par
ticularly clever in this line some rood
work may be expected. She will be
of Clay Britton, n reckless Southern
gentleman who falls in love with Liza
and rescues her from her enemies.
"The White Slave is a story Of slav
cry days, with the joys and sorrows of
the white people and the negroes told
III pleasing manner by the writer
BARLEY Campbell, A quartette of sing
the old Southern songs, and among the
scenic effects are the great explosion
scene on board a stcamboat-the escape
on 4 burning spar, Rcd Devil Is island,
and the old Southern plantation. Com
mencing Thursday evening and continu-
ing the balance of the week, Miss Har-
per will terminate her engagement with
Camille. The character of Camille
is well interpreted by Miss Harper, who
will be supported by her excellent com
pany, Joseph Detrick appearing as Ar
mand Duval, and j. G. Harper rs the
elder Duval.
AT the Lyric theater tonight the last
performance Of "The Telephone Ex-
change" will be given by Zinn s Merry
Travcsty company. Probably the big
between the chorus girls, when the win
ming couple will each be presented with
beautiful ring, the winners to be de-
cided by the applause of the audience
Commencing tomorrow night Zinn and
hls merry company enter upon their |
last week here, and Will present ezra
Diavolo' - in an up-to-date fashion, with
the pretty girls, the comedians, the
dancers, the pleasing principals and the
costumes. The management has tried to
hold this company for few weeks |
longer, owing to its popularity, but pre-
vious bookings prevent,
Although disappointed by the disap-
pearance of Herschel Mayall, Manager |
Grant Of the Lyric will bring together |
a strong stock company. The opening |
production will be ''The Bondman,"
on Saturday afternoon, September |
Eugene Frazier, the heavy man, arrived |
from New York, Thursday. Mr. Frazier
was last season leading man with Ger
trude Coghlan in "Alice of Old Vim
:ennes," and is well known in the East
for his excellent work, and although
new to this part Of the country is
to make a strong impression
lere. Alice Condor, the new soubrette,
IT the Majestic theater, San Francisco,
.or nearly two years, and exceedingly
popular there Manager Grant has
oeen busy telegraphing for a new lead
ng man and woman and by tonight
,wo new people will be on the way
lere from New York to fill the places
made vacant. The opening production
Will be beautifully mounted, entirely
lew scenery being painted,
Sallie Fisher is to be with the Henry
Y. Savage forces this season. and Mr..
'avage's press agent has this to say
Il her: "Miss Sallie Fisher, the new
,rima donna engaged for the "Man
rom Now" when Mr.. Savage brings
his musical travesty from Boston 10
he Amsterdam theater, New York. on
|eptember 8, is striking example of
he possibilities that await the talented
nd ambitious young women of the
peratic stage, Miss Fisher became a
rima donna in night. Three years
go She was in Frank L. Perry's chorus
7ith the "Chaperons. " When the piece
pened IN New York Miss Fisher 8 only
pportunlty was TO step to the foot
ghts in the big finale and take a top
ote. She did this so well that The
ext morning she found herself prima
onna. Every critic in New York pro-
laimed her and Klav s. Erlanger i'm /
ledlately engaged her for the prime