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AT THE MONTGOMERY THEATRE. Monday matinee and night, shepard's Moving Pictures.
 Tuesday night, Checkers.
 "wednesday night, s'rhe Vanderbilt Cup.'
 Thursday matinee and night, "Buster Brcwn.o
 Saturday night, Fritxi scheff.
 AT THE BIJoU THEATRE.
 hursday, Friday and Saturday nights, and Saturday matinee--Nat M. Wills.
 There will be eleven theatrical per- formances in Montgomery this week. eight evening and three matinee,s ana with the exception of tragedy there is practically every variety Of stage entertainment offered from moving picture shows to the latest of realistic comedies and the best of light operas with a sometime grand opera star ih the title role.
 In the Montgomery Theatre there will be seven performances. with the exception of Friday night there the stage will be occupied every night; ana on Monday afternoon and Thursday afternoon there will be matinees. In the Bijou there will be three night per formances and one matinee.
 The schedule for the week at the Montgomery Theatre begins Mcnday afternoon with matinee at which Archie L. Shepard's moving pictures will be shown. Mir. Shepard Is ac- knowledged to have the best show of its kind in America. The pictures are the best \that kinetoscopic art has been able to create and their presen- tation is accompanied py interesting explanatory lectures and diverting musical program. The pictures Will pc shown a second time Monday night.
 Tuesday Checkers" the attractive race track" play, will be presented. The play has become more popular than the book which mad a great run.
 In plot and in lines it is extremely interesting and its sporting" atmos- phere gives it fascination that ap- peals to every man or woman that ever saw a horse race. Hans Robert plays the title role as in the past the part of Push Miller plays it in his own inimitable manner. The rest of the company affords strong sup port to the principals.
 ''The Vanderbilt Cup" which began its popular career in New York just three years ago, will be seen at the Montgomery Theatre Wednesday night. Although its most noted scene Is the realistic automobile race the play is by no means a merely spectacular ex- hibition. It comprises an interesting story told in clever fashion " well defined characters, and its presenta- ton is made by good actors who have the advantage of especially fine scenic arrangements.
 On Thursday for matinee and night Buster Brown, the delight of old and young, will be the offering. Buster who is without doubt the most ceie- brated, and perhaps the most popular, American citizen who has long been In the public eye but never more at- tractively, whether. in comic supple ment or in costume, than he appears in the entertaining play that has been made around him. He is portrayed upon the stage by Master Rosen, a thirty-two inch genius, who plays the part to perfection.
 Fritzi Scheff, probably the most tal- ented comedienne on the American stage. will close the week with her presentation of Mile. Modiste'' in which she became the rage in New York. Miss Scheff has the distinction of having descended from the lofty height of grand opera in which she was an acknowledged and successful star to light opera in which she has shone with more scintillancy if not ! with more enduring lustre. Handsome, vivacious and possessing a magnifi- cent voice. she has a play that per mits her to make the best possible use of all her charms
 There will be nothing on in the Bi- jou Theatre until Thursday night, when Nat M Wills will appear as The Lucky Tramp" in the musical produc- tion of that name by Broadhurst and Currie Armed with the Ring of De- sire, Happy Holmes. who Is admirably portrayed by Mir. Wills, wishes and re- | ceives some very queer things, and throughout the play runs vein of the unusual, out of which MT. Wills makes lots of fun.
 | MT. Wills is by no means the whole show, for he has with him a good com l pany, and some of the handsomest | scenery carried by any musical comedy troupe MT. Wills will appear Thurs ] day, Friday and Saturday nights and 1 Saturday matinee.
 Next week the Bijou will have a ccomplete bill for the six nights. with | the usual matinees on Wednesday and Saturday The first offering of the next week will be Fantasma, which will be the attraction at the Bijou, January 2S, 29 and 30, with a matine" on January 30.
 Il will be followed by Across the Pacific" a comedy of stirring plot dramatic situations and plenty of hu- nor. It is said to be sensational in the extreme and realistic to the last degree.
 Archie l.. Shepard's Moving Pictures. On Monday matinee and night at the Montgomery Theatre special grand moving picture program by the | Archie l.. Shepard Moving Picture Com