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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
"My Wife's Family"

A farce in the broadcast sense and yet
withal without a word of suggestive
ness. one that was never intended for
anything deeper than causing hys-
terics with its laughable situations.
witty dialogue and impossible nom
sense. is the announced attraction,
MY Wife's Family" at the Grand for
four nights and Wednesday matinee,
starting this evening.
That old story of the henpecked hus-
band, the more than usually obnox
ious mother-in-law and the family of
nephews, cousins, sisters and numer-
Gus other relatives, are served up with
new and elaborate trimmings of bright
sayings and catchy music, pretty girls
and dazzling dance numbers. The story
brings a vociferous mother-in-law to
the home OF her inoffensive son-in-law
with her host of relations. among
whom is a son lately married surrep-
titiously, and the, father Of 3-months-
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act concludes with a monologue whils
one OF team INDUCES in posing.
The European turn comes in the form
OF Emile Rose. absolutely the daint-
lest and best female acrobat before the
public. At oil the principal houses on
the circuit she is appearing for Two
consecutive weeks owing 10 her work
Before the close of her act she is as
sisted by a couple OF clever comedy
dogs.
Arthur III. Kherns, the premier OF
German fun makers. TO quote the pro-
gram, makes a speciality Of prOliX am
biguous philOsophic speeches, 20 saw
nothing of being the possessor Of
rich baritone voice
Harry Richard & Co. presenting a
comic operetta entitled IS s and Cts.
Cts. Cts" consume a hilarious half
an hour with the unfolding of a pack
age of jokes. songs and dances strung
on a slender plot
Nellie HOke ought 10 pull I'm every
alien IN Salt Lake because she has the
reputation of being about the best ac-
Gordon player before the public today.
Her work on this instrument is said 10
be exceptionally clever.
Then there VIII be the kinodrome
with three offerings this week in the
form OF motion pictures entitled "The
Walking Stick" The Stolen Bride" and
! The River Thames"
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humor and bubbling over with good
nature, innocent i'm. the ways of the
world, but wise beyond her years in
the power TO discriminate between the
right and the wrong. The play is es-
sentially a comedy, and lilly is the
principal fun maker, but there is a
sufficient amount of the serious in her
makeup TO enable her to show up
strongly in the dramatic moments Of
the play. The last act of the play, in
which lilly is married, is laid in the
Swedish church in Minneapolis, ana
the full Swedish marriage ceremony,
with organ and choir, is given. The
drama is in four acts and eight scenes,
and all the scenery has been prepared
by McSsrs Moses & Hamilton of the
Broadway theatre, New York. The
name part of lilly will be played by
the clever cOmedienne Miss Adelaide
Harland. and a particularly competent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03

There are the long runs on the road to
take off extra weight Then Abegins
the winter training in the "tank'-the
long hours of pulling oars on a dummy
boat At last the ice goes and the
crew is free TO begin work in earnest
Swimming suits go.on by the first of
March Then comes three months Of
steady, hard, driving work, increasing
daily almost up TO the moment of the
race. The wealIlinSs are weeded out
the fittest only survive And now. for
the hard struggle. The eyes of the
world are upon you Forced 10 use
every atom of strength you can call
your own, with every nerve on edge,
with muscles trained to unheard-of
fineness, you pull not only your oar
but the weight of the world that is mo-
mentarily perched upon that oar. You
pull with your heart and your brain.
your muscle and your very soul. Moth
ing IS held back Your all goes in that
despairing pull. pull, pull You are pull
ing your best, but The stroke hits
up the pace just a bit harder. just a
bit faster. Your heart stops beating
your nerves break-yOur arms cease to
move-and still faster goes the stroke.
The other boat is gaining; they mustn't
win. Another strain greater than the
first. You turn blind and grOpe with
your oar in the water as if finding
something you least expected. You fail
heavily down, down, down, you care
not where Peace. Oblivion. But the
race is won. and by your boatv Mr..
Gilmore is playing the role of stroke on
the varsity crew in the new college
play, AT Yale
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his wits to have his spectators at so
close range and confined to those whom
he knew well in private life. His COM
mendations Of the courage Of the anna
tear actors We're entirely sincere. anus
ing as the remembrance Of them now
is. In any Of his daughters parlor
plays Mr.. Booth had indeed his role
and it was always conscientiousIy filed
But it was that OF scene shifter.
MANY a stage success is altogether
due to accident" said Il veteran man
ager. Take our American Cousin,
which was on the point of failure, de-
spite its star cast, when a young actor
in a minor role came on with a queer.
hopping step. The young actor was
SOthern, and the minor role was that
of LORD Dundreary.
Lord Dundreary's past had beer
thought worthless. IT was the only part
allotted to an unknown man Yet if IL
hadn't been for this part, Our Ameri-
can Cousin wouldn't have survived its
first night.
Another case in point is Upton Sin
clair's Jungle It was by accident that
Mr. Sinclairs book made its hit The
young man didn't write that novel with
the preconceived idea. that a book show
ing the public that its food was bad
would make a sensation No. AS Sin
clair says himself ne aimed at the pub
lies heart, missed, and quite by acct
dent hit its stomach.
THE moral is TO bang away, and we
Ri may make a hit, accidental or other
Wisa,"
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picturesque type of being. the Ameri-
can cowpuncher, Mr. Wister has given
in The Virginian" a character study
that seems TO have satisfied all de-
mands of fancy regarding our western
range rider. The hero, though born in
Virginia. has lived for years in Wyo-
ming, and is in perfect sympathy with
the peculiar manifestations of civiliZa-
ton that obtained in that region dur
ing the '70s and sos, when cattle rails
ing was the only business, cattle steal
ing the only crime and lynching the
only evidence of law and order. Speak
ing of the cowboy as a type, the au-
thor says: He was rOmantic-what-
ever he did. he did with his might. The
bread that he earned, he earned hard
the wages that he squandered, were
sduandered hard-half a years pay
sometimes in a night-'blowed in,' as
he EXPRESSED it. His wild kind
has been among us always, since the
beginning: a young man with his
temptations, hero without wings
In the character of 1.-THE Virginian"
Mr.. Wister has given a composite pic
ture of the cowboy-all the good, the
noble. brilliant fascination and daring
that might enter into the personality
of a right-hearted man in such wild
surroundings. At the same time the
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"The Virqinian."

"The Virginian," as dramatized by
owen Wister and Kirke La Shelle from
Mr. Wister's stirring and widely-read
novel Of the same name. is to be the
bill at the Salt Lake theatre next Fri
day and Saturday evenings and Satur-
day matinee. The book has been
bought by more than half of a million
people. and it is probable that each of
these copies has been read at least five
times. This is unusual popularity even
i'm this day of big selling novels, and it
would probably be the almost unani-
nous verdict of this vast host of read
ers that there have been few modern
American stories that have more richly
merited success than has this reals tic
romance of the ranches. 1t is doubt
full If the appearance of any dramatiZa-
ton since that of 1.-The Prisoner of
Zenda' has been awaited with more
eagerness by local fiction-lovers than
IS this play made from 1.-THE Virgin
ian," and this fact is only one indica-
ton Of the exceptional hold which this
story has taken upon its readers.
With the evident intent of fixing in
literature for all time that fast dis
appearing, il not extinct, and wholly
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
PROMISE OF THE THEATRES.
"FOrty-five Minutes From Broadway"

"Forty-fiVe Minutes From Broadway"
One Of the most notable theatrical en-
tertainments booked for the present.
season in this city is George NJ. Cohan's
Fascinating music play, "Forty-fve
Minutes From Broadway" which comes
TO the Salt Lake theatre next Monday
and Tuesday evenings and specjal
tuesday matinee at 2:30, with Corinne
as the star, supported by noteworthy
company under the direction of Klaw
* ErlanSer. The play has enjoyed un-
usual success since it's first production
over a year ago, its run of twenty
weeks in New York and thirty weeks i'm
Chicago having proved Immensely pro-
htabIe TO its managers This piece is a
novelty, and consists of comedy. drama.
burleSque, meiodrama and musical COM
edy most cleverly intermixed i'm an in
tereSting story possessed of an unusual
degree Of novelty. In his selection of
characters and in the originality of sit
uations, Mr.. Cohan has shown the same
genius for getting together novelty sur
prises that was noticeable in his DOnu-
lar Little Johnny Jones'"
Corinne plays the part OF Mary. a.
servant girl in the Casstleton household
in New Rochelle. This suburb is inst
forty-minutes from Broadway by rail.
and this circumstance gives the niece
its title. Revolving about Mary in the
development of the story are a young
millionaire, a soubrette a mercenarv
mother, villainous stock broker. many
minor characters. and Kid Burns, a
young Broadway boy of strong arm and
noble heart, who expresses a great deal
of practical philosophy in most enter
tanning slang. This role, the opposite
to that played by Corinne, is acted by
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zing opera house. His concert bera &C.
a sort OF farewell testimonial I'm which
MS friends and admirers and the gen-
erai puDbc VIII have the only opnortu-
NIFTY or seeing and hearing him before
ne goes back TO Europe to remain for
an indefinite time. Appearing with him
IN Sait Lake Will be Miss ArviIIa Clark
WHO mas also been abroad for the past
TWO years studying. Miss Clark is a
brilliant dramatic soprano. whose voice
is said to have improved immenseIv
Whlle she has been absent. Mr. McClei-
ian VIII act as accompanist, and will
also render three organ numbers. while
the choir under Professor Stephens will
sing Moonlight" dainty and beauti-
1ul composition by Tanning. The full
program is as follows:
Great organ, prelude to "IOhengrin"
Mr.. ]. ]. Mcclellan.
ca In Diesen Heilgen Hallen" Mozart
I'D Arise Ye Subterranean Winds
Mr.. Willard Andelin.
(a) Der Gaertner'' ...............K Kahn
(b) "A Maid Sings Light MacDoweil
Co "Chanson Boheme'' (from Carmen)
Miss Arvilla CLARK.
Duet, Autumn Song ...... MendeIssohn
Mr.. Andelin and Miss Clark.
Tabernacle choir
(a) THE Wanderer' ........S Schubert
OBJ '.Piff. Paff. Puff (frOm Die
HugenOtten) 800 ....-...... Meyerbeer
Mr.. Andelin.
Great organ: (a) Chant Seraphique"
=. .....-.........-............ .Guilmant
CD "AndantinO" (requested) Len1are
Mr.. ]. j. Mcclellan
Les Adieux' from Jeanne d'Arc)
---------- -. .-..--.---..... Tchaikowslxy
Miss Clark.
Duet: "Oh, Vert Thou in the Cauld
Blast .....-.-....-........ Mendelssohn
Mr.. Andelin and Miss Clark.
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old child. Through combination o.
mistakes the son-in-law IS suspected,
and mas some hairbreadth escapes
from his angry relations when the
child is found IN the house. After
barely escaping with his life. explana-
lions clear up the troubles and things
end happily
Frank Appleton and Ed Perry. the
two comedians as the friend and hus-
band, respectively. i'm dialogue, song
and the eXcrusiatingly funny automo-
bile, are sure TO create laughs galore
While there are over a dozen of the
brightest of vaudeville specialties I'M
troduced during the action 90 the COM
edy by various members of the excel
lent organization.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

A certain well known woman was as
girl an intimate friend Of Edwina
Booth. only and dearly loved daughter
OF Americas greatest tragedian. saws
Harper's Weekly. This favored young
person was thus admitted TO the de-
lightful acquaintance of the actor, al
though at this time she was not of
years of sufficient discretion to fully
understand how far-reaching were her
privileges. She says that in the Booth
home private theatricals were always
more or less craze. and she had often
played in such performances given in
the drawing room and before friendly
audiences of family friends.
On these occasions nothing could in
duCe Mr.. Booth TO take part. He de-
clared that ne should be scared out of
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ugly things about him are told with
out squeamishness; for this wild west
man Swears like a pirate, smokes,
drinks, assists at lynchings, kills his
man" and at the same time. is as gen.
tie as lamb and as peace-loYing as
dove
For heroine, there is a pretty pink
and white little schOolma'am from Yer
mont who has certain strict, Puritanical
ideas about shooting and other cowboy
practices; but in the end the Virginian
wins her heart in spite of his gram
matical sins and others too numerous
to mention. This love story, marked as
it is by many clashes between her Puri-
tan conscience and his western in
stincts and jeopardized at every turn by
amusing episodes and alarming adven-
lures, forms, of course, the undercur-
rent Of the plot and a more absorbing
romance has not been unfolded in this
country for these many years.
The virtues of the story have all been
carefully expressed in the transition
from book to play. and the immense
love of the books readers for the hero
and ~the girl Of his heart is, ii would
seem, almost certain to be shared by
those who see their stage embodiment.
In a play of atmosphere as The Vir-
einian" is, the selection of a cast is a
matter of the most vital Importance
and the La Shelle company spent many
days before they perfected the excel
lent organization now playing The
Virginian.' Dustin Farnum. who is
playing the title role. is said TO be to
all intents and purposes the Virginian
himself. except that he is an actor in
stead of a. cowboy. Miss Mabel Wright
is the school teacher Others in the cast
are Frank Campeau, Frank Vail, Frank
(Nr.afc n rrfr.
Harry Holiday, Eleanor Wilton, Lii
liam Corbin and Bessie Starr.
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Scott Welsh. who has made n great
individual success I'm Il,
klaw & Erlanger has given the piece
their usual elaborate mounting. The
three scenes utilized I'm staging Il rep
resent the exterior OF the Castleton
mansion in New Rochelle in the MORN
ing. the' drawing room In the evening
and the railroad station the next morn
ing.
This production Is so entirely differ
ent from anything that has previously
been seen here in the way OF light en-
tertainment that 1t is sure to attract
comment. While il possesses many OF
the original characteristics Of the au-
thor, il is regarded by ali who have
seen II as the best work that Mr.. Co
han has done, and a wide departure
from Little Johnny Jones" 1.-The Gov
ernor's Son" and other work from his
pen
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"TiIIy olson"

a new Swedish-American dialect
comedy, entitled "Tilly Olson" will be
the attraction at the Grand next
Thursday night for three nights.
While several plays treating on the
Swedish character have been before
the public, the central figure of these
dramas has invariably been of the
sterner sex. In "Tilly Olson the play
wright has constructed highly enter
tanning and diverting drama around
the character of a young Swedish girl.
lilly is delightfully."- ingenious and
refreshing person, with a fund of dry
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
Orpheum.

There is promise of an excellent bill
at the Orpheum this week-one of
those which give full measure Of COM
edy, with dash of acrobatics and Tu-
sic for good measure. Heading this
aggregation of talent are clever May
EdOuin and Fred Edwards. who pre-
sent a comedy sketch entitled "The
Bachelors Dream" In Los Angeles
where this sketch has been running
for two straight weeks, the critics ore
and all accord this playlet favorable
notice. Miss Edouin plays in all five
roles. which include a Redo Cross an
gel, Lum Sum, Chinese girl; 'Arriet,
r. coster maid from London's east side:
Carmencita, a dancer from Spain, and
Betty, just plain, wholesome Amer
lean girl
The second-liners are st. Ongle broth
ers- They have one of the best cycling
comedy novelties In vaudeville. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-03
THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

- salt Lake Theatre-Monday and .
! % Tuesday evenings. matinee Tues- .
e day. "Fcity-five Minutes From L.
= Broadway" Wednesday matinee .
q and evening and Thursday mat .
Z: inee and evening. Paul Gilmore in .
/ o AT Yale" Friday and Saturday :
/ . evenings and Saturday matinee. /.
/ Z. THE Virgnian." with Dustin Far :
| - mum and Frank Campeau. .
q Orphcum - All week. matfnees :
. every day except Monday-Vaude- I
:: vile. .
g Grand-This evening and through .
:: Wednesday evening. matinee on .
. Wednesday, My Wife's Family" :
= Thursday. Friday and Saturday :
. evenings and Saturday matinee, :
= "Tiilv olson" :
q LyriC-ThiS evening and through :
. Saturday evening. matinees We'd :
I 4; nesday and Saturday, Among the .
\ 81 Bushrangers." :
] .
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"At Yale"

Paul Gilmore. the Dick Seeiey In AT
Yale" the new college play to be pre-
scented at the Salt. Lake theatre on
wednesday and Thursday evenings and
Thursday matinee. speaking recently
OF the tremendous training necessary
for a conflict % two rival boats in the
water. said: ''2ne casual reader of the
races annually tcwed between the coll
leges, or even the not too careful OBJ
server Of the race itself has but very
superficial knowledge OF the f1erce
training the boys have TO undergo and
The weIl-niSh superhuman pluck they
are Obliged to exhibit during the race
itself Their training begins in the
winter-yes, In the early fall, six
months before the race There is the
gymnasium work that never ends,
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49, & f-.s.f7..
~ tneatre looks specially good. 1t
s g. safe now TO predict a business
,,,'o.. .le old playhouse that will come
re so,rg close to smashing most OF the
So. Ssl. Lake friends Of June Mathis. the
h ~, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
lnloas, s,Sliis or this city. will learn with
'ing 49,. mat she is abundantIy fulfill
caroo- B,,oihlse of her earlier stage
star No.. Mss Mathis this year has the
critics III III The Girl Patsy" and the
lfavorstSio, 'e oeen giving her uniformly
not ami. NOTICES. This statement does
SianSs merely to the one-night
of,an1 n small towns where critics are
.nes.a, iehent When Miss Mathis an
lone IN III Philadelphia for a week not
worl, -, 49,. all the papers praised her
was tr,,S dVagantly The same thing
and otbe-oi the newspapers of Detroit
appear ~, olg cities. Miss Mathis will
''s week in Montreal
-
Salt Tlsao'e engagement scheduled FOR
sole. WIZ q that OF Miss OLGA Neither
repertoiss. zones Feb. IL for a week ~
her fano.. Miss Nethersole win mt on
Tanonersulas Sapho." "Tbe second Mrs
Garner =. Adrienne Lecouvrour. .
ana The Labyrinth"
Tn. <<<
the tabernac,aa CLARK music festival in
promises ~ on Thursday night next
Andelin e. De notable affair. Mr..
only the Or. many believed 10 be not
come out ~ e,Sssess basso that has ever
The last dec s,le west. but the best that
Where. In Pe ST has developed any
Die furore. ana avn he created a verita-
early spring r. e Tnl return there in the
eagement a. - ~ III 500 appearance. en-
msgniaeent new Lcrt-
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among the Bushrangers," one Of
the strongest melodramas ever writ
ten, will be produced at the Lryic
the coming week, starting on
Sunday night, by the Lyric stock COM
pany, headed by Frederick Moore. 1t is
play that aboGnds with startling sit
uations. plenty of comedy and pathos
The usual Wednesday and Saturday
matinees viii, be given.
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salt Lake playgOers will have Just
/ fhKty-seven opportunities this week TO
visit the various playhouses. The Salt
Lake theatre will be open ten times
during the six days and nights. the
Orpheum viii give eleven performances
! alf The Grand and Lyric come along
With eight each. That ought to be
enough 10 satisfy everybody. And un-
usually good bills are promised at all
q the theatres.
-
With "Forty-five Minutes From
Broadway" Paul Gilmore in AT Yale
md THE Virginian." with Dustin Far
nun and Frank Campeau. the Salt
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"Amonu the Bushranuers."

company has been provided by the
management.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-31
Two Prisoners
Are Caught,

After enjoying some 60 hours of liberty
two of the three prisoners who escaped
from the Somerset county Jail Sunday
morning are back behind the bars again
Thes" are Charles Edwards, an account
of his giving himself up to a Fairfield
oIficer appearing in this paper Wednesday
morning, and Harry Vesol, who gave HIM
self up later the same day. Sheriff Smith
was notified OF the capture by telephone
and Deputy Sheriff David Lewis left for
Fairfield Tuesday noon, returning that
afternoon with beth the Jail breakers.
Edwards is % years old and was serving
a sentence of three months for intoxica-
ton. having been committed from Pitts
field. Nesoi was also committed from tina.
town. the charge being a single sale Hi;
brother William. who had been connected
with skating rink in that town, recently
paid a fine of Sc and costs for selling
liquor Harry did not have the price oe
fine and so had to take a Jail sentence.
He was committed week ago last Mon
day.
Inc prisoner still at liberty is Arthur
flerson OF Tenants Harbor, who had but
Nv" days more to serve of a sentence of
y" days for the larceny of a bicycle The
oihcers are on his track and it is expected
that ne VIII be captured in a few days.
According to the story told by the two
men who were apprehended, the three
reached patch of woods between her,
ard ShawmuJ Just before daylight Sun
day morning. Here they remained in hid
ing until Monday, when they went to
Sha"mrt. Then they caught a car fo,.
Fairfield Pierson did not dare to 90 IA
falihelf as he said the deputy there
knew him. TIE day was spent IN that
town and in Waterville They said tbaf
me Me used to saw off the iron bar to
me window through which they mad,
! 'helr ESCAPE was produced by Pierson
lhey lay all the blame of the break 70
nm ard disclaim all knowledge of how
OF where the file was procured or the
rone Gown which they slid to liberty.
Shcuid P1crson be apprehended as h.,
no doubt will be. and elect TO tell of tho
help he received from outside the ia;,
"ther arrests would Of course follow
l mere were a number Of DRINKS on tho
street late Saturday night and in CONVEX.
s'tl"n with tho writnr on officer stated
mat IN his opinion some Of thesa mi~b.
y" ahi" To throw somo light on lie mat.
fe; IL closely questioned