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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
The Orpheum,

Either the Los Angeles critics are adj
dicted TO the use of adjectives on the
slightest prOvOcation or else salt Lake
is going to get some exceptional at
fractions at the Orpheum this week.
Here is what one of the critics says
about some of the acts:
Although Charley Case who talks
about father, tells some pretty hard
stories about the old man and the three
LO Maze brothers amaze with their
perilOus Knockabout comedy, easily the
best Of the newcomers at the Orpheum
this week are Edwin Stevens and COM
pany. And not alone the best of the
newcomers, but of the entire bill, and
even more than that-the man and wo-
man (the program does her an injustice
by cTOWGing her name from it, in this
organization present one Of the most
truly artistic acts seen upon the Or
pheum stage for months. In fact, it
would be hard TO name the time when
their superiorS entertained a local
vaudeville audience Their comedietta
is called AN Evening With Dickens
and is constructed especially for the
display of the versatility of Mr.. Stew
ems He portrsys four of Dickens best
known characters of widely divergent
temperaments and years, and they all
TEEN with conviction. wilkins Micaw-
Der confronts the audience with all Of
his penniless optimism; Dick Swiveller
wins the hearts with his happy-go-
lucky, devil-may-c good fellowship;
Uriah Heep disgusts with his sham hu-
mility, and Grandfather Smallweed.
with all of his aches and pains and
misery qualities, actually lives. The
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
MAUDE ADAMS TO
PLAY IN LONDON

Definite details of the first appear
ance of Miss Maude Adams on a Lon
don stage. which is to take place next
spring, have just been given out from
the offices Of Charles Frohman.
According to Mr.. Frohman's routs,
book, Miss Adams and her company
are first to tour the United States as.
far west as San Francisco, where, for
two weeks beginning May a. Peter
Pan" will be the first legitimate at
traction performed in the new Column
bia theatre. which is now being built
on the site of the theatre which was
destroyed by fire and earthquake.
On May % the company will return.
without stops, TO New York, and play
a farewell week in Peter Pan" in the
Empire theatre the week of June 4.
During this week the cast, which has
already been chosen for her first re-
hearsals Of the new vehicle, a COM
edy as yet unnamed from the pen of J.
NJ. Barrie, Will begin it's preparations
for Miss Adams first bow before an
entirely British public
The entire company and production
will sail for Liverpool on June IA.
reaching London June q. The en-
gagement itself will begin at the Duke
Of York's theatre July 9, when the
London season is at it's height.
1t is an interesting fact that every
detail of the production will be made
in America and q majority of the COM
pany viii be American actors.
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Warehouses of the woman is pitiful,
and the Agnes Wakefield pleasing. The
incidental dialogue which holds the
sketch together is both witty and wise. y
Edwin Stevens will be the headliner,
Charley Case, the man who talks about
father, is listed second. and then
come Countess Olga Rossi and Mons.
Paulo, presenting a unique Offering,
During the Performance The count
ess is a European operate soprano,
who was a member of the cars court,
and NJ Paulo is a lyric tenor who has
been IN high-class vaudeville for two
seasons. Their appearance here should
attract more than passing attention
Werden and Gla1dish. the originators
of the illustrated; song act, have a new
departure in this line in the form OF
ballads with serllf-oil paintings
La Maze Brothers are a trio of aero
bats of the hilarious knOckabout type.
They are veritabl rubber balls, and the
way they fall over each other. chairs
and tables and INFO the orchestra pit
creates riot of nlerTiment throughout
the house at every appearance.
Edwin George is a comedy juggleT
who manages to interest the audience,
and during the process gets all kinds
OF fun out of objects he handles with
such dexterity.
The kinodroIne and Weihe's orchestra
complet bill that gives promise OF
being voted among the best offered at
the State street vaudeville theatre.
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Vaudeville at Lyric.

The vaudeville show given at the
Lyric theatre this week is worth see
ing. The company that will present the
bill are fully capable Of entertaining
critical folks who are in search of real
amusement. The new program was put
on at yesterdays matinee and it scored
a hit The patronage at this theatre
has increased TO such an extent that
the house is not large enough to take
care of the folks who want TO see the
show.
Seamon, Rodgers and Seamon, the
Harmonious trio, are heard In a few
new songs that are really interesting.
This troupe has gained for itself a
very enviable reputation in the east
and on the Pacific coast. Sam and Ida
Kelly present an amusing comedy play
let that is thought very well of by
those who have witnessed It. 1t is a
rnerriment maker and is full Of action
from start to finish.
Eddie Dolan is q very funny Irish
comedian, and he springs a few new
jokes every time he speaks. Nudge
and Morton are seen in a singing and
dancing speciality that is one of the
,best parts of very interesting per-
Torrance. Leon lie CHARTERS sang a
new illustrated song that was very We'll
received. The moving pictures are of
a humorous type and very entertain
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05

zone OF danger, and my mother calcu-
lated on moving our furniture into their
back yard.
81 left the rest Of the folks bargain
ing with an expressman and started
out with the kid in my arms. l hadn't
gone more than three blocks before ]
saw that the fire was sweeping all
around US and that the house we were
heading for was sure to be burned.
'All I could do was to run for the
lake front as fast as my legs would
carry me, and that wasn't fast, consid-
ering the weight of the baby, who had
always fed well.
Escapes With the Child.
Anyway, we escaped. the kid and
me, and we camped out for four days
with the rest of the nondescripts be-
side the lake. There We're rich people
and poor people, ministers and thugs,
every kind of men and women that
lived in Chicago, all of them sleeping
under tarpaulins at night and snatch
ing their meals wherever they could.
THE kid and / had q real cosy tar
pauIin, and 1 fed him fine. There wasn't
any delicacy along the lake front that
he didn't get. 7 would go to a group
that had get hold of provisions some
where and they would fall for the baby
right away.
After the fire had burned itself out
trudge over to the west side to see IL
my mother was alive.
Maybe / wasn't glad to give that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
Walker Whiteside.

Miss May Buckley, who appears with
Walter Whiteside in the new play,
1.-THE Magic Melody" which is to be
seen at the Sal1 Lake theatre soon, is
one of the best known actresses of the
day. Her career, while not a long one
in point Of years, has given her the
opportunity to appear in a number of
highly important productions such as
''The First Born" The Manxman,"
1.-The Honor of the Humble, The Gal
loper," Caleb West THE Shepherd
King and others of like prom
inence. During many years she has
always appeared in the leading parts
In such plays as she has participated
in, and has come to be known as one
of the most talented women of the
American stage. In the present in
stance Miss Buckley essays the role
of Cloris Fielding.
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tire of their stay in Salt Lake, as the
piece is one in which Mr.. Leighton
scored big success en- tour several
years ago, and i'm which he rose to
prominent position in the dramatic
world.
He intends to make this weeks pro-
duction excel anything he has ever at
tempted with THE Prisoner of Zenda,"
and special scenery has been construct
ed and elaborate costumes secured. Mr..
Leighton has maintained personal su-
pervision of every detail of the pro-
duction, and it is truly a New York
play that viii be seen at the Grand this
week. Matinee performances will be
given Wednesday and Saturday after
moons at 2:30 o'clock
There are splendid scenes in "The
Prisoner of Zenda," and Mr.. Leighton
intends that the forthcoming produc-
ton shall be the most elaborate presen-
tation of the great play Salt Lake has
ever known. Miss Dodd will play Prin-
cess Flavia, a character that calls for
the highest dramatic ability in it's por-
travail. The popular young leading
man of the Leighton Players, Lyster
Chambers, viii be seen as Black Mi
chael, a role that will afford this actor
quite the best opportunity Re has had
since his advent at the Grand, to dis
tinguish himself. Miss Scott and Miss
Fearnley, two young actresses who
have become popular at the Grand
have been exceptionally we'll cast.
Mr.. Leighton has worked up to his
production of 1.-THE Prisoner of Zenda'
| through half dozen high-class plays,
and while some of the greatest dramat-
ic successes of the eastern stage will
follow the attraction for the present
week, none will be more elaborate than
1.-THE Prisoner of Zenda," and a better
story of love and adventure has never
| been written
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draught that I cried: To the floor,
men, for your lives!
did they drop in timer" asked
Dockstader, as he rubbed in the burnt
cork.
mo" said Hawkes., sadly. They
had new uniforms on and they were
afraid of soiling them, and so they all
walked out of the barn and L mad 10
drive the COW out unassisted.
"She wasn't bit hurt, but she had
a good warming up and gave hot milk
for week afterward."
A very young song writer dropped in.
II suppose you know / wrote ON the
Outskirts of Hoboken,' didn't you?" he
asked.
Those present looked askance, be-
cause they knew these were the first
symptoms.
When a song writer starts that way
you can soon see the embers glowing IN
lis pipe, and he will tell you how much
royalty he's getting next.
81 made 5000 out of that song, and
it was rotten" continued the song
writer.
Nobody disputed the amount nor the
criticism, though part Of his statement
was true-the last part.
Then the song writer's voice grew
playful. Il say, Lew, I've come over
to mace you for two seats for tonight;
how about it?'
We'll. if you've made $4,000, don't
you think you are due to buy few
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

When Maclyn Arbuckle, at present re-
hearsing the part Of sheriff in The
Roundup" was playing in why
Smith Left Home" in London, England.
he was taken up by members OF the
leading clubs and most assiduously en-.
tertained
One night after the performance he
was given a supper. His reputation as
an entertainer having preceded him, he
was called upon to speak, and told to
go the limit. He related several hui
morous incidents of life in Texas, and
ended by telling the story illustrating
the hardness of head of the African. It.
viii be recalled that the story was.
something like this.
young colored boy met a young
colored girl walking along 8 road Just
outside of Texarkana. Tex, one morn
ing The little wench had her feet in
poultices tied Up in gunny cloth sacks.
Little Erastus said to little Eliza:
Liza, what am de matter wild yo
feet?'
Liza responded with woeful look.
placing her hand on the top Of her era
mum:
Father done struck me on de haid
with q club when All was standin' on
iron"
which goes to show" Dir. Arbuckie
concluded, that If a mule kicked q, mig
ger in the head the mule would be sure
to go lame"
A noted English clubman who sat at
the table. arrayed in q snuff-colored
suit, with a yellow necktie, readjusted
his mOnocle and asked:
-And didn't the little girl complain to
the police?''
yes. responded Arbuckle "She had
Il long interview with the chief, who de-
cided that there was no case, as her
injury was due TO a freak Of nature
her head was hard and her feet were
SOFT"
"Awi" said the gentleman in the
snuff-co1ored suit. "Aw. Quite remark
abIei"
1t dawned on Arbuci1le at this time
that there was little profit in telling
humorous Texan stories to an English
club.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
PROMISE OF THEATRES.
Mrs. Leslie Carter.

The attraction at the Salt Lake the
atre on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day is in maLy respects the strongest
of the yeaf-Mrs. Leslie Carter in her
great success ''Du Barry" 1t is many
a long day since such a powerful play
as 'Du Barry has been added to the
stage literature. Mrs. Leslie Carter
has made her most brilliant success in
this play.
1t was to be supposed that the bril-
liant period of Louis XIV of France
would furnish an admirable field for
the 0ramatfst, and Du Barry, the cen
trail character of the play is one of the
most interesting figures in the history
of that period In the play she is
shown first as the little milliner, jean
cite Naubernier. and through the sue
ceeding scenes as the favorite of the
king, and, last of ALL robbed of her
glortes, back among the people, she is
led, amid the shouts of the revolution
lists, to the guilotine. As embodied by
Mrs Leslie Carter, Madame Du Barry,
who ruled recklessly over the kingdom
of Louis XIV, who hastened the end of
the old regime and died under the knife
of the guillotine, becomes a fascinating
AMI engrossing figure among the scenes
covering her brilliant but absolute ca
reer Great as was her success in
''Zaza," she has even reached greater
heights in "Du Barry" and has in
creased the esteem in which she is
held as a great emotional artist.
'Du Barry" will be presented here
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
matinee upon the same magnificent
scale with which it was invested dur
ing its two years run in New York
The cast, large in point of numbers, is
of exceptional merit. Owing to the per-
Torrance being of such great length,
the curtain viii rise promptly at s
o'clock in the evenings and O'Clock at
"a r,7offnaa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
SOME DocKsTADER YARNS.

Lew Dockstader's dressing room Is
the Mecca for men about town when
Lew is serving his three weeks per sea-
son at the New York theatre.
y 1t is a loafing place like unto which
only a rural postoffice can compare.
At one time you can see DR.. Giiday,
court physician TO the Peerage Of Pitts
burg-in this capacity he has to reside
at the Waldorf-Astoria constantly
Marshall P. Wilder, Jean Hayez, who
claims to have written Everybody
Works But Father and who really
did write Ever Since He Heard About
Father. UncIe's Quit Work. Too" be-
cause he was caught at it; and other
notables wear a path to Dockstader' s
dressing room.
Senator McCarren drops In OCCASION
ally, So does big Tim" or Little
Tim" Sullivan and ex-Chief of Police
Devery. Dockstader denies he ever
knew the latter in the way Of business.
Wells Hawkes., sometime a theatre
cal man, but more famous as assistant
chief of Alert Hose No. OF Rockville
Center, L. l., tells stirring tales of
fighting the flames in Dockstader's
dressing room
THE last devastating conf7agration
that threw our fair city Of Rockville
Center into feverish excitement" seid
Assistant Chief Wells Hawkes. to Dock
stader and the bunch the other night,
sswas when Harry BulIwinkle's barn
burned down.
1.-THE scene baffled description. The
devouring element was not satiated till
darn near the hull roof vas gone.
I'VE rescued a, COW without losing q
man, although when part of the hay
loft fall IN thazs vas such . back
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"Mrs. Wiaas Of the Cabbage Patch"

Among good plays Mrs. Wigs of
the Cabbage Patch" which comes to
the Salt Lake theatre Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. seems to have the most
superintendent vitality From the
first the dramatization of Mrs. Rice's
two stories. Mrs Wigs" and "Iovey
Mary, met with q degree of popular
favor more enthusiastic, if anything.
than that awarded those best selling
novels of low life in mean streets. In
Mrs. VICES herself, Mis- HAY. Lovey
Mary and Mr.. Stubbins the play pre-
sents four types, each one of which re-
mains firmly fixed in the most pleasant
recOllections of the play-goer The
character of Mrs. Wigs, the optfmist
and philosopher OF the Cabbage Patch,
takes rank with many of the prominent
comedy creations heretofore presented
upon the American stage. A very close
second for popularity is the character
of Mis- Hay. the forlorn and lugu-
brious spinster in which the dramatist
has evolved something new and likeable
in the psychology of the unmarried
Mis- Hazy marries Mr.. Stubbins, 1.-The
prominent citizen of Bagdad juno
| ton" has been provided by a matri-
monial agency, and in the various
scenes between Mis- Hay and her ma
trimonial bargain the humor is irresist-
ible. Lovey Mary. in her transition
from the pages of the book TO the stage,
has been made a very lovable character,
who at once wins the sympathy of the
audience The juvenile element in the
stories OF Mrs. Wigs" and "Lovey
Mary" is decidedly happy in fits hu-
morous appeal, and plays an equally
delightful part in the play. Asia. Eu-
ropena and Australia and Billy Wigs,
Chris HaZy with his wooden leg, Pete
and the other sons and daughters of
the Patch, make the scenes bright and
merry with the play and sunshine of
childhood lad "Cuby," the fit
horse whose lights was riz," is not
forgotten in this background OF juye-
nile jollity and picnicking.
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seats just to help the struggling sing
ers Of your songs?" asked Dockstader
The song writer laughed heartily, but
the only way to get rid of him was to
give him. an order for two seats, as
Tom Powers was standing at the door
Of the dressing room waiting for the
song writer's seat.
Now that we are alone, I want you
to taste some fine old whisky-twenty
years old" said the hospitable Dock
stader, you never tasted such whisky
before" The connoiseurs present sam
pied it, and Tom NaWn declared he had
drank 1t often: 'Get outr' said Dock
staGer; ''it's new whisky-just on the
market"
How could It be twenty years old,
then?r said Nawn.
Because you weren't around to drink
IL all upv' said DockstaCer
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05

May 25, and will reopen with what is
said to be one of the best stock COM
panies' Salt Lake has had, on the fol-
lowing Monday. The company is now
signed in New York, and will include
several Broadway players, in addition
to four IF the members of the stock
company at the Orpheum last summer.
Only big royalty plays win be pre-
scented.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

- salt Lake Theatre-Monday, .
= Tuesday and Wednesday even .
:. ings and Wednesday matinee, Mrs. :
:. Leslie Garter in "Du Barry" .
:. Thursday, Friday and Saturday .
- evenings, and Saturday matinee, :
= Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage .
- Patch"
- Orpheum-Tomorrow evening and :
:. all week-Vaudeville. Matinees
= every day except Monday.
:. Grand-This evening and all .
:. week. natinees Wednesday and :
e Saturday, the Leighton Players in :
Z. THE Prisoner of Zenda."
:: Lyric-This evening and all :
:. week, matinees every day-Vaude- :
:. vile.
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HAD HEARD THEM.

Seattle PoSt-Intelligencerl
Katherine-It must be fearful when a
singer realizes that she has lost her
voice,
Kidder-It's a blamed sight more fear
ful when she doesn't realize it.
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CLASSICAL WRITER.

cleveland Plain Dealer)
I've just read Pillikins' last novel"
How do you like it?'
ct seems to be mass of meaningless
phrases
Eyes. they say he's going to become
q great author like Ibsen-'
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Mother Nurssd Mrs. Lincoln.

I'VE moved to Chicago when I was
years old, and my mother became
nurse for Mrs. Abrahs m Lincoln. She
had gone out of her mind completely,
poor woman. after her husband was
assassinated. and she was a dreadful
charge. Mother was the only person
who could do anything with her, and
for twelve years she had sole charge of
her. When at last Mrs Lincoln was
put into an asylum it was my mother 5
testimony that put her there.
LAS soon as we got to Chicago l
started out as a newsboy and boot
black. I was tough little Irishman,
and people kind of took a shine to me,
which enabled me to shine them, and
] made from 81 to SO a day In the
evenings I went to night school"
When the big fire in 1871 came the
Fitzgeralds We're getting along hand
somely. They had a comfortable little
home, and were beginning to forget
about their hard-luck days; but the
fire ruined them.
Il was IA years old then" said the
actor My heart sinks yet when I
think OF the terror and despair that fire
inspired in us. We all huddled togeth-
er and watched it coming. The wind
was blowing at a great rate and the
fire was travelling with the wind,
StFalgnC toward our nOii1s- CluSr liIe
black cloud Of smoke we could see the
line of saw-toothed fame, which grew
higher and higher as the fire ap-
preached. When the heat and smoke
together began to make the atmosphere
oppressive, my mother said there was
no use of our waiting any longer; that
the home had to go and that all we
could do would be TO save as much of
the furniture as possible.
MY widowed sister was living with
US, and 1 was ordered to take the
baby-a big, bouncing, red-headed kid
about IS months old-to the house of a
relative about five blocks away. So
far as we &C uld judge, it was out Of the
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"Ths Prisoner of zenda.~

With the opening presentation of
THE Prisoner of Zeuda" at the Grand
tonight, Harry Leighton and his play
ers will inaugurate the most preten-
tious weeks engagements at the thea
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-05
LIFE OF HEROTSM
AND TRAGEDY
How Eddie Foy Showed His Bravery
in 3iq Chicago Fire.

The first thing you notice about Eddie
Foy is the wonderful mobility OF his
face, and tho next Is his ehiidlike sim
plicity. says ". r. Linn in the Phila-
celphia North American. Although he
is nearly so years old, he is still a cute
little boy, as unaffected as Adam might
have been IN the Garden Of Eden.
You don't see the bashful side of him
on the stage. He gets his stage fright
when he is not on the stage. In the
theatre he is an admiral on the deck
of his flagship. Yes. and he IS real
hero. too. the nero of the great Iroquois
theatre fire in Chicago, three years ago.
His name is Edward Fitzgerald, and
both OF his parents were Irish as far
| back as the family records run. The
father was tailor IN New York when
| Eddie was born.
He came to this country" said the
comedian. thinking Il at he could raise
money in America as they raise p0ta-
toes In Ireland; but he died leaving my
mother with almost nothing. except five
girls and boy baby, which same was
myself