Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-14

wears have been barred from the
Salt Lake theater-De Wolf
Htrper was. number One-has Just been
booked for salt Lake under the treaty
OF peace arranged between the theatre
cal syndicates of the east. It consists
OF the play of 1.-THE Great Divide" rem
dered famous by Henry Miller and Mar
garet Angln. Mr. Miller will head the
company, but as Miss Anglin IS going to
Australia to produce the play there,
her place in the western production
win be taken by the distinguished Eng
lish actress, Edith Wynne Mathison,
famous as the actress who brought to
America the play of Everyman."
Tho Great Divide" will come to the
theater early in the summer. 1t is Il
play dealing with tremendous prob
lem. and will no doubt be as eagerly
awaited, ms highly praised and as deep
ly criticised here as it has been in the
east.
Another big nearby attraction from
which Manager PIPER expects great re-
suits, is the visit of Francis Wilson,
who Is now one of Charles Frohman's
headliners, but who has not visited the
west since he abandoned comic opera
Mr. Wilson Is now one of the standard
light comedians of the day and his new
play, when knights Were Bold" has
been one of the big successes of the
past two seasons III New York Mr..
Wilson viii be supported by Mary Bo-
land, formerly leading lady with Rob-
ert Edison and Dustin Farnum; also by
Joseph G. Allen, and Mr., Campbell Col
Ian. the we'll known artists The story,
while 1t is laid in the present day.
carries all the characters back into tho
twelfth century, and ii is said to be
most laughable creation.
Admirers of Nat Goodwin. who see his
name in big letters in another part of
the Saturday News" may at first
blush think the popular actor is heading
this way again. A re-reading of the an
noun ament will show them their error
MIR Goodwin while he Is still acting in
New York maintains big mining Of
flee in Reno, New. where his represent
tatives are doing their share in spread
ing to the world intelligence of the
boom in Rawhidc, and the Satur-
day News" is one of the big journals
of the west which the firm employs to
make it's announcements
In 1.-The Power that Governs" which
Creston Clarke will present at the Salt
Lake theater on Monday, that young
star Is compelled for the first time in
his professional career to don the
clothes OF Western rauchmau. After
long seasons In the trappings OF Shake
spearean heroes, and OF Haunting the
iaees and ribbons Of Monsieur Beau
caire. we are now 10 see him In n
flannel shirt riding boots, chaps" and
gun. Although during his acting
career. Mr.. Clarke has played a num-
Der of parts outside OF the Shakespeare
can repertoire. which brought him
most of his fame, he has never before
been called upon TO carry a revolver
Swords without number he has welded
and now and again a dagger, but never
that advance agent of American civil
ization--the siN-shooter Curious as 1t
may seem in one who is so much given
TO study, the nephew OF the Booths has
always been fond of target shooting
with pistol and his practise has made
him marksman of no mean standing.
Following Mr.. Clarke at the The
ster, Manager Pyper viii serve up a
large variety in fast and furious fash
ion. Tuesday and "Wednesday nights,
eastern success, The Gingerbread
Man" will hold the boards; Thursday
afternoon and night witnesses another
spectacular show in Painting the
Town" Friday evening. that standard
actor, Wilton l.ackaye, appears in
The Bondman." and it will be repeat
ed Saturday afternoon and evening.
1.-THE Gingerbread Man" is Nixon
e Zmmerman's show, and is said To
DO q most attractive one for chill
dien. Such familiar characters as
Little lack Horner simple Simon,
Tafry, Sally Lunn, Fudge, ott..
crowd the book, and sloane, the COM
poser is said TO have filled II with
lively musical numbers. In the COM
pany presenting THE Gingerbread
Man" are bunch Of well-known play
ors. Including Evelyn Kellogg. Mahle
Day, Fred Nice, Percy AIatson, and
many others.
"Painting tho Town" IL a gorgeous
attraction sent out by Charles il.
Yale. made famous by such apectacu-
lar plays as "rhe Devils Auction"
The feature on which Mr.. Yale relies
this year Is tho Introduction Of Miss
Maize liin6, whom lie pllls as "the
worlds greatest dancer" The scenic
production Is said TO be Along the