The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-08

Huohes, those notable Americans, will
appear. Last year Mr. Hughes offered
a prize of $1,000 for the best American
one-act comedy sketch he could aJ gel
Over 400 manuscripts were submitted
ty some of the ablest writers IN tne
countrv. and from out Of this collection
Mr.. and Mrs. Hughes chose suppress
inc the Press and Mr.. Beeman was
paid the $1,000 for tho MANUSCRIPT,
Wherever this playlet has been seen u
has had an ovation and has been tre-
mendonsly successful, because not only
is IL n playlet of high merit, but the
performers are finished, polished artists.
.FThe man who has soldiered an ms
and he is coming here to offer the act
that has made him famous on two con
4 tinents. He appears on the stage IN q
| setting that appears to be a VerltaoIe
| battlefield and then be goes throupn
| the maneuvers OF soldering ana goes
| some remarkably amusing and clever
| Juggling and balancing feats ana aISo
some burlesoue work Of high merit, he
| docs some exceptionallv clever tricks
and he has an irresistible humor that
| keeps his audience in one conntLnuai
spell of laughter. Mss E!nel L, ahjna Nae,
| the drum" !" should he a valuable acaui-
sition to any bill, She will be remem-
bercd from her visit here carly in the
season with the Boston Fadettes. She
was the drummer girl about whom SO
much favorable comment was heard at
tbat t time. Because Of her effective
and novel work on the drum she IS
now here alone with musical novelty
that is a winner A daring oymnajtl>
act, during which is introduced an orig
inal high ladder speciality, VIII be pee
sented bv Joe LaFleur and his prlZe
MEXICAN chihuahua dog. LaFleur is
one of the latest acquisitions from the
ranks of the great circuses to vaude'
| Vile a few years nPo he was the
sensation of the hour in the London
Hippodrome and later in the New YORK
Uinpodrome. No acrobatic act has been
more lmitated and copied than this high
ladder turn, but Salt Lakers VIII have
a chance 10 see the only md original
LaFleur this week. dancing .-ni
singing specially will be given bv Gee
han and Spencer, who are artists IN
their particular sphere. They dance
we'll and are singers of reputation. or
course no Orpbcum bill would be ofm-
plcte without the Kinodrome numbers
| and this week two very superior Sno'
iects will be shown, ono humorous AMI
the other one instructive. The orches
tra. under the direction of Mr.. Weihc
will be beard to ADVANTAGE IN thee
numbers. II should he borne in mind
that this popular orchestra Of thirteen
pieces under the direction of Mr.. Wc:' {
plays at all performances, matlnee'
and evenings.
Indian methods of warfare against
the white man. their ghost dance anc
customs preparatory 10 the inevitable
scalOino that so many of America ,!
pioneers endured. are vivldIY deDlctec
in Miss Lillian Mortimer s masterpiece
NBuDco in Arizona. III which MS
Mae ST. Clair is star this season. Th'
plot deals with waif who bad beer
o1o ly- i'm
She became a general favorite with tn
entire mining camp at Black Creek
Arizona. and when she arrived at th
age Of 10 was engaged 70 handsom
young miner named Dick Gold. JneS
pectedly an unknown aunt arrived an'
announced that the waif. called IN cam
"Bunco,' was an English heiress, an
that she has come 10 claim her, and re
turn with her to Eng and TO be edu
Gated until she became of age. Bunc
objected TO leaving her sweetheart
Dick. but, the objections being over
ruled, she consented TO 90: As ofte
happens, villainous cousin appeare
on the scene and in order TO win Bunc
+ and her inheritance, he connlves wit
C the Indian. Blackhawk, TO kill Dicl
c Several plots were hatched by the cor
>, spiratorS, but in each case they wer
G defeated. At last an opportunity Al
V rived; the cousin had brihed the In
Z frenzy Dick and Buuco are capture
. and bound to trees, and the ghost dance
= with full ritual, is gone through pre-
c paratory to the captlves being scalpeC
. but word has reached the camp and
S troop of cowboys arrive to the rescu,
?, and quick Justice is meted out to the II
= dians. The cousin has n violent qua
u rel with the Indian chief and kills hin
c Five years elapse and Bunco returns [
d Black Creek and marries her old low
J. and all ends happily The ghost dane
Q scene is especially impressive. aud th