The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22
The SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING.

the bars, so that their act ia thriller
from beginning 10 end, and their com
edy work is clean and clever. MISS
Netta Vesta Will be seen In western
territory for the first timo. She is one
OF the casts most popular musical
comedy idols. For her vaudeville en-.
gagemont she has selected number OF
her favorite songs. aud her rcpertory !
includes some of the latest and most /
catchy popular melodies. She IS Il beau
tiful woman, with most charming per. !
sonality, besides being tho possessor OF !
magnificent voice. OF course the
llinodromn viii FIJI its regular place on |
the bill. furnishing a couple Of new sub
iects, and the full orchestra, under the
direction Of Willard Weihe, will render
a selection. overture and march at every
performapce during the week.
There opened at the new Lyric the
ater yesterday a cameraphone pro
gramme which has seen no equal III
point Of excellence since tho advent OF
that popular form Of amusement into
Salt Lake The bill is one of variety
as fell as undisputed merit, and com
bines attractions from comic opera as
we'll as highclass vaudeville. 1t Will
! be seen tonight and throughout the
week Stella Mayhew, one OF the most
attractive stars on the stage, is head
! liner, singing her famous song, . Guess
! l IN Bad. which was posed and sung
| especially for the CameraphoDe com.
! pany. There is a clever mstrimonial
! farce, called ''The Turkish Bath. - and
this is followed by another farce en-
all the uproarious situations imaginable.
Baker and Breen sing, "The Pretty
! Things You Say and dance well. too.
James Grady sings Don't Take Me
| Home and "When l get Picked.
There are other songs and dances and
. . -, ,fy .1l NJ, y.sS
which are interesting and entertaining.
The splendid bill offered this week at
the new Lyric is certainly deserving Of
patronage,
Richard Brinsley Sheridln's illus.
trious classic comedy, "Thc Rivals,
will soon be presented locally by Joseph
end William W. Jefferson. The capa-
bilitics of these stars. who served their
apprenticeship under the tutelagc OF
their father. the late Mr. Joseph Jeffer'
son. means that they are the worthy
successors Of their distinguished sire
Joseph .portTaYs Sir Lucius O,Tng-
GER" while William ". will play " Bob
Acres. Being supported by a com.
pany of histrionic merit, Al evening OF
rare enjoyment is assured when The
Rivals - comes to the Salt Lake thcatcr
Monday week.
In an interview with Boyle Voolfolk,
the writer of all the song hits in the
Sunny Side of Broadway Murray
and Mack 5 starring vehicle at the
Colonial tonight, he was asked what sug-
gested the various titles and ideas for
the songs he wrote. Mr., Voolfolk re-
a rule only when l have the inspiration,
and the ideas for them arc suggested
by many different things, For in
stance, Most Every Town Has a
Broadway was suggested as title
to me about ten years ago, when / made
my first trip to Brooklyn, On hear,
ing the guard on the elevated train yell
Broadway (strange, but true, that
I understood what he said) ] turned
to my companion and said: Gee, have
they a Broadway over here also?' He
said: Yes, | never saw a town that
didn't have one. | replied: That s
Il fact. most every town has a Broad
way. but there ) really only one |
saved the title and idea and only wrote
the song last season when ] found that
it suited the production | was writing.
Everyone IS said to be born with
more or less superstition, but the peo-
pie of stageland are credited with be-
ing the most superstitlous in the
world. There is little Miss Roberta
Wilson, prima donna of the elsie of
Spice company, which comes to the
Salt Lake theater Monday evening.
She is not at all superstitious, and
laughs ut the horror with which some
Of her co-workers regard the number
Is, although she has had much better
reason than most of them to regard
il as unlucky. Recently she was us.
signed room number Is IN hotel. and
while going up IL the elevator 10 the
top story, which the shrew landlord
usually reserves for his theatrical
trade, the elevator took n drop from
the second story to the basement
to see the city, after being shown to
her room. During her walk she mar
rowly escaped being run over by a
, runaway horse and a scorching auto.
mobile. While on the stage in the
evening a sand bag, from the grid
IRON sixty feet above whizZed To
the floor. missing her only by few
inches. Still she is not superstitious
She says number 13 is evidently her
lucky number, as any one of the accl.
dents in which she so narrowly escaped
death might have proved fatal,
Louis James Garrison made his first
appearance on the stage Thursday night
at the Salt Lake theater. 1t was Mr.
James's wish that his little name-sake
} should make his first appearance IN his
? company, The little fellow is year
>. old and was one OF the villagers IN the
Hegstead scene. His grandfather and
grandmother are residents Of Salt Lake
Among the Thanksgiving attractions
in Salt Lake City will be n big mask
ball at the Auditorium pavilion Wednes
day evening under the management OF
Schumacher and Bradford. Many
unique and attractive features are on
the programme and the management is
doing its utmost to make the event a
brilliant one,