The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-25

cess elsewhere. II had been running
two years in New York CITY and has
emerged successfully from an all sum
mcr run Of sixteen weeks in Chicago,
but those arc theatrical happenings
that do not necessarily make for sue
cess in This city or ncighborhood, where
pluygocrS do not care TO have ther
judgments made for them by other com
munitics. But the play itself made
good in the fullest meaning of that
term. Vt is not at MI likely that Salt
Lake will do ANYTHING IN the new On
gagcmcnt To reverse the verdict pro
uouncod on "The Man OF the Hour
at the time.
Miss Frances Starr is soon 10 be seen
in new play from the pen Of David
Belasco. II is scheduled for production
in January next, but. following his
usual secrecy regarding forthcoming
productions, Mr. Belasco has as vet
made no announc emcnt regarding the
locale or nature of the new work.
With Blanche Bates in "The Fight
ing Hope turning them away at the
StuyvCsanr. New York: with Arliss in
"The Devil doing likewise at the
Bclasco; with WarficId and "Thc War
rcns of Virginia breaking records on
the road: aud with two other produc-
tions that look like winners in pTepara.
ton, David Belasco has every reason to
take an optimistic view of the returns
for the present season. The election is
not worrying him.
The opening of Charles 3. Hanford 5
tour gives promise of a continuation of
last season 5 enthusiastic approval.
A new European act opens this week
! in St. Louis at the Columbia. II is
call "A Ba Be. - with the subtitle
"'The Living Postcard Album. - Thi.
, feature should be q special matinee mag
net, ns II rcproduccs with living figure:
the highly -colored chromos Of the nurs
cry. such as :. Little Red Riding Hood,
Winona Winter. the fascinating
. Cheer-up' girl. late feature OF Charlie,
| Frohman s Little Cherub' company
and Tho Dairy Maids. " has been cap
| tured for vaudeville again by Martir
/ Beck. She opens on Monday for a very
/ limited tour to the const.
The press bureau inaugurated b,
Martin Beck at the Orpbeum head
! quarters has attracted n great deal o.
attention throughout the country. Tn,
! indianapolis Star devoted long ed it
orial last week 70 the abuses of III,
'Hpress agent warns They regretted
/ the frequent exploitation of sensational
! interviews and stories concocted from
an agents Imagination. saying: 18th,
| public has become suspicious, and in
stead of swallowing false stories as !
used to do, is now doubling true storie
and dismissing them lightly as pres
agent yarns. This attitude takes ava
their effectiveness. The managers ar
beginning to realize this and are order
ing their press agents 10 slow down
The Orpheum circuit and the Unite
Booking offices. who have charge O
booking vaudeville acts in the big com
biue formed recently, has gone the fur
thcst of any of the managers. absc
lutely forbidding the circulation o
fake stories concerning its acts b
its press agents, and in order to furthe
protect its interests prepares the pres
matter concerning the acts at the ce1
trail offices.
Oracle Emmett has returned 10 vaudC
Vile in her bright, unctuous vaudevill
farce, Mrs. Murphy s Second Hu!
band" She is playing New Orleau
this week.