Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-31
lF-1llE5ROUhDs OF THE THEATERS

TIF'aT4sR:4.,Fhe attention a. afa,,.i
asef PIPER and Treasurer Brown ali
dag yesterday was devoted to Booking
The apsiieatlens Tor season tickets, 81,
athers we're considered. Thls Is cans thai
the patens Of tile house who guarantee
20 taketw.e seats on tie Sarst night ~
every attraction VISITING The Fhea terl
during the entire season. may have
their seats laid away for thsn and thay
are net under the necessity u Of sioinlrg
in the shrenE which beaisges the box
Office when the big attractions visit us.
Today rill be devoted to booking places
fet thf Blanche bates enskgenents
which pens M. The Fig hitting Hope
CobOsIAL Ushering in the stason
With ont OF George M. Cohan's bt,Fht
musical 2lays. done at tho Salt lake
theater 1st year, the Colonial began
last nlgE with a big audience Its sen
and run3f the offerings of tho North
western Theatrical Syndicate. Fifty
Miles FINN Boston, the decidedly
Cohanesge Offering, q nelange of inu-
slcal coIndy and drama; the players
hre all god. and SO Is the play. The
story Is Q happenings In Brookneld.i O
rural tow 80 miles from the Hub.
There Is Brookfield boy, Joe Wes-
colt who Wins the Big ball game for
Harvard ad Isl welcomed to his home
town %ithshe village Brass hand. THE
postmistres, Sadie Woods, welcomes
him. too. mi that Is what matters most
to Westcott It matters as much. but
in q differeA way. to Dave Harrigan.
the town due and the son OF the towns
well-to-do aerchant. Sadie has a
brother Jedgho steals money from the
postofflce, llere his sister had ems
ployed hi,ntoE bet on the ball game
and he lost liarrigan the dude wanted
Sadie. sadleSanted Joe and Joe wante j
Sadie. In 1e meantime led wanted
Dave's slstf. Dave wanted Sadie 10
give up Joeand Jed was made the go
between, 3Je's reward to be loan to
cover his portage in the nostoffice
That Is tn, Conan plot and it works
out 80 thaiall are happy in the end.
a fire In thtpostofflce caused by n fire.
works celeSation having been added
to wipe out he evidence of Jed's theft.
Much musit is intermingled to give
several pleabng vocalists 2opportuntties
TO add to tn charm of the piece.
Grace Kira as Sadie Is a charming
little actress she is pretty. dances
SdetlilNllyS5a SttNssSiilRS Will ~ GlldIllllNs
naturalness.t EVERY time she appeared
she was waE1ly greeted and her win
snmeness w6 her q. place in the heart
of every ono. Mrs. Tilford, the village
gossip. is decidedly Cohan creation.
She is a gooslooking woman, although
she tries ihart to hide 1t in two ridicu-
alous costume Her part is cleverly
handled andSae kept all laughing with
her periodic observation "Aint It
awful" "Fty Miles From Boston"
runs through he week with the regular
matinees.
5+sGfFeAND-Te program at the Grand
8theater thisayeek announces "salomy
jane presered by the Willard Mack
stock compar, Including Miss Blanche
Douglas" Tn heading of the program
might we'll Id changed to read Miss
Douglas, inclding Mr.. Mack and the
company issresenting 'Salorny Janet
Credit has been given Willard Mack
for being aseaver actor. but another OF
his talents$Aems to be the knack Of
picking out good plays, good players,
and making the combination At. In
opening the fall and winter stock sea-
son at theElrand "saIomy Jane" an
adaptatiopf Bret Hartes idyll of the
south is lis,la the vehicle to present
the colnpanlI with its new members, to
the publiea