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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-31
"Shore Acres

There are as many different kinds Of
play as there are models for patent
churns in the patent office in Washington.
No man, no matter how wise, has ever
been able to tTuthfully forecast the fate
Of . play until 1t is placed before the pub
lie. Many of those which appear the most
promising are sent to the stOrehOuse in
a few months, If not weeks. Others may
be presented with some degree Of success
for year or more. The percentage Of
plays that have a drawing power with the
public for more than three years is small;
one that can be placed on tour for five
years is an exception But when play
can be placed before the public year after
year for a period of fifteen years ana,
upon every annual tour grow in popular
favor. it must possess more than ordinary
interest. No play can succeed without
possessing genuine human interest. the
play that possesses the most of this is
the one that viii last the longest This
condition can be applied to the late James
a. Hernes famous pastoral play, shore
Acres OF its kind, it is a classic. II gets
IN touch with the human heart. and goes
straight home to the living. breathing SEN
timeuts Of the people 1t deals in no false
notes. Il has the ring Of the pure metal
Year after year il attracts larger audi
encos. II viii be placed or view in shis
city when the distinguished character &C
tor Archie Boyd. viii be seen imperson-
aung the splendid type Of manhood. Ma
baniei Berry. Shore Acres" opens a
weeks engag cement at she Colonial to-
night. Mir. Boyd, it is promised. VIII be
supported by an excellent company. as he
always has been, thus making this tour
q superb revival of Mr.. Herne's great
Play. Miss Dorothy Herne, the youngest
daughter Of the author-actor is cast for
Tie leading female part.
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IN REALM OF MUSIC

oratorio. has been received with decid-
ed interest by the musical people of the
city. Hundreds of people who did not
attend the first performance, realizing
what they have missed, are clamoring
for another rendition. and the chorus
members themselves are anxious to re-
peat il. as they feel confident that they
can give the work even greater pre-
sentatiOn than before. The work Of the
Choral society has created so much en-
thusiasm that the Elijah still remains
the sole topic for discussion in music
circles.
The mana cement were very fortunate
IN securing the date of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the composer for
the second rendition, and in giving the
oratorio on that date will place Salt
Lake in line with most of the larger
cities OF this country. as we'll as Ger
many and England. In few cities the
size of Salt Lake viii the work be Civ
en-, as it is rarely attempted outside The
music centers.
The same soloists will be heard at the
next performance. as we'll as the full
chorus and the symphony orchestra.
Two rehearssls viii be held this wish to
brush up. and II IS expected that the
second rendition will be even better
than the first a social session viii DC
held by the chorus next Monday night
and the officers Of the society. together
with the members of the Cambrian as
ISOLATION. viii be present as guests.
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PRESS AGENTS PROMISE.

.7be BED Mill" the new comic opera
-.,,b is 10 be seen here for the first
- ~ the Salt Lake theatre next
tsIi.-ssv. Tuesday and Wednesday ana
I-.5resday matinee, certainly has oeeh
.,ovided with all the elements OF sue
r. The music is by Victor Herbert.
Ssr and away the best of the composers
Ia l1,,-b1 music in this country; the book
~ -, Henry Blossom, who has written
rI,,,sr dialogue I'm the past, and the
.sr,nsnv engaged is from all accounts
ia 10 be a mighty good one The
s-eres arc laid in Holland in a little
T,,trh village, and the piece is said TO
-,7tain a great many possibilities. OF
.bfeb every advantage has been taken.
.rTbs Red Mil" will be presented here
sfter a seasons run at the knlcker-
So.ter theatre. New York City, with
engagements Of three months in Chi
20 and Boston. where it proved to be
ons Of the most important musical sue
cesses OF many years.
rbc story is simple: Con Kidder and
KID Common are two Americans strand
81 AT a small Dutch inn in a little
IfoilaDd village. They have come TO
the end OF their financial resources ana
are in debt for a weeks board. They
means Of a blanket rope from an up
stairs window, when they are detected
nv the burgomaster, and bnly saved
from Imprisonment when they offer to
work out their Indebtedness. Kidder,
who processes to being something of
Hnguist, is made interpreter at the inn,
and Conner becomes q waiter. kiddeT
has but a scant knowledge of French,
and when he is confronted by an irate
French countess, who does nCf under
stand English, his attempts at CONVEX
sation are laughable-
Gretchen, the burgomaster' daughter,
is betrothed 10 the governor IF iceland,
an old fop and roue, and to escape this
marriage she plans an elopement with
Doris van Damn, a Young sea captain.
The Americans promise to aid the
clippers in return for a passage to Amer
ica. However. the plans are discovered
by the burgOmaster, and the prospec-
tive bride is locked in the red mill until
the arrival of the governor. Connor and
KiddeT rescue Gretchen by bringing her
down on the sails Of the windmill
The second act is placed in the hall at
the burgomaster's house. The governor
has arrived. but his bride is missing.
The father offers a large reward for the
return Of the girl and, on the advice
Of the sheriff. sends to The Hague for
Sherlock Holmes and DR.. Watson. Con-
nor and kidde- intercept the wire and
present themselves as the detective and
his friend. and In a clever burlesque
scene they take off the Gillette play
Al the OppOrtune moment Gretchen is
returned as the bride of Doris, and the
reward enables the Americans 10 re-
turn home.
The company engaged includes Wal
ter Wills as Con Kidder, Neil Mcneil
as Kid COnnOr, W. II. Brown, Fred W
Huntly. Milton Dawson, Frederick Nc
Gee Maurice Lavigne, Eugene P. Ar
mold and the Misses Anna McNabb
Marguerite Fry, Sadie Kirby, Edmace
de Dreux and a chorus of fifty, includ-
ing the Dutch Riddles and an augment
ed orchestra of solo performers.
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Vaudeville at ornheum.

When an acrobatic aoI is the headliner
CA an orpneum bill it's mighty good evil
o.uce mat that particular acrobatc turn
.lusl ne az the head of its class. Well
sAe VFpneum bill this week will be headed
~ NE Four FTankIins. who are said to
Ue head and shoulders above anything IN
tHe athletic line on the stage. Not only
lave they Won fame and honor in Ameri-
va OUT they are among the most popular
e-ts that ever performed in the Euro
t-ah amusement centers. The -Four Frank
ans include Max FRANKIE. Heinrich Holt
I,ah' Nick NeubaeT and StsnseS Glas- The
..eleT and difficult feats OF this quar-
'1See nave been copied all over the world.
One Of the cleanest and brightest
SSgteueS IN vaudeville will be the offering
~ Miss Una Clayton and her players. II
- called His Local Color" and is from
~ pen OF Mss Clayton. In its production
ne Is ably assisted by Mr.. Morey and
~ - Handforth- who is reputed TO be the
t-SoWned woman in vaudeville The
sNeIch deals with life in New York and,
~1lue the chief elements of the playlet are
lls me line Of comedy, there is enough
,SiuHleht and pathOs to give 1t a keen hu-
rs c,r interest. The story is OF poor
sSseQ street Waif from New York's east
s-e having stolen q pocketbook and aft
~ eId wanting to return it to the right
49, oNner' Is caught in the apartments of
- uNle- while in the act of returning
-a stolen property. She. the wsif tells
story and is believed, and is given en-
t,os lnent as an artists model. her bene-
-1-tor being an artist While in her new
b-sllon she dresses in the elaborate cos
syse OF a lay figure found in the studio,
- "a me artists sweetheart appears on
s--e scene and a number of very clever
Sia funny complications arise.
lovers of good singing are assured a
r.1ss4re in the appearance of Anna Wood
800, a popular and gifted prima donna
ssIsno. She is a polished and cultured
@''Sl possessing a voice of great range
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The Theatres
Continued From Page 5.

and sweetness. Her repertory includes
popular and classical selections
Peter Donald and his Bonnie Scotch
lass" Meta Carson. present an act enti-
tied Alex. McLean's Dream" that would
be q hesdliner on any bill Peter talks the
Simon-pure Scotch. and speaks It plainly
enough fer You to understand il. Both OF
them dress IN kits. They play. sing and
dance charas!ngly. The chief fun comes in
\ presentation of Mclean trying to return
home after 4 Scotch ball. where he i'm
bibed q few too many highballs. With
the aid of lamp post he progresses fair
IS well on his homeNard course, but At
length the lamp post becomes Just as
Wobbly as he. then he sits down and
dreams Of his old sweetheart She APP
pears in person. having stepped out Of a
billboard, and he makes vigorous love to
her.
"Fhe Man From the West" James H.
Cullen. Will be with us once again lie
comes regularly. and no Drpheum season
least one visit from Mr. Cullen. His sto-
ries are new.
a couple Of clever entertainers are what
Thomas A. Carroll and Joseph NJ. Baker
are said to be. They sing. dance and reel
off line Of funny talk that is irresistible
Their psrodies arc all new and are based
on popular song hits
There arc ventriloquists aud ventrilo-
quists. but there is only one Vernon. He
is Ia class of his own in the line OF ven
triloquism. He is an artist. and his dunn
mics Che uses seven Of them) are so real
and liseiike that It is hard to believe they
are not living creatures. Vernon viii be
seen at his best
The program will be rounded out by two
new and interesting subjects on the kino-
drome and three numbers by the Orpheum
orchestra
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SOCIETY.
Continued from PAGE 2.

Continued from Page 2.
of children at the Colonial yesterday
afternoon to see The Babes in Toy
land"
The board of directors of the I w. g
A will entertain the teachers and
principals of the public schools next
Friday evening at the boarding home.
Mrs. Appelbaum entertained the Con-
genial club at progressive whist Tues
day evening. The prize was won by
Mrs. Nathan Offer.
Mr. and Mrs. A. =. White will be at
home at the Woodruff apartments after
the LIST of February.
<
Mrs. NJ. S. Sears entertained Mrs. o.
P. Arnold, jr, at a theatre party We'd
nesday afternoon at the Bungalow.
\ =
The eighth B class of the Lafayette
school will givea dancing party at the
Odeon hall tomorrow evening in honor
of the graduates of the school All
former graduates will be entertained.
1t will be strictly a Lafayette affair.
as no tickets win be sold. Former
graduates may secure their tickets
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"Secret Service"

William Gillette has always been rated
as a master Of stage construction and de-
tail. His splendid handiwork is plainly
shown in his great southern war romance,
Secret Service which viii be produced
at the Bungalow week commencing to-
night. Mr.. Mack will portray the war
hero. Captain Thorne of the United States
secret service. but in reality Lewis Du-
mont. Under disguise and the pretense
that he has been wounded in action. he
remains at the home of Confederate Cen
ersl Narney, and he and the general s
beautiful daughter, Edith Narney, fall
desperately in love She does not suspect
his true identity. and goes personally to
President jefferson Davis and secures a
commission for Captain Thorne on the
Richmond war telegraph service to pre-
vent his going to the front again. He re-
luctantly accepts the commission. Benton
Arrelsford of the confederate secret serv-
ice secures information that proves the
real purpose of Thor7s in Richmond, and
hates Captain Thorne most heartily as his
rival for Edith Narneys hand. He cap
lures Thorne's brother, Henry Dumont-
and brings the latter to General Narney' s
home to see If their meeting will not con-
yict both. Thorne's brother commits sui
eide and Thorne pretends that he per-
formed the deed in the interests Of the
confederates. In the third act ne IS
shown in charge of the confederate war
department telegraph. Richmond Arreis-
ford. his rival. shoots through the window
instrument. but only wounds him in the
arm. Thorne cooIIy lights a cigarette and
continues his work. telling Arrelsford that
you're a damn bad shot. Finally his
manhood will not allow him to send mes
sage which he knows is fatal TO Union sue
cess. and he refuses TO act under his conf
mission The third act shows him about
to be shot as a spy. but he is saved at the
last moment as the evidence Is not con-
elusive enough TO show that he actually
served on his commission. and the court
sentences him to Imprisonment awaiting
the result of the siege of Richmond.
Thorne is led off after saying goodbye to
his sweetheart. Edith Narney, and he
promises that he viii return soon and re-
deem himself IN her eyes The ending of
the play leaves the sequel to the magma
ton of the audience The success of the
northern forces. of course, releases Can
tain Thorne and the course of time heals
the wounds between the north and south
and Thorne and his love are reunited. M.
Mack promises q splendid portrayal of the
role of Captain ThoTne. and Miss Doug
las as Edith Varney. with the balance Of
a fine organiza ton, assures a satisfactory
production. Following Secret Service.
Mr. Mack viii place in production Henry
F. Dixey's great comedy success. THE
Man on the Box" which ran an entire
wear at the Madison Square theatre and
Lyric theatre. New York City
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Vaudeville at Grand.

Vaudeville At popular prices will be the
attraction at the Grand theatre commenc-
ing. Monday afternoon. Under the con-
tracts signed. the Grand will receive the
best of the White Rat attractions. It
Is but short time since the contract was
entered into by which the Grand OF this
city, the Curtis theatre at Denver and
number of the coast cities were to re-
ceive these acts In short, the company
which controls a number of the big vaude-
vile houses Of the east and middle west
have decided that they would enter the
western part of the country with their at
fractions. The first of the bills opened in
Denver last Sunday night, and is the bill
which comes intact to this city tomorrow
Tor weeks engagement The people OF
this city will see each of the bills just as
they are presented in the cast OF at Den
yer. The acts will be brought TO this city
and presented without cut or change. and
will consist of six acts to each perform
ance. That the opening bill will be one of
the best ever seen in this city in the
vaudeville line is evident from the notices
which the bill received from the critics of
the Denver papers. of the act of SadOs.
who will be the headliner for the opening
engagement OF vaudeville at the Grand.
the critic of the Denver Post has this to
say: 'Sados is a remarkable juggler, and
was easily the headliner of the bill. and.
il might be added. without deViatiug from
the truth. that he is probably the best ex-
ponent of this branch of entertainment on
the stage today. At least, he is the best
seen in Denver, and that's saying more
than something"
Close TO Sados and his act as q head
liner comes Adonis and his dog. Here
we have a wonderful little dog in stunts
that are an amazing exposition of animal
intelligence" is the way one of the Den
yer critics describe this act.
Claude MarkIey and his banjo viii be
another feature of the bill. "A young
gentleman who can make a banjo talk. is
the way the Post critic describes this act
The Misses Patrick and West will offer
a song and dance act that is said to be
new. both in the songs and dancing.
Frank and True Rice will be another Of
the attractions that made more than good
in Denver. These two clever fellows offer
a comedy acrobat act that is entirely diff
ferent from anything of its kind ever seen
in this city. As an added attraction to an
already good program. there will be an
entirely new set Of moving pictures.
Manager BinfOrd states that it is his in
tention to present nothing but high-class
vaudeville acts al popular prices, and that
he will see to It that no act with a sug-
gestiOn CT Vulgarity goes on the stage.
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meet tomorrow afternoon at Unity hall
when Mrs. j. J. Thomas will read a
paper on Juvenile Court Work" The
hostesses for the afternoon VIII be Mrs
D. y Straup- Mrs. J. r. Davis and
Mrs Willard Hanson. The year book
Of The club will be out within a few
days.
The Ladies Reading club met with
Mrs c. H. Martin Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Hanna gave a paper on Modern
Italian Writers" Mrs. Martin read
"Grotto's Tower" Miss Banker read
a paper, italian Arts Morning Star
Grotto." The next meeting will be with
Mrs. T. H. Smith, 157 South Seventh
East street.
The Woman's Athenaeum of Park
City met Monday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. r. Z. Wight Mrs. Fargo
had paper on our Precoeious Child. -
Miss Lanyon read a. paper on ply
steal Culture Miss Shields wrote n
paper on Domestic Science" which
was read by Mrs. r, z. Wight. The
next meeting will be held with Miss
Amber Bardsley.
Mrs. Grace Wauick was the hostess
n entertaining the Utah Sorosis of
Provo on Wednesday evening, Presi-
dent Mrs. Annie Evans presiding. A
paper on THE Life and Writing of
Thomas Beckett" was presented by Mrs.
Edna Houtz. followed by a paper on
English Art by Mrs. Margaret Cliff.
Mrs. A. c. Lund will entertain the club
next week.
The Nineteenth Century club of Pro-
vo met on Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs J. ". Bird. The entire
afternoon was taken up with a paper
by Mrs. z. z. COrfmsn on "Philosophie
Schools" the surprise paper usually
given st the club meetings being dis
pensed with.
The Daughters of Utah Pioneers will
hold the regular monthly meeting next
Wednesday at O'Clock at the Lion
house. The meeting Will be devoted to
talks on Pioneer Architecture"
X x
The Wasatch Literary circle meets
Tuesday with Mrs. J. J. Thomas in her
apartments, No. 10. Emery flats The
program is under the direction of Mrs.
r. G. McNiece.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet next Saturday afternoon with
Mrs. Clint b. Leigh at her home. i2f L
street.
The P. Z. o. society meets next SAT-
urday with Mrs. A. G. Andrews at her
home, 1872, Q street
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Plays Coming Soon,

With Florence Roberts in the leading
role of Lady Joan Meredyth.'' Seymour
Obermer's much diseussed social drama.
'sThe House of Bondage" will receive its
initial production in this city at the Salt
lake theatre next week. In selecting the
rent season. Mr.. CoTt appears to have
chosen with wisdom, report crediting the
NAV with being Accordingly interesting.
and offering Miss Roberts role which is
every way congenial to her Determined
,,nor, giving the play every advantage that
csst can afford, Mr. Cort has engaged for
Miss Roberts support such players as
Arthur Forrest. Thurlow BerEen. Kent
Posworth. Harry Gibbs. Ann Warrington
and Mary Bertrand.
.sThe House of Bondage" appears TO be
a sfrikfnely original work The author
nlsvs upon the inconsistency and partial
ifv of the English divorce laws in an in
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teresting manner. showing the hardships
British wives must suffer without relief,
while their husbands enjoy q legal dis
elimination that the rest of the world re-
CARDS with indignant wonder. The piece
is written in brilliant vein, contains no
lack of telling situations ana at least two
climaxes that are worthy of Florence Rob
erts high artistic gifts.
Sothern's performance of "Riehelieu'' is
the most elaborate that has been given OF
the famous classic in this country. Not
only from the standpoint of scenic inVes-
titure and costuming is the production
superb work Of dramatic art but Sothern
has interviewer into the plays action a
musical setting of rare beauty. Many OF
the melodies are selected from Gun0ts
opera of ''Richelieu," some have been un-
earthed by SotheTn from old and unknown
tunes. and one number was written by
King Louis XIII of France Mr.. Sothcrn
appears at the Salt Lake theatre soon.
An attraction at the Salt Lake theatre
soon will be the Clyde Fitch comedy,
Girls. which has proved the rage OF
New York for the past season. 1t is said
to be d screamingly funny play. and deals
with incidents in the careers of three
svowed man-hateFs. who however, before
the fall of the final curtain succumb to
she charms of three persons of the mascu-
line gender. The production is correct
from the smallest detail. and the cast is
the most competent that could be secured
by Sam S. and Lee Shubert. under whose
direction the attraction is offered.
It is possible to have rafting good
entertainment spoiled by ineffective inter
prefers but. happily. nothing of the sort
has endangered 1.-THE Gingerbread Man"
the fanciful fsiryesque that the Nixon &
Zimmerman company will present at the
Colonial during the month OF February.
Fred J. Nice. John J. MeCowen- Maurice
Holden, Carriek Major: Lutte Vrohman.
Sol Solomon. the Great Kavano. Rose
Murray Adele Archer. Lola Renard.
Eleanor Waring and beauty chorus of
forty fill in the many stage pictures. The
Gingerbread Man was one Of the big
gest hits at the Liberty theatre in New
York last season.
Another attraction at the Colonial early
in February will be Paul Gilmore in his
new play, The Boys of Company 3.
presented by Jules hurry. The star has
never been seen to better advantage.
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and a pleasant though Informal recep-
ton followed. and about forty friends
went with the young people to the
train. They left that night for Amer
lean Falls, where they will make their
home.
Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Kerr will be at
home to their friends after Feb. 1 at
1871 East Brigham street.
Miss Rena Anderson entertained yes
terday at a luncheon. followed BY a box
party at the Orpheum, in honor OF Miss
Rachael Snow. The decorations for the
luncheon were pink and white roses.
Mrs Will Higham entertained Mr..
and Mrs. o. P. Arnold at cards Thurs
day evening.
e
The Undine club girls and their
mothers were the guests of the Misses
Enid and June Edmonds and Augusta
Youngberg Friday evening. The club
coiOrs gold and white. were artistically
carried out in daffodiis and yellow rib
bon. Musical numbers were given by
Mrs. Fife Dean Knappeu, Kathryn
Gabbott Virginia Smith. May Billings,
Lisle Bradford. Addie Fletcher and the
Undine quartet. Several delightful re-
citations were given by Miss Anna
Frazier and Mrs Annabefle Price.
Later in the evening dainty refresh
ments were served by the hosJesses.
Those who enjoyed the affaiT'were Mes
danes y. c. Price, Fife Dean KNAPP
pen, William Price. J. A. Smith, Wal
ter Frazier. J. ". Smith. " Wallace
Billings. l. g. Hardy. Gronway Parry,
Abbie Edmonds. J. p. Delaney and
Wilbur Price and the Misses Mamie
Price, Lisle Bradford, Beth Bradford