The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-14

and the eaSt, such rs Lottie Kendall,
WHO plays the role of the wife Of the
gay musician; Harry Bcuham, the bari
I jonc, formerly with Henry w Savage;
Margaret Crawford, for four wears
with Henry w. Savage, and one OF the
best known contraltos on the stage;
W. II. fringle, the noted basSo come
dian; Frcda Kliugcl d dainty dancer,
who last season took New York by
storm; Roger Gray, the comedian and
| dancer, anotbcr big New York favor
itc as well us w. flave Ryan, Leo II.
White, Grace Souther, Francesca lie
| Clair, Ethyl Cook, Roy Tory and others
| that are well known.
/ One Of the features OF "Tbe Gay Mu-
sIcian is the powerful singing chorus,
/ each member of which was specially Sc
! lccicd for his or her vocal strength.
Manager Slocum has equipped his com
\ pany III n lavish manner, the most
costly of imported French gowns being
! worn III ono scene.
The story OF ''The Great Divide, -
which is to have its very first stock
production west of the Mississippi at
the Grand theatcr the week beginning
tonight, is as follows: In lonely
cabin in the Arizona mountains live Il
Massachusetts man. his wife and sis
ter. The married couple have accepted
au lUNiCdlIDH 10 NlSll nelHHDDIs bUl
the sister decides to remain at home
until their return. Early IN the morn
ing two drunken miners, returning from
a dance hall, note n light in the cabin
window, peer in, and see that Ruth
Jordan (Miss Douglass IS alone. They
determine to possess her and begin
throwing dice to settle which il shall
be. While the game is in progress,
Stephen Ghent tMr. Walter McCu,.
Low n = l. 4
men in duel and buys the other s
rights to the girl for string of gold
nuggets. He effects an entrance TO
the cabin and endeayors 20 enforce his
claim. She resists, but finally yields.
upon his promise to marry her.
Ghcnt has naturally made mos;
unfavorab!e impression, but when
sober lie realizes his folly and en-
| deavors 10 atone by surrounding her
with everything money can procure in
the mountains, including a magnificent
new home. Ruth does not believe him
in any way worthy of her, though she
understands his love has grown with
every hour, gradually changing the mn
| couth westcrucr for the better lie
seeks 10 win her love. but does not
| succeed. At the first opportunity she
leaves him and his wealth, determined
80 earn and save enough money to buy
/ her purchase price. Ghcnt follows her
! back to Massachusetts, where. in the
meantime. a son had been born. and
there he is told why she left him. In
the parlor Of the New England cottage
Ruth finally confesscs that she has
! been deceiving herself as to her real
/ feeling for Stephen, and IN the strong
! est scene ever put on the Grand stage
reconciliation occurs and ".Thc
I In' dc
! 1t is one of the strongest, most N;rile,
/ heart gripping stories ever written. and
/ in the hands of the capable company
! Mt the Grand is certain to score heavily.
! Walter Mccullough, the now leading
man, wlll have an excellent opportunity
/ to show patrons of the Grand how good
/ an actor nc is. The part fits him spleu-
! didly, and ms years of experience M
eastern cities will stand HIM Ia good
! possess Il magnificent voice, striking
! personality and that indcfina5le some.
| thing called magnetism in q marked de-
! gree. Miss Douglas is certain TO play
| Ruth Jordan as well as anything she
! has done in this city, which is mgll
praise indeed. Among the othcr old
! Grand favoritcs in the east are Messrs.
! Allen, Rcnnic, Booth, Acine, Moore
| RAYMOND, Thorn, and Misses Outtrim
I
! nees Wednesday and Saturday. and the
regular Grand price will prevail
Edna Aug, n come,licnne whom ,ad-
mircrs describe as irresistible, is beng
featured as the principal offering al
the Orphcum beginning tonight, when
the new weekly bill goes into effect
Miss Aug played a weeks engagement
here last year and made an admirable
reputation as an actress of varied abli
| ity upon that occasion. Since that tour
of the Orpheum circuit she has played
an engagement in Europe, where both
| in London and Paris she achieved q
remarkable success for an American ar
tiste. Her Offering here will be the
salnc as that with which she won hel
European admirers. 1t is called
"Types,' and consists of series oj
character sketches, III which the hu
morous and satirical predomlnate. Mis-;
Aug is the possessor of good voice
and has the ability 10 be funny in al
artistic manner.
The Big City Quartettc. billed a.
"Just bunch of tuncly favoritos,
and remembered in Salt Lake as mer
iting the description. will have an en-
tircly new repertoire of songs, Tins
uuariettc, from mclodiouS as well II
technical standpoInt, is regarded us th'
best III vaudeville 1t consists of Fred
G.. Rover, first tenor; Charles Bates
second tenor; James Emerson, baritone
and Gus Reed basso,
! Ienry Give, assisted by Miss Ma
Sturgis Walker, will appear in /
sketch that is hard 10 accurately name
IL is partly burlcsque magic and par
pure fun The act has gone well else
where. Clivc's "thought transmis
son' and "second sight imitation
are snid to be inimitable.
ga Baby Grand is the title of
one-act play in which Walter Levi
will appear with Florence Burnsmor
and Nc. III. Hartman. The skit tell
of the troubles Of two lovers who. aft
er a series of lauahable woes. find ev
erything rcmedied by "a Rab,
Grand" and then they were happ'
ever afterward.
The Carmen Troupe consists of iiv
persons, two men. two girls and boy
who singly and in croups perform tn
most marvellous fcats of skull ard dar
ing. Their combination of tricks i
wire equilibrium and acrobatieH is 2ai'
10 be exceptionally clever They ar
described as the greatest wire artist