Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-13
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d rious managers are busy with
their preparations and perhaps fear
fully scanning the horizon wondering
whether there are any more to come.
with the Theatrr and the Colonial con-
tending for frst-clsss patronage, with
the Orpheum and the Newhouse
(which win enter the lists during the
winter). lighting for the vaudeville
trade with the Grand la the hands OF
It's old owners. who certainly know,
II any one does what the public wants
in the way Of stock attractions, and
with the Mission and Manager Flor
ence picking up all the 10, 20 and 30
cent pieces floating on the outskirts
the immediate future Is one over
which the local stakeholder may well
feel anxious.
The first week in September Will
probably see the merry war open i'm
earnest. The Theater announces n
special booking in Henry Miller, who
is travelling TO the coast at the head OF
his own company, la the new comedy
success, My Husbands Wife,
II is not unlikely that one Of the
local house VIII have the pleasure
Tetrazzini, who has taken Melba's
place In the music world. Adyicos
from London state that she has re-
fused the offers ~ the Metropolitan
Opera house. and will come 10 Cali
fornia In November on a special con-
cert tour
THE LOTTERY MAN
The Colonial opens sort OF pre-
limlnary season the FIRST half OF next
week, announcing the play in which
cyril Scott made so great sue
cess In New York last season.
The engagement ends Tuesday eve
ming. with "a special matinee Tuesday
afternoon.
The pricipal feature in the play Is
newspaper reporter, Jack Wright.
lie Is hard pressed for immediate cash
and appeals 10 his chief Foxev Pay
ton, owner OF the paper. to help him
out Payton makes an advance and
Wright loses an or IL on the stock
market. A. security ne has pledged
to turn in TO PAXTON one of the biggest
"scoops' the paper has ever known.
50 Wright proceeds 10 make good"
He announces lottery with himself
as n prize
But" SAYS the cautious newspaper
owner "a lottery is against the law
The law says explains Wright. that |
you cannot give away capital prize
In our case the prize viii give itself
away"
The first DAY the paper makes the
announcement. thousands OF old maids |
rush the ONCE. Wright Is eager 20 |
proceed with the scheme az money ia !
literally rolling In. Meantime he falls |
IN love with Helen Meyer and the |
agony he suffers--When as he explains |
the first woman no meets on the street |
may claim him as her husband--may
be imagined. The plot IL entirely or |
iglnal and Is worked out In Rida John |
son NOung's most entertaining style. |
The Coloniars regular season will |
not open for two weeks hence, when |
the great New York success. The
Battle headed by Wilton L.ackaye. 4
forms the bill.
oRPHEUM NEXT WEEK.
Annabelel whitford viii be one Of /
the big features Of next weeks or |
pheum bill Miss WhItford was the |
original "Brnkley girl" iust as she |
was the original Gibson girl and the |
original Charity girl Her Brinkley |
girl creation was SO marked sue |
cess that II was decided to take IL |
over the orpheum circuit She has a |
couple OF very catchy songs. "Thc |
Flirting Girl end THE Newspaper |
Girl" and she concludes her act with |
nm aeroplane speciality which has prov |
ed popular elsewhere.
The Five Oympiers rs European |
act which Is being seen i'm America |
for the first time The three men and |
two women I'm the company are all |
perfect physically and they have been |
trained to pose In representation OF |
famous pieces ~ group statuarv.
Frank White and Lew simmons will |
be seen I'm their blackface character. |
The Band Wagon. u sketch which |
>. T..aH
Melrosc and Kennedy are billed as |
THE Boys with Tables" "a descrip- |
ticn that fits them. as the clever aero |
battle and tumbling act which they do |
Is performed with the aid Of a large |
number OF tables |
Clement DC Lion is prestigitateur
of the first rank. His manipulation ~ |
an even dozen billiard balls is mystlh-
ing in It's clcverness.
4. q. Duncan IS the wei known |
who has never failed On |
the past 20 provide an entertaining |
performance. Each year he has new |
comedy and now dummies so that his |
act Is almost entirely new.
Pope and Jno billed as "N Eu-
ropean Novelty. give another new act
brought over for q tour Of the or |
pheum circuit
y standard orchestral program and |
new motion pictures complete the bill. |
THE MISSIONS NEW PROGRAM. |
There has been considerable spccu- |
lation. since IL was known that 4
the Mission thcater building had been /
purchased by local syndicate. as 90 !
whether or not the theater would be 1
discontinued. Manager CLARK an /
uounces that the sullivan & Considne |
popular priced vaudeville season viii I
open iu the Mission as usual, on OF /
about Labor day. The Mission theater /
has a two years lease on the prop |
efty and the thaat.r is % be run until |
some deal is made 90 transfer II To- 1
other quarters, hence there Is no |
thought of disseminating business.
The moving picture exhibits which |
are now being shown IN tho house, are
20 hll the summer gap. and Manager /
Clark is paving special attention to
the character ~ these pictures rIgor- I
ously excluding sensational topics /
that have an Injurious affect on the
minds OF youthful heholders.
THE SCHOOL GIRL"
This afternoon the Hrst performance
% The School Girl" "a new roliickinr
comedy, was given al the schubert |
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