The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-07
ATTRACTIONS FOR WEEK,

nee. This program is headed by 1.-The
Mermaids, really spectacular act
that has been a sensation elsewhere.
4 charming exhibition is that of the
Misses Maud and Gladys Finney, two
young women who are vcritable ''mer-
maid sisters, y and whose exhibition OF
swimming and diving and OF difficult
feats under water are as educational as
they are spectacular. To youth and
beauty Of face and form is added a |
natural grace of manner that pleases
all classes of patrons.
Peter Donald and Meta Carson will
present Il short comedy sketch which !
lust now. when Scotch comedians and
PLAYS with thistle humor are so popular, !
is most timely. 1t is called "AleX Nc
Lean S Dream and is described as
Scotch singing and dancing comedy of
plaids and highland humor. - MIR, Don |
aid is Il genuine Scotch comedian who
enjoys Il wide popularity abroad and !
Miss Carson is described as n g bonnie /
lassic' who sings well and dances pref |
tiy The Offering abounds in Scotch /!
songs, Scotch dances and Scotch wit. /
The lmpersonation OF Alex Mclean suf-
fering from the effects OF ''too much |
celebration at the Scotch BALI, Is very
funny. He is introduced Go the audi
cnce escorting Il lamp post home from !
the C0lcdonian ball. Becoming tired |
he sats down beside the post to rest and |
falls asleep. dreaming OF his old sweet !
heart. Effic Stewart, Together they |
sing and talk until a policeman comes |
along and awakes Mclean,
Clown Iertho IS canine comedians viii |
make their first Salt Lake appearance
on this bill. This troup of performing 1
dogs was imported for the Orpheum
circuit. The dogs arc an assorted lot OF
poodles, terriers and slate colored |
gravhound, fifteen an all They belong
30 Iertho, who has trained them to do !
all sorts of fancy stunts. After the |
dogs have been put through their PAGES
the act is concluded with an exceeding
ly clever performance IN which the dogs !
arrange themselves in a symmetncally |
diminishing line behind Iertho. on
whose back the No | black poodle |
places his forcpaws while the tiniest
dog in the collection docllely brings up
the rear of clamorous procession.
Merry entertainment is provided by |
Lewis McCord and company IN Fred j.
Beaman S farcical sketch, Winning on
Wind Tho comedian assumes the role
of an impecunious youth engaged to
wed the daughter of we'll TO do parents,
Because Of his poverty, which he has
concealed from his fianccc, who believes
he has plenty of money, he invites his |
bride to be to come to his home to be |
married. This home is an apartment |
obligingly loaned to him for three
months by friend and it's luxurious
ness ampresses his sweetheart and her
old fashioned father and mother. He is
put to all sorts of shifts to keep the |
truth from them when the deception is
likely to be exposed by tho necessity OF
providing meals for his guests and by |
the unexpected arrival Of his friend. |
Associated with Mr.. McCord in the |
production are Margaret Armstrong,
Bertha ST. Clair, Joseph ". Fox, Ed
ward lie Due and Richard Ball
Phautographs invented by Miss Grace
Bralfam are spectacular novelties that |
have never been displayed outside of
expositions and large amusement parks |
and to transport this stupeDdous pro-
duction each week requires wonderful
mechanical ingenuity. The Brahams
display the phantographs in four scenes. |
The battle Of the Monitor and the Mer.
rinac is shown with startling realism.
Another splendid scene is Brooklyn |
bridge at night.
Miss Mildred Morton is an operate
singer who has been received every |
where with great cordiality by the
critics. She sings three numbers for
each of which she is gowned beautifully |
and appropriately,
Wentworth, Vesta and Teddy is the
worry unsual name Of very unusual
Offering. which introduces a champion |
acrobatic dog, which has probably |
caused moro comment than any other
canine actor ever seen on the stage. |
New motion pictures and fine orches- |
trail program complete the bill.
With the presentation of a musical
show of exceptional worth, entitled,
80, 1,r11 a1r
Curtis company enters on the eighth
week Of its engagement at the Shubert
theater-eight weeks that have broken
all attendance records in the history Of
that popular theater, and that have
firmly established the Curtis company,
and it show in the affections Of Salt |
Lake theatergoers.
Musical tabloids requiring one and
one-balf hours for their presentation,
and with two shows given nightly at
popular prices are as much a part of
Salt Lake IS theatrical menu as vaude-
vile or the high priced attractions ap.
pearing at the larger houses Not that
the Curtis shows at the Shnbert rhenteTT
appeal to clientele that can afford
only the medium priced attractions, for
this is very far from the truth. The
patrons of the clever musical plays Mr.
Curtis has presented, embrac CO every class
Of theater- -goers about the town, and
the idea is one so new and at the same
time so novel that it appeals irresisti-
bly, to those who enjoy medley OF
tuneful songs, pretty girls, charming
gowns, clever comedians, and an inter
esting story running through it ALL
In selecting and maintaining his com
panv at the Shubert. Allen Curtis has
used every endeavor to see that the
members Of both the principals and the
chorus are especially adapted to the
hns Of par!s required of them to play.
Maybelle Baker, the talented and hand
some actress whose work as the prima
donna Of the company, has earned for
her the enthusiastic praise of all who
have witnessed her work and heard her
voice for the past two months, is a
graduate of the school Of experience in
matters theatrical. She started as a
chorus girl and won her way steadily to
the front through various seasons Of
musical comedy and character parts. In
the various Curtis plays in which Miss
Baker has appeared as prima donna
at the Shubert. she has scored decided
and emphatic. personal hit, and her
GOWNS are the envy Of half the Mnmen