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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

ficiently In harmony with the play not
to prevent 1T getting over
I'm producing an imported success
there is not that pleasure Of creating a
production which one experiences when
presenting new American play, and to
me Of least that amounts to much"
II always give the American dramatist
the preference"
II object TO everything at rehearsal that
any spectator can possibly object TO, and
1t is cut out. so by degrees the finished
production is created"
I'VE have had our theatrical season
shortened by the automobile from forty
to thirty weeks, The automobile has been
the greatest factor in the American the
atrical situation the past year and the
worst enemy OF the theatrical producer.
Actors salaries are 80 per cent higher
and patronage is 90 per cent less
American grand opera Is not In sight
yet
~ do not think we shall ever have ma
tionaI grand opera until opera throughout
the country is generally subsidized. either
through government subyenton or private
subsidy
II have found thirty members of my
old English grand opera company singing
In the leading opera houses in the contl-
nent"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
DRAMATIC NEWS
AND COMMENT

view, Colgate Baker puts Henry w. Saw
age unde: the spotlight and discloses
many interesting things concerning this
master OF stagecraft and his achieve
m@nts. In the greater portion of the
article the writer lets his subject talk for
himself, and II Is aGreeaby noticeable
that In his interview Mr. Savage uses the
big | sparingiy, Mr.. Savage says:
II try to consider play as q spectator
In the audience who has paid two dollars
worth Of entertainment in a play / do not
produce IT."
THE background Of play must suit
the story, or at least It must be suf-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
.An1uSen1ef1tS i'm Salt Lake

SALT LAKE THEATER-Richard
Carrie In Jumping Jupiter" for
four performances. beginning Aug
ust II.
ORPHEUM TTIEATNR - Advanced
vaudeville, all week. Bill changes
this afternoon. Matinee daily. 2;15;
evening. S;15.
MAJESTIC THEATER-Abbrevia
musical comedy. Matinee daily.
Three performances each evening.
COLONIAL. THEATER-Motion pic
lures and vaudeville. Continuous
performance.
LIBERTY THEATER-Motlon pic
lures, songs md orchestra. Con-
tinuous performance.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

At the Criterion theater, New York. the
first Frohman theater OF the season to
open. the Girl Of My Dreams" was given
It's premier Monday August {. The
Hyams and Leila Mcintyre. The story
tells OF n bachelors downfall before the
charms OF a demure Quaker girl and is
said TO have had Its seed OF origin in the
ne-act vaudeville sketch which was the
ams-McIntyre vehicle OF a couple OF
seasons ago,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

Forty second street. between Sd
and Eighth avenues. Will have a.
aspect when the regular seasons
in September PLAYS with feminiHe|
VIII reign supreme. with Tho Pink
at the New Amsterdam theater, I
Fascinating Widow at the II
Maggie Pepper" at the Harris. =
woman" at the Lyric and The W0
at the Belasco,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

Augustus Thomas WAS dIscussIov
nlaV. he had seen on his recent Nj
London
cur own plavs" he ,a!d .'eor|
favorably with England's, Our own
wri"llts are r7ore vigorous than
lands. and l think theY understand i
en- better
Indeed, the ignorance Of woman
in some of tho London PLAYS rrnl'
me OF a crust" bachelors dIctum.
There are two urriods In n
life when he is unable To- urderr
women, One Is before marriage,
other after It.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

II Shields can rope Rogers. who
Europe
II Nat Wills tells funny storiez-
does Zittei7
II the Hamburg American line
In HobokeH. where does J ]. Nun
II the agents should stop booking
troupes. what would Saad Dahdus'
IL the statue of Liberty points u
skv, where does the Greenpolnt!
II there was no standing allow
a ball game. would the grandstan
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

Edna Goodrich. the last wife Of Nat
Goodwin. Is due to arrive In this country
Saturday. She will begin rehearsals next
week In a vaudeville production which is
to depict THE Fall of Pompeii." and
which will bear that title The sketch
MI! be produced In two scenes
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

The differences between Nine. Luisa
TetrezZini and Oscar HammersteIn over
the foremrs right TO sing In 1910 and
1911 In This country under other man
aeement than Hammersteinl has been
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

THE ART OF PRINTING
Would be lost in Salt Lake il the'
rury were not in business. S.51
Office place.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

Forbes Robertson. resting at his coun-
try place In the east, is arranging an
American tour. commencing in October,
which Will carry him for a trip OF 1000
miles over the west and south. Salt Lake
IS Included in his bookings
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

sTsn on nHhGna 1s Tasaos, osz'5 The 'ss' sst
L of Mort II. singers's produc-
tion of 'fThe Flirting Prin'
cess, - which comes to the Colonial
this season, had not been five minutes
at the Princess theatre IN Chicago,
where the musical comedy was re-
hearsed before he unfolded to Manager
Singer a sensational dance which he
had adapted from n Chinese dance
which he had seen several years ago
during 4 visit to the Celestial king
dom.
"Talk about the vampire dance be-
ing sensational said B-lger; '-it g
nothing to Mandarin dance | saw in
Pekin. | have been working on it
every minute that | have not spent
catching fish and swatting mosqui-
toes
Bulger had the dance staged for
Manager Singer s benefit and the pro.
ducer promptly decided to nut it in
the production of The "Fnrting Prin-
cess. - Bnleer has also originated a
new dance called the gloomy
gloom which has been staged for the
Flirting Princess. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

ucl has beaten her to the New York
stage. True. his youthful majesty
has come TO us In motion pictures
rather than actually In person. Two
leading theaters OF the city have
been turned over temporarily to
picture exhibition that is more than
ordinarily interesting IN both subject
and manner of accomplishment. The
Einemacolor. as this latest photo
graphic development Is called. illus
trates occurrences and events OF the
day in natural color as we'll as in
motion. But the special interest OF
these lies in their full and graphic
visional recital of the coronation OF
King George and of happenings In
London and its vicinity attendant
upon that ceremony. a well-rounded
history of forty DAYS has been ar
ranged. After an overture and few
Introductory remarks, a series OF
pictures of London. In its normal
dress and circumstances, get us
Into the atmosphere and. further
more, create q solid background
which throws the later exceptional
occurrences into proportionate and
Just relief
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

act embraces eccentric comedy, superb
cornet playing. brilliant juggling, and
an original idea from start to finish.
With the above will be included some
good daylight motion picture films md
selections from the ever popular con
cert orchestra.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
Very Elizabethan.

With occasional flashes OF sound
wit. The Canterbury Pilerinis' tells
about some amorous experiences Of
Chaucer. He writes a great deal OF
poetry. which appears TO be easier
10 read then than IL Is now. and
shakes fiabby stomach a good deal
In the course OF escaping the wife
of Bath. She is a hearty soul. who
appears To have been married more
frequently and rccklessly than Nat
Goodw win, Once She hides a Crusader
behind a cellar door. which has 10
be carried into the sylvan scene.
and frequently she laughs and holds
In the ill-fittinG basque right mer-
rily
II is all very Elizabcthan and much
10 be admirably the people who
admire II. Everyone "a 50 uncom-
Portable on wobbIy cnnp stools.
placed on uneven turf and mud In n
way that would give a veritable
Jack Johnson the bachache. as to
feel a superior sense OF the intel
lectual.' and therefore make the
evening thoroughly delightful; and Il
gives the girls something whitening
tn write the folks back home"
Besides, the Coburns are a real 10y
In theater. mosquitoes are more
numerous In Jersey. and witch hazel
Is not very expensive anyway
Gaby Deslys Is due TO appear here
In the early autumn. but King Man
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

On one occasion. Charles n d..
travelling to San Francisco win
his own companies. Mos. n, H.
panjons got out very early n ssa
ing TO have Il look al tic Hoctw
tain scenery Hoyt remainpS n
stateroom. One Of the Young wo.n.
her "nthueiasm over the nrosns.'
eTcitedly to his door and thumpsi'
Wifi vigor.
What's the row. came from "A,
Como out. Mr.. HovI. Come ou
sec tho perfectly lovely sccnery."
II don't want TO see it, rrnlIaa
Tn having excess baggage nov
good deal OF II. That's snouvh
me"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13


TIT HE programme at the Colonial,
starting this afternoon and run
ming the first half of the week,
will include three of the finest
pictures yet shown at this theatre, a
very laughable comedy entitled
"Billy's Marriage" will be shown and
tells the story of young man who is
in love with lawyers daughter, but
who is very much disliked by the ia
ther of the girl. Billy DISCUSSES him
self and goes to the father and asks
his advice for a friend who is in love
with a girl but who cannot gain the
consent OF the father. The lawyer
advises Billy's friend to elope with
the girl and Billy pays him fec OF
5000. Billy promptly elopes with the
lawyers daughter, and after many ex-
citing events is married and forgiven
by the father when he tells him that
1T was his own advice that prompted
him to elope.
Another Edison film, showing scenes
from the Battle of Bunker Hill, will
be a big feature and adds another trl-
umph to the Edison company for their
wonderful historical pictures. A story
Of ali old fable will be seen in the
picture, "The Bell of JUSTICE Every
one has heard of the story of the
horse who, neglected by its master,
rang the bell of Justice and how the
people made the master provide for its
keep in its old age. This story is real
istically shown In this Vitagraph pic
turc. Tracy and Carter viii sing an
other of their popular illustrated
songs. and two headline acts in the
names of Lord and Meeks and De
Shields and Marrow promise an enter
tainment that has not been equaled at
the Colonial thus summer.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
Canterbury Pilgrims.


Ny last remark has ne direct con-
nection with the production OF The
Canterbury Pilgrims" Percy Mac
KAYE Is A very serious young man.
Indeed. he Is SO serious that none
of his plays has survived week in
New York, or two or three at most.
To pretend that his work Is not far
above the ordinary In Intention and
often admirable in result would be
10 brand oneself an ass.
Nr. Mackaye. son OF Steele
Mackaye. dramatist and actor. Is one
OF the authors who give America the
right TO hold It's head high In the
literary gatherings Of any nation,
But he is still burrowing among
the actualities OF life THE Scare
crow" his best play. Wandered back
TO Hawthorne instead Of vitalizinG
the waster on the corner or the fight
Ing man in Wall street: and The
page OF two from Shakespeare
Queen Elizabeth. we are made TO
understand: commanded The Merry
Wives OF Windsor, but who wanted
Ing by the audience at Columbia
considerable number OF Barnard stu
dents wanted it. The comedy rolls
the merry wives" into one wife Of
old clip and certainly would enjoy
an Elizabcthan bladder to swat folk
with, She laughs all the time. which
shows she is sort OF Mrs. Kendall
In the comedy. Every moment one
expects 10 hear her say. "A merry
conceit ont or something of the
sort, and gaily strike the first man
She spies In the audience with
bladder on n string. The wench
4note the wordD Is fun Of merry
pranks and appears TO have Il wealth
of feeling somewhere beneath a very
tll-fttinG basque. Amelia Bingham
nearly acted her few seasons ago.
Tor which VIC are glad. almost as
glad as said Amelia who has lost
enough of the money she made
through the important Clyde Fitch
comedy OF The Climbers"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
OF Coburns.

All Of this Is called forth by
week OF Coburns Now. Mr.. and Mrs.
Coburn arc capable actors and their
effort 10 place the better drama be-
fore the public Is admirable indeed.
What is much more to the point.
they reaped material success in
the endeevor. In A theater the CO.
burns are truly welcome. I am not
guessing. Last winter I saw them
in a production of the Electra of
Euripldes. translated syynpatheti~
cally and well by Prof Gilbert Muir
ray Mrs .Coburn (who used to be
known. or perhaps should say un-
known. as Ivah Wills) has lost In
flesh since then, but gained In elocu-
tionary easc. Her Electra is a cred
liable and interesting performance,
II a bit modern. scholastic and spin
sterinn." And tho effect in tho
grounds OF Columbia university,
where Mr., and Mrs. Coburn's COM
pany is now appearing. is truly
beautiful.
stage has been erected in a semi
circle formed by three huge trees.
The statue OF Pan has been con-
cealed By a hedge Of massed boughs.
Calcium lights pick out the green and
summery stage from the atmosphere
of growing things and love time and
the moon, On the other hand, this
same expanse of city green used to
be the garden OF an insane asylum!
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
Hammerstein is to ze, s,sw
can sing for whomsoeyeNs:2 4,

HammerstcIn Ia Ia "a,
can sing for whomaoen sis.a69 a..
10 J. The Lusi'anin; arriving a. -.
atM S rrtuay, mad on boanI .Sey
nor.ant o,.Sn, e'.eotit,as. probably tSes
Gborin ~, an o Or them being r,eno o u
ts Iahnn, ., DiiIlngham. Lew 81, 1|
producer mentioned iH aaiH f1nkf
up a great deal of tbsa, 70 have
both IN manuscripts ana nacal M
amusement of the Amor,nu son5, "a
Ing the coming season. 'h buhllr
Margaret Ellington aunaa
performance OF her new nla'u m
IN Los Angeles on Angus, Kind
py charles Kenyon and iv me d
troduce several new tynes nd SAID
ana ne" IDEAS. After shnws, en-
ment IN Los Angeles MisH r5L. Iliis. q
taNc tn99 piece on the rnad n9loy
eventually produce II in S Saz ard
An eighteenth eentur. {, 81
Stage properties and ola lnyento
for sale at Drury Lane bunaer.
the following peculiar itcms. u
Spirits OF right Narty
laWpcnt flames and apna,,,, ,sndy
bottles and a half al IthDna Iyh;nna
shower OF snow in the whi,al
paper, Two showers OF n brnucst
"A sea. consisting Of 'SMner Sr
waves. the tenth bigger tbanze u"zen.
and little damaged. A I'm IN on
half Of clouds, trimmed viii h[ssa sa
we!l-conditioned. a new fnoou nac'
thing decayed. Roxana,s Sn.
Mrs. Porter's pctticoet. Iett n,shl
Eliznbe Joe Mlller's rcs, i y
a serpent. 10 sting C,a,,n nFs
mustard bowl, to make tbnnSappa Spasr' ~
whiskers OF Turkish rasha "
The complexion OF rnn,a
bandboN. consisting OF insrei ia,os g
burDt-cork and coal-hIacI p
- A suit of clothes for sbp'' Se''
bloody shirt. A doublet cur,on.,a
and n coat with three great cr.,pv
upon the breast. A plume ~ zee
never used but by Eodlpus ana u
OF Essex A''' %
"There are also swords 5.
shecp-hooks. cardinals hsts ~ !,
drums, gallipots, a gibbe, "
rack. 8 cartwhcel. an altar a ts,
back piece. n hrosst-plaie. a hell T'
and a jointed baby" -"'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
Humorize Kings.

Newspapers and magazines picture
our times so graphically and fully
for us that nothing takes us by sur
prise; but there are points that only
motion pictures can convey The
many views of the naval review at
Spithead, Of royalty driving TO and
from Westminster Abbey on the day
OF the coronation. and of the royal
progress through London. give us lit~
tie more than the inanimate pictures.
We see lines upon lines OF immoY-
able troops. through which march
columns OF stifr. erect soldiers, and
massive state coaches lumber. At
such times everyone. from the king
and queen to the humblest onlooker.
is sufficiently ceremonious. or tense
and conscious. to make the few
movements little more iluminative
than the one pose the ordinary pho
tographer catches. But 1t is at the
more intimate. moro casual moments
we get glimpses OF famous persons
that humanize them. especially to q
nation rather inclined to look coldly
upon royalty. We get this. for exam
pie, when we see the 'anointed of
stead Of perched stiffy upright or
bowling formally to right and left,
In heavy. gilded coaches.
Manuel Among Kings.
1t Is at such a human moment we
see the dethroned King Manuel walk
ing by the side Of the youthful and
engaging priace OF Wales from
Windsor castle to st. Georges chapel.
for the investiture OF the latter with
the Order OF the Garter. They i'm
press one as two very attractive.
human, overburdened boys. These
feelings are intensified IN the pie
lures OF the unveiltng OF the Victoria
Memorial. Historically these are the
most valuable of the pictures, all of
which were taken by royal command,
copies OF them to be preserved as
eloquent chronicles OF the day. For
this purpose photographers have
been accorded positions of closeness
TO the great scenes that none of us
could have got. For instance, we
lind ourselves in the grounds of
Buckingham palace. when two long
columns OF royalty wander across
from the luncheon table-shall we
say?-to the Memorial.
Easy Royal Dignity.
Many personages are unfamiliar to
US; but We recognize two rather
short men IN uniform as readily as
rclaiives-King George and the Ger
man emperor are chatting easily and
casually. Daring the review. stand
Ing at the foot Of the long. broad
stairway that forms the base 10 the
memorial to their mutual grandmoth-
er. the monarchs continue their con-
stin, military recognition OF the sa-
lutes OF officers and troops that pass.
Queen Mary and the German en-
press have followed them from
Buckingham palace some feet in the
rear. the former In a light and we'll
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
Dramas Season Of Sylvan Stiffness
Pastoral Plays Fill Entire Outdoors
New Kind of Moving Pictures Fascnate Show Actual Colors
of Streets, Regalia and Buildings
the Coronation.

NEW YORK. Aug. 1e.-The New
York stage in the summer time is
strange thing, The object Of the
game appears 10 be TO face the In
evitable humidity and heat by max
Ing ones self otherwise as uncom-
Portable as possible. This Is not as
easy as It may appear, All the the
aters that line Broadway must be
closed up tight. for the few that arc
kept open prove that they are the
coolest and most comfortable places
Of amusement In the city. On the
other hand. II Is to be said for the
metropolis that the ways OF making
ones self miserable for an evening
are various and many One can
climb up to the SUM- baked roof Of
a public school house to see Shakes
peare; one can sit in terrified wonder
as to whether Lillian Graham or
Ethel Conrad will interrupt their
singing ''act' to shoot; or inlperil
life and limb on ferryboat and troll
ley to hear opera on the Palisades.
And then there are the sylvan play
erslr
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13
Act Beneath Stars.

Unless l am very much mistaken
Lady Archibald Campbell Is 10 blame
for all this sylvan Stiffness. II mos
Quitos are as plentiful IN England
one cannot but suspect that Lady
Archibald Stands in with a manu-
facturer OF witch hazel In 1894 the
sister law OF the present Duke OF
Argyll perhaps because she had not
emulated his example and married
into the royal family, felt she had to
do something; and so swept out
Coombc auditorium. at Coombe Hill
farm. Kingston on Thames. and an
nounced that. come what may. she
was going to act Orlando in "As
You Like H." beneath the naked
stars. She did so-and 1t became the
fashion to act any old thing on the
back lawn. employing the word pas
torar or Sylvan" even as that
charity which covers n multitude
Of sins. l am not trying to dis
parage Lady Archhald's: but she
certainly has had multitude OF mos
.QI;i socS 10 answer Tor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-13

~ ICHARD CARLE, in jumping
~ Jupiter" play of his own max
ing. comes TO the Salt Lake the
e.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01

There is popular superstition that as the new year begins with. individuals so will 1t end.
 If, for instance, the new year ushers itself in and finds you playing bridge" holding spade hand which your oppo- nents have meanly doubled, then all the rest of the year will find you still hold ing a spade hand and your disposition will savor largely of mild cloud of depres- sion. .'ne aea @
 If on the other hand, the new year comes in while you are dancing, then for twelvemonth you will be found liv- ing in riotous gaiety
 q hate all those old saws and adages." said Nancy a few days ago as we dis cussed New Years resolutions and every thing else that is talked about in polite X society. .s=. { well you at least have this reassur- ance,' remarked 'that these traditions do not always hold good"
 "And yet I've known perfectly sensi- bie women to go to the trouble to have their husbands present them with a roll of bank notes exactly as the clock struck 12 on December .31," related Nancy.
 And did it help any?" I asked.
 Mot in the slightest said she. & Perhaps fortune doesn't like to have its hand forced,' I suggested. "In many cases the roll of bills at midnight is not infrequently the only one that these su- perstitious danes receive during the en- tire year."
 well that helps some," said Nancy op- 1, tmistically.
 But this isn't the real point of our story. after all,' said jubilantly. What I started out to say in this discussion is that in view of the many superstitious women we know, the merchants ought to reserve the sending of their bills out, un- til two or three days after New Years. Don't you think so?'
 T certainly do." sighed Nancy, who was victim. "One arises, say on a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01


 thereon in enthusiastically plain letters. To the right of each article is small lever which is pushed out when the cook needs that particular thing from the grocer's. In this way whoever does the family mar keting can tell at a glance exactly what is needed for the day, and so endless trips to tile market and the grocer's are. avoided. Which reminds me of the new flower pots. These make it possible even for the fiat dwellers to have living, grow ing plants about them. They are made in two sections. The innner part, or lin ing" corresponds to the ordinary flower pot This fits into bowl, thus makina an air chamber between. the flower pot and the outer shell and preventing any moisture from the plant from oozing out and making unsightly marks wherever the pot is placed. These pots are made of porcelain with pink floral designs and gold trimmings and come from 50 cents to a dollar and half apiece.
 The violet holder is second cousin to the new flower pot and threatens to make the old-fashioned fern dish take a long vacation. It is round shallow dish, in- to which the water is poured, with 8 per- forated top, through the aperatures of which pass the violet stems. The dish Is fitted with handles. decorated with vlolets and costs dollar.