The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-29
1 GEYsER of laughter is the conclud-

A GEYSER OF laughter is the conclud-
n ing number OF the new bill at the
Empress. Billie Burkc's playlet, The
New Scholar" is merry go o-round OF
furious fun, If circus language may be
employed to describe the frankly unpre-
tentious skit, The new scholar is "Pat
sy. who has lost his clothes while in
"swimmn' -. lie escapes 10 n school
house and finds some clothes. but they
are girls clothes. Nevertheless PATSY
dons the attire before the girls OF the
seminary and tho queer old lady In
charge arrive. He is hailed as MARY
Ann Taft" the expected new scholar. One
can see the finish OF that school with
binders on, but TO catch full grand
stand view OF the catastrophe one must
see Clarence Wilbur in action. lie is
quite as funny as the farce and then
some.
The bill opens with an exhibition OF
mastery billiard shots by Bert Cutler.
The table Is placed in the center OF the
stage and a tilted mirror is placed be-
hind IL. The spectators, OF course, see
the plays in the mirror. Cutler keeps up
running lire of witticisms which arc
more clever than his shots only when he
"a study In Slang" presented by a
Young man and a young woman, is sup
posed to be medley OF slang and wit.
but there Is no medley about it IL is
just plain slang.
Elizabeth Kennedy and company appear
In n skit entitled DARBY and joan. II
Is Il Iabored production and the players
work most strenuously TO make some
thing out Of It,
Cuckoo and Laura" arc talking birds
Prof. Victor Nlhlo puts the birds through
their act aud they score like stars
| The English artists sisters Llndon.
sing and dance most acceptably In pretty
costumes.
An 5,>, ,.storday and far Info the
evening the lobby Of the Salt Lake the
ater was crowded with prospective ticket
purchasers for the forthcoming engage
inent of Louis y. Parker's beautiful COM
edy. "Pomander Walk which opens nj
| that house for a two nights engagement
! tomorrow evening. with matinee on
| saturday Mr. Pyper. the manager OF the
| thonter. remarked last evening that with
! in his recollection no attraction WhtSn
| opened the sea son Of the theatcr had hSt.
! ter prospects for large business than INC
| forthcoming engagement OF "Pomander
| Walk.
A double headline bill Will be presented
O, the Liberty today, A Kalem produc-
lion comprising n reel and half of lllm.
entitled ''Rube Marquard Wins and a
ature Biograph production In TWO reels,
entitled "a Pueblo Legend are the TWO
nictures which promise to have an eX-
ptroordInary drawing power. ''Rube
/ MarGuard Wins is n sensational baseball
/ drama. featuring the famous ,Pltcner Dt
a popular motion picture favoriie- "A
pueblo Legend Is q BioEraph Indian pic
tnro which Is said TO be one OF the
,-rcatost Indian pictures ever made. For
mer Biograph Indian productions nave
always been far ahead OF any similar pro-
auctions OF other manufacturers, and
his one promises TO overshaiow their
tar a STORY of the bonny Scotch heath
ep and "Aikali Ike Plays the Devil a
, ,,sr,, lnuyhable western comedy. nuke up
the balance of the programme
real novelty is offered al the Or
nbcum this week by Tommy Kelly and
Mamie Rafferty, in the sketch The
,,nse OF their act. Kelly comes out IL
) ,ronI of the drop and gives dance. BY
40 ,o", arrangement of lights. his shadow \:
,brown on the canvas TO all lntcnis 3nc
nwrnnses only when the dancer runs
4 nwav from his shadow Is IL apparent tina
II pis clever little partner on the other SID,
i ~ ,he screen Is doing the dancing, apc
/ 1aa,,oN,ing ,Ip TO the time Of the breakaw
every move OF the dancer In sight
1h.ro lis a new bill at the Rex today
/ h.aded by a thrce-reel feature that hai
/ ha, heavily advertised In the motor
/ ntctnre Journals as a big sensation. The
/ fnature bears the utle OF "Re"eneratton
L na deals With some chapters In the III
| dI'u m-orI,inE girl who, starting out q
II - n CAV life, goes the whole pace Ir
Il To- md she ia rescued while serving {
tue snce in prison following raid hl
sbs nolice, Eventually she meets he
| end txhifs trying to repair her wasted iif,
Sw S," one Of devotion In nursing The sicl
IN n plague, stricken city Wheh All u"
able bodied had He'd