The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-08

Another bill OF the highest standard was
presented at the Empress last night 1t
begins with scenic painting by 1.-The War
rcns," man and woman who paint with
marvellous rapidIty. They divide the work
behind the canvas instead of in front of
1t their swift strokes with the brush are
at first mysterious. but soon the picture
evolves into significant form and then,
behold, II Is finished
Al Brown and Gertie Mouton appear I'm
a singing, da ancing and plano playing skit.
Brown Is particularly clever in PLAYING
dancer.
after the Game" is little comedy
drama Of college life enacted by Ted
Gibson and his company. II tells how the
callow college freshman is saved from a
siren by the experienced senior. The
lady, when she Is bad is very, very bad &"
as the popular ditty has IT, but she turns
out to be good for a brief moment when
she sacrifices herself TO save the boy from
folly. Miss Katherine Foster plays the
part Of Kitty Parker acceptably and
HARRINGTON Gibbs is excellent as Dici!
Ken" Is extremely effective.
Miss Mary Dorr is very clever young
woman indeed. She is a caricaturist OF
versatile ability and last night stirred the
audience 10 rapturous applause, Perhaps
her most difficult portrayal was that of
a Yankee farmer. She donned q big
straw hat and attached goatee to her
chin and then talked In down east fash
ion while apparently manipulating a
"chaw OF tobacco" in mastery way.
The Monarch Comedy Four" are ex-
cellent singers and comedians. This quar-
tette presented a slapstlck variety OF
farce that tickled the audience immensely.
The most pretentious number OF the
bill Is sketch entitled High Life in
jail" II derives its fun from the fact
haf rhn Ill t.so ~ tza1 .zE
pleasant In all it's equipment and features
that the ordinary citizen wants to break
in il he has To use a bomb and the only
fear Of the prisoners is that they will be
pardoncd before they have served their
full term. From this idea the author educes
much drollcry and gives the GRIM
inals in striped suits a chance to sing
some side-spitting parodies. Following
a retired bank president, Jack Smonds;
Reginald Rankin. Doem's secretary.
Charles Whitrock; Red McGonagal one OF
the guests w. II. (BiD Mack; Bell
Roy OF the Sing Sing apartments Harry
Meehan; Theodore Ink. clerk at the apart
ments. Harry Ling: Louis Schultz. the
warden. Harry ]. Cooper.
The bill concludes with Pathe's maIng
pictures OF current events.
The last week OF the summer eugags-
ment OF Willard Mack and the Orpheum
players at the Orpheum promises to close
In the proverb!al blaze OF glory Since
the opening performance OF Israel Zang-
Wills great play THE Melting Pot" the
Flze OF the audiences has been steadily
increasing. following the universal verdict
that II is one OF the best played and
presented dramas OF the season. This af-
ternoon. according TO the run on the box
office, there will be q capacity audienc
Next week the house will be dark to open
August Is for the long run OF advanced
vaudeville.
The change in programme which takes
place at the Rex today includes the tn
PRODUCTION Of three-reel feature entitled
Through Trials to Victory" which Is
billed as "a beautiful and romantic drama
Of love and Injustice. with trials finally
rightsd and innocence AT last solved :"
II tells the storr OF n country girl who
meets a disrsputabie young lieutenant
under rather unconventional cIrcum-
stances Later she ls about 10 marry the
man she really loves and tho incident
comes between them.
AS the rehearsals at the Colonial pro-
ETess II Is more evident than ever that
Mr.. Mack made wise selection in offer
Ing for the opening week Of the regular
season his own play, "SaEsbrush." Tppir-
ally western in It's settings. with chara~-
ters OF tho true western type. Mr. Mack.
Miss Rsmbeau and their associates are
bound 70 offer one Of the most enter
tanning plays they have yet presented.
The seat sale opened yesterday and the
demand for season reservations was very
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