The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-26

Willard. "the man who Grows" head
lines the now bill opening al the Empress
today and II Is said that In his act the
sullivan Considine booking agents have
secured man who is a scientific mar
vel.
Willard does exactly what is promised
for him-he grows" Standing erect be-
fore the footlights and IN view of every
person in the audience, and with no
apparent physical effort he increases his
height nearly six Inches. Standing on one
foot. he lengthens that leg until the other
foot swings clear of the floor. Then he
lengthens one arm until IT is from seven
to fifteen inches longer than the other
Altogether 1t looks as though the Sui
llVan- Considine people had captured the
prize freak OF a circus side show. WILL
lard has submitted again and again to
exhaustive medical tests and has invarla-
ply LEFT the physicians entirely mystihed,
AZ their Invitation he called on several
Minneapolis physicians, In their offices,
and in their presence, apparently without
great effort and quite without physical
pain demonstrated his power to add sew
eral inches to his height, and then to sub
will.
The physicians put him through rigid
tests to make sure there was no fake"
about his demonstration, then they set
about studying the phenomena presented
They discovered that when Willard grows
slight widening OF the apertures between
tho Vertebrae; that the cartilages also
expand, and the growth" or the Stretch
,,ng, takes place through the body from
head to foot
Willard declares he suffered no incon-
ventences from the exertions incidental
to the growing process and claims his
back Is stronger after he has Increased
his stature more than four inches than
when he is resting at the normal, Local
experts and medical men will be invited
to study him,
A vocation impelled by unknown infu-
ences and abetted by early associations
is the crucibe of circumstances from
which emerged Frederick Voelker, the dis
tinguished violinist who, with his beau
tiful wife, headlines the new bill in an
artistic musical offering. entitled "Twi-
light in the Studio
Mr.. Voelker was born in Germany and
is OF French Russian descent He early
displayed a love for the violin, and while
yet a youngster was sent TO the Ran
conservatory at Frankfurt. His proficien-
cy soon earned him a concertme eistership
at Frankfurt, and later ne succeeded the
celebrated Muller Berghaus at Hamburg.
The late Theodore Thomas considered
Mr.. Voelker so great a find that he
brought him to America, since which time
phony organizations. quartettes bearing
his name and the Mendelssohn quintette
and had many seasons OF concert and re-
In addition to these features. the new
programme includes Alma. Englands tiny
coInedienne, Roach and McCurdy In
"rube" sketch patterned after their fa
nous characterism as stars of James
A. Bradys Way Down East" company;
Landry brothers. artistic athletes; Holmes
and Riley, society vocalists: Lawton. spec
tacular juggler. and the Pathe pictures,
Rosa Roma Ia olayInR a. .'his'' mart this
week at the orpheum. where willard
Mack, Florence Stone and the Orpheum
players layers are presenting & The he DsseIters; ss.
getting every ounce of value out OF the
part. which Of necessity is a somewhat
repulsive character. Aside from the lines,
role along somewhat original lines. AM
other good character bit Is the work OF
Alice Conrad. daughter OF c. w. Pen
rose
The bill ut the Rex changes tomorrow.
and today Will offer the last chance TO see
the big Bison feature film. "a Soldiers
Honor. with its battle scenes and Incl
tomorrow. the new ITALIA picture in two
reels, ''The Great Bank Failure" will
head the new programme. The other
photoplays on the bill are The Dia-
mond." "a Lucky Fright" and "TiIs Sec
ond Wife There Is also an interesting
travel picture in the form OF trip down
the Nile
To the local f3vorites who will appear
in The Mikado." as we'll as those who
have never been heard In public before
though commanding q local interest. the
music of the tunefu Gilbert and Sullivan
opera Is coming so easily that probably
all records will be broken in local anna
tour theatricals in the expedition OF
preparation for the opening production at
Wandamere Monday night. July s. AL
ready the principals are well up In their
parts, and Messrs. Brines. DougaI and
GreenweIl have perfected themselves I'm
their roles to such an extent that they
will be actually ready for a finished per-
formance within a day or two
After Delinquents.
A vigorous campaign is being made by
the city street department 10 collect de-
linquent poll taxes. During the past
month more than 100 civil suits have
been started IN the city court against
those who have been tardy I'm making
their payments. The tax itself is 81. but,