The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-27
First Performance in New
Playhouse Scheduled for
Next Saturday Night.
ANNOUNCE PROGRAMME
Initial Bill Includes Several
of the Best Acts in Re-
fined Vaudeville.

AT the Orpheum theater all hands
are concentrating their energies for the
opening of the beautiful new theater
Saturday evening, August 2, when the
initial bill Will be presented. Judging
from tho advance reservations even
this huge palace Of vaudeville viii not
be large enough to accommodate the
crowds which promise TO be present
when the curtain rises ut Sis O'Clock.
The management promises bill com
mensurate with the beauty, up-to date
ness and magnificence of the handsome
modern temple Of amusement which is
claimed to be second to none in the
country for safety, convenience and ele.
gance throughout.
With the opening Of the new theater
Salt Lake can be said to be at last
placed on the vaudeville map where the
real Orpheum circuit shows hold sway,
Heretofore some OF tho big acts have
not played this city, but henceforth
Salt Lake will SEQ the cream OF vaude.
vile productions and such big acts
which in the past only played the Ma
lestlc and Palace theaters in Chicago
and New York and tho San Francisco
and Los Angeles houses will now in
clude Salt Lake in their itinerary,
The headline act for the initial bill
comes in the form of q delightful COM
edy offering called "In u Persian Gar
den,' in which those two wellknown
entertainers, Louis Simon and Katheryn
Osterman, star supported by capable
cast of ten people. In this tabloid mu-
steal comedy the fair Katheryn takes
the role of an ex-musical comedy star
with a past which includes divers ex-
husbands and many names.
At this stare of her checkered career
she has drifted to Persia in timo to
break In upon a prospective marriage
between the lovely daughter of local
consul and an aged shah. Incidentally
the secretary is in love with the bride.
to-be, and complications arise thick and
fast, Considerable fun is interjected
into the story, when Louis Simon enters
as the valet, and proceeds to get things
tangled up worse than ever. In his
role Of the valet Louis Simon is made
what in some circles is technically
called "the goat
Many Catchy Songs.
When there are threars to poison the
guests, Paul is selected to taste the
food; when there is any dangerous sit.
uation, in fact. the valet is pushed TO
the front. The entire comedy is good
fun throughout and has the merit of
ending we'll. 1t carries beautiful cos
tunes and scenery, lively dialogue and
some catchy songs, notably that popular
ditty, "My Little Persian Rose. -
Another big laugh promoter is the
Offering of Bob Matthews and A
Shayne, who call their act "a Night
on the Bowery' In this Matthews
appears as a dreaming wreck who is
''in the skies following indulgence
in his favorite drug, and Al Shayne
takes the part Of typical east side
Hebrew. These two clever artists ere.
ate tremendous amount Of fun. Repair.
tee is the order of the act and roars
of laughter are scheduled to follow on
its heels when this clever pair break
into song and parody.
Some people call Joe Jackson a trick
cychst. The knowing ones hail him as
numbered among the greatest living
pantomimists. While he performs q
number of difficult stunts on a dilapi.
dated old bicycle his chief bid for in
ternational fame lies IN his mirth pro-
voking silent humor. In vaudeville
parlance, Joe Jackson, the European
vagabond, is ono hugo scream He is a
big favorite on both sides Of the At.
lantic, where he is equally hailed with
acclaim.
Something entirely new, original and
wonderful is promised in the shadow.
graph work of Mr.. and Mrs. Gordone
Wilde, who have brought their shadow
creations up TO fine art. Not only do
these two clever people reproduce Jungle
scenes on the screen with their won.
derful hands, but show in silhouette
the features of various celebrities. This
talented couple scored an emphatic sue.
cess at the London Coliseum recently
and are now making big hit over the
circuit.