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IT ' 111 .6 T--PTTTTT 1 I gAMUSEMENTSa H Salt Lake theatre "The Ham H Tree," matineo today, performance H tonight. H Orphoum High class vaiulcvllle, to- H day and tonight. H Lyric "The Yankee Detective," H matinoo and performance tonight. & H Coming Attractions. H Salt Lako theatre "Tho Red Feath- H or," Jan. 1G-1G; "Under Southern Skies," Jan. 17-19. H Lyric "Faust,"N ono wok begin- H nlng Sunday, Jan. 13. H Today and tonight are your last op- H portunitlea to pick a fat, Juicy ham H from "Tlie Ham Tree." You say you H don't believo that hams grow on trees. H Well, you are skeptical. Of course H hams grow on Ham trees othorwlso H tho trco would not bear such a sugges- H tlvo tittle. Mclntyro and Heath arc H tho originators of tho Ham trco. It is M said they secured tho peculiar species H by grafting grafting a sido of bacon H where tho bamboo branches wero the H thickets. Tho results is said to bo H a marvel of musical vegetation and M porky absurdity with more than an oc- M casional streak of meaty comedy. As m exponents of negro hilarity Mclntyro M and Health have reputation extend- M ing north and south of tho watermelon M equator. Sunounding theso gay and B fcstlvo "coons" is a bunch of show M girls said to possess singing voices M and an ability to shoot their high- M heels skyward. Last season tho Mc- M Intyro and Heath chorus Is said to M havo won tho Broadway bluo ribbon M for beauty and comeliness. 'Nuff (said. Get under "Tho Ham Tree" be forp.all tho tickets aro picked and not a leaf is left In tho box-ofllco. Ever since Mrs. Loslio Carter broko !' with Belasco, theatre goers havo won- ' dorpd where sho wo aid got proper M ; dramas with which to further exploit H i : her peculiar yot alwayr charming H h stago talents. In a largo measure . j M-s. Cartr Is a product of the Belas- co theatric method. Ho it was who Za-zacd her into fame and kept her an adept pupil In tho French school ot acting. Now Belasco and his former protego know each other no more for ever. In tho meantime, however, Mrs. Oatter did not sit Idly sulking In her dressing room. Sho Wanted a play in which Bho could pick up tho glovo which Belasco had rudely thrown at hor feet. A play that would not only extend her reputation but teach a boastful manager that ho Is not all tho footlights. In seeking a play, made to order, tho actress "passed up" a multitude- of playwrlters. Fitch was too watery. Thomas too melo dramatic. Shaw too heedless of tho conventions and Berrio utterly Impos sible form tho Carter emotional stand point. Mrs. Carter insisted upon u play with all its theatric veins filled with red blood a diama where men i and women play tho human game with cards of life and coin minted from the heart. Tho specifications wero severe and exacting. Who could perform the task? Tho author of "Tho Squaw Man" nppealed to tho actress because of tho human play ho had wirtten. To Edwin Milton Royle our Edwin Mil ton Boyle Mrs. Carter gavo tho com mission of bringing hor back into tho mimic world. Ono week from Monday noxt, Mrs. Carter will appear in "Cleo," a play written for her by a former Salt Laker. I want to see this intelligent act ress win back all that Belasco would deny her. But, moro than all else, I want to see Mrs. Carter wear a now crown from tho hands of Edwin Milton Itoylo. Florence Roberts, early In tho week, came back to us and was welcomed by splendid houses. Porhaps somo wero attracted by tho curiosity to seo how Miss Roberts had fared from her Now York experience. Because, before her Broadway engagement, this little wo mnn was exclusively western. But Miss Roberts seems to havo gono through the tho Gotham furnace, all right, showing that tho lire has turned some of her former clay into gold. For somo reason she, like Olga Neth sole, Is partial to plays in which sex problems aro discussed but nover, never solved. One feels an actual re lief in escaping from the morbid at mosphere of "Maria Rosa" and again breathing the air of tho puie stars far away and cold though they be. However, Miss Roberts has certain ly paid heed to the Bioadway critics and trimmed her actress sails accord ing to tho wind. Much to her ad vantage sho has practiced and almost found tho lost art of repressed act ing. Formerly she became hysterical to tho point of explosiveness, carrying emotional expression to tho extreme of violence. But, thanks to Alan Dale or was it Acton Davies Miss. Rob erts is at times eloquent in her si lences. Some of tho annoying tricks of speech, which marred her delivery, sho has also, In largo measure, cor rected. Who does not remember that famous Robert's elocutionary fault of repeating the last words In a sen- I MLLE. DZIRIA H , Who nppenrs nt the Orpheum next week in a Sensationnl Dancing Act tenco? It was so frequent and Insist ent as to become a verbal crime. Sho has also acquired moro of tho name less graces of tho stago, both of action and repose, than formerly marked her deportment. However, Miss Roberts, from heel to brow, Is an actress. And as no actress in tho world is too high in her act for further advancement, she has merely followed her natural sense of progress. Florence Roberts Is today nbout tho best dramatic asset that John Cort has in his wholo wldo managerial Inven tory. Tho celebrated Four Lukens at tho Orphoum, this week, aro sending tho town daffy with astonishment. Aorial acts wo havo seen before or thought wo had but tho clover Lukens are cortalnly making tho eyes of ZIon tako notlco. Such marvelous dexter ity, and seemingly Impossible feats aro accomplished with so much easy graco that tho houso goes wild with admiration. Belle Gordon does a bag punching Uunt Indicative of aggressive biceps. I Tho bonnlo lassie of tho evening Is I pretty Georglanna Clarke, in a High- I and Scotch costume, singing tho songs that mado Scotland famous. When Edward Gray, "tho tall tale tell er," begins his stunt thro Is an In clination for some of tho house to tako to "the tall timber." But when Gray gets to the heart of his act you be- 1) i como reconciled and join In tho ap- v ' plausive laughter. It's worth the money to tako tho Niagara Falls trip with the kinodromo ORPHEUM MODERN VAUDEVILLE ALL NEXT WfcLK JOLLY FANNY RICE And Iter Dancing Dolls " J. G. NUGENT GO. In an IJntertalnlng Comedy Claude USHER Fanny In n I.ittle Heart Drama, "Tough I,oe." MLLE. DZIRIA And Her Dancer CHARLES SERRA In 1U Original Gjmnastlc Act, "On the White Column." JOE WHITEHEAD a lid. the MISSES GRIERSON "Artistic Fooling." KINUDROME, Moving Pictures. I Every evening (except Sunday) I 75, fit), 25 cents; Box seats 51.00. I Matinees Daily except Sunday I and Monday, 50, 25, 10 cents; I Box seats 75 cents. I LYRIC THEATRE f v Salt Lake's Only Family Theatre 3 fc 2 S ONE WEEK f Starting I JA 2 I sr;;JAN. 13 2 2 tf Moore's Grand Scenic J- Production . i" FAUST "I 2 J. The most up-to-date nnd bipgest x ti showever attempted in Salt Lake nt these H prices. 2 : . . s : NIGHT PRICES 3 g 10c, 20c and 30c v 2 J Matinee 10c and 20c jj K Matinees Wednesday and Saturday