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GOOD'WINvSl,WEEKLY . 1! i f T,he. Drama 'Miisifci1 ' 1 rr-iHE average stay-at-home inuivi J dual enVida'Uie theatrical wan ' deror who travels the country j ovlr, and'VeeTTeVerythlng.-' " But i ' the stationary individual could know how lonesome the traveler sometimes heoomes, his envy would turn to pity. Harry Knowlton, a well-known ad vance agent of his day, once described a flt of the lonely feeling that over- i came him on a certain occasion when ho was surrounded by some 50,000 people. , "I was in Allentown, Pa.," said Harry, "ahead of the Primrose Min strels, and having a few hours on my hands wont out to the fair grounds. It was tlve big day of- the fair, and tho grounds were jammed with peo ple. I stood around watching them for a while When Anally it dawned on mo how lonesome I was. Then I be gan looking for some face I could recognize, and, of course, not one could I I And. The more I looked the more j oppressed I became, until at last it was unbearable. I hunted a secluded spot, and I am not ashamed to tell it, tears came into my eyes and I wao homesick. Talk about 'water overy- 1 where, but not a drop to drink!' Hero woro 50,000 people and not a living soul I could say hello to. I couldn't help thinking: 'What if I should dio hero among all these strangers?' " ' As fate would have it, poor Knowl ton died far from home, among I strangers, a few years later. j j But the road is not all gloom. Man agors, agents, and players are con ' stantly running across or participating in amusing incidents that do much to lighten tho sense of loneliness. They delight in tolling and retelling these experiences to their fellow wanderors whom they meet in their travels and to their friends when they return to their homes. Evory theBpIan has nis string of favorito stories, and so has every manager and agent. No other class of people can compare with traveling theatrical or show people In story telling, unless it be commercial travelers. "Drummers' stories" are proverbial, and from much the same reason as that which applies to travel ing amusement people. i ' A traveling manager told this one i to illustrato a remark he had made 1 about Inexperienced house managers 1 who cannot realize the necessity of liberal advertising and billing: "The new man in tho business," said he, "is too apt to imagine that overybody In town must know all about the show that is coming, and doesn't nood to bo reminded. I shall novor forgot an experience I had with a ono-nlght-stand attraction in Pennsyl vania a few years back. Our agent was taken sick at Williamsport, and had to lay up for a few days, but he managed to get the assistance of a stage" hand who put his paper up in bundles and shipped it on to tho dif ferent towns ahead, with a request to the managers to have It properly put out. In tho noxt stand wo struck wo were astonished to And no paper up Net a bill-board was aoverod, nor was any small stuft to berseen. -Wcshunted up 'the house managdr, a- shoe mer chant recently appointed to take charge of the 'opry house.' "'What's the matter? Didn't tho paper, come?' I asked. "'O, yes!' said the shoe man, 'It came all right. It's down at the depot ready for you.' "'Ready for us?' I roared. 'Why ain't It up? Don't we show here to night?' ., ," 'Sure, sur.e;' explained the shoe man,, younshow he,re all right, but what jWas. tle use o& wastingall them bills and posters. Evqrybpdy knows you're coming. I told 'em all about it, and I taokod up at least? a dozen of them littlq strips on tho telegraph poles. You'll have a Ane house all right.' "The strips tho shoeman had tacked up were 7x21 dates, and we played to $7.50 gross." THE ORPHEUM. THE Anal week of the long and successful engagement of Wil lard Mack and associate players at the Orpheum promises to end the summer stock season In the prover bial blaze of glory. For the Arst time in Salt Lake at any price these talented players will present Israel Zangwill's great American play "The Melting Pot."" In addition to carrying an absorbing story it at tho same time preaches a sermon that anyone can take to heart be his creed or be lief what It may. The scene Is laid in New York and the theme Is that America is the melting pot in which the creeds and raco-3 are simmered down and merged into the American citizen. Just as soon as Rabbi Freund learned that "The Melting Pot" was to be played at the Orpheum ho ad dressed a letter of congratulation to the management stating that he would do missionary work for the production to the extent of advising both Jew and Gentile to see the play. C. W. Penrose of the Arst presidency of the Mormon church, also wrote a letter congratulating the management on their selection and declaring that "Tho Molting Pot" preached a power ful sermon on prejudice and persecu tion. Tho story deals with a young Jew who Aoes from Russia following tho wiping out of" the entire family. In "Jew York this young musician se cures an engagement in an orchestra, but as soon as the owner of tho roof garden Ands out that ho is a Hebrew he decides that he does not want any Jews around hi3 place of entertain ment as employes. Tho musician falls desperately In love with a beau tiful Itussjnn Klrl, much to fie scan dal and mortlAcatlon of his orthodox associates. To them he delivers long arguments defending his love for the Christian girl, but when, in a great scone when he moots the father of tho -girl and recognizes in hm the com 'mander responsible for the massacre of his loved Ones in Russia ho re nounces his love and spurns the girl. Such, briefly, is "The Melting Pot" 'and in tho telling of the story many Ohai actors and incidents are intro duced that add to the interest and the sentiment driven home so em phatically by the talented author. The character of David Quixano, the Jewish musician, will be por trayed by Mr. Mack, and that of Vera Ravendal, the step-daughter of the Russian baron, will be in tho hands of Miss Marjorlo Rambeau. The others In the cast are David's uncle, his uncle's mother, an old orthodox Jewess; a happy-go-lucky Irish maid of all work; an unemployed million aire, liis orchestra conductor; tho Russian baron, his second wife and his step-daughter. "The Melting Pot" will run all week with the customary matinees Thursday and Saturday. For the sub sequent week the Orpheum will be dark to open Sunday afternoon, Aug ust 18, for the long run of vaudeville, the opening bill boing headed by David Belasco's superb production of ' Madame Butterfly," which is this week scoring so heavily in Los An geles. Michael Faraday will produce Tht Girl in tho Taxi in London on Sept. 7. The English version is written by Frederick Fenn and Arthur Wimperis. Lewis Waller will sail for New York on Aug. 15 with four modern plays He intends to produce all of them, with Romeo and Juliet and Henry V. in this country. The Lingual Club has been formed in London to produce plays in six dif ferent languages. The last act of A Doll's House will bo given in England for the Arst time in Norwegian. The title of the farce which Cohan and Harris will try out in Atlantic City next week has been changed from Tho Thiof to Stop Thief! Edward J. Maguire and Daniel S. Gallon have boon added to tho cast. A company is being assembled in Chicago to present an operatic ver sion of Uncle Tom's Cabin, with music by Arthur Pryor. Paul Armstrong will have other A nancial responsibilities than plays this fall, for he is going to send his Bedouin horses around to various fairs for display. He is too busy himself writing plays to Agure out the details, but tho Now York office of the Paul Armstrong company has correspond ence from every state and county fair in tho oast. When a competent man has been secured to take care of them, Mr. Armstrong will sond twelve horses around the circuit of the best fairs. Lottie Collins, a daughter of the singer of the same namo who waxed famous through the song "Ta-ra-ra-booni-do-ay," arrived in San Francisco on July 12 from Australia, where she had appeared successfully. Three attractions managed by A. II. Woods will move along the Pud Ac coast this season in succession. Julian Eltingo will bo followed by Dustin Far niim and Phyllis Partington. Accord- Week Commencing H Sunday Night, August 4 th fl The Last Week of the Summer H Stock Scaon. H WILlARIt MACK I MARJ0BIE RAMBEAU And M THE ORPHEUM PLAYERS M Present for the First Time in Salt H Lake H Melting Pot I A Drama in Four Acts by Israel fl Zangwill. lH Matinees Thursday and Saturday. JM THE VAUDEVILLE SEASON H OPENS AUG. 18 with David Be- fl lasco's "Madame Butterfly" as the mm headllner to an all-star bill. H Wandamere I The Beautiful H UTAH'S BEAUTY SPOT H Boating, Bathing, Dancing H Scenic Railway, Chutes, H Miniature Railway, H Parks, Lawns, Bowling, H Shady Nooks everywhere. H Every Thursday Night Sensational H Motorcycle Races at (he Motordrome H Where the crowds go H and find perfect enjo - H ment. H The Utah State I National Bank I At the clock corner M We respect fully nollolt the ticoouiitM M of flriiiN, IiiiIIv'iIiiiiIm (mil UM viiriiorutloiiH. (KM SiivliiK Department nnl Safety H DepoNlt IIoxcn. H Joseph F. Smith, Pros. H D. C. Jackling, Vico-Pres. H Honor J. Grant, Vice Pros. fl Chas. S. Burton, Vlce-Pres. I It. T. Badger, Cashier I II T. McEwan, Asst Cash. j H C. II. Wells, Asst Cash. ' M ' i U