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m THE SALT1LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING-, DECEMBER 1, 1907. , . ,7
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. . ATTRACTIONS FOR WEEK.
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. , . 3lt V. ' SALT LAKE THEATER Flor-
4 ' ' - ' cnoc Koborta In "Zlra" first lmlf I
Sat' " I- of week with Wednesday matl-
. . j 'A ! nee, 4
?f?- -
:,-.:" - GRAND THEATER "The Cow-
1 - 1 ! puncher" first four night3, bo-
4-- .;- ' ginning tonight, with Wednesday
- matinee. Ricliards and Prlnglo's
y 4 Georgia minstrels last three 4-
i - 4 nights and Saturday matinee.
- 5p, -i- . ORPHI3UM THEATER Advunced
. s-Vi ' ' vaudeville all tho woelr. begin- J
nlng Monday night Daily mall-
" '"'s nees except Monday.
t') ! LYRIC THEATER "A Mother's 4.
'.'ir - vt Devotion" all tho week, with
. 4 matinees Wednesday and Satur- h
.. Si $ "ai $
&?v-
r Ono of the most effcctivo and inter-
'fT , csting dramatic offerings of tho season
is the engagement of the eminent enio
; 3iv tioual actress, Florcnco Roberts, at the
;'' Salt Lake Theatro nest Monday, Tues-
f' day and Wednesday nights and Wod-
ncsday matinee in. "Zira," a drama in
iiiy a prologuo iind three acts, by Henry
Miller and J. Hartley Manners. This
is the picco that mado Margarot Aug
v lin famous at a timo when her artistic
r career was thought to be on tho wauc.
-t So pronounced was tho success of the
piece in New York that it ran for near
ly two seasons, and became one of tho
- most talked-of productions of recent
years. Tho piny is based on incidents
-' m Wilkic Collins' thrilling novel, "Tho
... . v New Magdalen," and in this new ver
sion it has lost none of its power to
. 'thrill." All tho former acting vcr-
!". Bions, such as were used by such famous
'.fj actresses as Anna Cavendish and Clara
t.v Morris, wero cast aside by tho play-
' wright, and by following closely to tho
k text of tho book, making only such
changes as would make tho play rnod
l', orn. they havo turned out, it is said, one
' of the most powerful and moving cmo-
tional dramas of tho present day. It
is a play constructed with consummate
Eowcr and charged with vitality. Tho
eroine is Hester Trent, the rolo en
. acted by Miss Eoberts, a young English
girl, who as a Red Cross nurse in tho
South African war is trying to win
; back the respectability lost by false
: marriage with a married man, into
which she had been duped. Sho is faced
t,', . with oxposuro by a young woman, Ruth
Wilding, who is on her way to join her
relatives in England whom she has
J. never scon. A stray shell demolishes
, tho building in which they arc stand-
ing and apparently kills Ruth Wilding.
; - . v ricstcr sees tho opportunity, and undor
tho temptation takes Ruth's clothes, her
- .,' name, and her papers, and with them
?'. ' buries hor own past, ouy to bo con-
.. fronted in England ultimately by tho
'tj'r " woman whoso placo sho has usurped,
iV-' and who lias rccovored from her in-
fl' ' ' juries. Tho rest of tho play concerns
2.' tho .battle botween tho two women and
Hester's final victory over herself,
which in timo brings tho happiness sho
' ' sought and fought for. As Hester
" t-- - v . Trent, Miss Roborts is said to havo
.- t," - attained tho greatest artistic achievo-
. S , ' x. ' r :
; "
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SCENT! FROM 'THE COWPUNOHER'
At the Grand Theater, Four Nights,
Starting Tonight.
mMwF. .'-C- up .qflim ;
FLORENCE ROBERTS
la "Zira," at the Salt Lake Theatre, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
and Wednesday Matinee.
mcnt in her career. Sho has been sur
rounded with a carefully selected cast,
and tho production is handsomely
mounted with a wealth of detail.
"Tho Cowpunchor," among tho best
plavs of tho season, opens a lour night
an J Wednesday matinco engagement at
tho Grand theatre tonight. It is by
Hal Reid and under the direction of V.
I Mann, which is a guarantee of its
merits.- Ono of tho most amusing in
cidents in tho piece and somothing
unique in tho way of an ontranco, oc
curs in tho first a'ct. Tho cowboys are
assembled in front of tho ranch houso
awaiting tho arrival- of tho new ownor,
a young girl from tho East, who is ex
pected in tho stage coach. Hearing the
approach of the stago, they proparo to
givo tho tenderfoot a genuine Western
weleomo, by showing her a mock lynch
ing. Throwing a nooso around tho Mex
ican's nock they string him up to a tree
as Gcraldino stups from tho coach, ex
pecting hor to faint or show some signs
of feminine weakness. But Bhc coolly
calls their attention to tho fact that tho
noose is fastened under tho right car
and suggests that they chango it to
the left as the man would hang easier.
'This turns tho laugh on tho boys and
establishes hor a warm favorite at once.
"Tho Cowpuncht'r," written in Hal
Raid's inimitable style, affords all the
characters many .opportunities to dis
play cleverness and versatility. The
play is lavishly mounted throughout
and bears evidenco of Mr. Mann's per
sonal attention and supervision with
all tho wealth and beauty that the stage
carpenter and scenic artist can portray.
Tho scenes arc woven in and about
Arizona and Mexico, in a stirring and
adventurous manner, dealing with cow
boy HL'o on tho largo cattlo ranches.
Good plays aro constantly being pro
duced dealing with Western life, but
rarely does one appear equal to "The
Cowpunchor."
In order to fully appreciate a min
strel show, one should tako a position in
tho theater where ono can get a glimpso
of tho gallery. They say twit laughter
is contagious, and to see the "gallery
gods" as thoy laugh at the boisterous
fun on the stage one cannot help but
join in tho delight. Tho Richards &
Pringle's Georgia Minstrels do not
cater to one part of tho house alone;
their performance is to please tho
masses, and from reports of tho crowd
ed houses this organization is drawing,
they socm to catch tho public fancy.
One thing can bo said of Messrs. Rusco
& Holland, is that they havo tho knack
of putting together a minstrel show
that has no tircsomo waits, or acts
everything goes with a hurry and ex
citomcnt. "They will appear at the
Grand theater three nights and a Sat
urday matinee, commencing Thursday,
December 5.
All headlincrs! Now, that's going
some, but tho Orphcnm will certainly
dolivcr the goods tho coming week
from top to bottom of tho bill, as these IH
acts are new and novel, and come here IH
having won laurels and favorable com-
mont from all quarters. At tho head of
tho nrogrammo comes C Lille Bcrzac,
with his trained ponies and the famous
original mule "Maud." This act is
said to be the greatest laughing hit in
vaudeville. Wherever it has been seen
audiences havo laughed till their sides
fairly ached at tho antics of Maud, tho
"he-haw cyclone," in her acrobatic ef-
forts to prevent daring amateur donkey lH
busters trom getting astride her back. B
A more absurdly runny performance JM
than tho gjTations of this trick mulo ,H
and the stolid insislenco of Bcrzac's
throo assistants to accomplish the feat 'H
of riding her is seldom presented. Bo-
sides Maud, there are thrco clover little
Shotland ponies of highly-trained intol- Jjt
ligoncc. James and Sadie Leonard and 'M
Dick Anderson appear in a hysterical
i Roman travesty entitled. "When Cae- JM
sar Scc3 Her." This skbtch is a satire
of "Caesar and CleopatTa." The an- 'H
achronisras introduced and tho absurd-
ity of tho whole thing keep the houso
roaring. Next comes Emma Francis
and her Arabs. This turn 1b made up -H
of whirlwind dancing and wonderful
athletic stunts. Theso Arabs are from
Africa, and their tumbling feats aro
said to bo marvelous. By tho way of
varictv, Georgo Austin Moore will ren- 11
der cnaractor and negro song3. Mr. flH
Moore cannot bo ealled a "coon shout-
ex," but he sings syncopated songs that ,
tho world has been tanght to believe 1
aro thd legitimate evolution of the old
negro melodicB, in a way that is good '4
to near. Ho is a handsome fellow, ha.3 -
a good voice and knows how to use it.
Ho has brought with him ono new ' 11
song, "Sam Johnson Don't Livo Hero
No Mo', that will bo whistled all over .B
tho strcots before tho week is ended. H
The Tivoli quartotto aro soloists and
harmonists, who havo had a triumphal
tour throughout tho country. A samplo
criticism of their work is this: Tho
quartette singa till the audienco is '-'M
aroused to the highest pitch of en-
thusiasm, and while clamoring for ad- ;
ditional oncores tho quartetto bows its '
thanks and retires. It is a splendid or- .
ganization that sings well and with tha
most consummato taste. Thcro aro Jl
f ow guarlottes so worthy of the demon- JM
stration given yestcrdaj'." Allen
Wightman comes billed as a clay mod- AVJ
eler and pastel painter. His skill ai
a modeler is said to be somothing won.
dorfnl, while his pastol work is of tjni Bl
most artistic kind. The kinodromo pic-
turca and Mr. Wcihe'a orchestra are -.
1 sure to keep the place in popular favor 'H
j thoy have won in the nast.
A thrilling story of life in the moon- "flTJ
shino districts of the Tennessee hills:
a tale of love and a feud, wound around
a mother's devotion to hor family, id
told at the Lvr'ic this week, beginning iH
at yesterday's" matinee. The melodrama- OH
loving patrons of this playhouso ara
rapidly being won back. When tins
houso was turned over to vaudevilla H
theso patrons of the "legit" turned ;H
their footsteps toward other theaters,
Frederick Moore, who heads the cast r:B
and also directs tho play, has a large ,H
following in this city, and Manage!
Grant was fortunate in being able to
secure liis services. The story or "A ,
Mother's Devotion" is built around tha
struggles of a moonshiner to make an
unproductive strip of ground meet their ;
humble needs. Tho mcmbors of this
family try unsuccessfully to make thuir . JH
farm land pay. Their faces pinched , H
with want, a "still" is planted in tho
recesses of the mountain and their out- .M
law whiskey finds a ready market. They , ,
livo in constant fear of tho revenue
men and aro bound closely together by
this common inlorest. Pathos and com- ' lfl
cdy minglo; tears and laughter go hand 'M
in hand throughout tho piece, nml tho AM
human interest of the story is felt keen- IfH
ly by the audience. The managemens ?lM
feels very much gratified because ol tho KM
heaw atlenilanco during the past week, iM
and offers a list of plavs for the com- rH
inr two months that will rival m inter- tm
est anything before put upon the stago jm
of the Lyric.
That delightful comedian, Max Fig- 'H
man. will drive away dull care at tho
Salt' l.ako Theater soon in the great
New York comedy success, "Tho Man
on tho Box," dramatized trom Harold H
MacGrath's boek of tho same name. Iifl
There hasn't been a comedy written for HM
vears that has afforded such unquali- r)H
Vied and universal satisfaction as this
charming account of the j-oung army lM
oflicnr's adventure with his lady love,
and thcro has not been a comedian who -lH
has made such a tremendous lmpredsioa ''H