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Show w -mm mm mmm mmr - . . , iciMMi ! PLAYHOUSES HIT BUT HARD READY TO RESUME Orpheum, Pan ta get and Picture Theatres Announce Bills. ! thlr patience tried In the and their purse strings WITHutmost badly shriveled, but perfectly Ba, satisfied In tha knowledge that they have "done their bit" toward eradicating the dread Influent. Salt Lake a theatrical managers are able to view the gratifying news that the m "flu" ban hag been lifted with optland the thought that It might have been worse. ImA true aplrlt of civic patriotism bued all of the theatre managers with a willingness to do ail within their power to stamp out the dread malady, and when thev were asked to close their they did e tho hounes on Octoh'-r wTTTti.gI. and tney have kept iiirtfl Oioicfl ever since without complaining. Isocal managers have taken every precaution looking toward safeguarding the health of their patrons, and the stale board of health has assured us all that people will not be running any risk In attending the tree, providing they- exerelse such raonable cares as have been taught them hy the health authurUixS during the pa9t eight weeka. THEATRES HARD HIT. The closed period hit all of the thea j hard, financially and otherwise; bu'. fes hie exception of the Halt with the t all on the snot tnd. with ltke. they are announcement a for Mon-Jhelr 0enlng day. The Salt Ijike theatre waa probably hit harder than any of the other houses, for the enforced idleness not only drove away many of the theatre's best past book-Ings. but It lasted just long enough to disrupt many of the I-cem(er and January bookings also. At a result of the ban, patrons of this house have missed such excellent at tractions as "Friendly Enemies." "Oh. Boy"' "I'arlor. Bedroom and Bath." San Carlos Opera company, T'srls Hymphony orchestra, and others. The uncertainly long e a peeled UU mm evee w he jthe ban might le expected also caused such companies as "The Bird of I'ara-dise." "May Time" and one or two other to chaiiRe their routings elsewhere. Manager lenrge l. I'yper, however, busiec himself immediately In an effort to bring about the Mssible return of some ol these Iecember and January bookings. I'ntil some of hia efforts bear fruit. h will be unable to announce an opening poad:te for the Mnlt Lake. Tiiere Is a con-sihility that the Tabernacle choir cert, which was canceled only two dat ago,- may be secured for the reopening. -mism I 1 ). ; ; i I , ' ' I te : i HAVE GOOD BILLS. Manager Kdward P. Levy of the Or-nheum announced todny that his popular vaudeville house w-ill he able to starl right In giving Its patrons. the regular Orpheum' lookings without any futurt misses. He hns an excellent bill foi an opening ttnri also makes the welcome announcement that next weeka bill will bring ua Kva Tanguay as a headllner. That the thea'regolng public Is keen for amusement after the many weeka ol enforced darkness at the local theatres waa seen today In the big demand for seats for the OrnJieuin'e opening bill. The first box office lineup In over eight werka was In evidence when the Orpheum ticket office ope.ia-ti this morning, and the demand for seats wss further augmented by telephone orders galore. Several theatre parties arranged for seats'. . L. Miller, general man-ager of the Mlller-l'ahoon company, was the first to arrange for a bo nartv at the Orpheum. and his example was soon followed by other requests for party reservations. The l'antagea will also be In tiptop shape for the reopening, with a complete bill of five acta. Manager Frank Newman la In Los Argeies. where he was cslled for a hurry up consultation with Alexander Pantages relative to the new theatre which the latter has started to erect in this city, but he expects to Manager Newman took return Monday. advantage of the enforced Idle period bv renovating and remodeling his theatre throughout. The house haa also been thoroughly disinfected by the Lovlnger Disinfectant comiuiny. picture The houses are also on deck with reopening announcements. and Monday will find them all doing business pleasing and their patrona as if nothing had happened to Interrupt the seasons progress. t - ' |
