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N, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 19(Salt Lake Beauty Who Returns inLeadins Role inecBrewster’s MillionsyyH has been five years sines Miss June Mathis appeared In Salt Lake, and during that time her many admirers hero have had nothing1 byt the glowing press reports from the KaBt to tell them of her progress on the stage. That she has made good goes without saying Tind those who hnvp seen her work a* 'Tv-cgy'* In fh*- leading port In “Hr* \\ vti-r's AT ill!' ■n-=.”which npj r- ('*• :t llu- sal! Lap* lhr-it* t Tl*»xt F * ••I SofurHf.y. do- Li r- ' h-ilsketch and made it go. Then she was transferred to Chicago and played at the Olympia, llaymarket and Chicago Opera house In vaudeville sketches.Through a meeting with May Volkes, who was taking tho loQd In “AVhosc BaliyirAre Top?” In Chicago. AIis M a * h 5 *as given a chance on i he “■k git I ni:il *’ - I ■ »?*• Tim next yearlv \viv clwn • h-- Pad Trig role In this ;,j,M .'ii:• i • m- llm-ngh SaltIOIOO m»- i illwishe Is ono of the coining actresses or tho American stage.Miss Juno Mathis is a daughter of W. D, Mathis of tho Mathis Drug Co. of 324 South Main street, is only 20 years old, and is perhaps'better known to tho people of Salt Lake generally than any other of the many Salt Lake girls who have made good on thestage.For Miss Mathis always was an ac-trope. I^rom'th’o . tlme\shG was old enough {beta'll? slie'fook part In school exercises, and as she grew* older she was considered an absolute necessity on every program. It is said that there Is not a ward house or amusement hall In Salt Lake In which she has not played. ' And site left Salt Lake when only 13 years old. It was then that he began her stage career, though It was not until two years later that sho’ became p, legitimate” actress.■ ToLake—h*r fim visit here since she left at the age of 13. It is rather a peculiar coincidence that Robert Ober. who Is playing opposite Miss Mathis In “Brewster’s Millions,” should have been In tho “Whoso Baby Are You?” company that played at the Grand hero five years ago. He and Miss Mathis have been thrown together again this season, and both have been doing great work.Thu second yoar; of -Miss Mathis's “legitimate” 'career was with Mara ,Kendall In Tho Vinegar Buyer,” playing Janie, She was with him for 41 weeks, and then went on tlie Keithcircuit through New York state. The njtxt year, the fifth, she appeared In “Tlio Girl Patsy” and Is now in the dramatization of George Barr Me-Cutchoon’s bool:.Sho is known personally to hundreds of Salt Lake people, who will remember her as a slight, black-hair-J£CaI7notEJI;iacrfiibvdndlt;3EIutIQL■»\V]tainmCDLRUadEI.Evdslt;tltuPniOJe:MtiCIIitlt;
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Salt Lake City InterMountain Republican
Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Sat, Feb 29, 1908
Page 6
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Thomas S.
PA, USA 02 Jun 2019
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