Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-15

living up 10 her compact with him.
Anne hns not promised MannlnEtrec.
the old time lover. to run away with
him, but she concludes TO do 80. as he In
TO have n carriage waiting for her In
amy event.
At this juncturo the confidential man
at Ingerficld's taiiow works arrives with
the news that typhus fever has broken
out among the hands Mt his factory. who
are dropping OF at frightful rate.
IngerfcH dlsmlsscs his guests and in
forms the delegation from his works
that he viii go back with them. There
upon his wife. who Ii arraycd TO
20 TO meet her lover. suffers a prick OF
conscience and declares that her place
Is ~ her husbands side.
The third act shows the ONCE 81 the
works transformed into sort of hos
pltal depot for the bcncfit OF the fever
patients. John and Anne are working
together harmonlousiy. hut there has
been no talk OF love. Finally. when the
husband II asked TO roll up his wlfe's
sleeves. wave Of affection ovcrcomes
him. and shc. carried away by the out
burst for which she has secretly been
hoping. throws her arms about his neck.
and the plays logical end n reached.
The actual end II, however not arrived
at until after another act. the scene OF
which IL laid about 20 years later hns
hud the opportunity o. slowly drag out
It's length. OF course everything II then
happiness. the villain Il good. and the
accident which prevented the heroine
from clopinE with him has made him
10. etc. ad lib. This IL certainly con-
ventionai enough. II could not be more
30. The bringing out OF the love OF the
married couple toward the end Of the
third act. while not absolutely conven-
tional. II worse. for II n amatcurirh to
n degree never dreamed Of by the men
whose offcnsca inspired Mr.. Jerome TO
write his Fntlrlcai "stngciand."
John InRcrncld" will never be n
"Trelawny Of the Wells" but II viii
make an acceptable alternating bill and
would probably afford a rather cnjoya-
bic evenings entertainment TO any ono
but a dramatic critic.
There IL shortly TO be n revival Of
"Adonls." that peculiar connection
which was at one time thought TO be
possessed Of eternal life. II made Hen
~ v. Dlxcy. and never since he rheived
Il has he been 20 popular with the
masses OF thcatcr gocra. although he
has done much better work than II was
possible TO do In such an absurdlty AZ
"Adonla." There II every reason TO
look with misEiving upon n revival OF
this peculiar play. There was such n
revival "a few years ago. and my i'm
preston IL that II was about AZ unmlH-
taxable failure aa one ever encoun-
tera. The announcement IN made that
Misa Amelia summcrvillc. the original
merry little mountain maid, ~ TO have
her old part In the revival. That IL In
tended 10 add an element Of strength.
and perhaps II viii. but " any man goes
TO tho now "AdonlA" In the expectation
Of seeing the merry little mountain
maid Of yorc he IL doomed TO deep. dark
and dank dirappnin;mSLt. The once
buxom Amelia IN now AZ ilssom as q
gnxcllc. thanks 10 some anti-obcalty
preparation which she discovered and
declares that she used. Adlposc was the
principal charm Of Miss Summcrvillc In
yc olde daycf. as unpaiatabie aa that
statement may sound 10 her. ana while
she IL now n thousand times better as
AH A'AN'HA FN' - i't
maid whose appearance was sufficient
10 send ua into spasms OF laughter.
Another factor which viii initiate
against the success OF the revival In
that "Adonis." because Of It's great pop
uinrlty. wna stolen from bodily until
all that was good In n would now be
regarded NJ chcrtnutty. Therefore "
the pitfail thus presented In TO be- avoid
ed practically new play must be writ
ten. n that II done. II viii not he
"AdonlS," II IN n good deal like the
problem Of the boy who lost the blade
u his knife. then the handle and then
the spring and was puzzled 10 know
whether he had the same knife or not.
n present preparations count for any
thing. the coming summer instead %
being a period Of idleneua for most OF
the player folk. viii bring with II hard.
81 work than the regular winter Hca-
son. An nbnormally large number OF
summer stock companies are projected.