Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-02

York pay a visit 10 the Bijou the
4 alter for the purpose OF learning
what may be done by woman with
a good deal Of ability, any quantity Of
determination and some money
For several years Amelia Bingham
au5 been a valued member Of the From
man forces. She has been noted as one
OF the most beautiful women ON inc
American stage and, like Maxine I'll
lott was thought to owe to mat iacl
whatever prominence sic had attained
In reality Miss Bingham is very tal-
ented actress Like Maxine Elllolt sne
is unfortunate enough TO be the Wlie
OF a man who Is able to give hef the
position in theatrical life TO when nef
ability, independently Of her beauty
entities her
There Is nothing criminal In being
beautiful or IN being married 70 nun
with money. AT least the ordinary III
diyidual would not consider elther an
infractlon Of the law and yet DOM nre
regarded as serious misdemeanors w
envious stagefolk as well as by tnat
contemplate class which accepts all IL
can get from managers ana then pIo-
ceeds TO 'roast" their attractions III tno
most forceful terms Of which Its unit
ed vocabulary will admit. or the TWO
classes mentioned both Miss Elllott ana
Miss Bingham have long been the We
tins. They should not mind TINS carp
ing. however, for they must reaiiHe
that Il is due solely to jealousy alike OF
their beauty, ability and position IN me-
A month or two ago. when MISS nIhH
ham, who had last season broken AWAY
from the Frohman management ul'
nounced her intention OF taxing the ~
lou theater in this city for the PURPOSE
Of there establishing stock company
which was to produce original plays
she was laughed at as q woman "hose
head had been turned by the success
won by her on the stage ana by her
husband in Wall street,
Miss Bingham has been ana gone
and done" It. What is more, IN an ar
tlstic way she has made an ems
phatlc success OF her daring venture
Whether or not the box office VIII re-
peat the tale OF course remains 10 DC
seen The fact, however, that she mas
established at the little Bijou theater
one of the best stock organizations IN
the United States cannot be eVadeo'
That certainly ought to be glory
enough for a woman who has been ac-
cused of possessing no other claim TO
Admiration than "A nIgttX race
and well-to-do husband.
Miss Blngham's first offering at the
Bljou Is a new play in four acts by the
versatile, gifted and original, II some
what artificial, Mr.. Clyde Fitch The
comedy for comedy II If, save where
It lapses into melodrama, Is called THE
Climbers" the climbers in this case be-
ing strvers after wealth on one SIDE
and social recognition on the other
The play opens with the return OF a
mother and her three daughters from
the funeral OF the husband ana father,
The mother and one child are artificial
and coarse In the extreme, while the
other daughters are true womanly wo-
men. One Of these II married to Rich
ard Sterling. as good for nothing and
contemplate a scoundrel as has been
shown on the New York stage In years
Within few minutes some friends
call for the avowed purpose Of buying
the dresses which the ladies have
brought from abroad. and which because
OF their bereavement they will be una
BILE 20 use. Then follows one Of the
most unnatural, theatre and offensive
scenes in the play. The strangers as
gently as possible make known their
desire 10 buy, and the widow who but a
few moments earlier had seen the re-
mains of her devoted husband laid to
rest begins the bargaining rs 60 price
in the most petty manner. This hag-
Cling Is made the medium OF what Is
supposed to be comedy, and 1t serves
its purpose to the extent Of causing the
audience TO temporarily lose sight ot
the horror of It all.
There Is another serious blot upon
Mr. Fitch's play, 1.-THE Climbers In
the third act. when sterllng's double
perfldy Is discovered, he Is required TO
confess in the presence Of his wife, her
aunt, whose money he has stolen; the
man who Is IN love with Mrs. sterling
and the man who acts as the friend of
the aunt.
II Is inconceivable that such a thing
would be done in real life, and the UNI
naturalness OF the episode Is accentuat-
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