The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-13

sheep himself, and therefore can look
at the discOior on Juha's white fleece
without aversion. He and she become
chatty over q dish Of strawberries,
which has been set aside for the. bish-
ops wife. They take up the berries
by the stems, dip them IN sugar and
eat them-he vOraciOusly and she dain-
tily-and out in the theatre there is
a rustic and murmur of curiosity. The
choice morsels are out of the natural
season, and those grown in hot houses
are very costly. Does the management
provide real ones and hang the ex-
pense? Well. no; those strawberries
are limitations made of material that
viii melt in the mouth with the APP
pearance of being genuine The leis-
urely eaters assume the manner of
persons actually relishing keenly the
luscious berry which, as the saying
goes. God might have bettered but
never did. The dialogue runs along
until another problem in ways and
means arises to perpleX the audience.
The literary Henry Arthur Jones
doesn't scorn to be literal on Occa-
sion. The interior of the tent dark
ems with the approach Of sudden
summer storm. Julia says she viii hur-
~ home, but rain begins to fall, and
she remains under shelter with her
companion, who is already fascinated
and passing rapidly into ardOr. The
other characters dodge in, but. on see
ing with whom he is hObnObbing, hur-
~ away to more cOngenial cover. So
the two are left to become mates. But
il is the storm that is noteworthy.
There has been incredulty as to the
berries, but of course the rain can't
be real. Yet it is heard to patter, and
then spatter, on the outer surface OF
the tent. varying IN force with the
gusts Of wind. and sounding exactly
right. Moreover the canvas is seen
to be wet through. and when the man
wincea under what he says is a drop
Of water down the back OF his neck,
you instinctively look up expecting to
discover the leak Most of us know
that stage wind is made by the fric-
ton Of a silk wheel, but this rainfall
has required a new device. 1t seems
pity to tell what it is, because the
illusion is bound to be hurt by the
knowledge that wet sand is being
thrown on that tent.
Paula Edwards, who is made a star
of in 'Winsome Winnie" is a SOU
brette, nothing else, glad Of it. An in
sight of her risky jOllity was afforded
on the opening night by the thoroughly
advertised display of carriers jewelled
with turquoises. not only around her
own stockings but also those of ten
SHOW girls" Paula got the attention
Of Broadway first by characterizing
cleverly with cockneyism, while in the
late Augustin Days employ, a ballad
about a London upstart, who ad
h'aspira tons for Ugh society. Thus the
impression was given that she was
English but she is of New York birth
and Philadelphia education. Her first
stage boss was Edward Harrigan, who
put her into the young girl part Of
The Little Fraud in "SQuatter Sow
ereignty, - wherein she fixed herself il
the friskiness which now is utilized 20
good advantage A suitable role has
been fashioned for her in the new
musical farce by no less than four ex-
perts-Faulton and JakOboWski, who
wrote the words and music that it had
when performed abroad and Ranken
and kerker, who have Americanized it
by eliminating and adding jokes and
tunes. Paula's part IS that of an
American sou5rette saucy and funny.
who IS stranded o. Turkey and there
takes the job Of impersonating an heir
ess off the stage.