Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-24
special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
kT EW YORK, Dec. i9.-When Ar
M thur W. Plnero's comedy "a
Y wife without Smile was
produced in London, It made
m immediate ana enormous success In
spite Of some Of the critics who vehem-
entity damned It ana declared that It's
,ayor was solely due TO the introduce
lion Of an episode that might be con-
trued as Indecent. There was a fine
4ullabaloo about this In the English
upers, and to his critics Plnero re-
orted that the only evil In the AFFAIR
vas the wickedness within their own
hearts which made them misunderstood
ais intention. However It Is quite
apparent that the denunCiaton Of "a
wife without a Smile as play In
.ondon was not merted. IL Is a capital
omedy full of humor and written with
D the incislye brilliancy of Pinero.
lae hero Of It Is millionaire who
axes life lightly and has a great time
10 the enjoyment Of his own jests and
the antics Of toys OF his own invention.
Is wife Is totally without a sense OF
Umor end doesn't see any fun In his
.okes lu fact, she becomes excessive
= bored, when It is suddenly found that
here was an irregu,arlty about the
marriage Of the couple and both are
intensely relieved Al FIST Il appears
hat they are oyerjoyed az the prospect
their Liberation. but when each In
urn Auds that the other is about TO
AIRY someone else, both are consumed
IN Jealousy and they ultimately make
up and start all over again. "A Wife
Without a SmiIe" win doubtless have a
long and prosperous run az the Critic
lion theater The specially organized
0mpany, which is OF the very finest
quality, includes Margaret Ellington
esther Tittell, Elsie Devote, Ernest
awford, Frank Worthlng, Frank Ath-
riley and j. II Barnes. The last mem
.loned player used TO be called Hand
ome Jack Barnes when he FIRST came
TO America as Adelaide Nelson's lead
Ing mon That was a good many years
20, i.. Barnes Is elill a stalWart and
manly chap and "a very good actor.
David Beasco Is in determined
'rame Of mind over the opposition that
las developed In Washington against
MS scheme Of presenting Mrs, Les lie
carter In that city In am improylsed
heater In Convention hall The
building laws have been invoked as
lready made known In the press dis
patches, TO prevent the opening OF the
hail for theatrical purposes, and last
night Mr.. BelascO observed with some
,rimness that II necessary he would
reduce the new play without making
my charge for admission, thereby rem
lerlng the law imperative as II APP
Jles only TO places OF entertainment
where an entrance fee Is eXacted. II
this step Is found unavoidable at the
ast moment Il viii be a costly AFFAIR
lor Belasco, but II will give him the
satisfaction OF knowing that he has not
been thwarted In his plan 10 inyaria-
bly, give Mrs. Carter her first appear
ance in n new play at the pational
capital. Mr. Belasco takes Il for
granted that the influences behind the
ppeal TO the Washington building or
llnance are centered In the offices Of
the Theatrical Syndicate, with which
institution, as everybody knows, he Is
at deadly odds, But he Is inclined to
view the situation phIlosophically, and
with increasing determination TO "win
out"
All appearances indicate that New
Years eve will be the biggest theatrl-
cal occasion IN New York In num-
Der OF years For the past two weeks IL
has been utterly impossible TO secure
seat for the night In question az any
one OF the metropolitan playhOuses,
showing that all persons who conclude
IN the Interval that they wish stage
amusements az a part Of their New
Years festivities will have 10 be con-
tent with standing room or no room at
all. The growth Of New Years as a
time for the expression Of universal re-
jolclng has been very rapid In the past
few seasons, There was o period when
Il was not observed to any extent In
New York, but that time has certainly
gone out OF existence,
In behalf Of Eleanor Robson the town
looks as though expecting the advent
u a circus. For although Miss Rob
son has been announced to give only
single performance here (the welcome
home matinee arranged by Klaw &
Erlanger for the New Amsterdam
theaterl the bilposters have been
at work quite as enorgetcany as
though she were coming In for a pro-
tracted run. The handsome countenance
Of this exceptionally successful Amerl-
can actress Is reflected upon countless
billboards and one can scarcely turn In
any direction without seeing these H.
lumlnatlye portraits, Miss Robson will
not be In New York for much more than
"A hours, as she must start Immediate
~ for ST. Louis Tor the opening Of
her tour, which win embrace most Of
the large cities. Merely Mary Ann"
viii again serve as her vehicle
Little Johnny Jones" which has
hugely diverted an extended series OF
large audiences at the Liberty theater
Is Jointly owned by George NJ. Conan
and Samuel II Harris Thus Mr. Cohan,
the 26-year-oid star Is at least half
way his own manager, IN addition 70
appearing as author, composer stage
director and actor. They used TO say
that no man could possibly do all these
things az once-but that was before
young Cohan came TO light with his
unmistakable genius,
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