Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-29

turo that Ia aroueing 80 much public
discussion as % ensure the prosperity
OF the play for time. All three acts
OF the piece take place In the same
room Directly over that room is sup
posed to be the apartment OF a honey
moon couple, who seek seoluslon thlther
on every possible pretext Their host,
who believes himself 10 have an over
whelmlng sense OF humor, bores q hole
through the ceiling, attaches one end
Of a cord to the spring Of the sofa
wherein the happy couple are wont to
bill and coo, and the other end TO a
doll which is thus suspended Just over
the heads of the people In the room be-
low--or IN other words, In the mid
die OF the stage Whenever the honey
moon pair retire TO their room the doll
presently begins 10 jump violently.
Throughout the play this doll Is the
principal character becoming the cen-
ter Of attraction at regular periods and
arousing storm Of laughter--cspeclal-
IS from the plt--with each gyraton, on
one occasion 10 was the unsmllIng wife
Of the host, who, not knowing the ma
ture Of this doll, held an interview
In the room aloft with an admir-
Ing artist. The activities Of the doll
ON this occasion We're only oQualled by
the outlaws Of the pit
Was the mask Of Mr.. Pmeros COM
cdy leernB or only grinnng2 Eager
discussion OF the subject now prevails
In the columns OF the press, and I'm prl-
yate conversation
In truth, the doll has made sensa-
lao. Il.
rest Of the play, II Is sOrdld, cyni-
cal comedy throughout unrclieycd by
one lovable character one kindly, hon
est emotion. or one speech that makes
any pretence Of appealing TO the better
nature OF an audience It's biting wit,
and It's manifestation OF mastery IN
stage craft and Misunderstanding
only accentuate the unpleasantness Of
Il AL. The story. aside from that doll,
Is thin and quickly told Mr.. Rippin-
GIL, a week, foolish, wealthy bore who
thinks he has sense Of humor Is
lately married to the daughter Of Il
boarding house landlady. She won't see
the point OF even his best stories. and
her solemn boarding house manner
casts gloom over him and his guests.
Schemes are devised IN vain TO get her
20 smlle-among them the doll A heavy
friend Of MrRipplIngill says the woman
must have a shock, which is forthwith
provided by Mr. Rippingllls discovery
that when getting a divorce from his
FIRST wife he completely forgot TO have
the decree made absolute. the result
being that his second marriage Is null
and void The shock lis administered.
and Is effective. The erstwhile Mrs.
Rippinglll laughs and laughs. and then
hurries or TO that room above 10 find
her admrlng young artist and tell him
she Is now free TO marry him-whereat
the doll I'm the room below becomes
agltated, Mr. Rlpplngll, with equal
promptness contracts 10 marry
friendly widow, but when this part OF
the arrangement Is told to the ex- Mrs.
Ripplngill she objects. She says she
won't let that widow succeed TO Mr..
Rippingill's wealth, and horses, and
carriages and servants, so she throws
over the poor artist, fights of the Wild
ow, selzes Mr. Rlppinglll and presuma-
bly, sits on him I'll that decree abso-
Lutte can be obtained and the marriage
can be performed over again.
And this Is the latest and rlpest work
OF the foremost English playwright.
Il Is the ripeness that comes high. Is
It the expression OF Mr., Pineros pres
ent outlook on life, or Is II his
expression OF a contemptuous belief
that this II the kind Of thing the pub
lie most wants? I venture the predic.
ton that the American public, at least,
will not want H.
CURTIS BROWN.