The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-18
MRS. FISHES NEW PLAY

/ automobile that carries the mystery Isl
this drama is heavily loaded with ex-
citements. In the first act a good
young wife rides in il at midnight with
an exceptionally bad man, and when IL
comes out Of a dark tunrel into bright
moonlight he is hugginS and kissing
her. A tip has been given to her hus-
band. and he goes there to be smazed
that she would behave like that. So
IS she. Why does a modest woman
transgress so bTazenly? That is the
mystery. In the last act. after she has
suffered pitiful vicissitudes Of poverty
and disgrace. she goes automoblling
again, unwilling as before with the
same scoundrel. Why? Once more she
can't explain her conduct. This time,
though, the husband is there for VEN
geance. The Villains female pal has
peached on him. She has told the hus-
band that his wife'e destroyer is "a
hypnotist who puts his victim under a
spell. a retributive pistol shot blows
up the automobile, sparing the wife,
but scattering her companion all
around.
The audience was put wise by the
author early I'm the game. They saw
the Svengaii man tx his dreadful eyes
on the Trilby woman. crouch like a
Jekyll turned suddenly into a Hyde,
and paw towards her with the ferocity
of leaping tiger. Then q big white
light illumined her, she quivered from
head to foot. her features became rigid.
and. with stare and stride of a Lady
Macbeth when sleepwalkIng. she obed-
iently followed the wicked spellbinder
at his command. Then the toot OF the
automobiles horn was heard outside.
and we knew that the poor creature
on Fr-ar RI hnF
but her hypnotic kidnaper was bad
one. / have never heard a stage
scOundrel so Kissed and hooted as he
was. nor such whistles and Whoops OF
glee as greeted his final demolition when
the mystery of the automobile was ex-
plOded In the meanwhile he and his
hirelings had separated the husband
and wife. starved her i'm a garnet,
stabbed him with knife, thrown their
angel child in front of a street car 10
be run over. and filed in their spare
time with minor deviltries; but the
audience had seen all those crimes
again and again I'm Kremor dramas
and were not much affected by them.
They were sensitive to hypnotic out
RACES. however, and so the start and
the finish of the new play were its
points of triumph. KremOr played his
game both ways from the middle and
! ne WON Out.
Henry Goodman Potter, Episcopalian
bishop of the diocese, is president OF
the Actors Church Alliance of America,
which society is pledged 20 the pro-
motion of the highest aims of dramatic
literature and histrionic art on and of
! the stage" Joseph jefferson. dean Of
American actors, is the first vice presi-
dent. The alliance has made this week
what it advertised as the first produc-
| ton of play under the direction OF
/ the church in 200 years" The PLAY
I chosen for that ecclesiastical distinc-
ton was THE Kings Highway" and
IL never had been acted before. It was
woful example of dramatic litera-
ture and histrionic art" and as "a
religious or moral purpose IL was al
1 to the bad. A tavern was the scene
J OF two of the acts. A red .iosed army
! officer gulped down a bumper OF brandy
and said: FAMINE. that's the real
| French stuff" A physician with nose
| reoder still poured a full glass of rum
| into himself and said: New England
| sunshine. begad." The gallant young
| hero arrived tired and thirsty. re-
freshed his vim with a big mug OF ale
and said: That has saved my life -
None of this drinking was done by way
OF deterrent lesson. No one d,ssenteC
from the three drinkers praise OF the
alcoholic beverages. Even the gentle
heroine's objection 10 some champagne
punch related exclusively To the small
percentage of wine in IL. The only