The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-29

Mr. Hiram DOCtttic-.... .... BOYD oouiileS
Bud Hardy. William Frederick
William Gillette in his Secret Ser
vice" made a hero out of a SPY. His
task was slight IN comparison with
that of Edwin Milton Royle, who has
made a play in which the sympathy IS
with a "Squaw man" Perhaps the
greatest tribute to his work is the fact
that he has succeeded III this one point,
for the very term, ''squaw man, is
one of derision a2d contempt carrying
with it aul idea OF degradation and
squalor and sacrifice of self-respect
and. the traditions OF the white race.
Mr ROyies 'squaW man." played with
great success by William FaFeTsham,
( Is the second son of "a noble English
family. He is type--a composite OF
\ the younger sons who We're sent 10
the wilds of America during the palmy
days of me cattle business in WyO-
ming, Stah aud other western states
The trouble is that a large proportion
of the resi- men of this character were
worthless oads. shipped out for the sake
of radiance. Mr.. Royle says he knew
some who were fine men, and he has
drawn frNn them his Captain James
Wymegat4 the hero or the play.
Red Indian on the Stage.
Tabywana is none other than old
Tabby." chief of the Uintah Utes, for
many, many years, who died on the
Uintah reservation within the last two
years. Baco White. the interpreter, as
explained in Mr.. ROyic's letter Oh the
subject is "a character taken ia person
from the reservation. Nat-u-ritch, the
1fffTa Indian III ideal with
the natural Indian characteristics.
Big Bin. large of heart self-sacritic-
tiEg and loyal has appealed TO the pop
ular synpathieS almost as much as the
hero himself. For this character the
.tuthor found his inspira ton in none
other than his own brother. DR.. Sin
clair n. ROyie, now of New York. DIT.
ROyle also spent his boyhoOd IN Salt
Lake. and in his manhood owned "a
ranch near Vernal, which furnished
the scene for the last two acts of the
play.
Andy and His Prayer.
Andy, one of the cowboys. is drawn
from Andy" StrOns. who is sim re-
membered in eastern Utah as an odd
character He was foreman on the
ranch near Nernal belonging 10
Charles Pepper after whom the Pop
"Und say was the way sandy" be-
gan each sentence
Andy" was more or less of Il repro
bate, but he had "A good heart. He
prayed once, and the prayer is famous.
One of the men on the ranch died,
and Andy" wanted an appropriate
funeral To help matters out. he him.
self offered prayer, ending as fol-
lows:
'Tnd say, Lord, he vas no liar ind
Which it is strongly feared ANDY"
was. lie has long since gone to meet
the Maker whom he addressed so "a
miliarly.
The other cowboys had their origin in
eastern Utah, including Cash Hawkins.
the bad man" This is PLAYED efec-
lively by W ). Hart who spent years
ia the west. and has been a cowboy
himself.
The other characters did not have
their originals i'm Utah, although Spe-
Cial mention might be made of The
part OF Lady Elizabc-t WynHegate,
mother of the hero. This is played by
Mrs. Selena Fetter RoyIe wife 1f the
author in a manner which has drawn
praise from every critic.
Story Of the Play.
Act is really little more than q pro-
loguc. The scene is laid ina England.
Henry Wynnegate. oldest son of a
proud and noble English family, has
committed a forgery. To save the fam
lily name and 90 protect from disgrace
Diana, whom he loves. hut who mara
ries the Older brother. Captain James
WyuHegate. the hero, assumes the bur
den of guilt and escapes 10 America,
Act ii shows the Long Horn saloon
at Maverick, Wye. "a ';tauk town on
the line OF the Union Pacific. Some
time has elapsed Captain Wynnegate
has assumed the name Of Jim Car
SON" owning a ranch near Nernal,
Utah, and has come To Maverick with
several of his men To ship some cattle. |
They are in the saloon. The Overland
train has been held up by a washout
at Maverick, and the passengers troop I
into the saloon. Among them are the
guilty older brother, Diana. and others
from his old home, as well as Taby- /
Waua. the Ute chief Cash Hawkins !
who has sworn 10 kin Jim Carson, is /
plotting TO deSDoil the chief Of lands /
and cattle The scene is too full of I
actiOn-varying from light comedy 10 /
tragedy-tO relate n-detail. Diana rec !
OgniZes the captain. aud tells him she /
knows he is innocent. but OF course she /
is tied up by marriage to the guilty 4
brother. Nat-u-ritch. little Indian /
maid. prevents Cash Hawkins from (
robbing her drunken father, The tour |
isis leave. cash Hawkins returns 10 /
the saloon 10 kin Jim. Carson" and /
gets the drop on him. just as ne starts I
10 pun the trigger, shot rings out and 4
NJ falls dead. Ndt-u-ritCh runs in.
Filed with love for The white man. she !
has killed his WOuld-be slayer The !
grateful young Engiishman takes the
copper-hued girl into his arms.
Ending Is Tragic.
Acts III and ~ center on Jim Car
sons" ranch at VernaL The scene is
q faithful reproduction of q Nernal /
ranch, carried out in detail under the
supervision Of DR.. Roylc The action
fairly lips throughout these acts, and
only the barest skeleton can be given
I'm the space available. Wynnegate
has married the little Indian girl who
saved his life, and they have q son. As
a result Of the death Of his guilty older
brother he becomes heir to tho title
The family sDltgifor and Diana hfTcqIf Z