The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-02
REVIEWING NEW PLAYS
BY Franklin EyIes.

black; in ten seconds a speck of fire
showed that the detective had lighted
a cigar; IN ten more seconds he turned
on a lamp and we saw him smoking
Iazlly before a CRATE in his study. Miss
barrymore came in 10 enlist his SYM
pathy and services for hsr father. who
was innOcently in prison, she said with
agony IN her voice; but she didn't tell
now or why her parent had been shut
up, for every time she came to the
point OF particulars SOm5 thing or other
in the room diverted her mind from
It's Woe-a vase on the mantel. statu-
cite IN a niche. a flower pot on pedeS-
tai, a crystal globe on a table or some
thing else, which set her TO Cabling
Saily of Holmes wOndrous skill. And
each panegyric by the gushing girl end
ed with an ecstatic grab at the thinS
and its fail to the floor with a crash.
The man kept silence. but had to calm
his nerves by injecting cocaine into
his wrist, and at l5ngth he wrote on n
sheet of paper. touched an electric
call and sent out a message by q boy.
The girl talked on, now hystericaI over
her beloved father, again rhapsodical
over her adOred Holmes, till the boy
returned with two men from an insane
asylum.
Yes said one of them. that's the
escaped patient" and they led her out
Gillette turned off the lamp, the bit
OF cigar light reappeared and the cur
tam went down on a blank STAGE. with
out his having uttered q syllable during
the seven minutes between smokes.
6ut Miss BarrymOTe'S vOlubility had
been lnceSSant- once she forgot the
words and the prompter didn't come 70
her aid, nor did Gillette.
The lines" she exclaimed, give me
the lines I've come from Philadelphia
to speak them and l may as well do il
now I'm here"
That was in the afternoon variety
show which yielded $25. 900 for Joseph
Jefferson Holland, who is paralyzed be-
yOnd the hope of ever acting again:
and Miss Barrymore went back TO
Philadelphia to get the news. next day
that her father had died of paretiC
type of the same disease. Joe HOI-
land had never held the popularity OF
Maurice Barrymore professionally and
the public cared little about him, but
off the stage ne was loved for genial
amiability quite as much as the other
actor was admired for caustic wit The
Lambs club. of which his brother L NJ
had been president, undertook to en-
dow him for the rest of his life. in
stead of letting him go to the Actors
Home. The Lambs did II with a rOus
ing will and a winning way. Their
first intention was to have JOe'S god
father, Joseph jefferson, distinguish
and prosper. the occasion by u farewell
appearance on the stage-peThapS il
The Rivals with a memorable cast
TO rank in theatrical records with the
Booth Mod -Barrett-MayO Flor
ence-J efferSOn-and-SO-O performance
of Hamlet for Lester WaIlack AND
100000 But jefferson gave a letter tC
be read by Louise Leslie Carter and
500 for a ticket instead of his pres
ence- So the Lambs hustled together
an attractive lot of celebrities to dc
stunts in a variety show, and the bis
Metropolitan opera house was crowded
| by the bud, bloom and blossom of New
! York femininity, at ratio of abOu
sixteen to one of maSculinity, and a
prices no less than $3.50 in the away
UP top gallery to $1,000 apiece for TIVE
parquet tickets bought by the Lamb!
and the Players
The programme was scant in goo
originality, the Sherlock Holmes sketc