Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01

Special Correspondence.
New York, Nov. 26.--You may have
done without new coat this win
ter. you may even have felt that you
could not afford turkey next Thurday.
but, II you take my advice, you won't
miss seeing Mrs. Fiske when she comes
your way with THE New York Idea"
She came our way some days ago, and
made all the other theatrical events of
q week, which brought forth fresh
plays by Charles Klein, Haddon Cham
bers, and James X. Jerome, look pale
and unimportant Take your choice be-
tween turkey and The Daughters of
Men" which Is about as heavy and
undigestlble as that festal bird, but
to deny yourself THE New York Idea"
Is to pass by the charlotte russo tho
floating Island and the other light
dalnties that give pleasure to MEM
cries OF dinner.
Langdon Mitchell, who turned out
Becky sharp for Mrs. Fiske, wrote
''Tho New York Idea" and It is OH
view at the Lyric l don't know an
other man I'm this country who could
have done the work, and the only one In
England Is George Bernard Shaw. Mr..
Mitchell's comedy Is as cold and hard
as diamond, but II has more spark
ling brilliancy than any diamond mined
and 10 scintillant lines for every facet
ever cut into o Jewel. Sardou once
said that the plot of a good play could
be written on a calling-card. The plot
OF The New York Idea" could be en-
graved on dime, after the fashion Of
the gentleman known TO fame who
utilized that coin for the circulation OF
the Lords Prayer. Cynthia Karslake
Mrs. Flske) Is the divorced wife Of
John Karslake John Mason) She is
about to marry Philip Phillimore
(Chales HarbuTy), when jealousy,
! aroused by a Irritation between her first
husband and Philips divorced wife,
Vida (Marion Lead, convinces her that
she still cares for Karslake. 10 whom
she returns just as he receives word
that their divorce was Invalid. Sir Will
fred Gates Darby George Arllss) Is an
English nobleman astonished at ma
trimonlal conditions In America, and
his comments throughout tho piece arc
gems OF exquisite satire.
There has been no end of stage COM
edy about the picking OF wedlocks since
Sardou wrote "Dvorcons" and Rosen-
field gave US "A Possible Case" Only
month ago Virginia Harmed added to
the list q play called THE Love Lot
ter" But We have had nothing as
| clever and as biting as The New
York idea II | weren't afraid OF
making YOU think that Mr.. Mitchell had
dramatized Buster Brown and Pam
handle Pete, | should call the work a
cartoon play. Like a cartoon, It has
a serious moral behind drawings Of i'm
possible people and events Our news
papers last Sunday were full of disser-
tations on the influence Of the Offering
and the viciousness of divorce. don't
care whether divorce Is vicious or not:
THE New York Idea" Is the most en-
joyable and the best acted comedy in
Gotham.
There must be 200 good lines in Mr..
Mltchells play, and to quote any OF
them is TO do an Injustice to the 9TH
ers, Nevertheless here are a few that
stuck TO my memory.
In America you have no can't and a
great deal Of can
New York Is bounded on the north
south east and west by the state Of
divorce. y
What are divorces among friends7"
The judiciary have mixed this thing
| tmarriage ami divorced so we can't
tell We're married until we're divorce
| ed"
II divorce her (Cynthia), see her
married TO you (Philip), and well on
/ her way 10 you (Sir Wilfrid)."
| You American girls are fine talk
ers. You talk and talk, but YOU have
I no heart l once knew an American
| glrL she was the incest kind OF q
| boy"
/ Nothing Is anal In nature, not even
! death quote the clergyman from
| his sermon. IT death Is not final.
Why should marriage be final?
| oh, YES, an excellent sermon. .
! All New York was there and oil Now
/ York went away happy"
You should hear these lines read
by Mrs. Fiskc and n company so full
Of good pcopla that the management
/ could afford 20 waste William b
Mack. the shram OF Leah Kleschna,''
on a part q page long.
/
have said that Mr.. Mitchell Is the