The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-11
THE SALT LAAzE HERALD: SUNDAY. NoyEsIBER IL 1ooe

was II straight tip that my word
ud go f'r aaythin' I'm the joint7'
For whatever you ask for
Make Il rye highball-damned
high, N most of the height whisky"
The remainder OF the tragedy was
mostly monologue for the dying dere-
hct-his nature turned deVil-may-car
by privations his desire TO live bal
anced by his readiness TO die. his relish
Tor hts last booze no keener than his
satisfaction at having saved the little
girl who had been kind to him. and
such other ideas. traits and hunanities
as when expressed in slangy transit
tions from pathos 20 humor. kept an
audience OF men crying and laughing.
"A hard Job. that OF yours. Mr.. Cool
VIE" said Sir Thomas Upton. after
il IVES over
THE fearful half OF Il. no." was the
actors reply. mo doll of child ever
died so badly as Little Eve that the
audience didn't weep. But the laugh
ter, yes, that's hard. Good Topsys To
make folks laugh are as scarce as Evas
10 make them cry are plenty. Yet I'm
Hike most comedians, ache 10 he seri
ous-but the public won't let me-"
\
The Lambs having lifted TIER I'D Of
club privacy z little by inviting Upton
and some others to one OF its entertain
ments, It ought TO be permissible TO
tell that the Ibsen spirit didn't pre-
vail. George V. Hobart had written
The Sweet Bye and Bye" rhe con-
ceft OF which was 10 show q number
OF the leading members III the grill
room half century hence, each being
played by himself. Ii was curious eX-
hibition. this Observation-Disclosures by
youngiSh actors of their own old age.
Or course. the jokes We're local to the
Lambs. and neither divulgable to nor
appreciate by strangers; but the good
natured treatment of Upton may be
published The famous yachtsman
came in as a venerable mariner VINO
hadn't IL 1856 lost his habit Of chal-
longing for me cup. The impersona-
tor, Robert Payton Carter, produced 50
close a resemblance in face. carriage
and Irish favored speech that many
looked to see if the original hadn't
left his seat, and let the actors put
wrinkles and white hair on him, as
they had on themselves. The sketch
ended with the famous yachtsnan
singing, by proxy. q parody on Wait
ing at the Church." in which he de-
clared himself to be waiting for the
cup" but unable to lift it. for Here
schoff won't let him.
The serious dramatists are reaching
out for subjects of cOntempOraneouS
human interest. Modish women's van
ity of dress is the theme of three plays
current here this week-the already de-
scribed Clothes and The House of
Mirth," and the newer 1.-THE Congress-
man. which is as political as its name
implies, yet deals with feminine "trip
peries. The congressman tells the au-
dience that, perceiving his brides de-
sire for fine apparel. he bought seal
skin cloak for her with his first spare
cash. Upon going into politics, mis-
struggles for Office were more TO graf
ify her social pride than his own ambi-
ton; and so. when he got into con-
gress, the salary didn't suffice for his
expenses, and the first act of the play
presents ball given in his Washing
ton residence at a cost equal to a quar-
ter of his honest income for a whole
year. The extra money comes from
railway companies whose interests he
promotes at the capitol.
John d. Barry, the author, strives 10
sentimentalize and seXualiZe politics in
The Congre ssman. He makes the
husband and wife as fond. true and
ardent as any pair of unwedded lovers
and then brings them TO anguish by
having the woman revolt al the man :
dishonesty when ;,he fiLdS OIt about
it. She has Believed him TO be the
kind Of man that statesmen ere made
of. while he-for love of her. mind you
has sold his honor for the price of her
social aspirations They part on that
issue she to return to their country
home and he to seek a reelection to
congress- But he is defeated at the
polls Thereupon. they get together on
a new basis Of mutual respect, without
either. political or social corruptions.