Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-13

| way the wind II blowing. Inc success
| Of THE Girl Of the Golden West.
"The Squaw Man" and "Strongheart'
ls. Of course, responsible for the sudden
! enthusiasm OF the managers 10 produce
/ plays IN which the Indian has a chance
| TO star. But In each OF these successes
! with the possible exception OF strong
heart" The Indians were only an incl
dent. 1t was the play Itself which
scored. Mr.. Charles Frohman was the
first to announce that he intended 10
produce PLAY IN which there would
be nothing bur Indians. This play Is
now being written for him by young
Mr. William DeMllle. But on the prin-
Cipie ~ striking while the iron Ia hot,
Manager w. A. Brady has jumped into
the breach, and on Saturday night OF
this week in Milwaukee the company
supporting Mlss Grace George IN that
essentially English. The Marriage OF
William Ashe.' are all 10 be thrust into
AN all Indian drama. II the play scores,
company viii be sent out In II az
once to tdke the trail and blaze u as
thoroughly as possible before Mr.. From
man gets Il chance with his new attrac-
ton. How London actors like Mr.. II.
Reeves smith. Mr. Ben Webster and
Mr.. Fred Sydney Will appear as In
Rialto is asking jus; now. ] would
give good deal 10 see that first per-
Torrance.
While on the subject of the dearth of
plays II would be a safe bet to make
that II Will be many long season
before Mr.. Charles Frohman imports
another French author 10 superlntend
the rehearsals OF his own play IN this
country. His recent experience with
MIR. Pierce Berton the author of La
Belle Marselllalse," which was with
drawn and sent to the storehouse after
n four weeks run at the Knickerbocker
theater. proved q costly experiment.
That la Belle Marseillaise," In spite
OF the fact OF lts New York failure was
a fine theatrical property there can be
no doubt. In Paris II was produced az
the Ambigu, theater which cores
ponds to our own Fourteenth street.
II scored a hit theree for two reasons,
In the first place. It had capital story
with a strong plot, and In the second,
its real hero was that perpetual Paris
idol, Napoleon. Here IN America. Mr..
FIohman knew that Napoleon In him
self could neither make or break II.
The play so to speak, would have TO
stand on its own legs, Unfortunately
for all concerned. however, MIR. Berton.
I'm the flush of his Paris success laid
down certain explicit conditions In the
contract for the American production.
to be signed by Mr.. Frohman, and one
OF them was that he should be brought
TO America and superintend the entire
nnduction. Monsieur Berton and
Madamme Berton came and saw, but
did not conquer. Their failure was al
most entirely due To their own pig
heodedness Berton is stone deaf and
claims NOT Ia be able to speak a word
of English. His wife however. Is the
linanist q. the family. and during the
rshs,r.a,s though no could make neith-
o. bead nor all M the English dia-
loo,,e his faithful spouse kept n cat
i,se watch ON the text and refused alb
anin,olv N allow a single syllable
ohangod or tho alteration OF a solitary
Nj, ~ etnge business In vain Mr.
Erohman and the altar Miss Virginia
iIornsJ ayniainsd 10 then, that there
,,as saveraI situations which. while
they were ali tight for Paris, no doubt,
,,o,,,d naysr ha understood In America
the Rertons stood lelr ground firmly,
and aventuallv The nlay was shown at
3D.. En,cLarho,lsar exactly as II was
80 en- paris II Rerton had proved
80, COZ sihla and had allowed MIR.
E,ohnan 10 make the changes he de-
s,,ed The NAV would not only be run
IN vol MT Win Miss Harned's popu-
ia,,,y ana ,,ogus throughout the coun-
,ry Il would nnouestionablv have turn
"a into perton's nocltet thousands and
thousanda Of dollars before the end of
Ne saasor Now hovever Monsieur
psrton viii have 10 solace himself with