The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-28

Vanderbilt Cup" owes much OF her pop
ularity TO her limitations. Not very long
ago the Gerry society hailed Miss Janis
into court on the ground OF her extreme
youth. She VIII not he II until next
March. but even as child she is said TO
hnve Initiated such actors and actresses
as che had seen When she was years
old she visited Washington with her fam
lly and called upon the late President Nc
ktnley. Some years later Mr.. Mckinley
saw the child again, and remembering her
limitations. asked n she still did them.
Miss Janis explained that she did. and
offered 10 do one OF Mr.. Kyrle Bcllew.
who was at that time playing with Mrs.
James Brown Potter The little girl gave
rather notable suggestion OF Mr.. Bel
LEWIS personality, and Mr., Mckinley
turning TO Mrs. Janis, said
Your daughter should try tho stage
Such thing as this is really worth
while"
The Presidents advice was followed
While tho Progressive Stage society
was presenting here last week The
Death or Tlntagiles' Maurice Mater
lincks poignant little play in English
translation. the same piece was attracting
special attention at one OF tho Paris the
atcrs.
"Grerson's Way continues In the
Princess theatcr. Henry Miller has made
an individual impression In the role or
Grierson. His supporting company In
cludes Guy Standing. Henry Woodruff
Fred Thornc, ReDeCc1 Warren. Ida Wa
tcrman and Helen Ford
The Babes and the Baron" made mer-
ry for the last time during this week In
the Lyric theater. Fred Walton has
achieved n sensational success rs the
wooden soldier, but on January % the
cNtravaSanza Will be succeeded by tho
Shubert production of 'MeXicana." with
Thomas Q. Seabrooke. Christie MacDon-
aid and Joseph Herbert as prominent
members OF a big cast.
The one hundredth performance OF THE
Earl and the Girl in the Casino theater
was commemoratcd Monday evening by
the distribution OF fountain pens as SOU
venirs. Eddie Foy and the remainder Of
the company appearing In this laughable
musical comedy Will remain I'm town until
early spring
"Twlddle- -Twaddle" has proved Itself
the banner attraction of ten years for the
Joe Weber music hall. For correspond
ing number OF performances its receipts
are far in excess OF "PouSse- Cafe, -" "Fld-
dle-de-Dee' or 'HigGledyP Peggledy."
which. up to this season, were the three
biggest money getters of this cosy house
Of mirth. Marie Dressler, Jolly and cxu-
bcranuy funny, has scored the real sue
cess Of her stage career Joe Weber and
Charles A Bigelow also arc right I'm line
with laughable qupS songs and stua-
tlons
Lincoln J. Carter. one Of Salt Lakes
In New York. The Herald of that city
says OF It.
Introducing a race between an auto
mobile and an express train. the realistic
enect of which brought men and women
TO their feet in a burst OF enthusiasm
'Bcdford's Hope, the newest melodrama
from the pen OF Lincoln ]. Carter had It's
New York premiere last Monday night nt
the Fourteenth Street theatcr. With an
agreeable absence of frcnzied fusilades
and possessing plot OF considerable
more sanity than i5 generally met wlth
In the melodrama OF today the play was
pronounced a success by a large audi
enCc.
"The play has its setting I'm the mining
q nrSt 1pt
are made TO pave the way, with lost and
rebound veins of ore and jugglcd mining
stock, for the clImaX-the race to Denver
TO prevent the villain from getting the
bonds which would give him control of
an old mine whose value had just been
discovered.
THE villain is on the express: the son
and daughter Of the miner-hero in an
automobile. Down through the bad lands
tears the train. and whirls on. The Red
Devil carcening from side to side. con-
tests its speed inch for inch, in a cloud
OF dust Slowly but steadily the automo-
bile. coaNed on by Its driver, gains until
Its nose shows ahead of the driving loco
motive, and the bonds are saved
4 worked over this effect for year
said the author to the cheering audience,
and II it has given you as much pleas
ure ard excitement as your applause has
given me, IL am envious of you
The season seems to be running into
the most successful I'm Frohmans remark
able career, says the New York Press
Unlike his customary quiet acceptance or
incidents as they come. he has expressed
kccnest delight with the attitude OF play
goerS toward "Claricc" and Peter Pan"
In connection with this latter play II is
hard to decide whether Barrie or Froh-
man is the luckIcr. From the viewpoint
OF profit both may be placed as equal,
but. as in the case Of Gillette and "Clar-
Ice Frohman took far more than pc
cuniary interest In the Scots fairy play.
The production of the piece here was an
exceedingly large business venture, but
the promoter had small thought for that.
His chief care was for the spirit In which
our playgocrs would receive the play rs
1t possible for them TO love fairles2" was
the question Frohman asked himself, and
all his associates again and again. He
remained In perpleXing doubt until that
night In the Empire when Miss Adams
dashed to the footllGhts and called. DO
YOU believe I'm fairieS2' and the audience
answered in the affirmative with
sounding Cutburst Miss Adams's pro-
gramme is arranged for another Geason
to come She is to continue in Peter
Pan The end of her stay in the Empire
pected this season VIII be rounded out by
a visit to one or two other cltics, If n
fit from the Empire be necessary at all.
There has been no falling off I'm the at
tendance on Peter Pan" and the play
has had astonishing patronage from wo-
men. More and more 1t IL becoming clear
that when women accept a play Its sac
cess is assured and Barrie must receive
credit for having a kcencr insight into
the public heart than was the belief when
the Juvenile nature of his fantasy first
was made kno*n.
Blue Grass" Paul Armstrong; new
play Is 10 be produced by Frank Howe.
Jr in Philadelphia, on March s Thomas
w, Ross, formerly the star OF Check
ers." VIII head the cast
1T Will make no difference In what
play Miss Maude Adams may be appear
Ing" says Charles Frohman, she Will
drop II every year at Christmas time to
revive James NJ. Barrie's Peter Pan"
Thus will the problem of Christmas shop
ping be greatly sImplilcd for at least one
woman. the worries OF new production
being banished from the actresses mind,
Grace Van StuddIford has succumbed
to the vaudeville habit again. 1t Is said
she is arranging Onc-act opcrctta for
use in the vaudeville theaters
Young America Is nothing II not flip
pant Think OF attacking such a sacred
institution as tho George EdwardeS musi-
cal comedy-which Is the fountain head
and flower OF the neo-dlinty school, Yet
Tint H. what WAS done by a prOTranmo