The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-09
ADJUSTMENTS
SALT LAKE THEATER-'"rhc Lion and
the Mouse" u drama OF finance, by Charles
kloin In four acts.

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kloin, In four acts.
We saw last night a great duel. Upon the
one Side the sidO or Wrong NC saw en-
bodied the mighty power OF enormous wealth.
or OF fearless innocence In Its visible FORM
the conflict was between man, old hard-
encd, lawlcss. all-powcrtul, the richest man
In all the world-bctwcen such man ana a
sweet, tender. Impoverished grit. Not OUTSIDE
the plays in which tyronss OF former cen
turtles are presented has cyll been shown SO
powerful Invariably has this man had ms
way. In nothing has no scen defeat Hls
money and his penetrating ego have overcome l
all resistance, Hut at last he IL face TO race
with ono who meets his nerco glance undiS-
moycd. who doreo TO tell him what she
thinks
Their FIRST meeting Is TO the audience a
most fascinating one. The girl has Wrlttcn
a novel in which the man has been ennioItSl ,So
as he Is Curiosity to sec the wornuh Mno S
could so describe him has caused him to brlns
about the Interview. She comes WIN an ,s as-
sumed name. She Is the daughter OF judge
who has rendered decision adverse TO inc
rich mans interests and the agents OF us
gTeGnted wealth have been put at work To
purpose OF the play, that the Senate can oe
controlled and the Judge IL TO be driven ron
the bench, Tho affair IL further complicated
by the love of the autoorats s2n lor @ .no
judges daughter She Is offered the employ
Inent OF editing the autoologrnphy oil ne, ncg
fathers enemy. and accepts II that she rnay
be where shc may have chance 20 heip her
stricken parent
The ottractIvcnoss tho fnnkncss. tho indie
pendent spirit of tho girl win tho favor of the
money king But ali her influence with him
does not enable her TO turn him from MS
shs turns on him nt laat and disclosing her
Identity. dcnounces him into a stntc OF speech
less nmazomsnt This does what pleading
could never do. He saves her father and she
mnrrios tho son.
Lighting up the gloomy aspect impaired by
tho mans recntlessncss, come frequent hoshcs
OF the girls eager wit For the play Ia strong
In contrasts and assuming for tho sake OF
tho art OF tho play, that certain eNaRgcra-
uons true. tho drama is logically DC
vclopcd Except where tho autocrpt suggests
TO the girl of whose iifc he knows nothing
that she marry his lie has the motive
Of course or saving him from the judge =
daughter That Is not convincing motive.
but tho proposition seems rather necessary
more the improbnbnty Of II for tho satisfac-
ton It gives whom deeply anxious
for her triumph
Gertrude Coghlnn gives 20 tho character Of
some manner and most effective ey~s She
has the fervency, the voice, and tn" charm
required to enable her to coDc convlncInPY
with tho character shc opposes In her strong
cst scene shc essoils her antagonist with a
bitterness reused hy sens" OF great injus-
tice, and yet she speaks with an evcnness
that gives telling effectiveness TO her words,
Arthur Byron has the part oC the man ~
money. He gives the character All Intensity
that hts II and holds II consistently 70 Its
hardness. except when. for its greater Of
sentiment Tho support throughout is strong.
and the play ,s handsomely STAGED.
Tho Lion and tho Mouse viii be at the
Th"oter all tho week.
Tonight another record breaking house Ia
looked for Mt the Lyric. the Century Girls
are giving one OF the best shows OF tho season
at the popular little playhouse Tonight
again. and owing to the hit he made Last
night another crowded house is looked for.