The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-15
THE STORY OF GEORGE
AIDES NEWEST PLAY

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In Father and the Boys George
AIDE will disclose his talent as a the
atrical tailor as well as a playwright.
He was given a commission to fit Mr..
Crane with a typical Crane part, and
according to both report and the come
dian he has succeeded.
The plot of the play, as it was seen
by the reviewer of the Rochester
Union, where it was first produced is
as follows:
Father and the Boys tells the story
Of an elderly New York business man
and his two SONS. Strict devotion to
business on the part of the father has.
in way, estranged him from mis-
sons. Not that they haven't sincere
and genuine affection for each other,
but lack of interest in the same sub
jects has kept this regard hid until the,
father suddenly energies from his CO.
coon, distances the sons in their Ct
forts to have a thoroughly good time,
and incidentally aids in the promotion
of three marriages. The first act PASS
es in the office of Lemuel Norwood
* Sons, wool brokers (''Father and the
BOyS'O, and serves to introduce as we'll
the sweethearts of the younger mem
bers of the firm, the legal adviser of
the senior Norwood; Bessie Brayton,
a western girl who supports herself by
entertaining the smart set; a leader of
the set" Tuck Bartholomew, boxing
instructor and race track tout, end
Major Belamy Ellsworth, man about
town. 1t is almost at the outset that
Norwood cOnfides to Tobias Ford, le-
gal adviser. that he seems TO be I'M
able to interest the younger genera
ton in the business, or in himself,
though he has sought to crafty mis-
every wish. Ford advises MOrewood
to try and interest himself in the same
things that appeal to the boys, ito take
off his shoes, get out in the pasture,
and roll over a few times" Morewood
admits that he is behind the flag"
two miles behind the procession as
his sons put it, and begins to think it
over. He decides to try.
The second act shifts to the More
woods house, where the son with So
cial aspirations is giving a dinner
and father has escaped to a restaurant
for his own dinner. incidentally d rou-
lette wheel is set up for the entertain
ment of the younger Morewood's
guests. The elder Norwood disap-
pears, and when he reappears in even
ing clothes he displays a familiarity
with the wheel that startles his sons
nounces him "a live one" and de-
clares that it is up to him to blow
some of his winnings. Father" falls
in with the suggestion. halls Bessie by
her first name and fairly sails through
the door. The third act is laid in the
boxes of the Sea View race course. a
month later. MorewoOd senior has be
come all sorts of a sport" In fact,
as his athletically inclined son puts it,
he is fourteen miles ahead of the
bank" MorewoOd is now a ''plunger."
trying to speak the slang of the race
track and initiate Tuck Bartholomew.
the tout, when good thing" is put
over. Bessie is with him at the track,
and her enthusiastic Squeezing" for
MOrewoOd's choice to win, combined
with the vociferous joy of Tuck and
Norwood, disgust the friends of the
socially aspiring younger Norwood,
and they cut him, a proceeding which
promptly brings him to his senses and
makes apparent his real regard for his
father. The act closes with Morewcod
and Bessie hustling to make a train
for G0ldfield, where Bessie holds half
interest in a mine which may be Valu-
able. The last act passes in Nevada,
where the several complications are
Strengthened out, the younger More
woods and their sweethearts properly
paired off-a process which brings
open-mouthed establishment of the eld-
er Norwood when he realizes the ex-
tent TO which he had been in wrong
as an assistant to Cupid-and Bessie
united to her miner, whom she believed
lost in Alaska. Father watches
amusedly and benmgantly. a little
from the outside, it is true. But has
he not brought it all about?
Here is a little poem by George Bowles
which he styles THE Agent" whom
many Will recognize:
Who bustles in away ahead.
With breezy front and nervy tread
And shouts with glee. We've got 'em
The agent.
Who straightway makes a gentle touch.
Fir fifty cold. which isn't much.
AND gets il mott within his clutch?
The agent
Who starts at once to work the press.
With ''bratd new stuff He won't con-
The mime Graph did more or less.
2The agent.
Who tracks the empty to its lair
And gets his paper everywhere?
And writes the 'ad' that makes YOU
The agent
Who perpetrates the willy fake
OF tactical bath, of gambling stake
of diamonds gone. that robbers take2
The agent
Who from imaginations fount
Invents receipts of large amount,
Nor overlooks expense account?
The agent
Who gets the blame for business woes?
Who's quite ignored when profit flows?
Who seldom reaps. but always Sows?
The agent
- Empty store windows in which ltho-
graphs were hung.