The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-29

song hit ca "A Yankee Tourist" which
is rendered in the second act by the
Misses Il ellen Hale, Flora Zabelle and
Eva Fall On. under the title. Wouldn't
You Like to Have Little Sweet
hearth"
When this story was repeated to Mr..
Hitchcock he demanded a notary pub
lies sesb to accompany it. 1t was Sc
cured.
Erne st Shipman, who is to present
Effie hannon and Herbert Kelcey in a
new q rama by Alicia Ramsey next sea-
son. Is in a quandary since the an
noun cement was made that Bridge
is Il ie title Of the new play, as some
pers ons have called Mr.. Shipman's at
ten aon to the fact that this name is
mel Their so clearly associated in the
minds Of theatre-gOers in many cities
IN r0ughout the country with the pODu-
IL game of cards, nor descriptive Of
[ sc play itself. 1t VIII be remembered
hat The Quicksands" the new play
for Wright Lorimer by Rudolph de
cordOva and Alicia Ramsey, bore
different title when first submitted to
! Mr.. LOrimer, who made what he con-
5idered an advisable change. Mrs.
Ramsey's new play is a comedy dra-
ma. and not q comedy as Bridge
! would suggest. For these and other
reasons Mr. Shipman has decided TO
I change the title Of the play. and he be-
| lieves that the many friends who are
! Interested in the work Of these two
/ players will cudgel their brains in the
J effort to evolve a better and more COM.
I prehensive title.
| The skeletonized story of Mrs. RAM
| sey's play is as follows:
| LeGnOre, a Willful captivating, beau
tiful young girl, daughter Of man
| who has been caShiered out OF the
| L 1crIf -n H.
has been left in the care Of her aunt
for one year. Lord Royle Fitzmaurice,
/ falls madly, but not honestly, in love
| with Leonore. Lady Norton, his wife,
plots to destroy LeOnOre's gOOG mans
/ both because her husband loves Leo
/ more and for the reason, also, that the
| Duchess Of St Keverne, a strange,
raspy. hot-tongued, but not bad heart
] ed old woman, has shown fOndness for
the young girl, with whose father years
/ ago she had been in love. Lady Nor
| ton puts marked cards in Leonore's
| bridge case, and during a game IN
Lady Mountstephens' drawing ROOM
! LeOnOre is discovered, apparently, to
] have been cheating. There Is a scene
here in which everybody turns against
| Leonore-all save DR.. Sampson, who,
when Lady MoUntstephens, a sweet
Christian lady, with an un-Christian>
heart, threat tens to turn her niece out
of doors, asks LeOnore to become mis-
wife then and there. DR.. Sampson
finally, with the aid of Father Gil
bert, a gentle yet potent figure in the
/ drama, clears ,Leonore's name, much.
| to the delight of the shaTp-tOngued old.
! duchess. who Is only too glad to cut off
her nephew, Lord Royle. and MS ad-
ventures wife.
Mr.. ShipT1an does not offer large and
handsome prizes in gold or silverwaTe
to the person who will suggest the
best title for this play, but only the
heartfelt thanks of himself and his
stars.
X X *
/ Digby Bell submits as an unique hui
man exhibit a stars critique of the
| production of which that star is chief
/ luminary. The author is Maclyn Ar
/ buckle, and the play THE Round Up"
Actors crawl out of holes, run down
/ to the fOoflights. bark a couple OF
times at the leader of the orchestra,
| then run like HI for their holes again
| to give more scenery g chance.