The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-13
ADJUSTMENTS.

God love yet. Patsy, Ye're foine
gurrl,
More than that. Patsy, you are bright.
You rise TO lofty heights of devotion
and self-sacrifice. And yet yous are HUI
man-so deliciously human.
God love ye, Patsy.
All of which refers to the character
of Patricia O'Brien, as interpreted by
Miss Rose Stahl. in The Chorus Lady"
and presented for the first time in this
city at the Salt Lake theatre last even
ing. 1t is a pleasure to announce the
fact that a really first class show. with
a really metropolitan cast. is really here
this season. and may really be seen at
the Salt Lake theatre for the rest of
the week
A hearty welcome ii had at the open
ing nights The house was perhaps not
very heavy above. but the first floor
was packed and the audience was brill
liant as at the first night Of grand opera.
They entered into the spirit of the play
and at the end of the third act they
applauded and applauded and applauded.
keeping the cr-tain bobbing up and down
and the principals bobbine acknowledge
ments lI Miss Stahl had been man,
she would probably have come before the
curtain and made q GREATNESS speech,
but being modest as well as exception
ally clever woman. she merely bowed in
response to the curtain calls, and spake
nothing.
First as TO the play itself. II is a de-
parture from the foot-pounded paths The
heroine is NOT a beautiful thing who
clings and sobs and says a few lines
of heroics The hero There isn't any
real hero but there is man who is q
pretty decent fellow at heart and whom
the heroine loves) is NOT a pretty man
with a few declamatio and some Ro-
meo love scenes. The villain is NOT one
of the ha-ha- ha-l-have-ye-in- grasp
kind. In fact, the play is almost as meri-
torious fer what it is NOT as for what
it is. And it has strong positive as well
as negative merit
In its spirit. though the scene is laid in
and about New York. it's as Irish as
Kerry Cow though SO far superior a.
play that it should not be mentioned in
the same breath. IL has the wit the re-
partee. and the sentiment of the Irish
nature-the smile sending the tear scam
pering away and the tear turning TO
drown the laugh. the little foibies. the
quick impulses. the bravery and self
sacrifice of a noble character in an emer-
gency. remorse following quickly on an
ger. and forgiveness and affection chas-
ing away all clouds.
The characters are all. with the eXcep-
ton of the villain, plain people. The
surroundings are real. And yet a high
pitch of the dramatic is reached. There s
a sermon, too IL is somewhat disguised
by wit and the other things put in to
amusc. but it stands out strong, never
theless. 1t is a sermon against the Phar-
isee who looks down upon the girl who
works for her living. whether in the cho-
rus or elsewhere. 1t brings out in vivid
relief the fact that in humble positions
on the stage are good, true. hard work
ing. noble girls. thrice noble because they
meet and resist the lures of wealth and
luxury and pleaSure-So tempting in con-
trast to their lowly and desolate lot
when the price is their honor. IL makes
one revere the Patsies of life despite
their foibles and slang. as compared with
the interrupted. the coldly virtuOus or the
hypocritically wicked women of higher
station.
Sketched briefly, the story hinges
around Patricia o. Brien. Her father and
mother are good. plain Irish people. Her
father is a hOrse-trainer. She loves Dan
they are engaged. She has to earn her
own living. and goes on the stage. where
she becomes leader of the chorus and has
a speciality dance turn. Her younger
sister. Nora, becomes stage-struck. Dick
Crawford who has gone into partnership
with Mallory. enters the o. Brien home
and makes advances toward Nora who Is
pretty, simple, vain, uncomprehending
thing--"not wise" as Patsy says. Patsy
takes her on the stage she can watch
her. Crawford follows Nora. loans her
money to play the races gets her 800 in
his debt, makes her sign her fathers
name to a note for the amount. and lures
her to his rooms. Patsy, seeking to pro-
tect her younger sister follows her. and
arrives at the apartments just the SER
pent's coils are Tightening. and prevents
the ruin of the seventeen yearold girl
Mother and lover appear on the scene
In order to shield the little sister, Patsy
blackens her own name before her moth
er and her sweetheart. She undergoes