The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-19
MAUD ADAMS WILL RETURN TO
NEW YORK ON CHRISTMAS.
Leased Wire to The Tribune.

,<v Leased Wire TO The Tribune,
n NEW YORK, Dec. 1s.-A. II. Woods
las arisen III his wrath to defend The
,,opuIar melodrama of today. Some of
NE audacious writers had the temerty
% declare that such plays as "The
Wife IS Revenge, 1.-The Scarlet Stain
4 Guilt and "Chief of the Secret
:jeryice Men - were not taking this sea-
an. Now there could not have been a
')efter defender than Mr.. Woods, for he
Il sponsor for most of the melodrama
e today Hearken to his words: ''That
nix about melodrama going out of style
N ali bosh Meiodrama has always
,een feature of theatrlcals and al
ravs will be, Look at the cities where
uelodrama has thrived and you will
Ind the productions Just as popular
oday as last year or five years ago.
lake them all-Chicago, Denver. New
hleans. San Francisco. Pittsburg. Salt
AXE City, Boston, Philadelphia, Min
ieapolis, Columbus. Scranton. Buffalo
rhy, | could go on forever If ] wanted
O. And there is another thing-tbe
nelodrama eleyates those who hear 1T.
Ercry melodrama has its moral, which.
taken. would make better people of
Is. The usual melodrama is q gripping
Nav and holds the mind so that the
horal must obviously go home. / have
,oen in theaters where men and women
ripped their seats and leaned forward
NTH their heads were jammed into
heir forward neighbor's backs, so
leenly interested were they. Did you
Wer sec that happen in the theaters
Il the obtuse problem playsl Well, /
mess not And Mr.. Woods picked up
4 bundle of manuscript and, by peep
ne over his shoulder, The Tribune rep
'esentative saw ii was n new play en-
tiled "The Cloak Models Revenge. -
Failed to Work Walters.
Eugene Walters, author Of "Paid in
nll, - left the Lambs club late The
ither morning, and Just outside the
,ortals bumped INTO two men. One of
hem said TO Mr.. Walters: "Say, bo,
oss us a buck. Will you? Our mother IS
lying in Salt Lake and we want to tele.
!faph to her.
Mr., Walters looked them over and
nentally noted that the same pair had
,anhandled him on two previous oc-
Iasions, each time getting n dollar from
hing TO eat, - said the genial Walters.
liter the men had seated themselves Mt
, table Walters excused himself and
clephoned for the police.
In police court the men said they
ad read in a newspaper that Walters
ms once down and out himself and
I'D to sleep Gu park bench, so they
houeht him good permanent subject
or charity At this point in the pro-
eedings Walters broke into the dis
1rbance OF the dignity of the court
nd announced that he had never been
ypke in his life The men were SEN
need and are AT this minute enjoy
ig life on Blackwell S Island.
Miss Maude Allan. the California
nncer whose contempt for clothes has
2used many an audience to gasp. will
3ine 10 America next month from Eu
)pe and make her annual debut at the
Opera House in this city
4 January 30. And now rumor has it
lqt another California girl, who has
cen dancing abroad, will follow Miss
Han TO these artistic shores. The
lbles have been telling that the vogue
R Miss Allan has become contagious in
urope II was only short fortnight
10 that Miss Adehne Boyer, the other
alifornia maiden referred to, made her
ppearance at the Palace theater in
ondun. Now. il is heralded, she is
ming home. 10 trip fhe fantastic on
o. native boards. Miss Boyer and Miss
Han are alike III many RESPECTS. They
nth come from the same Pacific coast
ate: they both have supreme contempt
,r clothes and both follow the same
fstem Of gyrating. As to costume,