The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-13

subjected TO the surmise that they are
under their neighbOrs' taboo, or live as
banned hermits. The Mollusc has chill
dren, but they are never in sight, and
/ her companions on view are her hus-
/ band, brother and gOverness. She is
/ persOnated by Mary Moore, for many
years Wyndham's business partner, 1
/ nelieve, as we'll as professional They
Lave three theatres in London, and
act only when they care to.
! Wyndham had an errand in coming
/ to America, aside from recreation-to
see THE Blue Mouse" performed here.
He had bought the original German
play for Great Britain, and wishes to
/ compare the English version that he
/ had made with Clyde Fitch's expurga-
/ ton as used here. The Blue Mouse.
you may recall, is a young siren hired
/ to impersonate a wife and be mistreat-
| ed by the willy husbands employer. It
/ is a clever and very popular farce, but
! so frankly wicked as to be one of the
| several plays denounced last winter as
/ unfit to be acted. Mary Moore is to be
the blue-hue human mouse in London.
I Wyndham has a ku--ck of giving CAV
Paris and Berlin plays without pain
ing the English censor. He began his
/ prosperity over there with farces like
! Pink DOminoes" and Forbidden
Fruit at the time when the Wallack.
DAILY and Palmer stock companies were
using them here.
x X
sam SOthern. as the husband in The
Mollusc,' speaks to Wyndham about a
nasty journey to London; but on the
/ opening night. at a nervous tension. he
/ made 1t quick trip from England 10
New York. There was nothing very
funny in the blunder; yet the action
/ was held up a full minute while the
audience laughed. This son of z. A
SOthern, and brother of E. H. and Lyt-
ton, wasn't christened Sam, but took
! 1t from that brother sam whom his
fathers Lord Dundreary used to &c;
letters from in Our American Cousin
Sam was in the touring company of =
H. in this country until that present
holder of the Sothern fame married
Virginia Harmed and exploited her 10y
ally; since which he has stayed in Lon
don.
X
/ saw Sam SOtheru coming out Of the
Academy of Music at the close Of his
| brothers Hamlet" matinee on Wed
nesday. Five theatres were emptyinS
their people simultaneously into one
East Fourteenth street block.
De sword never touched him." cried
a shrll urcEin.
Yer a liar" was the loud reply; de
sword went inter him clean up L de
hilt"
So, thought Sam, the street gamins
in New York are Shakespearean critics:
for. of course, they're just from seeing
Ned's Hamlet, and are talking about
his Staying of Polonius. lie slowed up
behind the lads 20 listen.
Liar yer own self. I had me glinls
onto him, an I'm bettin' he Jest film
TANNED it inside his collar and down
| under his shirt"
Film hammed nothin'. He stuck
/ into into his mout'-nO goldman |
| seen il go down his t'roat till il must o.
| denied the bottom of his stummick."
! Sam looked perplexed a moment
| Then his eyes fell on a big piacard of
| Hubers dime museum. directly across
| the street from the huge academy, Al
valli. the worlds greatest sword swal-
| lOwer!"
/ Is it any wonder that prudery is past
| in stage dancing when the bellies Of
various sets in New York's good so
] ciety display their supple graces in
/ public shows The money is for chart
/ ty, to be sure tickets are sold to nice
/ folks only, and the theatre of the Wal
| dOrf-A 5toria is used. The most recent
example. Pageant and Bacchanalia. Sc
was a remarkable sideshow twice a dav
I NAA AiAH - HECtN AdlAr iDA q u cdAlE StllOll
for girls. Eight maids and young ma
irons from families of wealth and the
proudest social position were a Grecian
ballet. Their classical robes were
sleeveless, but so are most of the gowns
these ladies wear at private functions.
and the bodices were higher than the
conventional average; but they may
well have been nervous when they
thought of the lower borders of their
T--ffTnAnf The artistic boss haH
vored hosiery as an anacronism. He
didn't ask them TO dance barefoot for
sweet charity and correct arts sake;
they might properly wear sandals; but
wouldn't they please to take off their
stockings, and be bravely realistic
'twixt their sandals and the hens Of
their skirts? That is to say, shin high
in repose and knee high in action.
This charity affair had no press
agent; yet the rumOT grew to be a posi-
tive assertion that one of the eight
would be Obediently Grecian. while the
others wouldn't do more than match
in textile the tint of their arms cuticle
so exactly that no spectator could pick
out the genuine among the counter
feits. So there was much guessing. but
no betting, for a decision wasn't pos
sible, although before the week 3 end
a bravely bare-legged heroine e.. the
show was chosen by a prevailing ma
jOrity. This fair Octette of amateurs
acquitted themselves with a profess
siOnal degree of facility. Having no
words to speak, and only simple move
ments to make, their training in draw
ing room ease. ballroom dancing, field
sports and general pOise OF demeanor
proved quite as sufficient for their du-
ties as ballet girls That points an easy
way from society TO the stage for inn
pOveTished daughters of the smart set
With two eXtravanganzes to be
placed hopefully within the next fort
night for the summer. there will be ten
scattered through a mile and a half of
Broadway. All are affairs Of much ex-
pense in mounting. cOstuming and sala-
ries. Although the pay of most en-
ployes is cut at this season of the year.
the big ballet chOruSes count up in
numbers, and singing comedians are
costly at all times. If the tenth show
equals the nine in attractiveness, we
shall have, probably, too much of
good thing 10 be profitable. That is
why the promoters are not letting well
enough alone. but are striving to make
II better
Still that is no new thing. There was