The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-27

- Tune 95.-TO blush or not
Ne" mat is the question. At least
90 Diu5-- a peculiarly feverish and
thrOu55 theatrical season II has
psrll-t ~ he. Looking over the news
seeli5D- ,l,-artfsements one would neces-
pap- have concluded that choosing a
Sam 90 see Of an evening was mat
p.a! I-,oraIg rather than of art or en-
ter Of m'Ia
'lIlel,'l- George. throughout the run of
0-,4,--,,,su's way" did not pay by the
IN reassure US that she was the
Oi,g-ts,.+ romedienne she really has
eAt a. he but rather to indicate that
cO-'- -1s,. she frolicked in was proper
tns L IN associate with even the ire
el1L-s5bshfe -tuffed birds Of the old Bos-
,rrsaum. while Anna Held, in the
l9 1olumn. winked typographical in
zion that. in Miss Innocence" she
..-, ..iust can't make her eyes behave"
s'- yrar5- to that effect. The. Girl
u, Pert0r's." Sunday after Sunday,
--,,,sndared printers ink 10 say it is
Na .--ig,- salad with very little dress
while Eleanor Robson, shoulder
D'7 .bouI5er-Or rather, ''ad" to adj
H. raiferated words of praise for ''The
,-l- nj a tomorrow" and her own per-
lance i'm it-nOt from critics, man
Us dramatists or other experts, but
from the clergy.
chatter Of all this-coming at the end
"a seison which started with SalOmes
~ sverv race. creed and color, and final
~, caue q cropper with a manicure dra-
ny, which shocked darkest Broadway
80 that it lasted only one nights made
rsrtfnent by the production of 1.-THE
1f,tor Girl" the latest musical frivoiity
e., strike New York. To blush or not to
bIrsh9 Well. any one who bushes at
THE Motor Girl" need look for no hope
from m0ralists. A doctor might cure
irainiert apOpleXy-that could be the
orlv cause for flush. Not many plays
If the season have gone with greater
gsiatv and gustO on their first nights,
yaf this latest of them is as safely bub-
hing as ginger pop and as harmless as
tbs nfes that mother used to make. "The
Motor Girl" is fast-but fast i'm the
s4nsa DorandO was rather than Salome
81 that matter-nOW all impOrtant-be-
inc settled. we can chat of such of its
clements as mere art and entertain
meHt.
The Motor Girl" starts in a Holland
town and ends i'm Paris-OT, TO speak
more in the mood of such a wilderness
of girls. begins i'm a Dutch neck" and
winds up in dec0llete. If tried to make
YOU understand by words why most
everyone is pleased with The Motor
Girl" it would be like endeavOring TO
make YOU appreciate an Omelette sOuffle
Dr. describing il instead of offering you
a taste The eggs would seem like a
good many eggs that have gone before,
the sugar somewhat too excessive
sweetness, and the whole affair a bit
TOO pulled out and bOdiless.
"Chaufeurs are to run down pedes-
tri5ns and 10 run up hills" Now, that
IS the sort Of thing at which we laugh
in The Motor Girl" 1t took two men,
Charles j. Campbell and Ralph NJ
skinner 70 write that-and an evening
fol Of its little brothers and sisters.
Nice neat and ahable as the new play
is-a play every child might sect
clearly took more than such remarks to
ci.nch it on the spot in popular favor.
And It took more. too, than the specta-
Gle of its principal comedian sliding
across the stage on his ear and bursting
into delightful rag-time the moment he
reached a plano. The stunt was for all
the world like grand opera tenor Sa-
lgnaC when he was hurled down thirty
feet of temple steps i'm Reyer's intense
SalombO,' and burst into glorious song
the moment he bumped terra firma at
Iuma Gonna BTevaHs feet
To took more than these things. and
what 1T took was Julian Edwards. Again
the ndescribable Omelette souffle. Re
member any one Of several comic operas
Mr.. Edwards has comp0sed-''DoIIv
Warden OF THE Wedding Day" or
whichever other you most ike-and Won
viii appreciate why THE Motor Girl"
Is as pleasant to hear in summer time as
is settler lemonade to trickIe inward
or a cool breeze to sit in. He puts
healthy vim into a song about a Dutch
NilheImina" which clatters happilv
along TO the accompaniment Of wooden
Shoes on the active feet Of lads and las
sizes. He is as sure of his sedate senti-
me1t when his lyricists want To tell Us.
n Lro that all the world loves a lover.
Then he veers as easily of 10 the