Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-05

be given at the Salt Lake
theater next Thursday. Friday and
Saturday and Saturday matinee The
book was an epitone Of the present day
opinion, that all wisdom is folly save
only that which has termination IN
trials and suffering, aud the play car
ries the same theme Of philosophy.
"The Morals Of Marcus Is not so much
a study of a man and his love for an
enigmatic woman as it IS OF the tene.
that woinan's perfection comes through
sorrowful experience.
ss The author of the book is w. j, Locke,
and the resultant dramatic product IS
said to be admirable from every view
point. 1t is a sober but powerful dem
onstration of the idiosyncrases of the
Sagrant heart and the futilitS OF at
tempting an explanation of the cause
or reason of love in any Of its manifold
forms.
Marie Doro Is the star of the play
She is the little girl who escapes from
IA Turkish harem and falls under the
protection Of Sir Marcus OrdeSne. VINO
takes her to his home and ministers
unto her, and falls in love with her n
\ few months. The fact of Marcus
love for the stray woman is discov-
cred by another woman, who. for eight
years, has sought to win his heart. To
prevent their marriage, this woman
prevails upon villainotis man to run
away with Carlotta. Five months later
iCarlotta returns to Sir Marcus, almost
crushed in spirit. but the ending OF
the tale Is not in gloom.
Mr.. Edwin Arden gives to e,char-
acter of Sir Marcus dignity and force,
Il He is the stad scholar, the man OF one
/ slobby-tle ancient moralfties-until the
little haren girl wakes him from his
slunber of research and truly arouses
4 the passionate nature of a man heaven
b meant from the first to be some wo-
( mans protector. Among other we'll
II known artists who will be seen here
n with Miss 5Doro are Marie Wainwright,
u Marion Abbott, William Pnstance,
Il Marie Taylor, Ann Meredith, Alice Co
\ burn Eric, and other local favorites.
Ii "The Blue Mouse" the latest work
from the brain of Mr.. Clyde Fitch, that
9 prolific writer of comedies, and which
is now enjoying it's seventh month at
Shubert's Lyric theater, New York, and
switch has created all kinds of sensa-
tions throughout the south and east on
account of a few non theater-goers who
& every now and then make a crusade
iTagainst the theater, will be the attrac-
ton at the. Grand theater for four
4 nights. beginning Monday eventnE,Wi
a matinee on Wednesday, The COM.
N Fy,any which will be seen here has Just
\ finished a tour of the southern section
Y of the country playing st. Louis and
Kansas City each two weeks, which
lis something unusual. and everywhere
the piece has been presented the critics
have been unanimous in thir praise OF
EIr Fitch's comedy. pronouncing ut
ii clean, wholesome and withal the best
comedy this author has yet offered the
public. Novelty has ever been the
Y Keynote of every Fitch comedy and
into 1.-THE Blue Mouse he has. from all
reports. not only injected characters
you seldom meet yet know are true to
life, but many situations that are far
away from anything ever before at
tempted. The piece ran for a whole
year in Germany, and is still holding
the boards there as we'll as in France.
1t has also been presented in Austria,
Sweden and Denmark and bids fair to
outrun all long runs in New York. The
cast to be seen here Is promised to be
competent in every respect. and the
production is said to be the most Ella
borate. an identical reproduction of the
one now in New York, when it is said
that the production is one of the Messrs.
S7 Shubert, that is guarantee that no
expense has been spared to make IT
perfect in every detail So MUCK. has
"A been written and said of the ''Blue
/, MOUSE pTD iliiu con t'ut u tfAbeNtS'
: that when the sale of seats opens, there
,.4 will be an unusually heavy demand.
The Salt Lake public will be given
Il a chance next week to witness a drama
tization of Elinor Glyn's salacous novel
."Three Weeks The first performances
will be given at the Colonial Monday
might, and VIII be the Offering through
out the week. Just what kind OF n play
has been written by the author around
her story is a matter Of speculation,
n which the curious public will undoubt-
edly solve for itself next week. No
book ever written has perhaps aroused
n SO much discussion on both sides of
the Atlantic ocean as this story. A
company of good players, ii is promised,
II will interpret the various characters
and several handsome scenes will be