The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-24

In the salt Lake thcatcr tomorrow
(MoudavJ night and week, with matt
noes Wednesday aud SATURDAY., that
much hrraidcd comedy Of Washington
life, "A Gentleman from Mississippi,
will be seen for the first time I'm this
city. This comedy is tho work Of Ilar
rison Rhodes. the novelist and Thomas
y. Wise. and produced by William \.
Brady and Joseph Il. GriSmcr who, II
Is said. are sending = notable cast, head.
cd by James Lackayc. Among the othcr
wcll.knowu PLAYERS are Osborne SeIrlc
Hal DcForrcst, Fletcher Harvey. i. +
Winter. T.. \. Sparks, II. Brattou Ken
nody. Fred Adams and the Misses Nir-
giuia Pearson. Olive Harper, MnnCttc
Barrett and Adelaide Wise.
"A Gentleman from Mississippi I
tolls a quaint but logical story of tho
arrival uf new senator IN Washing
ton. in the belief that every man who
sits in The congress is bent on serving
his coun'ry. He tolls his tale 90 youug
- Bud - lIaincs. who ''cpvcr- the news
of the capital fer great New York
city daily. and the spry. knowing re-
porter laughs at the man Of forty years
who has resided on plantation, and
who thinks that he can do a patriotic
duty in the senate without let or hin
drancc.
Senator Langdon introduces the gift
ed reporter 10 the two Langdon girls;
aud then =" Bud begins TO think scri-
ouslv of accepting proposition 30 be.
come the older man 5 private secretary.
He a length docs accept, and proceeds
In teach the older man TN" wav tho
game is always PLAYED and the way itI
sometimes can bc beaten. And one Of
the daughters aids IN playing the game
young H8iucS way, and the other
daughter aids in playing il the other
way, 10 her fathers grief, her own
undoing. and the general dismav of
Young Halnos, who had thought her a
goddess.
That this is one Of the nofablc comc-
dies Of the age NAV he gained from
the fact that IL ran all last season IN
New York City, for twenty-five weeks
in Chicago, and that II outlaStcd every
other play of the season IN the former
city. although II was put forward with
no other CLAIM than that ii was a com
edy OF American life and character
When II is SAID that 1T ran all season.
it is not meant tat ii ran four months,
or SIX months. or through conspicuous
part o: the theatrical year, which is from
September ] To April 80. "A Gentle
man from Mississippi was on view con
tinuously In New York from the time of
its September production there, a week
after it was originally made known in
Washington, D. c., until mid June, when
IL was transferred from the Bljou the.
ster TO the roof auditorium of the New
Amsterdam tbeater, where il ran
throughout the hot weather, being trans.
ferred to the Biiou for the resumption
of the run
H. is "a Gentleman from Missis,
sippi' which Mr.. Roosevelt, when pres
ident, described as "perfectly corking;
bully, a rIpper' and which has had the
expressed approval OF every important
man and woman who has seen the COM
edy in either its New York or Chicago
run.
"At the Country Club is the head
liner Of the bill that Will open at the
Orpheum this (Sunday) evening. 1t
is described not only as costume tri-
umpb but is also the best kind of en-
tertainment, with IFS diverting, clean
,omedy, tuneful music and novel sit
nations. There are thirteen people in
she act and every one of them is said
10 be the possessor of a good singing
voice, a pair Of pimblc dancing feet,
9 prepossessiDg appearance and, above
all, tho ability TO wear to the best ad
vantage the many gorgeous millinery
creations and thriumphs of the mo-
diste Is art The history of the playlet
is woven around recent incident that
occurred at a swell country club near
New York. The book and music were
written by George Sphinx. the author
Of "Bill Simmons" 1t is being pro-
iuced by Jesse l.. Lasllv, who is known