The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-10

''The Girl With the Whooping Cough. 4"
The play which is an adaptation Of
a Partisan sensation, gives promise oil
being as contagious as the malady sug
gested in the title, the many ludicrous
twists of the plot turning on the fact
that the chief mischief maker in the
piece is afflicted with whooping cough.
Regina is her pet name (thc part
played by Miss Suratt), and her ad-
mirerS are MANY. Some are married,
some are not, but. single or welded,
they all fall before the captivating
charms of the lady with the cough. as
is evidenced by every member of the
play, even TO the butler, developing a
severe dose of the malady. At one
DR.. Tate (played by Dallas Welford)
simple and innocent of worldly things
the coqucttish Regina aims her darts,
with the result that despite his dec.
laration that he is keeping his hrst
kiss for his wife, she soon has him at
her heels. the possessor Of the worst
attack of whooping cough IN the
crowd. lt is around the affinity lkv
love affair Of these two persons that
the chief interests of the piece centers,
and with n comedian Of Mr.. Wexford s
ability as foil TO Miss Suratt's over.
lures, the fun and embarrasments are
fast, furious and plentiful. The doc
tor marrics. but this makes no differ
encc to Regina, and the complications
pile up until her sawboncs lover is
landed in the divorce courts. Miss Su-
ratt is n statuesque Bernhardt-like ac-
tress, and during the play she intro
duces several startling specialties and
wears costumes on which she has eX'
pended upward of ten thousand dol
lars, all her gowns having been made
by Paduin in Paris.
Reno Scene Of Play.
sydney Roscnfeld the author of
Children of Destiny and the adanter
Of ''The Girl He Couldn Z Leave Be
hind Him. from the German, likes
TO get local color in his plays when
possible. He has undertaken to write
a new play called "A Divorce Col
ony,' TO be produced next fall, and in
a couple. of weeks he viii leave for
Reno, New, TO gather some lntorma-
tion mt first hand. Mr.. Rosenfeld Will
spend the merry month of May IN
Keno At tho present time the social
calendar of Reno is not so crowded
as IL has been, but the author believes
he can secure enough data to make "A
Divorce Colony'' really true TO life. 1t
will deal with the life of rich So
ciety family. Incidentally, Mr.. Rosen-
field hopes to throw some new side
lights on high society, In addition TO
this work, the playwright is engaged
unon n comedy called 'Thc Rise Of
Polly Andrews, for Miss Elsie Fergu-
son. He is also scheduled to get out
musical play before the middle OF sum
mcr called ''The interrupted We'd
ding" 1t will be adapted from the
German.
Play for Children Only.
A play made Just for children, and
fairy play at that, pantomlmc Tor
them from an old Mother Goose rhyme,
music for them by an orchestra OF chi
dren and young people. musical sketches
by costumcd performers-lt all SOUNDS
like child's dream of delight And
the dream came true at the Belasco
on Friday afternoon. Some of the
grown people who were Interested IN
the performance are Kate Douglas Wig
gin, Annie Russell, Harriet Otis Del,
leubaugh. Edith Wvnne Matthison, and
Charles Ram Kennedy. TO meet The
need Of the Youngsters for attractive
and artistic entertainments a series of
these has been arranged under the gen
eral supervision OF Miss Wagner and
Grace Fisher lately associated with
Nine Modieska and other stars. The
members Of the wcll.known and much
lamented Educational thcatcr arc to
give panto1nlmpS ana pays unucr MISS
Fisher s direction. Music will be sup
piled by Miss Wagner s Children s or
chcstra The fairy play. cold Pipes
and the Dryad.f one Of the features
of the first entertainment. was adapted
| from Frank Stockton s Fairy Book by
Grace Fisher The pantomimc is ''The
| Queen of Hearts. She Made SONG
Tarts. -
Defends Morals of Stage.
The latest defender Of the morals Of
the stage is Miss Hilda Stowe, the only
granddaughter Of Harriet Becchcr
Stowe, the authoress of q Uncle Toms
Cabin. Miss Stowe ran away from
home and played in Herod.'' with
William Favcrsham for six weeks. and
in that time. said she. she learned that
tho life was adorable and that criti-
cisms of wickedness among actors and
/ actresses are real myths Miss Stoves
ambition IL to be an actress, and she
| declares that she will never be happy
until she is once again behind the foot.
! lights. "Thc modern stage holds no
dangers for young girls saws Miss
Stowe. . 1t is entirely devoid of all
| the unpleasant worldliness with which
! it has been endowed by tradition, 1t