The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-30
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henry Miller, surrounded with an eX-
cellent company. opened at the Salt Lake
Theater last night in "Her Husband s
VIE. The piece is a farce comedy Of
the most amusing kind teeming with
prlllant wit, clever situations and per-
feet conjunction of the personalities Of
the actors with the characters personi
ned, The three acts OF the play take
place in the living room OF Stuart Ran
dolph and wife, in the United States no.
tel. during the racing season at the Spa.
lrine, the wife. was healthy and plump
and dimpled; lie should have been one
long, unmarried pleasure to her, but she
lSn satisfed-she,s a chump. a hypo-
chondriaC. She thinks she ails and ac-
cordingly stuffs herself with medicine,
and she thinks she Is going 10 die. Hav-
ing made UP her mind TO meet the inevl-
troubled thoughts about her big, strap
ping, healthy husband. She wants him
TO be happy in her absence just passaby
happy, not too much so; so she makes
out OF his second wife. choosing one EN-
lily Ladew for the victim. Emily had Just
emerged from maelstrom Of love. which
was disappointing In the extreme, She
Is at war with herself she wears hats
that are unbecomng; corsets-ugh-none
Of those iap-around-lace-up contraptions
for her. High -heeled shoes? Never, a
quarter-inch heel is high enough for her.
When she learns that she is TO be
lriue's husbands future wife, she Is hurt.
nsulted. She expresses her contempt for
the plan when she says. II may be plain.
but | am not plain all that" But
she has thoughts of her own. She buys
the SWEETEST thing in wearing apparel
that can be purchased. Then she brings
into use all her knowledge OF correct
dress. Irine. the wife. begins 10 feel trou-
blcd, She thinks she has picked out a
woman sufficiently ugly TO make her hus-
bnnd not too happy after she has de-
parted; but lc, she has picked woman,
who. aided by satin and superb millinery,
has bprnmo thing nf pNutIiSiip hpullty.
The wife becomes full OF rage as she no
tices the admiring Chances Of her husband
toward Emily; and she decides not 70 die.
She tells her SuCcesSor-to- be that her
husband has an awful temper, and drinks,
and strikes her But the willy Emily,
who. OF course. has her wits about her,
refuses TO be diSmayed. and has appar-
entity, entered into the wifes little game
with a resolute intention. Uncle John
Beden is n sort OF father confessor ana
pacifier. He sees. In indulging the peev-
ish wife in her petty whims. cure Tor
her doldrums. and accordingly he cnter'
into her plans with vim. Also there
IS an understanding between himself and
Emily Ladew. The latter tells Mrs. Ram
OF course) that his sister has suffered at
the hands OF her husband, The brother
becomes rolled and reproachcs Randolph,
who protests his innocence. Randolph
then learns OF the true state OF affairs,
decides that he, in turn. VIII trick his
wife; tells her that he has been n brute:
and offers her divorce. This Is followed
by a speedy adjustment Of affairs, and
the curtain goes down on Mrs. Randolph
fully cured OF her attack of hypochondria
her brother engaged TO the now happy
Emily. and everything else as lovely IA
one could wish,
Mr. Miller is a real unaffected actor.
He is not willing TO sacrifice certain
strong points In the play in order TO place
himself in n conspicuous role; he has let
another take the lead" So obscure Is
he, that at times the audience forgets
that Henry Miller is In the cast Win
rare and becoming modesty he has yield
ed stellar eminence TO another. Miss
Laura Hope CrewcS. who Dersonines the
wife: but ne is the pivot upon which The
action OF the play is based and: hold
ing the mesbes OF fate in his hands. his
influence Is seen in every phase or the de-
velopmen, Of the play.
Miss Crewes is comedlenne OF INC
first rank Her portrayal OF the peevish
wife Is delightful, and she does not lose
n single opportunity In bringing out the
character To its fun worth.
Emily Ladcw. as played by Josephine
Loyett. could not have been better. Laura
Clement is seen as a maid servant. NIL
nor part but played for all there is in IT.
Walter Hitchcock appears In tue role
OF the husband in q way that stamps
him an artist The fact that he is play
j,,o In a Cost headed hr Henry Miller is