The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-01

husband
The second act opens at DR., Morri-
son S house, where new complications
follow Brown seeks his wife. thinking
she is Lulu. Morrison denies that he
is Morrison. Brown wants TO Kill
Schwartz, who he thinks is Morrison
Schwartz falls in love with Lulu, but
she swears she is married to Brown,
in order to protect Mrs. Morrison from
a charge of bigamy. But the Difficult
ties end when it is found that Brown
married in New York with He.
boken license.
Miss Mabel Barrison. of course, Is
Lulu Rogers, the actress. She gives
q performance that equals her Salome
dancer in "The Blue Mouse although
she lacks good catch line like her
CT IN so temperamental IN the Clyde
Fitch piece.
Harry Connor is DR.. Morrison. fatter
and funnier than ever. He gets lot
of fun out of the role, although he
has been seen to better advantage IN
the DAYS Of the Hoyt farces
Robert Dempster acts the role OF
Schwartz effectively and Edward Her
ron is amusing as Algernon Brown.
Altogether the piece is a rattling good
entertainment of its kind. 1t is much
to be preferred to Mrs. Fiske' g "Han.
nele'' or Beethoven.
"The Call of the Cricket
Edward Peple's new comedy, "The
Call of the Cricket y may and may not
extend over into the summer, although
it has been received rather well so far,
"The Call of the Cricket is the latest
piece by the author of ''The Prince
Chap and it is a comedy. The play
lucky girl who is called the cricket be-
cause of her joyousness. She goes to
Larchmont, n, Y, TO visit school girl
cbum, Fannie Marsh. She meets Nor
man Marsh. Fannie s brother, and in"
nocently excites the jealousy of his
6ancee, Rena Colebrook. The lovers
quarrel. Norman defending the cricket
until his fiancee. Rena, in fit of anger,
suggests he marry Rosalie. Norman
his sweetheart, finally agrees and pro-
poses 20 Rosalie, who, loving and trust
ing him. accepts. Three months after
the marriage she learns ia truth. She
hides her wound in reckless gayety, but
when aioue with her husband she comes
10 an understanding with HIM. he of
fers her divorce but she compels him
to live out the lie before the world.
Rosalie s uncle, Ben Judson, comes up
her back Rosalie first refuses to go,
but finally consents. Marsh. in the
meantime. has come TO love his wife so
they ara reunited and live happily to-
gether ever afterward, Mabel Tahafer
ro. in the role of the cricket, is the
brightest ray of sunshine in the cast,
Elaborate Hoax Played
A most elaborate hoax has been
PLAYED by a group of gay young Bo'
hemians in Paris, according to advices
received here. on a hairiresser carrying
on his trade at Lille. He believes him
self to be a most talented dramatist,
and succeeded in having one of his plays
produced at an outlying theater. Since
then ne has been overwhelmed by com
pIments and praise from the leading
lights OF literature, who all wanted to
make his acquaintance. He was intro
duced to every poet and playwright,
novelist and critic of any note in the
French capital, and was induced to give
big banquet at the Cafe de Paris.
These notabilities were impersonated by
Journalists in the secret, Newspaper
Offices were secured to find volunteers
whose features bore some slight re-
semblance to celebrated men.
The correspondent of a London paper
looks something like the king of Eng
land When he was passing through
Paris, on his way to Biarritz not long
since, it was arranged that the barber
dramatlst should be presented TO Ed
ward II.
The English uewspaperman made mp
to represent His Majesty was duly
presented 10 the barber author at the
close of the performance at the Odeon
The King of England was found to be
royalty courteous, amiable and simple
by the literarary hair-dresser. When
the Partisan Press next day chroDlcled
the visit of Edward VII. to the Porte
Saint Martin Theater, where he wit
messed part of ''Chaptecler, the bar
ber smiled a superior smile. He knew
better. for had he not been honored by
England s kind at the Odeon7
''La Vierge Folle,''
The real success of the dramatic sea.
son in Paris so far is ola Vierge
Folle.' 1t is a powerful play which,
while exaggerated in places, holds the
interest in every line. It will surely
have a great run in New York, whore,
unfortunately, it is said much Of its
strength will have 10 be sacrificed TO
the American ideas Of propriety. IT is
rather difficult 10 deal with the story