The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-11

the chorus of The Liberty Bellies near
ly a decade ago.
Afterward she went 20 London and
was the Original Peter Pan there. be
side playing parts i'm numerous mu-
steal pieces. and where IL was cur
rently rumored she was to become the
second wife of James n. Barrie. the
novelist and playwright. She attract
ed much attention last spring by cross
ing the Atlantic for one day TO sell her
pictures at the Actors Fund fair and
returning TO England the following
morning. But. alas. her one great
success in her native land had been
largely forgotten by the general public
and her reception must have been
something OF disappointment both
to herself and her managers.
The piece. IL not the overwhelming
success anticipated. is nevertheless
drawing good attendance for this sea-
son Of the year. and will achieve a fair
measure Of popularity. Bert Leslie
has a never failing supply OF new
slang which would turn George AIDE
green with envy. and Kitty Mason. a
newcomer from England. shows some
remarkably clever and difficult dances
Gertrude Vanderbilt. in a minor part
carried Off no small portion OF the
first nights applause and disclosed
I talent OF a remarkably high order.
The first dire. complete. unmitigated
failure Of the season was The Up
start" at Maxine EIliott's new theatre
which was withdrawn after four per-
formances. Neither the author nor
the manager had attracted any public
notice before. but an excellent COM
pany struggled with impossible ma
terial. So far as this correspondence
is concerned. II is best to bury the
whole matter IN merCiful oblivion.
Two Playwrights i'm Family.
Margaret Mayo. Of whom we spoke
last week as the author Of Baby
Mine" is in private life. Mrs Edgar
Selwyn. Not 10 be outdone by his bet
ter half. Mr.. Selwyn has come forward
with new play at the Liberty thea
tire called The Country Boy" which
has pleased both the critics and the
public. so that for the first time we
have the spectacle Of two highly sue
Cessful plays written by husband and
wife bidding against each other for
popularity. and both attaining il IN an
unusual degree. The royalties the
Selwyn family viii gather in this win
ter would constitute a tidy fortune In
themselves.
THE Country Boy tells a simple
story I'm witty dialogue TO an accom-
panlment Of spontaneous laughter
~FArNhF0 WIN JUST AAAt AAe III aAAADuAAA OF
pathos. It contains wit, wisdom,
philosophy. and much apt character
ization. The boy is neither weak nor
wicked: he simply suffers from the big
head in the last degree. He scorns
the petty opportunities OF his little
country town and departs 20 make his
fortune i'm New York.
The next two acts are laid i'm q
boarding house I'm this city. and have
that touch OF realism that marked
Clyde Fitch at his best. To those who
have experienced such a place. the
appeal is overwhelming. 70 the rest
Of the audience. IL IS sufficiently anus
ing and lifelike. Here are found the
/ Boy. discontinued. unhappy. out OF
work and unable 20 find any. the fat
half vulgar. economical lady. the mid
dle-aged newspaper reporter with the
rheumatism and a chronic crouch
I against all the world so disagreeablt
| that his landlady would put him out
/ except for the fact that he is the only
l one who pays promptly every week
| the butterfly show girl. the Broadway
| ticket spoculator. the shabby gentee
I travelling salesman and his tawdr,
/ wife. a wouldbe prima donna and :
/ German barber who Is the landlady',
/ favorite Each IS drawn with a gen.
uine individuality. a fidelity to lfs
and absence of -.