The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-16

beKS fan 20 Nella Bergen, who is capa-
sS s FoWIan5 snd Martin R Bro are are
a pair OF nimble dancers who can also
sing. Mr.. Bernard is evidently settled
at the Casino for long run
Another musical play which Is good
IN It's way, only IL Is a very Old-rasn-
Toned way. is The Deacon ana the
LADY" "a which Harry Kelley appears
as a star, reViVing the character OF
Deacon Flood which he created with
such success in His Honor the Nay
or" II is fun OF life, color and mo-
ton: IL has an abundance OF competent
actors and singers, and yet II mas NOT
caught the metropolitan fancy 10 any
extent. There is no cie2rness or CO.
hesion 70 the sO-called plot, but KEEL
ley Is dron in his own dry way and
Ed Wynn gets many a laugh through
his original and elaborate method OF
telling old and stupid jokes.
Mayme Gerhue, as breezy girl from
Montana, proves q veritable WhlrlWlnd
rs a dancer. and the music IS OF the
kind that Will soon reach the barrel
organs. The chorus 100, IS large
comely and efficient 50 that IL Is hard
10 say where the trouble lies, put the
fact remains that IL has missed the
bull's-eye OF success and viii quickly
pass on TO try its fortunes on the road
and make room for some other aspl-
rant for tickle BrOa6way's favor.
A Rural Play Worth While
Every now and then a rural play
comes along that Is really worth while,
and when IL does. IL makes the biggest
ana surest kind OF a success "Rebeeoa
OF SunnybFOOk Farm. made over by
Kate Douglass Virgins and Charlotte
Thompson from the ReDecca books OF
the former, seems 10 I'LL the Dill eE-
acLly as n high-class example OF rural
drama. ana will probably fill out most
OF the winter al BelascO's Republic the
atrei where IL was first produced last
Monday night Not that il is perfect,
for II certainly has serious faults.
The first act is far and away the best
OF the four, and, in fact, puts the spec
tator n such high good humor with
himself and everything else that he is
blemlshes. Il Is just the story OF the
development OF hOydenish. rOmping.
misehievOus girl suddenly projected
/ into the household OF TWO prlm and
stern New England aunts, and IL shows
Us her pFanks and their results most
delightfully."- until We see her grow into
young WomanhOOd and give her heart
and hand in a most touching scene 70
the right young man. and our satisfac-
ton IS not IN the least diminished by
ths fact that OF our having seen from
the very first that he was destined 70
There is no continuity OF action.
Each act Is merely a series OF disjointed
episodes with little unity in them
selves. and still less direct connection
with anything that has either gone be-
/ fore or that comes s-fterWard- Yet the
unfolding OF Rebecca's character makes
a study that links the whole together
! into a most satisfying unity.
And what a charming heroine Edith
/ TaliaferfO makes She is exquisite as d
child OF 10 artless, wisttul and engag
Ing even IN her maiden FRANKS. CEC
with an underlying vein OF seriousness
/ that compels our deepest sympathy and
1 regard. she never OVeracts, and she
/ never seems a day older than the child
she is porlraying, most difficult Tea
! and z severe task for any Young act
I ress. She is equally successful IL
I showing the grOwn-up Rebecca of tbs
/ last act, who returns 10 take uD teach
! ing and so pay off the mortgages
/ was there ever a rural play without IL
/ mOFtgagef-buI who finds instead
l something quite different in store To-
her in the person OF the quiet young
man who has been patiently waiting
The acting IA all respects is nsarll
perfect. especially that of Archie Boyd
Boyd Is nearly as ineVlta Die IN the ru
/ raj drama as is the mortgage, for hal
he not been IN all OF them from "Th,
Old Homestead" onward This tint
/ he is Jerry, the stage driver. guide. con
fidanf and friend OF the young girl. an,
as such he is rlaWless and with ali
aIounding humor and deft touches o
pathOs would seem 10 have stepped
straight from life onto the stage. thar
which no higher compliment could b.
paid him. II is indeed q good THAI
now and then 70 get away for a tim
from the ertificialities Of society an,
the city as shown in the majority o
plays into the wholesome atmosphere Z
4 genuine New England home and laugl
and weep with the simple joys and sor
rows and OF the country folk. which OF
none the less real for being less com
pick
II is IN touching this chord that m
dTamatists have been most successful
and the response on behalf Of the publ
has been certain ana emphatic This
certainly one OF the plays you win wan
. see when II comes your way.