The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30

| ing ms oet one expects TO discover that
lady. especially as she Is very pretty and
charming and exactly 35. the age at
which a woman begins to be most dan
by suitors. and the facts are somewhat
extraordinary Gerald Halstine. to whom
| propose. She docs not attempt to deceive
herself with the fiction that after all
she does not like Gerald She knows that
| she does. and she decides TO do what
every courageous woman ought 10 do in
like circumstances II Gerald won't pro-
pose 10 her. she decides TO propose TO
him or course, she suspects that he Is
more interested In her than he lets on. for
she assumes that the loss Of his little
fortune. which went In playing stocks is
the thing which prevents him from ask
ing rich woman to be his wife. AT this
tuncture we see Miss Billie Burke show
Ing how very attractive young woman
who IS much IN love can propose TO a
Young man without losing her seIf-re-
spect or being anything but more de-
lightful than ever. One naturally expects
that any young man who has given an
attractive young woman enough encour-
agernent to bring her To the point Of pop-
ping the question would faint with de-
light when she and her three hundred
rms. But Gerald doesn't faint with de-
light He is very polite and behaves with
great consideration. but none the less
strange course. which is very interesting
is brought out subsequently. and. so are
the things that Mrs Dot does in the last
act. Mrs. Dot, by the way. Is really
Mrs. Worthey. and Gerald becomes a
peer through the death OF an uncle. but
and does not explain his strange conduct
toward the fascinating Mrs. Dot.
Something New in Dancing.
Miss Maude Allen. who is engaged
upon her nrst American tour in this city.
is showing something new in the dancing
line Fresh from London and Parts.
where she won laureis. the fair dancer
took New York's breath away with n
version OF the bare-limbed art fantastic
and artistic in extreme. Miss Allen ac-
cordlng to her press agent Is appear
ing IN dance made famous on tho
banks Of the Nile $500 years ago. This
been great favorite meng the Egyp-
tians. Manhattan theatergoers who saw
Gertrude Holman In the Spring dance
thought the limit was near. but Miss
Allen shows that there isn't going to he
any limit.
Dixey in .Mr. Buttles'
Henry z. Dixey. who processes an in
tense aversion 10 playing outside Of New
company in Mr. ButtIes" an amusing
farce comedy produced at Weber's the-
ater under The management of Joe We
Der. Mr.. Dixey is undergoing the sensa-
tion OF being loaned for he really Is uu-
der the contract management OF w. n.
Lawrence. Weber and Lawrence resort
| cd to the law over their respective in
terests in The Climax" In the mean
time, Dixey began clamoring against a
plan TO send him upon the road. Mr..
Weber wanted DIXey for the cast OF "My.
But,Ies." but Lawrence refused S25OO
OFFER To release him However. 10 pre-
serve the peace of mind OF Dixey Mr..
Lawrence consented to lend him TO
Weber
Mary Garden is not our Mary any
!. more. The opera singer goes abroad
cry year and when she returns 10 this
country she Is accompanied with about
three-score seaeolng trunks, laden with
the spoiis OF many hard days shop
!,
demurred with strong accents against
paving duty. The only way she could
tablsh her legal residence being some-
: where else than the United States
Therefore, in order to save her $4,000. the
fair singer renounced the United States
and gave Paris IS her permanent home
Miss Garden formerly lived in Chicago.
Maxine Elliott's New Play.
New Workers. have had the fair Maxine
Elliott with them this week, sort OF In
opened her New York run in "The Infe-
riOr Sex, a three-act comedy by Frank
Stayton. the English author playwright.
Miss Elliott is appearing at Daly's, 1t
seems strange that ono who owns the
ater never gets an opportunity to play
In It. But she has the satisfaction W
being her own manager now, even
though the clan OF Shubert does supply
the comedy. The plot of THE Inferior
Sex has TO do with one Charles Wins
I low, young man who thinks that .'man
is the noblest work OF creation and wo-
man Is regrettable incident" A con-
firmed mysogynist. he spends his time
writing books decrying the opposite sex.
| In order TO work undisturbed on his
latest effort, The Inferior Sex" he goes
| ously appointed yacht, where he imagines
! he VIII he free from feminine reach and
| influence. Towing not TO touch land until
the volume is completed, After being
! three days at sea his crew picks up n
ter-tossed little boat, in which lies the
insensi5e form of Eva Addison, imper
| I'd i.y Chn Is ,i>ff
| into Winslow's cabin, and there is moth
ing for the master to do hut let her re-
main. although he is put to much ineon-
leaves the yacht. a few days later. dur
! ing which time there are many interest
ing and divcrtlng Incidents, including a
| hater ~ her feet his beliefs arc COM
pietely altered. and his affections en-
Is Arthur Byron, who has the role OF
! Charles Wnslow. The production is
rather unique. in that the entire action
Of the play passes on shipboord, two of
| the scenes being laid in the. yachts
cabin and one on the deck. Miss Eli
Oft is tho only woman IN the cast,
Netherscle -Bernhardt Fight
Olga Nethersole has announced that
! for a finish fight with Madame Sarah
Bcrnhardt, the great French tragedenne
| Ncthersole and Bcrnhardt used TO be
grcat friends, then they quarreled. Two
years ago they decided 10 make up their
differences and be friends. This lasted
for several days, until Nethersole signed
Il lease OF the Thcdtcr Sarah Bernhardt
Tor ten days, made a tremendous hit In
the French capital and requested an eX-
tension Of the lease. Sarah refused the
use of her theater for another day The
engagement was brought TO an abrupt
end. Sarah made 81 plain that she didn't
like TO have foreign artists. encroachlnS
upon what she considered her territory.
Now Ncthersolc has leased another
thcatcr in Paris. and II is her Intention
TO night Il out II il takes all summer
Spot Lights.
William Morris, Inc. he insists on
being known. VIII be ready to open his
now san Francisco thcatcr. the American
Music Hall. ON juno / 1t WIN be a
vaudeville house. getting its supply from
tho Morris circuit. Harry Lauder. while
In the west took "A keen delight in the
nlnnS OF Nj Mnrrls. The doMr ScOl PROM