The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-30

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1t is the other side. II Is presented in
CleVeland Monett's modern play Of love
| at the Colonial theater Monday night
| and Wilton Lackaye and his superb com
pany was the medium. And an audience
that flied the playhouse to the doors
was delighted and charmed with the pre-
| sentation. Between the third and fourth
| acts this big audience showed It's nppre-
repeated curtail calls until Mr.. Iackaye
| was compelled to appear before the cur
tain and make curtain speech. 1t was
2 charming talk and delivered in a most
1orceful manner. Said Mr.. Lackaye:
For myself and the company I desire
10 thank you for your appreciation Of our
enIdeayoTs: ! am reminded OF an Irish
had the reputation OF never attending the
first night Of his play At the same time
he was often found IN the audience caus-
Being asked why he never publicly at
tended tho first nights and are you
afraid IT will not be 4 success?' he re-
piled: I know Il will be n success-I
wrote IT myself And then after q pause
1 come 10 sec II the audience is a sue
cess" And that Is what l like 10 see-a
successful audience. We enjoy the APP
tempt TO settle the question presented
tonight. We leave that for the young
lady to settle nt luncheon after the last
ton. and be IA better topic than the
basis of many OF the plays you know.
And now, II you Will pardon Il personal
reference. for me. this character is very
difficult to present before you the mil
lionaire yacht owner. Hageleton. on my
present income. However. II the battle
FOR tickets continues at the box office
with the assistance OF your sisters, couS-
ins and aunts, l hope to see this condi-
tion somewhat alleviated. If not entirely
rnr yn1 fhnr IL
And of "The Battle" In ii Mr.. Lack
aye assumes the part OF John j. Hag
gleton: a power among tlnanCiers, whose
search for Il long lost son brings him TO
point from which he deems 1t expedi-
ent to start life over again penniless and
In notoriously ill-kept tenement dis
.rlct. Hero the playwright cleverly main
tains his proposition that to have at
tained his previous eminence. Hagsletou
must have been made OF the stun that
will succeed under any circumstances,
ability Is not forced to remain at the bot
tom for any length OF time, Haggleton,
OF course. succeeds in his interesting at
tempt to make good for the second
time. and tries to prove some theories
that last season did not seem TO meet
with entire approval from the New York
socialists Incidentally. he recovers his
son: and assists in Strengthening out that
Young mans tangled love affairs. and
finally delivers himself Of n good many
catchy little eptgrams. some Of which
Rockefeller as their author IL is safe to
say that these few lines in the part OF
Haggleton are the famous Standard OF
magnate's first and only contribution to
our native drama. Here are some OF the
Sparkling epigrams which scintillate and
sparkle throughout the play
Listen TO me- young man. There isn't
reformer in this country. who wouldn't
stop reforming damned quick if he found
IL was hurting his poctetbook.
I'll tell you where you get your money.
IL hp C,f mo l-' Sn
tears Of women and children, ny the
grinding of human beings down to star
walton wages and talking the rest. mil
lions upon millions. that belong TO the
workers, but go into your fat pockets
because you are strong enough and cruel
enough to take it-thats how you get
sters as John j. Hagglcton.
That's tho way with you rich people.
you think you San can settle things by sign
only real help for the poor comes through
love. and you can't pay some one TO
love for you: You might as well pay some
one to cat for you or breathe for you or
sleep for you. ] tell you, you've got TO
do your loving yourself.
After all. there must be a lot Of these
poor people who are not worth loving
They bring their misfortunes upon them
selYes. l say the average man can con-
quer these tenement conditions il he will
work and save and be patient, know
what I'm talking about. because ] started
In q tenement myself. A man with the
right stuff in him can win out today just
ns vel! as he ever could.
NO, I'm not going on my yacht. I'm
going 10 stay here. I'm going TO win
Il little bet I've made with your friend
Mr. Gentle and I'm going to show you
what a millionaire would do II he had
10 hustle in tenement without a dol
lar.
You talk about my wife and the wrong
Me dead can" pay a% hSr aSyb6dS for s%t
I've got TO pay the living, haven't |?
After all. that is what his mother wanted
TO have Philip do with my money. Now
dreamed Of III put aslde-what did |
say? Five mllions2 III put aside len
millions for great BATTLE against pow
erty.
Survival OF the fitest-thats the law
or business. Yes. / suppose but il s hard
to prove that to those who don't fit
meuts In his property II the tenant pays
for them.
Il won't, give UP dollar for sloppy
sentimental nonsense but I'll pu; lip q
million. two millions, five millions " we
can work out some sound scheme of pub
lic bettermcnt How would you spend
The way TO improve things is not 10
attack and declaim and stlr uo class
hatred. but TO raise the standard OF
honesty Of The American people.
AS long rs n man has no money he's
a kicker about the wrongs OF the poor.
Give hlm some money and he stops kick
lhE, nat Why SOCIALISTS are Door.
Brutal yes, but-thnlS II over Young
man. think IL over. | say the weak and
unworthy ought 10 perish. IT'S true
when YOU grow fruits and flowers isn't
It? It's true when YOU breed animals
isn't IT? Then why isn't Il true when
you want 10 build UP race Of men?
''P"cpusc the greatest authority in the
world Is against you. What authority Is
thatp The authority that saws 'Inas-
17uch as yH haVc done II unto tho least
of these. my brethren. vc have done Il
unto me. Come PhIlip"
There ere innumcrable climaxcs in ,lc
play. The stage settings are perfect.
Tho compnuy supporting Mr.. Laclsayc Is
- splendid ono. In Y. +. O'MaIlcy who
portrayed the character ol Moran. is
NJ cid time Salt Lake favorito. he was
here years ago in the old stock company
ai tic Lycoum thcatcr. His work In the
rol" was exceptionally well done
Douglas Wood. In the role Of Phlip
Amcs. the lost son OF HnEGlcton. was
ideal. and this is true of Thomas Nc
Crane, who portrayed the character Of
Gentle, and OF Dick Lee, who had the
role Of .Ioc.
Mss Ruby Bridges. who made such a
favorable impression when seen here last
In The Man of the Hour and who
WAS featured in The Climax' last year
demonstrated her clevcrnass In tho role
of Margaret Lawrence. The difficult role
nj Jennie well carried out by Miss
Doris Burton.
The Battle viii he presented again
this evening and tomorrow evening. with