The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-27

ATEW YORK. Nov. 26.-Ths simple
N statement issued last week 10 the
effect that an agreement had
been reached between Charles Frohman,
tl~iaW a. ErlanBer and John COrJ. re-
epeOIlVely representing sy Indicate inter-
ests and the National Theatre owners
association. by Waich the attractions OF
the former Will hereafter be booked In
the theatres controlled by the latter
vas naturally received by various the
atriCal interests with qualification.
Such an agreement cannot 1all 10
stimulate activity among many who
have been uncertain as 10 conditions in
"a wide extent of territory in which con-
trOversy and conflict promised 10 mile
tate against theatrical prosperity. II
has simplitled serious situation and
promises 20 bring normal and satisfy
ing results where other conditions
would have worked injury 90 many en-
terprisss.
AS matters now stand. there is an
open door where an open door VIII
benefit an parties in lnterest-pro-
duoers who control necessary attrac-
uonss theatre owners or directors who
must offer a wide range Of plays and
productions in order 10 realize a sue
oessrul season, and the public, which
has no interest whatever ia lnIerneGina
differences among those who provide
amusements, except ln cases where
those differences deprive the public OF
attractions which it desires TO see.
The New theatre. on Monday evening
December 8. viii produce a drama OF
American Indian life by an American
woman heretofore unknown as a dra-
nlaust. This play the first from the
pen of this author. is considered by the
New theatre TO be one OF the most inn
portant modern productions of its sea-
son Every character viii be an Indian,
and the play VILE deal with theme
never before developed ay play
wright.
The author is Mrs Mary Hunter Aus
g. ID n|s.rr ia
Arrow Maker airs. Austin Is an ack-
uOWledged authority on the red man OF
southwestern America. having scent
much Of her life i'm the study OF the
primitive as IL relates To mankind. She
has also made study OF folklore of all
nations. She is the author or several
books which nave been highly com
mend6d. Her first work was The
Land OF Little Rain" a description of
the desert. The Basket Woman" tales
OF Indian myths for children, followed
and was 50 highly regarded that it has
been made q school text book After
this came 'IsidrO.' a romance or Span
lsh California first published seriallyi
The Flock a study OF sneep nerdlnB
IN the desert OF the southwest with
chapters on the psychology Of the flock;
santa Lucia" a novel or modern Cal
IOrnia. ana Lost Borders" a collection
Of short stories OF the desert. The last
named contained the much discussed
tale OF The Walking Woman" which
10y some has been pronounced the most
remarkable American short story since
Poe.
"The Arrow Maker" Is in three acts
and possesses q motive. liza brief, 20 is
20 demonstrate the unity of human life
from the beginning 10 the end The
playwright holds that there IS no real
difference in men. no matter what their !
lot may be. such seeming differences
as exist lie in the manner in which /
each explains the same thing. The au-
thor illustrates This point by showing
that fever 10 the Indian is d devil, while
10 the New Yorker III is a physical dis /
turbance caused by microbes. The In
dian afIe1 casJtns out this devil, burns
lis house; the NeW yorker AFTER reach !
ing the conValescent stage. 1umlgdJes |
his abode The causes are Identical, but |
the explanation is entirely different.
The play viii employ the fun strength |
OF the New theatre company ana VIII |
permit OF most unusual and plctur- /
esQue staging effects For several /
months Mrs. Austin has had a studio /
IN the New theatre, where she has aided |
IN selecting a collection OF Indian gar /
menIs ana properties 10 be used In the /
drama and In making a study OF Indian /
music she VIII herself teach the IN 4
dian dances and assist in the presenIa- /
tion OF what it is believed win be a I
decided novelty iu American draInattcs I
The company was called for its first /
rehearsal Sunday, when the play was /
read Immediately prior 20 this Mrs. 1
Austin gave the members an interesting |
lecture on Indian lie IN the southwest /
sunny May has come back to town \
Everybody in the big first night /
audience came with a receptive smile /
and LETT with an ACRE IN the side. The 4
play viii DO. but MAY Irwin can't help I
doing Her curling mouth sparkling /
ewes, and smooth. fair hair We're well I
come sight. She looked as she always 4
does, as though she had Just stepped /
from a bathtub. smiling after scrub \
down. Others have been described as /
"tha best gr0omed women in New /
York" but they were usurpers. No
woman could be better groOned than i
shining, soap glowing May irwin.
She is no more slender than OF yore,
a fact which George tawcett cruelty \
emphasized in the prologue, but we
don't like our May Twins slender. She ]
wouldn't be Irwinesque without ampn-
tude Amplitude doesn't interfere with \
her art No woman OF half her width
can cross left center faster. nor make
her points with greater sWirlness-
Thus OurWardly she Is unchanged.
InWaFdly she rs the same ana more
There were swift. glancing moments
81 pathOs. deeper than she had shown /
in a decade Of achievement Every
woman felt "A tiny tug al her heart
strings when Mrs. Jim Blake IorsOOk
her fashionable pose IN Paris Tor stol-
en- instant TO ask how her back yard
al home at Yellow Dog looked and
whether the morning Blofles were
cad Every woman who has known
an abiding fondncss Tor a big. oluh-
dering. careless male, laughed IN an
odd way not understood by their es-
corts when Mrs. Jim lmplored the big
miner 10 tel. her whether ne had pul
on his flannels and told him how pneu-
nonfa and pleurisy menaced huge
thOughtless fellows Ike him.
Her cOntralto notes are as rich as
ever. but she needs sonss worthy OF
them.
six dreaTy, dismal months" sighed q