The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-24
Observation-Disclosures.

q good laugh minute, where laughs
are In order. was the consensus OF opinion
of an audience that may be classed as
the largest and most enthusiastic of tho
season at the Colonial Sunday night
Max Figman, that clean; crisp. utterly
human comedian was tho proyocation
Salt Lake before. having made record
| Tor patronage at the Colonial last sea-
son, but captiyated again tho fancy and
spirits OF those who saw the play Sun
day night
The story of Mary James Pa really
hcgins eleven years previous TO the open
ed, educated. but endowed with tho spirit
OF wanderlust, yields TO the call of the
world to live leaving bis young wife
10 battle single handed for The ncccssi-
ties Of life for herself and her two babes
Eleven years psss. al the end Of which
time is the time OF the opening of tho
first act of the play Tho wife is shown
III her homo environment. a charming
matron. living quietly but Industriously
with her two children in the little home
that she had succeeded in getting to-
gethcr and maintaining through The sue
! cessful conduct of Il small print shop in
GosDort. Indiana.
Tic evening meal is over. tho children
In bed. the mother is making ready to
retire. man enters tho house. thief
like. IT Is Hiram Perkins returned. The
wife is surprised for IL moncnt. then
angry. She offers him a position as gen
eral housellccpcr. cook and roustabout.
TO her surprise lie accepts. His presence,
unexplained save by his occupation,
arouses the sossips of the village. IA man
senses Of the rural inhabitants. Through
| the wifcs influence as the editor OF a
newspaper, she arouScs the wrath or one
| of the influential citizens, who is an as
editor opposes in the columns of her
paper. AS the result of her papers policy
| her print shop is broken down and the
| plant DESTROYED. The mob marches 10
| home ~
erinS the "nan hired girl" The wife
makes known the fact that the IMAM
band, Which serves not only TO dspcrsc
the mob quietly. but brings husband and
| wife together in NEST effective man
! ner,
rot big: neither is he reserved but his
| acting is so fine. so compelling his per-
| sonalty, so luscious and refined his COM
| eJy. that he impurts the impression OF
| being all these. cffacing the stage IL
| luson and seemingly building definite
realities. Mr., Figman, AS Mary James
Pa. at times inspires in the minds OF ms
audience the most supreme contempt be-
! cause uf tho shiftl"ss. no-account char
;.ctcr he impcrsonatcs, This feeling is
| immediately swept away by an utter
brings forth smile or a laugh, holding
| To himself the sympathy OF his audience:
! The man who can provoke laugh, ana
! create a charactcr-Mr, Figman is un,,
| the character cannot he imagined placed
! in more competent hands-must know all
| the requisite sensations before he can
| exploit an apprccabic brand of 1T. lie
! does and feels these things
| With no less credit the character Of
Portia Perkins, as ,mpcrsonated by Hell
| enc Lackayc. is given. She does her part
with fine regard for the details which re-
! suits In Il most pleasing. finished por-
trayal. Dorothy Mckay as the lovablc
! sweet winsomc Mary Jane. wins the
| hearts OF her audience with her first ut
terancc She is a beautiful child, her
acting is not stoical nor in the least
stacy juvenile; she is just What she en-
deavors 10 be-a kid. The cast is a
large ono: there is not a misfit in any
instance Many OF the faces are faInil
lar, having been seen in the same place
here before
MARY James Pa" will play the week.
| with the usual matlnces. The train
bringing the players To this city was
late. consequently tho curtain was about
twenty minutes late in rising, and the
piece Itself being a little longer than the
average play. brought the performance
TO Il close after II o'clock. But no one
left his scat, which is indication suf-
hcicnt TO stamp the play as being one oil
the best that has ever appeared at the
Colonial You must sec Mary Jane
Pa