The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-22

salt Lake now 1t was presented at the
Salt Lake theater on Monday evening
1t Will be again this evening. Wednesday
afternoon and Wednesday night 1t Is
the play different. This play is Your
Humble Servant" 1t Is presented by
Otis Skinner and a most capable com
pany. After you have seen this play
different you will want the other mem
bers of your family to see II. For you
can talk about Your Humble Servant"
long after the actor is gone, for this
play different leaves such u pleasant
taste In your mouth, But you will talk
about 1t many a time; talk about the
actor after he is gone. For What is
the actor but the plaything of the hour?
Yesterday you saw him every inch a
Will remember this actor. this play diff
ierent for long time You will remem-
nsp him Tz for S gttsrnqig yoS 0k If n05hng a
measures his part by quantity? l would
rather paint miniature exqulsltely than
a panorama indifferently," This was his
most exqusitely,
1t is three years since sNr skinner
was here: Then he presented the French
comedy There is a wonderful difference
between the two. The difference Is large
ly in favor OF the comedy. And yet he
was remembered for his excellent pres
third and fourth acts Of Your Humble
servant after several curtain calls. Mr..
skinner appeared before the curtain and
in acknowledging the compliment said;
''It Is some time since i was here
almost three years ago-whcn l was on
my way, as / am now, TO the coast I
take II from your more than generous
applause that | am not forgotten. /
cannot say how much your collabora-
ton has aided in our presentation to-
night You have reached out and clasped
han dc Il oil fl. 0 Il
for you behind the curtain. for your
kindly manifestation this evening, no
one has more or expresses more than
does Your Humble Servant" "
And OF Your Humble Servant" This
play different details a story OF Lafay-
ette Towers, tMr. Sklnnerl. and his com
pany of transformers. who are playing
In the upper region OF New, York state.
one might stands, His leading, woman.
Margaret Druce. portrayed by Miss Izet-
ia Jewel is girl who has been left
stage people who died of yellow fever.
He brings her up as best he can and
trains her for the stage. In the COM
pany, is the son OF a rich man The
love, there are the struggles on the road
OF the trio. the subsequent return OF
the young man TO his home. and the
final stage success of the girl under the
training OF her foster father and pro-
tector OF course, she falls In love with
the wrong man, and there are several
scenes mat i1nalIy CUlT0lDatc IN the old
actor and his ward being united
There are four acts There are eli
makes In each one. but the greatest is
In the third, when the young scion OF
the ariStocracy finds the girl and Tow
crs In the home of her father doing a
vaudeville act Al once he renews his
devotions TO her-devotions that had
chilled once before in the cold reality Of
theatrical boarding house. She. know
ing that the youth is wrong again. tries
to reason with him. That falling, she
tells him she is In love with another, and
urged to name the man, she points at
RI ndom to Towers The youth storms
out TO the left. Towers has been con-
vinced bv the playing OF the girl She
had acted to convince the youth. and she
has also convinced Towers himself. He
has loved her-hoPelessly, Now he sees
hope. and he pours forth the torrent of
his love. And the girl is terrified. realiz-
ing what she has done, But she pro-
ceeds to make things clear.
Don't YOU understandable gone
Dicks gone she cries. and then She
sobs, and Towers sees his mistake, and
all the resourcefuness OF all his stage
experience comes to his aid. lie calms
himself with an effort. he smiles family.
and he says: All. yes, Dicks eone-I-
Thought he might be-listening. sec
have overplayed my part again"
1t Is a magnificent scene, and II was
ma gnilicently acted. and Ii was after this
act that Mr.. Skinner was called before
the curtain. when he made his curtain
talk above cited.
And in this play different the char
acters arc not overdrawn. The cast is
admira bly, balanced There are no weak
spots all share the honors alike. your
Humble Servant" Is the play different.
You should see 1t.