The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-05

NEW YORK. June 4--Do the wild
IN beasts in the shows hear the
call Of summer and long to escape
from their cagcs2 or are they prod
ded by TIE advertising agents %
break out Of durance and into the
newspapers Within a week one lion
has done &C. al Coney Island. another
IN n circus on staten island, and two
lcouards az the Bronx Zoo. In each
case a crowd Of scared people fed
away 20 talk about their adventure
and SO send other people TO the me
uarcrics Shows I'm the eNtravag CANA
and vaudeville classes are similarly
forcing their doors and windows. But
they are not unroOhng themselves
Summer gardens on roofs and not
under roofs are past and gone. Wea-
Their wet or windy lost so many even
inEs that poor performances only
could be Afforded. and New Workers
wouldn't 60 60 them remuueratively
a half dozen musical farces. as
elaborate as winter productions. are
ir rehearsal. but this week the sum-
mer gardens" OF vaudeville have the
field Of breezy. seasouable novelty TO
themselves. So I invite you To- round
o. these shows I'm quest OF new and
salient things one or them is lcgit-
mate quite. although not singular.
Dr1matists are often called on for
PLAYS to serve actors too old FOR ro-
mGutic heroes. yet love can't be safely
lcfc out Of 81 stage story. nor VIII old
maids and matronly widows be ac-
Ccptcd by audiences as sentimental
swcethcarts. even if they are more
seemly than young girls for wedloclS
with the old fellows.
same old story.
So in our trip round the summer
nsmrrrIr r-|NHa rafmTUn across
Edwin stevens I'm tie same old story
or an old bachelor infatuated with a
childish maiden. sonsiblv refrainiuc
from telling her about II. unaware
that she desires him for a husband
ana putting DO up 70 her TO do the
wooinE. stevens wrote 10 himself It's
tislc OF "Guarly'T tells its plot Of a
girl and ner guardian thus mating in
love and matching IN matrimony
Dozens of these cross-matchcs IN con-
iuEai teams have made me wonder.
every time. how the couple would live
ever after. Not happily. ] guess.
stevens in "Guardy" puts the stale
ficmc into fresh circumstance. The
guardian is n town roundcr. festive.
although not vicious. but 20 his ward.
Nv ny at school. he purports TO be staid
and stern. He expects her 20 come O.
him next day. and SO has taken an
evening out with the boys-and per-
the middle or the night with much
champagne inside Of him and no
trousers on. In that plight. nc Is
alarmed By the premature arrival OF
his wa. = He husties some ludicrous
toys and makes "a blum az dignity in
welcoming the girl. she likes the re-
lease from rigorous school discipline
however. o. glad 90 find him jolly in
stead Of austcrc. and they develop an
affinity that leads 20 wediock. Stevens
ISN'T as dign,ned lover On forties II
n girl I'm teens as Willard was in "Ths
profcL sor's Love story" Drew IN
"Roscmary." or Crane I'm 'sThe Gov
ernor or Kentucky. for in n song and
dance the hitherto legitimate actor
lets his lean length Of SIX feet go
loose az a burlcsuuc show girl paired
with the pretty little soubrette who
plays the ward. But this is the antic
season. and he is ir a roof garden.
Paris Slums MclOdramas.
on the next theatre top visited we
ind a rev one Of those compressed
mCfoiramds OF the Paris slums that
introduce Apaches and their gigo-
let-cs. that IS. drunken maiefactors
end their dissoiute svecthearts I'm
night orgies. IL is called The Gold
Bclie.~ aftcr an outcast girl with an
abundance Of yellow hair. and she d
personatcd by a sinuous sinewy
sviphiiko atianFeusc who gives Apache
waitzes and lures a stunning noble
man 70 be robbed and killed. but New
York he's had n surfeit ~ such pieces
AMI this bciated example excites little
interest
Next after IL comes the contrast Of
Adele Richie. neat and clean with a
~ Of ballads from recent musical
comedy. The audience likes Adele