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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Gypsy Love- a Success.

That Gypsy Love" smbled to sue
cess in spite OF this heavy handicap
speaks volumes for the latest opera
by tho man who gave MS '"fhe Merry
Widow" In this instance Franz Le-
har has written much more ambit-
lously. An extraordinarily large or
Chestla has its hands full with his
operate flights; the score is no whit
less pretentious than that OF The
Tales of Hoffman,, and there are
passages when the Niennesc Lehar
seems TO measure his ability by BIZ
zets. Nevertheless. GYPSY Love" Is
as rich in tuncful charm Of the grade
in which the Merry Widow genius
ranks with The foremost OF the day.
and the sentimental and romantic
story, translated from the Niennese
original by Harry B. and Robet B,
Smith, possesses charm enough 10 be
worthy OF the music.
Some people were mean enough
TO intimate that Miss Svlya's cold
grew worse as the imported tcnor's
popularity ana success increased Be-
fore the first curtain had fallen this
Arthur Albro-whoever he may be
was established in the favor and ad
miration OF the audience. He is "a
romantic figure 1.-the OF body. dark OF
shik, eraced with a delightful voice,
dressed carefully with Byronic care
lcssncss and crowned with n great
shock of hair that quivers lie
dances, sings and plays the violin.
and generally may be said TO loom up
as a considerable rival To Donad
Brian Could mere skirtlcss critic
saw more of n tenor?
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Week a, Musical Festival.

Tic week has been virtually mu-
steal festival FOR lovers OF romantic
operctta; and fortunately for tho
mass Of mus;CallN appre"iatiNc play
goers. ii Is n week that VIII stretch
itself into months aud months. Nic-
tor lie"bcri. In two instances, ana
Franz Lchar, i'm one. arc tho com
poscrs who have introduced new
scores so admirable as 10 insure good
runs" for all three operas and q
very, very long one for nj least ono OF
thcm. ''rhe EGchanircsS, inc
Duchess" and Gypsy Love arc the
novelties that bring Kitty Gordon,
Friizi Schcn and Marguerite sylvia
into most bcwtching rivalry; and
IL Miss Gordon carries of more
positive success than her talented
and alIurinG sisters. she has Victor
lIerberts score In thank.
Does II good book Inspire bot
tor music? The question is made
presentations Of Tho Enchantress'
bert has set them both lo music and,
while the lattor's score is very
charming and far above tho average,
his compositions for the Kitty Gordon
play unqucstionably are better stu.
The perennial and reliable Harry r.
Smith wrote the comedy with Fred
de Grcsac. who really Is Madame
Victor MaurcI. wife Of The famous
baritone and co-author Of several de-
liehuul comedies. including Ls
passcrelle''. produced in France and
America by Gabrielle Re jane, though
better known on our Sido in the dc
lghtful English version made Tor
Marie Tempest and renamed The
Marriage Of Kitty
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Margaret Mayo Writing
Some Of the Best Plays
"Baby Mine Idea Was Sus-
gestcd to Her by News
paper Item.

"A MARGARET MAYO tells how,
RH after being impressed by an
WI item in newspaper. she took
her pencil and pad and dashed
of A scenario which was enlarged into
a full-sizcd comedy in the short space
of seven days. The result of this
unione inspiration and rapid work was
''Raby Mine though in the original
it Was named Borrowed Babies
The article which gave Miss Mayo
her idea was under Chicago date
line. and it told that in Chicago alone
there were mt least two thousand dad
dies fomdling infants that had been
adopted by their wives, and the faith
ers were none the wiser. She began
to write Immediately, and wrote all
night She outlined plot. situations:
and went so far in the first draft or
the scenario as to put in some OF the
humorous lines that were crowdlng IN
to her brain.
The manuscript was first submitted
to Cohan & Harris. who read the play.
laughed at the situations. compllmcuted
her. but declined to accept 1T because
of other interests demanding their at
tention. William a. Brady was the
next manager offered the play. Brady
promised 10 read the play at the first
opportunity. Three weeks passed; no
word came from Brady. EXasperatce
bv the delay. Miss Mayo called upon
Wagenhnls & kcmper. who told her
thev would consider it, On reaching
home she found a telegram from Mr..
Brady. saying that he had decided to
give Borrowed Babies Il trial. He
also suggested that she rcchristeu the
piece ''Baby Mine" The result of
Miss MavO' s labor is now theatrical
history
II is an unusual thing for n woman
playwright TO have playwright hus
band. IL is lust as unusual for an
actress who has reached stardom to
marry an usher in @ theater over the
front Of which her name blazcs forth
IN electric illumination. Edgar Selwyn
was An usher at the Herald Square
theater when he met Miss Mayo. They
cded to become an actor. and he met
with better success than could have
been expected. and soon made himself
n sensational success AS Tony. the
Mexican in FArizona'
Then Young Selwyn decided TO try
his hand at playwriting He wrote
several mclodramas but these did not
catch the public's approval, But his
wife. who had left the stage. was
more successful in her literary efforts.
She dramatized "Jhe Marriage of Will
Her success was so marked that Will
liam 4. Brady commissioned her to
make an adaptation of Sardou s "Di
yorcons. which did more to raise
Miss George in her position as an act
ress than any previous pla~ Miss Mayo
also wrote "Pollv of the Circus. Al
this point wife Selwyn was ahead Of
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Slender Gordon Voice,

The Kitty OF this casc-the Juno
esquo' Gordon, who. like Miss Tenn
pest. is the divorced wife Of scion
OF noble family OF Great Britain
is prima donna in mythical.
comic opera Kingdom. When j say
that her impcrSonation OF an opera
singer lies largely i'm ntenslfyinG her
natural resemblance OF Mary Gar
den, please do not mistake the COM
ment as sarcastic fling at the
somewhat slender Gordon voice. For
while II seemed Il bit unfortunate
that II should bc FRITZ Scheff or
Marguerite sylvia who Jared music
ally so we'll Miss Gordons lesser
voice is still . pleasing one. is we'll
trained and is managed with taSt"
and with discretion
But after all. why dwell upon KITTY
Gordon's vocal powers when her back
is with us once again? This ia
NOUS stretch of beauty was revealed
10 degree that would cause Mary
Thais Gardens wcll-ltnown spine to
turn into q Nile green streak OF envy.
And the gowns, Mon dieu, mon
diou. If they had been designed by
Anna Held and made by Madame
Simone's fair hand-with Ethel
Barrymore dropping in to do the
Finishing could not possibly
have been more gorgeous. In them
the poetry Of color and of lines
reaches "A very ecstasy Of beauty.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
New Books for Library

The following thirty books will be
added TO the public library Monday,
October 80 1911:
MscelIaneous-B. Madame de, Nc
moirs of Rachel, Bccsly, Life Of Dan
ton: GrswoId. Female Poets Of Amer
lea; Larned, History for Ready Refer
crcncc. Y. (Rcf); Milman. Poetlcal
Works, three vols; Parker, Exploring
Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains,
lS3j-37: Ramsay. Joems. two vols;
Rochetcrc. Life of Marie Antoinette; :;
Rogers. Poems; Shcustone. Works, two
vols; Spofford. Library of Wit and
Humor five vols: Van Brugh, Dramas,
two vols: Walsh Popcs and Science; !;
Wilkcs. United States Exploring Expc-
dition. iS3s-lsi2. five vols.
Fiction 49, Abbott. SiclS-a bed lady ;
Onnenheim Havoc: Scawcll. lngglcr.
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ACROSS THE DARK

Across the dark, from thee. Ny
Queen,
A message, strange and sweet;
Unheeding barriers between
Our souls in music meet.
O list, like strains Of some glad
lark.
Come melodies across the dark.
Across the dark my very life
Goes out TO thee in song;
There are no words with feeling
rife,
For thoughts so high and
strong,
But one clear star above may
mark
My soul s new path across the
dark.
j. r. Miller,
Oct 81, 1911.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Miss Sylva's Eclipse.

But If FRITZ Scheif was rather in
conSderatc OF her managers how
about Marguerite SYLVIA? The entire
fate OF Gypsy Love" was thrown lnt
10 the balance by her actions on the
first night. She is either greatly TO
be pt,icd or very much 10 blame.
.After q postDonemcnt OF one night.
the star whose voice has gained
recognition at the Opera Comique. in
Paris. appeared obviously I'm no condi-
tion TO sing. AT the end Of the first
act her manager came before the
curtain and said she could not so on.
Had that been all only sympathy
would have gone out TO Miss sylvia,
for there was not the slightest ques-
ton but that she was suffering from
bad cold. However. We could not
help wondering why an eXpcricnced
prlna donna had not realized this and
insisted on d longer postponement.
And the manager worded his an
nouncemeDt so oddly that suspicion
Of some operate rumpus was inevi-
table. Up 10 the time OF this writing
Miss sylvia has not reappcared her
name no longer figures in the adver-
tisements. and her huge and hand
some portraits have vanished from the
lobby
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29

hcartcss, unengagnG social climber.
VINO is reaching for rank by marry
in% an English nobleman much TOO
good for her. while the brother is
druh6ard and wasier. The Glrl
Shuns her mother. but tho son sticks
hy her. And here we have tho "np-
peal OF Mr.. Smiths play-thc re-
dcmption OF = wastrcl through his
efforts 10 reclaim his fallen moth
er. The author develops this simple
story with theairic skill. yet with
very human effect. which carries
both tho humorous and tho pathetic
shafts directly To their targets The
hearts and souls and sympa ihicS OF
an average audience
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Admirable French Actor.

The new settings" presumably re-
productions OF the original at the
Theater de la Renaissance. are much
more beautiful than those of the first
production here; and the French
atmosphere they create is we'll sus-
tainel by an adequate company, with.
one member of IL rising much above
the level Charles Francis (everyone
AT the premiere was asking VINO ne
was and where he came from. and
20 one seemed TO l1now) gives, as the
passionate Young Fernand. the best
embodiment Of French youth as
they arc That our stage has seen
within my knowledge The pallor. the
shyness, the lack or indiVidualitv-
that is TO say, the Unborn and strict
Is trained oneness with all other
Wcllbrsd French boys OF his age
Is really notable And as Marie
I.ouises husband. Edwin Arden.
plays with many Gallo touches that
are admirable: and as authoritative
and. in the crucial act. very helpful 10
the debutante.
In short. then. very interesting
and worth while actress has come
among Us. aud an entertaining plav
may bn said 10 haVc been properly
presented for the first time In Amer
len
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DRAMATIC NEWS
AND COMMENT
CONTINUED Preceding Page)

lighting the public with his perform.
inc landladv spoiled the creamy career
of an exuberant freshman by-well.
here g how il happened:
''1hcrc was Baltimore freshman ;lt
the University of Virginia whose faith
or got several letters about his boy S
Wild ways-about his fondness for
peach and honey and such like heavy,
drinks. These letters grievcd the old
man to the heart He wrote to inc
freshman and in replv got Il general
denial of all the charges,
- Evidence. however. continued to
pour in. and finally the father decided
ON secret journey 10 Charlottesville.
He timed himself TO arrive fate at nirht
1t was. in fact, , o clock in the morn
ing when he rang the bell of his SON s
boarding house.
In response to his ring, woman I'm
a yellow bathrobc appeared. lamp IN
hand.
50 What do YOU want!' she demand.
cd, peeriug suspiciously into the dark
ness.
{" Madam; said the amateur dctec-
tive, is this the residence of-1'
and he mentioned his son S name
"Thc womau's grin relaxed, and she
answered indiffcrently;
'f Yes, he lives here. Yuu can carry
him right in,
GA little girl whose father dotes on
her generous nature gave him an uncX.
pccicd surprise the other day. - said n
II. Warner of I" Alias Jimmy Valentine -
famc.
"Thc little maid stood in the door
way, one hand on the handle. For
moment she Razcd though,fully AT her
Father. who was preparing to take his
afternoon scSta
'f Papa, she said, do YOU know
what IN going to give you for your
birthday when il comcs''
'"' No, dear. answered her fond faith
-. But tell me,
&C. y nice. new china cha, iDg mur
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
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Ailments of Men
Happily Overcome
ESSFULLY TRIED BY
MANY,

} Undoubtedly the following pre- Z
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} that great class Of men who, q
) through dissipation OF their nat q
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J II Is presumed 10 be infalllple. Y
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BY mixing IL at home no man q
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with gold flowers on it all around said
the little maid
But. my dear explained her par
Ont, papa has nice one, Just like that,
already
50 No. he hasn Z. his little daughter
answered thoughtfully. 'cos-'cos-
| We lust dropped it, -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Nine. Simone's S Position.

We will have 10. see Madame ST.
none ia more characters before we
can accept her as the great actress
Sarah Bernhardt asks us to, and we
much doubt whether We ever can in
dorse her as the logical successor"
To that astounding woman. But
second view is not needed for us TO
see ;har she has much charm and
natural aptitude for acting. and that
these qualities have received and as
simulated, the best training accord
ing To the standards of The modem
French stage, In appearing before MS
Madame SimoDe has The advantage
and disadyantage-ovcr Bernhardt,
Rejanc. Madame SECOND Weber and
Jane Iiading in that she speaks in
English. The presentation of whole
play in our languagc-not even the
Sarbled substitute Tommss or Sal
vni offered when he acted in his ma
tive tongue with an English speaking
company-maises much wider APP
peal possible. but on the other hand
IT uecesSarilY hampers the actress
Not one of the foreigners who nave
learned 10 play in Enelish-from the
yesterdays OF Mesdames Janauschek
and ModjesEa to the now OF Bertha
kalch, HeGwis Reicher and Mia
Nazimova-has schooled herself 10
sneak as clearly and as naturally as
because she was taught English
when child But inevitably a
tongue foreign 10 the actor bothers
him I'm more than Just the words:
the manner the infections, the whole
point OF view, IS confusing and nee
essariiv bit hanpering or a plat
form of such rapid fire impressions
This hindrancc, Madame Simone Gives
"a notable performance.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Back As a Spirit.

rentlc, kindly, dictatorial old
IMAM rules over his household
his. beds of tulips and OF orch
Hc Is the present head Of an
n Dutch dynasty, settled In
I4rn New York state With all
<Indlncss OF heart, his belle: in
.Nr will leads him 10 exact a
< than half unwilling promise
. his ward that she Will we'd his
|tv, thus carrying on the name,
|puschold and the family bust
as he would like 10 think Of
|hcni he WAS gone,
rponer has he secured the girls
1 That gently he falls into the
1ais sleep rs, sitting on his easy
4 he listens to her singing of an
Dutch melody. But ten days
Peters death his ward begins
.srn the worthlessness OF her
y and 10 half realize her love
|er dead guardians secretary.
@n.. Peter Grimm comes back.
emile spirit. realizing now how
a he was. Just cmerges from the
I'VE. lie whispers of the happi-
beyond. but he cannot rest uu-
4 rights his wrong on earth,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Calls Spade a Spade.

We have had the Prodieal Father
and Prodieal Daughter and Prodigal
Son, but II remained for this daring
day and generation 10 put the Prodl-
gal Mother on the stage. Winchell
smith did "shy" a, quite that title.
calling his twentieth century drama
The Only SON; but for the rest he
struck out with force and cournre
which will be the making or the
breaking Of his play, The public viii
be carried away with the astounding
fTankness with which ihe young
American author has treated the re-
lations between q mother and her
son, or II will be shocked by such a
discussion in a thcatcr and will re-
ject tho whole affair; middle course
seems impossible,
Tho dram3tIst does not hesitate 10
call u spade a spade: aud the Now
York society 10 which he Introduces
us Is not IKE the London set 10
Witch the Oscar Wilde young woman
has reference when she hauGhliiy
meets All insult with. II am glad 10
say that | have never seen a spade
IT is obvious that our social spheres
have been widely different
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29

|rv YORK. Oct. 2S.-DaYid Be
,sseo has done IL again: with
his production OF The Wom-
ON" achieving a success so
nnsitivc as 10 place ii among
,,ysmos, three OF n season OF
' 'snss Be-. ''The Return of Potter
~ comes along and makes that
III trio a quartette. lr ! find
y ~ ,ocllned TO quarrel with the
Who declared tho --latest Re
,iav and David Warlield's act
,Fii IN To he the successors TO
Van Wrinkle" and Joseph JEFF
!. I stIll count myself among
stannchest in declaring the
i IA he an entertainment in the
hesf sense of that word and Mr..
,sld's acting 10 be admirable.
'nirh, ouote from the Belasco
'smne about his conversations
Professor William James. Pro-
lanes II. Hyslop and other
',snI belicvers In the return Of
oirit TO its earthly environment.
A seems more just 10 recount
sss of Peter Grimm as Bclasco
20
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Of Great Beauty.

ilis Is told with vast gentle
Ehich-io fall rapidly 10 literal
EAlies-cuuld not be achieved
'qt uncommon histrlonic art and
experience The single scene is
" such beauty and effective
H only rarely comes from any
|'can producer but Bclesco He
,pe5 The most incouscqucntiai
" Ttl the care OF masterful
manage and the inspiration OF
|.'us. There Is a summer thup-
Ytih, !or instance. IIe does not
.Y reproducing its effects,
'sn several windows. more re-
.'1iV theu that | can recall It's
; eohe; but he has placed "A lamp
olq-limo dangling crystals In
Nv window. so that It's silrery
suggests more than a ton Of
')ulQ lloUe fdr
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
|Wanders Helplessly.

Esprit OF Peter wanders help
in his old home, He wants so
Ito speak, ne Graves 10 tell the
ones that ne loves that lie un-
snds Yet no one sees bin, no
TIl listen 10 his pleading from
Irayc. At last a child-a little.
k child he loved and comforted
oetted-hcars him. Very vague
udistlnctly and laboriously. the
boy interprets the message from
ave, But the boy. it seems, is
|oug for this world, for at the
1e spirit OF Peter lifts the
p'ing. feverlsh. spent boy up in
1F1ls and carried him 10 the
n Isnd. while the physician lin
|phic reproduction OF the famous
81 Fildes painting. THE Doc
Matches an image OF the one
That could hear The anxious
IlnEs Of tc dear, dead Peter and
ms now passed out with him.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Tells All TO Children.

Tho only Son is as fun Of spades
az Jersey boarding house OF mos
,uiios, \ banker Of years and wealth
finds out that his wife. herself no
longer Young. has past which en-
titlng hcr-ao TO put ito bc served
win divorce papers "r n fa,tcd calf.
Thercupon he calls in his son and
daughter and deals them both 'full
hauds'' OF SPADES. Though neither is
past % years of agc-pr much past.
auyway-,hc father fools IT his duty
10 reveal their mothers story IN
lhcm before driving hcr from his
home There isn't much 10 hC said
for Tic children. rithcr--if DpN"u"
should ask yuu-thc daughter bcins Il
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-29
Dramatic Art,

|fre,, ", us be less nlppant II IA
m load,m * stimulating 90 OBJ
~, and "elross Of q foreign
lhil,naia,s specially I'm the role
4 MARI associated with her
|F' Ia "ilsc Noysin in &c
b de- Pc 90 Madame Simone as
Flih ana tScisc Was 10 Congtant
cIle Eni,M Mohhme Sans Grnc Ia
'tciD ma. Furthermore, Henri
he's Sr.,y Say hg said In bc Madame
'that aIn u3,. 10 the samo do
'4hclr dote "a his acircas TLny
'pi cIrL, 'nt In th8t assocla lion
NJ NJ sns Nchra ago. will, 81 j"
|nnie r,,"n,nd rn our sjdc hc,.r
YonnrSe'i In a vcrsion .u,,c,l
f hlis, ruIlins." and