The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-06-01
YOUNG FOLKS GIVE
DELIGHTFUL PLAY
The Steno," by Margaret Whit
ney, Makes Hit With
Audience.

Win dash and swing and bright
ness quite ont of the ordinary III Che
realm OF amateur theatrical affairs. The
Ssono' made It's first appearance last
evening i'm Whitney hall before an ap-
preciativc audience which filled the place
TO the doors The Steno' is the latest
and most ambitious OF the hah dozen
musical PLAYS produced by that young
genius Miss Margaret Whitney. and IL
far surpnsscs anything Miss Whitney has
produced. Despite the fact that the
whole is given by the Youngest Of anna
teurs, many OF whom have never trod
the boards before. there is q lichtness and
brightness about the little play which
is very taking. and many of The songs
arc far in advance Of those frequently
heard In musical comedy.
There is just enough of plot 10 lend
interest to the affair and TO hold to-
gcther the catchy songs and give back
ground TO the attractive choruses. The
scene is an office, the name would
indicate. and many of the situations are
now In thought and worked out IN any
thing but hackncyed style. The song
which was OF greatest interest 10 the
audience last night. was the one which
was recently purchased by a Chicago
publishing co1mapeny, 'WogFdnt 1t Be
quite in class with Blanch Rings oh.
Come. Josephine. in Nv Flying Machine. ."
in its swing and upl!ft As sung by Miss
ing aviation girls. il was quite aIluring
and won several rounds Of applause.
Another song that made 4 distinct hit
was "Mary Had a tIoDble,' which was
done by Miss Eva Younger and group Of
hobbled girls well worth seeing, \ news
boy song by James Watson and tho two
small newsics. Paul Whitney and Chester
MidSCly. Strike "A Happy Medium" was
warmly cncorcd. end so was Kendall
Thomas'S Never Worry"
some Of the other songs were Let
iers, The Girl Tye LonEeed 20 Sec. -
u Bc Great TO Aviate," You Haven't
Been Introduced 60 Me" MARY Had a
liobble." "Mayme. You're Game. My
Dawn. Gee: i've Cot q Case on You
Specially. Say, Don't You Know Me-"
sung by Milie Williams. Let's Keep
House Together Il Wouldn't Cry" "Ah,
Say, Mar" III / Were a Bird"
The main characters We're: Meyme
Donahue. head stenographer. Esther Da-
vis Manager Darlington. Howard An
derson: Tom Darlington, his son. James
Gladys Williams; Bob White. y reporter
Kendall Thomas: Maedalenc Maude Flor
entine Jones. society stcnoEraphcr, Ivy
Paul; Lizzie Isabelle Knott, Eva Younger,
And the stenoeraphcrs were. Louise Felt.
Margaret Clawsou, Florence Campbell
May Gray. Wanda LYON. Ermel Best,
Leah Halliday, Lillian Jones. Nora Wis
comb Paul whitney. Chester NidCclv
\ group Of the "od swcothearts'' con
sisted OF Grace Mead Margaret Clawson.
Louise Felt. Florence Wells. Rosmaric
Young. Florence Campbell. Marion Whit
ney, Lillian Wells.
The youthful staff managers consisted
of Miss Whitney herself as general man
aGer and director Miss Alibo Dunbar.
accompsnIst. Daniel Spencer, assistant
stage manager Richard Burton. assist
ant business manager. Carl REYNOLDS.
master Of properties. Bert Whitney.
Frank Whitney and Jack Clawson. mas
ter mechanics. Tho Young author-com-
poser was greeted with much applause
both at the end Of the first act and al
the close of tho performance. and many
flowers were presented TO her