The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-10
Maggie Pepper" Answer,

Tho answer is Maggie Pepper" II
would nave been rash TO risk n reDu-
tntion built solely uron the embodl-
Ulent Of n racy native type" In a
cry day" and part and parcel OF
the average life Shifting about for
such one. Charles Klein hit upon
the sa!eswomnn of II department.
Maggie Pepper is not the hungry,
ville!nously dressed and villain
ously pursued working girl Of
earlier dramatic days. She Is
very much Of here and now.
She is fin and self-rcliant and wit
tiiY colloqu!al. In short. Maggie is
a go-ahcad and confident limb of the
American family that produces Get
Rich-Qulck WalllnEfords and Little
Johnny Jonses and similar Young
beloved Of average plaYGoers. Mag
gle Peppers case suggests that OF the
Jack Barrymore Young man who
made The Fortune Hunter" At
first things promise pretty glum for
her. She has worked her way up
from cash girl to assistant buyer In
the cloak and suit department, but
when tho position OF chief buyer is
vacated she Is slighted for n favorite
Of the manager. Pretty bad for Mag
eic-aDd. what is worse. She has
brains enough TO see the store is go
ing rapidly 10 pot in anv case.
This latter fact however, turns
out to serve her as stepping
stone. She speaks her mind right
freely 10 prepossessinc stranger
who turns out 10 he the actual pro-
prietor Of the store. he having care
lessly helped IL on its downward
course by idlinG I'm Europe and burn
ing I'D American cash faster than II
came into his especial register. Max
ing Maggie his private secretary and
confidential adviser. the proprietor
soon secs his business soar upward
Ike the provcrbial skvrocket. Right
hcre lee us pause momentarily 10 con-
slider the havoc Maggie Pepper Is
destined TO play with shop girls from
one end Of our glorious country TO the
other and especially with the employ
ers they generously will take Il upon
themselves 90 help.
or course. MaCEie's troubles are by
no means over Her success multi
piles her enemies. They create a
scandal ont of her relations with
her boss and that Young mans
Hsncsc brews n bitter broth of trou-
hle on her own account Then, too.
she is burdened with r frat. uupro-
tected niece Nv vcsi Maggie
Pepper hurdles along like the most
up-to-date of fllies. but tho good
old stock appeals 10 easy sympathy
arc not left utterly behind. How
over. Ar. Klein docs not. Al any mo-
mont take himself as seriously as ln
The Gamblers or Tho Lion and
the Mouse" He is not exposing"
ANYTHING. but Just turning out a
bright and popular entertainment.
For instance. one of MaSRic's pu--
suc.s ct secms superfuous To- say
tha, ia the end shs married her en-
ploycTl Ia n Hebrew drummer. whose
desire n marry her, she ultimately
learns. IL not based on ordinary love
a. all. but on n keen appreciation OF
her business enterprise and ability.
When Henry Milier's dauchter
spoke her first words before an audi
cuco she spoke good ones, for thev
were Shakespeare 4 week ago
she made her FIRST appearances but
the role assigned to her in "Oedtp,s
tho King" was q silent one. Frorn
that 70 Shylock'E daughter was a
leap indeed. and one Miss Miller was
not wholly qualified 10 take. Bu,
she looked so picturesque as tho
passionate young IcwcS5 and missed
adequacy by SO narrow q margin as
90 encourage her 10 persevcrc and Ia
interest pl1ygocrE I'm her progress
Miss Miller calls herself Agnes
H"~on. thus following tho example ~
her elder brother. Gilbert having in
iroduccd himgelf as Gilbert Heron
and iaier restored hts proper pstro-