The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-12

the farm of the Hen Pecks at South
Middlebury Railroad Junction. Fol-
| iowln~ II are scenes Of public square
| IN New York, fully equipped barber
shop. a steamship wharf, the deck of Il
sound vessel the court of New York
apartment house and other localities
| FAMILIAR to the metropolis
The story. such as it is. deals with
the pursuit by the whole Peck family
or Iowie, magician, who by his
luXuriant growth Of auburn hair has
enticed away one Of the Peck dauch
ters to stage career in New York.
The aim of the Dursners is TO cnt off
Zowie IS locks and thus rob him Of his
attractiveness. When The Pecks re.
turn to the farm they find that il has
been cut up into building lots and
that they are all rich
For the story Glen Marlborough is
responsible. The songs, twenty in num-
are set to light music composed by a
Baldwin Sloane. Symmetry or sense
are not virtues of the piece, but it's in
cidents travel at a rapid pace and it
fulfllls the purposes for which it is
intended
"HAT stage gowns of celebrities
are copied by society leaders is
pretty well proven by the follow
| ing played Koch
ester early this season and recently
went back for return enga cement. AS
she was dressing for the first act,
chorus girl rushed in and said:
Miss Ring, there IS a lady in the
stage box that has your dress on--the
one you are putting on now
Miss Ring amused. decided to take
no chances and quickly had her maid
select another costume; and sure
enough when she went on she saw the
exact replica Of her own gown on the
lady In the box. Some one passing
as society editor had been admitted
to her dressing room on the previous
visit and admired the gown It trans
pired the visitor was a local dress
maker.
Sir Charles Wyndham, the distin.
guished English actor manager, is now
on his way to this country for the spe-
clal purpose of completing details for
the London production OF Margaret
Mayo's famous farce, "Baby Mine"
which is now running TO crowded houses
at Nazimova S Thirty Street the
ater under the management of William
A. Brady, Ltd, and which is booked
to open in London at Wyndham g Cri-
terion theater on Monday, February 90.
4 AS already announced, the role OF
Jimmy in the English production
Of the piece is to be played by Weldon
Grossmith, who was recently seen here
and who is familiar with the American
production But Sir Charles Wynd.
ham wants to see the American pro-
duction himself to make sure that no
point is being lost in preparing the
English presentation, and is coming TO
New York with that purpose and with
the additional hope of finding some
| A fo ha To-
feminine role of zoie dn the British
production Though he has searched
high and low he has not been able to
find any native English actress exactly
suited to the part which Marguerite
Clark is playing in New York and in
which she has made the greatest hit of
her career.
William Faversham has concluded ar
rangements with E. Lyle Swete. direct
of the Haymarket theater, London. for
the presentation of Edward Knob
lauch's comedy, "The Faun," at his
playhouse next April
It was left to Mr.. Faversham g dis.
! cretion as TO whether il would be best
TO bring over the American company or
engage special English cast for the
presentation of the comedy. Mr.. Knob
LAUGH the author of HThe Faun," who
is now in this country. insisted that Mr..
faNersnam make use OF tne oIganl1a-
tion that is appearing with him at
Days theater. it being his opinion that
Mr.. Faversham would not be able to
duplicate the cast in London.
Mr. Faversham, though an English
man, has not appeared on the London
stage since his debut at the Adelphi
theater as Romeo, in 1888 Miss
Julie Oop the leading lady of Mr..
Faversham g company was the leading
lady of George Alexander's company at
the Royalty theater before coming to
America 10 support Mr.. Faversham.