The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-23
OF THE WEEK
IN THEATERS OF SALT LAKE

little star 10 its patrons. 'Glorous
Betsy Mary Mannering's late sue.
cessful vehicle, was chosen: first. be
cause in all that galaxy of brilliant
plays which during the past few years
have come out Of the east, ascending
the theatrical armament with those
stars on whom The playgoers of the
unstiuted approval. there can he found
in all probability no mnre charming
story of romantic love. and the play
of human emotions against one another
than HGlorious Betsy; - second. be
cause the leading role of the play is
q feminine role which, though strict iu
its limitations and requiring unstinted
ability and pronounced talent in its
successful portrayal. is remarkably
suited to the charming and dainty in
corporations characteristic of Miss
Fealy,
The story of ''Glorious Betsy is in
tcrwoven with little OF that early hns
tory of France in the days Of the
ascendency of Napoleon s sun In ITS
four acts there is laid open before
Betsy Patterson the golden mirage of
n wonderful life and land that closed
upon her tear.dlmmed eyes before the
picture had scarce fastened Itself up.
on her heart The action Of the play
opens in he summer Of 1903 at the old
Sweet Springs. Virginia. There Betsy.
q yivacious. sparkling, dart-eyed
American girl, is found eugroSsed with
her French and not n little interested
in this wonderful man who has come
10 be her tutor. What there is about
him TO draw her 10 him so irrisiSiibly
Betsy cannot fathom and vet from the
very moment of their meeting il is ap-
parent that between these two lie nm
sounded depths that must he plumhed
before the dcnoucmeut of the story -
To come.
On through the various meetings and
lessons with her tutor the action takes
Betsy until She and her father and
their retinur Of servants cuyc Sweet
Springs for their home in Baltimore,
where Betsy father is 10 have the
honor Of entertaining Captain Bona
parte Napoleon : brother, who was at
The time on n visit 10 the states, The
second act finds the Patterson home
gay with decorations and Betsy
strangely missing as the hour ap
proaches for Captain BonaparJc and his
staff To arrive. The family and ser
wants are frantic with excitement.
While the search is being made for the
missing young lady, she is holding Il
tcte-a-tetc with her former tutor, who,
strangely enough, turns up on the
grounds during the preliminary fes
tlvitics.
in a charming scene between them,
the love that has been surging 10 the
front the many months of the COM
radsmp masters all else, and Betsy
succumbs to the dictates Of her heart.
Pride and family lineage and haughtl-
ness 90 down beneath the crushing
weight Of the love she bears this al
most stranger who has stolen so quiet.
" into her life. Betsy and her lover
hear on all sides the EXPLANATIONS Of
the servants stating that Captain Bona
partc has arrived, but has lost himself
ON the grounds. AS they step from
the couccamcnt Of the arbor, n group
of French Officers pass, and Betsy is
astourded AT their sudden stopping. The
next minute the words "Capraiu Bona.
parte' are ringing in her ears, as the
officers salute the man on whose arm