The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-30
Narrowing Is "The Price
She Paid, but Scenery
And Dresses Are Rich
Famous Woman Suffrage Leaders in Motion Pic
tllre Play, 'Votes for Women; Another Film
Presents "Suffrage and the Man..
BY VANDERHEY YDEN FYLES

Indeed, almost his first words TO the
narrowed heroine are: 81 should like
to offer you the advantages OF my au-
tomobilc." But that troubled lady Is
far, oh far, too far gone to be revived
by motoring. She is set solely on re-
venge. Indeed. a blue-green calcium
moon still leaves her cold. although 1t
heightens the intensity OF the second
curtain
THE third act opens on SIM
Il pie, admirably painted scene,
for a. cut-rate thcater: and
1t looks as though the high
ly-colored charms OF 1.-The
Price She Paid" would vanish be-
Meath makeshift likeness 10 '',rhe
Price" and Bought and Paid For"
The sum of this part Of the play is
that the affection between father and
son Is strong enough to hold out hope
for a happy meeting between the old
gentleman and the unknown woman
who has involved his boy. perhaps un-
Willingly. in a rickcty financial
scheme.
The last ect brings about 4 feverish
meeting between the financier. who
suffered a brief. final fling OF sum-
mer. and the girl, who has donned
gown so nearly Hike the walls that n
hope of ultimate reconciliation, peace
and understanding Is happily held out.
Indeed. kind OF companion turns up
dressed in white, but wearing such
salnony pink flowers that one feels
that cheerful, gentle ending surely
Is at hand. II somebody only would
celebrate the SUNNI ertime by taking
down the skyblue portieres unani-
nous Joy and understanding would,
without doubt, spread gentle wings,
about this climax OF the play.
But nobody approaches the curtains:
and the "happy ending is DELAY ed for
a Ions. time Father nearly dies Of
heart disease. Father gets well. Fa-
doubts everybody; then everybody
trusts everybody. Finally it is over.
As to the end. ] can only rely on, and
quote. the stout. motherlY matron
who; hurrying home to get the din
ner.' bumped into me on the way out
and remarked TO her companion. In
fat contralto: They'll all sec things
clearer when they sober up
TALK about your all-star casts:
= What would you say to a play
in which the leading characters were
impersonated by Jane Adams, Inez
Mulholland, DIR. Anna Howard Shaw
and such other queens Of the suf-
lraSe as Mrs. Lee Jaidlaw. Harriet
Mills and Mrs. Marcia Townsend?
NO, the drama Was not that heart
rending classic, THE Two Orphans
nor was IT Nellie. the Beautiful
Cloak Model" nor even the less In
tsllectual, but prettily pleasing play,
Girls VIII BE Girls" BY no means
1t was a story written for the occa-
sion and entitled ''Votes for Women"
pathetic and sisterly relation to Eliza
beth Robins's interesting drama of the
same name. in which Mary Shaw ap-
peared few years ago This Votes
for Women" is, in fact. a motion pic
ture play. In the words of Pinero's
silly. sentimental duchess, Silent,
yet. oh, how eioquepti'
Before the play began tile author
appeared before the audience to make
"A speech. AT the end Of a season of
many failures this forehand method
might be Tecomm ended to young au-
thors who are determined to face an
assemblage OF frst-nfghters, whether
or no. But no such vain or frivolous
motive inspired Mrs. Mary Ware Dem
nett. corresponding and executive sec
retary Of the National league-suf-
frage. not baseball The films were
late in arriving, and. anyway, Mrs.
bennett was not averse to getting In
a word or two TO the girls out front
The occasion was an invitation view
Of the elaborate. half hour loIfg nlms.
which were released (as the jarSon
Of the movies" has it) on June IS.
In her preliminary heart to- heart talk
Mrs. bennett told us that the national
board Of censorship suggested n votes
for-womcn picture play, which she
thereupon dashed off and had acted
al within forty eight hours. To
which l. for one, am up and cheer
Ing, Quick work, Girls!"
MRS. DENNETT'S Votes for
I'VE Women" is divided into two
nartS-thc first fictional: the second
literal, not 10 say historic For IN the
latter We see Mrs, James Lee Laid
law vehcmently addressing the Wage
Farmers league: Mrs Townsend. Miss
Mis- Miss Mulholland and Miss Koe-
gan with associates and assistants
Keeping things humming at The SUI
rage hcadquarters; and Miss Adams
ana Or, Shaw receiving AN inimjcal
senator; we get good views OF numer-
Gus sections or the great suffrage
parade. along Fifth avenue on the
memorable May fourth. These pic
lures arc good enough In rekindlc
tne enthusiasm with which anyone
VINO saw that dcmonstra tion-suftra-
Sist. anti -SuffraTiSt or mug wump-
could not have failed to he fired by
ts staunch seriousness and deter
mln"d dignity aud 10 people who
missed the parade. th" pictures are
worth inspection for themselves
As Tor The first and f'ctional half
Of Votes for Women" one might bc
t"fuSe" IN attitude OF more light
ness and even lcvity. It's moral
worked up TO and then hammered in,
with all tho bald and engaging IN
Senuousness nf NO Mother to Guide
ller''-secns to be that the Fairy
GoJnother Of old. who used 10 bring
happiness out of utter despair by
simple wave nf her magic wand Is
rcincarnated IN the modern suffra-
gettc. cruel senator la bounding
poor. starving family TO the grave.
lI1mEplf hp of
b1asful matrlmony. His fiancee comes
10 shop To buy her wedding gown,
which ia sold to her by none other
Than lbe lovely, fragile, fainllng