The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-15

n the old days-say. ten to twenty
rears agol-Labor day used TO In
.qEurnte the dramatic season in
||Fery janltor owns his own automo-
fle and, therefore. Keeps the metro
bill as lively in the summertime as
winter-thus, taking the last
rmth as an Instance. justifying tho
Xroduction OF dozen important
lays in Augustine first Monday In
1eptembcr still marks the formal
<Dening of the dramatic year, Think
ID the crush Of premieres of the first
mnkl-slnce the Thursday before La
|tor dag We have had three novelties
u such notable dramatists as Au,
-1atus Thomas, Alfred Sutro and
/harles Klein. a great new spectacle
the Hippodrome' to say nothing
Broadway revivals Of such sound
Iccesses Of last season as "Disraell,
IA "The Siren''-the one with
<rge Arllss exhibiting his mas
1lly portrait OF Lord Beaconfield;
h other with Donald Brian repeat
his braceful embodiment OF a
fincs Of Waltzland.
With each OF these important en-
Hprises putting forth formidable
Inns for first attention. I still think
KEpexed Husband" and shake
mes In a hat 10 determine the Or
q OF the others. Not that I am
ompted By any notion OF welcoming
London product mora effusively
AN the home made article, quite
contrary. But we really must
1ow some special honor to so old a
sorits as John Drew. The New
ofk stage adheres to far too few
9nual customs for us TO give only
.!ssl notice to the fact that tho
neecuttve Labor day on which Mr..
rev mas sounded O. new seasons
OF criticism by reappearing In
.eS York and introducing new
~ On all but two or three occa-
pns he comedy has been q success
tne previous London season: and
every Labor day but one the stage
been that OF the Empire thea
MR. DREW. who may be regarded
III as the American equivalent to
fashionable actor-knight. has
usly chosen his now role from
see acted during the previous Lon
n season by Sir Charles Wynd-
put though We are made TO un-
fs'and that that accomplished CO.
solsn has retired permanently from
enn, Ike the Brook club he belongs
Lows on forever. Defying age,
not quite faithless to Sir Charles.
nag CHOSEN as his 1012-1913 play a
sse mat held the stage OF the Lon
myndham's theater. for several
.nss NJ a year ago. casting himself
5s,uia iae role there acted by young
b rsnisea iaa Du MaurIer. 1t Is 80 con-
a, 70 the Drew traditions that
|, Ma HIS youthful secretaryl This
sse however. the Indisoretion has
forced upon him. Mr. Polling
D,.s, London -merchant-fancy
IN rede! and not a title-nay,
= LII 1MGch as knighthood-in the
NI|ruib Ihis is revolutionary; though,
:. 1bon, 10 tell, It Is the only thing
"A N .ne play that might as well
affs,N Naye been conceived the year
Ii ady,siIy; or Tho Dancing Girl
. rarung ruunng' drama Everybody sage
n 5remenSously clever things with q
y Ssionnaously sionn.n conscious air. nobody
Inp t 70 anything 30 vulgar as try
= IN hsr osceiye one into fancying him
n ~ ava, living creature, and the en-
1s anair may be swallowed whole
X/.uct VI CORRECT dress, con
2 1-sni, speech and point t-of-view. b.
:. oFintsa 20 whom a fashion plate
6inmsa IN ~ hve colors. is the eleventh
"a 8V ! started to tell you: Mr.
A felling is tea merchant WIN
tepan peen to Russia In the interest
he e1sa'}RseranGe-that sa} is. to inereas
A [on6nue OF his tea. Returning Z
l1dsr 4 ne finds his wife completed
<u1t ne control OF a New Though
,kSitarence Woodhouse, a good
Sfths'n,ing, ths d,nng, with enough knowiedg 2
- sSa snsS spirit to get awey with tn tn
PGihr,,ss Is I'll. the Sympathetic master
oadss sister. Agatha MargeJl, peT
Graz nim 70 re-engags a statuesaue
br,nusk and wholly lovely typigt. an
'sasines nus wife TO her senses by ar
u a ne 70 be outrageouely enamnre
s'ri. MT Drew, OF course, goe
MIA ss as 10 kIss her in earnest; nc
nave expected less OF hin