The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-24

greatly heightened by it's association
since then he has wasted himself
on a series OF trlf1es whose very III
Say Die" Is the latest. Collier and ".
II Post are announced as its au-
thors.
The whole affair is as unsupsranIlal
as crisp. delishtful. highly seasoned
salad. with nothing eIso for dinner
All OF which is not 10 be taken az
lots Of fun.
The idea is. rich with possibilities
Collier. actually grown robust is an
American in London, newly wealthy
through a legacy. But several emil
nent physicians have declared he can
not live month. An intimate friend
Introduces him to his fiancee. This
the girls mother suddenly loses all
her money. the young woman pro-
poses to break off the match and
marry a. wealthy, but distasteful, suit
gests that, as he can i've only q few
weeks more. he marry the girl In Sc
cret. let her quit him Immediately,
and. presently, leave her to his friend
as 4 wealthy widow.
Thus We we have the late Charles
Hoyts 'Welland Strong" in a far
cical variation OF Sir Arthur Conan
noyle's very serious melodrama OF
J0e FIreS OF rate.
The second act Is q wear later. The
American Is healthier than ever. Not
that he has not tried TO fulhll his
bargain; indeed, he has lived OH lob
ster. gone out for long walks every
night 1t rained. and ordered a cock
tall or ctampa gne with every other
breath. lie simply cannot die, And
that trusting girl waiting in Russia
for news OF the worst that hard
working friend in Rome. painting
~f- xt-ft 20 anf-
hopes!
For the rest. the play Is simply
Zines" Everything that comes 10
Golfers mill is a Jest. Most OF the
remarks are new: every one Is funny,
it only by grace of the actors into
pertinent story, too, about an ele-
phant who stepped on a hen. When
she realized what she had done II
nearly broke her heart the tears
ised the expiring fowl 10 do every
thlng she could in expiration. But
still. when an elephant sits OH an
egg.
WHEN Frederic chapin wrote &c.
reach this Iaughtcr-lovine CITY, ne
that any mlshap that would be funny
once would be three times ae fupny
II IL occurred 10 thIec persons, or
set of persons, at the same time
There has been 3 railroad wreck
near d farmhouse, about fiYe miles
from ain Adironda cks hotel: and its
three rustic Torkers--the farmer. his
wife. and the ''hired man'-are I'm"
terrupted watering tho milk by three
refugees. They arc a travelling
salesman. Fat millionaire and an al
tenu2teJ college professor OF dead
languages; the chara cters, whose
names begin With the letters &. O. D.
and give the impertincnty shopllke
Title To the farce. arc played by
Charles a. Murray. Sam Edwards and
Charles Brown, They were On their
way 10 join their wives, n. the hotel.
but while having their tattersd cloth
ing substituted or repaired. they flirl
bit with the three pretty daugh
ters of the farmer.
The girls encourage their atteu
and regain the interest OF three YOUNG
city chaps at the nearby hotel. for
those young men have cast their row
ing eyes on the three wives, posing
as widows. Having assembled all
these characters at tho farmhouse
the author further complicates the
situation by calling down "A thunder
storm. which forces them al to take
shelter under the same roof. And
when this cSpedient threatens TO run
down. three escaped convicts make
their way into the farmyard and
force the husbands 10 change clothes
With them.