The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-25

hign standard.
The Garrick players have gone far
aneld In their search for dramatic ma
terlal but never before have they climbed
aboard so delightful vehicle for the eX-
preston OF their ever surprising versa
tility as "A Womans Way" which Is
the Offering this week at the popular
The play is one OF those wholesome
comedies built in original style about the
World old story of q man. woman and
another woman. 1t aims first to be en-
tertalning, which II Is In an almost flaw
less degree. Incidentally wholesome truth
accompanies the fun, cleverly cloaked in
the keen. clean witticiSms OF the lines.
Were il New York instead OF Salt Lake
and all things else We're equal. Grace
George. who rode to high popularity in
the little three-act comedy. would have
to look close to her Taures with Ida
role. the central one, to It's full posi-
bllitics. Her ease and self possession,
CHARACTERISTIC always predominant In
her playing, find fullest range i'm this
part OF a woman hghting another woman
for the possession OF her husband
As Marion Stanton. the wife of the
young millionaire. Howard Stanton, whose
midnight Joy riding with another woman
lays the foundation for the light and
airy. albeit fascinating little story. Miss
Adair voices a new idea that married
women might we'll mark down for future
reference.
1--WE fight TO get our husbands, why
should we not fight to keep them.' she
remarks when confronted with the usual
predicament of a scandal with its usual
stereotyped conclusion In the divorce
courts. So saying, she discards the idea
Of divorce and proceeds to ftnht the oth-
er. woman on equal ground or course she
wins, but in the course of the fight she
marshas for the delight OF the audience
dozen intensely interesting and side
splitting situations.
The play might have been written for
Miss Adair, so we'll fitted for IL Is she,
Thurston Hail as Stanton revealed his
capacity for comedy and for boyish, ap-
peallng love-masing in way that IL mad
| rick patrons to see in this comparatively
new leading man Margaret Dills as Mrs.
| Blakemore, the disastrous though chic
| and charming widow who completes the
| triangle trcads close 10 the heels OF the
stars in her presentation
| Other members OF the company were
at their best last night j. DaVid hern p
| lin as oliver Whitney, to whose lot falls
| the duty of manufacturing jealousy on
demand for either or all of the principals.
| scoujts himself admirably Joseph Byron
his bride, Walter Seymour as Ned Aor
tis. an attorney. Neil Pratt as Mr., Lynch.
| the newspaper man, whose atteht,ohs "
the scandal in the stanton tam1N my. iuTe ITe
| win one another In the excellence OF tnelt
parts Percy DevIlle as wilson tne
| English butler, creates CLASS 'oT ny" ,
seIf in the way of character acting. Johl
| sumner and Elizabeth Ross as ~
| Livingston and Mrs. Livingston folo up
| their reputable standards without rou"ie'
Fred Raymond who as Zeke pooson
in ..The Missouri Girl which openeo AT
The Colonial last night, brought a many
laughs from, the audience BY I, ms c1Si WIFI g5
imitat ton OF the the e1nn'fs tmnn the o'' part of Of
6aisv C;rubb the Missouri girl. and VINO
was the exact contrast 10 him IN evers
way except That both ReIS Rsvno1d oeey had '' a
unique part 10 act which ne chriie"
The play is familiar to mos, ;,osn tns1'eT ansn n
sill axe CITY until last night for about
SiIc wears. The Grubb family consiSt
ing of father mother and dauRhtsr; wI.n
Ickc as the hired man, liVe ln SoutheI"
WIssomri on farm. There is an nm
worked nIlne on the farm ana t.,, Hekn
without the knowlsdge h %. val,Iable MT I,rupI He
nfo,,ns Tho family oil the discovery al
me time when Colonel Swealman "a re-
tired merchant from on Gn,i"; f.rnhh was IVA a, thu
- an o'" Ma his son and daughter on q
Phil swoatman. wh9 has nssn ,sa cn, Si. SI
nN ,u finds out about tho mine. buys par
~ Inc old farmers place ana the, a
changes the deed so ti1at .no pa,' He amr ,nni
L lrNtt IL.
p" p, iioe mine I'll" farmer rs duinp'
aaaI'ndod when told To- move Of ana IN til'
| iouuunu marvel ia stabbed bv Ihii anC
dies Tho deed was lost AZ thr , tine anS 3,
| III ici.od IN by Zeke who later t,nds ~ !,
| plchetut nocke, Detectives WORKING o'
| ~ ~, 'r ase have the net woven nrnnn,
| n pru ,ybcu hc. In an atteInnt 10 @ @a"s,'n' m
| pn,' p rm",n mrm' and all OF those who know %
'ila nr,nc is killed. hy nis "wn "N
Both the Missouri girl lizard Sn9 aetus hs5 swss me
near, n, 4 feature Of III" pc erlorn'amc
dan'',SS clodhoppcr dance hY Hek' ,L,,' an,
was tnc .,yn Ma aud Nc" Miss Be'l'
'S pisson, who takes the s,,sr n4r' al and "' Mis-
sirGn sira .iur several songs apprnnpia.J, ,',
| M"'e ,harartrr az The PLAY. ne t ni',n
thc ,re tnkon by competen, "sso, s'i
pr.g!rThts Missouri lis Girl WIN be given "F"''
II tonight,
H ra,ape,ng girl 9n thnir iSI rons smou,a%F sn"i
III l;a.' The Two men slsip inc T""e c, t'' q
while 'iindIyiduni tight wire, INC nc. ".' 10 .
an ~ W,,a con troupe oi t'Rht Wiz n.n,nr.s Me-
TIC E.otn a,ss 20 It's close at Inc Emp,' ,,.',,,
Tf ihs week week at each psiq5fl%e'b bcfore been " es
feature ,ncaIlv by performers 8t INC,