The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-26

Cherley Grapewin has Il sketch that
Is wonder for fun. II is called "Tbe
Awakening OF Mr. Pinp" and it bcars
not the slightest resemblance To THE
Awakening Of Helen Eitchie' MIR. Finn
i" fun grown, full blooded American.
who likes 10 dip into tho bowl With 2
long spnon once in while On the
night before his awakening comes his
wife gave him a $50 bin with which to
buy sons fish for breakfast Now a $50
bin 10 Il man easily Influenced contains
possibilities that are limited only by the
ineeruiiies of the man himself and by
the sktil OF The bsrtendcrs
Some time. presumably about 1 o'clock
in the morning, Mr.. Pipp finds his way
nome Evidence OF his corning Is shown
when the curtain rises. disclosing Mr.
Pipp's clothing gracefully drapcd over
IN" chandelier, OH the floor and in the
water pitcher. The curtain also discIoses
Mir Fipn in bed. Mr. Pipp's wife soon
arrives upon the scene. and, as all good
American wives do who have full bloocicd
American husbands susceptible 10 the
allurements OF The glass array, proceeds
to deliver a lecture. Mr. Pip hears Il
not.
Bye and bye, as the suns rays beat
down upon Mr., pipp's tortured head, he
opens first one eye then the other lie
feels OF his lace. it's like leather Fills
brain is Il whirl or torturlng confusion
and his bones ache and his soul Is
wracked. He has q great longing for ice
water. and he is keenly disappointed
when he learns the welcome cipking he
hears outside bis door Is the sound OF
Goals rafting in a sculte
Those OF the audience who "have been
there fully appreciate Mr.. Pipps feel
ings, and they extend their deepest sym
Dathy. Those of the audience who have
gone thus far In life more or less firmly
affixed to the water wagon sympathlze
with Mr.. Pipp. in spite of the fact that,
by reason of their ineXperiencc, they can
sense only in a vague way lust what is
the matter with Mr. Pipp,
In the end Mrs. Pipp, like all sensible
American wives with full bioodcd Ameri-
can husbands prone to temptation, her
self brings tho soothing ice water.
Charley Grapewin does the "Katzen-
TANNERS" with nothing lacking. lie is
so realistic that memories long since
dead revive in the minds OF those who
know and away down deep there is Z
smile that don't mean anything 10 any
body except the smiler. Miss Anna
Chance as Mrs. Pipp is excellent
The lines OF the sketch are just as
funny the situations
And We have been married only a
year mosns Mrs Plpp.
MY. is that all?" responds Mr. Pipp.
In the most solemn moments OF the
crisis the craving OF an over -alcholizod
liver makes Itself manifest.
y want 2. pickle: Oh, want a pickle.
SAYS Mr.. Pipp.
make the audience laugh and the pur
pose is fulfilled.
Another sketch of n different type is |
tba, OF Miss Maud O'Delle and 1er com
pany in THE lIypocrite.' Miss O'Delle !
has opportunity for some cXactiue emo
tional work and she meets the require |
mcnts OF the role. The actors OF the cast. |
Clarence Arpcr and Denton Cane, also
take their parts we'll. The sketch is at
times intensely dramatic
Will Rochm's athletic cirls--nye OF
fencing, boxing, bag punching and wrcst
linS. The bag punching is exceptionally |
good. The wrestling bout Is a good deal |
better than somo OF the wrestling bouts |
men.
Miss Alma Youlin sings in a powerful
dramatic soprano Her voice is one OF
great range. and her efforts last night
met With merilcd applause.
Mort Sharp and Vivian Wilks in south
crn songs and dances are good as
ever, Their 'tMisslssippi Splash made
distinct MT last night. Both sing and
dance well.
Rag time with unlimited variation is
The vehicle OF Joe Schenck and Gus Van.
VINO sing and play the plano. They were
given a great hand Sunday night
The Msrlo-Alqo trio oC acrobsts pre-
sent novelty in gymnastics. They are
experts ON the horizontal bars and tho
trspeze. Their act is above the average
of the athletic turns, and in some re-
spects is in "A class by itself
The Orphrum orchestra Won deserved |
mond," by A. Thomas. The news in mo-
tion pictures is up-to-datc and the pic
lures are unusually clear,
Circumstance could hardly have provid-
ed James Durkin with role more fitted
in which TO make his final bows to his
admirers from the f;arrick stage, than tho
role of Charley steele in "The Right OF
Way tho offering at the Garrick for
the current week.
This is Mr., Dur1in's last week at the
Garrlcl. Tic has appeared in Il gallery
Of charaCt CREATIONS Of wide scope since
lie first joined tho Goircl players some
thing more than wear ago Whether
the frame work Of the role he PLAYS this
week fts his talents with unusual snug
ness, or whether Mr. Durkln puts forth
an extra eTort 10 effect his own psyche
logical expansion almost to the full re-
duiremcnts Of his conception nj tho part.
lIis portrayal OF the cynical. fearless. bril-
liant young attorney i3 artistic. impress
Siyn. but not hlYaSa convincing.
on" would expect drunken Charley
steele" 10 snow in u marked degree the
effects OF tho liquor which he lnhiocu to
nerve him for the reaction of Ills nerve
system after The light which he has wagcd
aud won iur the life OF murderer whom
he knows la be as guilty 8s hell. Mr..
DurkiuS < conception Is that of q very cool
calculating lcvcl-hcadcd man. lac docs
not show in hls mannorisins the nervous
tension under which he Ii supposed TO la
bor, as brought out in his lines. Charley
steele was the kind of a who would
snap out his cynical remarks with - Snc"r
Mr.. Durkm uttcrs them with q clean cut
vlBnr, but the impression u not given that