The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-26

k is much to be said for and
hin against the prevailing sys-
I' tenn whereby practically all
Nav York theaters are under
4, direct control of one or the
: ..sr y. Of two large and powerful
I Is,E;ng agencies. do not, however,
! i."M / am about to burst into a
/, r.n,sion of that matter. ] was
!, s,,sly going to remark that before
I. a,ir time the strangest entertain
y .,rts mi used TO tiptoe into Broadway
h ~ %,Se spring Of the year-plays
h n rnmpanies that could not, by
j ~ ~ stretch of chance. have got a
,,tropolitan hearing at any other
me. There seemed to be an un-
y rritteu law to the effect that the
n awes that bloom in the spring,
!. ,sla. have nothing to do with the
Z nae Such a case is 1.-The Mar
,,sANotn Indeed, "The Mar.
!: s,ee-Not" is more than a
Nascn-it is calamity.
NlG ARGARET PHILLIPS is a
1M "doll-wjfe. - Believing her
y ,ubsad has neglected her for his
Mll street interests, she has sued
I |hr divorce, At the opening of the
!, ,liy she receives her final decree,
/ itoush exactly how is not regarded
|! Is important enough to require ex-
!. ,hpation. Though they are es-
lsuged, the husband still makes
iiirself at home at their country
I, |t,sse He arrives this evening,
\ hving lost everything in the
!, tnet, Margaret, who knows moth
4 NJ Of that misfortune, is about to
4 I,ope with long. haired poet, He,
| |e, divorced husband and wife,
Iimne girl cousin of the latter and
family friend are about to go
]. 10 dinner, when a woman de-
, lIribsd as "Stella Of the Rialto'
bbs in to claim her rights as the
! Imst's wife. True. they were not
ItgslH married. but they passed as
l|n united in the neighborhood Of
lie Bronx fat they occupied. In
Ne. second act Margaret and the
iIrst are about to clope in a thun-
ir and lightning storm, when,
,Ilsenipg French window 10 de-
Iint, they come face to face with
W. ey'husband. He is drenched,
.Iliirarct refuses TO run away until
DE- has wrapped him up comforta-
Nv ID dressing gown and slippers.
ben she pretends to 90 to bed,
''ht really slips outside TO await
lilr PASSIONATE poet. However,
AhcbT. with pistol IN his pocket,
n isfees. the modern Byron to spend
r. night with him, In the final
~ z realization Of the poets
'1'Mlhlessness and, especially. a
|'sllne.up of sympathy for her
|hlsrd husband. bring Margaret to
Runion with him.
tTERE seems to be no reason to
dwell on the utter worthless.
ls OF this comedy ] have little
relo' II will have been removed
Nen view before these lines arc
4 lnnted. Surely il did no credit TO
ssslue Elliott S superbly beautiful
ya'eI, on the stately marble front
n which the garish electric sign
4 ~ as olaSphemous as a liver pill
Ir'Cftlsement on the acropolis. But
tseph Noel. a California journal
Ia VINO Thus made his debut as a
uamstist, certainly does not de.
NtNe TO be drawn and auartcred
"a nsving written it. But that
= ~ 10 be the metropolitan pen
ns for the writing Of bad plav;
<I.Vseo It strikes me that, in such
ose above all others, the crime
4ng It's own punishment,
"ast ! want TO stand up on both
l aud howl at is the custom of
A.aGing the poor author all around
: block, but feeding maudlin
1ess TO the actors involved. The
r.,r the company employed was
I'! olI as bad as the comedy;
", one, was glad they were
sSseG IN such hopeless piece
sFaa OF IN q good one, which
y certainly would have ruined.
e men were better than the
Iaeu; indeed. Fritz Williams. as
eaarleswypdhamish ami des
s played with graceful,
jr. and sure touch that put him
gis out of the class Of the Others.
~N Drouet, as the husband,
Ihsfkea out overy wornout pose
~ y, infection from the handsome
f,s.aag fs usg Of tricks; and Albert
0u' as the poet, burlesqued a