The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-29
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ing out his time.
The next act finds Mr.. Gnbey's
partner and the estimable Mrs. Knox
similarly agitated about their daugh-
when the girl turns up. she. too. has
been doing time" for going on "A
harmless 'bust." which had involved
her with a far less innocent lot OF
need hardly say, ls very modern"
and Mr.. Shaw enlarges on his oppor-
tunities for harangling everybody
through her The last act brings the
aeitated parents into conference. and
TO tell you that the whole affair
winds up with the prospective mar
riages OF the ex-fances-the Gilbey
boy to the H-less Scarlet Lad and
ths Knox girl 10 a footman who turns
OUT TO be the younger brother OF q
duke-would be merely TO divert at
tenuon from the feast of wit to the
bones on which 1T hung.
MI r. William Boden, who joins the
AA ranks of native dramatists with .
a genial comedy called Honest Jim
Blunt would probably be the first TO
admit that the cordial and promising
reception OF his play was largely due
10 Tim Murphy's breezy, gay and en-
gaglns personality. Blunt is the en-
bodiment Of American bluff. On the
verge of bankruptcy. he pretends to
have purchased large block OF stock
that scars to financial heights; and,
by the ruse-and through the oppor-
the daughter OF his Wall street enc
my-be is finally able TO pay his
creditors In full, TO aspiring. but
uuacted dramatists, il may be OF in
terest to know that Mr.. Bodens play
rea ached Broadway without influence
of any sort. the astute George c.
Tyler having selected il from a mass
OF manuscripts by unknown men, such
as swamp the Offices of every conse-
ouental manager.
1T is greatly TO be regretted that
MY Best Girl" should have ell
bowed itself into view In week al
ready so overstocked with important
novelties as to leave far too little
space for an adequate celebration OF
Its merrfment and charm. Delightful
as the latest native farce-with- music
is some room must be saved for
Bernard Shaw. No man of the mo-
ment is reader with timely Ameri-
can wit than Claiming Pollock, un-
less It is RennoId Wolf; and when one
puts a third wheel In the vehicle of
Broadway banter in the scintillant
person Of Clifton Crawford. a joy
ride Is assured.
my Best Girl is more or less ex-
ceptional among light musical enter
tainments in presenting a consistent
and coherent story that Is funny
enough to have amhled to success
without orchestral aid. Indeed, 1t is
the farce that most OF the songs are
bundled into II without much refer
ence to their pertinency to the mo-
ment. Some OF the airy tunes are
catchy melodies are by Mr., craw-
ford himself, who, as actor, makes
his technical debut as star. In this
piece, though the distinction is pure
~ nominal. Except that more time
graceful dancing-though still not too
much,-Mr. Crawford is the same
easy. quiet and ingratiating comedian
of 1.-The Quaker Girl and Three
Twins days.
The first and last OF the numer-
Gus numbers" allotted to him exhibit
the racy and the sentimental moods
of his ability at their best-the one,
humorous nonolo1gue In rhyme: IN
is "If the morning after were the
night before" the other, a dangerous
song. which gives its title to the play,
and Which fd 5s5Ga sappGs bv mp an crsSfopd rsSSpi
and Miss Rita staanwood
THE new star inpcrsonated sort
of up to-date Van Bibbcr. We
discover him hiding In a Limousine,
which stands as an exhibit In the
automobile salesroom which consut n1t
act. The New Yorker has started.
the night before, for the Maure-
tania. but had suffered numerous
convjvIal misadventures, including
brawl which eliminated. as nearly i,s as
his hazv memory can recollect IN MS
killing his assailant To conceal him
self from justice. the distracted youth
changes places with willy chaufteur,
only to learn thai. the foxy little devil
tJ,a
enlisted in the army but failed to re
port OF course, the fastidious Mr..
Vanderfleet Is apprehended and car
ried off to Governors Island, where
tated and hrowbeaten. and trying to
explain his costume "a fatigue coat
| and pajamas) TO his colonel as not
| his fault. because. You see: I've
been trying to take a bath all day
but every time sat down the band
started to play 1.-THE -Spangled
Banner" and had to stand up
agsin!"
| ~ NcE more Franz Lehar has
" caught the spirit Of Romance
1a To1t c0r1eysa IN eodo1s a som Tshna TFthms TSe
| Count of Luxembourg" Is fairy
tale--a maids midsummer night
6rean-eXpressed In haunting waltzes
The young and handsome Count OF
| Luxembourg 10 "Ilnii pllC
bankruptcy: the Grand Duke Rutzi-
nov is within ono title OF marrying
the beautiful Angelo Dioier OF the
| opera. That Is to say: the car has
forbidden him to marry an untitled
woman What simpler-especially In
| operetta land-than that a mutual
| friend should arrange a marriage be-
tween the actress and the spendthrifi
| nobIeman. with an immediate sepa-
| ration and subsequent divorce e?-the
couple not even seeing each other
during the ceremony because OF di-
yidinE curtain, Unfortunately. they
both sing-thnt is, unfortunately foT
| the grand duke. For. In this case
hearing is loving, Later when they
meet. each is unconscious OF the 9th,
cr's Identity; but they waltz Grea'
deal. and all is we'll.
THE operetta enjoyed a long run ir
l. London, where Miss Lily Elsie's
beauty was the talk OF the town Shs
was to have come to this country
In the piece; and when. instead, sht
married. and Withdrew from the stage
the fate of the enterprise seemed In
ieopardy. All depended on the ac'
iress OF Angelo, None OF the othel
roles was hard to flll; a gorgeous
production had been prepared Many
Actresses were conslderedi more thar
one was tested. How fortunate MISS