The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-15

sourceless fate and TO acquaint US
with Mrs. Cortlandt's efficient inter
wastcr TO honorable. lively, lndepen
dent effort. The third act is tense
and satisfying with a vigorous re-
hearSal Of the dinner party tragedy.
the most dramatic section Of the
novel, as I understand. Mrs. Cort-
landts protese has pulled himself
into the making5 OF real person,
but her husbands jealousy, famed
into flame by the resentment Of an
amorous Panamanian officer she had
snubbed, flares out into the wither
ing revenge OF dcnounctng his wife
and Kirk as lovers and giving her to
him in payment of favors received
Immediately after this scene. the tus-
band kills himself. The last act con-
Gems itself with the futile efforts of
the widow to eXtricate the man she
now admits she loves from the ruth
less meshes OF a dishonest court Of
law that has been bought into con-
nivance at sending him 20 death as
the murderer of her husband; and
finally, with Kinks rescue by his for
giving father. a elimination easily
reached by the simple process Of some
loud talk and the waving of the Stars
and Stripes.
T,HIS brief resume OF tale I fancy
you are better acquainted with
than l. fails, nevertheless, to suggest
the best elements of the melodrama;
the qualities or racy humor that will
recommend II to people who. without
that superstructure Of fresh FUN,
could hardly be expected to pay two
dollars TO hear "A bald. prolonged and
rather incredible screechips OF tho
American eagle. Several native types
are happily hit Off, causing genial
laughter by their unconscious alb
surdity and by their natural wit. In
generally equal proportions And,
with one exception, these chara cters
enable the players to secure the most
cast though Macy Harlan, as the
vengefully informing Panamanian,
and, especially, Orlando DAILY, as the
distracted husband, are deserving OF
high praise for lnstilling life Into the
rather mechanical creations Of the au-
thor.
But Hale Hamilton, on the contrary,
Is wholly inadequate TO the require
ments OF the title role, which calls
for no rarer qualities than lightness.
youth and humor. Of none of which
Mr.. Hamilton appears possessed. AS
the faithful. sardouic Allan, Francis
X Gonlon is delightful; but the COM
plete triumphs OF the entertainment
going, genial thoroughly inadequate
and eminently authentic American
consul OF Robert Fischer. and his imp
ish, romantic. self-reliant daughter.
of immature feminlnty by Miss Bca
trlce Noyes. With such good fortune
In the matter of their lmpersona tors.
these two characters are an entertain
ment In themselves, embodying. a q
they do, Mr.. Klein's best contribution
10 the play, whether as adapter or
creator. I am unable to say posi-
lively.
rECUNIARILY. Augustus Thomas
L figures prominently in the fore
most ranks Of native dramatists. and
a large section OF the American pub
lie takes him seriously as a thinker.
He has had abundant technical cx
Derleuce and has utilized II 10 tho trt-
umphant attainment OF a clear. d.
rect and virile method. which en-
ables him to convey exactly what he
means, with expediency and force. IT
would be frivolous for a critic TO
waste time complimentng Mr.. Thorn
as on his mastery OF the mechanism
OF his business. But when Mr.,
Thomas abandoned the Manufacture
OF such colorful pictures and lively
stories Of American life as Arizona
and "In Mizzoura," and of such jovial
farces as THE Other Girl" to lee
ture on philosophy and instruct us
in the fine arts, the matter must be
faced more seriously,
To men and women whose minds
rarely exercise themselves beyond
worries Of the office or annoyances
OF housekeeping, 1t may be edify
of Mr. Thomas's adventures on the
thresholds OF impressionistic art, the
philosophical conclusions OF Nordau,
Nietszche and Schopenhauer, the eco
nomic theories Of Karl Schurz, and
so on through the Encyclopedia Brit
tanica to be transcribed by a casual
reference to Walter Pater. to sit en-
thralled before man who ponder
4 xt,,A lf1x IL t. ~ IL
and reiterates the fact and drives 1t
| home: but some OF us, at least can
not be hoodwinked into the accept
snce Of the small change of pre-
| digested thought as n substitute for
| the real article.
Stripped Of its sernonizng. THE
Model ls, for two acts. freshened
rapid moving rearrangement OF an in
teresting story; ITS third act does MOI
nothing more than a wearisome cx-
Conclusion. 4 young American
ventiouai daughter of wealthy Phil
| istine, has become enamored Of his
model, an art student of high ideals
but inconstderaole accomplishment
The girl has fallen th Into to posing t for HI; III
study "Twilight" proving his master.
piece Finding the model mtsunder-
stood because OF this evidence OF hel
SacT1DCe OF mOoesly LOT art, tlls
painter (Fred erick Perry secures fol
her the position of governess to th'
daughter Of a distinguished mernhel
OF the French academy (Willian
Courtleigh) visiting America. Pres
emily. however, the foreign family
remove to the home Of tho Puritanica
owner of "Twilight." who keeps 1
curtained. This coincidence (tbe pla,
was originally called when 1t Comes
Honey brings about genera
knowledge OF tho girls relation Il
the artist, and her French employers
not supposjng II could have been
pure affair. bundle her off Aftc
much sermoniZing on the radical diff
ference between Gallic and American
morals tastes In art. matrimonia
standa rds. and what not, I'm the cours
OF which the Frenchman endeavors L
prevail upon the Yankee not to wrecl
his career by marrying his model, bu
to wed the girl Of family and carr
on whatever relation he pleases will
the otber-aftcr volumes OF all this
the Partisan novelist discovers wha
has been obvious from the start t
everyone but the characters involved
that the model Is his long-lost daugh
ter.
THE most unha ckneycA and gen
Il orally the most admirable seen
IN the play occurs In the second act
forcing Mr.. Thomas's conclusions O
racial differences into our attentio
and remembrance by means OF
fresh and natural colloquy between