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which the character appeared any
thing but dull James 4. Marcus. as
Mays father, Harry Mestayer as her
brother. and. above all, Jessie Ralph
as the mother, gave the drama such
life as II had. However. IL Is only fair
10 Mr.. Armstrong to add that these
roles were written in his own best
style. and far more convincingIy than
any others In the play. being inde-
pendent individuals and not mere
nouthpieces for his own views.
A T the end OF the third act. Mr..
Armstrong paid a great COM
plimcnt TO the late New theater. a
rare thing on Broadway, In the
course OF a speech admitting what
an excellent play Tho Escape" was,
he added proudly and with the sug-
gestion OF a sneer that II had been
written for the New theater but re-
tected.
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Lake" TO be held at the Rex this
month.
The pictures Of all the babies that
are entered will be reproduced in col
ors on slides and with names and mum
bers they will be shown daily at that
house on the big picture screen. Bal
lots Will be given every one when they
buy their admission tickets and the
votes will be counted daily and the
standing OF the babies announc ed dai
ly. The most popular baby will be
given a prize of s25, the second most
popular child will receive SIS, and the
third most popular baby will be given
$40. No child over 4 years old can
enter. Manager Davis has been liz
orally swamped with entries and is
having the bnbies photographs repro
duced as rapidly as possible on the
colored slides. He announces that en-
tries will close early this week aud the
voting contest will open Immediately
thereafter.
For the film feature Of the new bill
that goes on TO-DAY az the Rex 10 run
Sunday and Monday. the management
announces GA Puritan Episode. -
story of witchcraft days IN New Eng
land. The tale has its origin in Eng
land near the close OF the seventeenth
century. Arthur Cartwright and his
wife leave England for America to es
cape the wrath of Mrs. Cartwright a
father, who is angered because his
daughter has married against his
wishes.
The Cartwrights land on New Eng.
land SOIL and live in seclusion from
their Puritan Deighbors. In time a
baby girl comes 10 them. and later Mrs.
Cartwright's s mother comes from Eng
land 20 live with her daughter and SON
in-law. The Indians kill Cartwright
and his wife and spare the girl and her
grandmother They go 20 the Puritan
settlement for protection. and because
the Indians did not kin them the Puri-
tans believe the old lady is a witch
and burn her at the stake. The rest Of
the story concerns the escape of the
girl and her love affair with a young
minister of the New England village.
In addition to this film the new bill
will include - None but the Brave De
serve the %" and "For Peace in
Bear Valley
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EcAPE"-A drama IN four acts, b. Paul
<rcE lyric theaterl
IANK you, Mr. Frohman. After

HANK you. Mr.. Frohman. After
two or thrce productions that
make money. but that cannot be
] lq arouse enthusiasm, you give us
Pee but two evenings OF unalloyed
1aI These two happy evenings,
tne best IN new season that
Narted with many more good
lhan usual. are both made up
a9nole bills, And In each J, NJ,
'le with q new play divided into
I scenes but taking less than an
% play. has the place of honor.
~ OF these, Grace George Is the
4 Performer. In the other John
= The former appears In "ilalf
cur, y which follows The Young
+-neration, by Stanley Houghton.
[aung snglishman who burst upon
"! season with 'HinGle Wakes
o. The most vital. penetrating
tinoe Ibscn died. and who fol-
taat with trivial fragment OF
tonmy-rot called Fancy
The Younger Generation
not run as long as "SeVen Keys
napate," and certainly will have
10 The quiet of the library long
Potash and Perlmutter" has
70 pile up a fortune. but as an
uinment for Intelligent people Il
tnose popular successes at
aartlng point.
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CPADES are trumps. The fashion
- OF the drama at the moment is 10
call a spade a spade. and. indeed. not
10 hope FOR any great success unless
the new play has dug up a new spade
to talk about Hearts are no longer
trumps-simple sentiment is consid-
cred rather too Victorian. Back OF
the announcement Of ''Thc Shoulder
Ing Flame" drama by William Le-
grand. turks ''Deborah,' n play which
was stopped by the Canadian police
when II was tried In Toronto last
spring and which. Furthermore, is the
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IS \ 4

IA EME. SANS.GENE. the ia
NW nous French plav by Vie.
N tor Sardou, will bc present
ed at the Mehesy TODAY
The story, which is in three parts, is
produced by one Of the biggest feature
organizations in Europe. with the noted
French actress. Nine. Reiane. in the IL
tie role, and Mr., Dueuesne as Napo
leon. This remarkable feature will be
shown in addition 20 the regular pro-
gramme and without any advance in
admission. 1.-THE Empty Studio is
dramatic Selig romance OF painter
and his beautiful model. Entered in a
big prize contest ard unable to com
plete his picture because of an acci
dent, the artist sees mis- masterpiece
completed and watches it win the prize
through the aid OF the model. The Lu
bin comedy, ''On the Dumbwaiter.
shows the terrible consequences o: TAX
ing an extra nap. The programme con
cludes with an Essanay drama, "The
Melburn Confession
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THE American version, while
= changed considerably from that
now current In London, offers a very
good imitation Of the deintiness and
taste with which George Edwardes
puts On these pieces The music,
though somewhat saccharine and very
Viennese, Is tuneful, agreeable and
Husicianly. Most OF the alterations
have aimed at enlarging the charac-
ter assumed by Donald Brian. several
roles having been more prominent In
the original AS It is, the piece gives
Mr.. Brian many opportunities to
dance, which he does well, and
which he gets through capably. There
is no reason In the world why people
who admire him and the type CT en-
tertainment with which he is iden-
titled should not be delighted with
THE Marriage Market" and do their
part toward making q lived sue
cess Of it.
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HoCGHTON begins BY making
ar forget entirely that we are
Hy- We are an observing little
JACK OF the fireplace In Il COM
%ce' PurltanIcal Na nchestcr
"A AS In The Passing of the
y floor Back.' VIC see the dull
nv over The fender, for Il appears
s'n.no The footileh,s, in the CEN
.hc stage. and Tor more init
ssSnsersations. tho takers sit In
.nirs In front OF II and warm
'egt' SO TO speak, on our in!elll-
|.,A couple OF about hfty-dull,
sauqnal, correct and orthodox
|>,s.'ed about their children. The
~. boy Of about ~. Is dis
10 nave spent all OF shilllnes
pehce on a dinncr with a pal.
"A 49, daughter OF 20. meets and
snh a young man after gun
.r,wyi me lhlTd. a boy of u. STAYS
[nu' il:3O on a Sa turdav night,
h9me Ettle betuddled and
nhiss the maid. The mother
6s.her. entirely unconscious OF
ss that had thev allowed their
,h,a little frc lom. none o.
~. lungs would have occurred. arc
perplexed, or course, the only
70 Tor tho head OF the house
hjssa sach o serious Sunday morn
sr1ng TO. But between break
III. chureh. we get stu another
a s' The grandmother. mother
eo,,asF. narrow minded father o.
81 niger generation, arrives TO
~ 4 much s;erner method with
||srii,,,. such defiance OF parental
- would have been Impossible
nona The result Is that one OF
|o,s hhs grown into the sanctl-
.|rsi moe bound. somewhat hypo-
an clt'zen Of Manchester. Whi.e
&n Se, hhving fed from home
| 1fSS Jung has broaaened throuah
roani hamburg though his moth
< IL, rs stu potent enough t''at
rm,ris W raised he weakens IN his
nnrs,lon not 20 spend his Sun
mng In church.
~ y this i am conscious OF Civ
1f6 6ta you q very poor idea OF Mr..
----Al nlnU + al. l.
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|" HOUSANDS Of Salt Lakes en-,
thusiastic baseball fans will have
an opportunity Of witnessing the
world IS champion baseball games
next week right here at home. Man
ager Pyper of the Salt Lake theater
has just received from New York a
Star baseball player, piece Of mec
hanism which faithfully details every
point of the great national game. 1t
is said that so accurately does the
player show the progress of the games,
that the crowds become as excited as
if they were actually on the diamond.
The player actually seems alive. When
the pitcher throws a strike, the ball
really moves. When hit is mnde, the
ball flashes across the diamond. The
runner, starting from first, is seen to
move from base to base. If there is
strike or foul strike, the Star player
tells it; if there is a ball the player
shows it; if the batter is hit, the play
er indicates it; if there is a run, we
see the runner Land on home; if bat
ter is "flyed,' we see the ball land,
singles, doubles, triples are recorded.
In fact, it is wonderful device and
capable or showing every known play
in the game. 1t was tried out thor.
oughly yesterday at the Salt Lake the
alter by Even Jensen and Bert Spen-
Ger. who Will work the machine, and
found to be in perfect condition, the
runners and ball moving with remark
able accuracy.
The Star baseball player will be ex-
hihited during the progress of the
world IS champion series, and while the
New York game will begin at 2 p. m.
Tuesday, the Salt Lake player win be-
gin at IL noon, owing to the differ
ence in time.
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HOSE baby Is the most popular
NM tot in Salt Lake7 1t is "some
Wv question: and probably no in

2 suggestion and back it up in the
face of the throng of protesting moth
ers who would instantly flock to the
defense of their babes.
Manager Davis at the Rex believes
the question can be solved by popu-
lar voting contest Of Salt Lake theater-
goers, and to that end he has perfect
ed arrangements for conducting vote
for "the most popular baby in Salt
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hostess. somewhat late. finally arrives
20 receive her guests. The physician
lhhocent!y has told the adventure that
occurred on the way. When he sees
ana recognizes his hostess. however.
ne keeps her secret. For a moment,
ner husband suspects In the mean
trne. though. she has got her letter
out of the drawer; the Jewels she ex-
plains without trouble. The hall-hour
strikes. And. following her husband,
who takes the only woman guest in 10
dinner. and the other man who goes
alone. the hostess goes In OH the arm
ol the physician. sitting sob and
slipping on the wedding ring she had
discarded half an hour before.
CIR JAMES NJ BARRIE seems to be
the white hope OF the one-act
play. That form OF an art. corre-
spending TO the printed masterpieces
OF Edgar Allan Poe and Guy de Mau-
passant. has been sadly neglected.
Edith Wharton's THE Twilight OF the
Gods" and Oscar Wildes "a Floren-
tine Tragedy have never been acted
professionally while even "Salome'
and Madame Butterfly" are known
TO most people as opera lbrettoes.
rather than as Independent dramas OF
extraordinary literary worth. Until
the Princess theater wa opened last
spring, one-act play meant vaude-
Vile or nothing: and whatever actors
and managers whose business 1t Is TO
hstter the public say about II. the
average vaudeville audience Is not OF
the intelligence or the mood TO care
for really fine play. 7 went TO sec
THE Twelve Pound Look" at one OF
these houses last winter. The audi
ence. many or whom. l suppose. had
heard OF Ethel Barrymore for years
but never felt they could spare the So
10 see her. applauded her on her en-
trance and clapped dutlfully az the
conclusion; but they appeared 10 have
no idea what the subtle satire was
about and 10 care less. But II Bar
rle's prestige can attract audiences 10
see a short play as the chief item OF
bill q new and welcome era may be
coming TO US.
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|ANY AUTHORS SUCCEED
Ines in Comedy and Drama Are Produced for
Delight of Metropolitan Audiences.
By Vanderheyden Fules

New York. Oct 4. 1913.
x6uy0ER GENERATIoN"-A comedy Ia
ar. By Stanley Houghton- GLycoum
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TN tnls season s BOOKING OF tne salt
Lake theater, Manager Pyper has
secured the Cullen Bsinbridge
company's success, "Doctor de
Luxe" which is booming along its
course of success like a cup defender
under set sail And it is to its merry
speed that it owes much OF its popu.
larity. The story of the play is con-
stantly in evidence, although the mu-
sical numbers are frequent and tuneful.
They are naturally introduced, colorful
and snappy, with brisk action.
Oscar Figman provides much of the
fun, ably assisted by William Naugh-
ton as DR.. Melville, Rita Naughton as
the flirtatious Mrs. Houston, Ann Tas-
ker as the sweetheart, and Jessie Stoncr
as Sadie. Miss Stoner, by the way, has
scored an immense personal success In
this play by her genuinely humorous
rendition of her songs and her marvel
ously clever dancing. With her 'Skelc-
ton Girls in the last act, Miss Stoner
never fails to earn eight or more re.
calls. This number has caught the
country. and is claimed TO be the most
novel and diverting seen on the stage.
The quaint costumes of the girls, weird
light effects and haunting music are re.
markably accentuated by the "busi~
ness - which has been introduced. These
girls work mighty hard, but they work
with such spirit that the audience is
always impressed with their jollity and
vivacity. The members of the chorus
have been selected with much care and
discrimination, and a handsomer group
of lively young women could not be
gathered together in one organization.
They not only look stunning, but they
sing and dance as well, and wear their
tasteful and colorful costumes becom-
ingly.
The seat sale begins Friday morning
at 10 o CLOCK.
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conception OF the subtle hunor OF the
penetrating sense OF character ~
that very delicate shade of exageera-
Son that only the exceptional artist
IN ,s sNe 70 impress us with the salient
traits In persons who appear, neverN
theless, to be absolutely real Ana
the performance, chiefly bv Imported
actors but with Stanley DrewItt as
the father; Ida Waterman as his dic-
oa.orial mother Rose Beaudet as his
oo'tbtp.acent Nc NJ cent wile and Ernest Lawford
hs ms more worldly brother. is almost
perfect. Nothing so delightful has
peen seen this season. | sircarniy
nope II VIII survive the ella NOR FOR
Mrlte slave plays and the like long
enough 10 reach you-it supplies an
entertainments so rare that one wants
10 snare IL with friends. In any case
1 Should advise you TO waste no time
IN hnding out whether il can be got
In book form.
a FTER The Younger Genera
tion,' the Barrie play. which
vas Was relied on as the chief item OF the
ment 1t had never been acteS sny-
Wnere except for a trial night in AS
oury Park and one suspects that had
Il peen put on under the eve OF its
alstingulshed author. several points
nardly worthy OF him would have been
S,--. oo"hs Except lot Grace
George, In the chief role, IL was not
very well acted the players we're IN
cllned to violence. Barrie. who seems
70 write with Puck's wand for a pen.
needs the utmost delicacy OF treat
ment, Having said which. I want TO
add that Half an Hour" even crude
~ done: Is still one OF those plavs
Inat make theater- going worth while.
ite whose duty takes him TO the the
ater night In and night out, sees some
GOOD plays. some more that are bad.
ana many more that are just indifSer-
ent: compared 70 the average Half
an Hour is nothing less than a treat.
Inc Idea Is simply TO illustrate the
crises we sometimes face in brief
period: the hsir's-breadth by which we
escape complete upheaval in our
lives, only to find ourselves back in
our old environment In half an hour,
following the habltual routine as
though nothing uncommon had oc-
CURED. Mabel Herbert Urner once
wrote short story IN which a similar
idea was masterfuily handled. 1t was
called "A Letter Written and a Let
Ter Sent. II was Just two letters.
In one. long one. an every day sort
OF Wife unburdened her heart 10 her
husband. travelling salesman. told
him all her appointments the dull
ness and the hopelessness OF her life.
her determination TO be done with
him, But after all. she tore that up,
and the letter sent was just some
commonplaces about the household
and the socks she had darned and
was sending him, and how the chill
dren were getting on in school.
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TN the next act. three years later.
l. the drama comes to a standstill
for about three quarters OF an hour
while everybody discusses a fovorite
subject There Is an Eplscopalian cler-
gyman to urge legal marriage under
any circumstances between a man and
woman who have lived together; there
Is an ambulance surgeon, as stuffed
with statistics as a Christmas pud-
ding with plums. to prescribe eugen-
les as a cure-alls there Us a senator,
to represent mans relentless pursuit
OF unprotected innocence, and, vague
ly, to suggest unlimited crime and cor
ruption; and there IS May Joyce. In
rose Du Barry chiffon, to discuss any
thing with anybody. She did learn
enough about stenography to get
job. but she now sees that She would
have lost II Immediately had her en-
ployer not been sInitten with her beau
". He was mono other than the sem
ator and he began by taking her out
to dinner. Now she is living IN COM
Portable. luxurious fiat, at his ex-
pense. With the requirement OF some
has attained determined moral
standard. She will no longer live with
the senator, Anticipating this, he has
urged her to become his wife; but
loveless marriage, she declares, would
be an even greater sin. At this point
how careless OF me!-at this point, the
Joyless Joyces reappear. Pop and the
old woman are about the same, but
sis is rapidly expiring OF her malady
and brother is out cunning. Sis mar
rled tho man who wanted May. has
had a baby every year and beating
every Saturday night, and is now
ready to expire. But such thing
should not occur until the third act.
and with sunset on the back drop.
Mr., Armstrong respects the traditions,
transferring all the characters 10 the
Adirondacks. Sis takes her time dy-
Ing hopeful TO the last. perhaps. that
she will not be denied slow music.
But Mr.. Armstrong cannot allow that,
however far he goes with the sunset;
and he brings the act up TO good
melodramatic climax with the arrival
OF the dead woman's brutal husband
and the shooting OF him by her fren-
zIed brother The last act marries
May 10 the ambulance surgeon, with
the prospect OF n long and happy life
together, discussing eugenics morning.
noon and night
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NUR drematists continue to Eek
" pose" This time It is Paul Arm
strong who arises to turn the search
light Of his mighty pen on contempo-
rary conditions that make for evil.
He calls his new play 1.-THE Escape"
The unhealthlness Of tenement life in
q great city IS his subject and It's
effect on morals. health and the COM
ing race, his agitation. The result Is
a framework Of reliable. II rather trite.
melodrama. in the making of which
Mr. Armstrong has moro than once
proved himself an expert. but which
In this case Is weighed down to dis
aster with heavy. lengthy. elementary
discussions Of eugenics, the immoral
ity Of marriage without love, the dan
ger OF an unprotected girl in a large
city. and what not else along the way,
We are bidden to observe the sad
plight Of one May Joyce. She Is a
child Of the tenements. handsome,
potentially good" young woman whose
father is a brute and more or less Of
a drunkard, whose mother Is a weary,
slatternly drudge, whose sister Is a
consumptive and whose brother is an
immoral loafer. She urges her father
to let her or her sister have enough
money to learn stenogra ply and there
by pull the family up: but he will not
When he adds 10 this refusal his COM
mand that she marry a sort OF Bill
Skies OF the neighborhood, she re-
bells and runs away.
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BEFORE this Barrie joy Mr.. Drew
IL appears I'm Tho Tyranny OF
Tears" with Laura Hope Crews and
Mary Boland in the roles acted here,
with him. fourteen wears ago. by 1sa-
bel Irving and Ida Conquest. The COM
edy is as potent as ever In the years
before or the years since. Haddon
Cha mbers has written nothing TO he
compared with IL The fable. which is
unfolded by five characters and in "A
vein Of sustained and polished wilt,
tells of selfish, Eighty wife who tyr
annizes over her literary husband
with her ready tears. She catches his
syupa thetIc. understanding secretary
kissing his Photograph. and she goes
off In a tantrum. But for once her
tears are impotent. Indignant that
the girl should he so misunderstood.
he stands UP against his wlfe's watery
weapon And finally he wins out
though am glad 10 soy IT takes four
acts for him 10 succeed, for every act
is n pleasure You are likely to have
a chance TO see The Tyranny OF
Tears this winter. and II you do.
don't miss il Even without "rhe
Will" II makes up an evening Of
first class entertainment.
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4, y this am conscious OF Civ
1f6sexrya q very poor idea OF Mr..
Eart play, ] rather think the
oposto 70 appreciate II until one has
q tcr.s to see II acted. Is to
n iSgp for I fancy II is published.
might not nivn one a lust
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THE Barrie play in which John
Drew and his company appear at
the conclusion of a performance OF
The Tyranny OF Tears is called
The VIII" II was acted for the
fiTst time In London about three
weeks ago. and Is Barrie a his best
delightful OF humor, delica5ely touched
with pathos. and always vtaily hu-
man. There are three scenes, all IN a
lawyers Office. \ young clerk, with
his bride. comes TO make his will.
He has been married four months, IS
licitous for the future of his adorec
wife should he die. she. however. pro-
tests that his life insurance IS enough
for her and that he leave $1,000 he has
any case: she cannot bear TO listen
TO such words as widow and de
ceased"
The next part OF the play passes in
the same office, some years later. The
clerk OF other DAYS comes TO make
another Will, mis- third or fourth. He
is now middle-aged, prosperous and
portly; and ne brags OF his son at
Harrow, whose chief chums are "hon-
orables' and who, the week before.
was caught smoking with a youthful
lord and was sick in that distin-
gu!shed company. His wife, who ac-
companies him, wearing ernine. in
sists that he make no restrictions in
willing his fortune TO her, protests
that an annuity OF $3.50 each Is too
much for the poor cousins and refers
casually to the possibility OF her hus-
bands death, In the third scene the
will maker, now elderly, comes again,
He is n baronet; and also a widower.
Ills son has turned out 'rotter" and
been shipped out OF the country. and
his daughter. for whom he had ar
ranged a distinguished marriage, has
run of with the chauffeur. He Is an
cubittered old man 10 whom wealth
has meant only hardness and unhap-
piness. And SO. in his last Will, he
bequeaths his immense fortune. with
his curse, 10 the meanest six men he
has ever known. with whom he has
competed and whom be. has beaten in
the struggle for wealth.