The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-02-16

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= RoBABLY the .upnic.t scene
d is bit of banter between
mat excellent pianist. Melville nj.
rs, and that funny. genial ,oul
Sda Lewis. He is at the dano'
Sne begins to sing-an art in which
shG IS delightfully."- Incompetent
Mhy do you do that !''' Ellis
oh, Just to kin time. saws
Ada, to which the pianist throws
oack. Well. YOU have most
effective weapon.
ana later, hearing Wagner we'd.
ding march. Ada Lewis mnynurs
WIN Wistfulness in her eyes: An,
The Maiden S Prayer. -
e OWN MILTON RoYLE,s
II latest play is called "Tbc
Cnwritten Law. The term is
frequently resorted to by nerayjops
trlcksters and the merely mardIin
10 defend crimes committed ruder
Ine stress Of great emotion. Bat
Ny. Royle applies " IN 2 new WAY.
according to him. Il laundress who
murders her gentleman iodger'
because he purposes moving to an
0ther city with a female tanner Of
nous, is 10, he acquitted under the
unwritten law.
II wooIa be more agreeable to
tell You about the actors in ..Tbe
Cnwritten Law than about the
play; Tor there praise could be
almost unqualiGed. Nav 6pllla~,
as the woman about whom The 10.
ry Tevolves, and Frank Sheridan.
as a shiftless. weak saloonkeeper'
give really notable performances:
but George Farrcn. as a drunkard,
and Grace Goodall. as a vile.
tongued lion tanner, are hardly less
pralseworthy. Indeed. the cast
throughout. except for an unfor.
tunate lot Of "supes'' who figure
only III the last act. is nothing
less than excellent Putting the
cart before the horse, eli? And
I seem to dwell on it9 Well. truth
TO tell, I hate TO record failure
by dramatist who has entertained
us as often, and as worthilv as
Mr.. Royle, and 20 darken your Sab.
bath morn with the rehearsal Of
such sordid. gloomy. useless tale
as is ,unfoIded in "Tbe Unwritten
Law. -
The district attorney Of ves-
tern town has gone to pieces
through drink. His wife supports
him and their two children by do
ing laundry work. Presently the
husband disappears. 4 saloon
keeper, apparently through disnter-
ested kindness, enters the house.
hold as boarder, to help out. The
third act discovers him to have
become the lover of the deserted
wife. At the approach Of every
crisis she rolls her eyes TO heaven
and says she "did il for the chill.
dren's sake.' Before long she dis
covers his purpose to elope with an
old tiame; and she murders him.
Also 6 for the childreu's sake -
At that moment the husband re.
turns, sober and noble. He takes
PLY losing her memory. In the
final act, before grand Jury that
unfortunately excited ridicule, hyp-
notism restores her recollection OF
her crime, But she is acquitted
-'Ffor the children g sake.
kGE. ROYLE would not thank
lV1 me for saying he is too adept
a dramatist to write really bad
play. He has merely fallen into
error in his choice of subject. A
gloomier and more futile play |
have rarely seen. tt is crammed
with what many Broadway mana
gers call "the punch" But these
punches are boomerangs-tbe
knock the play itself to smither-
Gems. The management of the the.
ater has only to look at another
one of its bouses-the IIudson-to
see crowds Of people pushing in to
see "The Poor Little Rich Girl, -
probably tho most delightful play
OF the year, where happiness and
interest are excited without single
'punch. -
A CHARMING namc-S',Ghe Sun.
N shine Girl" and vision Of
delight is Julia Sanderson. 4 cap
tured sunbeam hardly would have
smiled more radisntly, or danced
more joyously, or given out
sweeteT air of girhsh freshness. A
week ago, in Washington, Miss
Sanderson became star. The per
Torrance was given for the benefit