The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-05

added to the over-crowded list with
In the last week. John Cort. a west
ern manager who has only recently
established himself in New York. In
vited us to a new playhouse. bear
Ing his own name. that is go beautifui
and commodious it would be a pleas
ure To dwell on its charms did not
the dedicatory play demand atten-
to stay. Not that the play Itself
amounts to much. But Laurette
Taylor does, or all the actresses In
America, i could not name q half
dozen who, could have carried the
natural charm and acquired art she
Is more like Ada Rehan at her height
than anyone now visible. And as
was 50 often the case with that great
Coincidence. she has been called upon
n monologue. Indeed. Peg o NV
Heart" might have been written by
the late Augusun DAILY IN his early
youth, What q mid-Victor1an young
be-. Only week or so ago his adaps
tation Of Wilkie Collins's Man and
Wife" laboriously called The IN
discretion Of Truth" expired from an
early frost. Yet the Peg play. wn'tn
is intrinslcally no better. promises TO
enjoy a long and prosperous career
r AURETTE TAYLOR makes her
IL debut as star in the character
OF an uneducated. hearty, witty nat
urally keen Irish girl beWildercd DIV
n strange environment Born in New
York. az a result OF the runaway
marriage Of an English lady ana an
ignorant Irishman. she is suddenly
summoned TO England by wealthy
uncle But he dies before she reaches
him. leaving her fortune, on tns
condition that she submit 10 educa-
ton Rnd reflDement ny an aristo-
cratic. but impoverished, aunt. AND
there you have tho play, n high
spirited. plcasure-lovinG. unoulturcd
girl buried in a gloomy, austere
household. She is as alsrt and care
FREQ and adorable az Michael. the
scraggy Irish terrier she has brought
with her. She is not afraid OF any
body; holds her speibinding. lazy old
daddy TO be the greatest man alive;
and can't see WIN she should he shut
up studying "the height OF noun
tains | niver intind to climo or the
history OF kings who ought TO he
ashamed iv themselves, The ma
chlnery OF the play, makes her @ save
her naughty. hcartiesa cousin trom
an elopcment with a married man.
and throws her into love-and. final
ly. into an engagement OF marriaeeE
with q middle agcd baronet who is
her guardian This role is handled
Reeves Smith that. once or twice
one Is almost deceived into wonder
inc whether there nnsy he something
In Il. a tribute that might be paid
"a Tiassard Shorts accomplished act
Ing IN an even poorer part How
ever helpful and superior 20 the
comedy es is the acting That sur
rounds Mrs, Teylors remarkable
performances. no play could NE with
out merit and create such eXceIient
entertainment. SO what matter 10
whom the credit belongs The cs-
sentIoI point IS that Lsurette Tay-
Ior and the Hartley Manners conf
edv supply as happy. light hearted
and genial an evening Is can be had
In any New York theater al the pres"
ent time.
The other now theater has been
huIlt for children; and was opened
with the first performanc OF Rack
ett,. Packettv House" gay little
play by that inventive fairy god
mother Frances Bodgson Burnett.
Among the more prominent young
sters at the inaugural matinee I OBJ
served w X. Vanderbilt and j.
Pierpont Morgan. AS Il reporter
for whom the play was made We're
wide c-eyed with delight and that
therefore. It's success appears com
olete. AS critic I can only retire
IN good order. n had complied
with the request OF the press repre-
sentative 7 might not be In such
difficulty; but my situation was sim
liar to that of Lawrence Rea mer. the
distinguished critic, who replied that
the fulNlment OF such request was
n pretty large order TO demand OF
a bachelor on three days. notice