The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-30
|SS RAMBEAU EXTOLLED
plav of Reforne' Politicians, Bribes and
SsGraft Is Work 0: Princeton Graduate
and Is Good.
By Vanderheyde1e Fyles

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iif, nh1uid NOT go into vaudeville with a
and carry off some honest rraf,
sut no sooner was the play read
Iot prooucton than Frank Keenan,
Motnh mItnhrew from William Faversham's
nctnr ctoe lunus Caesar cast and the
actor ma mayer telegraphed To- Mir
Arden TO join him as soon nc 80
siole and play Cassius. Now. vou
may not Know what a temptation thar
I mnI 70 an actor whose career began,
anu whose ambitions were kindIcd
beneath the glow of such hight r, etaus
as Barrett Booth and John McC,,,o
loueh; and: indeed. as a proteSc of
lhonas w. keene, whose daughter
became Mrs. Arden and has bronebt
as much honor TO the name nc IN g'oUSmS wSrE
Tor women's clubs, as her bnshanS
has h'strionically So fain,rn 1T
IS.ealt chance to play role like
lr,rosn.. ius-dId IN such distinguished
Ing. ' 'H'eF nm
D. course, all the bad people In
THE Stool Pigeon" are GOOD
ana all the good people are bad: That
Is 10 say, all the big and noble hearts
peat In the breasts of criminals
While every trait OF n,alevolence and
cruelty and dastardly dupIIcIty arc
r1,Nn
erlns arm of the law tries ia fiy
CnarGe OF murder on man who has
shot up saloon keeper and = whitor
Sa SS,awer' employing for that purpose a
pigeope ] ta'rea ia eiro Woman, stool
dence. But, being. OF course a noble
woman a, heart, the traffcker in
sloIeh goods nuecrs the policeman's
game. think there is a good
Ehancc you NAV see MIR. Arden whore
he belongs when Mr.. Shakesnnsro
comes TO town
6 A MANS FRIENDS" is a mans
play. 1t is vigorous and Bt-
erai. and is written right up to here
and now. The Ink is stIll wet The
men we read about in our newsna-
per this morning appear before us on
the stage tonight: the political condi-
uohs we were discussing over dinner
are argued illuminatIvely now. For
we See the big bugs in their family
circles; with their robes Of office
laid aside and their home ties and
me tles OF friendship showing. A
nahie becomes a human being when
we see Just how completely he
Is bound by tender cords we
never took into our reckoning be-
1ore. With masks removed from men
anu principles, We get new light
on just how vulnerable a sincere
"uncompromislng' reformer NAV he:
on Just how much humanity and hon,
or. according to his own code. NAV
inspire the blackcned conduct of
machine boss.
z RNEsT POOLE, a magazine
- writer who was graduated not
long ago from Princeton and was an
enthusiastic worker for Colonel
Roosevelt in the recent campaign,
writes like an alert: observant, keen
reporter. We do not have TO be told
his characters belong 10 the munIci-
pal life of New York city In the
spring OF 1919. They talk It, wall,
II. exude II from their beings, Tho
Vernacular is good enough for them
NOT aggressive slang, which Is the
usual course In an effort Of this sort
and is really as unreal and labored
as blank verse. but a use of terms
that come most easily and naturally
through the individual. that's ALL
THE youthful author reveals two
fundamentally opposed charac-
ters by crossing them like rapiers,
sharpening one against tho other in
ZIG NVihilNtp IelltIS lIle hccH CaPS
OF their natures throw out ilIuminat-
ing sparks of truth. And where Mr..
Poole may leave some little doubt
as TO whom he took as models for
these men. the actors are less hesi-
tsut. For Frederick Burton's embodi-
ment OF the democratic, resolute. un-
compromising district attorney who
aspires to be governor OF New York
state could hardly be so suggestive
OF Governor Sulzer unintcntionally.
And It surely was not an accident
that George Fawcett's Tammsny boss
was ringer" for big Tim Suli-
van. Tom Whalen Is a seasoned pol
itician. a hearty Irishman. with
quiet wit and rough philosophy that
unite in unconscious epigram. now
and then, For political success that
will last his motto is Take care OF
YOUR friends His theory OF ma
chine politics is that It must be built
upon q foundation OF loyal friendship,
which. Of course. is not mere theory.
but an obvious fact. OF which OBJ
servers of present day conditions arc
aware That the struggle for ex-
istence and the love for wife or child
or other relative are the dominating
factors in most mems lives has been
Whalcn's experience; and. therefore.
they are the vulnerable spots. The
''systen," under his guidance. CAPT.
taiizes necessity and love- Threaten
either OF these. with the alternative
OF assisting IT, and the slave 10
caught. Now, there Is no telling what
man may be necessary some time, so