The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-24

q ND now. the plot. The Wise man
has been known for quarter Of
a century for his geniality and even
temper. When his daughter wants TO
marry the local drug clerk, who has
an an OFFER OF better position in New
York, he tells her how hard il Is for
parents TO part with children. espe-
cially in the case OF an only child:
but he ultimately consents. Later,
however. he overhears the suitor
speak OF pig-headed old Dutch
man, and Immediately applying the
terms to himself, he becomes violent
~ opposed TO the match. withdraw
ing his consent. The second act is
the wedding day, the ceremony being
scheduled in spite of daddy's oppo-
and plausibility is lost A village
band of eight or ten marches in.
when the author wants that effect,
only to dwindle TO four when no
more are desired numerous guests
Joining room yet when the wedding
breakfast is served: only one or two
additions to the brief cast OF the play
are seen. with no excuse made for
the absence Of others: and all those
details creative Of atmosphere,
OF the late Clyde Fitch and at this
most inept In hundreds of vaudeville
sketches are lacking, to make us
feel that a marriage is being solem-
nized and an event, obviously eXcep-
tional in a small town. IS taking
place. Indeed. when the old Dutch
saddle makers three friends concoct
n scheme to keep their rotund crony
at his daughters wedding, which he
has sworn to disregard, they go 80
far as to say that the band has been
engaged TO play at similar cere-.
mony the names OF the parties Of
which they have forgotten, yet the
old resident of trivial Pennsylvania
village suspects nothing. on course,
the point Mr.. Locke has been work
ing for is the effect Of an obstinate.
disappearing father forced TO play
at his own daughters wedding. And
that point is reached with complete
lncffectiveness and artinciality,
THE last act occurs a year and a
half later. It Is the silver
maker and his wife. Various neigh
bors drop Into their kitchen to wish
them we'll; and. ultimately. their
daughter and sou-in-law come from
New York, bringing their baby. This
named Ludwig, softens the heart OF
the aging bearer OF that name. and
all ends we'll, Indeed, in the final
scene OF domestic reunion, there Is
enough simplicity. humanity and
freedom from rhetoric to make a very
ingra tiatins conclusion and 10 be-
wilder one as to how a man who
could have written that-to say moth
ing OF the, completely vital. true,
unmaudlin drama OF 1.-THE Climax"
could have wallowed In such falsity
as goes before
EEW. oh, very few, are the actors
i who can rise above a poor play.
Actors, mean, VINO can not only
artfully bridge over lapsos OF the
dramatist. but who literally can con-
struet something out of nothing So
such In America-Margaret Anglin,
Mrs, Flske and e. II. Sothern. Thorn
as A. Wise. who possesses the rich
aplllty OF squeezing out every bit OF
juiSe put into a part as by an author.
Jailed to get anything TO speak OF
OUT OF the Dutch part SO poorly con-
cclved by Mr. Locke. It was as un-
interesting a performance as ] have
ever seen the admirable Mr.. Wise put
forward. He foundered about with
almost none Of the decisiveness and
authority that have long distinguished
ms work. he had so little grip on the
part that he frequently allowed his
audience 10 be in doubt as TO whether
ns ms intention was comic or serious
mus laughing or remaining silent In
fne wrong places, and hs did moth
Ing. IN accent or demeanor, TO make
inc character really Dutch However,
as ls 80 frequently the case. the whole
cast went down with the play, the
only semi exceptions being Alice Gale,
as the saddle makers wife, and
Sulnio Socola, as the Portuguese bar
Der Nor were Lillian and David
Hos5,. as a couple OF comedy reliefs."
SO darned bad-if one wants TO DO
generous on the Sabbath. For the
rest, can only murnlur r L p,
The only thoroughly happy person I
recognized In the audience was Jo-
snph NJ. Weber. Some years ago he
s9ntemplated producing the play, but
NE OF the reasons why Lew
Fields attained and has main
tta,heo a place above all his rivals in
.le making OF burlesque Is that he
naEsr treats show as a finished
p,pouct until It's last night AS in
ee.ier instances, he is continually
t,iieshening 'All Aboard" with new and
r,I1nely quips; and. also, making the
iinistake-and letting the excruciatIng-
~ funny George Monroe make the
1ame mistake-of losing his grip OH a
ts tnat is funny largely because OF
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