The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-10

body's Widow and Judy Forgot"
and the music was composed by the
THE Prince of Pilsen," the piece was
one Of the most complete and justi-
fled failures OF the season, lasting
only one week. Miss Cunningham
next came forward in the spring re-
vivaI of "Iolanthe" when, as the
filled the requirements, her acting. II
artless. was inoffensive, and some
people professed to discover her to
be a beauty. Still the busy bee OF
advertisement buzzed her name about:
Now Miss Cunningham has ventured
into vaudeville. where the pro-
gramme at Proctor's Fifth Avenue
theater gives her the eminent posi-
ton OF 'headliner," In q musical en-
tsr5ainsnt by ad Jean be HaveT and and
Ladies' Club and described as a
Smart bit of timely satire" Four
young women are associated with the
star in the sketch refuse to say
they assist her, Two are billed as
Isabelle and Daisy Cunningham; an
other bears the simple worthy name
OF Margaret Braun while the fourth
is jmposingly announced as just MISS
Featherstone. Tho timely satire
suggests that, after busy week OF
cleaning. sewing and pressing even
ing dresses, the girls got together on
Sunday morning, suddenly remember
Ing that they had to frame up some
sort OF an act before D. m. the next
day. And, OF course, last Sunday was
q very warm day.
THD title, "The Married Ladies
i Club practically supplied the
plot All the girls had to do was TO
fill II In. This. though, after a mid
summer week OF dressmakiDg, is
something 20 ask-especially as none
Of the assistants looked as though
she had ever been required to do such
thing before or had thought much
about 1t TN face to face with Mon
members" l took TO be the sisters OF
the star, because they more or less
resembled her, one might have been
on the stage before. though probably
Her hair was TOO bright and her eX-
preston too dull, her face and her
dress and her attitude all looked too
worn and tired to work up 10 an AMI
mated showing. The other young wo-
man I took TO be a Cunningham was
as lacking In vivaclty OF gown or
manner, but in d different way. Her
summer ash-dress, neutral OF color
and Indefinite OF cut, made none OF
the ball gown pretentlons of the other
costumes; her hair was obviously OF
the color nature made II; her man
ner was not that Of the person ac-
oustomed to appear in public and,
with splendid honesty. II made no
kindly, rather sad expression OF her
face suggested the domestic sister
whose thoughts never travel far from
the family iceb box and what 1t con-
taips that can be stirred up Tor
tasty, inexpensive dinner third
club member to whom had been
assigned the few. occasional lines
designed for laughter. appeared 10 me
to be, most probably, chorus SRI oil
some promise, who, however, mad
never had experience on the stage,
beyond doing what Julian Mitchell
or Ned Wayburn directed her and her
like TO do. in block. The fourth--a
rather short and plump brunette, IN
me. She may have been adapting
tricks OF vivacity and continual mo-
ton learned in burlesque TO refined
comedy" or she may have been q
chronic amateur who had advanced
In life through many Gilbert "
Sullivan performance, for charity, ac-
cumulating on the way enough ges-
tures. poses and general bits OF illus
trauve business TO carry a Calve
through several evenings OF Car.
men" Miss Featherstone-for l feel
convinced the brunette must have
been Miss Observation-Disclosures all
the passion OF That's on ITS always
fnir weather. when good fellows get
on q bit OF ragtime sentiment.
DY all OF which you may gather
Id that Cecil Cunningham is not an
ACQUISITION TO vaudeville. lr so, you
read me wrong. The distinction and
authority that were lacking in
Somewhere Else" and were only be-
ginning TO show in "lolanthe" made
her fill the stage without apparent
effort. 4 good. rich, effective gown,
most artfully designed to accentuate
tho good points and minimize the bad
points of her figure made her look
handsomer than ever ON the stage pc
for. And she sang melodiously. cor
rectlv and with feeling. SHE was
supposed TO be the president of the
Married Ladies' club. an. organization
designed TO supply refuge and re-
venpe Tor clubmen's wives, But when
the husbands called the girls up on
tho telephone, promising them kisses