The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-16

2" HE Utah theater stock company
has another dramatic treat for
patrons of the popular stock
house this week, beginning to-
night, when Willard Mack, Marjorie
Rambeau and their talented supporting
company will present Augustus
Thomas's famous drama in four acts,
"As Man Thinks the remarkable
play in which John Mason starred last
season, and which has just been re-
leased for stock. The Utah company
was the first to secure this great play,
and Mr.. Mack has devoted much time
and attention in its preparation. He
has selected well lbalanced cast for
the various parts and the management
of the Utah has no hesitancy in prom
ising one of the finest productions seen
here in n decade.
When the play was gwen here be.
fore it was greeted with brilliant au-
diences and hundreds were disappoint-
ed at not being able to see it. Tne at
traction is one that commanded 81 for
seat, but the Utah has made 1T pos
sible TO see the splendid drama at
popular prices, which is in keeping
with the policy of the housc-to give
the best obtainable.
Gas Man Thinks is a play that
is really in a class by itself. 1T IS Il
play critics all over the country have
acclaimed a masterpiece, and editorial
writers here and elsewhere have used
the theme TO good advantage 1t is
drama that gets under the surface, one
that carries punch, one that
breaks down the barriers of racial and
religious prejudice, and while deeply
emotional. causes one 10 think and 10
believe that, after all. ''as a man
thinks, so he rs.
The story concerns the jew and the
Gentle, the racial and religious dif
ferences between the Christian and the
Jew Judge Hoover has let himself
be swayed BY the timc-honored preju-
dice in refusing to permit his daughter
To marry De Lota, Jew. She marries
Frank Clayton, and about nine years
later the play opens. Mrs. Clayton
finds that her husband IS an advocate
of the double standard of morality
one code of morals for the woman and
another for the man.
CLAYTON violates the marriage vows
time and again. but promises 10 do bet
ter He is forgiven, but continues the
deception. When De Lota returns from
Paris, where he served q pear in prison
for an affair with woman, and tells
Mrs. Clayton that her husband has
been associating with Il certain woman,
Mrs Clayton rebels and goes so far as
10 accompany De, Lota 10 his apart
ments CLAYTON discovers this and
stormy scene follows IN which he de
termines TO drive the woman from his
home.
1t is then that the big hearted Dr.
Seelig. the principal character in the
story, enters He is a surgeon Of re-
markable attainments and wealthy. He
has wife and one daughter. Nedah
who is engaged 10 De Iota, but really
in love with young Christian artist
named Julian Burrili DR.. seelig is
fond of the Claytons and their little
boy. The latter, by the way, IS dan
eerously ill, and DR.. Seelig convinces
Clayton that his attitude is all wrong.
both as TO the wife and as 10 De Lota.
He performs mental operation upon
Clayton IN a speech that is truly won
derful and crushes down race hatred
DR.. Seelig then discovers that mis-
daughter, Nedah, is in love with the
young Christian artist and again comes
the race question. For her father and
mother, estimable aS they are. and lib
eral in their views. rebel against such
an attachment. II l. then that the
kindly old doctor has to live up 10 the
spiritual medicine he has Just been ad.
ministering so earnestly To Frank Clay
ton-the principle of forgiveness.
Thus the play ends The noble ole
surgeon giving up the pleasures of an
evening at home, explaining TO his wife
that he would like to be there in com
pany with his Christian son.in-law, but
has TO attend some important opera
tion on little child from the east
side, while the Clavtons's little boy
is happily anticipating the delights Of
a Christmas eve with his parents. the