The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-26

WIG Sll 10 COllScl lCo, DlNy DO
burning incense and brewing love po-
tions in the silence OF the carly morn
ing beneath the deep blue sky.
studded with golden stars Only a
short, thin, cinginS white gown COW
ors her apparently naked body; only
that and the strings OF her raven
hair. She has tried every device TO
get Joseph TO come 10 her. Finally
q pretended message from the absent
Potiphar brings him. They arc alone
in midnight silence, heavy with the
burning incense. j really cannot do
Justice to the way Mrs. Potiphar and
the earlier 'unltissed SON take on:
The incident is worthy OF the pen of
Elinor Glyn, or OF the brush OF the
Burne Jones; it floors a newspaper
scribblcr OF New England ancestry,
Joseph leaves Zuleka Potiphar on
the run. Indeed. he makes such a
precipitious getaway that he leaves
his cloak in the clutches of the siren
or that fact, more anon. For pres
emily the curtain falls on PotiDhars
wife wrlthlpG on the tiger rug.
screaming, snarliug. clawlnS at The
skin OF tho dead animal,
TIIIE morning after is proverbially
u q bad time; but Potiphar's wife
knows ways 10 make ii worse that
hardly could be conceived. Her hus-
band returns from his slaughter Of
invaders. He srcets Joseph in trust
ing cordially. But where is his
bride? Why has She not arisen to
When she does not come. he beats
upon her bedroom door. There Is no
answer He opens it. disclosing a
figure bowed in hopeless, miserable
shame. The soldier asks his wife
why she is thus prostrated. XIII
me-" she means, do not touch me.
Kill me-" And lest there linger any
doubt as to her meaning, she humbly
produces Joseph's coat.
That frivolous description Of Sc
ries Of very stirring scenes carries
this brief description only half
through one OF the most positive
successes OF the season. Eight more
scenes OF beauty, color. movement
and Biblical sincerity ensue: but 9th
er achievements OF our active thea
ters must be noticed,
CIAIII1AR to the islands Of our
~ school Biographies. "The Woman
OF It" is second act completely
surrounded by water. That act Is
champa gne. but a great deal OF wa
ter comes, before and after it, I'm
fortunately, Frederick Lonsdalc's
comedy has been allowed to settle
for several years. The process has
not added 10 It's sparkle, a good
many plays, along the same lines
no better and no worse-have more
than satisfied our taste; the effer-
vescence OF "rhe Woman OF IT.
comes rather as hard cider. II was
acted in London four years or so
ago: and after that was swallowed by
the astute and alert husband and
manager OF Grace George, who plays
with dramas as a little girl plays
with dolls or Il Napoleon with em-
plres. Selecting more or less re-
mote town. she puts piece on for
one or two performances, and then.
II IL does not strike her fancy. she
discards q. Fun tor the actress. but
death 10 the-dramatst
MIR. LONSDALES comedy. which
lF1 was produced In London UNI
der tho title OF '"rhe Best People,
wag acted few times i'm Chicago
by Miss George and her company. II
now reaches New, York with Janet
Beccher IN the chief role. and Jo-
scphine Brown. Cyril Scott and Dal-
las Anderson as The other inconsc-
uuential characters. In short good
performance; though Mr.. Scott's
method more or less suggests CO.
luediaus of IN" day of Jenny Lind
AT Last" and "Cuol a n Cucumber"
To which / can only add that be
ing Young, ! have only the vaguest
Idea what comedians OF that day we're
IKE.
DIT let me hasten 10 tell you
I'D what the play is all about II
! do not hurry | Will have forgotten
the plot myself: which. ia fact, | am
doing very rapidly Miss Hcecher
IS shrewd wife. who has seen her
husband becoming bored with her
convenient self before he himself has
y.a mi I'm