The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-03

IF YOU enjoyed "The Girl in the
Il Taxi which William J. Kelly and
his company presented mt the Colonial
the week before last you Will very
probably like "My Wife S Husbands,
which was presented for the first time
last evening, il is another three-act
laugh and was greeted with plenty OF
those kinds of laughs from spectators
which make those in the immediate Vi
cinity turn around TO see who made the
s.break. " The piece is bound to be
one Of the most popular of Mr.. kel)y's
engagement,
Mr.. Kelly is seen in the role OF
Ralph Kirtlcy, a young man OF the
type the old paragrapher would say pos
sessed ''sterling qualities. He frowns
on divorce and, as president of the
Anti-Divorce league, prepares a blli TO
| be introduced III congress abollshing
the system,
While on a visit at a southern resort.
which is principally noted Tor It's chilly,
cloudy weather. he meets a younS woman.
Gwendolen Winston, with whom he
promptly falls In love, The part of Miss Miss
! usual charming manner. 1t develops that
She has been married three times, and
| that all her former husbands are LIVING,
she having divorced each In turn. But
poor Kirtley, innocent OF his fate, mar
| ries the fair divorcee. The troubles COM
mence when kirtley begins TO discover
| that he has married much married
young lady The situations that follow.
as the crestfallen husband meets with
| "hIs wIfe's husbands, creates many
screamingly funny situations, 49,
| Mr., Kelly is unusually clever as lhe
| innocent victim and was popular with
| the first nighters, which Is nothing SO
very unusual for him. Miss Lyle :
patrons, She played difficult role IN
trying to square things" with her hus-
band No. 4, but she does II splendidly;.
Next to the star and his leading
woman, Arthur Morse Moon was ungucs-
tonably the best. AS Cousin Willie
! DrlnlSwater, who seldom does what his
name suggests, unless it's chaser. ht
was the genuine funny man OF the even
Ing. His antics brought forth actua
roars OF laughter. Richard Vivian made
perfect parson, His stilted expressions
OF love FOR the divorcce. whom he mar
r!es TO Iartley instead OF TO himself
were thoroughly mastered and presented
In a finished style. ]. FRANKIE Burke. too
as husband No l. plays his part well
Harry Andrews was a hit as Colonel
| Sirtley, father OF Ralph. and also al
| expert in matrimonv, Others who de-
work are Harmon Weight. as husband
| No. .. Harry Taylor, proprietor OF the
resort. Marie Baker and Jane Griffith.
The attraction next week will be -
Social Highwayman,' a thrilling drama
OF a society thief. who is not caught by
detectives, as Is usual In such stories
But he pays for his crime, just the same
An announcement OF unusual Interest
is that Mr., Kelly Is preparing n presen-
tation Of "a musical comedy. And u Is
no other than tho popular and tunefu
The Talk OF New York" made famou!
by Victor Moore, Miss Griffith, who has
been popular member OF the company
for some time. Is a vocalist OF expert.
ence on tho musical stage. and SHE vii
figure prominently in the production.
The audience at the Orphcum las
night selected it's own headliner, and u
was not the Jersey Lily" IL WAS non,
''thc Hee Haw Girl" When this younl
woman. who successfully initiates an an
imated string bean tried to escape th'
audience began volley firing their ap-
plause. Accompanied by the "conata
bule" of the little farce which she pre-
sents. she continued her freak dancing
When she vanished In the flies the vol
ley firing began again and she wa
/ compelled TO make curtain speech, II
was more graceful IL not quite as force.
ful as the kicks with which she pune
lures the startled atmosphere. Whei
her speech failed to calm her clamorou'
admirers. she made another, begging tn,
, audience to 'Tet the other little girl come
, on
The other little girl was Ethel MAJ
| Barker. the violinist. who plays mos
| appealingly some OF the older songs The