The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15
By George Grossmith,
In His Book, "Gaiety and George Grossmith.''

Ill Ills DUuns NdACIJ duu
yivING been warned so repeatedly
against the dangers Of wife with
! ont q SMILE" eligible bachelors in
nh OF wives cannot be seriously
med II now and again they seek them
ths theutres-foT instance, at the
ey, OF Debrett's Matrimonial Agen-
~ somebody rechHstened 1t, Fer, Is
ihose who criticise them will ad-
the ladies' of the chorus certainly
M aow to smile,
ta quality ard potency Of their
IA, even impressed the serious Sir
shur Wing Pinero. Noting them, he
"a. "The musical comedy girls Will
tbe salvation Of the aristocracy OF
country. Just think Of them-keen-
td young women, full Of the Joy Of
With strong frames, beautiful hair
healthy, pink gums and big white
h.s
ne smile which is the genuine ar
and Is seen playing about the lips
pretty actress in real life, is al"
XNlher different from the post card
Ne, and really, ! find it almost as
HruIng as i'll were-well, a mere man
dc audience instead of an actor
knows something OF how such
rs can Be made to come on" and
And, incidentally, to relapse in
Irlsh, isn't it far, far better
9 for woman to have smile that
come of rather than one that will
'r come on?
Arthur Wing Pinero gave the
Hic view Of the situation, anG the
hlnded section OF any community
ls TO conjure visions OF the whole
benefits likely to be conferred on
sslty by these "ActressocratiC'
aA But alas! Voices are soon
crying in the wilderness. or, to be
q the Mayfair drawing rooms, In
another key
sing 10 this apparently incurable
she has acquired OF settling down
es pesrage, the actress OF the musical
| I've are gravely warned, CONSTITUTES
\ mace 60 Society" and a whole
9 Of other uncomplimentary epithets
arled az her head. She is attacked
ne most selfish, superficial and In
\ e'e Of creatures by one Of the
/ s.ses, who, as critic, says in re-
1 BESIDES having a bony body mas a
Il l7 soul"
II Use accept the principle Of heredity,
halhes Will be inevitably handed
TO her children" shrieked an
ulA al one of the recent drawing
cfihQues OF the actressocracy.
aen alliances do nothing worse
reproduce IN the children their
a as picture post card smile an ir-
Il lhy,"
" WY ruminate on improbable pos
III es' when we know what have,
~' Deen the actual results OF these
Hses' In almost every case they
II sen love matches, and. when you
sr N carefully, there Is really nc
Sny love in a castle should not
Il enately, as happy as love in
Ill =, tnere are advantages. such a!
retinue OF servants perpetuallS
Nl oae, and also relationg-in-law Bu
III snakes his small fist at little EN-
fd ss@ents OF This sort, and, as {
I'll asn an actress consents TO MARI,
Al E.' son-1t takes two to drive
I1. you know, and sometimes, th
"ooeo, but not wou-they do no
aore difficult than any other hus
'as wife to Give happy ever after.
~ uoes experience show that tn
slti who turns peeress is MS
" saler. Often she develops into
sH brilliant social success in he
o.,s ,vs, To be quite frank. think, q
ter Of fact, she Is q deal NOR
eey her training and mode OF If
W.. s vile OF peer than, let us sa,
n, OF @ country doctor or subn
rviaa. naia. II one could escape seen
hs'ous, quite an interesting III
! araWn Of actressocratic unioI
4 II S oeen blissfulIy happy,
oais.aa aeser forget the debt I owe
II mss' a sporting peer who ma
H. n H., |" our best known actress
h,.,W " telling me, land I love
.h,s matrimonial mart Of Gre
,m ulstocracy the supply Of e
'0ang women is. as ali the wor
~ - Nasr~N,,apiy apiy In excess or tne {
,1 autSasurat therefore, mntch.ma
~ ibJS have not been slow to ]
A " caoyen yearly increasing propensl
no 'u0ras girls to marry into t
~ ss so,,ses s%asaes Of acerMty mako t
MY Kin, They are merely t
3hbeN .aoeplorable trade rlvaIry-t
q ''s9el to that cut.throat co