The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

IN the Kiplngesque drama, says Mr.,
Iiilliard, lit is rather a relief TO per-
senate a evel-headed, clear-brained
American who is not gwen to ex-
cessive emotions.
:" But do not imagine for a moment
that detective Asche Kayton is an easy
part to play. He is not removed from
the field Of dramatic action for more
than ten consecutive minutes during the
entire play. The part is longer than
Hamlet, even If it does not permit so
much hair splitting in the matter of
readings. And he is much more
agreeable gentleman to contemplate.
Gus hearty laughs, in which respect Mr..
Hamlet was conspicuously lacking.
The part requires closer concentration
than any other | have assumed"
Ben Hur, now in its fifteenth year,
is still the most popular play on tour.
One reason for this is that Messrs.
Klaw and Erlanger have always kept it
up to the same high standard, never
permitting the cast or production to
suffer by comparison with former sea-
sons. In point of fact in one or two
respects the production is Of even
greater magnitude than ever. Formerly
eight horses were used in the chariot
race scene while now there are twelve
horses. Fifteen miles of rope are util-
lied in the rigging loft of each theater
where HBen Hnr" is presented to swing
the scores Of drops, and it is necessary
to construct a sub-stage to sustain the
treadmlus and horses employed in the
scene depicting the chariot race
Elsie Ferguson is duplicating her
New York success in "The Strange
Woman on tour. Wherever she has
appeared in Mr.. Hurlbut s play she has
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the younger stars on the American
stage today she occupies foremost
position. Miss Ferguson is a close stu
dent and leaves nothing to chance in
creating new role. For instance, in
the details Of dress she has her own
ideas and. jnasmuch as the best dressed
women in New York frequently in
struct their dressmakers TO copy her
gowns, she obviously displays unusual
taste
Gowns must be selected to ct the
moods, - she said recently. SIN comedy
scenes it is desirable that the actress
should dress In gown of light ma
terlal, one that suggests airiness and
freedom. In more serious scenes one
sombrc; The gown should be invari-
ably adapted to the character. Inez de
F1errefond, the character that | play
in The Strange Woman. is an mn
usual type. Before the rehcrsals had
started | had pictured montally the
childhood, youth, girlhood and woman
hood OF the character. l tried TO
imagine Just. what her taste in dress
would be and designed the gowns that
wear in the part accordingly"
Margaret Vale, q niece of President
Wilson. now has a part in one of the
big New York successes. She appears
IN support of Guy Bates in 'FOmar,
the Tentmaker, Persian love play
by Richard Walton Tully, now running
at the Lyric theater, and soon to be
transferred to the Booth theater for a
continuation of its run. Miss Vale's
presence in the cast was discovered only
a short time before the opening, when
she asked permission to 90 to the
Wedding of her cousin, Jessie Wilson.
PERMISSION was granted readily, but
Miss Vale s identity had been dis
closed. In private life she is Margaret
Howe, the wife of Professor George
Howe, the favorite nephew of the presi
dent.
year ago Mrs. Howe made her de.
but on the stage, under the name of
Margaret Howe. She was given a small
part In the cast supporting Madame
Nazimova, But the news leaked out,
and thereafter the charming girl from
South Carolina was referred to as the
niece of the president and not as an
actress. This season Mrs. Howe deter
mined to conceal her identity and she
chose the name Of Margaret Vale Howe
in the Scotch dialect, from which the
name comes, is said to have siguified
a valley, so that there is sentiment in
the choice of her stage name. Miss Vale
is appearing with the consent of Presi-
dent, Wilson. When she decided to
try her fate as an actress she asked
him il he had any objections, and he