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Show THE CITIZEN ars, but even then, somehow, it does '$fi)NDON CRITICS SNEER not ring quite true. The dream, also, is packed unnecessarily full of inconsistencies within itself. For instance, as soon as ever the dream begins, certain of the characters begin to behave like grotesque automata, moving to music with jerky marionette gestures. Others Lady Hammersgallow, for instance behave absolutely in a normal way. It is quite possible that the authors might be able to supply us with excellent reasons why things should happen just like this, and it is quite certain that Mr. Wells in his story would be able to describe their happenings in such a way as to make capital out of them as a means of getting the right atmosphere; but on the stage such things have to explain themselves, and these do not. If Lady Hammergallow behaves consistently as a human being, why should not Mrs. JW'V'v 0 nJon has greeted with a cold and a new play by H. y critical eye c?ls and St. John Ervine entitled Wonderful Visit, which has just thea-Th- e premiere at St. Martin s critics appear to be in agree-tha- t it is not the quality of work rablic has a right to expect from the authors. The central idea, fe'Jkh excellent for one of Mr. Wells stories, is not suited for the of iyg if V--jij- co peculation as to what would hap-i- f a celestial being were shot .SJu into a vicarage garden, says the eWer of The Daily Telegraph, can along two widely divergent lines serious, the other simply comic. set jjk task the authors have cs is how to reconcile the two wiiin the limits of one play, and jSjyr have not found a solution. The Itiilt is that we get one glorious com-nold between the them-TOtftJ- 3 . ai g Questions such Mendham? keep obtruding themselves, and receive no answer. It is, too,, a more than ordinary stupid and uncharitable set of people among whom the angel has the ill luck to fall. Doctor, war profiteer, curate, curates wife, housekeeper, make up as miserable a crew as one could hope to avoid; the only people it is possible to like are the e hard-bitte- n and aristocrat Lady Hammergallow the Visitor mixed up with the Teal tnigedy of the angels discovery that g .fllatact with human beings is him with their failings and isf iliies, and making him, too, into a gradual-URsirlnfectin- W Cfre man. t'hs reviewer continues: is true that we are conscious all time that the whole of the miracu- the - 4 tans visit is only a dream of the vic- - ;it & ?- -- - itiV? i as this ' vicar, the fallen servant girl, Delia, and the redoubtable Lady Hammergallow, already mentioned. We, have an uneasy feeling that if Mr. Wells .is 11 out to show us what we are really like in celestial eyes he has shown his old failing of seeing only the side he wish-e- s to see; while if he intends these unpleasant characters as burlesques much of the play is meaningless. The weakness of the play is fundamental, mid consists in the fact that the theme is not one for a play; it is no disgrace to fail in an impossible task, however disappointing it may be. The cast includes Ethel Jiffes as Mrs. Handham, Harold French as the angel, H. J. Roberts as the vicar; Miss Compton and Moyna MacGill. igaaag. William Beabury and Company in A DnrnJHItonACo BIcLallen A Caraon In WHOA SARAI1 Mr. and Mra. Gordon Will ICE AGE Oaken A Dolour The Author Comedian, J. C. 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It is estimated that there will be million new motor two and one-havehicles produced in the United States this year. lf i ii 1 1 1 Pennsylvanias revenue for automobile licenses during 1919 was $5,090,-64or $1,042,460 more than during l rasi m . 5, I St.. Salt Lake I ;iiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiiiimiiii GENEVIEVE TAGGARD. 1918. I Quality Make in icy places, prints; be; 2Irb to iflafae minimi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n |