Show I IThe 2 The New Plays i By charts Charles I'd It THE TILE WOMAN OF IT MAKES VERY LITTLE GO GU A LONG WAY Y tf 11 YORK TORK Jan 25 A. 6 A Vcr ver very thin NE NE Ix slice of ot broad bread hutt buttered red lightly on S IN its comedy side side that that Is The Tho at the Thirty-ninth Thirty Street Woman oman of ot It Il theatre supper upp r for tor two to became RUPI supper er for In Frederick ot or four fo r Nonsense but In spite of or the tho second order order or- or nonsense 5 wasn wasn't t enough h to go 10 round j der three acts As we wo nibbled away y at ath atI for I h lIKht theatrical faro are we the 0 could f sympathize with Lad Lady Emsworth orth r f looked looke as ns though she were the posses possessor or of or a. a large and healthy appe appe- appetite Hon Gerald BaYle Baylo had tHe tite tile The nr- nr rAnged to have midnight supper with t the the sill wife of his Parasitical friend L rd orth and then at th tho eleventh elc hour as It were wore the tho Hon HOD Mrs airs p- p came back bock from rom Egypt r three I weeks j s pk-s ahead of tho the time sho had lanned to spend away from her hus hue and bind and at once proceeded to pass the tho olives olives' Knowing English society as you OU do do after Arter long JonS' with this typo hpe of English h play you scarcely need to tobe Lord Emsworth hun hun- bo ho be told that was WOG f for lor the tho lIon Hon Mrs Irs Bayle Sho She no f sooner BoDner grasped the situation than she Bhe shed I naked asked Lord Emsworth orth to sup with her herat H d At tho the witching hour and the tho same amo P I place set by her husband for his lice clan olani- destine d j And no let t us yawn I n 1 When the tho I plan of at a pla play is as plain as broad brond daylight da day day- r lIght how can tho the author expect us to toI I Beep keep awake for tor three acts ManagerI Manager I Iry W ry A v Brady Brad must have worn a n monocle mon mon- 1 ocie ode ocle when he read Mr Lonsdale's Lom dalo ten- ten K Knous Inconsequential pla play Bri Bright ht lines linos may inny have hUc blinded his judgment But a clever word hero and there doesn't make a s. play And wh why should English is stale as ns tho the familiar twaddle that as 8 in of or fresh tresh place What bo be accepted I t American ideas idt-as that tr try vainly to find expression I hold no brief brier for lor our own I- I authors who knew nothing but slang I who vho enter a drawing room on rubber rubber rubber rub rub- ber heels hels but I do believe holle the they can give e better and more us us something Infinitely entertaining than The Tho Woman oman of or It Frankly the sort of or play offered last ast night Is ls a reflection upon the ability of ot the them American m stage to hold its own in Its own country countr The Tho sooner our managers managers managers mana mana- gers realize this fact the better It willbe will willbe willbe be for their bo boy bos offices To follow tho the plot of Mr l tr a s 1 ridiculously simple pla play would be a a. aV V 1 of space It Is enough to sa say f. f r that after various silly excuses tho the thorf rf f wives return to their the husbands to live lI livemore more morn or less happily ever evel after Tho The play pIa happens in En England land because It couldn't possibly happen anywhere else k Located in this country it would bo be a a. Joke that thal would auld bo be laughed ot off tho stage After the first not act it does docs nothIng nothing noth noth- In ing ing- but repeat itself and each attempt only only emphasizes the tho foolish endeavors ora of or the the author to convince an audience that ho ito has written i n anything worth north while 1 Tho The only possible moral of ot the play pIn is that The Woman of ot It makes make very cry little go a tI long way Credit for tor a a. generous view of or a D. poor JOor and trite situation bolonga first or Of all 1111 to silks Mills n 1 9 Janet Boccher Beecher who acts for far all the world as na though she wore still playing in Tho Tito Concert a a. play worthy worth of at her hor admirable talents talent On Once Co again agnin as aa tho the Son generous truo true and devoted wit wife sho she is charming level headed cd and To speak spek PC of or her herr II in is like opening a n. window that lets Jets In tho the ire air Ir and the s sunlight She I gives Ives e a 1 pe per t that t maKOS makes no Via ay real rrai and ana human when she Is 19 on the tho stage In her you ou see Ice an artist who paints with the simple colors of or sincerity As th the th husband n of ot this charming woman Cyril Scott acted with good grace raco and a atrue atrue atrue true sense of ot comedy Miss Josephine Brown n as aa the wife who ho found little pleasure In tho the supper party part served well enough In the tho capacity of ot a fleshpot fleshpot flesh flesh- pot that bubbled over with tears She certainly was stupid enough to satisfy the tho most moet exacting author Dallas Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson lived lI up to the requirements or ot ora ora a a. husband who looked upon his hla wife ala as al asa asa a meal ticket But at best liTho Tho Woman roman of It gives you OU the worst of or It JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN SPLENDID AND HUMAN T far the the- finest of ot the Century theatre theatres theatre's the the- B BT atre atre's atres s fine tIne production is Joseph and His fits Brethren which not only commanded the admiration but held the Interest of its first audience for tor three hours and a half halt As a pageant Louis LouiR X Parkers Parker's play Is an artistic triumph but more notable notable notable not not- able still Is s its human quality In this fact lies the tho real significance of ot the success achieved b by the pIa play The scenic magnificence of ot the production does not o overshadow ow the straightforward hUor- hUor ward star story that moves mo through h the tho thirteen scenes with steadily increasing In ing interest Drama has not been sacrificed sac sac- aC- aC to color Of or first nn and last Importance importance Im Im- Is the fact fl the pIa play is alive Its characters are human beings be be- ings ints not merely figures re revealed aled In a apale apale apale pale religious rell religious lous light I Yet Joseph and His IDs Brethren i is at the same time a spectacle of ot surpassing beauty one I that marks tho the highest point that has haa been renell reached d on the Too much American stage tage praise George Goorge C C. C cannot be given Tyler Who atho produced this gi i- i gantic play pageant for to- LIebler tr S. S Co Co For his hie part Jart Mr Me par bas done n nhe no o to biblical history though has h he taken jS Certain ain n liberties bertha 9 with the e lot tory Str of ot JOseph v ph to mako make it t ro more mor ro roll ot- ot wr t akers well ll m marvel ra of or h book fc pl plays Play may mar at the Ule Possibilities of ot the tho story the they have ave that overlooked anti and Mr skilled PArker hand has Seized uP upon n wIth the ther the dran dramatist t 8 end and com- com r reverence for his Ills subject His the tho s work dramatic a. how koe keen appreciation of or element l nent which e enters toa Into every r e scene Titus Is li ene hus 1 plunged Into th the e well 1 by his envious cn hr e flit thren en but when whon ho no is E brought up after an experience lence that would moan meats tl tIle end or of of a Professional swimmer in halt half S the time he looks so w well ll that s wife immediately Immediate feels eels ft b strong desire to take him home with 1 her here Thoro a no need to worry worn about hi him when he ho tarts starts fresh fresl adventures ad- ad ventures for h h upon eo a oC seems au to U h Il a I. I s many lives as a cat From this moment the pIa play Is largely a maUl matter of ot the siren and the th youth It 18 la remarkable that Joseph finds atren strength i nth th to resist the allurements of or as wife Is la call called d especially when sh she sho reveals so man many o of her chr charmis that very r little Indeed Is Ise left e l to tn the tho Imagination His lo love for Asenath who really i Isn't nt much to look at nt must be greater than we can under under- stand As a 8 matter of or fact Asenath cant can't hold a n candle to Zuleika But the wicked charmer s succeeds anI only In makIng making making mak mak- ing Joseph shudder hudder Then she sho proceeds proceeds proceeds pro pro- to make maleo him miserable b by having bavins him ea cast t into prison on She Sho overdoes o Ita It Ita a a. bit however even tor for a jealous women woman when veiled and treacherous she Rhe cornea to him as Asenath and finds a wn way of or getting setting Into his arms while poor little Asenath looks on with a n heartbroken gasp This scene teene Isn't worth the time it lakes and as aa the play pIny Is too long anyway any on- onway anyway way it might easily be bo cut out Another Another Another An An- other scene at nt the 1 pyramid thou though h scenically Interesting Interesting- might also be omitted since Joseph doesn't count In It and hars har's Jealous rage ra e Is rather tedious Interest interest doe doesn't nt follow Collow 7 Zu- Zu u lf ka when she ahe is led behind tho the tomb to hat have ha a her er eyes es put out with hot irons The 13 last t wo we hear of ot her I is her cr cry of or pain Th The most striking scene Icene Is that of or tho third act where Joseph weak and wasted is brought from prison before be- be be be- fo fore c Pharaoh to interpret the dream of or ortho tho the seven fat rat kine and the seven loan kine nn and b by so doing wins doing wins freedom an and fire Tho The final meeting of Joseph and his brethren followed b by the coming of Jacob who finds happiness in see sec his son again Is fine and moving In these two scenes cenes Brandon Tynan 1 as Joseph was wa excellent He lie did a splendid bit of or acting In appearing be before before be- be fore Pharaoh In la tho the earlier scones ho however cr he lie looked and 01 acted more like a a. lad from Tipperary than a a. mystic Miss Pauline Frederick did the best work of ot her career as Zuleika She h was strangely beautiful and fascinating fascinating fas fas- not to say a startling when she expos exposed d a a. great deal more than titan her bare feet in a a. costume that thai rivaled an any Miss Gertru Gertrude e Hoffman ha has haa worn corn cornin in her most reckless moment Miss Frederick pitched her voice olce too high toward the last and she acted at times with more Intelligence of ot the bod body than of or the tIll mind but that she scored and scored cored heavily cannot be disputed James ONeill O'Neill was an e Impressive Jacob distinguished for patriarchal dignity amounting g almost to grandeur He lIe also figured more moro or le less s majestically as Pharaoh but hut it was iras a relief relict to see him get el hack back to the tho part of ot Jacob One of or those thos who stood out in th the lan large e cast was Howard Ho Kyle Kle as the thc wll wily Th Egyptian lancers dancers were led Jell charmingly b bv by Miss s Violet Isomer Romer From Prom beginning to end the performance performance performance per per- mo c moved with remarkable smoothness ss much of the time to music b by Art Arthur tIr Farwell Harwell that su suggested the tho spirit of ot tho the play But Hut this music might better have been left letl to the tho or- or or or- c chestra s Tho The mechanical Instrument installed in the Century should hould be silenced si- si si silenced I- I forever Splendid and human Joseph and Ills His Br Brethren n is a triumph Judged Jud cd from the popular putt of or view it promises s to live lIc n as long a as Den Ben DenBur Bur As s you lo poi loe lotho e P the tho beautiful In drama go so and ancl sc see e It THE THE SPY IS TALKED TO DEATH B nothing In the life lire of oC a n na nation nation nation na- na w tion can cun be finer than the spirit T of or patriotism a It pl play depending upon this theme for tor its appeal must of ot necessity be bo stronger in its own countr coun coun- tr try When hen such a n play pia comes from Prance Trance we can hardly be expected to grow row excited over o cr it t Uncle Sam IsmOre is ismore ismore more inclined In to act than to talk tAll Unfortunately it was the other wa way about with Toe Tae SP Spy at the J- J Empire theatre For lor one ono whole act there was wn nothing but talk and anel to make it more tedious we couldn't see ee for Cor nn an hour orao or ao o 0 what tho the author was driving at nt Peter Le Lel Merchants Merchant's English Marchant's l English version of ot Henry La UTA Flam- Flam bee bec was so o saturated with French sentiment that it Il failed to flare up until until un un- til tho night was half hair spent and then th there re was little more than n a flash The first act was devoted otell to un an old fash discussion of ot divorce dlvore that seemed to set the tho clock back at least twenty years ea rEo As AR AU guests at tho the country countr house ot of Baron Stettin to Stettin-to to reduce a 0 castle to simple terms terms Col Felt Fell and his hla wife were era staying most politely In do separate rooms with a locked door between between be be- tween them He was a Ua man of strength tb and it Jt appeared he hd h had made his hie wife wire so tired that she sho was ready to turn to the more sympathetic Beau Beau- con cort whose love Joo for Cor her too pure puro to be true But nut th moment the goo good bishop heard of or Monique s plan to lO divorce her husband and marry marn Beau Benu- cort he read her a A. long Jong sermon sermon that ended ende with the declaration decIa A divorced Catholic is as terrible a a. thing as ns an nn unfrocked priest H Then another guest Julius Glogan made tho the husband miserable miserable miser miser- able b by reminding him of oC his extravagant extravagant gant ant career and pressing pressing- him for mono money This was such a a. long long- stor story that Glogan and Felt at tho en end of or orthe the act went upstairs to finish it it- it thank heaven Meanwhile B had arranged to visit the estranged wife wite in her room at 1 o'clock In the morning Tho The discursive pla play got nowhere In particular when the curtain roso rose forthe for forthe forthe the second tint time A knock at the door lied hUll a promising sound But it was only the maid mai In great distress distie s. s She hail had ta heard hear a a. a noise Hud Madame la amo fallen out bed No Madame of or o. o had hall not fallen Callen out of bed hed She hadn't c even een n been In bed The Tho maid went a awa away n leaving us to wonder what had 1 disturbed her rest icat Thorn was Wat nothing in n the l Idea ea of a n chaste wife's WI S 'S falling out of or b bed d to suggest sug sug- su suggest gest tragedy Y especially wh n who site hap happened to tu be bd JI light ht enough to Indulge JIll In Inthis n this exercise without endangering her hel life lite Another knock at tho the door ma made e us feel sure that had come com at nt lust last But no it was was-Monique a 9 husband who was greeted d with the surprise o that r II HISTORY OF MORMONISM FROM THE BEGINNING TO PRESENT DAY I TOLD IN Iff BIG FEA FEATURE TURE FILM TO BE SHOWN AT SALT LAKE THEATRE F- F I. I rL jf 1 1 Ti h r r J A Cl i j rt I. I 1 c. c i w t Y j J Jr tv i rC vt r I 7 r t t L' L t i. i P e First 1 t sight of SnIt Salt Lake valley by b advance company CO of pioneers July Jut 22 2 1847 One OIl of the scenes depicted in the great feature film Yea isE isEr ts 4 1 Salt Lake theatre February 4 and J 5 r 1013 3 d a rank outsider might expect At t first firstie lie he ie seemed merely merch suspicious suspicious-as as as husbands husbands husbands hus hus- bands sometimes areat are arc at nt house parties But he lie finally settled down own and tol told his Us wife that he hd h had d' d killed Glo Glogan n Inthe in inthe inthe the next room This man was a asp spy apparently from G Gei Germany Iman many Ho lie had proposed |