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Show ll DftlR IS H HEREfOR VISIT iff II Laurels 1; from flie Stage. ; ; Utah Young Woman Whf Wade a Great Hit In V . "Merely Mary Ann." : iijjl Tn private Life Sho Is Known as Mrs. Nt$ I i SaTOid Bus soil, and Ig a Ui f, Social Favorite. et' I fiUHE rush of many feet on the Short S t I Llne Platforin: a cn,ldlsh 6crcam ' 1M l 1 of excitement; the echoing: cry of !&50 1 ;V a woman and 11,0 chiId waa W ! f. caj'd in its mother's arms. It was 8 ? the homecoming of Ada Dwyer (-Mrs. W t '. Harold Russell), the talented Salt Lake 8 ll actress who has been the talk of East-1(4 East-1(4 hV em theatrical circles for :he pnat sea-W sea-W ?' con. Awaiting her when the limited 10 . ,hUied In were her husband and daufjh- W ' Lrna' with hcr brother and othcr m ,A reiflves and frlenda. The party went W Wl a oncc 10 the Dwyer '"osteatl "'here K6SI JIrs Russell was shorily afterword W Mr "en by 1110 Trlbunc and asked for an jg H f Interview. Sfr 5 I "Am I glad to get home?" she re-KO'l re-KO'l i juated, "Just loolc at tills and ask," W I i p-3lntin? to the little girl who was f nestled in hcr lap. "No matter where j ' ' I may go or how long I may stay I am . - i ' always glad to get back to Utah nnd i2 J 't when the train rounds one of the points Ej J In the mountains I reel like crying, KJ :u 1 1 It's so good to get home. ' JS li Will Go to London. 1$) u 50 (j ! "We played In New York all sea- ' U ton, In 'Merely Mary Ann," " contjn- ijjS 11 t ucd Mrs. Russell, "and we will sailon HO !j July 27 for London 10 open 'here in MO jj f September, You know I was in the Wi' u London production of Zangwill's 'Chll- W 'S f dren of the Ghetto,' and it Is rather a II coincidence that I am going buck in V I, another of his plays. After closing the 3j l) Xetv York season I olned the Amelia OM Ij ' Bingham company In Denver and may iW l if go back there In a short time to play ' U 4 in The Girl and the Judge or 'The lM " z Cavalier.' j 1 "Do I like character work? Well, li u i noNV tna'- seems to be my forte. IE. u It was chance that sent me into It M -li 6, and I certainly like It. There are jW -SJ ' many young women who are constantly -r going into the profession and who can $' j) 'i do well In what is called 'straight Wl:S1 I leads,' but the number of character ac-0ifO ac-0ifO (rerea Is more limited and therefore MMJ they nre more in demand. "Wherever WSJ f i go now I find I have friends and the 3' ij J work iB growing more interesting y 'I month by month." rrj ;I Made Hit in "Merely Mary Ann." M H rf While Mrs. Russell said nothing of M 11 A it, jet It is a fact that sho has been I lhe undenIflDle hit of "Merely Mary liftf J0" ' durInS its "w York production j . nd Is now accredited with being one N H I (I the leading character women of the ' U I day on the American stage. She was S ijJj, born in Salt Lake and her family lives herer while she and her popular hus-i.-.'H J1 ' band always try to make this city their )) jj cummer home. She will be entertained EJ a Sreat deal during her short slay, i n ;! |