Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-13 | Page 8 | Mrs. Wiggs Likes Salt Lake City

IS. WIGGS LIKES mm CITY She of tho Cabbage Patch Talks of Love for Zion. "Dear Salt Lnko CIty-a city I am always al-ways glad to como to and ono that I always al-ways regret to leave. I cannot say that It Is like homo to me, but I assure you that I havo a warm placo In my heart for tho city and Its people." Such waa tho exclamation of Mm. Madge Carr Cook, who plays tho title ro p In "Mrs. WIsres of tho Cabbage Patch." which closed Its ongagemont In this city last night. Not Forgotten by Friends. "Each visit to this city causes mo to Increaso my admiration for it and rny dc: sire to play longer engagements here, continued Mrs. Cook. "This is the first tlmo I have been hero in seven years, but It has been through no desire on my nnrt that such a great space of lime should clapso between my visits. My stay upon this occasion has been more than delightful. You cannot Imaglno how my heart was gladdened rlday night, when I stopped upon the stage, by the great applause. It showed that tho peoplo peo-plo of Salt Lako had not forgotten me. notwithstanding tho fact that It hnd been seven years since my previous visit. 1 do not think I could havo boon hotter remembered had my last visit been only six months aeo. Member of Stock Company. "Yos. I played in stock company in this city nine years ago, and well do I remember. We played reperto ro and If I recall rightly it way the llrst stock company that had made this city its temporary home for several years, ine people of Salt Lake gavo It their hearty support and at that tlmo I mado many acquaintances hero whom I now number among my best friends. All these friends havo remembered me, with the result that 1 havo been doing tho Boclal act. Here With Frawley. "After tho closo of my stock engagement, engage-ment, I remained away two years, at tho end of which time I played a threo nights' engagement here, on my way east with the Daniel Frawley company of San Francisco. That trip will long be remembered by me. Threo months prior to playing In this city, my daughter, Eleanor Robsont mado her debut with tho company In the coast city. Likes tho Play. "I am Just beginning my third season in 'Mrs Wlggs.' I like the play exceedingly exceed-ingly well, primarily, I suppose for tho simple reason that for tho last two years It has been heartily Indorsed and apparently ap-parently appreciated in every city In which it has been produced. I am now in for a third year of It, after a seven weeks' vacation in France with my daughter, who will star again in Merely Mere-ly Mary Ann.' , "Eleanor and I arrived in Isew iork August 2 on tho Kaiser Wilhelm. M. Wltto, who heads the Russian peace commission, was a fellow passenger. I did not meet him but he seemed to bo a grand man, that is. I mean that he appeared ap-peared to be broad and liberal In ni3 views, nnd kind."