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Show ALT LAKE It was the food fortune of Harry Jamea Smith to submit his first plav. 'Mrs. Bumpstead-Lelah." to Mrs. Flske. bhe had never heard of tlie f oung man. ha was not a playwright hen because he had not had a plsv produced, pro-duced, and his name was as unfamiliar to Mr. Flake aa It was to the critics and plavgoera when she announced that she had accepted the play. Much of tile success suc-cess of the comedy which Mra. Flske la to present at the Bait Lake theatre Friday and Uaturdav was due to the suggestions sug-gestions made by Mrs. Flake, the help she gave to the young euihor. and above all to her own Interpretation of the unique and very humorous rule with which he had provided her. As a play to be produced during a summer tour. "Mrs. Bumpstead -Leigh would seem to be Ideal, for H la a laughter play and one which presents Mra. Flske at her very best, albeit In a line of work with which she has never heretofore been aseoclated. New York laughed Immoderately over the play for a period of ten weeks and the territory embraced In the present tour Is the onlv territory that can be visited by the sprightly play, as Mra. Fleke a arrangements ar-rangements call for other activities early In the autumn. The sale of seats opens at tha box office tomorrow. |