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Show AT THE SALT LAKE - afro. Flska. tha lrr of American ae-trssa. ae-trssa. If to N thi Ia-f who will appr ui ih Rail Lk thatrs this aaaaon hr nrg(T)nu hln arh4Mlukd for Fri-Jay Fri-Jay an-i BatuMay of nvu wk. with matlnr Saturday. Fltrtiif. indad. will aurh cIom of tha Maon b. and dmiblv so whn Mr Fiaki is to appr In hr nwt aurra. on whloh iomM lri from K-w York to th wot, with no In-tr-TnlT.K wait for th countless artmirer of thlo wonderful artiat who hold in such high ntni th flnaat art of which tha American am, can ht. It la al4om that tha New Tork wrlt-ora wrlt-ora upon thin theatrical are in ihelr vral verdicts upon a glan r frartna;. o that any play whlrh meeta with nnanlmoua commendKon miiat Indeed contain remarkahie quallttea. It -an tmthfiillv h aald that the verdict upon "Mre. Bmpatad-I-alh" waa not pniy unanimous, but anthuataatlc aa well. Ot of tha heat known of iha Naw Tork crttlca la Charlea Parnton of the Evening World, who, through hla romrl-butiona romrl-butiona to vartoue maalne, la eten-alvelv eten-alvelv known tha country over. He waa moved to enthualaam hv Mra. F1 ke a new comwly a rlrrumatanr aomawhat rare, for he wlelda ona of tha moat caua-ttc caua-ttc pana In tha Meld of American dramatic wiitlna. What then muat have been the Impraaalon created by "Mra. B urn pe lead -I,ei(rh" to have brought from Mr. Dara-- Dara-- ton the fnllowlnt review; .; 'Roae Ptahl will now have. Jo rockon with Mra. Flake aa a typ acireaa" of the fun meat aort. and If 'Mra. Bump-atead-Leiah' doean't win the arat while hih priateaa of I been and Hauptmann a whole new followinc of low brow a, aa wall aa hnld her own old admirer. It will be boraua the play talka too much at tlmea '8tMl. Harry Jamea Amlth may eaally ba fora-h-en for runnlna; a bit too much to word a In hla flrat play, for ha haa not onlv written aoctetv comedy with a homely touch that make it wholly human, hu-man, but he haa given Mra. Flake a nV that ta a dletlnrt novelty In Itaeif. 'Mra. Fumpatead-Jeigh' lent a mere at age flirure, ahe'a a very real creature with vitality vi-tality enough to carry off two Accent a nd fight the aoclal battlea of her family to a triumphant Aniah. For tha hyphenated hyphen-ated tadv with tha lorgnette, you muet know, haa a paat not ona of fh ocarlet variety, but a humble Itttla fream paat that flourlehed In Miaelonarjr Lane. Ind.. where her father had eaved m great deal more than Uvea with tha patent medicine he manufactured. - With antral oaterprla ha haa married an Eng'lah clergyman . and resumed lo thta country to capture huaband for her younger alater In tha Iong JalaM home of an M America a family. Tha Rawaona. keen on family. moat tif all the k,ngliah aort. gladly welcome wel-come the invader, and Mra. Bumptd-Lelgh'a Bumptd-Lelgh'a oitlv dirflculty at flrwt la to keep her untutoral mother In tha background. "Can you hear Mra. Flak aavlng: 'Oh. ma. dry upV and at other momenta tell Ing tha almost bunting old dam to keep her month ahut? The poltt wamlnga wer aoiinded of eourae, only In tha prl-vata prl-vata family cirri when tha Rawaona were out of hearing. At lbr time Mr. Bu mpatead-I-eijrh spok tn accent a gmart and ultra-Enaitah, oh waa furtou ahatut Americana, with their large, aplen-dld aplen-dld hand and fe4, and In her amart' momenta h 'rubbed It In' beautifully -4)1111 tn tha beat Engllak aahion. you know, "it wat a feat tn accent a and acting and Mra. Flak performed It with tha eaae and aklll of a dramatic acrobat. Ona moment he would be up to her lorgnette, the next down to in.,1 who In turn found relief In addressing hr haughty daughter as 'Dell.' But arte waa alwaya up to something. Mrs, Flfke waa so humanly funny that there waa n resisting her. and the aajdlenco- fairly kicked up Ita hela In the del g hi of following hr from one ad of her ro. to the othr. 'The role enabled her t do her moat brilliant retntdr work a1c "Dlvorcona.' Mlaa Fiorina Arnold, aa 'mi,' played a large part In the f unmaking a ad plavd It remarkably well. Tha play scored a Ma laughing success. 'Mra. Bumpetead I.clgh and Mra. Flak ought to t ajonf famously together." |