Show Merry Comedy I Makes a Hit At Salt Lake Lakei 1 Turn to lo the flight KIght which opened at atthe atthe the Salt Lake theatre last night contains I all the refreshments of a a trip to the country coun coun- try The comedy is delightful and wholly indigenous to the location oi ol the plot There There is a good de deal t of ot the structure of the old melodrama the old home in Indan danger dan dan- ger cr the querulous deacon the wrongfully accused hero and the rest but the play stands on its own merits It is a relief after the bedroom and lingerie comedies The prologue opens in a a. pawn shop in New York The hero Joe Bascom Balcom and his two pals have e Just been released from prison Joe has determined to take the I turn to the right and goes gOe to his home in inthe inthe inthe the country His HII Hi pals accidentally find him there and come under the influence of ot his gentle mother One of th thel the funniest lines of ot the play pia is brought out when Joe expresses a need for to aye saye the tho orchard from the clutches of the old deacon Gilbert one of his pals is a very skilful safecracker and inquires thoughtfully Has lIas anybody in this town got The first scene displays ys a peach orchard or orchard orchard or- or chard loaded With fruit and the last s scene rn shows it in full fun blossom Mrs Bascom makes A famous peach jam which through the a agency ency of Sam am Martin a country store boy finds a ready read market In New New- York I A firm for the manufacture of the Jam il is Incorporated with Joe Bascom his his' two pals and Sam Martin as active mem mem- bers berB l The play ends happily with Joe married to the deacons deacon's daughter his tw two pals aI reformed and engaged to sweethearts of their own and the old home saved I FRANK A. A HUNT |