Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-04-25 | Page 11 | 'Wonderful Thing' Presented at the Hippodrome

Wonderful Thing Thin Presented at the Hippodrome Replete in animation and color true to life lite and presented by a cast St each of ot which possesses Individual good qualities The Wonderful Thins Thing a pretty little stor story of romance and domestic strife was Initially presented b by the Cloninger players players play play- ers era at the Hippodrome theatre Sunday night much to the pleasure of a well filled house The he T Wonderful Thing grips Its spectators Until a few moments moments mo mo- ments before the fall of the tho final curtain the audience sits in its seats strained with every ever nerve at high tension and then the air Is vibrant with sighs This is the plays play's distinction Ruth Kuth Parr Parry a charming little Broadway Broadway Broadway Broad- Broad way actress Is truly at her best as Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Made Made- moiselle Jacqueline L. a pretty prett little French Canadian maid with a de delightful delightful ele- ele accent In her speech 1 Miss Parry succeeds in making the character clear and vivid She gives a n really dynamic compelling characterization and one which goes far toward mal making the play convincing ing The flashes of humor that emanate from her difficulty with the American language and perpetual fear of saying something that will be wrong illumines the situation situation-in in more than titan one place Tho Tim story In brief has to do with ahas a ahas ahas has been family of the aristocracy named living on Long Island Th The fortune fortune has bas dwindled and the family is disgraced by Laurie the second son who yields Ields to drink and gambling Donald Donald Donald Don Don- ald the eldest son endeavors to recuperate recuperate the family fortune and pay payoff off Laurie's Lauries gambling debts through marrying marryIng marry marry- ing a girl Airl with money That girl is Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Made Made- moiselle Lain an tine The little French girl discovers that her husband has no noeal real eal love In his heart for her and that she Is s looked down upon by his sisters A final inal touch to her growing apprehensions apprehension Is s given when a gambler who Is endeavorIng endeavor- endeavor Ing ng to blackmail mail her husband huband for a debt contracted by her brother ln law brother law tells her of or the fact that she has been taken Into nto tho the family as the source through which all ail financial difficulties should be met She confronts her husband who has las now learned to love her with the facts acts He Ile is almost prostrate with anger and grief and leaves for the West Vest A year ear passes and he returns to find his wife waiting for him at an unfinished bungalow that the they had commenced to build mild as their home prior to his departure Ralph Cloninger is seen In the role of Donald onald a virile characterization tion ion of p. p self-sacrificing self son and brother who vho endeavors to keep the family harmoniously har- har together Earle Ear Is seen to excellent advantage e in the role of Laurie second son and black sheep Harry J. J Beane as Captain Carser a T. professional gambler does good work worl L Louise L ulse Robertson as Mrs is a character true to life and one of the most convincing in the entire cast Harry Sedley Sedley Sed- Sed ley ey introduces comedy of a n. new pattern In n the eccentric character of ODowd a watchman at the unfinished home of Mrs Irs I Donald