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Show MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH. The philosophy of "Mrs. Wiggs" is well defined in her prayer: "O Lord keep me from gcttin' sour." With these words as a text, the character comedy, " Mrs. Wiggs ol the Cabbage Patch," which comes to the Salt Lake Tlicatrc next Thursday Friday and Saturday, proves a veritable verit-able sermon in its lesson, of brightness, bright-ness, notwithstanding all sorts of obstacles. ob-stacles. Thiere is miuch joy in beholding be-holding the everyday life of sunny Mrs. Wiggs, the troubles of pessimistic pessim-istic Mis' Hazy in her matrimonial venture, and the clever character studies stud-ies as shown in the people of the neighborhood is demonstrated by the learty laughter and applause that greets them wherever the play is si own. The characters become real in the hands of the carefully selected enacting company and the fact that a play is being presented is almost forgotten. for-gotten. The comedy deals very largely large-ly with the marriage of Mis' Hazy, and her find in a matrimonial bureau, Hiram Stubbins, and the unpleasant events of the week following the wedding; wed-ding; the groom's drunken carouse; the trip in the freight car; the. walk home; tire putting on the borrowed mourning by the "widow", and the arrival of the letter containing the parlers granting a pension to Mr. Stubbins and a check of $800 for arrears. ar-rears. The arrival of Lovcy Mary and Little Tommy, the warm reception recep-tion by Mrs. Wiggs and the charges against the honest girl form a good background for the "love" affair ot Mis' Hazy and the lazy "soldier ot fortune," Mr. Stubbins. Of course Mrs. Wiggs is the central figure at all times; it is she who looks on the bright side, who sweetens the lives of the unhappy, who has a ready remedy rem-edy for a) misfortunes (and who seems able to meet any emergency. She is a woman Of work, of ideas, of resources to meet the emergency; she is the woman of the kitchen, the happy-go-lucky housekeeper so busy for others that she has little time for keeping her own house in order. She is the type of woman seen in real life in hundreds of homes. Mis' Hazy is a comedy character in the play that ranks second only to that of Mrs. Wiggs. |