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Show - 1 1 j "With the Fir$tJVighter4: ' I ' I MAXINE ELLIOTT IN "HER OWN WAY." ' B 1 Maxtne Elliott will appear In the new Clyde f Fitoh oomedy, "Her Own Way," under the man- I af anient of Cha3. B. Dillingham, at the Salt Lake Theatre next Thursday night, playing for three ' i nights and a matinee Miss Elliott comes here i ' with the prestige of New York favor and the rec- Iord of having scored the most unique theatrical run ver known in New York, having appeared at , four different first class theatres in succession ! without leaving Broadway a rcord never before equal-led hy any other attraction. "Her Own Way" is said to ho the best play ! Clyde Fitch ever wrote It is a story of New i forced to accept him as a husband. Meanwhile, Dick Colemsn, fighting in the Philippines, is reported re-ported dead. Still Georglana remains steadfast and insists upon having her own way. Sam Coast, realizing at last how hopeless his love for her is, departs, and tnen the news comes that Coleman wasn't ambushed after all and is alive, though wounded Incidental to the strong sentimental Interest in "Her Own Way," there is a rich, fund of current cur-rent comedy, supplied by the different types of social climbers cleverly depicted by Fitch There is also a novel scene in the first act where four little children of the rich have a birthday party in the nursery, and discuss the doings of their S fHHBBSffif'l T 9H!ifl9H99IH9. sPIsilMH HHHHIIHHHHHIHIIHHHB i !19IHH91l9IHIHHHlil i 1 ' MAXINE ELLIOTT H ij In Clyde Fitch's "HerOwrvWay" i ! . j j York life of the present day, and depicts in . j I charming manner certain features of life in the v I j smart set which will be highly relished even by , , II the very class thus cleverly caricatured Geor- 'J ' I glana Carley, played by Miss Elliott, is the repre- sentative type of American girl found in real - in life Though she determines to have her own m way in her own love affair, she is not obstinate '"- 1 ' She simply does not recognize the right of rela- " , ,v ' 1 tlves and friends to settle her own love affairs m for her There are two men in love with her ! a manly lieutenant, Dick Coleman, and an unscru- pulous millionaire, Sam Coast, her own cousin. j Coast deliberately ruins her entire family, and ijj entices her brother into futile speculation, so that 1 Georglana may be helpless in her poverty and be j'J J elders in a remarkably knowing way. This scene was considered one of the freshest and most novel scenes of many years when the play was first produced pro-duced Mis 3 Elliott will be supported by the same strong company seen in New York, the cast includes in-cludes Charles Cherry, James Carew, R. C. Herz, Fanny Addison Pitt, Georgle Lawrence, Nellie Thorne, and little Donald Gallaher, a clever child actor The stage settings are rich and elaborate views of modern Interiors. |