Show MAX n OMAN'S OMANS S 'S NEW NEWIn E Pl In Tho Tito Substitute Mr fr Figman brings a much better play pla than any an he ho h hohas has yet ot presented With ono excel excel- and tion-and lon and that may ma be no more than thana a n. difference of ot Judgment judgment judgment-it It is Substitute is isho ably bly constructed The Tho tho ho work of two women women-Buelah women Buelah M M. Dix Db and Evelyn Sutherland and nd while pretty good for women would be a far from Just comment on one mo may say it is remarkable that women I I havo have produced produce it Not In years rears hus 1 an anything more o morek skillful sk k and bapp In 1 construction l t on been en shown hown Time and again th the threaten an an embarrassing 10 do- do feet an and always with the completes or of f sl skill the playwrights have evaded e the he difficulty an and crowned their yen ven- R with a real artistic triumph That is true in the scene where here the old minister opens tho Bible BIblo with the intention of or conducting his usual sual evening service That sort of ot thing bine docs does not well transplant to the stage tage But the troubled domine re rescues rem rem- authors and scene with the perfectly per per- natural statement that his hl e cyas s tail fail him and him and his voice could not utter the he words The action has led le naturally since the old man has been falsely accused ac- ac of ot wrong after a D. lifetime of Ideal deal Christian conduct And An Mr Ir Figman averts tho calamity ct cf f an anti climax when ho he takes the theol theold ol old Id mans man's place the place the other persons having left lert the stage and stage and solemnly yet ret whimsically utters the tho prayer that the ho villain of the play pla may ma bo be ered red into his hands han a. a It is no farce The Th The Substitute te It tt Its Is 19 s Immensely stronger and finer than The Man on the Box And yet ct it tl possibly might bo be better for or the omit omit- lon tion of that room court-room scene These aro are proverbially c difficult lt and In this case ase we think it is unnecessary All the tho ho dramatic values ml might bt easU easily ha havo hava been secured in a a. personal interview thero hero under the trees of the parsonage I and without the distressing thought of ot I I the tho ho old man being h n arrested and Waiting waiting Wait walt I ing ng three weeks for his vindication I The Tue he bad woman of or tho the play could have been as completely trapped in a neighborhood interview t with Uh no more than ban the tIme characters Ant And her overthrow would have havo been aa nR distinctly crushing there thera as ns I in the tho court ourt room i It seems The Tue Substitute tute would bE bo bettered for the reint- reint and tho the dim dim- of ot that passage nation of ot a a. scene which Is rare rarely good 1001 Ithe Mr l support it fine but buthe the he bright bricht particular star etar of or the th corn corn- compan pan pany any is Miss Agnes Everett the Esther maid and woman bond to o the heroine Nothing so nearly perfect as ns tho the conduct and service and loyalty and wisdom of that girl airl can be c found outside the tho New England towns owns of ot greatest isolation Isolation it if even cv n there here She is 15 an art artist and she makes males all 11 homely things precious and anti all an precious things tl a part of home It is a n pleasure to add that Salt Lake approved both play and company with ith a cl very big attendance |