The evening world. Newspaper, December 2, 1914, Page 12

ING. WORLD, W2DK her husband water the thumb of a! G@otatos, Then, when the husband ‘was compelled to marry the woman Ma wife's brother loved, we turned our eyes to the epectacie of the mother of his children lying uncon- “Polygamy” Brings Out Mormon Family Skeleton. By CHARLES DARNTON. gether, thanks to the money given HADES of Brigham Young! While we may have suspected all along them by a long-suffering Mormon that oven tho best regulated Mormon famtly has ite troubles, we bave Wife, the devoted heroine and never looke’ forward hopefully, perhaps, to seeing them aired on the fo itve lenetin serene, over alber, Hun stage. Years ago, to be sure, De Wolf Hopper disported himself in a farce Women’s $4 Suede Shoes, $2.05 wvalied “One Hundred Wives to One Husband,” or something like that, and, from time to time music&l comedy has eeised upon the long whiskers of a BLACK SUEDE, button model, light welted soles, high arch last, Cuban heels, Men’s House Slippers, $1.49 Mormon elder by way of adding to the gayety of nations, } Tan and black, Everett style, full round toe last. But times have changed. Last night at the Playhouse the Mormon! family skeletor, was brought out in the form of a strange play with the; Men’s Blanket Bath Slippers, 35¢ to 98¢ Also bed Slippers, warm and cozy. | heraelf, only answer to tl nock at that | door, but st happened ahe had esa through @ window, and #0 we only to wait for the happy ending In- | evitable to even a play of Mormon ism, The unwilling bride and hei lover were enabled to get away to- Y_ SPECIAL Men’s House Coats at $3.45 THESE AMONG THE ATTRACTIVE House Coat walues-orndite» play at the rotunda, Second floor, Central Building. 4 Choice of Oxford, gray, blue, garnet or tan shades, with fancy . by one of our best manufacturers during his dull season at this figure; all Neuss Coit. to ati i Hicks % : Othe: se Coats, reversible » $4.95+ 088. Velvet or miatelanae, Tuxedo model, $15.00, $4.96 i at Men’s $2.50 to $6.50 Fancy Waistcoats, ae $1.50, $1.95, $2.95, $3.50 Becond floor, Men's Shop, Fest Building, for Wife No. 2), that the play in a serio-comic fizzle. cting was much better than Mies Chrystal Herne equally strange title of “Polygamy.” The authors, Harvey O'Higgins and f fforing of the sen- Harriet Ford, after having written two entertaining detectives plays, ap-| bsg rae eof oe vividly, | .| and althoug'! pathy was oom- parently determined to take themselves lage Avert It cannot be said, how polled 10. ‘give’ way to curoalty | ever, that the audience 4id as much for “Polygamy,” for it persisted in poet the Foy ee ae ie | laughing In the wrong places and accordingly managed to get considerable rer &@ responsive chord when she lod uy itaide the locked door. fun out of a rather sad affair, In speaking for the authors, Mise Mary Shaw! She would have been much tore ap: eald it was their purpose to show an attempt to get more out of life than dressed there te in it. This explanation wasn't exactly clear, eo the houses took it as » however, if she’ had ereolf simply. Her hes were Willem B. @ joke and indulged in another laugh. “Polygamy” ian’t intended to be tion. Here it roused only curiosity, ite out of character. fusay—this much ie clear. It is @ Gull play, weighted down with a “pyr- | pose” and full of specches against the institution of Mormonism that taki nerous view of marriage. All this js naturally remote to ua, and it seems to me that the play can excite only hostile interest, if any at all. ‘Whether there is any particular rea- gon for centring public attention on this question at the present moment, I don't know. The authors may have felt it their duty to rush in where, possibly, politicians fear to tread. At any rate, they have courageously, though not brilliantly, attacked polya- amy and revealed what one charactire in the play déecrites as “a | dirty horror.” mixed with amusement. There was every excuse for laughter when fine Mormon wives gathered at a quilting bee to etitch and disagree, only to burst into more or less harmonious | song when two sanctimonious “apos- ues” etrode majestically into the room. This oddly domestic party— which included @ mixture of Scan- Ginavian and English cockney wives to give it a cosmopolitan atmosphere, not to mention a nervous bride from Hoggon who later whined that she walled to go home—gave the play its one and only claim as entertainment. ‘Tho rest was horror in its relation the/te the homé. The Temple in which the tyranny, of the Oh@rch was em- phasized was about as attractive as as the rebellious and half. drunken “apostate,” put both feelin, and force into his role and ipped | his audience with the power that in- variably marks him as an actor of exceptional ability. As the smug and glib Prophet of the Temple Howard Kyle was effective without being ob- vious, an achievement that may well th emphasis, means to erce but intelli- gent actress, Miss Mary Shaw, atruck the most human note of the perform- ance in her r arraignment of lygamy ae jut down the anv- ings of years ble its younger victims to make their escape. An- other human totich was ere by Miss Katherine Emmet as the w: who shrank ences, while Miss tive played the 4 Produced in Balt Lake City, Pol amy” would doubtless cause a se: a chamber of horrors. Here we were compelled eee a yeung wife and by Stephen — —— = and Thomas Irwin. leag mis: &@ good play by more than OLD STERN STORE TO BE COSMOPOLITAN GARDEN Plans Filed to Make Twenty-Third Street Building a Food Mart Unlike Anything Here. Albert B. Ashforth, as agent for the Stera-eatate, yea in Complete Readiness upply:All Your Holiday Needs the entire history of “Matthews Corner,” there never tim: p better prepared to supply all your Christmas requirements, Here veh. pr reliable and comprehensive an assortment of seasonable merchandise as wish to sce, marked at the most ae prices. In addition, Double é Green Trading Stamps mornings and Single 4a¢ Stamps afternoons. | Save. 2-a¢ Green Stamps and Get Christmas Gifts Free! ! '* Remember, Matthews is the only Fulton Street store that uble advantage of BEST VALUES and FREE ate STAMPS cn? yin cent purchase. It will pay you to try Matthews first for all your reeds, taurant to seat Si 4 of Every Imaginabl , hristmas Toys °king7d #79 hewa’ | \ eee - L:Dolls of All Sizes _| ( loka, for ‘an opening ill have a limited number of special “Unbreakable Dolls,” which we Btern Bros, on will Be converted into the Cosmopoll- fs to make of the old food mart similar to London's {Covent Garden. The outlay will be Y: will be apace fo! le of grocerte: household furnishings, china, waro and household arti The third fl equare fect, will said Mr. Ash- been y | Jumper Dolls at 29c_| |BabyCharacterDoll,69c| | assortment is too varied to enumerate. Prices range from Sc to $38.00. including locomotive, cars and | Soldier Suite, Indian and Cowbey Suits, $1.49 for boys and girl Give Christmas Presents to Your Home It be the meet economical way and gives the greatest pleasure te the largest number for the longest time. 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Women’s 35c HOSIERYL¢C Fine mercerized cotton, in black and colors; medium and MERHEDS heavy weight; mill run of. 35c quality, ma. wil Wonton's Silk Hese;) Micsss’ Heslery Boot style; double | Of fine ribbed cet- , soles; black} ton, black; |} the silk 1s a trifle lighter. Misses’ Coats---Clearance At $5.98, $7.98 and $8.98 SOME MADE IN CAMPUS, college style, with large side and breast pockets, others with the belted side forming plaits back and front; others just one of a kind; sizes 14, 16 and 18. Zibeline Coats, $9.98, $12.50 and $15.98 Some are manufacturers’ samples with yoke lining of materiai, others lined to Vi geei he lined throughout; a number of them have fur collars; sizes 14, 16 and 18, Plush Coats with Fur Collars, $16.98, $18.98, $21.98 and $27.50 Persian Cloth Coats with Fur Collars, $17.98 Girls’ Raincoats, $3.50 and $3.98 With Hat or Billie Burke Cap; some with School Bags; sizes G to 44 years. Gecond Moor, center, Central Building. Women’s Tailored Suits--Clearance At $8.95 and $15.00 ALL WINTER WEIGHT, made of fashionable materials. Fine broadcloths, excellent quality wide wale cheviots, poplins, montagnac cloth, diagonals, ripple cloth and men’s wear serge. The styles are the short and medium length coats, semi-belted; others plain tailored, with collars and cuffs of velvet and button trimmed. Every Suit well tailored and lined with satin or peau de cygne. Skirts are made on the new lines. Colors are navy, black, brown, plum and green. Sizes 32 to 44. Becond floor, East Building. Dress Goods Lengths---th Less | Black and Colored Fabrics HUNDREDS OF LENGTHS of Dress Fabrics, among them some of the most desirable weaves we have had throughout the season. Make an admirable Christmas gift. Neatly boxed if desired. Btrert Moor, West Building, and Livingston 6t,, Ceatral Bailisg, THURSDAY SPECIAL 4 Women’s Coats, $7.95 and $14.95 FIRST GREAT CLEARANCE of the season. Including all the new materials and models of the season. Plaids and plain colors, Wool velours, zibelines, caracul cloths and many novelty materials, A great number of Coats without duplicates, Sport, Street and Semi-Dress Coats in the lot. Sizes 32 to 44 bust measure. None C. O. D. ‘Becond Moor, Central Building, THURSDAY SPECIAL Curtains and Curtainings Wonderful Little Prices Curtain Scrims, 14c a Yard 12,000 yards of Bordered drawn work Curtain Scrims, in white, cream and Arabian; EE decid Seelettet record for Scrim selling. Pleces average about a 40 yar 5 iret grso Sun Fast Madras Curtains, 1,89, $9.80 and 49.69 a palr. ‘Third Floor, Central Building. THURSDAY SPECIAL Silk Mufflers & Reefer Scarfs, 49c 450 Worth $75c. to $1.25 JUST ENOUGH FOR A DAY'S SELLING—the sample line and balance of patterns principally black and cream brocade. A wonderful opportunity for your own-wear or to make a Christmas gift. Initial Jap Handkerchiefs, 29 Two widths of hem, bold initial, sme as our remulas 496, syle, except Ont THURSDAY SPECIAL Boys’ %00 Schoo! Overcoats, $4.95 WARM, practical Coats of attractive gray and brown mixtures; big, |} full Coats, splendidly made, double breasted, convertible collar style, || with belted back ; Coats that will give excellent wear and keep the boys warm and comfortable; sizes 14 to 18 only. fecond floor, Kast Builiing, THURSDAY SPECIAL Paradise Feathers, $1.05 & $2.95 BLACK AND NATURAL Paradise Feathers, very special and ex- tremely desirable for hair ornaments and hat trimmings; $3.00 and $2.50 Ostrich Bands, 98c Ban@encircles the entire hat, with Ostrich Tip for height; black, white and lors. = - Untrimmed Hats for 98 Black Lyons velvet untrimmed Hats, Sailors, Turbans, round Hats, ete. Fur Trimmed Hats at $2.95 ond Turbens, tm sand, brown, red, white and bleck. |] $4.00 values. Men’s $15 Winter Overcoats, $11.75 FROM ONE OF NEW YORK’S OVERCOAT specialists, Firm twill fancy coatings in long, comfortable storm model, with convertible collars. A business Coat of excellence at, in some cases, less than the maker got for them at wholesale. Some dress Chesterfields, too, with velvet collars, in Oxford or black. Special values also in $20.00 to $30.00 Overcoats at $14.75 and $18.50. Second floor, Men's Shop, East Butlding, Waists ,2., Crepe de Chine, $1.98 i NEW HIGH neck model, buttoned to front and trimmed. with, white ur, , $2.00 Waists at $1.29. Of good quality satin; low neck q@odel, with shadow lace sleeves; navy blue and black, 79 Waists at 49c. Of mercerized Madra: or Repp in skirt stripings. Second floor, Central Building, HURSDAY SPECIAL Black Percaline Petticoats, 24c & 69c Value 39c to $1.00. At 24c. Black percaline Petticoats, with deep side plaited flounce, Store orders only. At 68c. Black cotton charmeuse Petticoats, a beautiful quality, with deep accordion plaited flounce; also polka dot ::teen, with deep plaiting, finished with small ruffle. Becond floor, East Building, THURSDAY SPECIAL “ 4 Xmas: Ideas in Art Embroidery ART NEEDLEWORK SUGGESTIONS, all at underpricing for Thursday. At 69c, Were $1.29 Figured silk~bags to be carried on the arm and to hold knitting or¢ro- cheting. In these days of knitting parties these Bags yill be invaluable. ar ' At 59, Instead of 98c Small lots of aintily embroidered Boudoir Pin Cushions. for church fairs. At 69c, Instead of 98c English block print Table Covers. ..ssorted*colors. Coad Second floor, West Bullding, | [THURSDAY SPECIAL _| SPECI. 4 White Medicine Cabinets, $3.98 > ONLY FIFTY at this price, that we purchased at a special concese sion. The inside measure is 1432x18%2; two shelves, French plate bevel mirror 9¥x13 inches, and a crystal bar at the bottom for towels, , Hard white enamel finish, $1.85 Card or Game Tables, $1.69 Felt or leatherette top, close folding, nicel- finished; size 30x30, $9.89. Vacuum Cleaners, $7.89 The ‘famous Automatic Vacuum Cleaners, hand power, with powerful dia- phragm pump; most effective and simple in operation. More than 2,500 in, use in this vicinity, and formerly sold for $18.00, See the demonstration, $3.50 Universal Electric Irons, $2.49 6 Ibg., complete with cord and plug; equipped also with the new Thermos. cell, which ‘retains the heat and saves current, Nicely finished and complete, in holly box for a gift. @ubway floor, East Building, Just the -thing THURSDAY SPECIAL Beautiful Box Initial Stationery 24 Sheets, 24 Cards, 48 Envelopes 35c Think of buying a beautiful red box, with an illustrated picture top, containing 24 Sheets, 24 Cards and 48 Envelopes, stamped with any initial in gold, for 35¢, It is the most remarkable bargain ever offered in Christmas Initial Stationery. Street Moor, Fulton strest, East Batiding, | ___ THURSDAY SPECIAL _| 12’4c Novelty Eponge, 10c Yd. SPLENDID WEARING fabric, in a range of serviceable colorings for house dresses and children’s wear; 27 inches wide. ‘ Subway floor, West Building, THURSDAY SPECIAL $2 Mousquetaire Kid Gloves, 98c 8-BUTTON LENGTH, fine French kid, usually sold at $2.00, in gray, red and mode shades, Gtrest floor, Court, West Butlding, Babies’ White Corduroy Coats, $1.98 UNLINED and washable white corduroy Coats, double breasted; sizes 1, 2 and 3, S0c Worsted Caps, 25 In all white, white with pink and white with blue. Children’s Chinchilla Coats, $2.98 be cory ged tng) Pare ban beaten a om