Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-29
JOHN L. WANTS THE EARTH.
The Noble Conqueror of Minor Slug.
gers i'm a New Role.

The new Greek statue, John L. Sulli-
van, arrived from the Athens of New
England last evening, and was placed in
cab and conveyed to Lester & Aliens
art gallery, near the corner of Thirty
fourth street and Broadway. This gallery
consists of plaster casts of antique statues
collected by Lester and Allen during
their late summer vacation, and occupies
part of the hall in which they rehearse
their minstrel jokes. After sitting down
few moments Mr.. Sullivan took off his
Prince Albert coat and put on his togs.
He then brushed his stove-pipe hat, laid
1t away carefully and tried on his Phry-
glan cap. His three-deck walking-shoes
were soon exchanged for sandals and he
was ready to begin.
"This is your first rehearsal said Mr.
Allen, the negro minstrel, 'sand l do
not expect that you will be perfect.
You will first try the Arcadian shep-
herd"
Sullivan drew his Phrygian cap down
over one eye and smiled derisively.
"Where are the pistols ?" asked he.
"This is not Jack Sheppard, said Mr..
Lester.
"Don't you suppose know the differ
ence between the English Sheppard and
the Arcadian shepherd" said Sullivan.
"The Arcadian shepherd was sort of
Greek cowboy"
"On the contrary, he was sort of
Oscar Wilde chap. He stood up with a
crook"
"Must I stand up with a crook ?'
eyes, and look rustic and simple"
"They'll think Pm Jay"
cts an easy thing to do.'
"Well, III not do it for five hundred
dollars week"
''Why?"
Because I'm too respectable man."
"What has that to do with it?"
Il have never associated with crooks, ,
and never shall"
ooh, this is just shepherds crook"
Mr.. Sullivan then took hold of the
crook and stood up with a lackadaisical
air..
Chat will not do very WE'LL" said Al
len and Lester. "Now try Atlas"
Mr.. Sullivan went out and reappeared
after few minutes absence in a suit of
tights. He had on gray wig. He hest
tated few moments.
"What do you want ?" said Allen.
Il want the earth, )" replied Sullivan.
Mr.. Allen turned to small boy and
said: Here is dime; go and bring Mr.
Sullivan the earth. You will find it at
the shop around the corner. If it amt
done, wait for it. Tell them to charge it
to me-"
The boy soon reappeared with the
earth in both arms. He had carried it up
two flights of stairs. Mr.. Sullivan put
one hand on California and the other on
Asia, and slung the earth on his back.
He leaned over. His teeth were set.
His muscles knotted. The earth seemed
too much for Sullivan even. He swayed
under it.
''That is fine piece of acting" said
MIR. Allen. "Mr. Sullivan will you give
us Achilles taunting Hector?"
Sullivan curled his lip, bent down his
head and began with his sinister express
sion to explore the floor for Hector. He
shock his fist in the air.
"You must keep perfectly STILL" said
Mr.. Allen. "You mustn't move"
81 can't help it, said Sullivan, red in
the face.
"Why?"
Because he was one of Ryan's pals. {"
"How SOP"
wasn't he from Troy?"
Nonsense! Achilles knocked him out
four thousand years ago."
"Well, he was an old-timer," said Sulli-
van.
"Try Ajax defying the lightning" said
Lester.
Sullivan threw down his castor, put
himself on his guard, danced around and
made upper cuts and all sorts of passes at
the lightning.
CHATS not right" cried Lester,
"statues don't move"
"You want me to give the lightning a
def ?' said Sullivan.
eyes, you must defy the lightning"
"Well, then, I'll stand up and say
that I'll fight the lightning four rounds
Marquis of Queenbury, one month after
singing articles, for 81 900 side, Richard
X. Fox to be final stakeholder"
"That won't do. You areI to stand So.
Put UP your arms thus. This is admira-
ble."
At this moment tall and angular red
haired girl came in and asked if they
would like to hire a young woman for
statues. Mr.. Allen declined to hire her
Ill LIE L. -