The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-12-01

Georgia Cayan Describes TO Reporter
the Wonders or the West.

Georgia Cayan. on hcr return TO the
cast. was interviewed by reporter of
the New York Times. 10 the inquiry
as To whether she had found the trip
pleasant one, the popular actress re-
piled:
PLEASANT exclaimed the lady. at
was more than that to me; Ii was de-
lightfuI. l started out to make OF this
a pleasure trip, and have done so. /
said to myself before leaving: Il am
going through this magnificent coun-
try with my eyes closed, except when
/ am facing an audience. | am going
20 see something rs we'll as 10 work.
And acted up 10 myprogram. Why.
one Sunday morning in San Francisco
| rose early after working late. and
took trip of l25 miles TO Monterey.
returning by Z o'clock Monday even
ing-just in time TO get ready for the
performance. That Is the way made
use OF my spare time. and / had
plenty OF IL, as of course no rehearsals
were necessary after the first one. |
have brought back facts enough TO
write several books IL | were I'm the
book-writing business, and have
treasured up lots of statistics about the
Pacific coast and our western cities
Do you know that people in the east
have no conception of the wondrous
work that is being done in tho cities of
the westp / was simply amazed ut the
magnificent buildings. the grand boule-
wards, the parks, and the lovely streets
that / explored. / am perfectly in
love with Denver, which was built
.axr t.xl.t
which has streets and buildings that
should put our boosted New York.
with all its wealth. TO the blush. st.
Louis, which i had always regarded as
a place of smoke and dirt, / found TO
bc one of the loveliest cities in the
country. but. of course. / had TO get
away from the railroad station and
find the loneliness. Ii was there to be
found, though, and | shall always de-
fend st. Louis against her slanderers
in the future. And as for Chicago
well, can't begin to tell you of the
beauties which the wealth of her citi-
zens has developed. OF course. am
still faithful to New York-we all are.
we think there is no other place fit to
live in--but / do wish some of the
public spirit of the western cities
could be transplanted here Then we
should have something to be really
proud Of
And how did you find the head
quarters of Mormonism?'
II found Salt Lake City lovely
place. and the people whom / met
found TO be simply charming. learn
ed for the first time the difference be-
tween Mormon and a polygamist.
and discovered 10 my surprise that all
Mormons are not polygamists by any
means. met Gov. West. and he was
very friendly, showing me every at
tention. His first move was 10 APP
point me governor of Utah and him
self my private secretary. and this
little comedy was played during our
entire stay in Salt Lake City. He
took me TO visit the penitentiary, and
when we got there he said: Cover
nor, your private secretary has the pa
per In his pocket for the pardon of
any one of these convicts that you
choose TO release looked about me.
The first thing saw was long corri-
dor filled with single bathrooms for the
convicts. The prisoners were reading.
playing cards, enjoying themselves in
Everything around was clean and or
derby, and tho view from the prison
was simply magnificent. said to my
private secretary: Il don't see any
body hore that looks bad enough 10
deserve pardonl couldn't condemn
one of these men TO the necessity OF
earning worse living than he seems
10 enjoy here at the public expense
And SO nobody got pardon during
my brief reign rs governor OF Utah.
Then" continued Miss Cayvan,
1--WE all went 10 the great Salt Lake,
and had little vacation at Garfield
backbone Of the pretticst watering
places TO be found In the world. The
water is so thick with salt that IL crys-
talizes on your hair IL you get IL wet
1t Is too heavy for swimming, and SO
in bathing you simply walk In the
wntcr. You can't sink, and IL Is very
funny TO see a lot of men and women
performing the apparently impossible
miracle Of walking on water. i could
describe good many funny scenes 10
be witnessed at the great Salt Lake,
but fear am talking too much now.
You have 10 bo very careful not TO get
the water in your eyes. for IL is very
painful. But, therel have said
quite enough about myself and our
tour. only want to add that found
lots Of friends everywhere, and. singu-
larly enough. most of them were those
had made when was reader, and
before became what my friends are
pleased TO consider an actress. Every
thing possible was done by MIR. Froh-
mans representatives Co make the trip
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