The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-10-25

W6ltcomb Riley, George w. Cable, Max
OReli, George KEENAN,, Paul du Chaillu.
Inomas Nelson Page, Frederic Viliers.
Lieutenant Glave, Thomas Stevens
Colpel Knox, DR.. Talmage and a score OF
others with sprinkling of musical peo-
pls, including Ollie Torbett, Cappa. Walter
Damrosch and Emma Thursby.
But, of course, the chief objects Of inter-
ests IN this museum are the lecture lions
and Honessss-themselves as they NAV
sometimes be found there; not many Of
them at time, though l have csught Bill
Nye, Max OReu, George Kennan and
Lieutenant Glave at one swoop; but often
IN very interesting conjunction. Major
Pond himself can talk 10 two lecturers and
three lntervlewers, dictate to his stenc-
grapher and read a telegram all at the
same time without getting ruff1ed. In
every detail Of management the major is
au artist He knows how to manage the
lions, and now to manage those committees
INTO whose Keeping the lions may be tenn
porarily committed.
The major has done great deal to up
mold the status of the lecture platform.
'Ihe Lyceum Platform" he says, Stands
Ior aolllty, genius, reform, entertainments.
On 1t the greatest readers, orators and
thinkers have stood. On it reform has
found her noblest advocates, literature her
uuesS expressions, progress her braYes5
lions. The most gifted, the best educated
ana warmest hearted men of the English
SpeahlnS race nave, In the last forty years,
given their best efforts to tue Iyeeum, aud
oy tneir NOBLE utterances not only made its
platform historic, but symbolic OF talent,
educatlon, genius and referm.n
mis- season Major Pond started GeOrpe
KEENAN, on a great tour in charge of MIA
skllItul representative, MIR. Glass. KEENAN,
goes across the continent, reaching Cali
Iornla ABOUT Christmas time. Then ha mr..
poses sailing for New York via the Panama
canal, thinking that such an enforced rest
from platform work may build him uD for
ms Iaoors IN the spring. Mrs. KEENAN,.
VINO Is charming woman accomuantes
her husband on all his lecture trips.
Or Edwin Arnold is to lecture hers
unuer MAJOR Ponds management and other
stars Will twinkle in the lyceum armament,
SEVEN DOLLARS FOR A BEARD.
The perennial fight between the railroad
people and the indefatlgabls ..scalnar5,
goes on apace.
Inc ''scalper" once had things prettv
much MS own way. The purchaser of =
ticket from New York 10 Iudiauaf o. is VIII n
only wanted to 20 as far as Chicago. s,td
the surpIussa2e OF mis- ticket 10 a CHICAGO
scaiper," VINO turned it over to some one
gong from Chicago 10 Indianapolis. and
made money. Cheap eastward rIcITets
IRON Boston left good marlin of profit on
barter in New York.
By ana by the railway people got dis
gusted with this practice and SET their
WIS TO work to devise ways and means OF
clrcumventng the "scaIper." 1t did no
Rood 10 forbid the transfer of q ticker H.
uld little more good TO have a name written
on IL. People OF slender pocketbCoks and
economical tendency were as willing tn be
considered John Wilkinson as James Har
IFS. 80 that the companies were compelled
TO devise some more concrete form Of cir
convention.
The other day California man dis
covered the present status of the railway
scalper row.
This California man has been spendino,
some time IN New York, ana when he made
up MS mind to steer westward again he
went to scalper and received direcrirns
IN the purchase of of ticket for San Fran
cisco and return, the plan being, OF course
10 sen the return part of the ticket at the
California capital. The purchasers name
went on the ticket in due form. and then
the scalper described to the California man
that when the conductor pdnched the ticket
ne would follow plan by which the punch
hole on series Of lines and spaces indicates
not only whether the traveller is a man or
woman, out whether it he is a man. ne has
beard, mustache or is clean shaven.
Inc purchaser in this instance he'd a fuII
beard, and the scalper explained that this
was commercially unfortunate since it re-
duced the possibilities of ready sale in San
Francisco. Only man with a full beard
could buy and use the ticket for the east
ward trip.
IF you had no beard,'' said the scalpsr
II could sell you this ticket a little
cheaper"
do you want me to shaver" demanded
the California man.
WELL" pursued the scaIper, lit would
be worth just 81 to you to get rid of that
beard" MATT LAMAR