The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-09

pop gun. He read partly from manuscript,
although he had delivered the same lecture
scores of times before, and when he spoke
extemporaneously his grimaces and ges-
ticulations were more fearful than wonder
full to behold. His humor was second
hand. The story which ne told OF the col
lege boy who wrote home to his father for
money is so ancient that even the end men
in the minstrel shows have abandoned II.
Still, DR.. Talmage can be eloquent. IL was
our privilege 20 hear him on an occasion
when he was eloquent 1t appears that
many, many years ago, before his fame was
yet national, he went out boat riding one
day with his wife and sister. The littlo
craft upset and Mrs. Talmage was drowned.
Soon after he married the sister and then
the evil tongues Of gossip commenced 10
wag as evil tongues will, that the good
dominee rescued his sister-in-law at the
sacrifice of his wife IL was in denouncing
this calumny. and Offering reward for the
detection of tde calumniators, that Talmage
waxed eloquent and vehement, even as
Beecher could.
After all, 1t Is impossible TO Judge
mans ability upon one hearing. Those
who sit under the ministrstion OF DIR. Tai
mage year in and year out consider him the
foremost pulpiteer in all America DE 10
certainly Q most versatile man, and with
all His stage clap-trap he has still enough
OF the substantial parts left in him to sus-
tain himself before the country as nota-
BILE divine.
Edwin NJ Royle whose play, "Out Of
DARKNESS" has Just been produced by the
Home club, 10 o graduate of Prin ceton. He
subsequently studied for two yea rs Eng
| lish literature under Prof. Mason OF Ed
| inburgh university, the noted commentator
OIL Milton. Judge Royle designed his son
for the bar. but he had an Unsuitable long
ing for the stage and early went out WIN
the Madison Square company. ana with
Booth and Barrett and Salvini later on. In
the meantime he has contributed good
deal to the dramatic literature OF the day.
Some Of it il In the form OF plays which
have not yet been produced, and much
more of IL has been printed In the form OF
letters through the medium OF HE HEB
AID and other papers. Royle has also
written considerable poetry OF high order,
| and an article Of his printed In the Cosmo-
politon on Marie Bashkirtseh evoked con-
siderable comment.
| A lady suggests that IN honor OF Utah
bow. q benett performance for Edwin NJ.
Royle be arranged while he Is visiting In
the city.
Some time ago The HERALD said some
thing about the towels furnished bathers at
Garfield beach, and yesterday gentleman
dropped into this sanctum TO complain OF
the item. He said he had actually received
| a new towel and he was disappointed. The
abbreviated specimen OF the old article was
\ too much of q curiosity to let 1t disappear
altogether. At any rate 1t might nave been
| collected and sent to the Esquimo Tor the
nutriment that was in it. Grit might have
been used by people who needed an ocean
| voyage aud could not afford II, 70 get sea
| sick. Or it might have been handed to
some archaeologist to determine from 1t the
| age Of the world; or to q color blind man
to drive him crazy. In any event the retire
ment of the ancient bathing towel from
| Garfield. IL ii prove true. will be q serious
loss to mankind. The men who swcre and
the women who wept when they rasped
| the rag over their sensitive anatcmies In
imitation of the drying process, will miss
it lever so much"
The official letterhead used In the mayors
office contains q fine photographic cut Of our
future-very future-city hall. 1t looks
quite nice ON paper, this public building,
| but II the truth were illustrated, instead OK
the fiction, the cut would represent hole
| in the ground In place OF . palace; monu-
mental folly rather than monumental
| structure.
| 1t pays to be President OF the United
States When Mr.. Harrison was In Salt
Lake city he purchased sundrv souvenirs
for Mrs. Harrison and others Of his house