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ference you seek to draw in your state
ment is; THAT I through lack of ap-
probation in the higher drama gave it
up in despair, and went into the dime
novel drama" and as an exponent of
that, have degenerated into a mere
ranter, totally devoid of art. This is
not true; for in despite of the popular
demand for cheap and trashy plays dur
ing the past few years. L have to my
own financial detriment, chung per-
sistently TO the legitimate drama. 1t
is true l tried one or two experiments
with new and modern plays, and had
several OF the better melo-dramas in
my repertoire by way of variety, but
my chief dependence and my best
achievements have been in the classic
drama
The reverse Of your proposition would
be much nearer the truth In the old
stock days in the Salt Lake theatre we
had TO play parts on very short notice,
ana we did not always have. time 10
be very artistic. AS to ranting, the
tendency to it is much more strong in
young actors than in those of ripper
experience, and if ever had a tend
ency that way it was when 1 first be-
gan to be entrusted with heavy
parts, but l early studied Hamlet's ad-
vice to the player and have ever
strlven to give 1t proper application.
Ii nave any proper Judgment of my
self or the art 1 have followed so long
and devotedly, l am a better exponent
or That art today than ever before.
More free from faults, maturer in
Judgment, ripper in experience. If I
am wrong, and your estimate of me
is right, then all my study, practice,
experience, devotion to the art, are in
vain. and the best years of my life are
virtually thrown away. This would be
a sad reflection, if the critics Judgment
We're always correct and final; but oh
IL is SO easy for you critics,-to be mis-
taken or misled, and so easy 10 thrust
Your lance at an actor if you just take
the Whim. l we'll remember how
Byrne IN his Dramatic News, used to
ire it into Edwin Booth at the rate OF
column or two every week; such shots
as this Tor instance: Edwin Booths
reputation has been built up principally
from these two incidentS-the tomb
stone OF his father. and the aSsaSsina-
uon OF Abraham Lincoln by his brother
Wilkes
When the prince of actors was thus
mercilessly assailed by one of the lead
ing critics of the country, perhaps L
should not hope to escape; but to re-
celYe such slap in the race as this
right in my home. the house of my
TRENDS where l have always before re-
celVed only the klnGlieSt trea tmenI from
both press and people, is a painful sur
Prise 10 me l have not been in the
public eye in Salt Lake for four years.
and why you should have singled me
cut to Illustrate your themes, so much
to my disparagement, cannot under
stand
Booth survived the malice of his de-
tractors, and l do not entertain a doubt
that [ shall live to prove the injustice
Of your uncalled for reference 10 me
JOHN s. LINDSAY,
Colorado Springs, August 9. 1885.
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Off with your hat as the flag goes byl
And let the heart have its say;
You're man enough for a tear in your
Tnat you will not wipe away.
You're man enough for a thrill that goes
,oIy nAger-tips-
Ay! the lump just then in your throat
Spoke more than your parted lips.
Lift up the boy on your shoulder high
And show him the faded shred
Those stripes would be red as the sunset
sky
If Death could have dyed them red.
The man that bore it with Death has lain
These twenty years and more
He died that the work should not be vain
OF the men who bore it before.
The man that bears it is bent and old,
And ragged his beard and gray
But look at his eye fire young and bold,
AT the tune that he hears them play.
The old tune thunders through all the
air
And strikes right into the heart;
Be, there, and ready to start.
Off with your hat as the flag goes by!
Uncover the youngsters head!
Teach him to hold it holy and high,
For the sake of its sacred dead.
H. c. Bunner.
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OOII-N .. LIN DSA I,
Colorado Springs. August 9. 1886.
DOGS AND PONIES TOMORROW.

Professor Gentry and his famous com
pany of educated dogs and ponies will
arrive IN the city today and will open
a weeks enga cement under canvas on
Fourth South between State and Main
streets Monday night. All of the little
animals will appear IN the street parade
winch will be given tomorrow, starting
about noon. All of the Old favorites
seen here last year including Romeo and
Juliet are still with the company in adj
dition to a. long list of new animal
celebrates that will no doubt establish
a reputation among their youthful adj
mirers equal to the older members. The
company this year is said to contain
over 100 members all of which have some
part TO perform.
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new illusions is called Around the
World in Five Minutes" and to prop
erly portray it he brought back from
Chicago a quantity OF beautiful silk
flags, not only of our own country, but
of all the other important nations of
the globe.
The coming weeks bill at the Lyceum
by the Arper stock company, will be
the farcical comedy My Wife's First
Husband" it abounds in comicaa, ri
diculous and absurd situations, aris-
ing fr2m the supposed coming to life
OF the husband of a lady, who after
mourning him as dead, has remarked:
the efforts of a detective TO unravel the
plot of q play, mistaking it for events
IN real life is a side theme of the piece.
The celebrated Weishnan Apmadoc
arrives in Spanish Fork tomorrow and
lectures there in the evening; the local
Welsh will give him a great reception;
Tuesday evening he is in Ogden; We'd
nesday night, The Cambrians here will
give him a banquet at Saltair, and
Thursday evening he will be seen and
heard here at the Assembly hall. The
Denver Republican says of his enter
tafnrnent: THE testimonial concert
given to Mr.. Apmadoc brought a crowd
ed house. He is a literary and mu-
steal genius of great merit. The great
est enthusiasm prevailed, and ii is
doubtful whether a concert was ever
given in Denver with more eclat. The
gentleman has a magnificent tenor
voice under the highest state of cult
walton. and he uses it with startling
effect
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Royle, who are
summering here, were somewhat sur
prfsed 20 pick up a New York paper
the other day and learn from it that
their partner. Luuius Henderson, and
his wife had accepted an offer of $3.50
week to do a vaudeville turn" at
the Standard theatre. Henderson has
2 sketch which gives him a chance to
air his skill as a piano player, and his
wife plays the only other part in 1T.
The Royles wired their congratula-
tons to ''Lu" and advised him to pick
up as many such summer snaps as he
could lay hold Of
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AN OPEN LETTER TO GLEN MILLER.

Mr.. Glen Miller:-In your disquisition
on the relative merits of the popular"
and high priced drama in the Salt
Lake Tribune of August 2, just brought
to my notice, you take occasion to
point your moral and adorn your tale"
with what I consider a. very unjust and
uncalled for reference to me-
You hold me up as an example of how
a once good actor can deteriorate, as
an effect of his connection with what
you are pleased to class as the
popular drama" You evidently for
get for the moment that very much of
and is played in the high priced houses
until it is made popular or has had
its run, when ii is relegated to the
popular priced houses TO make room
for other novelties.
After giving your reasons for the lack
of patronage bestowed on the Pearson
company in Salt Lake. you say: THE
people who go to see the popular drama,
don't want, don't appreciate, don't ac-
cept good acting 1t was this sort of
experience which made John Lindsay,
who in the old stock days of Salt Lake,
was an able. enjoyable actor, the rant
ing, inartistic player he is today"
Thank you Mr. Miller! We live and
learn. have been acting for thirty
two years, and in my time have play
ed many parts lover 500 and this is
the first time that any critic has ca He'd
attention to the fact that 1 was a
ranter. Neither have ever before been
accused of being inartistic. Now.
either you must be wrong. or hundred
other critics who have deigned to To-
tice my performances in a totally diff
ferent mood, are So 1 think the voice
OF the majority ought to rule. The in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16
NO FLAW IN HIS RECORD.

Bryan may be young. but he is not
untried. He has served on the most i'm
poGeant conmitTee in congress. He has
met IN hand to hand debate the leaders
of Republicanisln. HIS actions and life
have been subjected to the most search
ing criticism and no flaw has been de-
tected. If he has accomplished so much
at Sc, what may not tine nation expect
CT Aam as he enters middle a4ge?-Ex-
change.
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The Denver trip Of the tabernacle
choir assumes definite shape tomorrow
night when the singers who viii make
up the chorus meet for the first nrac-
tice- Mr.. Stephens expects a fun 500
TO so. They leave here on Monday. the
3lst: sing at the Eisteddfod Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday. and al the
big concert Friday; start home Satur-
day and arrive back Sunday morning
September G. MIR. Stephens has for
warded the programme, which viii he
made up of operate choruses (openine
Iwith the Soldiers Chorus from
sFausD fer the first session, part SONGS
for the second, oratorio selections and
Mormon music for the third. and mis-
cellaneous pieces for the concert
Thus far. the only contestants pos
itively booked to enter for a prize from
Salt Lake are the ladies' chorus and
STE *. cf 2. band The ladies met
and did some hard work yesterday.
The theatre people are beginning TO
brush up IN readiness for the fan
opening, and Manager Burton begins to
feel something of the same interest in
the state Of the thermometer and ba-
rn-s1efer that the managers of the
cheaper houses have been feeling all
through the summer. The opening at
traction at the end of the month viii
be Oscar Eliason, who sets off from
here on bis professional career; fol-
lowing him will come the Empire The
atre company. One Of Eliason's big
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16

You would not suppose, would YOU
that it had been reserved for the hot
test, dullest, most town-abandoned
week in all the year. to make an epoch
IL Salt Lakes amusement annals? Yet
it's the truth. Nothing like the Car
niyal Of Madrid has ever been dream
ed of in Salt Lake before. Opening on
Sunday night (Which / think was
managerial mista1e). it did not attract
the crowd it otherwise might have
done; but it was on everybody's lips
Monday and Tuesday, and since then
IT'S been a cram and crush SufTocating
TO mingie amongst. Only think of
Standing room only at Saltair. The
cars haven't been sufficient in number
to take all the people, and on Thurs
day night two or three hundred people
were left at the Rio Grande platform.
Among them was the mayor, and when
Mr.. Glendinning is left, you may form
some idea OF the crowding there must
have been. We're all glad to see the
success of the affair, and the hot spell
which has settled down on the town
couldn't have come at a better time
Tor Manager Clayton. Rumor says he
has been very anxious about Saltair
this year. The first season it opened
I'm told, 100000 people passed through
The gates; then came the silver smash,
md the next fell to 10000; hard times
continued, and the attendance fell to
10000. This year il looks as though
the old high water mark of 100000
would be reached again. As l said,
everyone rejoices, for Colonel Clayton's
pluck, generosity and enterprise in Civ
ing this town a resort like Saltair have
never been more than half appreciated.
The pity is, nov that the town has
fully awakened to all the gIories of the
carnival, that it can't be booked for
another week
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16
coMPLAINNG EAR4Y.

The large amount of money which
Uncle Shelby Cullen says Mr.. Nc
Kinley spent in Illinois to secure the
the manufa cturerS are already COM
planning of too much fat frying.-Ex-
change
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akin to this was the answer of the judge
when complaint was made that a luck
less process server had been compelled
to swallow the Writ he had endeavored
to serve. 81 hope" said his lordship,
gravely. that the writ was not return
able in this court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16
NO STRING ATTACHED TO BRYAN.

The Democratic party puts forth a,
candidate who is neither mortgaged to
a syndicate NOT has been living off his
friends. There has been no bluff sur
render of his property-with a string
to it-in Bryan's history.-Atlanta
Constitution
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16
A NATIoNAI, TrD,AL WAVE.

Bryan is going to capture the coun-
try just as he captured the convention.
He'll go to glory on the tip top of the
national tidal waye.-Exchange
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JOKES FROM THE BENCH.

On one occasion, counsel in certain
drainage case submitted that the plain
tiffs, the Sewage Localization company.
had mo locus standi in this court
Heaven forbid" was the feryent eiacu-
laaion of the learned judge. Something
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-16

The platform demands the prevention
of the importation of foreign pauper
labor, denounces the profiigate waste
Of public money and insists upon re-
turn to simplicity and economy.
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THE PHYSICIAN DEF4En.

ice cream is deadly" so they say:
Ills something no man can endure
Drink water that is iced? Nay, nay.
That course will wreck your system
sure"
No more this tyranny complete
Shall exercise its ruthless swayi
'Tis worse to perish by the heat
Than to be MORALLY frappe
Washington Star.
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Observation-Disclosures


. Mingled with the ladies of the fire
chiefs at Jim Devine's request. and
repaired 10 the tabernacle, where we
all partook of the feast spread before
us by Director Stephens. Of course to
US blase Salt Lal1ers it had a warmed
over taste, but we all forgot that in
witnessing how our visitors relished
the whole bill of fare. It emphasized
more than ever what was evinced in
San Francisco and on the Chicago trip.
that we have in the choir one of the
big musical sensa tons Of the United
States We don't know what a rarity
a big, well trained chorus is in this
land of overdone amusements. till we
see the effect our choir has on stran-
gers The enthusiasm over the SOL
diers' Chorus" and The Hallelujah'
tonight was immense; and the choir
was not at its very best either: yawn-
ing gaps in the male side of the house
and many high trebles absent. I
trembled when they took the finishing
note in the Faust piece, and I exercised.
all the faith l could when they climbed
the difficult sustained scale in the Hal
leiujah. They got through, but Ste
phens' bald spot looked very feverish
after it, from the rear
Mr. B. wagered a pair of gloves with
Flo that Director Stephens wouldn't
get through the night without making
a speech 1 won. But 1 forgave him
when he announced as one of the en-
cores. 20, My Father''-even though he
will persist in calling it Our .favoryte'
hymn. After it was over a dozen en-
thuSlastic ladis in my neighborhood
were in the seventh heaven and all
were inquiring where they could bl1v
the words and music.
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Observation-Disclosures.

-lIU1ItIeIy IN IIIII5Hl
A night at the carnival Our Ara
ban Nights dream. an Aladdin's lamp
creation, glimpse of fairy land. a
page of old Moorish splendor, chunk
OF medieval history cut out and set
down in the lake-all these don't half
express It. How 1 should love a
glimpse at the expense account of this
show. One loses herself thinking what
It cost Saltair to put this stupendous
show into shape. Mr.. Clayton must
have been in a philanthropic mood to-
wards the Salt Lake public when he
signed the enthusiastically no sort
of business the city can turn out will
reimburse him.
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Thursday-Midnight.

Observation-Disclosures
An hour at the Lyceum, where nv
Ole old friend. THE Long Strike" was
Tesurrected; it had a very contempo-
rafy flavor. despite its age, which IL
Illustrates old Boucicault's genius for
getting close to the popular heart in
all times and seasons; there is some
thing very human in all his work. and
nothing he has ever done is more WV
idly human than the episode between
old Moneypenny and Jane Learoyd.
Very well it was done, too. by Mr.
Adams and Miss Atwood. David Me-
henzie and Miss Adams used to do II
with rare fidelity in the old DAYS. and
John Spencer likes nothing in all his
gamut of parts better than the old
lawyer 1t is the role in which ]. Fl
Stoddart. years age, made his first
great hit in America, and he once fold
me he loved it still better than anv of
the hundred new parts which he had
created. All the parts were well filled
Simpson specially good, and Mr.. Ar.
per an Improvement on himself as seen
before. Nj Hand quite fair as Noah
but I can furnish twenty street bows
who viii improve on Jack. 1t remains
the best twenty-five cent show the
town has ever known. MARGE.
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THE Old FLAG.

Off with your hat as the flag goes by!
And let the heart have its say;
You're man enough for tear in your
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-04-16
THE WITNESS AND WYER

+. b. Green of Ottumwa, Ia. tells a
good story about Judge Hendershott
of that city, one of the leading lawyers
of the Hawkeye state
Judge Hendershott," said Mr..
Green, was trying a case under the
prohibition law. An important ques
ton was raised as TO whether or not a
barrel of whiskey was delivered to the
defendant
AN Irishman of the name Of O'Con-
nor was the drayman. and when Judge
Hendershott started to cross examine
him he concluded to brighten hun into
contradlctlng his testimony on the
examination in chief. Assuming a
dramatic pose and with a stern voice,
he said: Remember, sir, you are on
your oath. Remember you have sworn
to tell the truth. the whole truth and
nothing but the truth. Remember
that TO deyiate one iota from the truth
is perjury, and the punishment for
perjury Is imprisonment in the state
penitentiary of Iowa Now. sir, upon
your oath, did you deliver that barrel
of whiskey to Pat Duffy
The Irishman answered coolly and
deliberately, We'll, Judge, being on
my oath, faith | couldn't say / de
livered a bar'l at Mr.. Duffy's place.
On one ind of that bar'l was marked
Pat Duffy" on the ither ind was
marked whisky" bnt being on me
oath | couldn't say whether Pat Duffy
or whisky was in the bar'l
The defendant WAS convicted. -
" ashington Star.
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The Marriageable Age.

In many ways the girls of IS are
more fit to marry than they were in
our grandmother's time, and yet OBJ
servation tells us without question that
the age at which girls marry now is
advanced by several years beyond that
Of one hundred years ago.
The early marriages of the past have
been of no benefit to the present race,
and we are showing wisdom in our
generation in setting the clock of time
back a few years.
For one thing only are early mar
riages desirable, and even this result
does not always accrue by any means
We mean the possibility of the couple
growing more closely together in tastes
and fancies if these are matured after
marriage.
1t is not considered desirable that
the woman should be the elder Of the
parties to the contract. But even this
objection is being lessened as years go
by, for the woman OF 40 is no older
than the woman of % was so years ago.
Nevertheless it is well that there should
De the advantage OF age Oh tne nus
bands side, If a man does not marry
until after he is 80 it is better that there
should be a decided disparity of age be-
tween them. as he will be SO set in
his ways that the wife will be obliged
to yield Difference to his wishes at
every point. A woman who is also set
in her ways will not be likely to do
this. When there is a very great dis
parity in the ages, as is seen quite fire.
quently, the wonder is that the young
girls can be party to such contracts,
though it is very wise for the man
when he at 60 marries a girl Of 30. i
woman of suitable age wouldn't put up
with his almost certain crankiness.-
Philadelphia Call.
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THE NEE PERcE5 RESERVATION

THE NEE PERCES RESERVATION
Is Is "A Desirable Land for Farmer Emil
grants and Offers Big Inducements.
That portion OF the famous Nez
Perces reservation which was thrown
open TO settlement on Nov. IS lies
chiefly in NeZ Perces county, in the
western part of northern Idaho, says
the Northwest Magazine. Ii comprises
ITO square miles, or 542,074 acres
enough to give $3.50 families 100 acres
each Truly speaking, it is one of the
most favored regions in the northwest
The surface is trayeTsed by the Clear
water and Lapwai rivers and their
numerous tributaries, and the land,
which is a rich, black loan and easily
titled. needs no irrigating. Very little
effort will be required in order TO pro-
duce abundant crops in these sheltered
ana fertile valleys The reservation is
also crossed by the Craig's mountain
range. which is really nothing but
table land that is we'll adapted to farm
ing, grazing and numbering. In the i'm
mediate vicinity are the well-knOWn
Palouse and Potlatch sections, which
are both famed for the magnificent
quality of their fruit and cereal prod
ucts and the lands of which are worth
$50 to S100 and $500 per acre. The
reservation lands are simply cOntinu-
alton of those favored regions. Climate
and soil are adapted to the cultivation
of all the cereals, and of grapes, pears,
peaches, apricots, plums, pruneS, ber-
ries, melons, etc. Transportation IA
struction of the Spokane & Palouse
railroad, a branch of the extensive
Northern Pacific railroad system, which
VIII soon be extended TO points to
| which no other lines can afford to pene,
| trate. In fact, surveys have been made
to result in the rapid and perfect devel-
| opment Of the new country.
With all these facts in view, the
| statement that this virgin empire is
! being rapidly occupied by enterprising
| settlers will occasion no surprise. All
| conditions are favorable. There is
| plenty of timber and the country is
| rich in minerals. 1t is probable that at
| least two good towns will grow up
| one on the Lapwai or Clearwater and
another beyond Craig's mountain in
what is known as the Cold Springs
I country. Other towns will, of course
| follow in time. But markets for the
| immediate future are already provided
since the entire territory is contigu-
GUS to Lewiston and other important
| commercial centers.
1t is understood that agriculture
! lands on the reservation can only be
taken under the homestead act, but il
| addition thereto the settler must pay
| S3.75 per acre. one-half of which mus
| be paid within three years from date OF
entry and the remaining half at date
of final proof. In all other respects the
homestead act governs.