The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-19

white muslin something which looks
to my untutored eye like a cross be-
tween a Mother Hubbard and an En-
pire gown. The lion, he explains, was
bequeathed to him by his dying wife,
who had been very fond of it. She
had brought it up from cub-hood in
the hope that it would learn to do
specialties, but the faithful animal,
deeply impressed with the sorrow
which such idle amusements have
wrought in the United States army,
has always remained true to q. higher
ideal and refused to do any sharp
shooting or dancing, or even to pour
sand on the stage for the other enter
tainments. In the solitude of his cage
he thinks sadly of the song and dance
crimes that have been committed with
in his range Of vision.
The wicked captain comes to John
Hartman's home with a squad of SOL
diers, who promptly try the helpless
invalid by court-martial, find him
guilty and sentence him to be shot at
sunrise. Jack Curley hastens away to
secure a reprieYe, and while he is gone
Madeline is induced to sign his death
warrant the prerogative Of all young
women who sweep the plains in velvet
riding habits, in order that she may
save her fathers life.
In the third act the two comic SOL
diers are captured by the Apache In
dams, who are a serious minded lot
and rigidly opposed to specialties of
any description. They tie their cap
tives to trees and are about to put them
to the torture when the sudden arrival
Of General Custer and his troops puts
an end to the good work This scene,
however, should serve as a warning to
a great many victims of the speciality
habit who are now in town, and if the
mana cement of this entertainment de-
sire to give q, professional matinee I
will tell them where to place some of
their tickets.
The fourth act shows the death of
Hartman, the degradation of the
wicked captain and the promotion of
the fat, scholarly and virtuous half
breed.
In the fifth act General Custer makes
his last gallant stand and perishes be-
side the brown plush horse Thus dies
the best actor in the company, while
the comic people, Princess Moonlight,
and the beautiful Madeline, most of
whom deserve death, escape the mas
sacre in order to appear at the very
close of the piece in what is known
technically as an apothesis, by which
is meant something like the postum
nous appearance of Little Eva, Uncle
Tom and Abraham Lincoln in a noe
turne of cotton clouds at the finish of
Uncle Toms Cabin
MOST TALKED-OF PERSON.
1t is interesting to keep tab on the
popular mind by finding out from time
to time whom the people are talking
about the most and | have noticed that,
as a general thing, the American pub
lie occupies itself with some utterly
trivial or unworthy person and seems
to have very little interest in the
achievements of our men of letters and
science. For steady diet, however, roy
atty engrosses our attention to a sur
prising degree and 1 happen to know
that more columns of matter are
printed annually about Queen Victoria.
the Prince of Wales and the emperor
of Germany than any other individual
on the earth, our own president alone
excepted.
A friend of mine, who makes a bust
ness Of clipping from newspapers all
references to such men and women as