The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-16
HOTEL AND CORRIDOR. :

Mr. Douglas. here in advance of The
/ Brownies" who open a three-nights'
engagement at the theater on Thursday
next, IS most interesting gentleman. He
| Is interested with Palmer Cox in the
company, and composed the music for the
eNtravaganza. Mr.. Douglas is perhaps.
more intimate with Mr. Cox than any one
else, ana he has profound admira ton
1or the creator of the Brownies
They have amused and entertained
| children all over the civilized world, and
| II you could see very small number
! OF the touching letters received by them
! from children, you would think as | do,
that the fame of Palmer Cox is secure.
pany. Now the Brownies belong to the
! children-they cannot be ASSOCIATED
from the children. However it may not
occur TO YOU that all eXtyavaganzas Gin
/ derella.' The Babes in the Woods Dick
/ Worthington' and scores of others are
all taken from the literature of the chill
! dren.
The extravaganzas. however. are for
/ the entertainment OF regular theater-
Soers, as our Brownies is. The company
is something of a curiosity in itself. We
/ have the smallest people and the tallest
people in the profession in order to make
the contrast between the Brownies and
the giants the more striking, and the
scenery IS constructed to heighten the
effect. We carry about so people. and
nave the largest organization OF the kind
on the road"
90 @ 90
Heinrich Caro-, a young man whose
pleasant face is SCARED with a ragged
wound extending from beneath the right
ear TO the point Of the chin was pointed
out in the KnutSfOrd hotel Yesterday as
one of the most famous duelling students
of old Freiberg university. Mr.. Caro- left
last evening for Mercur. where he in
tends to make d careful examination of
some mining properties there in the in
terest of a German syndicate. The plans
OF this corporation Will not be made
Ill
from the business Importance of the visit,
MIR. Caro's presence is synonymous of
that absurd custom of student duelling
in most of the larger German UNIVERSE
ties. The angry looking scar across Mr..
CarO'S countenance is regarded in Ger
many as a mark of honor more re-
nowned than either the degree of the
cross of the legion or the decoration of
the black eagle. While it attracts curious
attention in this country il does not de-
tract from Mr.. Caro's handsome features.
but rather adds history to the lines of
his face.
When the young duellist stands before
One-within a foot OF you-and coolly
says. Il have sent two TO theirs ac-
counting an unpleasant sensation creeps
in your vertebra. In the last Cosmopoli-
practice. illustrated by photographers,
which show many of Mr.. Caro's class
mates and one of the gentleman who Is
now at the Knutsford.
The students who belong to the duelling
corps of the universities are all members
Of very ancient societies whose uniform
has been passed down from preceding
generations without a single deviation in
the cut or color. In opposition to the
corps students. who constitute them
selves as the elect representatives of the
university $ arlStocracy, are other Socie-
ties, one known as the Burschenschaften
Wingolf. 1t IS perfectly honorable for
these young men 10 draw each others
IL. 4 -,
provocation for a challenge to arms. The
fact that they belong to rival corps is
cause enough for a duel. Every month
two CORPS are matched for combat and
reaps the most glory. The duelling is
fragrant violation of the law in North
Germany but it is not severely ere od pun
quently large hOroos of students come
from TIE North German universities to
have their periodical combats at Heldel- |
berg and Freiberg.
Each day the students exercise with the |
schlaGer and they acquire by this con-
slant practice a high degree of pro- /
fciencv. Among his friends and Young |
lady admirers, the corps students stand /
inc IS in exact proportion to the number /
of his sears. After wounds are sewn up, /
the patient frequently pulls out the /
threads that the scar may become Jagged. T
The time for fighting the duels is for the !
most part quite early in the morning. on /
the outskirts of . university village. The /
seconds chalk off two lines on the floor. /
l. feet apart. They buckle on the prin-
c:oals heavy padded Jacket, reaching /
from the neck to the knee: the right arm
the eyes are protected with iron spec (
tac!eS. rusty and blOod-stained. The
schIage- or sword is narrow strip of
steel with razor edge for II inches down
their Instruments ready The principals
stand. feet spread wide apart right side
forward and left hand behind them. the
right raised over the head. and this
posture is retained throughout the COM
bat TIE slashing, Darrying and cutting
S all done by turning the wrist. the OBJ
ject OF each contestant being to over
reach his opponents guard and cash his
face The umpire may call a halt when
he sees blood. The duel ceases and the
surgeon makes an examination If he
says No the duel is resumed. while the
crimson streams down the faces of the
fighters. If the wound reaches from ear
TO chin then the surgeon gives the COM
nand to stop.
TIE emperor is said to be one of the
warmest admirers of the corps system
and the dueiling. He said at a students
meeting at Bonn, May, 1891 that he hoped
the spirit which is steeled by strength OF
courage prevalent in the corps would al
ways continue
Mr. Caro- attended Freberg for about
our years and during that time he
ought about Is duels TWO of which We're
eel affairs on the field of honor He is.
# course. magnificent swordsman. and
ooks back upon his old days at the uni
1ersity with 4 great deal of fond recol-
ection. While he now regards the Gus
an as somewhat rabid. he believes that
Z incGlcateS the true manlineSs which is
Necessary to successfully face the world
md conquer. He will return from Mer-
~ in about two weeks.
Arrivals at the .Knutsford yesterday {
we're Leo e. Ames, San Francisco; NJ. I
Salisbury, California; DR. d. J. Macdon- :
Id and wife Anaconda, Mont; James A. .
Murray, J. NJ. Mcneil, Butte; Frank w.
Taylor. J. Chris Won Gester and COM
oanion. J. a. Lewis, New York; w. F.
,allaway, Denver; p. J. Qualey. Rock
springs; Paul Tromintz San Francisco; !
l. Gaynor and wife, New York; T. r.
3eattX. city; Henry G. Mackay II. d. ,
Hodges jr., Robert 3. Blodgett, Boston; ,
= Helletell, city; w. Z. Hall, Chicago.
The following are guests at the Cullen:
l. c. Bettes. A. J. Bettes. Anaconda;
; l. Sperm, Anaconda W. S. Muller.
lew York; William NJ. Welsh Dallas J. J
> kearns. Chicago; W. E. Bates, I
aker p. Z. Erickson, Boise J. w. Car
'enter, Denver; S G. Shriver Peabody, {
Ky: J. w. Teller Denver; Y. L. Chaplin, J
ogden: J. II. Dodds. st. Paul. {
The Walker-H. jacobson, San Fran q
;sco: James Ivers. Park City: w. G. r
stanley, d. Evan. George c. Whitemore.
leohi; J. II. Krauss, Ogden. 7
TemDleton-Thomas Ennis and wife, 7
Robert Hayes. Portland; George w. S
ienry L Wolf Chicago: Judge Loot