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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-04
Nnic.- NrM Trimmer.

The selection OF Al COPELAND ~ the
Yale trainer Il well thought Of by Yale
men generally. for COPELAND IN conipe-
tent man. and II In believed that he VIII
be able to turn out n rafting track
team at New Haven. There IL no end
OF field ana track athletics with which
COPELAND IA familiar Several years ngo
he was one Of the ablest athletes repre-
Hcnting Manhattan Athletic club In us
struggles with the New York Athletic
club. His abilities ms a Splinter. hurdicr
ana broad Jumper are well known, ana
his name viii be found prominent In
the athletic record books. His knowl-
edge OF athletics Is based upon careful
study. and he has not rolled upon MS
natural ability and the information he
has picked m In his athletic experience
lie can analyxe athletic performances
In n way that II astonishing.
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CLOCK USED IN CHESS MATCHES

suddenly his white hand moves toward
a fgure. II Is trembling. for he Ia ter
rihly In earnest The move accomplish
ed, he gets up and walks around. stlll
absorbed In the game and chewing Wig
orousiy on his cigar ready to return rs
soon as his opponent has played.
Janowskl,'who has recently been play
ing a series Of games with showalter
and the young brooklyn expert, Mar
shall, Is a Parislnn. Neatly dressed In
black, with white collar and colored
link cuffs to match his shirt and a neat
bow tied In knot at his throat. he
forms striking contrast In every way
to Marshall. He " dark and swarthy,
with black hair eombed back from his
forehead without a parting His aqui-
line nose IL snrmounied by pair OF
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n1a4MzM;s
New York

Life" made an offer for "zaza," the
play In which Mrs. Leslie Carter has
made such hit, the day Delasco bought
II for Mrs. Carter. Mlss OTIS was an
hour too late with her offer. and she
thereby lost fortune. She has made
great hit, however. as Mrs. DE Carteret
In Sporting Life"
The sporting Duchess" one OF the
greatest and most successful OF Eng
lish dramas, with It's lengthy cast. it's
massive scenery and prodiglous race
scenes, has passed out OF the hands Of
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the beach. 40 to speak. After \ YER
short time. during which the victims
whom It was desirncd to impress seem
ed to be hardly aware Of the confessed
~ great actors existence, disaster over.
took the enterprise. AZ the critical
iuncturc an outsider ~ q good deal Of
nbility and some capital stepped IN nrf
prevented the dishandmcnt of tho com.
psny. Hs Immediately Topped on abou
~ names from the salary iist. and a.
organization IL now dragging its wear
ifnsth along the death trail.
Tho rmhll local stock companies "
many of the cities Of medium slzo hnyt
also tried "Cyrano du nergcrac." but
except In one or two cases, despite tn
incSpenaivcncss Of production. the ven
lures have proved anything but sue.
ccasful. without elaborate mounting
and the best acting In every role "cy.
rano dc BefHerac" n a. practically I'm.
possible play. and Mr. Mansfield haf
been helped rather than injured by the
fact that lack of copyright protection N
this country has enabled would be init.
tators TO advertise hiH play by inferior
representations nrlor 10 his appearance.
In the llEht OF recent experience u u
doubtful whether Mr. MrrHnold would
cndcnvor to interfere with these ahor.
tive attempts 60 get something FOR moth
inr even though nn unexpected decision
Of the court should confer upon him the
right TO do no.
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The champion record for double teams.
which has stood unbcnten since 1879. Is
likely TO be Hpongcd on the board this
year through an arrangement recently
entered into by Harry Darlington u
Pittsburg and Calvary Morris OF clcve-
land. Morris owns the fast mare FL
iorcc. that set the worlds record for
trottcrs to wagon az $50 IN 1891. while
Darlington has the former New York
trottcr cephns. that pulled n wagon over
the Cleveland course In s.Osis last sea
son. The two trottera are 10 be hook
ed TO polo next season for shy at the
sii2A OF Belle Iiamlln nni Honest
George. cephaS In known 20 he good
pole horse, and Elioree In believed to be
his equal or his better.
George Saunders win probably hold
the rolns over the pair when they start
20 beat the record. New York horse
men would like to see II. o. Havcmey-
er's crack pole team. Harrletta. s;0ah.
and Lesa wilkes. 500 Eo against the
record or against the pair from Pits
burg and Cleveland.
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among the FIRST seven and was the
prize man In English composition. He
was the founder Of the Triangle club
'dramatic) at Princeton, and he made Il
name for himself In Edinburgh as an
amateur actor But aa both his father
and grandfather had attained eminenoe
In the law he was not allowed 90 adopt
the stage as a profession until no had
spent a yearsnt Columbia IN the law
school. lie wrote Captain Impudenee'
and Friends
Maurice Barrymore's father II u rector
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In the Established Church Of England,
Barfymore's real name 10 herpe"
Blythe.
Bernhard Shaw is writing play
founded upon q supposed early ilita'
tlon between julius Cesar and Cleo
patra.
Minnie Palmer N the latest legltima's
star 10 enter vaudeville. she WIN MAKE
her debut at Proctors, New York on
March o.
Lydia YeamaLs Titup Ia playing IN
London
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Christie has recently become the proper
~ OF the Prince OF Naples. who wiz en-.
ploy Il as u preserve for biz game hunt
Ing.
Bernhard viii appear us Hamlet next
season,
London is getting IA a spectacular
feature OF the Barnum ana Bailey show
representation OF New York harhor
and day at Coney Island. The water
Is real ana the bouts are actual floaters.
Ellta Proctor Otis. now playing the
role OF an adventures In Sporting
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AMUSEMENT NOTES,

Mercedes" AS You Like II" ana In
gomar"
In THE Hrart OF the Klondlke" II IL
said the weight OF water used In the
caturae, scene Is so great that a corps OF
men has to be sent week In advance
10 strengthen the theatrical stages upon
which the drama II 10 be presented,
Apropos OF James O'Neils play.
"Monte- Christie" the island OF Monte
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alters, ana he has lust taken lease of
the Lyric, which Ia the thenter portion
OF Oscar Hammerstein's folly. olympia.
In London he has one theater and con-
trolls the time for another.
Besides all this he II the manager OF
several N the most important road at
fractions In this country so. after all.
tho theory with reference TO llaverly
was not correct. He simply ala not
work things right, while Charles Froh-
man dors. thAIs all.
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ni 7Nnde per hour by the
plagni F.. ts .uiy either 10 or 20. To guard
ag,l thelr overlapping the limit two
clocks are provided. They are pendu-
lum clocks aud are both precisely alike.
being about three Inches high, They
are fastened ON a lozenge shaped piece
OF wood about ten inches long In such
position that when the wooden stand
IL tipped IN each direction lirst ono
clock and then the other Is on n perpcn-
dieular base and Immediately starts
ticking on the seconds. when the game
begins, the clock timing the white
Is started, and as soon as he makes a
move he tips II NJ, thus stopping II and
starting his opponents timepiece. and
10 on throughout the game.
LEO ETuERlNOTON
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when J. ". Havcriy was at the height
of his theatrical career, II was raid that
disaster must surely oycrtake him for
the rcafon that no one man could posi-
bly, manage 30 many attractions as he
was handling AT the time. Sure enough.
the crash ala come. and II was an awful
one. The Il told you 70 people got In
their little gag line" and went their
several ways. pluminK themselves upon
the supposed Possession of almost pro-
phetlc gifts. There was at that time In
the employ OF Hayerly n young fellow
Of little height and exceeding plump
ness. lie was. I think, one OF the nu-
mcrous advance agents. lilo was a
Ahrcwd young man. with m unqualified
admiration for his master. lie was
loyal In other respects. too. and speedily
acquired a reputation NJ "a hustler.
That young man was Charles Froh-
mani
lie was shrewi enough TO observe and
10 take 60 heart the causes leading 10
the downfall ~ Havorly. and the knowl-
edge gained then has been OF lncaicuin.
bic benefit 10 him since. Getting his
start rs theatrical manager with
Shenandoah" at a time when many per-
sons thought that that piece would
serve To demonstrate that graveyard
Ia not the deadeat thing In this world.
he hranchcd out In the most sensible
manner. and today he II the largest
theatrical explolter the world has ever
seen, Beside him iiaveriy In his palm
lest days was little more than side
show. In this city he manages the En-
pire, Garden, Madison square. oarriek
and practically the knlekerbooker the.
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Miss Ellen Terry Ia clever banjo
player.
BOB billiard has made the hit OF
his NE In the spectacular melodrama
sporting Life" In one scene he has TO
put on the gloves and knock out" In
rue r'nE style professional pugillst.
Miss julia Arthur's repertory for her
second annual tour consists 81 "a Lady
" Quality" "Pygmallon and Galatea,"
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Frank c. Ives. the champion billiard
ist has now rome In for trotters ana "
getting together nice stable. Nv
thinks the sport VIII benefit his heai'h
and intends. az any rate. to give u u
faithful trial. He has gone In for zee
racing in Canada this winter ana mas
shipped some horses there for that pnf,
pose. His stable now consists OF ~
Nee, Canton. Planet and Sucoesa,
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copyright. isa1

copyright. 1891
The relgnlng attraction at the Madi-
'on Square theatcr In this city IN hiEh
grade farce entitled because she
loved Hin 60" The authors are two
tfcnchmen, lilHson and i.cclercd, hut
The play has been radically changed In
II adaptation Tor tho American stage
~ William Gillette.
AZ the beginning II may be AZ well 10
'ay that II II the best entertainment OF
The sort 10 which New York has been
treated In many years. There IN moth.
NIX filthy about II. and there II not even
the suggestion OF problem" The
story Ia quite interesting. and. while the
play may drag a trlnc In the irut OF the
three acts. the animation OF the SECOND
and third more than compensatoa for
any shortcomings at the opening.
-
Gertrude. the daughter OF Mr. and
Mrs John Weatherby. "a sort OF Darby
and Joan couple. living IN the country,
mas become the wife OF oliver West. "a
prosperous young business man OF Lon-
Son. She IN very Jealous ~ hcr hand
some husband aud dlstoria hla most
commonplace actions into proof Of the
act that he IN not alt that he should be-.
rho WeRtherby family has another
member. a son, Thomas, who has Just
been accepted as the hotrothed Of Julia.
the daughter Of Rev. Lyman Langley
lean of Waterford. The dean has aunil-
led his consent with the stipulation that
he shall frst satisfy himself that the
marital relations OF the members NJ
foung Wcatherhys family are perfectly
harmonious, In order 10 enable him to
30 this Tom Invites them To visit his
lister. lilo aud his daughter arrive while
West ana his wife nrc In the midst 81
one OF their numerous Jnngles, and the
worthy Mr., Langley retircs with his
offspring at the double quick. Tom IN
iisheartenod and uphrnids his sister
md brothor.ln-law. who nave agreed 10
disagree. Mrs, West II nbout TO start for
1er parents home, ana her husband as
serts that as he does not intend 20 be
mlsrepresented he win 30 along. Tom
hnstonR there In advance. after making
pence with his prospective father-in-
law. and informs the old folks OF the sad
state Of AFFAIRS. They tell him that they
viii gladly receive the dean and his
daughter and Tom Is temporarily hap
ny again.
Meanwhile the loving old couple have
been converting about bool, which
Mrs. Neathorby has read. In which q
quarrcisome young couple were brought
10 their senses by the stimulation OF q
real old fashioned row by their parents,
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OF
THE STAGE.

II once witnessed nn absurd ami.
dent" said Il. S. Willard. the actor
which ruined an rct and generally
prejudlced not only the drama. but m.
luckless persons connected with II. In
the play there wns sensational sos,o
In which the bursting OF dam afforded
the hero fine opportunity for mslo-
dramatic action. The scene. with reat
water effects. wns conspicuousiy buil,
up Mt the back OF tho stage. Imagine
the effect upon an audience worked an
10 the highest pitch By sundry honvoa
Of the canvas. showing the impending
catastrophe. when. on the wild cxola.
nation OF the hero. Great heavens. ma
flood Ia ON usi' the very unromen,lo
squirting Of n stopped IN tap was heard
and tiny stream was seen trickllnr To.
ward the footlights The derislon Of tho
spectators stimulated the hero Of IA.
play to rectlfy the tap. which retailntod
by directing n tolcrnbiy strong jet int,
his face. Discounted and moist h.
rushed from the stage. leaving tho bar.
Dine to struggle with tho food TO tho
wings. amid the shouts or the audience.
THE play finally continued. The 60
llloquy 81 an attorney was lnterruptcd
by particularly brilliant display Of tho
whole system Of fountains deluginE tho
stage and orchestra. The wrong cue
had been taken. The whole thing was
80 ludicrous that the greater portion Of
the audience left. exhausted by laugh.
ter"
Miss Isabel IrvinR's mother died re-.
Gently Just before her death she told
her daughter her last wish was that
her death should not interfere with
Miss IrvingH theatrical engagements.
The daughter hcartbrokcn though she
was. promisid that her mothers dying
wish should be observed.
so well did Miss irving keep her word
that on the afternoon OF the day on
which her mother died she played her
part In 'The Llars" at the Empire. New
York.
There was not one before or behind
the footlights who knew the laughing.
cantivatinrly irresponsible Lady Jessi-
ca Ncpon had Just lost her mother. In
the evening she played again. The
mex, day her mother was buried when
the sad news was made public Miss
irving's undcrstudy came prepared to
take her part.
Miss Irving viii play tonight" said
the stage manager and the actress r..
deemed the promise made to her dying
mother.
n II related that on N. FIRST niFht %
''rhc School For Scandal" when II was
produced at Drury Lane thcntef. Lon
don, nearly a century ana quarter ago,
Cumberland. an inconHcquentlal rival of
Richard iirinsicy Sheridan. came. 10 the
performance and brought his small chill.
drcn with him.
They screamed with delight, lie
plnchod them. what are you laugh.
lng at. my angclHg There II nothing 10
laugh at And he continued IN an I'M
dcrtonc. Keep stlil you little ounces"
when this was repeated 10 Sheridan, he
IL reported 10 have said, "DevillHh un-
grateful that, for | sat out his tragedy
last week and laughed from beginning
to end"
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THE GOTHAM STAGE,
Arthur Cr,spin Chats Enterfainirg'u Of
theatrical Matters In the City
Of New York.

Darby and Joan decide TO try that plan
upon the arrival Of their daughter and
her husband. The scheme h carried out
nnd works perfectly 20 FAR as dccelylng
the young people. who are naturally as
founded and horfined. white tho Hlmu-
lated quarrel IN at III height Tom ar
rlyca. with the dean aud Julia. and his
love AFFAIRS are thereby put la greater
jeopardy than ever.
Mr. and Mrs. Wrnthcrby keep mp their
fu~rlng, ana when bedtime arrives the
old lady retlrcs with her dauehtcr, while
the father occupies the guest chamber
with his SOn-in-lnw, 4 little later the
most beautiful bit IN the whole play
occurs. The old couple return 90 the
dining room stealthly for the good
nlght kiss, one OF them rcmarklng rs
they separate that II n the FIRST time In
30 years they have been away from
each other.
In the last Get the danger Of slnulat-
lng temper and Jealousy II well shown.
Gertrude. really believing In the slncerl-
~ NJ what has passed between her par.
enta ANA desiring Ia aid her mother, de-
cidcs that the woman whom Hhe imnF-
Ines that her mother suspects In none
hAllfI ilhu liNhNA AutllNu 'uNANlfh,
tenant ~ Mr., Weathorby, In reality the
old lady suspects no one. and what she
has told her daughter has merely been
Tor the purpose or lending verlsimiil-
tudc to her pretended quarrel with her
husband. Gertrude however guus TO see
Donna Adelina ana gives her very
thorough dressing down. Then she re-
turns home, followed after short IN
terVal ly the Donna. who IL naturally
very much offended Another row Ia
preclpitated, and IN the midst Of II Tom
ana the dean AMI Julia enter again
Matters are later Strengthened out In
n thoroughly satisfactory n not very
original manner, and the play ends with
everybody happy,
], IT, DodFon has never given poor
lmpersonRtion since he came " this
country some years ngo ms q mcmh, : OF
the Kendall company, but no one ever
suspected that he possessed comedy ahil-
ny Of high order until the production
~ this Glllettc adaptation, He WAS excel
lent ns the Darby Of tho play. white the
Joan role was ably Interpreted hy Kate
Neck Ida Conquest was also an agree
able surprise. Edwin Arden was uncon.
yendOnal and exceedingly convincing aa
the victim Of wifcly jealousy and was
oven more at homo than when the lead
ms man OF Julia Arthurs company
Thomas Wcathegby was perhaps trihe
oycrdonc by Arnold DAILY The real hit
OF the piece was, however, scored by an
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nraham never relaxed her firm grasp OF
IL. Miss Brnham ~ certain to become u
primo New York favoritc.
"Phroso" may he n great play. ~ IL
Inserted by the press agent ~ the Em-
plre theatcr In this city, or u may be
me most commonplace sort Of mclo-
iramN. No N alleged by those persona
N.ho do no. like IT,. but whatever It's
merritt u cannot be denied that the
piece il doing magnificent business. II
Ia impossible 60 SGT seat for any near
nt hand performance. ana one Of the pc
cullarltleH of the conditions now pre-.
va ling nt the Empire II that the Eal-
lcry Ia Just 49, crowded as the lower por-
lions Of the house.
There has been perhaps not unnatu-
raj tendency to compare the work OF the
new leading woman of the Empire, Miss
Milwnrd. with that ~ her predecessor,
Miss viola Allen, who II now the phe-
nomenaily successful star u that pho
nomennlly rucceHaful Manx comedy.
'srhe Christian" Some critics have de-
ciared that while Miss Millward does
not fully realize the possibilities 81 the
title role. she IL nevertheless lncompar.
ably superior 60 Miss Allen In a general
way. The opinion Of most theater goers.
however. IL that Miss Allen Is easily the
better actress despite her declamatory
style. II Is only matter Of opinion,
after all. but Miss Allen seems to have
u very large rrrponderuncc 81 opinion
on her side. Most people incline Ia the
view that size eSceis Miss Millwafd prln-
cipally In the nncsse which she brings
To her work and that the lHtter's long
melodrumatir experience has impaired
her merit 10 some extent. he that Ms
N may. we do not hear as much talk
about the present leading woman ~ the
Empire as We were accustomed TO dur.
Ing Miss Aliens sway at that house.
have several times taken occasion TO
observe that while "Cyrnno dc BerFc-
rae" as presented by Richard Mans
ield, ~ one " thp most phenomenal boz
office successes this country has ever
know n IL a play which would stand
very little chance ~ winning ont"
without the personality and oonsclen.
tlous attention 10 detail Of Americas
foremost actor This view Of the case
has often been questioned, but 80 far
almost every experiment has served 10
demonstrate ~ accuracy, Mansfield IN
said TO have played 10 $4,000 In one
week recently IN I,ostand's great ro-
nance and In every city he has visited
n has simply been question of the ca
nacity Of the house at which he has
played
several persons who either are pretty
good actors or imagine that they are
have sought % emulate the example Of
the talented though eccentric Richard.
one OF them recently got together a
company NJ about 90 people and yet
forth 10 show the folks that Richard
Mansfield was not the only pebble on
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NEW YoRxs CURRENT THEATRICAL ATTRACTIONS.

l;nsllrh acir,w. Miss Lconora praham.
as Donna Adeilna. Her work showed
marvellous eauipolHe. ana there was lust
enough cNaHgcration Ia the nrAt actin
which, by the way. she was bcrt-to
make tho character thoroughly sym.
pathetic and To keep II In the fnrclcai
picture then In preparation, The role
Itself falls on decidedly In merit ana
possibilities after the iirst act. but Miss
nraham never relaxed her firm grasp OF
IL. Miss Brnham II certain TO become a
primo New York fayorite.
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Meanwhile the loving old couple have
been converting about book which
Mrs. Neathorby has read. In which a
quargcisome young couple were brought
TO their senses by the stimulation Of a
real Old fashioned row by their parents,
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Grattan Grange.

The ladies OF Grattan Grange met
April at the Grange hall and tied
the two quilts which they had just
completed piecing. The gentlemen of
the lodge happened around about din
ner time and as the young ladies had
the dinner prepared about 10 ladies
and gentlemen sat down to a sumptu-
Gus dinner which was soon dispensed
OF TO the ability OF all present Elder
Albertson, pastor OF Ashley church,
and Maj Frank II. Chase, OF Smyrna,
we're present TO enjoy the feast, also E..
p. Nash, OF Lansing, called In to eat
dinner with his brother and sister
grangers. The quilts which are now
completed are OF the finest quality and
one is gaining more than they lose
when paying but ten cents to purchase
a ticket and take their chance with
the rest OF securing so fine quilt.
The Grange girls disposed OF quite a
number OF tickets at the hall to the
gentlemen who ate their dinner there.
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Lincoln Lake.
Mrs. Joles is still quite. sick.

Mrs. Joles is still quite. sick.
Lewis Emmons of Trufant visited at
Wilbur Emmons' Sunday
Apple Mooney is working for Mrs.
Eva Main, who is quite sick.
Warney Stroupe has returned home
after working near Cadillac all winter.
Mrs. Green Crawford is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Mcclure, at
Owosso.
Will Emmons has moved onto his
mothers farm and will work it this
summer.
Edna Newland is helping Tommy
Watson's mother with her household
duties In Oakfield
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Smith moved on
their farm near Maple Valley this
week. We are sorry to lose them.
John Potter is home on visit from
Porto Rico. He likes it there and is
going back IL is rumored that Henry
Main is going with him