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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01
SIR HENRY AND the BISHOP.

The bishop OF London and Sir Henry
Irving are not only close friends but
great admirers OF each others talents
and abilities. Sir Henry" said Dr.
Creighton to the great actor not many
months ago, you are one OF the most
effective preachers in the world ana
one Of the most original" How do
you make that out, my lord?" said Sir
Henry Irving. somewhat surprised.
Well" replied the bishop, II VIII tell
you, Every one OF your actions Is
sermon. You can preach without speak
ing. Many OF your sermons may be ST.
lent. but they are none the less solemn
"Ah, we'll. my lord. thank you Tor
these remarks Of yours. but ! am sure
you give me too much praise"
Then after a somewhat long pause
Sir Henry said quietly. but with that
humorous twitching OF his lips when
invariably foretells something good
something witty, do you know II
seems odd that you and ! should be
even on speaking terms, considering
we are both pulling in entirely different
directlons2" How SOL" said his lord
ship curlously. We'll" smilIngly re-
piled Sir Henry, Il am doing all In my
power TO drag people into the pit; you
are doing all in your power to drag
people out OF IL"
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NOT A SPEECH, nut A CONFESSION.

James Nell Of the Neill company has
always been very careful In the seIec-
ton Of actors and actresses that assIs.
IN the Nell productions. While he is
always ready TO encourage and advise
all ambitious amateurs who seek bic
counsel. there is one case on record
where he lost his patience. one day
while the Nell company was finishing
a long engagement he had occasion 10
utilize In a play which demanded an eX.
ira large cast a young amateur who
persisted In doing things contrary TO
his Instructions, There were but two
lines for this young woman 20 speak
one in the first act and one IN the sec.
ond-but she was not satisfied TO gain
prominence by degrees. so going 10 MI
NELL after a rehearsal, she said
Mr. Nelll have one line IN the first
act and one In the second. Couldntyou
give me one IN the third act too?'
Mr. Neill thought a minute Of what
trouble the girl had caused him, and
said:
Yes. In the banquet scene IN ihe
last act you enter and say, Here is
ham,"
oh" she said do I bring ham on
with me?'
NO, my dear" said Mr.. Nell. 1T Is
not a speech. It is a confession"
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THE SPORT OF Coras1,n

The racing OF greyhounds ,su.,
courslng. which is taking such "a e-,.,
hold upon the sport loving fratapry
ana lovers OF the chase, Is most uk.,,
OF older origin than any other form u,
racing, the first course known of 5,,,r,
back to Babylonian days. when ,t5
greyhounds We're used IN copra,,..
with the hawk in catching the fleet g,.
zelle. The greyhound himself date
back to the anclents. being the oBly
dog spoken Of In the Bible, and the oll
French courts were never opened win.
out the attendance OF the graceful prsv.
hound. In England, Australia and Inc.
land courslng has been conducted for
years, and TO win the English Water.o,
Is as much desired by the nobility AZ n
win the Derby.
The sport In America Is OF recent o,-
lgin. Unlike horse racing. there Is mn
restraint put upon natural desires no
making OF pace or rating along ana
coming with a burst OF speed M Tho
end. When two trained greyhounds are
liberated for their contest no Jockey
with instructions is upon their backs
and the race Is a terrific one from start
TO finish, The jacks are rarely caugh,
and the disagreeable feature OF the Kan
has been almost done away with.
II is surprising to those not acqualD,.
ed with the sport how much value q.
placed upon a good coursIng greyhound.
and winner Is more difficult TO buy
than a race horse, owing 10 the fact
that the sport is not carried on for prof.
IT, and a gentleman owning a winning
greyhound does not put a price on him
from the fact that he has no intention
OF parting with him at any price, and
the only economical way to procure
good courslng greyhound IS TO purchase
a puppy bred by winners and take your
chances. Some fabulous stake moneys
have been won by the get Of famous
sires, notably Sin Clair, whose get have
won over $4,000 in two years. while
Emin Pasha follows closely. with $4,000
to his credit The get OF Lord Never.
settle could not be computed as he was
the producer OF more winning grey
hounds and grander sires than any
greyhound ever brought to this country
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The game Of roller polo which ,.,. ,
IFS ioothold and first adherents i, 81.
England, has been gradually Inor.5....
IN popularity until now IL has ir,,5',
the middle west with a yengosnr. N,
boom In this region has been ye-, .,. .'
this season, and there has rccent.y i.' =.
established a roller polo league vti.1
Includes a number Of the Larger ,.,, ..'. "
The game is one OF the most sv,,..--
In existence as the play Is fast au ,.a
time. the spectators can see eyer,,. i.s
that Is going on, and none Of the rr.,..,
is idle for long az a time. Wbo-s,,.
roller polo has been introduced 3, t..
always found great popularity ar,.--
the ladies'. and In many cases tba l.''1
Of the audiences has been made a., .,
the fair sex. This, OF course. has H..
a great point in It's favor '
In most Of the localities whore .ra,..
polo has achieved success the s1or, ~,
roller skating has been revived s5 ,...
now the once favorite pastlme blIs f,l.
to regain q great deal Of IT'S LOST po,'-
larity. LEO ETHERINCTaN
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deserves II IS usually the case that
when the few really conscientious crit
les Of this city inhlct upon a play what
is technically known as warm roast
the sales at the box office increase
enormously This is because there Is
In every community a certain element
which likes vulgarlty and a certain 9TH
er element which has not the moral
courage to stay away from a prominent
thca,er for fear OF being regarded as
squadmish with reference 10 The
Gay Lord QueX, any one who oherishes
the hope that he will see something
which is frghuully and Interestingly
r.sQue is doomed TO disappointment. for
the coarsencss Is OF that dull. leaden
English type with which Americans, as
a rule. thank heaven, are as yet almost
totally unfamiliar
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

4 MEXICAN athletes are very anx-
~ ious that the proposed interna-
\ tional athletic union shall become
an assured fact, as II is pretty general
~ recognized that II such an organiza-
ton be formed II will boom sports in
this country.
The outlook for the contamination OF
the scheme Just now is very bright,
though several rocks appear at the sur
face on which It may be wrecked at the
outset. One Of the things that may
cause dissenson at the very start OF
negotiations Is the definition OF an am
ateur Most countries which foster ath-
letcs have defined the term. but the
A. A. Y. OF the United States has never
done 80. The rule In this country has
been 10 draw up eligibility rules. ac-
cordlng TO which athletes may or may
not enter certain games. For instance,
a man who has competed for a money
prize Is ineligible, and so on,
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certainly done much to improve the
standard in both countries by showing
up the weaknesses Of each. besides
which they have had their share In fos-
tering the spirit Of amicabnlty that
now exists between this country and
Britain
by means Of these contests with rep
resentatives Of other lands we have
shown that our yachts are the best on
earth. that we have the greatest short
distance runners and field" experts in
the world and that our fighters are pre-
eminent on the other hand, We have
learned to respect French and Dutch
cyclists, English long distance runners
and the chess masters Of several Euro
pean countries.
Looking at the matter In this light,
International contests are valuable. but
there II a point where the thing may be
overdone and against this we must
be on our guard. International yacht
racing has done great deal to popu-
lari2e that pastme. Yet whenever
there IS a series OF races for the Amer
lca's cup sport on the water languishes
both in America and In England. except
among the big fellows" as the interest
Of all Is conferred for the time being on
the dolngs Of the 20 footers entered for
the great event.
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cept the aged dowager, not a single
really decent one.

cept the aged dowager, not a single
really decent one.
If the play were intensely interesting
there would at least be some semblance
OF an excuse for les existence. but It is
not interesting, and, excepting in one
scene at The close Of the third act. 10 Is
not In the slightest degree dramatic
The story Is so lewd that Il is impossi-
bic even to suggest more than sufficient
OF Il to render II vaguely Ineligible to
decent readers.
Sophy Fullgarney Is a manicure who
learns that her foster sister Muiirl Is TO
be married. apparently much against
her will, to the Marquis OF Quex a pro-
fessedly reformed roue who Is known
as the wickedest man In London She
determines 10 prevent their union and
In so doing spies upon the titled gentle
man and one OF his ex-fames a married
woman. thereby getting herself into
compromising situations with QueN and
the younger lover Of Murlel who turns
out 20 be the greater rascal OF the two.
Eventually Quex gets the girl. ana the
other man, unmasked. retires. discom-
tted Among the characters are a sen.
tlmental duchess who makes an APP
pointment for midnight In her boudoir
with Quex, to say nothing OF a ssnIle
and repulsiye old codger, an eX.goyern-
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THE hitter BIT.

The great playwright awoke with q
start. He was one OF those great play
wrights who make 40 plays year
comic operas. tragedies dramas come
dies, romances, adaptations any
thing Where they obtain the material
not pen, ink and paper but plots and the
like the admrng public wonders, But
then the admirng public has no mem-
Dry and no library Well, the great
playwright awoke with a start Some
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

Lyn Of the "Zaza" company WHO
stretches up TO even a greater elevation
toward the empyrean.
Victor Herbert and Harry B, sIniln
are to write an opera for Alice Nielsen
the locale to be France during the en-
pire days.
Anna Held may appear in the comic
opera Madame Sans-Gene."
AT Paris the themes for opera bouus
are being taken from Bible stories,
Cora Urquhart was 10 years OF age
when she married James Brown Pottsf'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

woman is installed in their ags,..
Is not easy 70 dislodge the recl''''''uus' Il
their favor. One OF the greafo,,' ' sD' OF
ties Of English followers Of tbe ,a1o-.
recent years has been pedlsr p,.Is In
the ieaIherweight boxer who r,,. 1''i'ef
mere about Is months ago 10 fox, n over
Aedovern and WAS knocked ON b cry
champion in the first round W 'h'
Ever Even after this signal defeat the R..
shers ala not lose their faltb 4, no nI IT,
ers prowess nor dId their roe ny ''..'
MIN personally seem 10 dlmInIs6 ,'r
now. contrary to custom m. il,,. T.. /,
lows popularity seems 10 be ". ', ~,
wane' and his recent defeat bv ~ voc
Ware at the National sportln, 'l ,y
london has probably put am en1 g., ..- d,
Palmer had been gradually losing , w. IT,
ey FOR some time, and yeai s, .''Ol'
opened a saloon in London. bp, %, ,'.. Ds
not make 1t pay. He hoped NJ ,. lug
perate by his fight with Ware ''.u'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

thing unusual, he knew lntuit.yely. was
about TO happen. He heard a noise
from down stairs, Burglars! Creeping
stealthiIy down the stairs, he discover.
ed a masked robber at his Jewel casket
Aha cried the great playwright.
Stealing"
NO replied the burglar calmly. FOR
he had recognized the great playwright
Il am merely adapting
The great playwright hung his head
and retreated. stung 10 the quick.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

programmes since he was a boy and
filed them away IN blank books
AZ Beerbohm Trees London theater
the length OF interval between acts and
the time OF its conclusion are placarded
at the descent Of the curtain.
France produces about 1900 pianos a
year. Germany makes about 10000. the
United states has an annual output OF
over 10000
Miss Bertha Galland will continue as
the princess IN "The Pride OF Jeunlco"
until the end OF this season and viii
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

Another fact worthy OF comment In
connection with the engagement Of the
unbrilIlant Mr. John Hare and his com.
moupace company In Pinero's unlnter-
esune and BADLY lewd play is the In
crease in the price Of the best seats
Only Few years ago, with q single ex-
ceuuon. q seat In the best portion ~
the FIRST class theaters OF this city cost
$3.50. Then several Of the managers
initiated the example OF the late Au-
guslin DAILY by raising the price 10 s..
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

open as star under Daniel Frohman's
management at the Lyceum theater
New York. next September.
May Irwin Is an actress Of thrift as
well as good humor She declines 10
sing other ballads than those on which
a royalty Is paid to her by the publish.
ers.
a revival Of old plays is imminent.
Among those that have been mentioned
are "HoOdman Blind" THE World.
The Black Flag and storm Beaten"
Andrew Mack has developed into an
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

While the proprIety Of taking q
young girl 20 see a play Ike The Gay
Lord QueN' might be- questioned In any
circumstances some superficial pre-
tense of Justification might be given n
the acting Of Mn Hare were so fine as
10 make 10 incumbent upon those who
closely follow matters theatrical 20 see
him As a fact, his acting. while II Is
precise and comparatively true. accord
ing 20 the yardstick test. Is IN no sense
remarkable. We have a number OF men
In this country who In the title role Of
Pineros play would make Mr.. Hare
look like the proyerblal six nlckels. The
role OF sophy Fullgarney Is. however.
magnIncently played by Miss Irene
Nanbrugh Indeed, her acting is the
only strIkingly redeemlng feature Of a
representation which ought speedily to
be consigned 10 the Oblivion which Il
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

renee Irving. dealing with the career OF
Loyo.aCe. the poet
James A. Herne win take Shore
Acres Co London next summer
The Corpse is new Tolstoi drama.
Nat Goodwin once aspired 10 play
shakespearean tragedy but the near
esq Dc ever got 20 IL was a burlesQue OF
Richard H."
10 Is said that the Prince Of Wales
has saved all his theater and concert
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gy nastiness, pure and simple It's basis
ia immortality. IT'S development Is Inn
morality rs atmosphere Is immortality
and It's sequence IS immortality There
is not a single wholesome character In
The Gay Lord Quex," and. II we ex-
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enthusiastic yachtsman and Is having a
new rater built for cruising the coming
summer
Marcella sembrich has announced In
Berlin hat she win retire from the
stage az the conclusion Of her coming
American tour.
A Modern 81 Anthony" is 70 be act
cd By kathryn KIdder and Louis
James.
Pauline Hail is going 10 try a season
az The London music halls.
The Country Judge" a new pastoral
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play by Alice Z. Ives and Jerome Eddy.
VIII be produced In New York next
March
An exhibition Of paintings by joseph
jefferson is to be held In the Fisher gal.
lery Washington. In December.
Louis Mann and Clara Lipman are
preparing TO enter the realms OF
Shakespeare by way Of The Merchant
Of Venice"
The tailest actress who has been seen
10 New York since Julia OPP. with her
SIX feet Of queenly height. Is Miss Nina
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1.-THE Gay Lord Quex' IS one OF the
most uncomprOmisingy filthy plays eve
er seen in New York. and il is a shame
that lis representation is permitted by
the police Not one OF the low bug
lesque theaters which no decent person
would think OF visiting, would dare pre-
sent such an unbushingly bawdy work
FOR fear OF clashing with the police.
And yet presumably respectable people
not only so TO see John Hare In The
Gay Lord Quex,' but also carry their
wives and daughters one redoeming
feature OF this fostering mess is that
Its power for harm Is limited to the the.
alter. as It would be simply impossible
10 discuss II In the drawing room. Most
OF the erotIc plays TO which we have
been treated. or, rather, with which we
have been !nsuted, In recent years have
made a pretense Of pointing a moral.
But there Is not even this ilimsy paIlia.
ton In this Plnero play. II IS duh soy.
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and on which a stone. suitably en-.
grayed, has been set up. as well as
scenes from places loved by his fellow
members OF the well known association
OF walkers.
The book VIII not be Tor sale, as only
enough copies win be printed for dis.
trlbution among those who were at the
banquet and a few more Of the dead
mans personal friends.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

The latest scheme In the line OF In.
ternational sport has arisen among the
trap shooters Of America, who have a
plan on foot to send team OF experts
70 England and the continent to COM
pete in all the big trap events to take
place over there. They will also cbal.
'enge all the famous teams in England.
Germany France and Austria. In which
four countries centers most OF the in.
Interest IN trap shooting. Nothing def
mite has been done yet. as the matter has
only reached that stage where the az
fair has. been suggested and talked
over boy some OF those interested. Il Is
probable that II a trip be made about
ten OF our most prominent trap shooters
viii make up the team.
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DEsERET EVENING NEws. SATURDAY., DECEMBER l. leOo

or from the ives, coast OF Africa. who Is
addicted 20 the habit Of ogling IN the
most suggestive manner imaginable ev-
cry woman he meets
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II the present trend Of sports develops
much further during the next few
years, It VIII surely come to pass early
In the twentieth century that the ay-
erage follower OF athletics will be so
blase that he will not be satisfied with
contests between ordinary teams or in
divlduals, but viii want every time to
witness international events.
The contests that have taken place
between our athletes and those of Eng
land during the past few years have
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

In some countries, however. the gov
erning bodies control professional ath-
letes, q proceeding the A. 4. u. would
never undertake Then. again In
France, other sports such as tennis and
rowing, are governed by the same body
as controls track and field sports.
whereas here all Of them are ruled by
separate associations
or course all these points will be
thoroughly gone over and thrashed out
by the delegates az the coming meet
ing. and it is earnestly 10 be hoped that
an understanding win be arrived at
II will be remembered by AN athletes
and those interested In the growth OF
sports Ia America that last spring
number OF the friends Of Father BIZ
Curtis rendered him a dinner in New
York and during the festivities present.
ed him with a handsome silver loving
cup as a small testimonial Of his splen-
did services 10 amateur sport. William
b. Curtis was long known az the ia
Their OF American athletics" and Il
was IN especial recognition OF this fact
that the presentation was made.
Mr Curtis untimely death on Mount
Washington in New Hampshire last
July, soon after this dinner. has
been a subject OF great grief 10 his in
Inmates, and those who We're present AZ
the AFFAIR are much pleased that they
then took the opportunity TO testify 10
their regard FOR him. Many Of these
men have wished for some tangible re-
hinder Of the last time they an sat
down together with Mr. Curtis. As a
result, handsome little booklet "a now
In preparation which win give the
names Of those present az the presenta-
ton. together with a photograph Of
Father BIZ In skating costume SIR.
rounded by some OF the best known
members Of the famous Fresh Air
club Of New York. Scattered through.
out the book win be photographs OF the
spot whore Mr. Curtis body was found
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THE lIno OF demarcation between
musical comedy and modern comic
opera is so vaguely defined that not
one uarson Iu a hundred BIS able Co dis
Germ lt "Flor0iora.' the current atirac-
ton ut the Casino In this c.tyis billed as
a musical comedy which % undoubtedly
Is. although had &c been written Boo This
country 10 would have been labeled
comic opera. incidentally 10 has a
much better right 10 that designation
than that queer corglomeation Foxy
CUTLER
At the outset 1t may be said that
"Florodora" is one OF the best works OF
It's Kind that this city has seen during
several seasons, for while the llbretlo
is not slartIIngIy original or unusually
brilliant, 70 is clean always. even inter-
estlng at times and on the whole thor
oughly acceptable,
The music Is Of that bright jingly ana
yet mlscanly quality which composers
30 constantly strive after and go sell
dom achieve There are any number Of
airs which are certain 20 become popu-
lar. II not with the street urchins, at
least with the lady who occasionally
"fayors' at the piano when company
calls The cast OF "Florodora' is an eX'
cellent one, with the exception OF Willie
Edouln. whose fun is Of the prehistoric
quality. Indeed some Of Mr.. Edouins
efforts to induce laughter only serve 90
elicit sneers OF confederation. The
hits OF the piece We're made by Robert
r. Graham Edna Wallace Hopper, Cy-
ri Scott Guelma Baker and Fannie
Johnston The stage management was
something TO marvel at for the reason
that the effect Of constant movement
was produced without the slightest APP
parent effort The costuming was In
excellent taste, and some Of the color
schemes were really unique and eNcep-
tlonally effective. A rather novel fea-
ture OF "Florodora" was that II was
devoid OF tights with the exception OF
a single pair worn by the prlma donna,
Miss Johnston, which by reason Of the
fact that they We're not compelled 20
vie with scores OF others. were all the
more effective The cast was as fol-
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The British are very tenacious of
their favorites. When once a man or
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-01

John Hare, the English actor, Is hold
Ing forth at the Criterion theater In this
city In Arthur W. Plneros comedy" In
four acts entitled The Gay Lord
QueX.' the cast OF which Is as follows.