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Smyrna times., 1900-07-11
Effort to Discover the University.

After some trouble the University of
Delaware, which has been Offering de-
gress to people in Europe who write
dissertation" has been discoverd,
says the Morning NeaOs. Just where
its buildings are located is hard to tell,
but according to the charter which
has been duly recorded, those inter-
ested are DIR. Charles Forster, who
gave his residence in the charter as
Third and West streets, Mr.. Miles J.
Ford, a trimmer for the Pullman Pal
ace Car Co., living at the address given
and Christian Ploesser is a saloon
keeper at Thirteenth and Heald streets
AS no capital stock is required for an
educational institution this one has no
capital stock under its charter. 1t has
the power to teach the science of phil
osophy and dental surgery. 1t may
conduct the examinations either writ
ten or orally, and may confer diplomas
on those found qualified by the exami-
nation. 1t also has the power to con-
fer degrees "Honoris Causa." Grad
yates of philosophy, dentistry, phar-
macy and medicine may be admitted
as members of the corporation on a
vote of majority of the corporators.
The charter of this institution is per-
petual.
The whereabouts of DIR. Forster are
not known, but he is said to be in
Europe. Mr.. Ploesser and Mr.. Ford
deny any knowledge of the university,
except that they signed the charter tc
accommodate DIR. Forster. 1t is un-
derstood that there are agents in Ger
many making q propaganda for th'
university. Those interested in legit
innate institutions will take some actor
to learn il the matter can be stopped.
Smyrna times., 1900-07-11
Simply a Money Transaction.

After all, however, the process
evolved itself into the simple transac-
tion of those wanting the degrees for
warding a specified sum of money to
the President of the university" or
his agent, when the honorary degree
would be conferred. This scheme was
exposed by newspapers in Chicago,
and several residents of Delaware real
lied that they had been duped by the
men operating the "degree mill"
The charter for the "University of
Delaware" was granted by Secretary
of State Hughes, and inasmuch as the
applicant complied with all the require
ments of the general incorporation
law, Mr.. Hughes issued the charter to
him. He was a stranger and unknown
to Mr.. Hughes. The latter now sees
the necessity of an amendment to the
incorporation law by the next General
Assembly so that the Secretary of
State can have some discretion about
granting charters to institutions with
names conflicting with legitimate
schools or colleges. This, he believed,
should be given careful attention out
of justice to the present institutions
of learning.
Smyrna times., 1900-07-11
"DEGREE MILL" IN OPERATION
PRESIDENT HARTER, OF DELAWARE COL.
LEGE, EXPOSES DESPICABLE SCHEME.
Foreigners Seeking "iOnOrary Degrees" from
1.-The University of DeIaware';-Ed
tors of the State Aroused.

From President George A. Harter, of
Delaware College, the EUery EOening
of Wilmington, received a communica-
tion enclosing the following letter, re-
Gently received by him:
''To the Directory of the University
of Delaware at Wilmington: | have
heard that the University of Delaware
confers the dignity of 'Doct. Phil to
foreigners after receipt'of 'Disserta-
ton
You would oblige me very much by
writing me the conditions, and if this
dissertation may be written also in
German or French language.
''Thanking you in advance, am, sir,
yours very respectfully,
f. A. Fischer,
Casella 8, Genoa, Italy.
Genoa, Italy, June "a, 1900.
President Harter stated that he has
received dozen or more similar letters
from various parts of Europe in the
last six months, and he is of the opin-
ion that some one in Delaware is run.
ming fraudulent degree mill. Those
who are interested in Delaware Col
lege, however, are indignant that such
a scheme should be worked, because
they feel that it is being worked on the
name of Delaware College. That in
stitution confers only degees which are
earned in the usual way. Evidently
foreign countries are being operated
in by those in the scheme.
1t will be recalled that only few
months ago, Chicago "college" did
profitable business in this State, il
selling degrees to residents of Della
ware. By means of alluring literatur,
and agents in the State, many preach
srs and other men desiring an afix o
Doctor of Divinity or Doctor of Phil
osophy were apprised of the method
by which their desires could be graft
fed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

but can telr you it is hard for one
in my business to think of anything
out OF the ordinary Ever since va
rlety shows grew popular we managers
nave spent our time looking for the
unique, offering fancy sums to people
who would furnish us with fresh ideas,
and working to Guido each other N the
Introduction of novelties. To tell the
truth, We have come TO the end OF our
tether.
Every year originality grows rarer.
All we can do these days is to improve
on old ideas. Jugglers, tricksters, joke
makers, dancers, and other kinds of
continuous show artists have existed all
along, but. of course, the quality of
their acts improves as time goes on
for each one profits by the example of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

his predecessors, and adds few extra
cuFls to his peculiar accomplishments
But TO origina ting entirely new acts
-pS There aren't any to he orig
inateC-.
The newest thing we have, as every
body knows, is the sketch. Not many
years ago variety bills had nothing but
variety numbers. the whole programme
being monopolized by high kicking, al
legged humorous dialogues, sword swaI-
lowing and the like. But nowadays such
performances are the filters and the
short plays, most of them comic are
featured at every house. Some of the
old diversions have almost entirely dis
appeared from variety and have rele-
gated themselves TO the freak museum
ana travelling circus Who knows but
that vaudeville and legitimate are
about to be merged into each other?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21
rcHARD MANSFIELD. in a

A& weekly, mas the following
q to say Of audiences:
~ Yes. to be sure, those are
the things we play to. Eth
The~somber shadow on the
Other side Of the fOotIights. you IL
me what it is Hke-what it seems n
me- tell you it is a black mass n
monster outside there on the other aide
OF my little world. 1t seems To me- r.
be waiting there to devour me. 7 SIM
pose some day ii will kill me because
1 S9aH nave nothing more to give II
hdI monster waiting there every,
llgnt mas to be fed Sometimes think
II u Unsuitable. ] give and I s,i1-e -
] give and it sits there intent v.sitinc-
for more. ""i'ihS
HOW punctuaily it cones for its food
now A long time ago / desired il verv
Illucn I Tor pet. What infinite pains
1 toofs 10 teach II To come to mel How
Shy II was! It's shadow fen oni1- IN
notified spots here and there in The
great mousse. and / would have The
Ilghts. turned low that | might MOI SO
the great white or red spIashes of sears
that the welcome darkness still failed
How often in my closet before nv,
glass have thrilled my very 70
Election with the vehemence and mower
~ ely, 70 @ It at night into
the stony and unn7 faces of a., -,
friendly monster dow often has An
9 GO - iiSnEe arisen TO roar its approval
ana delight at certain passage. which
anoIner monster has received in sDafb-
eIIc slence2 How often has the hest re-
hearSed effect been beyond redemDtion
hiaffed by bat whirrfng around or
- Ii WhlstIe of an irrespective boy !?
w nat actor rising to the very height of
tragedy may not be cast into the ve,I,
tpyS5 OF pathOs by q gamim in the gal
iery What study and preparation ian
dent u s'00i-
A friend asked me the other even-
ing under the trees Git was very basii-
tlIuI, by the way, the moon and tbe
IlNef) about my cherished Characters
ne asked me whether 7 thou-bf il
IISHI 10 go beyond the words of the
e-ulHoI dho create images to people
my Httie world out of his fancy i'm my
Fancy If l may not do that may 7
cease 10 act. It is my best happiness
IN my work. What is that actor Who -
without imagination? The mere. newer
OF wood and drawer of water. Can we
convey 10 the many headed monster
the picture we are painting in orr
sour The word. the scenery. and the
dress are all inadequate. 1t is what
We are thinking in our hearts that We
must make them feel they see-or they
VIII see only the word. the scenery. and
N'N ~ 50 " h-fl come onto the stage
as FSlchard / say in my soul: Il have
just arrived from TeWkesbury. am
young. fun of life and ambition. The
world is all before me | am here TO
conquer lt--no matter by what means"
" men, IN the fourth act, 1 appear and
lhe Hght OF the throne fades into twi-
ilSnt, say: y am young vet old. NV
ambition has faded like the light. All
that 1 have striven for is worthless
since II Is drenched in blood. 1 had no
conscience when 1 'Aas Young And
now that my conscience has found me
am old and weary I must fight or
1 must fight To conquer in order to re-
deem. l must live to explain" / carry
this thought through into the last
scene, into the scene in the tent when
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Under Sealed Orders a drar,,..--
ton of Rudyard kiphlE-S novel -e -
name. viii be at the Grand for tb-oS
nights and in a Wednesday mn. 80 81 sc
beginning Monday This pIav 80
with the secret service of England -1 1-S
tells of the hunt for the crown -, Ia
The villain of the play is a masI-.- -
who cOmpels others to commit ~,
crimes. The play is said To be sf-,- Us
both in comedy and in thrilling mol
dents
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

friends and companions-Rr,rl-,
Johnson. David Garrick. BOsv,sI7' br.
FeatherstOne-just as they are sam, and
ed 10 have been IN life Pretty Ms
Horneck. whom Goldsmith LA -5ary
well. but could never wed. on e,,-t1 So
of his poverty; she. too. viii he oe'l-
A comedy the play is called. b,,r eL-1e
times our smiles turn to tears N'-'-e-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Inc scarcity of novelty in vaudeville
of late has given rise to A kratj7er nas-
slmlstic view for the future of this
branch of theatricals. A look into the
matter shows some interesting condi-
tons A prosperous manager was ask
ed the other day why he didn't get
something new for his programmes. I
wish l could was the answer That's
what L am trying to do all the time
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21
COMING THIS WEEK.

Stuart Robson viii appear at the Salt
Lake theatre next Friday and Satur-
day night and also in a Saturday matt
nee IN oliver Goldsmith d play writ
ten by Augustus Thomas. The artists
comprising the company viii present to
US the poor and unfortunate but bril-
liant Goldsmith and all his illuStriOus
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

1t is becoming quite the fad for the
shining lights OF the dramatic profess
SION 70 lmperSonate themselves on the
stage Terry McGovern is appearing in
The BOwery After Dark in a New
York theatre. Under his name on the
play Dill he is catalogued as bantam.
feather and lightweight champion of
the world Perhaps 1t is as well that
the Garden theatres progra NINE did
not name the Jersey Lily's claims to
fame. 1t doesn't take much excuse to
go on the stage nowadays. A man who
is acquitted for numbering his wife. a
woman who shoots and kills a man on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

for the next few months, impeIIed by
d curiosity to see how it looks on the
stage They viii pay their money at
the box Office, and. in the fiction OF
theatrical managers, it is the box Of
fee that talks
But Edward Noyes Westcott, who
died just as headlights of successful
authorship within his grasp. will
be spared the pain of knowing what a
botch r. and ri. W. Hitchcock % the
culprit hidden behind their names, has
made of his peculiarly interesting and
entertaining character sketch
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21
STAGE JOKES.

Compiled by the St Louis Rsnrb7,,,
1t is an easy thing TO make -,1,-J-
but the trouble is to make II So yo,1 -
pass it successfully" 81
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Frank Daniels coon song in his new
comic opera. The Ameer,'' is said by
the music publishers to have had a
larger sale than anything else that Vic
tor Herbert ever composed. They re-
gard the big demand for il as proof pos
tive that the coon song craze is any
thing but thing of the naSt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Miss Jeanette L. Glider. who drama
tized Quo NadiS" last season. intends
following the profession of making dra-
mas out of novels Her newest venture
Will be the dramatizatiOn OF two DOCKS
Sky Pilot and BLACK Rock" and De-
yond blending the two novels into one
play. her powers of condensation VIII
be evidenced in the title which she has
already copyrighted as THE Sky Pilot
of Black Rock" 1t is to be hoped that
If the prevailing craze for dramatizing
every new novel continues, Miss Glider
viii be the dramatist. and that she VIII
continue her admirable policy Of max
ing only one play out of two books
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

a Texas Steer viii be al tho G.,
Lake theatre next "Wednesday 95;
Thursday nights alo
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

81 had lot of mice and rats in
box, with their tails sticking Thrones
the sides. When I wanted To STRIKE q
note L pulled tail, and the owner -
the tail squealed in the kew / v-aD-a,,1
What became of your Orchesr~a7 ~
a cat got into il one night and ~.
up three Octaves- Then 7 had TO 20 nm,
of business"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Mrs. Norman SeIby. wife of Kid
Mccoy. who has figured prominently in
our latest scandal of the prize ring an
nOunces her intention of going on the
stage. 1t is said she will appear as a
typewriter girl in the farce of Miss
Print" which Marie DRESSER is TO star
in.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21
O Dramatic News and Gossip. O

the camp is peopled with his dead. So
l suffer every night all that Richar I'd
suffered, and So L am Richard the King
when / play Richard the King.
But then the question arises always
in my mind-that question born of
doubt and misgiying: Have people felt
and seen the picture I have painted Z?
Do they see and feel what / feel2 It
must be that they do not. for 1 read
reports which are in direct contradict
ton to what 1 thought and desired to
accomplish. And so I fail. That is
terrible: to have painted a picture
where the angels have delineated ap-
pear to other eyes as satyrs But the
man who sees and willfully lies is
murderer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

the stage Of the theatre, a woman VINO
figures cOnspiCuOusly IN notorious
badger case: all these and some others
do little TO help the profession in which
Joseph Jefferson and Ellen Terry adorn
only by a certain amount OF acting
ability. The principal thing McGoXern
does in The BowerY After Dark Is
to wait for a chance TO biff one of the
villains in the jaw
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1t is a great thing 10 be- young and
handsome. but when one is on the stage
II is a better thing to be able to act
John Drew is about as unsuited to
the part Of Richard CarveI as any man
on the stage today, yet he has made a
success of the play. and in that stirring
climax to act three he rises to a YER
liable height OF force and enthusiasm
that thrills and carries his audiences
off their feet
Yet John Drew is essentially of the
point-lace comedy school. designed by
nature TO wear modern clothes better
than any actor of today and never
planned for the trimmed trappings
of Olden times
Of course. he has worn them in in
Vulnerable plays. and has strutted
through ShakesDearean< roles. and [
doubt if failure is recorded against
this actor in any part. no matter how
impossible.
But it is strictly his ability to act
that makes his successes. No romantic
eyes or poetic legs enter into anything
that may be said about his perform
ances.
And throughout Richard Carver
one observes that n si4e costumes of
the play he resembles not the Richard
Carvel that one cOncefves from the
book, but more a Snuff-bOx carving
french duke or count. His tyne of
laSC- 10 TOO pronounced TO be changed
ABOUT by grease paint, and the result
IS that he is neither John Drew nor
Richard Carvel in appearance.
II gives one dim. misty sort of idea.
that he has hUrriedIy stepped out of
some other play without changing his
costume to take the role of Carvel
And, above all. he recalls some old me
dalton picture OF some Of the historical
French characters of ever so long ago.
III l wasn't 50 shy on history I would
remember who: but if | dared to guess
d get seventeen letters reprOving me
Tor lncOrrectness. It's better to be
vague and let people do the guessing
themselves.
1t is only in the last act. with that
delicious little bit of accented comedy.
between Dorothy and Richard that we
see John Drew in the line of work in
winch he is inimita ble-fine thread
diamond-Ddttern comedy. with ewes
voice. face, and body all conveying the
humorous idea with a subtle effect
that IS the very acme of intelligent
comedy acting There is only one John
Drew.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Charles 3. Hanford, who has played
kings and other tragic parts in shakes
peare for many years has turned light
hearted this season and purposes being
an exponent of modern comedy 'Prl-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

In seasonable review of William
n. Cranes David Harum," the New
York World SAYS:
People who have read David Har-
UNI and the number in New York alone
is doubtless matter of tens of thous
ands, Will crowd the Garrick theatre
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Truly these be times full of signs
and portents- The telegraph flashes
the news from New York that f. H
Sothern has caught the town by his
presentation OF a play called Hamlet
written by man named Shakespeare
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

rms Is extraordinary Who could have
dreamed, a year ago, that such pro-
duction as this Hamlet would ever ap-
peal TO refined intelligence that rev
eIed IN the supreme art of the Rogers
Brothers the ScintlIant style of The
Girl From Paris or from Maxim $ or
from any other old place where there
am no ten commandments and
man must have a thirst? Clearly this
reversion of the Gothamite to the
drama of the indecisive Dane is a case
OF community atayIsm in aesthetics
Nobody splits in anybOdy's eve in
Hamlet There isn't any idiOtic
Dutch dialect in Hamlet There
are ladies' legs in clouds of creamy
lace, IN Hamlet" There are no typi-
cal songs to whistle, in Hamlet"
New York is certainly forgetting itself
Vanity Fair, a magazine devoted to
stage people, in it's November number
prints picture of Orr : Cash who is
well known N Salt Lake. Under the
picture are these unl1ind comments: IF
money talks, Mr. Cash ought to have a
good delivery We received these 4 iC-
lures from the actor himself with
request TO publish them. With Hhem
came clipping from weekly paper
paid to print such things, 10 the effect
that Cash had a commanding stage
presence, fine voice and could act in
teIligently- That he had been cordially
praised by the critics. That he had
been approved by playSoers. That, in
short, he was the best leading man
Katherine ROber had ever had Here
he is as Romeo, but as NE have never
seen him act, we shall have to take
the. word of the weekly newspaper for
it that Cash is so good.
OF Maude Adams in @'L'AigIon'' there
is according TO Lyman b. Glover,
much speculation afiOat just now and
opinions differ greatly in regard to the
probable outcome of this venture Mr..
Frohman's Partially for this popular
star has stirred up the green-exe mon
Ster and jealousy prevails in MANY
pessimistic views which do not carry
much weight, as the inspiring case is
obvious. There are. however, many ex-
perlenced persons who regard Miss Ad-
ans highly. but look with considerable
apprehension upon this second attempt
10 put her into class Of work for
which it is thought her talents do not
Mt her Yet l imagine that all but the
jealous few are anxious TO be convinc-
ed that they are wrong, and it certain
~ VIII be great joy to the multitudes
II Miss Adams manages to score in the
new play. Juliet was a sad mistake
for her and undermined the good Opin-
ion of numerous warm friends but pos
siDly 'L'AiglOn'' viii tell different
story The version which she is TO use
mas been carefully prepared for this
latitude by Louis n. Parker, one of the
authors of Rosemary. who is said TO
nave curtailed the dialogue and cut out
some OF the scenes which would be
likely TO weary all other than French
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

They seem to be approaching that end
every day
Paul Wilsatch writes that Mr.. Rich
ara Mansfieid'S enga cement at the
Garden theatre to date has broken ali
star Two big Shakespearean produc-
tons in succession at the Garden. and
both successes, is an odd report from
New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

II went up into a Turkish bath bous.
and they put me into a room Where s.
was hot weather ] stayed there ana
baked for a while. An attendant cam
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

My friend is a great musician
us he2''
.'Oh. yes, ne plays Wagner and p,,r
man and all the other composers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

4 had a famous orchestra once-~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

-Can 1 DO anything Tor yOu?' h
asked.
You might take a fork and TN
me over ] said I am well Drowned o-
one side.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Did you read that latest report fr,,
General Funston -
No. What did it say2"
q" Killed, none; wounded, one: b0r7s.
sick, 2,0C0.' -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

Did you hear what happened TO he
roll Of carpet that Kruger left behind
at johannesburg
No. What was it2'
1T was attacked by a handful O.
British and Well beaten
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

7 hear that you have married Won.
former Wife's sister"
y have"
How did you happen 70 make thai
selection
I didn't want to break in Dav
mOther-in-la
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

What is the best thing 70 nut IN
pie2''
Apples OF peaches"
"NO-yOur teeth
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

What is the best thing for a bald
head2''
A good hair restorer''
'No-plenty of hair"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-21

How natural you are!''
Yes. My mamma says I was ho-,
that way"