The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-24

the elephant to some out Of the way
place, in barn for instance; paint it
white. put it on a schooner and trans
fer it to some incoming Atlantic steam
er outside the Heads, reach New York
in time for this tour and beat the Bar
num- Baileys at their own game. It
can be done safely if you spend money
enough.
Good boy. Levi shouted Adam.
You're an honor to the sawdust.
And that was what was done. The
old elephant 'Bess' was taken to a
barn ten miles south of Baltimore,
painted a beautiful white with a nat
ural tinge of pink, loaded on a
schooner called the Adelaide and
brought TO Sandy Hook, where it lay
for ten days until an ocean steamer
arrived to which the elephant could be
transferred at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing OF course. all the Forepaugh
press agents We're at work in the city,
with the result that every New York
paper had a representative at the
wharf to meet the steamer when the
general manager paid the customs Of
ficials the duty on old Bess, who had
been in this country long enough to be
voter Columns were published the
mex day, not only in the New York
papers, but throughout the country
and the bloom was wiped of the Bar
num-Bailey animal. yet to arrive. and
pat now TO become a white elephant
on their hands in the slang acceptance
Of the expression.
The BaTnum- Bailey spies were pIen-
tiful for some time after that. but
they failed to discover the fake. and
not until the tenung season ended did
any. true account leak out The reason
Their was that the elephant began TO
turn slightly darker and a second ap-
plicalion of the paint became neces-
sary Whatever was in the mixture
used, lais second painting proved fatal
II poor BeSs and she died a martyr
To excessive business competition"
The public viii be as greatly disap-
pointed as was Manager Pyper to learn
that it is not the original Jefferson
who is to present "Rip Van Wrinkle"
here later in the season. but Thomas
Jefferson. d son OF the old man The
belief has existed all along and the
announcement has been made repeat
ediy that Joseph Jefferson was to APP
/ pear here in his famous play The
misrepresentation arose through the
omission Of the first name of the star
. from the telegram which booked the
attraction. 1t read: Jefferson in
/ 'Isir Van Wrinkle. "
The younger jefferson has been a
close student of his father and has
made considerable success in the part
/ Of Rip. The notices which come down
/ from the northwest speak in highest
terms Of him. At the same time. we'd
/ Ike to see Thomas father That be
/ ing impossible, the best must be made
+ Of it,
/ The Theatre still has some treats in
I store. Tie James Iodjeskg cOmbiua-
I ton viii be here the week after Christ
mas "Ihe BurgomusteT viii bs
heard. the salt Lake Opera company
/ win give Martha" on Eeb. I, Freder.
{ lex Warde viii be along and the Aus.
/ tralian Juvenile opera company Is
/ booked. A few others are Viola Al
/ len Rose Coughlan. Blanche Walsh
Mary Mannering, Foxy CUTLER" "Ari.
/ zcna, and Kyle in Nathan Hale
/ Way Down East repeats its visit
( 10" a weeks run. +. s. Willard aud
The Sign OF the Cross" viii each plas
/ a full week, and beginning at Tax
april conference we win have ten dayl