The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-26

presses itself in rapid, alrnosts reckless I
speech, and directly was of at q tan 4
gent. successfully sharing with them 1
the fun 0f various absurdfties geing- on i
eve fell upon the SNUG face of "a young (
rural beau, whose terrified delight ia I
believing himself a very devil OF a feI- 4
low was so ludicr0uslY evident that
one Wept for the presence -. q. Dick i
ems TO enbalm him in the mter Of his I
OhgtI said. egged on bE one or
those imps who hover at the show Of I
see he is a ministers SON He has had
more religion given 70 BIN than ne can (
digest He's taking a sniff Of freedom. /
he has kicked over the traces and he 4
50 % .tae demnution DoW-WoFs entirely /
or be moderately respectable. He's q /
minister's son fast enough but he
oOeSn' { know vet whether he faTill man f
axe a theatre in N'sW York or run away (
WITH tie sunday school funds. and THAI
fed haired young person .oppO-0pposfte
and / trailed or Stupidlg, for judg-
ing by the ghastfy silence that had z
fallen uDon my hearers and the stPick- /
en- lOOE upon MIR Harriotts FACET had
set my foot deep an some CONGREGATIONAL
-ss-5fass. turned q frightened glance 4
upon Mr.. Palmer's face, and Il have
always been glad that was In time to
catch thes twinkling Laughter In his
ward me and gently remarked: ara
the son of a minister, Miss Morris, and
the manager Of a theatre, but upon
Kay word the sunday school FUNDS
never SUFFERED at my hands,.
en-! Z graaned- ana ] must have
ioolled just as pet dog does when it
Greens guilty. TO its Mistress foot
and waits TO DE snaclCed. i really
such nearly laughter Then presently
he made g business proposition which
pleased me greatly, but felt must
tell HIM that hr. Daily promised to geL
out an lmlunction 70 prevent my APP
pearance anywhere, ana he WouIdbi
probably not care to risk any trouble.
And then there came a little squeeze
70 Mr.. Palmer's lips AID a little CLINT
in his eyes. az he remarked: You
accept my offer. and III know how to
meet the Injunction. And 7 can't help
it-being born on ST Pa1rick'st day
and ali that-if people win step on the
tai OF ones coat, why, of course, they
must expect .Tllctions, and to tell the
honest truth. Mr.. Palmetss perfect WIZ
ingness % hEht that Injunction filed
me with unao3y slee; which combined
I'of---'1titutfy vflth grafitude for his quick
s3re5iYeness Of my faux pas, and
slgns7 q Contract with Mr. Sheridan
shook and Mr.. A. NJ. Palmer and was
announced to appear la .-I2se Wicked
-WWld' at the Union Square theatre,
and was pursued day and night by
slim young men with black curly hair
Who tried TO push gllded papers into
ny INV filiug hands: while life behind
I the scenes grew more aud more siren
nous, as scene shifters, properly men,
and head carpenters armed with
braces and screw eyes charged any un-
known male creature that looked as If
+ he could define the W ord Injunction.
The night came and with it an equi-
nocual gaze of perfect fury. Whether
i the people were blown in by the storm
or foug1e their way. in 1y hrteution, &
can Z decide Z only know they were
there and I'm nuuoers suficfent to
icrowd the bright and ruddy au1ito-
I tneT ankles and dfSOrdered about the
hair. but their hands were in prime
iWorking order, their heaTts were sta5-n7
+ tneir perceptions quick-kyhat ua8re
could the most terrified actress pray
Tor in an audience.
The play was one of GfIbert's DELI
4 eiously poetic satires, web cast, beautt-
I fully Drod6ced. after the, manner of
{ cnloE Square productions generally,
[ ard success shook the rain off her
and We were an niled with pride and
+ 1oE- in spite Of the Young men with
Z folded white papers who sWjried wildly
up and down Fourth avenue in the
storm ot those other young men who
I came early ana strQ4-e diligently to get
seats aT1thin reaching distance of the
foot lights only to ind that by some
strange accident both those rows OF
chairs were fully occupied when the
qeors were hrst thrown open. Yes. In
spite of an those disappointed Young
7 men we had a sucressssand ] was NOT
l,enIofnec. Yet there We're tEO rather
4 long lnanagerfaI faces there that night
Z for unless NV ont Of town managers
4 threw me over. board because Of the
ttraubie about Alike HscoHlds remain IN
Il this charming play n 'T'be Wicked
Z world. but two short weeks and no
r17anager can be eXFected to rejoice over
the forced withdraw war Of q success.
And right there Mr. Palmer saw fit
Z To do a very gracious thing. After the
ntSt outpurSt OF an5er and disaUpoint-
rdeut from Mr. Thomas HaH (my Phil
adelphia gnanager), instead Of breaking
ms engagemeut with me, as be had
I every right TO do. he stood by his coh-
I tract TO star nae and.at the Same terms,
If q could provide a play any play to
course. but the DAILY plays. So my
thanks ana utter abandonment OF the
engagement were neatly paCkei within
the regulation ten telegraphic words
when Mr Pzlls,er offered me the use
Of his play. The Geneva Cross writ
ten by George Fawcett Rowe.
Then came the great Charity Bene-
mt and CamihH that ''NinOn de
u ItDclos' of the drama VINO. m spite o.
her years, can still count lovers ar ner
has 20 DO with the careers Of actors.
Shakespeare says
+ There's a Dfanity that shapes our
ends,
Rough-hew them how We wiz"
And heaven knows 4 rough heved'
the Camille. proposition to the best Of
:. nay power.
had not one dress suited for the
part knew I should look like a
school IHistresF in one act and a stage
fngenue ~ another Z had q bail room
gown. but it was not Il suitable color.
n SHOULD Onlysbe correct WiIs= got
into my night dress and bose wrapper
n the last act. tfess fashion 1 gor
my gowns togethefffst and tran SAT-
down with my stTing o. amher beads to
I-studye-I never learn anything so QUICK
II ~ when aaFe sofaething to occu-
pg ms myers and MY string of amber
beads hasye assisted me over many
land many an hour of mental labor--
n pieas4ntef custom than that OF IVA k-
Jag an6 studying alolG think ana
surely more. azreeabte to ones near
neighb0rs
The house was packed % the danger
point-the p3ax beine given at Ehat
was then Cailesi The Isyceum Whlc-
Charles FechteE had just been having
remodeled. and the polfre discovering
that CaN tllaE the dQGr or the balcony
! 20.