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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

cal enough, and after nne has spent too
many hours with the fiction of the
present day il is very refreshing TO
turn 70 one of the romances of Field
( ing or of lie Sage or of Smollett. The
history or Tom Jones, carries its hero
. from the time when, at the age of two
, weeks, he is discovered slowed away
IN the bed of Squire AIWorthy until,
| married to Sophia. he is safely en-
/ parked on LIES journey. SmOllett's be
/ glnnlngs are more iong-winded and
less effective. and yet no one would be
ready TO give them up. The method of
/ the author of Humphrey Clinker' was
Initiated with rare fidelity by Marry
( att No reader of the rOmances of G.
=. r. James viii ever forget the soli-
tary horsenan winding his way along
/ a lonely road with which that writer
usually began his narrative. If James
1 stories themselves were to be forgotten,
this conventional beginning would al
ways be remembered on account of
Thackeray's burlesque 'Richelieu,' in
Punch's Prize Novel series.
Blackberry himself was not always
fortunate in his beginnings. The open
ing chapter of The NewcOmes'' would
seem TO indicate that he did not know
just about what and whom he was go
ing to write. The beginning of Van
ity Fair is readable. but it gives little
promise of the great chapters that are
to come. OF the first few pages Of
Philip and The Virginians,' one need
only say that it requires mental e.
fort to recall them, which means that
they are Of no particular significance
ThackeTay was at his best in the be
ginnings of Henry Esmond' and Of
'Pendennis. The pathetic little figure
of Henry when his kinSmen come to
CaStleWOOd is one that is not easily
forgotten, and Major Perdenlis bre al
fasting at the club. and receiving the
letter which tells of his nephew's pas
sion for The Fotheringay shows in
very short space all the sides of his
curiousiy complex worldliness.
"Balzac's 'Pere Goriot' is remarkable
in its beginnings In the very first linz
we are told that MADAME Vauquer. nse
De Contains, was an old woman who.
for forty years, had kept family
boarding hOEse in the Rue NeuVe
Sainte GeneVievc. between the Latin
Quarter and the F'aubourg Saint-Mar-
eel. Then, in a very few pages, Balzac
goes on to tell of this house. Oftath he
neighbOTing StreetS-dnd structures, of
its interior decoration. and of the peo-
pie who inhabited it, painting it all in
words so instinct with life and truth
that the very place itself is COnjured
up before the eyes. 1t il, as Mr.. Henry
James has expressed it, probably the
most wonderful bit of Suggesting in
all fiction.
With all his sparkle. invention, au-
dacity and originality, Dumas usually
began his romance in Il manner that
was stereOtyped, and yet which never
seemed to pail His opening line gen
orally ran something like ON Monday,
the 18th of May. 1873 toward II O'Clock
of the forenoon. people who lived in
the neighbOThOOd of the Place Royal
were aroused by a great TlamOT and
shouting. etc. The beginning of Les
TrOis MousqUetaires' is in itself a posi-
tive triumph ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
NOVELISTS' METHODS
OF BEGINNING BOOKS
public ODinionD

a writer in the December Bookman
gives US the results of his study of the
beginnings of novels. He is of the
opinion that the conversational plati-
tude owed its popularity as a leader to
the fact that it required no thought,
and that when a man had attained to
a certain deftness and facility, it was
an easy matter TO reel it off by the
furIong. There was time" he con-
tinues, when this conversational be-
ginning was very striking and satisfac-
tory Had it been used economically.
it might have been just as effective
today. But the female novelist came.
She saw. She conquered. We became
accustomed 10 such gems as.
Mary" a clear young voice rang
out upon the stiffness of the morning
air.
And so forth. Or.
''She is Il queer girl, is Jess!
From his remarks on the beginning
Of the novels Of the day. the writer
turns to a more serious consideration
of those Of other days. He traces a dis
tinct evolution in the art of starting
Off.
The writer's of the eighteenth cen
fury did not bother their heads very
much thinking about the effect that an
opening chapter. page, or paragraph
was going to have on the casual
reader. They had stories to tell, there
were fewer books, and if their stories
were in any way worth while, they
were pretty sure Of winning : hearing
SO they set about beginning at the very
beginning, taking up each hero in his
infancy telling of his early virtues and
shortcomings, his adventures and mis-
adventures, and leading him gradually
through mary chapters to the heart of
the story itself. This method was Iogi-
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Why He Dodged Reporters,
lNew YORK WORTHY


The new Persian minister, isaac
Kahn, landed here without b. ing inter
viewed. and having fresh in mis- mem
DRY the fate of Hadji HaSsein GhoCly
Khan. whom he succeeded after a re-
riOd of twelve years, he must have been
truly thankful. But whereas Hadji vas
poet of very sensitive tempe -ament.
Isaac is a practical, hard-headed man
Of affairs so far as Persia goes What
Hadji could not understand and what
caused him the keenest anguish was
the manner in which the newspapers
had fun with his name. Glen Mac
Donough, the playwright, at that time
a newspaper man, wrote a rhyme be-
ginning:
Oh Hadji Hassein Ghooly KhInl
He was a Persian rugged man.
Tt was quoted all over the Country,
and Hadji. who was something Of a
post himself. when he turned from the
wisdom and music of Omar's verse and
SOdi's '-GUlistan" to the Iiipp1nt
rhymes Of the newspapers, his soul was
tortured. How he finally fled -ithOut
even the formality of saying IN official
gCod-by has been frequently recalled.
As he boarded a steamer here ne met
Matthew Lang, the well known English
glObe-trOtter who had met him in Te-
heran.
What do you think of New York ?''
asked the Eng lishman Isn't is fine?''
Yes sOlenuly answered she Per
siau- II IS dHt u fine gasa I ) Il Land
where the wild ass stamps upon tie
graves of tie dead ana utrdges the
ears of the living.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
TRUSTS PLENTIFUL
IN THE OLD WORLD
New York Tribune.)


Some interesting facts concerning
trusts in European countries are pre-
scented in recent consular reports to the
United States government The name
trust" appears to be little used, If not
unknown, but the thing itself flour
ishPs. In Germ " a trust is known
as d cartel" There is one in the sugar
trade, comprising 9S per cent of the
whole. There are others in the coal,
iron, tin plate, oil soap, brick. pOtaS-
SUM and many other trades. Indeed,
they seem to dominate practically all
branches of industry. Their objects are
to suppress competition, maintain
prices. and. if necessary. restrict pro-
ductiOn by the partial or entire clos
ing of works. Probably the total num-
Der of such combinations in Germany.
in both the wholesale and retail trade,
is not less than 300. Some of these eX-
listed before the adoption of a prOtec-
tive tariff. in 1879, but most OF them
have arisen since that date German
economists attribute their multiplied
ton, however, not to protection. but
10 the general industrial and CONNER
cial tendencies of the age.
Had Germany" says Lehman. mot
adopted protective policy there would
now be in existence a greater number
of powerful international trusts and il
,
erS would be better off than they are
today
In Austria Industries are newer than
in Germany, and trusts are fewer. but
the latter are fully as influential over
conditions of production and consump-
ton Indeed. they are probably more
offensive there than in Germany, for
they have long since ceased to be a
means Of defense, and in most cases
are nothing but a speculation for an
increase of prices. The iron. coal, oil
and sugar trades are among those
dominated by trusts, and the effect of
such control has been seen in 80 per
cent increase in the price of coal A
bill for the regulation of tTusts-or ear
tels-has been drafted. but not yet en-
acted.
In Belgium there are trusts in the
coal. sugar plate glass and other
trades. Holland is not a manufacture
ing, but an agricultural. fishing and
commercial country. Nevertheless. the
coal trade and other industries, SO far
az they exist. are in the hands of mo-
nopolies. Outside Of the iron trade
Italy appears TO have few trusts. Com
petition among manufacturers is in
tense, and consequently wages are ex-
tremely low. Recently trusts or syn
dieates' have been formed in the sui
phur and sumac trades, with the re-
suit of q. general increase of wages.
Spain, too, has few trusts, excepting
the monopolies granted by the govern
ment in tobacco matches, etc
France seems to be of all great in
dustrial countries most free from
trusts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

likely to see and shoot at them Young
ana inexperienced correspondents were
warned by older heads not to so. dur
ing an engagement, near prominent
buildings, large graves, or the Ameri-
can staff.
The British and Americans were the
very best of friends, In fact, whenever
drinks were handy, which was not Of
ten, there was great talk Of the Anglo
saxon alliance. We were not let into
all the secrets of the war, but there
were probably times when differences
arose between the various generals. and
on such occasions there is reason to be
l!eNe the Americans always supported
the British. One who overheard him
told me that once when the Americans
sent over to General GaSelee. making
some request, thu latter exclaimed:
certainly, certainly. Nothing we can
do IS too good for the Americans. /
cannot tell you how much we owe to
them. "
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
Bewitching Beer Girls.


tParis Letter 10 London rruth)
7 have had more than glance at the
Boer ladies of The Kruger party. They
are nice. and enjoy constant flow of
high spirits. One has 10 so east to see
such titteTinE and giggling As they keep
I'D when they see how they attract the
other sex. There Is d French word that
is applicable to the Boer ladies ] have
seen heTe--a CUiC nantes. It means that
thcv attract jhC other sex as sugar does
flies. Wore it not for their principles
they would be the ideal companions of
French students on Sunday excursions.
The feet are the tiniest ! ever saw on
grown-up persons the figures are fiexi-
BILE. plump and graceful and the faces
really CaTtiVatiDC. but more UInSOme and
bonnie than beautiful 4 French journal
st who fell in with them i'm the restaur-
ant car this side of Dion left the train
daft about them. He could not decide
with which he should be the most in
dress and spend a good deal of money on
II
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
Origin of the Short Story.

OFrOm an Essay by Bert HaTt)
It voiced not only the dialect but the
habits of thought Of "a people OF locality.
From "A paragraph of a dozen lines it
grew into half column. but always re-
tanning its cOnciseness and felicity Of
statement Tt was a foe to prOliXity Of
anv kind: it admitted no fine writing nor
affeCtatiou of style. it went directly to
the point II was bUrdcued by no con-
scieutiOuSneSS; il was often iTTeVerent: it
was devoid Of all moral responsibility
but it was original! BY degrees il de
veloped character with its incident, often.
in a few lines gave striking phOtOSra ph
of community or section. but always
reached its conclusion without an IN
necessary word.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
.eThe Wisdom of the Wise. ,

| (Epigrams from Mrs Craigie's New Play
Mrs BisJeTn has made so many expert
ments that she has had no time to gain
experience
What d man has done bores everybody.
but what he is going to do is always de-
lightful
hate a man who can only love those
whom he eSteemS. He always runs away
with his friends wife
It is easy enough to be faithful to some
one YOU love. but to be faithful to some
one YOU don't iOve-that, in my opinion,
is true virtue.
Where is Sarah now? In bed with ice
on her temples She may be a woman for
a crisis but We have to know it for weeks
aftPTWaTd-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
Altruism the Century's Gift.
lChicago Trihnnel

But there is one peculiar product OF
this age-the greatest gift to this cen
tuTy 10 the succeeding age is the popuI-
arizing of the teaching which saws: Live
for others That altruism is the most
conspicuous principle developed ny our
century is shown by its presence today
IN all deDartmeutS Of our civil
izatiOu- Our books and thoughts are
civilization. Our books and thoughts are
saturated with altTuism. 1t is the back
ground Of all our popular ltera ture to
such an extent that one of our most sue
ceSsful publishers states that no book
sells we'll unless il impTesses one with an
enthusiasm for humanity
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
Miss Bryan'5 Successful Run.
(Atchison Globe. }

A story is told of Miss Ruth Bryan.
daUs hter OF the erstwhile great William
Jennings Bryan. Che started to school
one morning not Ions ago. and after a
desperate run for a street car finally
succeeded in catching il. As she took
her seat she gasped. well, I'm glad one
of the family can run for something and
get il"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

quite all the senatorial candidates had
selected furniture FOR their Washington
homes.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
Blawsted Rude.
lTif-Rifs

For the past few seasons. since
American productions have gained a
toothcld on the English stage, there
mas been much talk in London about
what Is known as she American tyne
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

]. B. Reynolds. representing the
James kidder company and other
Wagenhal & Kemper organizations ar
rived in Salt Lake yesterday and viii
put IN a full week making prepare
lions for the elaborate production of
a Midsummer Nights Dream" It
has been decided to give Richard III -
on the last night of the weeks engage
ment to facilitate the handling of the
immense amount of scenery used in the
other production. which must be
aboard the cars before midnight Sat
urday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

wearers of gum shoes viii be pleased
to hear that the rubber trust has cut
its prices.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

Mrs. James H. Moyle viii entertain
the Sewing club this afternoon.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

Miss I.aIlah Holmes leaves tomorrow
for Smells seminary, Oakland. after a
pleasant visit with the members of her
family
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
SOCIETY NOTES.

Mrs Charles L Mccullough has re-
turned from a visit with relatives in
Michigan,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

Manager 5. J. Jones of the Provo
opera house, is in the city for the pur-
pose of securing the James Kidder
combination. Mr.. James has a warm
spot in his heart for the Utah county
town and the admiration is quite mu-
tuaL He plays there to enormous bust
ness every. season.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

Mrs Don r, Coray, who has been
visiting relatives in Bingham, viii re
turn home today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
ADJUSTMENTS.

Rather a small sized audience wit
messed the closing performance of
Why Smith Left Home. at the The
atre last evening, but it was none the
less a delighted audience. The farce
is one deserving of a hearty welcome
whenever it is well done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

Miss Ella Atkinson leaves next week
for q California visit.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05
kENTUcKY'S PAROLE LAW.

II HE ANNUAL REPORT Of the New
York state librarian calls atten-
ton 70 a parole law that has been
recently passed in Kentucky. Under
the provisions Of the law prisoners
when paroled are not required to re
main in the state. If they. do remain
in the state they are required to re-
port their places of residence and con-
duct to the prison board through the
county judge at least twice a year. b
leaving Kentucky they escape this.
Considered from a purely Kentucky
view point this law is a good thing.
If the ex-convicts do not turn out we'll
after their release The chances are that
Kentucky viii not be troubled with
their escapades. No man whose con-
duct viii not bear inspection will be
likely TO remain in q state where he
has to make semi-annual reports to
Judge, when d few hours on a freight
train will relieve him of this neces-
sity. 1t is, however, a law that viii
hardly meet with general approval.
1t is too hard on the other states.
Miss Anthony has flied an objection
20 being faxed by the state of New
York until she is given a vote. She
would save herself a whole lot of trou-
bic and find a great deal more enjoy
ncnt in life if she would either move
out TO Utah or marry a New York mil
ifonasFe. In one instance she would
have a vote; in the other she would
learn how to dodge her taxes.
The worlds supply of money at the
beginning of the century was $780,.
900. OOO The trouble is that when the
millfonaires set their whaek out of this
they don't leave much of ANYTHING but
the O's for the rest of rs.
III to t.e hour Of going to press not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

Frank ". Jennings viii return today
from business trip in southern Utah
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

turned from a visit with relatives in
Michigan,
Frank ". Jennings will return today
from a business trip in southern Utah.
Mrs Don r. Coray, who has been
visiting relatives in Bingham, viii re-
turn home today.
Mrs. James H Moyle win entertain
the Sewing club this afternoon.
Miss L.aIlah Holmes leaves tomorrow
for Smells seminary. Oakland. after a
pleasant visit with the members of her
family.
Miss Ella Atkinson leaves. next week
for California visit.
The marriage of Miss Ella Lewis.
daughter of Bishop Lewis of Logan
and Joseph a. Young, son Of Apostle
Brigham Young, took place Thursday
at noon in the temple. the groOm's ia
Lner 0fhclating- a reception to the
members Of the family followed at the
home of the groOm's parents on First
street The house was effectively dec
GRATED for the event and delicious re-
freshments were served. The bride
was goWned in dainty white organdie
ana carried Bride roses. She had no
attendants. The happy couple will be
at home after Feb. 1 at Sc First street.
Adelbert Beasley was made the vic
TIM OF a surprise party a his home on
PIgsley avenue on Thursday evening
the occasion bein his 35th BIRTH
day The surprise was complete. The
friends and neighbors gathered in the
evening until the home was crowded
The night was pent in cards. in which
George Pugsley won the gentleman 5
prize and Mrs, Harry Grips won the
lady's prize. There was fine music and
singing and a delicious luncheon. The
whole affair was a most enjoyable one
to all interested.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

VI to tse hour Of soiag to press not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-05

ness every season
Townsend Walsh. ahead of Mrs
Fiske. came IN from Denver yesterday
with reports Of enormous business all
along the line, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
fight between Mrs. Fiskc and the syn
dictate. It has been definitely decided
that Mrs FiSIe viii give Becky
sharp on the first two nights of her
engagement at the New Grand and
Tess of the D'UrberviIIes. the clos
ing night The prices that have pre-
vailed during her tour from 81 down,
are to be in effect in Salt Lake
Manager Kallman of the New
Grand has decided to give matinees on
Saturdays only. On these occasions
reserved seats viii be % cents in any
for Tie opening week has been so
large that seats for the first two weeks
have been placed on sale. This does
not include the seats for Mrs. Fiske's
engagement, the sale of which will he
announced later.
The following programme, in which
popular selections take prominent
place. is TO be rendered at the taber-
nacle at II O'Clock this morning by
OrganiSt Mcclellan:
Overture to Lohengren'' ...... Wagner
Ahdahte ....---.-........... GUilmant
Spring Song --.-.-...--- MendeIssohn
"AndantinO" ...... .......... .-Iemare
a "Gavotte' ('Mignoni) ...... Thomas
b Home Sweet Home .........
Chorus of Angels ...............C Clark
Funeral March Chopin
song of Hope" Especial reqUesO 80.
---------- 1919. .....-.....-.. Batiste
Pilgrims Chorus" Qrom Tam
nduSer , -.tst.------- --..--. Wagner
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1901-06-01
TO EXTEND WoMAN's SPHERE.

The Woman Suffrage National Conven-
tion at it's session In Minneapolis adopted
plan of work for the future which con-
tanned the following provisions: Each
state to keep an organizer In the field at
it's own expense as far as possible; junior
suffrage clubs to be formed, especially
among wage-earners; county organizations ;;
at least one sermon a year by clergymen !;
women's day at fairs; Chautauquas and
the like; urging upon women in states with
partial suffrage exercise of their rights !;
protest by women taxpayers; the syste-
matte distribution of literature frequent
state legislatures to raise the age of con-
sent and to make mother co-guardian Of
children with father, and to appoint police
matrons; petitions to all kinds of national
and state conventions and to congress for
a sixteenth amendment. The convention
took high stand against the regulation
and segregation of the social evil either at
home or in Hawaii or the Philippines.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1901-06-01
GOING TO BUFFALO?

Visitors to the Pan-American Exposition
and the National Prohibition Conference
who desire comfortable hotel accommoda-
lions, should stop at the New Tiff House,
which is one of the best known and most
popular hotels in the United States. 1t
was entireIy remodeied several Years ago
at a cost of over 100000, and lately
thoroughly renovated and refurnished, so
that today it ranks among the leading ho-
trally located hotel being on Main street
within six blocks Of all the railroad sta
lions. Cars for the Exposition grounds
pass the door every two minutes. The
rates are $3.50 to $500 a day, American
plan, and s1.OO to $500 day European
plan.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1901-06-01
AN ACTIVE PARTY.

Iowa, New York and Ohio have held sue
cessful conventions this month. Pennsyl-
vania is being greatly stirred in anticipa-
ton of it's state convention on the 9th.
Chairman Jones plans to have an organizer
in every county which has 500 or more
Prohibition party voters. Probably the
most remarkable county convention ever
held in the United States took place at
Franklin, Pa, this month. Thirty seven
precincts were represented by 90 delega IS
There was great enthusiasm and a deter
mined effort is on to carry the county.
The Virginia state committee has just held
ten day tent meeting at Petersburg The
state convention assemblies July 49, West
Virginia held convention on the 31st
inst.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1901-06-01

days later an American citizen will speak
as one having authority on the real con-
dition of the islands. Forty -two days will
be spent in campaigning in New Zealand.
A tour will be made Of Australia and they
will go thence to England for number Of
meetings. If Manila is visited, and it is
not unlikely, this country will be stirred
by the testimony of one Of it's foremost
citizens who will not hesitate to tell what
ne sees. Mr.. and Mrs. Woolley will have
the prayers Of many thousands as they
take this trip around the globe. They will
be absent several months.