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

quently implies Supreme Pooh-Bah and
he-rest-ot-yo NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Had Mr.. Baruum's shade visited
salt Lake last week. a seconds stay
would have been convincing that its
master was the ranKest kind of an
amateur I'm the show business. There
might have been the conviction, TOO,
tE4t a new Caesar had sprung up and,
having conquered the earth, the peO-
pie had bowed down to worship him.
This shade would have discovered,
first, that the cigarette posters had
given away to pictures of this CoiOs-
sus A sheet would have been found,
literally posted, upon which appeared
three cuts Of Him. the first as He APP
pears upon leaving His hotel: the sec
Ond as He appears when directing the
ba1d; the third. as He appears in
cO-uet solo. Passing on to the next
bnl board, a flaming work Of art, show
ing Him as He appeared in the war.
A little further on, a picture Of tle
house in which He was born. or prob
ably a cut of Him as He appears wien
eating dinner. Then a picture of His
parade, with Him as the leader of the
band, everything that the heart ma "
vearn. in truth. except a fac-simile of
the cradle which rocked Him to sleep.
An what an ideal afternoon for the
shade!
That evening. it passes the door
keeper n0iseIesslv and takes standing
room in the middle OF the auditorium
The curtain asceuds. Parties are seen
moving about on the stage. They seat
themselves in chairs stamped with a
mammoth III for Him. A few min
utes, filed with agonizins suspense, and
the interlocutcr pro tenn calls out,
Mr.. Him. the king OF minstrelsy-'
Everybody stands uP and TO the thun-
derfng Of brass Him enters, and says
Gentlemen. be seated" He looks as
comfortable as May Irwin in LAG
lon" A sash of black stands out
against His white shirt front and i'm it
is embroidered III" for Him. a gag
Is sprung with him as the subject
Presently it Is announced that a vol
ume viii be passed through the house
containing a biographical sketch OF
Him and an the latest popular songs
of the day. for l0 cents. Rapture. The
audience IS thrilled. T. bursts into
one grand acclaim for the biography.
Anon. He enters in new costume and
plays "Alice. Where Art ThOu?' a
futter is heard in the auditorium. The
uTTnIIE Us ftldEEl- ~ llE WAS LL not
Him. Where Am T." Too late. Him
is now playing g. solo for Hi Henry's
star saXOphoue quartette, entitled
1.-THE Henry-etta Polka" by Hi Henry.
written for Hi Henry's Ministries in
conjunction with Hi Henry's 0.000
military band. As the curtain de-
sends finally. it occurs to the audi
ence that lie has not sung a solo or
done an acrobatie stunt Still the
house has had the worth of It's money.
And the shade giides modify out
into the night
The truth about the white elephant,
g subject which years ago agitated the
circus patrons Of America and crowd
rd the newspapers with columns OF
free "gum" is interestingly told 10y
william c. Boyd who was i'm TIE city
ahead Of Rudolph and Adolph- Boyd
is an old circus agent While he has
departed 20 degree from the system
under which he begun his career his
manner and style cf dress even today
strongly indicate the occupation he
rnca fOIl0Wed- Boyd was close TO the
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