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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

The Test-"He Is not a genuine lit
erary man." said Hiand TO Halket
referring to one who made literary pre-
tension. How do you know" He
always uses the word extract instead
Of excerpt"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

Resting His Eyes--Exchange Editor
Il am sorry TO say my eyes have
gone back on me. and / can't read any
more Can't you give me something
else TO do? Managing Edl;or-You
might do book reviews.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

I'VE cannot consider your story seri-
ously," wrote an editor TO an author.
You have killed your hero In the mid
die of it." To which the author replied:
81 killed him because he made me
tired
There are $4,000 poets in the United
States. As only 5000 volumes OF poems
were issued last year, 10000 poets still
stand on the ragged edge Of publication,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

Since the appearance Of Babs the I'm
possible the publishers have received
dozens OF letters asking II the dramatic
rights to the book are open. They are
obliged to reply that dramatizauon
OF this lively novel is already in hama.
."Babs" will be wonderfully captiVat-
ing part for star actress who pos
sesses youth. beauty and vicacity. we
can fancy how "Babs' would dance
through play, creating CONSERVATION
and Amusement In her wake. What a
part II would be for Lolita Crabtree, II
,only she could renew that fascinating
youth of hers!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

prohably there is no living English
writer so skilled in the art OF enu5aVt a.
Ization as Mrs Humphrey ward sne
has a gift OF insight for the su9''.sS
phases of an individuality anu Nv
slightest detail is lacking IN ihe as''he-
alton of the characters who I'VE IN her
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

People are reading Babs the lmpossl-
Bile and exclaiming, what will Sarah
Grand do next?' The men are congrat.
ulating themselves upon having escaped
her scalpel this time; and the woman
question has no part in her latest book
A bright story, with sparkling dialogue,
and a fascinating. heroine whom one
alternately longs to chastise and EN-
brace. are the chief attractions in Babs,
AS for Babs herself, what can be said
II she had had a different mother
would she have been better girl?"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

The Turn OF the Road the romance
Of a singer by Eugenia Brooks Froth-
jngham, a young woman well known in
Boston society circles, who makes with
this volume her entrance into literature,
has been so well received that 1t has
been found necessary to make a third
impression. Two Impressions were ex-
hausted before the day of publication.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

The recent sale OF the original manu-
script OF Stevenson's The Body Snatch
er recalls several remarkable things In
connection with that tale. One was
that the author returned q portion Of
the honorarium. on the ground that II
was excessive. The story was written
10 order for the Pail Mall Gazette. IT
wanted a Christmas story with thrill
in II" and applied TO Stevenson. II ~
an odd idea, by the way, and one which
measures the distance Travelled since
Dickens. that merry Christmas had
come TO be Just the time to read Of
ghouls and graveyards. II may be our
growing love Of contrasts. Anyhow.
the Pail Mall requested Stevenson to
give II something TO make It's readers
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20

Miss Beulah Marie Dix's new book
The Making Of Christopher Ferring-
ham, is winning golden opinions from
some critics. The Boston Daily Adver-
tiser says that "the authors invention
Is truly wonderful In its fertility, It's
strength, and its really creative power
over events and situations. In bril-
liancy. exciting interest and yerlsimll-
itude The Making Of Chritopher Fer
bingham is one OF the best OF the semi
historical novels OF the day.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
NIPPED IN THE BUD.
A Little Scheme to Boom Washington
Realty Frost-bitten-
Omaha Bee

AOIl1Aet I3Ce-D
A neat little scheme, engineered BY
promoters of a Washington suburb. has
encountered a frost at the White
House The move for a larger, modern
lied executive mansion, discussed for
years past, gained a new lease OF life
with the death of President Mckinley.
Everybody around Washington and
some outside of the capital declared
a larger White House was absolutely
necessary to accommodate the family
o. President Roosevelt. 1t is a shame -
said the town, ''to quarter such an in
teresting bunch OF young people in the
cramped rooms of a building already
crowded with executive business" The
extensions suggested during the Harri-
son adminisCTat ton were forgotten in
the present agitation. not being re-
garded as desirable owing to the low
ground on which the White House
stands. The better plan would be to
build a residence for the president on
and reserve the White House for ex-
ecutive business. That idea took like
a prairie fire. Boosters of quality hill
held meeting and resolved cOpiously
in favor of the project. They also up
pointed a committee to wait upon the
president and urge him to sanction the
plan and recommend it TO congress. But
before the committee could reach the
, White House the occupant of the
/ White House let it be known that the
visit of the boosters would be useless
1t was also intimated that the White
House was quite satisfactory to the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt. and
furthermore that no suggestion would
come from them for a change in pres
ent arrangement. It was a matter for
congress to deal with voluntarily
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22

Shs went 20 his studio. He asked /:
who is your dressmaker2" He sent his
servant to the dressna ker with an i'm
perious note TO come to him at once. and.
figure, pinned stuffs on her. He disar-
ranged her hair, rearranged it, combed
1t, dressed it.
When she looked at herself in the tall
mirror OF the studio she uttered a cry of
establishment When the dreSsmaker en-
tered she stood transhXed amazed at
Adelaidc'S comClneSs- Rlbby explained
his theories OF lines and cOlOrs. said that
they We're notes neither beautiful nor
ugly, depending on their orchestratiOn
entirely 10 be effective
His lecture was precise and clear. He
told the dreSSmaker what were the Oe-
fects and the advantages of Adelaide S
face and figure. He gave implicit in
her gowns and hats. When they were
tried on he was there, correcting errors
He painted her portrait as Medea, Gull
ing magic herbs under the white rays of
the moon He Won a prize at the salon
in Paris with his canvas entitled a
Strange Woman" This strange woman,
disabused, avid, carressing. cruel emerg-
ing out of the dark with sad smile,
was Adelaide.
When she walked through the galleries.
dressed = in her portrait. the Paris that
knows and adOres beauty. was at her
feet. The philosophy of all this IS easily
appreciated \ woman cannot be home
w. She is only a note that is to made
beautiful or ugly by accords.
Then the reigning beauty OF the day is
the one that the painters art imposes
1t IS the Gioconda of Leonardo da Ninci.
the Iilith Of Rosetti or the Gibson girl.
world a woman has only to let an artist
dress her and paint her portrait
Copyright. 1901. by w r. Hearst-C
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22

lowed to see the prisoner. At Wash
ington l reported direct to Secretary Of
War Stanton, and General Eckert, now
president of the Western Union Tel
egraph company, was sent to relieve
me Of my responsibilities. We deliv-
cred the property at the treasury de-
partment and 1 never learned just
what disposition was made of the out
fit. One piece of General Beauregard's
baggage was broken open. A tiny case
dropped out. which contained two fine
raZOrs. AS I wanted a souvenir of the
occasion, and knew the raZors were of
no use to the government, aid that
their owner would never see them
again anyway, 1 confiscated that bit
of loot and have it to this day right
here in Salt Lake.
For six weeks I was custodian OF
those treasures dear to the heart of
every southerner, and my daughter
has the receipt / was given When they
were turned over to the proper author
period are still in line and can tell
these returning Philippine soldiers
something of warfare and of battles
where men enough to make ar army
We're killed or wounded in single ac-
lions. General Miles. for instance, WAS
at Fortress Monroe when | was there.
Captain Pollock has spent the last
FIVE or six summers in Utah, Idaho and
Colorado, and his winters in Chicago.
He has just returned from dredging
operations on the Snake river, auc has
about decided to make his winter quar-
ters here to keep in touch with those
likely to use his appliances for placer
mining.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
CARRIED REBEL ARCHIVES
Captain Pollock Who Took the Records of the conederacy
From Port Royal to Washington, Is Now In the
Cty-Has Beauregard's Razors.

Captain X. W. Pollock who has for
several years been engaged in mining
nrcugh 1ut this section, and who Ell
joys the distinction of having con-
veyed the archives of the ill-starred
confed sracy TO Washington after the
capture of Jefferson Davis. IS q guest
of the White House. Captain Pollock
is esting for a week ard making ar
engagements with local concerns for the
manufacture Of a concentrating rifle
of which he is the inventor. and which
is now being manufactured in Chicago.
He then intends to strike out over the
old Los Angeles and salt Lake survey
so long as the weather permits.
AT the time of JEFF Davis capture
was assistant provost marshal gen
eral on Major General GiImore's staff, -
said the old veteran last evening" L
was at Port Royal. s. c.. when selected
to take charge of the confederate
archives. The property. consisting of
thlrty-tWo large trunks and boxes. was
turned over to me at that point by a
New York colonel. whose name has
slipped from my memory these many
years. As well as the records certain
personal baggage belonging to Davis
AMI General Beauregard was included
in the lot. which filled five army
wagons
From Port Royal we went by boat
TO Fortress Monroe. where we trans
ferred the stuff to smaller boat -
make the trip up the bay and river TO
Washington. Davis was at taat time
confined at the fortress. having been
brought up on the revenue cutter VIII
liam p. clyde. While we were permit
ted TO visit the fort. no one was al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
FIDDLING BOB TAYLOR.
Once Governor Of Tennessee, Now
bridegroom.
CNew York World.)

CNew York World.)
Louisville, Ky.-'Bob" Taylor, the
celebrated fiddler and one-time gov
ernor of Tennessee, also most recently
a bridegroom, explained his recent az
Iair at the altar, as he and his bride
passed through the city this week, to
the World correspondent.
You don't know it now, I reckon. -
said he, but most probably you'll know
it some day, that a man just married
is like the farmers lad the calf ran
Over-he's got nothing to say.
you see, it was this way. I'd been
a scrapin' my wings about that good
lookin' young widow down in Mont
gomery for quite a spell, but I didn' I
seem to be doing any good for myself
Then I heard that she and her father
and her mother were going to Cali
fornia for a long trip. Well. sir, just
picked up my things and landed them
smack in Tuscaloosa without a stop.
You know. a fellow can do a whole lot
when he Just has to-"
The governors face took on a most
serious expression
7 just had to. These accidents of
travel. you know, including the chief
accident of some California fellow spik-
ing my trail when 1 wasn't there. were
TOO strong for Bob Taylor. I read over
that old lecture of mine where I told
the story bout the farmer who married
OAllidPp4AN- lou hLOM. ne Ldu a quar-
rel with his wife and went down in the
barn determined TO hang himself. He
got a blind bride and fastened him
selS up safely to a rafter- When he
was about dead. Uncle Ephraim hap
pened along and cut him down. BY
and by the farmer came back ~ life
and turned fiercely on the old darby:
" Don't you know, Ephraim, that in
another minute 1 should have been
walking the golden streets of Paradise
and grasping the diamond door knob
of the house where all my old dead
friends live
." .Humphl' shifted Ephraim, and a
nice fix you'd been in. loOkin' fer dia-
mon doorknobs, wearin' a blind bride,
wouldn't your
Wen sir, said the governor, Il
read that over and I thought it over
all the way down on the train, but I
reckon I'd a whole lot better take
a chance on having to hunt for the dia-
mond dOorknobs wearing a blind
bride in Paradise, than accept the GER
tainty of running about down here on
earth like a string halted old mule
with a little bit of me in Tennessee and
the most of me out in California. ]
amt big enough to cover such a
stretch of ground. honest.
Il did the only thing possible. I eX-
planned to them that 1 was opposed to
having myself split up that way and
at last they gave in. Now we're here
that's all there is to it.
It's not going to be with me like
that of another old farmer 1 knew"
He was lying on his deathbed and
the doctor, an old friend, bent over
him
81 I'm sorry, Jim, old man. he said
I hate to tell you but there is no hope
absolutely none. In a very few minutes
you must prepare to meet the King
of TerrOrs'
eerr-n-
Is that all. Jack? Don't worry I'm not
afraid. Why, don't you know, man
for forty years I've been living with
the Queen of Terrors? 3"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
MARQUIS ITO LUhCHES
WITH THE PRESIDENT

Washington. CT. 21.-The distin-
aulsncd Japanese statesman, Marquis
din. was the guest OF President Roose-
welt at luncheon tadav. The marquis
called az the White House earlier in
the day to pay his respects to the presi-
dent He was escorted by he resident
Japancse miuister. Air. T$Sahira. and
ty NJ TsudzulSi formcrE vice min
ister Of foreign affairs ~ japan, but
-hries IT. the marquis. The president
1Esve his visitorsA cordial welcome
fnc marffals kDeaks English with
llriiilp. AS 1as-s@ 1ir. Tsudzuki Tina
- siiient was much Interested in their
tllsveieaff1u Having been prime min
ietsf ~ Japan sevcrgl times. and e5-
i.esal'y darins the war with China.
| .a1 hlvius taken n leading part i'm
* establishments Of constitutional
q orefnment in Japan. the Marquis Ito
II particularly well informed on copies
IL which the uresiuent is Interested.
- Isudzuki. who as also a member
~ the Rouse OF peers OF Japan, and
ia of strong character. is giving
ciai atteution 60 financial. indus
- fl and cor1mercial cc-litiitions in the
tifcd states. and mas observed many
fuGs If interest. even in the short
BE- he has been in this country. so he
also able 10 add his share to the
rssting conversation With the pres
was the desire of President ROOse-
uS give ea dinner in honor 10 the
- sing japanese. and indeed he
p -Aeii the marquis so accept an invf-
I zion "a the dinner on the 18th. which
the earliest date that a formal din
tf would be in order az the White
puse. Tie marquis was obliged TO de-
tne this initiation. as it would con-
q with his enlightenment to attend the
le bicentennial With the president
WGrquis Ito az luncheon were Sec
-rv..cf STATE Hay and AIR. TsudzuSi.
fter leaving the White House the
Ciiis and his secretary called at the
= department and paid their re-
IS 70 Secretary Hay and Assistant
starry EIf
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22

from the malodorous Republican ad-
mi1istration that preceded.
Another item in this statement of
the organ given to justify the extrava-
gance is $4,000 for paving the inter-
sections of Second South and Third
South streets. Not one dollar has been
expended for this purpose, nor will 1t
be expended this year.
Still another item is S12,044 for the
maintenance of the public library, it
beng announced that the public library
was discovered by the present admin
istration and that it was MEYER MAIN
tanned by public taxation till Mayor
Thompson was indicted into office.
These items are but samples of the
W hOle statement. They are given here
simply to show how hard pressed the
apclogists are in trying to cover UP the
black spots of the administration. But
the juggling ana distortion of figures
do not cover up the fact that this ad-
ministration cost the people of the city
$4,000 more than its predecessor.
Counting the population of the city at
$1,000, this means an additional tax of
81 for every man, woman and child in
Salt Lake, or $25 for the head of every
family.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
VA Art G. Beauty .
By Henri pene Du Bois.

A DELAIDE, wife of Samuel Ribby.
y the painter, was, three years ago.
= homely and now she is beautiful
The mOralists say that the reason of her
transformation is the Development OF the
great kindness that was IN her hedrt
always. and the moralists are not grave
ly mistaken ever. but she tells reasons
OF art captivating also
Samuel Rsbby was three years ago un-
known. BE had come out OF the noSpltal
and was seated on a bench IN the MAI Il
of the Park, hesitating to return 70 MS
studio. where the canvases were DIRTY,
the colors dried up, the brushes dusty,
the oil cans empty. He had not a dol
Adelaide passed by the place where he
sat. and, the desire to do good act tor
menting her, said to him: May L ask
you to escort me2 I am pursued and l
obeyed without question. She related TO
him story that had neither rhyme nor
reason, in order to explain her alleged
terror.
fifth floor of a building solitary and too
new to be occupied. she said, i am
afraid still. viii you dine with me
Ribby ate like one shipwrecked- Ade-
laide told prettily tales Of her life, anec-
dotes of her experiences in travel and
studies. genealogies in which he recog-
nized friends familiar TO him. He went
out enthusiastic and joyful
They saw each other again only six
months later at the exhibition of the
Academy of Design, where a picture by
Ribby was the rage. He had become
IT would be happy if I were not so
homely." she said, in reply to his CRATE
full questions. ,-
He explained: You are not homely;
YOU must not think that you are homely I.
Come TO nv studio and I will amend at
once the things that give you that I'M
preston"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
MAYORS ORGAN ADMITS IT
Pleads Guilty to Mere Extravaganza Than Was Charged and Claims
That the Administration Spent Money That viii Not
Be Spent Until Next Year.

THE OFFICIAL OcGAN Of the
Thompson administration COM
piled and set forth an array of
figures yesterday that deserves a
place in a comic song book 1t not
only admitted the extravaganza shown
BY the official reports. but it confessed
judgment to more than was charged
and showed an increase Of S341,1 79 in
the expenditures of the two years of
Republican misrule.
Part of it. the organ says. was used
in paying up $1,000 worth of bills that
came down from the administration of
John Clark. The official report shows
that John Clark turned over $50. 1872
cash in the treasury TO Mayor Thomp-
son, Jan. I. 1900. Deducting the 81. 600
that was due on the payroll for the
last half of December and which was
not payable till Jan. ;. there was still
S52.932 in cash that came down from
the John Clark administration to be
swallowed up with the money taken
from the people by the present admin
istration. This may ice compared with
the legacy of tS-er $4,000 in Judgments
and debts that John Clark inherited
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
INFATUATED WITH GIRL
AND SHOOTS HER TO DEATH

San Francisco. oct. 21-Mabel
Franklin Mayer. Is years old. was
cruelty murdered early this morning
as she slept in her bed at the home of
her parents on Jessie street. John
Stano. aged p years, her murderer.
turned from his deed of blood to see
the child's mother, who had heard the
shots, enter the room Instantly he
placed the revolver with which he had
shot the girl to his own head and put
an end to his life.
Stano, who is a native of Smyrna,
Turkey, a waiter by occupation, was
formerly employed on the United
States transport Meade. He was in
fatuated with the Mayer girl, who
was only a child, and was a regular
pupil of the Clement grammar school.
Three shots were fired into the Sleep
ing girls head. Her 6-year-old brother.
who was asleep in the same bed, was
uninjured
Stano is said to have a mother in
Smyrna, Turkey, who is very wealthy.
He was Hnguist, speaking several
languages iuently.
Joseph ]. Mayer. father of the dead
girl, has been mining in Alaska, and
is on his way home.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
MANY CATHOLICS
WANT TO BE CARDINALS

London. Oct. 21.-Candidates for the
purple" at the consistcry which the
pope usually holds about Christmas
time. according 10 the Rome CORE
spondent of the Pail Mali Gazette. are
arising everywhere. their numbers
seeming to increase in proportion to
thu distance from Rome.
The United States. for instance. be
sides the candidates OF long standing.
Archbishops Corrigan and Ireland. who
represent two opposite tendencies in
the American Roman Catholic church,
has on this occasion two additional
aspirants for the red hat. There are
only four vacancies in the college Of
cardinals. and the American prelates
are thought TO have few chances of Sc
lection. as the pope is credited with d
determination not to have more than
one cardinal iu the United States. fear
ing that the friction and antagonism
would be difficult to harmonize and
might be fatal to Catholicism in Amer
lea.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-10-22
Personal Mention.

D. II. Peery returned yesterday from
California where he went to place his
brother in Berkeley university.
President Joseph F. Smith and his
Lund, returned yesterday from Ogden,
where they have been in attendance at
the Weber stake conference.
l.. NJ Olson. manager of the Emery
county Mercantile company at Price. Is
at the Kenyon. Mr.. Olson is in on a
business visit. and expects to remain sew
eral days stocking up his establishment.
Lieutenant Frank T. Hines. accom-
panied by his wife and baby. expects to
leave Fort Douglas today for the Pre-
sidio. near San Francisco, where he has
been assigned to the Twenty-ninth coast
artillery.
Director Murdoch of the local weather
bureau has gone TO Soldier Summit to
make an inspection % the volunteer sta
tiOn At that place. He expects to return
today. y series OF such inspections ex-
tending over the greater part of the state
Will follow.
Having no campaign affecting his per-
sonal interests, Councilman Canning lis
in Chicago enjoying himself. and does
not expect to return until after election.
The councilman went east with train
load of muttons. and he may extend his
trip to New York and Buffalo.
Judge w. H. King returned from Wash
inston yesterday and went at once to
Provo. to see his brother. Sam A. King.
who is IN at his home in that city. While
IN W washington Judge NlfiS nAu an inter-
view with President Roosevelt regarding
the reclamation of arid lands In the
west and other matters in which Utah is
interested.
Samuel +. Rork and Maurice c. Ben
jamin. managers Of "The CaFino Girl
company. and who introduced Thomas
Seabrooke and The Rouudc~s" TO the
west last season. are guests Of the
knutsford comforting with Melville
Hammell. the business manager in ad-
vance OF the attraction. Mr.. Benjamin
is a resident OF Denver.