The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-24
PART v.

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that durisg those first seasons.
with choruses, dances and small
IL parts to learn, with rehearsaIs
every day and appearances
every night was getting an educa-
ton.
But that depends upon your definition
Of the word. If it means to you schools
ing, special instruction and formal
training, then my claim is absurd; but
If it means information, cultivation of
the intellectual powers. enlightenment
why, then my claim Is good-my
Statement stands-I was getting an ed
ucation. And let me say the stage Is
delightful teacher-she never wearies
You with sameness or drives YOU TO
frenzy with iteration. No deadly dull
text book stupehes you with lists OF
pare SAID dates; dryiy informing you
-Ihat some one was born in 11CS-
mounted the throne in lz-0-died IN
1000, and was succeeded Dy some one
or otner who reisned a Whue-reaIy
you Ssn renember how cong, and don't
much care.
nov. 40 De a good actress and do iu
telIigent work, one should thoroug..y
understand the play and its period n
history, as l1e mainspfing OF its ac-
Lon IS often yo1tical. 10 be able to do
Information. That 1 had from my very
oabyhOOd been a reckless reader came
about from necessity had no choice
II SIMPLY read every single thing in
print that my greedy hands closed
upon, the results OF this promiseuouS
rea1irg, ranging from dime novels to
C"W Per, were. Sometimes amusing, One
0ay, 1 remember, an actress was
siV:GS very excited account of a
street accident. Her cOlOrs were very
lurid, and some OF her hearers received
her Ja4e cC.diy. "Oh!@ she cried, such
an awful csowd-a mob, you know-a
perfect mObI"
Some Legal Ideas.
"Oh, nonsense coutradicted an
other, there uidu have been mob
there aie Hyt -sough people in that
street TO make TObi"
hen / timidiy, buL 1irmly, remarked:
oh, yes, there are-i0r you know that
legally taree's a mob and two's q
crowd"
A shout of laughter followed this bit
Of Information. How utterly alb
surd!" cried one. Wen. of all the
ridiculous ideas L ever heard!" lauE he'd
another.
And then, suddenly, dear old Uncle
Dick (Mr. Richard Stevens, and player
Of old men. to be cOrrect), came to my
support, and, with the authority of a
one time barrister. declared my state
ment to be perfectly correct. But
where. III tho name OF heaven, did you
get your information"
on" I vaguely replied, 81 just read
it somewhere
THAT'S rather a broad statement"
remarked Uncle Dick. You don't give
your authority. page and line, 1 OBJ
serve Well, see here. now, Clara mia,
ia whatever field you found that one
odd fact, you certainly cleaned others
there, so if you can produce at once
three other legal ttatements, 1 will
treat you to soda water after re-
hearsal-"
on. the delicious v was scarcely
over his lips when I S wildly search
ing my memory, a-.d presently very
doubtfully offered the statement: 1T
is fraud 70 conceal & fraud"
But Uncle Dick gravely and readily
accepted it, Another search, and then
joyfuliy I announced: Contracts made
WIFI minors, lunatics or drunkards are
void"
A shout Of laughter broke from the
kind old mans lips, but he accepted
that too. Oh. almost I could hear the
cool hiss Of the soda, but now not an
other tainS could / find. My face feu
my heart sank. Hitherto I had been
thinking of Papers, now l fantically
ran lhrC Ugh stories Suddenly 1 cried:
"A lead-pencil signature stands in
law."
But. alas. Uncle Dick hesitated-rny
authority was worthless. Oh. dear oh,
dear, was I to lose my treat, just for
the lack. OF n legal knowledge? Sadly
j remarked; Il guess I'll have TO give
IL up, unless-unless you'll take: 'Prin-
cipals are responsible for their agents,
and with pleasure beaming in his kind
old eyes, he accepted it.
All. I can taste that vanilla soda yet
and, what is more. the old gentleman
took the trouble TO find out about the
legality Of the iead-pencil signature.
and as my statement had been correct
ne took great nsins to make the fact
known TO all Who had heard him ques-
tiOn it. and he added to my little store
of knowledge that "a contract made on
Sunday would not stand which, by