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analysis: they were too simple, too
West Indian for that. Sufficient that
the rumble had gone.
St Pierre was gay that night of May
1, The municipal band played music
in the plaza, as was its wont Thurs
day evening. This band night was
the one when youths and maidens
might mingle in public. and the young
gallants and mademoiselles. prone
nading around the square under tie
watchful eyes of fathers and mothers
and duennas. talked lightly Of Pelee
and that whitening fall.
Up near Morne Rouge, abode OF St
Pierres wcll-to-do. there was a
lawn party that evening. which car
ried its gayety far into the night
mantilla-draped girls dancing in the
moonlight to the click of castanets.
Friday, day OF the evil omen, dawn.
ed over St. Pierre. II was made
sombre by thunderstorm. which
brooded over the mountains and from
whose dark clouds came intermittent
flashes OF lightning. The nervous
started at every thunderclap and anx-
iously asked one another II that was
not Mont Pelee. while others sought
TO trace the olinding flashes to their
source. to see II they were really the
mere play of lightning or volcanic
blazes from the time-worn crater.
which many believed and all hoped.
was long ago extinct. Then a heavy
mist settled over the city and its sur
roundings and under its depressing
influence the day wore itself to a
close.
Saturday. May ;. Just Ave days
to the ohliteration. to death. utterly,
wholesale. sudden and tragic! And
yet ST Pierre went forth that day to
carnival doings. local celebration In
honor of something or somebody.
Facts are meager as to that one day
and those following. for 1t must be
remembered that nobody survived the
horror that was so soon to come. But
there were some who had spent days
in the city just previous to the trag-
edy-some who had left 1t only a
scant half-hour before the holocaust.
Grieving for their own lost dead and
with nerves unstrung by the narrow
ness OF their own escape. It may be
that their overwrought minds are
coming visions now. but these tell ear
nestly of column OF smoke which
arose. black as pail. from Pelee's
white shroud to rear Its pillows of
Grape into the form OF a great up
ended coffin. However that may pc,
there is evidence that all festival gay.
ETY. went when showers Of pebbles be-
gan to rattle over the city, with now
and then shower of sand, of grains
hot to the touch, despite their long
flight through the air.
st. Pierre, 1t is now said. was in a
more sober humor that evening than
II has been within the memory Of those
who tell disjointedly the tale of the
days that ushered in its doom. And
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throes of death. One moment and
chimes in the ears of ST. Pierre's S0.-
000-the next the fiame-clogged bells
were sobbing a requiem for 10000
dead. One watt of morning breeze
flowed over cathedral spires and
domes. over facades and arches and
roofs and angles of populous and
light-hearted city-the next swept a
lone mass of white-hot ruins. The
sun glistened one moment on spark
ling fountains. green parks and frond-
ed ponds-its next ray shone on fusing
metal, blistered. fiame-wrecked squares
and charred stumps of trees. One
day and the city was all light and
color. all gayety and grace-the next
its ruins looked as though they had
been crusted over with twenty CEN
turtles of solitude and, silence.
Prof. Robert T Hill, United States
government seologist and head of the
expedition sent out by the National
Geographical society, has just come
in from daring and prolonged in
vestigation of the volcanic activity in
Martinique.
Prof. Hill chartered steamer and
carefully examined the coast as far
north as Port de Macouba. at the ex.
treme edge of the island. making fire.
Quent landings. After landing at lie
Precheur. five miles north of st.
Pierre, he walked through an area of
active volcanism to the latter place
and made a minute examination OF
the various phenomena disclosed
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barely enough room for streets. the
buildings budding close to the steep
and wooded ACTIVITY, as If seeking TO
escape on the otner side of the ridge.
The intervening distance was short.
BY the broad, finely graded. bridge
and tunneled highway which connect
ed city with village. one would judge
that five minutes brisk walk would
be amply sufficient to reach the one
from the other.
But none sought safety by that
road-at least none escaped by it.
The heart-breaking pity of it all is that
safety was SO near-at the end of
ones fingers almost. For just over
the ridge the grass and palms are
everywhere as green as any in the
tropics today. while up to the very
crest of its northern slope are the in
effaceable marks Of ruin and disaster.
as II some sea of flame had brimmed
to the very crest of the ridge, to suck
back again before overfowing on the
other side.
So 1t is the the village folks of Car
bet that one must turn for the last
act in this horrible tragedy.
Night fell. the villagers say. with
an unnatural, unearthly quiet Not a
breath of air to stir the palms firing
ing on the shores; not ripple to
break the mirpr.like clearness of
still waters. 1t was as if the hush OF
death lay everywhere, True earth
quake weather. more than one of the
villagers observed as they noted the
oppressive stiffness of the air and the
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The special correspondent Of the
New York Herald, writing from st.
Pierre, Martinique. says:
1t is not so very long ago that vic
tied this poor st. Pierre-this now
city of the dead. 1t had, am told.
undergone but few changes until the
coming of that frightful day which
changed it SO utterly.
Where all is now aching desolation
chaos OF ruined walls. blackened
stumps of trees and sickening stencil.
there basked IN summer sunshine a
little city splashed through with vivid
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martinique Official Whom Scientists
Hold Was Responsible for the Great
Loss of Life = rom the Eruption OF
Mont Pelee.)
the only eyewitness versions can be
had.
The hour of the disaster is placed
at about o'clock. a clerk in Fort
de France called up another in St
Pierre and was talking with him al
1855 by Fort de France time. when
he heard sudden, awful shrek, and
then could hear no more.
The little that actually happened
then can be briefly, very briefly told
1t is known that at one minute there
lay a city smiling in the summer
morning; that in another it was a
mass of swirling flames, with every
soul of its 10000 writhing in the
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fall, tell of how short-lived the fright
was and how quickly the mercurial
population regained its buoyant spir-
its. Some there were who looked
grave when ashes, white and fine as
powdered magnesia, began to sift
from the great cloud which hung over
Pelee's crest, but it seems that none
thought to connect these myriads of
floating particles with the deep, muf-
fled rumble which had tust been
heard; none to trace the one to the
other-the effect to the cause Their
minds were not grooved to such
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Professor Robert T. Hin.


(First Man to Penetrate to the Crater
of Mont Pelee and Report on the
Eruption.e
Indian town awakes. was filling with
venders and purchasers. when the
first murmur of Pelee. the sleeping
giant, was heard-a deep-toned. Jared
growl. which instantly blanched the
faces of all who heard. for those bred
in the shadow of the volcano had long
since learned to dread its wrath. and.
growing up. these in turn had taught
other generations of the malevolenc :
sf that giant bulk. Startled eyes were
turned to the gloomy mountain,
and were reassured to see II still quiet
so far as vision went, for Its top was
hidden in n white mist. and there was
no sign of boiling lava and no fall
OF hurtling rocks.
Those who by chance were In the
city that morning. and who by far
luckier hazard were out of 1t before its
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Home Iraininu Best.

According to the London Lancet. it
is quite exceptional to find in IA child
bred in parochial charity Institutions
that healthy individuality which is
characteristic of children who have
been boarded in the frecr and more
natural atmosphere of family life.
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DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM IL felt very
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other complications, and had taken SO
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began to think there was no hope for
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what is life without health? wanted
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One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
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aching feet. ingrowing nails. corns and
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The Farmers Busy Season.

This is the farmers busy season and
he has no time to read long ads. but
you want to remember that the grain
on the fine lands around Romeo is
busy. too. growing into a big harvest.
Take a moment to drop us a postal
with your address and we will send
you information about these lands and
what we are doing there. Zeph. Chas-
Felt, 1O2 Boston Building. Denver.
Colorado
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Japanese Story TelIers.

Street corner story tellers still earn
a good livelihood in Japan. In Toxic
alone 600 of them ply their .rade. pro-
vided with small table. a fan and u
paper wrapper TO illustrate and EN-
phasiZe the points of their tales.
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p Park for Children.

Joaquin Miller. known far and wide
as The Poet of the SieTras." is build
Ing in California park designed ex-
clusively for the use of little children.
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a girl with nice curly hair and red lips
doesn't have to worry mite about
''readin'. ritin' and 'rithmetic"
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delightful has been Witnessed in Salt
Lake for years.
Daniel FTawiey and his company be-
gin an enga cement at the Theatre next
F1ijay evening, which viii, in addition
to finishing the present week. run until
the Saturday night following. making
eleven performances in all, of seven
celebrated plays.
Friday and Saturday and Saturday
matinee viii be devoted to the famous
old Hoosier melo1rama Blue Jeans, -
written by Joseph Arthur. which for a
long time held the New York record
for attendance IN a 300-nights run.
During next week, the plays announced
are. Madame Sans Gene, Brother
Officers I'm AizZoura," The Girl I
Left Behind Me" Alabama and Sc
cret Service" which is undoubtedly the
best. LARGEST and most expensive rep
ertOire MI FTawley has ever carried.
blue Jeans" the opening bill, viii
appeal 10 the conference visitors
strongly While the piot is a clever
piece of dramatic material the play
gets its reputation principally from
the sensational scenes and episodes,
one of which shows q saWmiU in OPP
GRAFTON and the hero strapped to a
plank that is rapidly being fed TO a
circular saw.
Since his last visit, Mr.. Frawley has
I reOrganized his company. and a letter
from the popular actOr-r1anager states
that il is unQuestiOnably a superior or
ganizatiOG 10 any that he has led in
/ previous seasons. The Improvement is
] due to the addition OF three new names.
/ The Pacific coast is a mecca for play
/ ers during the summer months. This
/ eagerness on their part to remain as
! far away as possible from sultry Goth
/ am or to avoid the still greater horror
/ Of Cne-night stands, and still be occU-
/ pied, often turns trick in favor OF
/ the standard stock companies that IA
| vOr the bearable climate. So it did
with Mr. Frawley. His new leading
/ man, Benjamin Howard. was. until a
/ few months ago, Viola Aliens leading
man in In the Palace OF the King.
! When he expressed his wish to come
west, for the reasons outlined, there
was an interesting rivalry between
/ Frawley and Neill as to which would
/ come into possession of his services
/ Frawley made the highest bid. In the
/ same way, Ben Johnson was engaged
/ He viii be remembered as leading man
with the younger Salvini in his splen-
] did presentation Of The Three Guards
men and other romantic dramas. as
we'll as an old stock actor. Last sea-
son Mr.. johnson started with Arthur
] Byron on his Inflated starring tour
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stars to fill them. Most managers
have the same kick. except that il is
a lack Of patrons and not stars.
Henry Miller will put on The Only
Way" in New York this spring as a
big scenic revival after which he
leaves for his regular summer engage
ment in san Francisco
Frank Daniels may appear in the
comedy role in the new comic opera,
The Chinese Honeymoon. which VIII
be presented in New York at the end Of
the regular season.
Mary Mannering and Kyrle Bellew
viii present THE Lady of Lyons in
stead Of Camille" as was first in
tended.
Eugene Walters. d former cavalry
man, is the author of a war play called
Comrades in Arms" which KirAe La
Shelle will shortly produce
Nat c. Goodwin, in when We Were
Twenty One" is an early attraction at
the Theatre.
Victory Bateman plays the leading
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been accredited with more of a sue
cess thsn-a failure.
In two instances the first night was
rather embarra ssing for the actor. The
house was filed with his personal ad-
mireTs, many OF the matinee-girl cali
bre being present. During the play one
woman tells Edeson that he is a man
calculated to make an impression on
women, and the audience Uttered.
Later one of the men assures him
that he has the profile of a Greek god
and that the women were crazy over
him. Then the audience laughed out
right, and the actor blushed, even
through his makeup"
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Stephen Phillips objected to her man
ner of reading. According to the cable
dispatches Mr.. Tree asked Mrs Pot
ter to return to the cast and to play
the part Of Calypso as she conceived
that character should be played. Mrs.
Potter inquired the attitude of Mr..
Phillips. and Mr.. Tree intimated that
the author would have nothing TO say
concerning the change
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The most interesting news which has
come from London during the week has
been the announcement that Mr.. Beer
bohm Tree has asked NJ Cora Ur-
quart Potter to take up the part of
Calypso in Ulysses, which it viii be
recalled she refused to play when the
drama was first produced because
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The Chicago Inter ocean has the fol-
lowing to say Of~RObert Blossoms re-
cent premier stellar appearance; Rob
ert Edeson, the young actor who bC&
recently branched out among those US
ing large type. took his sIay, Soldiers
of Fortune" into the metropolis and
forced a success from the tired critics
as well as from his many friends. The
play was declared to be only ordinarily
interesting. with several lapses in its
action which needed attention and a
cheap climax or two which would hard
T. do; but Mr.. Edeson was so very
popular with the audiences that he has
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-30
Grand Exhibition Of
House Furnishings.

~ ~ h FURNITURE % W m m into
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plotted. The Society for the Proven
ton Of Cruelty to Children has accept
ed the task Of promoting him and IS
bringing him into something OF prom
inence through its efforts 70 prevent
him playing at Max O'Relfs concert
on Sunday next at the Herald Square
theatre.
The Children's society has granted
FlOriZel permission to appear at a
number Of concerts at Carnegie hall,
the Waldorf Astoria and elsewhere, but
has refused to permit him to appear
for a few minutes next Sunday even
ing"
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n 7 is really q source of keen regret
E that Dir. Wizards engagement was
not more profitable. The meager
response OF playzgoers to the mag
nidcence Of his list of performances
may have been the natural conse-
ouence of Holy week. Either that. or
the result of prices advanced to s.. 1t
was little iate-in the season to EXPECT
the public. with an already well-satis-
ned appetite, 10 go that far into the
bank roll for one more attraction. VIII
lard himself is against high prices. he
would not be charging s. admission If
he were not forced to it by the ex-
ample Of syndicate governed stars. But
heaven forbid that we should give up
s. for Viola Allen and expect Willard
10 play for less. Yet Miss Aliens en-
gagemenU was one of splendid finan-
cial results. After all. it must have
been the fault Of Holy week.
he fact of Mr. Wizards compare
tive failure and Miss Aliens unac-
countable success. viewed from a COM
mercial standpoint, is, however. a bit
depressing. Between the two there IS
no real artistic comparison. The man
is vastly the better player. of course,
and his lack of great material success
cannot be charged to the statement
that he is over the heads of the peo-
pie" That is 1ot trT- lie has in him
more fine and catching Iedy. more
touch-and- 81. humOr, as as-in the
stronger play-preser' ( g. brilliancy
o. manner and a peI..shal n -gnetism
that always appeals to the general
public public that loves to be
thrilled.
Any person who visited the Theatre
during the week just closed and saw
the versatility and skill displayed in
the presentation of two such opposite
stories as THE Cardinal and The
Professors Love Story" or TON
Pinch" must agree that nOtbfng. more
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ward Of the man who ma.
lie-iile!y' nervous pr0stratioT TI rss,s-
az Atlantic City, chaf7g lie Is b.
toI S care He expects m f ,,--.-7f a "a.
rope next month for q l.--'e Tor E
having been ordered bv s t,acst,,
resi- up for at least sfv r1 1.,y is,-lials =
attempting any more worr- ms bs,a,.
A new musical freak r
Belle of Broadway No., .alled a7s
Ioth last week and on fbs ga I. % Na7
nlgnt part Of TIE audia7c -7 opslts
theatre before the perfo--1l -7-t 1
haiI over Thomas @. Sesb--o,--.l "a,
lhe leading comic role. As p.sg
A bit Of cheerful fo~ai-u
contained in a cable If ~. news Va
nounclnE that The Girl week a..
I'm s. which received i+s ION ron Gar.
5I-5.t-lon Ahurs4ay night VAS ,.'- pes
,-''-e ran ure- There are times r g -' l-H.
London Judgment is to be- rzsr. r-.2 Il
Alice Nielsen was rece-r-
20 sing before the king gf r9l----'s.
out in spite of this honor sL- -l.g-2l.
tnE restless and is -ss-fr--7 IS Set.
eyes az the comic urars .7 il-srs
stage
Mrs Henry y r--..--
est actress 'rgr.r,.... ,'- Americas ola
.,.-. I.-ef ..-.-. s.+ ler 18Th h-.-
- 80 ---S. Lowell rs-
one time Junius Brutus Booth. {.
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New York News. The d.
supplies light To Tho pc .-,--lo Fti.t
tbumDin- svs,. ---...-5.II l1 lheatrs us,
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III,
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hose are the heart rb-r---
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without q smile 'l'l1lls
a-,o,.4r... 1900.
49, names ElS might t-a
'i ."' from tleir Fr.e-t
COUSINS VINO are said 90 he q, -l
IN one of the theatres over -,-....
manager has am f-0u-rra5 --l. N
. effect that the doors ,--.-. S t's % ite
+ after the rie. o. ~ - oe locked
min 81. men - 1-- tam and b..
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A recent issue of the New York
Telegraph contained the following
about Florizei. the fellow star Of Miss
Lucy Gates. under Major Ponds man
agement: Little FlOrizel. the boy
violinist. is at last being properly ex-
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SMALL TALK.

It is announced that Mortimer Snow,
actor. and son of the late President
Snow, win be married in New Orleans
next week to Miss Adelaide Warren,
an actress.
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LeOnora Jackson. the celebrated vio-
liniste. assisted by II. J. Fellows, tenor,
and William Bauer, pianist, viii ap-
pear at the salt Lake theatre Tuesday
evening next under the auspices of the
Orpheus club. The concert VIII be an
important musical event Miss Jackson
has been taking her audiences by storm
all through the east and south. She
has an enviable reputation as a per-
former in EurOpe's musical centeTs.
The following from the Nashville
CTenn) American is characteristic of
the praise bestowed upon the famous
violiniste everywhere: Miss JacksOn's
reputation was fully sustained by her
performance. It seemed incredible that
this young girl, slender and delicate.
should have such repOse and the charm
and power of a great artist, and that
the small, frail wrists and fingers
should be capable of such technical
feats as her programme called for. She
is essentially an individual player; not
only has she great breadth of inter
probation and a fine grasp Of musical
values, but also marvellous technical
facility. She is a virtU0sO rightly merit
ing place in the front ranks OF the
great violinists of the day. In person
she is a model of unaffected grace"
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play, THE Country Girl" next month,
with Louis Mason as leading man.
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Gilbert Parker has completed the
dramatizatiOn of his popular novel
The Right of Way" There seems to
be a general impression that Richard
Mansfield would make an ideal Charley
Steele, and there is a possibility that
he may produce the play.