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sat down. The Chips were too Kopecks per Stack
and Mr. Gillespie said il was not necessary to show
any Money the Table The Minute that he started
IN to Bank on this Basis he was Loser.
Mrs. Jlnkins sat next to her Husband. so that he
could look at her Hand every time and tell her what
TO do 1t required Is Minutes TO explain the Values
or Blues and Reds and the significance of the Buck
ana then there was a grand Getaway. Mr.. Gillespie
requested that there be Talking, and his Wife
she had just one more Question TO ask Did a Flush
mean all of one Color? Then he asked her if she had
ever been to Night School and she gave him the Bes
seLner Eye and there was a painful Silence broken
only by Mrs Frlsbie who laid Down and asked N four
hve, six, seven, eight meant anything At which
everybody else ducked and she pulled in White Bean
ana her Husband told her she ought go back
Jack-StraWs but she said she didn't care, she won
I'VE Cents He told her 90 boost the Ante whenever
she had a PAT Hand.
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"As you please" said he calmly, and without
turning hair. Il used to be quite dab at that sort
Of thing"
You prefer a cherry tree?' put In sarcasticauy.
"Yes-if you've got one said he "In fact IIt
give you fun dress rehearsal Of that famous episode
IN my career. out Of which has grown my reputation
for veracity"
was nonplussed Instead Of quaing before my
insidiouS suggestion, he had met me openly and ac-
cepted the challenge in way / had not expected.
Better bring the original Ratchet" i said with
grim chuckle. I left him.
Il will" said he cheerly, and he did.
The following Saturday we We're an on hand az ths
Turtle club picnic grounds. and the sports went
with great success. Washington and his father were
there, and with them Rastus. the generals aged
negro body servant the last named grinnuE as
broadly as only darky OF the old school can. and
hugging closely to his breast no less thing than tho
Ratchet OF history
He's going TO bluff it outl" whispered Num-
chausen.
1T looks that way" said Ananias what ncrveI"
And then began scene which, I must confess,
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n nee there were three Young Married Couples that
used 10 bunch up of Evening, a to have
" someone else to look in awhile. They
lived the end Of the Trolley Line and
acting as DecOys for a new Subdivision. To long
Ride down to the Center of Town. and nothing doing
after one arrived there So these Honeymooners, who
lately had come out of the Trance and settled down
TO plain Housekeeping, had to organize little Set OF
their own.
They played Ping-Pong until il became Misde-
meanOr. and then Mrs. Frsbe organized a Reading
Circle. which Works were read aloud and discussed.
The Men not very strong for that form Of Rev
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LINCOLN THE IDEAL PRESIDENT.

From The Presidential office" by James Ford
Rhodes, in the February scrbners)
Lincoln is the ideal president, I'm that he led public
sentiment represented IT, and followed 10. OF claim not
10 have controlled events he said but confess plainly
that events have controlled me- During term III
office he day called very weak and ne Ueyr
"a urant' but when his whole work was done a care
iu survey of IT. could bring one only the conclusion
that he knew when 10 follow and when 10 lead He
in complete touch with popular sentiment, OWNED
with nicely when he could take step iu advance He
made effort keep Ou good congress,
and be differed with that body reluctantly although
when the necessity came decisvely. While he
sideratiou for those who did agree with him. and
while he acted always with regard 20 proportion, he
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they, fear, paid 81 word. They would hardly care
10 ne knighted, l fancy. knighthoOds no longer
sour grapes. ones publisher is likely to be a
knight as ones self. But 81 a wordi Well. they
might be induced 20 accept that And. talking Of
the ennoblng of authors il seems a pity that moth
Ing in the way of knighthOods be done for emf
nent literary ladies. 1t ought to be possible for Miss
Marie CoreIh 20 be- made Lady Corei, without the
tedium of marriage.
Meanwhile, however hope that Miss Corelli viii
do her best a citizen of StratfOrd- on- Avon. 10
avert the artistic catastrophe threatening Shakes
peares house, in the form of Carnegie library No
where better known than In America is Shakespeares
picturesque birthplace In Hindley street and / am
sure that the American pilgrims who make the ma
JOrity OF pilgrims 20 that shrine. viii be tho
20 resent the erection Of modern library next door
TO the little gabed house thus entirely overshadoWne
it, and generally destroying the picture. Let
negte give Statford library by all means but If
any sense of artistic decency goes with his gift he
should he the first to that his monument
must not interfere with that OF even greater man
than himself Surely some other spot be found
for his library.
Talking of Stevenson Mr.. Pinero has recently de-
livered a lecture on Robert Louis Stevenson the
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WHY SHE HAD NO SPOON.

A good story about ], Piepont Morgan has just
come 90 light
At the notable dinner that T. A. b. yyidencr gave
90 Air. Morgan last winter ln Philadelphia IL ham
pened 10y some unfortunate oversight that the guest
of honor had oyster fork I'm commenting GOOD
naturedy ON this accident. Mr. Morgan said:
"l ann reminded of auegd0te my father used
% Tell about "a certain Mrs Murphy. Mrs Murphy
10 seems. was dining UuJ. and had no saltsp00u The
hostess called her buffers attention 90 this fact
William she said, Mrs. Murphy has no SALT
spoon
Madam William answered. grayely the last
time Mrs Murphy dIned here we lost a saltspoou.'
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Cards on her and then they told her TO back out She
SAID she was willing to throw away Card but it
uluh go. Mrs. Jlnkins took the Pot and made so
mucn Noise about II that Mr. Gillespie began to act
peeVlsh Mrs Frsbie being Flat, swiped one-haIf Of
what MI FrlsDle had and never let on.
Then Mrs. Gillespie mistOOk fOur-spOt for a seven
ana was cleaned by the Jinkis Combinations so she
aug INTO the Bank and took what was needed.
About 1880 Mrs. Gillespie who had tapped the
Bank for seven large iron Dollars and played them
IN regardless, said Oh pshaW! they were not playing
ID real Earnest anyway, so she went into the other
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WOmaH'$ Clubs,
Ladies, literary club.


The day for the reading of the prize
stories came az last ana the clubhouse
was h.led Friday 10 its fun capacity. d
great number of the members and the
guests being present who were willing
20 stand in the doorway that thew
might listen 10 the two stories around
winch so much interest clustered. The
HIsL was the story De prOfundiX bv
A-fs, Kelsey. 10 which was awarded the
hfst prize or 500 Mrs. Kelsey read the
story herself. iu excellent voice and de-
llshted htr listeners with beautifully
human narrative in the form of sOli-
lnQuy of q friend over one whose jour
hey Is ended Beginning with the early
life of the child. the narrative traced
me growth of the young girl through
naidenhood and on Co the deeper places
DO iife The growth Of character. The
nights and the depths of thought and
the noblcst of the commonplace iu life
are all shown with "a skilful touch, am
nobility the story ends with the end Of
life.
The second story. "The Minister all
Little Dah1la.' was read by Mrs O.. T..
richards. the author. Mrs. Ritchie. be-
ing unable to- Dee present 10 is "a story
tuu lO the brim with human life and
It's phases. as shown in the country
town of some very ordinary people I'm
whom the heart is the whole. The love
and loving devotion OF the old minister.
whose best years had been spent in the
service. and who I'M his old age they
had thought OF replacing with a young
or man, the trials of the life of q min
lister among the carly settlers in q new
place and the ultimate triumph of the
old man through his faith iu and love
Tor his people are points n the story
which touch every human heart There
Is running through the whole "a delicate
hum0r which is as eyasiye as clever.
Two musical selections were given
during the afternoon by Miss Ella Cot
lie, Meditation by Cheuery. and
Meet Me Love" by De Koven.
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A LITERARY LETTER
RI E-lGALI

ON CONAN DOYLE is TO De paid 81 a word for a
series Of twelve new stories
Mr.. Rudyard Kipllngs new poem IS entitled THE
Settler"
Mr.. shorthouse, the author Of John Inglesant.
IS dead.
Mr. Douglas Brown. author of "The House with
the Green shutters has been dead six months His
biography of Mr.. Cuthbert LennOX IS lust out
Whenever great man dies" said a famous w.t.
a prOpOs certain "Rec0lleCtiOEs" of Rossattf "NTr
goes in with the undertakers"
LOla's library has been sold. II was rich I'm pres
cntauon copies from admrlug fellow-crafts1eu.
Flauberts inscriptions particularly interesting
I'm q COPY Of the "Tentaton de Saint Antoine he
wrote. "A Zola un soide que jamf." and in 'Trois
Contes.' "a Emile lola. bon bougre. et du TALENT
son yieux. GIVE. FauberL"
such is the news of the week. Perhaps rs most
Affecting item Ls Sir Conan DOyle's 81 "a word
dollar WOrd' Shades of Hilton and Keatsi
But an the same. The money is as il should be and
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the last din
Of Hades so
known figure
about a week
Now that I
ae real George
Q upon paper
18th a wicked
/. of my duty
has come 90
81 seven days.
.ders may not
Of the most
OF ApOuyOn.
Baron Mum
great names
L. The chief
- once a year,
ready with q
'ial art. Upon
let ] had the
listened with
-e told by old
b. B0uapaTte
sy were good
stories In the
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Sermon and other essays making together that pre-
ciOus volume Across the Plains
Is Sir Conan Doyle going to give US any such
words In exchange for dollars?
One thing is certain Sir Conan Doyle viii give
me best he has He is an honest writer, and il he
had only written Micah Clarke deserves well OF the
world He is not the to confuse a business sue
cess with literary success. He knows the value OF
MS own work, and he knows what 10 is not No sue
cesstu writer could be more generous than he to-
wards the work of his contemporaries and more
ad-mindedy appreciatve of work entirely differ
ent from his cwn; and the sensible way I'm which ne
took his knighthood gives the man. When he ceased
10 De Dr. Doyle any more, the Authors club gave
dinner TO him. and I'm replying 10 their compli-
ments, Sir Conan said that there could be no talk
or honOrng literature while Mr. George Meredith ana
Mr.. Swinburne remained UnhOnOred. This of course
was the simple truth about the matter but il was a
grace In Sir Conan to remember it ia the hour of his
eXaItation.
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little time ago 10 was reckoned quite a big thing
Tor Mr.. kipng 20 be getting % cents a word. The
story goes that an English friend OF Mr. Klping's
nearing Of this amazing price, wrote him. encl0s-
ing a shilling, and asking 10 buy "one word" The
one word came promptly by return Of post. 1t was
Thanks"
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dramaust which, from quotations just come over
sea seems to be sound and attractive piece of criti
clsm. 1t viii appear entire in the April Critic" His
plays We're unsuccessfu-that is. on the stage, for
the study they are eXcellent-because says Mr. Pin
ero. Stevenson failed TO realize that the of drama
is not stationary but progressive" and did not treat
the drama much a living form, but rather as an
old-fashioned plaything Of the arts.
This capacity for treating the drama as a progress
sive art certainly belongs 10 Mr., Stephen Phillips He
found the poetic drama hOpeessly abandoned a
by-word of theatrical impOssbility And now we hear
that three of his plays TO be produced in this
country next year. all highly poetic" in theme but
vitality dramatic I'm treatment. Few subjects could
have seemed more hopeless little while ago than
Her0d and Ulysses. but touched by Mr. Phillips
viving hand, they cause the box oflce TO blossom
like
And yet are constantly hearing the old piati-
tude that no one cares about poetry nowadays. But
perhaps the chief sign that poetry continues to be a
power i'm the world is Ar. kipings ability TO annoy
the German emperor. OF Mr. Kipngs many gifts
that must give him most pleasure.
Copyright 1905. by Robert Howard Russell.
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Further back again. readers of Stevens0ns letters
VIII recall, with something like a sense Of pathOs
now stevenson was almost aWed by the Offer made
10 hlm by Messrs Scribner for series of twelve
says TOT their magazine Not having 'The Letters"
az hand cannot make an exact reference: but the
rate was certainly less than % cents q word Yet
stevenson seems almost 90 have thought ID wicked
70 take so much money for mere words. I'm exchange
however, he gave perhaps his best work. .rhe Lam
tern Bearers" "Pulvis Umbra" and "A Christmas
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BY RICHAR LIE tGALLIENNE

II Is an encouraging sign OF the times. Who knows
but that 81 "a word viii be the minimum rate for "a
popular writer some day. readers Increase and
the business side OF the literary profession is
and better organized.
"A dollar word,' asked a young friend OF mine
Propositions and conjunctious ncluded?"
"Of course"
And / suppose it is % cents for comma. and
period counts for a WOrd?'
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OF course, knighthoods and 81 words have moth
ing 10 do with literature. Both the znighth0ods and
the dollars are apt 20 go 20 the wrong mem and the
really distinguished writer's In England today as Sir
Conan limited are not the literary knights; nor are
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Talking of Stevenson Mr.. Pinero has recently de-
lvered lecture on Robert Louis Stevenson the
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MODERN 3, e:.:5: ,s. FABLES.
By George AIDE:

The Modern Fable the Lonesome Harmless Amusement
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JOCK HOMES: His POsthumous Memoirs

K.-Mr. Homes Skaters a Tradition.

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS q E
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Copyright. 1908 by John Kendrick Bangs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-05
ALBERT c. DEWEY.

Albert Dewey, Pete" Dewey Familiarity
He the Pete"
the
him Pete" he o
in
following
W.
ufrequenly
heraded
200 under Andrew body
made their headquarters
building
ceeded
the Thistle Valley fight where killed bull
hostile redskin
through his shirt sleeve sleeve which retained by his widow this
thrilling In 1869 Europe
market
sheriff Robert IN the collection the
a
died birthday
Jubilee
that notable much other
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-05

The many friends and admirers OF
Squire Coop will be interested to
know that he has opened his Salt Lake
studio over the Leyson building, on
lower Main street. Mr.. Coop will call
Salt Lake home" henceforth.
, The News" musical editor ac-
knowledges the receipt, with thanks,
OF copy OF the song entitled Loves
Offering" The song Is sent with the
compliments OF our old friend Bob
Easton, TO whom II Is inscribed by the
gifted author Edmund Severn.
The big musical event OF next week,
VIII be the appearance of the ROYAL
Italian Band at the Theater next Fiji
day and Saturday evening with a
Saturday matinee. This celebrated or
ganization has reputation in Salt
Lake, scarcely second to that enjoyed
by Sousa's Band, and Mr.. Piper has
such confidence In its drawing abilities
hat he has booked II for three perform
ances. The leader of the band Is still
Emelio Rivela, who Is celebrated not
only as a leader, but as brilliant
composer for the piano.
There Is much talk over the approa CHI
ing engagement of the great Duss
symphony orchestra from the Metro
politan Opera House of New York with
Nordica. II Is now arranged to give the
first concert on the evening OF Wednes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-05

In the first successful experiment OF
this kind number OF years ago.
NED RoYLEs luck.
Edwin Milton Royle's farcical come
dy MY Wife's Husband" is running
along smoothly and proftably at the
Madison Square theater, leased for this
purpose by Nathaniel Roth. Mr.. Royle,
who Is enc OF the few men on the stage
having the capacity TO write his own
plays and perform the most cxactng
roles in them, Is well assisted In the
present Instance by his wife, Selena
Fctter Royle The actress imperscn-
ates the heroine. who has been married
and divorced four times through a
series OF really funny circumstances
and who finds II difficult to conceal
her matrimonial adventures from the
young men with whom she has fallen
seriously In love. Much OF the dia-
logue OF my Wife's Husbands" is ex-
tremely clever and there is no doubt
ing the success OF the venture. The
manager OF the Royles has but recent
~ started out upon his own account
but appears 10 be sailing along quite
swimmingly. II was this same Mr.
Roth who launched Henry f. Dixey
az star In Facing the Music" and
kept him going all summer long Ia Chi
cago with a steadily increasing balance
In the cash accounts.
THE BOsToNIANs.
The Bostonians are in the second
week OF their engagement at the
Academy OF Music with Robin Hood"
as the bill. On Monday evening they
will change TO THE Serenade," and
A n. -. L.. = IA.
interest Awhile ago the Messrs. Bar
nabee and Macdonald, thinking they
would have no further use for the last
mentioned piece of property. disposed
OF oil the rights, costumes and scenery
to the Messrs Milton and Sargent Abb
orn. extensive dealers IN second hand
operas. At the opening of their pres
ent season the Bostonians found that
there was an active demand for THE
Serenade" both from the managers of
theaters about the country and the
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day October "a, and matinee
on Thursday afternoon at the Tab
ernacle. Nordica has signlfied her con-
sent to sing The Marvellous Work"
from THE Creation" with the Tab
ernacle choir, and that body of singers
VIII at once get down to hard work
on the chorus, under Prof Stephens.
All who remember the inspiring effect
produced by Nordica at her last APP
pearance here when she sang "Infiam-
matus' with the choir, will look forward
to this event with great pleasure.
There Is no doubt that Nordlca is today
the greatest American singer.
The galleries and the rear half Of the
ground floor I'm the Tabernacle were
well filled & yesterday afternoons or
gan recital, As usual the varied quail
tiles of the great instrument were well
brought out the orchestral effects be-
Ing the principal feature. The pastoral
In the visions In Dream" number
was pretty and unique, and ideal In its
performance. Miss Monahan was the
solost Of the occasion, and she was
handsomely received. but declined to
respond to an encore.
A visitor In this city, named Erwin
has an Anthony Amatl violin valued
al $1,000, Mr., Erwin has studied I'M
der the best European masters. and Is
great friend of Willard Welhe. II Is
hoped that Mr., Erwin will be heard
with the symphony orchestra
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Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
London, Aug. 22--NIrs. II. D'oMy
Carte's recent hint that there Is pos
sibility OF W. S. Gilberts writing for
the stage once more is about the most
welcome announcement in connection
with theatrical matters that has been
made In great while. Since the pro-
ductlon of 1.-THE Grand Duke" his last
collaboration with his great partner,
the late Sir Arthur sullivan, eight or
nine years ago Mr.. Gilbert has given
the stage nothing whatever. He has
continued TO administer judgment in
bench be adorns, and he has been re-
ported busy with work on the SEEM
ingly unlikely subject of the Crlmea,
but his connection with theatrical mat
tiers has been confined to supervising
the frequent REVEALS OF his operas and
plays That the writer whose mere
manner gave a new word TO the lam
guage and whose phrases are quoted
almost like those OF Shakespeare,
should prefer TO remain silent while
in full possession of his powers has
been generally regretted.
The announcement by Mrs. DOyly
Carte. widow of the Savoy's famous
manager. and present owner of the play
house, was made In speaking of the
theater's future. The house where
''rhe Mikado," "Iolanthe' and most of
the other Gilbert and Sullivan success
es were produced, has been closed for
while, the operations of the American
company, which Is building the new
Savoy hotel, having made getting to
the theater somewhat difficult. and Mrs
Carte has taken advantage of the OPP
portunity TO have. the playhouse en-
tirely redecorated and generally Inn
proved, She has had many offers to
lease it--one Of them from George Ed
wardes-but has remarked that she pre-.
fers to manage the playhouse herset
II she can get hold OF more attractions
OF the sort that have made It's name
world famous. Mrs, Carte then limited
that she might be able 10 induce Mr.
Gilbert to write for the Savoy once
more. and probably she had some
grounds for this half promise for she
and the librettist are great friends. 1t
really would not be at all surprising
II Mr., Gilbert had the books OF two
or three new operas all ready written
and among the gifted young men who
are now deyotng their talents to mus
ical comedy II ought not to be difficult
To find composer for them, even II the
musician We're not another Arthur Sui
Ivan.
Even Hugh Morton, who wrote It,
admits that his comedy, "Glltterlng
Gloria" now enjoying good fortune at
Wyndhams owes much OF its success
TO the able bulldog who plays one OF
the chief roles. Evidently the posi-
bilities Of the idea have appealed to