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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01
sTORIEs LOU PLAYERs.

AS is wen known, the author Of the
sherlock Holmes" detective story Sc
ries was among the literary men who
were accorded the honOrs of knighthOOd
by King Edward VII at his coronation.
Dr. Doyle. as he is Familiarity called. is
giant among men, broad, blum, hearty,
red-cheeked and genial, the typical
Englishman. He says that his hOnOrs
came as a surprise TO him. and while In
London he told Mr.. Gillette of an anus
ing incident which he had with one Of
his tradesmen.
He and Mr.. Gillette were dining to-
gether and the American actOr-authOr
In "a quiet, transformations way offered
him his congratulations upon his eleva-
ton to the knighthOOd when Sir Conan
Doyle told him of the first intimatiOn
he received that this thing had Oc-
CURED"
1t came in the shape of a bill which
he received from his gunsmith for some
cartridges, and the bill was made out
TO "Sir Sherlock Holmes" Dr. Doyle
wrote 90 his gunsmith for an eXplana-
ton, and in reply a most melancholy
booking man called upon him and, after
making the most prOfuse apologies, said
he had made out the bin himself. He
had thought he explained. that he was
right as he had read I'm the newspaper
that morning of the comforting of the
knighthOOd on Dr. Doyle. and that he
had always been informed that when
a gentleman was given a title he
changed his name. and that he natural
~ supposed that when Dr. Doyle
changed his name he would certainly
call himself 'Sir Sherlock Holmes, and
cited several instances.
DIT Doyle was rather amused at the
story, but added with a little tinge of
seriousness in telling it, that he was
very much afraid that Sherlock
Holmes had done and was doing
I through Mr. Gillette a great deal to
dwarf his own fame, which even his
elevation TO the knighthood would not
compensate for
DIT Doyle lives in a delightful coun-
try place out of London called Hind
head at Haselmere, Surrey. He does
a great deal of his writing there and
goes i'm very largely for the sports Of
his country. He does not ride because,
as he explains, he has not yet found
a horse that is big enough 10 carry his
weight which can keep up with any
other horse, but he shoots a great deal
and combines successfully with his lit
eIary work the life of a country gentle
man.
DIR. Doyle is, probably, next TO Kip
ling, the highest paid writer OF the
present day. His contract with Sir
George NeWnes having expired, he is
now free lance among publishers. and
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IN the paper saying he wanted a lady
20 play the part of cook. 7 was scrub
pln6 out the lobby when they came in
punches. but not one of them suited
the boss-that's Mr.. Lederer. That aft
ernoon. during the last rehearsal I was
austlng one of the boxes while Mr..
towers was singing his son about we
mink Wen Do a Thing. But We Do
MOI When he came 90 that part
about what he was going to do to the
cook he stopped and told Mr.. Lederer
ne had to have somebody that looked
just Ike cook. Mr.. Lederer. looked
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01

at me and asked could act. I said
sure for I had been for ten years a
1anitress of a fathouse uptown and not
one tenant ever made kick. and any
body that could do that is a actress
all right He put me on, and all I had
10 do was TO stand there for three min
utes and look like J was goln 10 bat
ar. Powers with my broom. After the
show Mr., Lederer told me ] was the
biggest hit Broadway has had in a long
time sure, if that's all q Is, Pm never
going back 10 scrubbing again. Git an
this money for jest three minutes Of
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Last week was rather lean the
atrically. so far as the older house
was concerned. We had Yale's ever
lasting Devils Auction" on Monday
night and a liberal proportion of the
audience wondered why il had lasted
as long as it has. Then there WASH
anything doing until Friday. when S.
Miller Kent opened an end-of-the-week
engagement in "The Cowboy and the
Lady The Grand had two of its usual
good popular priced attractions i'm
The Fatal Wedding" and "Ole Ole
SEN" the latter with Ben Hendricks in
the name part
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= ALT LAkERS win have more than
y "a passing interest in New York's
latest success. 1.-THE Resurrection. Do
because of the fact that Joseph
Haworth. who is so wen known here,
plays the leading male part in it.
Some of the critics have commented
adversely ON the play but none has
criticised the players unfavorably. The
unanimity of opinion on the work of
Mr.. Haworth is striking. With one ac-
cord the press and public pronounce
him admirable
Here iS sample of the comment
"The playWrights have been very gem
erOus 10 Prince NeckhludOn The care
with which this character has been
handled preserves for him certain
amount of dignity and il is never
quite despoued i'm the eyes of the audi
ence. Perhaps Mr.. Joseph Haworth is
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01

disgust a repeutant, heartbroken man.
/ So changed that-well-not even Tolstoi
/ would Know him"
/ Another critic says. AIR. HaWOTth's
/ acting was superb. He was an awak-
/ ened moral intelligence. and his tragic
/ realization that MasiOva's sin was
/ caused by him. was magnidcently dis
/ played Despite his efforts 20 secure
/ her acquittal. Maslova is convicted.
/ The CHASTITY and hOrrid realism of this
scene is lightened by a false and jar
/ ring note of comedy which is a whole
/ some relief 90 the overcharged emotion
( of the situation"
Mr.. William Winter. the veteran
critic of the Tribune and the dean of
/ all the critics of the country. is UNI
/ sparing I'm his condemnation of the
/ play. He declares il unreal mawkish
and unnatural There is no necessity
/ for such a production. he concludes.
and the stage would have been better
of without it.
/ Briefly The Resurrection" is the
story of "a young Russian girl Mas
/ iowa blanche Walsh who loves a
/ Russian prince lMr. HaWOrth. not
| wisely but too well. He casts her of
and she sinks to the lowest depths of
] AllelceS. 4 many she rs arrested and
/ sentenced 10 penal serviWde in ST.
/ IBERIA. Neckhludom recognizes her in
court, and his old love for her re-
turns.
He offers to marry her, but she re-
fuses. not because she does not love
him. but because she is unwilling for
him TO sacrifice his life for her. The
action of the play shows that she is
repentant, and the curtain goes down
on a most affecting farewell
/ Easily the dramatic event of the sea-
son viii be the appearance of William
/ Gillette in Sherlock Holmes" at the
/ salt Lake theatre the first three nights
| of this week. Already some disappoint-
ment has been manifested because OF
/ the fact that there viii be no matinee,
/ Mr. Gillette has one rule. however.
I from which he never departs. That is,
/ DE viii play only one matinee a week,
and that one on Saturday. The adj
| vance sale has been large i'm spite of
/ the advanced prices. more than $1,000
/ being taken I'm at the box Office on the
/ first day.
/ Mr.. Gillette has another rule which
/ Salt Lakers would do we'll to bear i'm
mind He insists on opening his per-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01
THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

= SALT LAKE THEATRE 4
= Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
. day evenings, William Gillette =
p viii appear in Sherlock I
= Holmes" Thursday and Fri 1
, day evenings, Daniel Sully in 4
2 "The Old Mill Stream"
= THE GRAND.-Tonight, First 4
. Rsgimental Band Concert; 4
, Week beginning Monday, Muir 4
> ray g. Mack in "a Night On =
= Broadway" =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01

lookin' al little Jimmy Powers, then
Tn an actress for always"
Joseph Howard. a Chicago actor and
song writer. has enected a rec9uciIia-
ton with his wife. professionally known
as Miss Ida Emerson. who had sued
him for divorce. through the medium
OF a song which be wrote and dedi-
Gated 20 her
Husband and wife have been playing
opposite roles az the La Sale theatre
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it is his avowed intention to give him
self up 10 more serious work. If the
lame Of Sherlock Holmes" viii ever
let him do H.
News comes from the east that Sanie
Fisher, wen remembered as a popular
member OF the local opera company,
IS making big hit in one of the lat-
est New York successes. The Bill
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01

lionaire. Miss Fisher sings one of the
principal roles, that of the Billionaire's
daughter. The New York american, in
a recent issue, printed a list OF the
most popular songs from the best mu-
steal comedies, together with their
singers, and among the number Miss
Fishers name is given prominent men
ton.
Dispatches from Chattanooga, Tenn,
state that there has been a final "fall-
ING OUT at that place between George
primrose and Lew Dockstader. the
minstrel partners. and that Dockstader
went to court and secured an injunc-
ton restraining Primrose from appear
inE 40 the opera house in Chattanooga.
Where the company was booked.
The trouble has been brewing for
some time. Early this season il was
announced that the two would separate
next season and that Dockstader would
become a minstrel star at the head of
an "all-star" aggregation to be sent
FORTH by klaw & Erlanger This APP
peared 10 pique the veteran Primrose
and he came back with the announce
ment that if necessary he would spend
MS entire fortune In engaging a COM
pany TO rival in all respects the Dock
stader combination Since then the two
have been quarreling like children. If
ones picture appeared in more papers
IN town than of the other, there was
a Wordy war and a consultation of
managers the same day. If one re-
ceived more applause than the other.
the same petty jealOusies were INDUCED
I'M. until every one cOnversant with the
facts expected the split long before
this In the recent Chicago engage
ment it was noticeable that the per-
romance was slipshOd and that neil
Their of the so-styled minstrel stars took
any interest I'm their work
Further court proceedings are threat
ened, according TO the dispatches, and
i seems probable that this second
childhood fight OF the black-faced vet
Grams viii result in the abandoning Of
the present tour.
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responsible For this He certainly
sweeps you along with him. sympathy
and an. as he battles with his soul
and stirs up from its depths the black
stains of his younger days AT all
events. be the PRICE what he may.
the prologue ends with no distasteful
memories, and, although one realizes
bat De- has done. one meets him be-
fore these thoughts can materialiZe into
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01

clyde Fitch lis the woe of critics, the
wrath OF authors. the tenth wonder Of
the world. Last week he had five plays
running In New York. this week he
has four. His annual income is dou-
Bile that of the president Of the United
States Yet he is a young fellow of
80 and good for forty years more.
American and foreign dramatists stand
aghast IN contemplation of him. His
plays which one manager rejects as ut
terly impracticable are accepted by
other managers and become enormous
ly successful. AT the first of this sea-
son he agreed to supply the Savoy
theatre with all the plays it would call
for The supposed number necessary
was three. Fitch is shrewd in bust
ness as he is clever in writing. This
contract seems to be all your way"
he said to Charles FrOhman. You
make me agree to deliver three plays
at least How If / write one play that
viii last all season." Hin" said Mr..
Frohman. You can't do it," But
how il I dO?" What do you want in
such an Impossible case2' asked the
manager. How much do you mean to
spend in each production" asked the
author. About $4,000" said the man
ager. We'll" said Fitch. III take
AtaAA II WHO a. p4dg LudL VIII last
all season, or, i'm other words, if
save you $4,000 you must divide with
me All right" said FrOhman. IF
you save me $4,000 i'm production I'll
give you $4,000" Whereupon Mr.
Fitch wrote The Girl with the Green
Eyes. Tt was pitched into savagely
by almost every critic in New York,
and last week Charles Frohman was
so Well satisfied with the prospects Of
the comedy that before sailing for Eu-
rope he sent Fitch check for $40. 600.
What with this prize and his royalties
from five plays Fitch's earnings i'm
this city alone last week amount 10
$4,000, the largest sum ever paid TO
dramatic author within a similar Ie-
riod in the history of the drama.
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formances promptly at o'clock With
aim o'clock does not mean 8.15 or
$50. it means s exactly. Those who
are not IN their seats at that hour
VIII not be seated until The first act
Is over. And while We are on the SUBJ
ject of Gillette rules. here are two
more; He never makes a curtain talk
and he never allows himself to be I'M
terVieWcas
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Greek met Greek in the remote ages,
and an awful clash ensued. But when
Oscar Hammerstein held a passage Of
repartee with T. ID. Marks there was
nothing TO the contest but oscar.
Mr.. Hammerstein arrived earlier
than usual at the Victoria theatre to
superintend the removal of ice and
slush from the sidewalks in order that
Resurrection" patrons might approach
the box office without the annoyance of
executing a midwinter pirouette as a
preliminary. AS Harry Mock, the door
tender, savagely pried the unsuspect-
ing ice from the pave Mr. Hammer
stein grew more and more Interested
and GnallV seized "a metal shovel him
self aud began ferOcious attack on the
slippery surface. Just then Mr. Marks,
eXuding a JoyOusness which has made
an the Partisan boulevards smile.
passed by
AHA. shoveling snow, are you, Os-
carr"
mot bit of it., replied Mr.. Ham
merstein, as he angrily dismembered
an obstinate chunk. I'm cutting cou-
pons with safety razor"
Even MIR. Marks boutonuiere wilted
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-01

While James II. Powers is fairly sat
lshed with MS personal triumph In THE
Jewel of Asia, he was obliged 20 share
his honors Unexpectedly with Mrs
Mary Mack. Mrs. Mack incidentally
was on Monday afternoon a scrub wo-
man Of the Criterion theatre. on Mon
day evening at 10 o'clock she was 4
Iul-hedged actress. with more of a hit
20 her credit than many a follower Of
the stage has won in a lifetime Mrs
Mack's own story of how it happened
Is highly interesting. Monday morn
nag, she said. Mr.. Lederer put a piece
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James III Stoddart was asked not
long ago If he thought it better to
read the story of a book play before
or after seeing it presented upon the
stage. Mr. StOddart said: Il decidedly
think afterward, for the simple reason
that when one reads a book that is
soon 90 be adapted to stage uses he
forms his own opinion as to how the
characters should or should not be pre-
scented The adapter cannot always use
the material found in the pages of a
story, no matter how good il may seem,
because IL cannot be made to fit logi-
cally into a dramatic version Then.
too, he has TO draw upon his own mag
nation in order TO make the situa-
lions and incidents more realistic. MY
experience has been that an auditor
who has seen a book play first and
then reads the book enjoys the play
best and also the book. While. per-
haps, the interest may not be as strOng
while reading the book, there is still
the keen appreciation of the enactment
Of the Individual personages as seen
upon the stage, which aids In vivifying
the reader as to the realities" Among
hook plays that have been presented
upon the stage and the great number
that VIII no doubt follow, for the book
play is by no means on the Wane. THE
Bonnie Brier Bush" as presented by
Mr.. stoddart has proved itself to be a
lasting one.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-11

good team and he will know hcw TO get
the proper work out of his men. Leidy
is at present in Birmingham and in
recent letter states that he has secured
about twenty players for next year. OF
course the poorer ones will soon be
let out. | don't know how many last
years players will be with us in 1901
Nablett and Moore will probably again
don Monroe uniforms. Arrangements
will be made next season to run eX-
cursions into Monroe from the neigh
boring towns and the people from the
outlying sections will be given oppor-
tunity fer seeting first-class ball games.
The railroad schedules are convenient
and | think if the matter is properly
worked up, it will be a source of profit
to the Monroe management There
were some needless expenses last year,
but the Monroe management secured
some valuable experience last season
and will know great deal more next
year. | think for one thing the play
ers could secure cheaper hotel rates
while on The road"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-11
DR.. G. Surghnor's Opinions.

DR.. G. Surghnor was the Monroe rep
resentative at the league meeting held
Tuesday in Greenville, says the Vicks-
burg Post
The Monroe team was mismanaged
last year" he said, and there's no
ds'ubt about that Next year, however,
the reins will be in the hands of Geo.
Leidy and | think things will be diff
ferent. The various managers of the
Monroe team last season failed to Sc
cure proper control of the players and
the boys did pretty much os they pleas
ed. Not a fine was imposed. There
was too much shifting about and while
enough m1ney was spent to secure
good players. the money was not wisely
spent and the results were not what
they should have been. Last season
Monroe lost about $4,000. In few
days the Monroe public will be called
upon 10 raise $500 fer the coming sea.
son. | think that will put us through
without trouble, in fact | think during
next year the team should make
enough money to p avail expenses.
believe Leidy will be able 10 select q
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-11
LARGEST Wholesale AND Retail JEWELERS. IN ARKANS

there may be several others, but new
faces will be seen in the other places.
| have already let out Rothermel and
Peas. and Lewis has been secured by
Nashville. Tho Baton RoMge team
next year is to contain a number of
college men, and | have already made
contracts with several young college
players. The boozers are to be shut
cut, They wont do.
THE Athletic association of the
University of Virginia has made me an
offer II $500 per month to coach their
baseball team this spring, and if [
can make arrangements to have my
Cotton States league team licked into
shape. will accept the offer. The
University of Virginia stands we'll up
among the big colleges ana it is quite
compliment to the Cotton States
league that one of its managers should
be asked to coach this college nine.
In the past Hugh Duffy, National lea
guer has looked after the interests of
the University of Virginia ball team.
Just at the present time baseball
is not being discussed a great deal
down in alton Rouge, fol politics takes
the precedence. There has been moth
ing talked about but politics for the
past few months. but there is no doubt
that the fans will be thawed out by the
first days of spring.
Il think jackson, Miss. is ripe for
/, baseball and that with the proper in
ducements jackson would form a club
and enter the league. am very sorry
that am SO busy and will not be able
to 80 to Jackson and hclp to bring
this about. There are a number of
baseball fans there and | have been in
/ correspondence With some of them
and believe Jackson would, prove to be
tirst-elass ball town. | used to PLAY
ball on the town lots in jackson and
know all the cid players md fans
! Whereabouts.
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and he not only knows baseball but he
loves ,he sport.
After the meeting Mr.. Byington was
in very pleasant frame of mind. He
said: MI Dilley and myself came
down here from Pine Bluff in an almost
belligerent condition. Vague rumors
had reached us that it was intended to
kick Pine Bluff out of the league, or at
best to make us pay heavy additional
guarantee to the visiting teams and
we thought we might have to do a lit
tie fighting. But We We're received
with open arms, met with spirit OF
the greatest fairness, and given ab-
s.lutely everything that we asked OF
course We did not make any unreas-
enable requests. am more than pleas
ed with the results OF the meeting.
think the visiting teams will have no
trouble getting in and out of Pine Bluff
next season by way of Greenville, and
the trip via Memphis, which took up
time and caused expense, will be un
necessary. The affairs of the Pine
Bluff team will be managed in thor
oughly business-like manner next veal
and While the directors are not expect
ing to get rich, | think the: Pine Bluff
team Will make money, Gr at the worst
pay all expenses. Our team or mana
ger has not been selected as yet for
next year. | would have preferred a
$1,000 salary for the manager, and be-
lieve it will be hard to get good team
on $500. But if other teams abide by
the rule, Pine Bluff will find way
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-11
Chat With Geo. w, Bvinoton.

The name of Geo. w. Byington OF
Pine Bluff was a familiar one to the
representatives who attended the base
ball meeting at Greenville. says the
Nicksburg Pest. It had been seen often
in the papers around the circuit. Mr..
Byington is the official scorer at Pine
Bluff, he is one of the directors of the
management, he went down in his peck
ct for the Arkansas team last year and
stands ready to do so again. He has
helped to bring about the reorganiza-
tion Of the baseball management at
Pine Bluff and put it on business
basis, and though he is very busy
man. he is never too busy to take an
afternoon off to witness a ball game,
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Bob Pender passed through Nicks
burg en- his way home from the meet
ing of the directors of the Cotton
States league, says the Vicksburg Post.
he was pleased With the selection of
George Wheatley to succeed himself
as president of the league and thinks
a better man fIr the position could not
be found, He said:
MIR. Wheatley takes A thorough
interest in the affairs OF The league and
deyotes a great deal of his tlme to this.
His attendance the st. Louis meet
ing of the association of minor league
clubs is but one of his manifestations
of interest in baseball matters and his
effarts to do all he can in the interest
of the Cotton States league. Every
thing III the league is now being done
in a thoroughly business like manner.
MI Wheatey looks into the future and
prepares for all that may happen
Asked about the baseball outlook in
Baton Rouge. Mr. Ponder stated:
Il think Bat-,l Rouge ought to have
a prosperous season in 1904. The at
tendance ought to be better than any
year in the past for during next year
the Louisiana state legislature will be
III session at Baton Rouge for ninety
days The meeting of the lawmakers
will not only bring The legislators to
the city, but great number of ether
people and these visitors ought to be
good patrons of baseball.
I'VE may net have a pennant win
ming team next year and | have tried
so they will not commence to knock
if We don't happen t. stay in the lead
during the whole race, as the ease last
year And. | may state that don, /
want any more of that in mine. 1t is
entirely too trying to suit me- Last
year at almost every stage every one
of us was straining every nerve tC
maintain the lead. 1t is lot less wor
rying to have ones team within strl6
ing distance Of the top and still not be
exhausting every effGrt and not bt
able to put up a squirt if it becomes
necessary
Baton Rouge will have an almos
entirely new team next season. Oul
pitching staff was strong one in 1870;
and l am not sure that l will have g
single one of my old twirlers next
year. Gnadinger. Howard, Berry and
myself will likely be on the team and