The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31

I May IA, has resigned her claims to the
! estate Of the late Henry NJ. Bennett
I for $500, 900. BY this agreement Peter
J. McNulty and S. NJ. Click Will pay
J Miss Biggar $4,000 for her interest In
/ the BijOu theatre, in which Miss Big
/ gar under the will had a life interest
l after five years. The settlement was
made on a valuation of $500, 900. Under
( the terms Of the agreement Miss Big
gar secures the entire personal proper
ty Of Mr.. Bennett, which has Valua-
ton Of 800 900, is accorded a life an
nuity OF S1S00 and also possession Of
the house at 119 East Eighty-thiTd
street, New York, valued at $40, 600.
! Miss Biggar has announced her inten-
| ton of leaving the stage and spending
| her time in travel.
Talking Of funny jags.v said Wilton
Lackaye Of the Amelia Bingham com
pany the other day. as Ferdinand
( GOttschalk directed his attention to a
particularly Iurid specimen.
Talking Of funny jags," repeated
Don't encore yourself interrupted
/ GOttschalk
Early in my career" continued
Lackaye, 4 was associated with an
, actor who was a fine artist and a good
fellow, but overload of liquid rye. on
one occasion he remained dead to the
world for two days The third might
he showed up much the worse for wear.
with a portion Of the two days accumu-
. latiOn. Every one gave him the cold
shoulder, and finally he retired to his
dressing room. In the company was an
, Ingenue who was the real articIe-yeI-
low hair, blue eyes and baby ways. This
night in question she had received a
birthday book and was busily intent on
Z 80 IN he, he
pany. I advised her to keep shy of
Mr.. H until the next day. She paid
no heed to me, however for I heard her
tap at his door and prOffer her request
The next thing 1 heard was a loud yell
and a hurried tattoo on my door /
opened it, and Miss Ingenue was all of
a tremble. as she lisped out, oh, Mr..
Lackaye, I think Mr.. H has hys-
terics."
Thinking that the D. It's had caught
him, I hurried to his room. He was
doubled up. shrieking. When he saw
me he rOared again and pointed to the
book. I looked over his shoulder and
followed the direction Of his trembling
finger It halted at the date of his
birth, opposite which was written a
short biblical quotation, God Help Me
Bear Ny Load "
Even IN the POKER game played on
the cars between stops, Lillian Russell
maintains her supremacy as star per-
former in the Weberfields outfit
From Cincinnati the story has drifted
to New York Of a fell blow struck at
Charles BigelOw in a small SO limit
game played by Miss Russell, BigelOw
and the two German comedians
It was Weber's deal, and the little
man still feels some slight twinges Of
conscience over the frightful result of
his careless work. He dealt Bigelow
three mines the first time around, which
melted the recipient 10 spirited work in
raising before the draw.
To Miss Russell he dealt on the draw
three fives, and as Miss Russell had
with the usual foolish logic of a wo-
man. held up five and king, she held
four fat rosy hves when the time for
action arrived.
1t was a merciless affair so far as
Rigelow was concerned. The others
gradually dropped away, although
Weber held three aces and fattened the |