The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-29

THE dispatches Of last week con-
tanned the Information that some
boys living in Findlay. o.. had att
tempted 90 burn one Of their comrades
at the stake They had all but sue
eeeded In their purpose when the cries
of the victim attracted the attention Of
some laboring men who happened to be
I'M the vicinity. The rescue of the lad
followed. The youngsters who con-
ceiyed the plan had it suggested 20
them by "a visit 20 a production of
Tracy the outlaw"
Ii is difficult 20 argue that the stage
teaches moral practical lessons in the
face Of such a story as this The tale
furnishes an excuse for more phillip
pics against the stage for more denun-
citation OF all plays and an players.
Also fl furnishes support for the argu-
ment In favor of stage censor for the
united states. There are stage cens0rs
lu other countries and. while they have
not managed 90 keep ont all that is bad,
they have kept out a great deal of IT,
Tracy, the Outlaw" has no more
the man who furnished the basis for il
would have outside OF a dishoEored
grave. To is superlativeIy bad. Good
ness knows maWldshly sentimental
people make enough ado over our Grim
lnais IN real life. IL is not necessary
nor desirable 90 make stage heroes Of |
them.
We have "The James BOYS I'm Nilsson
ri. which is just as bad as Tracy. the |
outlaw The notorious bandits and /
murderers who terrOrized a part of /
Missouri and other states for years are /
portrayed as estmable gentlemen whose /
business is sadly interfered with by |
desplcabIe officers Of the law. A short /
time ago production i'm which one of !
the Infamous Younger brothers was 20 /
star, was talked of. Happily however,
mat seems 90 have fallen through.
10 is pity, iH the light of such plays I.
as those described that we have no Of
helai with authority 90 prevent their
production on any stage.
Did those of YOU who saw the Barlow
minstrels at the Grand the first half of
the week notice a man In red on the
extreme left end of the Iine2 OF course
you did. though, because he was
Charles ". Milton. one of the star per
formers. You laughed with him and at
him, but perhaps YOU didn't notice how.
every time he returned to his seat. he
irlr with his left hand for his gaudy
chair
Unless YOU watched him very closely /
you didn't see that he counted every
stem De took so that he would always
stop in the right place. There was a
reason for IT, The man is almost totally
blind The sight of one eye has been
entirely destroyed and the other Is SO
nearly gone that Milton can see only
"a pin point Of light through IT, Years
ago when the wave of minstrelsy was
at its crest and the Cleveland orgau-
lzaton was in the heyday of its pOpu-
larity Charles vs.. Milton was one of
lts stars
One night In a southern city Milton
was standing in the wings waiting for
his cue The people on the stage were
giving an imitation of "a tough coon
breaking up "a dance At a certain
stage of the performance blank cart
ridge was fired from a revolver AS
rate would have &c., the cartridge eX- D
ploded squarely across Millions eyes. as
he stood there i'm the wings And now 4
he gropes I'm darkness, stiu cheerful. /
SIN making fun for thousands still
supporting his family
That takes courage. Many a man i'm
his place would have given up. Most of
ls would have thought that life held
nothing worth living for. but this min
5trel man is teaching a lesson TO all ,
who see him. The soldier who leads a / I
desperate charge, the miner who braves q
loNlous gases 20 save his comrades. the
railroad men who stick 90 their posts =
n the face of certain destruction. are
not Drawer than Charles W.. Milton.
HHH
There are other things besides the
Door that we have always with us %
'Corlanton.' for instance. Our dear old / o.
College chum comes back like the ..
cline, this week Thursday. Friday and %
saturday nights and, Saturday matinee -
-0ry viii tel. us his troubles The Salt g.
lake theatre has been thrown omen 10
aim and the public Is cordially invited
20 be present-at so much per head i
And that reminds us that the week. 81
heatrlcally, doesn't look so very prom -
sing. We are 90 have lecture at the -
salt Lake theatre Tuesday night. a ii
.aneing party Wednesday afternoon y
md basket BAN game Wednesday y.
light After that the deluge. I'M the o.
hape of 'Corlanton" as stated. The D.
iraud Offering for the entire week. 1- 81
ludlng the usual matiuees. will be a n
etun engagement Of Gallagher ana "
sarrett i'm 'Fnnegan's BAH"
some important Improvements viii I'D
hortly Doe completed at the Grand. The "a
rst OF these ls "a new gallery entrance u
nd box office. which VIII be opened ON n
louday night for the first time ADrl c,
: the contractors viii begin work ON n'
he enlargement Of the gallery. III -s W
cneduled for completion not Iltar than ID
lay q. and viii increase the searfcr 20
apacity by 900. A special sml1inr
DOM VIII also be provided Tor gallery ~
atrons. SD
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