Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-04
PHIL MARGETTS AND JOE SIMMONS,
in 1.-THE specter Bridegroom" 30 years ago


which viii be produced In March by Mr..
Edward II. Sothern. and which is on
the press for publication In book form
by The Macmillan company. The play
is comedy In verse with Chaucer as
the central figure. A daring scheme
well carried out In an original way. It
Will interest lovers Of good verse as
well as playgoers. Chaucer appears
In the role Of a lover Of the Prioress
whose motto Amor vincit omnia" gave
the poet an opportunity to throw a
spice Of mischief into the picture he
drew OF the gentle little lady It Is full
Of movement and poetry As to the
structure Of the plot 1t Is light and cir
cumstantlal as It seemed to me was
fitting for a comedy. Act--l--a bet be-
tween Chaucer and the wife OF Bath
acts and 3-the wifes contrivances
for winning II, and her success: act A.
Chaucer's contrivances for escaping the
consequences. and his success therein.
''The philosophy OF pretty wo-
man" saws q writer In the Critic. apro-
pos Of 1.-THE Reflections Of Ambrosine."
rs a religion In itself" Ambrosine's
philosophy was learned chiefly from
her grandmother, a stately member OF
the old regime, who taught her naive
granddaughter-"F First Of all, TO have
the greatest self-respect, To stoop to
no meanness, to desecrate the body or
mind in no way. To conquer and over
come all foolish emotions. To be un-
selfish, 20 be gay. to be courageous, TO
bear physical and moral pain without
any outward show. To forever have
IN front OF one that a straight and
beautiful carriage must be the refiec-
ton Of a straight and beautiful mind.
TO take pleasure IN simple things, and
TO be contented with what one has got,
II It Is impossible to obtain better. But
II q good thing Is 10 be gained by pa
tience or perseverance or concentra-
ton. to obtain It."
The recent news OF the arrest at
Budapest Of notorious gang Of
thieves, whose chief turned out to
he a publisher recalls the story Of
George Angus tus Sala's presenting a
Bible TO certain London publisher
who had handled some Of his books. The
publisher was al a loss to understand
lust why he should have been singled |
out for this peculiar gift, until some |
time after he discovered slight change |
in the wording Of John xvii 40, where |
the phrase, Now, Barabbas was rob- |
ber," was made TO read 'Barabbas was |
a publisher" When Miss Corelli's |
"Barabbas" appeared with this text on
the title page a reviewer quoting the
words In his review. evidently indis-
tinctly written. received the proof with
the amazing statement "Barabbas was
ratter." Correcting t. he deemed II
wise 20 see the review through to a
finish in print, and asked for another
proof Either the proof reader was not
given TO searching the Scriptures. or
his zeal for truth led him TO overcon-
scientiousness. for the writer found his
correction garbled to read. "Barabbas
was a rotter"
Gilmore Elliott Peake's evident APP
probation OF good horses and good
tobacco will endear his story. 1.-THE
Pride OF Telfair" 10 many masculine
readers. All through the book there are
references 10 these Injuries Of man-in
fact. horses play a real part In the plot,
and nobody can read the book without
realizing that the author is a good
Judge Of them.
A Brussels cable d spatch recently an.
nounced that Quaritch had bought in
Client for 5000 a copy OF n work by
Raoul Lefeyre, which is supposed TO
have been printed by CaXton. The mea-
ger information in the dispatch leads TO
he belief that this Is a copy Of lie
Recuell des Historyes de Troye' which
vas undoubtedly printed by Caxton al
3ruges about 1870. without printers
,ame. place or date. II should be
yorth more than s. 900 however, " IN
perfect condition. Blades enumerated
MY six coples. ~ which four were i'm
,erfect The RoxburShe-D ent-H Han
oft copy was sold at the second Ash