The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-08

next day Mr.. Wilson. with no back pay,
/ walked to st. Louis.
The enteTpTising, not TO say willy,
/ theatrical manager is quite as active
/ in Russia as in any other land, a fact
! that is proved by a story from Penza,
"a Russian province, which has found
{ its way TO the outside world
In Penza successful director Of
/ amusements announced a grand wres-
I tling match between GrigOriOn, "the
/ Russian Hercules" and Suma Sari, d
! muscular japanese, and the contests
nightly attracted great crowds.
In these contests "the Russian Her
cules" always won, although only after
| a tremendous struggle on the day
{ of the last performance the japanese
demanded a raise i'm his salary, bur as
/ this was not granted he went away
declaring that the refusal would cost
the management dear
That evening a large audience which
had assembled to witness another Rus
sian triumph were much astonished.
The moment the Russian Hercules
came to grips he was seized by the
( japanese who. raising him ON hjEHi
cast him bodily into me auditorium.
Z The audience protested aUsTily that
there was no japanese living who
could by fair means throw q Russian.
I TheTeupOn SUma Sari came forward
I shouting that he was better Russian
than his opponent, and, TO prove his
/ words, tore of his wig and pigtail and
exposed the fraud.
Harry Guf0l. comedian, has during
his entire stage career been walking
I about in another mans shoes and been
wearing even the other mans name.
I The stage name of the mimic was
thrust upon him. He is a native OF
3 Voc. u .r-.
there. At home he is Frank 60 his folks
and his last name is Graft
The name of Gilf0H is scarcely more
euphOUious than Graf. and very few
If contemplating a change Of patr00r-
[ mic. would select that OF Gufou. me-e
especially If d change for sta sc use
were contemplated 1t is inore often
the case that a wei considered and do
/ Hberate exchange of names results iu
the adoption of a couor0us and unusual
cOgGomeu.
when he Joined the first company 1T
the outset OF his theatrical career ne
/ took the place Of an actor programmed
as Harry GilfOil.' although that WAS
not his own name In this way he be-
came known as Harry GIfoiI. and. SD
far as the theatrical profession was
/ concerned there was no reason why
ne should change it again.
Frank Campeau. the exceedingly vit-
demonstrating villain iu "Tha Virgin
IAN" happens 20 be a particularly re-
fined looking young man iu his street
clothes. I'm fact. % say truth. his as
peCt is downright clerical especially fl
he happens to put oH a white uecktie.
/ as he does now and then. HC went
. into a church I'm Fifth avenue last
Sunday evening. and, at the end Of
the regular services. STAYED for the
prayer meeting that followed He SAYS
that, if he had known what would
happen, he would have come ont be-
fore the prayer meeting began. for.
after one member Of the congregat ion
had said q few words OF introduction,
the minister who presided pointed TO
Mr. Campeau and said, persuasiveIy:
IT see a stranger Ia the room, evi-
I IDENTIFY "a clergyman May i ask hlm
to lead us in prayer?"
"And what did you doc" asked owen
| Wister to whom he Was telling the
story.
what could ] do2 It was not the
FIRST time I had done &c anyhow-al-
/ though that was my debut In New
York
Mr.. CampeaU said this with sufficient
seriousness to suggest that be was not
ashamed TO acknowledge that, though
an actor, he never felt himself out Of
Z place in q church