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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-26
EvADING THE QUESTION.
Inquisitive Persons How
Old She Is.

Il think it is foolish fashion that
SO many women indulge, that of tell
ing their age wrongly" said the wom-
an with the prematurely gray hair,
relates London Tit-Bits. 81 can hon
estly say that never practice it my
SELF
''No?" said her friend, with many
meanings in the monosyllable
We'll" said the first speaker, with
smile-she was a woman with a
sense of humor-"the fact is, l don't
have to. 1 have way of making my
self out younger than 1 am, if l wish
to, without telling a fib at ALL
Really" inquired the other, curl
ously; Gin what .way?"
81 put the burden of the fib all upon
the questioHer. You see, when one of
my dear women friends-it is always
women who are curious on this point
asks me how old 1 am say: oh, I'm
year or two older than you, you
know, my dear-at least year older.
Let me see, now, how old are your
And then she always knocks more off
my age than l should ever have the
nerve to do myself"
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South Africa for 1920. a difference q,
II per cent
Rope, for which the farmer has.
much use, Is sold at II cents per
pound in South Africa, while Is cents
per pound is charged for it in New
York state, where it is manufactured
The difference is % per cent.
Is it worth while, says the Utica
Observer, to maintain a tariff which
robs the workingman, the farmer, the
artisan, the housekeeper, to the ex-
elusive benefit of the manufacturer?
Why should it be possible for Amer
lean goods to be sold more cheaply
abroad than they are here? Is it not
rank injustice to the consumers in
this country to be Obliged to pay high
er prices for American-made goods
than does the foreign consumer? Can
the republican party deny the charge
that it is the operation of the tariff
that enables the protected manufac-
turers to send their goods half around
the world and sell them at a profit for
lower prices than they are enabled to
demand in this country. even in the
very state in which the goods are
manufactured?
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WHAT THE EDITORS THINK.

Perhaps those republicans who
are forbidding people to talk about i'm
perialism would also like to have them.
promise not to talk about any other is-
sue.-Chicago Daily News.
Let us have an end of the enor-
mously costly, jingolistic. chip-on-the-
shoulder craftsmanship by electing the
safe and sane candidate. Alton B. Par
ker, to the presidency.-TroyP Press.
It is said that German-Amer-
leans throughout the country are flock
ing to the Parker standard. They know,
by practical experience in their own
country, what the militarism that Pres
ident Roosevelt advocates means
Boston Traveller.
Gov. Peabody has been renom.b-
ated by the Colorado republicans This
should put the Issue of militia, anarchy
and vigilantes rule squarely before the
Colorado voters, to the advantage Of the
MISUNDERSTANDING Constitution.
Mr.. Fairbanks says Mr. Roosevelt
is sure to be elected, but the democrats
keep right on hunting votes. Mr.. Fair
banks may be prejudiced.-N Y World
Certain rude democrats are In.
sinuating that the president might bet
ter call a peace conference in Wisconsin
instead Of at The Chicago Jour.
nal.
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Missed Canvas Back Clam.

Travelling on the continent of Europe
with party of young Americans, I
was witness of their dismay at being
assailed from time to time by friendly
English fellow travellers with such
questions as these:
us it not very lonely in America
Are there any singing birds there?
Any wild flowers? Any bishops? Are
there booths in the streets of New
York? Do people read English books
there? Have they heard of Ruskin;
and how?''
These were from the rank and file of
Questioners, while very cultivated
clergyman lost caste somewhat with
our young people by asking conf
IDENTIFY, Are Harvard and Yale both
in Boston?"
This question, which seemed to them
as hopelessly benighted as the remark
of a lady just returned from the won
ders of the new world, who had been
impressed, like all visitors, with the
novelties offered in the way of food at
the Baltimore dinner tables, but still
sighed with regret at having been
obliged to come away without eating
a "canvas-backed clam. Atlantic.
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climb such q spruce, with branches so
thick squirrel only could do It, was
impossible, and with muttered impre-
cation, the doctor pulled on his line
until the delicate leader broke, and then
sat down to repair damages. He had
just done SO and arisen, when the faint
sound of breaking twig caught his
attention. With quick glance across
the stream. where a rocky and BUSH
hid bank faced him, he saw, in tho
darkening twilight, just above brown,
moss-covered boulder, a hideous, hairy,
human facet
Only one instant he saw it, the next
it had vanished.
For moment DR.. Sol, never coura-
geous man, stood still, while it seemed
that icy water was leaping through
every vein; the next instant he turned
and ran down the bush-choked path as
IL pursued by demons. Each moment,
as he dove under bending boughs or
leaped over fallen trees, he felt that a
hairy human monster was just about
to seize him.
| When the campfire was reached,
CuLIluS
Doughs with hunting-knife, while
Jean and Levi were just entering the
tent. fire had been started, black
ened pail had been hung from a stick
over the flame, and preparations for a
night in the woods were well under
way: Into this little group leaped the
terrified doctor, breathless, with face
scratched and bleeding.
Pack up, quick!" he exclaimed In a
husky voice; we've got to get out of
here at once! There's wild man back
| up in the woods, and wouldn't stay
here for million dollars!"
Martin and Levi exchanged quick
glances, and halt came in the camp
ing work. For a moment the two
looked at one another, and then, as il
recalling that curious footprint they
had seen 20 miles away, they glanced
furtively up the bush-cholzed log road.
then he recovered himself.
Doctor" he said. 81 expected you
would get we'll scared the first time you
went into the woods alone, and sea
you have. What you saw, most likely,
was blackened stump half hid in the
bushes, or possibly it might have been
bear. If so, he is mile away by now,
more scared than you are. Here, take
drink, brace up, and help us to make
camp. IT'S almost dark
But DIR. Sol was obdurate 81 tell
you, Martin Frisbie," he replied sternly,
needing not the proffered flask, 81
wouldn't stay here night for love nor
money. We are watched, and by the
| most savage-looking creature / ever
set eyes on" Then, with many addi-
tons, as might be expected, he told OF
| bis fright.
Martin and Levi exchanged knowing
| looks once more, but made no comment
| until the tale was told, and then Mar
| tin spoke.
[ ITO Pc Continued
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dozens of other and equally delightful
hours, with Angie as the one sole and
supreme inspiration. But beyond these
boyhood delights. and woven into his
feelings like fine tendrils, was the MEM
CRY Of a dozen or more old-time Sab
bath-school melodies she used to sing
to her own accompaniment played upon
a little droning melodeon. They were
all from a collection called Fresh
Laurels," and that, with two more, one
labelled Songs of Zion" and the other
"The Glee Club" composed her musi
cal library. The first was her favorite.
and the songs she usually entertained
him with were "Give, Said the Little
Stream" 1.-THE Golden Rule" Shall
We Gather at the River" Cali the
Way" and "Sweet Hour of Prayer"
For two years he had lived in a new
and glorified world, building air castles
with her and for her, as young Romeos
ever have and ever will, and then came
sweet yet painful parting, prolific Of
fond promise, but alas, like most, to
fade into thin air.
For one year more they had ex-
changed tender missives, first weekly,
then monthly, then irregularly; and
then ceasing entirely, as Martin, ambi-
tious and Woodworking in his new life,
neglected them, and so the dream
ended.
Five years later he returned to spend
Thanksgiving with his mother, and,
though he met Angie at church and re-
ceived bow and smile, he impolitely
neglected to call. And then came the
closing Of his home, when his mother
left the village to live with his only
sister, now married and dwelling in
Riverton, and Angie and Greenvale be-
came but milestones on the highway
of memory.
There is latent in every mans heart
long-cherished belief that she who
was his early sweetheart must ever feel
somewhat of the same tender interest
in him. She may have married-be-
come a mother, possibly a grand
mother; he may have neglected her ut
terly and for long years, and yet, in
his conceit, it matters not; she must
and certainly does retain his face in
her memory, and deep down in her
heart, little of the old first love.
Martin was no different from other
men. He had lived the sweet illusion
with Angie as it's star; then the great
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HE PAUSED.

city-the fight for a livelihood, then
competence, and all the selfish Gym
icism instilled by contact with grasping
greed, had leveled the beauteous air.
castles and left Angie and all those
fond and foolish ways mere incidents of
the long ago.
more mature and dangerous entangle-
ment, had grown sceptical of all things,
and was a free-hearted, all-around
good fellow, yet conscious of success;
and the only soft spot in his nature
was love for wood life. He had met
DR.. "SoI' Finch, an old schoolmate,
by chance in the city, and under the
spur of this sportsman's instinct and
desire to share it's keen pleasures, had
invited his boyhood friend to join in
them.
And now the doctor was fast asleep,
while Martin, lying on a bed of fir
twigs, with the dying fire family glow
ing in front of the tent, the low ripple
of the nearby lake murmuring along
the sandy shore, was once more listen
ing to the old songs of Sabbath-school
days. sung by his boyhood sweetheart,
and living over those dreams of young
love.
For a long hour, so keen was the
spell, he wandered about that distant
village, in fancy, and dwelt among by
| cones, and then suddenly he became
conscious that some creature was
stealthily crawling through the thick
underground back of the tent. Only
the faintest sounds betrayed it's pres
ence-the swish of a spruce bough
| brushed aside and returning to place,
the breaking of a dead twig, the rustic
of dry leaf-and yet, so perfect was
the utter silence of that June night.
each trivial sound reached him.
! For moment he listened, breathless.
! to this approaching prowler, then rose
| to sitting posture, reached for his
rife, and, softly drawing the tent flap
aside, peeped out. Whatever the crea-
| ture was, its acute hearing had received
warning, for now no sound issued from
| the surrounding thicket. For a SEEM
insly long five minutes Martin peered
out, glancing from side to side of the
| little opening and to the canoes. be-
meath which lay the guides, and list
ened. He could hear their measured
breathing. and faint ripple along the
lake shore near by, and that was all.
Then once more the creeping, crawling.
stealthy movement in the tangle Just
back OF the tent began again, this
time slowly receding until it ceased.
| A danger We can measure does not
appal us, but the invisible menace of
some animal creeping close TONES tent
at night in the wilderness is another
matter. 1t may be harmless porcu-
pine, but we are sure to imagine il to
be bear. panther, or wildcat-at least
Martin debut after half-hour more
OF listening without result, except to
get chilled, he gave it up and crent
under his blanket again.
! I'd better not tell the Doctor he
said to himself. and then fell asleep.
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Lincoln Yarn Neatly Applied.

The contention of some Of the spe.l-
binders that the present administrator
is responsible for the prosperity which
has attended the labors of our farmers
in recent years reminds us of story
told by Abraham Lincoln. He said
there was a woodpecker away up in the
top OF a tree pecking and pecking ant
pecking. After while windstorm came
along and blew down the tree and the
woodpecker believed to its dying dap
that it had pecked the tree down.-FieI1
and Farm.
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rhe New Hired Man.

81 can't see that man you've hired
anywhere" said Mrs. Riggs, irritably.
Here you are laid up with rheuma-
tism, and need some more wood
split up for kindling. There! see q
man way over in the cranberry mead
ow. I believe that's him"
Is the man standing or sitting?s
asked Mr.. Riggs.
Standing" said his wife.
Then the chances are 1t Is some
other man." said the invalid, unless
he's found q wasp's nest.
Companion.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-04

r KELLEY, perhaps, might ht Maude
Adams into a lyric; dun prose can
never tell the charm OF her. Last
night, after many years Of absence,
she reappeared here at the Columbia
theater IN THE Little Minister" in
which, as Lady BRbhie, she made her
first national success now six years
ago In New York II was impossible
to avoid vlcarlous pride In the fact
that San Francisco discovered Miss
Adams. 10 my respected confrere, MIR.
Peter Robertson, belongs the honor,
when In her performance as Adrienne
in "A Celebrated Case" he dlscerned In
the small girl that splrituele charm
and humor that now so delightfully."-
distinguish the actress.
Perhaps Il was unfortunate perhaps
fortunate, that Miss Adams play had
been seen here before. The attraction
OF novelty was OF course absent, but
there was the always fascinating OPP
portunity OF comparison,
WIN All'AN WV 0fAhN l'AN lhNA Nlkll
that the Spectator will probably be
paying gold for before the week Is out.
For In spite Of IT'S lack OF novelty,
In spite OF It's medIocrity as q play,
THE Little Minister plus Maude
Adams and her excellent company
simply bewitched the audience.
Maude Adams--but how may one
capture the winged and willful sweets
OF her Lady BabbieP one may say she
has a face OF April grace, distract
ing eyebrow, witching smile, hands
that weave lyrics, a voice like thrush.
Again one may say she realizes Who'll.
~ the elhn humor OF Lady Babbie, the
caprice, the untamed sweetness, the
womnnly depth Of the pretty creature.
And one cannot imagine her for a mo-
nent anything else. She is utterly
Identified with the character one re-
calls, however, some scenes with pecu.
liar delght. as when she leases, wor-
SLIPS, orders about the little minister
In Nannles cottage,
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Maude Adams and the San francisco Critics
1890
(Tho ChronlcIeD

r HERE Is radium I'm Maude Adams
] shouldn't wonder il she would
make zincblende luminous and
helghten the lustor Of the diamond, as
they say this new inscrutable force
does. At least there comes from her
current as distinct as electricity, and
the more excited she grows the more
irresistibly It seems TO lombard us. II
was something more than success for
her last night at the Columbia thea
ter. Barrie owes more to her than
he knows, for am sure If he could see
the other performances Of 1.-THE Little
Minister 10 which We have been treat
ed he would have trembled at the
thought of what would have happened
TO his piece IN America without her.
CHARLES Frohman was quite responsible
Tor the handicap which the previous
company he sent out with the play left
on Maude Adams The play has been
cheapened at other theaters here In
stock seasons. Yet we never really saw
Lady Babbie till last night, and the
illumination revealed a really interest
ING comedy In THE Little Minister"
ANA the meaning OF It's long vogue In
the east stood revealed
To say that she has improved since
she became star Is merely to say
that she has developed, free from the
Limitations Of being only second on the
bilL and having TO consider the adyer-
tlsed head Of the company 1t is worth
while going to see her I'm Lady Babbie
II It be onlyl to realize what differ
ence her playing Of II makes. She puts
more acting into one scene than the
ordinary actress knows how to use
during the entire play. There is not
much OF a bright, ylyacious, mischiev-
Gus and all-through dainty girl she
does not illustrate in this elhn role. II
seems ono constant series Of changes
oil expression. The comedy OF Il is not
quite The same for minute at a time.
pnd the summer clouds flying across
the sun are not more changeable I'm
shape and form than The alterations in
her expressions, facial and vocal. do
not Know that she Is particularly
Scotch, but II her accent lapses NJ
times that does not take you out Of
scotland and Babbie is an aristocrat,
anyway,
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good comfortable cry after tbo -
was over. II was rather = s snv ordeal
deal too, for the bblv diSS'e Or
appeal as much to tho not
laste as IL had to American tact. llsl
'hlei question that seems 10 nro,,,,, nc
sen " the British mind " vhetba. ~
NOT the average American girl is ns ~
trhVasant ana as ignorant of thc ~
OF money as CYNTHIA Max o"lue
ana joseph Wheelook, Jr., who were o't t,..
ported Tor the production. were na.t,l-
ularly well received. and Gerl iI5'u We
Maurier, one of the most intellion. Nv
the younger English actors aid ali If, pi
could be done with the rather a, u'at
role Of "Cynthia's' husband epp'y
EYluently Beerbohm Tree bos
eye on the patronage ne on
many Americans who soon viii Ve
London. One thinks 80 from he 'y 10
that he Is to follow "The Darl,n,, 'o
the Gods, which will be played foe ,S W.
last time on May 80, with three sb,t t"o
spearean revivals Sir Henry Irvino,.
last few spring REVEALS at the Ola +,
ceum were supported almost entirelv H.,
Americans, and there should be ,nuos
patronage for the younger actor ma,
ager from the same quarter, for M.
three pieces which he means ia rc,i,.o
Julius Caesar" Twelfth Night ant
"A Midsummer Nights Dream aro
among those which he does best n,
the last named he viii also have bn
advantage Of Miss Ellen Terry's assist.
ance.
Albert Chevaier has been falkinc
rather interestingly on tho subject 70
the music halls future. which he
thinks viii be exceedingly hrisb,
Chevalier has been making a long iNnr
OF the United Kingdom and has boHr
struck especially by the Immense p,,t
ronage which the halls" I'm the larr,
cities receive, ana by the Immersed,
improved tone Of the performance riye,.
as compared With the kind of thine
IN vogue when he first entered ,he
business. .l
81 foresee time" he said Ia am fr.
tevicwer when distinguished dramet.
lists like Mr.. pinero viii be GLAD IA
write little one-act plays for the halls
and some OF the finest actors Of the d3v
VIII give character impersonations
there which VIII be perfect works N
art The modern music hall is only
youth yet but he shows signs chat
promise a fine maturity aud I have
every confidence IN him believe that
he win brighten and elevate the lives
OF the people I'm way that the stage
could not, because II could not reach
them, and, at the same time. il wild
prove a boon to- the stage ITSELF
CURTIS BROWN.
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THEATER DONTS.

Don't stand IN the lobby and stare at
the women coming out
Don't think play Ia bad because
you never heard OF the author.
Don't stand up and survey the audi
ence through your opera glasses.
Don't hum. Your neighbor may pre
fer TO hear the music from the stage.
Don't think you own the theater be-
cause you are giving theater party
Don't 20 out TO see u man between
the acts unless you have an aisle seat.
Don't ventllate your opinion Of dra-
matte art for the benefit OF your neigh
Dor.
Don't blame the usher II your seat IL
behind post, He didn't build the the
ater
Don't volunteer information to your
neighbors. Let them seek enlighten-
mont
Don't tell how So-and-so played that
part Comparisons are odlous and tire
some
Don't pound on the floor with a cane
or umbrella. This is considered bad
form.
Don't tell your companion the story
Of the play He may prefer TO get II
from the actors,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-04

r AN FRANCISCO felt deeply ag-
srleyed few years ago when
~ Maude Adams was making a great
success in THE Little Minister" "Ro-
moo aud Juliet and "LAglon"
throughout the east, but was not per-
mitted by her manager to come to the
Pacific coast, Theater lovers here had
always been SO fond OF the dainty little
lady. so ready to applaud every touch
OF naivete and youthful grace that they
could see no adequate reason for being
left out in the cold when she scored
stellar triumphs,
Then she rested for a long time and
other stars good, bad and indifferent
filled the theatrical eye, and the hurt
OF disappointed San Francisco was for
gotten,
But last night the Columbia theater
was filled with all the enthusiastic tirst-
nighters and as many other people as
could get into the theater to zee THE
Little Minister It's success In the
east Is so far back as to be almost
historical. and several companies with
grotesque manipulation Of the scotch
dialect and Lady B0bbies founded on
the stock idea OF the ingenue have
played various versions OF Barrie's
story here,
SO the tribute paid 10 the perform
ance last night was one given alto
gethcr 20 "A personality, not an Intel
lectual, highly modern and subtly re-
filming personality like that OF Mrs
FlslIe. not an individuality OF great in
tcleCtual force and keen artistic pene-
tration like that of Richard Mansfield,
but "a personality almost chlld-llke In
its spontaneity almost musical IN It's
perceptions OF graceful, delicate feel
ing
The role Of Lady Babbe in itself
helps Maude Adams TO express the very
qulntessence Of her art United, the
role and the actress have a simplicity
and sincerity, yet wlthal an exquisite
humor that are refreshing as dew
drop, as pure as a Wild rose.
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%r-N HE theatrical year I'M salt Lake
win be brought 10 what
promises TO be a most brilliant
and successful termination at
the Grand next week. when Mrs Leslie
Carter VIII present David Belasco's
play 'Du Barry Mrs. Carriers com
ing TO Salt Lake CITY has been long
delayed For two years, tremendously
successful engagements IN such cities
as New York, where she played "Du
Barry" for 2A times, and later IN Tlos.
ton, Philadelphia ana Chicago, pro-
cluded tho possibility ~ the artists
visiting tho far west, Il was Mr., Re-
lasoos original Intention TO introduce
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her manager would retain at least rs
per cent or Si6s75O His expenses for
the scnson. including a stiff salary 10
hia star, would probably not exceed
$50, 900 or $50 900, 30 that on the seven
or eight months Mr.. Frohman IL very
comfortably ahead on his enterprise.
When II IN remembered that every sea-
son for the past seven or eight years
has told Il similar story, and that Miss
Adams 10 only one OF half dozen OF
Frohmen's equally profitable Ftars, It
can be understood how he gained hts
title OF the Napoleon Of Managers