The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-01

have killed aim on the spot before my
terrified gaze As IT was. he was
stunned for = moment. and after the
, act, when he took off his wig and heavy
! crown, there vas n tremendous bump
on his forehead where my sword had
struck
1t makes ny blood run chill even
now at the very thought OF my emo
tons at that intensely dramatic mo-
ment, when The play ceased to be
mimic thing tor me and real death
stared me in the face. The weapons. ny
the way, both Of them are now in my
possession. they are heavy combat
swords and 1 have never dared to use
| them since in any of my stage duels
/ but 1 still treasure them as souvenirs Of
one Of the most thrilling events in my
stage life"
One of the prettiest lyrics in "The
! Princess Chic" a trio, sung by the two
braggart soldiers of fortune and a sly
/ little coquette, The soldiers are pos
sessed of the idea that the lighting
press their views 70 each other. the
| coqUette injecting her own views on
, the subject in this wise:
| When damsel meets with a fighting
She always affects disdain:
! she always berates him. pretends that
And faunts him and flaunts him. but
finally mates him.
mat nat Is, x he ean give check to her plan
For the fighting man is the proper sort
/ To Win the heart Of the damseis-
or the phrase so feeble, "a lighting man -?
A fighting man. fighting man
! when danger threatens away he ram.
He's quick with blade. he's never afraid
! cat least when he meets defcnseless
He's never amiss with smile or q kiss
! land he's often rewarded about Ike this),
Here is the song of the Wood
] Nymph" and the Water Cod sung
by SOphi Branat as the princess, While
disguised as a peasant girl in scheme
to win the heart Of the duke:
A wood nymDh lived in an old oak tree
On rivers bank, in a forest fair.
I And once on time she CHANGED TO see
A river god in the waters there.
She thrilled as she looked on his noble
Her love she voiced in joyous song.
And he was enraptured with her grace
And Worshipped her from the reeds
Poor little lymph in her old oak tree.
Poor river god in the crystal wave,
He would have ioyed in the wood to be,
And she in the water cool 10 lave
Poor wood nymPh. and the river god,
What could they do? What could they
do?
| Her love 10 MN 0lu she SReGLlE eve.
His passion for her was plain to See
But only in water could he live,
And she in the heart of an old oak tree
So she pinned and pinned, with many a sign.
And her heart ached so with each pass
| That the oak tree. plying her. did die
And thus the wood nymph passed away
Poor little nymph in her old oak tree.
Poor little god in the crystal wave.
He would have joyed in the wood 10 be-
And she in the water cool TO lave
Poor wood nymDh. and river -od. too.
What could they Go? What could they
The appearance of Edward Terry at
the Princess theatre, New York, Dec
% was the first appearance Of this IA
nous. English comedian on this side of
the water. At a farewell banquet ten
dered him by ne Duke Of &bercOn and
a party of eight friends just before his
departure for America, Mr.. Terry made
a farewell speech. Mr.. Terry declared
that he never could quite understand
why he had waited so long 10 visit the
United States. He told how he had
been received wheE he made his first
visit to South Africa. The first friend
he met there was a man in the custom
house Good morning. Mr. Terry,
said the man. do you know me,
asked the actor? Know you SAID
the customs man; Why. bless you, /
played with you twenty-five years ago
| Then adds Mr. Terry, he chalked
my baggage, md dashed on, to make,
| I doubt not, a more careful examination
of somebody else's baggage.
While the chinese Honeymoon" was
playing in san Francisco recently a ma
tive of the Orient approached J. J. Ros-
enthal, who y sam Schuberts represen-
tative with The company. and offered
him for sale Il silk shawl, which, if
what the seller claimed was true, would
be quite uniQ1a, to say the least The
shawl was 65XT2 inches in size, With
silk fringe fifteen inches long and con-
tanned a beautiful design. 1t was
| claimed FOR this wonderful article that
! it contained $500. 900 stitches; that it had
! been made by seven Chinese women.
! who Iabored four years TO complete II
| for the empress of China 100
! years ago. The Chinamsn claimed that
/ the only dupli ate known to be ineXis-
| tence was IN 'he famous collection OF
/ the Royal House OF England The
/ Chinaman asked the modest price OF
| sos 600 for q. whereupOn Mr.. Rosen-
thai Informed him that he was sorry