The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24


are cOmpiimenting the manager. 1 con-
fess I don't recognize my own book at
ALL
Mr.. Fitch laughed Take that in
gCcd part" he said You are coming
money. Then take ii as a friend OF
mine IN London did. At a musical COM
edy in London, from my seat in the
stalls, I noticed young man in one
o. the boxes laughing uproariOusly. Ny
companion was a critic. I said to him:
That chap in the box seems to be
enjoying himself
He's the author said my friend.
Well. then said T. I think he
ought to have better taste than to
laugh so loud
" Oh, said the critic. he is the au-
thor, but he never heard these Jokes
before They were put I'm by the COM
edian.' -
Raymond Hitchcock is this week re-
peating the story Of simple hearted
ingenious young German by the name
OF Louis Schultz. living in HobOlxen.
Young Schultz worked in the groc-
cry store where the Blancke family
traded. explains Ray, "and so met
Minnie, their daughter. whose reDuta-
ton as cOQuette was well known and
after brief acquaintance became en-
gaSed- Louis employer, hearing of the
engagement. took him to task and
said:
Louis. you don't mean to tell me
that you are going to marry Minnie
BIancke -
Sure" replied Louis; for W not?"
Why, she's been engaged to every
young man in Hobokeu''
Vel" slowly answered the youth.
Hoboken amt such big place"
Joseph Wheelock. Sr.. who is playing
the role Of DR.. Cameron in THE Clans
man" tells a funny story of the boy
hood days of Joseph Wheelock. Jr.
When Joe was a little chap" said
Mr. Wheelock. Il was playing in a
stock company that required my serv-
ices almost constantly One morning
as was going to rehearsal I found
Joe on the sidewalk, very dirty from
playing IN the street. I told him 10 go
into the house. and he wouldn't go.
So I spanked him. He went bowling
into the house and said 10 his mother:
Man hit me-
What MANI" Indignantly exclaimed
my wife.
The man that stays here Sundays"
sobbed our young hopeful.
The following communication has
been received from Manager Ernest
Shlpman relative to Ellen TerTy's com
Mr. Walter g. Jordan of Sanger (.
Jordan is at present in England IL
deavoring 10 negotiate with Miss Terry
Tor a farewell tour of America. Miss
Terry. heSitates making an American
tour It is not matter of terms. but
OF sentiment, and if she could be assur-
ed Of an absolute welcome in America
she would come here once more.
In the height of her London sue
a desire TO come to America again in
J. NJ. Barrie's Alice Sit-by-the-Fire /
and she stated when plans were made
otherwise that it eliminated the possi- /
bliity OF ever coming to the states
again.
We have been encouraged to send
her a petition. signed by our president
and the representative men of America
and indorsed by the leading newspapers
OF the country, to assure her of the
warm welcome that awaits her in this
country"
sunday in Chicago, says the Chron-
lcie, IS devoted almost as much to the /
atrlcal amusements as it is to religious
services, and this passionate devotion /
OF our people to dramatic art end dra-
matlc entertainment raises an interest I
ing and important question concerning 4
the profession which ministers TO it. /
What is the effect of acting" on an 4
actor, or the effect Of habituaI simuia- /
ton on the character of any one who /
cultivates it?
We are not referring. of course. to de- +
Ceitful stimulation. which IS wrong IN
itself and can have only bad effects. but
to stimulation which is understood 10 h. /
such and which is practiced for the
sake of entertainment and as a digui- /
fled art in a theater in parIor theatri- 4
cal c in he
the effect of ii, not on the people who 1
witness it-but on the actor or reader |
himself?
Every one will say at once that it !
depends on what the actor acts, ana
this is TO great extent true. 1t is /
true even Of contemplation. The Apos-
tie Paul says: we all behoIding as p /
glass the glory Of the Lord, are changed (
into the same image" OF course. if in I.
addition TO studying the chara cter of q /
man, we make a business Of Stimulating
his looks. his manners. his spirit. mis- !
words and his actions We viii all the
more certainly become aSsimiiated IT,
some degree TO him, however good OF
bad he may be.
If a man makes a, business Of iInit1t-
ing on the stage or on the platform the
words, actions ana spirit of the Cheva-
iier Bay2Td, Sir Albert sydney and VII /
liam of Orange it would be a miracle il .
ne did not acquire more or less nobility
Of character, purity of principle and \
heTOism in action. If he devotes hire
self to Stimulating Frederick the Great /
and Richard III he will acquire Il ten
Gency to cruelty and brutality. IF h.
ne should act the part Of an insane
person he would be IL great danger Of
becoming insane, and If he should act I
the part Of a cheat ana d william his
morals would certainly be in danger.
So far as the actors health Is con-
cerneG, by far the greatest injury AZ
pears to be done by emotional actin :.
People like Clara Morris and Edwin /
Booth who made a trade of working
themselves up into parOxysns Of grief /
or cage are doomed. The effect is very
much me same as if they were really /
the subjects Of these passions, end mere
continuously even than the real charac- /
tiers were. Many such actors have be- /
come insane, and a much larger num-
her have ruined their nervous systems /
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