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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-11-22

Formerly Prominent In New York
Where He Owns Mrch Real Estate,
he Renowned Allegiance to Stars
and Stripes.
New York. Nov. 2o New York socic-
~ WAS stirred hy thc report from Lon
don that one OF thc wcIthic>t men in
the world 20 former New Yorker, is to
be- made correspondent in the greatest
divorce scandal that has shaken the
British capital.
This rumor. which is current i'm eX-
elusive clubs. fashionable boudoirs AMI
the embassies. declares that the lady :
husband. an English peer who took
hcr 10 wife fourteen years ago. will
SIZE for absolute divorce and make the
mni'.milli0u3ire correspondent.
The Suit viii eclipse in sensational
effect in London AMI New York the
revelation that the Duke and Duchess
of Marlborough are To be- divorced
He who will be- correspondent in this
newest scandal has been Il widowcr
for some years and draws trcmen-
dous income from real estate in New
York and his investments I'm London.
Both his children have married within
recent wears and both matches. which
have turned ont most happily appar-
entity. were made against his wishes.
His First Scandal.
Never before has scandal attacked
him. Although ne has been induStri-
ously courtcd and hlttercd. it has
seemed since his lovely wife's death
that his love for woman was buried
i'm New York
This Crocsus. who has dabblcd in
politics and literature. has long made
his residence outside Of America and
some years ago became a British sub
iect. He owns one Of the most noted
mansions i'm England, full of historic
memories.
The woman in the case Is 4 countess
whose husband takes for his title the
name of 4 county in the north of Eng
land. He Is one of the best known of
British earls. Splendid jewels, which
were strange To him. first awakened his
suspicion. it is said. The countess in
discrcctly wore diamonds worth ST.
2JO.OOJ. which had been given to her
At the annual ball of her husbands
county of which. of course. she was Il
patroncss As the peer is not rich. it
was impossible for his wife to buy
such gems.
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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-11-22
Public Sale
OF
REAL ESTATE

In spotsylvania county, Virginia.
In pursuance OF the provisions Of q
deed Of trust OF March IL, 1904, from
Charles .. Doten and lara n. Doten,
his wife, to the undersigned as trustee, /
will sell at public auction, in front Of the
auction house OF James Roach, on Com
merce street, in fredericksburg, Va, ON :
Saturday, Dec. lst, 1906.
mt II o'clock NJ, the tract OF land In
Spotsylyania county, known as the
JamisOn or Proctor place, estimGted TO
contain PA acres, be the same more or
less, situated on the west side OF Motts'
Run. and south OF the old Mine Road,
and adjoining the lands formerly owned
by John Hayden, Sr., VIM. Tabb. Reuben
McGhee, the Furnance tract and j. 4.
Bayliss.
Terms of Sale: Cash sufficient 10 nav
tie principal and interest OF the debt Sc
cured in the said deed OF trust and the
expenses Of executing said truse, and AZ
to any surplus upon credit OF twelve
months. Vim. II. Rice,
o3O-td Trustee.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-11-22
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
SALT LAKE MAN WRITES OPERA
ABOUT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Charles Frederick Stayner, a lifetime
resident of Salt Lake, has finished his
opera, Columbus" and a thousand
copies of the words are now on the mar
ket. The opera is a romantic musical
drama, dealing with the discovery of
America by Columbus.
The words were written by Mr..
Stayner and the music composed by
him. He is now engaged in improving
the latter in Salt Lake.
The cast includes twenty-three char
acters, seven bass voices, three. con-
tTaltO, four baritone. two soprano voices
and a chorus. The characters are those
well known in Spanish history at the
time of Columbus.
The action of the drama opens with
a prologue in which Don FeliDa, the
wife of Columbus. is singing a lullaby
to their infant son. Columbus enters
and joins his wife in praises of their
child. Pedro Correo, navigator and
brother-in-law of Felipa, enters, and
with Columbus discusses the possibility
of the world being a sphere. Part I
deals with the visit of Columbus to the
court of Spain, where he lays before
Ferdinand and Isabella, king and queen
of Spain, his plans for trip of eXplora-
ton. Columbus appears alone in Scene
II. He expresses deep regret at the de-
lay of the court of Spain in passing
upon his project. The court of Santa
Fe is revealed in Scene III. Queen Isa-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

bella decides to aid Columbus. and Of
fers to sell her jewels. Luis de ST.
Angel, receiver of ecclesiastical reve-
nues in Arragon, announces that he has
funds for the trip. In the fourth scene
Columbus is recalled TO the court and
told to prepare for his journey. The
third scene in Part IL shows the de-
parture OF the Santa Marie, with Co
lumbus and his crew, leaving for un-
known seas, Aug. 8. 1892. In a tableau
at the close of this scene the Santa
Marie is seen in the distance on the
ocean.
A threatened mutiny occupies two
scenes I'm Part III. The third scene
presents the commotion on board the
Santa Marie when land is sighted Part
" presents the landing. Oct L. 1892.
The conclusion portrays the return of
Columbus and his sailors. Sweethearts
ana families are reunited and the play
comes TO a close with a spirited chorus
Mr.. Stayner, the author, hopes to have
his opera presented in Salt Lake at
some near rate.
L understand Oct 70 is to be OBJ
served this year as the date of Amer
ica's discovery, and if this is done l
will endeavor to have my opera pre-
sented on that date" he said last even
ing. while I have composed several
songs and considerable music, this mu-
steal drama is my first attempt at any,
thing for the stage"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
OLD-TIME ACTORS DRESS.

indeed, if remember Alright, he was the
entire orchestra in himself
Poor young Wallack soon learned to
his sorrow that his beautiful brown
surtout was called upon to do duty
for these two worthless, as we'll as for
himself! For instance, John Ryder,
who was to begin the piece as the spe-
cial and Immaculate villain. would call
to Wallack, L say, Jim. where's nat
brown coat?' Wallack, who was at that
moment adding the finishing touches to
his makeup prior 10 Inducing himself
into that well beloved garment, would
begin some protesting appeal, which
would be crustily interrupted by Ryder
saying: Look sharp, my lad Don't
keep the curtain down Wallack would
meekly but most unwillingly surrender
the cherished garment, consoling him
self with the reflection that he would
shine forth Respondent i'm il for the
next act when he would be rescuing
the lovelorn heroine from the wiles OF
that specious villain. In would rush
Fisher and cry, Jim, dear boy. the
borwn coati Be in a hurry; there's a
good lad; they're waiting for the cur
tain music. I ought TO be i'm the or
chestra now and away would vanish
the cherished garment, together with
inns hopes Of triumph for that night
at least"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
(St. Louis Republic.l

Zone of the duties of the man ahead"
said the reformed advance agent, lis TO
lay the foundation for getting the coin,
at the same time exercising the neces-
sary diplomacy in formulating plans to
protect the management from possible
arrest on a charge Of fraudulent prac-
tice.
"Of course, when the troupe does
meet the ready money you never see the
promoters throwing any American
beauties, pink geraniums or morning
glories at the advance agent. AS my
old pal Charlie Connolly, once wisely
remarked: When business is bad it is
the fault of the agent; when it is good
don't ask foolish questions; the star,
with q proper personal magnetism,
knows who's doing it
But, as I said in my initial pream-
BILE, it is UP 70 us, the business man
ager, if you please, to map out the plan
of attack on the lovers of art.
Special emphasis must be placed
upon this particular point if you are
working for a layout in the near-good
class, and I must confess that we fire.
quently met managers and critics who
were inclined TO place the Peerless
Fluto and HIS Famous Fifty in cate
CORY No. 2.
II was often forced up against some
hazardous propositions, for on more
than one occasion the local managers
dealt frankly with me in diagnosing the
peculiar ailments of their patrons and
as the man down in Fresno said: There
were no especially constructed eye
glasses which would enable people to
see a brass band concert at dollar
prices
Tin in Tacoma 7 nearly reached the
limit when I conceived a giant scheme
for coralling a few dollars.
Tacoma wouldn't stand for band,
so, upon the advice of the local man
ager who had some of the burglar in
stincts. we promised to give them some
thing else. Yelled announcements in
the press limited at an allegorical pic
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

Rose Eytinge gives an interesting &C
count in the Mirror of the way in which
actors dressed their parts in the old
Wallack days. and tells the story Of
Jim" Wallack's coat. She says
Il think it must be conceded that the
vehicles for stage work today are far
in advance of the old-fashioned ones Of
half a century ago. In the melodrama
of today we have more sequence and
clearer motives, though I fear the Ian
guage of the characters is not as a rule
much improved. l think the most pro-
nounced Improvement is to be found in
the modern society drama. There
though the moral is by no means above
suspicion, the manners are impeccable
In the matter of dressing their business
actor folk of today set the fashions for
the polite world. Who does not like
to look her best, and who would attempt
denying it? We can play a part better
when we know that it is i'm every point
perfectly dressed. However, this feature
Of the modern stage cuts both ways
Tt is an extravaganza in more ways
than in the expenditure of money. Dur
ing the rehearsals of an important pro-
duction the time of the persons making
up the cast is pretty evenly divided he
tween those rehearSals and their tailors
dressmakers wiemakers and boot
tiguing rehearsal the actress, instead Of
going home to digest her dinner and the
words Of her part. must turn in every
direction to visit these authorities to
try on ard to be tried generally.
Now. in this matter Of costumes and
dressings for the stage we actor folk
Of the past were a heap better Off be-
cause we were so much worse Off If
we got much less money, we had much
less 20 do with IL. I remember James
w. Wallack, Jr, surely a great actor.
telling me that for one oe his engage
ments--indeed, I believe it was his very
first-his father had made for him a
fine, new coat; as he describes it. "A
beautiful brown broadcloth surtout
with brown velvet collar and cuffs.
And this surtout was the pride OF his
life, the object Of his most tender So
licitude; in brief, his FETCH In this
same company was John Ryder, well
known here among us at home as hav-
ing been a member of Henry Irving
earliest companies at his home I'm Eng
land. John Ryder stood about six feet
four in his stockings. with arms and
legs of perfect, natural length Charles
Fisher. also we'll known and well be-
loved here. was for many years con-
nected with the Wallack family man
agement Of both father and son. and
ended an honorable career as man and
actor under the able management of
Augustin DAILY. Fisher performed in
the orchestra as well as on the stage,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

This week will mark the opening OF
the Salt Lake theater for the season.
The first production will be given
Thursday evening. It will be Press
club show. The Old Bedstead," written
by Waldemar Young and Race Whit
ney. The Old Bedstead" will be given
for one night only, and is expected to
play to capacity.
The Old Bedstead" is a screamer.
II is a burlesque on the blood and thun-
der melodrama which delights the rural
heart. All of the actors are persons
well known in Salt Lake, and il will
contain many hits which have a pc
culiar local application
For the first four nights of this week.
commencing tonight. Looking for a
VIE will be presented at the Grand
theater. It is a musical production.
and portrays the experiences of an
1rishman who struck il rich i'm the
klondike and went out to seek a help
meet.
Beginning with Thursday nights per-
formance, that one-time success. "A
Turkish Bath" will be presented at
the Grand for the remainder of the
week. This production has not been
seen on the stage for a number of years.
and the press agents dope is that it IS
to be particularly good.
y new vaudeville bill will be pre-
scented at the Orpheum this week The
bill last week was a particularly good
one and the management promises that
this week Il will be equally good
Crowded houses were the rule at the
Orpheum last week.
X y X
''TeeZy-W or a Trip to Coney
Island" will be the feature of the pro-
gram at the Lyric this week The linn
Travesty company closes its engage
ment there this week. Friday night
the prize cakewalk contest will be de-
cided. and Saturday evening the Lyric
Stock company will open i'm THE Bond
man." a dramatization Of Hall Gaines
novel of that name.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
GOSSIP OF THE PLAYERS.

Maude Adams opens her season early
in October, continuing in her greatest
success, Peter Pam
X
John Drew inaugurates his fifteenth
season under Charles Frohman's man.
agement at the Empire theatre, New
York, on Monday, Sept. 8. He will be
seen in A. w. Pinero's new play, His
House in Order
William II. Crane opens his season at
the Garrick theatre, New York, on
Aug. 20, i'm Alfred Sutros play. THE
Price of Money"
William Gillette will be seen in New
York early i'm the season in his latest
play, "Clarice." His leading woman
win be Marie Doro.
~
The regular season at the Empire
theatre, New York, will open Monday
evening, Sept. 81 when Charles Froh-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
WOES OF ADVANCE MAN.

ture of the Civil War a history I'm song
of the great conflict of the states.
You could hear the boom of cannon
and the rattle of drum by merely read
ing our advance notices, and Tacoma
was on the qui vive.
X
Naturally I got out Of town before
the clash of arms-I always did that
but Tacoma talked for weeks about the
best gold brick that had been handed
them since the Northern Pacific merger.
Our allegorical picture was enough
to produce cramps in the interior of
any healthy patriot. Following my in
structions. Fluto had arranged a med
ley of national airs and the great war
spectacle began with a rendering of
Yankee Doodle with flute obligato
and concluded with the Star Spangled
Banner in which our stalWart soprano
accompanied with a vocal solo, reaching
everything but the top notes
our piece de resistance was the fir
ing of a cannon, following the last
strain of the national anthem. 1t
seems that the gentlemen 10 whom
this task was intrusted had never
worked in the Krupp factory and were
not what you would cali cannon ex-
perts. Anyhow, there was a prema-
ture discharge of cannon windows
were shattered within a radius of two
blocks. and three persons were slightly
injured
"Fluto narrowly escaped arrest on
double charge-disturbing the peace and
willful destruction of property. and as
1t was he was forced to make good for
the personal injuries. Despite a packed
house, we quit to the bad
THE accident forcefuliy proved TO me
that all the i'll winds up I'm that terri
tory were blowing exclusively for us.
As Fluto afterward aptly remarked:
:" IF the cannon explosion had only
hit three members of the band instead
Of three innocent bystanders.'
You see, the band men carried ac-
cident insurance and they not only
could have collected on their policies.
hut we could have left them in the city
hospital and saved three railroad fares"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

man will present John Drew in the new
play by A. w. Pinero, entitled "His
House in Order" Besides Margaret
Dale, the cast will include Madge Cir
dlestone, Lena Halliday, Hope Latham,
Q. NJ. Hallard, Leona Powers, Arthur
Elliot, Martin Sabine. Henry Wharf,
Herbert Budd. Gilbert Douglas. Rex
McDougal, Maurice Franklin and H
r. Pratt.
Charles Frohman will produce an
American play, 1.-THE Judge and the
Jury" at Wallack's, New York. Sat-
urday evening, Sept. l. The play is by
Harry D. Cottrell and Oliver Morosco.
and over 100 persons will appear in the
various scenes Prominent in the cast
are Ida Conquest, William Desmond.
Walter Hale, Sam Edwards. Julius
Tanner. Guy Nichols. II. J. CHM. Sadie
Stringham, Margaret Fuller, Henrietta
Goodman, Rose King, Louis Haines.
Del DeLouis, Jules Ferrar, George
Harcourt. Bennett Southland, A. Rosa
mond, Harry L~wsIlyn, Sidney Mather.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02
PRESS AGENTS PROMISE.

This week at the Orpheum theatre
promises to be one of the best yet Of
fered. The top line is occupied by the
we'll known favorites Of last week. VIII
fred Clarke. supported by Miss Theo
Carew and company. In their clever
sketch. mo More Trouble" Perhaps
the best recommendation that can be
offered for this act lies I'm the fact that
If anything, it surpasseS last week s
comedy sketch. Hickman Brothers in
their novel comedy act. ''WhO Stopped
the Ferryboat?" produce more novel
effects i'm the time at their disposal
than would seem possible. and for pure
unadulterated fun are amongst the
best I'm the business. Vernon, the ven
triloquist, presents an original up-to-
date act and introduces one or two fea-
lures with the aid Of a dummy child
which are as startling as they are
unique. Vernon is a clever exponent
OF a clever art, and has done much to-
ward establishing the popularity en-
joyed by this class OF entertainment in
the east Miss Ida O'Day offers one of
the few finished performances Of the
year i'm her line and provides a reve-
lation 10 those who are in the habit of
regarding the banjo as an obsolete in
strument of no particular worth, any
way. Her petite rendering OF the sim
pie child songs so aptly chosen is posi-
lively refreshing. and Eever fails to
result i'm an enthusiastic encore. The
musical Forests have an act which
never fails TO please. and one which
calls for some unusually clever team
work. These people are essentially mu-
steal. and leave little to be desired in
their work with the banjo and zvlo-
phone In addition to their musical
ability they are not without a we'll
developed sense of humor and the hap
by result is about as genuinely enter
tanning twenty minutes as could well
be devised Russell and Held. in their
sketch con Dress Parade" employ
scarcely a single old idea. and the re-
suit is a performance unique even
among the leading vaudeville artists.
The act gives opportunity for the in
PRODUCTION OF some clever dancing by
Mr. Russell. and all i'm all NAV be re-
garded as one Of the features of the
performance. The kinodrome continues
70 charm by its novelty and freshness
and some more than usually good pic
lures are promised for this week.
Digby Bell will appear in Augustus
Thomas comedy. THE Education of
Nr Pipp, at the salt Lake theater on
Friday and Saturday nights. Sent %
and 80. and Saturday matinee.
The play was evolved by Augustus
Thomas from Charles Dana Gibson's
famous series of drawings under the
same time title in which the adven-
lures OF Mr.. and Mrs. Pipp'' and the
American beauty type. the Gibson
girls" are conspicuous.
The comedy is declared the funniest
and best that Augustus Thomas has
vet written and one of his greatest
flnanest financial successes. New York
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

James Blakeley, the London Gaietv
comedian, is one of the big laugh max
ers with Hattie Williams in THE Lit
tie Cherub." He has scored even more
strongly than he did in 'The School
Girl"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

Two of the cleverest song hits of the
early season were written by Marie
Doro, leading woman for William Gill
lette. They are THE Doggie i'm the
Yard" and Say Fay" and both are
sung in THE Little Cherub."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

theater-goers laughed at it's drolleries
for six months and its tour of the coun-
try last season was so prosperous that
it was decided TO continue il another
year Il is not only funny. but il has
strong dramatic incident and enjoying
love romance. AS MIR. Pipp," Digby
Bell has made the most pronounced
success Of his career. IT is an exquisite
and artistic creation of the good, old
fashioned type of American millionaire,
whose, fortune was made by work and
energy. He is always quaint and anus
ing. He is powerful in his business
intrests, but dominated by the women
folks at home. His success in Chicago
and Boston was as great as in New
York and return engagements were de-
manded.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-02

Looking for a Wife" which will be
the attraction at the Grand theatre for
four nights, starting tonight, viii prob
ably prove to be one of the banner at
fractions Of the season at this popular
playhouse. In presenting this musical
production, the management has spared
reither pains nor expense in building
a play that can easily be described as
having been constructed for laughing
purposes only. The plot. which is in
itself a scream. is presented in series
Of excruciatingly funny situations and
tells Of an Irishman who. after ac-
cumulating a fortune i'm the Klondike
gold fields, became DESTROYS Of taking
unto himself a better half and decides
that the best way to get one is through
ar advertisement i'm the personal col
umns OF a daily newspaper. The pref
dicaments he encounters in his search
for a mate form one Of the most laugh
able plays ever produced
Of the musical numbers il is only
necessary to mention that they are un-
der the personal direction of one of
New York's best producers, and moth
ing like them has ever been attempted
in the west. The costuming, too, has
been given a more than liberal allow
ance, while the cast comprises twenty
of the most versatile performers that
could Re drafted from the musical COM
edy and vaudeville stage. including
twelve of the prettiest. liveliest and
sweetest singing girly- girls that could
be found
Following the musical comedy,
Looking for a Wife," starting with
Thursday nights performance, the we'll
known farce-COmedy success, "A Turk
ish Bath" will hold the boards. "A
Turkish Bath was at the original time
Of &c a ion ho
full farce-comedy en- tour, and as it has
rot been seen for nearly five years,
the up-tO-date edition should prove
nleaSing one.