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the hard labor of studying, rehearsing
and acting long roles all day and half
the night, and James Young has but
just taken the job; so the matinee girls
have no more than learned to love one
than away he went and a shift of heart
had to be made. Meanwhile, Griffin
has stayed right along ond the feminine
alteration has gone over to him.
Now, Griffin is the kind of comedian
that II he can't make you laugh with
what he ought to do, will do it by doing
what he ought not to do. He is a gag
ger, a mugger, a clowner and he is
permitted to have his own way NV
friend was right in advising me to seek
novelty In this performance of THE
Merchant of Venice" The most impOr-
tant character wasn't Shylock. nor POr-
tia, but LaunC eliot Gobbo, who is cut
down usually from what Shakespeare
made him. but here speaks every line
set down for him in the earliest prints
Of the play, barring a few indecent
ones, and for those he substitutes new
humor. When Shakespeare gets dull,
Griffin drops in q gag; when the au-
thOr's Gobbo has nothing funny to do,
the actors Gobbo pulls wry mug
when an entrance or exit would be quit,
it is stirred up by q stumble, a fall, or
some other comic stunt. And the au-
dience thinks Griffin is greater than
Miss Bingham or Mr.. Young. In a
months vote as to which member of
the company is the first favorite, and
as a reward may choose the play for a
certain week, Griffin the gagger, mug
ger and sumter, counts up top.
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GOWNS.

Good quality Long Cloth Gown,
yoke of pin tucks. Sleeves and
V-cut neck trimmed with en-
brotdery edging. o0E
Opening Exhibit ........ Guy
Extra quality Muslin Gowns, yoke
OF embroidery insertion and hem
stitched tucks. neck and sleeves
trimmed with embroid-. onH
cry. Opening Exhibit ....... Guy
Fine quality long cloth gowns, EN-
pire style, with yoke of Val. in
sertion and beading. Finished
with lace edging to match. Short
sleeves finished with lace-trimmed
ruffies. Opening QkH
GXnlD1t. ........ ......... w
Good quality long cloth gown, yoke
of embroidery insertion and fag-
getting. Sleeves and V-cut neck
finished with hemstitched orr
ruff1e. Opening Exhibit. j.. Guy
Extra quality long cloth gown, EN-
pire style with yoke of cluny in
sertion, finished with beading and
lace edging to match. Short
sleeves finished with lace trimmed
ruffie. Opening QkE
Exhibit. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. VVT
Fine quality muslin gown, yoke of
embroidery insertion beading and
ribbon. Square cut neck and
sleeves finished with lace trimmed
ruff1e. Opening G. m
Exhibit. @sOV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11

Good quality Muslin Gowns, yoke
of embroidery insertion and hem
stitched tucks High or Y cut
neck, finished with hemstitched
ruff1e. Sleeve finished with hem
stitched ruffle. kQE
Opening exhibit ...... xVT
Fine quality Muslin Gown, yoke of
tOrchon faggotting insertion.
Sleeves and V cut neck, finished
with ruffie. 6eH
Opening Exhibit .OUT
Extra quality Muslin Gown, yoke
and revers of embroidery inser-
ton and tucks. revers, sleeves and
square cut neck trimmed with
embroidery. ca
Opening Exhibit. ...... UUX
Good quality Long Cloth Gowns,
Empire style, yoke of hem
stitched tucks or embroidery in
sertion. neck and short sleeves
finished with hemstitched GEH
ruff1e. Opening Exhibit -. ivy
Extra quality Muslin Gown, yoke
of embroidery insertion and
tucks. Sleeves and V-cut neck
finished with hemstitched GE<
ruffie Opening Exhibit =. wy
Fine quality Long Cloth Gown,
yoke of embroidery insertion and
tucks. Neck and sleeves finished
with hemstitched ruff1e. ekH
Opening Exhibit .......... VVT
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Good quality cambria gown, yoke
and revers of wide embroidery in
sertion. Revers, sleeves and
square cut neck, trimmed with s.
inch tOrchon lace. Open q m
ing Exhibit. .. y sVV
Extra quality cambria gown, yoke
of embroidery insertion and hem
stitched tUcks. Sleeves and V-cut
neck trimmed with embroidery
edging to match. Open e. m
ing Exhibit ............94 .UU
Fine quality cambria gown, yoke of
tucks. Swiss embroidery insertion
beading and ribbon. Sleeves and
square cut neck trimmed with en-
broidery edging to @ffE
match. Opening Exhibit v 4s&V
Good quality cambria gowns, yoke
of embroidery insertion and tucks.
Sleeves and V-cut neck trimmed
with embroidery edging TO
match Opening Sffk
Exhibit OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES &sAV
Extra quality cambria gown, EN-
pire style with yoke of embroidery
insertion, beading and ribbon.
Neck and short sleeves trimmed
with Val. lace edging. OF fE
Opening Exhibit. .......9 &sAV
line quality cambria gown, fancy
yoke of narrow and wide embroi-
derry insertion and tucks. Neck
and sleeves trimmed with Swiss
embroidery edging. Gffn
Opening Exhibit. ....... ~
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However, the wooer wins in the BIN
berg stock company, as customary, yet
extraordinarily. His name, William J.
Kelley, is unknown to you, as it is to
ninety-nine in a hundred New Workers,
for the Kelley cult is confined to a far
corner of the town. But never in the
Wallackian, Palmerian and Dalyian
palminess Of stock companies did I ever
see Harry Montague, Charles r.
Thorne or John Drew so set UP on an
altar for worship as Mr.. Kelley was on
the afternoon of my observation.
Shenandoah" was the play. Kelley
was the Kerchival West. Also Kelley
was the General Sheridan What?
Why, yes. The matinee girls wouldn't
like TO see anyone but their Kelley dash
In on horseback
ITO save the day,
From Winchester, twenty miles away"
In every dramatic game played on
the Bimberg stage 1t is Kelley at the
bat" and he couldn't strike out if he
missed the ball every time he ought to
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CARD OE THANKS.

Our most sincere thanks are hereby
rendered to all of our dear friends who
were so kind with their lovable assist
ance during the illness of my beloved
wife and mother, and whose faithful
service followed her to her last resting
place. w. A. STANTON.
SON AND DAUGHTER
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Every 80 days you can draw interest
at per cent on savings deposits made
with THE HOME TRUST e SAVINGS
COMPANY. Cash paid-up capital
S250,000. Mccormick Bank Building.
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laid on a table before him. and went
away. Now, that money had been en-
trusted to Hates father by his friend.
Slaytor, who learned Of the impending
bankruptcy and came back to get It.
Royce was alone with ii, after Office
hours. Slaytor demanded 1t. Royce re-
fused to stve it~up. There was an al
tercation, IL scuff1e, and Slaytor fell
dead from heart break.
OF course, you guess now that Royce
will steal the ready money and make
the circumstances accuse Brooke OF the
crime. But mark the new handling of
the matter. Royce is nervous victim
of morphine and the sight of the corpse
terrifes him. He lacks the self-control
to rob the dead. But dose Of the drug
braces his courage and he stoops to
loosen the stjffening hand from the
packet Of notes. At that instant the
telephone bell rings sharply. That rem
ders him nerveless again, but he swal-
lows more OF the morphine and stag
gers to the phone, 1t is Kate asking If
Brooke is there Now Royce rouses
himself. He is a clever mimic, as we
have seen.
Yes, Kate he replies, speaking into
the sender with the voice of his rival;
this is DR.. Brooke. ] am here alone
with Colonel Slaytor. Is he we'll? Not
very. / am attending him. Yes. will
be at your reception this evening.
Thank you. Goodbye"
The shivering Royce totters to the
stark body Of Slaytor. and would col
lapse beside it. but once more he stead
les himself with the narcotic to rob the
dead and work woe for the living. On
that the curtain goes down.
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Paucity in newness of literary idea
in plays and poverty in novel stagecraft
are giving way as fast as our American
audiences will permit authors and man
ayers to progress in those respects. A
good change is observable this season
in Broadway, where the best of the
prosperity attends the best of the pro-
auctions. But the Bowery is backward.
went there to see the great sensa-
ton" in 1.-THE Factory Girl" but I
found an audience not enthralled by
the hero's peril, but laughing at it
heartily. The episode was nothing
more than the hundredth imitation Of
the sawmill scene in Blue Jeans"
Once more the bad man fastened the
good man on the bed of machine that
moved him along towards what seemed
certain death, and again someone broke
in through the window to save him
The only change was from a buzZsaw
to a trip-hammer. The ponderOus
hammer was so really heavy that at
each fall t Jared the stage. If by
some mischance the fellows head had
got under it, a mess and muss Of
crushed bone and brain would have So
bered the merriment. Why not have
the villain thrown under the hammer
after the hero is grabbed away? The
sacrifice of a cheap actor at each rep
resentation wouldn't be too great sac
rifice to melodramatic realism.
To mention dramatic realism, even
that which is mechanical, is to suggest
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-02-11
HERALD SUNDAY, FEBRUARY IL. 1906

paradise. The exuberance of the
grown man with boys mind infected
the old woman at first, and, sitting up
in bed, she joined in the child play:
but weakness overcame her, and she
fell back dead, while he still drove his
make-believe horses merrily on.
Why did not the audience laugh at
the sight of that lout of a man playing
horse and wagon? First. the cultured
people were in a respectful mood. Sec
ond, the Progressive Stage society, In
stead of letting the acting be done by
amateurs, had employed Warner GLAND
and Hilda Englund, actual Ibsenian
players from Christiania. Third, the
Norwegian language had been trans
lated into the simplest and therefore
effective English. The silence of COM
plete engrossment was on the house
when Peer disputed with an imaginary
Saint Peter over the question of admit
ting his mother. Nor did it seem ir-
reverent, but awesomely impressive,
when he turned from Peter and said:
"Ah, here comes God Almighty
Then Peer bowed low three times, as
though God had given entrance TO his
mother-and she lay dead on the bed
Not for promiscuous audiences, though,
is peer Gynt.'
What subject Is most appealing to
the most people? Sudden wealth? So
the title Ready Money indicated a
popular theme. The anonymous play
purported to be complete as given by
dramatic students, but 1 suspect it was
the third act Of melodrama of New
York society being tested. We saw the
office of Vice President Van Dyck, of a
life insurance company, and for awhile
it was occupied by gentlemen and Ia
dies as modish as Clyde Fitch ever put
on the stage, but soon they developed
the qualities of vital men and women
more like Augustus Thomas, and at
length there was an episode theatrical
ly strong in the manner of Theodore
Kraemer edited by David Belasco. Van
Dyck's daughter Kate, heiress to a for
tune, was wooed by DR.. Brooke and
Lawyer Royce both connected with the
insurance company.
You are poor and want to marry
wealth with Kate" said Royce to
Brooke. But her fortune is lost with
her fathers and she won't have dollar
left. Now, 1 am rich enough to take
Kate as a luxury and I'll give you a
hundred thousand dollars to give up
your claim and get out"
That was a new situation. but there
was something more original to follow.
Brooke rejected the money, which
Royce had brought from safe and
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to wheedle money out of them osten-
sibly to buy, before she comes into her
own mythical fortune, the portrait
which she declares to have made her
the lucky Miss Dean. In plain terms.
the pair work a bunco game which, in
spirit and somewhat in method, is re-
pulsively like the one played by GRIM
inal couples Of sirens and their pals.
To smooth and soften the rough hard
ness Of the affair, Helen Huntley is
the embodiment of innocence, and her
turing of the dures is not sensual. But
by tina tdevice the play is not saved
from failure. 1t would be curious to
see if, after all. broadly comic actress
might help the fun. Such a Coincidence
would compel us to laugh, and perhaps
she wouldn't give us time to realize.
as the ingenue does, that Miss Dean is
no lady.
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IoSen. Perhaps you know that the
Norwegian author and actor did not
become realistic until after he had been
for many years romantic. He wrote
imaginative plays in verse and others
that were allegorical. Portions of an
early drama of his, Peer Gynt,' were
presented last Sunday for the first time
anywhere in English by the Progress
i've Stage society. They were more like
the fantastic visionary, utterly unreal
istic work of Maeterlinck than that
which is generally known as Ibsen's.
Peer Gynt was peasant of some for
mer time. He should have labored to
support his old mother, but he roamed
laZily instead, hunting and fishing,
dreaming and lying. As liar he was
most peculiar He lived an imaginary
life with the Scandinavian fairy tales
and folk lore until to him they seemed
half real, and he accounted them as
adventures Of his own. When. for in
stance, he returned from long alb
sence in the mountains, and his mother
scolded him, he described a long chase
of a wild stag; and she was glad to
believe him, for her larder needede VEN
isOn. until his narrative was merged
into a legend of a hunter who, mount
ing an enchanted stag, was carried
across lands and over seas TO an I'M
known realm. Then she beat him with
a stick.
Never have I seen a wild fantasy so
risk ridicule in a theatre, and so win
enthralled admiration, as did the scene
of Peer Gynt's mothers death. The old
woman lay moaning and whimpering
alone in her hut. Peer came back from
one Of his rovings. She told him she
was dying and bade him fetch clergy
man; but he was in a buoyant mood
and would not take a serious thought
of anything.
you need but to be cheered up,
mother cried Peer; don't weep;
laugh. Don't pray-play. Why, you're
in the box bed that was mine when I
was a boy. 1t was sometimes my sled,
with fairy reindeer; and sometimes it
was my wagon, with magic horses. So.
mother, you imagine you're going to
die. Very well. Lie there in your
chariot till l hitch my steeds to it and
I'll drive you across the river of death
TO the gate Of heaven!"
Then Peer, with the glee of a child.
placed two chairs for horses, tied a
cord to them for reins, took his seat on
the footboard of the bed and cried.
Away we go!" With steadily rising
excitement as his fancy took flight, he
described a journey across Norway and
over the Arctic sea to the portal of
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Not often do the resident stock COM
pantes provide a topic sufficiently un-
usual for this correspondence, but on
two afternoons I saw such actor-wor-
ship as we don't look for in these times
of generally sane regard of stage mock
heroism. eco to see The Merchant OF
Venice done by the Proctor stock, .
said q friend, eff you want something
odd"
rs James Young remarkable as Shy
LOCKE" I asked.
"Oh. he's f1rst-rate, but not great"
Then it is Amelia Bingham's Por-
tia?''
mo. 1t is Gerald Griffin's Launcelot
Gobbo. Don't ask me why. Go and
get surprised"
The surprise came Of the fact that
Griffin. the girl-worshiped member of
the company, is not it's chief lovemaker,
but its boss funny man. Within a year
Edwin Arden, Harry Woodruff and
Charles Richman have sUcrumbed to
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To mention dramatic realism, even
that which is mechanical, is to suggest
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-22
CHRISTMAS SENTIMENT.

Good will to men," the butcher
quoth
AS he unlocked the Christmas
bird;
Coed will to men" He was not
loath
To give away a cheering word.
did not doubt he meant it till
/ saw the bill!
Good will to men," the furrier
said,
AS he wrapped up the sealskin
sacque;
Good will to men"-he had me
dead
He knew | could not send il
back.
did not doubt he meant it till
saw the bill!
Good will to men," each greeting
gives,
We hear it now on every side;
From merchants and from rela
tives-
None has the sentiment denied
We do not doubt they mean it till
We see the bill!
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BALLS FAIRLY SIZZLED

heard oftenest in the land in the
years between 1885 and 1891. "They
claim there were no batters in
those times like Wagner and La
joie," says Jake, "but in my humble
judgment the sluggers OF that Pc
riCi were as near the genuine ar
ticle as the game will ever behold.
1t is we'll to bear in mind that the
system of scoring has vastly
changed in the past 10 years. In
the old days infielders got errors
time after time on plays that every
scorer now gives as hits. Any
sharp drive that tangles up an in
fielder is a hit nowadays. You hear
the scorers continually remarking
in the press box, Too hot Too
slow or Took a bad bound Fiji
teen years ago the scorers and the
old idea of scoring an error to any
one who touched a ball and didn't
get it was in some scorers minds
until they croaked, The hits that
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-12-22
OLD SlUGGERS MADE BALLS SMOKE

Brouthers, O'Neil and Browning
made were the real thing. They
fairly smoked as they sped along.
l think that those three fellows
and Arson, Conner and Orr, if they
could be back in the game and be
as husky as they weer then, would
bat $50 easily in spite of the foul
STRIFE rule. All the old time play
ersswould have had better records
If the modern scoring system had
been in use in those times. l don't
think there is much difference in
individual batters. think Wag-
ner and Lajoie are just as good as
the old timers and | think the old
timers we're as good as they are
now. But what do believe is that
there were three or four mighty
sluggers in those days where there
is one today"
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pecting thereby to separate his
wife from her husband and leave
the way open for him to win the
wife and get possession Of the
money. But Notwithstanding Gray's
drunken habits she still cHngs to
him. Vinton tries desperate
methods and has them confined in
an insane asylum, from which they
finally escape A year later a well
dressed gentleman, no less than
Gray reformed, meets his little
girl at the steps of "The Little
Church Around the Corner" where
the mother is singing in the choir.
1t is a beautiful love story, with a
moral. The comedy is bright, re-
leaving the more serious lines. The
scenery for this production is all
new, showing celebrated landmarks
and places in New York city.
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fit the Theatres

well known to theater goers of this
city. A sketch full of variety is
that presented by two clever per-
formers, Tony Williams and Ethel
Rose. Mr.. Williams is light
comedian, while Miss Rose is a
graceful toe dancer. Roland Tray
ers Is an illusionist of merit. Dor
othy Golden, chic soubrette, will
sing a number of catchy songs.
Charles Altman, baritone, will be
heard in the illustraed song Wont
you come over to my house?" The
program will conclude with the pic
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are assured by the management Of
the Spokane theater on Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday, with Christ
mas matinee, when THE Strollers'
will be presented The piece Is
offered as high class, clean and
wholesome throughout, providing
roles admirably suited to Teddy"
Webb, the diminutive comedian I;
Aida Hemmi, prima donna; Aimee
Leicester, coincidence; Joseph W.
Smith, tenor; Francis Carrier, bari
tone; George Kunkel, basso; Frieda
Wisher, soubrette, and Frank Bert.
rand, comedian. The music Is the
composition of Ludwig Highlander
'"The Strollers" is said to be the
greatest money making musical
comedy that has been produced In
late years.
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THE SPOKANE.

Eddie Allen Doone as the lead
ing character in Kerry Cow
suffers somewhat in following the
footsteps of Murphy, who made the
part famous, but his acting was sat.
isfactory to the audience that saw
the play last night. Allen lacks
tho physical makeup, the finish
that made Murphy fit the part, but
his acting is natural and easy and
his voice is used to splendid advant
age in the singing specalties he in
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PRODUCES. The supporting COM
pany is uniformly good and in Ser
geant Bull and the Williams under
study the company now here has
two of the types that helped con-
tribute to Murphy's great success.
AS Nora Drew, Edna Kelley gives
strong support to Aliens work In
the character of Dan O'Hara. The
Spokane engagement closes with
the matinee this afternoon and to-
nights performance. Allen was
given a hearty hand by his old
Spokane friends last night.
;, Musical comedy in the full sense
of the word is what show shoppers
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THE AUDITORIUM.

"The Little Church Around the
Corner" will be the play at the Au-
ditorium all next week. 1t is one
of the few undisputed successes OF
the past year and is written by
Marion Russell. "The Little
Church Around the Corner re-
wolves around the character OF
Agnes Gray, married to Harry
Gray, man of education and re-
finement, but a slave OF liquor.
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MIKE GETS FIERCE
BEATING

Mike Scaler was brutally beaten
last night at the boxing and wrestl-
ing tournament of the S. A. A. G..
by John Parsons. 1877 pound cham
pion. Eddie Quinn, who refereed,
tried to keep Parsons away at one
time but the crowd yelled its dis
approval of interference and Mr..
Quinn stopped. The first hard right
in the first round caught Mike flush
on the jaw. The force did not knock
him down but made him SO groggy
he staggered about the ring with
hands to his side while Parsons
rained blow after blow against the
unprotected jaw of the young
Italian, cutting his face badly, lay
ing open his right eye and finally
knocking him out. Director Cook
worked 10 minutes over the UNI
conscious boy trying to revive him
Eddie Quinn is being censured
for not stopping the bout and
awarding the decision to Parsons as
soon as Scaler was groggy. 1t was
but an amateur affair, and a rest
could have been declared and Mike
| allowed time to recover.
Parsons previously got decision
over Frank Carrabin.
In the other events Ed Murphy
beat Jack Wade, wrestling; Frank
Kamm awarded decision ovel
Ernest McPhee, wrestling; Cisco
Bullivant and Ray Stansberry, ex
| hibition wrestling.
The winners meet the Seattle
club.
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THE WASHINGTON.

"a Christmas Melange" Is the
term Manager Blakeslee uses in
speaking of his show for the com
ing week. 1t Is guaranteed to pro-
duce laughter. Quigg and Mack
have a laughable sketch, "A man
and a half" Quigg is about three
feet taller than Mack. ALI Holt is
The original whistling waiter seen
here with Hoyt comedies and Is
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THE COLUM BiA.

The linn Musical Travesty Co.
will return tomorrow night and will
present the two act musical comedy
1.-THE Telephone Exchange" Dur
ing the action of this comedy some
20 musical numbers are introduced,
giving opportunity for Zinns ia
nous dancing girls to be heard and
seen in various catchy songs and
dances.
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CHAMPIONSHIP BOWLING.

Joe Northrup and Frank Dob
kfns bowed total of 2102 pins in
10 games at the Occur d'Alene al
leys yesterday. Northrup's average
was 218 So; Dobkin's, 204 Is. That
lis championship bowling and would
bring home the honors in a nation
al tournament.