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

II P. 7. Barnum knows what is go
ing on in this mundane sphere he must
wiggle in his grave from envy as ne
watches the pyrotechnics Of Roosevelt
and sees what a genuine, aH-wool,
three-ringed circus ought to be.
Beginning almost with the first day
of this congressional session. the pres
ident has given a series Of STARTERS
such as even Barnum or the Kaiser
never dreamed of. The emperor is a
fairly spectacular man himself and he
has done two or three turns that have
made all Europe squirm with anxiety;
but for unexpectedness, celebrity in pro-
duction and suddenness Of effect TheO-
dore makes William look like an anna
teur and puts Barnum in the ten
invent thirt' class.
For instance: Congress opened on a
proposal TO execute a Santo Domingo
treaty, a Philippine tariff, a Panama
canal bill. a joint statehood bill, and &
railroad rate regulation bill on line!
laid down by the president from which
ne would never, never. yield. Tn,
treaty stirred up things awhile and
went glimmering; the tariff bill wa
knocked out, the statehood bill strucl
a snag and the rate bill was discussed
as it should have been, for weeks befor,
it was rounded into shape.
Every one Of these measures furnish
ed the executive an opportunity 70
sky-rockets and red lights Of some sort
As fast as ne was defeated on one h
diverted attention by springing some
thing new. It was continuous perform
ance in the main tent. with the sid
shows running, the bands blaring an
the calliopes footing under a full heai
of steam.
When the rate bin approached eli
max, the Chandler-Tillman inciden
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24
4 SATURDAY HALF-HoLIDAY.

One of the big dry goods houses Of
this city has initiated a movement to
close at noon on Saturdays from July
Is to Sept. /, and it asks the public to
cooperate with It by shopping in the
morning. The half day Of rest means
so much to the employees Of this estab-
lishment, and the success Of the ex-
pertinent viii mean so much to all en-
pIoves Of retail establishments, that
buyers ought to respond in a way TO
make the experiment profitable to
everybody concerned.
Similar hours have been established
in many Of the larger cities with graf
flying results and there seems to be
no good reason why the plan should
not be feasible here. TO the owners,
however. the beginning may involve
some sacrifice since they continue their
employees pay and lose sales for the
closed period. Their compensation viii
come in the increased efficiency Of their
working force, and if the shopping pub
lie assists. the volume Of trade ought
to be maintained by increased sales OF
Saturday morning.
The experiment will be watched with
a good deal of interest, not only by
establishments similarly situated, but
by the public.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24

Your Uncle Patrick Moran seems TO
have arrived in good shape He ap-
pears to have added the board of pub
lie works to his collection Of eurios
Really it wasn't worth while to hang
that paving contract UP so long. Pat
was sure to get it in the end, anyway,
so the board might as well have given
it to him in the first place and looked
pleasant.
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A morning contemporary says: 1T is
a remarkable fact that the editorial
comments which really show any intel
Igent grasp OF the subject are Uniform
~ against Mr.. Smoot and his case.
Wow, How is that for an example of
egotism, conscious or unconscious?
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Refers to PhiIadeIphians, No Doubt.

philadelphia Ledger)
Cincinnati is said to be ''paralyzed with
out water" individuals have undergone
experiences not wholly dissimilar.
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That Method Is Too Slow.
Rittsburg Cazette-Tfmes. }

Altoona has a chicken that lays half
dollars. Bet 30 cents it viii be gobbled up
by some chief clerk 10 a railroad man.
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But steffens, sineIair 81 AI. VII
Continue.

Baltimore American.)
The president will discontinue writing to
magazines. He appears 20 be too busy
writing special messages - congress
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24
CLEVER PARAGRAPHS.
Mav Want to eorrow AIdrIeh.

est. Louis GlObe-Democrat)
japan is in the thToes Of its first rail-
road rate war. Now we shall see il the
Japs are really as smart as they claim
to be.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24
Really, Thomas Must Co.

buffalo Express.)
A postal card mailed in Philadelphia 20
years ago has just been received at its
destination ia Camden
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24

Some of last years ''yap gratis" have
new. names and new frOntages. Here
after is rechristened THE End of the
World" and angels symbolical of heav-
en- and hell stand gigantic at the Dor-
tai. Heretofore, people CROPPED their
way thrOug winding passages of under
ground gloom. along the sides of which
were caves and lakes wherein lost souls
were tortured in ways described by
Dante and pictured by Dore. Suddenly
they came upon Satan seated on a rcd
hot throne, but with his temper still
hotter. to judge by his bellOwjngs
through a megaphOne. All that is I'M
changed. but there is added a turDu-
lent representation of the earth's final
return to chaos in a rough house" that
is supposed to take in the universe, for
not alone our planet but the entire as
Economical map is obliterated. And at
the end a view Of heaven is given more
vaguely than what has been shown Of
hell.
An aerial ballet floats above what
seems to be an escaIatOr-such a slid
ing stairway as we now have in de-
partment stores and elevated railway
stations-and up this incline a troop of
Little Eva's are being carried. All Of
which has the look Of an old-fashioned
Kiralfy transformation scene at the
end of 1.-THE Black Crook, but the
yaps seem glad to accept it as THE
End of the World" The barker at the
entrance. who has the speech and man
ner of an old-line exhorter, declares
that it is strictly orthodox.
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Showmen are apt coiners of phrases
in their business. What is meant by
'yap graft in the language Of COney
is a show which, while it fools unsO-
phisticated people, at the same time
satisfies them. Fortunes are being
made with zap gratis that were
brought from the St. Louis fair a year
ago. and are thriving this season
again. Creation" and Hereafter" are
examples They put up awesOne fronts
of massive architecture in stucco and
heroic statuary in plaster. Their por-
tails are portentious Of the mystic and
the dread. The visitor to Creation"
| if unaccustomed to theaters, is first I'M
pressed by a trickily lighted panorama,
| operated in combination with kineto-
scopes and other apparatus of scenic
aid, illustrating vaguely yet boldly the
| Biblical six creative days
After that is over, he sees Adam and
Eve fmpersonated by a man and a wO-
man in fesh-hued union suites and fig
| leaves. fOoling with each other and
with the fatefuI apple, until they are
elected from Paradise by an Angel of
! God and kept out by a flaming sword.
/ The sword makes an electrical display,
so does the tremendous storm that &C
! companies the event, so that the show
ends with a spectacle that daZes and
! bewiIders the yaps- And yaDs are as
! numerous in New York City as in the
wilds of Maine. They regard "Crca-
/ ton" as a bargain at a dime marked
down from st. Louis at a quarter
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Luna park and DTeamland are ag-
gregations of big and little shows. You
pay a dime to get in. and cent to 90
cents for each separate diversion, from
penny-in-the-slot boxes to really re-
markable exhibitions. All you get for
the original fee is the opportunity to
spend more m0ney-except that circus
acts are given on the open plaza or
Luna park and vaudeville specialties on
that OF Dreamland. All the other at
fractions turn over half their receipts
to the general management, getting in
return the benefits Of the picturesque
structures, the electric lighting at
night and the advertising hurroo.
but I've a notion to quit, said
Count Magri. as he stood at the gate
way Of Midget City, which few We're
entering. while crowds stayed outside
at the free variety show. why, we
are a little whisper to the big scream.
Count Magri is the dwarf successor
of the late Tom Thumb as the husband
of Minnie Warren. He with his brother
and a half dozen small singers and
dancers give a twenty-ninute perform
Sncc hourly. The Countess-who 1as
grown 80 that she couldn't squeeze into
the tiny cab exhibited as the one IT
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24

Be bright and fair-bathe at Saltair
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New York Commercially
Now that Chancellor Day has exonerat-
ed the packers, il might be well for him
TO give the Pennsylvania railroad folks
a boost.
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Have You Got Yours
WouId Be GreatIy Appreciated,

Detroit Free Press.)
DR.. Holt says a man at 20 worth 50, 600
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24

The mayor has PROMPTED one or the
Coney. Island protests and the protector
holds to the opinion that the official is
too narrow-minded and small-souled to
be the chief magistrate OF cosmo-
politan city.
Il wish a permit to set up at COney
Island" sail a Snowman TO the may
or's license clerk, 1.-The famous tent
that sara Bernhard used on her tour.
I propose to devote it to the populari-
cation of French dramatic art. Adj
mission will be only a nickel and the
performance viii be in the lire Of PAN
| tomimic expression"
"Ail right" said the clerk. 1.-THE fee
| for half a year is $3.50.
The Snowman hesitated. Perhaps
/ ne said, THE mayor ought to know
| exactly the nature Of the exhibition
| I don't expect he would indulge any
prritanical notions, yet"
"Oh. he lets the police decide those
questions" the clerk interrupted. "Start
your show first
"And pay the $3.50 first. too?"
That's the usual procedure"
| The Snowman asked for a variation
I in his case. Would the clerk kindly act
as an unofficial censOr2 The next
evening I was one Of the dozen who
saw a rehearsal Of the dramatic art
exhibition planned for the Bernhard
tent.
Soon after the Chicago Fair had in.
/ PRODUCED the oriental cOuchee dancers
! 10 America, a grandson of Barnun
/ hired Little Egypt Tor an enterninei
at a banquet TO bachelor friends on the
night before his marriage. Little Egyp
was a 1.-THE imitator of the couche,
wrigglers, but wore less clothing. and
| a. police captain raided the affair. thu,
| causing the notorious Seeley suppe
scandal. The Coney islanders ar
scheme, with a kind of Bernhard label
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was to show twenty Little Egypts all
in a row.
They were no more Egyptian than
French, though, but young New York
girls trained for the muscle dance
and willing to uncover all the muscles
employed in their exercises. Several
were ballet experts and gave dances Of
several seemly kinds Then the whole
twenty lined up and coucheed, but not
much, for the mayors clerk said there
was no use in their doing it any more.
THE mayor win license your tent f
you wish him to, Of course" said he.
''but just as of course the police
wouldn't let you finish the first per-
Torrance"
The Snowman saved his $3.50.
The question Of immortality at Coney
Island is settled by the mayor prior
TO the opening Of each season, and his
decision is passed along through the
police commissioner to the captain Of
the seaside precinct. When COney was
beyond the city limits. it was ruled
automatically by a township boss
named Mchane, who made a fortune
by licensing vice, but eventually he
went to state prison for election frauds.
| Under the first mayor of enlarged New
York the evils were lessened. but graft
| ing by the police was permitted, the
same as in town. Even perfectly prop
er businesses had to pay tribute or be
annoyed beyond endurance. The grav-
| ity railways, shOOt-the-chutes and loop
/ the loops had to convince the police
/ that they did not endanger human life
and ought not to be raided.
The present mayor has decided that
/ this summer, while the Sabbatariar
laws against theatrical shows and becI
halls shall be suspended, nothing indie
| cent shall be done in public. The mid
way at Chicago was less than half &
mile long, and the pike at st. Louis was
/ under a mile, While the streets of Co.
ney Island-with its Luna park
| Dreamland, Brighton and MAMMAL tan-
measure up four miles OF diversions
vet the midway and the pike were pro
| life of shocking exhibitions and there
isn't in all COney so much as catch
penny sideshOw that is Illegal in char
acteT. No song nor dance is as risky
as many given in Broadway extrava-
| ganzas, nor is any of the costuming a:
| immodest.
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Strange how habits in show going
become fixed. It was nigh on to twenty
years ago that William T. Cody, who
had tried in vain to cash up the fame
which Ned Buntline had given him in
the Buffalo Bill dime novels, was put
into success by Nate Salisbury, who
had got ahead of the theatrical game
by inventing musical farce with Nellie
McHenry and Salisbury's, and it en-
abled him to die wealthy. Buffalo Bits
pockets had holes at their bottoms,
and the money slipped through, so that
the show bearing his name is now
owned bv the Barnum-B a iley-Fore-
Misunderstanding concern
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-02
BY M. Alger.
Correspondence of The Journal.

Correspondence of The Journal. ~. +
Christiania, Norway, Nov. S.-Before
the year ends in which two such we'll
known Norwegians as Statsminister
Steen and Henrik Ibsen departed from
this life, the name Of another must be
added to the list, that of Fritz Thau-
low. AS Ibsen was Norway's great
man in literature, so was Thau-
low in another capacity-that of an art.
list. While Ibsen wrote dramas that
became known in many lands, Thaulow
painted pictures, which likewise gave
him international fame. He was an
artist in the truest sense of the word,
in close touch with his subject. AS in
Grieg's music you nearly always may
detect the national strain, so you will
In Thaulow s, pictures, with motives
from his native country, always. behold
81 the real thing" Of his Norwegian win
ter landscapes this is particularly true.
His snow-laden trees and frozen rivers
must be regarded as near to perfection
IN that particular line of art.
For years Thaulow had made Paris
his home and he was often represented
at the famous French art exhibitions,
where he won a great number of med
ais and prizes. His works of later
years always found ready buyers at
high figures. His works may be seen
at many of the leading art galleries of
Europe, including the Louvre at Paris.
Several of his paintings have also found
their way across the ocean and now
adorn American walls.
Fritz Thaulow was himself person
ally friend Of many Americans whom
he had met in Paris and elsewhere, and
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-02
As / BOY
WOMAN FLEEs ODESSA
Noted Revolutionary Worker,
Sought by the Police
Eludes Searchers.
Special Gable to The Journal.

Special Gable to The journal. s
London, Dec. 1.-Disguised as bov.
Mile. Simboff, Revolutionary worker''
has arrived in London safely from
Odessa. To a representative of The
Evening Standard she told the story
OF her wonderful escape. The police
had arranged an organized search for
her, and she was beginning to despair
OF any chance Of flight when an idea
occurred to her.
Within few minutes,'' she said,
my long tresses were cut, and I was
dressed in man s ATTIRE Towards
midnight she ventured out of the house
IN which she was hiding and boarded
ship at the docks. For two days she
remained concealed, but con the third
day a man who had come to fetch some
ropes discovered me, and dragged me
before the captain, an Englishman. I
could not understand word of what he
SAID, but [ could guess by his angry
gestures that his language must have
Deen at least as crimson as his face !
was sent to the bunkers,' where
had to trim coal But this was far
too hard work for me, and / tainted. I
was thereupon brought into the engine
room, where for a whole week it was nv
duty to clean parts of the machinery.
Then l had to knock paint off a bulk
head with chipping hammer. and dur.
ing the last few days Of my Journey I.
qualified as painter.
Nobody on noard the ship, with the
exception Of a Russian sailor. was
aware. Of the fact that I was not really
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-02
Norway Loses Thaulow,
Her Most Famous Artist
Death of the Welknow Painter Takes Place in Holland
A Sketch Of His Life and Works-Preparinq for
Amundsen-Changes in the Cabinet.

also in America, where he visited as a
member Of the jury at art exhibitions.
Ihaulow was also occasionally something
OF a newspaper writer, and I still re-
member his sympathetic and admiring
articles which some years ago he sent
TO- Norwegian newspaper regarding
America and American institutions dur
ing one of his visits there. IL was in
1897 he had private exhibition of
some of his works at Pittsburg, Pa,
and on this occasion he was the guest
Of Andrew Carnegie.
He also made many of the quaint
and picturesque places in Holland, Bel
gium and France the inspiration for his
works.. u,.~ .....s .,..E-
Johan Frederick Thaulow was born
Oct. 20, lS47, in Christiania, where his
father was a druggist. He was origin
the drug trade, but in 1870 he went to
Copenhagen to study painting. It was
in 1878 when he went to Paris and stud
led Manet and Monet that his talent as
an artist was fully brought to light.
Thaulow had intended to hold col
lective exhibition Of his work at Paris
next year. He had for years been af-
dicted with diabetes and to this dis
ease he finally succumbed at Vollendanl,
Holland, Nov. 5. g., u -,s. ..:. .s,
With Thaulow one OF Norway IS best
known sons and ablest@ artists is gone,
away, and his death came, despite his
ailment, like something Of a surprise.
and the many friends and admirers Of
the deceased artist had hoped that he
would still live many year and pro.
duce many more examples Of his val
liable art.
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make way for the progress,
grow th,'. development and i'm
portance Of the seaport, Port
Simpson. , =.
The country, through which
this great road passes is mar
velous. It's productivity is, as
yet, little known. At that, how
ever, it has easily outstripped
the United States in the average
yield per acre Of it's wheat. The
total number of bushels of
wheat shipped during the first
year that Canada ever raised
wheat for that purpose, 1877,
was never recorded. In 1903,
however, the shipments had in.
creased to over 100000 bush
els, and, including oats and bar
ley, the grand export total ex-
aceeded 113,000,00O bushels.
This, then, is the character of
the country through which the
Grand Trunk Pacific will run.
This, then, is the grand total,
three years ago, with only 2h
per cent Of it's acreage under
cultivation. Multiply it by 20,
placing so per cent under cul-
tivation, and think Of the enor-
nous quantity of over 2,000,-
100000 bushels, and the land
only half under the plow.
There is timber standing
upon millions of acres; coal al
ready being dug from $4,000
acres Of mining lands; cattle
being raised by hundreds Of
thousands; there are potatoes,
no one knows in what quantity;
iron, copper, nickel, gold, silver,
mica, asbestos, limestone, sand
stone, granite, clay, salt, petro-
leum and scores Of other min
eral deposits.
Give Port Simpson but the
same percentage of this vast
bulk Of freight that now goes
to the Pacific seaboard Of the
United States, and you would
have a city equal to a dozen San
Franciscos, Portlands, Tacomas
or Seattles.
J. Three years will complete this
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- . a.uu. uua ....~ +; -. 1.
"a "A &N "A EEah -ts.%
-. ~ .
BOSTON VIA {: J..
PORT SIMPSON
Magnificent Distance of Inter-
oceanic Railroad Project Now
Under Way by the Grand
Trunk Pacific = Traverses
Fabulously Rich Country and
Promises to Establish Anoth-
er Gigantic Seaport. :.@ ~,

Exceeding in it's magnitude
the fondest hopes of Hartman,
Hill, Gould, Vanderbilt or Nor
gan, the Grand Trunk Pacific
railroad has attracted the at
'tention Of the entire world to
the del.ing undertaking which
will mean the direct connection
of Quebec, Montreal, Portland,
Me-, and Boston, Mass, with the
great country Of the Yukon, the
home Of the greatest wealth Of
gold the world has ever known,
500 miles north of Port Simp-
son, B. G.
Fortunately for Port Simp-
son, it is destined, without any
effort Of it's own, to become the
greatest city upon the entire
system, from Dawson, Alaska,
to Portland, Me. It lies on the
line from the Alaskan points to
the eastern terminals. Winni-
peg will probably remain, as it
is now, the middle metropolis;
will be to the far west what
Chicago has been in the United
States. From that city to Mon
treal and Quebec, no place Of.
Importance is possible. Neither
Of these two latter places have
the spirit Of a western city, and
are. therefore, likely to be set.
aside, in point Of population, to
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-12-02
WHY LOCATION
is FAVORABLE
Nearer Alaska and Orient Than
- .
Any Port on the Coast =.
: All Steamers Pass
This Harbor.

No city on the Pacific coast
has commercial location equal
to that of Port Simpson. The
harbor is land locked; it is
large enough to accommodate
the commerce Of the world and
any vessel now travelling the
sea can enter it with safety; it
is easily entered by. sailing ves-
sells propelled by their own can
vas. It's location is ideal and
will make it the greatest port
on the coast.
The reason why Port Simp-
son excels in it's commercial To-
cation is because it can have no
rivals. Nature has prepared
this harbor as the shipping cen
ter Of the Canadian Northwest.
and no other place can take this
e r .s5 +. - & :
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away from it. From Vancou-
yer, B. c., to the Alaska line
there is no other harbor in
which deep sea vessels can en-
ter safely.
The advantages of Port
Simpson as shipping center
were recognized by the Hudson
Bay company more than 100
years ago, when a trading post
and port was established there.
Port Simpson for the century
passed has been used by this
company as it's shipping center
for Northwestern Canada and
Southern Alaska. It is and
has been: the only port, used by
that company in it's trade in
the district. :-s- ....-
Port Simpson is 500 miles
nearer the orient. and Alaska
than any other port on the Pa
cific coast. The steamers from
Seattle make what is known as
the big circle, following the
Japan current, which brings all
the vessels opposite Port Simp-
son on their journey to the
orient. That means that liner
from Port Simpson has the ad-
vantage Of more than 500 miles
in it's run to the orient over a
vessel starting from any other
port on the coast.