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oquence of a special 'pleader outside.
the precious stone is carried to the
stage. The stone is quite satisfactory.
It's performance is quiet, dignified and
suggestive of reserved force.
But the human actOrs-weH, the Vir-
ginia Historical society, if there is
such body with sufficient authority.
should put them right out of sight
1t is too bad to let them go on destroy
ing the romance which history has
permitted US to weave around Poca-
hontas' saving of John Smiths life and
her marriage to John ROlfe Fourteen
young men and four girls including1ss
days POcahOntaS, dressed correctly
and therefore not very picturesquely
like their savage ancestors, go through
Indian ceremonial dances without spir-
1t, or Characterization. like awkward
pupils at a school exhibition. An old
iSh chap explains in a voice that raises
above their rattlebOxes and droning
cries, the meanings of the things they
do so inertly, and a medicine man
strives TO enliven their stupid goings-
on; but they are hopelessly feazed by
the audience. and their dancing is so
monotonOus that it is hard to believe
they know the difference between the
celebration of the peaceful corn harvest
and the declaration of bloody war with
a hostile tribe.
And poor little Pocahontas! In her
gentle bosom she may cherish a high
ideal of her famous ancestress, but she
is utterly unable TO make it known.
When John Smith is captured he
doesn't seem to mind il in the least;
nor does he care much that Powhatan.
in calm, colloquiai tone. remarks that
he will have to be killed; but when
that relic stone is brought in, the lee
turer by direct appeal inCites the COM
pany TO show that they are interested
in the proceedings. They lift their
voices TO audibility in a death chant,
and shuttle a little livelier around the
PROSTATE prisoner. Then, too, Poca-
hontas rOuses herself to a supreme eff
fort With a cry almost as piercing
as woman emitS at the sight of a
mouse, she accelerates herself from a
walk nearly to run, squats with a
careful regard to her skirts by the
PROSTATE Smith, lays her hand on him
with much maidenly reserve, and begs
her father, as feelingly as though ask
ing him for dime with which to buy
ice cream after the show, to spare his
lift. The play lasts about a quarter
of an hour, and ends with the marriage
of PocahOntas and Rolfe. 1t is a guess
of mine that Poky and the young fell
low who perSonateS Rolfe are spoon
ers when at home, which makes them
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from accusing MIN of wrappiDg in
cheap fabric without an adequate use
Of scissors, thread and needle: but 7
do believe that Powhatan's Indians
wear costumes from former KiraIfy
productions. I have taken the liber-
~. says BolloSy i'm his program. TO
imagine King Powhatdn surrounded by
priests, prophets and a court all envel-
Oped in 5arbaric spIendor. and fautas-
tcally dressed in costumes worn bv
Montezuma and his people. Why may
not PoWhatan'S ancestors have misrat-
TED from Mexico to Virginia ' WHY
not indeed, if BolOssy had a lot of AZ
tee outfit lasting over from a historic
spectacle III Mexico City,
30, while many q Snowman is lone
Somely reading his palms for good luck
ines that may lead from threatened
bankruptcy to prosperity when the tar
dy crowds come to the fair RoIosev
kiralfy Is floating becalmed but not
discouraged. his show being too in
SenlouSiy economical to lose much
money; and what a fortune it NAV
tuSn IN when the boom comes. and the
HippOdrOTe holds 5000 persons twice
a Gay. Meanwhile most of the people
who go there are delighted. bewiIdereJ
entranced- They see such sights as
never stared and dazed their eyes be-
water, on which Indians paddle canoes.
they behold the lodge of Powhatan's
chief medicine man in the wilderness.
virginia and Britannia appear as vo-
luminous spirits, with strong voices
and sing patheticaly of the coming of
the white men. Next. we are shown y
harbOr on the Thames. with the Eng
Ilsh colOnists' departure for Virginia
a PANORAMIC view of the ocean voyage
ensues, with sunshine and moonlight
storm and calm. and an invisible cho-
rus singing to suit the varying condi-
tons of the time and weather: and
finally the ship of adventurers floats
into view on the actually aqueous lake
with top note hHzZas and high c peans
of victory.
1t goes on in a truly Kiralfyan STYLE.
with John Smith saved by POcahontas
In front of a resDlendant Montezuman
palace, where professions of monde
script SorSeousness bring gifts to the
king, and a ballet that looks Egyptian
dance; with ceremonial reception of
Pocahcntas as John Rolfe's bride by
King James at Westminster; with va
riOus allegOrical tableaux, and finally
with Pocahontas, as a modern maiden,
at the jamestown fair in an
automobile, to be welcomed bv the
eight dancing daisies and other women.
What is the daisies do weigh close on
To 200 pounds apiece. or about the aver
age of the entire chorus and ballet?
They are stalwaTt athletes, far away
for critical inspection, and what mat
tiers it how old their faces might show
their ages to be? The Pocahontas NAV
be a matrOn, for she is big enough, but
distance gives enchantment, if you will
let it, and she sings strongly So do
the rest of them. 1t is a big Kiralfv
show, and it gives satisfaction that
rises to rapture Oftener than it drops to
critical -disdain
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FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN.

At o dinner in New York recently
David BeIasco dissected with delicate
and true wit a certain playwright
This playwright is successful; he pro-
duces half d dozen pieces every year,
but it is admitted on all sides that
he owes all his best ideas to play
wrights who have preceded him.
"One night" said Mr.. BelascO, at the
conclusion Of his comments, the play
wright had a dream. And in his dream
it seemed TO him that he heard a noise
down stairs. Rising softly, ne took a
lighted candle and descended
The drawing room was empty. the
library was empty, but in the dining
room the playwright saw a figure in a
black mask bending ever the silver
chest.
Aha. cried the playwright, steal
ing
No said the other. calmly. No,
not stealing. Only adapting.
Was David talking to his mirror?
X :; x
Gags" are an important item in the
stock in trade of every comedian, and
j good one is sure to VIII a coveted
laugh from the audience. Raymond
Hitchcock claims that the quality
which catches the attention af an au-
dience is the spOntaneity of the gag"
and cites as an example an incident
yer. In telling the story, Mr. Hitch
which recently occurred during an en-
gagement in a town not far from Den
cock says:
Take an instance which occurred a
few weeks ago. \ cat strolled out To
the middle of the stage in the second
act of a Yankee Tourist 1t squatted
right down and looked at me- The au-
dience Uttered and l turned around
and saw the cat.
Scat, your I yelled, and clapped
my hands, but kitty never moved.
Some Of my best lines were to fol-
low, and I realized the scene would be
utterly spoiled. But at that point the
cat came to my rescue. She opened
her mouth and said 'MeOuw,
We try voices at II o'clock in the
morning. I said. Get out! You are
interfering with the performance"
'Then l picked her I'D and carried
her to the wings. and the show went
on.
Now. that caught like blazes. But
if it happened again it could not possi-
bly, have the same effect. If 1 had
cat trained to come on every evening
and meouw the spOntaneity would be
gone"
Some OF the wise men of Broadway
have been doing a little figuring on the
seasons income of the leading stars,
and here is the result:
Richard Mansfield, 100000; David
Warfield, from THE Music Master"
100000; John Drew His House in
Order" $4,000; SOthern and Mar
lowe, Shakespearean repertoire, $50. 900
each; William Collier, Caught in the
Rain" $4,000; Robert ManteI $4,000;
Frank Daniels, $25, 900: Montgomery
and Stone, 100000 between them; Sam
Bernard, $4,000; Robert EiesOn, $780,
900; Maxine Elliott, $65, OO0 Margaret
Anglin. $4,000; Hattie Williams, $780,
600; Rose Stahl, $25,0OO Anna Held.
$4,000; Viola Allen, $35 900; Maud
Adams, $40, 900, and Rose Melville. s45.-
coo.
X
When his friends ask Ernest Lam |
son, an actor, why he does not leave |
the stage, he replies:
4 am like the young man who was
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DON'T OPEN A GROCERY STORE
Or Meat Market without seeing the
Patten-W White Co.'S slightly used half
priced scales. 23O West Second South.
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the latter is persuaded to impersonate
the secretary. a plausible story is
told the secretary. and he is left in
charge of the London quarters. After
the boys have met. Mr.. Cattermold
Douglas rich uncle from India, ap-
pears on the scene in quest of his
nephew, but finding the secretary,
who is cOnSumptive looking old fell
low, he mistakes him for his nephew,
and leaves the house in a violent rage.
Having nothing else to do he, too, goes
to the country to visit his old friend
Marsland. Upon his arrival in the
country, complications follow each 9TH
er in rapid succession, but the climax
is reached when the real secretary ap-
pears on the scene, after discovering
the deception practiced upon him by
the two boys. Cattermold is the first
to discover the secretary's presence in
the house, and still believing him to
be his nephew, whom he is ashamed
of, attempts to hide him away in an
fireplace, where he is lat
er discovered by a servant and mistak-
en- for a burglar. In order to prevent
the secretary from being imprisoned as
a thief, the boys confess the little Joke
they had perpetrated on the two old
men, and are readily forgiven ny
them. David Miles will be seen in the
title role, that Of the private secretary.
and Mr.. Phillips will play the part of
Douglas Cattermold, while Mr. O'Mea-
I'd viii essay the part of Harry Mars
land. Miss Lucia Moore will be
seen as Edith Marsland a part that
should suit her admirably. The bal
anee Of the company will be equally
we'll cast
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Pocahontas - the Goddess of the
Fair
BY FRANKLIN FYLEs.

jamestown Fair. July 12.-Pocahon-
tas is the girl Of the fair. You come
across her in big images and little SOU
venirs. The goddess Of liberty is not
in the show with the Indian princess.
Her papa, Powhatan, seems more i'm
mediately honored than that other
Virginia father Of his country, George
Washington. The police of the grounds
are POWhatan guards and you encoun-
ter the famous Indian chieftain in
picture, plaster or signboard at every
turn. If the restaurant you go into
isn't a Powhatan. it is a Pocahontas.
And if you enter the jamestown the
ater, on the Warpath, you may see the
real, genuine, positively true Princess
PocahOntas of today. The survivors
Of the Virginia Indians are supported
by the United States on a reservation
near Richmond. They number about
three score, and I imagine that it needs
their quarterly stipend to remind them,
ordinarily, that they are Indians at
all.
But the jamestown fair gives them
a chance to leap three centuries back
ward into the aboriginal savagery by
turning themselves into limitations of
what their ancestors were when Poca-
hOntas saved John Smith from having
his brain nut cracked on a stone with
a club by order Of Chief POwhatan. 1t
seems that ever since the historical
Pocahontas, they have named an I'm
broken succession Of their Squaws af-
ter her. So we are warranted in ac-
Cepting POcahontas Rolfe, called POky
by her friends, now about twenty years
old. and a comedy sort of girl in a very
ordinary way. as their hereditary prin-
cess. But truth TO tell sincerely and
seeing her as she figures in a stage
representation of the episode of Cap
tain Smith and Pocahontas, she is a
sad disillusionist
The Snowman who brought the rem
nant of Virginia Indians to the War
path should have sent them to a school
OF acting a year ago. He has put up a
good temporary theater. and next to
1t reproduction of the original fort
of the English settlers at jamestown,
In a sort of a shrine he has placed
what he says is the veritable stone on
which Captain Smiths head was laid
to be smashed. The greater share of
the space, however, is devoted to
restaurant and beer garden. Old Vir-
g1nia fire water and corn cakes are on
sale. perhaps reverentially, but the
bulk of traffic is in modern sandwiches
and beer. Thus you may be led to
suspect that the Snowman is sordid
Yet as often as a sizeable audience as
sembled in the theater, through the ell
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-14

The musical chautauqua. to be held at
Wandamere for six nights, commencing
Monday, July 23d, promises to be the big
sest summer musical event ever held in
this state. The first four nights Will be
devoted to oratorio and miscellaneous pro-
grams; the best artists in the state being
engaged for the occasion. The concerts
will be held in the new pavilion, which
will accommodate three thousand people.
The last two nights of the week will be
devoted to a musical contest, at which
$500 in prizes will be given. Two large
Steinway pianos and two manual or
gan will be used for accomplishments
The Ogden choir, which will take part in
the first nights concert, will come from
Ogden in a special train. J. J. Mcclellan,
the musical director of the chautauuua,
announces the following programs for the
entire week. All programs will be given
in the evening, commencing at SIS
o clock:
First concert. Monday July 22nd:
Whitney COOmbs' cantata. The First
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-14
"The Private Secretary"

THE Private Secretary" a farce
comedy from the pen of William
Gillette, viii BE- the attraction at the
Orpheum theater tomorrow evening,
and, judging from the hold this class
of comedy has on Salt Lake theater-
Goers, another good week will be re-
corded to the credit Of the company.
The opening of the play has its set
ting in a cheap London attic, where
Douglas Cattermold and Harry Mars
land, two young men of excellent
families. have been compelled to find
shelter through a number of debts.
Prior to the opening of the play, Harry
Marsland had been commissioned by
his uncle, who lives in the country, to
employ a private secretary for him,
and thereby hinges all the amusing
complications that follow. Harry is in
fear of the sheriff, and in order to es-
cape Imprisonment for debt, decides to
accept his uncle'S invitation for him to
spend some time in the country. OF
course. his chum, Douglas, must also
so along, and in order to accomplish it,
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Christmas, by the Ogden Tabernacle
choir, 200 voices.
Joseph Balantyne, director
J. J. Mcclellan, accompanist.
Soloists-Niiss Myrtle Ballanger soprano;
Mrs A. r. G. Smith, contralto; Fred c.
Graham, tenor; II. S. Ensign baritone;
George f. Shelton violinist
Soldiers Chorus, from Faust" -. .Gounod
..IN Ii, SCiO selected
GOOo NIGHT ..-.s.......-............Bl Bishop
Tuesday, July sd:
). CCleridge TaylOr's The Death of Min
nehaha,' from Longfellows Song Of
H1awatha," by the Salt Lake Festival
chorus, 200 voices.
J. J. Mcclellan. director
I'D. z. KimbalI pianist
Solo1sts-Mrs. Emma Ramsey Morris So
prano; Hugh w. DOugall, baritone.
Wednesday. July 24th:
PIONEER DAY GRAND MUSICALE.
Willard WCihe viOliniSt
J. J. Mcclellan pianist
SOlolsts-Mrs. Elsie BarrOw-Best mezzo-
soprano: Elihu Call, tenor; Miss Rita
Jackman. pianist.
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THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

= Orpheum-AII week, beginning ::
= tomorrow night, matinees Wed I:
= nesday and Saturday, THE Phi ::
:. vate Secretary" ::
:: LYRICAL week, matinees daily, ::
:. vaudeville. ::
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-14

Ask your grocer to send you Royal
Bread. The crown label is on every
loaf.
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Thursday, July 18th:
SALT LAKE TABERNACLE CHOIR
NIGHT.
SolOlsts-NIrs. Lizzie Thuma Edward So
prano; Thomas S Ashworth. tenor; John
iSt -
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Program.
l Variations on a Beethoven Theme flor
two pianos .-..-.-..-.--...-. Saint Saens
Miss Jackman and Mr.. Mcclellan.
Willamette" .......... .........D Dell Acoua
Mrs. Best.
) Border Ballad" 900. Frederick II. Cowen
Mr.. Call.
foIOlldlSe .-------- .-.--..--.-N eUXtempS
Mr.. Weihe.
Eleg1e' .-.-.-...-.-.-..... ....... Massanet
Mrs. Browning
THE Danza'' ....-.............-..Ch Chadwick
Mrs Best
Z 4 Love You ..----....-.......C Carl Sobeski
Mr.. Call.
s 'Printemps'' .............-...-.T.eoS stern
Mrs Browning
. Russo Airs ......................... Ernst
Mr.. Weihe.
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calling on the only girl he ever loved.
Papa was becoming impatient at
the lateuess Of the hour when he re-
marked: I can't see why that young
fellow who is calling in Minnie hasn't
sense enough to go home. It's near
midnight"
The dear little brother of the fam
lily just then came in, heard his faith
er's remark. and ventured some light:
He can't go, father. Sisters sit
ting on him."
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VUdor Porch Shades and Vudor
Hammocks 20 per cent off. Z. c. NJ.
l. Carpet department.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23
TAKING UP CARPETS.

Taking up carpets is one of the
most disagreeable Of housecleaning
tasks, usually, for the simple reason
that the majority of persons do not
properly perform the work.
To prevent the usual cloud of dust
when removing carpet, first loosen
the tacks, picking them all up as
drawn, which will prevent accidents
and take only few minutes of time.
Do not move the edge of the CARPET
until all the tacks hav9 been re-
moved; then begin at one side and
roll the carpet carefully to the other
side of the room.
Two or three persons can roll n
better than one alone. Lift II care
fully at both ends and the middle at
the same time, and carry it out Of
doors and away from the house to
be cleaned. Begin at one side of tho
room again and roll the papers with
the dust on them, taking only few
at time, and being very careful not
to disturb the dust.
Carry the rolls out as thew aro
made and pile them on the ground
where they can be burned.
When the papers have all beer -.
moved there will be no dust on tha
floor or In the air. and mopping of
the fioor with clean mop and a
good suds will make 1t fresh.
If there was no paper under the
carpet the tacks and CARPET shou1S
be removed in the same manner and
a lot of bits of newspaper we'll
dampened should be scattered over
the dusty floor. Stir the paper GENT
ly about with the broom SO as ~
gather the dust; then take it up in
little piles on the dustpan.
Scatter another lot of the dampen-
ed paper and sweep 1t gently togeth-
er, then mop the floor with good suds
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23
BEST WAY TO LEARN HOUSEKEEPING


Some persons believe that a girl
learns how to keep house by attend
ing classes and lectures on domestic
economy. But by practical expert.
ence in her own home she gets bet
ter training than any theoretical
course can give her, though it needs
good deal Of real unselfishness on
the mothers part to stand aside and
let her learn.
VIII theory alone make a man a
doctor, or even a house painter? Will
1t make woman an actress or a
dressmaker or sick-nurse? Why,
then, should 1t make her house,
keeper? It isn't possible. Because
for a girl to become really efficient
In the art of housekeeping she must
learn practically man, things that
aye not, and cannot be, taught In any
class.
To some extent tact, which is SO
necessary to the good hou, keeper, Is
an Inbred quality, like an eye for
color or an ear for music; but 1t can
also to great degree be impaired
by mother who makes a partner Of
her daughters in the management of
her house. This is the only way in
which this valuable adjunct to the
equipment of good houseke yer can
possibly be learned.
The memory of her mothers tact
has come back to many a girl in after
life, and has been of untold use to
her In the management not only of
house and servants. but of husband,
children and acquaintance.
Good housekeeping affects the lat
ter as we'll as the former, because 1t
has its moral as we'll as Its material
side; 1t makes for peace and pleas
ure far more than most of us suspect
who have only thought Of the mat
ter specifically.
Household management is an art,
and one that calls for very high
qualities, instead Of very low ones, If
1t Is to be we'll done.
1t cannot be learned in a few lee
lures, though these may be very USE
full things to take. 1t can best be
taught by one who is an adept at it
herself, and the mother who is this
does very wise thing If she trusts
her daughters instruction in this
most important science to anyone
but herself.
1t is an unfortunate thing that
some excellent mothers don't see the
necessity for giving their girls any
practical training in housekeeping.
They were, perhaps, given none by
their own mothers, and they have
forgotten the expensive apprentice
ship they went through in learning
the art at the hands of that thorough
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23
THE VERY LATEST HANDBAGS

skilfully tucked away In even the
most unassuming bags, and they
prove exceedingly useful by day or
night. AS a general thing note
book and pencil is ino,lded In the
Fittings" and blessing be on the
one who first thought of this.
The present-day bags, though
rather large, are made Of such excel
lent stuffs that they are light in
weight and in no way clumsy, and
they have the merit of keeping their
contents quite safe, for the clasps
are so arranged that no bag can be
opened by mere touch.
A thing of beauty is a bag of soft
est morocco in glorious shade of
red that has a rather curious shape.
This is like two purses fastened to-
gether, and though 1t has a handle
to go over the arm, 1t has no center
opening at all, but opens at one side
under a flap. When this is opened
the bag spreads out TT, If desired,
showing a mirror, quite four inches
long set in the leather, a powder puff,
notebook, pocket f.: handkerchief
and one for fan.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-23

There are bags gallo. this season,
and each one seems prettier than the
one before. The variety in these bags
is remarkable both as to shape and
size, and there is even greater va
riety in the feathers used,
The bags Intended for theater or
opera are exquisitely beautiful, the
materials used being silks of all
sorts, tapestry and suedl.
A beautiful bag is of fawn-colored
suede of finest quality, with a floral
design worked out in steel beads, the
bag being mounted in silver.
A very curious bag suited to many
occasions is Of yedda (calfskin with
the hair left on) and is unusually
long and fiat and 'cautifully mount
ed. When opened, the daintiest lin
ing of pompadour silk is disclosed.
The middle section of this bag is
an ordinary purse lined with soft
brown suede. Under flap is con-
cealed the vanity" outfit, and this
delightful purse and cardcase f
yedda to match the outside Of the
bag.
The mirror and powder puff are