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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-19

of the producer" That is an average
sample OF the meek modesty OF con-
temporary managers" Frederic
Thompson, being, OF course, "a master
builder IA producer" that function
AIRY at once becomes the most import
ant person associated with a theater.
Talk OF that kind Is nonsense. The
truth Is that there are. at present in
this country, few managers who have
ever produced. or could produce, any
thing. The producing" usually done
by these master builders consists in
arbitrary interference with experience.
ed, competent and able actors, by
persons who know nothing whatever
about acting, and very little about
anything.
This new theatrical Moses likewise
declares that "a plays sole mission Is
to entertain" and that failing In this
any artistic or literary quality VIII not
ever hear of play called "Hamlet?"
IA play that has existed over. 500
years, and. always and everywhere,
drawn and impressed great audiences.
even when badly actedY And II so,
docs he consider II entertaining?
Neither the sole" nor the first
mission Of play IL TO entertain.
and hold the attention of auditors.
not by cutting capers or spouting
slang. but by touching their hearts
and impressing their minds; and the
ultimate purpose or dramatic repre-
sentation is--or certainly should be-
TO refine and ennoblo its auditors. de-
lighting their eyes with beauty,
prompting them to noble aspiration.
and helping them to live good lives.
True actors are neither doctors. as
signed 10 relieve tired business men"
nor clowns. employed 10 cause vacant
laughter by tumbing tricks; actors
ton is the ministry OF beauty. the in
terpretatlon OF human nature, which
helps mankind 10 comprehend itself
and TO shape Alright its conduct and
destiny.
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For, as the critic says, "Mr Shaw Is
at bottom a fiercely serious man."
rs he now capable of REFRESHING
these assumed idiosyncraces; of mas
tering these assumed mannerisms? ~
asks William Archer. Evidently the
critic doubts 1t. but he Declares Il
am sure the relief TO himself would be
enormous IL he could Accordingly
Archer has been moved to issue n new
challenge TO Shaw, which takes the
following form:
Can Mr.. Shaw produce play which
shall contain a whole act, or even
whole scene to last, say, 20 minutes
wherein not single word shall call
forth single smile from single mem
Der of the audience? If he cannot--anG
certainly he has hitherto given no evil
dence of any such power--it is mani
testify serious disability. Conjunc-
lures do actually occur in life which
are not the least bit laughable, and
people have actually been known to
converse for 20 minutes at a stretch
perhaps even for half an hour-with-
out saying a single paradoxical, or per-
verse, or quantity unexpected thing
The dramatist who cannot Reproduce
such scene clearly has not all
phases of life at his command.
What has Shaw to say to that? VIII
he try his hand at such a play? AS
yet nothing has been heard from the
witty Irishman on these interesting
points, but somehow one doubts II he
viii care to take up this fresh challenge
on the part of Mr.. Archer.
At present, Shaw Is In Paris. where
his famous piece. Mrs Warren's Pro-
fession." which offended New York and
London, but which delighted Vienna, Is
about to be staged. This, by the way,
is the first of the Irishmans plays to
be given on the French stage and az
n
Anglo Saxon personality, the Partisan
press is perpetrating much unconscious
humor in its rendering of proper
names. The "Debats," for instance,
gives the English title of the play as
Mistress Warren's Profession but
the gem of the collection Of plumbers
Is furnished by the "Gaulois' which en-
tertainingly refers to the author as
Bernard Schaw."
CURTIS BROWN.
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JOHN HYAMS AND LEILA MCINTYRE
Comedy orpheum

lzing the Irishman's assertion as the
'tnstinctive self-justification of a
dramatist totally at the mercy of his
impish sense of humor."
Mr.. Shaw" continued Archer, "es-
chews those profounder revelations OF
character which come only In crises OF
tragic circumstance He shrinks from
that affirmation and contamination OF
destiny which only death can bring"
And then followed the challenge to the
Irishman to write a piece, If he could,
in which the subject of death was
treated with full sense of Its Impress
iveness and in manner calculated TO
cause emotion in those by whom the
piece was witnessed.
We'll, The Doctors Dilemma"
which Shaw wrote in answer to this
challenge, has been running for two
months now. and, as already has been
stated in this correspondence, the fea-
ture of 1t Is sensational death
scene" which has aroused wide discus
sion. But has the author fulfilled the
conditions laid down by Archer in writ
ing this scene, with it's remarkable eX-
ordlum by the dying artist and its sur
prIsing spectacle of the deceased being
draped with purple by his widow
In other words, has anyone been
moved" by the scene. This is the
question which William Archer now
swer 1t In the negative--while agreeing
that the scene as II stands is one which
perhaps only Its author could have
written--Archer is unquestlonably right
In asserting that Shaw has failed to
make good in the manner originally
indicted Does this mean that Shaw is
Incapable of giving us a really tragic
situation? William Archer believes
that II does and for this presupposed
inability on the part OF the Celtic
dramatist he puts forth what is at all
events an uncommonly interesting the
DRY.
He finds Shaw "a man whose wells
for his seriousness have now sunk in
and become part of the flesh These
wells, be 1t explained, take the form OF
humor, perversity, and self-glorifica-
ton, and according to Archer, they
We're originally assumed ito hide an
earnestness so intense that It's posses
sor shrank from making a show OF it
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new drama entitled THE Tank and His
| Little Black Man." written by HIM
| self.
Edward II. sothern has received from
| Henry NJ. Rogers of Boston fan
used by Mrs. Vincent In THE Rivals
! when she played with the old Boston
Museum Stock company.
| Mrs. Langtry is now Lady de Battle.
! Her father-in-law. General Sir Per-
civaI de Battle, died on Jan. 8, and her
husband. Hugo Gerald de Battle, sue
ceeds TO the title Of baronet.
Phillip Hale. dramatic critic OF the
Boston Herald, has tried George
Washington, Jr.," by the standard of
Aristophaness comedies, and concludes
that the Cohan show isn't half bad.
The latest recruits to the Independ-
ent forces are Joseph and w. w.
| Jefferson sons of the late Joseph JEFF
| ferson, who are now appearing In anti
syndicate houses, as also is Mary Man
1 nering.
Kate Patterson Selten Is suffering
| with an attack OF nervous prostrn'ion
and vii p obably rest for the remalnde,
OF the season. Her place in The Saudw
Man" has been taken by selena Fetter
Royle.
| Wallace Shaw has been discharged
! from the general hospital at Buffalo
| completely recovered from the recent
| stroke OF paralysis he suffered during
his engagement with Mary Mannering
at the Star Thoater. Buffalo, on Oct. 80
|
NJ De Max, leading man with Nine.
Bernhardt during her late American
! tour, who az that time created o deep
Impression In everything he did, has
| just won remarkable success as Marc
Antony In revival of Julius Caesar"
at tho Antoine, in Paris.
Bernard Shaw Is interesting because
he is original. that Is to say because
he Is a person to himself. He is anus
ing because he has an ineShaustible
store OF intellectual fun; he is annoy
ing because on the whole he is unn-
| Post.
Tolstol, like many Russians of his
standing. has a private theater in his
own house. That IL, the hall OF hiH
home is so arranged that 1t can be
quickly and easily transformed into "A
stage and auditorium. with the advan-
tage that tho wide windows let in such
| glimpses Of the outer world that arti-
fetal scenery is practically unnecessary,
Miss Ellen Terry sailed Saturday for
the United States on the Philadelphia
and will open her American tour In
New York Jan %. Her daughter who
accompanies her. viii be her stage
manager and Is one of the few women
serving In that capacity. Miss Tetry's
| Chicago engagement VIII open at the
illinois Feb. Is with George Bernard
Shaw's Captain Brnssbound's CONVEX
| sion"
| Henriotta Crosman announces that
| positively she will make her produc-
| ton of "Pilgrlm's Progress next fall
She will appear as Christian The act
Ing version which has been arranged
by James Macarthur calls for a cast
OF seventy speaking parts and a large
auxiliary corps OF singers and dancers
Tho entire production VIII be on a
mammoth scale
William Gillette calls The Rcd
OWL which he has written for pro,
duction Jan. ~, u "drawing-room
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Kate Patterson Selten Is suffering
with an attack OF nervous prostrn''on,
and vii p obably rest for the remalnde /.
OF the season. Her place in The Squdw
Man has been taken by selena Fetter
Royle.
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CRANE AS A CALLOW YOUTH

Crane managed to get through and felt
when the performance was over that
he had made a wonderful hit outside of
the one when he hit the boards. He felt
that the whole world must know OF his
success. and when he reached his little
hotel he strutted around the lobby with
all the airs OF a peacock There was a
blase individual In the hotel and he
stopped the youthful actor.
say" he said. ARE You the young
fellow who appeared in the show to-
night" This tickled him, for at last
he had been discovered.
Yes" he answered proudly.
Been on the stage long," came the
next question.
mo. 1t was my first appearance"
What Is your saiary?" asked the
man.
"Well, a-a-nothlng just now" which
was the truth, the actor receiving his
board and training In lieu of salary.
Huh" CALCULATED the man as he
turned on his heel you're pretty well
paid"
Crane confesses that the man did him
a great act of kindness and took the
vanity out OF him for many day.
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SALT LAKERS M GOTHAM.

work In this direction. prlvinr mora
isfactory than he had hoped fny sat
accorded q welcome from suelns
with whom he comes in contact, p' 'oas
Mr.. +, A. Mortenson OF s,,a,...
Coio.' who Is here to get out san
patents on his Inventions is seserdl
with great success. Mr.. Mortsn ss l.
claims Utah as his home thourn I sun SUI
dent OF Colorado. 81 resi-
At Sundays services Mr.. Fran,, T.
ter sang u solo, his voice shoyvin, = os-
power and volume Since comins,, sIeat
Mr. Foster has greatly Improved 4, 'Ssll
style OF singing, fact noticed bv aI,
ms friends. The Student KnVn -.
which he is member. is doing -.
business at the Garden theater e'NS'
The awful experience through Whit
a number of Salt Lakers passed a., ny" ~
burning of the car last week ius, as ne
1t had left Omaha. Is telling n arc, r t,ttr
on the nerves Of all. Mr.. H. S. Woonayy
and daughter, Miss Cora, ATTY Ny
Thomas, Elder Earl Jensen ara S nsl
Lulu Snow Hemmick. with her ,,,o 'I ".
tie babies. are barely recovering Sr'. ~
the shock. That they all escaped ,vnl
their lives Is the marvellous thing ~. u
cry bit of clothing was burned eVaa..
what they stood up In: the herois,o
all was shown throughout the ent,, VI
scene, Mrs. Hemmick al p aging n COM
age that mother always shows wb"n
protecting her hi.dren. no matter No..
young she may be. The strain Of Il 'o ~
will remain with the entire part, f %,
many day. Mr.. Thomas, who i,
staying at the Imperial has baas
obliged to tell the experience over MAJ,
times. so anxious have friends baoss
here TO know the particulars. His tir,a
is much taken with business. but Nv
has still spent few evenings VIII
friends as also has Mr. Woollsy VIII
leaves tomorrow for Boston. his dapgS
ter remaining at the Breslin, Twenfv-
ninth and Broadway.
JANET
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THE TIRED BUSINESS MAN.
By William Winter.

IN II. HOLMES Katydid has again
become audible. the loquacious
Unset that says an undisputed
thing In such a solemn way"
Frederick Thompson, manager an
nounoes that the theater never has
been and never will be temple OF
learning" True. But IL has had sea-
sons of intellectual ministrauon ana
they have been profitable TO managers
as well as beneficial TO society. FRED
eric Thompson Furthermore signifies
that his appeal Is made TO that ancient
and time honOred sufferer, the urea
business man" whose troubles" he
wishes TO lessen" by making Jokes for
him.
That tired business man" would not
be nearly so tired II he would give
somewhat less attention 10 business
and somewhat more attention "a liy-
ing The actually important work OF
this world is done by q few per-
sons; the remainder Is mere stamping
and snortlng about nothing. If the
Cuisines man" Is tired" no should
swallow little valerian and go to
bed, The theater Is Intended for ex-
position OF the art OF acting, and that
art does not consist In grinning through
horse collar. Frederic Thompson u
right when no says that too many
contemporary plays by CLEVER literary
dramatis;s' are "rotten at this core
SO they are; some OF them, indeed,
are rotten long before the core" Is
reached. II Frederic Thompson can
relieve the stage OF many OF the plays
OF lbsen, Maeterllnck Sudermann,
Rapagnetta, D'Annunoio. Pinero. etc,
he VIII confer a great benefit on tho
community for more rotten stun than
IL customarily furnished by these writ
ers has not been known since the days
OF Rochester and Sedley.
Frederic Thompson also proclaims
that the dramatist IL merely the
architcct"--adding the assurance that
when his plans are finished II re-
Quires the maSterbullder, in the person
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D HERE was time when William
II. Crane had the bump OF vani-
~ about his person TO an ex-
tent that was easily to be dis
covered Without the aid of strong
glasses. a naked eye In a weak state
would have had no trouble In discover
ing ii. The actor admits this himself,
but pleads his youth in extenuation,
holding that 1t had come to him like
the measles. the whoopingcough and
other complaints of childhood.
At this particular period OF the ac-
tors existence he was a member of a
small company which used to give
farces, operettas. comedies, burlesques
and pantomimes. The comedian OF Il .
company was suddenly taken Ill and
Crane was called on 10 play his part in
THE Daughter Of the Regiment" The
part was that of the notary and the
embryo comedian was compelled TO
wear a gown that was several sizes too
large for him. In making his entrance
his foot caught In the hem of the gown
and he struck the stage with an awful
thump. The audience thought this
part Of the business and laughed loudly.
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IN LONDON 7HEA7ERS.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
I oNDoN, Jan. b,--william Archer
who recently challenged Bernard
Shaw TO write an affecting play
on the subject OF death, proves 10
be not at all satisfied with tho result
OF his much discussed suggestion, Nor
Is this surprising, considering that al
though shaw, true to himself, instantly
accepted the challenge, and IN an
amazingly short time furnished four
act play on the lines suggested, Tho
Doctors Dilemma as u was called.
embodIes no such serious picture OF
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The King OF rerrors" as that demand
cd by Archer.
The latter, OF course, is one OF the
most, u not the most distinguished OF
now famous challenge 70 BERNARD shaw
arose out OF remark made by the Cell
tic dramatist In tho course of an article
on Henrik Ibsen. "Ibsen," wrote
shaw, seems to have suceumbei
without struggle 10 the old notion
that play is not a play unless II con-
tains a murder suicide or something
Archer who Is the foremost OF Ibsen' )
translators, fetorted by accusing shaw
OF displaying the ''aestheticism OF the
fox without q tail,' and by character
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THEATRE GOSSIP

Anna Held still continues as attrac-
tive as ever IN her elaborate production
NJ "rhe Partisan Model" and Is still
Milling tho big broadway theater
Mark Twain appeared on the stage Of
his own home ON New Years eve IN a
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wome md a
the
replace
to run throughout
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EASY PAYMENTS and written
guarantee on all graphophones. Col.
umbia Photograph Co.. 327 South Main.
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DENVER EXCURSIONS

January 18th and Goth.
Via. O. S. L. ana u. p. Round ,r,r
$1s.7S. iinal limit Feb. 10. City ticket
office col Main street
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-11-23
SINKS UP To CHIN
IN PER|L0US BOG
WAN LOST IN "THE PIT" IN OUT
SKIRTS OF JERSEY CITY MAR
RoWLY ESCAPES DEATH.
OFFICER HEARS FEEBLE CRIES
Brave Policeman Enters Danger zone
in Oark-Victim and Rescuer
Hauled Out by Reserves
with Rope.

New York.-A faint cry startled 20
liceman Joseph Roam as ha was pa,
trolling a lonely beat on the northern
outskirts of Jersey City two hours
before daybreak. Roam said the cry
was so uncanny it made his flesh
creep.
He waited several minutes for a
repetition of the sound and was be-
ginning to believe that his ears had
deceived him when he heard the cry
again, this time sustained about as
long as ii takes man to respire.
Apparently it came from the ground
and not far from where Roam stood,
at Seventeenth street and Jersey av'
enue. 1t flashed across Roam that he
was near the pit" local name for
a perilous bog which the authorities
have been filling for several years be-
cause of its being a menace to stran-
gers in the neighborhood. It's depths
are more treacherous than quicksand,
because it engulfs more swiftly any
thing that touches its surface.
A by.path which serves as a short
cut from Jersey avenue to the cliff
bounding Jersey City Heights skirts
the pit Roam found this and started
forward, calling as he ran. His call
was answered family at intervals.
This guided him in the darkness and
he pressed forward until he felt his
feet sinking in the rim of the pit, He
sprang back out of the danger zone
and shouted:
I'll run for help. Well save you.
Cant" came back in voice of de-
spair.
Roam ran as never before in his
life, knowing that the pitiless boz
was dragging its victim further down
each moment He found a telephone
in the Erie railroad sheds and sent
this message to the Seventh street pc
lice station, half mile away:
Rush out the reserves and don't
lose a second. Bring a rope. The pit
has caught man
The patrol wagon was at the door
as the reserves rushed out of the
station. The horses were dashed into
a gallop and the deserted streets gave
an unobstructed run to the pit Roam
was heard shouting.
The reserves reached his side They
felt the unstable ground and drew
back.
Who'll volunteer" some one said
Policeman Thomas DUNCAN stepped
forward, throwing aside his coat and
Selling the coil of rope with which
the party was equipped The others
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wrecked near Terra del Fuego and all
signs point to the survivors having
been captured by the cannbas that
infest the islands in that vicinity. The
news of He wreck and the almost GER
tain fate OF the crew came from the
sailing steamer Fridthjof.
Since tha Arthur Sewell sailed not
one word WIS received regarding her
until a letter came from the Norwegian
seaer. The Sewells first stopping
point was to have been Seattle.
The Fridthjof reports that on August
headand of Noir island, half way be.
tween Cape Pillar and Cape Horn, the
lookout reported a derelict ahead The
derelict proved to be four-masted.
square-rigged ship that IN every way
answered the description of the
Sewell.
As the wreck was evidently very re-
cent the Fridthiofs captain made in
vestigation in the hope Of discovering
some of the possible survivors. On the
ShDA' VI ANoIl ASldlii Il PAL ~
from the Norwegian vessel discovered
traces proving that considerable
party from the wreck had made its
way to land The trail led away from
the beach,
The sailors from the Fridthjof fol-
lowed the trail as far as they could
make it out, but finally had to abandon
the search, owing to the danger from
the cannibals that inhabit the island.
The fate Of the shipwrecked sailors
seemed certain to the men from the
sealing steamer, The natives on tho
islands in that part Of the sea are can.
nibals Of the fiercest kind and ship
wrecked sailors could have little hone
of escaping from them.
In the hope of discovering some.
thing more about the fate OF the ship
and her crew divers with a strong
party have been sent to Noir island
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-11-23

New York A French journal -Lo
Petit Parisien-d declared the other day
that American girls who had married
abroad. mostly for foreign titles. had
carried with them to Europe the as,
tOnishing sum of $500, 100000 TIE
Paris writer did not associate this
rather startling statement with the
reports of tight money" In America,
yet on this side Of the Atlantic the
fact that hundreds of millions have
gone out Of the country with the title
hunters may we'll occasion little
financial as we'll as social speculation
Upward OF 400 American girls have
married In Europe within compare
lively recent years The New York
Sunday World prints the present
names OF $50 American women who
have married titles. II adds Il list OF
22 heircssea who have carried off
sums roputcd 10 be upward of mil
lion This list alone foots up $4,000
600 Undoubtedly upward OF $500, 900
600 has been paid for titles alone. for
the dowrIes have by no means repre-
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err ground. The fire truck was heard
approaching and the reserves re-
doubled their efforts. They succeed
ed before the firemen arrived.
An ambulance was summoned and
restoratives were applied to the man.
1t was found impossible to revive him
and he was hurried to the hospital.
The surgeon before his departure at
tended DUNCAN, who suffered much
from the ordeal through which he
had passed.
The patient in the hospital was not
aroused until afternoon. The physl-
clans feared that his mind was shat
tered temporarily by the peril from
which he had been saved, In lucid
moment he said he was John Lynch.
aged 80. a clerk of Jersey City. The
police learned from his friends that
he probably was on his way home
when he strayed from the path in the
darkness, and, becoming confused,
plunged farther into the pit.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-11-23
Enormous Flood of
American Gold Goes
With Title Hunters
TOTAL Is SAID TO REACH $9OO,OOO,0 900
NeW York World Thinks That IF Anything, the Amount
Is Underestinated- Lphabetical List of Wealthy
Heiresses of This Country Who Have Mar
ried Holders of Foreign Titles.

Bryant, Bronson, Berwnd, Beckwith,
BonaBarte, Burden, Butterfield, Car
roll, Caldwell, Curtis, Cutting, Carlisle,
Cary, COrbin, Colgate Cuyler, Clayton
Claflin, Davis Endicott, Field, Flagler
Grant, Goelet, Gould, Garner, Grace,
Garrison Gallatin Goddard Hunting
ton, Hecker, Haggin. Hoffman, Ham
ilton, Hale, Hyde, Jerome, Jay, King,
Lathrop, Letter, Lawrence. Lee, Liver
more, Livingston, Moulton, Motley,
Morton, Martin. Magee, Phipps,
Phelps, Parsons, Roosevelt, Roberts,
Riggs, Riyes, Sturgis, Slocum Stokes.
Sibey. Schley Singer. Sharon, Spen-
Ger, Stevens, Sumner, Schenck Thaw.
Turnure, Van Cortlandt, Van Buren,,
Vanderbilt, Winans, Work, Withers,
Whitney. Wilson, Wadsworth. White
house, Yznaga, Zimmerman-thc list
reads Ike a social register, the names
are synonymous with vast fortunes.