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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06

Back to the days of bloodshed
when brother was up in arms against
brother, when this glorious Union
was divided and almost rent asunder;
back to the hills of Kentucky and to
West Point as it was during the CT
vii war; back to the days of '6I, are
carried the auditors in the drama be-
ing presented at the Orpheum theatre
this week by the stock company which
each week gains new friends and a
frmer hold on the old ones by their
graceful and finished renditions or
the parts entrusted to them.
Cumberland, '6I, as its name inn
plies, is war play in which Yankees
and Johnnies figure, play with a
plot which is not at all hard to follow
something really unusual in this
latter day-and has pleased count
less thousands in the past as it is pleas
ing those who can muster up the cour-
age to remain indoors these warm
ihShbS III Odlt l-dhC AS presented
by the company at the Orpheum
we believe it to be one of the best
selections made since vaudeville gave
place to stock productions at this
popular house.
Mr. AL Phillips, the hero of the
play, as dashing Union cavalry Of
fcer who foils the villain and finally
wins the heroine,-Miss Moore,-has
a part peculiarly fitted to his abilities
and makes the most of it, while Miss
Moore has added newer laurels to her
Salt Lake triumphs, if the applause
of the audience is to be considered,
and we believe it is, for Salt Lake
audience is usually honest in its be-
stowal of an indication of the APP
proval of the work of the actor folk
Mr.. Joseph O'Meara, the young
man who has the appearance of a
celebrated tragedian, does an artistic
bit of acting in depicting the contemp-
tible character of Leslie Murdoch
an army colonel, and the william of
the play, being one of the best c.
portunities yet offered this young man
during the present engagement Mr.
Greene also has a good part ana
seems to get everything possible out
of it. Roy Clements and Miss Flor
ence, and the balance of the comp
them, as they usually do.
The play is well staged and goes
with an ease and finish that would do
credit to a regular Cumberland, 'oI"
company. The orchestra is doing it
share towards making the production
pleasurable and a success.
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COMING ATTRACTIONS.

Orpheum-"What Happened to
Jones'"
Lyric-Vaudevillc
Salt Lake Theatre-Miss Nora
Gleason, Monday night.
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EZRA KENDALL.

Accepting this, Ezra Kendall, who is
coming to the Salt Lake Theatre
July 10 and 18TH in Swell Elegant
Jones" under the management of the
Harry Askin Co., makes John d.
Rockefeller look cheap, for certainly
it has been no other mans happy mis-
sion to make more people laugh than
Mr. Kendall
1t has been but few who have had
that creative humor to stand alone
before an audience and provide the
most satisfying and enjoyable enter
tanmcnt Mr. Kendall as a monolog-
ist has won high place i'll the meas
urc OF men who have given the
world laugh His has been a con-
sistent record, and now he comes in
what should prove an ideal vehicle
a comedy, crisp, bright and full of
keen wit written around monologue.
Speeches in certain plays have made
success. but i'll Swell Elegant
Jones' there is continual fire OF
those lines, which i'll other produc-
tions Nigh be distracted as the par
ticular bright saying.
Mr. Kendall has proved most grac-
ous in his new play, for the audiences
in practically every city have demand
ed by repeated curtain calls that he
give at least part OF a monologue.
He has responded and the result has
been most evident reluctance to al
low him to withdraw.
When" Swell Elegant Jones" was
written by the author of the previous
success, The Vinegar Buyer" the
main point was to provide Mr.. Ken
dali with the best obtinable vehicle
for his peculiar qualities as fun
maker. The result has been quaint.
coherent and altogether charming
comedy woven about a character that
brings Mr.. Kendall to his best.
There is a rural and fetching at
mosphere' about Swell Elegant
Jones" that finds direct appeal and
the staging has been carefully OBJ
served to render the best effects.
CONT etent cast surrounds Mr.. Ken
dali, the characters for the most part
being of that sort which has made
''human interest plays so successful
Blanche Bates, who at one time was
a member of a stock company play
ing in Salt Lake, has just brought
to a close in New York City the most
prosperous season of her brilliant ca
reer. Miss Bates is to have new
play, written by Mr. Belasco, for the
season of I0oS-o, but will appear
again next year in "The Girl of the
Golden West" Sarah Bernhard and
Olga Nethersole, who it appears have
not spoken as they passed by for the
past three years, have kissed and
made up. The cause of the quarrel
is not announced, but the great isis
ter actresses" are again fast friends
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TRUTH
NEXT WEEK AT THE
ORPHEUM.

stock company will present George
II. Broadhurst's play, What Hap
pened to Jones" The piece is a
laugh from start to finish, and should
prove drawing card for the State
street playhouse. The theme OF the
play is as follows: One Ebenezer
Goodly, a professor of anatomy, is
expecting a visit from a brother,
Bishop from Australia, and great
preparations are being made for the
event. The evening of the opening OF
the play, Richard Heatherly, who
neither drinks, smokes or CANDLES
and who is engaged to Marjorie. the
daughter of Ebenezer, is visiting at
her house, but has to leave on ac-
count of business engagement. In
tile confusion of leaving he drops a
ticket to prize fight. A servant
picks it up and gives it to the Pro-
fessor, who is greatly astonished to
learn what it is for, and still greatly
more so, when he learns that it be-
longs to Richard, who returns for it
While endeavoring to square himself,
Richard persuadcs the old man to
accompany him to the fight. While
there the place is raided by the police
and the two make their escape by
sliding down water pipe. As they
reach the Goodly home a man is seen
coming through a window, who even
tually proves himself as Jones, who
had also escaped from the fight Jones
tells them that he is a salesman Of
bibles and playing cards, and that they
must protect him from the police or
bye jailed themselves, and plans are
readily entered into. A suit of clothes
brought in by Swedish servant for
the Bishop is confiscated and donned
by Jones, who is introduced to the
Professors family as his brother, the
Bishop. During the second act, the
Bishop unexpectedly arrives, and adj
ditional complications arrive, but
Jones proves himself equal to the
NiiiNi SNhNy ny bNNldiiilS illliiSSll al
American Dean, saying that the Bish-
ops arrival is to be great surprise
and that he must remain in his room
until the time for his appearance
Going to his room, the Bishop I'M
dresses and sends his clothes out to
be pressed, but wishing to go down
stairs, wraps himself in blanket and
descends. Just then crazy man who
had escaped from sanatorium comes
in, and thinking himself an Indian,
takes the Bishop for a brother chief
and makes him dance war dance
The superintendent then arrives, but
the lunatic makes his escape before
hand and the Bishop is taken for him
and carried back to the asylum de-
spite his protestations. Jones, wish
ing to be rid of him, helps the super
intendent take him away. During the
following acts the complications are
cleared up by Richard and the Pro-
fessor, who thinking the joke has
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Salt Lake Theatrc-Dark.
Orpheum-"C Cumberland, o." matt
nee today; performance tonight.
Lyric-High class vaudeville.
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x hMUSEMENTS X

The bill at the Lyric this week.
while not as strong as the one pre-
scented last week, is fairly good one,
the Valentines in their aerial act, Nan
Eggleton and company and Emmons
Emmerson and Emmons carrying of
the honors. The sketch of Miss Egg
gleton is one Of real merit and was
written by herself. The comedy work
of the "Three Els" was laughable in
the extreme. J. Bernard Dyllyn, the
descriptive singer, claims to be one
of the highest salaried vaudeville
actors in the business. Well, perhaps
he is, but if so, we fear he is obtain
ing the coin under false pretenses
While his take off on President
Roosevelt is fairly good, he appears
prone to ''loudness" of voice and
manner that fails 70 appeal to many
The other artists fully make up for
the shortcomings of Dyllyn, however
and it's well worth the time spent to
visit the Lyric this week. The NOV
ing pictures are of comic order, and
the illustrated song by Morey Long
is gem
The Lyric seems to be suffering less
from the effects of the heat than
any other house in town, crowds be-
ing in attendance at each performance.
The handful Of patrons of classical
music who attended the Steckelberg
Stevens concert at the Salt Lake thea
tire Monday night were well repaid
for their Drawing of the warmest ev-
ening of the present summer, and
showed their appreciation of the work
of these two artists by vigorous APP
plause after the rendition of each
number. Mr.. Steckelberg is vio-
linist of real genius, while Mr. Stew
ems performance on the piano was
equally as interesting as the numbers
presented by his fellow artist. 1t
was an entertainment of real merit
and worth, and it is regretable that
the warm weather and the lateness
of the season initiated against a lar
ger attendance.
Mr.. Joseph O'Meara, of the stock
company now at the Orpheum, was
rendered a compliment one night last
week during the presentation of cal
ALBANIA" by visit of about 300 Knights
of Columbus to the Orpheum, where
they applauded every entrance of Mr.
O'Meara and finally forced him TO
make speech. Mr.. O'Meara is a
member of the Knights of Columbus
and his fellow members took this
means of showing the public their APP
probation of the good work of fell
low member in his chosen avocaton
Rival vaudeville managers are bid
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Madame Duse is now in South Anne
RIGA, playing an engagement at Rio
de Janeiro.
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Rival vaudeville managers are bid
ding pretty high for talent these days,
which is cheering news to those who
, : their bread and butter on the
vaude' lille staGe-as we'll as those
Tho az | little extra money to their
bank accc int during the vacation sea-
son by doing a stunt in. vaudeville,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-07-06

Will ]. Davis, whose first wife was
Jesse Bartlett Davis, the justly popu-
lar prima donna of the celebrated
Bostonians, has married Miss Helen
O'Hagan, who for many years has
been MIR. Davis private secretary.
The Jasper news., 1907-08-29
CHAPTER v.

Thursday, November ~, was
memorable day in Wall street. AS the
gong peeled it's the-game s-closed-till.
anotherday, the myriad of tortured
souls that are supposed to haunt the
treacherous boys and quicksands of
the great exchange, where lie their
earthly hopes, must have prayed with
renewed earnestness for its destruc-
ton before the morrow. Never had
with surer confidence Of continuing
it's victorious march. Sugar advanced
with record-breaking total sales to
2071a and the final half-hour carried
the whole list of stocks up with it. In
that time some of the railroads Jump.
ed ten points. Sugar closed at the
very top amid great excitement, with
Barry Conant taking all offered. Dur.
ing the last 80 minutes it had become
evident to all that the board-room
traders and plungers, together with
many of the. semi-professional gam
blers, who operated through commits
sion houses, were selling out their
stock and going short over the open
ing Of the Wall street hoodoo-day. Fri
day, the 18th Of the month. But 1t
was also evident, with the heavy
selling at the close and. stiffness
OF the price, which had never
wavered as block after block was
thrown On the market, that sorne pow.
erful interest as well had taken. cog.
nizance of the fact that tho morrow
was hoodoo-day. At the close. most
of the sellers, had they been granted
another five minutes, wouli have re
purchased, even at loss. what they
had sold, for it.looked as though they
: had sold themselves Into trap
Their anxiety was intennlfled by the
publication. few. minutes later. OF
this item: ss,....
Barry ,Conant in coming from the
Sugar crowd after the close remarked
to fellow broker: BY three o'clock to-
morrow. the 18th, Will lTkve q new mean
ing to Wafi street This was interpreted
as pointing TO a terrific jump in sngal
(. tomorrow"
Z "The street. knew that the new
]; bureau that sent out this item wal
I friendly to Barry Conant and the "sys
TEN. and that 1t would print nothin!
fiispleasing to them. Therefore. thil
must be forswerd Of the comm,
-
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harvest of the bulls and the slaughter
of the bears.
Others than Ike Bloomenstein re-
marked upon the fact that Bob Brown
ley had hung close to the Sugar-pole
all day, but when the close had come
and gone without his having anything
to do with the Sugar skyrockets, he
dropped out of his fellow-brokers'
minds. Wall street has no use for
any but the door" The poet and
the mooner would be no more secure
from interruption in the center Of
the Sahara than in Wall street be-
tween ten and three o'clock. Some
sage has said that the human mind,
like the well-bucket, can carry only
its fill. The Wall street mind always
has It's fill of budding dollars. In con.
sequence, there is never room for
those other interests that enter the
normal mind.
Friday, the 18th Of November, drift
ed over Manhattan island in drear
drizzle of marrow-chilling haze, which
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aus DUTY AS HE SAW lr.
Had Been Told to Carry Out the Pro-
visions, and He Wanted Them.


The widow of a village grocer was
industrIously placing the large, rosy
checked apples on the top of the d.
minutive shriveled ones in the barrel
when Farmer Giles entered the. es.
tabIishment. according to the Roahes-
ter Herald. II want that tub o. but
ter" he said. IAN those hams. and
that lot O sugar, and" The shop
keeper rubbed her hands together with
delight. yes, sir" she beamed, de
lighted to serve you, I'm sure. And
what else may supply you with?
We'll" went on Mr.. Giles. there's
all them bottles OF tomato sauce. and
them boxes o. biscuits an'-an' all
that other stufi," he concluded, vague
ly. sweeping his hand around the shop.
Good gracious!" exclaimed the wild.
ow. now rather alarmed. whatever
do you want with all them goods2'
'T.dunno, I'm sure" was the farmers
puzzled reply but I'm the executor
of your late husbands Will. an the
lawyers Just told me It's my duty to
carry out the provisions So come on.
I've got three carts waitin' outside!''
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TAKING NO MORE CHANCES.
Keepers Had Special Cartridges For
Poor Marksman.

Dr. Seward Webb at dinner at
Shelburne Farms, his great Vermont
estate, said Of certain poor marks.
man: Visiting his English brother.
in-law, he shot the head keeper in the
leg the first morning he tried pheasant
shooting. The man limped away ours.
ing horribly. Next day he had wretch
ed luck, though the wounded head
keeper without malice had assigned
him to fairly good place. Bang,
bang, bang. went his gun every few
seconds, but not bird fell before It.
He was much embarrassed. 1t seemed,
too, that at each OF his misses the
under keepers smiled at one another
oddly. Finally his cartridges gave out.
He hurried to the nearest keeper and
demanded more. There amt no more,
SIR the man answered. No more?
Nonsense. Why. you've got at least
1000 in that bog The keeper flushed
and .stammered: All, but them amt
for you. sir. They're for another gent.
They've got shot in 'em, SIR"
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those minor frauds of Safeguarding
by which the public Is deceived and
the traders and plungers are handicap
ped with loaded dice. In principle, 1t
is device older than stock exchanges
themselves, and Is put to use else.
where than on the floor. For instance,
four genuine buyers want particular
animal worth 5000 at horse auction.
Its owners pal starts the bidding at
$500. and the four, not being upttps
horse values. are thereby induced to.
reach for 1t at between $500 and $500.
But human nature, whether at horse
sales or at stock-gambling, loves to be
"hinkey-dinked" as much as the moth
to play tag with the candle flame. In
five minutes Sugar was selling at.
221, and the frantic shorts were grab
bling for 1t as though there never was
to be another share put on sale. while
Barry Conant and his lieutenants
We're most industriously pushing 1t
Just beyond their. reaching finger-tips.
either by buying It as fast as IT was
offered by genuine sellers, or by TAX
ing what their own pals threw In the
air -
was not surprised to see Bob's
tall form wedged In the crowd about
two-thirds of the way from the CEN
ter. Every other active floor member
was there. too, Even Ike Bloomen-
stein and Joe Barnes, who seldom
went into the big crowds, were on
n -. -.
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CHAPTER discontinued.

'I agree with you, Ike. If had the
steering of this killing, I don't think
would take any chance of tempting
them to dump and grab the profits by
carrying 1t much over 200. But you
can't tell what Cam and those four
eyed dentists at 26 Broadway will
do"
Eyes, put der ISIS anudder ting.
Cho, dat makes me sit up. unit pink
about her goin' ofer two hundred. To-
morrow's Friday der thirteenth"
"Of course, Ike, that is something
to be reckoned with, and every man
on the floor and in the street as well
has his eye on it. Friday, the 18th,
would break the best bull market ever
under way. You and l know that, Ike,
and the dope shows it, too, but you
have got to stack this up against 1t
on this trip: No man on the floor
knows what Friday, the 18th, means
better than Barry Conant. He has
worked it to the queens taste many a
time Why, Barry would not eat to-
day for fear the food would get stuck
in his windpipe. He's never left the
pole for a minute; but suppose, Ike,
Barry had tipped off Cam that all
the boys will let go their fliers, and
most of them will take one on the
short side over tonight for a supersti-
tious drop at the opening; and sup.
pose Cam has told him to take
them all into camp and give her a
rafter-scrarer at the opening, where
would old Friday, 18th, land on to-
morrows dope-sheets? Bring up the
average, wouldn't it, for Ave years to
some? | tell you, Ike, she's too deep
for me this run, and I'm goin' to let
her alone and pay for the turkey out
of loan commissions or stick to plain
work-day food"
Zane here, Cho. Say, Cho, hat you
noticed Pop Prownlee to-tay? He has
frozen to deh fringe off dat Sugar
crowd ess tough some Won hat nipped
is scarf-pin unit he vos layin' for him
as he game out He hasn't made Q
trade to-tay unit yet he sticks like 9
siamp-tax. / ben keeping my eyes or
him for fought he hat someding w
his sleeve dat might raise tust ven he
tropt id. l dink Parry has hat deb
same itear. He never loses sight Of
him, yet Pop hasn't made trade to
tay, unit here i'd ISIS 20 minutes of del
CLOSE unit dere is Parry in deb center
again whooping her up Offer two hun
dred unit four"
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signs OF frothing. More than all /
had one OF those strong nowhere-born.
nowhere-cradled intuitions common TO
those living In the Safeguarding
world, which made me feel the creepy
shadow of coming events.
AS on that day a few weeks before,
the crowd was at the Sugar pole, but
It's alignment was different. There In
the center were Barry Conant and his
trusted Meutenants, but no opposing
rival. None OF those hundreds Of
brokers showed that desperate resolve
to do or die that is born of a neces-
sity. They we're there to by or sell,
but not to put up life or death, on
me-depends-the-result fight. Those
who were long OF stock could easily
be distinguished by their expressions
Of Joy from the shorts, who had seen
the handwriting ON the wall and were
filled with uncertainty, fear, terror.
The demeanor of Barry Conant and
his lieutenants expressed confidence;
they were going to do what they were
there to do They showed by their tight
buttoned coats, and squared shoulders
that they expected lots Of rush, push
and haul work.. but apparently they
anticipated no last.ditch fighting. The
gong pealed and the crowd of brokers
sprang at one another. but only for
blood, not flesh, bone, heart and soul;
just blood. The first price on Sugar
was I'll for 5000 shares. Some one
sold 1t in block. Barry Conant
bought it. 1t did mot require three
eyes to see that the seller was one
of his lieutenants. This meant what
is known as wash" sale, fictitious
one arranged in advance between two
brokers to establish the basis for the
trades that are to follow--one oil
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an echo, It sounded through the hail: 3
.Soid. It was Bob. He had worked
his way to the center OF the crowd
and stood in front Of Barry Eonant
He was not the Bob who had taken
Barry Commits gan that afternoon
few weeks before. never saw him
cooler, calfner, more selfpcssessed.
He was the incarnation Of coniident
power. A cold, cynical smile played
around the corners Of his mouth a.
he looked down upon his opponent
The effect upon Barry Conant was
different from that OF Bob's last bid
on the day when Beulah Sands hopes
went skyward In dust. It did not
rouse In him the wild, furious desire
for the onslaught that he showed
then, but seemed to quicken his alert,
prolific mind to exercise all Its cum.
ming. think that in chat one mo-
ment Barry Conant recalled his suspi-
cions Of the day before. when he had
wondered what Bob's presence in the
crowd meant, and that he saw again
the picture of Bob on the day when
he himself had ditched Bob's treasure.
train He hesitated for Just the frac.
ton of a second, while he waved with
lighting like -rapidity set of finger
signals to his lieutenants. Then he
squared himself for the encounter
"25 for 5,000.y Cold, cold as the voice
of a condemning Judge rang Bobs
Sold" "25 for 5000" Sold. "25
for 5000" Sold" Their eyes were
fixed upon each other, in Barry's de.
faint glare, in Bob's mingled pity and
contempt. The rest of the brokers
hushed their own bids and offers un.
I'll 1t could have truthfully been said
that the floor Of the stock exchange
was quiet, an almost unheard-of thing
in like circumstances. Again Barry
,Conants voice, "25 for $1,000" "Sold." "
"25 for 5000" Sold Barry Conant
had met his master
(To BE CONTINUED3
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just missed being rain-one of those
New York days that give hesitating
suicide renewed courage to cut the
mortal coil. BY ten o'clock it had set,
tied down on the stock exchange and
its surrounding infernos with clam
miness that damped the spirits Of the
most rampant bulls. No class in the
world Is SO susceptible to atmospheric
conditions as stock-gamblers. Many
a stout-hearted one has been known
to postpone the Inauguration of a long
planned coup merely because the air
filled his blood with the dank chill of
superstition. Because of the expected
Sugar pyrotechnics, stock exchange
members had gathered early; the
brokers Offices were overcrowded be-
fore ten; the morning papers, not
only In New York but in Boston, Phil
adelphia and other centers, were fill
ed with stories of the big rise that
was to take place in Sugar. The
knowing ones saw the ear-marks of
the Systems" press-agent in these
stories; and they knew that this in
dustrious institution had not sat up
the night before because of insomnia
All the signs pointed to a killing, and
and terrific one-pointed SO plainly
that the bears and Sugar shorts found
no hope in the atmosphere or the
date.
Bob had not been near the office the
afternoon before. and as he had not
come in by five minutes to ten, I5de-
cided to 60 over to the exchange and
| see II he were going to mix up in
the batting Of the Sugar bears. had
no specific reasons for thinking he
was interested. except his recent
queer actions. particularly his hanging
to the Sugar-pole. yet doing nothing
the day before. But IT is -one soi
the. best established traditions Aioi
stock gambledom that when an OPP
orator has beeh bitten by . rabid
stock he Is Invariably attracted to II
every time afterward that II shows
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