The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-13

Miss Cheridah Simpson in
TO tninkiGg ana 1 wrote this. Perhaps
it'll tell you something of what I've
known and what has brought me down
to this state"
Lets hear It." said Lew, patiently.
In voice clear and cultivated. and
with more than 4 hint Of pathcs in it,
the tramp read this poem from the dir
~ paper:
You know the joys of the great white
way
The wondrous eyes: the sparkle of
wine:
The jests that are merry. the hearts so
CAV:
The spendthrifts songs and the love
divine.
You know the girls and the men who
You know the rattle of dice-and may
Drown your cares thus. But I-dOnt
II know the tears of Old Broadway"
Did you write that?" asked Lew.
WHAT" asked the tramp, absent
minded
Did you write that?"
Yes" answered the greasy one,
heres another verse" 80
Sheer if you will at the man who is
down.
Think only of JOY as you clink your
glass
The country is kind. but cruel the town.
And hearts have no pity for hearts that
pass
lived my life while I had the chance:
l had my chance and L lived my day:
You. you know life as a song and a
dance:
II know the tears of old Broadway.
Others had gathered around to listen
to the reading. One man who had heard
the poem with deep attention, said.
Say. sport, I'll give you a five-dollar
bill for that" 81
Thanks" said the tramp. I'm with
my friend. Mr.. Dockstader. I'm not
a literary seller of wares. Goodnight.
gentlemen
And with shuffling feet he passed out
into the night.
According to Mac" i'm the Toledo
Blade. May Robson who is PLAYING
with Francis Wilson in 1.-The Mountain
Climber" is the princess of story
tellers. and can give cards and spades
to Willie Collier, Wilton Lackaye and
DeWolf Hopper and best them out at
their own game.
Miss Robson's maid is quite as cele-
brated Cor her funny sayings as Miss
Robson herself, with this difference:
The maid never intends to be funny.
and the actress does During a recent
engagement in Boston a friend of Miss
Robson sent her a volume of Ethel
Watts Mumford's poems When it
came the actress said TO the maid ::
You may open the package for me -
The girl slowly undid the parcel and
opened the book, and then said in ut
most surprise and disappointment:
What did he want to send YOU a book
of poetry for? You've got one at home"
Eva never is the least bit shaken. She
goes on her way calmly, notwithstand-
ing Miss Robson Is at times apt to be
somewhat of a whirlwind. The other
day the mistress came in and found
her rather untidy and. stamping her
foot i'm the characteristic way that her
friends know. she said: why will YOU
be so untidy? You drive me crazy.
You Will simply be so dirty they won't
take you in at the hotels. 1 cannot I'M
derstand why you do this, when you
know ] have talked to you so much
1t is growing worse and worse, and
from an untidy girl you will become an
absolutely slovenly old woman"
After this TRADE the girl looked I'D
forget to mail your letters. will you?"
May subsidized with a laugh.
Baltimore reporter met Lima Abar-
banell. the vivacious prima donna of
The Student King" in her dressing
room the other night, and found that
she desires TO go on record as agreeing
with the sentiment OF that dainty song
which declares It's Nice to Be7a Boy.
Sometimes" Nine. Abarbanell knows
whereof she speaks. for she imperson-
ates Prague university student for a
half hour every night i'm the De Koven
opera.
do like to wear dem? ?" laughed
the sprightly singer as she waited for
her cue.
Eyes. I do-now."
How. now" asked her visitor.
Eyes. now.' replied Abarbanell
wen 1 vas told it was in the part, 1
did not like it, for 1 wonder would I
be liked ven / wear dem. Mr.. Savage
say yes Mr.. De Koven say yes and
now so many people say 'yes'-I say
yes. Sometimes / find they are eefen
a confeenience. Las night a leetle
mouse into my dressing-room crept.
de chair joomped. But wild deez-ho,
j JUS laff at heem."
Books are Francis wilson's home
hobby and his library in New Rochelle
many admirably selected
works.
He loves outdoor and indoor games,
is an expert at chess. has been success
full as lecturer. has mastered several
languages and. strangest of all, has or
ganized a Chautauqua circle in his
theatrical company. Ims CINE a set OF
comic opera singers amusing them
selves with Chautauqua studies, here
by hangs tale.
On one occasion his managers decid-
ed tn organize a new crr,onar1x- IN Srrr1-