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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-21

fact the bill is one of the real good
Orpheum kind, containing as it does
frst-class artists, who have little
trouble in pleasing the most fastidious.
The real head-liners are the perform
ing seals, the property of Captain
Webb, who go through a number of
tricks that approach the marvellous.
Mullen and Corelli are clever tumbl-
ers and have an act that creates no
end of merriment. The four messen-
ger boys have singing and dancing
act that would be vastly improved
upon if all the members of the quar-
tette were possessed of equal ability
of the black-face member, who is a
forcible reminder of genuine old
time minstrel Coon" The farce.
"Prof. Hoodoo" is rather silly, yet has
its good points, and is far ahead of
the farce presented the week before.
Massias O'Connor's shadow pictures
are neatly done and really amusing.
. Beth Stone, as a Topsy Turvey toe
dancer, is graceful and gives a very
pleasing performance. The entire bill
is so far ahead of last weeks per-
Torrance that there is cause for con-
graduation upon the return to first
class vaudeville. The patronage all
week has been good-as it always i.
when the program merits it.
That theatre-goers follow, like a
flock of sheep, the society leaders in
the patronage of theatrical produc-
tions is shown by an incident in
Washington during the engagement
of Coming Thro' the Rye The pa
tronage had not been of the best. One
night Mrs. Roosevelt and party wit
messed the performance, and the first
lady of the land was very much pleas
ed with the production, and said so.
The next morning the papers men
toned the fact. That settled it. The
following day orders by phone and in
person poured into the theatre office,
the boxes and the highest price seats
going first, and the remainder of the
week Coming Thro' the Rye" was
witnessed by a succession of immense
audiences. including box parties of the
most brilliant social description.
In the production of the romantic
drama, "The Gold King" the Moore
Stock Company shows decided i'm
provement, due no doubt, to the men,
bers of the company having become
more familiar with the peculiar STYLE
of their co-workers. The Lyric has
been comfortably filled at each per-
Torrance and the company has been
accorded the approval of each au
dience. In the individual triumphs,
Mr. Frederick Moore and Nellie Bow.
ring Rodrigue have carried off the
laurels.
Helen Hale, who it was rumored
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-21
TRUTH
A TRUE CHRISTMAS STORY

some night before the one on WHICH
the good old Santa Clause was sup
posed to visit every house in the
land, that I would do so.
The difficulty of the task they inn
posed upon me was that it must be
a true story, there must be no ina
gination about it. Everything about
it must be true. The characters who
appeared in the tale must be real
characters, and what they said and
did must have really happened.
I pu- my memory at work, and it
was some time before l could recall
anything which could interest my lit
tie auditors At last I struck upon
the tale, that possibly the little read
ers of Truth, would like to hear as
we'll.
To begin, / will not go outside of
Utah, for either my characters, or
the subject matter of the story 1t all
happened down in Emery county, the
scene being the little village of Orange
vile, or as I must be accurate, in
the mountains which lie to the west
of Castle valley, and the story treats
of how Christmas cheer was brought
to the village for its first Christmas
day.
But to my story
There were a great many anxious
mothers in the little settlement a.
the month of December, 1870 came
on. All of the families had come
from the older settlements across
the mountains in Sanpe-e county,
and this was their first year in their
new homes. They had been too busy
in the earlier portion of the season
to think much of Christmas, or of
anything else for that matter ex-
cept build their dugouts for shelter
during the winter WHICH was Ap-
preaching, and to take care of the
little crop which they had been able
to grow on their farms, after the
first arduous task of getting the wat
err on the land had been in a manner
accomplished.
Before they even sensed the pas
sing of the time, October and Nov
ember had passed away and Decem-
Der was well under way.
The mountains grew white to the
back of the settlement, and even the
foothills donned their winter garb
1t was then that little boy or little
grid, who remembered that Santa
Clause, had visited their homes the
winter before, began to ask their
mothers if the good old saint would
find them in their new homes awav
out i'll the wilderness
The mothers as mothers will as
sure little ones that Santa would not
forget them, trusting that they would
be able to supply the little wants of
their darlings, and that Mr.. Reed
who had started little store in the
settlement would see to it that the
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-21

was piled up in the hills, and so one
and all were preparing to hang I'D
their stockings, and talking among
themselves, as all children will of
their little desires and hopes.
1t was now time for the mothers
to prepare for the grea- day, but
when they went to the store they
found that Mr.. Reeds stock of things
suited for gifts by the good saint
was very small indeed, in truth there
was scarcely anything at all.
One by one the parents came 10
the store, And one by one they went
their way, the mothers with sad
expression on their faces, for it was
a very hard thing to tell their little
ones that Santa would not visit them.
and that they, possibly of all the
world, would be disappointed. As
for the fathers, this lack of Christmas
cheer told them in way they had
never seen before how isolated
they were, and many of them made
vows that they would not remain in
the settlement any longer than it was
possible to get out Of it in the spring.
Mr.. Reed, though the only store
keeper, was likewise a farmer. He
too had his work to do in preparing
for the winter, in fact he only kept
few things, most of them the prime
necessities, for the accommodation of
his neighbors. His home duties had
been so great that he had put off
the journey over the mountains. The
winter had set in earlier than was
expected land it now seemed impos-
sible to undertake til, task
AS he watched the panied faces of
the mothers of the settlement when
they learned that their darings would
be deprived of visit from Santa, and
as he heard the expressions of dis
content upon the part of the fathers.
he determined that cost what it might.
he would make the attempt to cross
the snowy range.
Summoning to his aid sturdy
young man of the settlement, a young
man by the way who had a heart as
tender as he was fearless, the two
packed few provisions in a wagon
and set off through Straight canyon
for Manti.
The snow that season was the
deepest in the mountains that it has
ever been known to be before or
since. Mr.. Reed and his companion
only made few miles the first day,
and were obliged to make a cherries
camp in the snow. During the night
terrible storm set in and by morn
ing fully five feet of fresh snow had
fallen.
They at once saw that it was folly
10 attempt to complete the journey
with the wagon, so packing a few
provisions together with their blan-
kets and small allowance of feed
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-21
II hMUSEMENTS Il

An amusing story is told, in which
the resemblance between Charles B.
Hanford (who is appearing this year
in Antony and Cleopatra'') and Will
liam Jennings Bryan. On one oc-
casion, when Mr.. Hanford was play
ing Marc Anthony before an enthu-
siastic audience of Bryan men, there
came an interruption from the gallery
from someone who had evidently de-
veloped state of convivial confusion.
You're all rightp was the exclama-
ton. TITS great speech. But how
about free silver?"
A new comedy, "The Rejuvenation
of Aunt Mary" by Anne Warner, was
produced in New York recently with
May Robson in the principal role. The
play failed to make good. One critic
said of it. MAY Robson diffused her
humorous personality through three
act monologue, and almost succeeded
in making the audience forget the abb
sence of play, and the presence of
a group of very bad actors. There is
very little that resembles a comedy
in Miss Warmers character sketch"
THE land of Nod" the big extrava-
Uanza which ,,,;11 ba eaa,, a., C.I. H.
during the season, is one of the shows
into which the vast capital supplied by
Mr.. Morris Sellers Largely, of Butte,
Mont, was put, and which are said to
exhibit the limit of extravaganza in
the matter of staging. This big must
cal performance was one of the most
pronounced hits ever brought forward
in Chicago, where il had run of
twenty-seven consecutive weeks.
Frank Daniels, who, in the writer's
opinion, is the prince of comedians, is
to visit Salt Lake in January, when he
will appear in "The Tattooed Man"
Frank Daniels could provoke smile
from craven image, without even
uttering word. His every move
ment on the stage is mirth-provoking
and constant delight to his auditors.
The decision of the Idaho supreme
court declaring constitutional the
Sunday closing law puts the kiabash
on theatrical people in Idaho regard
ing Sunday performances. The actor
will be forced to rest in the Sabbath
during his sojourn in the Gem of the
Mountains" in the future.
To secure "The Merry Widow" as
the opening attraction at his new
Lyric Theatre in Rome, N. Y, Fred
erick Luescher paid to Henry w. Saw
age $500, the biggest guarantee on
theatrical record for a "one-night
stand"
The Sultan of Suu threatens to
our feet will be in the Pacific soon,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-21

1t is said that the earth will be as
dry as the moon in fifty thousand
years. But Georgia will be that dry
in few days.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-21

The Sultan of Sulu threatens to
our feet will be in the Pacific soon,
sternly prepared to head him off
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-21

Helen Hale, who it was rumored
contemplated matrimony, has exer-
cised the eternal feminine preogative
OF changing her mind and will con-
tinue to support. Raymond Hitchcock
IN "A Yankee Tourist" now touring.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-12-21

To secure "The Merry Widow" as
the opening attraction at his new
Lyric Theatre in Rome, N. Y, Fred
erick Luescher paid to Henry W. Saw
age $500, the biggest guarantee on
theatrical record for a "one-night
stand"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-01-10
THE TRIAL BALANCE.
A Monthly Test Of tho Correctness Of
the Bookkeeper's Work.

Ask bookkeeper what his ''black
BEAST is, and he will tell you the
monthly trial balance. Some of you
know what that is, of course, but
the majority of you perhaps do not.
Let us explain briefly. In double
entry bookkeeping, the only kind
that deserves the name of book
keeping, every debit must have it's
credit--that is to say, every item
that is carried to the debit of one
account must be carried to the cred
it of another.
Say, for example, you buy bill
of goods from a merchant. He en-
tiers the amount to your debit on
his books and at the same time
credits an account called "merchan-
disc this account being debited
with all the goods brought into the
stock and credited with all the
goods sold from it. When you pay
the bill YOU are credited with the
amount, and an account called
''cash" is debited, because it re-
ceives the money.
This will explain to the uninitiat-
ed the meaning of the term "double
entry" and it will also explain why,
after the entries have all been car
ried to the ledger and balances have
been struck thereon, the debts and
the credits will agree if the books
have been correctly kept. To test
the correctness of his work the
bookkeeper takes off every month
a trial balance, which consists sim
ply of the debit balances in one
column and the credit balances in
another. If they foot up the same
the work has been correctly done
If they vary he must look for and
find the error or errors before the
next months business is entered on
the ledger.
You can readily understand
therefore why the trial balance is
the bookkeeper's ''black beast We
have known cases in which trifing
errors have eluded the most careful
search for several days and nights
and even for weeks, torturing the
soul of the bookkeeper almost past
endurance. But he has to stand it,
for the error must be found.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-01-10
The Star and Her Public.

OF course materially the star is ex
tremely we'll off. She can, if she has
any business instinct whatever, easily
become rich woman. She earns, we
will say, $500 a week and a percentage
of the box Office receipts. At that rate
she need not be misery to accumulate
tidy fortune in the course Of a few
successful years. A few successful
years! Alb, there's the rub! The public
Is dear, kind, sympathetic, flattering-
and tickle. Its regard is immediate and
perhaps ephemeral. 1t adores you this
year, flocks to see you, bursts it's gloves
applauding you, warns the cookies of
your heart with it's ready smiles, it's
ready signs, losses you flowers, sends
you notes, makes you walk upon air
with gladness. And next year it doesn't
care for your play or there Is some one
new, some one bewitching, enthralling.
Your personal popularity has evapo-
rated. And you see yourself going the
inevitable way-the way that greater
actresses and greater favorites than
you have gone before you, to their neg
lected, half contemptuously pitied old
age-to the drummed up benefits and
the condescendingly bestowed charity.
Ethel Barrymore in Harper's Bazaar.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-01-10
Girls Are So Queer.

"No, never did like him. Why,
when he used to write me glowing
love letters l would only glance
over them once"
"Only once, dear?"
"Well-er-sometimes when /
couldn't make out his abominable
scrawl I would glance over them a
second time"
"Indeed! And was that all ?"
Except sometimes at night |
would take them from under my
pillow and read them just to kill
time"
"And that was the end?"
eyes, only on rainy days I used
to look over them just to see how
silly man can be when he starts
writing love letters. But | only
glanced over them, dear. l never
did like him. "-Chicaco News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-01-10
;, Han6UQYS
:Pu12fS6m emf
- =
BY JOHN J. O'CONNOR
: Copyright. 1905. by May McKeon

1t was October when Tim came to
school. The family had been visitin"
relatives III the west. and he had re
joiced in the prolonged vacation. 1t
seemed rather hard to have to go back
to school. and it was with laggard feet
that he headed, with the rest of the
scholars, toward the little frame build
in where the tender mind of district
No. was trained.
"Ihe new teachers SOFT" volunteer
ed Tommy English. THE other day
Bill Hendricks brought bean blower
and shot the teacher in the back, and
all, she said was. Please DON'T |
guess there's going to be fun
Tim smiled weakly. 1t was encour-
aging to know that he could practice
his Gevilments without the risk of Il
thrashing The last teacher had been
a man, and Tim had had good reason
to remember him, for of the younger
boys Tim was the ringleader, just as
Hendricks was the leader of the older
boys. That Bill had eventually thrash
ed the teacher and forced him to re-
sign just before the end of the spring
term was no great consolation to Tim.
The trustees had put in woman
teacher as an experiment. thinking that
perhaps feminine appeal might be
more potent than the hickory switch.
Tim rather expected 4 gaunt old lady.
as a certain Miss Flint had been, and
when he made his appearance in the
schoolroom and presented himself be-
fore the teacher he was shocked to
find so young a woman.
Marion Murtha was only nineteen,
and her fresh coloring and the liquid
brown eyes made so deep an impress
sion on him that for the first ten days
he was one of the model scholars, and
Miss Murtha was beginning to congrat-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-01-10

GENTLY SHE EXPLAINED THAT SHE HAD
BEEN HIRED TO TEACH THE SCHOOL.
ulate herself that the boy against
whom everybody had warned her was
not so bad after all.
In vain his fellows looked for some
outbreak, and finally Tommy English
twitted him on his susceptibility.
He wants to marry her when he
grows up" be jeered. He'll be bring
ing her apples an candy next The
amt afraid; he's just soft, that's ALL"
The gibe struck home, for Tim had
@ big apple in his desk that he was
thinking of giving Miss Murtha if he
did not feel tempted to eat it himself
during the noon hour
Il amt a-skeered of her." he said
contemptuously. 81 was just waitin'
till could think somethin' up"
yah jeered Tommy. Il didn't say
you was a-skeered. l said you was
stuck on the teacher"
The iron entered Tins soul, and,
with dark "You wait and see." he
raced off to the well.
He came stamping in when the bell
rang and went to lis desk with swag-
ger that was quite like his old time
bearing. The desk next him was emp
ty. and with infinite care he twisted
two bits of slate pencil into rubber
band and dropped them into the other
desk. The unwinding band ratified the
pencils around in the empty box with
a crash that stopped the Fourth Reader
class and directed the eyes Of the
whole school on him. Tim tried to look
unconcerned, but he could not refrain
from casting a glance Of triumph at
Tommy English, and therein lay his
undoing, for the teachers eyes were
quick and her intuition keen.
''Tim," she said sharply. You will
stay in after school tonight
81 amt done nothin'," he declared
Btoutiy.
81 did not say that you had" she said
quietly. 81 said that / wished you to
remain after school this evening"
"Aw," cried Tim, 'that amt fairv'
She said nothing, but went on quietly
with. the class work. Tim had expected
her to answer, that he might talk back
again. He could not understand this
quiet ignoring Of the matter and sat
silent and uncertain.
During the noon hour Tommy Eng
lish sought to persuade him into defy
ing the teacher, but when 4 O'Clock
eame and he made as though to 60 out
with the others firm hand was laid
npon his shoulder, and Miss Murtha's
quiet voice reminded him that he was
10 stay in.
To stay after school meant to spend
n certain time IN study. Tim scufHed
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-01-10
ANIMALS AND TRICKS.
Geese. Pigs and Bears Not Hard 70
Train For the Stage.


"A farmer would scarcely believe
that a goose requires only about
sixty hours in order to prepare 1t
for the footlights and a critical au-
dience and that a common pig
which has been bought in the mar
ket will in thirty hours be compe-
tent to blossom forth as an actor.
According to Clyde Powers, a
trainer IF wide experience and
much patience, it takes a duck
about three DAYS to learn how to
march on TIE stage, to follow the
chorus and to march off again at
the proper time. 1t takes a chick
en- a week or more, and a turkey
cannot grasp the art of acting in
less than six months time.
Mr.. Powers has tried to train a
peafowl, but he finds that it is i'm
possible. A goose is the most intel
ligent Of all the feathered tribe,
and a goose is also the only do
nestle fowl that shows affection.
Animals are always entertaining,
and so much in demand are they
by managers that every vaudeville
theater in America books for it's
programme at least one animal act
and often two every week. A good
animal troupe is contracted for
many months ahead, and its owners
and trainers receive salaries far ex-
ceeding those of the average troupe
of vaudeville performers of the hui
man species.
During visit to dress re-
heawal at the New York Hippo
drome, SAYS a writer in Leslie's
Weekly, three or four cub bears
were being schooled in the art Of
standing on their heads, in driving
an auto, or at least appearing to do
so, and last, but not least-for it
amuses an audience greatly-to
drink out of bottles.
To teach them this last act is not
very difficult if the bottles are filled
with sweetened water. In fact, the
difficulty comes in preventing the
cubs from stealing these bottles and
rehearsing before it is time, so fond
are they of this particular form of
acting
Bears are decidedly humorous,
and, while they know perfectly well
what they are doing, they often do
trick the wrong way, apparently
just for the humor of the thing,
and they seem to enjoy the scold-
ing, which with many bears is sell
dom accompanied by punishment.
The trainers pockets are usually
bullying with sugar, and the cubs
are given taste every time they
obey orders and go through trick
with willingness. If a bear is good
tempered and of adaptable DISPOSE
ton a new trick can be mastered in
ahnnt fo,,~ woelrr
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-01-10
Dangerous.

Kind Lady-My poor man, will you
never keep away from booze?
Rummy Robinson-Well. mum, dere
is one boose I keep away from.
Kind Lady-And what booze is that?
Rummy RobinsOn-Why, de cabocse.
OATS where de brakemen ride.--Chica-
60 News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-01-10


hocl RI his dos,, anil Snt tlaf,. sve,,,g-
ing his feet idly. Hc AS tapteviu ned
that he would not stu, .... yoAs.ered
vaguely if the tea> uer YOU'D uy to
thrash him for his dso.,usiie.lce.
Presently the others we're gJll,, anu
Miss MUrlla went b;,>4. 10 her tc5k.
Another scholar had b>,.i Nel.t Ia ~ re-
write the spel,ils < 20. anu Ass
Murtha waited Que! s-Ath hT s'Sk
was done. At last u J . ">''r '''ohe,
an, "-4e cai-ed 10 n-An .'J' oA>e h-'u
she iced hlhi 1e- ore ga ILL Went
LOT : Ia " on"efi''s-'
'oid NE ,'A"' "','
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al ,:ao j., j., ,o,
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sii' "a i''' ie'''''in - NoO'0 '''.
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III ~ "ii" 10y y ~
ply @.ci "a q eii''ii0e ~ CO. - 't's''
WI 'ie h"u nliiSlieu' IL, 'ooAeu up
N',J' nc saiu pen lily II lot
you ilcN H.e IL you want w. WON
Hsn' "'tch.
Oh ""1'' 70 WIZ o"' 0Ie o"io
DIS SH~' sIool'e1 ana KISS. 'l'lH' 4 want
you 70 oe &ooo poy' al,
rs l. sI0@1ed Tim went out. Diu
she * yOH: ne u2ln1nded eagerly.
Il didn't near you holer.
With a howl lin sprang at MN and
thrasLed him as a reilef Tor MS over
wrought feelings.
can I'll do it again if you say any
thin about Miss Murtha," he promised
as he released bis victim. IAN I'll lick
any OF YOU fallers what makes trouble
fo,. bo~"
# took h,,+ = veal, r. make that fact
annarent and those who bol take, adj
vonta~n oe tha fact that Miss Murtbo
did not bol;a,a in nhvsico1 n,,nisbment
,oornod - bahova
Than conoa Pom Hanvov unon tho
cow on1 - coo, boo,,,o onnoro,,+
49, ,,onia~, had fouo, ~ ,orn Tba
,~4 o,, 80
~ r. ol'o 80 49, :. ~
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uo"' ioi n0' - 60
'nouSn ne rs,elteu 'ne ion' ""iN. nJ.ii,
win Nio' 'i"i 'n"' ~
e"iieu -, nei III MS ou7''''' anu l i-''
was iel. oeiiiiia'
nut Tie course VI 'rue ioVe never ulu
iah Silooth' anu one d. terhoon III
caine pS'ch ~ 'ne sci'ooiloo.h " n-iu
MISS Mur''.a' win nel neau 10" Gu o1A
ier arms, ner silsnt rom sn1heh ny
sooS' ooi ~ nc SUE ou' VI 'no iooiii
"nu n'"uc ioi TIC 'li,"6e' :,
heh "ouiu piooaoiy &c III INC ohOe
Q! Tue luiiioer !aru' anu t'ii'hei Nc oeli.
ms steps. han"ay was worhliis as
us deSA wren tlie uoof ourS' open anu
LIN was upon niln me youns
mount paldnielihs anu hichihs ihois-
ciiniin".oJ' he "''aeA was ~ SUI
ueh that IL was seVeral hllnules oelore
dah"ay coulu grasp the youilssler.
iears Oh rage sloou III LII eyes as
| ne strusSieu 10 yet Tree.
| 1ou let me aiolle. lie snou'eu' We
sot 10 lick you. saiu | was gum "
i";h any leliei ua. ilaue Miss NJ III liza
cry, an Hckeu eIl :" except billy
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-01-10

Rencvolence is the tranquil habita
straight path Menicns.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1907-07-12

Youths Worsted Suitings,
gray and brown mixtures, i'm
ported Venetian satin Innings, al
ways up~to-date, were $3.50,