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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02
BY FRANKLIN FYLEs.

Waltz writing Strausses abound in
Vienna, and the music by one of them,
Oscar, made Elm Walzertraum' dance
across the Atlantic. The play begins
with the marriage of a Viennese army
lieutenant, by command of the Austrian
emperor, TO the daughter of Hun
garian prince. The wedding function is
the cOstliest in women's gowning-as l
guess at it with tips from my wife
that ever / have seen on the stage.
Court trains, yards and yards long,
come into the already ornate assem-
blage with stately ladies at one end
of them and smart pages at the other.
Then the bride enters in apparel that
makes the women in the audience skip
a breath to adjust their opera glasses.
Gladys Vanderbilt had been married in
splendOr to a Hungarian count at noon
of the day in the evening of which "A
Waltz Dream" was introduced in a
Broadway theatre; yet l doubt if the
gowns of the real event exceeded those
of the mimicTy in sightlineSs, even
though the Vanderbilt jewelry was gen.
uine instead of bogus; and of course as
a spectacle the public show. as l saw
it, outshone to comparative dimness the
private show, as l read about it.
=
BY and bye. but may heaven forbid,
dear little Gladys -Scechenyi
may have to take her place as a Hun
garian example of American unhappy
wives of titled Europeans. "A Waltz
Dream" reverses usage, and IL is a
plebeian husband who mistreats an
aristocratic bride. Do you know that
Vienna's stage equals Berlin's, and al
most Paris, in the immodesties of its
fun? In this play, the cold bridegroom
refuses to begin a honeymoon with the
warm bride. but bids her an icy good
night and goes to a restaurant to be
thawed out by an orchestra of girls
from Vienna. These musicians play, of
course, the Straus waltz that gives the
title TO the play. and upon the leader.
a Viennese coquette, he places the af-
lection that belongs to his Hungarian
wife.
Here occurs a duplication of THE
Merry Widows" caloric waltz-and n
little bit more. The conditions are in
verified; the man is the pursuer and the
girl the eluder; it is she, not he, who
Tesists the sensuous rhythm of the
waltz; and when she is half unconscious
in his arms, he kisses her. / suspect
the kiss is an Interpolation for New
York in the play from Vienna, The
couple sing the tune that they dance
to; he is eager and she is daZed; their
faces are close together; he presses his
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A "Soul Kiss" Analysed in Dollars and Cents

New York, Jan. 31.-"Three wise men
of Gotham went TO sea in a bowl" so
says the nursery legend. Multitudes of
men and women of Gotham, wise and
otherwise, have gone-or will go-to see
A Waltz Dream" and THE Soul Kiss"
IF the bowl had been stronger" the
primer goes on to tell, my story would
be longer" If theatrical fads were more
durable, the prevailing waltz madness
would be less durable. The portion of
New York that makes audiences for the
theatres gives more money to them than
congregations do TO churches. Oh, yes;
pat is so, although. in the estimate
NScn't include charities connected with
religion, but only the money used in
operating the churches as against that
paid for admission to theatres. The
erratic trend in stage amusement, there
fore. is matter of moment in sociology.
The sirenic waltz in The Merry Wild
ow" has caught New Yorks ears. ever
cooked ready TO hear any alIuring call.
An equally enhancing Sankey hymn
might start another Moody religious re-
YiVal. The merry widow waltZed so
witchingly with her lover in a Viennese
musical play, as | told You month
ago, that it compelled him to say II
love you" when he didn't mean 10 Tess
up. IEal air varied the play OF Inc
Merry Widow to success. Hence "A
Waltz Dream and -'The Soul Kiss are
the extra costly stage disclosures here,
with their lovers dancing together not
only. but kissing, too.
= X X
Probably $4,000 was put into "A
Waltz Dream" before a New York cur
tain was raised on it, and in case Of
failure the loss might amount TO $780,
600. As a born and bred American.
am inclined to size up dramatic art
with a sordid sense of money profit or
loss. So l fancy that although ! am
hired to write about what | see on the
stage. and not what ] know of man
5gers and their business affairs, in this
instance 1t may interest you TO learn
whose money would be gone if "A
Waltz Dream" failed. and who viii
multiply it now that the gamble wins
out. The program says the production
is by the Interstate Amusement COM
pany, Frank Mckee. president. That
corporation takes in Klaw, ETlangeT
the FrOhmans, and dozen others, and
its purpose is TO make such heavily
risky ventures as no one man cares to
capitalize. The profits of "A Waltz
Dream will be divided among the
shareholders of the association, whose
first big operation is to take advantage
of the theatrical waltz mania.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02

among them are the K'1D and Dill.
t0n arA shc~t lean and tat, Gernan-
Americans with Weber and f'ields
lUOsyncraeies. The bulk of the audi
ence in which I sat hadn't seen Weber
and Fields, nor yet the brothers Rog-
ers. and was as noisily merry an as
sembly as l had seen i'm a long, long
while. Do you know that when Eoret-
ia Crabtree made a long delayed ap-
pearance in London as .'cute and
cunnin' sOubFette, Minnie Palmer
had become familiar there in close re-
productions, and Lolita was respected
with scorn as a mere imitatOr of Mia
ME, while, for a fact. it was he otEer
way. So it may be that if Webec and
Fields, or the ROgerses, ever act where
KOlb and Dill have gone before them.
the X. and D. brand will be regarded
as the standard of merit. and the W
and f. and the r. B. rated as subsfi-
tutes not as good.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-02-02

goes with a celebrity unsupported by
most spectators, and even the players
are often made to count five. ten or
twenty during pauses. lest the desira-
Bile pause of suspense be shortened
nervously. Therefore, when Il tell you
that the kiss of the sculptor and the
model is genuinely adhesive for a full
minute, you may believe me that ii is
a sight to make the audience feel va
riously-mostly rather foolish. The
story went, on the opening night, that
at rehearsals Ziegfeld fixed on an exact
minute for the duration of the kiss,
and told the man to count sixty be-
fore ending it; that the girl wouldn't
trust him to count fair. and was per-
mitted to do it helfself; that she counted
as fast as urchins do when playing
hide-and-seek. and that the kiss is
timed now by the prompter, who gives
a signal when the minute is up,
Adeline Genee does not play a char
acter in THE Soul Kiss" she dances
only; but her dancing is of a kind that
has kept her a pet at one of London's
big music halls several years, and now
makes her celebrity in New York.
She is a pretty woman, from face TO
feet, and she dances with every bit of
herself from her head to the tips of
her fingers and toes. She is as timber
as a contortionist in a circus, but al
ways graceful, and exquisitely psnto-
mimic. She dances -four times-in the
long skirts of an old-style lady, in the
short ones of a premiere danseuse at
the opera, in the high-heeled slippers
of modern show girl and In the garb
of a rider to hounds She is accom-
panied by a dozen ballet girls from
London. THE Soul kiss might get
along without her, but not very well.
x x <
A third new jocular and sportive
play, Lonesome Town." is no more
than half as entertaining as "a Waltz
Dream" or THE Soul Kiss" but the
cost of enjoying it is only half as
much. During the years that Weber
and Fields were making fun and
money with Germanie- American hui
NOR at their music hall i'm New York,
they were duplicated by Kolb and Dill
i'm San Francisco. The words and mu-
sic. of the shows made here were sent
across the continent to be used there.
How the stuff was delivered there al
most exactly as in the original New
York productions, in so far as the dia-
lect comedians were concerned, is DEM
onstrated by Kolb and Dill's introduce
ton of themselves here. They lost
their San Francisco theatre in the
earthquake, and have come east 10
earn money, but of course they can't
use material with which we are ia
miliar. So they bring Lonesome
Town." which initiates the Weber and
Fields nonsense closely. But they keep
the salary list as well as the admission
prices down by associating with them
selves no Lillian Russell or Fay Tenn
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pleton, De Wolf Hopper or David War
field; and they have made no expen-
sive collection of VIGOROUSLY beautiful
show girls.
1t is pertinent to interpolate, right
here, proof that show girls are per-
nicious factor in the theatrical bust
ness of New York. An extravaganza
was described lately in this cOrTespOn-
denee as noteworthy only for it's ami
mate beauties. Now that it's brief life
has come TO death, 1 may tell that its
sextette of show girls didn't care their
fingers snap about the nOn-payment
of their $50 per week. They came TO
the theatre and went away in motor
cars. After the performance they were
to be seen In the off-stage limelight of
midnight restaurants along the electro
luminous quarter-mile of Broadway.
For each had her money man to coyur
her and I'LL her with the costliest garb
and grub. 1t is due to the decent wO-
men of the theatre that this natter
shouldn't be minced.
X X X
First let me define the word show
girr' in its technical sense. 1t is
synonym for Gibson girl" on the
stage; that is, tall. slim figure, con-
cave of back and convex of breast.
with chin thrust out, an abdomen
held in. and an air of disdain of all
the other female persons on earth. She
is required to cut her gown OFF short
at the top, but not at the bottom, for
she is an exhibit of drawing room fash
condolences, not of theatric audacitY
The half dozen examples in this show
were talked into belief that it would
keep them on Broadway view the re-
mainder of the season. So expecting
they induced their money men to pay
$3.50 to each for her requisite three
modish gowns. The era of muslin, silk
and cotton velvet on the stage is by
gone, in the Tenderloin anyway and
the front-row fellows know what's
what i'm feminine finery-at least those
who have paid for some of il. What ]
am getting at is the fact that the six
show girls in this play don't mind the
non-payment of a months wages, nor
yet the lost cost of their gowns: out
their vanity is hurt by the failure, be-
cause 1t proves that, while they may be
helps in a show, they can't be the main
cause of a success.
x X X
To resume with Lonesome Town." /
looked in the advertisements to learn
if Joe Weber's or Lew Fields own
matinees would permit them to see
Kolb and Dill: for I would like TO
watch the originals while they watched
the counterparts- The play takes its
title from a real California town of
Watts, which dropped from d busting
boom into lonely inactivity. Its fOun-
der is dead. and there are no genuine
heirs at hand to claim the property,
but fraudulent grabbeFs turn I'D. and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27

Berlin, Mar. 27.-The situation re-
sulting from the objection sent to
Washington to appointment of David
Jayne Hill as ambassador to Ger
many is now "up to Ambassador
Tower"
Following the semi-offlcial denial
by the state department yesterday
that the German government had
objected to Hill and following the
report of the Reichstag on a propos-
ed vote of censure If II was shown
the kaiser objected to Hill on purely
personal grounds, an official state
ment from the kaiser himself was is
sued today.
In his official statement the kaiser,
through the foreign office. states that
he never said nor wrote a word that
might be construed by anyone as an
objection to Hills appointment on the
contrary, as late as last November
the kaiser expressed his warm appro-
val of Hill.
The kaiser's statement ends the
matter as far as the German gov
ernment is concerned. 1t removes the
last shadow of a doubt that the WASH
ington. state department has been mis-
informed. Just how, will have to be
explained by Tower.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
". S. U'REN URGES VOTERS
To UPHOLD STATEMENT NO, |

1t was a fair sized and intensely in
tensely Interested audience which
greeted w. s. U'Ren, the evangel of
statement No. ] and the popular
election of United States senators at
the circuit court room last evening.
Owing TO a misunderstanding as to
the date of Mr.. URen's coming the
meeting was not properly advertised
and consequently but few people
knew of the event. Today many peo-
pie expressed regret that they did not
hear Mr., U'Ren's talk OH popular gov
ernment.
Mr.. U'Ren arrived last evening
from Condon where he spoke tn.
night before to a crowded house. and
he left this morning for Elgln. where
he will speak tonight On Saturday
night 4 rousing meeting and demon
stration have been arranged in La
Grande and an enormous attendance
Is expected.
In his address last night Mr.. U'Ren
reviewed the senatorial elections of
Oregon. giving inside facts and de-
tails of the bribery scandal and COR
ruption which have marked these
events in the past and urged the peo-
pie to stand by the popular election
Of senator's as expressed In statement
No. I.
lie talked for over an hour and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27

Can the Northern Pacific Railroad
company be forced to sell the land it
now owns in this county for the price
of $3.50 per acre? II so, there will
be come snaps for those who wish to
invest in land and at least score
OF local pople have already made ap-
plications. Copies of the applications,
together with affidavits stating that
the offers were rejected by the rail-
road people have been filed with the
county recorder.
Those who have sought to purchase
n. p land for $3.50 per acre are Louis
Scholl, jr., cloyd Oliver Dixie McBee,
John Moore. Ben F. Atkinson, Eras-
tus j. oliver, C. P. Bowman, c. r.
Morrison, o. A. Cannon. s. A. Oliver,
j. w. Copplnger, William Oliver, h.
S. Pugsley, F., j. Looney. Alex oliver,
A. c. Funk, B. C. Wilson, T. D. Tay-
lor, n. d. Swearingen and T. B. Swear
ingen.
Practically all of the land applied
for by the above people lies under the
east Umatilla project and should they
be successful in forcing the railroad
company to sell for $3.50 per acre
they will be buying it for from $50 to
500 per acre less than the actual
market value.
The basis of the claim being made
against the Northern Pacific is the
same as that in the now famous case
against the Southern Pacific. The
original grant by which the govern
ment gave the lands to the railroad
specified that the company should
sell the land to settlers for price not
higher than $3.50 per acre. This both
the Southern Pacific and the Northern
Pacific railroads have been refusing
to do
Accompanying the applications filed
with the recorder is an affidavit from
r. R. Lewis saying that on March 10
he presented the applications in per-
son at the Northern Pacific office
in Tacoma and also made a tender Of
the money in payment of the land de-
sired The applications were accept
cd but the money refunded.
The applications made by the par
ties named above are all in accord
ance with the law stating that the ap-
plicants are citizenes of the United
States, past the age of 81 years and
that they desire the land for their own
use and that they are not acting as
the agents of any other person or per-
sons whomsoever.
When the Southern Pacific cases
now pending are settled, it is, under
stood that the claims of the local ap-
plicants for N P. land will alse be de-
cided.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27

Washington, Mar. 27.-John Sharp
Williams, minority leader of the
house, hlnted strongly today that he
intended bringing impeachment pro-
cedings against President Roosevelt
in a speach on the Wiley incident.
Williams statement followed re-
port that the president had taken
members of the judiciary committee
to task for criticism that they had
leveled at Whitley and his conduct in
the unitee 4ates court at Shanghai.
''If these charges against the pres
ident prove true" said Williams on
the floor, 81 shall introduce a reso-
luton calling for a thorough investi-
cation of this Intrusion of the presi-
dent of the United States on the
rights of members of this house."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27

aside from his review of the sena-
torial election and statement No. l
he urged the people to sustain the
University of Oregon appropriation,
in view Of the fact that Oregon needs
higher education to insure better cit
izenship for the future.
He also urged the passage of the
amendments to the constitution pro-
viding for the recall, by which OBJ
jectionable officials may be recalled
from office by the people, the pro-
portional representation principle,
the corrupt practices act and other
initiative measures now before the
people which are intended to safe
guard government and conduce to
good citizenship.
Owing to his long service in behalf
of popular government in Oregon and
his close relations with leading men
OF the state in all parties, Mr.. U'Ren
is perfectly familiar with the inside
deals Of Oregon politics and inters-
persed his talk with incidents from
the political history of the state,
which were highly entertaining.
Mr. U'Ren finds the sentiment for
statement No. l increasing in all parts
Of the state and he believes that if
the republicans turn down the state
ment he finds sentiment in favor
of supporting democrats who will take
the pledge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
IDAHO DEBATERs
WIN BOTH SIDES
SKILLED FORENSIC ARTISTS
DEFEAT TWO UNIVERSITIES
Trail ColOrs of University
of Oregon and University of WASH
ington in Dust of Defeat, Handling
Either Side of Exclusion Question
With Equal Ability-U. of W. De-
feats L. of o. at Seattle on Same
Question.

Portland, Mar. 27.-The University
of Idaho scored two striking victories
in the forensic field last night when
the teams from the Moscow institu-
tion defeated both the University of
Oregon, ct Eugene, Oregon, and the
University of Washington at Moscow
Idaho.
Idaho men won on both sides of the
question of Japanese exclusion. At
Eugene they supported the negative
side of the question, "That the pres
ent laws relating to Chinese exclu-
sion should be extended to the Jap
anese."
At Moscow, Idaho, the debaters
took the affirmative side. At Seattle
the University of Washington defeat
ed the University of Oregon. Wash
ington supported the affirmative side
to the japanese exclusion question.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
JAPANESE FEAR
KOREAN PATRIOTS
RELIEVE WHOLESALE AS
SASSINATIoNs ARE PLANNED.
Special Precautions Taken ia Foreign
Affairs and Guards Ordered About
Palace nj Seoitl-An Japanese
Agents WaTlHel 10 BE ON lookout
for Assassins-Thlnk Koreans KILL
stevens to Atunct World to Their
ConditioIl-Sccrct Service Busy.

Toxic, March 2I-Fear OF a whole
sale campaign of assassination by
Korean enthusiasts following the MUIR
der of Stevens in san Francisco has
stirred the officials here to take
greater precautions and visitors 10 the
foreign office are being closely ques-
toned before admittance is granted.
orders have been sent TO Seoul that
special guards should be placed about
the palace and all japanese agents are
warned to be on the lookout for as
sassins
1t is believed here thai the Stevens
assassination is but the first of q
series of assassinations planned by the
Koreans with the object OF attracting
the attention OF the world to their
downtrodden condition.
The entire secret service of Japan is
engaged in looking out for Korean
leaders both in Japan ana Korea,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
HARTMAN MAY RETIRE.
Rumors That Charles d. Mellen May
Become Head of Union Pacific.

New York, March 27.-Rumors
originating prior to the last annual
meeting of Union Pacific railroad Of
ficials relatice to the retirement of E.
Fl. Hartman have been revived.
1t is now said that Hartman will
take the place as the head of the
board of directors and that Charles D.
Mellen will assume the work of pres
ident of the railroad.
Mellen is at present head of the
New York. New Haven & Hartford
railroad. Lucius Tuttle, it is said,
will take Mellen's place on the latter
road. Tuttle is now holding the posi-
ton of president of the Boston and
Maine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
STOLE. OVER \ MILLION.
Pittsburg Bankers Under Arrest fop
Filching DepositOrs' Funds.

Pittsburg Mar. 27.-Charged with
stealing 81 OO5, 900 from the Farmers
Deposit National bank. Henry Reiber
teller, and John Young, auditor, have
been placed under arrest pending an
Investigation.
Accountants say the amount miss
ing may equal s2,0OO,OOO, but Bank
Examiner Folds said today the banks
loss might not exceed 100000. Two
accused men are trying to secure re-
lease on bail, but 1t is not thought
that they will be successful.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
MEXICAN CITY IN FLAMES.

Mexico City, Mar. 27-ChiIapa, a
city of $4,000 persons. is i'm flames
following an earthquake shock. De-
laycd dispatches reached here this
afternoon and state that many fa-
talties have occurred, but no figures
are given. All Geographic communi-
cation is cut off.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
DUNBAR is GUILTY.

Salem, Mar 27.-Ex-Secretary OF
State Dunbar was found guilty by
Judge Galloway in the circuit court
here this afternoon i'm a. suit brought
by the state 10 recover fees alleged
TO have been appropriated by Dun
bar while in office. Dunbar will have
TO reimburse the state, according to
the courts ruling.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
BATTLEsHtP SURGEON GUILTY.
Chief Surgeon of the Kansas Must
Leave Fleet Immediately.

Washington, Mar. 27.---Word has
been received here that the court
martial has dismissed the chief sur
goon of the battleship Kansas and
he has been ordered to leave the fleet
at Magdalena bay at once.
The court sat while the fleet was
en- route between Callao and Magda-
lena bay He was charged with in
toXicauon
The case attracted attention be-
cause Of Moore's high position and
standing He was with Dewey at Ma
Mia hay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
BcrIln Press Blames Tower.

Berlin, Mar. 27.-The afternoon
press is full of the Hill-Tower am
bassadorship muddle and the prevail
ing impression seems to be that Tow
er is in the wrong and is to blame for
the confusion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
TO SHOW WHAT HE CAN DO.
Joe Bailey VIII Put Up Scrap fOI
DeIcgateshIp Because Enemies Say
He Can't Win.

Fort Worth, Tex, Mar. 27.-Re-
spending to the call of the Bailey
campaign committee, Texas demo.
Gratis who have remained true in their
allegiance to the Texas senator will
assemble here tomorrow TO indorse
Bailey as a candidate for delegate at
large to the Denver convention.
The committee calls attention to
the fact that Senator Bailey did not
announce as a candidate for delegate
until his enemies had declared that
he should not be delegate, and that
his sole reason for entering upon the
campaign was to meet the test OF
strength which his opponents had
prepared.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-03-27
PRACTICE LAYING MINES.
Batleships Complete Target Practice
and Torpedo Boats Now Busy.

Magdalena Bay, Mar. 27.-The
fleet is now engaged in practice of
laying mines Torpedo boat practice
is also under way. All the battle-
ships except the Vermont, Kansas
and Missouri have practically finish
od target practice.