The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-02-06

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log reporter, and yours truly. The
party had proceeded some four or five
miles up the river when it encOun-
tered raft Of logs on which was q
lnmberjack working, apparently very
hard IN order to keep the logs IN their
proper cOurse-and how fortunate that
he should be there in time Of danger.
We were forced (?) to stop for few
moments and during this time some
one threw the poor doggie into the
river. The leading lady gave heart
scream and jumped after her
pet, the lumberjack threw rope to
the heroine, and no lives were lost.
After the lady had retired to a house
located about quarter of mile from
the river, and had discarded her wet
clothes for dry Ones-which had been
sent out beforehand for the occasion
the party returned to the city. The
papers came out the next day with a
long story under the heading: "Risks
Life to Save Pet Dig" The result ?
A large concourse Of people vending
their way to the box office to pay for
the privilege of witnessing the per-
formance of this brave little woman
who thought nothing of her own life
when that of her pet was in danger.
Another idea that was worked with
good results. as far as newspaper talk
was concerned, was when company
press agent put an advertisement in
all the papers for pair of twins un-
der one year of age, to be used in
sented the following week. The
mother of the twins that 81 ould be &C.
lected for the occasion was to receive
$500 for the engagement. The ap-
plicants for the position were to be at
the theatre on certain morning and
inquire for the writer, who, by the way,
! was ignorant of the whole affair. My
readers can judge of my surprise, on
coming into the office and finding
| it full Of "kids" of all cOiOrs,
shapes, sizes and dispositions. The
agent arrived about this time and ex-
/ planned the situation aud theE we ap.
pointed ourselves a committee Of two,
to act as judges for this "infant beauty
show" A pair of the near beauty
twins was finally selected as being the
brightest and most likely of all these
thespian aspirants, and the decision
announced, followed by many sarcas.
tic remarks by the fond mothers con.
c.rning the good taste of the commit.
tee. The winners of this honor were
to be brought to the theatre the mex,
day for rehearsal, aud they were there
bright and early; and great was the
Disappointment of the mother wheI
she was informed that Oh account Of
{ the tender age of the two actors, anC
the fear of the law being brought
to bear upon the theatre management
the committee had decided not to rul
the risk, but as she had been put to
great deal of trouble, the 1926 90 wa
given to her to assuage her feelings
and she went away happy, especial.
so after being shown the articles il
the newspapers about the contes
and her babes heralded as the winnini
team. This was all q press agent
scheme, as it had not been intended t.
} use the twins at all, as the compan
J carried property twins" to use durin
the play.
A story was circulated few year
! ago, and printed in all the big dailies
about one of the leading comedian
of the present day, who had lost
, great deal of his time and had bee
forced to cancel many'of his dates O
; account Of some stomach trouble,
3 nalIy being cured by living entirely o
r molasses taffy and milk for period Q
: three months. The story was give
V much credence at the time and man
t people tried the same remedy, but
t never heard what the effect was; alth
d at that, it might not be any worse, an
e perhaps little better than a lot {
1 medicines that are so widely adve
I tised nowadays. Some of the pres
/ stories may seem absurd, but the
# help bring the name of the star or a
p traction, as the case may be, befol
i thousands of readers, and that is tt
q goal sought for by the press agen
# An article appeared in q recent pap'
It about dog that had been run ov'