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"The Bondman."

Wilton Lackaye. returning after an
absence of two years, will, Friday
night only. be seen for the first time in
this city in Hall Gaines play of 1.-THE
BOndman," a four-act dramatization
of the Manx authors long popular ro-
nance of that title. 1t seems safe to
assert that the theme and fable of the
play are known to a majority of the
folk who will be interested in seeing il;
for twenty years have passed since
The BOndman" first took a place in
the popular fiction of our tongue, here
and in Great Britain; and, although
Game has in that time been a fecund
and industrious writer of novels, none
of his more recent books has succeeded
in pushing the earlier work out of the
popular affections.
1t is a strange freak of circumstances
that brings a play based on 1.-THE
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THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

Salt Lake Theatre.-Monday I
y evening, Creston Clarke in THE I
= Power that Governs" Tuesday !
= and Wednesday evenings and I
= Wednesday matinee. 1.-The Ginger 4
= bread Man." Thursday matinee I
and evening. Painting the Town." :
+ Friday and Saturday evenings and =
= Saturday matinee, Wilton Lackaye
= in THE Bondman."
Orpheum - Tomorrow evening :
= and all week. matinees every day =
= except Monday, vaudeville. =
Grand-This evening and all =
= week, matinees Wednesday and =
4 Saturday, King of the Opium >
= Ring"
I.yTic.-All week, a japanese y
= Courtship." :
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"Kina of the onium Rinn. u

The Torch Stock company, now
playing at the Grand theatre, will
present tonight, for the first time in
the west, the famous Chinese Ameri-
can melodrama, King of the Opium
Ring" This play is a distinct innova-
ton in the line of theatricals, and is
a great success owing TO its refreshing
originality and interesting subject
This attraction, THE King of the
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smiles and laughs as any act on the
road.
Of course, the Indispensable kino-
drOme and Weihe's orchestra will fill
their usual important parts.
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afternoon in "A Japanese COurtship,
a two-act comic operetta of more than
ordinary merit When the curtain
rose, Salt Lake gave the performers
Continued on Page II.
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"a japanese courtship."

Musical comedy is the offering at the
Lyric this week. Zinn's Comic Opera
company opened the season yesterday
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The Easter Mac.

A writer, relating some of the Incl
dents Of General Grants last days
tells in the Century Magazine this an
ecdote of the ex-president. He was, az
every one knows, very fond of horse:
and while spending summer at Ions
Branch was accustomed to take a daily
drive behind a noted trotter.
BY courtesy, although often agalns
his wish, he was always given free
and open course. One day while jog
ging along he noticed in casual way
a farmer and his wife, who, with sin
gle horse and errand wagon, were JUS
ahead, evidently returning from mar
ket.
On attempting to draw alongside
and pass the couple there was race
on in a moment.
The farmer chirped in a peculiar way
and his horse squatted into long gait
ed and easy trot Altogether it was {
veritable surprise to the other driver
with his professional trotter' anG
light road wagon But the farmer KEEP
the lead in spite Of General Grants eff
forts to oyertake him.
Occasionally through the dust ht
could see the farmers wife look bach
to note their relative positions. Final
ly. after mile heat, the farmer slow
ed up a little to allow the general t.
come within hearing distance.
"Did you know who it was?" Genera
Grant was asked. III
ooh, yes" he replied. ''The mar
simply said, General you've got q
good one and then I allowed him tt
go on"
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ESTABLISHED 1875

and window boxes and things like
that. So very probably all the shop
keepers over in Greenville thought you
were crazy when you asked them for
cretonne para-sunshade."
''They acted So" was Toms feeling
| comment.
| A few days later, forearmed with
this wealth of "cretonnic" information,
Tom took his way confdentially up to
town. Annette comforted herself with
the thought that nothing short of very
urgent business had forced him to post
pone even for day their morning pad
die up the creek, which had come to be
for each Of them an accepted and an
ticipated pleasure.
On his return, although (or more like
ly becauseD it was late in the evening
and full moonlight, Tom sought out
Annette In. the gay chatting groups on
the hotel veranda and quietly signaIed
to her.
sect something to throw around
you, Annette" he directed, "and let's
go down on the beach for a stroll. The
moonlight is beautiful on the water"
Annette, her heart fiuttering prophet
ically, acquiesced without a moments
hesitation.
When they had found a sheltered
nook on the lee side of a picturesque
old rock, Tom took of his overcoat
and spread it for Annette to sit upon.
AS he did so long, narrow package
dropped on the sand at his feet.
"Whats thatT' asked Annette sus-
pictously.
Something l picked up in town."
Tom chuckled. want to see it,"
With exasperating elaboration Tom
unrolled the wrappings.
"Of course" answered the truly fem
mime girl, perched on the rock.
sTherep' he exclaimed at length, I'M
furling the treasure. "Do you like itf'' :
ooh, what a beautyp' gasped An
nette. 81 never had such al mean
never saw such a lovely one. But,
Tom, cretonne would have been all
right" (
Tom shook his head as one who
knows whereof he speaks.
NO." he told her boastfully. THE
cretonne ones aren't In the same class
with this. l know because I've got
two awfully garish ones of that kind
for you up at the hotel"
'Why, Tom Brewster" reproyed An
nette In establishment. REALLY, can't
accept
"WhatT' interrupted Tom calmly as
with the slender tip of the parasol,
which was all one. mass of exquisite
flmy flowers, he made marks in the
smooth sand, upon which the moon
light shone with unmistakabIe distinct
ness.
Annette, her eyes tracing with fas-
cinated wonder the written words, Il
love you" almost forgot TOMS ques-
ton.
81 couldn't accept but one," she sud
denly reused herself to answer.
'@rhen accept me, dearest" Tom
pleaded, smiling up at her.
AS to what happened then under the
sheltering "sunshade" even the man
in the moon was left to imagine.
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carIyIe Was a Terror.

The domestic infelicity Of the Car
lyles is common knowledge, but it is
not inappropriate to give Mrs. Carlyle's
view of her husband. IF he would
only be satisfied she used to some
times complain of Carlyle. "But ]
have had to learn that when he does
not find fault he is pleased, and that
has TO content me-"
On one occasion when Carlyle was
away from home Mrs. Carlyle busted
herself to get all in perfect order for
her husbands arrival, and when all
was complete-his dinner ready. his
armchair in its usual position. liz pipe
and tobacco prepared, all looking as
comfortable as possible-Mrs. G. sal
down at last to rest and to expect him
with a quiet mind He arrived, and
latter he had greeted me, what do you
think he did? He walked to the win
dow and shook 1t and asked, Where's
the wedge of the Window And until
we had found that blessed wedge moth
ing would content him. He said the
window would rattle and spoil ALL"
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profession, and she wanted to win your
affection before we told you. Auntie,
do you know that Dolly would love to
own some bingham dresses, but that
she can't afford themY
"She might sell the piano." suggest
ed Miss Boxley, with a sniff.
s'But that is only loaned" explained
Jimmie. Here's the way it goes. Dol
ly is a concert singer and teacher. She
has no pupils through the summer, so
she closed her studio and had the
piano moved over to the fat. 1t is
loaned by the makers. and she pays
for 1t by recommending it to her pu-
pills. Her work also explains the con
cert tickets. The singers send her tick
cts free and are only too glad to have
people like us come and lead the APP
plause."
"And the dresses? They are also
loans?'
mot much! They were given to her
by rich women who love to patronize
struggling artists, but they give her
only evening gowns. Dolly has one
good street dress, but in the house she
feels she ought to wear out this half
worn finery. She can't afford to give
the dresses away, and they would not
bring q dollar apiece secondhand. You
see we are paying for little home in
the country, and every penny goes into
that fund.
THAT is why we live so cheaply and
that is why Dolly is trying to get 6
steady appointment at the conserva-
tory. The fact that Marascheck sent
for her argues that she has landed it,
1t is good news, Aunt Adra, not bad.
that you bring me. But to think that
you have accused poor Dolly of wear
ing frivolous clothes when she loathes
her glad rags as she does"
Jimmie went off into another gale OF
laughter, then sobered down to tell the
sacrifices they had made to earn a
home that should be their very own.
When he had finished, the old lady's
eyes were suspiciously moist, and as
they rose to go she looked at him
pleadingIy.
You VIII forgive meuuIlng Olu
fool, won't you, Jimmie? 2" she pleaded,
and Jimmie kissed her twice-once in
token of forgiveness and once for the
title Jimmie"
That night as he let himself into the
tiny fiat he found the two women por
ing over samples and fashion sheets.
Aunt Adra was sitting in the Morris
chair, and Dolly was perched on its
arm, the brown head against the gray.
Miss Boxley looked up, with smile.
as Dolly flew to greet her husband.
after this she said dryly, Miss
Dorothy Chappelle is still going to
wear silks and satins, but Dolly Box
ley is selecting what she wants for her
home use. 1t is my treat and my apol-
ncrx,
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The Club Mothers Amends.

The clubwoman closed her book Oh
domestic responsibility" and, with {
tinge Of remorse, went out on the lawn
where her children were at play.
Mary" she informed her children's
nurse, "I've neglected my young ones
for the clubs too much these last few
years, and Pm going to try to max,
amends. Now, this afternoon l intend
to dress one of them with my OWE
hands and take it for an outing in the
park"
1t was quite late that afternoon wheI
ing gocart containing the youngsteI
she had selected and prepared for its
outing about the 5pacious public park
for several hours, started toward home
She had hardly come within sight Of II
when the nurse rushed up. palpably
agitated.
"Oh, NUM-
1.-THE child's all right, Mary" the
mother announced by way of assur-
ance. II humored it all afternoon with
candy and fruit"
But, num-" cried the nurse, endeav-
Oring to regain her breath, MRS. Smith
next door, has been scared into fit
the perlice has been notified and-oh
Lawd, mumY
Don't act so. Mary! Why should
you get so excited over that hysterical
Mrs. Smith?'
you've gone an took her child,
mumY-Bohemian
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SLet me have five two-cent stamps,
please" said lady to the polite young
man behind the counter IN the post
Office.
"Yessum," he said. handing them
out.
Cant you let me have them in one
piece?" she added.
"Certainly, ma'am," said the young
man. "Can 1 send them home for
your"
''Oh, no; / don't live far away, and
1 am going straight home. l wouldn't
put you to the trouble"
mo trouble at ALL said the polite
official. 81 haven't very much to do
today, and l could easily spare an
hour"
VERY much obliged" said the lady.
smiling sweetly. "Dear me-" she add
ed, putting on stamp, what bother
1t is to stamp letters! Why can't we
send letters and let the postof1ce send
in their bill once a month";"
''They might just as WE'LL said the
obliging young man sympathizingly.
am mention the fact in my next re-
port to Washington"
"Wil you? How nice! But you
mustn't mention my name. Say the
idea was suggested by lady.
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what" asked the teacher, docs an
thracite meanY
That's a kind of COAL" said little
Willie.
yes Anthracite coal is what we call
hard coal So anthracite must mean
hard Now, can you tell me what
'bituminous' means?"
'That's coal, too" Willie replied.
But 1t isn't the same kind of coal
that anthracite is, is it? Bituminous
coal is what we commonly refer to as
soft coal. Now, Willie, let us see if
you can form sentence containing
the words anthracite and bituminous."
Willie thought the matter over for a
minute and then said
Here's one: This morning before
pa started downtown ma wanted So for
groceries and things, and she tried to
get it by saying bituminous words, but
pa gave her an anthracite look, and
when he disappeared around the corner
she was weeping bituminously.'
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a smiI. From a Stranger.

Most Of US owe debts Of gratitude tC
strangers whose kindly smile has sent
sunshine into our aching hearts and
has given us courage when we were
disheartened.
1t is a great thing to go through life
with a smiling face. 1t costs little, but
who can ever estimate Its value2
Think how the pleasure of life would
be Increased If we met smiling faces
everywhere faces which radiate hope
sunshine and cheer! What a joy II
would be to travel in gallery Of liv-
ing pictures radiating hope and cour-
age!
Who can estimate what beautiful,
smiling faces mean to the wretched
and the downcast, those whose life
burdens are crushing them?
Many of us carry precious memories
of smiling faces which we glimpsed
but once, but whose sweet, uplifting
expression will remain with us forever
Success Magazine.
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. ANANATANA1NAfNNANANANANAI\A
! THE LADY OF
! THE PARASOL.
Copyrighted, 1908. by Associated
Tfferarv Press
BY Martha Cobb Sanford.

Literary Press. z
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
So far as Tom Brewster was con-
cerned, feminine accessories were fash
ioned for the sole purpose of frighten-
ing masculine beholders. If, for In
stance, when walking on the avenue
in town he saw mass Of dancing
plumes and feathery steamers about
to swoop down upon him, he SHE'D as
would nervous thoroughbred at the
sight of fiuttering paper.
This timidity was due both to his
temperament and his circumstances.
His mother had died when he was
very young, he had had no sisters, had
never cared for women's society, and
last. but far from least, had never
awaited himself Of the privilege of
studying the eternal feminine in the
abstract-th is, by gazing into shop
windows.
And SO it happened that Annette
Avery, with her ruf1y gowns and
alarum supreme, her whirling parasoI,
terrified Tom to the point of paralysis.
From the hotel veranda, painfully con-
scious of his own ineligibility, he
watched other men from time to time
stroll off with her, all of them adopts
in the art Of parasol manipulation.
Ordinarily such an exhibition of flip
pant superiority would not have piQued
him. 1t would have either reused his
disdain or escaped his observation al
together. But for some reason wholly
unintelligible to himself the thought
of any other mans holding Miss
Avery's parasol sent him into a state
of feverish emotion.
Tom was nothing If not ingenious
and persistent. In the seclusfon of his
9 by hotel bedroom he prac-
ticed twirling a carefully poised UNI
brella over his shoulder. The idiocy
Of it tickled his demure sense of hui
NOR, and the results were very graft
flying.
Whether the bewildering presence of
Miss Avery beside him would upset
this heroically acquired equilibrium
could only be discovered by putting
himself to the actual test. He decided
to risk 1t.
Miss Avery''-he ventured on hav-
ing the good luck to find her alone on
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Were pretty late, guess" he said
as he joined her, "for can't seem to
find Jack and Mrs. Jack anywhere.
Are you comfy all right?"
Eyes, indeed" assured Irene, "but
do wish you would telephone mother
that we will be bit late. You know
mothers will worry"
Arthur called an attendant
"Call .967 Terrace, will you? And
when you get them Ill talk"
BEG pardon, sir" began. the man.
''but the telephone amt workin' today
Anything else. STRIP
Eyes; get out of herei'' roared South
gate. "Well-Pn be- jiggeredl What
next, do you suppose2"
Dinner, l hope" said Irene, with a
hearty laugh. Pm a weeny bit hun
cry"
At the table Arthur Southgate ate lit
tie. He never could tell himself in
after years whether 1t was his appe-
tite that played him false or whether
some new quantity came into his be-
ing and left no room for anything
else.
But during that meal Arthur's idea
of women In general and one in par
ticular seemed to pass through a meta
not, at least Perhaps all women were
not spitfires. He knew one who was
not at least Perhaps all women were
not hysterical and unreasona ble-and
a lot of other disagreeable qualities
with which he had always attributed
them.
The hot soup was almost cold, the
iced asparagus was lukewarm, and
the after dinner coffee was rather Bit
ter, but Irene ate with a ravishing ap-
petite and said everything was just
right.
It was a lovely ride home, without
any mishaps, and Arthur sat gazing at
Irene. Two or three times he started
to say something, but for some reason
the resourceful Mr.. Southgate could
not frame his sentence just right
Finally he leaned a bit closer to his
companion.
"Irene, I'm In love-in fact, I've been
in love for some time, and l only
found II out lately.
"Oh, how nicer exclaimed Irene.
when did you find it out, and who's
the grip"
"Just found it out about an hour
ago, and, WE'LL wouldn't have to get
out search warrant to find the girl"
Irene was glad the darkness hid her
bushes.
do you think that girl with the
most heavenly disposition in the world
"a disposition that absolutely nothing
could ruffie-would consent to marry
prickly bearY' faltered Arthur.
ooh, | should think she'd just love
TO tame him." cried Irene before she
realized the significance of the remark.
But the prickly bear lost no time in
hugging his victim, and her tanning
methods were as oil upon the troubled
waters of life,
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Mcut on WIEN a shiIIinq.v

We often hear of the threat of being
"cut off with a shilling" by our pc
culiar and crotchety relatives, but the
following clause OF a will is literal
execution of it which would not be
considered by many of US to be very
effective salve for the pain attending
their demise:
whereas it was my misfortune to
be made very uneasy by Elizath NJ,
my wife, from our marriage by her
turbulent behavior, for she was not
content with despising my admoni-
lions, but she contrived every method
to make me unhappy; she was so per
verse in her nature that she would not
be reclaimed, but seems only to be
born to be a plague to me. The
strength of Samson, the knowledge OF
Homer, the prudence of Augustus the
cunning of Pyrrhus, the patience of
Job. the subtlety of Hannibal and the
watchfulness of Hermogenes could not
have been sufficient to subdue her, for
no skill or force In the. world could
make her good. And as we have lived
separate and apart from each other
for eight years and she having per
verted her son to leave and totally
abandon me, therefore I give her ]
shilling y."-London Telegraph.
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y
Observation-Disclosures
Arthur Southgate had never married
Putting 1t mildly, his temper was mo-
an even one, and he argued that, com
bining his own obstreperous DISPOSE
women, something would surely give
way. So he chung to single life as the
lesser of two evils.
On this particular Sunday afternoon
he was chatting with several of his
best friends In the smoking room OF
the Royal club. Pulling out his watch
he saw that 1t was 8 o'clock just two
hours late for his engagement with
Irene Arlington.
Jumping Jehoshaphatp' he cried as
he pushed back from the table. 'Pll
catch it-just two hours late and q
woman in frenzy waiting for me at
the other end Of the line. By-by,
boys" and he was of.
Jumping In his waiting car, he urged
the chauffeur to make haste, and when
he rang the bell of the Arlington home
Irene herself opened the door.
''Hello, honey" she greeted him.
Southgate was speechless. He had
expected volley tuned to 'Why didn't
your and How dare your
"Oh," sighed Irene, II certainly am
glad you didn't come earlier, for at
O'Clock it was SO piping hot. but
now"-and she seemed to breathe ex-
hilaration-"it' perfect"
Southgate started in to explain his
lateness and decided to tell the truth
He fattered himself that he knew
women through and through and ar
gued that the truth was the easiest
way out of all troubles. Irene seemed
bored by his explanations and inter
rupted him.
'sBut, my dear Arthur" she said, Il
hate people who are always on time.
They never give girl an excuse to be
late herself
The auto flashed through the city
and over the dusty roads. The Sunday
crowds were left behind on the pOpu-
lar thoroughfares The quiet country
roads which their chauffeur chose were
almost deserted Twilight had begun
to fall, and ftful shadows were cast
upon the road from overhanging
branches.
81 thought we would stop at Linden
Lodge for supper" southgate was say
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Quite ENOUGH.

"I should think you'd go slow" said
the cautious friend You know, as
Lincoln said. you can fool all the peo-
pie some of the time and some of the
people,
"That's all right" interrupted the
sharper. .'but find it's always pos
sible to fool enough of the people
enough of the Observation-Disclosures
roroao
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ono Neoked RelIes.

Eastern standards of beauty differ
like the customs, from those Of the
west In Malacca, we are told. the
small waist and velvet eyes do not
count, but instead the length of the
neck is the criterion of beauty. The
girl of MaIacca at very early age
is fitted with a metal collar. which
compels her to keep her head erect, and
as she grows the collar is increased in
size, and by this means the neck is
gradually elongated.
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When Mozart was at the height OF
his fame he composed the music oil
Bretzner's belmont und Konstanze
CsThe Abduction From the Seraglio''D
at the request of Emperor Joseph IL
The author of the drama was SO angry
at this that he inserted the following
notice in the Leipziger Zeitung: "a
certain fellow of the name of Mozart
has dared to misuse my drama, Bel
mont und Konstanze,' for an opera
text l hereby solemnly protest against
this invasion of my rights, and | re-
serve to myself further procedures.
(Signed) Chrlstoph Friedrich Bretzner,
Author Of 'Rausch-chen,
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Natures cunnino.

Protective mimicry, that cunning de
vice Of nature to preserve animals
from their enemies, is well known il
the eggs of certain fishes, notably the
California shark. known as Gyropleu-
rodus francisco The shark Is OF q
sluggish habit. lurking among rocks
and its dark egg resembles a leaf of
kelp or seaweed folded up spirally. II
is deposited among the beds of kelp
and clings to the leaves by the edges
of the spirals. The young shark bursts
open the end of the egg and swims
away. Another sharks egg of the Pa
cific coast has tentacles which clasp the
seaweed and also initiate its appear
ance