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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

Actresses should have as many lives
as cats for in their time they have so
many life partners"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

Prof Koch is looking for the germ
of beriberi We sincerely hope that he
viii never find it in this country.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20
The Breaking Point.

Mrs Flynn-Th' landlord has raised
tn rint { fifteen darlers Moike
Mr.. Flynn-Th' hear-rtless writch!
1t wor all we could do ivry month to
bate him out av tiul--Puck.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20
Family Pride.

"Geel Wot makes her so stuck up?"
why. amt yer heard? Her old man
paid the last installment on their furni-
ture yesterday" - Philadelphia In
quirer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

"She Tilted mel" congratulations"
'Sir" Don't get angry. / married
her."-Cleveland Dealer.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

Optimism is the prevailing note
among Chicago's big business men just
now. How much better than notes OF
hand.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

cake and not fulton will walk away
with the cake
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

Il want to go back where used to
be" sings an Indiana poet. Then go
way back and sit down.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

.Biggs-Do you believe that the use
OF tobacco lmpairs the memory?
Diggs-Not necessarily. / haven't
been able to forget that cigar you gave
was no tobacco in it.-Chicago Daily
News.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

Gentle spring, ETHEREAL mldness, has
came,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

oregon election returns indicate that
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

Bridget" said Mrs. Grouchey, 81
don't like the looks of that man who
called to see you last night
We'll. WELL" replied Bridget, "aln't
it funny, ma'am? He said the same
about you" -Philadelphia Press.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-20

Mametania rules No 1Vnycs.
The Washington times., 1908-02-16
Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Wins Triumph in
" Electra. "
By A. H. BALLARD.

New York. Feb. 10.
- I4GA NETHERSOLE is here
again with her exciting repu-
tation for stage effects.
She appeared in THE
Awakening" Paul Hervieu's lie Re
VEIL" beginning Monday evening, with
fair company that waded and lOlled
through this play made of stilred lines
and smoldering passion. The play and
performance do not add to Miss Neither
sole's professional name She is strong.
astute, smOOth-vOiced, ultra English. in
tense. But il is almost entirely phys
ical-very slightly mental The heart.
and soul perhaps, surely the body. de
velOp agoLiss and throes and emotional
stresses, but we do not note any par
Ucular intellectually predominating Ut
any moment of her theatrical work.
The physical effect of her is the one
remembered impression we carry ava :.
This largely accounts for the success
her brother has enjoyed in exploiting
her as the protagonist Of extra demon
strative embraces on the stage. A
promise OF visualized seusuOusness be
hind the fOotlights has been deliberately
held OFT, and audiences, both in this
country and in England. have been
gathered together with the vouchsafed
reward. To say that the opening audi
ence the other night was, in predomi
mating measure. haFboring this rather
secTetive hope. might be not more than
half true. But that there was expect
ancy of an alluring sort, quite apart
from anticipating a sound and interest,"
ing dramatic performance, is near the
mark
The Washington times., 1908-02-16

FOR RENT-SI0 per night. so per week
finest entertainment han in city: also lodge
rooms N. z. TEMPLE, 18th aud II ne.
Sec Janit0T. constantly on premises.
fo5-sot
The Washington times., 1908-02-16

Tuesday night at the Garden. She is
forgiven for each and every time she
has snubbed or sighted or scored our
native land She brought SopnoCies
ideas 10 the American mind-ehe caught
ideals conceived by a ma 5ter mind
twenty centuries ago and thrilled US
with their inmutability in d theater OF
modern times.
Triumphs in Electra"
All, that was great achievement.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell / don't care
how uncivil you have been or how
detest you for some sins OF the past
1 take my hat on 10 you now for the
artist you are.
The vehicle Is Hugo Won Hoffman,
stahrs version OF SophoCles' Electra. Z"
translated by Arthur Symons That
sounds well, doesn't fl? II was better
than it sounds. Mrs. Campbell as the
ragged Electra, the daughter of the
great murdered Agememuon, transfiXed
US by her translucent beauty. her
statuesque superbness. her wonderful
voice tones. her impassioned tragedy.
her dynamic force, her intellectual
grasp, and her exquisite technical fin
ish. II was the first time 1 ever saw
her really work hard in a per torrance.
I always have had the misfortune 20 be
present when She to all outward ap-
pearance, moderated the importance OF
her audience, and simply walked
through the evening, a lay figure that
did not care whether she pleased or
showed home her delineation. The in
ference was. unavoidably, to think that
after the box ONCE receipts had been
counted she had small interest in the
nights deeds. except TO keep the audi
ence from the point OF Insurreetion. But
Tuesday evening ~de came into her own
as an artist at the Garden. Something
must have come over the spirit OF her
dreams. Liebler 4 Co, her American
directors, must have convinced her thai
II Is necessary 10 make san extra effort
this year to win the American people,
She won them. and she has accom-
piished a marvellous thing-sne has
made Electra live again as that char
acter must have lived when the master
OF Greek tragedy was Interpreted long
years ago.
Katherine Grey is again the star al
the opening in the Madison Square The
alter. this time in The Worth of a
Woman" by David Graham Phillips.
The Washington times., 1908-02-16
Epigrams of Life
Behind the Scenes
BY Hattie Williams

Art-A chaser for the weather in con-
versation.
work-A disease neither infectious II
contagicds.
The Stage-A place OF Hlusions-snd
a cure for them.
Marriage dilapidated castle haunt
ed BY two spooks-diVOrce ana alimony-
Success-A mystery 10 your enemies
and a disappointment 20 your friends,
Audiences-COllectiOns OF human be-
ings with a queer habit Of expecting
their moneys worth.
Stage-door Johnnies-A rebUke 10
mans vanity and dispensers of dl-got-
ter gain.
Chorus girl-The worst sufferer from
mans inhumanfSy 20 man and of the
stars envy of everybody.
One-night stand--A Doost for home
and mother.
Contract-One in the hand is worth
two promises to write.
The Washington times., 1908-02-16
APPLAUDS LECTURE
TO WARM HIMSELF

Harry Emerson. Of the Cay New
York" company, at the Majestic this
week, is responsible for the following
tale. 1t was at a scientific lecture,
where admission was free. The audi
ence was very small and applause was
lacking
Presently a ragged fellow was OBJ
served II enter. He evidently appre-
ciated the lecturers remarks. because
he spplauded enthusiastically. This
seemed to stimulate the rest Of the
audience. and the applause was more
frequent Deeply grateful to the ragged
listener, the lecturer accosted him %
he was leaving.
Il was delighted to see that you ap-
preciated my remarks"
Appreciated nuthin'. I come in cause
it was free, and clapped to keep warm
The Washington times., 1908-02-16
Miss Barrymore
Prefers English
Mode of Dress

Il like the way the English women
wear their low-neeked frocks TO the
theater in the evening" said Ethel
Barrymore in response 70 a query on
the subject II wonder II they will ever
adopt that custom over here? Don't
you hope they viii? 1t is really much
more appropriate. The English won
ans hair. too, is always so wet.
dressed. we are improving IN that re-
spect over here. but we We're woefuIiy
lax a short time ago.
why, the average husband wouldn't
allow his wife 10 have her hair undu-
lated. He said il wasn't natural and
such foolishness.' / really don't think,
though. that women are as much slaves
20 fashion as they used 20 be. They are
growing really more individualistie in
their tastes. II they would only study
themselves and choose styles that are
becoming to them and stick to them,
the effect would be 50 much better
The Washington times., 1908-02-16
JACK OF ALL TRADES
WAS w. NJ. CRESSN

VIII 81. Cressy. who is starring in "A
Village Lawyer has probably tried to
make a living In more different ways
than any actor on the stage. He started
out in life selling papers; was an organ
maker: worked in d cradle factory; ran
A restaurant. and incidentally did his
own cooking: was proprietor Of a oil
Hard parlOr; owned a boot and shoe
store. pastry cook IT. q summer hotel;
worked in the Waltham watch factory
ran a saw mill in Maine; IN the rail-
yvav mai service. won fame as an eT-
hibition roller skater; and has played
every instrument in a brass band eX-
cept the clarinet.
The Washington times., 1908-02-16
y THEATRICAL NEWS AND CHAT OF THE WEEK n
UNIQUE PROGRAM
GREEK TO AUDIENCE

VIII n. Cressy has a program of thu
opening OF a new vaudeville house IN
Pennsylvania. which is very funny The
inexperienced manager printed in his
program Information that was intended
for his stage manager. so that It read
as follows:
The Harvards; singers and dancers
work fun stage; close in one. Cressy
and Dayne-fuli. Della Stacy, dainty
singing Coincidence and change artist
all IN one, Maxwell and Dudley, comedy
sketch. For Sweet Charity" carry
their own scenery; close in one
The audience is still trying 10 figure
out what II means.
The Washington times., 1908-02-16
Real Snare Drum
Used by Comedienne

One OF the many features Of FRITZ
Schens performance of Mile Modesto"
is her drum-song and marcn. entitled
THE Mascot OF the Troop"
For this speciality Nine. Scheh has a
real snare drum. Incidentally. one Of
the requisites Of the property man Is
that he must have a. correct and pras-
teal knowledge OF the tuning OF drums
and their care.
Some twenty minutes prior 10 the time
the little coincidence VIII use the drum
the property man may be seen in a re-
mote corner Of the property room. care
fully tapping the drum heads TO see If
they are in tune.
Nae. Scheff uses handsome pair Of
ebony and ivory drumsticks, presented
10 her BY the New York Musicians
Union, OF which she is an honorary
member.
The Washington times., 1908-02-16

Times Want Ads Bring Results
The Washington times., 1908-02-16

take the throne. from which the old
man has been driven
But Jean loves Therese (Olga Neither
SOLE, and refuses to bulge.
Gregoire traps the son and Therese
IN a hunting retreat near Paris, where
they have gone clandestinely. A noise
is made outside. Jean goes 10 see what
is the matter. and. from sounds we
hear. we know that he is OverpOwered.
Therese thinks that he has been
murdered and she is told to go home,
where she belongs. She pounds on the
doors, like Tosca, and means, What
shall I do What can do!"-ad lilo.
Then she pass IS across the stage, and
takes her hat on 10 chills-and-fever
music!
That's what she can do, apparently!
Hero in Love With Himself.
Charles Stevenson. as the dethroned
king. was never a king IN spirit. He
seemed afraid. constantly. that some
one might not take him for a king. A
king, who feels a king. does not act
as if il is up 10 him to prove that he Is
a king. Miss Nethersole won our dis
approval and distrust because she was
a vaciliating woman. The drama as orig
inally written may work out the prob
lem we'll enough and project itself as a
strong argument for the strict walking
OF the Latin race. II may press home
again with considerable force the argu-
ment that a woman best not stray from
I home, the front parlor. and the nursery.
But a cast must not have a husband
with a lisp that would drive a high
strung woman 10 any vicious refuge
within reach--and, well, there are too
many resounding platitudes, too many
| reiterations of altitudinOus precepts,
too much rip-snorting. blood-sfnd-
thunder, meIodramatic motifs and lines
In the piece for American consumption,
anyway.
The young prince, Jean, was more in
love with himself than with the &C
credited heroine, and that made mat
tiers worse.
We look for the remaining plays OF
Miss Nethersole's repertoire during her
present engagement at Days TO requite
the public for the shortcomings OF this
initial faux pas.
The Campbells Come to Town.
Tuesday came the Campbens again.
At the Garden they came. Assuredly
we are right in saying The Camp
bells" for hasn't Mrs. Patrick Camp
| bell put her daughter. Miss Stella. In
! big. black type next 10 HERSELF in the
cast, and also her son, Alan? It's the
CampbeIls, fast enough, and how many
more are coming we are not sure. They
are talented. at all events, and amuse-
ment seekers are the. gamers in cOnse-
| quence OF this phenomenal family on
| slaught on American dollars.
Mrs. Campbell has long belittled the
| intelligence Of this country, and still
! she values our money as well as ans
/ other denizon OF the Albion shore-she
/ comes here regularly 10 replete her
purse. She haG not been backward at
/ times within ray knowledge and remem.
! brance. in her remarks as to the un-
| Iettered backwoOdsiness Of New York
and the rest Of America. She has in
| hicted herself on US with back-numbeT
plays Of which We are tired, solely be
cause she wanted. and needed. the
money. And we kicked against IL.
| But she undid all that was wrong
The Washington times., 1908-02-16
Disappointment Rampant.

Ergo. disappointment was rampant
through the length and the breadth or
the DAILY auditorium when the fitfui and
dreary play was unwound i'm ali its IN
satisfactory length. Hervieu, assuredly,
had in view the high theme of a
woman's finding out that love for home.
husband, and daughter is better than
running away with a royal prince, but
he sticks so closely to the didactic
theme, that he neglects making the
characters in the play human enough 10
win our sympathy. That is the most
important defect of the play. with
some human touches here and there.
done by a good company capable OF ap-
pealiuE to our hearts instead OF our
disabilities and prejudices. the play
might be worth while AS presented.
however, it is, in several ways, not
able to win much attention, beyond the
stolid liberation Of inveterate theater-
goers and the sluggish, yet infeXible,
condemnation of the general public,
Miss Nethersole is given the role Of a
lady who is married. and has a grown
Up daughter, and who is tempted by a
dashing prince. The latter's father
CGregoire) wants TO have his son (Jean)
go back 10 the mythical land Of Syl-
vanic, rouse the insurrectionists and
The Washington times., 1908-02-16

New York. Feb 10.
|, LGA NETHERSOLE is here
again. with her exciting repu-
7 tauon for stage effects.
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

exuItaton. He would come By positive proof of
the Sergeant deep treachery: with his own eyes
he would see him discover the still: then when he
told this 10 the whisky outlaws. the man life would
not be worth bits
THE path winding up the face of Little Divide was
Just q narrow ledge OF rock. and 3 hundred feet
below writhed IN Swirling eddieS Mad Squaw Rapid
As the hungry call OF the tortured waters struck on
Dupres ears he Shuddered, perSpiratiou stood N
beads OF terror on his forehead: his Indian nature
asserted itself with SuperStitiouS force In his blood
thirst he had forgotten the evil spirit of the Mad
Squaw NaSkiwiS. that haunted the rapid and some
times fastened its fingers which were like the taIons
OF eagle, upon men and drew then. down into
waters that hid them forever and ever No Indian
of ali the tribes would take that trail AZ night
Dupre knew that. lust beyond the point round
which hinnaird had disappeared was The edge from
which the husband OF NaSkiwiS had hurled her and
her lover the Caldron OF death hareath- and
when he had turned that point perhaps D1spre would
see the ghost OF NaSkIwiS sitting on Suuaw Rock
watching the trail above for her lover He had met
men that had seen her there in the moonlight
The Indian that IN the breed thIrStrd for th.
lie OF hlnnalri and the half-couraEe OF the white
man urged HIM ~ the sharp turn Of the ledge
small cedar grew from The cleft III the roci and made
a safety clutch Tor man IN hts turning A> Dupre
graSped with Trembling fingers thr,IStius his head
and shoulders hcSIratiuglv round the curve a rair
ot Lurd eyes met his gaze they were Ike big spirit
ewes gIarinE At hIu from white Shroui Dupre
covering ShranN back under the leaning cedar auf
one o the lace troudcd boushS touched his cheek
he cried out III terror To his ears came rStllnc
ledge in her spirit robeS
lie crossed himself, mut,erng HOLY Mother
Keep Jules DupUe frou the evi spirits \ booflins
" Whoo-whooi mingLug dcuoutacallv with The crv
of the wransng waters sounded through the r,r,s
and widespread wings threw grotcSQue black Shld-
owS across the leOge AZ his feet great white owl
shot round the cliff Of Little Divide
.SHUDDERING he drew back into niche and
leaned heavily against the wall Sup~rStiti1us fear
casting before his eyes the evil face Of the dead
Squaw- His limbs trembled- and II took a c,ol
nerve 10 walk safely the narrow ledge btvond the
point. Suddenly vicious thought came IN hum
IL Was like the smell Of blood Jc AN animal the
gloatIng fury of Il Steadicd his nerve
The Sergeant turning the point on ms way back
would pass the rocA chimney wherc DupVc stood
and the touch ct a finger would cast hu over the
brink, ~ fall hundred feet - the rapid beneath
even NaSkjwiS and her over had plunged Ca death
from push of the husband : hand
pup7e licked his dry hp> and has yellow teeth
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

sudden feroctv as a voice. calming the frightened
animal with coaXing words, carried to the cells OF
hate in his brain. And as its owner moved cautiously
toward the horse the moon lit up the face of a
for whose life the breed acknowledgements Kin
laird.
The trailing rein held Badger tied TO the ground-
training held mastery over his fears,-and with (
quick thrust OF the hand kinnaird had grasped the
leather As he moved forward the crouchng breed
heard him nutter. You fool cayuSe every boulder
on the prairie is a wolf TO YOU.
Dupre waited till horse and man blurred against
the shadow of the foothills in the then he rose
and traied them by the mufled echo of the hoofs
Once he muttered. By Carl dat'S funny What's
kinnaird pulling out TO de pass for>
For half mile the breed trailed keeping Just
within sound of the moving horse Suddenly he
stopped. The calling hoofS had stilled
Mounting de cayuse, Dupre whispered, = Nom
dc Dien! l got for max de run now
THERE was a confused shuttle as the man swung to
the saddle: then erratic patter of pacing hoofS
Dupre broke into a trot Presently they were slip
ping into the deeper gloom Of kootenay Pass travel
ing between the converging lines of two foothills
that reached into the prairie lying like the bulk
of two leviathans sleeping head to head in the
row gorge that lOomed black pillar beyond Some
times there a sharp clink the horse 5 hoofS
struck stone: once came back to Dupre's ears the
musical splash OF waters as the horseman rode ford
of the kootenay River Next the breed. knee deep.
vas plowing through the swift running stream. He
cursed viciouslv his moccasned feet slipped Al
every step on the rounded stones He knew that
kinnard making his way to the still that lay
hidden bevond Little Divide. The savage gloated
over this discovery. muttering By Gar. got him
dis time, Dey cut out hees heart,
He pushed on closer 10 the horseman. the cliukIng
hoofs on the now stony trail would have drowned
the soft whisper of his moccasinS feet away and
the foothills threw a shadow that hid him from view.
The trail turned sharp TO the eft, where stunted
spruce forest crept down the hillside 10 the grSSed
fiat Twenty yards short of this the breed stopped
and listened There sound but the weird song
OF the wind IN the spruce boughs Dupre moving
into the deep shade OF the trees crept cautiously
along till his feet found the path He listened again
cutching at the earth ii labored up the incline.
Yes indeed kinnaiTd making for the still
\ hundred yards up, the path leaving The wooded
slope. wound over Little Divide. a range OF rocks.
and there Dupre knew hinuaIrd would have leave
his horse. He found him tied Il tree and standing
in its shade he could the mans figure darl,
against the rocky Cltt graysh white IN the moonlight
When kinnaird had rounded a sharp turn and
disappeared Dupre followed, in his mind = savage
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

KINNAIRD had followed che Go~.--t.-- stone
~ traiI ~ Little Divide til Il same -r- 20 tne
koo,enav above the boiling rapid There -,rned y
the hight entering growth n- r--c- ---- cteIs-4
Thirty Yards beyond he came -r d ---.- -e-'ns' ~
The center Of which was .lI >I-lN .-E sSvlVt
cautiously from the bushes bur -her- - - SiSn %
HE. no sound but the >uHduel thunder r- -- lseiSS
Yes. every whisky 1acN was certainly Stand Sf,
Ar0oal-G thought Ie passed V--1 ~yt-- ~--. -Se-
- the shack It was not locNSG, >cr-- ---tr hais
lilv from is haSp lie Ia-tSrcG his ear go IrieA
II the door and listened Within The i'g lis "'S
heavy quiet
He wheeled a- rhe S-sA--ev slip $. l tco- rehInd.
lingering -he -nocrl1sr. ,5-e q pistol barrel \ tram
dog, or perhaps /, was Vct. sNI-Act ..r'SS 1HN
open and diSapprare5 .r -rc shadow ne -1e .Is['
The door gave ~ his u,sS1 WITH S,le-- >s-1s Is N
Stood beyond The threshold listening -- ~ieiee -.
I3ncCd Sob> ~ Slecpvr~ breath -s---.- am GYM
- Close the door 90,
The darkness was Inten>e Nothing diSeeIl'.t.
Nith silent rapldIJy he stepped Is v--e % me
and StONG with his back against che lFL VAN =
could feel -hc presence of ~,rsethsu- animate
might X 1uSt "a trcId born ot his dlu-s-1- ~ m
iathered oy ,he unpSnetrab!e El>O-- Hr -ac SIS" ~
out also ms Ltc hung plvo-Sd on ths~ ---.-A-e -'
tie stood m dead silence Tor u ruu --,---~
Suddenly there was u falu- ra>v s- s. ---- ---l'-
- It was lt startled klurllrj ike -1r -E--s 81
pistol Then the ShacS held as.ssu >--'. ~ -lte
quiet, twin brother tN -hc pail rt LarNaC>> -"
NOISE might have been made hv 4 1sl mouse -lN
listening man Cc,sSoDcd Ir haG SOME -ol'I q W.
rot StN teet away. and now he haj @--i-i'e x X
-hat thing ot lie Sr,ychei -aSrs Nli-liS -
some move - Ind1care his poSirs>o
Slowly hInnAird raISed ms hand li--e1 ms 2 -.'-
tossed u 20 thc other SIDE ot che >1ASN u -et
among TINS with rhe chatter ot s. tripping mar !
WIND shaft ot rire Spg the darkness. -A-lSt'-s '-l
vclously Ike - serpent tongue, -hea t-2'the- >',t
New-York tribune., 1908-09-27

WTHEN Dupre passed from
w Mayo 5 presence to shad-
ow Preacher Black, he
cut across the prairie, and. as his
moccasined feet crunched the
crisp grass. he broke into a dog
rrot. muttering. By Carl nom
d'n,s cIiieu, p'lce Somersl [ wipe
out de long score tonight I'm
dog, eh?"
And like dog he was, head low
hung from his sloped shoulders,
taking with the unerring instinct
Of hound a straight unbeaten
path till the mission shack blurred
across his way Suddenly he
stopped and turned his head till
one ear drank the light breeze.
The deathly stiffness of the great
prairie was broken by q whisper
ing spoof-spoof of hoofs. West
ward from the shack swung the
carrying murnur-
Dupre raced for twenty yards to
the right, and then, dropping to
the prairie. Law like a hummOck of
grassed earth. Soon the shadowy
figure of a man leading hc-se
doomed against the sky. Gro
tesque1y large. they were slipping
by. like the mysterious figures of
a mirage. when suddenly the horse
threw up its head and with
snort of terror raced backward,
drawing the rein from the mans
hand. Dupre's eyes cleaned in