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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

wrestlers. We pay living expenses.
and whenever any two OF them hold
out ter minutes against being thrown.
those two get fifty dollars"
The two wrestling bouts that ensue
are conducted like those OF men now
adays I'm that speciality of spOrt-catch-
aS-catch-can, not cOllar-and- elbow
and hardly at all are they on their feet,
but sprawling, writhing, straining.
struggling, each to force the others
shoulders and buttOcks fiat TO a mat
That kind of wrestling can be more
brutal ] think. than the modern man
ner of gloved prizefghting. Cora Liv-
ingstOn plainly is a Swede, big and
blonde femininely shapely and mascu-
linely staiwart and SO were the teams
OF two whom l saw set against her. A
referee and a timekeeper were on duty
The three women came out mantled To
be introduced. Then Cora and Hilda
Lansen reappeared i'm skin-tight en-
easements, but black and purple as TO
color, and yellow and brown as 20 hair.
which was pulled into the prevailing
form of fashionable couture. Bereft Of
the last bit of fluff ruff or other adorn-
ment, evidently they had held out for
e plenty of hair as a compensation for
lost lingerie. Their heads and faces
were fit for drawing room ladies'. while
all the rest of them cOnfOrmed 10 man
nishness in wrestling.
Cora and Hilda caught as catch
could, and during four minutes looked
like a devilfsh ashore, with teutacle
legs and arms i'm violent connection.
Suddenly Hilda came 10 the mat fat
on her back, and the referee declared
Cora winner of the first bout in four
minutes.
Miss Bertha Harris" said the talk
er, and a pretty woman Of about the
star WrestleF's height and weight
bowed low; IF Miss Livingston doesn't
throw her within the remaining six
minutes of the ten. then Miss Harris
and Miss Jansen will get the prize Of
fifty dollars"
From then on to the ten minutes end
there was no time for the Misses Liv-
| ingstOn and Harris TO be iady-like.
That their fight was earnest cOuldn
doubt, for, although some of the
roughness was make believe, most OF IL
was genuine. and during the last two
minutes COra-WhO had to be aggres-
sive, while Bertha was Tesistent only
| grabbed at her opponents face. pulled
| her by the nose and ears, gripped her
| chOkingly by the neck. Wrenched her
arms and legs, and finally struck and
| kicked wildly. This was in Broad
way roof garden. and appreciative
sports among the spectators applauded
I the wrestling. while most of the WO-
men gasped to see its brutality-real
and feigned-and some of them joined
/ many of the men in kissing heartily. In
! all the fury of losing the bout, though.
Cora didn't pull Bertha's hair, and the
coiffures of both passed through the
/ fight without a lock displaced, and the
! faces without a scratch. The code or
] female wrestling protects hair and
| complexion This show was peculiar
| i'm having its star performer for its
/ brutal villain. and depending for sue
/ cess upon the kissing at its climax.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

in New York. The young man accepts,
and after a year earns big promotion
and a working interest in the firm. He
is thus placed again in line for Mi
RAMS hand. Young Green shows too
much disrespect for his father, so the
latter decides to use harsh measures
with him. The young man is forced
to enlist in the navy for term of
years.
A year after the meeting of all the
characters in the play in Florida they
are again brought together at the home
of the Greens in LennOXi Mass. Mrs.
Stuart Dodge learns that Ossian has
been her benefactor, and so withdraws
her objection TO him. Suzanne Green
announces her engagement to a young
Englishman, and Hiram Green also
gives out the news that he is to marry
Mrs. Ossian. The final curtain finds
every one concerned in the play happy.
Every member of the Orpheum stock
company will find ample opportunity
for him to display his ability. AS Hi
ram Green, Joseph Greene should be a
certain success. The part calls for a
droll actor, and Mr.. Green is certainly
that.
Miss Edith Evelyn will have in keep
ing the part of Miriam. This charac-
ter fits Miss Evelyn like a glove. Her
success of the past two weeks will be
more than met in Butterflies Miss
Helaine Hadley will enact the role of
Mrs. Ossian; Miss Margaret Sayres,
that Of Mrs. Stuart Dodge, and Miss
Lola May that of Suzanne Green. The
leading part will fall to Earle r. Will
liams. vino will play Frederick Ossian.
Mr.. Williams will undoubtedly make a
most favorable impression in his role,
for the part calls for just such an actor
as is Mr.. Williams
Other members OF the cast will be
Harry Bewley, Roy Clements, Lee Ba-
ker and John German.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
FIFTY YEARS OLD.
Half a Century Ago Camp Was
Pitched at Denver.

Denver, June FIFTY years ago today
Green Russell party pitched camp on
Cherry creek where Denver stands, aft
er a Wearisome journey across the plains
and later they built the first cabin on
the site of this city. The event was COM
memorated today by the pioneers with
a picnic. at which "reminiscences were ex-
changed and the old time games and
dances revived.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
At the Elite.

Damon and Pythias," the greatest
bTotherly love story ever told, is the
feature at the Elite beginning this
week. Manager Max Florence says that
these pictures are the best he has ever
shown, and that the scenes show this
classic play better than it has ever been
put on before.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

he declares that there is night when
we ali get tight, and the water wagon
is a lonesome sight" In that carousal
a stageful of girls and fellows. in a
ratio OF about five to one, are sOused
thoroughly and turn the play into a
wild spree.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
PROPERTY OF THE BRYANS.
List of the Lincoln Assessor Shows
Valuation Of $4,000.

Lincoln. Neb.. June 1.-THE taxable
property belonging to Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam j. Bryan. real and personal has
baen listed with the assessor at a total
valuation of SS4 800 The returns show
that Mrs Bryan owns fifty acres OF real
estate and Colonel Bryan elghty-seNen
acres. a total of 13 acres. This is Naiurl
81 000 and the CommOner at a Nalua-
ZION of $4,000. and the personal property
NOT mentioned above al Sl2,5y-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
THIS WEEK AT
THE THEATRES

:: ORPHEUM-Ail week, beginning ::
= tomorrow night. matinees WedneS- :.
- DAY and Saturday, Butterflies" ::
Z" Kew LYRICAL week, matt ::
:: nees daily, the Cameraphone. ::
Z" GRAND-All week, matinees ::
- daily. the Autograph. :.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
THE NAKED TRUTH DRESSED UP
BY FRANKLIN FYLES.

vealng the secret that it was only
dickey, anyway.
oh" the girl gasped; you've lost
your little shirt waist"
She was a loser of her Normandy
head dress when she protested that he
was the only man she had ever loved.
She had just shared a fond duet with
another sailor. and she wouldn't take
warning, but kept on fibbing until she
was stripped to- petticoat and cor
set cover. Then she stopped only be-
cause he interrupted to insist that she
was the first girl he had ever kissed
He was at once as unfortunate as she
in his hold on covering, for even his
Scotch kilt fell with him, revealing only
an almost legless pair of little trousers
on his otherwise bare legs.
oh" she exclaimed. I've always
wanted TO know what they wore under
kits"
Then. providentially. they stopped
talking and sang an evidently truthful
song, for no more clothes flew away
And nothing else that would interest
you took place.
Authors frequently endeavor to blend
sorrow and merriment in one fictitious
character. Actors strive to make both
the pathOs and the fun potent in stage
depletion. Yet l have never seen the
serious and the jocular so mixed in the
performance of one role as they were
on Monday evening in THE Merry Co
Round" I described that extravaganza
a month ago. and incidentally James j..
MOrtOn's personificatiOn of a 1.-TWO
horse fellow in a One-hOrse tOWn"-tO
be explicit, a rural young Barnum who
broke into the show business to fail as
: na Bpr of q 1fxrf afY ont
thence into New York vaudeville with
no more success. This play had what
was like a second first night through
the appearance of Raymond Hitchcock
as that village-small chap who thought
himself city-great
Why did the substitution of one CO.
median for another assemble New
YOrk's theatrical know-it-aUs? The an
swer is that two trials of Hitchcock,
on charges brought by the Gerry So
ciety of girls protectors. had been re-
ported by New York newspapers as full
ly as pOliteness permitted, thus making
him-which-mOre notorious or more
! celebrated land who could foretelD .
of increased or leSsened popularity. Two
/ juries had refused 10 send him TO pris-
on. A manager had sent him back to
| the theatre. And there he was.
Yes. there he was, with the fOOtlightS
/ shining again before him, and in the
dimness beyond that line of glare was
an audience hostile, friendly, or mixed
/ in what proportions? So ii was an
evening bristling with interrogation
points for Hitchcock. He hadn't been
| in action five minutes before, i'm the
dialogue of the play. he was asked,
What do you know about girls?" and
| the laughter drowned his reply, besides
discOncerting him. At every similar
opportunity TO construe the language
as pertinent to his real ENHANCEMENT
with girls. the rather friendly audience
/ became merry, but he did not.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28

One of Edwin Booths cleVerest per-
sOnatiOns was a father who tragically
defends his daughter while clowning for
her desDOiler. A comedian in one of
the standard operas murders his faith
less wife at the climax of a stage scene
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-28
LIBEL SUIT DISMISSED.

san Francis 20. June 1.-THE suit for
criminal libel brought by Detective VIII
liam j. Burns against NJ. II. De Young,
proprietor of the San Francisco ChrOn-
icle. was dismissed by Police Judge Ca
baniss today. Judge Cabaniss stated
from the bench that il having been shown
that as De Young was absent from the
city at the time the alleged libelous ar
ticie was published, he could have had
nothing To do with its publication, and
the case against him therefore was dis
missed.
The Best Printing.
Is done by The Century, Salt Lake S
printers. l65-167 South West Temple.
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A Fiaht In the Alr.

", E. Webb. the author of "Bnfaic Land" tells this cat story:
 The chicken hawk of the west ts 2 sayage and dangerous enemy. but onct one of these air pirates got worsted. ] was sitting in front of the doctors Of dce when hawk shot down with won derful rapidity of wing-so fast tha' its shadow seemed hardly to reach the earth before its body. It bounced upon the doctors favorite kitten, which Ia: asleep on the grass and made of wIta t. At an elevation of about fifty feet puss recovered from its surprise and went to work for liberty. It's feliue mind was exercised to astonishmen' and wrath. Twisting like weasel. It's claws came uppermost. and to my straining gaze sight presented itself much like feather bed being ripped open in midaIr. Tue amazed hawk received new light on the subject of prey, let go and made of like a badly plucked goose, but the cat came safely to earth--on its feet.
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A NEW YEAR INJUSTICE.

The Barksspe. Complains of the ooes
 Resolution Habit.
 "John. I'll have to lay you of for tb" arst two weeks of the new year. Ycit Harry. will have to lay off week" 2, The speaker. a lean man, stood in g splendid and spacious beer saloon. 3 place of polished mahogany. onyx col umns, great mirrors and large paint ings of beautiful women. Ropes and wreaths of evergreen twined about the pillars and the electrOliers. and on the aassive bar stood bowl of free unch, for it was New Years day.
 "Yes. boys" said the lean man you'll have to go"
 "What for, bossT' asked the young ,r of the two bartenders. Mechanic lilly with his woolen bar cloth he pc! tshed the bar till it shone again. ane apxiously he gazed in his employer face
 "Why, John. you ought to know what for"
 The saloon keeper spoke impatiently A fat man entered from the street, ap preached the bar with reluctant steps then all of a sudden turned hurriedI, and departed.
 'Well, I'll be dangedw said Barter de! John. That's the fourth fellow has done that this mornln'. What's 1t meau anyway
 "You ought to know what 1t means John" repeated the saloon keeper "It's meaning is the cause Of your sus pension
 "Yes, John." the man resumed; "youl suspension Is caused by the New Years swear of of that fellow and thousands like him. All over the broad land, John. countless numbers of men swear of drinking for year on New Years day. Half of them stick to their swear off for week, and the other half, with just a few exceptions stick to 1t for two weeks Those two weeks of January. John are al. ways the two poorest weeks on the publlcan's calendar. He can't pay ex. penses; hence he retrenches; hence he lays on prudent, industrious young chaps like you-chaps with hit ru. by. so that they can stand little idle oess without privation."
 '.A!l right. Butt said John sulKily. "but ain't got nothing put by. and ] think It's shame that my poor wife. and innocent babe have got to suffer 1t this joyous holiday season through the swear of of lot of foolish thoughtless men. It don't seem right aor just" Philadelphia Bulletin
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Tho Onion podae,

"Incrediblc as it may seem." said sla'. detective, ''there are many shopliftes's who steal by the agency of the onioA. These men, before setting out u.'no their contemplated crimes, eat of ra3 onions abrndantly. Then they stroll Into the silversmith's or the habert'ast CTS or the jewellers that they propo>. to rob.
 "'Show me those large solita!res sui rounded with pigeon blood rubies please says the jewel thief.
 .'The clerk brings forth the tray ol gems and, bending over 1t. the t!'iel sighs with admiration. His face close to the clerks, he signs again. And ths clerks nostrils quiver, and he turn away his head. The inspection of tht diamonds continues for some minutes Throughout 1t the thief keeps breath ing hard, the clerk keeps turning hi: head away, and hence 1t is no wonder at the days end, that couple of costl, rings are missing"-New York Press
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The oospei o< Good Cheer.

People loved Robert Louis Stever con not because he was un udmira hk writer. hut because. he was cheerful, cOnsuulptiyo. He vas sufferer whc for lnnny. years increased the gayet! of life. I:cniiis a.,,up ca's do this Or iarge scale. hut everybody can do i' on little one. Our safest "a!dt, iS ths reallzati of hard truili-sthat w are DO: priyiIe"ea IT share tiiif troa hles with ott,cr r.np.e 1T We t.s'nld make ur our ui;nds to sinre ",:' friends all details of fll health. of mc,,- ey losses. of domestic annoyances. ot Alterations. of committee work, ot grievances provocat lions and aus;etles we should xin less against the worlds good humor. 1t may not hc given u. to add to the treasury of rnirt}i. but there is considerable merit in not rob bing it.--Agnes Repplier in Harpe''s Magazine.
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For Alderman.

We are authorized to announce E. A. SHEPPARD as candidate for Alderman from the Second Ward. sub ject to the action the Democratic pri- mary, January 12, 1909.
 We are authorized to announce JOHN II. DELI4MON as candidate for reelection as Alderman from the First Ward subject to the action Of the Democratic primary. January F, I190S.
 We are authorized to announce R. D. McGAUGHY as candidate for Alderman from the Third Ward, sub- ject to the action of the Democratic primary. January 12, 1909.
 We are authorized to announce Mir GABE MEYER as candidate for re
 election for Alderman from the Fourth Ward, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. January
 12. 1909
 We are authorized to announce Dr. A. c. JORDAN for reelection as AL derman of the Third Ward, subject to the action of the Democratic prim- ary, January 12, 1909.
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Now It Sounded.

"Mother," said the college student who had brought his chum home to the holidays. permit me to present my friend. MT Specknoodle."
 His mother. who was little hard o' hearing. placed her hand to her ear.
 'I'm sorry. George. but didn't quit> catch your friends name. You'll have b speak little louder I'm afraid"
 T say, mother" shouted George. ''i want to present my friend, Mir. Speck. noodley'
 'I'm sorry, George. but Mir - What was the name again?"
 ''Mr. Specknoodle" George fairl, yelled.
 The old lady shook her head sadly.
 "I'm sorry. George. but !'m afraid it's no use. 1t sounds just like Speck noodle to me."-Detroit News.
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pssryssls. and sssrr,ns py,.

. v~
 ver many centuries the city of Nse wach dn respect ot the taanor of Cari~ eon. was liable to. provide annually Menty-four herring pies for the royal kitchen Biomefleld In his History ee Norfolk" referring to this quaint eervice. prints letter from the house hold onlcerS of Charles l., making divers just exceptions" to the quality of the pies which had been forwarded ny the city sheriffs.
 The main exceptions read as follows.
 First. you do not send them accord mg to your. tenure of the first new her rings that are taken
 Secondly. you do not cause t1e,n to b well baked in good and strong pastye, ns they ought to be. that they may endure the carriage the better.
 Thirdly. whereas you should ny gour tenure bake in these pastyes six. score herrings at the least. being the great fundredth, which doth require i've to be put Into every pye at the least, we find but flower herrings to be In divers of them.
 sFourthly, the number of pyes which you sent at this tyme we t'nd to se fewer than have been sent heretofore, and divers of them much broken.
 "And. lastly. we understand the Dr1nger of them was constrained to make three several journeys to you be. fore he could have them. whereas i' seemeth he Is bound to come but once. Chambers Journal.
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n. o,,e,a es . orsae .svs~e,s


 On one of the daily trips of yo> Westinghouse from Schenectady to the foundry at Troy his train was held 'r by a bad wreck. Two freights ha'' come together in a head-On collision os | piece of straight track. The ensi' neers had seen the danger plainly. b''s by the time the hand brakes wer. brought into play it was too late. The young man allowed these facts to sink Into his mind. Then he said to one o' the train hands:
 If the engineers had been able u control their trains from the cabs. the wreck could have been prevented Uuldn't it|
 "Coutrol 'em how?"
 Brake them.'
 "Yes. They had lots of time"
 That was enough. The air brake was onceived. Amid the piled up wreck age the thing that was to make the name of Westinghouse familiar to e' cry schoolboy the world over was call cd into being. It did not come sn ita perfected form, but the idea Itself had 9erm,nated.-Paul Latzks in Every. body's.
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His Preference.

"Our new chef" said the manager 0i she restaurant, stopping to chat witt the patron who had deep lines between his eyebrows. "is wonder. l really believe tbe man could take an old rub Der shoe and make an appetizing dish of it." ''That soT' asked the patron tapping meditatively with his fork ur on the steak that had been served him Suppose you tell the waiter to take this steak back and ask the chef to fi, up rubber shoe for me."-Modern Sc G1ety.
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Brought . Blush to Her chee.


 There was story told of one of the worlds great yOcalists singing as s young girl at a private house. She was overwhelmed with praise. By and by, says the London News, she came and sat by an elderly lady. who congratu' lated her on the way she had sang. bus ventured to offer one or two sugges lions. The young singer treated the hints with scorn and afterward asked 1he hostess who "the old lady, was who had dared to give her suggestions a-Oh, that was Mime. Goldschmidt," re piled the lady. And who Is Mime. GoldschmidtT was the next impatient Qusry. Well, she's better known as Jenny Lind." said the hostess. And then the singer blushed for shame ai her disdainful reception of hints from the Swedish Nightingale"
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 imitation of Ebony.

There are two processes. says tn. Carriage Monthly, in use in the inita ton of ebony. Take fine grained piece of wood, use French black poi ish, made black with fine coloring mar ter, or good air drying black varnis' may be applied. This, however, give, only a superficial coloring. and wh"t the edges wear off the light colore wood shows The other method Is T. wash three or four times any dens wood with boiling concoction of I'r wood. allowing it to dry between ea' application. Then wash with s"lG ton of acetate of iron. which Is n,ad, by dissolving iron filings in vineca' This stain is very black and penetrate Into the wood SO that ordinary weai and chipping will not show the origina color
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Ant. the Idea, Communists.

It would perhaps be pushing nh".a phors to an unwarranted extreme tu speak of dignity of labor" in connes ton with the occupations of ants. HnI if by the phrase we mean that lahoi Is the honorable lot of all citizens, and that all labors of whatever sort are upon the same level of respectahiiity then we might venture to apply ths saying even to the labors of an a'i hill. For therein all are workers. iron the newly fedged callow to the veterav of a second summer.-Henry McCn"' tn Harper's.
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THE CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY.
in China New Years ls the L,tt.
 Ones Great Festival.

0USS 0c0SS VCSItv8l.
 Except at the Chinese New Year which comes in February, it is Yer. hard to catch a glimpse of children in China. Little beggars will run beside you for miles to earn cash. g copper coin with square hole in the middle of 1t. worth the twentieth of a cent, but children who have parents to care for them seem to be kept iii doors all the time or only allowed tn play in walled yards and gardens. We used to say to each other: "Why, where are the children? Haven't they got any?" But at New Years we found out that they had. This Is the great holiday of all the year in China, when everybody hangs out flags and colored lanterns and sets off frecrackers. (We borrowed our custom of nrecrackers for the Fourth of July from China New Year's.) All the people put on their best clothes and the children the best of all, jackets and trousers Of bright blue or green or yellow or pur pie. the boys and the girls so much oAAO SAot Soo SoH oAiy eci! tuem UpNIt by their hair. The boys of course is braided in pigtail, and the girls is done up on her head with silver pins or, if she's very grand little girl, with gold or jade. Thus decked out, the children go walking with their proud papas and mammas and often go to the theater. which is rare treat for them.
 Perhaps Chinese children have romp Ing plays together. but they always look as if they were born grown up e. St. Nicholas.
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Every Little Bit Helps.

'sYou say you encouraged our friene to make another New Years resoln tion?''
 'I did," answered the man whose { heart is all right.
 'But don't you know he'll break il at the end of six weeks at the least calculation?"
 'l hope not And even if he does he'll be six weeks ahead of the game
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m. Farmer In tho Liahthou.e.

A farmer had secured an appoint ment as light keeper in a Maine coast lighthouse. The first night he went on duty he lighted up promptly at dusk and at II o'cloc!, carefully extinguish cd the lamp. The next day of course there was trouble. and when he was taken to task he replied that he sup posed 10 o'clocb was late enough to Keep the light ,ratng. as he thought that all honest r ~n should be in bed at that hour.-R son Herald.