The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-17
THE SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. SUNDAY 1909

editors room. which he sets as trap
10 catch his visitor, while the audience
gets keenly interested. be fastens the
receiver of a telephone open and places
il on the corner of his desk between his
seat and the chair the guest will take,
and sends two stenOgraphers TO a as
tant room, where they may take down
the impending conversation from the
other end of the wire.
The judge walks into the ambush, put
not carelessly. He sees TO it that all
the doors lead to rooms containing no
listeners. The phone, though, with Its
receiver fixed open, escapes his SuSpl-
cion. He takes a seat close to II at one
side and the editor at the other. Inc
dialogue covers the purchase and sale
succinctly. For $4,000 in hand paid,
the editor is to- cease his exposures. IN
none of the other muckrake dramas mas
the offer of a bride Ueen shown 50
graphically. or engrOssed the audience
so absolutely. The actOrs-Charles Ste
venson and Charles WaldTOn-Sive in
tensity to the scene, but no noise, nor
any commotiOn. The money is counted
out The men stand up. Inc judge eX-
tends the handful of bins. At that IN
slant the flashlight for snapshot Pho
/ tOgraph explOdes and glares. a very
| sensational picture has been made by
! a concealed camera for publication in
/ the Advance. Few third acts in ex-
citant dramas end with less turbulence
! on the stage or more in the auditorium.
Exceptional in having a crescendo> OF
interest clear through, instead of di-
minuendo for the final act, is this drama
of The Fourth Estate" The applause
is slow to cease; d minute Of silence fol-
| lows; then a buzz Of comment arises.
The outcome is not clear, and can't be
/ guessed. The conclusion of the play Is
not in sight The nights time in the
Advance Office is hot enough; but viii
it cool off? or will its red heat rise tc
white? A clatter precedes the lift OF
the curtain. A newspaper composing
room is opened up. A battery of type
setting machines fills most of the stage
but leaves space for makeup tables
copy desks and the night editors den
The hour of going TO press is close by
A front page with the dialogue between
the editor and the judge, and the snap
; shot picture, is ready for the presses
| Brand is eXultant. But his zeal as ;
socialist has brought heart break, too
| He and Judge Bartelmy's daughter use'
| to be sweethearts. Now they are es
tranged. That is the plays love story
| She comes to plead that for her sake n
will not drive her father from the judi
: cial bench. To deny her frantic praye
: is a supreme test of his determination
r but he stands it, and hears her denounc
- him as cruelty heaTtless. Well, that
r over. What other obstacle can come i
e the few minutes before what he deem
- his duty to the people viii have tri
Y umphed over his love Of Judith Bartel
r my?
e Why, a command by Owner NolaI
n Yes; the judge has promised social ad
+ vancement to Mrs. and Miss Nolan
q the Advance does not publish the dia
f | Iogue and photograph of the mock bar
! gain.
a I'm sorry for you, my boy" Nola
= SAYS: but this means a lot to my wifi
- and daughter. Don't run this page. XII
+ it. That's a positive order" As Bran
s slumps into a chair. limp and aghas
n his employer adds kindly: Don't tax
Q il so hard Things will look brighter
) you tomorrow. Come and talk with M
T. Your salary shall be doubled" and h
| ont