The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-16

BY FRANKLIN FYLEs.
New York. May 14-Wnham J.
Ervsn comes To- New York TO have d
20 al town-rounding. to rub noses and
smack lips with showgirls, TO swap po-
rHe8f talk with Tammany men, and to
get so merrily reused on a COnvivial
occasion as TO start a song with I m
from Lnkm. an Pm thinkin'," thence
dfttving on 10 tell what he will do if
ne only sits there i'm the presidents
chair iu good Hineteen-thirteen.
Meanwhile. he NEEDLES with the rival
~ Of q German and an Irishman for
congress. and lets himself loose in the
hlarties of the tenderlOin.
John West. the actor assigned 10 an
imitation Of Bryan. requires scant
touching up to make a hfe-like resenl-
bIsUce without caricatUre: the manner
Of the celebrated candidate is not eX-
sgeersted for trsvesty: and so We have
q rather sober and sedate Bryan figur-
ing iu the foolery of a new eXtraVa-
gauza. He is an eXtraneOus and incon-
gruous parsonage. suggesting a man of
soliditv at home shaken down by sirens
abroad. vet ne is not maltreated in any
usv 20 lose votes for him next time
The audience applauds him while II
laughs.
Theodore Roosevelt is dealt with less
ansderately. Near to the end of the
evening. WREN one Of those jig-step-
ping rie-juggling. wall-mOuntinG
tro0ps-or troupes-of gymnasts i'm the
g1isa of z0uaves, give an exhibition
driu Roosevelt is at the centre of
tahleu disclosed by a rising curtain. He
is posed in the bright spot of the lime
light which glints from his eyeglass
and radiates from the white teeth of
his big grin burlesqued. It is a comic
cartoon though intended for a pa
triotic picture. and a great explosion Of
merriment was touched off, the night /
vas present. by the gallery boy who
on seeing Teddy i'm the khaki of a Gu
ban rough rider just like his garb as
hunter OF big game i'm Africa, let out
an imitation Of a lions growL
Drama leaves the starch of dignity
olt Of this weeks wash. and wears
Imp so much OF its raiment as il
doesn't throw off for the summer. 4
Se2sonable figure of Thespis I'm New
York for Sunday. May 10. would be
sioWgirl In a robe of gaiety and a pose
Of hllarity. The most theatTiC thing in
The fresh output land why not say it is
the most dramatic as il contains the
elements of aroused interest. tense sus-
pense and unexpected denOuemenD, is
Shown as happening to Bryan. He is
sTol!mg In Broadway with Tammany's
Boss Murphy The stateliest OF the
pay Sh1wgirls passes by in one Of
those sheath gowns which. the fashion
writer's tell us. have absolutely no pet
l2oats underneath. Just before she
goes out of sight. whatever It is that
Hoias up that gowns skirt lets go. and
sae makes her exit in fiesh-tinted no
SieTy looking like her own skin from
saiter tops to belt line.
Bryan
A Toe no, William J." says Murphy
I'D. sorry I didn't have my eyes open,
Wait pop-eyed till the next one
comes along, Willie"
don't set myself up as an expert
'.Hess. but the next one struck me as
oahE more of a looloo than the first
-7. anyway, she was no such lady
-s me skirt loser-Oh, no, not ever and
never Tor she had the breeze of the
livery rather than the air of Broad
Ia. and what, dear Lord, what. if she.
lay S- i.eL predecessor, drops the skirt of
Don't wink. says Murphy.
81 III /, look IF it blasts my eyesight, %
,7-,len Murphy cries out to the girl:
..ie mouse run up YOU"
-ooo-ouch," she screams.
t-. SoaNs her skirt high as she fees:
s.,-9l t+lf OF high rubber boots besides
-,,i.- lingerie. shut out what Bryan is
c..-., To- see Once more he is I'M
mo- Ilrposeful dramas are hold
f-S NJ. asalnst the seaSonable demand
fs. ,7>lLne 8musements The Fol-
9-,.-.- .,.e bay. containing Bryan and
.---- .tN as described. is one of the
u.ss,-.-' az raw asanzaS making I'D the
-b.-. output Last Sunday I told Won
49, d. play that showed a norton of
o. island a fortnight before the
-[- or that resort for 1909. and
7fI,- a. -.a.Ic City is revealed incident
1s-+..-- Inc Follies Of the Dav." This
sion - q summer bargain in diver
% s-t- go eu down 90 per cent. Salaries
rrr. I.s lau as the weather's temDars-
rsnss- sss' aid with that cut in ex-
Br5a5,r--. d lLeatre which. although in
thea.-, rs Two miles beyond the
g0od sr- .t.ll' the sale Of a iust-as-
Shc-- 'I- ,lte-sGme as a tWo-doIlar
Parquet. 'Ail tnat for the
of tn. '- TlIle The players Of The Follies
as ro-oay would be a waste of words
sane lis. Z Is famed; Vet they are MOI
the IN TALENT; and they do most NJ
ssfisfseS.-Nl-o stunts for one dollar
lliy' price considered. In