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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-16
"MiIls Of the Gods"

The New York AstoT theatre success,
The Mills of the Gods" will open d
weeks engagement at the Colonial the
atre this evening. It Is sufficient to say
of this production that il is from the
per- Of the famous American dramatist
George BrOadhurst. This name is IA
miliar to Salt Lake theatTegOers, as
his wonderful success. The Man of
the Hour" was presented here some
time ago, and The Mills of the Gods"
is believed by most critics to be a more
powerful, if not stronger, drama than
the former.
The action Of the play opens in a
court room in New York City. where
Clark and Payton, bookkeepers in the
employ of a wholesale grocery firm.
are on trial for embezzlement. and to
one familiar with court procedure the
scene is in every detail a faithful re-
production. and the strongest that has
ever been produced on the American
stage.
The second act shifts to the Office of
Newt0as cut glass factory, where
Clark who is a fugitive from justice.
is foreman, and the following act is
most gorgeoUsly staged scene, whers
the audience Iooks upon splendidly up
holstered solid mahogany furniture.
rich Turkish carpets and real walls
The cast is, headed by Monroe Sails
bury. 4 performer Of unusual ability.
and relative Of a prominent Salt Lake
family. His support is well Offset by
the manner IN which the production IS
staged. and the intense dramatic stu
atoms are chcckmated by the strong
vein Of comedy constantly injected by
Inez Baird as Alice Gilman, the slansy
and philosophical stenographer. and
Harry Earl. a country lad, who aspires
10 be a private detective.
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Lady Frederick. "

Miss Ethel Barrymore viii play an
attractive Irish widow of uncertain age
in the brilliant three-act comedy.
Lady Frederick. by " Somerset
Vaughan. in which she Will De seen at
the salt lake theatre May q, IS. 20.
Miss Barrymore is a great favOrite
here. and her appearance is always an
event of exceptional interest to the bet
ter class Of theatregOers. In the new
play, as Lady Frederick, who lives
upon an extravassnt scale, but at the
same time is deeply in debt. Miss Bar
rymore has a part that gives her
splendid opportunity for her talents
Lady Frederick is decidedly fascinat-
ing, and while she is a society butter
hy. she is also a woman of noble char
acter Miss Barrymore is surrounded
BY a company of exceptional merit, in
GLIDING Bruce McRae. Norman Tharp
Charles Hammond Arthur Elicit Or
Iando DAILY. Jessie Mjllward, Nira
Stowe, Anita Rothe and others.
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rector S famous restaurant on Broad
way. He speaks to the child and IS
called a drunken blackguard by
Young, whom he knocks down 4 re
voiver falls from Young's hands. and
when picked up by Evelyn, is dis
charged. Mordsunt receiving the con-
tents. When the police arrive Nor
daunt, to save the woman he once
loved, says that he shot himself. but
they refuse to accept this story. When
he RECEIVERS from his wound he goes
into hiding to escape them. and is
given shelter in the apartments Of
Laura Talbot. II wife learns this.
and, to revenge herself on the actress
who had suDplauted her. names her IS
correspondent in a divorce suit. When
Mordaunt learns this. he is furious
and ccmpels the withdrawal of the
suit on the threat of telling the police
the true story of the scene on Broad
way. He agrees TO give her the divorce
in another way.
As soon as the divorce is granted
Evelyn marries Young. but soon has
cause to regret her bargain. Young
has squandercd all his money in reck-
less folly, and his father. dying, is dis
covered to be bankrupt and an en-
bezzleT. They are reduced to poverty
and Young endeavOrs to sell his Eife's
honor. In quarrel Evelyn kills him,
and afterwards herself. First. however.
in q ut of remorse. she sends for Nor
daUnt to come and take the child. The
play ends with the strong presumption
that MOrdaunt marries Laura. Talbot
and that his troubles are over.
There are some good humorous lines
and incidents in the play. which is by
no means morbid. There are telling
situations and stirring scenes.
After the production of this play the
company viii so TO the Colonial where
a new play by Franklin Fyles, the
great dramatic writer. will be given.
necessitating a larger stage This play
was produced once in Minneapolis,
where it was heralded as one of the
coming great successes. II viii not be
seen i'm New York until the next sea
son. so salt Lake VIII have an oppor-
tUnity to pass upon its merits before
Broadway The drama is entitled AT
the Rainbow's End, and is built upon
episodes I'm the life of the great scout,
Kit Carson, with lively times in the
days when there was a frontier. Il
will undoubtedly delight all who see it.
Mr.. Stuart has met with remarkable
favor since he opened here 2. week ago
Winning his audience the first night.
he is now crowding the Bungalow at
each performance.
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cred duty 10 hatc the other family,
nd the BOYS are taught that they
should kill 8 member OF the enemy
family as they would kill a rattle
snake. But the son OF one man and q
daughter of the other meet by acc
dent. It Is case Of love at first sight
and parental advice and counseT Is
forgotten. Despite all opposition, they
are secretly married. The father Of the
boy dcnounces him for what he has
done, but finally ovcTcones his hatred
for his enemy sufficiently to admit the
Young couple to his home. "We'ns
amt all fighting women, we'ns are
fighting men. You just remember Nc
kill them whenever and wherever we
can get one Of her folks" says tho old
man IS he admits the son and his wife,
and the son promises.
The first ray OF dawn Of Christmas
morning is coming through the httic
window in room OF the house whcr,
the young couple is living. An Oldham
has sneaked into tho room with full
knowledge that nc is taking his life IN
his hands He 3 knceliDg IT the side
Of a cradle in which sleeps the son OF
his daughter. lie has come for just
one sight of "hor boy As he is
kneeling another man enters quietly
and comes towards the cradle. He also
wants to sce the en- ii once more before
he goes out TO try to kill his old enc
my. The dawn Of the Christmas day
reveals the presence Of each to the
other. At any other time and place
one or both would have been killed.
Both remember their oath. Both are
ready TO fulfill il. There is a moment
of silence, and then over the sleepipS
child the past is forgiven and a recon-
citation effected
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1905 although shielding 1T In the
he "brrle-que" have taken a risk
=, tbst of THE Red Moon for
st- are fine FIRST TO offer an al black
..-rr,u- entertainment To the white
a.-.5...7s This company has fewer &C
----. t..5a zinc other, and more quad
.r. r4uIattces with some whole
..,-.-s-s among the men. The play is
7-t ,-,,rH of play, but II has no white
.,-.,-r1r4. aud its story turns on an
..---f.sa rich yellow bellies desire to
.-.-r o. -4val title into her Florida fam
.,- 5, marrying the heir TO the throne
tfrrJom I'm darkest Africa. The
~ and place are the present i'm Jack
----Hle. Guess at the plot. please The
.----tad nofr 20 sn African crown is a
s-t.rr gr flung American moke ?
you've Init It
rpa grrdupus Young women are the
--.--rqr leaders of the oid-ivOry white
r. tr--a-e0tta brown STOW girls. In
Colo a. Johnson company. only
.E-r. comedians are naturally dark
Inch fa Dee comic 'coons without DO
~. ErsrE-niug. but here the Afric ratio
=-,,rr the men rises to seventy, while
cost If tho girls powder their tints 70
mic and the spectacle is presented Of
more Hack-aud-whitc than black
a-5-reIov mixture.
M most salient thing in this play is
-,rIrtts SaIuwo-Or is she a Cleopst-
----as e1uIrwinE Of muscles and as
..sHrgofFa as any Cairo dancer at a
r4r-6.5 fair. old Showmen say that
vHqt delights of am afternoon may dis
,r1ss- fu the evening; that applause of
srrrlral NAV within d few hours be
followed bv the laughter of derisiOn.
eHsrrrd TO bc FOO on hlaTity. Just as the
C.sauatra or was she a Salome threw
hey torso into couvulsive turbulence. a
child fn the balcony walled: Mamma,
oh mammal SomcWay, somehow, that
seemed d joke to the people. and the
connection of Sai0me-CleOpatra meant
nothing iu earnest, but much i'm fun.
rndeHisbIy. though. this hootch-
kootrher is a daughter Of the Culver
family from Shaketown, ST. Vitus
county state of CommOtion.
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Vaudeville at oreheum.

For the week beginning tonight. the
Orpheum viii have one Of the best bills
of the season Marshall p Wilder
/ prince Of entertainers and entertainer
of princes is the headline act. The
others are Tom Nawn and company in
Pat and the CENT" the Eight Me-
. lanis- picturesque singers: fourt Cast
ing Dunbars, acrobats; Lockwood and
BrysOn. singers and whistlers: Charles
Matthews. the human Kangaroo" Coe
and BOYD, in The Musician and the
Maid and Orpheum regular features
Marshall p. Wilder has been the guest
and entertainer of princes and presi-
dents; ne has travelled the whole world
over, leaving sunshine and laughter IN
his trail He has been feted on every
continent. He is an artist on the sta ge:
raconteur, lteratteur, savant, thorough
iy American and extremely human. For
the past few years Mr.. Wilder has de-
voted himself 10 travel and writing, his
latest literary effort, Smiling Round
the World" is said to be as amusing
and interesting as his earlier and well
known work, People l Have Smiled
With His present vaudeville tour is
limited TO seven weeks, after which
time he sails for England
y clever and unique conceit is pre-
scented by Tom Nswn and COMPANY in
Pat and the Genii." Everyone is IA
miliar with the old Arabian Nights
story of the fisherman releasing the
genius from the copper cask he catches
in his net. in this case, Mr.. Nawn. who
does not present the Irishmau of broad
cultural thrOaty accent. nor IF red
Whiskers, but gives a clean. legitimate
characterization, appears as Pat, the
gardener, who falls asleep. He dreams
he has released the genius, who be-
comes his slave and grants every wish.
Mr. NaWn is assisted by Mrs Nawn.
Charlotte Appelle, as the genius. and
two colored men who pose as slaves of
the lamp.
Lovers Of good music are promised
a treat in the Eight Melanis This act
consists Of eight Italian vOcslists. who
contribute a singing novelty.
The casting DunbaTs have an act that
is thrillingiy charming. These men
perform on p'ckel-plated bars far above
the stage. The star feature Of the act
is double sOmersault, thrown by one
of the members as he is III transit from
one Of his companions to another who
catches him.
Misses Nell Lockwood and Hazel
Brysoj present cleve" musical offer
ing of songs and whistling numbers.
Charles Matthews is a champion
jumper. In bis vaudeville Offering.
without the aid of a sDringboard. he
does some marvellous and remarkable
jumping. He is assisted by Doris
Reece.
Z. d. Coe. the famous minstrel come
dian, and Lillian BOYD, character come
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"The Transaressors."

Ralph Stuart and Mary Hall, sup
ported by the Willard Mack company,
viii be seen at the Bungalow during
the coming week in The Transgres-
sors, a play by Kenneth Mcdonald
This is a play entirely different in
character from BY Right of Sword. -"
which so pleased the Bungalow dl-
diences last week. Society and Bohe-
mia figure equally in the story. but
rather to the credit of the latter than
the former.
Most plays which touch upon Bo-
hemian life place the actor and actress
in the villain category. and the
heroine ana hero are usually taken
from society's ranks. Mr.. Mcdonald
has reversed this procedure. 1t is the
young society man who is the home
wrecker, and the Woodworking, con-
scient GUS actor the wronged-
Byron Mordsunt, author aud actor
studious and capable. and well on the
road to success, meets and marries a
young Washington society girl. He
makes sacrifices for her sake. joining
a stock company in the capital. and
buying a home for her there. Her peo-
pie opposed the marriage and continue
their opposition to him The slamOr
wears off, and the wife, Evelyn. ac-
cepts the attentions of a clubman
named Young, with whom she finally
elopes. taking her child with her.
Young takes her to New York and
finally puts her on the stage. She is
found wanting in ability and is sup
planted in a heavy production by
Laura Talbot. a clever actress and a
woman of noble qualities.
Mordaunt. meanwhile, has drifted to
New York and is taken up by Miss
Talbot, who knew him in better days.
To give him a purpose in life she asks
him to write a play for her, to which
he agrees. One evening he meets his
wife and child with Young coming from
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PRESS AGENTS PROMISE.
Jack Straw"


Holm Drew comes to the Salt Lake
theatre for the last three evenings of
t1s week May 20. p and 90, with a Sat
g-dsy matinee. iu Jack Straw" a de-
Hehtful comedy by W. Somerset
Vaughan. in which Mr.. Drew has
scored such q success at the Empire
theatre. New York. Mr.. Drew is al
ways q welcome visitor, but his friends
win be- especially glad to see him this
time i'm a play that has received so
many complimentary notices as Jack
Straw" W. Somerset Vaughan is the
newest Of the British dramatists, but
be is tEe most promising, too. and he
already has four or five first-class sue
cesses 90 his credit. Jack Straw" and
Lady Frederick" in which Miss Bar
rvmore will be seen here, are the only
two of his works that have as yet been
seen boo America. but II the rest are
anything like as good as these samples,
Charles Frohman ought not to lose any
time iu presenting them.
Jack Straw has for its central fig
IRE an eccentric Pomeranisn prince,
VINO has run away from home because
his grandfather. the emperor, has re-
fused 20 allow him to marry a ballet
dancer Since then he has been seeking
adventure all over the world and prov
ing his versatility as a sailor, as a bar
tender. as an engine driver and I'm vari-
Gus other empioyments. When the play
opens DE is a waiter in the lounge at
The Grand Babylon hotel London. Mrs.
Parker Jennings, a vulgar social climb
er. one of the guests, insults him by
ealins him a dirty foreigner" and
when some of the other guests propose
10 punish her for her snobbishness by
introducing him TO her as a titled per
sondEe ne readily agrees Instead of
assuming "a fictitious name and title,
however he merely resumes those which
re1ttully belong to him.
The prince then proceeds to enjoy
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Hearts Of the Blue Ridge"

Hearts Of the Blue Ridge" which
viii open a weeks engagement Al tn.
Grand tonight. tells a story Of hatred
which has passed from sire to son and
from generation to generation for
nearly 100 years. II is the story built
on one Of the many feuds which have
existed in some part Of the south. the
result of which one reads about every
once I'm z while. even in this dsy Of
advanced civilization. It is a story Of
heart thrill every minute. for Il is e
story OF love and hatred. with IS pref
~ a climax as has been seen On a local
STAGE I'm a long time.
The families Of Beynold and Carter
have been I'm "A feud for generations
At the time the story opens. the heads
Of both families have sworn 70 EIl
each other on sight and into the
hearts OF the sons Of both they try &c
mstiH the hatred which they feel. Ths,
children are taught that Il is their 50 .
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Of anybody not wholly a pauper and even
the balcony seats, favored by Americans
and the fashionable natives, are only $50
on Wagner nights. the parquet seats 81
On such nights in Munich = have seen
seven stars in one cast: Fassbender (the
greatest actress living, by the way. with q
voice Of pure gold, Fay Tor MOTeDa).
Preuse Matzeneur (whO has notes in her
voice like Scalchi's). Bosetti (colora turey.
Knote. Feinhsls and Bender. Any one Of
these artists. to say nothing Of the great
conductor. Felix Motif. alone is worth tine
price of admission. All operas by other
masters are several marks cheaper. one
could go to the opera every week of the
year in Europe ana hardly be a hundred
dollars the pooTer--FTom an article in
Life by Gertrude AthertOn.
Go to the All-star Minstrel show.
May Il. Salt Lake theatre.
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Ha!Ha!H.t H.l

That's the way to feel-EYERY ONE
does that takes a CASCARET night
BEFORE, when he looks at the fellow
who didn't. For OVER-RATING and
DRINKING nothing on Earth cleans you
out as . CASCARET, natuFsIIy-essily,
without that upset sick feeling. Don't
nesIect-at bed time-9 P. NJ. or 4 A. NJ.
no diferenee-you Il need it.
- SO
CASCARETS roc 2 box for 2 weeks
treatment, all druggists. Biggest seller
IN the world. Million boxes month
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dienne, are a musical team that holds
the attention of the audience from the
start to the finish. They make up in
blackface
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For four years suffered severely
with Weeping Eczema, loo ate d
chiefly on the hands, both inside and
out, and extended as far I'D as tbs
wrists. ] was under treatment most
all the time, but could get no relief.
One or two Of my physicians said Il
was as bad a case Of Eczema as they
ever saw. I lost my finger nails once
and the itching, burning and pain
I experienced cannot express TO you
in words. kept my hands bandaEad
all the while, but with only little
relief. As 7 said, becoming discouY-
aged, I gave up all treatment 7 was
taking, and seeing s. 9. 8. advertised
began 1t SIS last resort. A few bot
ties convinced me that Il was doing
me good and continued it. and In a
short while I was entirely cured
MRS. CLARA HAMBRIGHT.
1911 Penn St., Harrisburg, Pa.
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nourShed Soohed Soened by this cooling healthy
s. S is the greatest Of all blood purifiers and therein lies ability
cure skin diseases The trouble cannot remain when the has
been removed S. s. will certainly the
Eczema, Acne letter. Salt Rheum, pmpe boS bakheadS
and all erupOnS Of the skin Book Skin Diseases and any medical
advice free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-16

I had . bad case Of Eczema, II
being especially ssvere on my right
hand. I was hardly able to uss my
hand in my work. tried a great
many things in an effort 70 get relief,
but was unable to do so until read
of s. s. 8. and determined to give il q
remedy and it cured the trouble an
ttrely. s. s. S. put my blood in fine
condition ana left my skin soft and
smooth. Though this was some time
ago there has been no return Of the
trouble. CHAS. J. WOLF, JH.
904 s. Second St st. Louis, No.
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s. s. s.
CURES SKIN DISEASES

this article want explain you the Of diseases
and also offer suggestions founded experience which
viii enable you yourself afflicted any of the
various forms Of this trouble
The skin receives its necessary nourShment from the blood
Every kept and every gland kept healthy by continually
feeding the nutritious properties which distributed throughout the
system by pure rich blood supply As long this
exists the cuhce will be soft smooth and free from upons when
however the circulation humors and mpures
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RECITAL PROGRAMS.
Monday.

The following programs are announced
for the organ recitals in the tabernacle
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For six years / was severely
troubled with = bad skin disease,
located principally on the shins. The
trouble would appear in the form Of
small yellow blisters. characterized
By very severe itching, etc. tried
sarsaparlllas. so-csIled blood puri-
hers, saves, otntmsnts, lotions and
treatment under q physician. but
nothing did me any good Becoming
discouraged 7 left or all this treat
ment, and Just about this time I saw
s. s. 8. adve rtiEed, One day I decided
to give this medicine e tr1ai, and
after using II for . short while
began 20 improve. OF course con-
lnued S. s. s. and it cured mo COM
pletely. Quite a while has elapsed
since / was cured and there has never
been the slightest indication OF the
return of the trouble.
9. Q. REOK.
4o4 Freedom St., Alliance Ohio.
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It's supply OF nutTltlYe properties
is diminished. and if becomeSa
sharp, aCrid fluid which diseases
instead Of preserves the natural
health and texture of the skin.
Lying just beneath the outer
covering or uSsue-Skin is a SEN
sitive membranouS flesh which
surrounds and protects the tiny
veins, pores and glands. 1t is
here tine impurities of the blood
are deposited, and the acrid
matter causes irritation and in
hammatiOn which splits or
breakfast thin, tiSsue-like cutcle,
and the result is Outwardly man
Tested in Eczema, letter, Salt
Rheum, or some other diShgur-
ing or annoying eruptiye disease.
Ii can readily be seen that
since Skin Diseases are the re-
suit of bad blood, there can be
but one way to cure them
purify the blood. SalveS,
washes, lotions, ETC., are not
able to do so, because they do
not reach the blood. Such
treatment is Of no value except
for its ability TO temporarily
relieve itching and assist in keep
ing the skin clean.
S. S. S. cures Skin Diseases
Of every kind by neutralizing the
acids and removing all humorS
from the blood. S. S. S. coos
the acid-heated circulation, builds
it up TO its normal strength and
thickness, multiplieS its rich, nu-
tritiouS corpuScles, and adds to
its purity in every way. Then the
skin, instead ofbeing irritated and
inflamed by sour impurities, is
Evening star., 1909-05-27
FORT SEVERN RUINS TO GO
OLD STRUCTURE NOT CONSIDER
ED OF HISTORICAL VALUE.
"Never Fired a Hostile Shot or Was
Fired at" Says Assistant
Secretary Winthrop.

Many protests have been received by
Assistant Secretary Winthrop of the Navy
Department against the decision of the
department to remove the ruins of old
Fort Severn at Annapolis, Md, to make
room for needed improvements. One OF
these communications was forwarded by
Senator Rayner Of Maryland.
Replying to Senator Rayner, Assistant
Secretary Winthrop. in part. said:
Il am heartily in accord with any
movement to retain structures and insti-
tutions of historical interest. l do not
believe, however, that the present Fort
Severn is of such value historically as to
justify the department in authorizing the
large expenditure Of money which would
be necessary to restore it to Its original
condition 1t was constructed. l believe.
in lSOe but never fred q hostile shot and
was never fired at. In the process of
converting the old fort into q gymna-
sium in the early days of the academy.
the walls originally nine to ten feet thick,
were blasted out, leaving only a thin
outer shell. The upper part of the fort
was removed and the steel and wood SUI
perstructure erected. This has recently
been taken down. All the guns and car
remains is a low circular brick structure
which has but little resemblance to the
old fort. / believe that a tablet mark
ing the space formerly occupied by the
fort will be much more In keeping and
fully as desirable from q historical point
of view as to retain the present struc-
ture"