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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26

fdl feel that I am buying something
|fa need below cost. T"
sss Mr.. Belasco digressed again
nhe following strain: The small
F4 companies throughout the coun-
Epys better performances than most
EH bie productions which we see on
hEay. | know, because ] slip out
ne country every chance / get
BOX over the shows while no ono
n about it, l never 90 far;
14I to Scranton or Harrisburg, or
lsoaIIa OF Pittsburg or Buffalo. If
10 Chicago | slip further west. I
q ne day has gone when n play
sake a successful run through the
The west and the northwest on
ue1gth or success in New York. -
Penelope" New Production.
"a COW We come to consider for 4
hs new production called "Pene,
/ with Miss Marie Tempest in the
lSn role. at the Lyceum theater,
x elds fair to be a big success
aa throughout the United States.
- already proved a success in Lon
now Penelope used to be the
o. Ulysses. according TO his.
after Ulysses came back home
lour around the world he found
= 4'een admirers around the old
"a instead of going to Reno and
couple of them correspond
y got busy with his trusty bow
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26

and arrow, and turned the sitting room
into shambles. But don't be alarmed;
this 9 Penelope in question is not a
Greek classic. 1t is rather a frothy
little piece about the wife Of n physi-
clan, who makes the mistake of falling
covertly in love with her husband, who
is physician. The doctor, like all
masculine human kind, began to lose
interest in his wife when he saw she
was really keen on him. Then the
wife set out TO regain her husband IS
love. How she did it makes a delight
full little hour and forty-fve minute
play. and Miss Tempest was never bet
ter in her portrayal. The New York
CRITICS have praised the play very
highly.
Chair of Dramatic Writing.
Henry B. Harris, the theatrical man
ager, has come forward with project
of endowlng some American university
Mr.. Harris does not care which one
with a chair of dramatic writing. "I
would willingly be one of ten men to
give $25 1000 toward the founding Of
such an institution said he. Mr.. Har-
rls does not believe that any playwright
ever made real, genuine success until
he first had learned the rudiments
of his art, He doesn't believe in
the heaven born brand Of playwright
the man who comes down to the Office
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
WITH THE THEATRES
Continued from preceding page.

IonNnued fTOm PTecedlhg page
we'll trained voices, il has ali the at
tractivc features of both musical and
legitimate comedy The musical mum.
hers have been given credit of scoring
ten song hits, besides the male oc
tctte s two popular numbers. The pru.
cipals, headed by Billy Clifford, are in
keeping with the best points of the
production. The motor-boat race IN the
last act is a new electrical effect that
is 4 real novelty.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26

Wallace Eddinger, Frederick Perry,
Frank Sheridan, Harry Davenport,
Grant Mitchell, +. w. Morrison, Joseph
Adelman. Margaret Fielding, Anita
Rothe and Agnes Marc.
Miss Maxine Elliott will open her
season in her new production. "Deborah
of Tod s." at Days theater ON Jan
uary 8.
1t begins to look as though the 1910
tourists in New York next summer will
have an opportunity Of seeing Jerome
K. Jerome g symbolic little play, "The
Passing Of the Third Floor Back" al
| Maxine Elliott theater. The play is
having a phenomenal run, and will
likely last over into the summer
News that the Western Theatrical
Managers association. representing the
smaller theaters In Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braskn, Illinois. Wisconsin and Mime
sofa, which declared for the "oper
door policy" last spring, had once again
come within the fold of Klaw & Err
LANCER, was recent event in theatrica
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
.sco PAYS TRIBUTE TO
S1r STOCK COMPANIES.

wire 10 The Tribune
Is,sea gopK n Dec. 25.-Mr, David
cW ! ;ust now about the busiest
10 is or loS' in the theatrical game.
3 pfeaSlu;;fi pfeSl 4 he even took time TO eat
1i'rois, e dinner today, but he did
alns - ain the spring. said Mr..
8 pans;;. shall produce 'The Ma
~ Law with a political flavor
81 p'I Dc Mile. But before
hIIlom, hIson, tho first of February, l
n ieo"' ont Eugene Walters s new
! enDs y Wife Ny most recent
I yns' st the Belasco. .Stuyvesant
':,ii'Pr : THE % Lily played first on
pE.. night, is proving a big sue
'F's ,b1rc is every reason why 1T
"a 'H' = uccess. both in the east
p Dc mt only this season, but for
s'.I, '.ssr lsc seasons to come. ! consider
2 o'1s, 1Sss,rtwright, who is playing IN
~ r,uS the greatest character actor,
! lg,b George Arliss, on the stage
p w n, illness put me back two
y 2. and have had TO work night
- . 'a ~ oct caught up
y. ~ Mr. N Belasco digressed into the
:M ,r "You know my recreation
'nngS S;,o auction sales, L don It
r'.si INV L is, but there is a feeling
= ~ 2eace and contentment which
NP For p nv corporeal being wheI
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
ABOUT FRITZ SCREFF
Continued From Preceding Page

-
Germany, where she learned many roles
and received nm excellent schooling,
And while she was undergoing this
course. Maurice Grau heard her and i'm
mediately determined that she was Just
the singer he wanted for the Metropoli-
tan Grand Opera company, of which he
was then the presiding genius. Ac-
cordingly, he approached the young
woman, and made her an offer which
almost staggered her, for she did not
know the great difference between the
purchasing power of money in Ger.
many and in America. She accepted
forthwith and appeared the next sea"
SON at the METROPOLITAN in New York
in such roles as "Musetta." in "La
Bohemc: Media" in ] I,Pagliacci, y,
'' 'Cherubino." in 1.-The Marriage Of
Figaro, and in like characters. Her
vivacity and apparent Joy IN living
made her an instant favorite with the
Metropolitan audiences, and during this
part of her career she stamped her in
dividuality on the New York public.
She wos called 'vivacious. -
"piquant. - "full of verve," "chic, -
"voiatilc,n cor gay and eapricious. -
Paderewski described her as ''The Lit
tie Devil of Light Opera when he was
producing n new opera. Her most ap-
pealing work at this time was as "Mu-
setta.' Afterwards she went into comic
opera, and since then her career has
been a series of artistic triumphs.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
MORE DANVILLE PROOF.

Jacob Schrall. 432 South street. Dan
Vile, Ill. writes: "For over eighteen
months ! was a sufferer from kidney
and bladder trouble During the whole
time was treated by several doctors
and tried several different kidney pills.
Seven weeks ago I commenced taking
Foley's Kidney Pills, and am feeling
better every day and will be glad to
tell any one interested lust what Fo,
ley's Kidney Pills did for me-"
Schramm. j Johnson Co.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
BY AMELIA STONE.

if the latter is aided by a romantic
girl friend. II was l who helped TO
smuggle correspondence between the
two, even though [ saw the great Amer
lean drama fading out of sight. | was
her bridesmaid, running away from my
first New York engagement to play the
more real role, and coming back to the
pomps and vanities of stage life with
more tender feeling for all mankind.
Now the husband is located in New
York, and their home is in well~known
summer colony on Long Island. There
| go when weary OF the strenuous stage
life, with its jealousies and its disap-
pointments, its galeties and its triumphs
and every one makes me welcome, from
the busy lawyer to the collie, who seems
TO realize that he owes his happy home
TO me
Miss Stone is the dainty little woman
starring in the title role OF the STANCE
Bryap-Von Tilzer operetta now running
at ihe new Cort theater. Chicago. She
owns fine automobile, In which she
takes daily spins through parks and
along bouevards. Her magnetic per-
sonality has won her uncountable per-
sonal friends. AS to her stage follow
ing, 1t is simply myriad
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-26
Removal Sale

Big reductions in wall paper and
framed pictures before moving TO our
elegant new store, Geo. w, Ebert &
20. 81 Main street.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
CRITlCIS:S THE HOUSEWIFE
UncleanIiness Cause of Many Of Our
Ailments, Says Wiley.

Denver. Aug. 25.-Modern house
wives are veritable Lucretia Borgias,
declared DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, head
of the United States chemistry bu-
reau.
"The modern Lucretia," he said, sis
here in flocks, using the telephone,
handing out poison from the icebox,
from the broiler and the skillet and
the little tins of dinner she buys when
breathlessly rushing home after her
exciting bridge game at the club. The
average icebox Is charnel house,
which not only holds death, but
spreads It, And. too, many house
keepers allow disorder and uncleanli.
ness to prevail in their kitchens and
larders through ignorance or indiffer.
ence. II they will give over the tele.
phone habit, personally supervise their
marketing, kitchens and larders the
present, as well as the future citizen
will be more useful to the community
and nation"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25

exercise of the duties thrown upon
sentatives, l have failed to make him
chairman of the committee on bank
ing and currency, to his mind | be-
came thoroughly selfish and generally
q bad citizen and representative.
Let the House Be Judge.
"Mr. Fowler and myself both are
members of the national house of rep
resentatives and l am perfectly will
ing my action in not appointing him
chairman of the committee on bank
ing and currency shall be endorsed or
condemned by our colleagues of the
house of representatives. This is all
desire to say touching his letter."
"Will you speak specifically of any
OF the items in the Fowler arraign.
ments?" he was asked.
"Why in the h should answer
him?" said the speaker. ''He is a
joke, all of congress knows he Is a
joke"
Regarding Fowler's charge that the
: house tariff conferees were named
through an arrangement between Can
non and Senator Aldrich Speaker
Cannon said:
''It is beneath my contempt or dig
nifty to notice any statements made
by Fowler that there was any sort of
an agreement by which the house tar
if conferees were named. 1t is be-
low my notice."
1t is reported here as soon as con.
gress convenes again Speaker Cannon
will call some one to the chair and
will unburden his mind of what he
thinks of certain insurgents" who
have been attacking him.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
SCORES OPINION OF
FEDERAL EXPERTS
Address Of President Of Pure
Food Commission.

Denver, Aug. 25.-Food experts from
every section of the country, includ-
Ing Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson. Chief Chemist II. w. Wiley
and representatives of the United
States dairy commission and the bu.
reau of animal industry, were present
at the opening of the thirteenth an
nual convention of the Association of
State and National Food and Dairy
Departments.
In his annual address President j.
O. Emory scored the use of benzoate
of soda as food preservative and Wig
orously opposed the finding of the ref
cree board appointed drring President
Roosevelts administration that the
preservative was not harmful. He
pointed to Secretary Wilson as having
recommended to the president that
the finding of the board be not rein.
vestigated. although a committee OF
the association applied for reconsid
GRAFTON Of the subject.
That benzoate Is harmful In what
ever form it Is used, whether In soda
water or In pickles. was the emphatic
conclusion of the speaker Recon-.
mending breaking away from the
federal pure food laws as not meeting
the necessities of the individual states
Mr.. Emory urged a wide breach be-
tween the state commissioners and
Secretary Wilson. He favored the
submission to each state legislature
the model pure food law as pro
posed by DR.. e. F. Ladd. state food
commissioner of North Dakota. Nc
sooner had these views been expressed
than dozen other speakers contend
ed that breaking away from the fed
eral laws would result In a chaotic
multiplicity of state laws all out ol
harmony with one another It was
determined that the whole subject
should be threshed out and reported
upon by special committee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
CONFERENCE TO Be
HELD IN NEW YORK
important Change in Interstate
Commerce Act Proposed.

Washington, Aug. 25.-Chairman
Knapp and Commissioner Prouty of
the interstate commerce commission
are in receipt Of invitations from Pres
ident Taft to attend a conference
which is to be held beginning next
Monday in New York city to consider
proposed changes In the interstate
commerce act. Attending the confer
ence, besides the two commissioners,
will be Attorney General Wickersham,
Secretary Nagel of the department of
commerce and labor, Solicitor Gen.
eral Bowers of the department Of jus
tice and Representative Townsend of
Michigan.
The president ana Attorney General
Wickersham, 1t is said, desire to have
enacted by congress legislation that
will take from the interstate com
merce commission tho investigation of
criminal practices of Interstate car
riers and place such Investigations In
the hands of the officials Of the de-
partment of justice and of the bureau
of corporations.
Such an arrangement would make
of the interstate commerce commits
sion practically a judicial body, with
powers limited to an examination into
the reasohableness of freight rates. 1t
is opposed by majority of the mem
bers of the interstate commission, be-
cause 1t is maintained that the inquiry
into rates dovetails into the investiga-
tices to such an extent that 1t is inn
possible to differentiate between the
Ynnnfr;nu
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25

People past middle life usually have
some kidney or bladder disorder that
saps the vitality, which is naturally
lower in old age. Foley's Kidney Rem
edy corrects urinary troubles, stimulates
the kidneys, and restores strength and
vigor. 1t cured uric aoid troubles by
strengthening the kidneys SO they will
strain out the uric acid that settles in
the muscles and joints causing rheum
atism.-J. II. Anderson.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
FOUND ERECT IN GRAVEL PIT
Laborer Caught by Cavein With
Shovel UpIlfted.

Appleton, Wis, Aug. 25.-Standine
erect and with shovel in his uplifted
hands the body OF Leo Alesch was
dug out of cavein In q gravel PHI
near here.
George Miller, a farmer, while driv-
ing past the pit, saw a slouch hat on
top of the gravel He picked 1t up
and discovered that it rested on a
mans head. Alesch had been dead
several hours when his body was
found. The pit was about seven feet
deep and all but an inch of the VIC
TINS head was buried under the
cavein.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
PROMOTION FOR EFFICIENCY
Chicago's New Chief OF Police An.
nounces Policy.

Chicago, Aug. 25.--Merit and the
milk of human kindness are TO be the
new rules by which the Chicago police
department will be governed.
Colonel Leroy T. Steward, at the
close of his first day as chief of pc-
lice, indicated that he favored both
The new chief will base his promo
tions on graded efficiency Out OF re
gard for the police and their familiei
there will be no shakeup scares.
Before he left the office after his
first days actual duty the new chief
let 1t be known that hard work and
harmony were to be the keynotes OF
his administration.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
MOST STATES REPRESENTED
Insurance Commissioners In Session
at Colorado Springs.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Aug. 25.-
The fortieth annual national conven-
tion of insurance commissioners
opened in this city with $50 delegates,
representing practically all of the
states, in attendance. President Ben
jamin F. Grouse of Maryland intro
duced Governor John F. Shafroth of
Colorado, who delivered the address
of welcome, which was responded to
by Hon Fred W. Potter Of Illinois,
vice president of the convention.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
NO SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT
Negot atIons Continue In Chicago
Waqe Dispute.

Chicago, Aug 25.-No immediate
prospect of an agreement satisfactory
to the street car companies and the
employees was in sight when negotia-
tions were resumed between the COM
panies officials and w. d. Mahon, in
ternational president of the Street
Railway Employees union.
So far the attention of the opposing
interests has been directed to outlin.
ing their several contentious, since the
tentative agreement accepted by the
local union officers was rejected by
the employees in mass meeting.
The employees are opposed to a
graded scale, which will, In their opin-
ion, discriminate against new men.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
IN SEEKING AID FOR SON
Michigan Woman Drops Dead on
Reaching Doctors Home.

Escanaba. Mich. Aug. 25.-After
running several blocks In the dark
ness to get aid for her son, who had
been scalded In the explosion of a
boiler tube in a stave mill, Mrs. Louis
Courtright tropped dying on the porch
of the doctors house when she had
gasped her mission. She had been Ill
utes. The doctor FASTENED to the aid
OF the son, who has good chances to
recover
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
THIRTY DAYS FOR SPUUN,nu
Court Holds Only Married or Be
trothed Persons Have Right.

Omaha, Aug. 25.-A Jail sentence
thirty days was imposed on James
Kenney and Clara Reeves by Judge
Alstadt because the young people hi
light in a little park In the central
part of the city. In passing sentenc.
the court said that only betrothed and
married persons have the right to
spoon" and even they not in public
places
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
"SUIClDE SEEKER" INJURED
Daring Performer Is Probably Fatally
Hurt.

Waukesha, Wis, Aug. 25.-Burt
Williams, billed on park vaudeville
circuits as the suicide seeker" was
probably fatally injured while doing
his act at Waukesha Beach. Williams
leaps the gap on roller skates, turning
a backward somersault into the lake.
He turned the somersault too soon
and struck his head on the chute, sus-
tanning a fracture Of the skull. Rem
dered unconscious by the blow he
narrowly escaped drowning, but was
rescued by spectators on the pier.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
Final Decree In Gould Case.

New York, Aug 25.-Mrs. Helen
Kelley Gould has obtained her fsnal
decree of divorce from Frank ].
Gould. The interlocutory decree was
signed on May 20 of this year. There
was no opposition when Mrs. Gould's
attorney made formal application
to Supreme Court Justice Giegerich
snr the final papers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25

Governor johnson Must Undergo An.
other Operation.

Aurora. Ill, Aug. Ex-Governor John
A. Johnson of Minnesota will go into
a hospital Sept. l for fourth opera
tion for appendicitis.
A statement by the Minnesota ex-
ecutive that he would be compelled to
undergo this fourth ordeal under the
knife was made public here.
The information was greeted with
much apprehension by Aurora women,
as Johnson won his way into their
regard by a strong advocacy of wo-
mans suffrage at an Aurora Chautau-
qua last week by a naive confession
In conversation that "he knew no man
quite the equal of Mrs. Johnson, in
Guiding the governor of Minnesota"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
Actress Sues for Divorce.

st. Louis Aug, 23.-Grace Van
Studdiford. comic opera star, has filed
suit for divorce from Charles Van
Studdiford a member OF an old st.
Louis family Desertion is alleged In
the petition.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25

Foley's Honey and Tar is a safeguard
against serious results from spring colds
which inflame the lungs and develop
into pneumonia. Avoid cornterfeits by
insisting upon having the genuine Fol
eys Honey and Tar, which contains no
harmful drugs.-,I. III. Anderso.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
QUIET AT MIXES ROCKS
Additional Company of State Con.
stabuIary on the Scene.

Pittsburg, Aug. 25.-With armed
guards at the Pressed Steel Car com
pany's plant augmented by the arrival
of Troop b, Pennsylvania state con.
stabulary, from Wyoming, Pa, and
the attention of the strikers and SYM
pathizers occupied in making prepara-
tions for burying their comrades killed
In the recent riot conditions at Nc
Kees Rocks are quiet.
Troopers are now in possession of
every pirt OF the strike zone. Unless
by assault there is no way OF APP
preaching the big mill by persons not
desired About 1000 imported men
are busily working in the car plant.
Reports from the hospitals state all
the injured are improving.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
NEGRO Pythians in Session.

Kansas City, Aug. 25.-With dele
cation Of 5000 negro men and women
from every state in the Union the
supreme lodge OF negro knights OF
Pythias opened here for four days
session. The delegl1es are Quartetsed
In . tent city.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
Bleriot Breaks a Record.

Rheims, France, Aug. 25.-M. Bier.
lot covered lap in his monoplane in
8 minutes 42s seconds. The distance
is six and one-fifth miles The best
record heretofore was that made Mon.
day by Curtiss. 8 minutes 352s sec
onds.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
"Why in H. Should | No
tiCe Him?" He Asks.
WILL NOT ANSWER CHARGE
Speaker Declares 1t Is Beneath His
Contempt or Dignity to Notice the
Congressman's Accusation That
House Tariff Conferees Were Named
Through an Arrangement With Sen
ator Aidrich.

Mackinac Island, Mich, Aug. 25-
why In the h should I notice
Fowler" asked Speaker Joseph G..
Cannon when asked If he had any
thing to say in reply to the open let
Ter of Representative Charles N. Fow-
Ter Of New Jersey attacking him for
his attitude on currency legislation
and the tariff bill.
The speaker read every word of
Fowler's letter-the speaker called it
"screed''-and then said to the news
paper men:
Get your pencils and take this
down:
II have glanced at Representative
Fowler's letter To those who have
the patience to read 1t, If any such
there be, it will appear, when in the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
Steamer Has Cholera on Board.

Antwerp Aug. 25.--The steamer
Singapore has arrived here from Riga,
Russia. with five members of her crew
dead, presumably from cholera. This
has caused much apprehension The
Singapore has been placed In quaran-
tine
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25

newspaper men who boarded the ves
sci that he was feeling pretty good.
He went aboard tug at Quarantine
and was landed at Jersey City, where
he boarded his private car and start
ed for his summer home.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25
HARTMAN AT NEW YORK
Declares to Reporters That He Is
"Feeling Pretty Good"

New York, Aug. 25.-The steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm H., with f. II. Harri-
man on board, has arrived here Mr..
Hartman declared to the army of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1909-08-25

Mr.. #. G.. Fritts, Oneonta, N. Y.
writes: "My little girl was greatly ben
efitted by taking Foley's Orino Laxa-
tive, and l hink It is the hest remedy
for constipation and liver trouble" !"
Foley's Orino Laxative is hest for women
and children, as it IL mild, pleasant and
effective, and is splendid spring medi-
cine, as it cleansss the system and
clears the complection.--J. III. Anderson