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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18

constant stream of visitors thronged
across the tracks from early morn
until dark last night. and it is con-
servatively estimated that twenty-five
hundred people inspected the great
engines. Railroad men. shopmen and
operating officials predominated large
ly, but other citizens. including not a
few ladies. crossed the tracks to in
spect the marvels of mechanical gen.
ius.
The engines were deadheaded west
on a freight train yesterday and
will be sent to Sparks where they will
be connected up. supplied with oil for
fuel and placed in charge of engine.
men from the. east. They will be op-
Grated In the freight service in the
mountain districts of the Sierra Ne
vadas. where snow sheds abound.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18
GOVERNMENT APPOINTS
FOUR new P0STMASTERS

NThe following postmasters have Just
been appointed: Hon. Clarence H.
Funk, Richmond. Cache county;
Thomas Mckee, Dragon. Uintah coun-
ty; John HollIst, Avon. Cache coun-
ty, Mrs. Mamie Alexander has been
appointed postmlstrcss at the newly
established office to be called AleXan-
der. In Wasatch county. Mrs. Aman-
da Miller Of Ogden has been granted
a pension at the rate of SS a month
from April 10, 1903.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18
BIC ENGINES INSPECTED
AT THE OGDEN YARDS

The two new 3O0-ton Southern Pa
cIfic freight engines, the largest and
heaviest locomotives in the world. ar
rived from the east over the Union
Pacific road early Sunday morning.
and were the center of attraction In
the Ogden yards all day Sunday. A
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18

Bees Laxative Cough Syrup is guar
anteed. This Is because we know what
It will do and want to convince you.
1t Is especially recommended for chill
dren as it is pleasant to take and is
gently laxative. For cough, colds,
Group. hoarseness, whooping cough.
Price 25c, 50c and s1.00. Sold by Geo.
F.. Cave and Depot Drug Store. =
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18
Not for Him.

Mrs. Knicker-Will you have an
early English breakfast-room in your
new house?
Mrs. Newrich-No; asked Hiram
that. and he said he wasn't going to
get up till ten o'clock nowadays
Harpers Weekly.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18
THROUGH SERVICE

Daily through standard and tour
ist sleeping car service to Oma-
ha, Chicago, St Joseph. Kan
sas City, st, Louis. Person
ally conducted through tourist
sleeper excursions several days
each week.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18
ROUND TRIP RATES

To Omaha, Kansas City, $4,000;
Chicago, $500; st. Louis.
$4,000; st. Paul, $500; Peoria,
s51.10. Final limit, October 81:
stop-overs diverse routes.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18
Rates
to the East
Plan Now
DATES OF SALE

June 4, 5. IL, IL. 16. &c; July
2, 3. 23, "a; August 19, ii; Sep
tember 10, IL.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18
GO BURLINGTON AND
SCENIC COLORADO

The Burlington's through main
lines TO Chicago and st. Louis
form a conspicuous portion of
the eastern journey. Note the
great variety of routes, and the
important cities included If
your ticket reads "BurIInq-
ton." No tour of the east is
complete without the Burlington
Is a part of it. Consult us. We
are located In Utah to help you.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18

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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-18

WANT ADS BRING BIG RESULTS
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
About Wis. Connie Edi.s.

Mss Constance Ediss afectionatelv
known to pIay-goers both in America and
in her native country, England. as Con
ME who plays the role OF Mrs Henry
SchniH with Lew Fields in the musical
production. The Girl Behind the COUn-
ter claims that she stands between two
loves, the natural love Of her native
heath and her acquired love. which is
very strong. for the United States She
has no grudge against King Edward. yet
admits an amazing tenderness for Uncle
sam As tribute TO the latter. she and
her brother, a former member OF the
London Stock Exchange, who accOmpa-
MED his sister TO America. purchased
last year an extensive farm and wood
land estate, located in the heart OF the
BerkshIres. near North Adams Mass,
which they call Connisbrook farm II
comprises 30 acres. and was the scene
OF much visiting and meTrynaking for
four weeks OF last summer during the
short vacation OF the cast OF THE Girl
Behind the Counter" Miss Ediss enter
tanned there the entire sixty chorus girls
OF the company IN parties OF fifteen al a
time, one week 10 each group.
Miss Ediss is the daughter Of an Eng
Iish clergyman. but she conquered fam
ilv prejudice against the stage and at an
early age began her career. She has for
years been Identified with the London
Gaietv Theater successes and has always
been noted for her singing OF humorous
songs She has created the leading com
edy roles in such veIl-known productions
as THE Shop Girl The Gaiety Girl,
The Silver Slipper" and a dozen others.
When the Messrs. Shubert and Lew
Fields decided to Americanize the sue
cesSful musical play, The Girl Behind
the Counter" serious problem confront
ing them was to obtain the services OF
comedienne to play opposite Mr. Fields.
Now. il so happened that some twelve
years ago Mr.. Fields had seen a perform
snce al PaImers Theater now Wal
1ack'sl- New York, Of George EdTardes'
London Gaiety company in The Shop
Girl" and he remembered a young wom-
an Of much vivacity who sang with
marvellous cockney dialect a song the
refrain Of which ran something like this:
A strawberry marx IN n middle o re back
Was al J got ron father
Her name was Connie Ediss." said
Mr.. Fields 70 Mr. Lee Shubert. I've
never forgotten her. That's the girl I
want for the role Of Mrs. schnin."
Wei. why don't you set her. tnenZ''
said Mr.. Shubert-
And Mr.. Fields did. he boarded the Lu-
cania on the following morning. A week
later he drove up 70 the Galetv Theatsr
IN London and had a five-minute chat
with George EGwardes. Twenty minutes
later he was back in Miss Ediss' dress
ing-room, and ten minutes after that he
had her contract 10 create the role OF
Mrs. Schnin in America.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
4r#E LAY OF THE MINSTREL"


By JERRY J. cOHAN-
The minstrel show. the burnt cork
stage. past or present-any sge-is the best
school to make an actor Why. any fool
should know that minstFely is the big
gest factor from the word Co
Travesty, burlesaue. ard psntomines in
minstrel time nowhere hetter done
And as for fun. they'd make you cry
with laughter; that's what you're after.
Elocution and Iyceum classes may pol
ish Up the shines, but not the stars, that
twinkle for the masses. Keep It in mind.
an artist from cork can ply his art IN
character work Of any kind.
Comedians. gag" fingers and singers
always the best-forget the rest Just
chose your part and pick the boy that's
been blacked up. Right from the start
he'll win the cup. He's learned his trade.
my friend, slick! sitting IN first part
'on the end" and then In song and
dance he's quick. IN niger acts and
play, accepting every chance.
Oh. say, II Jefferson. Irving. Forest.
Clark, and Booth told the truth. they
knew burnt cork. and that's straight talk
Why. the minstrel names that shine in
''Iegit'-and honor it-fthe modern stage)
Ill many 2 page. How many big actors
to-day can say: Never BACKED up" for
song and dance. or 10 play the tambo
''end" or bones. or go in the middle"
Composers OF great fame-that can
nsme-played fiddle or banjo Why.
worlds jubilee pat Gilmore He first
made a name IN a solo or the tenabo. sf-
ter that became the greatest leader of
the biggest band in any land
Afinstrely proper has had its day. It's
now passe, gone the ensemble spect5cu-
lar way. Vaudeville was once Variety
Show"
For stag. crowds only. but ladies, none
except an occasional one. tin twas
refined. but all classes went 70 the mig
ger show" yes, every kind-preachers
and teachers. and folks you'd never find
at a variety show.
They laughed at our jokes. even those
who tabooed the theater. TOO.
| They'd go hear the black boys Just the
same But to-day its another kind Of
game-merged into vaudeville df YOU
wild But minstrel. minstrel. all the
same There's monologus. and the pan
tomime. they all belong 10 the minstrel
time
/ Before burnt cork was used7 Come Of,
Don't get yourself abused, Why. Adam
and Eve BACKED UP. just for q fake. u
fool the snake Cain was a stick. Abel
+ was a ringer. Not a singer nor musician.
/ No Joke. Smoke. Have g honey boy. "
( Try a 'Iottie Lee with me Oh, JOY.
I'm in the minstrel biz 20 stay. Good
day. Gee whiz, you've got a mean dis
/ position.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
Kept UP the Bluff.

tr0n- The Bos-nn Herald.
A Young couple entered railway car
riage and were Immediately put down
as bridal pair. But they were remark
ably sef-possessed. and behaved with
such sangfroid that the other passen-
gers began TO doubt
AS the train moved OF the young
man rose 70 take OF HIS overcoat, and
shower Of rice fell out. The passen-
gers smiled broadly.
But even that did not effect the youth.
who also smiled. and. turning 10 his
partner, remarked audibly: by Jove
May! I've stolen the bridegroom's over.
cost.'
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

Charles Frohmsn has obtained for Eng
land and for America a new play. '--r-
sene Lupin." a kind OF French "Rafies."
written In book form as well as in the
form q q play by Francis de Croisset.
'.Arsene Lupin. which goes on at the
Athenee Theater. Paris, next Monday
night, has proved to be one OF the most
absorbing detective stories OF modern
French life. Its story concerns the meet
ing OF man and a woman who are both
thieves. but who abandon their career Of
thievery because Of their love for each
other. Mr. Frohman VIII produce the
play in New York before he gives It Its
London production
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
Comic opera

Fred Frear. whose portrayal of Sish.
the comic messenger 70 the AIarsovisn
embassy, is 50 delightful feature os
The Merry Widow" Is responsible for
the following:
A producing manager Of certain school
no longer In existence, received from 2
wealthy neaT-playwright q manuscript
and with It the intination that the author
would make Il financially interesting fo-
the person who would present the work
regardless OF the bOx-Of1ce receipts. The
manager turned the creation over 20 his
reader for report and the following col
loquy ensued:
You've read that play oa-efaIy?"
TIL I'm nearly passing away"
rs It as bad as that2"
Worse"
What's Il about2"
Il haven't been able TO ind out"
PLOTS weak. eh7'
Its feebie-minded
.'How's the love INTEREST,"
There isn't any
What chance 10 make a meiodrama OF
nZ"
None. Nothing happens in any Of TIE
four acts"
HOW aoout making u comedy
There Is no humor''
ANY characterizationsz
All the personages are sticks"
'CoCld We make il a costume play
THE action takes place in a esuntry
store and then IL 2 coal mine
Maybe It's a tragedy"
''Ye-es; but not intentional.
HIN No humor. no love story. 10
plot, no characters, no nothing. Run
down TO the corner and buy a few songs
and three or four lively choruses and
we viii make q comic opers OF it
Eusenie That's Iawton, who is nov
playing Ruth Jordan with Henry Miller
in The Great Divide has had several
offers to go into opera recently Miss
Lawton has a fine. natural voice. and BE-
fore becoming prominent IN dramatic
work she studied under some OF the best
teachers In the country.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
Stage Fright.

Discussing stage fright. the other day,
Tim Murphy remarked: Il suffer from
stage fright every time that I act. and
painful as It Is in expectation and as an
experience. I am grateful, for It has its
positive value 10 the actor. Il Keeps him
on his mettle- People are good enough
to say that 1 never grow backneyed in
a character That IS because Of stage
fright Il I ceased TO experience II. I
should grow mechanical. Acting would
become tedious instead o. an exhilaration,
as Il is now"
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

II may be well 70 mention here that this
was an undress rehearsal-in street clothes,
only the supers and the stage manager
taking part in il, the latter reciting such
lines as were necessary TO elucidate the
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
Iiulan Russelrs next season.s pIav b

Lillian Russelrs next seasons play Is
to be called ''Ths Widows Mite"
Henry Arthur Jones has gone to Alge-
cir-s II work on a new comedy His
latest pay, Dolly Reforming Herself, -
is now on tour OF the provinces under
the direction OF Jerrsrd Grant Allen and
GeoTrey Besant. The tour Is being made
In motor cars and stops Of only one night
are made
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28
MODERN AUDIENCES
BEHAVING BETTER
Nuisances Familiar in the
Theater of Old Abated.
FEWER 60 OUT BETWEEN ACTS

R==IesS Women Now n Matter Of
COurse-Less Talking In the Audi
ence-One Nuisance Remains in
the Nervous Man who Wants TO
Be First Ont When Curtain Drops.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

Ask not the history Of that clay respondent,
Where fed the sweet soil that is shining ssrsndznt
ALLIE SHARPE BALCH.
February o. l99 I3E Euclid street.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

Come. angels. unlock the prison doors
and let her soul go free. Lsteni Dost
thou not hear a sound Of many wings Ill
ing the air and the voice OF a sweet Ma
donna chanting a cradle hymn2 Look,
my friend; dost thou not see her in her
death robes point with her white, stilI
finger 70 q pictured bridal?
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

Under the light q the tapers lies sleeping
One Ehose sweet Scul was whissned b weeping
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

So now we fold her hands and leave her
with God. Ny friend. she sleeps. as the
marble sleeps in unsullied vhiteness on
the tomb. taking no taint from the foul
thing it covers How Ike a pale saint
she looks with the crucifx betwixt her
palms.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

Let Us speak only kind words u bar story:
God made he- woman. that vas her glo-y.
Death cTept near where she kneit IN deTction.
Frozen on ler feafu-Ss their roGrnful emotion.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

a E. Jaoomb, who won the 25o-guinea
prize offered by a London firm for the
best first novel" is a woman. and her
book Is called The Faith OF His
Fathers" Il IS a powerful study OF lie
among narrow community of Dissent
ers, and It recounts the tragedy that
overcomes a family grnup through the
father maintaining 10 the bitter end the
creed Of his forbears. A E. Jacomb IS
Miss Jscomb-Hood, a sister Of the artist,
Mr. George Jacomb-Hood- Very few au-
thors ever received so large a price for
a first story. Mr.. George Gissing has said
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

An article in the March Scribner's on
Sport" gives q very Illuminating picture
OF the place that athletics play IN Eng
IIsh life in contrast 10 our own attitude
toward sports. The author says: Eng
land. at any rate, has kept in view the
Isudabls ambition TO bring Up her rich
with the hardness and resouTcefUlness OF
the poor. while We in America have drop
ped into the vuIgarity OF bringing Up our
poor 10 be rich"
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

You ask me FOR her history" Was not
Paul voted mad, my friend and Socrates
doomed 10 die2 Was It not sa5 that he.
who brought down FIRE from heaven was
chained upon the cold rock and tortured
the while by a vulture tearing at his
heart?
The Washington herald., 1909-02-28

Was she good; vas she fair. you ask
I only know the blossom OF her nature.
The bulb enshrouds the lily, and within
the most unsightly form may folded lie
the white wings OF an angel, and love
10 think OF her as one whose lightest
word the angels heard unrebuking, whose
sweet soul turned from imp1rity ike
blossom that closes at the approach Of
night.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-29
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-29
ALL STARS VS.. ALL HAWAII.
FIRST GAME TOMORROW, 8 P. M.
MAKE THE MOST Of
THE LIFE We KNOW

Editor Advertiser: In your quoted
editorial, last Sunday, it is asked. 3" At
ter the Higher Critieism,-What7''
Here is one suggestion, in reply.
I spent my early years in eommu-
nifty where the orthodox ideals Of fifty
years ago were in full force During
those years / heard only two subjects
discussed from the pulpit,-The Creed;
and, Hell Fire. And up to my twenty
ffth-year / was 50 associated that doubt
on these subjects did not come to me.
Then I met a different class of people
and doubt grew fast The shock was
serious. But in about one year I came
to this decision, decision, by the way,
/ recommend to any one in doub. on
orthodox questions,-ttI there is no
hereafter,-neither hell nor heaven, no
God even, then there is just so much
the more reason why every man should
make the most Of life here - Later,
this was added to my creed Max
ing the most of this life does not con-
sIsf IN being selfish: but at least in iiv-
ing SO that this world will not be a
worse place for others
This is still my personal creed. And
while / have the natural longing for
eternal life that most men have; and
though | feel that determination would
be the most unjust answer possible 10
this hope for future existence, yet if
this life proves TO be all there Is for me,
then, - Amen. =
Life has been worth the living. And
when the end comes l shall say to-
space. if necessary. Thanks for this
much. It has been worth the price. =
And | have sufficient faith in human
nature to believe that, if the heaven
of our faith dissoIves into nothing. men
viii become less selfish here and unite
TO make the most Of this life.
{. THOMPSON.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-01-29

The students at Oahu College are
busy in preparation Of entertainments
soon TO be presented to the public II
IS part of the policy of the institu-
ton to have annually several programs
of merit for the entertainment of the
friends Of the school. With special
teachers in singing, music, and oral
expression and dramaties. the college
gives its students the best of training
in these branches which are coming to
form so important part of the course
of study.
The glee clubs under Miss Rogers
viii give a concert in Chas. r. Bishop
hall on Saturday evening. February 13.
Miss Rogers has had notable success
IN teaching singing. Her small con-
certs with the ehoruses at the close Of
the Fall term aroused a desire for more
on the part of those who heard them.
With these selected voices and the long
drill that they have had, something
good may be expected. Miss Sheffield
plays the accomplishments which is as
surance that this essential will be arts
tlcally taken care of.
On Saturday evening, February 20,
IN Chas. r. Bishop hall, the dramatic
association will put on two plays,
Rostand S romancers and Richard Hard
ing Davis s Miss Civilization. These
have combined in an unusual degree
literary and dramatic excellence It is
certain that they will make hit. Miss
Cowan, head of the department of oral
expression, graduate Of the Emerson
School of oratory who has put on plays
at Boston University and other places
is in charge of the production. The
best talent among the students have
parts.
The proceeds of these two PLAYS and
the concert viii go towards meeting the
expenses Of the music department, the
dramatic association and the athletic
association. As no charge is made to
school games the students take this
means of raising the money to defray
expenses.
A little later, the violin pupils of
Mrs. ingalls, and the piano pupils of
Miss Clarke and Miss Sheffield will give
recital, The music department of the
college this year is unusually prosper
GUS and this recital is being looked
forward to with much pleasure.