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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31
SAIL LAKE THEATRE.

There ought to be the heartiest kind Of
a We leone for George Broadhursts
great American play, THE Man of the
Hour" which opens an engagement OF
three nights and Wednesday matinee
at the Salt Lake theatre tomorrow
night. The play is not among the now
elites of the season. but II was found
To possess such excellence on the occa-
sion OF its previous visits here that 1t
will Justly rank as a stronger attrac-
ton than many of the things that are
untried and unknown. The Man OF the
Hour is essentially an American play
redolent of the soil, and appeals strong
Nv to those who admire and respect the
rugged virtues. 1t is OF a class of pro-
auctions which have more than ephem-
eral vogue, inasmuch as it illustrates
familiar and comprehensive types OF
humanity which compel admiration and
a degree of interest, which the more
sensational and lurid heroes OF stage
dom cannot evoke. It plays its part as
a missionary in uplifting the drama to
better things.
The moral which George Broadhurst
tnculcated in his play is beautifully IL
Illustrated in 1.-THE Man of the Hour,
and the impression il creates is uplifting
and ennobling. Side by side with the
sordid feelings of life and the selfish
ness of men, actuated by greed. are
taught the gentle. edifying and beau
tiful truths which draw heaven anc
earth nearer and illustrate the lessons
and love and honesty. This result Is
reached not through dreary solemnity
but amid scenes of boisterous, whole
some and honest laughter, while tbs
current of the story stirs thoughts tina
are too deep for tears"
For the engagement here Manager
William A. Brady and Joseph r. Girls
mer have promised a special cast. TIT
company includes Arthur Maitland
Felix Haney, John Moore. William Cul
lington, T. S. Guise. NJ. J. MacQuarrie
Paul Byron, William Lloyd, Henri!
Hewitt, George a. Cameron, F. f. War
ner, Madeline winthrop, Anna Reade
and Florence Mack.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31
"rHE SOUL Kiss" COMING.

"The Soul KISS the throbbing, pal
plating success Of the musical stage
that has been the vogue of New YORK
and the east for months, Will be pre-
scented in this city for the first time
Monday, Nov. 8, at the Salt Lake the
atre, and indicates the possibility OF
creating a sensation. All that stirs the
material soul to admiration, sympathy
and wonder is contained in this strange
hodge-podge of dancing and music tnat
lays no claim to aught but entertain
ment for the time being-music, dane
ing, beauty, color and life, these are
the qualities that go to make The Soul
Kiss" the remarkable success IT is, and
Mile. Pertina, queen of Terpsichore, has
danced her way into the hearts or
the people, and established her.
on the stage today, and Is the bright
particular star. Nile. Pertina mas
caused a furOre in both Germany ana
France by her marvellous eXhib1tlon OF
both the classic and modern form OF
dancing Harry B. Smith has provided
a witty book, and the story is well rold,
while Maurice Lewis music Is or the
tuneful Levi variety. There are sew
gems of harmony, melody and humor.
A number in the bal Tabarin" scene
in the first act, entitled AT the Mas
querade," is full of life and spirit. The
orchestrations of the finales are thor
oughly descriptive, and are written IN
Composer Lewis best vein. There. are
many other catchy numbers throughout
the piece, such as when the Swal-
lows Return in the Spring" That
Wasn't ALL" affinity" The. Human
Nightkey," Lets Pretend" MY dab
oIo Beau Every Well Then" and ANY
! Old Place in the World With You" A
cast of seventy-five well known fun
makers will be found in support OF
| Mile Pertina. Julian Mitchell has
staged the production, which, owing tc
the nature of the story, offers excep-
tional opportunities for lavish stage ef-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31
GEORGE M. CONAN COMING.

One of the most important members
of George NJ. Cohan's big musical COM
cav Company, which is to present 'The
Yankee Prince" at the Salt Lake thea
ire for three nights, commencing with
Thursday, Nov IS, with Saturday mat
inee. is rarely seen in public. Her
name is Mary Agnes Cohan, and she
has now reached the advanced age OF
2 months. Young Miss Cohan has had
two of the six compartments in her dot
ing fathers private car set aside for
her exclusive use. Mr.. Conan has re-
ceived an offer for his daughters serv-
ices from Oscar Hammerstein, the great
impresario, as soon as the little lady 5
musical education can be completed
which in all probability viii be in 1927
when we may expect to be thrilled by
a new lyric star
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31

''Since 1 was an innocent child and be-
fore 1 fell prey to the histrionic art,
longed to lead the life Of a farmer on the
independent ticket. Ny grandfather, who
was raised on a farm by the kick of a COW,
would often sit me on his rheumatic knee,
before the cracking logs (Which swould
crackle at so much per crack being, as
they were, gas logs and having been put
in to give the gas meter exeTcise) and
tell me how Washington, Jefferson, Ad-
ans and few other presidents had COM
menced their lives on farm, but he
failed to tell me of the men wf,O had
started as presidents and afterwards
passed into inocuouS deSuetude as. farm
ers knew II / once started on 6 farm
IL would be no difficult matter for me 10
go to the White House-to get some free
seed from the agricultural department.
Come in"
While the above mellifluous haFangue
gushed coIloquially from the mouth OF
| the inimitable Ezra, I was standing on
the outside of the huge picket fence which
surrounds his premises, and when he bade
me enter l lost no time in pulling open
the creaky gate and going in. l walked
UP the board walk which led to the house
and sat down beside the Jovial individual
on the broad veI anda- The Kendall farm
is situated on the A. B. c. line, about
eighteen miles from Cleveland, ard con-
sists Of 200 acres Of the best land in the
state OF ODlOs Inc mouse lies dtlIlcSL HlG-
den among a clump Of trees, through the
branches of which the wind whistles soft
melodies and the bees drone dSOwsily
among the pickle shrubbery and sauer-
kraut vines" as Ezra himself describes
lit I had interviewed Kendall once in
the past when he lived at Bath Beach,
N Y and 1 inquired of him as TO whether
he missed the ocean breezes of The old
place and he replied: THE old place was
swept by ocean breeZes, but I have 4
coterie of servants that sweep thu place
now, but I must confess that I miss the
German silvery chirp of the blue birds
and the bTassy hum Of the mosquitoes.
1 left the heat of Cleveland one day
last August and had very little trouble
in finding the place, as everybody. in
GLIDING the butcher. the baker and the
candlestick maker, seemed to know the
actor-farmer.
When I reached the fence as above,
discovered the Vinegar Buyer endeavor-
ing to force q large Plymouth Rock her
to sit on an unripe eggplant for the pur-
pose of Matching 1t out.
Experimenting, EzraT' I shouted
whereupon he Immediately looked up
which gave the struggling biped a chance
to regain its freedom.
''Yes-er-um little," he gasped. little
surprised and flushed at my sudden in
trusion. Then, after a short pause, he
| went on:
You know, have a number OF freaky
hens on my farm, Why, one Of my hens
last week sat on a box Of plulns and
Matched out pound of prunes. 4 hav'
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31
cHAuNcEY oLcoTT THIS WEEK.

Chauncey Olcott, the beau ideal Irish
comedian and singer, will be presented
by August Pitou in his successful play,
"Raeeed Robin" at the Salt Lake the
atre next Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day nights and Saturday matinee.
Ragged Robin" is the product of the
pen of Mrs. Rida Johnson Young and
Rita Olcott. II is pretty love story,
the scene of which is laid in the village
of Innishannon, in the County Cork
and gives a vivid picture OF life in Ire
land over half a century ago. Chauncey
Oicott plays the title role. that OF
very delightful vagabond, whose sing
ing wins the hearts of the colleens and
makes him a favOTite with the fairies.
There Is a fairy well In the story, the
waters OF which work much mischief by
compelling Robin aud pretty Margaret
Grattan to fall in owe with each other,
because they have drank from the well
in succession, and because the fairies
like both of them and wish them TO be
united. Robins foster-brother, Martin
Darcy, who has been the cause OF Robin
being driven from home, is about to
marry Margaret, and sees with rage the
influence that IS bringing the two to-
gether. He appeals TO the girls father,
who sends the minstrel off about his
business and the girl and Martin are
married.
The story leaps quietly over two years
and we find Robin again in Innishan-
non. He has, through the death of his
father. come into title and large es-
tates. Martin Is dead and Margaret is
once more a free woman. Martins ex-
travagant ways have ruined the GRAFT
taps. and famine has played havoc with
the little village. The distress is re-
lieved through the generosity OF Robin,
and he then seeks for Margaret and her
father. who are earning a precarious
living by cutting turf in q bog. Aided
by the fairies, ne crosses the bog In the
darkness of night, and dawn sees the
lovers united
While the fairies are merely Incidental
In the piece, they are quite an impor-
tant element. In the opening scene, the
audience is treated to a fairy revel. In
which Is some delightful incidental mu-
sic founded on old Ossianic airs. The
costumes of the elves have been made
after the description Of fairies given bS
snch authors as Crofton Croker, Pat
IIck kennedy and others. and plates
have been made by Miss Gehlert tbs
fannous costume artist. from these de
acrintions. The scenery is unusually
handsome. and represents an irish or
chard in full bloom. the interior Oh
large irish farm house, an old Inn ans
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31

"Circumstantial Evidence" will be the
headline feature at the Orpheum, begin
ming tonight. The play has drawn
crowds in San Francisco, Oakland and
Los Angeles, where it has been on the
bill, and a duplicate of the sensation is
expected in Salt Lake. 1t Is a one-act
play by Harrison Armstrong. A COM
pany of twelve presents it. The scene is
laid in jury room, the members of the
company being the jury that is deliber-
ating over the guilt or innocence of
man accused of murder. Eleven are for
conviction, and one obstinate man, in
spite of all the arguments of his COM
panions, is for acquittal. He admits
that the weight of evidence is all against
the defendant, but is mistaken in his
determination to vote to acquit him.
Tired of arguing with him, the eleven
settle down to poker and other diver
sions. In an impassioned appeal, reach
ing a startling climax, the twelfth man
finally convinces the others of the inno-
cence of the accused man.
Charles Montrell, the European jug
gleF will appear. He is in a class by
himself for skill and finesse. Ed Wynn
and Al Lee, as "IThe Billiken Fresh
man." are an amusing pair. Wynn i'm
personates the swagger, rakish college
chap with his fantastic garb. Rosa
Crouch and George WEIGH present a
sketch Of unusual merit, which includes
| singing, dancing and much witty dia-
/ logue.
Eva Nudge, billed as "The Military
Maid" has a really delightful act, in
which she appears in FIVE distinct char
acters. The dapper little lieutenant
who sings a patriotic song, appears in
four seconds as a Red Cross nurse. In
that short space of time she has to take
off the entire soldier costume, put on a
nurses cap, skirt, waist kerchief, GUNS
and apron. A still more remarkable
change is the next one. The nurse re
tires into tent, and in three seconds g
sailor lad comes around the tent The
next change, that from the sailor tC
Stonewall Jackson, takes ten seconds
but in that time Miss Nudge takes of
the trousers, shirt, cap, ties, and put:
on the uniform of the confederate Off
Ger, including the trousers, coat, hat
belt sword and boots. Another ter
seconds is, taken in the change from thu
officer to the soubrette.
Hatcher Loisset comes to the Or
pheum circuit from Europe with nov
ell offering. She begins her act will
German and English songs, after which
she introduces TO the audience a mum
Der of trained pigeons and her mimi
dog, Honey" HOney's impersOna
tons are said to be very laughable.
Lew Wells, who comes to- play re
turn engagement, has a bright mono
logue which he delivers in a Teutoni
dialect that has proven very funny. MI
Wells always renders saxophones solos
His makeup is a work of art.
Especially good music by the Or
pheum orchestra and new motion pic
| lures comulete the bill
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31
PROGRAM OF The WEEK.

:: Salt Lake Theatre-'The Man OF ::
:. the Hour" Monday, Tuesday and ::
:. Wednesday nights and Wednesday ::
:. matinee; Chauncey Olcott in Rag ::
:. ged Robin" Thursday, Friday and ::
= Saturday nights and Saturday ::
- matinee.
:. Orpheum Observation-Disclosures all ::
:. the week, beginning tonight, with ::
:. natinees daily except Sunday.
:. Colonial Theatre-"Sunny Side OF :.
- Broadway" beginning tonight, :.
:. and running the week. with matt
:. nees Wednesday and Saturday.
:. Bungalow Theatre - Pantages
:. vaudeville, tonight and all the :
:. week, with matinees daily.
= 8 @ g o g @ g @ @ o g @ q @ g g @ Z
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31
The Farm Life of Ezra Kendall

been feeding them on breakfast food Of
late and they are commencing to lay
zwieback, biscuits and soda crackers"
l anticipated a bundle of pTevaricated
exaggerations about his farm, and in or
der to give him q cue to start I asked
why he preferred to lead the life OF a
farmer when off the boards, which clio
tied the reply with which this sketch
opens.
What DO you raise most successfully
asked lacOnically.
''Blisters," replied Ezra
Il suppose you find great pleasure In
this sort of life, 1 went on.
Yes" he blurted, but you know l
am what you might call a bucolic expert
mentadst. When I planted my cucumber
seeds 1 cut them into slices and then
buried them. After I did this, / thought,
perhaps, / could raise sliced cucumbers,
but would you believe It, not a thing
came UP. Then I experimental with my
beans. On the top OF my beaupOles fas-
tened new tomato cans. The beans crept
+ up the poles and crawled right into the
cans, and after they got inside they
pulled the lids down after them. Canned
| themselves, as II were, OF course, this
is hard to believe, but IL is fact never
theless."
AT this tuncturs Of his narrative the
comedian was interrupted by his red
faced workman, who impaired the impor-
] tant information that the COW was in the
kitchen licking the flowers from the wall
paper. The merry fellow hurried to the
/ fount Of trouble and returned in about ten
minutes He was bathed in Precipitation
/ and In very nervous condition.
| That COW Will give me the shakes yet,
| ne grumbled. MIX shakes, / should say.
i But with all the troubles she heaps upon
US she is a loYable, gentle BOssy. and at
| times my wife keeps her in the kitchen to
keep the flies from the vittles. ! wouldn't
part with that bovine for all the money
IN the world, but bessech OF you not 70
tempt me. She did four seasons with
| Denman Thompson and five with James
| Herne. This is a warm spot. Isn't it2''
turning the conversation suddenly.
| I told him IL was almost unbearable,
and then he replied.
| why, do you know that the sun Is 60
hot around these parts that can go out
into my potato patch and dig up French
fried potatoes and"
J But Just then the red face OF the work
man doomed out from behind the house
again to inform Mr.. Kendall that hen
had somehow gotten into the actor 8
wardrobe and strangled itself to death In
trying to cover three old derbies for the
purpose Of Matching them out
Have you given your house a nameE"
inquired, getting up preparatory 20
leaving
yes; and we had an awful time doing
It. too. First, we called II The Smoke
House. because so many hams hung
| around it. and
At this point the rubescent visage came
in sight once more, and, not caring to
be the butt OF any more Of Kendall S
pranks, I babe him goodbye and left.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31

how to act, but it's his grinning junction
as a lover Of his invisible sweetheart5
that has landed him in such fashionable
vogue. It Is easy to believe that he
washing off the days smut OF the mine
he went IN the evening to sing at the
music hall Of a Scotch tavern.
Great Albert chevaller.
Albert Chevalier is TO the London cos
ter's sWeethearts what Lauder IS to his
Scotch lassiss; but the art Of Chevalier's
character ballads is more apparent ana
cockney, on this visit, he sings Of fight
/ with a rival over his "dona," and al
though he loses the girl he captures the
wonderful hat which he has given to
her for a Saturday half-hOliday outing.
/ He shifts from town to country 10 sing
the love story Of yokel who asks his
girl:
/ Then he returns to London to define
ate working man driven by old age to
| a workhOuse, and a broken-down actor
| living in poverty among memories of past
| fame. Just as the ScOtchman's audiences
| compel him to repeat My Bonnie Las
sie," however, the Englishman is com
PEELED to bring out MY Dear Old Dutch
| from his original repertoire.
! Yvette Guilbert is having the time OF
| her iife-the hardest time. Yvette's debut
here, a dozen years ago, with her slim
body as bare as her songs Of decorous
l kAEDt was q GtNelAA4DM OF bravery EHHL
was brazen. Transactions of her songs
were printed in the programs, and her
squints and Ogles, squirms and gestures
gave the full French meaning to the
English words. I recall as q curious
sight girls at a matinee shifting their
eyes from the program to the actress
like pupils before a tutor with books in
their laps. 1t was diffeTent-very differ
lent-on the night OF her temperance IN
New York. The largely male and youth
full audience gave no heed 70 her celebrity.
They saw a mfddle-aged woman in a
gown that had a mere bit Of bodice and
an amplitude Of skirt, flarlng into the
crinolne OF fifty years ago. They heard
her sing in English so accented with
French as 10 be unintelligible. Her
grirnaces and contortions meant nothing
to them but absurdity.
| The galley began to guy her, the mid
die balcony followed and at length a
part OF the parquet Joined in the ridi-
eule. The actress was astonished; for
she knew that her art was nicer, dain-
tier than before, and her songs much less
INDECENT; but she went through the or
! deal Of abuse with steady nerves. Since
then turbulence has been repressed, the
| audiences have contained a larger pro-
portion OF appreci5tiFe people, and the
| engagement prospers IN a money way;
| but YVette Is still ''caviare TO the gen
eraI' at that theatre 1t was there that
Potter was laughed off the stage in q
! week, and sent back to England in a
rage. without making a planned Canadian
tour Vaudeville audiences are various
! and uncertain.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31

eight occasions, besides which it is the
only musical organization that has
successfully invaded foreign countries
not once, but four times, winning uni
versal and unstinted praise from all
continental critics.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31

mot so very long ago." said John =
Young, the actor. It was on a sleeping
car going over a certain road IN Arkan-
sas. My watch had stopped. When the
porter came my way asked hlnn for the
time.
I haven't got a watch he replied.
You are a heaut Of a railroad man
without a watch insisted, WHAT kind
Of a road Il this anyway
" You don't need a watch on this
train ne informed me; what yes want
IS a calendar.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31
THE oRPHEUM.

a great bog scene. in which are piles of
real turf
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-31

how to act, but it's his grinning JUNCTION
as a lover Of his invisible sweetheart5
that has landed him in such fashionable
vogue. It Is easy to believe that ne
hasn't changed his manner a whit since,
washing off the days smut OF the mine,
he went in the evening to sing at the
r1efo hall Of Scotch fauarr
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-18
Jno Terrell
% = N Ave

Or get any definite information. This
is not surprising. One Of the fallacies
passing current whenever men are out
of employment and suffering for the
necessaries of life is that there is a
great field for them tout West" if
they will only work. 1t is a comfor-
table idea entertained by the lovers of
things as they are" but the sooner
it is exploded, the better it will be
for mankind. Men don't starve and
freeze because they refuse to labor,
but because the opportunity to earn
bread is denied them.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1909-03-18

The following dispatch, which has
just come to the notice
Bryan's Of the Jeffersonian,
Inconsistency. may be considerable
surprise to many adj
mirers Of the deliverer of the famous
lecture on "The Prince of Peace
Lincoln, Feb. 25.--W. j. Bryan re-
fused Wednesday night to afix his
signature to a petition asking the leg
islature to submit the prohibition
question to vote of the people.
The request to sign the petition was
made by Mrs. Frances B. Head, state
president Of the W. C. T. u, Of Mr..
Bryan, when he came to the capitof
to appear before a house committee.
"Mr. Bryan, will you please~attach
your signature to my petition asking
the legislature to submit a constitu-
tional amendment for prohibition to
a vote of the peopleq" was the re-
quest Of Mrs. Head.
Then she went on to explain that
10000 voters and $4,000 women al
ready had signed the petition, and
that signing did not in any way pledge
the signer in favor of prohibition.
cit is merely in line with the militia
tive and referendum idea expressed
in your utterances last Wednesday, :"
said Mrs. Head.
"Let us first get the initiative and
referendum, brusquely replied Mr..
Bryan as he rushed upstairs to at
tack the Carnegie fund.
It shows about as plainly as any
thing could Mr.. Bryan's complete in
consistency. He is an anti-prohibi-
zionist, has always either used his in
fuence against prohibition directly,
or Indirectly by fleeing the state
when the question was being agitated,
but as appears plain, the signature to
the petition to submit the question
to popular vote did not commit him
to either side Of the question. It did
commit him to the principle of popu-
lar government. "SHALL THE PEG
PIE RULE?" Not if there's any
chance of their ruling in a way that
would not please Mr.. Bryan. His lib
crafty is clearly shown in this when
he could scarcely be courteous to a
lady who presented the petition as
representative Of $4,000 good women
of his state, and 10000 qualified vo-
ters.