The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-27
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Mary James pa is the Ione-iost hus-
b pah 9 OF womb printer, and one day
ne drops in on the editress of thu Cos
port Clarion to get introduced 20 tine
chidTen. That sounds almost Ike the
prelude In problem play-but wait: faith
CT is not tragedy He is gentleman
auu scholar, uhilua type of tbs lit
eFary tramp, vagraUt Wit a dilettante
Sypsy and an encyclopedia huuCTiSt IL
nad not absconded eleven years ago TO-
the vulgar purpose of dcScrtiuc his witt:
ne nad merely heard the east a-ccilin.s
ana mad irrespOnsibly answered
why did YOU skip Cut that W. she
tshS with jCstifilble Indignation. ard ha
answers: Pardon me. ] l1ft dspartcd
migrated, but believe me, L did nor
Exp. When he compliments his wife
upon her improved appearance and re-
ceIVes rebuff he merely says: Il am
HOt flirting with YOU, my dear Now
what can you do with a man like that2
. Mrs. Perkns-tnats the name though
~ makes the Grant eStheJic shUGder-is
IN me mood TO turn him out and he de
D"ldIrely takes his hat. but then she
SoItens and offers 20 engage him for gen
trai houseWOrk, wages 80 a month
board and lodging and Thursday after
noon OH. Cooking has been one o. his
spsclallles, 50 ne accepts gleefully. only
stpulating thar ha shall not he addressed
as Hiram, which was the cognomeu with
winch MS thoughtless parents had iafiict-
asa
utIes, Tor he is as financial and exotic
IN his choice of names as ". J. Locke's
FaIagot indeed, he Is blood brother To
lhat beloved vdgabond. Shah il be 10
race, from the Latin, meaning vel
come, or IcabOd, meaning something
else no, upon ma ture reflection ID snaI /
De Nabal, from the Hebrew meaning !
tool and so NaDal throws towel ov-- /
/ MS arm and begins TO do the dishes
Well, the plot thickeus duly for the ed /
UitSS mas sutton daughter who 8
Q run away with an actor and q DOlitiCal /
G. ampalgn all on her hands at once, and I
the irresistible Nabsl begins to prove him /
self somewhat useful after all Ia the |
s. cond act ne is seen helping his wife get /
OUT the paper. after the conspirat0rs have /
pNd' the type on ii story that viii /
put the undesirable candidate out of the |
running. y very handy man is Nahal /
but his persiflage never loses It's amusing |
flavor. His little daughter. Mary Jane /
who doesn't know that ne is her truly |
heSoten father, is becoming very fond /
OF him, and the Self-Teliaut Mrs. Perkins /
shows signs of weakening. Nabal him
self. having had his fling having listened |
TO the tinkiing bells of MuskOVN ana /
the pattering feet of GeiSha girls. is be |
ginning to feel STRINGS of domeSuCity /
and the paternal instinct in his heart. /
And so you laugh on until the third act. |
10 discover that the neignburs are begin /
ming to talk scandal about the man hired /
girl
ing gadder tells little Mary Jane the |
wonderful story of Dippy Doldub, which |
is 20 be his sWan-s0ng before he hravely /
disappears again down the long trail /
and frees Mrs. Perkins from his nfor-
tunate presence The fable of the DOldubs
runs something like this;
once upon a time, living I'm wobb!y
nest in an old tree, was a family OF
strange birds called DOldu0S. First.
there were only Dippy Doduh and his
mate, Yappy DOldub Then two little
birds were born ana they were called |
Dolie DoldUb and Dottie Doldub. The
old nest was crowded and the little birds
needed lots of things, but Dippy was
sort Of yellow bird. and one day he flew
away and left Yappy to take care Of the
whole family. Things went hard with
Yappy. because she had To build a new
nest and feed DOt1ie and DOlhe and work
ever SO hard. until one day a LaWEattis
Bird came along and sang to her Happy
was beginning to like the fine, generous
LaWgatitis Bird, when after being gone
so long that DOllie and Dotue didn't re
member him, Old Dippy DOldub suddenly
came back"
According to the story, Dippy went
away again so Yeppy could marry the
Lawgatitis Bird-and Mary Jane was
sorry for poor Dippy. But just then the
angry mob wrecked Mrs. Perkins print
ing office, I'm order to show the Villages
contempt for immortality, and came to
give Nabal costume of tarr=d feathers
that would have indeed made him look
like Dippy DOldub. if not worse Where
upon. Mrs. Perkins made the announce
ment: This is my husband And
morality was Modified. So the two par
ents sit down on the front stoop' to
make il up.
Mary Jane, up in her bedroom, opens
the window and asks her mother if she
can give a party. she receives permits
sion. and Nabal now destined to the
eternal identity of Hiram Perkins. saws:
Guess who's going TO be theTe?" The
answer is. ''DiDDv DOlduh - Curtain /
with the tacit assurance that Dippy and
Yappy and Dollie and Dottie will get
along together in the same nest quite com
fOrtably forever and ever.