The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-05
BARTLETT Tells.
A UNIQUE STORY
He Has Just Completed a Trip
Around World, and Is
Talkative.
BROKE UP POKER GAME
WITH PECULIAR NARRATIVE
slipped CamelS' Milk in Cairo; :;
Did Thespian Act for King
Adrigrah.

ana Salt Lake City to the little king
oom OF krinjubo on the Ivory coast. 1
Is even farther from the comic opera
courts OF the stage 10 the courts of tn,
Kingdoms In existence in various part:
OF the world. But times and customs
may be bridged. even in the smoke
dimmed atmosphere of corner OF q
Pullman
Richard Bartlett a real English sol
oier of varying fortune tenor OF some
merit; and q story teller Of rare ability
waved his Salt Lake friends adieu al
tne Union station in Salt Lake Sunday
as the Los Angeles limited pulled out OF
Salt Lake. taking him or his way back
10 Engiand following little jaunt
around the world, Mr., Bartlett had ac-
compllshed the rare feat OF breaking up
poker game in which several Salt Lake
men were participating by telling story
mat he substantiated by clippings from
newspapers and official correspondence.
Some years ago Mr.. Bartlett among
other things was soldier in the British
army Worse, he was piper in a Scotch
regiment. His knees were burned in the
counted the hours until his enlistment
expired and he could again become ac =
quainted with the blessings OF long
trousers
The coveted completion OF his term In
the disguise of member of the Cam
prlan club came at Cairo. Bartlett spent
few weeks in the city of all nations,
singing in foreign cafes and slipping
camels' milk that had at least one at
tribute of the quality OF mercy. There
ne fell in with part of a company of
exiled from their homes because the
people disagreed with their claim that
they were actors Seine Of them were
from the music halls others affected the
legit even TO taking fall out Of
Shakespeare-but all were uniformly
bad
The Plot Thickens.
Over their cups In a bar kent by an
eNpatriated American. Thompson. the
captain of wind jammcr' about 10 set
sail for the cape; Wilson crstwhile man
ager OF the alleged musical portion of the
stranded bunch OF performers and Bart
a portion of It's burden by Transporting
the entire outfit, bag and wardrobe. 10
South Africa.
Accordingly. the plan was quickly acted
upon The performers were nothing loath.
Cairo offered scant welcome 20 the PEN
nlless. and the cosmopolitan citizens OF
the Egyptian metropolis gave evidence of
only paine6 indifference to their attempts
at art South Africa needed the uplift
OF their art and they all accepted the
prospect enthusiastically.
Soon they set sail. rchearsing they
went Il was decided that tho produc-
tions should be chosen TO Mt the ward
robes. There were buslins and mantles
enough TO give almost an entire Shakes
DeHIedn repertoire Among InS plneES
there was paraphernalla sufficient to
stage any opera from III Trovatore" to
king Dodo' but It was particularly
heavy on the "Dodo''. variety.
Versatile Troupe.
The skipper and the sailors bore with
fortitude and long suffering the re-
hearsals Of the troupe. One day II would
minor parts The next day Hamlet
was filler in the chorus Of an extrava-
eanza. In this manner the trip down the
African coast was slowly accomplished
The skipper Of the ship had more than
one enterprise en- voyage. On sober re-
Election. uninfluenced by American rum:
Thompson had not thought so we'll OF
his supplying the hungry actors and
actresses with free meals and passage.
but he had made the bargain and de-
cided to go through with II; However.
that did not prevent his buying n cheap
cargo Of tradeable stuffs from the ma
tives along the way, hoping TO run across
an unsophisticated bunch that would
give him ION OF ivory tusks for
Hence he cast anchor at Krinjubo. a
village Of matched huts and grnning
negroes. Krinjubo is technically under
the suzerainty Of France, but French
men are rather palatable and. after a
few experiments. the envoys extraordi-
nary OF France showed their respect for
the appetitcs OF the natives BY keeping
away. An occasional trader like Thomp-
son stops his way down the coast
and tries to gold brick them out of their
ivory.
had found. that the unclad citizens OF
Krnjubo had learned long ago not 10
fall for the shell game or any other de-
vice OF the suaye trader They mere
IL grinned al the mouth organs and
beads and considered whether or not the
strangers were lat enough for roast or
whether a stew would be the proper
manner in which they might serve them
and their king.
Real King Dodo.
But the actors saved The day The
tedious hours OF dickering with the ma
tives were tntcrspersed with rehearsals
TO one Of these King Adrigrah OF KrlnJu-
bo and his courtiers We're invited
Twas a rehearsal OF king Dodo" aud
Ii made a great hit The king was so
enthusiastic that scarcely had the re-
hearsal been finished when armies OF
slaves began to appear laden with ivory
tusks II was learned that II was the
wardrobe the king was after
The result was that the beads and
make room for the ivory that came in
return for the Dodo costumes. King
Adrigrah, OF course. wore the royal robes
OF Dodo while the other costumes were
distributed by him with a lavish hand
to his courtiers and favorites wives
The costumes ran out and Shakespeare
and the "icgit' was drawn on until
there were no moro costumes In the en-
tire wardrobe and tho big wind jammer
was laden to ,iic waters edge with ivory
The trip proved = great ono for the pro-
,notcrs. but not for tho actors. They
were uiioaded sana wardrobe at Cape
town Bnd icft TO SHIFT for themselves
while Thompson. like true sportsman
shared the prnNts with the other two
members OF the triumviratc.
But there Is scauel. The acouisi-
tion OF the comic opera robes OF state
lent an added distinction to the natives
King Adrgrah WAS no longer merely the
chief Of a few hundred cannibals In an
insignificant village. The comic opera
costumes made Krlniubo a real comic
opera kingdom The bizarre taste In
dress of the courtiers. with STYLES dat
Ing from "Julius Caesar" tn "Left at the
Post. gave them great power among
the natives.
End Of Opera Bouffe.
The black coUricrs were very proud
Of their finery and parade OF Krnjubo
natives was a sight never to be forgot
ten. One wore the mantle OF Hamlet
another the doubet OF Hermann n third
arrayed himself In the livery OF Molieres
Ecapln. while others appeared in spanyled
rohes and gold-laced Uniforms
FrenchMen came TO laugh at the