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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

Most prima donnas who have had
the experience Of climbing up the lad
der of fame from the lowliest rung of
the chorus are loath TO discuss the
davs when they skipped and tra-la'
laed at the end of the line for SIS per,
but not so Sallie Fisher, Salt Lake
girl. whom Mort II. Singer is starring
in "Tbe Goddess of Liberty" Like
thousands of other girls, Miss Fisher
once walked bashfully through the
stage door of a dingy theatcr during
rehearsal time and asked gruff stage
manager TO hear her voice and look az
her face and see if she would "do -
for the chorus. And now that she has
earned 4 place among musical comedy
prima donnas. she does not complain
when the subject of her early servitude
is broached for an answer TO the ques-
tion. eternal to every beginner on the
stage: How can the chorus girl be-
come a prima donna?'
"There are so many things TO be
said" explained Miss Fisher, "and
there are so many girls who want to
know. If | should write every ,girl, Just
what | should want to ] I'm afraid Di.
ana of 'The Goddess of Liberty would
change her bow and arrow for pen
and pot of ink. or typewriter;
Somehow or other 1t has got around
that | started in the chorus, and for
secret of the magic way TO get part,
then a larger part, and so on until they
print your name in big letters on the
program and advertise you in the news
papers. But let me tell you right ut
The start, there Is nothing magic about
It. It's whole lot of hard work, and
\ big pile Of headaches and heartaches.
studying night and day, losing sleep
and food, neglectipg your mother and
your friends, and doing everything else
that comes with success in any line. It's
nothing but cultivating your dancing,
cultivatng your voice, and eultivating
your looks Mt first.
UOut in Salt Lake City, whore ] was
born and where ] played leading parts
in the Salt Lake Opera company anna.
tour productions everybody said l had
lust a dandy voice. so when / told my
dad wanted to 90 on the stage. what
did he do but pack me and mother on
q train for New York.
N'Well, mother and | tramped up and
down Broadway and finally heard of
new musical production called 'The
Ruroomaster' and it didn t take us long
70 discover the Manhattan theator,
ycbere il was to be rehearsed In we
wont and there on the stage with a lot
of Urls, ambitious like myself, around
him was Gus Luders, seated mt piano,
Ue tried the voices one by one, and
fnally came to me. L started to unroll
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

stage manager soon put an end to my
Joy. The stage manager looked me
over, and said ! wouldn t do. He didn 't
want me in the show, but Luders pre-
vailed and | remained, | was In chat
company Just nine weeks. | was sup
posed to be the undcrstudy to the prima
donna, but when she was absent ore
night the manager let someone else 60
In her stead, so ! decided to quit.
''Thcn ! had to hunt another chorus
job. A friend took me up TO Frank
PerIey's Office and ] sang for him. He
signed a contract with mo for five
years, taking chances on my voice. He
put me in The Chaperons' chorus and
gave me my first part. 1t consisted in
saying in the first act, 'Oh, the mani
Zone night in a small town in North
Dakota, Nellie Follis, our prima donna,
was taken suddenly i'll, and the man
ager put me on in her stead, The pa
pers said | was fine, and the manager
was so tickled that he wired re-
port of the happening to Mr., Perley
and Mr., Perley in turn sent me tele-
chorus of the show all that season he
would give me the prima donna part
next year
81 stuck like glue, and the next sea
son sure enough he kept his promise
He did more than that. After 'The
Chaperons' had been out three months
Ee called me back to New York, and
gavo me the prima donna part in 'The
Billionaire.' Then came the big sing
ing parts in The Office Boy Sergeant
Brue, 'The Man from Now, The Tat
tooed Man. Noah s Ark, "A Knight |
for a Day, > "A Stubborn Cinderella |
and now The Goddess of Liberty -
"What should girl do to reach the
topf' Miss Fisher was asked.
'Wen," she answered, "she must
consider herself thankful that she has |
Job in the chorus. The chorus is
really a school in which girls are paid |
Tor learning things that viii be useful
K them forever in their stage careers. |
With tho hard work, and the other
drawbacks, / admit / did not think that |
way at the time / was struggling along,
but I sec it all now.
"The ambitious girl should make the
chorus her whole life. She should learn |
every part in the show, = md in the |
wings and watch tho p.i=cipals, fight |
fo- undcrstudies, AID bo ready to help |
Ae l:abeger oSt wien a principal is out |
81 the o.sU. j knew every part in fThe |
kuf gop nsS-: ard 'Tis ChaDerops' |
h2y .t~uE! IS 81 eiArS- vs.. The ambitious
;irl must be reaIy to grasp the oppor-
tunity to get out of the chorus when |
it comes. Opportunities come slowly. |
| know, but they come as sure as fate
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

cry you've got for an hour buddy
cried.
"Allalght." Charlie agreed. "but you
bling him back. lady must get him to-
mollow."
Charles got the promise and the So
bill, and buddy rushed back 10 the the
ater and turned over 10 Miss Busley
dainty creation. Ii saved the scene and
Miss Busley would like a chance TO thank
the NJ. S. whose initials were on the gar
ment for resculng her from an exceed
!ngly dlstressful situation.
Madame x" Is Chastity.
Taking the seasons productions by and
large. one arrives at the conclusion. II
realism is really found on the stage, that
there isn't Il happily married couple in
the world. The seasons output is OF
such nature that no suitable adJeCtives
have yet been coined to describe IL.
Madame "" the latest OF It's kind TO
strike New York. has exceeded the limit
In French outlawry. Wilton LacGaye, the
other day In speaking of the stage, said:
American women dominate the stage
and the best they have done for II Is
promote the vogue OF The Queen Of the
Moulin Rouge" THE Easiest Way
The Blue Mouse" and other indecencies
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

returns to her husbands home after an
absence or TWO years. She has heard
that her son Is Ill. But her husband re-
iccts her. thrusts her forth again and re-
lents too late. Jacquelne canpot be
found. Twenty years afterward she re-
turns TO France q drug soaked sot, whln-
ing about her love for her son. IL is I'm
possible to believe In this. II the crca-
ture had loved her son, as she pgetends.
all these years, she would not have gone
To the cutters. The play is packed with
false sentiment. II IS Il CHASTITY thing.
1t Is q chamber OF horrors sot on the
stage OF the New Amsterdam. Its sympa-
thics arc twisted and morbid: It is an
unwholesome product, It's reasoning is
wrong. It's morals are perverted: 1t is
work that does no credit to the stage.
and directs the art OF acting 10 morbid
ends II Il draws It will draw for the
same cause that the trial Of a notorious
murderer draws. And one suspects that
the persons who chcered the affair
send bouquets To the cells OF perverted
wretchcs who have taken human NE"
'None SO Blind
There are four acts and three speeches
in None SO Blind" which has just been
produced al the Hadalt theater. 4 civil
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

study. and is not well informe das TO the
manner In which great engineering works
are conducted. II is an arnateurish pro-
ductIon, and inCites wonder concerning
the obsession which the distinguished
managers whose names are associated
with II must have been under when they
accepted II and expended time and labor
upon its presentation. Often the world
Is told that nobody can forcsee the fate
OF an accepted play, its success or It's
failure, But none Is so blind as he who
won't see. And how anybody. excepting
the author. could have expected success
for the new piece at the Hackett, must
remain among the mysteries OF a re-
markable age.
Love the Strongest Power.
Love is the strongest power in the
world IL can even reform a burglar" de-
clared H. 3. Warner, the young English
actor who has just been elevated to star
dom in alias Jimmy Valentine" This
play shows n young chap who is all TO
the bad morally, having discovered a
happy faculty for breaking safes without
getting caught Mr. Warner plays the
part OF Jimmy Valentine, and he says
that his feelings are so strongly cast IN
the character that he knows what the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

The argument that such scum is written
for the tired business man Is silly The
New York papers recently started an
agitation against vile play. and out OF
curiosity TO look the audience over
started to attend the theater the next
day. / was unable 10 get IN for the jam
OF women who were crowdlng around the
box Office
a well-known New York critic. speak
ing Of Madame x" says. '"Madame X"
is played in four acts. The first Is called
n prologue. In this prologue Jacqueline
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13
In Theater and Concert Hall East

Idea came. Grabbing hold OF Joe buddy.
the property man, he sent him post
haste to Chinese laundry In Column
bus avenue: where one Charlie Hop Sing
presides,
"Whasermalln 2" grnned Charlie as
buddy rushed In.
Gimme q nightgown,' demanded
buddy.
mo uckee, no nightie," Charlie chant
ed blandly.
Here. you take this So bill and lend
me the classiest piece of nocturnal seem
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13
From Chorus Girl to Star
Told by Sallie Fisher

my music, but Luders told me not to
mind that. He didn't have time for
anything fancy. Just wanted me to run
up and down the scales. 1t wasn I at
all what had been expecting. but / did
the scales and Luders seemed tickled
to death. when I reached high C. He
had written some music that required
voices up there.
''Luders said I would do, but the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-13

engineer named Howe Is building a great
steel bridge In the Rockies. He Is strick-
en- with blindness. At the end OF nine
months he Is cured. But then he nnds
that his wife is In love with u poet. and
his bridge has been tampered with by a
rival engineer. The rival engineer and
the poet leave for New York. The wife,
who intended to GO remains and says
that she loves her husband. The play
streams with talk, is plentifully lacking
In action, gropes about for interest and
finds none. reveals nothing In character
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
Births Reported.

The following births were reported to
the health Office during the past twenty
four hours:
William F. and Marion Martin, Feb
ruary 4. 1910; boy.
Thomas E. and Salina Dement,, JAN
uary 20. 1910; girl.
James P. and Mamie McCaulye, Feb
ruary Z, 1910; boy.
Louis III. and Agnes 1. Richards, Feb
ruary s. 1910: girl.
Harry f. and Mabel Chandlee, February
8. 1910: boy.
Alonzo B. and Eva Thomson. February
.. 1910; boy.
John c. and Eva'T. Meyers, February
G, 1910: boy.
Joseph W. and Ida l.. Offutt. February
). 1910: girl.
Thomas r. and Deller r. Dodge, Feb
ruary 6, 1910; girl.
Edwin T. and May A Miller, February
4, 1910; boy.
Richard j. and Marguerite B. Heating,
February =. 1910; girl.
Taylor and Blanch Green. February I,
1910: girl.
Marshall and Ethel Monroe. February
), 1910; boy.
Arthur 6. and Geneva Green, February
>, 1910; boy.
Thomas and Hattie Bride, February ;.
1910: boy.
William and Julia Creamer, February
0. 1910; girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
Albert D. Mathiot and Edith A. Thomp-
son.
Robert l.. Miller and Mary l.. Janney.
Harrison Weaver and Viola Rivers.
Clarence F. Martin and Rose Mahoney.
James Beasley and Katie Shackelford.
Albert S. King of Richmond county
Va, and Elizabeth T. Barnett of West
moreland county, Va.
John c. Hopkins of this city and Mary
r. Ttterback of Alexandria. Va.
Samuel Alexander and Matte Price.
James ]. Kelroy and Annie A. Ifollohan.
Judson c. Goodloe, jr., of Albemarle
county. Va. and Edna Kent of Orange
county, Va.
Percy L. May and Ruth S. Goodloe of
Albemarle county, Va.
John H. Grove and Myrtle Mitchell.
George H. Carter and Mamie f. Parrett.
Hubert c. Hickerson and Bertha B.
Phillips
Daniel T. showalter of Fredericksburg,
Va. and Ada r. Allen of Passpatansky.
Va.
Clarence H. Sweeney and Eva NJ
Mothershead.
John e. Smith and Burnsceeeior Crump.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
he health Office during the past twenty

four hours:
Frank F. Laporte, SO years, Govern
ment Hospital for Insane.
Charles w. Beall, "a years. 1880 Fuller
street northwest.
Ida c. Zeigan, % years, New Cut road.
District of Columbia.
William B. Padgett, Sc years, $40 New
Jersey avenue southeast.
Nettie M. CARRIER, years, col L street
southeast
Elizabeth D. Cullen, 50 years, Govern
ment Hospital for Insane.
Warfeld Barnes, Is years. 1743 18th
street northwest
Samuel Henry, 81 years, IA Sd street
northeast.
Laura Fitzhugh, 45 years. Garfield Hos
pital.
Eliza Ferry, so years. Government Hos
pital for Insane.
Jeanette r. Lehman, 81 years, HOO 10Th
George c. Harris. 65 years, 53a Bates
street northwest.
William H. Hennige, l year, 1900 9th
street southwest
Michael Fitzgerald, SO years. 116 Carroll
street southeast.
John Boldue. IS years, Soldiers Home.
John D. Murdough, 81 years. 1867 Church
street.
Daphne NJ. Floyd, q years, The Bur
lington, Vermont avenue and NJ street.
John T. Stetson, 63 years, 1924 10Th
street northwest.
Emily r. Killmon, 63 years. 346s 14th
street northwest.
Homer Z. Newlin. 40 years, 9O7 n street
northwest.
Ella L. Wertenbaker, 40 years, 663 F
street northeast.
John T. Freeman, 80 years, 1881 Massa
chusetts avenue southeast.
William E. Hamel. ) months, 1916 36th
street northwest.
Paul Fisher, IL days. 300 X street,
northwest.
James P. McCauley. 1 day, $50 AZ
street southwest.
Nathaniel Harris, 60 years, 1861 33d
street northwest.
George Curtiss, 4S years. AS Washing
ton street northwest.
Henry A. Albert, % years. 90 18th
street northeast.
Alice Hall. As years, Washington Asy-
lum Hospital.
John l. Brown, "a years. SO X street
northwest.
Laura Hawkins, As years, Logan court
northwest.
Bessie ARTIST, "a years, 1341 street
northeast.
Joseph Curtis, so years, Casualty Hos
pital.
Charles Cook. 63 years. 1913 New Jersey
avenue northwest.
Henry Taylor, 20 years. TIC Sd street
southwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
Utility in Studies.
From the Minneapolis journal.

rom the MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
President Schurman's questioning of the
utility of teaching modern languages in
colleges is somewhat surprising. While
1t may be true, as he claims, that not
one in 500 outside of teachers will use
them, this is not a valid reason for dis
continuing them as studies. Such test
could be made to sweep the college
curricula of nearly every study now con-
sidered essential. What would become of
the higher mathmatics If this test were
applied? Who uses comic sections of trig-
onometry in his daily business? What
business man has actual recourse to what
he learned of chemistry or mineralogy
The unitarian test can be applied too
rigidly to college studies. with the re-
suit of greatly narrowing the college
curriculum. The cultural studies ought
to have chance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
CORPORATION TAX SUITS.
Two New Cases Make Ten Before
Supreme Court.

Two more corporation tax cases were
filed in the Supreme Court of the United
States yesterday. making ten suits now
before the court, involving the question
of the constitutionality of the corporation
tax provisions of the Payne tariff act
Percy H. Brundage, a stakeholder in the
Broadway Realty Company Of New York
to prevent that company from paying
the tax, and of Paul Lacroix Of Paris. a
stakeholder in the Motor Taximeter Cab
relief.
Seven corporation tax cases have been
set for argument March H.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
RULE ON MONEY ORDERS
VERBAL AUTHORITY FOR IN
DORSEMENT NOT LEGAL.
Payee Must Attach Names Person
ally or Have Same Done by
Duly Qualified Persons.

Postal money orders may not be in
dorsed by the verbal authority OF the
payee, but must be actually Endorsed by
him or by some one to whom he has given
written power Of attorney, according 10
the ruling Of Justice Wright of the Dis
trict Supreme Court today. Acting under
this Interpretation of the law, the court
directed verdicts In favor of the Riggs
National Bank, which was sued by Emil
Ito Jasseli to recover $4,000 damages
for alleged dishonor of checks drawn by
Jasselli. depositor in the bank
Among the deposits made by JasseIi
were -four International money orders
payable :. to a brother of the plaintiff.
whose name was written on the back OF
the orders by third brother claiming
to act under verbal direction of the payee.
The payee repudiated the Endorsement
and the money orders were charged back
against Jasselli's account and his balance
accordingly diminished. Checks drawn
by the depositor when presented were
dishonored by the bank because the
amounts exceeded the balance to his
credit
Technical Misrepresentation.
When JasselH presented these Endorsed
money orders to the bank Justice Wright
held he was guilty OF technical false
representation In not advising the bank
officials that the Endorsement of Nikola
Jasselli. the payee, had been written by
a third person on verbal direction. AS
valid Endorsement under the postal regu
lations, which have the effect of statute
law. was material to the collection of the
orders, the court decided, failure to ap-
prise the defendant of anything that
rendered the Endorsement invalid gave
the bank the right to repudiate the trans
action, return the money orders and wipe
the credit of its books, thus restoring it
self to the situation it occupied before
credit was given.
Justice Wright stated that anything
but literal rendering of the postal regu-
lation-that the payee indorse the money
put the department to end
less trouble in finding out whether rep
reservations of verbal authority were
true or false.
Attorneys r. Ross Perry & Son repre-
scented the bank and Attorneys j. III. Raj
ston and n. Winship Wheatley appeared
for the plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
NEW YEAR FOR CHINESE
IT'S 4911, ACCORDING TO THE
MING CALENDAR.
Also Today Begins the Second Year
of the Reign Of the New
Celestial Emperor.

op-jok-foo- gao-sin-h ar-loong-kim-guet-
kow-ho- dan-nun- hoey.'
No; this is not pied type. 1t is a din
ner salutation of the season, for today
marks the second year OF the reign of
the new Emperor of China. and is the
Chinese New Year day.
Wherever there are celestials through
out the world this day will be celebrated
with song and story, feasting and the
drinking of Chinese beverages. The local
Cinnamon will assemble in Chinatown,
down on Pennsylvania avenue between Sd
and AZ streets, tonight to make merry and
drink the health Of the emperor and
friends across the seas in draughts of Sc
ductive rice wine and brandy.
The laundrymen and celestials in other
businesses in this city are visiting their
countrymen today. After the caller pre-
sents his card" slip of bright red pa
per inscribed with hieroglyphics he is In
vited to eat and drink by the host.
Special Chop suey Menus.
At the several Chinese restaurants.
where chop suey and other oriental deli
cacies are dispensed. the proprietors have
prepared elaborate menus printed in red
and black. On the covers are quaint IL
Illustrations of the ever-present dragon
and Chinese folklore pictures.
Charlie Bing and ing Wah. leaders OF
the celestial social set. when seen today
said there will be big times down on the
avenue tonight. The several associations
of Cinnamon will hold social sessions and
the new year feasts will be arranged on
an elaborate scale. Some of the pieces
de resistance will be "shu bak gop,
meaning fried SQUAD; yen WOO guy or
bird nest and whole chicken. with nuts
and mushrooms; "hongshu goe chez. or
shark fin soup with brown sauce: bow
goe guy" meaning whole duck with
shellflsh, and other things with unpro-
nounceable names.
"Kwon HE Fat Tay' to You.
The greeting. happy new year." in
Chinese, becomes known HE fat tay.'
According to the Chinese calendar today
is the beginning Of the year 4911, dating
from the establishment Of he Ming
dynasty. This year is called San Tung."
after the new emperor
A feature of new year day that all good
Cinnamon observe Is to settle all their
debts SO they may begin the new year
with clear balance sheets. celestial
legend as old as Confucius predicts that
there will be good crops and prosperity
should rain fall on new year day. The
precipita ton today was therefore an add
ed cause of joy to the Cinnamon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
Cold Storage May Be Regulated.

BOSTON, February 9.-Federal regula-
tion of cold storage plants were -proph-
esed by DIR. Harvey Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry at Washington. in
an address at the annual dinner of the
alumni Of the Massachusetts Agricultural
College last night. DIR. David Snedden
state commissioner of education. spoke in
favor of an agricultural course in high
schools
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09
Provisions of, the Bill.

The bill provides for the acceptance by
the President of the invitations to take
part in the International exposition of art
and history and the International expo
sition of industry and labor to be held
at Rome and Turin. respectively, the
former from February to October 81, and
the latter from April to October 81, 1911.
Provision is made for the erection of suit
able buildings TO contain exhibits of arts
industries. manufactures and products Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09

William Bevins, mountaineer was
fined $50 and sentenced to six months in
Jail by a magistrate at Damascus. Va,
after a fight In church near Damascus
Sunday. Several members of the con-
gregation were injured after the services
had been broken up BIevins was subdued
when half a dozen men tied his hands
with tile church bell cord.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-09

the soil and mines of the United States
as well as the functions Of the general
government A commissioner general will
be appointed for each exposition at a
priated to cover the cost of both expo
sition..