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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07

theater came around to look for bust
ness on Monday night: Joe imme'
diately greeted her as 'fA Aunt Julia
':No. JUDGED. honey she REPLIED
81 ain t Aunt Julia; 1 IS Aunt Tan
"No, you ain IT," said Joe. "I know
you; you are Aunt Julia
"No. sur. you's got me wrong; I is
Aunt Tam
ooh, get out" said Joe; CT guess .
know you, Why. you were my old
nurse when / was baby, Don't you
suppose l would know my old Aunt
JuIia?'
"No, sur; no, sur I never nussed
you-all; you.all has got me mixed up
with somebody else. I ain It no Aunt
Julia; is Aunt Tan, an alters has
BEEN
Well, ! declare" said Joe, taking
So bill from one pocket and letter
from another pocket, and standing
looking at them sadly, "that is too
bad. Here I have just got this letter
from mother, inclosing this So bill, and
telling me to be sure and give it to
Aunt Julia. And now you say you
are not Aunt julia
"No. sur; what I wuz sayin' is that
ms real name WASH t that But laws.
chile, you alters did call me Aunt
Julia, Wouldn t never call me nuthin >
else -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07

n EAVING established herself with
81. 81 III 4. i: It, .',;:.;s:: &: s::.. !:
stock company in permanent
popularity. Miss Dills has added to her
MANY admirers ard friends as each
succeeding week she has demonstrated
her versatility ia new rolo. In char
acter work. through her natural adap-
titude TO hard work, ccaseless study.
and with an eye to tho worth OF every
uttcrnncc and gesture. Miss Dills has
added not n little to the interest and
pleasing qualities Of the plays in which
she mas been so east.
Her emotional work when she was
given thc opportunity. has ranked with
tho most finished and interesting in
tcrnrctrtions that have ever been wit
nosscd iii stock work nj any Of the local
plnyhouses.
She mas ams5s2d an amount OF ex.
pericMce during her brief stage career
that would do justice to player who
had been in the business much longer
time. Her first experience on the stage
was with Annie Russell in "Thc Royal
Family She carried the Qucen 3 train.
Before the season closed her train was
being carried, with many of the tedious
rounds Of the thespian s ladder mark
ing her rapid ascent. \ few weeks
later she Joined Richard Mansfield.
who was piaying "Henry W Her
parts were Of minor Importance, but
she made the most Of the opportuni-
ties offered Finally. the woman who
was playing Dame Quickly fell III. and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
EHelI' Is Latest New York Satire
Cafe-Theater Is for Reckless Rich
Variety Features Provided While Birds Go Round IFS
Expensive but Hits Metropolitan Taste

made all ready, I had few hours
Of financial panic; but il was re-
lIeved by a heavy advance sale of
seats. end we had a cram lam
opening with Mr. Dana as a guest
Of honor in one box, and the others
filled bv men of Wall street, the
press and the bar
Next morning no city newspaper
had less than column account of
the guying OF the Count Joannes,
hardly a word of whose spouting
had been heard in the din Of de-
rlsion, and whose every strut or
stride had melted an outburst of
mock applause and merry COM
ments. How Jones felt l never
knew, but be took his half of the
receipts, and wanted me to con-
tlnue the engagement; but I turned
hlm over to real manager.
Since that episode in the dra-
matte career Of the Count Joannes
no audience has given such a disor-
derly performance In Broadway
before the introduction of "Lon-
don Follies, for whom q fashion
able sort of success was expected.
Mike Donin on Stage.
GA Certain Party" is a new
frivol based on our national game.
Not baseball is tossed in it, but
its principal male figure is a popu-
lar exhibit OF the sport. Mike
Donlin won t ever be as a stage
player what he was as ball play
er, though he may be appraised
commercially as worth the ten
thousand year that he used to
get. When be went into vaude-
Vile sketch two years ago with
his wife. Mabel Hite, it was in
his idle winter time, and no one
could guess that-even though
handsome, and like the sluggers,
Corbett and Fitzsimmons, was Just
easy enough to escape the ridicule
that later was vented on the black
Johnson-he wouldn't t respond 20
the call of the ball and bat when
spring came,
E'He loves me and he's lazy"
Mrs, Iite Donlln is quoted to mo
by friend, land so he III stick to
me like two spells of foolery per
day''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07

at twenty minutes notice Miss Dilla
assumed the part, delighting even th&
critical Mansfield. Later. she was given
the role Of Queen Of France in this
same play, bringing homo new laurels.
From the Queen Of France to the haG
in "Dr. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde,' is q
long step, vet her work received un-
stintcd praise from press and public.
Then came a period of stock work,
followed by an engagement as leading
lady with Rose Coghlan; later she
played the mother OF Hur in ''Ben
Hur.o Prior to coming 10 Salt Lake,
Miss Dills played in stock in Pittsburg,
but owing to the fact that she was re-
quired to appear twice a day, the work
was terrific strain on body and mind,
and she accepted an offer TO play with
the Garrick company in this city.
Off the stage she is a clever con-
vcrsatioualist. and possesses a pleas.
ing personality Her scores of local
admirers. among whom she numbers
many persona! friends. are hoping that
circumstances will enable Miss Dills
10 remain in Salt Lake. She made her
last appearance ut the Garrick Satur-
dav night She has several offers that
arc at least gratifying. if not nlluring,
but lust what move she will make She
has not vet determined.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07

His fund of humor was always ready
TO draw upon, Once he consulted an
oculist about his eyes. Dailey's nose
was very small, and he couldn t keep
on the glasses with which the specialist
was trying to fit him.
You're not used to glasses, Mr.
Daley remarked the oculist.
"'Oh, yes, L am replied Daley,
but not so high up
81 recall. too, his remark about a
certain penurious actor. | asked Daley
If this man was still the same old
spendthrift.
Yes he chirruped, he keeps 4
dog now so that all frst-class hotels
will refuse him admission.
An unwise providence had guided
Giles toward fairly fashionable res
taurant. He could not understand a
word of French. but, determined that
he would not necessarily display his
ignorance before the waiter. he pointed
to an item and said:
''1'll have some of that, please
The waiter looked compassionate.
''I m sorry, sir,' he said gently,
"but the band is playing that Just at
present.
Joe Keaton was playing Birmingham,
Ala The colored washwomau at the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
Continued From Preceding Page.

unsatisfactory manner, but to which
they cling with true Yankee stubborn
ness, One is to the effect that no drinks
can be sold after III clock p. M
'' Rats! quoth Hopper Il can get
a drink anywhere in these United
States.
'''All I have to do is to tell 'em
who 1 am. Then it's case of open
sesame
" 'Ten dollars that it won't go here, 2
was my response.
You re on said Hopper. Come
with me-
"Well, we searched out hotel and
entering sat down in n side room. Hop
per manipulated the bell and waiter
appeared.
q 1.-TWO whistles, seltzer on the side. ,
said the big fellow, beaming geniallv
@ Sorry, sir, was the answer, but
sir sir 10 H'' S''l '''"'' "'''' = ''''A'
% 'Oh, that IS all right. my good fell
low said Hopper, still abeam and with
lordly gesture; 'iust tell the bar
keep that the drinks are for De Wolf
Hopper.
"The waiter bowed and returned in
a few minutes with the required slim
ulant.
'' you win,' I said, as the waiter
vanished
~ was Just about to divorce myself
from the ten-dolar bill when the bar
tender peeped through the doorway
gazcd silently for minute. and then
crossed to the room where we sat, We
had not poured out the liquor, but be
with the white Jacket picked up the
glasses, bottle and siphon and van
ished
% Blamed funny stunt, was Hop
per's puzzled remark.
- I'll see about that, and he EN-
phasized the that as he arose and
strobe into the barroom. He was gone
about five minutes, but when he re-
turned he brought no liquor.
90 Don't we get it? J. asked
Nope, said Hopper.
" Tell him who you were?' I asked
H'Yep.
{" Nope.
So What IS the answer?'
@ Said he thought the waiter asked
for drinks for Wolf the copper.
"J got Hoppcr's s ten.'
'FThe most laconic person L know of
is deaf and dumb chap in our neigh
borhood, - said Augustus Thomas. He
never writes on his little pad more
than enough TO convey his meaning.
He is Il good cribbage player, and one
night he won a watch and chain from
young man. The latter IS father met
The mute, The deaf and dumb man
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
DRAMATIC NEWS AND COMMENT

cry father wrote: Il understand you
won Bob's gold watch the other
night;
give up the spoil Not so, however
Instead, he took tbe pad, wrote two
words carefully on it and returned it,.
g Inscribed thereon were the words
And chain. -
a Brooklyn pastor has lately been
advertising for actors to fill the pull
pits-not "A bad idea, but il may have
originated in talk Thomas A.
church in Lowell, Mass, last fall, on
the subject of ''The Relation of the
Stage to the Church. -
Parts Of this Wise sermon are worth
repeating.
1.-The stage has suffered a good deal
from the actor being treated as class,
rather than an individual" he said.
"The standard Of morality on the
stage is just as high as it is In any
other profession, ] know it, because
] know many persons in different walks
of life. Actors love home lives. They
make good fathers and husbands.
''Go down to Staten Island. to the
Actors Fund Home, and there you will
see many happy old couples-mcn and
women who have been worn out in
their stage work. and who are spend.
ing their last days in that beautiful
place. "
In conclusion. he made strong plea
for the public to treat the people OF
the stage Just as other people are
treated.
Bernard Shaw is a great lover of
music, He is keen critic, aud does
not hesitate TO voice his real opinions
He was invited by a friend to 90
and hear an Italian quartette Of in.
strumentaliSts. He went, and sat
throughout the performance with a
stony countenauce. His friend, think
ing to draw a little praise from him,
remarked:
&" You know, Mr. Shaw, these men
have been playing together for twelve
years.
Shaw looked at him incredulously for
a moment before he replied;
Twelve years? Surely we have
been here longer than that!'
Richard Carle was closely associated
for several years with the late Peter
+. Daley, who was one of the most
universally loved characters on the
American stage. Garlic tells mauv sto
ries that illustrate the quick wit of the
lamented comedian.
Funny as Daley was on the stage, -
said Carrie the other day, che was at
his best in Il small company of friends.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
A Famous Burlesque.

One day. after Mr. Dana had
given a dollar to the count. and [
a dime, he talked of tho degen-
crate stnge and its sordid show
men.
Count" I interposed, "if you
will play Richard III / will
provide theater and company. "
Jones was n town guy, the sun
having made by,word of him.
and sudden thought had come to
me of tho old fop mouthing and
striding as Richard before a de-
riding audience. He was willing,
"You'd make a bigger comic show
of me- he said. Bnt we came
quickly to half and half terms for
a week, he to contribute himself
and ] all else. It was late in the
spring, as / remember, and the old
Bowery theater wasn't IN use. Idle
actors were plentiful. Having
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
The "Home-Run Kid"

The wife did most of the work
all of it that was then amusing;
and she is again the buster OF the
twain during the whole evening
that ga Certain PartTo occupied
on the stage once dominated by
Lester Wallack. And good old
Lester, the Beau Brummell of the
nineteenth century in New York
and comedian par excellence and
paragonic of his time. never was
received on that stage with more
applause than was given to Mike
Donlin. Pretty soon Mabel re-
sponded to some remark of his with
a kiss and "Sure, Mike that
seemed impromptu; and the audi
ence made all tho gleeful noise
that a four base hit gets in ball
game. How truly satisfying to the
soul of a dramatic artist must be
the spontaneous acclaim of dis
criminate appreciation! "Sure,
Nike
Mabel Hite is first-rate mimic
not so very many notches down
the scale Of merit below Cecilia
Lotus and Elsie Janis. With no
special pertiuence. ] will tell You
why the most applauded imitation
by this good looking young woman
is Of the ugly Eddie Foy, Some
one asked me when Mabel Hite
came to Foy in her set, and 1
watched her. She drew her chin
back rs far as she could, pulled up
the corners of her mouth, took on
circus clowns quizical grimace,
and her face was a likeness OF
Foy's. Try these eontortions of
visage before mirror. and like
lier than not you IL be surprised
by the forced resemblance. And
Foy's popularity Of speech and
gait-easy TO do-and you have
recognizable impersonation,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
ecabaret,',

!. chair son;I. O'clock. The lease of
: fos i, ttsplrss; anG :.,o You have paid
tased f. 'Ia S spent as much rs
e Il 10 d. 10, food, drink and
'iN more soa w., desire to renew it
you may stay through
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
Not Much of a Play.

Mike and Mabel are swecthearts
in the play that is called GA Ger
tain Party" because the action is
at parties given by n family in its
drawing room and the servants in
the kitchen. He is o policeman
working for promotion in the de-
tective bureau. She is a lady g
maid and fix-it for the household.
The programme doesn t name the
authors, excepting Robert Hood
Bowers, composer Of the music.
They are numerous Edward Town
send and Frank Ward O'Malley.
newspaper humorists, wrote it
some time ago as "The Head of
the House, and 1T was tried once
with a servant who. aided by the
COP, saved her master from black
mail in political campaign She
and he circumvent plotting gang
of gamblers; but while i'll the play
their reward was prosperity and
wcdlock, they didn't get on well
with the audiences.
Next thereaf fter. Henry Blossom
and Vincent Bryan put It through
a treatment of elimination and IN.
terpolation: ensuing collaborators
were Walter Hackctt, Hugh Ford
and Frank Tannchill, Jr.; and
these second and third versions
were not winning betierments.
Finally Edgar Smith refashioncd it
into musical farce. with kindly
help by John Mason and William
Collier, and that s how it is now,
Mabel Hite MS its star actress,
hitherto eccentric in stage guise. IS
now comely as Donlin s love-mate.
When she sings to him fondly he
can T sing back; but he has learned
TO dance in an athletic if not very
graceful way, while she is grace
ful, and he whirls her in n gym
nastic waltz so hard that, II they
were to let go. she might be hurled
over the footlights into the par
ouet. Indeed. antic violence makes
tho dancing generally peculiar. At
one time eight girls are revolved
so rapidly by eight young sta warts
that their arms and legs look like
spokes of wheels; at another time,
they arc propelled so fast across
thc stage. bent backwards, and
their fingers and toes barely touch
ing the floor. that they suggest
human crabs in stampede; and
for the ballet chorus the engage
uent should serve as course in
physical culture.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
OGDEN EXCURSION

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The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-07

Hans Herzl, son of the late Zionist
leader, DR.. Theodore Herzl, has be-
come engaged to the daughter of H.
zatzenelson of Liban, one of the di-
rectors of the Jewish Colonial Trust.
Since DR.. Herzls death, Hans has lived
in England under the care of the great
Zionist leader. Mr.. Joseph cowen,
Hans has had a splendid education.
The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-07
No. IL

roms are much better and work more
the eyes of the world Why need they
make a noise to kill anyone when they
can annihilate him quietly. Against
the real pogroms it was possible for
Europe to react on Russian finance
This is now impossible. But will say
this: We may trust the new Premier
He is an educated man and no pro-
nounced anti-Jew He was also OPP
posed to the latest plan of Stolypin to
nationalize the capital of the country.
The chief thing is to convince the
government that they cannot do every
thing with the aid of the Black Hun
dreds. have slight hope in COM
ing liberal regime. God grant that
am not mistaken"
-s-a-sSgss-rsss. as--ps,rs,-=-sS.t- ,~-a-'
And now" said Sholom Aleichem,
Il have something pleasant to tell you.
You know that the horrible blood libel
has wrought so much mischief and is
still being spread in Kieff and else
where. 1t is also to occupy the atten-
tion of the Duma during the next SEES,
sion, 1t is very difficult for Jews
themselves to contend with their enc
mics therefore asked Gorky and AM
phitheatroff, who both reside abroad,
to approach the greatest Christian
writer's and publicists in Russia
with a view of securing from them
a protest against the shameful blood
libel, and the publication of united
and public manifesto proving histori-
cally and scientifically the baseness of
this attack on the Jews. They agreed
to my proposal, and have already dealt
with the matter in the press. The pro-
test will appear in the winter, and will
be published widespread so as to en-.
tighten the lower classes of the people.
hope that this will be very useful" -
Reform Advocate
The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-07
HOUSTON, TEXAS, DECEMBER 7, 1911
Fourth Year

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this the
years every Yomtov
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his interviewer how his writing en-
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ana the suauon haV occur III
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which write ever really ean 10 Know JEWISH
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ed Wandering which extends with tears.
to fifty sheets and to which
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part my Ruhe
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of his bows years a
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which
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Wandering thysix
it is this affairs WILL
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York. this absorbs
siderable portion my activity Then Hebrew certainly
In the near future intend writing but chiefly PALESTINE
comedy which VII depict the different the
extremes OF jewish education Yiddish
letters Palestine with Hebrew
The Jewish herald. (Houston, Tex.) 1908-1914, 1911-12-07
BY Sholom Aleichem.

~ CNcI can
dresses. 1t is more than ridiculous the r
now to go to Palestine without know Eurol
ing Hebrew Only fools could contend This
that there would be any competition this'
between Hebrew and Yiddish. The lie II
fact that Hebrew is making such great noun
progress implies return to Judaism pose'
Whereas formerly only few read He hatlo
brew, now great many do So and Inc
theirN number is palpably increasing. COVER
And that is all to the good thne
The murder of Stolypin happened to dredS
be mentioned ing
Il know the family of the murderer
Bogroff very well,'' he said 1--WE lived "A
with them years ago and were great Il ha
friends The grandfather of the MUIR You
dered had already been baptized. The has
father, however, a lawyer by profess still
sion, returned to the Jewish fold But wher
he took no interest in Jewish affairs. ton
The children never received Jewish re- sion
ligious instruction, nor ever spoke a then
word about Jewish matters Yet We mics
Jews are made responsible for such phitl
occurrences That the murderer was 70 a
baptised | had never heard; l knew writ,
the other sons were remember hav- with
ing seen Bogroff as a little boy. ~.
have the greatest sympathy with the ,iho,
parents, who are good honest people. and
The news of the speedy trial and exc corv
cution greatly affected me- firmly tbis
believe that Bogrofr was forced by the 80 -,
revolutionaries to commit the deed in ,.h
order to rehabilitate himself You tast
see, this furnishes once more proof no -
the old Yiddish saying: God wounds ,,a,.
with one hand and heals with the -
We "e0 GA ' - Refo
news that the murderer was born
Jew. 1t is piece of good fortune that
he belonged to the secret police, and
was a provocateur of Azeffs cheder, so
that Russian society has received this com
blow from the Russian police itself" Aa'"
OF the present situation in Russia he FecV
said: Sine
1T is worse now than ever before. in Z
The government has come to the be- zior
nevoent conclusion that passive pog- Han
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-21
CLARK
AND NOT WILSON
Republicans Would Rather See the
Missourlan Elected If Worst
Must Come.

IGate City Leased Wire Service]
WASHINGTON, May 2o.-More re
publican supper" for Champ Clark
as the democratic candidate for presi-
dent in 1912, doomed up on the floor
Of the house today. Representative
Olmstead, in speech on the Arizona
New Mexico constitution resolution,
remarked: Some people tell me
that two-thirds of the democrats in
the south are for Woodrow Wilson for
president In 1912. / believe that four
fifths of the democrats are for our
speaker for president. If we must
have democrat for president in 1912,
which God forbid, am sure we all
would prefer to see Champ Clark in
the white house."
Graham dem. Illinois), interrupted
the applause with: IF you wanted
this side of the house to applaud that,
you should have omitted the God
forbid"
Minority Leader Mann of the house
republicans continued the republican
boom for Clark tonight at the BAN
quet of the local chapter of the Delta
Tau Delta. college fraternity
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-21
CONSTITUTION
WAS THE TOPIC
Mann Only Talked For Two Hours
and Others Also Had Their
Say.

IGate City Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON May 22O.-"Why is
constitution and IF so, whene"
were some Of the questions disposed
of by the sweltering membership on
the Arizona-New Mexico constitution
resolution.
Representative Hardy of Texas, led
the democrats. Minority leader
Mann next entered the ring, armed
with a typewriter speech OF several
hundred pages He only lasted about
two hours.
The venerable document then with
stood attacks by Representatives Ohm
stead of Pennsylvania and Mcdowell
of Wyoming. Delegate Cameron of
Arizona talked about what splendid
states Arizona and New Mexico will
make. Allen, of Ohio, wound up the
day with discussion of the rights of
the various branches of the govern
ment and took exceptions to the
usurption of the rights of the leg
islative branch by the Judiciary re.
ferring to the supreme court decision
in the Standard Oil case.