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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-17
A Liza ALEXANDROVNA NAz-

A LILA ALEXANDRONNA NAZ-
"A IMOVA-GOLOVNA, who has
been known in America since her
arrival here from Russia about
seven years ago. as Madame ALA
NazImova, is now, according TO the
bills. Just Nazinpya. Whether she
purposes placing herself in direct
rivalry with Juliet (O, the
vaudeville lie mystery, and with Mar
ceelinc, the clown, ] really do not
know. II so. it really is too bad.
for Nazimova is one of the most
gifted-and certainly most thor
ongb-actresses now appearing on
the Engish-speaking stage. How
ever, ! suppose n "star' by any
other name can act as well, and go
Nazimova would be as welcome II
she cared TO come as Plain Jane
from the Hook. or Bounding Beat
rice.
Madame Nazimova's fame. so
far as America is concerned is as
sociated with the Ibsen drama. her
adventures in other plays have been
rewarded with little or no success.
That. however, is the fault Of The
other plays no; OF Nazimova.
lbsen or the public taste. Her
strange, erotic art and temperament
require something uncommon and
remote; and such PLAYS arc hard 10
find. except in silly. "poscful'
examples. Perhaps this difficulty
explains the Russian enchantress
excursion into French light comedy
-.lustifies her somewhat painful
effort to squeeze her big personal
itv and art into ''dainty little
role that seems designed to finish
off the fluffy "cutcness OF Billie
Burke or Marie Doro "The Ma
rionettes. by Pierre Wolff, is now
current in London in this same
translation, Gladys Uuger made
II, and over there Marie Lohr aud
Sir John Hare arc the chief actors.
An unsophisticated country girl,
convent-bred and quite iuexperI-
enccd in the outside world. is mar
ried, in the French wsv. to a gay
Partisan. who needs her money.
Unfortunately she quickly learns
to love HIM. lie. however, is quite
callous to her awkward self and
more awkwardly expressed dcvo.
lion; and, not troubling 10 moro
than veil his purpose very thinly.
he goes off for a five weeks launt
with familiar mistress,
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E oR the rest, this very English

ouGgtels DDlHlHg quite
90 much as phrase that recurs in
ssveral Of the Irish comedies now
prevalent in New York fThere III
oe great talking surely For
sureN there was great talking
,aitnohg The country folks. 1t took
.no'h Tour acts to say all they had
~ say; and only heaven and the
autnor could tell what much Of it
m@ aDout, The murderess, after "A
fu'al at which semi-,lcccptive testi-
IN nY The ex-iance exonerates
ne', mas secretly marrie,l the son
gabby old antiquarian. Sup
Vs,ae them to he only engaged, the
witness for tho defense forces
sac VIE to tell the boy the true
AZ of lust what haupened in
~, tenl, that night in India. This,
;'n many tears, she does. The re-
."l takes q lono time. and only
an actress Of Miss BARRYMORE Is
peaho,hal charm and histriouic skill
ttSIuid make it bcarsble. Then, in
u, next act. sue goes over the
SoYie tale again. With vague
that another act might fol
and another. aud another
49, "h'ch she would find ucr; char.
ts...er To weep and vail the harra-
ss., TO- left the tbeatcr after the
ru aet, However. am reliably
,o''len that tho PLAY really lid
nv there. Perhaps, however,
r;,e w be sequel. in which the
onne WI become a mother-not
..cFS' out many times-so she can
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-17

And glad we are TO welcome such
new blood as Byron Beasley
and Frank f.. Camp.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-17

-EW YORK. Dec. lG.-After
siege of international
drama-from an Irish COM
cdv that incited the great
oct thcater riot in tbrcc.quarters Of
a century 10 Russian tragedy that
Induced the heaviest sleep since
Rip Van Wrinkle woke up" first
niphters' have had the pleasure
Of welcoming four young actresses
who fave achieved and maintained
prominent positions as 'stars OF
Inc contemporary stage, each bring
inp a new play Ethel Barrymore
brought an English drama, as In
decd, she almost always does; while
4 Ala Nazinova. Russian by birth,
hut almost wholly American in ex-
. perience, chose translation from
ihe French But Margaret Hing
ton and Elsie Ferguson turned
among their compatriots for their
PLAYS.
The lovely Ethel. having gone
abroad for her drama. has also sur
rounded herself with a wholly Eng
\ Dish company, Such a course,
Though hardly popular. was appro-
pirate inasmuch as nothing more
Essentially English than "The Wit,
oess for the Defeuse' could pos
sbly be imagined. After a melo-
Dramatic. ccrie first act, in India,
in which maltrcated wife under
takes 10 Kill herself but, through
Iaccident rather than design, shoots
her brutal husband. the drama set
Ties down TO four long acts Of
4 English County life, anil tea and
+ talk and cricket.
a Ono does not have TO know that
nov member of Parliamcp0 WAS
a novelist before throwing his pen
Howard drama. in order TO feel he
|bss written his "sccues rather III
Il the form Of chapters. All the we'll
4 bred characters 10 talk so quietly
aud so leisurelv au.l at such length.
a ETbereforc Vt is proper That ono of
the English voices is that of Leslie
Faber. son law Of Henry Ar
thur Jones, and himself known TO
us through his admirable perform.
aDce in thai dramatist S "Tbc Hyp-
''pcritcs; another belonging to w.
IL. Abingdon. The famous Adclphi
Villain and actually husband oc
Biiou Fernandez; AMI u third 10
d a. y. Anson, imported fer ihc New
' Theater and most notable, in that
association. in thc chief roic Of
/t'rht Thundcrbot. In that case
Mr. Anson followed in the dis
fingnisheI footsteps of Sir George
fAlexander. which course in "The
Witness for The Defense he again
does. The newer play. in short,
lacks nothing that can be brought
20 il by bisfrionic skill
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-17

w HAT would YOU say the wife
w ,locs, considering she is the
star Of n "'cutcn comcdy7 Why,
Of course she beauties herself,
learns all The tricks OF coquctry,
and successfully practices dccop-
tive conccalmcnt of the faithful
love that still throbs IN her heart,
In the first act she is au ungu'nly
girl. who sides into a room, who
sits tentatively on the outer edge
OF chairs, and whose conversation
consists of IN occa sional and chok
ing eyes or "uo Such she is
when her husbanl-au1 the au-
dience-leavc her. al tho first fall
of the curtain lie is nightly sur
priscd BY the change the second
act reveals. can hardly say so
much for MS. The occasion is an
evening party. The majority Of the
women represent the deruier chic
OF contemporary Paris. But thoy all
fade from The masculine horizon
when the little ulsrquise comes
among them. She wears a chiffon
gown. riaphanous Of texture an j
clinging closely 70 the slender body
because Of the heavy, glittering en-
broidcries that drag II 10 the
ground. The corsage is very low
in front and back; the skirt rs cut
at the feet as TO expose blt of
slipper and OF stocking, as is the
present mo lie in Paris and New
York, and the entire gowr alhcres
intimately 10 figure evidently
clothed in practically uothipg else.
On her head she wears a cap of
brilllants with huge feather OF
the Gaby Deslya variety. and IN
her arms she carried loose mass
of American beauty roses. But the
aspect Of the siren is only tho ad-
vertisemcnt Of her charms, with
her fan. with her perfumes, with
every art Of coquetrY. she ma ldcns
her astoundcd husband,
The ivcliest witchery must pass;
and. when two more acts OF this
sort OF highly scented drama ensuc,
VIC begin TO wish the woman woul II
capitulatc to her husband. For
never for a moment is there any
.loubt that she will Perhaps the
strongest element of "Thc Marion
cites favorable or unfavorable,
AS YOU llRe-lS tnat III never 'aNeS
one unawares. With its first few
minutes. it practically states its
case. lis plea its verdict. One fore
sees exactly what will happen; and,
if one ENJOYS betting on sure
thing, - HThe Mariouettes should
give infinite delight. for every
bodv's bet wins, In the third act,
the husband. having engaged him
self 10 60 20 gay party, offers to
remain at home with his wife, If
she so wishes. But she declares she
really does not care. Presently.
however. he returns 10 overhcar
her at the telephone, An impetuous
lover is importuning her for an in
tcrview. She is. in fact. putting him
very sternly III his place; but, hear
ing her husband 8 step, she pre-
tends TO he less angry, indeed. to
rather weaken to the pleadines.
This has the desired effect, The
husband sc,zcs the receiver from
her, and thereupon uphraids her,
Her delight at his unbridled rage
is nothing less than ecstatic, for
now; Of course\ she no longer doubts
his love.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-17

ID ATHER than with the
~ "taliy' later acts, let lis
pause upon the picturesque ani
tense first, III which the beautiful
/ Barrymore is quite superb. 1t is
might, in the red-lined. shalowr
flntcrior Of tent. at deserted sta
tlon IN India. Within are a great
/" blob of light over the dining
liable, and. for the rest. long.
strange shadows, a terrified AMI
drunken brute. and crushed and
i |nopeless wife. Without are mys.
ferya loneliness and loneliness. AMI
eniv the twinkling of the stars. An
English traveller Is asked to stop
|tor dinner. The host forewarns the
Wife to wear Il string of beads that
wall cover the black marks OF his
fingers on her throat. She dutifully
d appears so iewcled. The guest
turns out TO be an admircr of ear.
her iavs, who had brought about
The cancellation of their betrothal
because he was poor AMI felt wife
would hinder him in "9etting on, ~
The three sit down to dinner be-
Meath the round glow of the low
,""ip III Inc center OF tDe SnauOWy
fent' The husband S nasty filings
1ncrease to insults. Finally, very
quietly, without glance or comment.
the wife removes the string Of
6eals AMI drops them on the table
~ Is In such incidents as this that
Ethel Barrymore is at her best. and
that few actresses can equal her
IN the suggestion of suppressed
cmotion. The apparently chance
meeting with her old-time iancee
proves the last straw Of the wife.
when alone. she loads her rifle for
suicIde. But the husband catches
ner; strikes her: there is tusslc.
and she kills him. So, at least. she
e';i III London; but here the curtain
lails OH the "picture' of the wo-
man with the weapon raised.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16
BLAME
FOR Boys DEATH

Sioux Falls. 8. D.-The coroner's
jury. impanelled to investigate into
the cause Of the death OF Arthur
Specs. who was killed. by q street
car at the corner Of Main avenue and
Thirteenth street, on Wednesday ev-
ening. returned a verdict 90 follows:
I'VE. the jury find the boy. Arthur
Specs. came to his death by being
struck by a street car. No. S. Of the
Sioux Falls Traction system at the
corner of Main avenue on Thirteenth
street.
"Said accident was caused by the
motorman on car No. s Of said COM
pany being inexperienced In hand
ling said car. The said Sioux Falls
Traction system we find responsible
for not having tenders on said car
and the evidence given shames the
inexperience of the motorman and the
negligence of said Sioux Falls Trac-
ton system"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16
BASEBALL IS STARTED
OFFICIALS ARE NAMED
AN ORGANIZATION EFFECTED
WHICH WILL MEAN THE FOR
NATION OF A GOOD TEAM
FOR THE DIAMOND.

The Indications in the baseball
line III to the effect that Mitchell
will have a good team this year. It's
realization will be determined a
good deal on how the business and
sporting-loving men of the city ap-
preciate the game, for they will be
given the opportunity to go behind
the financial end Of the club.
A meeting was held in the city
hall Wednesday evening to lay the
of a team. and about
thirty fans were present. Ray Bran
son occupied the chair and Walter
Nolt took the notes of the meeting.
The fact that the team was to be a
go was settled in the election Of the
following officers: President. ]. e.
Wells; vice president. Will Scallin;
secretary and manager, Ray e. Bran
son; treasurer. DR.. Ray Smith. These
officers will also act as a committee
to solicit among the business men
and those who admire the national
game to see what support can be OBJ
tanned. Otto Faul. who has been
in the formation Of a club,
was made the temporary captain Of
the team. Messrs. Gilmore, Faul and
N0lt were appointed a committee to
see about the location Of the grounds
and the expense of fixing the same.
Wallace MacLain and Albert Nolt
were appointed to arrange for some
to boost the team in this
city.
J. The meeting was adjourned to
meet at the city hall on Thursday.
16, when reports will be
made.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16
SURE TO
EXCEED EXPENSES
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS FOR THE
BIENNIAL PERIOD $35O,OOO
ABOVE THE YEARS AP.
PREPARATIONS.

Pierre, S. D.-While the legisla-
tive appropriation were larger for
the last session than for the previous
one, the legislature for one time at
least has not appropriated beyond
the estimated revenues of the state.
the estimated receipts for the bi-en-
NAL period on the valuation as it now
stand are approximately $35O.000 in
Of the appropriations, and any
increase in valuations shown in the
state for the next two years will In
the revenues in accordance
which gives the state a chance ia
get out from under a portion Of the
debt which has been carried along
for several years. Under ordinary
the debt should be at least
cut down over half in the next two
years, IL not practically wiped out by
increases in taxation on increase val
uation Of the state.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16
SPELLING CONTEST
IS BEING REVIVED
PUPILS FROM THE RURAL.
SCHOOLS ENTER IN SPELL
ING CONTEST HELD IN
HIGH SCHOOL BUILD.
ING.

The first annual spelling contest
held Friday evening in the High
School assembly hall which wal fair
ly we'll attended. The Dakota Yves
leyan University band gave q half
hours concert which was very much
appreciated by every one.
Several Of the schools of the
country have had a scarlet fever
scare and quite a number Of the con-
testants did not come. however, the
contest vas interesting throughout.
Miss Jessie Erion. Of the Railway
school Of Prosper township. had the
honor Of winning the first prize,
which consists Of one dozen photo
graphs presented by L. e. Stair, the
photographer. The Turner Produce
company also presented to the Rail
way school district q silver cup
which will be kept as the property
of this school until the contest next
year.
c. Dewey Sand. of the same school,
captured the second prize. a watch.
presented by Gustav Woelfel. the
jeweler.
The third prize was q book given
by Scallin Bros, Co.. which went Ia
Harry vande Borsehe, Of Beulah
township. L. A. Pope of the South
Dakota Educator, presented H. p.
Leavitt, teacher of the winning
school. with q years subscription to
to the school magazine.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16
SAYS ADAM ATE
PEAR, NOT APPLE

Hartford, Conn.-The Garden of
Eden apple story got a black eye in
an address here by George w. Smith.
of Melrose. Conn. secretary of the
Connecticut Horticultural Society,
who declared that that fruit could
not possibly have grown in a climate
like that of the Garden of Eden.
Mr.. Smith said that on the fate
full morning when Eve decided to
tempt" Adam. and incidentally sad
dIe-misery and woe on the earth, she
doubtless went into the pear orchard
and chose a juicy and fine looking
pear and that Is what 1t was she took
to the sleepy Adam and which her
credulous consort "did eat"
The lecturer described the climate
of the Garden OF Eden as tropical.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16

- u easaatng care shouid o. taken
10 PIT t1tAs sseA 10 i uniforn depth
ana 10 ssetAat The grain 10 properly
covered. 4 vas aiwsys partial TO the
old press drills Ne used to have.
Which pressed the ground firmly
abent the kernel. ins,lring . nice ev-
81 start. The disk 6stlls are good.
no doubt, Tor breaking. etc. but my
e1Jet4snce d that thsre is nothing
better than the old press drill for
putting seed into the ground.
Tho matter OF fertilizing Is ,ne to
- seriously considered as no doubt
oar soils have besn Exhausted Of
some of the Ingredients required to
produce best results. I am inclined
20 think that a commercial fertiliser
might be used to good advantage and
1 have Just ordered q carload. I ex-
pect to apply It 20 about $50 acres OF
land that has not been fertilized by
other material. I am doing this
largely 40 Al experiment. not only
for myself, but for the beneat OF
those Interested. This test will be
4 guide to the farmers for the fu.
ture az I shall keep accurate data Of
everything I do SO I can make an in
report on results"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16
ottWu 1UCCIU NUN
AGRNr HAS BlEcls
SUCCESSFUL IN PULLING
BOOTLD0GnRs SHILLING
LIQUORS 10 INDIANA

Rapid City. g D.-Agent :. =
Brents, who d eennscted with the
government IadiaAe service. has an
nounced that the departments has
temporarily Abandoned operations In
this county and will work In other
fields.
For several months Brents. who 10
directly under Chief Special Omces
W. E. johnson. has been conducting
an active campaign In Pennington
county and has rounded up the boot
logging violators. He has had Sc
liquor dealers In this part of the state
held to the federal court and will APP
pear against them at the may term In
Deadwood. The arrests were made
as follows. Seven at Tyndall. six
at Gregory. two at Colome. two at
Winner. one at Mcintosh. one ct
Lennon. two at Interior. i've ct
Conata. three at sentc. and three ct
Rapid City. In addition. eight per-
sons have been sent to the peniten-
tiary ON similar charges.
Mr.. Brents was for eight years
United States marshal at Ada and
Muskogee, Okla. He is . lawyer
and has been admitted to the bar In
10 states. Since entering the spe-
cial Indian work he has handled 431
cases. In 1910 the department. han
died 1865 cases. with but %
acquittals by Jury. Ten special OIL
GERS are employed in this work. this
locality being chosen for the cam
paign just ended on account Of the
Indian school here and complaints
that had been registered against sa-
loon men.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16
MURDOCH IS
CHEWING GUM VICTIM
HAS ALWAYS BEEN WORKING A
CUD OF CHICLE WHEN NOT
BUSY INvEIGHNG AGAINST
SPEAKER CANNON.

Washington, d. C.-Alas. the vice
OF the pompadoured shop-girl. and
the be-pufed lady typewriter has
conquered one Of those surging
spirits whose strength constituted the
backbone Of the Big Fight Of the last
.Congress. For "vic" Murdoch, the
heavyweight. red-headed. jovial lead
.er Of the House Insurgents, who halls
from Kansas, is down in a Wichita
canitarfum with an Insurgent stom-
ach-and the doctors diagnose it
"Chewing-gumitis."
For Murdoch. for some years has
been one OF the chief ultimate con
ysumers Of chicle. When his jaws
we're not working owe some loud and
lurid blast at Uncle Joe" Cannon.
the Gear OF the House., he could al
ways be found masticating a good
sized cud Of gum. Murdoch explain
ed that he contracted the gum habit
In an effort to avoid the tobacco
habit-and he didn't know which
was worse. The lnsurgent leader
was at one time an inveterate smok-
er and In endeavoring to find q suita-
bio substitute for cigars. when his
doctors told him he would have to
quit. ne took up chewing gum.
Ruk ha chewed a few too many.
Perhaps he swallowed a few small
but thoroughly ehicient chunks Of
sweet scented chicle. Anyway when
his stomach began doing acrobatic
stunts early In the winter, the doc
tors declared It was serious, and for
babe gum, shipping the "Red terror"
OF Kansas back home for a spell.
Murdoch Ii recovering rapidly, and
he u now searching for a substitute
for chewing gum.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16
COPPER WIRE TO
The A HILLS

Pierre. s. D.-1ne connection with
the Black Hills. ON the new copper
circuit telephone system put In BY
the Bell company was completed By
connecting up with the central once
here today. A. A. Lowman. Of Oma-
ha, general northwest manager; and
G. w. Rutherford. Of Deadwood. the
manager for the Black Hills section
OF this state were hero to look after
the connection. This new line gives
direct connection over tho lines OF
one company with all the principal
towns In the Black Hills.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-16
.BLUNDERS MADE IN
RUSHING MEASURES !.
THROUGHASSEMBLY
Failure to Pass Came
Law Only One
of Mistakes.
QUEER PASS LAW
Law Through Error Requires
Railroad Commissioners to
Pay Railroad Fare.

Pierre, s. D.-The attorney gen
eral holds that the game ''law'' 10 not
law. regardless Of the fact that 1t
ceived the signature Of the onlcers OF
both houses. and was approved By
the governor. because 1t was not pass-
ed by the Senate. This bill shows
what might easily occur to any nea-
sure in the closing hours OF . session.
when laws are being made O. fast a.
the clerks can call the roll. and mem
bers are voting on measures OF
which they have not the slightest
knowledge. and the officers of the
houses : hurriedly signing the bills
which : being constantly pushed
before them by the chief chief OF the
enrolling departments Of the two
hourse. No one knows in fact Just
what is being done. and most Of It
is on faith. Any pause to find out
would mean the stopping Of the
Wheels. and a general Reorganization
of the general plan Of making half
the laws of q session In the last two
days. Beside such situations as that
Of the game bill, amendments are in
jected into bills which. while they
read will. Just at the point they are
inserted. they completely change the
intent Of some following phrase OF
clause Of the law. but no one has
time to look any further to see what
the effect will be.
In the new compilation Of the
railway laws, the first atetn,pt was to
require railways to grant free trans
portation to the members Of the
commission, their secretary, and to
such experts. and assistants - the
commission might need In their work.
But some one objected to this and
the word mot was inserted after
shall. but the rest Of the section was
left az drawn. and Is says the experts
and assistants shall be carried free,
but the commission and secretary
must pay fare. These are only what
have been noticed as yet, but when
the laws come in for. scrutiny. the
rush work will be found to be hard
to interpret In many instances.
The attempt. to change the manner
Of listing personal property. has ad.
.ded several now classes. but has
Jumbled the live stock schedules -
badly that there will be no GLASSES"
OF such stock this year ell being
under one head.