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Information from Mrs. Cary concern
ing the whereabouts Of her husband
hnt fails. He is about TO depart when
Dudley, a drunken sergeant in his com
mand, sets fire to the house, aud is In
the act of desertiug when he is shot by
Colonel Morrison.
After the burning of the house Mrs.
Cary and her child, Virgie, 90 to live
in an overseer's cabin, and remain
there until the death Of Mrs. Cary,
when the child is left alone. Captain
Cary, in an effort TO get her through
the Union lines to Richmond, is hunted
as spy by Colonel Morrison, who
tracks him to the cabin.
Cary hides in the loft and ViT2ic en-.
deavors to shield him from his
enemies. Colonel Morrison discovers
him and is about to have him shot
when he finds on Cary's person a pass
from General Lee, given 10 Virgie and
escort.
In mercy for the little one he in.
dorses this pass, permitting Cary and
his daughter TO proceed on their way
to Richmond
On the way Cary is captured by
Corporal Dudley, brother of the ser.
peant. who Morrison had killed
Dudley reports his colonel at head.
quarters for aiding aud abetting
spy's escape. Morrison is court.
aud condemned to death, and
the sequel Of the story lies in the plea
for pardon to General Grant.
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ness and the tense suspense attained
by BclaSco. by the familiar Bclasco
method, arc moro admirable than
The Drums OF Dude Itself. which
is really little more than q rehash OF
the old, old Dion Bouccicaut nelo-
drama OF Jessie Brown" The scene
is tho grim tower of n palace in north
ern India, occupied as the headsuuar-
ters OF a British regiment OF Scotch
the Sepoy uprising in 1851. All Of
fcers and men are absent from tho
stronghold excepting captain and a
lieutenant aud a young widow, who
is the fiancee OF the former and SIS
ter OF the latter. These characters
are intrusted 10 r.. j. Ratcliffe Jack
Standing and Miss Eleanor Scott
l. bstrelIe. respectively. The weird
cries and the ominous incessant
drums of the Sepoys strike terror on
the moonlit night. The natives are
powder. which is stored under the
tower The end Is at hand. But
rather than let the ammunition fall
into the enemy's hands and to give
themselves mp TO Indian barbarities,
the two men and the woman deter
mine TO blow mp the magazine They
light a fuse, but as IL splutters the
girl makes out the notes Of the
Scotch bagpipcs through the Sepoy
din. She strains her ears to mako
sure. AT last there is no doubt
Stamping out the burning fuse. She
cries aloud that rescue is at hand
And even so. dear reader. does the
melodrama end
In London "The Drums of Dude"
"5s used as a curtain raiser; here
We get il as q hair raiser.
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"Old Soldier" writes: "I would like to
know what TO do for rheumatism. as
am 20 crippled that / cannot walk Pleas.
answer at once
Answer: Here Is the best remedy fol
rheumatism that Is known, and IL taken
according to directions you Will soon be
our again and be strong and well. Get
z dram3 of iodide of potassium; drains
sodium salicylate: one-half on. wine OF
colchlcum; | OF. comp. essence cardiol, [
OF. comp. fluid balmwort. and ozs. nf
syrup sarsaparilla comp. Mix and take
a teaspoonlul st meal time and again
before going TO bed.
Laura says: Some time ago I con-
tracted very severe cold and cough.
haye tried many remedies. but they
do not seem TO help me at all wish
you would advise me what to do
Answer. What YOU need is a laxative
cough. syrup, one that will drive the
SoIa rom your system The following
prescription Will cure your cold and
trated essence nentho-laxene and make
according 70 directions on the bottle,
lake z teaspoonful every hour or two
until Jour cold Is better This VIII
cure you In a. very. few days.
"Stcpographer' writes: IT can scarce
Y do my work on account Of the terri
bic distress in my stoina ch after cat
Ing. ! have a heavy feeling in my
stomach and gas forms, I am also con-
stiPated."
shie"Sis MS COIlultlOH, II neglected.
Will cause appendicitis. You should be-
gin at once and take tablets triopep-
tine. which can be bought In any drug
store at small cost, They are packed In
sealed cartons. with full directions ac-
companyinE the package / am sure
many cases OF appendicitis could be pre-
vented ny the use Of .triopeptine.
"a. r." writes: please send me a
prescription for g. good tonic. am weak
aud languid all the time, have no APP
petite and cannot sleep at night
Answer: Obtain the following ingredi-
ents from your druggist and take for
several weeks, and you will be strong
and healthy. Syrup OF hypophosphites
comp. o5s,; tincture cadomene comp.
l OF. (not cardamon). and take A. tea
spoonful before each meal. Shake we'll
before taking.
Mrs G." writes: ''Please prescribe
safe treatment for reducing flesh. I am
getting too stout for. comfort. but have
always been afraid to try anything
Answer: a reliable and quick acting
formula for reducing weight Is: Aromatic
elixir, ozs.: glycol arboleDe, ] oz. Mix,
shake well in q bottle and take a tea
spoonful after each meal for tbree days.
then take two teaspoonfuls. Continue a
sufficient length OF time TO properly re-
duce your weight
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Unhappy, May" writes: Il suffer con
stantly with headaches, Indigestion and
Kidney trouble, Ny skin is pImpiy and
oily"
Answer: Three grain sulpherb tablets
(not sulphur tablets) Is the best known
remedy for the blood They are nsue
rom sulphur, cream OF tartar and herb
med medicines t-,y which s., act directly on the
pimpies to disappear and the skin TO
become fresh and healthy looking. These
suipherb tablets are packed in sealed
tubes and can be bought at any drug
store. They Will also cure your KID
ney trouble and INDIGESTION.
"Mrs. O.''-The bes, remedy for bed
wetting in children is 70 give them 10
TO IL drops In water before meals, Of thr
following: Tincture cubebs, 1 dram; tine
turel rhus aromatic. drains. and comp
iiuld 6almwort' ! o.
"Audry' writes: For the past wear
have suffered greatly with catarrh It
bowels TO such an extent that / suffer
constantly. Can YOU tell me cure?"
Answer: ] heartily recommend the uss
OF antiseptic yilane powder for the cure
of catarrh- First ask your druggist for
thoroughly cleanse the nostrils with the
following wash: One-half teaspocnful Of
the powder TO a pint OF warm water
Use this several times a day By snuff
fling the water from the palm OF the
hand through the nostrils: after which
make a. balm by mixing q teaspoonful OF
vilane powder with one ounce OF lard
or vaselne and apply 10 the nostrls
daily. Internal treatment for the stom-
ach. bowels and blood should be used
Syrup sarsaparilla comp. 1 ozs.; comp
fluid balmwort, l or; fluid ext. buchu. ]
OF, Mix and shake well and take a tea
spoonful four times a day.
''sorrowful May says: MY scalp is
covered with dandruiT, my hair is oily
and stra sgling. Please help me 80 that
may look like other girls"
Answer: You can very easily 'lool.
like other girls IL you will get at the
drug store oz. jar Of plain yellow
nlinyol and use IL regularly according 10
the directions given 1t will cure your
dandrun and make your hair soft and
fluffy md make 1t grow. This treatment
differs from all others and have actually
seen the most wonderful transformations
when people have used this only two or
three times
An writes: Can you prescribe some
thing to increase my weight? I am tall
and thin to such an enoarra ssing degree
that am frequently subjected to slight
ing remarks"
Answer Hypo- -Nuclane tablets have
been prescribed with great success as in
dicated by gratifying letters from hum
dredS Of girls who suffer as YOU do These
tablets can be purchased In sealed pack
and full directions are given inside.
These should be taken regularly for about
two months. and YOU Will be surprised 10
note the color Ia your cheeks and lipe
and your weight Will increase from -
TO 50 pounds. ADVERTISEMENT
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Il DGAR SMITH. who has written

more genuinely funny librettos
than any three men OF the period,
seems 10 have forgotten TO put q
plot in "The Sun Dodgers" for
which r. Ray Goctz and A Bald
win Sloane have written many songs
OF course. n story may have been
out In and got showed under by the
heavy fall of spangles; and then,
too, ii may be there but invisible to
us because of the break neck speed
at which we are carried along. like
the milestones on the route OF the
Twenty hour Limited. The ginger
Of the show is due In equal parts TO
the spirited chorus ''buslness" de-
vised by NED Wayburn and to the
ready, graceful. tireless way in
which the girls carry out his orders
There are twenty numbers and
the chorus change their costumes
for quite a hall Of them. Nor is the
production any less extravagant in
the matter OF scenery. the uproar
beginning at ''beefsteals' in a cell
lar. proceeding TO the exterior Of the
Sun Dodgers club and winding up
the first half OF the evening on the
lawn Of a country club, while the
second act begins on the plaza of
an imaginary city and continues on
an exterior and interior OF an "auto-
mat cafe.''
AmblIng through all this are Bes-
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benefit OF fiction writer's. the eNis-
tcnce OF the letters constitutes a
marriage. Also the friendly mes
senEcr announces himself as Truths
nus 2and. for no better reason, so far
as | can see, than TO increase the
complications, SO Truth crcepe back
TO her guardian with u broken
heart, two husbands and her soul
still lily white. The play then pro-
ceeds to unmarry her.-m the case or
tho athlete, through an attack of
l1eart-fallure brought on by over
eXertion In wife-chol:ing, llc having
decided that be will indulge In a lit
tic indiscretion OF his own. But Just
for that he drops dead. leaving Truth
free TO marry her guardian; perhaps
because Frank Kemblc Cooper IS the
pest actor In the cast and therefore
should be rewarded with All unchok-
able wife. AS the brilliant. cruel ath-
lete--a role beloved OF actors In ear
lcr days-Walter Hampden is clever
and accomplished enough to save an
obsolete conception from twentieth
century rldiculc, which is saying
much. Miss Ann Meredith az the
unbelievable Truth. hardly comes off
20 wells but she still Is better than
the part Indeed, that may be said
OF the entire company, which includes
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen-grected with
stfectionate and prolonged applause
Miss Muriel Starr Miss Nlole, KEN
bic Cooper, Henry Mortimer and
Dan CoIlyer.
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AT The Theaters
Continued from Preceding Page1

Continued from Preceding Page)
Of fifteen Of the most charming singers
and dancers to be found in all of New
York. James Leonard and Clara Whit.
ney present "Duffv's Rise Others
are Howell and Scott. parodists; Falls
and Falls, comedy acrobats; Glen Eli"
son, the English comedian; Pritzkow
and Blanchard, in GA Mixed Affair. -
IT. HE scenes of "The Littlest
Rebel the play in which Dus-
tin Farnum will be seen al the
Salt Lake theater during Christ
mas week, are laid below Richmond,
Va, near the close of the Civil war.
The story, in brief, is as follows:
Colonel Morrison of the U. s. army
has been ordered on foragipg duty,
and comes with his troops to the home
of Captain Herbert Cary, Confederate
scout, Colonel Morrison tries 10 extract
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-12-15
me. TRENTINI THE STAR
orge Monroe Is ''VuTy, Vurry Nice" in "The
Sun Dodgers; New York Likes "The
Drums of Oude," Which Appeared
Here This Season.
By Vanderheyden Fy'es

New York. Dec 1i, 1872.
1NDIsCRETION OF TRUTH"--A
in four acts. BY j.
lIev Manners. (EIarris lheater
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'B5eD&4eHIoaRS;s BD&esHaS
% DE Lewzs Bakey "

The questions answered below are gen
eral in character. the symptoms or dis
eases are given and the answers win ap-
ply 10 any case Of similar nature.
THOSE wishing further. advice free. may
ADDRESS Or. Lewis Baker, College Bldg.
College. Elwood Sts.. Dayton, o.. enclosing
self-addressed stamped envelope for re-
ply. Fun name and address must be siv-
on, but oniy Initials or fictitious name will
pe used In my answers. The prescrlp.
tons can be fillcd at any well-stocked
drug store. Any druggist can order OF
wholesaler.
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q EoRGE W. MONROE is the
hefty pivot around whom THE
sun Dodgers" swirls in a slittering,
Slrly whirl: And what a. huge dump
ling Of jollity he is, Not that he has
the. flrst-night audience which lit
orally howled with delight over him.
would probably have resented any
innoya ton. The moro familiar the
stunt. the louder their appreciation.
The first time Monroe tripped over
his feet, laughter like cheer OF
welcome swept the house. His first
flannel-mouLhed assurance that
somebosy OF something was "vurry.
vurry nice" was embraced like a
iong-lost child. Applause that might
have burst spontaneously on a final
note. from Ysayc greeted the beloved
admission-walted for TIL the sec
ond act-"Well. be that as it may:
! say. be that as It may"
The red-headed Irish wonans
large fan still insisted on popping
up and hitting her in the face, and
she whirled about in hilarious cx-
element. She stepped into a fiacre,
drawn by a weary horse whose fca-
tures fell when he got slant at
the bulk of his fare" and the car
riase turned over. She ventured into
the country and Bull Moose cite
cow frightened her into MISLEADING
her for n bull: she bought an auto
mobile and 1T stopped breathing for
all time. You call that thing
runabout2" beloved the wealthy
Mrs. Honorih O'Day. We'll Il ran
about a. block and then stopped"
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MAURICE ELvEY is

MAUR1cE ELvEY is ambitious
re Is an English stage manager
ana actor who came over la t6js
country a lew months ago in charge
OF me company orga njzed and sc1f
10 show us .'Fanny's Birst PIaW IN
latest latest. Bernard shaw comedy. The Te
gteSoy ToSio success OF that, play in New
!, TO prepare a matinee OF two new new
dFamaA, With himself in tho leadtnr
role OF each and members OF thS
Fanny forces fllling the other parts. o
Of lspahan," has been acted in Eng Tnrs
land. ! believe. II Is a verse fantasy
by, clifford Bax. Of about the pontic
value OF a London Christmas panto~
mime. Mr Elvey, with good voice,
admirable diction and -raceful art
Of illustrative gesture. plavs "A Public
Letter-Wr ''of the town Of Tspa-
han in tho time OF the youth OF the
world. To him come four suitors
for the hand OF Silvermoou the beau
tfm daughter OF rlcn merchant
The girl has been offered to tho man
possessed OF at least ton pieces of
silver, who can write the worthicst
poem To her ioVelincss, An Try: hut
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pRsE, you know the story.
you'd be rude OF me nor "a
nd. you have read so fam.
0yel, But II You won't tell
,will admit that I nave
IL. 1s II possible there Is
10y 70 uniformed and that
I{n%sSn %S WI reach his eyes?
~ That made our mofhcrs
lTIi eSstatic tenderness con-
English eirl named Anne
b"ell, no; Mr., Manners
. ho,I hrT ma me In order To- WORK
T,roisiy quaint" tltle. Anne
1sv rum. Her ludlscretlon is
70 an Inn 10 meet a hand
1|{chny' ,swaggering devil who
{ler er ner and said he would
6is Put a wealthy widow
6' pain and instead OF turn
lends q friend with n note
y" letter OF Truth's.
Uch hnaa signed your wife"
tbise signs similarly,
ns me happened In Scotlsn
'1rn iinnarrlaeo laws appear 10
invented for the especial
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okDER thoroughly to enjoy
rne lndiscretion of Truth"
Pc has to do but one thing
~ the hands Of time back
<~ty Sears. To some that Is
20 Say than do. In what an
assins position it puts one
hot yet thirty, The thew"
an excellent example Of the
n aTafna VIC sometimes read
ener read about; and almost
@ j. Hartley Manners has,
- gone to Wilkie Collins's
Man and Wife" once 80
Pular. and In form and Ian
g well as in the matter, he
'ofeo TO the old style OF flow
1autS. How nearly II resem-
older versions OF the novel
eo 30 prominent 8. part on
Aeh and American stages In
H cannot say. The late
%syo fashioned one called
rsniete and traversed the
~ II. but the best known
qe hy the novelist himself.
advice and cooperation OF
bancroft and it will ever
histrlonic history as the
orineing Clara Morris into
eohs and sensational fame,
ase Of Augustln Daly's Sec
aork theater. The London
She way, includ ed, besides
ana Lady Bancroft. who
email roles to themselves,
Cha as 1Iot the emotional Anne
Inc esaties a,h1 Coghlan ss tho
Iore nth'etlc villain, and Sir
sb dS the 6oIoyod ,-,,,,.-;
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CRITICAL comment on Augustus
~ Thomas's latest play seems su-
perfuous-performan OF II were
discontinued at the end OF its first
week This might not have been nee
essary IL the popular author had
agreed to report at the Harris the
atcr every evening and at matnees,
and, at the end of each act. appear
before the curtain and explain the
meaning of what had just been shown.
FOR Mere Man is mere words. AIR.
Thomas may have had some rational
and consistent idea In his head when
he began to write II, but IL he did,
his purpose became lost in the gen
eral confusion. Evidently he set out
to satirize the movement for equal
suffrage, but soon he felt the call
10 preach to us on the New York
law and on the Servant" problem,
only to Veer off presently to an ex-
position Of horoscope reading, and tho
revelations of astrology: which sub
1ects. In good time but for no evil
dent reason, were dropped in favor Of
another discussion of the state law
regulating prosecution of employers
is Mr., Thomas in training to present
himself as the American Bernard
Shaw?
Late in the second act, when "Mere
Man had become as murky and as
meaningless as pea soup. q thunder
storm brought the curtain down, But
that il did not clear the atnospheTe
was evident when the third act tpl-
tiated us Into denscr fog than ever.
SUI we did find ourselves @. while,
when Mr.. Thomas, with true manli-
ness, got back TO waman's inefficiency
ana proved his case" by having an
Adanlless household thrown Into ter
ror by the darkness and the possible
violence consequent on strike at the
gas works OF the town. What a, dif-
ference IN the house q few men
make shutters the Thoma sian fe
male OF the species. Miss ChrystaI
5erne Is the chief player In a capable
and rather long cast. which Includes
young Sedley Brown. son OF Miss
aehrietta CrosInan and her first hue
nand and grandson OF Mrs. Sol Smith.
Inc quality Of the play. although not
I,s i subsequent confusion, is struck
Wni VII, ,ne nMrst M scene. The locale ia
hIais 4phnEers; that Hudson river town
AZ the beginning. before the housa.
9olo 91Solo and some guests have gone into
dinner, two servants hold q long cor
Yersation. One is In an oYenine
gown belonging 10 her mistress rbe
other, IN skin-tight working dress
assures tne audience she has her hail
GOVT underneath. She accuses tbe
,,ya,a ,,i OF having stolen a pair OF long
7ros, 73roseS from her bureau. The mis-
s ts,eS5 a1mpears With the gloves In her
ndno' Inc waitress demands To knou,
nov she dare poke among her thines
Inc lady SAYS the gloves are her own
Inc servant finally says ooh vn,
may nave the gloves II yoJ Iirsc ["
and switches from the room. mt
MI MAURTCE ELVEY 10 an,b;t;o,,
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tho Public LetterWriter. having Sc
cured sufficient money from them.
muddles their efforts aud writes a
poem OF his own that wins the prize
taXdney Paxton, Walter Creighton.
Walter kingSforS. Charles Francis
Valentine PcDna and. especially, Miss
Elizabeth Risdon as Silvermoon. gave
Mr., Evey good assistance, but the
incident is really praiseworthy only
for the good scenic effect. along the
''Sumurun' Black curtains drape the
stage except for two gothic shaped
Sits that serve as entrance ways
and through which n strange green
ish-blue light thrown on white cur
taius gives an ina ginatlve sugges-
ton OF Oriental night For the rest.
the rugs that cover the floor and also
the Letter-Writcr's dais. and two or
three lamps OF coored glass and
wrought metal, complete a helpful
atmosphere for poetry
Mr. Elvey'S scenic scheme for the
second play OF his matinee hardly
comes off so happily, yet the picture
was the best part of the piece,
THE programme charges Booth
Harrington with the authorship
OF Beauty and the JacobiD." though
am loath 10 believe so accomplished
work so deadly dun. Still. none OF
Mr.. Tarkinston's plays has shown
anything like the graceful art he
practices as a novelist. The scene
OF Beauty and the JacobIn" is In a
lodging house at Boulognc I'm which
three Eoyaiists are hiding from Off
GERS OF the terrorists, preparatory 20
flight to England, a Jacobin lead
er finally overtakes them; but after
having prepared them for the worst,
with a tiendish pleasure in their agi-
tation, he let's them so in safety.
Two long, dull, undramatic acts are
consumed in getting to this point;
while mono OF the four considerable
characters is made interesting enough
by either the author or the actors
Boync. Mr.. Elyey and Mr.. r, J, RAN
dcll-to make one give a hang about
their fate: that is. unless they could
have been beheaded instantly and
thus saved us a very tiresome hour
and a half, The scene. however.
was very good, convinciDgly antique
furniture and stately old candle
sticks. and a rather good arrangement,
OF lights. conveying q much better
sense of atmosphere" than anything
in the written play,
E NOUGH thrills are wedgcd into the
~ twenty minutes that The Drums
OF Dude consumes in performance to
vital!ze an ordinary four-act play. The
vivid little drama is by Austin
Strong and is advertised as David
Belasco's first contribution TO vaude-
VILE. though the fact Is, his produc-
tlon Of Madame Butterfly" dignified
the vaudeville stage Tor many months
when II was new. The picturesque
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HARRY FISHER lmpersonatcs the
fat schener who has sold her
the machine. which, indeed, went SO
well when he was demonstrating"
that it threw both Mrs. ODay and
himself out. ut was necessary TO
climb tree or go UP an ailcy." he
explained, ''and-there was no
alley"
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NTTO HAUDRBACu has written a
~ rational book for THE Fire
fy.' The character that Miss Audrey
Maple. Miss Katherine Stewart, Roy
AtweU, Melville Stewart and Craig
Campbell dlSport themselves about is
q little Italian singer in the streets
OF New York. For some reason that
I did not catch, but was doubtless
quite according TO Hoyle. Il couple of
characters wanted to smuggle her
onto yacht bound for Bermuda
Tho numerous party aboard-all
deep singers Of the first quality
included d singing teacher who was
assembling boy choir. So all
Madame Trentini had TO do was to
put on trousers, Sing and scuttle
aboard. In the second act. in Ber-
muda. the old instructor and young
tenor in white fannels loved her with
a lyric passion, an aiment that
grows more acute when she aban-
doned her disguise for feminine
garb. But she could sing ''Glanina"
In any dress, and as that was the
audiences ceaseless desire, the
change. made little difference. In
deed, she even sang it when the cur
tain was down, the enthusiasm at
tho end of the second act being so
great that, bowling and surrounded
by floral tributes, Madame Trentini
save a signal TO the eNcltable Signor
MerolA and sang the song again
Oh, these opera audiences,
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pRUMS OF OUDE"-A mcIodrama
act By Austin Strong. (Co-
fheater.)
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PQETASTERS or ISPAHAN'-
<Feian fantasy in ono act. BY
-1d Bax.