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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

Now be it known, the player is poor
company for just one person on earth
himself
Remove n cleaning little goldfish from
the water, and you hold on your hand
dull. 1abby, gasping thing-its flashing
grace Of movement, its glitter and glory
OF color all gone, and he will be per-
feet symbol Of the actor out of his ele-
ment.
Put him in a crowd and his spirit will
leaVen the whole mass. There he will
glow. He will talk well. He will listen
well, sing well. He WILL In short, be
spDlpGtica to ALL
But in solitude he finds his Waterloo
He who entertained the crowd, cannot
entertain himself. He Is bored to ex-
llnction, Nor does he find pleasure In
dissipation-actors are not dissolute
Hence the writing on his wall needs no
interpreter. The word OF fire Is mar
rlage.
10 the Arab grant his camel his small
sun-scorched tent and his prayer rug. and
straightaway any halting place on tho
mighty, almost trackless desert becomes
home, sweet home" to him. Bur fhe
actor goes the Arab one better, for, give
TO nm out pretty. loving wife. and his
trunks, and they will make home for hin,
whether In New York, Medicine Hat or
san Francisco. Marriage Is natural
enough-but why these unseemly rene.
titions? iepe-
Inc actor who can best represent n
character, who can best express the bu.
nun emotlons. Is most applauded, most
praised The more versatile he becomes
the more he Is admired. Thus. his ono
OBJECT In life is to act something quite
per1ectly, and If he has not q part On
hamd he will even act himself.
inus the man becomes lost in the
aetoT. who Is fiattered and kow-towed ~
VANITY grows apace. He becomes yerv
selnSn. Sell mus adulation, large sala
give us an actor who feels himself ahovs
tnose conventions, those moral laws to
whlcn other men submit themselves for
inc sake OF the welfare of society at Isrps
SeheVing the world takes him at bic
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

RAC1OUS, married after five
- months; after four, even after
~ three months Of mourning! AT
that rate It is scarcely worth while for
an actor to waste much on "the trap"
pings and the suits Of woe"
Miss Russell, Miss Peyton, Miss
Jenreys Lewis, Miss FritA Schef,
Miss Maxine Elliott, Mt. Goodwin MT
Hopper, Mr.. Mantell, Mr.. de Bellville.
Thirty-fve marriages stand to the
credit Of these nine players Why not
offer a prize to the reader who can cor
rectlF distribute the thirty-fve amongst
ths nine.
Then go gasping on: Powers
HilIiard, sothern, Faversham, Trua1'
Marlowe. Harmed, Post. Hall-Oh, more
and yet more who are coming along
modestIy, yet hopefully, with but two
living husbands or wives to each ac-
count.
AS I read this amazing list, / seem
uuits plainly to hear the voice OF good old
John Parsell, English college man and
actor, Indignantly crying out, IN his be-
loved Latin: 20, tempora; o. mores!
They say that real artist, Frederick
De Bellville, can, If aroused from SOUND
sleep, repeat the marriage service In
either French, German or English with
out stumbling
That Mr.. Hopper knows every quick
marrying joint located between our two
oceans.
That Mr.. Goodwin has secretly vowed
to equal the royal record OF Henry VIII,
and only stop at six.
Can there De such thing as mar
riage germ? If so, the territory known
as behind the scenes" must be alive with
them. At all events, our actors have
changed for the worse In their attitude
toward marriage The old-timers, while
not monogamists, were pretty generally
satisfied with one wife at time. They
seemed, too, to regard her more in the
light OF "the woman Thou gavest me-"
and as ito have and to hold
Actors seem not to bother about hold
ing wives now. She IS his to have. as
long as she is pretty, piQuant and enter
taining-but not, oh, not, to hold through
the years when familiarity has lessened
interest and dulled love.
1t was different with the men aud
women who wore such names as these:
The Keans, Booths. Farrers, Ritchies.
Conways, Macreadys, Stoddarts, Drews,
Walcotts, Murdocks-if patience held I
might draw out the line till 1t would sug-
gest that awful list of the Greek ships
In Homer.
Now these actors were content with
one wife at time. Some Of them were
twice married, but twas only after death
had cancelled the first contract. Long
before my time New York had a the
atrical scandal. Oh, oh! the sensation
1t caused. Charles Mathews, English
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

every foot" I held forth with hot sin.
cerity until I was forced to pause and
take a breath or die for want of it.
When he basely took advantage OF my
necessity and coldly commented, "All
that is special pleading for these people.
and, besides, you do not speak from rea-
son but from the heart" Who has
better right?" I snapped These people,
as you call them, are my people. and it
is not fair to condemn them from Grass
ignorance. Try to understand, and you
will forgive II you can't justify.
l hold no brief for any actors-but II
did. I could at least speak from forty
years knowledge Of them"
And In the act of withdrawing, my
visitor sent back this Parthian shot:
"And out Of this depth Of knowledge,
can you bring excuse. or even explain
alton, Of the marrying madness Of your
peopleP Pardon me If ! doubt It,.
Now, I ask myself If he was right If
l hive fallen so far back from the band
that [ can no longer mark the time to
which We are marching? Certainly the
world do move" and circumstances do
alter cases." but human nature? ALI!
Human nature Is the same to-day as IL
was yesterday, and as 1t will be to-mor-
row,
In the good old days that were so
often bad old days there was no good
old Summer time" for actors. No roof
gardens, no open air performances, no
Summer resort theatres-only n night
mare period Of idleness. But when they
married they doubled their Joys, and
halved their expenses.
Salaries were light, work very. very
heavy, Change OF bill every night Re
hearsnl every morning Costumes to
prepare and parts to study or to re
cover" each afternoon. To be brief, the
old school actor had no time for disloy-
atty, Never could 1t be said Of him:
Lightly from fair to fair he few,
And loved TO plead, lament and sue"
Even to-day we have steel true mar
riages between the descendants OF old
timers Witness the Hollands, Seymours,
Drews, etc. We are solemnly admon.
y. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

~ ABIES throughout the ages
* have had TO undergo being
~ carried in odd places, but the
babies OF certain Peruvian tribes
probably take the prize for having
the queerest perambulators. Below
the Rio Grande everyone carries
everything he or she can upon tho
head. The custom extends clear TO
the Horn. The Peruvian mamma,
when she wants to take baby out fer
an airing, takes basket that looks
Ike an inverted peach basket hat.
1t Is lined comfortably with feathers
In this nest she places the baby, ele-
Yates the whole curious nest 20 her
head and takes her walk She never
touches her hands to the affair. en-
cept to lift II on or of. The baby
Is lulled by the slight movements OF
her walk, much more hygienically
than the civilized babies are by the
violent cradle rockings.
At the same time It Is not alone
the baby who benefits. The mother,
too. finds several advantages Of a
purely personal nature In this ar
rangement. 20 which, perhaps, the
custom owes its origin. In the first
place fine, upright carriage Of the
body-back straight, neck like a
graceful pillar and head gracefully
poised upon it's sedulously culti-
yated by come semi-savage races, al
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

own high valuation, he treads upN
corns OF the public, without apoo8|
marries and marries and re-marria
has so much fun with Gods HoD
nance that one wonders how long
be before he gets gay with the p
Service.
And the women of the stage, wv
they marry so often;''. There II cqp
the expected word. Halt! WIG
there?"
Friend"
Advance. friend, and give the
terslgn."
Not much-I can't have not
Neither has anyone else.
What woman ever gave the coe
sign that would admit another lpW
real mind?
Her heart-perhaps. Her mind
Which is not to be wondered at ,o'
woman cannot understand herself
may do it for her? Perhaps theSs
posedly amorous ladies are, AFTER an
in love with Love than with any io''
perhaps Il,
"'Tis expectation that MAKES
ing dear d.
Then when the lover Is lost In tus
band, as often happens. It's ~
Hop light, Lou" and try II asd'r
AT all events most actresses
marry "for better'-never 'for ~
''for richer" never for poofsI'
though all are short on pauenoH
are sure to be long on exactiona ~.
The spirit OF giving is stu ~ -
so I should like to suggest to tlg tlg1tj Mjj
Of our Messrs. Nathaniel and De"y.l
per something neat in the way =
a locket-not loud or gaudy-w
on the watch chain, each lockes "a
ing the composite photograph
Of the gentleman's once dear
Touching, isn't It? ...,i
Flattery, and that idleness w.
sets the devils dimples dancirs
changed our actors for the Wos,s
so long as they retain the timo
old qualities Of generosity, Was.% s'na>
sympathy and bright good le
they will charm as they nave
charmed. a..
Still, l glance at that long ~.
consequent marriages and asaaA psls
forth my parrot repetition u
cry, o, temporo, o, maoresi
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

well as by all young women Of Latin
descent, as the Spanish and the Ital-
ians.
These women OF the working
classes always carry their burdens on
the head, which necessitates an
erect, well-poised torso and head.
The works Of the old art masters
contain many graceful figures Of
young women carrying amphorae,
and heavy pieces Of pottery in other
forms, on their heads or shoulders.
The effect Is the same when the
Peruvian mother carries her baby
that way. 1t is impossible for her
to walk ungracefully with that
weight balanced on her head
Incidentally it will be noticed that
the Peruvian baby's feather-lined
basket provides a fashionable sort
Of headdress that is by no means to
be despised; quite as effective, in
fact, as some OF the latest importa-
tions from Paris.
Fashions IN babies are numerous
and interesting among the half-civil-
lied races of the world North
American women and Eskimo mothers
carry their babies on their backs and
they usually develop strong backs.
In this way 1t is easy 10 "mind the
baby" and go about your work or
amusements at the same time
Conyrjoht 1o1a y,y tha s,,- 49,,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

light declared boldly: can actor is an ex-
aggerated Ego; his marriages are often
impudently Illegal, and the result Of COM
bined vanity, vulgarity and physical at.
traction. A passion without tenderness
or reverence-the vanity Of being called
irresistible; the vulgarity Of profting by
notoriety."
I really did feel that was the limit
and / brought into action that weapon
known as woman's tongue, and taking for
my text fYou can't make one shoe fit
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

SouCn ana WesL
Should that affair be du.
plicated to-day, what would
happen? The public would say.
wearily, What another
There would be much ribald
laughter. The papers would
print 1t as a news item, treat
Ing 1t from jocose and sport
i've, or possibly a satirical
standpoint, while II much
should be made OF it, the
guilty pair woul grin happily
and call 1t a mighty good ad!
20, tempora: o, moresl"
Oh, the altered times! Oh,
the la1ity Of mems manners!
The book tells us that mar
rage Is honorable, but do
these merry gentlemen and
ladies, who seem to carry
property licenses in their
grips, believe that their catch
as-catch-can ceremonies, their
multiple marriages, are hon
orable?
Yet the thing that Is most
repellant IN their conduct
most wounding to the sensi-
bilities OF the observant pub
lic-is the indecent haste OF
some actors to thrust into the
limbo Of forgetfulness the
piteously helpless dead,
His breach Of the marriage
law Is passed by with a shrus
and q smile, but the breach
of the law Of love chills and
repels the public he lives by.
I am reminded that the
Bible sternly forbids us to
Judge one another, but we
are certainly not forbidden
to study, to try to under
stand one another; to
place ourselves In that others
place. So let us be just, since
the actor Is, after all, only
committing "the oldest sins,
IN the newest kind OF ways"
and If Mormon-mlnded, he
Is, at least, not a Don Juan,
for though we have too many
widowed wives" we are hap
PLY short on married maids.
Why do they do it2
Must be a queer lot Of du
mented a new arrlvel to IN
"F1ve wives to one husband
I thought they were spoofint
you know. This Mr.. Goodwt
Is a regular screamI"
"As a comedian?" I asked.
"No; as n husband!" Ant
pained at my laughing.
That very evening q grave,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01
Stage Folk Were Contented With
Just One Wife and One Husband
Bv CLARA NORRIS.

comedy star, found soul mate IN the
handsome wife Of one Dolly Davenport,
member Of Mr.. William Burtons COM
pany.
The lovers fed to far Hoboken and
were married-by what authority,
Heaven knows; 1 don't. But oh, the
storm. The papers were rabid. Preach
ers foamed at the mouth. The public
was shocked, the women whispered Into
one another's scoop-bonnets; the men
bought no seats. The engagement was
ruined.
Twenty years later the echoes of that
scandal were still rolling about In the
South and West
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-01

ished to marry, go forth and
multiply. But by transposition,
l fear the actors rubric reads:
go forth and multiply thy
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09

Truth may work nightly. though III
the hand If the Snrfiest Instrument
S,.hill nr.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09
SfdnificanCe of Little Things.

We love little things. we hate little
things we fear little things. Oar
lives are knit M with little things
rrnni the time We are horn tn the day
we die.
Zig things draw lis up (" heaven or
crush ll> down! t. lHicS. Little things
live beside lis on the earth. cat and
sleep with Us. laugh and @rumble with
lis catch the early train with us ar
make lis miss it. irriIaIc and apl"aSe
ts-urvrr leave lis alone for Il minute.
That is why they are 50 much more
important IhaM the biz thingS-thc
things that come only once in way,
nc lun~ intervals. and even then mr."
nearly always the result al Il humdrr'i
ln,l one little things combined.
ia be crushed hy y large mi>AdNrn-
turr is natural, but IT, fall Il victim L"
i series # petty mi>f"rluHr> Is hu-
milialing Thrrr are many VIII" W"uId
prefer IL break their HrrkS once AMI
for Ill hy falling off Il mountain than
IN brui<r their whole bodies and dis
locate their lrmlprrs 10y tic daily stunt
lEinw over Il mulrhiIl. 1t is The little
THINGS that COUNT The satisfaction 81
climbing Mount olympus i II poor S'"fi
Of attainment il The scores ami scores
# pleasant details which wait upon
l.. al, Il
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09
The DANBURY CASE.
federal Court Of Appeals UPhoIds
OrieinaI Judgment.


federal Court Of Appeals UPhoids
Original Judgment.
judge Alfred c. Coke. sitting in the
United Stn1cS circuit court Of appeals.
has r.ud.rr1 . decision a1Iirnlin. the
,, a.. c.,-., ,"n ,l,,oir,l , voor
'""e '"en' ..r.,
ago ny l. L. i'o'"E " '' - '"'
our! "'''e'S case "7'''''9, '''' ''.'
HatterS oi North N"i'r'''' N'''" III
IaWl"r ana -"'' other I""i''''rr> "' ''';''
union. Since the litigation l"@an thlr.
~ Of ,he defendants originally naluch
lava ,lI.a Win, INTEREST and ,n~r~ fine
x..-nn.v, ,rI,,
49,: :
''SI WI" ~
Sia'es supreme court
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09
CATHOLICISM

During the period of the reform
alton. Catholic priests told the people,
and made lot of them believe, that
the Lutherans met at night, in large
building. and thar their preachers
would take a child, cut its throat and
sprinkle the warm blood upon the
heads ssof. all these assembly. thus
baptiSing them in the true Lutheran
faith. Then the assembly would sing
a few sacreligious songs and al mid
night all of the lights would be eX-
tineuished which was the signal for
all of those present TO discard all of
their clothing and practice some more
of the hefetical doctrines of their
sect.
This is the origin of that Free-l.o"e
dope that Goldstein and the rest Of
the pusillanimous pinheads are Slob-
boring about. Free-Lust is what they
mean, but they have not the nerve
to say it. Now they have reSurTectcd
this wonderful logic and are charging
it up to Socialism. There is just as
much truth in this charge against
Socialism as there is in that famous
prophecy that the Catholic Church
made when they said that the world
was going to end in the year Of 1000.
A. D. A lot of suckers believed that
bunk and thereby lost all Of their
real estate which they had turned
over to the church in order TO get Il
front seat in heaven and twanG Il
golden harp Now that the parasites
have charged us with free love let
them come across with some Of their
proof, not the overt act of some lndl-
yidual, for that is only the exception,
and it is impossible 10 prove the rule
by the exception. If they insist upon
using that method, Why then wc can
use it also and prove historically that
Ill r..
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09
Huntington I'u!nbler Co:

Tie girls IF the Huntington IumD-
Ter Co. whn recently struck for living
wages have not been successful in
driving a decent bargain with their
old employers. The officials have
been able by scouting among the
more unfortunate wage slaves OF
West Huntington to secure enough
starving devils to grind out dividends
for them.
The plant began operation on Jan.
LIST with motley force of unionIStS
and scubs. Old stand-pat A. +. ct l.
tactics urvrulimes lead t" a part un-
ion part scab situation like this.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09
The Victoria Cross.

En=!and'~ priced Victoria Cross i,
only won ui..ier circumstances. Vi The
,"Hd!i">t peri! II its owner. Tie cross
Itself j. ~ i,runZc. cast from raunnn
taken ~ >..i.tStopol Inscribed with th.
words. "f'"r Valour.' 1t is the prondest
dcr"r!liuM Il British subject can Wear.
The Duke 81 Newcastle, secretary Of
stat" for w;r in lSJ4-J is credited with
havir= ":i..i!.atcd the idea of the cross
ai;cr the Alma. being anxious - in>ri-
tUte nn English order which all ranks
might win and be proud ~ wear, like
the French Legion Of Honor The
cross cDnfers on all below commits
stoned rank IN annuity Of $50.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09
Charne Plot to Sreak Union.

The Commercial Tele@rarher>' .Iour,
nal, December issue. publishes in tie
tail a charge that officials Of HE West
ern Union Telegraph company have
been working II destroy the t"Inm"r-
cial Telegraphers' Union of America.
The period in which tie c"mranr Was
most active in these efforts /" crush
the organized workers. according t"
the allegations. Was in 1911 ana 1917.
The expose purrorls 10 show:
Official orders from the New lorl;
Headquarters Of the company 70 "hrea +
I'D this union and spare no expense.
Spy system by which the company
attempted TO keep In touch with the
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09
FOR SALE.

One five horse power gas engine al
a bargain: can be seen in operation
IT The Star Office every day. We
DyonoSe to install Individual motors
FIR our different printing machines
and will dispose of the engine at a
fraction of It's real value. Call at
The Star office, or phone 955 for par
ticularS.
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09

plans of t.; mIon.
Discharge of htndreds Of telegra-
pliers on the suspicion that they were
members Of the union.
Footing nf hotel rooms. rifing Of
baggage and effects OF union officers
and theft Of union records from depot
baggage rooms
Failure and abandonment Of the
project after IN estimated expenditure
- $4,000
The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09
WHY is IT?

preacher, that this is the greatest,
richest, grandest and finest nation
on earth; and then we are being
taught that we must midst plenty
StarVe. With this country thickly
dotted with factories each filled with
modern machinery capable OF convert
ing the raw material into useful COM
moditieS, and we should have album
dance for all, yet millions of men that
are willing To work are forced TO re-
main idle and their families freeze
and Starve. while surrounded with
plenty. We will admit that America
is rich but We can see that all of the
natural resources are drifting into the
hands of few-ail of the factories.
mills, mines, owned by a few idle
mil]iOnaiTeS. and that 80 per cent
of our people are without Il home.
These people either live in rented or
,ror.sosod hornas ond rha, ua must
be blest with great panlcs. and the
foc,orias mills and mines are closed
and we are refused thn rioht 10 work
strong able and willing men are de-
MED rho ridh1 70 work and maintain y
Tv;na for their fariIjes Millions of
children under the o6p of twelve
,,oor. r.b;Io tbov cbo,,Id ba IN cchoo,
and the NAV ground are being forced
-, or, or, J,v Who, ,,o looL
-, INA r,.o, 80 ,h,,. ,.h;l,Irar ,,a
shpud Sr, I'm. roses Of health ON
their checks hut ol,s we see instead
the Dicture Of death. we see that they
,,,,,s+ dive ~, THAR ifa,S blood for
nroHt and = 6reat many of Off child
20, d;o hofors ,hav roach ono wear
80 Wv
alive vet we talk about rich America.
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The Socialist and labor star. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1911-1915, 1914-01-09

parson Primrose Why 40 you tN'''N
# was out Of place for your father u
sev grace? Erctldie-Because It WAS
onIv few minutes afterward that he
vas swearing over having 10 CA
Philadelphia Inquirer