l THE SALT LAKE HERALD SUNDAY SI XDAY JULY JL LY 3 1904 ION THREE THREEOne THREEO
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One Version Old Oldishioned I We ithe Other > iner Is New NewFashioned NewrJsnioned
rJsnioned ishioned Si Legitimate J = 4 6 LQUll TU llllAA llAWASS QW 1rIHIIt LIDllIKIt I Fashioned f Iliegimate
St Louis June M MWO 31 31T 31T
T WO big b bigiItorIc historic spectacles 0f f the theLouisiana thewuisiana theI
T I Louisiana Purchase e exposition xp1tIonduly are areduly aI aIdUly
duly impressive for the Fourth of ofJuly ofJuly ofJuly
July but a little one la I comic Those Thosethat ThoIIethat Thosethat
that command respect as theatrical theatricalproductions theatricalproduetionl theatricalprduetiorn
productions are both entitled Louis Louisiana Louislana Louetana ¬
lana One has the brand of Kiralfy Kiralfyand Klnlfyand Klraifybind
and the other oth r 0 < t Dflmar and there are areother areother areflhei
other distinguished differences The TheKiralfy Th ThIi Thekralfy
Kiralfy Ii irally show is respectful of its theme themelegitimate themellgitirnate themelogfthnate
legitimate and old oldfashioned fashioned while the theDelmar th thDelmar theIJelmar
Delmar show is disrespectful illegiti illegitimate illegitimate iflegitiTnate ¬
mate and newfashioned Both are at attractive attracthp atiractI ¬
tractive iractI enough to entice ent < e multitudes multitudesaway multitudesi1 multitudesaway
away i1 way from the fair grounds One is isgiven Isgin Isgiven
given gin n in a very spacious city theatre theatreand theetretnd theatreand
and the other in a structure of equal equalsire tqual8ize equalsize
sire In a suburban garden They are arealike arealike arealike
alike in general eneral form as each begins beginswith beginswith beginswith
with the Hrrival of the hc white hite man pro proceeds proceed proeeds ¬
ceeds with the opposition opp ition to his ad adnan adanroe advanee
vanee anroe by the IM D1an nan next takes the thespectator tbpspectator theSpectator
spectator to France > to 0 see the sale lR e of ofthe orthe ofthe
the Louisiana territory to the United UnitedState rnttedStatt tiiitedStates
State and finally returns him for forlorifili1tin a alorttirati t tglriIliatin
glriIliatin lorttirati < fn at the fair But the re resfmbln remblal rembIt
sfmbln mblal it > < is not so close dn as those out outThe outlilies outhues ¬
lilies Iwl1ulc Iwl1ulcThe tC tCThe
The iiaine > of r Kirulfy Klr fy has meant for forthese forfht foriheie
these fht many years a definite and in invariaJbk Invarieble Inariabe
variaJbk kind of ballet The Kiralfy Kiralfystandards KiralfystandardR Kiralfystandards
standards are not raised rai lowered or ill illsnt in injmy in3fly
jmy snt way modified in Louisiana from fromwhat fromwhat fromhat
what what hat they Ihfv i hey were > in America at th thChicago t tChtfgo the theChkago
Chicago fair tAil eleven years ago The Thedancers ThedanfeT Thedaflers
dancers ar afP led by a tiptop premier premierfrom premierfrm premierrom
from rom Italy where such Uptop crea creatures creat re returfS ¬
turfS t urea tre rf made The coryphees have havebeen bavewEn havewen
been wen trained tra infd in the same me oldschool oldschoolTnethof old oldschoolmethod cbool cboolTllelhOf
method surh as We in America dont dontp dontoften
p e often nowadays Even the women womenof Womenof womenof
of the rear rows have h ebeen been brought broughtInto broughtInto broughtIito
Into harmony with the t e principals They Theycarry TheycaM Theyearl
carry earl emblematic eJ11oblf > mattc things to wave wave aloft aloftand ftJoftand aloftand
and they stand on stools for the tab tahleaus tableaus tableaus
leaus al a in the g good od old way But BatKiralfy ButJ ButTiralfy
Kiralfy J iralty has 1 not scorned modern elec electric electrl dcctrfr ¬
tric trl light lbtll and nd one of the ballets is isradiant isadhmt Isadlant
radiant with fth what the bill 8153 YJI is ra railum raHum raHum
Hum but which I suppose to be phos phosphorous phG81QTOUS phosiltornug ¬
phorous 1QTOUS rubbed ru bed on the costumes co mak making makjllg msking ¬
ing them shine strangely on a darkened darkenedstage darkenedst
stage st ig age This was first done in New NewYork NeowYork NewTork
York only a few months ago agoThere agoThere agoThere
There Is as much m of singing Bi n most of ofit ofit ofit
it in sonorous ouoroij choruses as of dancing dancingmarching daneI daneImarching dancingarcbIng
marching and posing po Of ordinary ordinaryspeaking ordinarypeaftlng ordinaryipeadng
speaking there is very little The story storyof st lY ry ryof i iof
of De Soto3 discovery of the Missis Mississippi MI88I8Ippl MiesisslppI ¬
sippi Ippl La Salles Salle possession of Louisi l ¬
ana and Bonapartes sale of it to Jef Jefferson Jefferson Jetferson ¬
ferson is told to the eye e with animate animatepictures animatepictures animatepictures
I pictures Some of these th are literal as asthe astbe asthe
the signing of the transfer at Fontain Fontainbteau Fontalnbleau Fontainbleen
bteau some are nctfen ftcUunai as the sacri sacrificial sacciI aacrilielal ¬
I ficial ceremony of Mound ound Builders Builderssome Builderssome
some are allegorical as the visions of ofpast ofpast ofpast
I past and future prosperity of America Americaand Americaand Americaand
and all make up a meritorious as well wellas wellI wellI55
I I55 as pretentious spectacle spectacleThe SJJ SJJt t
t The Kiralfy Louisiana ana is now like likethat fketbat likethat
that after repetition has made it what whatit
I it was meant to be It was so dls disorderly dlsI dlsorderly ¬
orderly on the opening night that it itomitted Itomitted itomitted
I omitted one act and lost almost all its itsaudience I itsaudience i iaudJeRCe
audience Three thousand persons personscrowded personacrowded
crowded the theatre Theboxes The b bexes ote were wereoccupied weNOMUpiedby weroreupied
I occupied OMUpiedby by Invited personages from fromthe froultbl troutthe
the fair and some of these guests were werein werin werein
in the costumes of their own countries countriesSt ceuntriSt
St t Louis fashionable ta society was nu numerously nnm nilmerously ¬
merously m rou represented repre ented The perform performance performanee performanne ¬
anne didnt begin till 8 oclock but it itmoved Itmoed itmoved
moved along with celerity for an hour hourduring hourdurin1 hourduring
during which we saw the allegorical allegoricalspirits allegoricalSpirits allegoricalspirits
spirits of progress hindered by the thespirits th thspirits thespirits
spirits of aboriginal alt riginal savagery the lat latter latter lattee ¬
ter led by the special Evil Spirit of th thMississippi the thOJrli theMheIHotppi
Mississippi Jrli t 6lpp an Indian of very ferocious ferociousaspect ferodou8Sped feroclouuaapect
aspect A delay of half an hour en ensued ensued ensued ¬
sued rrith murmurs of curiosity in the theauditorium th9audttmm theaud1fdum
auditorium and noises nols of confusion be behind behind behind ¬
hind the curtain At lengththe length the Evil EvilSpirit EvilSpirit EvilSpirit
Spirit came out to explain explainLadies explainLadlea plaln plalnLadles
Ladies and gentlemen said the theactor theactor theactor
actor doffing d his feather headgear bea g ar and andhis andbIB andb
his b air of hostility ho Ultty ft is not the Evil EvilSpirit EvUSpirit EvilSpirit
Spirit of the Indians thats s hindering hinderingthe
the progress etIIS df Louisiana Loul laD8tonight laD8tonightThe tonight tonightThe tonightThe
The ladies of the Federation of Women Wo Womens Vomens ¬
mens men s Clubs are the tA opposing force forcethat fonethat forrethat
that Mr Kiralfy has not been able to toovercome toovereome toovercome
overcome They rented the theatre for fortheir fortheir fortheir
their national convention and this thisevening thisevenl thisevening
evening g we set foot on this stage for forthe fortbe forthe
the first time Therefore the best we wecan wecan wecan
can do will be WbAd WbAdVery badVery bad badVery
Very bad ba < it was W and therefore thereforeamusing thereforeamUslnt thereforeamustn
amusing amustn to those who saw tk tV t fun of it itThe it itTbe itThe
The company eomp uy pulled itself l together for forthe fortbe forthe
the third act act but soon II went to pieces piecesin
in confusion A local German singing singingsociety singingtJOclety singingsociety
society unaccustomed uuccu tonaed to the stage be became becam becaine ¬
came bewildered and the conductor lost lostcontrol lostcontrol lostcontrol
control of them The cues for the ac actors actors actors ¬
tors were disarranged dsarr ngetl and after sev several several several ¬
eral characters had tried to speak at atonceall atonce atoncealI
onceall once all became mute tilt the prompter prompterfound prompterfound prompterfound
found his lost place In the manuscript manuscriptThe manu crlpt crlptThe
The signal service for the electricians electriciansfailed e1ectrlchmsfailed electriciansfailed
failed to operate and the th scenes were werelight wereUght werelight
light and dark haphazard The cory coryphees coryphees coryphees ¬
phees retained efficiency awhile hlle but at atlength atlength atlength
length were affected by the general de demoralization dtmorallZtlon domoralization > ¬
moralization and had collisions with withone withone withone
one another anotherheadon headon rearend and
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11 STORIES 11 11I I
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Wright Lorimer the young man who whoppent whoppent whospent
ppent a fortune fort U1e and his own at that thatIn thatIn thatIn
In staging The Shepherd King was wasvery wasery I Ivry
very ery anxious that the realistic fea features featurts leatures ¬
tures of the performance should be be berjond beond beond
rjond ond the criticism of the most cap captious captIOUS captious ¬
tious Therefore he determined that thatv thathen
v hen David made his entry he should shouldbe
be followed by a flock of sheep and he heEtnt he5l1t hesnt
Etnt out and bought bou ht twelve emblems emblemsof eqablemsofinnoenle
of ofinnoenle innocence But even at rehearsals rehearsalsthe
the sheep got stage fright so the at attempt attmpt attmpt ¬ I
tmpt to use u them was w abandoned abandonedDavid abandonedDavId abandonedDavid
David decided to make hisentry car carring carr
ring T ing a lamb and the lamb lam was w or ordf ord ort
df d t red Necessarily it had to be a young youngjmimal youR youRmimal youngitmal
jmimal or David would tottc rtdlcutews rtdlcutewsa ItdteuIttarrillg ridicutodaarryhig
a trying it The emissary emi ary who was to tol toIII
l III > i ocur it expected to obtain one easily easilytie ea easilykl
tie kl had obtained the twelve sheep with withut
ofl > ut trouble and be didnt expect any anydifficulty anyd anydhculty
difficulty d fficult y in getting a lamb But It Itv itasnt
v 1 asnt FI 1 easy easyWhile eS eSVhik easyThile
While he was thinking seriously of oftaking oftak1n oftaking
taking tak1n a train and going countryward countrywardthe
the muh Bought lamb appeared One Oneof OneIf Oneof
of If the herd of twelve gave birth to toI a alambkin aambidri
lambkin I am bid n and a nd the be day was saved sa ved The Thelamb Thelmb Theiamb
lamb is probably the youngest actor actortm
tm W 11 any stage stageDuring
4 4During ItDuring C
During the recent Ladys day re reption npUon reption
< ption at the Players club New York YorkJohn YorkJohn YorkJohn
John Drew told of an incident indtlentbe he had hadit hadit badIt
it from a friend friendthat that occurred rred recently recentlyin tly
in 1 I n the New Amsterdam Am theatre New NewYork NewYork Newyork
York A distinguishedlooking g woman womanv womanWfn womanril
v Wfn en along in the seventies who resides residesin
in Fifth avenue avt > ue sat t in the orchestra orchestraabout orchestraabo1ut orchestraabout
about five rows from the stage her es escort es esort esort ¬
cort ort a man young enough e to be her hergrandson hergrandS hergrandson
grandson n When the curtain fell on onThe Oftth onth
The th first ftr t act of The Two Orphans Orphansthis 0rJIIaansthis Orphansthis
this fragment of their conversation was wastV waslurhMrd wasvfrheard
tV lurhMrd lurhMrdIlmt vfrheardIsnt rheard rheardIsnt
Isnt it a coincidence she ob observed ob obsfTed ohscved ¬ j
served Until to tonight bt I bad not been beenjn
jn a theatre thf > atre for twentylive years and andthe andt andthe
the t hfl play I saw last was this same sameTwo MIlleTo sameFw j
Two Fw Orphans OrphansNo
No o doubt there have been 1Me great greatchanges greatchanges t th
changes h n in theatrical enterprises eD in inthat 1ftthat Inthat
that time timeTPS timpYPS tinieYea
Yea va wal the complacent response responseI
I understand there are several real realladies real1adi realladies
ladies 1adi and gentlemen on the stage to toKddie toOl
Ol 1
C 1 0
Kddie Foys youngest y younge son aged C Cwas ta 1was
was a taken ta ktll as a special trial ibefctod the thes theayies I
s ayies nes at the Casino New Ne York the theother theot
other 01 hfr jifternoon The Th boy enjoyed enjoyedgreatly enjopdr enjoyedjreatJ
greatly jreatJ r > atb watching wathin < his hl father make up upin uptfl I
in artisrtic fashion for the th part of u Pouf Poufo
o in Puff raft Pout When hen Mr Foy FoyMint Foyt Foynt
Mint t nt It f rr r his hi scenes the youngster was wasv wasbehaved
v ii behaved till the episode epi of the thejnd theld theid
jnd ld man began It was too much for fortie forfhfo forthe
tie youngster olng ter to see his hi father rolling rollingM
flI 41 M the makebelieve t beach and letting lettingthe Ifttinghf lettingthe
the hf re rNI real white sand trickle t through his hislingers hi hiti hilingers
lingers lingersOh ti lingersOh II KfMI KfMIOk
Ok Oh papa came a piping voice Awn Awnthe fIwnthe frnthe
the wingrs I wamt aat to iry y fat tin tIMfand theEand tineand
eand fandRalph eandRalph
Ralph Stuart who is j starring < in By ByIight Bylght I IIht
Iight Iht of Sword has discovered di oered that thatwhat thatwhat
what hat the average afra Soubrette girl o moesnt thestftlcinw > esnt esntI I
1111 lcinw I now about making excuses would be bef beJittlf
f little use to any schoolboy While While2hearaing
2hearaing 1 he nin < By Right of Sword just justlfore jUMlfor justifore
lfore starting out this season > the theubrefrf theubrettp thenbrette
< > ubrefrf > appeared a day da late Hav HavJg Havjg HayiK
Jg offended before Mr Stuart deter deterrlned deter1nro deterned
rlned ned to make an eismple fo Imple of her be before bffore berp ¬
fore rp the whole company When f n she ap apIared a a1aNd apIared
Iared next day he sked Miss B Bi B
0 < i 1 you know that you yO are a day late latedhint lateYhat
Yhat eXlu eeuse hap you to offer offerI
I dhint bring It with me Mr Stu Stut
t she answered anRw timidly timidlyBring timidlyScI timidlyBring
Bring ScI g what hat thundered d the actor actorMy actorMy actorMy
My excuse Mr Stuart You see I Igot Ignt Igot
got married yesterday but I didnt didntthink dictntthink didntthink
think you > ou wanted to see my husband husbandLawrence husbantfit
it itLaWTfnf 0 0Lawrent
Lawrence I DOr > Orsay ay admit that all allhis allhi alljns
his hi stage experiences have not been beenpleasant beenplflftsallt beenpleasant
pleasant ones He waited quite IuiteIJ a aj afor
IJ < j eir > for the opportunity tIat made madehim madehim madehim
him a successful u cf > tul star starOnc starOn starupon
Onc On upon a time Urn declares d det lares iare the theKnglishman t tne1ngiishman e englishmn
Knglishman when 1 was knocking knockingax knockingshout
3 shout ax hout > ut London I appeared in a play playthat playthat playthat
that Arthur Shirley SblrJ Sbirleyseaced > deaced clever cleverhap cleverclap cleveruhap
clap < hap Arthur Arthurhad had writhm written ritten around the theBir tbEBer theBer
Ber war ar I wa the < > hero < and the way wayI ay ayI
I slaughtered d the Dutch in n each act actvaa aetas netsan
san as appalling appallingAt appall n nAt
At the tt > opening perfirmuif e at the theFtrand thpFrand thetrand
Ftrand theatre I ralv thought thujht I Ilooked Iloke 7looked
looked loke splendid splendid in my regimentals regimtl and andthe andthe andthe
the first frt two acts went jolly jly well wel In Inthe Inthe Inthe
the third tlird act dont dOt you know kn my mycommand mycommand
command oInd was wa supposed spp to operate oprte a agatline a agatling
gatline gUn gun under my direction rlreton There Therefore Therere Therefore ¬
fore re when the climax cim came caerly camereally really it itwas itwas itwas
was inost It embarrassing mhara ng for 1 hadn t trf tr trohetrse
rf hearsec r > this business with the real realSTunI rfal rfalgI realguai
STunI gI e wae W an std standing in II the center c or
the stage stge waving my sword and cry crying crying crylag ¬
ing Charge Chare comrades cmrde8 charge char when whenthey whenthey ben bent
they t wheeled wheele the gun gn directly drcty behind behindme bhid bhidm behindme
me m and a began begn firing frng I i felt fet instantly instantlythat instanty instantytbt instantlythat
that tbt something smetlng was wrong ron but I was wasafraid wasafraid wasarJd
afraid arJd to tur lurn urn around aound and ascertain asceran the theexact theexact theexact
exact cause cus of 0 the th trouble trbl for fear the theaudience theaudle theaudience
audience audle e would learn I r also afeoGreat al alsoGreat
Great joke on o me m wasnt want it itWorthy 1 ItWorthy
Worthy of an Irishman IriEma bah b Jove ove You Youmay Youmay Youmay
may well wel believe bleve I adopted adopte different adifferentcostume adlferent adlferentcume a differentcostume
cume costume for the next nxt performance performancePardon prorce prorceParn performancePardon
Pardon Parn me Mr DOrsay DOry observed observedMiss obsrved obsrvedMi observedMIs
Miss Mi MIs Peyton Peyto whose wl face was ws perfectly perfectlyplacid perfel perfectlyplacid
placid plac but b I am afraid ard I Idunt dont quite quitecatch quitee quitecatch
e catch the te point pint What V1 change cbnge of ofcostume orC oftume
costume C tume was ws necessary aesr necensaryWhyerwhywell y yWhyerwhy
Whyerwhy Whewhywel Whyerwhywell well Miss I Peytsn Petn Petnwo I Iwore 1wore
wore wo asbestos 0 trousers t duri during the tl re remainder 1 rcmainder ¬
mainder of the engagement engagementWay e
mr o mt
0 0Way i
Way W DOWM Dw East Et sst IMS W been 1 per performed p performed ¬
formed fo more me often ofttl than ta any other otherdrama othr othrdnu otherdrama
drama dnu of American Amrn aUhip authorship and andmost ad adn aridmost
most n of o the t present pent company CD have havebeen baveb havebeen
been b with wit it continuously cntnuuy during datt the theseven theseven
seven of its it existence exi I Isui
sen years yer it e tence As a re result resuit ¬
suit sui most m oC 0 them tf must mU be b pretty well wellworn wel welwo wellworn
worn wo out with wth the th monotony mnotony of o doing ding
the th same m thin tin thing over and a over and over overagain oeran overagain
again an The T most m ardent arent lover lver might mightpale mightpale
pale p at a the idea Id of kissing kbng his 11 sweet sweetheart swet sweet1enrt ¬
heart rt a I thousand t oud times I yet since sinceWay sinceWay
tm snce snceVay
Way Down East Ea was first fr presented prste presentedat 1 1at
at the Schiller Sll theatre ther in Chicago Cigo the theyoung theoung theyoung
young woman womn who plays Anna Ana Moore Mooreand Moor Mooreand
and whose wh right rigt pays name > is i Phoebe PhoebeDavies Phobe PhobeDavis PhoebeDavies
Davies Davis has hs kissed ki Sara Sa Stevens Steven pre precisely proCindy ¬
Cindy c 172tt 17 times tme One Un might mght think thinkthat thinkthat thinkthat
that she h would be b quite quie an authority authorityon athriy
on 0 osculation 0u by b now n In these the seven sevenyears sevenyeT sevenyears
years yeT the comedian cmi trLo to plays the thesheriff thesheriff
sheriff sU has h sung sag 8 8i StM verses ye of All AllBound Al AllBound
Bound BBd Round Run with wih a Woolen V Oen String Stringand Strlnl Stringand
and a John JoJ Brennan Bren who wh as a Hi Holler Hollerbrings Hole Holierbrings
brings bng in i the t kindling kindHg in the third thir act actof
of o the play py has carried ar 1344M UMt sticks sUck of ofwood orwO ofwood
wood wO or o about abut enough enulb lo build bnd a 8 two twostory toMO twostory
story MO building builing Ella Ell Hugh Wood Wo who whoportra whoportrays
portrays portra the spinster is set at the task taskof taskor taskof
of peeling potatoes In the flret set of ofWay ofTay ofWay
Way Down East Ee t Before she 5 e Is re relieved reJhed relieved ¬
lieved she has pared four of these thesevegetables tteevegetables e eetable
vegetables etable removing an average of a afoot atoot afoot
foot of peeling from each Now Miss MissWood sVood flasVood
Vood has enacted t the part of Martha MarthaPerkins MarthaPerkins IarthaPerkins
Perkins 2249 times hence she has hasknifed Insknifed hasknIfed
knifed away strip tripgof of skin that placed placedin
in line would reach 8M feet S8S7 S8S7yards 9S7yard8 30S7yards
yards or nearly two miles About 10 10WW 10potatoes 10l
WW l potatoes a sufficient number to toserve toserve toserve
serve to four regiments of soldiers soldiershave S soldiershave Jdlers Jdlersbae
have been used by b7MISfI Miss Woods the ap approximate approximate approximate ¬
proximate cost co t of o the properties being beingJack bein
1 140
1Jaclt COO COOJack
Jack Cooper is a molder of form formthough formtho formthough
though tho h he may 7 not notoe be a glass 1a of fash fashion t8shion fashion ¬
ion to stretch a saying ybtg His specialty specialtyis
is the making over of the ondertrained ondertrainedand
and overfed professional al people and andhis andbls andhis
his boast is that he has taken a ton tonof tonof tonof
of fat off Well known people during duringthe duringtht duringthe
the > last t year yearIn yearIn yearin
In eight months I reduced the theweight thEweight theweight
weight of Lillian Russell from 1X7 U714 to toH to14i4
147 H 14i4 pounds poundsThe pctU1IThe poundsThe
The flrst t tb1u thing I usually u de is to totone totone totonC
tone my fmpOs up p pbrstelly r Thte Thtegenerally ThlneraJIy Thhigenerally
generally neraJIy occupies about three weeks weeksThen weeksTbeD weeksThen
Then with ith fteahjr eny patient I prescribe prescribeexercises RHCrlbeexercises peecrbe peecrbeexercises
exercises with the barHft bar mr ball stick fOr torthe fOrthe forthe
the redaction of the hips hi and wtet wtetIt ist istit t tuIt
uIt It is a strange < fact that after a few fewwetks fe feWffa fewweeks
weeks Miss Edna Wallace Hopper be became betarnf became ¬
came a fiend at exercise She worked workedthree workedtbree workedthree
three times a week for torbo or hors rs at a time timeand timealHl timeand
and seemed to t1t t enjoy it itI ItI
I had Miss Fay Templeton for a atime atime atime
time and I assure you that I had my myhands 1T 1ThAnds myhands
hands full If Miss i Templeton does doesnot doesnot doesnot
not feel like getting up in the morning morningshe IIIOTDt IIIOTDtshe morningshe
she wont do it it and that is the end of OCIt j I I
it it No argument will avail I would wouldsay wouldy I
say 1 to her Miss II Templeton I cannot cannotimprove i iimprove Ihnprove
improve your health or condition un unless vulens ¬
less you obey oDe my InstruetlonThat instructions instructionsThat s sThat
That is all right Mr Cooper she Mewould shewould shewoald
would say I was too strong to get getupthis getUpt1WI getupthis
upthis morning aorang PI makeup JJ18ke keup up for it itday Itday itday
day after tomorrow tomorrowthat that is is if I dont dontfeel dontreel dontfeel
feel too strong st1O agalnT She is very verywillful verywilltul verywillful
willful is Mfee Templeton TempletonJohn TempletonToh TempletonIohii
John Toh Philip Sousa Sou was getting et OL too toosoft too80ft toosoft
soft and fleshy I gave him most of ofhis ofhlB ofhM
his work during the summer months monthsat
at the Manhattan lanhattanbeRch beach race tracks tracksHe tracksI
He lost flesh and when he left me he helooked helooked helooked I
looked quite slender slenderWhen slenderWhen slenderC
C 0 4 4When
When Frank Daniels was playing playingThe p1a playingThe lng lngOffice
The Office Boy in Cincinnati he was wasconfronted wasconfronted wasconfronted
confronted with ith a problem concerning concerningthe CO Oernlnthe
the inequalities of the profession professionOn
On the second night ni bt of his htsengage htsengagement engage engagement engagentent ¬
ment there was a heavy rainstorm Mr MrDaniels lfrDaniels AIrDaniels
Daniels had ordered a carriage to meet meethim meethim meethim
him at the stage door to convey him to tohis tphis tohis
his hotel and he had invited Maaag Manager ManagerDilliugham r rDillingham rDl1lingham
Dillingham to accompany him Nor NorThe Nq NqhThe
The Office om Boy company om 8J1Y has in lit rt rtmembership If Ifm ItmenYberabip
membership m a whole lot of pretty etty girls girlsDaniels girlsDaniels girlsDaniels
Daniels is a rather slow sl slu dresser but as
I BY B Y FRANKLIN F RAN K L I N F FYLES Y L E S Ii 1
more other kinds of bumps than are ateknown aremow areknown
known to railway disasters disas rs The au audience audlence audience ¬
dience didnt laugh right out however howeverand ho howeverand ever everand
and at one time it looked as though thoughLa thoughLa thoughLa
La Mora bad saved the ballet from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the impending impendl catastrophe catastropheLa
La Mara was was the premier danceuso danceusoShe danceu daneeueShe Q QShe
She was 1IS unshaken on her toes and un unwavering unI unwavering
I wavering a verlag in her mile lIe The company companyI companywas
I I was calmed and encouraged by b her ex example example example
ample But alas her efforts effo ts came e mc to tonaught tonaught tonaught
naught The climax of that act was wasto wasf wasto
to have been be a whirlwind of oteommo oteommotion commo commotion commotion ¬
f tion The coryphees started in vigor vigorously vIgorously rigorously ¬
ously Two of them took the center centtrof centtrofthe of ofthe ofthe
the stage to turn cartwheels They Theymade The Themade Theymade
made several revolutions Then they theygot theygot theygot
got too close together 1o ether There was as a aclash aclash aclash
clash of two pairs of legs in the air airan airan airan
an Impact of two bodies a wild outfly outflying outilytog i
ing of four arms tlnns and finally a sprawl sprawling spntlVIJqg sprawlJog ¬
Jog heap of the two women on the thefloor thefloor
floor Merriment was no longer re restrained res restrained I <
1 1I
strained s r rI I IBy
I I By this time it was midnight Noth Nothing NotbI ¬
I I lug less than a crowbar could have havei havepried
I i pried me out of my seat but the ma majority majority
jority of the people were not enter entcrtained entertained entertamed
tained They quit the theatre until no nomore DOi nostore
i more than 2JK O remained All the not notci notoworthies
i I worthies had abandoned the boxes ex exi except oxcept
i cept one party of eight Japs They Theyi Theywore
I i wore exactly correct evening suits suitstheir suitStheir i iI
their affable smUes were as fixed as asthe asthe asthe
I
the ballet premiers and they politely politelykept polltelykept I
kept their places in the box But their theirendurance theirendurance theirendurance
endurance wasnt tried to the utmost utmostKiralfy utmostKlralfy utmostKiralfy
Kiralfy omitted the third act act hastened hastenedthe bastenedtbe hastenedthe
the fourth and got through before 1 1oclock 1oclock 1oclock
oclock Then the eight Japanese gen gentlemen geutiemen ¬
tlemen arose bowed graciously toward towardthe towaTlltIle towardthe
the stage and withdrew with no sign signthat sibDthat signthat
that they hadnt enjoyed themselves themselvesPerhaps themselvesPerhaps I
Perhaps they had As for me I was wassorry wasSorry wasSorry
sorry the representation was curtailed curtailednot
not alone because a second visit be became became became ¬
came necessary to see it in completed completedstato complet completedstato d dstto
stato but also because becau there might mighthave mighthave mighthave
have been more fun Besides that I Iremembered Iremembered Iremembered
remembered the first performance perform Dceof DceofThe of ofThe ofThe
The Black Crook as lasting till 4 4oclock 4oclock 1 1oclock
oclock in the morning and here was wasa Was as asa i ia
a chance to break that record recordThe recordThe
I
The Delmar Louisiana differs dlff S from fromthe fromthe fromthe
the Kiralfy in being an extravaganza extravaganzain extrnva za zaIn
in the prevailing songanddance man manner manncr ¬ I Inero
nero Not that it isnt spectacular tog togit 109 109it toQIt
it crowds a spacious stage over and andover andover andover
over again with ith people in scenes of the theatrical theatrbl theatridal ¬
atrical richness The opening view iew of ofa ofwilderness ofa
a wilderness with a stream of actual actualhe actualhe
he emerged from his dressing dressin room in instreet instreet instreet
street attire atUrehe he noticed that one par particularly particularly particulariy ¬
ticularly pretty girl bad not departed departedHe dep
He and Mr Dillingham went outside outsidethe outsldthe outsidethe
the theatre just as a handsome handsomebrougham handsombrougbam handsomebrougham
brougham with ith a coachman dashed up upto tipto upto
to the door Daniels and Dlttinglmni Dlttinglmnimade DlUinghanlmade DItllnghalumade
made a break for the vehicle and were wereabout wereabout wereabout
about to enter when hen a heavy he vy mascu masculine masculine masculine ¬
line voice from the depth within withinWhats withingrowled thln thlnrowled
growled growledWhats rowled
I
Whats the matter with you fellows fellowsaayhow feHowsaBYhow fellowsanyhow
anyhow aayhowDaniels aBYhowDaniels anyhowDaniels
Daniels stepped aside just as the be belated beated ¬
lated chorus girl slipped into the car carriage carriage carriage ¬
riage She was wap whirled away and andDaniels andDaniels andDaniels
Daniels stood in I the storm speechless speechlesswith speechlesswith speechlesswith
with astonishment His cab did not notshow natshoW notshow
show up and as 5 he trudged hotelward hotelwardthrough hotelwardthrough heteiwardthrough
through the rain he remarked to Mr MrDillingham 111DilIinbam MrDillingham
Dillingham DillinghamOn DilIinbamOn
On a night like this Id rather be a achorus dchorus athorns
chorus girl any time than only a poor poorlittle poorlittle
little 1 ttlQ star comedian comedianThere W WThere
0 0There
There is i a diamond story st rr out cof cofcerning o9ce co cocerning
cerning ce mlng Nance ONeil who through throughher throughbr
her Boston success has taken a new newlease newlease e eI t
lease I Q5e on stage life which hich may be besomewhat besomewhat besomewhat
somewhat exaggerated in the matter of offigures offtgures offigures
figures and still stfUeontain contain many state statements statemenus statemeats ¬
menus of facts factsThe factsTbe factsThe
The story concerns 75W8 7i worth of ofjewels ofjewel ofjewels
jewels and it is said that the diamonds diamondshave diamondshave diamondshave
have crossed the continent twice dur during durInS durtog ¬
InS the last two years etlr5 and never once oncein oncein onceIn
in that time has Nance N e ONell been beenallowed beenallowed beenallowed
allowed to touch them This privilege privilegewas prlvnegW86
was denied her untH a few days ago agoIn agoIn agoIn
In 19 19f when Miss ONeil made such sucha suchdlBftStrous
a disastrous failure in London she was wasobliged wasobliged wasobliged
obliged to leave her jewels je eis with lth n Lon London London Loudon ¬
don bank as security for expense expensemoney expensemone expensemoney
money mone to carry herself and company companyback compa compabacrk compaiyback
back to America AmericaMisfortune Americafollowed AmericaMisfortune
Misfortune followed her to San Fran Francisco Franclseo Fraudseo ¬
cisco where after a series ofdisas ofdisasters ofdlsastens of diane dianetees ¬
tens beginning with the loss in the theTheatre theTheatre theTheatre
Theatre Republic lire of many valu valuable valuable valuable ¬
able costumes and curios which she shehad shfhad shebad
had secured in her triumphant tour of ofAustralia ofAustralia ofAustralia
Australia she found herself without withoutsufficient withoutsufficient withoutsufficient
sufficient means to go east where an anengagement ane anengagement
engagement e was waiting for her herWhile herWblle herWhile
While in the depths of despair she sheprevailed sheprevailed sheprevailed
prevailed upon J J Easier to advance advanceher advanceher advanceher
her a further sum on the diamonds diamondswhich diamondswhich diamondswhich
which she he had left in London LondonMr LondonMr LondonMr
Mr Rauer sent t a messenger to Lon London London Lendon ¬
don to inspect the jewels and being beingsatisfied beingsatis beingsatialled
satisfied ed with the report he paid the theclaims th thclaims theclaims
claims of the bank and took possession possessionof
of the gems advancing the actress
13 12 W on them themWith themVlth themWith
With this money Miss ONeil paid paidher paidbt paidher
her r debts and took t her company east eastwhere eastwhere eastwhere
where further troubles awaited her herShe herShe herShe
She was refused engagements unless unlessshe unlessshe unle unleshe
she would consent c ns nt to play without MC MCKee M MKe MCltee
Kee Ke Rankin the manager mauag manager r who dis discovered discovered diicovered ¬
covered her She declined to desert desertRankin desertRankin desertItankin
Rankin and matters dragged along un until untft untn ¬
til quite recently recentlyJ
J G Schafer a wealthy Bostonian Bostoniana
a short time ago became interested in inthe inthe inthe
the plight of the young actress and andhe andhe andhe
he has placed Miss ONeil and com company company cornTinny ¬
pany on a good d financial footing He Hereleased HereleAsed Hereleased
released Miss ONeils diamonds and andnow amInow andnow
now she is happy with her 75000 dia diamonds diamonds diaInontis ¬
monds scintillating cintill ting once again a in before beforethe beforethe beforethe
the footlights She secured a four fourmonths fourmonths fourmonths
months engagement cnga ement to play at St StLouis 5tLou StLouis
Louis LouisRankin Lou LouisRankin
LouRankin
Rankin will not continue to act as asher aJaer neher
her business manager man er but will m still stillplay stillplay stillplay
play with her company companyA compl1A
A SCOOP THAT FAILED FAILEDManaging FAILEDManaging PAIIJBDManaging
Managing Editor ditor Was WasPoiled Foiled Because BecauseRace BecauseRace BecauseRace
Race Was Dead Heat HeatWashington ReatWashington BeatWashington
Washington Poet PoetI
I never read of a close finish in a abig abig abig
big running race nowadays that Im Imnot Imnot Imnot
not reminded of a famous punctured puncturedscoop puncturedscoop puncturedscoop
scoop in which I figured when I was wasworking wasworking
working in a New York newspaper of office office ¬
fice said an oldtime telegrapher who whois whois
is now employed in Washington WashingtonIt
It was back in the days when the thegreat th thegreat
great eat Domino was the > star colt of th thKeene thKeene
Keene stable and with one e exception exceptionwas
was acknowledged 8R as H the greatest greatestyearold 2 2yearold 3ar01d
yearold ar01d of the season seasonThe seasonTbe seasonThe
The exception was Richard Crokers Crokersflyer Crokersflyer Crokersflyer
flyer Dobbins These two youngsters youngstersfinally youngstersfinally youngstersfinally
finally met in the Futurity and al although although although
though the Keene colt won with Dob Dobbins Dobbibs Dobbibs ¬
bibs third the la latters tiers owner was not notsatisfied notsatisftEd notsatisiled
satisfied with the result and a match matchwas matebwas matchwas
was speedily arranged at the Futurity Futuritydistance Futuritydilltance Futuriydistance
distance for J1 1800 80Q a side sideNow sideNo sideNow
Now No the paper I worked rked on wns an anevening anevenln anevening
evening evenln sheet and it was the ambition ambitionof
of the managing editors life to beat beatthe beatthe beatthe
the opposition evening paper and getx getxthe got gottqe getthe
the news > of a big bi event like this on onthe onthe onthe
the street s t first firstThe firstThe firstThe
The other fellows had beaten us on onthe onthe onthe
the Futurity story a few days before beforeand beforeand beforeand
and the managing editor made no se secret secrnt secrot ¬
cret of the fact that be was going to toget toget toget
get even evenAccordingly evenAccordingly evenAccordlngiy
Accordingly he laid all of his plans plansa
a day ahead and although we ve did not notknow netknow riotknow
know at the time what they theyere were We Wet we wefelt wefelt
felt t 1t sure by the way lie strutted around aroundon aroundon
on the morning of the race that he hehad hehad hehad
had the winning combination up his hissleve hisslltee hIssTheve
sleve sleveAioajr sllteeAioag sTheveAlong
Along about noontime of that day dayhe dayhe I Ihl
he called me into his office and told me
water to float the canoes of the Indian Indianchiefs Indianchiefs
chiefs and live lIvebird birds singing in the thetrees th thtrees thetrees
trees is beautiful and a later me flC in ina ina Ina
a palace at Versailles Is gorgeous The Th ThsIgning Tbesigning
signing of the bill of sale by Napoleon NapoleonMonroe Napoleonlfonroe NanoleonMonroe
Monroe and Livingston is dramatically dramaticallyregal dramaticallyre dramaticallyrenl
regal re J Still this play was written ri ten by byHiram by1IiIam byBiram
Hiram W V Haynes m in a Via way as jocular jocularas joeulaas
as the Kiralfy author whose identity identityIsnt Identitylant Identityisnt
Isnt divulged di ulged was sedate There is no noplagiarism
plagiarism in the fact that the two twowriters tw twwriters
writers chose practically the same sameepisodes satIreep180des
episodes from the history of early Lou Louisiana LouIslana ¬
isiana to present Although they fixed fixedon fixedon fixedon
on similar points they departed d from fromthem fromthem frontthem
them in opposite directions Both have haveput baeput haveput
put forward handsome women to typify typifyColumbia typifyColumbia typifyColumbia
Columbia Louisiana and various alle ailegorlcal
gorical characters but the Delmar Delmarparty Delmarparty Delmarparty
party includes a sprightly Miss Dixie Dixieto DIXieto DIXIeto
to represent the south a Madam Sans SBGene SansGene
Gene to frisk fer France a Brother BrotherJonathan BrotherJonathan
Jonathan to crack jokes for forthe die United UnitedStates UnlletlSt UnitedStdteo
States St te and an American eagle to toscream t tStreum toS4ream
scream for freedom And there is Istramp a atramp
tramp of the comic weeklyand weekly and stage stagefarce stagethrce stageiree
farce iree tVpe pe who slouches into the play playat I Iat
at the outset and remains there three threecenturies threesmturles threecpnturies
centuries till the end By that you youma youmay
may ma see that th the show is more irra Irradon I
rtonal don than historical historicalWhere historicalWhere historicalWhere
i iIndtaJt
Where are you y from m the great greatIndiuil greatJndIu
Indiuil chief Pontiac asks of olA a show showgirl ¬ I Igirl Igirl
girl of the present era eraI eraI I
I am from Dakota she replies with witha
a saucy swirl of her skirts skirtsI I i
I once met a girl from Dakota kota the theIndian theIndian theIndian
Indian muses and I think iher name namewas muneWas namewas
was Minnehaha MinnehahaWhereupon IIlnnehahaVhereupon MinnehahaWhereupon
Whereupon Pontiac in i his fIts and andfeathers antifeathClrs andfeathers
feathers of aboriginal dignity sings a aragtime 8ragtime aragtime
ragtime ballad about his sweet Da Dakota Dakota Dakota ¬
kota maid whose name is Minnie e and andwho andwho andwho
who makes him laugh Haha HahaAfter HahaAfter
After that nothing comes as a sue surprise 5urprfse sueprIce ¬
prIce We Ve take it as a matter of course coursethat coursethat urse ursethat
that the American eagle has a abre break breakdown breakdown k kdown ¬
down with a coon in Paris Paristhat that is to tosay tosa tosay
say sa a darkey boy that Davy Crockett Crockettsings Crockettsings Crockettsings
sings and dances with a Parisian co coquette coquette I Iquette
quette that that the Empress Josephine Josephinewelcomes Jo Josephinewelcomes ephlneelcomes
welcomes Louisiana with a song the therefrain theretra1n therefrain
refrain of which dwells on Looooze Loooozeanalooloo LoooozeanaIooloo Leosoxeanalooloo
analooloo or that one of Bona Bonapartes Bongpartes ¬
partes pa rtes unruly unrul7 sisters kicks the hat off offhis offhis offhis
his royal head But the emperor never nevertaltes nevertakes nevertaltos
takes a hand from his breast or his hiscoattail hiscoattail hiscoattail
coattail nor disarranges a hair r of his hisforelock hisforelock hisforelock
forelock He is the embodiment em1 odit ent of ofheroic ofheroic ofheroic
heroic dignity though only life size sizewhich sizehlch sizewhich
which hlch in his case is but live fet six sixThe sixThevlsiter sixThevisitor
The Thevlsiter visitor to the thefair fan neednt so G off offthat oftthat offthat
I Ievent
that as the match inatehrace race was as the fifth fifthevent fifthevent
event on the card he wanted me to tohave tohavc tohave
have one of the other operators operatorstake operatorstakethe take takethe takethe
the result of the fourth race and he healso kealso healso
also wanted me to get a wire in good goodworking goodworking goodworking
working order and prepare to get et the theresult theicsult theresult
result of the fifth race raceEverything raceEverthlng raceEverything
Everything went nt along as usual usualand usualand usualand
and 1 was kept so busy taking the thegeneral thegeneral thegeneral
general story of the crowd at the track trackand tnlckand trackandthe
and andthe the results of the first two tworaces tworacesthat races racesthat racesthat
that I had almost forgotten aofcut abb t the thematch thematch thematch
match event whet tho th managing1 editor editorcame editorcaine
came c over to me and remindgfi reml reinIndd a me meabout meabout meabout I
about his instructions instructionsnervous instructionshHe instructionsHe
hHe He was a little fellow and Je jie mo moot mootnervous t I
nervous man man I ever met SajOeuldnt SajOeuldntkeep H49euldntkeep uldnt uldntkeep
keep still a am minute hiute under ordrapry 0 cir circumstances circumstanceasoyou ¬
cumstances cumstanceasoyou so you can imagflpMgvhat Ima hat a astate ast aste
state st te he wasJn when whfllRthe the fourth fo ttbrace ttbraceW5 race racewas racewas
was over and I took my place at the thekey theke thekey
key ke > to wait for the big race raC io be berun betun hetun
tun off offThe offThe offThe
The scheme was to hav have two presses pressesset pleeee5set pressesset
set and all ready to start One of them themwas themwng themwns
was tb t have the big bl fronV fron fronage iPRge ge head headline he headUne d dHne ¬
line read Dobbins Do bir WlfSf W1 rt the Bit BfeMatch Bit1fntch BigMateh
Match and nd the other just the same sameexcept saIneeXMpt sameexCept
except that Dominos name n appeared appearedin
in the place of Dobbins The Dobbins Dobbinsextra Dobbinsextra Dobbinsextra
extra was on press No No1 1 and the Dom Domino Domino Dommo ¬
ino extra on press No 2 Whichever Whicheverhorse WhIcheverhoree rtllcbeverh
horse h rce won the managing editor was to tocall tocaH tocall
call out No No1 1 or No 2 and ADfltbe the press presswould prewould presswould
would be started in quicker q icker time than thanit
it takes to tell of the arrangement arrangementI aI7811g ment mentr
I couldnt help but inwardly mwl tUy smile smileas smileas
as I watched the managing editor editorstriding ooltolstridIng editorstriding
striding jjervously about a out i yiUng aiting for forthe forthe forthe
the start just like a man mallotwho who had hadthousands hadthousands hadthousands
thousands of o dollars doll rs wagered wager on the thechance th thchance thechance
chance of bite > ne of the racers racersSuddenly racersSuddenly racersSuddenly
Suddenly the key of my myt instrument lustrumeutbegan instrumentbegan 8trumetbegan
began to click and he quickly stopped stoppedand BtOppedand stoppedand
and looked anxiously anxlousl at me me but It Itproved itproved itproved
proved to be only the operator at the theother theother theother
other end testing Learning this he heresumed heresumed heresumed
resumed his walk walkUp tip and down the theroom theroom theroom
room but his steps were ere becoming becomingshorter becomirrshorter becomingshorter
shorter and it was apparent that he hewas hewas hewas
was working himself blm Jf to such a pitch of ofnervousness ofnervousness ofnervousness
nervousness that I began to wish they theywould theywould theywould
would start the race raceWhile raceWhile raceWhile
While I watched him out of the cor corner cornerot corner ¬
ner nerot of my eye wondering what would wouldhappen W tuldhappen wouldhappen
happen if the race wasnt started pres presently presently presently ¬
ently the key began to click again againThis againThis againThis
This time the horses were on their heir way wayto wayto wayto
to the post The next I got from the theother
end was that the horses were wereat wereat wereat
at the post and would wouMbe be off in a ami amiut min minute mliiut
ute ut This This information instead of ofonly ofstQad ofsteadrIng
stQad steadrIng lng the managing editor only onlyleordered onlyIncreased
increased his jumpiness jumpi for leordered heiorderedthe hetordered hetorderedthe
the men who were standing around to tocease 00cease tocease
cease their talking talkln and also al o called caneddownstairs calleddownstairs
1 downstairs half a dozen doz times to o know knowif knowfr
if everything Was ready r below In the thepress thepress thepress
press room roomIn roomIn room1n
In the < midst of this the key again againbegan as againbegan ln lnb
began b gan to work and I called out thatthe that thatthey thatthey
they the were off offThe oftThe
The clicks of the instrument that thatfollowed thatfollowed thatfollowed
followed now told me that they th y were weremoving weremOing weremoiing
moving along nose and nose at the thequarter theQuarter thequarter
quarter At the half hal mile mfl Domino was wasin WBSin wasin
in the lead by a nose and as I an announced annofmced annofinced ¬
nounced this I was watching the man managing ntanagl managing ¬
aging agl g editor and I could uld see his lips lipsframing
framing the words Number Two Twowhich lWowhich Iwowhich
which was the Domino press pressDobbins pressDobblns pressDobbins
Dobbins just ju t managed Ihan to shove his hisnose hISnose hisnose
nose 4n n front at the threequarters and andthe andthe andthe
the boss moved nearer the speaking speakingtube speakingtube speakingtube
tube as I made this announcement announcementComing announcementComing announcementComing
Coming into the stretch str h the two game gamecolts gamecots gamecots
cots were head and head and the themanaging themanagIng themanaging
managing editor with the mouthpiece mouthpieceOf mout piece pieceof
Of the speaking tube pressed pres ed tightly tightlyagainst tightlyn tightlyagainst
against n nst his lips was waiting waittn for the theresult ther theresulL
result resultWell r resulLWell ult ultWell
Well the result came along in good goodseason goodS4ason goodseason
season But never as big as I live liveshall Jiveshall liveshali
shall I forget the expression on that thateditors thateditors thateditors
editors face when the key told me methat methat methat
that the match race was a deAd heat heatI
I hesitated just a second befere beC re calling callingit
it out for I could almost picture in inmy Inm inmy
my m mind what whateffect effect it would have on onhim onbitn onliltu
him Finally I called out in as firm nn a avoice aolce avoice
voice olce as I could Dead heat heatWell beatf1Vell heatWell
Well that editors edlt rs knees just gave gaveway gaveway gaveway
way from under him If he had not notgrabbed notrabbed notgrabbed
grabbed a chair I am positive he would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave
have fallen to the floor floorDead floorDead
Dead hcatr hoot he gasped sped with a alivid alivid alivid
livid livid face Are re you sure sureI surel
I t told old him that it had h been repeated repeatedtome repeatedtome repentedtome
tome and that there could be no mis mistake mlsbike mistake ¬
take He was too dumfounded to move movefor m mOvefor ve vefor
for two or three seconds but whenhe whenhesaw when he hesaw hesawall
saw sawall all of the men who were about to tojump tojump tojump
jump to their places ready read to throw throwtogether throwtogether I
together a new scare head while hlle oth others others othera ¬
ers hustled around to find the stereo steraotypers ster stertJPers stereotppers
typers who almost to a man had gone goneout goneout goneoctof
out octof of the building bundin he came to in a ajiffy ajiffy ajiffy
jiffy and was the same old hustler hustlerEverybody hu hustlerEverybody t1er t1erEeryhody
Everybody took hold and worked workedharder workedhardet YOrkedhardel
harder probably than he ever worked workedbefora workedbefore workedbeforn
before or since and although we didnt didntbeat didntbeat ldnt ldntbeat
beat the opposition paper as we were wereso
so certain of doing we were on the thestreet thestreet thustreet
street only a minute or so behind ft ftWe ftWe ItWe
We afterward learned that they had hailmade hadmade hadmade
made exactly the same arrangements arrangementsto
to beat us and had been fooled In pre precisely pre precisely precisely ¬
cisely the same way wayGrasping waye wayGraspIng
e a aGrasping
Grasping and Gifted Indiana IndianaA
A A southern outhe m writer tells this story of ofa ofa
a tL1I njgro gro gr jnwaohers PI18 9hers version of the theIBfifflbiQ thentlrabt thepifribloft I
IBfifflbiQ pifribloft Of otJt1ie the GOd Samaritan There ThereWas Theretu
Was 163 tu it traveler on a lon londy Ty road said
I the grounds to jind n a play entitled entitledLouisiana entitledThere entitledLoulslana
Louisiana There is one on the Pike Pikeand Pikeand Pikeand
and It is different dirr rent from the other two twoNo twoNo twoNo
No one can can an afford to miss this th his historic histoc histone ¬
tone spectacle cries the barker at the theentrance theentrance theentrance
entrance You will see truthful repre representatives representati representatives
sentatives sentati es of the early days in the val valley valIe valIcy ¬
Icy Ie of the Mississippi First we will willsho wWsll willshO
sho sll wyou in Father Chouteatfs little littlechurch lit litchureh littleehurch
church built in 1678 a series of ster
eoptic pictures pictur from the adventures of ofi ofthe
i i the pioneers among am ng the Indians and andtheir andtheir andtheir
their hard experiences ecperle e8 In m the theof progress progressof
of American civilization civilizationHis ivmz lvilizttIOiHis tIml tImlHis
His frankness in Admitting the show showthus sho shotbus showthus
thus far is I not a apia play < that inspires Ju pires con confidence Nnftdence
fidence He goes on We Te wilt show showthe
the original documents eta o the Loutsi Loutsiana
ana purchase purchasenot not copies mind you youbut youbut youbut
but the genuine papers signed by Bona Bonaparte
parte Monroe and Livingston Then
he became still more sonorous We
will next give you ytu on the e stage of a atheatre atheatre atheatre
theatre a drama which is Is It is no noside noside noside
side show shoof of pictures or waxworks b Out Outa t ta
a play performed by talented actors
You will witness the famous lRm u5 bargain bargainand Dat Bln
and 5fl sale sal by which Bonaparte the theFrench
French emperor transferred the Louts Louisiana Loutslatin ¬
iana territory to Monroe and Livings Uvingston Livingston
ton the American coml commissioners commissionersThese prs
These illustrious personages rsonRges will be beplaced 00placed beplaced
placed before you in flesh and blood bloodexactly bloodexactly bloodexactly
exactly as they figured in the event eventwhich eventwhich eventwhich
which made the destiny of our middle middlewest middlewest middlewest
west See it itsee see it itsee see it Dont save savea
a quarter of a dattar aitlJar r at the cost of a alifetime alifetime alifetime
lifetime of vain regret
My own advice t te visitors at the af affair afr atfair
r fair is similar in purport See it itsee see it itsee ite itsee
see e it Nothing more mor surprisingly surprisinglyridrulous surprlslnflrid surprisinglyniduloua
ridrulous rid ulous can be found on the Pike PikeTh PikeTb
Th T halfhour play p begins b n5 like an old oldI oIdfa3hletled oldfashimnied
I fashioned farce with two pert chamber chambermUJs chambertmtds
f mUJs m Ws using > feather dusters on the thescant theI
I scant furniture of a parlor A k flunkey flunkeyin
in livery comes in to t them The con conversation conversation conversution ¬
versation conveys conve s the Information that thatthe thatthe
the room is in Bonapartes Bonap rtes royal palace palaceand palaceand
and that his majesty has made m de an ap appointment appointment appointment ¬
pointment to receive Monroe and Liv Livingston LlvIngston LivIngston ¬
ingston Meanwhile the three threents sony servants sonyants ¬
ants nts reveal themselves as a songand songanddance son songanddance nd nddance
dance team of the crudest kind known knownto kno knoto
to vaudeville anywhere in this broad broadland broadland d dland
land They begin witty a ditty diU about the thesights thesights thesights
sights on the Pike Nfext they joke with withone withone withone
one another about their personal ap appearance appearance appearanee ¬
pearance and other things which are areabsurd areabsurd areabsurd
absurd yet not humorous Next they theysing theysing theysing
sing a parody an The Man Behind the theGun theGun theGun
Gun Next they talk awhile in the thethe tbethe thethe
the preacher who 00 was set upon by bythieves bythieefi bythIeves
thieves robbed and left wounded and andhelpless anchelpless andhelpless
helpless by the wayside As s he lay laythere laythere laythere
there various persons passed Med him him bt bitnone btnone btnone
none offered to assist him Presently Presentlyhowever P1ft5ent1yhowever Pzrsentlyhowever
however a apoor poor Samaritan came by byand byand byand
and taking pity on the wounded mans manspligfct JDIUtspUgt mansp11gM
pligfct t helped JIb on his mule Del aadtook Deltook andtook
took him to an inn where he ordered orderedfood orderedfood orderedfood
food and drink and raiment for the theman theman themart
man directing the innkeeper to send sendthe sendthe sendthe
the bill to him And dis am a a true truestory truestory truestory
story bretbren concluded the thepreacher thepreacher thepreacher
preacher for de inn am standm dere dereyet derey dereyet
yet y and in de doway am standin stand in de deskelton deskelton doskelton
skelton ob de Innkeeper waltin for forde forde fordo
de Good Samaritan to come back an anpay anpay anpay
pay de bill billHarpers Harpers Weekly WeeklyThe Weeklya WeeklyTheEandsome YeeklyThe
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The TheEandsome Handsome Man Paid TTp TTpNew UpNew tTpNew
New York Press PressWhen PressWhen PressWhen
When the conductor came through throughhe
he stopped before Mrs Standish and andsaid andsaid andsaid
said Faurururs please pleaseMrs pleaseMrs pleaseMrs
Mrs Standish swallowed a a pepper peppermint peppermint poppermint ¬
mint lozenge whole andsaid andsaidI and said saidI
I have no money My husband will willpay willpay
pay for me meThe meThe meThe willi
The conductor looked around on the theserried tbeserried theserried
serried ranks of feminity doubtfully doubtfullyWhere doubtfullyVhere doubtfullyWhere
Where is Ise1 e he asked askedOn askeduOn askedOn
uOn On the back platform He stayed stayedout stayedout stayedout
out there to smoke smokeThere smokeThere smokeThere
There are a dozen men men out there therewas thereWas therewas
was the reply How am am I to know knowwhich knowwhlcb knowwhich
which one belongs to you What kind kindof ktadof kindof
of Jooking man is he heHandsome he1Iandsome heHandsome
Handsome He Is tall he wears wes rs a ablue ablue ablue
blue suit and hes he got the nicest J CCItt Mack Mackmustache blademurtache blackmustache
mustache and the kindest brown eyes eyesyou eyteyou eycoyou
you ever eier saw sawThe sawThe aw awThe
The conductor eondu tor went away only to toreturn toreturn toreturn
return a moment later presenting pres4mtJnslugubrious a alugubrious alugubrious
lugubrious cast of countenance countenanceSay countenaRCehSn countenanceSay
hSn Say he said he wont pay pa He Hesays Hesays Hesays
says you aint his wife He says he heaint Dealnt heaint
aint got any wife wifesays says he aint never neverbeen 1everbeen iteverbeen
been married marriedWell marriedWell marriedWell
Well what do you thfafk of that thatgasped thatgasped thatgasped
gasped Mrs Irs Standish You must have haveasked 1taveasked haveasked
asked the wrong man manuThats manThats j
Thats what I thought To make makesure makesure makesure
sure I got the right one I asked every everyman everyman everyman
man out there They Tle all swore to the thesame thesame thesame
same thing Theyre all single singleMrs singleMrs singleMrs
Mrs Standish S blushed deeply Thisis Thisis This Thisis
is outrageous she said I can ap appreciate appreciate appredate ¬
preciate a Joke as well as anybody but butthis hutthis butthis
this is carrying it a little too far Oh Ohdear Ohdear
dear I wish the car wasnt so crowded crowdedso cro ded dedso
so I could get out there Tell him himplease bimpleasethe hintpleasethe
please pleasethe the darkeyed man mantltat that I Idont Idont Idont
dont want to make a scene scene but that thatif tltatIf thatif
if he doesnt quit playing the fool fooland fooland fooland
and pay my tar fare Ill be obliged to tocome tocome tocome
come out there in a minute and sy sysomething say saysomethlng saysomething
something somethingYes somethlngYes
Yes Yes maam said ld the conductor conductorAgain c niluctorAgain conductorAgain
Again he retired to the rear of the thecar thecar thecar
car When he came through the next nexttime Bentime nexttime
time he nodded at Mrs Standish en encouragingly encouraging encouragingly ¬
couragingly its all righth rIg right t he said saidHe saidHe
He paid up upAfter upn upnAfter upAfter
After a while the car stopped at atMrs at1lrs atMrs
Mrs Standishs street She went out outthe outthe
the front way and waited for Standish Standishto
to join her But the car passed and he
did not appear appearHow appearuIfow appearHow II IIdid
uIfow How very careless he is i said Mrs
Standish to allow himself to be becarried becarried i
carried past his street There is really reallyno j jno I Ino
no excurse for or such inattention inattentionShe I IShe
She stood at the corner looking anxi arixiously i iously 1ously
ously up and down the street Soon Soonanother Soonanother I Ianother
another car stopped and Standish got gotoff gotoff ot I Io
off o i iYou
You neednt saya MY fA a word he saidi said Ii
UIts Its your own fault A truck got in inthc inthe i
the way and I couldnt catch that car caryou caryou caryou
you got in to save my neck I called calledto i ito >
to you to get off but you didnt hear hearI I II II
I worried all aUthe1VRY theway up town I I Iknew
knew youd be hopping mad because I Ii Iiknew
didnt come inside insideOh InsWeuOh InsideOh
uOh Oh said Mrs lrs Standish Im not notthinking notthinking notthinking
thinking of that I am wondering who whothat whothat whothat
that man was that paid my car fare fareThe fareThe fareus
us usThe
The Strangest Fish FishWashington FishWashington FishWashlngton
Washington Post PostThe PostThe I IThe
The funniest little fellow in salt water waterIs WaterIs
Is tIle < puffer or swell sw flsn Fishermen Fishermeneall
call e lf him the blow fish fishWhen fi8 fi8en fIshWhen
When en he is swimmm around at a case casewith easewith a awith
with nothing to alarm him he looks queer queerenough queerenough
enough for the skin of his abdomen is isall Isall Isan I
all loose and wrinkled and he has such sucha
a funny little tail and such ch ridiculous ridiculouslittle ridiculoUSlittle ridiculouslittle
little fins and such a big threecornered threecorneredhead threc threecetheredhead < 6rneMd I
head that he looks entirely enUre absurd His Hismonth Hismonth I Imonth
month instead of being big and gaping gapingas
as most fish mouths are is only a tiny tinyround tinyround tinyround
round hole at the end of A pointed con conical I Iical I Ileal
ical snout Out of ttig th circular mouth mouthHe mouthprotrude I
protrude his teeth lIkethote or 1 rabbit rabbitHe I
He would be about as homely a fish as astiful ascould
could be made If It were not for th the beau bedUtiful beautIfuI I
tiful orange and yellow and silver color coloring colorlug ¬ I
ing that play all over him himBut himBut I
But queen as be looks when he is at atcase atC8e atcase
case it is only when he ia I frightened or orexcited orclted orexcited
excited clted that be becomes really funny funnyIf I
If hBis hooked for Instance he come COm to tothe totile
the surface grinding those protruding protrudingteeth protrudingteeth protrudingteeth I
teeth so that the sound can be heard a agood agood
good many feet away And then as soon soonas soonas soonas
as the hand touches him he begins to togrunt tQgrunt togrunt I
grunt hoarsely hoorsel and wltk each grunt he heswells heswells heswelI
swells a bit till within a few moments he hehas hfhns hehas
has puffed himself blm8 1t so full Jlor of air that he j jthoroughly II I IIs
Is quite round and firm Jlke ke a a ball So SothOro Sothoroughly
thoroughly thOro U g hly does d OCS he distend dlstendh himself Ims car with withair withair
air that when the fishermen hurl him at atthe atthe atthe
the water with all their foree as thOy theyoften thOyoft thoyoften I
often oft n do he will bounce justJike just a rub rubber rbr rodher ¬
her ball ballIt 1m hellIf 11 111t
It he Is dropped Into the water after
witness W repartee and badinage of the thecheap t1 tleebeap e
cheap concert halls Next they recite recitesome I
some verses versi es on the gaieties of Parts ParteAnd pariaAnd PartsAnd
And through it all they have the half halffrightened
frightened halfdefiant halC eftant air of perform erform I
ere who know they deserve to be oe rot
tenegged yet et wont back down from fromt
I the danger dangerNow daagerI dangerNow
I Now comes the historic drama the themomentous themomentous themomentous
momentous spectacle the opportunity opportunityj
i of a lifetime to see how France sold soldLouisiana soldLouisiana midLouisiana
Louisiana to the United States Bona Bonai
i parte stalks in to the music of o Tfce TfceMarseillaise rleKarseitJaI8e TL TLMarseillaise
Marseillaise with his forelock pulled pulleddown pulleddonn
down his right hand thrust in his hisbreast hISi hisbreast
i breast and the left under his i coat coattaiL tOttaiLrite coattaiLThe taiL taiLThe
The impersonation I tion Is bs impressive Impr aeive he until untilthe untiltlJc untilthe
the actor speaks S 08ks but never again againMonroe againand
I Monroe and Livingston arrive to the thej themusic
j music of Yankee Doodle They The are arej arefrom arefrom
j from the t awkward rank of diplomats diplomatsI
I should say that the salary lst of ofI ofthe ofthe
I the company of seven must t reach4 I a aI Itweeks
I weeks total of a Hundred ItU dred dollars and andthose andthose
those laborers lalJu n are e just about worthy worthyof
of f their hire No one wishes eiI them to todo tcI
I I do any an more to earn their the r money The Thelittle TheI Thelittle
I little dicker over the sale Ie of Louisiana Louisianatests Louisianalasts
tests but two or three minutes mlnu Then ThenI Thenour
I our Goddess of Liberty appears a pe Tab Tablean
leau The Star Spangled Banner BannerCurtain BannerCurtain > r
Curtain No applause Laughter LaughterAt
At a theatre In the city The James
Brothers in Missouri was performed performedif
if you take themanagers tJteJ themsnagersword ulagerswon word for it itso it itso
so that visitors visit rs to the fair may study studyi
i a picturesque phase of American Amer an ± an life lifei
i magnificently Illustrated That is sev sevI sevcml
I eral kinds kindsot of a joke e First even though thoughj thoughyou thoughyou
j you have never seen that melodrama melodramayou mt > lodrama
you know in a general way that it wa wamade W3made wsmade
made for the rabble and has traveled traveledseveral traveledseveral traveledseveral
several years ealS on the circuits of the thevery theI thevery
very cheapest theatres Second no noplay DOplay noplay
play that I know of is rougher or ortougher ortougher ortougher
I tougher as an example of stage 5 sensa sensationalism sensationalism sensatlonahsm ¬
tionalism TUrd it excolls the infa infamous infamous mm mmnoes ¬
mous James bandits as honorable he heroes heroes heroes ¬
roes Really I was angry awhile when whenI
I saw it in this impertinent revival revivalbut relvalbut revivalbut
but my temper calmed when tookimr tookimrabout lookhwrabout lookincabout
about I found the audience composed composedwholly composedwholly composedwholly
wholly of St Louis people Not one onelooked onelooked onelooked
looked like a stranger who bad come cometo cometo cometo
to study a phase of American life lifeThe lireThe lifeThe
The quarterdollar people in the par parquet parquet parquot ¬
quet included none who looked like a astudent a astudent astudent
student of sociology The lucenters in inthe Inthe Inthe
the gallery were a packed mass of boys boysand boygand boysand
and they were being taught that two twooutlaws twoOUtJ tw twoutlaws
outlaws OUtJ 8 were characters fit to be emu emulated emulated cmiilated ¬
lated That seemed a pity and a shame shameBut shameBut shameBut
But the play pia was too comic to regard regardseriously regardseriously regardseriously
seriously after it had got under head headway heFdway bendway ¬
way with its thefts sprees Incendiar Incendiarism In dier dierism ¬
ism abduction hanging ban9lng train robbery robberyblowing robberyaDd robberyand
aDd murder accompmlled by almost in inblowln inblowing
blowing blowln himself full of air he floats < on onH onIt OnIt
It as lightly as thistledown and he wiH wiHstay wiHatRY Willstay
stay that way until he has assured him himself bilRIf himself ¬
self If that danger has gone by He does doesthe doesthe doesthe
the same when he is pursued by ether stherfish etherfI etherfish
fish And as he floats flO tB almost entirely entirelyoutof entirelyouttof
outof water with only a little bit of his hisharfJ hisliarS
liarS spiny body sunk under the surface surfacevery surfacevery surfacevery
very few fish can hurt him once nee he is in inflated Inflated inhated ¬
flated flatedII
0 0Japans II 0 0Japan
Japans Human Horses HorsesLondon HorsesLondon HorsesLondon
London Mail MailThe 1fallThe MailThe
The feats of which the Japanese rick rick8bawm I1ckaba ricksbwnien
8bawm aba sbwnien men n are capable are almost almo t incred incredible incredIble mendIbis ¬
ible I remember some som years ago So betas b
driven ashore in a yacht in the Inland InlandSea InlandSea InlandSee
Sea during a typhoon phoon It was far beyond beyondthe beyondthe beyondthe
the treaty tre ty limits which then existed and amiforeigners 1100lorefgn andforeigners
foreigners lorefgn > rs were > not allowed to travel out outside outside outside ¬
side those limits without speciil passp passports patBPortfi paseporta ¬
orts But the mayor of the nearest fish fishing tJshJng fishbig ¬
big village was kindness kindn 5 itself Jt lf He Hepromised Heproml8ed liepromised
promised to supply the best racktehaw racktehawen racktthawmen rackbhawmen
men en which the neighborhood could pro produce produee prodose ¬
duce so as to take us to a railway sta station station ¬
tion some forty miles away And h be kept kepthis keptnis kepthis
his word for the distance was covered coveredin
in less than six hours including a halt t for forrefreshments fornfre forrefreshments
refreshments nfre meRts Each rickshaw rlCkStl w was drawn drawnby drawnby drawnby
by two men tandem wtte Wh tHr tb usual usualfashion usualfa8I suaifashion
fashion when long distances have to be becovert betOverMi becovered
covert The leaders in each went wentthrough wenttft wentthrough
through tft h the whole distance while thd thdwheelers thtwheelers thdwheelers
wheelers so to speak were we changed half halfway halfway halfway
way Th The road wag W over a great t part partof partof partof
of the distance little better than a moun mountain mountaiR inounlain ¬
lain track and it was Was raining most 67 67tb iHtlM 61the
tb the time but there was never a break in ino InOUr inoar
o OUr r progress p ess except to allow the coolies cooliest
t to take off or put on their clothes They Theyprefer Theyprefer Theyprefer
prefer running in nothing but a loincloth loinclothand JoinclothaRC loinclothand
and do s as whenever they get et safely be beyond beyoa4 beyond ¬
yond the eye of the police who have or orders 01dent ordora ¬
dent strictly to administer me law v against againstnudity againstD1Idity againstnudity
nudity nudityThe D1IdityThe nudityThe
The fare paid for or this prolonged journey journeywaa j tlrneyWh journeywas
was if I remember rightly about three threashillings threeIhIlIlJ1llS threeshillings
shillings for each rlckshtnv rick h the th extra extrashilling extrasbtlUng extrashilling
shilling being b a gratuity thrown in for forgood torservice forgood
good service I know that it itmany purchased purchasedso
so many blessings n s on my Honorable head headas headas headas
as cannot yet be quite exnaustd exnausl exnauslhaYing Anti Agdhaving Antihaving
having made our farewell at t the railway railwaystation railwaystation
station the coolies started back at slice aneefor 0IIftfor slicefor
for their own village villageOdd villageOdd villageea
ea eaOdd
Odd Chinese Medicines MedicinesChicago MedicinesCblctuo tledicinesChicago
Chicago News NewsThough NewsThough ews ewsThough
Though the pill habit is said by med ¬
Seal journals to cause more dyspepsia dys than tRaDIt thanIt
It cures it has at any rate the sanction sanctionof
of antiquity IB an article which Dr H HL HL HL
L Norris a British naval surgeon 8ur eon on the theChina theChina theChina
China station contributes to one of the themedical themedical themedical
medical journals he remarks that doses dosesIn dOMSIn dosesin
In the Chinese Cbtr ese pharmacopoeia are invar invariably invarIably inyarlably ¬
iably large and the pills are taken by bythe bythe
the hundreds The Chinese he adds addspossess addspossess addspossess
possess an enormous veneration for an antiquity antiquity antiqulty ¬
tiquity and besides powdered deers deershorne deershorneto horns hornsto
to promote longevity and tigers bones te tepromote Wpromote topromote
promote bravery very dose themselves with withfossil wtthfO withfossil
fossil ivory fossil crabs CrR and shells an ancient aRcffnt ascleat ¬
cleat soot and water in which a few cop copper copper copper ¬
per coins of an early dynasty have been beenboiled beenboIlfad beenbelied
boiled boiledOther boIlfadOther beliedOther
Other imaginative remedies are ar scorp scorpions scorPtons seer seerions ¬
ions dried silk worms orms baked toads toadswasps toadswasps toadswasps
wasps nests n ts and cockroaches tockro che At the theend theend theend
end of a considerable catalogue of simi simiJar similar sImmlan
Jar prophylactics Dr Norris observes nbservethat re3 re3that > j
that though his list is far from om
cessant gun play pIa No effort had been beenwasted 1wcntmstedby beenwasted
wasted tmstedby by tfce t anonymous a atlQr ttor t tmake tmake tmake
make anything any thin > plausible plausibleO
O On emitting The James JaCl s ivys ivysMissouri y yU5soUri > H HMissouri
Missouri in the afternoon I saw Fu Fuifaf Fuat Fuat
faf at the Fair placarded at a thtau thtauacross thtalacr th air airacrOss
across acr 8s th thdstreet street and I decided t tn < roisn roisnput rounQut rnunout
put the t e day on a low theatrical lv lvby tI tIby 1vby
by seeing that in the evening The p pformers Pformers pr prformers ° <
formers were one of those th I burle bu rleqn rleqncompanies > qi qicompanies u ucompanies
companies that make t turs urs of the off offcolor offcolor offcolor
color variety houses and I trust ther therno is isJio i iftO
Jio Worse in existence exist There > ivasi wa I t ta la ta
a a trace of talent Ient in the t ne liven rn n or orImnln < > r refHnm rchnm
efHnm Imnln in the women As an fxtrrrr fxtrrrri txtrtlple ixtlei1example
i example ple of worthlessness 8 I found th thIl ihnrather n nraihar
rather interesting Th Thr < ir eho now alt ultnatetl altenatedvaudevllle
natetl natedvaudevllle vaudeville and extravaganza HP d awhenever I Iwhenever
whenever whe er one was going goin on th thseemed tb > tI th thseemed
seemed th less atrocious Peihujs Pel h hje p T Tshould Tshould Ishould
should except some illustrated ill u tJra te lallaii la laIliwkch 11 i iwkch
1 wkch a a woman n saiiK S3n t haru bar h hi < > u uher uher Uher
her little litt1 bit of a no n nooc = c that I m mirviIi mirviIishe rvolM trHlplshe < rvolMshe
she didnt blow it off lier er fare fat Tu Tueach tllefh l leach
each song songt told a story while hil a aticon stereop stereopi I frfq frfqficon
i tlcon threw thrE really good gIX > i pictures < on onj < n ncurtain e ecurtain <
j curtain TB The makers of nomey non noneiv > din dini dinnow
i now provide views as well as asand VITP VI VIand < VS VSand
and tunes tun They choose a ascene suiiaM1 ujtahJ ujtahJscene
1 scene take the requisite kind all anlI atp atpn allnumb
I number n numb m1x1 of persons per l1R there and p Pse tH > th I hf i ibefore
before the camera ca ra Oncof th the strong stronglunged ttrI1lungf etrIIllunged
lunged > d arnd weaknosed woman nontalis hai haiilads ba hIlads 1 1ads
lads ads was about two comrade rough rou h rid riIers riders iiiens
ers in Cuba One was wounJed wounJ WOiinJeIaldrmlah > t in inskirmish iJIsld
skirmish sld i8h and the Other ltore Tf > him hi In avt avton a avaon a aon
on horseback I mention h1f > Utiol1 this iUj IMVUIS IMVUISthe IK > < 111 111the
the hero of the incident bad been btc n pho photographed ph lI1tographed ¬
tographed from I man made ui u I p t tRmbl r rsemblod tsemblod
semblod Rmbl d Theodore lloos llnoseelt < ftlt elt No douhr douhrLew douhtLew douhLow
Lew Dockstader the t iie f negro minstr minstrgof mijwtnL mijwtnLgot niiitrgot
> got his idea of an ai illu illusI < t ruled monologue monologueabout nronolngliabout monolguabout
about the president and Booker r IWashington rVnshington rWashington
Washington from such jilcturesnjrps jilcturesnjrpsthe cturesungithevaniety I Ithe
the thevaniety variety shows but le was impoli impolitic imfl11tie impolltic ¬
tic in his choice of time place an antheme anI anItheme antheme <
theme themeAs themeAs themeAs
As to toFroI Frolics at thf ho Fair i w wJ wc wca w4 w4a =
a patchwork of old J JIes 11 a aiitiis aiitiisold nt if 6
J I old costumes and old gins Thest m ms m1 mitenfals
t tenals were put dUnt4i1y Into a 110 110SG mw mwmane
s SG mane ene e on the Pike and the i on unl > nl > sali saili nr nrthing 11 11fhing r rthing
thing In the Wretched wret betl affair vas that thta t thathustiand h l lahushand
ahushand a husband was seeking1 seekin his missing vif wHamon wifamong vifamong
among amon the t female i p iarformeri Tformerj rform th thr thrjust thcrjust < r rjust
just as Herman Leroy Jones was as mis mistakenly m mtakenly iiitakenly ¬
takenly said by the St Louis journal journalto jUrna1Jto iurra5 iurra5to
to have searched sear hed there for Mm Mr Jon JonTo JonTo JonTo
To anyone who had seen the youiij youiijpretty JrOU1pretty youiipretty
pretty and modish Mrs Jones Jon f the theportly theportly theportly
portly dame who stood far her was as the thebest thebest he hebest
best joke of the evening and th th0 < only onijrone on onlyone y yOI1e
one I could laugh at From the to toLduisianas t tn 0 0Lduisianas oLduisianas
Lduisianas toFrolics t Frolics at the Fair Fairand Fa Faand Faiand
and The James Brothers in Missoun Missounis Mlsaouis
is as far as stagecraft can well to toajjart toallart toaiart
ajjart in the tt directions of priTo ar a rd rdshame rdshame d dshame
shame shameptete shamepltte shameplate
plate it will show through what a vi Y lIie1 varielrange lIie1range < < rie rierange
range of thought bt Chinese e ideas iavs iavsraqved lav lavmoved v vmqved
moved in atteMptS to relieve lieYf th dii diievacs dbeases diieases
eases common to humanity Perhaps tor tormost tJa1most tbmost
most curious of all preventive mpdietots mpdietotsis
is a soap made from a black cat wtiteiii wtiteiiiis weh wehIs 1
is drunk by blacksmiths fn Canton to prc prcvent pnvent fi fivent >
vent burns from hot metals metalsIf metalI
If the remedies are in themselves themselvesnauseating thmselqfD8u thcmselsnauseating
nauseating D8u eaU the nomenclature no of ofdrugs ofdruSS thn thndrugs
drugs Is almost t literary The arrow arrowthe arro Bof Bofthe s sthe
the hundred hu medicines me thunderpBte1 thunderpBte1water thundPrptll8oater thunderpijwater
water dragon bones the king kin of offield tki tkifield tit titfieW
field boundaries thousand takV tak takseecr xuarth xuarthseed th thseed
seed are acme 8C of the names namesA DamesA namesA
A Panacea PanaceaT
T A D in Catholic Standani Standaftl1Iy StandaadMy StandaniMy
My ma shes just a sear she is isAn isAn isAn
An jest as good an kind kindAs dB kindAs
As B sjy y little boy or girl cirlIn IIrIIn girlIn
In all this world eeaW find findCause findCause findCause
Cause when you ou dont t feel pretty pnt pntOr eoed eoedOr gosdOr
Or bumped yourself or fell fellYou fenY tenYou
You Y ou go and let her hag you up
An pretty won ytiure y well wellYou wellYou wellYou
You put your head heautOh on her wh whese sites sitesSo IkesSo e s sSo
So soft aiwj cry awhile IIwhiJeAn pwbileAn awhileAn
An after that first thing you youYou youYou kaow kaowYou
You lift your head an smile smilelittle smUtI >
I got ot a little playmate IIltl friend friendafs frieodThats friendThats
Thats afs named nam Lvella I Lee IetThat LeeThat ee < eeThat
That lives in that twostory tWo tory hoi hoiAcrost houerost houm houmcrost
Acrost erost the street from me meAn meA meO meDt meAn
An A you can ask sk Her if yon wan wanHow wanL wanLHow n
How O Dt kind ma Jk is crs crsSince She knows knowsSince knowsSince
Since yesterday yest < day when w n she fell tIM 4WrAn tIMAn 4swrAn
An tore her Sunday rloes rloesLuella cloetILuella ckiesLuella
Luella eat at on our front fr n t steps stepsAn stepsAn
An cried an cried an cried criedShe criedShp criedShe
She didnt have her own dear dearause ma 1 1Cause
Cause ause she bad went a as a died diedAn dtPdAn diedAn
An had to b be pat in I n a grave graveLike Jrawt graveLike
Like all t dead people are areSo araSo I IAn
So I jest took Lttailas lG gaimd hand handAn handAu
An led her In to ma maAn ma I IAn
An told her Heres a little girl girlTlwUs girlTh8ts girlThats
TlwUs fell an tore her dress dressAn dreaAn dre dreAn
An hasnt any mother metberlOW metberlOWTo now nowTo nowTo
To hug hu nr up I guess SIMBSIf guessIf
If you would take her en your lap l la
Theway The nay you do to me meShe meShe tueShe
She wouldnt cry so much or orHew or card
Hew bad her dress might he heThen NTheu boThen
Then ma said Bless your little HttlcAn lit ticheart bIt
An held bet arms out wide wideAh wideAn le leAb
Ah took Luella into them themA themAD themAn
A AD sorter laughed Jau Ed an Knuled KnuledLuella cried criedLueila criedLuella
Luella cried a little bit bitAn bitAn bitAn
An I cried l some an then
Luella smiled and kissed my ma maAn maAn maAn
An we were reIe glad again againSo againC 7 7S
C C C
So S when you dont feel pretty good
Or bumped yourself or fell fellJest fellJest fellJeM
Jest go an lot ma hn hug r you up u uAn J
An pretty 1Jret soon youre well wellEvery wellI H HBvery
I IS II IIBvery
Bvery Day DayPhiladelphia DayPhiladelphia
f Philadelphia Press Presr vf vfI > r rI >
I was jest st telling my daushtPir ft MMI aifl
Mrs Noosens ooaeis that it was a sham sh shui jsr
her to 1 play the fteno on Sunday
Huh Miorted the th neighbor wy IItJ IItJ3rou 0
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