Show DID VE HAND HIM Hill A PIPPIN LuKe LuRe Cosgrove Tells How a Kansas Hansas City Dramatic Critic Got Even With George Blair lair Luke lJUke Cosgrave not Cosgrove Cosgro e as he heis heis heis is persistently called In Utah much much to his disgust who for the list last two seas seasons sea sea- s sons ns has bas been beena a member of the Orpheum Stock company compan is always good for a reminiscence of the stage For the last ten years he has been looked upon as as' as asa a veteran actor in the Beehive State but it is is in Missouri and Kansas Kansas' where he ha hap a gr great at vogue Every season for innumerable innumerable innumerable in in- numerable years he has toured those States presenting Shakespearean pla plays s 's sat at one night stands One nig t last week he was donning his war ar paint in his room dressing over at the Orpheum Roach and he ho began to swap yarns Roach be it known is of Mormon ormon extraction while Cosgrave is a devout Catholic Somehow or other the subject of religion re reo re- re ligion cropped up Possibly it was precipitated precipitated precipitated pre pre- by the new Sunday night performance performance performance per per- order Well We Zelb affirmed the old- old time actor I like Salt Lake and do you know whenever I go got back to Missouri Missouri Mis Mis- soun I generally hand out some Mormon Mor 1 mon storie stories regular missionary stories to the newspaper newspaper boys who all know m me and they print them too But I never will forget when po poor r George Blair and I went ahead of the to never forgotten be-forgotten to stir up some press work to boom the show We ran rau into Austin Latchaw of the Kansas City Gity Star the dean of the dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic critics of the Middle fiddle West Wet Latchaw Latchaw Latch Latch- aw and I are arc old friends and I knew knew- that we could get some good stuff landed landed land land- ed all right I introduced George Blair to him as a Mormon Elder which thich was no nolie lie ie and in a few minutes he and ana Latchaw vere ere talking Mormonism to beat the band Gorge George went ahead and gave him dates and everything and in short order order or or- der it cropped out that the Mormon Garden of Eden was supposed t to be situated situated sit sit- in Jackson county Mo You should have seen that veteran newspaper newspaper per man sit up and take notice He waxed enthusiastic on the jump He got ot so excited he could could h hardly sit still With dreams of an illustrated story spread all over the Sunday supplement aud and a syndicate story duly copyrighted into the bargain why bargain why it was the scoop of the year ear Mr Blair he lie gasped if you will wiH take me to the place I will have a photographer photographer photographer pho pho- there and we will give ive you vou several kinds of or a story all right It was then that Blair started to hed hedge e. e and the upshot of it all was that he did not care to take the responsibility of fixing fixing- the site rite of the Garden of Eden within a mile or 01 two Do y you ou mean to state that the original sin was committed in Jackson county Mix M feverishly asked Latchaw Latch Latch- aw all excitement Most dec decidedly I do answered George Georg-e with Blair fervor Latchaw gazed reflectively at his shoes for a moment and then dr drawled in his well known style You may be right ht after all Mr Blair but I will ill bet a weeks week's salary that if the original sin was committed in Jackson Jakson Ja county it was done with a Missouri pippin 4 Latchaw never quite for forgave ave us for throwing him down on a good stor story mused Cosgrave as he be touched up some wrinkles but bitt he lie lIe did the square thing for he gave great sendoff sendoff send send- off when we opened in dear old K C. C |