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Show inaw tfy(jTtw THE VSI 4M MrtvMMifeM SUNDAY STANDARD: OGDEN, UTAH, SEND Y, MATU'TT i Mat p6g yytfc-cfod- 24, 1 vaudeville one good turn dmerve another A gaud cook rhould be a good shut, bring busy moat of the lime about the 5 rang. Ttie actor cHtic evidently a aaU lit. coniddcr the He ie lorevrr "soak- ing" him. Because an arfren ran weep copiously U no alien that ehe reign ever the mimic kingdom. The cou vernal ion of moat actor la Interesting if you are intrreated la hearing about them. could lift ten men, but the Hindi) overage man can weigh n comic opera clmru in Ilia eye. A great ilay folia into the hand of a great actor, and. after he ha all the good line to hinuctf, he suy. "The pity was ao good till I re-- a rote It." 11 ot--t plays are like pill, if you wal-lo- w them whole they are awed; but if. like critic, you chew them, you alii had them bitter. tp THE tUCCESSFUL CAREER CHARLES KLEIN. Charles Klein, whoa play. Th Lieu and the Mouse," haa mad a big success, was bora In 1117 la London, where h wa educated at Kertb Lon. don culli-g- . Following (It wish of hi parents, ha began the study of law, but after a brief periad h abandoned of w riting. It for th Klein cam to America In Itt! and attracted by the stage as a field for Ilia literary ability he became aa actor ao that he might study at close range (lie teciiuiiiua of th drama. Ilia Drat play. "By Proxy," wa produced In at (ha Boat oh Museum with a east that Included A. H. Lima. Katherine Florence and Btgpislaua "By Bunge. Proxy" ran for iwelv week la Boston and, stimulated by this ..sueveaa Klein decided I davot hlmaelf auialj to play w riling. Heart ease," pmduaed by Henry Miller, ud El Capttan," by Do Welt Hopper, probably established the author's status In the dramatic field. In recent year ha has written "A Royal Rogue" for Jefferson le Angel!; Tha Hon. John tlrlgwhy" for Frank Keenan and Th District Attorney," tha latter on of hla fir I plays to deal with poll I Ira and produced by William A. Brady la Now Tarit about eight yean f. f t profi-aaiv- IH ltl Hill " mum 1 Our Sew York Dramatic pondont. Corre- - the Aator theater, haa been produced . n play of modern A Weak Kneed Horn. life. "The Mill of the Goda," present hero does not "shape np" written by George Broudhurat, to,Our the general notion of what a man 10 author of "Th Man of the Hour." should be who Is supposed to be fightrun th at ducceauful a now enjoying life, future, ing blackguardism for jjavuy thi aier. reputation and sweetheart. a Goda" th of preeented Hill The Florence Rockwell, formerly Richard even ao. It fell capable company; but, Hnnsfieide leading ' woman; Louise folBroadhuret Mr. success. of hart Clocser, who rose to fame in G. B. lowing the example of Chtrlee Klein, Shaw's "Candida;' Edgar Selwyn, JoHouse." and the Lion of The authig seph Tuohy and William Humphreys, endeavors to bring out UlustratluM of who put finishing touches on Nae ana of public the Inner processes In "The Han of the poisons humiliation by playing the role life. ago,' appear In the other by several years Hour" he pictured the method roles. Of course Miss dosser principal to endeavor boaaea which political add Mias Rockwell Illuminate their retiamatriug" the public by mean of spective rales. Miss Clossar appears creatures the subservient officeholder, as n typewriter, aa she did on her first of Mills the In The of the bonne. playing In the east. In "Candida." can a blackmailer Goda" he show how make miserable the life of n young , Arabs at tha Hippodrome. man actually trying to make something The management of the Hippodrome of himself In the world after an unforthas captured a real live band of Bedunate start. The chief difficulty with the play ouin Arab. To the number of twenty-fearns to be faulty drawing of the our, they are now appearing nightcharacter of the hero, played by Robert ly and dally at the monstroua playProuet. known for capable work in house, and they lend highly pleasing many playa. This hero la too timid to color and variety to a programme albold the sustained interest and symready aa colorful and varied aa any on could desire. pathy of an audienoe, even in "the efThe Arabs are aa lithe, active and fete eeat." While a modern audience of reasonable clasa doe not insist on muscular a band as ever crossed a and desert. With tlwm are their camels stagey bravado, mock heroic blatant, blustering, bluffing, braggart- - and camp and war paraphernalia. iw bends to keep th pear and ae guarantee the security of their patron. Another addition to Ilia Hippodrome programme la Captain Webb' covey of trained sen I and the sea linn that rhlea horaeback. The ether features, the Indian panorama "lloneer Ihiyi, and "Neptune'a Daughter," with the bespangled mermaid, are retained. hi. . Tatar and Plana. Maaina Elliott Maxine Klllott la about to rlia her long tour In "Her Grant Hatch. owing cum-merr- lal ago. to inability to get further booking, and will go to Euslaud to prepare for th production of her next new play, of which If. V, Esmond, the English dramalte author. Is th writer. Miss Klllott will open In London next Rcptember In her new play, which la described aa "highly romantic," Mine Klllott Is now ending one of her 's The chief part of their performance four. name, in Arabic, ia said brain behind it. A man my smll and most successful of all road seasons. Is a aeries of novel, interest ing and exto mean "a bird," and he Is a bird, lie smile and be a holdup artist. Ferltsi Hhe traveled 2S,M miles and played la Malininnied Orlas is huintila and subtremely spectacular acrobatic and Is a bundle of steel springs. seventy-fou- r elite. dued while at tha Hippodrome, tumbling stunts, something entirely A Real Bandit he is afraid of tiia neighboring different from those ever seen in this Witty Wilstsch. Another member of the band ia one ticket speculators, who muka Ralsull country. They have the celebrated Frank Wilstsch of th Bhubert manwhirling dervishes beaten fourteen Mahommed Orion, a ho was formerly look like a (wo spot In a penuchle lck. agerial staff la a prolific producer of different ways from the home plate," one of ilia outlaw Rsisuli'a bandit, one Of course It la hardly fair of tlia of tha notorious civw (hut made Moas George M. Cohan would say. management to subject an au- epigrams anenl atag and many other rocco a sone of terror to tourists and dience to tha preseiic of a Mona 'can topics. Bom of hi latest nr as folA feature of the troupe la Tlo-T- le Bcnga, a morsel of tanned humanity, native merchants. Mshipnmed has a bandit after said audlem-- has eluded lows: Deadheads should not look gift neats seemingly about twelve or thirteen smiling face thnt little betrays tbe na- th rhitche of tlia speculator, and years old; but. In fact, he is twenty- - ture of tbe daring spirit and perverted they will probably put Mahommed un- - lu lit springs. Tin-Tin- aa Hip-podru- a With Lao Arthur bo collaborated on In which llavid Auctioneer." Warfield made hla stellar debut. Klein provided for thl actor Th Must Master," which haa proved on of tha phenomenal auccesaea of theatrical hla- lory. It la now In Its third year with no abat ament la lu popularity, la Th Lion and th Mouse" Mr. Kiel has again treated the subject of politic one for which ha aeama to have a pronounced predilection, aa shown la hla earlier playa, Tha District Attorney" end The lioa. John Grigsby." Mr. Klein la a member of tbe American club, having filled tht position of secretary since Its organisation. It waa ha who waa delegated t speak before the committee la the sen at to obUin the copyrighting amendment that nude tha pirating of playt The penal offense. Millionaire Horsemen Who Are Too Wise to Bet on R.aces; Keene, Belmont a.nd Others Fighting GossipHa.rness Horses -- i i aietw fallacious Idea vails generally than that tha men principally Interested In running horse Tuclng, Mew-an- ls and membera of the Jockey clubs, etc., bet heavily. It la also tha prevailing opinion that auch noted turfmen as August Belmont, Harry Hayne Whhney. James R. Keens and Herman B. Duryntt, deeply interested In racing In a financial way, car little or nothing about raring aa a sport, but are Imply engaged in It for revenue only. These Ideas are widespread and have taken deep root la the mind of many men. But aa far aa the Individuals named are concerned the assumptions are positively wrong. August pelmont does not bot a penny on the result of a rare, James R. Keene haa not placed a wager In many year on one ef hla horses, and Harry Payna Whitney and Herman B. Duryea are such small bet-tu- NO rn that they are sarcastically referred to by the club contingent aa tha pikers of the millionaire brigade." unuld be hard to find th whole world over, if it were faked and scraped thoroughly, four men whose love for a Imrxe is deeper than that of Belmont, Keene. Whitney and Duryea. In the rara horse these multimillionaires find gi iiuine and abiding pleasure. They funilsh recreation for them, a surcease from i lie cares and worries of business world, through the various stages of development, nursing, weaning, babyhood, into the fleet footed champion of the track, these men find Infinite delight No other pleasure, no sense of Bound, nut even sweet music, holds them so completely aa does the thunder of the horaee hoofs on the course In advance of all other competitors. James R. Keene haa owned some great horses during his career on tha turf. His greatest of recent yean were Domino, Sysonby, Commando, Cap and Bells and Tommy Atkina. Most regulars recollect how Mr. Keene placed a granite shaft ever the body of Domino when the great racer waa buried In Kentucky. He paid a flattering tribute to the horses deeds and showed hla affection for him when he did so. Keene and Byaenby. In the peerless Pysonby, probably the greatest race horse that waa ever fuel- ed In any country. Keens found hla chief delight He frequently referred to him as the greatest horse that ever lived. Every time Sysonby beat ills field home and he did so In every race except one Keene would shake hands with everybody, from stable boy to state senator, and stand by his hone's aide for an hour and sing hla praises. But be never bet a cent on him. The victory of 8yonby meant nothlife. to him except the keen delight of ing In the development of their eolta, owning the fastest horse. The value train the time the horses first enter the of the stake was a mere Incident. Harry Payne Whitney probably loves hla horse leas than did his father, the lata William C. Whitney, but he con- siders them his chief pleasure snd spends much ef his time among them. He bubbles over them with enthusiasm when they win and ia sorely disappointed when they lose. He yelled like a Comanche Indian when one of hie father's horses at Morris Park. N. T some years ago, beat one of tha best belonging to Keene. R!nce hie fathers death he haa been more .reserved, however, and haa not shown ao plainly his delight when one ef hie horses finishes In front In former times Whitney backed hla hones heavily and was one of the plungers of the day, but now his- beta, are exceedingly small and seldom exceed ISO. and these beta are only made occasionally. golden side, but to the millionaire Jeff knocked me against them and patrons wlio conduct big racing and bounded Into a right hand Jolt from the breeding establishments tt mote often big fellow. Tbe jolt un tbe Jaw finished me. proves a big expense. "I had been out of the fighting gam Harness Kara Beam. for several years prior to thia meetEvidently the harness horse season ing with Jeff. I made the match to will be a "hummer." Already over 100 show Hut wuild that I still had a good race meets have been announced, and fight left In me. round fight with Jack-eo- n "My alxty-nn- e many more will follow. haa often been railed my greatest In the east a new circuit la forming. with tracks In Pennsylvania, battle, but my Aral go with Jeff was - H. B. Duryea. Herman B. Duryea takes a lively Interest In horse racing for many reasons. He la an ardent sportsman and a vigorous athlete. In .the summer months he takes early morning trips to hie stable, dressed In a sweater and old clothes. When the horses finish their early morning spina he looks them over carefully, consults with hla trainer and usually walks home to hla breakfast and enj'ys tha exercise. When the horses race. Duryea, If he thinks well of, (held chances, bets $23 on them, and frequently ha ia content with a modest $14 wager. While Mr. Keenea horses won over Ilsn.fiOP last year and In the neighborhood of $130,000 the year before, the net profit was very small. The expenses bf a stable and breeding farms such as Belmont, Whitney and Keene maintain BLUE HILL, PROMISING TWO - YEAR - OLD TP.OTTER, will reach nearly $100,000 a year, the THE andbrood cost of stallions mares and &Y BINGEN NELLIE M'GREGOR. training' expenses being very heavy. owner has a trainer that costs Each him about $10,000 yearly and a fee of Maryland. New Jersey and New York. a whirlwind. When I fought Jackson 10 per cent on all winnings. and tsik The managements of various enmiHl I was young, full of courage 1 In any fight county and 'slate fairs have Joined In more of a chance than did Other Expenses, the enterprise and beneficial result afterward." THOMAS P. CLARK. A high priced Jockey and hla addiwill undoubtedly follow to the protional fee ef $3$ for winning and $lt moter as well a to owners and breedRADTKE GETS LICENSE. for losing mounts bring the Hem of er of trotters and pacers. Herman Rudtkr. the jockey, can ride these tmjo employees close to $10,000. Aa each man enters his hones extenJim Cerbalt "Raminiscas." again. His application for a license Jim Corbett says the waa granted re,ently at a meeting of sively in the big stakes and overnight races, the entrance money will foot up greatest fight of his career was that tha stewards of the Jockey club. Rad Ike (N. $40,000 or $&0.000 for each ewner durwith Jim Jeffries, when he lasted was suspended during theanJamal' unsatisfacrounds with Jeff at T.) meeting last fall for ing a racing season. Transportation, twenty-thre- e feed bills and stable help will easily Coney Island, N- Y. In speaking of hla tory ride on Tommy Waddell, and hIn since. eat up from $13,000 to $20,000 more. It career recently Corbett gave hla ver- has been on the ground ever will be seen from this that at least sion of his defeat on that occasion by spite of the fact that he went to Caliw'liilil be $100,000 should be won by each of this Jeffries. Corbett rays. The ropes beat fornia expecting that the ban delayed any trio of turfmen to keep him even. me that nicht," and In explanation removed. Th- - Menards . Mr. Keene's - stable succeeded action, however, ao that ha has not last speaks as follows; ary mounts. HI "At the tlm I met Jeffries at Coney been able to acceptmeet year, but the" Belmont and Whitoey the approval of will fir- -t fight with him. May reinstatement hoifoea failed. These gentlemen, therein Island, iny few and Jeff was In hla prime. I out- racegoers, aa good Jockey are fore, lost money by racing horses lost II. far between. year. Herman B. Duryea, who does pointed hi in two to one, and If the connot own a large stable of race horses test had gne ,1,e limit twenty-fiv- e BYERS GOING TO ENGLAND. and has nrf stud farm. Is not under rounds the derision would have been Eben M. Byers of Pittsburg, national such great expense, but hla outlay was mine. to wall Jeff realised this aa wen as I did. amateur golf champion, expect In the considerably more than hla horses won lust year, and he, too, found that the and, growing desperate, crowded me to for England shortly to play tournachampionship Jedger devoted to his raring stable, the rope. The ropes beat me that British amateur I ment The event will be held on the failed to show a profit. They were drawn taut. night. course In Knot land. A Racing may have it alluring and bounced off like a rubber ball when fit. Andres' . - lo. 'alary wing of mordecai brown, the greatest TIONAL LEAGUE. PITCHER. -- Mordeca! Brown of the Chicago Nationals has achieved wide fame through nijgntflcent pitching. In spite of the fact, as every one knows, that his inching hand la deformed. With only three wholq finger. "Three Finger" Brown has surpassed the work of all ether National league box artists. 5i STAGE an management ef eastern the- r had the task of gathering recently r uI,er who were not afraid to , a w'eilgre and shovel. Railroad were needed in The Love Let-,- n railroad construction scens. w Ilham Huwirey is going Into vaude-- algo. This excellent actor, having " lert h, and dfy by the retire 1 TALK. ment of "John Hudson's Wife." has obtained a one art comedy entitled Business Against Matrimony" and will soon produce It In the vaudeville houses. te The approaching engagement of Novelll. the famous Italian actor, Shubert management under has brought forth one interesting fact The one of the Important Italian editor of Er-me- newspapers In New York states that there now reside on Manhattan Island a greater, number of the sons of the Peninsula than In any city of Italy save Naples. Julian Mitchell haa an eye for beauty, vide the chorus appearing with Louis Mann In The White Hen." LonLouis Calvert came over from " don recently lo eell the American comic opera "Amasia." He right to th YEARS OLD, IN GRAND OPERA. One member of the "Madam Butterfly" company who glvea promise of advancement many degrees In public favor by reason of her connection with the splendid grand opera production la little Corlnne Malverne, th golden I is I red girl who plays (ha child of LieuSEVEN 2:15, na- - Iba tournament doe not coin until May, Byers will have lima to berum thoroughly accllmsted. Th Alleglieny club cliampion la thought to ba espabia of even better golf than ha haa shown. Almust Invincible In going to th flag and brilliant In hla lirassia shots, lie haa been a national figure In gulf for aoin year. Aft or being runner up In two nutloniil tournaments he landed lha title last year. Him that lime. In a minor way, he hits not been Idle. Last fall he won the amateur aa well aa the open championship of western Pennsylvania, defeating aonia strong professional golfer. If he wins abroad, end the HI. Andrews course Is much to his liking, he will have added tha International tills to hla long siring. has disposed "f his wares, and he I already nn the v.iysge home. The use obtain'd the opera and will It aa a vehi' le for De Wolf Hopper next season. While here Calvert nbtatned the English right to "The Vanderbilt Cup." Nat Goodwin. It Is said, will produce "Nobody's Fault," by Baron von Bchonthan. He will try It on the rosd thl spring before taking It into New Bhu-ber- ta Turk. Goodwin has also contracted for the next play turned out by George Broauhurst, who wrote The Man of the Hour. A story I told on Nat Goodwin. A few years ago Goodwin paid Gus Thoms a retainer of $100 to supply Shortly after him with a vehicle. Goodwin found something else to suit the htin and wired Thomas contract This message wa followed reni-MIn- tenant Pinkerton and an (Madam Butterfly). IVie child's acting gives evidence of an Intelligence not often found In stage children. The depth of the ImpteHSIrm aha has made Is. shown by th receipt of several Inquiries at tha theater aha plays concerning th Hill one Identity. Her real name Is rorinne Ktnpp, daughter of Mr. and Mr. William J. Klopp, 1317 Weal Lafayette avenue. New York. The little, one Is a few months over seven years of .age now. wero spent In hie father's barn, wher he gave performances for th benefit of hla youthful companion which af- forded promise of what he wa to da In yean I cfliue, B peaking of hi work In th chariot rac In "Ben-Hur- ," Mr. Faraum once aald: . "When I get through I feel that I am the vlrtor, but when the audience applauds I do not Ilk to bow. for I feel (hat th applauw Is for the horse The effect of the race la different la various rlties. often when I start t pass Mesaala a mighty roar goes up. end It Is not at all Infrequent (or people I eland up and shriek and cheer In then excitement. I have heard prreona say that the chariot rare effected them more than any real race they had ever witnessed. I account for thl from th th Interest ol fact that In Ben-Ha human being I at slake, whereas In a real race it is money. "When In Chicago my attention waa called to an old man of about seventy, who sat in (he front row of (he orchestra and watched me with Intense Interest throughout the first part of tha play. Soma of tha company thought ha must ba a relative of mine, but I had never seen him before. "When we relit lo (ha race I saw (he old fellow stand up, and, waving hla arm wildly, he shouted: Best him, Benny! Beat him! "Of course I heat him. and tha aid man sat down perfectly contented." ur INDIANA TO FIGHT TRUST. Indiana inlands to do something toward abolishing the trust 'system In th (heaters of that stale. Recently a bill was Introduced In the lower house of the legislature at Indianapolis with that end In view. It classes all opera house and theaters h public places of amusement rs and provides (list owners, lessees, and agents shall not discriminate against persons,' Mtnrk' companies snd corporations who apply io lease or rant such places of amusement fur dramas, opera and other shows. It makes any such discrimination unlawful. Penalties of from $100 to $130 re fixed and a. Jail sentence may be of the fine is to go to added, tine-ha- lf th complainant. pnan-age- ... WILLIAM FARNUM. William Farnurn, who had the leadha ing part In the play of "Ben-Hurwon prals In his new role of Mohammed In The Prince of India." the drama founded on General Wallace's story of the sain name, recently produced in New York. He give an ," portrayal f the virile nature and poetic temperament of the Turk In hi work In hla pew role. Mr. Far-nula thirty years of age and ha been on the stage since he wa fourteen. Aa a child all hi play hour m MILLIONB. DURYEA. AIRE TURFMAN. . Herman B. Duryea la one of the most talked of men on tbe eastern turf. He was formerly the yarht racing and HERMAN horse racing partner of Harry Payne Whitney. Embassy Ball" ended In Washington return of the $100... Thomas' answer pwently. Next season Mr. D'Orsay will-be seen In a new western pluy now b. read, "Dear Nat youre still a comedian." Ing written for him by Augustus Richard Golden ha made lots of hit, Thomas. Edmund Breese. who created the role but never anything like the one he of "Ready Money" Ryder in The Lion made with The Tourist" Lawrence IYOrsay will shortly appear and the Mouee." says that he based new comedy by his Impersonation not upon study of for the first time In 'sell Raleigh entitled "Lord Don John It Rockefeller, but of H. 1L caster." The tar' season In Tha Rogers and T. P. Ryan. by another. In which Nat requested th v ' |