Show L Amus Amusements ments A letter Her From Mr Ir DramatiC Editor of ot The Republican I desire to make malee the following state state- mont ment In yesterdays yesterday's Issue of at the Tribune 1 was made the victim of ot as l unfair unjust and anil cowardly attack as ns s the venomous vitriolic pen of ot the writer could make It To be begin ln with Salt SnIt Lake theatergoers know my faults fault I 1 have havo heralded them myself far tar and near so o that In raking up what IB is past find and tilling filling the nostrils of ot the people with tho thi stench of ot what has hils gone Is unwise unfair and shows a pitiful lackor lack of or to say the tho least common sense But nut since the Tribune h 19 lias seen selin fit tit to unearth unearth unearth un un- un- un earth what I am trying hard to bUr bury perhaps the thc public of ot Salt Lake will wIlf listen to my side I came carno to Salt Lake a a. stranger and the tho people took me In It was not long before they dis dl discovered discovered dis- dis covered co tho the weak spot pot In iii my armor I 1 fell feU and they forgave inc me I 1 was taken III ill with pneumonia and ond sent to tho the hos lies hospital pital and when 1 J carno out I was heavily bonY bonY- II ily in debt worried sick through It niland nil niland and merely a shadow of ot In my former r self I tried to work worle I failed Nature feature was ivas not ready for tor me mo to accept m my usual routine of or labor I was living on eggnogs Ono One too man ninny many would over stimulate me inc and I was vas helpless again But when the tho man or paper says that I was wt Intoxicated upon tho the night that I was billed to appear at the Grand hes he's a liar and anel tho truth Is not In him I was carrying a rubber tube tubo in my side the result of or the operation and that nl night lat In dressing I pulled It out Dr Mayo Iao was In Seattle and It took Mr 11 Jensen Jonsen and myself nearly three hours to find Dr Flood who dressed the tho wound whereupon I dressed and went to tho the theater It was thou then S 45 5 p. p m. m Th The management did not deem It Iso to allow me mo to go on on Inasmuch as I 1 would necessarily have ha needed a stimulant to help holi me mc through the performance performance performance per per- and this the they did not see fit to do do claiming they would rather wait walt a week and let lct me gain a little strength and go 0 on without an any artificial arti artl- tidal help The following week I opened In Mizzoura and the tho Salt Lake press with the single exception of the tho Tribune were very generous and anel forgIving ln The Tribune continued throughout the week ivcec to Ignore m my worn wora entirely which they hal had a most legitimate legitimate mate Ight to do But Dut when thc they continued continued continued con con- on the tho second week to slight and hurt me over again then our only onh redress was to cut out all advertising matter In their papers which we wo did AVe We were told In rather a 11 subtle way that It would do us no good but wo we stood pat and put a it line on our program program program pro pro- gram to tho the er effect that wo we did not advertise Rd In said newspapers In order to let our patrons who o read tho Tribune I am informed there arc are u It few en the why ihy and wherefore I Now after aCter Ignoring each other foi tOi two weeks the tho Tribune comes out with Its malicious attack upon me and rn mj 01 I failures Now to the Salt Lake this Is m my stand I have hu done wrong I know It Does Docs the public think that I I am so thick skInned that I don t know now when I ha have ha C done a 11 most act act Does Docs the thc Tribune think that I have ha never ne felt tho the awful humiliation humiliation that an any man must feel teel who haJe has haJ degraded e himself publicly But the I Salt Lake public I have found Is not composed of or who like to kick kicka a man when hos ho's rolling down Instead they hey exten extended ed to me a n helping hand anti and told mo me to get up out of the gutter gutter gutter gut gut- ter pull myself together and revive the tho trust and confidence tho they thoy had placed In me inc This I have havo done and anti God Goel helping me Ill I'll continue If IC the Tribune thinks It can hurt me with theatergoers who already know lenow m my y faults but are willing to help me ItIs It ItIs itis Is mistaken The public Mr Tribune likes me because outside c of or m my booze as you ou term It It I have been on the level In Salt Lake and m my weakness for liquor has been beon the only dirty thing you could tack onto me That is past and neither you OU nor anyone else can follow follo me around when I am doing right tin throwing owing mud from the past at me And by the wa way had laid the criticism come from anyone anono save sao one whose breath has Coull foully smell d of or Old Cr Crow w for twenty years ears I might-be might tempted to remain remaIn- silent silent- But nut m my sense of or humor has always alwa's predominated consequently pardon me dear clear public if It I have ha a 0 quiet laugh In conclusion Mr Ir Tribune I am going to sta stay in Salt Lake and continue to Justify the confidence and faith placed upon me Now you ou can write what you OU please but as long as I stay Ita right In tho the city of ot Salt Lake lee Ill I'll make malee your judgment Mr Ir Tribune look like a Canadian dime with a n hole In It WILLARD VILLARD MAGIC MACK A Letter Prom Mr Ir l' l I J can hardly add much to toh Mr h Macks Mack's statement but 1 can state that I he heartily I. I Indorse dore all he ays gass and In spite o or oC the Tribune or its dramatic editor I shall continue to offer tho the Salt Lake public the best plays plas ob obtainable ob ob- tamable In the tho dramatic market and feel teel confident of ot the public support I took Mr I Mack at t par and havo have never found him wanting In the slightest de de- gr gree e I 1 had only known him five fire minutes when I sn saw w he was a man of ot his word and a gentleman anti and the tho public has responded at the tue box office far be beyond beyond be- be yond ond my expectations I thank them and neither Mr Ir Mack nor myself shall abuse abuso the trust reposed In us How long since the tle dramatic critic of or the Tribune has hag assumed tho the rolo role of ot re ro- ro former I J cannot help calling attention to another little Joko Joke In the Tribune at at- at tack It states that the majority of or theatergoers are aro readers renders of ot tho the paper The Tho recent Investigation called lJ by an nn appointed advertising nl committee disproved disproved dis die proved this statement and verified the claim that The Republican has haM by uy far the tho greatest circulation In Salt Lake I am not foisting an undesirable star upon the Salt Lake o public as ns the tho Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- Tribune une critic states I have o boomed and aid billed Mr Mack and tho the public which i IH IR the tho JU Judge Je has hns responded far be beyond beyond be- be yond ond m my n fondest hopes a at t tho the box office What hat galls tho the Tribune critic Is the tho fact that since I discontinued m my advertisements In iii both their papers my business ss has been beon GO 50 per cent better Jetter Truths gannet cannot bo be disputed Another little Joke the Tribune Is trying to force on the tho public It states that the Grand box office was besieged by C readers of ot tho the Tribune asking why no advertisements were given in that paper This flits Is not net true 1 I have hae re ro- ro m mt at the tho box office aiding my t treasurer in selling seats Beats tho the last two i weeks seeks une and amid time the on only 1 Inquiries made mado wore by DY y two negroes and anel an Italian with passes and anti I 1 played tho the role rolo of t the he Good Samaritan and bade bado them reform and read The Republican at 60 50 cents per Pcr m month nth worth much more The Tribune dramatic critic has kind kind- 1 ly 1 requested that I add something more to my amy statement to on the t theater heater program and antl I Intend to follow fol fol- fol- fol l low ow his lila suggestionS suggestion and commencing Sunday night I shall have havo the tho following fol tel l lowing owing notice printed tl thereon Notice to patrons We Ve do not advertise In the time Salt Lake Lalee Tribune or Evening Telegram Tele Tole- gram on account of or their unfair editorial edi edi- tonal attitude towards Mr Mack I have o an indefinite lease on the tho Grand theater and the only proviso In JIl my I II lease I IB 18 that thit I am nm to la lay m my compan com corn pan pany off ort L mind and nd pIa play nearby cities during i the tho occupancy of or tIme the Shubert shows choirs My Iy associates Mr Mack and myself are looking over several locations with a view of ot building a a. permanent stock theater for Mr 1 Mack aek and Miss Douglas where we can remain and satisfy the time better class of or theatergoers with what I Is best In dramatic art FRANK M. M ELDREDGE Manager The Th Merry Irr Widow Illo Henri business The Merry Merr Widow manager ot of Is In Salt Sail Lake L. arranging with Manager George Georgo D D. for tor the tho appearance of ot that great musical and comedy event v nt at th the Salt Lake the theater ler be beginning Monda Monday 9 9 August August Au- Au gust Frances 8 Cameron and George Georgo i will trill apPear In The Merr Vl Widow ow In SnIt Salt Lake Merry the Servant In lu the nOONe Charles Kann nann Kennedy author of ot The Servant In House tho the is a n de do- do of ot tho celebrated I CambrIdge Kennedys Kenned's who were Greek ot of t great grent renown scholars notably Ran nann n Ken Ken- nedy his hilS en- en the tho great great- great who was famous wards ward's Greek master ot of KinK King Edwards Edward's Edwards Edward's Ed- Ed grammar school Birmingham and a memorable figure In tho thio ot of his time Mr Kennedys Kennedy's Charles father the tho most Rann Kennedy Wall Wa one or of eloquent men at time the bar ot of his day and enjoyed the tho ot of being n a. Fellow ot of Trinity rare honor Cambridge Mr Ir college B Kenne Kennedy has hns sister a sister Mrs Harold E. E Gorat the novelist wh who recently wrote The Thief Thier Cross and Is the wife or ot on Harold the ti-me r I 1 Gorst Gorat brother to Sir Ir John Eldon Gorst who succeeded Lord Cromer In Egypt Slimier This afternoon and tonight will bethe bo be botho bo tho the last two opportunities of ot witnessing witnessIng witness witness- I ing tho the current w iv weeks week's eks ek's bill at the this Orpheum Or- Or I theater as tho the new bill bUI goes goca goeson on Sunda Sunday night Sunny Sunn South a I singing and dancing act has been goIng go- go goI I Ing exceptionally strong and each ono of ot the In Inthe ten performers who appear I Ithe the tIme sketch Is an accomplished cake cakewalker cakewalker I walker and antl plantation dancer danco Next f I weeks week's bill will be bo equally as 1111 strong I as the bill which closes tonight and should draw the same samo capacity house houses There are matinees dall dally daily at P p. p m m. l except except- except Sundays |