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Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30
YOUTHFUL PIANO PUPILS.
Side Talk with Parents About Things to
Do and Not to Do.

Side Talk with Parents About Things to
Do and Not to Do.
Out of the hundreds and thousands Of
young people who take music lessons,
how many ever develop into even fair
players? How many graduate, " so to
speak, without ability to play a waltz
in time or a march with spirit? How
many drop their music, with relief as
soon as they reach an age at which they
are allowed to judge for themselves?
Where lies the blame? A correspond
ent, writing in The Etude, claims that
the cause of an enormous number of de-
serters may be found in the eternal
snubbing the little student receives at
home from its nearest relatives:
Don't pick out tunes with one finger.
You make me nervous"
''For meroy's sake. shut the plano and
stop drummingf'
Or the remark having a contrary but
equally Vexatious significance. Put
down that book and go to your prao-
tice
And SO ON, ad infinitum, but all add
ing to the pupils growing disgust of
the piano Their music Is always i'm
too often ooerced and bullied into play
ing their pieces" the parent demand
ing the exhibition rs a sort of return for
the money expended, instead of being
asked to contribute their music as an
addition to the family f1reside pleasure
Annoying. lazy, ungrateful children
often appear, and yet what sensitive,
suffering little things they really arei
Scarce an hour can pass but their honor
is insulted. or their quantity shrined
modesty Is shocked, or their sensibilities
are wrung and tortured. The older per-
son sees what the child does not-that
devotion to scales and exercises Is neces-
sary to produce the skillful player-but
if once q child learns o love of music 1t
will learn for and by itself to appreciate
the value Of earnest work. Their volun-
tary application will be of immeasura-
bly, more benefit to them than the COM
pulsory practice, against which their
hearts rebel and their very muscles pro-
test
How, then, may this necessary love
for their music be brought to them or
developed within them? II will come
when the piano Is removed from the
lonely horror Of the ''best parlor" and
placed In the sitting room It will come
when the little students are allowed
(nos lawlessly, but In the proper hours
to pick out their harmless little tunes
and compose their monotonous little
airs 1t will come when their practice
hour Is artfully chosen so as not to clash
eternalsy with their dearly priced play
times and outdoor enjoyments- Above
all will 1t COME when they are taught
the wonderful mystery that music is a
speech. a language which will translate
their hayward moods in intelligible
harmoAies.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30

is that of an extra woman in large spec
tacle, in which you will wear five very
problemaUical costumes, and the salary
will he So Il week. Now, do you want it,
If you don't, there are lots of Others who
do, but I felt sorry for you and thought
would give you chance"
was SO greatly surprised that made
several efforts to answer before 1 could
get my lips to frame most emphatic
"No." Then I went back to the board
ing house and consulted with the land
lady. She advised me to take it by all
means, doubtless influenced by the fact
that now owed her a goodly sum. Well,
took the place, tho agent smiling when
told him of the change of mind, and tha
following Monday rehearsals began.
was disguised with tho people whom
I met ut the theater on the first day. There
We're nearly 200, and to say that a major
ity of them were tough mildly expresses
1t. The actors-those who had speaking
parts-seemed to regard the extra women
and men as riffraff, and it must be ad-
mitted that in many cases this opinion did
no injustice. Even the ballet girls held
aloof from us.
All this was bad enough, but when the
rehearsal began 1 became discouraged.
The man who was producing" tho piece
and who had charge of everything was q
boor. He stood among the orchestra chairs
and yelled at all within the range OF his
vision. He was particularly attentive in
this respect toward us extra women. I
was the object of several of his pleasant
sallies. The slender lady with the black
hair will please not walk as though she
were at funeral. ~ and 1 tried to smile,
though 1 fear that failed sadly.
After about three weeks of this purga-
tory the night of the dress rehearsal ar
rived. The stage manager and tho pro-
prietor, angered by scores of mistlt shoes
and costumes, gave the air sulphurous
odor with their imprecations against the
offending tradespeople. To make long
story short, the piece enjoyed only n very
short run, and once moro l found myself
minus an engagement and my IS u week.
next became n living picture" at less
than q living salary This l gave up when
I was assigned to a part in which my figure
was cast to create a sensation with very
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30
Making Ironing Holders.

Ironing holders may be so readily fash
toned from the treasures Of the piece
bag that there is little excuse for the alb
senoe of the bits of comfort from house
hold stores. A trip to the laundry, how
ever, even in the best regulated homes,
will generally reveal a decided lack of
we'll made ironing holders. In getting
along without q nicely padded hand
rest the laundress struggles with slip
perry pieces Of cloth and Loses moro time
that she is aware of in he efforts to
manage her impromptu holders. The
best material for making ironing holders
is old canton flannel. In fashionihg the
holder place next to the top. layer a
piece of thin leather and onenspaper.
Then sew the holder throu8k and
through. SO that the folds maybe kept
in Mace.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30

many of that city's most important So
cial and business interests. He is prom
inently identified with the Methodist
(Seney) hospital, to which he has made
large contributions at various times. In
religion he is Methodist, is greatly
interested in the Brooklyn Church soci-
ETY., organized to plant new churches of
his denomination in Brooklyn, and was
among those who gave freely toward
the erection of what is now the hand
soonest house of worship in the City of
Churches, the New York Avenue NJ. E.
church. From the fact that his enthusi-
asm is equally evident as to church and
trust it is plain that he perceives moth
ing contrary to the spirit of the for
mer in the conduct of the latter.
Neither of the Havemeyers nor Mr..
Searles has been prominently identi
fed with politics of late, though the
Havemeyers were conspicuous friends of
Mr. Tilden when he ran ON the Demo
cratic ticket for president in 1876, and
it has been testified by the Havemeyers
that during the past few years the trust
has contributed to the campaign funds
of both parties, hut Cord Meyer, heavy
stakeholder in the trust, was the nomi-
nee of the Democrats for secretary of
state ON the New York state ticket in
1898 In 1892 he was a member of the
state executive committee ON the Demo
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30
Fashion Notes.


Crushed strawberry red is the favor
lite color in wash silks used for the
blouse waists.
White dresses are Effectively trim
med with yellow laces and insertions
and are particularly pretty made over
yellow silk.
Among the delicate colored organdies
so pretty for summer gowns there are
bright poppy reds and dark navy blue.
The red gowns are very striking trim
med with black lace, and the blue is
pretty adorned with white.
Openwork embroidery is fast gaining
favor and Is now done Oh colored cham
berry as we'll as white and ecru null
1t Ia used extensively ON one gown.
sometimes forming the entire front OF
the shirt
Parasols TO match the tiny checked
silks so much In fashion now are the
proper thing
Sporting jewelry is q feature In chief.
Gold bar safety pins have ON them ev-
cry animal that has tempted man to
kill, and always in full chase.
Original brooches are made to repre-
sent q flower-a pansy, rosebud. q
daisy or a fuchsia-with few leaves.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30

The coming season football will differ
considerably from the game which has
been in vogue. The committee which held
a meeting recently at the University Ath-
letic club, New York, embodied some rad
ical changes from the old rules in its re
port, and these, it is Hoped, will do away
with all of the present objectionable fea
lures of the games. The following are
some of the principal changers: If n man
gives signal that he intends to make a
fair catch and he Is thrown, he shall be
given Is yards. The game shall commence
with an actual kick of at least 10 yards.
No momentum mass plays shall be allow
cd, nor shall more than three men group
for that purpose more than five yards back
from the point where the ball is put in
play. Each half shall consist Of 35 min
utes rather than IS as before.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30

cratic side and as such aided materially
in rolling up big vote for Cleveland
in the Empire State Mr.. Meyer is 40
years of age.
Claus Spreckels, for years known as
the worlds sugar king, is "a native of
Hanover, Germany. His exact age has
never been given out, but he must be
very old man, for it was more than half
a century ago that he came to America,
and he was then between 25 and 80
He first settled i'll New York, where he
started a grocery store, but when the
California gold fever broke out he gave
up his grocery business and betook him
self to the Pacific slope, though not to
break his back digging for the precious
metal. 1t was clear to him that the
surest source of gain lay in selling sup
plies to the men who took their chances
in the mines, and the event proved the
correctness of his vision. Everything
he touched returned him handsome prof
its, and when his brothers joined him
on the coast they combined in the brew
cry business. A few years later he went
into sugar, having observed that cane
grew luxuriantly on the Sandwich Is
lands; that labor was cheap there, and
that Hawaii was nearer San Francisco, so
far as cost of transportation between the
two places is concerned, than Louisiana.
The growth of Spreckels' saccharine
enterprise was of the sort that is said
by imaginative writers to remind them
of the stories of suddenly acquired
wealth that are TO be found i'll the
Arabian Nights. - Along with his
monetary acquisitions he secured almost
unlimited power over King Kalakua,
then the ruler of Hawaii, who fell so
completely lander Spreckels' DONNA
ton that he and not the dusky monarch
was said to be the real sovereign. He
now owned the largest sugar plantation
in the world-16, 900 acres. 1t took
four steamers to carry his raw sugar to
San Francisco to be refined and there
was no competition worth speaking of
west of the Rockies. Then the Sugar
trust was formed in the east, the weak
er reflneries of the coast joined the new
organization, and Spreckels had a fight
on his hands, He did not shrink, but
proceeded to build a refinery In Phila-
delphia to teach the trust q lesson. He
found after time, however, that he
could not down the trust It's managers,
in turn, discovered that they could not
wipe him out, and the result was ANAL
gamation, though not until both parties
to the contest had squandered consider
able sums Of money therein.
NJ l. DEXTER
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30

the scheme was handsomely rewarded,
both as to the immediate dollar and sub
SeQuent rich counsel fees. In each case
the lawyer was directed to formulate
plan for an unincorporatedo organization
in order TO avoid the antitrust laws. In
each case the carefully gotten up scheme
was in time declared illegal by the
courts, the Standard Oil i'll Ohio and
the Sugar trust in New York. 1t is held
by the magnates of the Standard Oil COM
pamy that without such an organization
as theirs the petroleum industry go
20 the dogs. Tho Sugar trust people feel
equally certain that they are the salt of
the sugar business, so to speak. a very
large number of persons outside the
charmed circle of stockholders to whom
fat dividends are paid believe that trusts
generally and these two i'll particular
work great injustice and hardship to
the masses.
The projectors of the Standard Oil
company blazed out new path, and Law
yer Dodd, who was employed by them
10 put their plan into legal shape, was
an obscure and comparatively untried
practitioner of Pennsylvania. The orig
inatOrs of the Sugar trust were imita-
tive in their plan and selected for their
counsel John L. Parsons of New York,
than whom no practitioner in the Unit
ed States had a larger income at the
time. Both trusts, when declared illegal
as conducted under the unchartered
plan. were r,orCanized at once as cor
porationS under the auspices Of the same
lawyers who drew up the original
was created by men who were born poor
and had won wealth by dint of hard
struggling. Tho Sugar trust was Great
ell by men who inherited their wealth
won when they were boys by their
fathers. Opulence beyond the dreams of
avariCc" has been the reward of all par
ties connected with both organizations,
but the Standard Oil magnates are much
less fond of displaying their wealth
than the Sugar trust men. Each organ
ization has one member who is conspic-
uous for his bcuOvolence. In the Stand
ard Oil this i John d. Rockefeller; i'll
the Sugar trust it is Henry O. Have
meyer Mr. Rockefeller has shown his
open handedneSS to n much greater de-
gree than has Mr.. Havemeyer, but per-
haps the wealth of the fOrmor Is as
much greater than the latter'S as his
bencvOlence In both cases the trust
managers have been glad to amalgamate
with such competitors as they could not
crush, the late Charles Pratt of Brook
lyn being perhaps the most conspicuous
one taken in by the Standard Oil, and
Claus Spreckels the best known Of those
received into the fold of the Sugar trust
The leading spirits in both have been
brothers. and all the magnates of both
trusts dislike newspaper notoriety. For
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30
HE WAS ROBBED.
thirty Cents For n Shave and Hair Cut Was
Too Much.

thirty Cents For n Shave and Hair Cut Was
Too Much.
A man who wore pair of blue over
Ills tucked into heavy boots, n faded
brown coat and SLOUGH hat walked into
! country barber shop the other day and
announced that he would have his hair
nt. The barber hustled him into the
;hair and cut his hair. Then the man
allowed that he wanted shave. He got
hat too. He asked to have his mus
ache trimmed, and the barber obliged.
"Got any bag ruln?' he asked,
EYES," said the barber.
"Put some on my head. "
The barber rubbed hay rum on the
mans head, combcd his hair, put a curl
In the stubby mustachc and then pulled
off the cloth and said, There, sir,
guess you're fixed up all right.
The man surveyed himself carefully
in the glass. II guess So" he replied.
How much do 1 owe your
Thirty five cents.
The chin of the customer dropped, and
his hand, which was half way to his
pocket stopped i'll midair. 'Thirty-tive
cents?' he asked in an astounded man
ner Fur what?''
For cutting your hair ahd shaving
you. -"
''How much is u hair CUTE
Twenty cents. v
"How much is shave?"
"Ten cents.
"Then how i'll thunder do ye get it
to figger so it makes 35 cents?"
"But you had bay rum. y
The customer i'll the overalls danced
around the room. "Now, see here, y he
said, this is durn outrage. Here l
come in here an go down through the
hull list. let ye do everything to me
We can, an We charge me 30 cents. This
here is nothin less than extortion, | tell
We. won't pay cent more'n 30 cents.
The idee of chargin a man cents extra
fur bay rum when he comes i'll deliber-
ately an calkilates to spend good bunch
of money with We. I'll give We 30 cents.
Thirty -five's the price, replied the
barber firmly.
The customer i'll the ovcralls argued
and protested, but the barber held out
for So cents, and the man eventually
paid it.
IN tell We what, " he said as he left
the shop. I'm goin to have my hair cut
again next spring an We can bet I'll let
the boy do it with the sheep shears be-
fore l come into this Robin place. -
Buffalo Express.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30

this reason much of the gossip that is
printed concerning them is not even
founded Oh fact. for there are writers
who, when the can't get gossip as di-
rected, manufacture it to order
The Havemeyers-Henry o. and The
odore A-are sons of Frederick Z. Have
meyer, who was numbered among Amer
ica's pioneer sugar retiners. Both broth
ers, unlike some sons of some rich men,
were initiated when still quite young
into the business of sugar refining, and
both delighted from the beginning in
the task Of mastering all its details To-
day it is said that there are not two
men ia existence who know more about
the kind of soil and climate best adapt
ed to the growth of sugar cane, the Gull
tivation and harvesting Of the crop, the
expressing Of the juice, the grades pro-
duced in different parts of the world,
the chemical and mechanical processes
of refining the raw sugar or the mar
kets of the world than Theodore A and
Henry o. Hayemeyer. In other words,
like most successful men, they know
their own business thoroughly and have
stuck to it Both these men live In
splendid style, Henry O.. the present
president, in Stamford. near Greenwich,
Conn. Il Is in Greenwich that his be-
nevolence has been more In evidence
than elsewhere. having taken the form
of a most magnificent schoolhonse.
erected at a cost of $3.50. 600 or therea-
bouts and fitted out with all that Is
newest and best In the educational line
including most complete gymnasium
The New York offices Of the Havemay-
ers are located near the river front ON a
side street in four story brick build
ing, substantial enough In appearance.
but positively mean looking by the side
of some Of New York's commercial pal
aces, one Of the most imposing Of which
indeed is the property of the Havemey-
ers themselves
]. e. Saaxles, Ir., secretary and treas
urer Of the Organization. was perhaps
the leading spirit In the movements for
the adoption of the trust form. He Is 0,
citizen Of BROOKLYN and has 70 do Yitb
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30

little outside aid from the costume. My
sense of decency revoltcd, and again l am
devoting my energies to the accumulation
of a robust board bill.
AS soon rs I shall have liquidatcd that
intend to go home and abandon the stage
forever. The disgusting ogling to which
q girl is subjected by bad actors when she
visits tn" dramatic agencies and tho lack
of consideration shown for ones feelings
by almost every ono connected with the
profession are a trinc too much for me.
Besides, to be frank, am afraid that 1
am not M great n hiStrionic genius my
friends at homo thought. In fact, there
arc very few such phenomena, and even
those, unless they have influcAtial friends
at court, would better not como to New
York in the hope OF winning fame on the
boards Tho temptations and hardships
are too many, the rewards too few.
OCTAVIA MIMMS.
Nn,.1-
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30

FLOwERPOT WITH CARDBOARD COVER
we are pretty sure the following excep-
ton to the general rule here reproduced
from Golden Days will be gladly well
coined by many readers.
The cover in question is made of six
cardboard divisions, each inches high,
and inches wide at the top, and 3 u
at the bottom. These dimensions can,
of course, be proportionately altered to
suit any size of fiowerpot. The divi-
sions are united with bows of ribbon
saved from cigar bundles. Each bow
requires IL inches. and little japanese
picture is painted in water colors on
the separate parts, black and white,
with Just touch of red, being the pre-
vailing tones When one is not enough
of an artist to make water color
sketch, the decoration can be applied
by neatly FASTING Oh each division an
unmounted picture.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30
MILLIONS IN SUGAR.
ORIGIN AND GF0WTH OF THE GREAT
HAVEN Yer TRUST.

Wherein It Resembles the Standard oil
Monopoly-Points of Interest Concerning
Sugar MaSnates s. Parsons, the Trusts
COunsel-SpreckeIs, tIzg Sugar King.
The Sugar trust investigation has turn
I'd the public eye in the direction of
trusts and the men who have made them,
and there has been much comparing
and contrasting of their growth and
their methods. There are many interest
ing parallels and equally interesting
differences between the two greatest
trusts, the American Sugar Refining
company and the Standard Oil company,
The general plan of each of these
powerful combinations of capital great
~ resembles the plan of the other. In
each case the lawyer who formulated
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30
Cruel I.onr. Distnnce Horse Races.

The cruelty Of long distance horse races
is demonstrated by the death of four
out of nine of the contestants in the Chad
ron (Neb) contest. 1t is said that the
death OF these horses was not due to over
exertion, but to excessive quantities of
stimulants administered during tho race
The owners indorse this theory and claim
that the winning horse being as good as
ever supports them in their contention.
IL is NOT stated wherein, as far as humane
principles are concerned, tho difference
lies between killing u horse with over
doses of alcoholic stimulants and riding
him TO death The result Is tho same, and
In either case cruelty has been practiced,
and its perpetrators should DO punished,
Ia the opinion of The Horseman. There
are times when the Importance of his mis-
sion warrants rider In forcing his horse
beyond his capabilities. but racing over a
distance OF ground SO great that horses
must be killed to succeed in traversing it
Il wretchsd mockery IF sport which pub
lilo sentiment will not tolerate.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30
Practical,

James Payn, speaking in The indie
pendent of individual interpretations of
general rules, says that i'll going the
rounds one night with the officer on
guard at one of the English dockyards
he heard the original views of the Irish
sentry on this point.
''If you see convict escaping said
the officer, what is it your duty to
do?'
"Sure, sir. and I'm not to fire till the
last extremity"
"Quite right, but what would you
consider the last extremity to be?''
"Just round the corner of the dock
yard there, SIR" was the practical re-
ply.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30
rx.Chamn,on pape Can stin Jump.

William Byrd Page, who startled the
athletic world In 1887 by jumping six feet
four inches, Is now the assistant master
mechanic of the Pennsylvania railroad ut
Jersey City, says the New York Sun. He
has worked up to this position from the
lace he obtained as an apprentice at the
Altoona shops after leaving the Universe.
Nof Pennsylvania Page will do some
practice running and jumping this sum
mer. A few weeks ago, when practicing,
he cleared the bar ut six feet two inches
and In his street clothes could do six feet.
Possibly he may again surprise the world
as high jumper.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-06-30
TOCETAN ENGAGEMENT
The Experience of a Would Be
Tragedienne In New York.
MONEY AND AMBITION SOON GO.

Week Instead of Starring at q Large Sal
ary-A Girls Warning to Her Theatric-
ally Inclined Sisters.
There are others, Of course thousands
Of them, just like me, but nevertheless
wish to warn girls living in the villages
and small towns against coming to New
York city to get into tho 'show business
on the strength of the statement of the
local schoolteacher that they can speak
pieces better than any other girls in tho
''deestrick.
Six months ago 1 was the subject of
moro violent puffery in the one daily and
two weekly newspapers of my little town
than 1 had ever seen bestowed upon any