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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-13

TAKE TIME BY THE FORELoCK.
Now is the time to lay in stock.
Half a dollar spent at Kerr's is as good
as six bits spent at any other store.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-11-13

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Ante yacuity. % that the women In the
audience may see how intense Is his
inspiration, and during the Scherzo he
may sway back and forth, throw his
coat tails about and kick under the
plano as though driving out an imagln-
airy canine which had taken refuge
there. and all these gyrations will be
regarded as the outward and visible
signs OF an inward and musical genius.
They are looked for by the audience,
who have made up their minds to en-
dure them as placldly as possible.
knowing that they are absolutely essen
tial to the proper rendition Of piano
composition, whether Nocturne by the
dreamy Chopin, Moonlight Sonata by
the rugged Beethoven, or Rhapsodie
Hongroise by the incomprehensiblc
Listz.
The director Of musical organiza-
ton, no matter Of what grade, has OPP
portunlties for posing somewhat supe-
rior to those Of the pianist and some
what inferior to those of the operate
hero, and Is allowed liberties not per-
mitted to either Of the others. 1t Is un-
derstood that he Is always to keep the
audience waiting for five minutes after
the last struggling fiddler has struggled
In. taken his seat apd tuned his fiddle.
This is the directors privilege and he
avails himself Of it to the uttermost.
He takes 1t for granted that the public
will be sufficiently entertained by lis
tening to the tone as given out by the
clarionet man, and Immediately sue
ceeded by scrapings and blowings in
every key that Bach discovered for the
well-tempered clavichord, so he relies
on the rest Of the orchestra to furnish
the fun for q reasonable, sometimes an
unreasonable. time, then enters with a
strut as dignified as that of a turkey
gobbler and as imposing as that Of a
peacock, hears with satisfaction the
thunder of applause given by tired
audience glad Of any change, and with
deprecatory bow calmly appropriates
to himself the credit due the entire or
ganiZation.
The drum major Is commonly regard
ed as a caricature of the orchestra di-
rector, but this Is a mistake. He Is an
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05

committee meeting, Senator Chandler,
OF New Hampshire, called the Ken
tuekian ''slave driver" Trembling
with anger, Blackburn arose and walk
ed straight to where Chandler sat.
Doubling his big fist and shaking it In
the New Hampshire Senator's face, he
cried: II never owned n slave, but,
you - little scoundrel, if you were
not such an insignificant little coward.
would thrash You on this very spot!
have a mind to pull you from your
chair and whip you as would dog"
"You dare not hit mer' Senator Chan
der exclaimed, with tremor in his
voice. Don't put a hand on me-" Be
fore any of the Senators could interfere
Blackburn reached out and took Chan
dler by the ear, jerking him from the
chair as easily as though he had been a
10-yeaY-old boy. Using Chambers ear
as a sort of handle, he yanked the little
New Highlander about the room in the
toughest manner.
You dirty cowardv' exclaimed the
Kentucklan, as he finally released his
grip on Chandeliers ear, IF had pulled
my daughters ear in that way l would
expeet her to resent 1t. expected you
to fight. but you are a cowardly dog"
Senator Faulkner acted as peace
maker, and the combatants were kept
from further violence.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
Thomas Corwin.

Thomas Corwin was born In 1904.
In his prime, life I'm this country had a
local, bucollc, and primitive flavor,
which in politics was grotesquely ex.
aggerated. Clay was commended to
the people by the fact that he was the
.mill-boy OF the slashes;" in the cam
paigh of 1910 the Wings showed their
love Of the people and their sympathy
with simplicity Of life In public men
by putting up log-cabins and serving
out hard cider from them; Corwin, hav-
ing had to find employment in early life
by driving a wagon-load Of provisions
for the army in the war of 1912, was,
later on, favorably known In politics as
''the Wagon-boy." The Ohio commun-
ity of Corwin's boyhood was COM
munity Of pioneers-their dwellings Of
logs. The presiding Justice first select
ed for the southwestern circuit of Ohio
was not n lawyer. but qualified himself
for admission to the bar by practice in
his judicial capacity. The salary at
tached to the office was seven hundred
and fifty dollars; at the bar the highest
professional income was one Thousand
dollars. The common dress WAS of
homespun or buckskin; a professional
man wore black and shaved himself.
Corwin throughout his life was tom"
Corwin. In 1923 one James Shields. a
Jacksonian. was nominated for Con-
gress against Corwin. In order to dam
age him irretrievably a certificate was
published to the effect that prominent
men Of his own party had declared,
among other things, that it was his hab-
it, on going to bed, to exchange his cam
bric shirt for night shirt, and Corwin
afterward confessed that 1t was this
charge that gave him his first hope Of
an election, as he felt confident that
Jacksonian Democrats would never
unite in support of man who was too
good to sleep in the same shirt he wore
during the day. He once confided to
some young man, who asked what
course he ought to pursue to achieve
success I'm public life, BE as solemn az
an ass" But he did not guide his life
by this axiom. His declaration in the
Senate that were he a Mexican he
would offer his own couDtrymen n well
come with bloody hands to hospitable
graves has become an oratorlcal COM
monplace. His translation of the i'm.
preston produced by the nomination
of Polk for the Presidency, after that
who Is safe?" Is one of those Jokes
which are sure of long life. In fact,
he is remembered rather as a wit than
as a statesman.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05

atmosphere with the upper notes OF the
piccolo, and sympathize with the man
who extracts dying groans from the
double bass. So the posing business
seems to be quite satisfactory to both
artists and their audiences, and so long
as each party Is content. it is not easy to
see why any one else has right to COM
plain. NJ EsFI}F
or musical folk, the most. competent
posers for effect are the artists Of the
lyric drama. Posing Is their business,
and not infrequently they devote more
attention to their attitudes than to their
music, as reckoning that any deficiency
In the Inter win be condoned by the
audience on account OF proficiency in
the former. They have abundant facili-
ties for exercising all their gifts in this
direction, and the only criticism that
can be Justly made on their efforts Is
that they fall into, regulation attitudes.
which are In accordance with the tradi-
lions Of the stage, and have been in use
so long that they have come to be con-
sldered Indispensable to the proper rem
dition Of the part. Nobody, for in
stance, ever saw an actor play the
heavy villain without bending his legs
at a sharp angle and walking about on
the stage as though afflicted with
chronic anchylosis Of the knee joints,
for crooked knee joints and heavy vii
lainy go together, and the former nat
uraliy suggest the latter. So, no one
ever saw lover and his sweetheart on
the lyric stage wind up an amorous
duet without leaning against each 9TH
er, the hands Of the heroine clasped in
an attitude Of wild despair, while the
hero throws one arm around her cling
ing form and extends the other in mid
air, while the twain Jointly emit a
screech that makes you involuntarily
feel for your scalp. 1t is not madness;
it Is merely attitudinning, and the clos
er they lean together and the more ear
piercing the concluding yell the more
ardent is the expression OF their undy-
ing affection and the greater their de-
testation Of the deep-dyej villain with
his much-bent knees.
Next in posing ability to the operate
artists come the pianists. They do not
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05

that every musician and singer feels In
regard to all other persons, no matter
OF what class, rank or condition-the
feeling that one divinely endowed with
the gift of music should take prece-
dence Of all others of the human race.
Nor does this feeling demand, as a pre-
vious' condition, much of an endow-
ment. for 1t may sometimes be observ-
ed among musical folk that the less
they know about music the more con-
ceited they are apt to be about their at
tainment in this direction, as the lead
Ing soprano in volunteer church choir
often gives herself more airs than Patti,
and the old darby who fiddles for all
the dances in country neighborhoOd
not infrequently regards his own mu-
steal attachments as more profound
than those OF Paganini.
Leaving the quantity and quality Of
musical knowledge and skill out of the
question for the time being, however,
the attitudes struck by musical people
OF different lines furnish curious and
exceedingly interesting subject OF
study, as going to show that the musi-
cal art of the present day is felt and ac-
knowledged to be as much a matter Of
pose as of melody or harmony. That
this statement is true is readily sus-
ceptible of proof. No artist would be
willing to play or sing behind a screen
for an audience in front. 1t Is possible
that, persuading himself under such cir
cumstances by sort Of legal fiction, he
was quite alone. the pianist might pour
forth his soul through his finger tips,
and give much better renditions Of the
works he sought to interpret than he
would when consciously playing for
effect, but he would not be willing to
try. No orchestra, no body Of singers,
would be willing to so through their
performance behind a curtain, unseeing
and unseen, and yet, theoretically, this
ought to be the most satisfactory meth
cd Of rendering a musical work, for, In
this case. the singers and players would
be undisturbed by the sight Of the sea
of faces before them. and the audience
could enjoy the music without having
their attention called away by the per-
sonallty Of the performers. No more
than the singers and players, however
would the audience be satisfied with the
screen and curtain arrangement, fol
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05

institution of himself, the darling of the
street, the envy of the policeman, the
admiration of all beholding small boys,
who feel that to be drum major Is
greater than to be king. Every street
band is properly gagged by the drum
major, and the bigger this parsonage,
the taller his mighty hat, the longer
his big-headed cane and the more tricks
he can do with 1t without letting it fall
the better the band. He Is strictly or
namental, for his cane keeps no time.
and after its first premonitory jab into
the atmosphere as a signal Tor the band
to turn itself loose on the public, none
of the players pay him the slightest at
tention. But for this fact he cares moth
ing, as 1t is generally understood that
he owns. in fee simple, not only the
band, but also the whole parade which
II precedes: that. In fact. the public
demonstration has been arranged in
his honor, and especially that he may
allow the glorles Of his uniform to
gladden. the eyes Of his fellow-men.
Compared with the drum major. the
artist who comes before the public with
an Amati or Stradivarius under his
arm Is a mere trifier In the art of pos
ing. He does his best, it is true, stands
first on one foot, then on the other.
while he delicately tunes his Tyre, so to
speak, and waits for the piano man to
get up steam, and then gracefully
sways back and forth rs he tortures his
unfortunate instrument into emitting
shrieks of agony, but his opportunities
are limited, and unless he breaks a
string, thus gaining n chance to show
what variety of squeaks he can COM
pei the others to utter, he is ut dis
count. Even the cornet man is better
off than he, for the professional whose
interest and pleasure it is to stuff wind
into an Il fiat cornet Is able to distort
his face, roll up his forehead into laps
and assume an expression Of intense
agony that never fails to excite the
sympathy Of all beholders. His rival
In this form of spectacular entertain
ment Is the man with the big horn, who
makes faces, not from choice. but OF
| necessity; for the labor of filling so
enormous a receptacle with air and
keeping 1t full is so great as to draw
drops of perspiration from even the
baldest and most poreless Uranium. OF
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
A Crooked River.

A well-known travelling man was
gracefully poised against New York
hotel register.
"You may not believe me-" he said,
"but when was down in Kentucky, in
October, l stood on bit of high ground
In Breathltt County and threw a stone
into the Kentucky river, then without
moving my feet though turned my
body slightly, l threw another stone
seven miles down the river"
''Ratsv' interpolated a party who had
heard commercial traveller stories be-
fore.
'Ifs a true BILL" insisted the narrator.
1T was just seven miles from where
the first stone struck the water to
where the second one hit, and I'm not
a baseball player, either"
After some discussion the CONNER
cial traveller held up his hand and swore
to his story, and then explained that at
Jackson, in Breathitt County, the Ken
lucky river swings around n bend for
seven miles and comes back to within
sixty-eight feet of itself, ana a man,
standing on the narrow ridge separat-
ing the waters, can easily toss a stone
into the river to the right or left, thus
making a throw Of seven miles up or
down the river, as the case may be.
This is the true state of the case.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
HOW--MUSICIANS POSE
ArrlrSpxs ASSUMED sv Dew.
oTEE$ or THE DIVINE ART.
az Part of the Busi-
ness-rhe Musical Director and the
Drum Major-The Pianist and the
cornct Player.


Exactly why. musical performers
should feel II their duty to attitudinize
- well as to play or sing is ore of those
curious problems presented by the COM
plexity OF our civilization 10 which a
definite answer is not easy to give, says
the St. louis obe-Dem0crat. Music.
according to the most highly inspired
Of poets, is heavenly gift, appealing
Directly to the soul. while the striking
Of attitudes Is an earthly acquisition,
gained through much practice and ap-
poaling to nothing in particular, unless
1t may be In an indirect way to the
Uocketbooks Of the beholders. 1t IL
quite possible that ut some time In the
history OF the divine art, men and wom-
On played and sang without posing
I'm such a way rs to attract more atten-
jti0n by their attitudes than by their
music, but that day, II 1t ever existed,
has long gone by, and music at present
- as much matter of pose as Of tone.
and appeals in many cases quite as
strongly to the eye as to the ear. 1t Is
quite possible that this fact may have
grown out OF the conscious superiority
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
Some Humors OF Marriage.

Scarcely week passes without bring
ing news Of some couple who have
found 1t necessary to emigrate tenn.
porarily generally into Wisconsin, but
sometimes into Indiana, in order to get
married.
1t Is one of the curiosities of the law
that In one and the same place-here i'm
Illinois. for example-it arrays all sorts
Of difficulties about the process Of get
ting married. while leaving the way to
getting unmarried comparatively unob-
structed.
Beofre a youthful couple who sigh
profoundly for an opportunity to be-
come disenchanted with each other can
enter upon the Disseminating process
they must, If of less than n certain age,
get the consent Of their parents and
comply with certain conditions about
license or banns, and all this at the cost
of some money and trouble and embar-
rassment. It's all well enough. The
law ought to stand guard over mar
riages, only 1t might well take more
pains to see that they are prudent. 1t
does nothing In that way now. But II
pays so much regard to the prejudices
and obstinacy Of certain people who are
not directly concerned at all as to drive
the industry out of the State into COM
munities where the theory seems to be
that marriage concerns nobody but the
contracting pair.
The oldest part Of the whole affair Is
that parents should persist In the obso-
lete notion that they have right to
say something about 1t. They ought to
have learned by this time that there are
some things which we can do for others
and some things which each one of US
can do for himself or herself alone.
They ought to have found out that II
is no more possible for them to choose
or reject a wife or husband for their
son or daughter than 1t is possible for
them to digest the dinner that son or
daughter may eat.
AS to having their consent asked or
being consulted about the matter In ad.
vance, why-thats preposterous. They
should be grateful IL they learn about
II in time to provide for themselves
proper wedding garments.-ChicagQ
Chronicle.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05

enjoy the same facilities for posing, be-
cause, being confined by the nature of
their art to one spot, they cannot caper
about the stage and trsfnsfix the audi
encc with establishment ut their ability
to turn round on their toes a, dozen
times without once, falling down, but
they make the most OF their opportuni-
ties, under all the circumstances, really
do very well, and from their initial
triple bows to the boxes and parquet to
their EXIT, Right" furnish their pat
rons with a very passable show. Lady
pianists are always expected to furnish
a preliminary entertainment with their
gloves, which, after spending half an
hour In pulling on In the dressing room.
require five minutes to pull off after
being seated Mt the piano. The gentle
men Of this profession, not wearing
gloves on entering, do d little stage
business with the piano. No matter
where 1t is placed, It Is alwaysEa little
too far one way or the other, and the
services Of the two uniformed Mate
beles appertaining to the establishment
must be brought into requlsitlon to
make it right, while the pianist cheer
fully tackles the bossing Of the job.
OF course, they always push 1t too far.
and then pull It back too far, so that
good deal Of careful manipulation is re-
quired to place II exactly right; but the
pianist does not object to working over
time, the audience Il always patient,
for they know perfectly wen what to
expect, and that II is quite impossible
for the artist to play until his instru-
ment has been successfully established
over a certain crack In the floor, and
the Matebeles have nothing to say
about 1t, 80 everybody is satisfied. Con-
finement to the piano stool after the
manual and pedal performance has ac-
tually begun does not limit, though 1t
hampers, the posing OF the performer.
Before actually beginning the program
he may run over the keys, and then
give the stool hitch as the stage sailor
does his pantaloons: during thoughtful.
tender passages he may lift his eyes
heavenward, as though gazing into In
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
GaIvanixirs Bolts.

Some recent experiments, says Indus
tries and Iron, seem to indicate that
iron Is much weakened after being
picked and galvanized. A dozen eye
bolts GALL precisely alike so far as can
be perceived by external inspection.
were carefully selected; six Of these
were laid on one side and the others
sent away to be galvanized. When the
galvanized bolts were returned the
whole twelve were put together and
tested, when 1t was found that the gal
vanized bolts were the only ones to
break; in no instance did the ungalvan-
lied ones give way.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
JOE" sLAcKsuRM
The Kentucky Senator Has Record
In Fistic knc0unters.

The Kentucky Senator Has a Record
In Fistic kncounters.
The recent controversy between Sen
ators Blackburn, OF Kentucky, dubbed
Fighting joe" and Logan Carlisle, son
of the Senator's hated rival. Secretary
Carlisle, led to rumors OF duel. Black
burn has long profcssed the duello, but
has never gone much further than a
challenge toward the field OF honor.
His "fstic" record, however. Is bad
one
Blackburn Is nearly three score years
of age, six feet tall, straight as n poplar,
and broad-shouldered. He goes about
on his feet as light as dancing master,
and gives one an impression Of physical
alertness. Of supple joint and ample
thew. From his collar button down he
Will overmatch any other Senator save,
perhaps, Allen. of Nebraska. Black
burn, when little younger, was con-
sidered fine type Of physical man
light-haired, red-mustached, blue-eyed,
Of sanguine temperament, popular with
the masses, a splendid stumper, with a
rich vein Of humor and great powers
Of inyectlve. His gallantry as an officer
In the Confederate army won for him
the sobriquet OF Fighting joe" After
the war he went to Congress, and one
afternoon INDUCED In a debate with an
other Representative. A personal in
suit led to challenge from Blackburn,
which was readily accepted. Black
burns second was noted duellist,
whom we will call Tom. All arrange
ments were made. and in the early
morning Blackburn went quietly out to
find his second and repair to the field
OF honor. But the duel did not come
off. The second, as was his privilege,
substituted himself for Iris principal,
and thus explained the matter:
Joe, I'm not much good to anyone,
and you are valuable to your country.
Your country can't afford to lose you,
and don't mean it shall What I've
done Is for the best"
In vain Blackburn protested. But the
matter was in the hands of his second,
and he couldn't alter it. When the
enemy learned that tom, the dead
shot" was to take Blackburn's place
on the field, there was hasty conclu-
sion that the affair, after all, was not
too serious to be pached up by peace
makers.
That is the nearest he ever came to
duel, though he and Gen. Burnside
came close TO it in 1882. He had an en-,
brogiio with Judge Rucker, of Denver.
In 1855. which threatened serious re-
suits, but nothing came Of 1t.
In February, 1889, at Senatorial
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
Ancient Coffee Hou.os.

Burton. in his Anatomy of Melan-
chcly,' 1921. speaks Of Turkish coffee
houses. In 1852 Sir Henry Blount. who
wrote book OF travels In the Lcvant.
mentions Turkish coffee with praise.
Evelyn describes drinking 1t at college
in the rooms Of Levant friend. ana
Antony Wood tells that in 1850 (ten
years before the restoration a Leyant
Hebrew opened a coffee house at Or.
ford
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
Methods.

Modern demands can be met only by
modern methods. The successful dairy
man must be a student Of his trade,
and the best results will come from the
practice of dairy knowledge, and not
from the traditions of the fathers. The
producer of poor butter cannot stand
against the promoters and makers Of
substitute compounds. There Is a call
for the best skill from breeding time to
market day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05

"How are you getting along with the
bicycle?, asked Miss Cayenne. Better
than expected" replied Willie Wish,
ington. 80 you have at last attempted
to rider mo; haven't gone quite
that far. But don't believe I'm quite
ms much afraid of 1t as ! used to be-
Washington Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05

all the list he poses least in conscious
way, but most unconsciously. He has
not time to think of posing, for II he
did his horn would gee empty and sur
cease from its labors. The man who
nightly thumps a drum on the street as
a means OF grace, the blind man who
uses an accordion In his efforts to ~.
tract the attention of the charitable anu
induce them to pay him to stop, may
pose in a humble way, and frequently
do 80, bu. the big horn blower has both
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-05
silver and Gold Coins.

Herodotus tells us that silver was
first coined as money in Argos about
500 b. G. The same historian tells
us that King Croesus of Lydia was
the first to coin gold and that $50 h.
G. he had gold coins issued with his
Image and superscription.