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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15

ant of the world Of letters as Of the
world of men; turning with his long
ing thoughts to Copenhagen, where
at the Kin's theater, buskined actors
and actresses, with sweeping trains,
were spouting resonant iambics.
1t was in 1S49 that Ibsen completed
his Catalina, and one sees in it the
work of an ambitious lad, who has read
nothing but Foersom's translation OF
Shakespeare, and few of the TRACE
dies of Oehlenschalger; and it is a
point to be especially noted that this
man, destined to become the 5ternest
realiSt Of his time, began in the in
nermost recesses of romanticism. But
this change was not confined to 1bsen.
1t pervaded the Scandinavian drama.
In the same year in which IbSen COM
pleted his Catalina, Heiberg became
the sole director Of the Royal theater
in Copenhagen, and quite changed its
atmosphere. He understood the spirit
and the requirements of the modern
audience, and he encouraged realism.
AS you already know, before begin
ming his prose dramas, Ibsen had writ
ten a number Of rhymed dramas, so
strong and fine that his admirers were
both regretful and apprehensive when
he discarded the adornment of verse
and professed his intention to write
henceforth in prose. One of the char
acters in his Warriors at Helgeland,
had said: "Sing! No. 1 could sing
yesterday; today I am too Old 1t
seemed as though suddenly Ibsen Felt
himself too old, Or at least too serious
of purpose, for the grace of rhyme,
and realized that to rhyme his scath-
ing indictments would take somethin g
from their force. His messages must
be otherwise delivered to the world.
The first of his social dramas in prose
was The Young Mems League, in 1869.
Ibsen was AZ then, and had already
learned the deepest meaning of life,
said Louise Chandler MOulton, in re-
viewing his life few years ago.
! have never read The Young Mems
League, but, though it is not one OF
Ibsen's most notable dramas, Mr..
Gosse discerns in it a strong advance
over it's predecessors in intellectual
power.
1t was probably because the play was
so exclusively and locally Norwegian
that it has never been widely known
elsewhere. In 1870 Ibsen definitely
took his leave of poetry. In that year
he published a volume of poems, which
Mr.. Gosse reviewed so approximately
in England that the review was the
beginning of friendship between
Gosse and Ibsen, a friendship now OF
20 years standing.
One of Ibsen's extreme, but un-
changeable, political convictions Is
that the state is always the enemy CT
the Individual. "The state" he says
must go. That is, revolution will
always find me on it's side.
Spiritual relationship is the only thing
! that makes for unity"
| Ibsen has created a new form Oh
drama, and at present he is the leading
realist in dramatic literature. This
frank dissatisfaction which his dramas
express with the present condition Of
! life is, perhaps, the quality in them
which has brought them so signally tc
the front. All, how disconnected veal
most all are with the present cOndi-
tions of this world in which we live!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15

Writing of the daily habits of Henrik
per, few years ago, Max Bernstein
told how the famous author every
evening, at the same hour, walks alone,
with slow steps, up and down Maxi
milan street Punctually, and ever
repeating itself, like the demand for
the German reichstag, this promenade
takes place; and when he disappears
in the door of the Cafe Macmillan, we
can say with as much certainty as Of a
secretary of war who has been granted
a credit-he will come again. In the
Macmillan he sits alone, motionless,
always at the same table, for about an
hour Before him is glass of beer,
sometimes accompanied by glass Of
cognac. Thoughtfully the keen eyes
gaze through the spectacles straight
ahead; the thin lips remain closed, for
he is rarely addressed. His acquanJ-
ances-of whom he has not many-re-
member we'll remark once made with
the friendly look of a man who means
no harm and simly says what he
thinks: Il like to be alone" Should
he, nevertheless, be engaged in CONVEX
sation, he will hardly say anything
that someone else might not also say.
He spends only small coin. The gold
he keeps, to pay the debt of his genius
to humanity. And if, indeed, the treas
ury of his mind is unlocked some
times, quickly, before he can enter and
likes to hear everything new, especial
ly facts rather than thoughts. He new
er talks about his own work unless
some one else introduces the subject,
and then only with miserly words, and
even these soon cease.
When Friederike Gossman-who mad
already knighted this civilian name
when she became the Countess
Prokesch-had recited Nora to him in
his own house, the variety of opinions
about the play was mentioned. They
make senseless objection" Ibsen
man, "who maintain that have said a
woman shall or may leave her husband
and children. / have not said at all
what any woman may or may not DO.
I have spoken only of one woman. Of
my Nora. Of this single woman. l
have asked myself: What will this
woman do, according to her nature?
And I thought to myself, she will go
away. Another one, perhaps, would
have done something else" And this
eXactness he requires in respect to all
characters and movements of his
dramas. In the last act of the wild
Duck" he gave the stage directions
concerning the winter afternoon after
due consideration con a clear sum-
mer afternoon Hedwig, perhaps, would
not have shot himself. One feels diff
ferently when one stands in room
or on a meadow between hills. Before
dinner or after dinner-that is great
difference. Our feeling is different on
bright day than on a cloudy day
His opinions on foreigners and their
works are very mild, friendly and good
natured. Very rarely do they show
| that satire which serves him such a
sharp weapon when he is fighting for
himself.
In 1S4S Ibsen was young man OF
81, an apothecary's apprentice in lit
tie miserable shop at Grimstad; ignor-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15
A CURIOUS SPORTING ESTATE.
Where all Shooting and Fishing is
Barred.

One of the most curious sporting
estates in the whole of the British
isles is said Of Arnold F. Hills, Red
leaf, in the county of Kent. There
no shooting or fishing is permitted.
Curiously enough, the River Eden
runs through the estate, so that it may
appropriately be called modern Gar
den of Eden. This novel expert
ment in game preservation is due to
the principles of its proprietor, who, as
a strict and consistent vegetarian.
holds that man has no right to STAY
the lower animals either for food, pro-
fit or pleasure. AS he is rich, Mr..
Hills is thus enabled to put to a
practical test the oft-debated ques-
ton as to what would become Of the
animals if all the world turned vege-
tartan.
RedIeaf is in that county which IS
known as the Garden of England, and
is near Penshurst On the estate is a
fox, which instead of being hunted by
gentlemen in scarlet, has been tanned
and brought up on terms of perfect
amity with its hereditary enemy, the
dog. The fox is this years cub, and
was dug out of an earth with six
others. He is afectionate, and when
he hears his master return at night
gives out a queer little whining cry OF
recognition, and will not rest satisfied
until he has been petted and fondled
| before his master goes to bed. He has
a magnificent brush, and appears to
be in the pink Of condition. The
| keeper said: He eats bread and
| honey, bread and jam, sweets, jam
tart, cake, anything sweet of that
sort: bread and milk, and milk to
drink
mo meat?"
None at ALL
'sYou think he's more good-tempered
| through not eating meat, I suppose?'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15
NAMES OLD HILL ROADS.

A correspondent of the Bangor (Me)
Commercial says: Land in the rural
districts of Maine is not SO valuable
that we should continue to travel
the roads of our fathers, over these
rugged hills, simply because they did.
Discard these hill roads where it can
be done, and locate roads where they
should be and where good roads can
be made in a short time and easily
kept in. repair, and we should see
very decided change for the better"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15
PRETTIEST OF SUMNER HATS.

Hats covered with the exquisite new
flowers, which are such perfect imita-
tons as to seem real, and others
trimmed with feathers, chiffon and rib
bon are pictured and described in the
Ladies' Home Journal. The hats
themselves are of the new straws and
braids. and are described so clearly
that any clever woman may reproduce
them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15

Teacher-No, Nellie, / am sure your
mother would not want you to say
such things.
Nellie-But you don't know mother
as we'll as I do. You never saw her
except in company. Tran
script.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15

The British commons voted 1896. q 80
10 General Kitchener.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15


one does not become anybody in i1ni-
tating anyone"
But events were preparing for De-
roulede career in which literature
was to play only subsidiary part.
In 1870 the cloud of war burst upon
France, and he at once enlisted as
zouave. In his graceful little poem.
"The Awakening" he sings:
Ishave lived, I have sung, loved.
Mad with joy, drunk with hope,
Without seeking to know what France
was
Without knowing if l was French
man.
I have lived, I have sung, I loved;
l have lived, I have suffered, hate.
Enrolled for her deliverance
l know that France is my France,
1 am sure that I am Frenchman.
I have lived, I have suffered, hate.
In fact, Deroulede had now found the
counterpart to his love of country,
hate of the foreigner, and his whole
life hereafter was to vibrate unceas-
ingly between these emotions. Defeat
only added to the depth of his patriot
| ism and to the bitterness of his hate
| toward Germany.
| During the war Paul Daroulede be-
| haved with gallantry, and his career
was checkered with romance. He was
taken prisoner and at Breslau, under
the care of Won den Linden, wrote let
| tiers with that fearless, outspokenness
which is his leading trait. In one let
ter he wrote Of "the troops which the
government might yet be able to place
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-12
burglar and congratulated him on the
accuracy of his aim in the same verdict.
AGAIN, THAT BEEF REPORT

The interview with a former counsel of
Miles. which has been generally published,
recalls two facts in connection with the
embalmed beef inquiry which throw addi-
tional light on the criminal absurdity of
that report. These facts are the admis-
sion of an agent of the packers that 1T
was impossible to fulfill their. contract
to provide meat that would keep for
seventy-two hours without the use of
chemicals, and the declaration of the
commissary general, when speaking to
the contractor who sought to deliver beef
supply the fresh beef declared they had
a process which would preserve the beef
for seventy-two hours
Since the requirements of military serv-
ice have placed a muzzle on Gen. Miles,
there is practically but little use in fur
Their consideration of the subject.
The most remarkable thing to which
public attention is now being directed,
however, is the desperate efforts of the
imperialist press to justify that report.
Most of them have sufficient sense to let
the subject drop. But many still believe
that the game of bluff which has been
entered on must be played out to the
finish A remarkable case of this kind
is furnished by the New York Sun, which,
when it is not blinded by its radical par
tisanship, is one of the few really able
papers editorially in the country. In an
editorial almost a column in length, that
paper, referring to what it speaks of as
the obvious purpose of the government to
provide the best food obtainable, uses
this language: LAS consequence no
other army ever put In the field by any
state in civilization enjoyed, or perhaps
suffered from, so much tender solicitude
on the part of it's government as was law
ished on our soldiers in the war with
Spain"
So it was the tender solicitude Of the
government which caused all the trouble?
This view is certainly original one. 1t
illustrates the two strong points in the
imperialist policy-a profound belief in
the efficacy of a bluff, and the desperate
straits to which even the shrewdest of the
administration champions are driven.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-12
EXPORTS OF CANNED BEEF.

These Investigations with which the
ulously avoided the real question, the
contracts for army supplies. Whenever
one of them struck a promising lead in
that direction the course was either
changed or, in some mysterious and ut
terly unaccountable manner, the impor-
tant files had been spirited away. There
paign is impending and the party must
not go into it with its administration in
any department smirched with a scandal.
But when, spurred by Miles charges and
the reports from the camps, the investi-
cation of the quality of beef was taken
up, there Immediately rose the warning
tries of the country would be irretriev-
ably injured by it, and it is not difficult
to read between the lines of the report
the influence of this consideration.
The statistics of exports of meat prod
ucts hardly sustain this scare. For the
nine months ending with March, 1897. the
exports of canned beef were 4S lie, 256
pounds; for the same period in 1898 the
exports were 81, 49O,174 1t is sinces the lat
ter date that all the hubbub has been
made, and we find the exports for the
same period ending March, 1899, reported
at S1,125, O67 pounds, a shrinkage out of
all proportion to the outcry. All fresh
beef exported is refrigerated, and we find
that the exports for the last nine-month
period were some eight million pounds
less than for the same period last year:
1856, 965, 7O2, as against eos, 224,853. The ex-
ports of canned beef to Germany, never
amounting to much, have suffered less
than million pounds-to be exact, 1872
the exports for the same term in 1897,
when they were 3,75,020 pounds. The
agrarians have made the most of the
case and have duly exploited all tho
statements and evidence, but with ap-
parently small effect These facts of
trade force the question whether there
were not other considerations than in
jury to packers behind the cry that APP
pears to have influenced the latest in
vestigation.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-12
st. Paul, Mimi, May II.
LONDON TIT-BIT ETCHINGS.

Ragged Richard dnsinuatingly)-I say,
mister, have yer got any suggestions ter
make Teller wa'at amt able ter raise
er penny ter git shaved with?
Grumble Oassing on)-Yes; grow a
beard.
Doctor-Your husband must have COM
plete rest
Wife, know it. 1 talk to him seven
or eight hours every day, so as to keep
his mind off business
Doctor-On second thoughts, madam, I
conclude that the one chance for your
husband is to take him to the hospital,
with instructions that no one but the
trained nurse and myself be admitted.
Call girl chick, and she smiles; call
a woman a hen, and she bowls. Call a
young woman witch, and she is
pleased; call an old woman a witch, and
she is indignant Call a girl kitten.
and she rather likeseit; call a woman a
cat, and she'll Hate you. Queer sex,
isn't It? siH
customer-Are tn these eggs strictly
fresh? i..s So
shopman-Yes, sir You haven't ind
anything wrong with the eggs you've
been getting here, for the last month,
have you? m;f }
Customer-No. II .ssr1
Shopman-W ithesS are a part of the
same lot. al
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-12

nations is trending. 1t so happened that
the relocated musicians from Great
Britain stood underneath that famous
some eighty-six years ago Dolly Madison
carried off from the White house to pre-
vent its falling into the hands of the
invading English soldiers. it fell to the
lot of Lieut.. Dan Godfrey to make
amends for this former discourtesy by
sounding before President Mckinley the
first note of the first tour yet undertaken
by an English band in the United States
Dan Godfrey" is household word in
England, where it's possessor has led the
music of the English army for forty years
as conductor of her majesty's Grenadier
guards. Like Strauss, he has been COM
posing and conducting for nearly half
century, but unlike Strauss, he is still
vigorous and active, and Godfrey's ruddy
hair and sandy mustache, only slightly
streaked with gray, well belle his sixty
odd years. 1t is over thirty years since
he first began writing waltzes, and one
Of his maiden efforts was the famous
Guards" waltz, composed for the mar
riage of the Prince OF Wales, with whom
Godfrey has enjoyed lifelong friend
ship.
The Guards was followed by the
Mabel waltz, and probably no dance
tune has gained such a worldwide
vogue. The waltz came to the United
States, and Immediately the inventive
American mind wanted words to accom-
pany the catchy refrain Mother, May
I Go Out to Swim was the result, and
every one remembers the remarkable pop
ularity of the air. 1t has been sung by
mothers as a lullaby at the cradle, it
has been whistled and hummed in the
streets, IT has been used as the air for
every new song that came out at one
time in the variety theaters.
Godfrey Is widely known by his military
music, which forms large portion of the
library of every band the world over. He
is the originator of all those amusing ar
rangements played by Sousa and other
great American bands in which the mu-
sicians are represented as going on strike
and leaving one forlorn trombone or
drummer with the deserted leader.
Since the days of 1776 Lieut. Dan God
frey is the only English bandma ter to
cross the Atlantic on a tour to the United
States. but this is not his first visit. He
brought his band of the Grenadier Guards
out to the Worlds Peace Jubilee at Bos-
ton in 1872, at the request of the United
States government In his present tour
of the United States, the appear ance of
Lieut.. Godfrey and his relocated guards
men has resulted in many interesting cpl
sodes. In New York his band played in
the immense Seventh Regiment armory,
seated side by side with the band of the
Seventh regiment who played God Save
the Queen" while the English band re-
sponded with 1.-THE Star-Spangled Ban
ner." Some 10000 cheered on the Anglo
American alliance in music and the New
York World referred to the occasion as
"a God Save the Star-Spangled Banner
Queen celebration"
Many interesting anecdotes might be
told Of England's greatest bandmaster
and his splendid band, whom the public
of st. Paul can, however see and hear
for themselves next Sunday afternoon
and evening at the Metropolitan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-12
A CAREER CUT SHORT.

The notoriety- hunting female his not
been so much in evidence in recent years
as she had been for some time before,
The latest representative of the type is
Mrs. Anna George, recently acquitted of
the charge of murder. immediately aft
er her acquittal the woman announced
her purpose to engage in lecturlng on the
subject of woman's rights. Her first an
pearance on the lecture platform has not
been an occasion of great encouragement
to her. She delivered her lecture to an
audience of fourteen persons in Steuben-
vile. o.
1t is a very unfortunate condition of
public sentiment which enables charac-
tiers of this sort to engage pubic atten-
ton. They have nothing whatever to
commend them. They are the creatures
of passing sensation. Neither in charac-
ter nor achievements are they ever de-
serving of being treated otherwise than
with public and private indifference.
Mrs. George will now, it is to be hoped.
revert to that condition of social obscur-
ity from which her sin and her Violence
lifted her. The merbidity which draws
ignorant people to the dime museums
may enable her to taste little further
the sweets of passing notoriety and at
tention; but, judging from her initial
appearance in the role of a public lee
turer, she has already fretted out her
brief hour of publicity
The country owes something to the wo-
men of Steubenville for their quiet rur-
pose to ignore Mrs George and her views
of the rights and wrongs of her sex.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-12
WORLDS EVENTS IN BRIEF

Washington-The comptroller of tho
currency has designated Indianapolis asi
a reserve city.
WIFE augusta is Ga;wThe Third Nebraska, Col.
Wllidn >. organs old regiment, was
mustered out here today.
New York-Charles G. Judson, builder
nied petition In bankruptcy today. Liza
olltles, 229262; no assets.
London-The order Of the garter was
today conferred on the Duke of North
u1hDerIand, In succession to the late Duke
OF Beaufort.
Odessa-An insane customs official MUIR
dered his five sleeping children here last
11lgnt and then attacked his wife, who is
dying of her wounds.
Atlanta, Ga.-The American Library
association, which began its conferences
mere Monday night, will finish it's work
and elect officers tomorrow. There are no
candidates for any office.
Milwaukee-Gov. Scofield TODAY an
pointed James Madison Peerless to be
county judge In Milwaukee county. in
place OF the late Judge John E. Mann.
New York-The National Board of Fire
= TShd6Srw writer's elected officers as follows:
George r. Sheldon, New York, vice pres
ldent; Robert d. Beath, Philadelphia
secretary secretary; F. w. Arnold, of Providence,
Pana, Il-Mrs. Anna Brunot as ar
rested at Taylorville today on a charge
o. completely in the murder of Miss Jane
80 80 SiSteI -In-ldW, whose body
was found in well near here recently.
New York-Rev. DR.. A J. Garfield. of
Gthlcagoi mas been unanimously called to
the Pastorate of the Universaiist church
OF Our Father in Brooklyn, Of which
church ne has previously been pastor
Columbus GA fire Quilted the five
story brick building on East Spring
street, occupied by the Williams-Herd-
man Co, wholesale grocers, this after
noon. Loss, $4,000; fully insured
Albany, N. Y-Gov. Roosevelt TODAY
signed the Atlantic avenue tunnel bill.
Wnlch Will give the Long Island railroad
entrance to Manhattan island
Ne York-President Michael M,lr.,bv of
the board of health, has begun an ac-
tive campaign against all persons whom
ne considers to come under the head of
faith curers. -