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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-04

LODGE NOTICES.
WOMEN OF woODCRAFT-The MEM
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ed 20 meet At q. A. n. hall, Hinckey
block. Sunday. June 4. at IL o'clock
1harp. To Join the Woodmen In their
memorial services.
LULU n. CONNER,
Guardian Nelghbor.
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
French Flying Machine
That Will Startle Us.

Written for the Sunday Standard.
Paris, May 23.-Shrouded by an al
most impenetrable veil of secrecy there
has been in progress at Satony Sc
ries of experiments with new flying
machine that has so impressed French
military officers as to make them de-
sirious of putting it to the most COM
plete test. This flying machine, which
is called the "Avion," was invented
by Mons. Adler. Those who have seen
the new flying machine in action, and
who have been induced to talk about
it, describe the machine as of an
aeroplane nature. consisting of an
enormous pair of wings, measuring 80
feet from tip to tip, resembling in APP
pearance those of a soaring bird, but
rigidly fixed and unable to flap up
and down. Two four bladed screw pro-
pellers rotating in opposite directions
are mounted in front of the body. The
motive power for these screw propel-
lers consists of two powerful steam en-
gines of 20 horse power each, which
are so carefully designed and made
as only to weigh 61a pounds per nom
inal horse power. 1t is intimated with
many mysterious gestures from the
French officers who have been pres
ent at the trials of the new machine,
that the world will experience a sensa-
tion when the result of the experiments
L.
that the trials will prove that the prob
lem of successfully navigating the up
per regions has been solved at last, for
so much has been said about the new
flying machine that the air seems to
be heavy with aerial navigation talk
and it is felt that some definite news
of the trials at Satony is needed to
clear the atmosphere of the everlasting
subject.
One interesting feature of the flying
machine craze has been the compila-
ton by the French authorities of a his
tory of the progress made during the
past year or two. From this it would
appear that an important step taken
during the last two years in England
is the establishment, under the aus
pieces of the Aeronautical society, of
a regular quarterly journal to give all
recent information. 1t is somewhat re-
markable that in France there are, and
have been for some years, no less than
three periodicals in this line-La France
Aerienne, which is published fort
nightly; l. Aeronaute, now in its 30th
year of existence, and l. Aerophlle,
which appears monthly. In Germany
there are two periodicals-the Zetts-
chrift Fur Luftschiffahrt, published in
Berlin, and the Illustrirte Aeronaut-
ische Mitthelungen, in Strasburg. Italy
has its L Aeronauta, and while other
countries have off and on issued Such
publications, the Aeronautical Journal
is the sole periodical in the English
language devoted to aeronautics, ret
withstanding the great and jncr Easing
interest taken in the subject, not Only
in Great Britain, but in America ana
Australia.
1t is pointed out by the compiler OF
the history of progress in the building
of airships that there have been sew
eral experiments with balloons that
show these may be improved and made
to navigate the air with engines ap-
Piled to propeIlers The buoyant YES
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Written for the Sunday Standard.
"There has been an enormous in
crease in the sale of popular songs DUR
ing the past two years." said sue
cessful composer of this kind of music
recently. This increase is due main
w." he continued, ito the increased
number of pianos in use. AS popular
songs are always written in a simple
manner, it is an easy matter for the
amateur pianists throughout the coun-
try to learn them. Ten years ago
sale of 10000 copies was considered to
be phenomenal for popular song. AT
the present time sale of 100000 copies
is by no means infrequent. Among the
songs which have achieved the larger
popularity is The Little Lost Child.
Among the other causes which nave
helped to spread the popular song are
the department stores, which or late
years have gone extensively into this
line of business Other causes are the
energy in advertising on the part of
the publishers, the almost universal use
of pictures in the illustration of songs
in vaudeville theaters and the large
number of musical comedies in which
popular songs are introduced.
Each of the large publishing houses
in the city turns out from six to 80 new
songs every month, of which 50 per
cent. are absolute failures, 10 per cent,
pay the cost of publishing and 5 per
cent. are comparative successes In
any well-appointed music publishing
house in New York there can be found
at least 1000 songs upon the shelves.
Copies of songs are always preserved,
for the song publishing business is the
biggest kind of a lottery. No matter
how much experience a writer or pub
Usher may have had, he never can tell
what will suit the public Consequently,
a song may lay upon the shelves for
years and suddenly spring into popu-5
larity for one of a dozen causes. For
instance, Ben Bolt was practically for
gotten until Du Maurier introduced it
into 'Trilby,' when it was revived with
great success
ing song publishers of New York have
formed themselves into a board of trade
for the protection of themselves against
the rankest kind of musical piracy. AL
though all the songs are protected by
international copyright, the hits of the
day are printed in Canada on cheap
paper and brought back into the United
States where they are sold at from 5
to 10 cents per copy. By hard work the
publishers have obtained convictions of
the pirates in Canada and have defeat
ed them in Michigan But despite all
the vigilance of the publishers printed
editions of She Was Bred in Old Ken
lucky are now being disposed of in
Ohio The law is so constructed that
the publishers are obliged to fight the
thieves in every state in the union. II
is most unjust law, which should be
revised.
'As to the composers, there are not
more than a dozen who have reputa-
tions based on songs which have been
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
The Seasons Output
of the Song Mill,

successes. This. does not refer to mu-
sicians, for strangely enough, the men
who have made the greatest successes
as writers of popular songs are not in
any sense musicians. Indeed, most of
them are obliged to employ musicians
to arrange the music for their melodies.
The difficulty with the musicians is
that they almost invaria bly, write above
the heads of the persons comprising the
popular song market. The stories writ
ten about the fabulous sums made by
popular song writers has stimulated
every man and woman in the country
who has a smattering of knowledge
about verse-making or an ear for mel
ody to try their hands at song writing.
Hundreds of these productions are re-
ceived every week only to be fired away
into the waste basket. Still, now and
then writer appears in the semi class
ical vein who makes a hit. This mas
been the case recently with young
man named Stafford Waters, whose
beautiful little song, The Day That's
Gone Can Never Come Again. has
achieved deserved popularity.
1T Is matter Of comment that many
of the popular songs of the day are the
results of collaboration. In past years
the credit has always been given to the
composer of the music. Nowadays
however, you will see on the title pages
thor of the words, such as Branteel and
Carter, Taggard and wilt etc. The
first pair mentioned wrote You're Not
the Only Pebble on the Beach, 'Whis-
per Your Mothers Name She Was
Bred in Old Kentucky and The Girl
Loved in Sunny Tennessee Taggart
| and Wilt are responsible for two sue
| cesses during the year entitled Don't
| Let Her Lose Her Way and romantic
ballad entitled Moth and the Flame
| Williams and Walker. two colored sing
ers, created I Don't Like No Cheap
| Man and Why Don't You Get Lady
| of Your OWN both of which are very
| popular. at the time. A white banjo
| player named Dave Reed, jr., evolved
| oh, Ebenezer and in the line of senti-
| mental songs a young theatrical singer
named Maud Nugent has produced two
great popular successes called Sweet
Rosy O'Grady' and Mamie Reilly.
| While among the motto songs so popu-
| lar throughout the country the very
| latest and best is called It's Not What
You Were, But What You Are To-day
written by the well known David Mar
| ion.
1T is a curious fact that recent song
! successes have run in lines of similarity.
| This was first noticed in the case Of
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me-
| This story attained a genuine success
and soon others of the same style ap-
peared. She May Have Seen Better
| Days Take Back Your Gold 'Whis-
per Your Mothers Name Mother Was
Lady Baggage Coach Ahead, Just
for the Sake of Our Daughter and a
number of others in the mother and
falien woman vein caught on with
the public. This fad was followed by
the craze for negro songs, for which
May Irwin is largely responsible The
introduction to metropolitan audiences
OF what is called rag time in this con-
nection also had good deal to do with
J the popular success of this class of
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not of his own accord take a position
on the deck and assume a pose that
would make good picture certain. the
desired end had to be gained by STRAIT
egg. Every time the novelist looked to-
wards the sky scraper the industrious
photographer was pressing the button.
On the staff of the leading metropol-
itan newspapers there are now en-
ployed high priced newspaper photog-
raphers who are a good deal more than
photographers. Some were formerly
reporters, but found the new calling
more remunerative. They are news
photographers. which means that they
are sent out each day by the city edi-
tor with orders to photograph some oc-
currence and have it ready for repro
duction in the afternoon or morning
paper. The pioneer in this innovation
in metropolitan Journalism talked to
the writer recently regarding his ex-
periences. and from this talk it will be
seen that the news photographer has
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

dispatched on an instant's notice to
accompany reporter to a fire in a
big oil refinery on the East river. l
had taken several snap shots and was
holding the camera idly, when sudden
ly the earth trembled and a deafening
roar smote our ears. One of the tanks
had collapsed. Before the cloud of
dust and debris obscured the scene I
pressed the button. The light was de-
fective and the negative did not come
up to expectations, but by touching
it up the finished picture, as it ap-
peared next morning. was excellent.
mo, l cannot recall any instance in
which / have been forced to come back
without photograph when there was
anything to photograph. Doing the
seemingly impossible is part of the
duty of the news photographer. / have
taken pictures of all the prominent
men in national politics, from Presi-
dent Mckinley down, and have found
them uniformly kind and obliging. The
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
Kissing a Civilized Custom.

Among the aboriginal tribes of Amer
lea and Central Africa kissing was I'M
known, though from the most remote
times it has been familiar to Europeans
and Asiatics. The Latins made three
distinctions in kissing-the osculum be-
ing the kiss of friendship and respect,
the basium that of ceremony, and the
suaviolum that of love. The Semitic
races used to kiss. and we find that
the kiss of peace" formed a mart of
the sacred rites of the early Christians,
as it does of the Greek church at the
present day. The Monaghan kiss diff
fers from ours, and the lips of the
kissers do not come into contact with
one another. In kissing a person it
brings the nose into light contact with
the hand, cheek or forehead; the breath
is drawn in through the nostrils. and
the act terminates with a. slight smack
ing of the lips. The Chinese regard our
mode of kissing as quite horrible, while
we are so we'll satisfied with it that we
have no desire to take lessons in the
art from them.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04

sci may be spherical balloon or an
elongated cylinder of gas. Flying ma
chimes proper-that is, apparatus heav-
Ter than the air-may be constructed
either in the form of wings or planes
of small size for attachment to the hui
man body, or they may take the form
of huge flying vessels. They may be
made to act on the principle of birds
wing beating up and down or with
screw propellers to lift direct, similar
to the well known flying toys, or they
may consist of fixed aeroplanes to be
propelled through the air and gain
buoyancy on the kite principle.
The story of aerial navigation also
refers to trials of aluminium balloons in
Germany. For the first time an aerial
vessel built entirely of metal was sent
skyward, propelled by an oil engine
working a screw. During last summer
a series of experiments We're made by
DR.. Danilews1y in Russia with an
elongated balloon propelled by a pair
of huge wings by the aeronaut. A
number of short trips We're successfully
made, though no great speed could, of
course, be expected from such a con-
trivance. In May last NJ. Gaudron as
cended from the Alexandra palace,
London, in a new fish-shaped balloon,
provided with a two-horse- power pc
troleum engine working an aluminium
screwpropeller, and though the rate
obtained was quite inconsiderable, the
apparatus will doubtless be again tried
under improved conditions. In this
city NJ de Santos Dumont has been
experimenting with a balloon of very
promising shape, being over so feet
long, yet with midshp diameter of
only II feet. A three-horse-p power
Dion-Bouton engine working a small
screw was attached to the car, and
some fairly successful trips have been
made.
AS regards America, the officials here
call attention to the fact that the Unit
ed States board of ordnance and forth
fications has just voted a sum of $25, 900
to be devoted to investigating the pos
sibility of constructing flying machines
for war purposes, and also that Profess
sor Langley, one of the greatest au-
thorities on the subject has been asked
to assist the military commission. 1t
is noted that Mr.. Maxim has designed
a new machine on quite different prln-
ciples from his old one. Passing men
ton is made of balloon ascensions by
DR.. Person, who attained the great
height of 1880 feet at the Crystal pal
ace. and those of the Rev. ]. NJ. Bacon,
who has made a number of ascents for
scientific research. Captain Baden
Powell of the British army has con-
trbuted to aerial literature papers
which endeaVor TO prove that the sail
and trail rope methods or Keeping
balloon in the air and directing its line
of travel away from that of the wind
are the most likely to lead to complete
success.
1t is disCouraging to have to note
that with all this variety of aerial ma
chinery and the constant efforts of in
ventive minds in Europe and the
states, the trials made at Mendon about
IS years ago, when a balloon was fire.
quently propelled at rate of IA miles
an hour and steered in various direc-
tons, have not been surpassed.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
Special Correspondence of the STANDARD.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
New York May 3O.-The GROWING
triumph of the closing century in the
field of journalism will undoubtedly
be news photography.
And yet so new is this latest innova-
ton that many editors are even una
ware to what extent it has been ,iavei-
oped, while the reading public has
marveled at the reproduction of news
events, unable to fathom the mystery
of its accomplishment. The camera
has brought the eye of the reader
seven league stride nearer the subject
of the article written about. The in
vention of the art Of printing was a big
step in an educational sense, but the
perfection of news photography, in
connection with the newspaper of the
present day, is an advance that IS
scarcely less important than was the
original Introduction of printing as
means of conveying to a reader the oc-
currences of the day. Before the in
PRODUCTION of news photography the
cold type conveyed to the mind the
scene that writer endeavored to por-
tray wildly enough to make 1t pen
picture that was mirrored before the
reader while the eye perused the story.
Line cuts in the illustrated journals
helped the portrayal to great extent,
but the photographers entry on the
news field made it possible to have the
scene as it actually happened clearly
pictured on the sheet, so that while
the reader read the story he saw the
occurrence portrayed before him by
the cameras help.
To illustrate with a recent important
instance of the value of news photog-
raphy, take the accompanying picture
showing the scene in which Secretary
Hay is handing to the French ambas-
sador M. Cambon, the warrants for
the $20,000000 in gold which this coun-
try paid for the Philippines. Before
the Introduction of news photography
the public would have read the bare
announcement that the warrants had
been handed over, without being able
to picture the scene of such an lmpor-
tant event. The camera has caught
and preserved the incident, and, what
is more important from the neWspa-
per point of view, the photograph can
now be produced in half tone, convey
ing to the eye of the reader the scene
as it actually occurred, so that by pur-
chasing a newspaper containing the
picture the reader can be as we'll &C
quainted with the appearance of the
room and the occurrence as though ac-
tually present when the payment was
made
The strides in journalistic improve
ments during the past 10 years have
been marvellous. A decade ago wretched
wood cuts were the only means of il
Illustrating an article in newspaper,
while nowadays expert photographers
are dispatched to Washington or any
part of the country where an event has
occurred or is occurring of Importance
from . newspaper point of view, and
snap shots are taken of men or scenes
that the following morning appear in
half-tone form in the newspaper en-
ploying the photographer. In every
well-appointed newspaper office there
are photographs on file of the leading
men of the country and of the world,
but when a railroad accident happens
Of sufficient horror to make the scene
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promptly arrested me, but my release
followed when it was explained that
it was news picture for daily paper
that 1 wanted. But the paper had the
picture all right.
When young Vanderbilt was to be
married / was instructed to 90 20 the
Inflated honeymoon house, Idle Hour,
and take pictures. The guard around
it was as near perfect as 1t could be.
The river was said to i've patroled fy
boats, in which sat men with rifles, the
grounds were carefully guarded by
watchmen and around the whole prop
erty was a high fence. I proved
around there for long time before
came to the conclusion that the clily
vulnerable side was the rive, and aft
err bribing a timid boa*man, Who was
on the lookout for bullets all the way
over, I landed safely and walked bold
ly up tofa group of Servants knew
the name of the butler and told HIM
what / wanted. Seeing you are here,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
SULTAN iMPRIsoNs AMERICAN.
Former Wife of Rudolf Aronson Cap
tured in Morocco.

Former Wife of Rudolf Aronson Cap
tured in Morocco.
The former wife of Rudolf Aronson,
known recently as Nine. Alma DAlma,
Is now prisoner in the hands of the
Moors, according to a report circulated
by Sic Hassan Ben ALI manager of
troupe of Adrian acrobats. The Arab
says he Is in receipt of a telegram
from Tangier signed D'Alma saying:
Have been arrested while attempting
to enter mosque"
Nine. D'Alma sailed from New York
on March 20 for Tangier to obtain per-
mission to enter the harem of the sui
tan of Morocco to study the life of the
inmates. She met Ben Ali on 4 ship in
the Mediterranean, who endeavored to
dissuade her from attempting her haz-
ardous purpose, but in vain. He said
he learned of her safe arrival at Tan
gier and her subsequent departure for
the interior with a caravan journeying
in that direction, but heard nothing
since until the news telling of her cap
ture.
Il greatly fear" he said. that Nine
D'Alma is in serious trouble. She was
to travel in the garb of woman of the
country, in which no objection would
ordinarily be made to her entering the
mosque. She was ignorant of the GUS
toms of the country, however, and it
is very likely that she committed some
breach of decorum which would consti-
tute a dreadful offense in the eyes of a
fanatic. Evidently she managed to get
a messenger through to Tangier to send
the cablegram, and this makes me
think that she has been sent as pris-
oner to the sultan at the city of Moroc-
CO. In that case it will take a consd-
cradle time before she can be communi-
Gated with"
Ben Ali also received dispatch, filed
yesterday afternoon at a telegraph Of
flee in New York. 1t read: I'VE re-
ceived cable from Sister Belma saying
she is arrested in Morocco. As you are
responsible for her journey through
Morocco you must prepare to answer
for all her trouble" 1t was signed
Miss Chandler"
Miss Chandler is the prisoners sister,
residing at Fordham. The news of
capture will be at once communicated
to the secretary of state.
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beauties of the town that they were
approaching. Hall Game could not un-
derstand why his obtrusive friend led
him SO many times to one side of the
deck where the sun struck rather
warmly, in order to emphasize the fact.
that he (the obtrusve one) had a bed
room in the top story of certain sky
scraper that reared its head in the CEN
ter of Manhattan island. The distin-
guished novelist, being polite man,
raised his eyes to the top story of the
sky scraper every time the other point
ed out his elevated sleeping place, but
could not see why he should be expect
ed to take so much interest in the sub
just. He understood better the follow
ing day when he saw himself photo
graphed in half a dozen different poses
in a certain morning paper. The OBJ
trusive stranger was merely the repre-
sentative of a newspaper that had
adopted the photography style OF
journalism, and, as the novelist would