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ny Watterson have agreed TO edit this
work for the good of the cause, aud
James $. Mccartney Is the general
manager with offices at Oh Walnut
street, Philadelphia.
Many theatrical managers. realizing
that their success is largely due 10 the
press, have offered to give benefits for
the home. The women's press clubs
will give entertainments, besides con-
trlbuting their individual efforts 10.
ward the promotion OF the home. for
women as wen as men win hnd their
club home here, and the women jour
nalsts need rest from the strenuous life
Of press work quite as much as do the
men.
The first offer made through the wo-
mems department IS that OF Mrs. Ame-
La Weed Holbrook, a well known au-
thor and dramatIst, who. In collabora.
ton with Kate Douglas Wiggin, has
dramatized her Birds Christmas Car.
or and offers to give four matinees
about holiday time In New York city
for the benefit Of the home.
Among other prominent men and wo-
men in the newspaper and magazine
world who have become ardent workers
for the home are NJ T. Curran of Bos.
ton, the president OF the league; Colone
James EIyerson, Jr Thomas J, Keenan,
Jr; M II neYoung, Clark Howell
Louis n Megargee, Harry u. Voight
Joseph Howard Jr, T. G. Boyle ant
/ John NJ Carter Jr. X-presidents; VII
liam Cullen Bryant John A, Hennes
sey j, G. Hcmphlll Charles Emory
Smith, O. Frank Rice, George H. Rowe
Fred r. Litch6eld, Franklin p. stoy
Elizabeth A. Reed Mrs. William King
Rose A, Colby, Frances L. owens, DR.
Alice Seabrook Caroline a. Hullng
Jennie Van Allen, Hannah B, Sperry
Harriet Hayden Finck, Mrs. T. MofIat
Tying, Janey NJ, Coard, Mrs. Jiliette NJ
Babbitt Mrs Ada Cable Mrs Sart
White Lee, George II. Hoffman Mrs u
| r. Weatherred Lewis G. Early Waite
! Scott. y, r. Sibley, j, G. Macdonald
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MARCUS W. HA1NEs.

~ must be used IN the construction Of
all Russian ships, states an order issued
by the ministry Of marine at 81, Peters,
burg
Eight hundred and twenty-five years
was the aggregate age Of eleven per-
sons who died recently at Yarmouth,
England.
But few people are aware that there
are in Montana some Of the finest gla-
eiers In the world.
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MUSIC eox IN YOUR CHEST.

The doctor hears some curious noises
when he places the stethoscope against
your chest When the lungs are IN a
healthy condition, the medical gentle
man hears a pleasant breezy sound,
SOFT In tone, as you draw In the breath
and expe II. Should the instrument
convey to his ear a gurgllng or bub-
bling sound he makes a mental note Of
the fact that you are IN what is known
as the moist stage Of bronchitis. In the
dry stage Of the same complaint the
sound Is a whIstllng, whee2y one
one Of the signs OF pneumonia Is the
| cracking note that comes through the
stethoscope II is not unlike the sound
that can bo heard when your finger and
thumb have touched a sticky substance
and you first place them together aud
then part them, holding them close to
your ear
Doctors occasionally hear q dripping
sound, and that indicates that air and
water have got into some part Of the
chest where they have no right TO be-,
Blow across bottle, and you will pro-
duce q sound which is actually to be
heard In your chest 1t is caused IN the
same way that Is. by air passing over
| a cavity.
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technical knowledge OF stagecraft
AT any rate this piece Of apparent folly
proved to be the making Of the man.
His two act opera dedicated TO Count
de Lardarel was completed, but while
waiting and hoping for its production
things went from bad TO worse with
Mascagnl, and he was In desperate
straits, having meanwhile married,
when friend asked him why he did
not send this work. which he had
named "Cayalleria RustIcana," to the
annual competition held by the most
prominent musical publishing house In
Italy, He replied that II was Ineligible
because Of the fact that nothing but one
act operas would be considered The
friend then suggested that an intermez-
20 be written The time for the sub
mission of scores expired the next
morning, and Mascagni impressed by
his friends enthusiasm and catching It's
spirit, went home and worked all night
upon the intermezzo. When the dawn
showed Itself through the grlmy glasses
Of his humble home, Mascagnl was PEN
ming the final notes OF the intermezzo
which was destined to make his name
famous throughout the civilized world
His work was accepted, and the rest Is
a matter Of general knowledge. LAM
leo Fritz" Iris" "R0tciffe' and Il
Rantzau' followed and were all sue
cessful.
1t has been contended that even with
out the ntermezzo "Cayallerla Rustl.
cana would have been success, and,
while that may be true, II is equally
certain that Il never would have cre-
ated the furore which caused offers OF
work TO pour In upon the young com.
poser from every portion Of the globe.
A friend has suggested that a libretto
based upon Mascagnrs own experiences
would form a theme which would call
for the best efforts or the composer In
the writing Of the score. And. with his
heart in the work. what an opera II
would make But as Mascagni Is not
inclined 10 exploit his early troubles 1t
is not likely that this work will ever DO
written
CHESTER l.. TRETWoRTH,
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OF $1,000 Roman copper coins recently
unearthed near servian village. The
Oldest OF them belong to the time Of Ca
racalla.
The biggest mall order business In
the world last year did si23 0O0.o 900 busi-
meas. II was Uncle Sans postofiice
business that accomplished IT,
The commission appointed 10 reappor-
ton Oklahoma has announced the total
population Of the territory to be soo0oo,
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his erratic conduct toward societies
which have sought to do him honor, 1t
cannot be denied that the man Is a gem
ius and that the music lovers of every
city thus far visited by him in this
country have recognized that fact by
exhibitions Of approval as enthusiastic
as have ever been seen in this country
In connection with any sort Of theatrical
entertainment
OF Mascagni's personality the general
public knows little. The impression
prevails that he Is q Churlish fellow
Awlth an undue appreciation of his own
ability. which he is inclined TO set as a
standard when comparing 1t with the
works of composers like Verdi, Wagner
and Beethoven. Mascaeni's intimates
aver that he Is the most mallgned man
Ain the world and that, so far from ever
1having attempted to dlsparage Verdi's
tattainments, he has had frequent vio-
lent arguments with acquaintance who
have dared to insinuate that Verdi was
not one OF the really great composers of
the last century. Indeed. Mascagnls
estimate OF Verdi Is believed to be an
unduly exalted one. This is perhaps not
unnatural since Verdi was one of the
earliest of the prominent musical au-
thorities to recognize and seek to en-
courage the power of his young fellow
countryman.
Mascagni is Of medium height and, so
far az appearances so. is good for forty
years more of activity He is rather
stocky of build, and his manner in con-
versation would not lead one to suspect
him Of being a musical genius. He
looks as though he might be the son Of
q prosperous baker as indeed he is
His father did an excellent business at
his little shop in Livorno where Pietro
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completely restored skeleton may be all
the greater
SO far at least as this country is con-
cerned the Princeton dlnosaur is unique.
for while the Yale restoration is the re-
suit of the skillful putting together Of
fossils found in Connecticut sandstone
formations and others picked up in the
Bad Lands regions Of Montana and the
Dakotas, every portion OF the Farr di-
nosaur was found in the Bad Lands
within reasonably short distances OF
each other. This fact to the enthusiast
tic scientist greatly enhances the value
OF the specimen.
And what a verltable fossil store
house these Bad Lands are In an
hours walk, with no better implement
for digging than an ordinary large jack
knife. one may unearth enough prehis-
toric specimens to form the nucleus of
a respectable private collection. Fos'
SLICED turtles of a species strange TO
modern times may be picked up by the
score. often being found on the tops Of
lnt queer lllAle inbuIlH WIN NnlNi VI -
tain portions Of the Bad Lands abound.
Scientists have not satisfactorily de-
cided what causes conspired to make
this section such mine Of prehistoric
relics Many theories have been adj
vanced. One Of these Is to the effect that
every section of this country at some
time contained just as many fossils as
the Bad Lands, but that the peculiar
formation Of the latter prevented the
bones from sinking TO a great depths
as in most localities. Thus may be ex-
planned the nearness of the remains to
the surface, the fossilizing being ac-
counted for. Of course, upon thoroughly
ineligible and tenable hypothesis. IL
should be mentioned, however that the
theory alluded TO finds few supporters
among the highest grade Of scientists.
These frankly admit their bewilderment
by the contradictory symptoms as
they might be called, and prefer to wait
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The Remarkable Rise to Fame Of Mascagni the Composer

was born in 1863. but profits on any
thing sold for. home consumption in
Italy are small, and the worthy knead-
er Of dough had ali he could do TO earn
sufficient money to enable his family to
present the appearance which they con-
sldered that their antecedents demand
ed Of them. SO Mascagni did not reach
his present emlnence via rose strewn
path
His father had decided that Pietro
should be a lawyer, and. though every
habit of thought Of the youth indicated
his total unfltness for the bar. the par
ent was obdurate. But the father had a
brother who was well to do and sympa-
thetic He took interest in the boys mu-
steal aspirations and presented him a
pianoforte which cost 70 francs--about
Sl4 of our money, The rudiments Of his
art young Mascagni had acquired at
free school in Livorno. His father
knew nothing OF this, and It Is related
that his establishment was great when
he accidentally learned that his son
was fair performer on the piano. And,
by the way, II is interesting to know
that while the erstwhile free pupil Is
now generally recognized as the fore
most composer of the day, the little
school at which he received his first in
struction has also grown In fame, being
now known in the musical circles of two
continents as the Cherubin School of
Music.
Pletro's instructor at this time was
Soffrednl, the most thorough mas
ter perhaps of the latter half Of the
last century. 1t is therefore not sur
prlsing that the youngsters ground
work was of a substantial character.
At the age Of eighteen Mascagnl had
his first operetta performed. Then he
went to Milan and was fortunate
enough 10 win first clnss' with an
ave Maria and a "Pater Noster."
His first operetta La Filanda,' was
followed by cantata, ALA Gloia.
composed to a libretto by Maffei, a man
Of considerable repute, who even then
predicted great things for the youthful
composer.
Then came an event which threatened
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with one representative for every 1900
people and one senator for every 5000.
birmingham. England, has upward OF
10000 back 20 back houses and 6.0Oo
courts which are entered by tunnels
from the street, states the city's med
lcal officer OF health.
Austrias military police force is now
provided with cork helmets.
Typewriting and mat weaving have
been successfully taught to the blind,
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The animal which was Eve years old,
was valued at 1850.
In some German towns children are
allowed 10 travel free on the local tram
way cars II they are under a. certain
height, which is marked on the doors Of
the vehicle.
There are 10000 rural free delivery
routes In operation today and 10, l9s pc
titions under consideration.
Materials Of Russian origin exclusive
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tana. coupled with the information that
the hind legs and feet of dinosaur had
been found, is especially interesting In
view Of the fact that during the pre-
vious summer the head and anterior
portions of the prehistoric monster had
Jbeen discovered, This latest find will
Smake possible the complete restoration
OF the dinosaur. IL Is not generally
known that there are but two complete
specimens of the dinosaur in existence.
One OF these Is in the Peabody museum
OF Yale university and the other is in
the Public museum of Brussels, Bel
GUM.
The Yale dnosaur Is not a partiou-
larry large specimen OF its kind, and
yet II is monster when any other ami
nal OF broadly similar shape is EN-
ployed as a basis Of comparison The
length from a perpendicular drawn
from the front Of what might be called
the base Of the neck to the extreme tip
Of the tail is more than 20 feet. The
height of the head from the ground is
u feet, the tail is nearly II feet long and
the powerful hind legs are each 9ls feet
long. But some Of the dinosaurs, to
Judge from the fragmentary portions Of
remains found in the Bad Lands,
must have been more than leo feet long
with the head elevated from the ground
more than As feet. The size OF the
Princeton dinosaur has not yet been
announced, and It is suspected that Pro-
fessor Farr is keeping his facts as Sc
cret as possible in order that the sur
prise to the scientific world when II
shall finally be permitted to view the
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HERE AND THERE.

girls, says the pupils proved remark
ably apt and were delighted with the
new task.
DR.. n. C. Morse, president OF the
Iowa Association Of Railway Surgeons,
Is the heaviest physician in America,
weighing S25 pounds.
The National museum az Belgrade
has come into possession OF collection
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Women in various parts OF the coun-
try with headquarters in Washington,
are. raising money 10 erect monument
toGeneral Spinner, the first man TO adj
nit women In the treasury department
at Washington.
The London hospital, referring to the
Introduction Of lacemaking In a Grip
pies home and industrial school for
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comforts and privileges, although It Is
not the intention to deny TO the reedy
any Of the necessities of each special
case. This hospital, which viii be in
charge Of competent medical staff,
VIII have It's Isolated buildings for con-
tagious- diseases its disinfectlng rooms
and It's sun parlors. Within easy walk
ing distance will be fine gymnasium,
free to all guests
The primary use Of the home will be
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to put an end to Mascagni's musical as
pirations. His uncle died, and having
no funds at his command, he was
Obliged to return to the home OF his
father and, inoldentally~also to his sew
enty franc pianoforte. But Soffredini,
his old master. had not forgotten the
precocious youth. He sent for him and
requested permission to examine what
ever Mascagni considered his best work
up to that time Mascagni submitted
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! Beautiful Home aDd Rest Place For Journalists

Negley D. Cochran Daniel T.. Hart,
John N. Iiazlett Marian Longfellow,
Belva Lockwood Mary Lockwood, Eve
Ign Clark Morgan, William G. Ruch,
Mrs. G. W. Alden, A. =. l.. Shields, Gen.
eral Charles II. Taylor, stephen
O'Meara, General Curtis Guild, Fred u,
Whiting. and Edward Henry Clement
HARRIET POTTER NOURSE
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league home fund committee TO raise
the balance by the publication OF Bohe-
mia. a magazine OF great artistic and
literary merit Brilliant men and wo-
men who have achieved distinction in
various fields OF public endeavor have
promised to make their contributions to
this unique magazine, besides which
there vii be original creations from
painters and artists Of international
fame. Alexander *. Mcclure and Hem
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studies in order to accept q position as
musical director of travelling operetta
organization.
1t has been alleged that this evidence
OF want Of determination indicates
Mascagni's lack Of true greatness, but
the composer 1ustlfes his action by say
ing that while he was beyond starva-
ton at the conseryatoire, he was very
little beyond 1t, and, besides he was
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years are frequently obliterated In n
day. and not infrequently gullies Of
considerable width are cut across roads
In such manner as TO render necessary
a journey OF miles around In order to
cover few feet ia the direction one
wishes 10 travel.
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and II Is believed that they could even
learn 10 make lace and thus gain new
means OF livelihood.
Forty-one and a quarter inches Is the
circumference and nine inches the
length OF the stem Of big mushroom
which has been picked at Holdenby,
Northampton, England.
Pepper, an elephant that could play
the organ, drum and oymbals. has died
At Yarmouth, England. from dropsy.
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as a health recruiting station and san
itarum whore journalists run down by
oyerwork, late hours and nervous strain
may rest and recuperate In the libra
ries and writing rooms convalesoents
may continue their work. The ample
grounds will be fitted with stables for
horseback riding, running tracks golf
links and all manner Of athletic appli-
ances. Newspaper men and women will
also have the privilege Of spending their
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act opera, which in the gratitude Of his
heart he dedicated to his generous pa
iron. Count de- LardareL Meanwhile
The latter had sent his protege to Pom
chlelli, director Of the famous Milan
conservatism, His letter Of introduce
ton won the young man hearing,
which resulted in his being accepted as
pupil. lie was put under the especial
care OF Saladlno and was doing quite
well when he suddenly abandoned his
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the cantata, and Soffredini undertook
its production. Its performance brought
fame to the composer, and, what was
more important to him at that time it
also gave him the patronage of the
wealthy Count Florestano de Lardarel
But fortune was not ION the broad
grin" just then so far as Mascagni was
concerned, lie had many ups and
downs, principally downs, but through
them all he was hard at work on a two
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the Bad Lands sections. but when a
heavy rainstorm does come its effects
are little short Of marvellous. Owing to
the peculiar nature Of the soil, large
mounds are swept away and others
formed in places which were previously
level stretches, Wagon paths used for
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CONCERNING BIRDS, EGGS.

or British birds the gulIemot lays
the largest egg in proportion to rs size
and the cuckoo the smallest, The gull
lemot is about the size OF the raven.
but It's egg is nearly five inches in
length
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vacations al the home at any season Of
the year The only condition attached
to admission will be recommendation
from a reputable editor or publisher
OF course a large endowment fund
win be needed, and there have been
many offers OF assistance, but the
league prefers to earn its own fund so
far as possible, Halt Of the sum nee
essary to erect the home has been Sc
cured, and il Is the purpose Of the
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sNANo ASi Aht buei ttU
years have been given to the work OF
promoting this home. James s. Nc.
CARNEY, business manager OF the Phil
adelphia Record, was the originator OF
the idea and Is still chairman and treas.
urer OF the home fund OF the league.
Mrs. Harriet Potter Nourse OF the
New York Women's Press club Is man
eger of the women's department. her
work being the promotion OF interest In
the home among the many women's
press clubs OF the country. Her Offices
are at $50 Broadway, New York city.
The home Is to be on the style Of the
best winter and summer hotels with
sanitarium for those who are III or In
need of rest and especial care. II viii
be situated az New Orange, N. j., whore
the New Orange Industrial association
has donated eight acres Of land, with
the promise Of more II necessary. II Is
beautiful location and easy OF access,
being within less than thirty minutes
ride from the famous Newspaper row OF
New York city
The hotel Itself VII be OF the finest
modern type and built Of the best ma
terial, 1t will have iron and steel con-
structlon, with fire escapes, and will be
furnished not luxuriously, but with ev-
cry modern comfort and convenience.
1t will have a finely selected library,
open both to invallds and guests, The
purpose Of the home VIII be something
more than purely charitable and viii
have an educational value not lightly to
be regarded in this progressive age.
The hospital proper will be in re-
mote quarter OF the grounds where sick
or disabled journalists will be received
free If they are unable to pay A small
MnnIlN charga VIII snnnrn addItlnnnl
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Men who have given much study TO
the matter declare that. great as have
been the volume and value Of the treas
ures already yielded up by the various
Bad Lands. there are s,ill beneath the
surface fossils which viii do more TO
clear up many moot points Of geology
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NTWv-vJvorETRo MAscAGN1 isl
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ETRO NJ ASCAGNI Is
travelling about this
country at the head of
a large company pre-
senting his operas.
The young composer
has not always been
used to the adulatlon
now being showered
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than al the finds made In Europe dur
ing the past ten centuries. At any rate
several expeditions will be sent out
next summer and as there win be am.
pie money backing they should be fruit
full Of result
MARCUS W. E1AINEs.
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he recent announce
ment of Professor
Marcus +. Farr of the
department of geology
Of Princeton UNIVERSE
ty OF the extraordina-
ry success OF last sum-
mer's expedition to the
Bad I.ands of Mon
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lie Journalists home Is
the project Of the In
ternational League Of
Press Clubs, an organ
iSatlon OF prominent
men and women jour-
nalists whose best ef-
So,. g. A.