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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-17
CITY CHAT.

ZaZaro. Union cigar.
The Trail of the Yankee.
For insurance, Z. j. Burns.
Buy home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Bismarck herring at Hess Bros.
For bus, baggage, express. call Robb's
Oaks, ranges and hot blasts at Sum
mers'.
For real estate and insurance, E. J
Burns.
Genuine New York buckwheat al
Passig Bros.
Passig Bros. sell the best dill pick
les in the city.
The right place and the right prices
for stoves at Summers.
Buy your coal of Theodore Holdorf
Suburban Telephone 943.
Warm slipper bargains. See the
Leaders al on page seven. =
Ice cream and ice cream sodas at
Peterson's, 1914 Third avenue.
All kinds of coal for sale at the
Rock Island Lumber company.
l should say. you need stove.
Summers is the place to get it.
The Naval Reserves will hold one of
their popular dances this evening.
Charles Kuhn was fined So in the
police court today for drunkenness.
For tin and furnace work, see H. T
Siemon, 1926 Fourth avenue, union 2s3.
Call and see large line of Bucks
heating stoves. Clemann d Salzmann.
The celebrated Bucks hot blast
heating stoves. Clemann q Salzmann.
a flour that will make you nice
bread is Edelweiss. Kuschmann sells
it.
Just tapped, barrel Of nice sweet
cider, % cents per gallon, at Kusch-
mann's.
Good coal, coal, coal. coal, coal, at
Mueller Lumber company's. Both tel
ephones.
1O-year ladies' gold filled case, with
guaranteed movement, sos, at Young
& McCombs'
The Trail of the Yankee at Y. NJ. C
\. hall tonight at o'clock. Admis-
sion, % cents.
Trinity guild will meet tomorrow
afternoon at 2:3O at the home of Mrs.
c. S. Mcdaniel.
Genuine Rogers "1s47' triple plated
knives and forks sos per set at
Young & McCombs'.
Rogers triple plated berry spoons,
sale price % cents, in silk lined box.
Young d -LcCombs.
Great lecturer at the Y. NJ. c. \. hall
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-17
Book Soon Ready.

Forthcoming book by Miss iona Dun
lap is progressing rapidly. The book,
it will be remembered. is to treat en-
tireIy on the famous DoOl poisoning
case of last year, in which Miss Dun
lap was the defendant. charged with
the murder of her friend, Allie Dool.
The work of compiling statistics for
the book was started during the past
summer and it is being written under
the supervision of Miss Dunlap's at
torneys Considerable financial en-
couragement has been accorded Miss
Dunlap within the past few months
in sums of from S. upward, some of
the donations coming from Califor-
MIA.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-17
A PolIoeman,s Testimonr.

J. n. Patterson, night policeman of
Nashua, Iowa, writes: Last winter
had bad cold on my lungs and tried
at least half a dozen advertised cough
medicines and had treatment from
two physicians without getting any
benefit. A friend recommended Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar and two-thirds
of a bottle cured me. l consider it
the greatest cough and lung medicine
in the world. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-17
High School Notes

The red and yellow standard under
which the rube band marched Satur-
day afternoon occupies the back
ground of the assembly room stage
and the "12-5" written upon it brings
joy TO the hearts of the students every
time they see it. Everyone is still
talking about the great game"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-17

Yesterday Miss CASTOR spoke for a
few minutes to the school, setting
forth the harmful effects of cigarets
and urging the students to form a
league and work against this obnoX-
ious evil. Some afternoon this week
it is thought an organization may be
effected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-17
THE WEATHER
CHEATING RooKEFELLER.

The girl expects her beau tonight,
And fills the stove with anthracite
Because the air is raw and damp
But quite forgets to fill the lamp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-17

S The net proceeds CT the game Sat
urday were pleasing to those interest
ed in lessening the debt of the Ath-
letic association. 1t is thought prob
able that the proceeds from the
Thanksgiving game will clear the re-
mainder of the Indebtedness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-17

Report cards were given out yester-
day. This marks the end of the first
quarter and tells the pupil of his
chance of escaping the finals at the
end of the half.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-11-17
Saloon Notice

Oysters, hot and cold, at Ponce de
Leon every evening.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

many different kinds Of boats assem-
bled together in one race. They
ranged from a forty-seven ton boat
to a two hundred and eighteen The
latter was the Constance, and the
former the Aurora. Among the other
boats I remember the Wyyern, Mona,
Arrow. Alarm and Gipsy Queen.
Impatiehs for the Race.
a party OF our hen went ashore
the day before the race to engage
some extra men to work on the boat
The. got six EngIishmen and brought
them aboard. I remember those feI-
lows Very. well. We didn't trust them
a bit. Perhaps they were all right,
but we didn't want to take any
chance with them. Captain Brown
figured on the proposition and made
a plan whereby not more than two Of
them could be together on any sta
ton. We didn't know but that if
several were together they might do
some crooked work. Our own crew
kept It's eyes peeled, and they had
no chance at any time to do anything
on the bias.
We were all impatient for the day
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Lives LOST Through Risb

A list made up at random from
newspaper accounts and without any
thought Of completeness Of the mum
Der of persons who have lost their
lives through this passion for risk.
the love of hazard, during the last
few months makes a total OF seV-
eral hundred, SAYS an English papzE.
This includes some 45 persons who
have lost their lives in motor-cars. II
who have missed their footing IN
balloon exhibitions. who have been
ushered cut Of existence by the means
OF the bicycle and its allied contriv-
ances. = who have climbed steepIes
for the last time, bridge Jumpers,
II Alpine climbers. ) Iong-dfstapce
swimmers, : who have been blstted
out Of existence by various other
agencies or methods designed osten-
sibly 10 promote the joys Of this
present life If to this list we should
add the 300 other mountain climbers
who, It is said, have lost their lives
in the Alps during the past 19 years.
the total sacrifice OF human life to
the rage for risk would indeed as
sumo formidable proportiQns-
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

says, and I don't believe a better
sportsman ever lived. And he's as
good a sailor as ever stepped across
a gangsyay. He has no end Of pluck,
that's sure.
Captain Hoffman has a poo. opin-
ion Of the way the racing yachts are
built these days. Everything is sac
rifced 70 speed, he says. The yachts
that race for the cup nowadays, says
the Captain. ARE mere racing toys
and the most fragile sort Of things.
Accidents are always happening TO
them. Masts break in two ana all
other sorts Of uishaps are perpetusIy
befalling them Lightness seems to
be the greatest consideration in build
ing them. For my choice, a boat Ike
the old America that never. had accI-
dents, that could weather any storm.
that had cabins aboard. plenty Of
sleeping accommodations and every
sort Of contriyance for actual COM
fort. What she accomplished showed
that she had speed despite her rooml-
ness. her stanchness and her sea-
werthiness."
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

of the race to come around. It seemed
as if the day we wanted would never
show up. But finally that glorious
day dawned. the twenty-second Of
August, 1851. The boats all gathered
around the starting point. The wind
was blowing very light as the signal
gun was fred The Aurora crossed
the line first and got away well in the
lead. We had hard luck in getting
away, and every other boat preceded
us The light winds seemed to favor
the English boats We were disheart-
ened a bit at first, T remember. But
pretty soon a good breeze sprang up
We spread all the canvas we could,
and at once commenced to pick Up.
Before we reached the statiou-ship,
anchored half way in the course. we
had passed every one of the other
boats. As we turned the station-ship
we were four minutes and six seconds
ahead OF the nearest one Of our com
petitors.
"At the finish we were way in the
lead. There wasn't any second, at
least so the story goes. But of course
you've heard that story" The writer
said h.z hadn't, so Captain Hoffman
related it. We'll" he said, its a
pretty old story now. It relates how
the Queen was told Of the result Of
the race and her inquiry, What boat
was second o. There was no second,
your majesty was the reply. To tell
the truth the second boat was 50 far
in the rear that we really could not
make out which one it was when we
crossed the finish line
Took Every Advantage.
Our boat was very much the best
craft in the race, There is no doubt
about that. And then we took ad-
vantage of every opportunity. For
instance we had our sails laced to
the masts and booms. None of the
other boats had. This may not seem
to be of much moment and yet it
gave US a great advantage.
NO time allowance was granted in
the race, so you see we had to do
some pretty tall sailing to win by the
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

note longer than the rest and was
adjudged the victor.
What He Appreciated Most.
What did it matter that I was
honored by the daughter of the great
Richard Wagner What did It mat
ter that 7 should be invited by Frau
Cosima to sing 10 her in Rayreuth2 I
had held my note longer than the
rest of my class. and of this was
more proud than all my success in
the BavaTian musical Mecca.
"Of course, now that I am older. I
esteem the distinction of studying all
my Wagnerian roles at Beyreuth. But
at the time, even the prospect of sing
ing the entire ring alone would not
have added to my seIf-conceit half so
much as the holding of this one note
Madame Louise Homer Sings Ruth. "
Louise Homer made her first musi-
cal success in d cantata called
Ruth" in her old home of West
chester, near Philadelphia. 1t was
not a grand opera, neither was it a
heroic part but the child (she was
not vet fifteen years ODD sang the
music so well that the audience de-
clared her the best singer of the
lot" and this was her first word OF
public praise
From that time on" she said. Il
made up my mind to sing. But it
was some time after that before
even heard an opera. I had married,
and was living in Boston. when the
Metropolitan Opera Company came to
Boston, and / first knew what il was
to be completely taken out Of myself
by dramatic music.
How She Studied the Prima DOnnas.
Il went to every performance and
studied Calve. Eames. MaIba and all
the rest as carefully as if I were to
sing their music at once
After they had gone the city felt
bare. Something had come into my
life and gone again, leaving It cold
and uufed.
And then came the great question,
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big margin we did after getting of
absolutely dead last. When we
crossed the line there was mighty
little cheering from anyone save the
men on the America Our crew went
daft over the win. They cheered and
cheered and cheered, and they danced
around like Indians.
THE owners of the America gave
every member of the crew 8 hand
some money present for winning the
Cup. Nothing of the sort had been
promised to US as an incentive for
supreme effort, but the owners were
wild with joy and extremely liberal
and generous. Even the Englishmen
we hired as extra hands, got money
presents as a reward.
Race With the Titania.
"Not long after our winning of the
Queens Cup. now the Americas Cup,
we fought it out with the Titania in
a race of eighty miles s. forty miles
out. sailing before the wind, ana
forty miles back. The America COW
cred the eighty miles in six hours and
twelve minutes: the Titania in seven
hours and three minutes. We had
some other races over there. too. and
We won every race we entered.
THE old America is still ahoat, and
is owned now, I believe, by Paul But
Ter, son of the late General Benjamin
F. Butler. But she Is a very different
craft nowadays from what she was
when she won the cup. She has been
entirely rebuilt and resembles the old
America very little. She is one of the
feet Of the New York Yacht Club"
Good Opinion of Upton.
Captain Hoffman has a very good
opinion Of Sir Thomas Upton. and
says he hopes that if the cup is des-
tined to ever go back to EngIand-that
it is Sir Thomas who takes it, back
there. But he hopes that the United
States remains supreme in the yacht
contests. ana that the cup remains
where the America brought 1t.
Sir Thomas is a fine fellow" he
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

If other people can do this, why can
not T. Night after night I puzzled
over the problem, and in September
of that year I found myself in Paris
studying, I hardly know how, and in
eighteen months 1 made my debut in
La Favorita' in the opera house at
Yieby, and from there went TO the
Grand Opera in Paris"
Two Americans IN Paris.
It is not so many years ago since
two young ladies from America were
singing in Paris. One was Miss Nor
ton, afterward known as Nine. Nor
dica: the other was Miss Emma Hay
den Eames, born at Shanghai. China,
brought back to America when a
child three years old, taught by her
mother. and taken TO Paris when a
girl Of seventeen, and there launched
into the operate whirI il the role Of
Juliette in Gounod's musical setting
Of Shakespeare's love poem
Emma Eames's Song of the Sea
How can Nine, Eames remember
when she first felt the moving power
Of music? It was born in her. Her
mother, younger ard more charming
to-day than her charming daughter,
was saturated with music. She gave
her daughter music as q btrumark
Her Chinese nurse tells viii stories
of her grooming Confueian wise saws
to her own baby melodies. The saII-
ors on the homeward trip from Hong
Kong watched for the coming on deck
Of THE baby" and taught her thei-
choicest sea songs As girl she
made up her mind to sing, not in
church. not on the concert platform,
but on the stage-depicting in her
aristocratic way some other aristo-
erat of some other age and country.
And when the time came a new JuIi-
cite appeared. cool. calm, self-pos-
sessed, with a beautiful voice and a
distinguished presence very daugh-
ter Of the ancient patrician family
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

Alfred Hertz, the youngest Of the
best known operatic conductors Of
the world, the most genial and most
popular member of the Grau Company
and one Of the most thorough and the
most thoroughly liked musical direc-
tors New York has known since the
days Of the welI-beIoved and never-to-
be-forgotten Anton SeidI. has always
been a leader When a boy he would
lead the boys as he now leads his
men-sometimes in play. sometimes
in music. but invariably insisted upon
being leader. Always a student. he
found himself one day with an or
chestTa under his control and it was
not long before the opera at BresIau
was offered him.
What the Hertz Orchestra Means
Then I felt that / had come into
my rightful heritage," says Mr.
Hertz. And with what musical
knowledge : possessed, win ali my
musical enthusiasm, / worked day
and night until I made that orchestra
felt.
I am not one of those who believes
that the orchestra is the only part of
the music worth hearing, neither do
1 think it should be entirely subseryi-
ent to the voices. But it has its place,
and that place is n dienifed one.
Once keep the orchestra where it be
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

reached the other side we were ready
to race as soon as we'd got things in
racing trim.
Centerboard a New Thing.
Visitors in droves came aboard as
soon as we arrived in England It
was common report that we were to
compete in the big race for the
Queens Cup and much interest was
:aben in the American craft I have
never seen such curiosity as was
shown by the visitors on board the
America They wanted II pry into
everything. We had a ceuterboard-
that was a new thing in those days.
you know-and we didn't want the
Engiishmen to know anything about
it. Captain Brown cautioned US all
To keep our secret fast. and NE did.
We laid a pig pile Of rope and canvas
and other truck amidships to keep our
centerboard we'll out Of view. We
had some little schemes afoot am we
were seeking an opportunity to put
them into execution, but those prying
Britons made it a pretty hard job for
US They never took their eyes off
Us, not for q minute, so it seemed.
And that's q pretty rum sort of
deal when your looking for a chance
TO quietly drop a stove overheard or
something Of that sort.
Different Kinds of Boats.
Then they piled Us with all sorts
Of questions. They wanted TO know
how much water we drew and all
that sort of thing. We didn't want
them TO know that or anything else
about US that We could keep secret.
The szipper-God rest his good old
souIl-cautioned US about the nosy
visitors and told Us to be just as fg-
norant as we could be. And the
Englishmen learned mighty little
about US, take my wcrd for II.
The boats that were to race
against US were OF all sizes and rigs.
AS a matter OF fact, I never saw so
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
HOWL BEGANY CAREERSTORY OF THE WORLDS OPERA STARS

in Faust" on Monday, and Baucis
in philemon ct Baucis.' on Tuesday,
this little lady has shown a versa
tflfty second to none in the history
Of the GTaU opera Of the past ten
seasons. Last Spring she learned a
part on the train between Pittsburg
and New York and sang it on her ar
rival This year she was uudersUTdy
for two other artists, learned both
their parts in less than a week and
sang them without rehearsal.
Mime. Seygard was born in London
Of French parentage and was taken
to Russia when a baby ana spent her
childhood in St Petersburg.
1t was my father" she says who
started me on my musical career
He was teacher of music and
drilled me not only on my vocal pro
ductfon, but in various characters in
the different operas of which [ was
most fond.
As Natural 10 Sing as to Breathe,
1T was as natural Tor me to sing
as to bres the, and the stage seems
my rightfuI home. It was in Phile-
mon ct Baucis' that I made my de
but, and [ am naturally partial to the
where else
There seems to have been no be-
ginning of stage life with mel sim
ply found myself at home the first
time / sang behind footIights. and I
am never quite so much at home any
where else.
Van Rooy d "Dutchman" from ROtter-
dam.
Il avn Dutchman-not q German" ."
says Anton Van Booy- Rotterdam is
my home ana the scene Of my first
musical triumph / was seven years
old at the time and the triumph
might not seem so great now. but
il was q triumph OF great import
then, T was singing at the time in
the Cathedral choir, and had a con
test with some other boys Of my own
age and in the same choir. / held Il
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Spirit Photographs

There are three methods Of pro
ducing the so-calIed spirit photo
graphs" 4 person may be placed be
fore the camera and a brief exposure
made which viii give a vague out
line on the plate. Then the subject
of the experiment is photographed be
side the outline and the plate devef-
oped- Or an image may be painted
with a solution of quinine on the
background This viii show a photo
graph altogether invisible to the eye.
Or q mirror may be placed so as TO
reflect upon the plate q person or
thing which cannot be seen by the
sitter, but which appears upon devel-
oping the plate.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
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Continued from Page One, this section
at last appeared in Massenets ''Es-
clarmonde,' and won my first hand Of
applause. no one VIII ever know.
Regret it? All, no. We have one
life to live Monsieur Why not
choose the one that chooses you2"
Nine. Gadski as a School Girl.
Johanna Gadsh comes from stet-
tin, just out Of Berlin As q child
she studied music in school and sang
with her classmates in their rounds
and glees, never dreaming that her
voice would some day be the talk of
the town-much less a ravorite OF two
continents.
When she was nine years Of age she
was given a solo to sing at one Of
the school entertainments. and
carolled it about the house early and
late. The day before the exercises
she was surprised 10 receive a visit
from a neighbor who came IN pro-
testing against her singing.
Bursting into tears, little Johanna
said:
But I Sing It Very Well"
But I love to sing, and sing it
very well. my teacher tells me So"
The visitor smiled and replied that
il was for that very reason that she
wished her TO stop her music in school
and go to a teacher that she recon-
mended, and devote all Of her spare
time TO her voice.
DO you really mean it?' queried
the child. smiling through her tears.
Am 7 really going to learn to sing
welI?"
Her First Appearance IN Public,
The night of the entertainment
came and the future Drima donna in
q new frock and in the most con
descending manner sang her solo with
the air of q Materna, explaining TO
her schOolmates afterward that she
vas to learn how TO sing and would
really sing for them, perhaps, some
Day
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Captain Henry Hoffman, Of
New York, Is the Only
Man Now Living Who
Participated in the Hand
ling Of the Good Yacht
Which Brought to Our
Shores the Cup Offered
by Queen Victoria

20 ,,a-zo7 in the United States
M raa1z q asena~ heart interest
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lea' liie s-aileh schooner ) <L'L- INA
originally lifted the famous cup and
brought it over to this country from
ENGLAND The Cantafn took part in
the memorable race and. though he
,.. +,-. tim. r,,+ .. -,,a-s bor ra
b.. ,,as4 vivid ~aroIractio, of The
arar+ and +.r1- . .ar,a,,l-,1, 1,lz- inter-
se+irg story Of bou- 7ra urastad +ba
cousins
L was only sixteen years old at
the time of the race ~ saws the Can
.u+- ..,---- ia - IT. e.
me time was eleven OI lhe en-
tire crew that sailed the good Amer
lean craft on that glorious day in
And 7 am verv naturally nroud Of if
-s-,e-,7,.- 4.a no.. % r-a11 +b.+ f+
saa-ns scaroa1,- -,oe-f1,1a 4ba+ - is
nearly ffty-two years since it took
place. But time never yeers a point
IN its course and more than half
century has passed since we fought
f7- and won the Queens Cup.
Was Called Queens CuD.
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--o7 0'-'' '''7
america brought the cup over here
that we call it the Americas Cup.
you know None Of the modern boats,
in my opinion. is the equal of the
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

More Than a Half Century
Ago the Great Fleet of
Flyers Sailed the Inaug-
ural Race Of a Series Des-
tined to Give This Coun-
try Superiority in the
Sport Which Has Since
Become So Popular.