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miser. and as this will be a new part for
him, his Interpretation Is looked forward
to with no little interest. Mr.. Porter has
taken part in most Of the performances
that have been given locally, being espe-
cially prominent in Barclay Walker ef-
forts ''The Minister Extraordinary, 'ket-
tie Drum and "MagnOn." Mr.. Porter left
the city to join Frank Daniels in 1890 ana
continued 10 play in farce-cOmedy with
great success until 1899. Mr.. Porter mad
brilliant future before him on the stage
and would no doubt be numbered now
amongst the comic opera stars If he had
continued The cast is MADE up of Mrs.
Josephine Bremmerman Edmunds, soprano
solOist at St. Pauls Church and the Jew
ish Temple. who will sing the part of Ger
maine. This part is especially adapted to
Mrs. Edmunds S beautiful voice and SYM
pathetic acting. Miss Rentsch, who Is one
of the youngest singers of the city, will sing
the part of SerpOlette, the good-for-noth-
ing Miss Rentsch 5 petite figure and lyric
voice especially fit her for this soubrette
part. Homer Van VIE sings the tenor
part and he is one of the best-knOwn tenors
in Indianapolis, having sung in various
churches and at present Is tenor OF the
indianapolis quartet. Arnold Spencer is one
of the younger baritones OF the city, but
has appeared in number OF operas ana
concerts. He is especially well known in the
Masonic order, being baritone of the Scot
tish Rite temple Oliver Isensee, bass,
sings at the Meridisn-street Church and
also at the Jewish Temple and is well known
as a singer in this city. The comedy Is
left in the hands of Richard Leber, whose
success OF last year is well remembered.
This constitutes quartet of peculiar
strength and is. no doubt, the best com
bination OF voices the city might afford.
The chorus consists of sixteen men and
sixteen young women picked from the 10
voices of the Musikverein. The chorus and
cast will be ably assisted by an orchestra OF
twenty-eight pieces.
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The famous Spiering Quartet, of Chicago,
will give one of its excellent concerts at
Maennerchor Hall on next Thursday night
New Years eve-preceding the annual
New Years festival of the Mannerchor.
This splendid quartet of instrumentalists
was heard last year in this city, under the
auspices of the Mannerchoir, and the con-
cert upon that occasion was a most note
worthy one. The male chorus of the Maen-
nerchor will appear in three numbers, one
of these being Ave Maria, which was
sung at the last concert of the society with
such success. No male chorus has ever
been sung here that pleased better. and
the repetition occurs by general request.
An elaborate tableau, apropos of the en-
trance of the new year, will be presented at
II o'clock. Dancing will be indulged in
after the concert. The supper is TO be
served in the clubrOOms under the direction
of the Ladies Club.
The following is the musical programme:
Quartet in c major. Mozart
Adagio allegro; andante cantabile; men
uettO; malto allegro.
Spiering Quartet
''Maegdlein Schoen und Hold" .kircht
Maennerchor.
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cities. The coming concert here will be the
first appearance in indianapolis.
Since this quartet of famous players have
resigned from the Boston Symphony Or
chestra, which they did last spring, on ac-
count of the increased demand for their own
chamber music concerts, they have decided
TO tour the country extensively before leav-
ing for Europe next March. In the spring
of 1889 the Kneisel Quartet made tour
from the Atlantic to the Pacific and found
the musical conditions of the larger cities,
as evinced by the appreciation of music,
fully equal TO that of European centers.
The compositions of Brahms and Beethoven
have been played in such cities as Denver,
Kansas City, Salt Lake City, San Francisco,
Portland, Seattle and Tacoma to audiences
who were fully equal TO the enjoyment Of
the highest class of music. and everywhere
the quartet was greeted with enthusiasm.
This year the quartet will travel in new
territory Its tour will include the South.
IN Texas alone the quartet is engaged TO
give five concerts.
Rudolph CAM. the great Swiss pianist,
will probably be heard in Indianapolis this
winter One of the prominent local clubs is
negotiating for his services. Ganz's playing
his made a sensation wherever he has ap-
peared. With the Chicago Orchestra, under
Theodore Thomass direction, he scored
positive triumph.
That Thibaud, the French violinist has
won the hearts of the New York music
lovers goes without saying. He has also
captured the musical folks of Boston and
Philadelphia. Last Friday and Saturday he
was the soloist with the Philadelphia Sym
phony Orchestra, directed by Fritz Scheel,
and he was listened to by audiences that not
only occupied every seat in the Academy of
Music there, but filled every inch of stand
ing room and overfowed into the lobby. On
Sunday evening last he was the special at
traction at the third of the Metropolitan OPP
era House Sunday night concerts and GER
tainly its star. He was what FRITZ Scheff
would call the The of the concert The
charm of his playing won him the complete
admiration of a large audience. He first
played the Mendelssohn Concerto, which
heightened into four numbers before his de-
lighted listeners would let him go, and on
his second appearance there was an evident
disposition to keep him up all night.
The first attempt to inaugurate a season
of grand opera in the uptown district of
New York was that given last Monday
evening at the West End Theater. Messrs
Weber & Fields, of the West End, and
Henry w. Savage have arranged for an an
nual season of five weeks with Mr.. Savage s
famous English Grand Opera Company The
opening performance was that of Verdi S
masterpiece, "Otello," sung in English for
the first time in New York. This noble op-
era is by far the most pretentious ever at
and demonstrates the great advancement of
American grand opera artists. The per-
formance was a pronounced artistic success
Representative music lovers from all sec
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HISTORY OF THE ANCHOR.
Many improvements Made in Its shape
During Century.

Science Siftings.
The ships anchor in general use up to
the beginning of the last century consisted
OF a long round iron shank, having two COM
paratiyely short straight arms, or fukes,
inclined TO the shank at an angle of about
40 degrees, and meeting it in a somewhat
sharp point at the crown. In large anchors
the bulky wooden stock was built up of sew
eral pieces hooped together. the whole
tapering outward to the ends, especially
on the aft or cable side.
About the beginning of the last century
clerk in the Plymouth naval yard, Pering
by name, suggested certain Improvements.
the most important of which was making
the arms curved instead of straight. At
first sight this simple change may seem of
little value, but consideration will show that
this is not the case. The holding power of
an anchor depends on two principal condi
tions, namely, the extent of useful holding
surface and the amount of vertical pene-
tration. The latter quality is necessary
on account of the nature of ordinary sea
bottoms, the surface layers of which are
generally less tenacious and resisting than
is the groud a short distance below.
In the year 1881 chain cables began to
suit that the long-shanked anchors hith-
erto in vogue were no longer necessary,
and anchors with shorter shanks and with
heavier and stronger crowns gradually
came into use. In consequence of these
changes commission was appointed in the
year 1888 to inquire into the holding power
of anchors, and a principal result of it's
labors the adoption of the so-called
Admiralty pattern of anchor, which con-
tinued TO be used in the navy up to the
year 1860.
The invention of the steam hammer in
1912 made the welding of heavy masses of
iron comparatively easy and reliable pro-
cess, so that from this time onward the
strength of anchors fully kept pace with
that of the chain cables which had come
into general use.
A number OF patents for anchors were
taken out prior to the great exhibition of
1851. and, public attention having been
called to the models there shown, in the
following year a committee was appointed
by the Admiralty 70 report on the qualifi-
cations of anchors of the various kinds
Practical tests were then instituted and as
a result Trotmans anchor took the high
est place, Rodgerss anchor being second
on the list.
Some of the tests to which the anchors
We're submitted were of doubtful value
such, for instance as facility for sweep
ing" Nowadays, however, at all events
for deep ships in shallow harbors it is
considered an advantage for an anchor
to offer as little obstruction as possible
above the ground.
The Indianapolis journal., 1903-12-27
JOSEPHINE BREM ERMAN
EDM UNDS

Who Will Sing the Leading Soprano Role in the
German House Production of Chimes of Nor
mandy"
tions of New York were present and the ad-
vance sale for the five weeks already points
to flattering success of the enterprise.
Several changes in the choirs of some of
the largest churches are announced.
George Eckert, who for several years has
had charge of the music at Roberts Park
Church. has resigned his position on ac-
count of the increasing demands of private
work. Henry @. Cox, tenor at this church,
will go to the First Presbyterian Church.
for the coming year. Frank Taylor, bar
itone, will go to Central-avenue NJ. +.
Church. The new director at Roberts Park
Church will be Edward Taylor, head of the
Central College of Music.
T +
An elaborate Christmas song service will
be given this evening at the First Presby
terian Church, corner of Delaware and Six
teenth streets. w. H. Donley, the organist,
will direct the music and the singers will
be Mrs. Bertha Swaine, soprano; Miss
Katherine Gibson, contralto; Raymond
Lynn, tenor, and ]. II. Roberts, basso
Miss Jessie Mae Payne and Charles Oakes
will contribute solo numbers. The follow
ing programme will be rendered:
Organ Numbers
The Shepherds in the Field" Mailing
Bethlehem" Observation-Disclosures. Mailing
March of the Majf' f'................ Dubois
Chorus, angels from the Realms of
Glory" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Manney
Solo and Chorus, ''The Merry Bells Now
Ring, "............................ Stevenson
Sooist, Miss Jessie Mae Payne.
soprano Solo and Chorus, 10 Holy '''i
Night t'.................... Adam -Gilchrist
Organ Solo, THE Sleep of the Virgin
........s.... ...'.'ss....... MdSSeuSl
Tenor Solo, Quartet and Chorus, sal
vator" "........................ Humphries
Quartet, THE Christmas STAR g. .Gounod
Soprano Solo and Chorus, Hymn of
Peace" e"........................... Coombs
Organ Postlude. 'Toccata" ..... .MacMaster
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but as conspicuously gala attire is also
rejected at all times as Ostentatous and
in bad taste. the difference of costume
curing, ana before and after the mourn
ing period is not conspicuous.
An effort to trace the origin of mourn
ing habiliments has been unsuccessful. Its
beginnlngs as custom are lost in the
mists OF antiquity. Their nature and color
vary through so wide a range that what is
deemed deep mourning in one place
might seem extremely festive and frivo-
lous in another
The colors used among various nations
and the meaning they are intended to con-
vey we give in brief as follows:
Black-Darkness, the privation of light
and joy. Used in ancient Greece and by
most modern civilized nations.
Black and white stripes-Mingled sor-
South sea islands.
Grayish brown-The color of the earth
to which the body returns. Used in Ethi-
opia.
Pale brown-The color of withered leaves.
Used in Persia.
Sky blue-Expressing the assured hope
that the souls of the departed havebeen
received into heaven. Used in Syria, Cap
padocia, Armenia and parts of Turkey
Deep blue-csed in Rome during the re-
public. and still in Bokhara
Purple-The color of royalty Used in
Rome under the empire for public mourn-
ing, and in France under the Bourbons for
the death of kings and cardinals.
Violet-Used in some parts of Turkey at
the present time
White-The symbol of hope This has
been for ages the color of mourning in
China. Henry VIII wore white for Anne
Boleyn. The women of Rome and Sparta
wore white to show sorrow. White mourn
ing was used I'm Spain until 1893. In Eng
land white hatbands are still used occa-
sionally to mourn the death of unmarried
relatives.
YellOw-The color of autumn leaves Used
in Egypt and Burmah. In the latter coun-
try yellow is also the monastic color In
Brittany the peasant widows wear yellow
caps Anne Boleyn is said TO have worn
yellow mourning for Catharine of Aragon.
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Elaborate Musical Entertainment During
the Holidays in indianapolis
the Speing
Quartet al..Th Club
Engish hs..Mu of

Violoncello solo, "Serenade'' e''........... .Linder
Herman Diestel.
ave Maria" CBy requesD. .Schmoelzer
MaennerchOr.
Violin solo, "Hejie Kati" ".............. .Hubay
Theodore Spiering.
(a( Sphaerenmosic' ............. .Rubensteln
tD) 'ScneIZO '..............-..-...... CneruDlnl
Spiering Quartet.
"Unter'm m Lindenbaum" .Sturm
Maennerchor.
Finale for quartet. Op. .Lalo
Spiering Quartet.
The Princeton Glee and Banjo Club
which began it's annual holiday tour in
Baltimore last Tuesday night, will reach
Indianapolis tomorrow and will give a
concert tomorrow evening at Engish's
The organization travels in its own special
car and is at present having a glorious
trip over the country. There are sixty men
composing the club, While in this city the
college men will be the guests of the
Princeton Club of Indiana, which will take
charge of the visitors and see that they
enjoy themselves thoroughly. The special
train will arrive at noon tomorrow and
a reception will be rendered the men from
Princeton at the Propylaeum in the after
noon.
The concert in the evening promises to
be one of the finest ever given in Indian
apolis by college men, as the Princeton
NTleS anu bduJO OluD mas DSeH injecting Will
great success in every city where 1t has
appeared so far. A ball at the German
House In honor Of the visitors will follow
the entertainment at Epglish's.
XXX
A musical attraction of Importance booked
for Indianapolis will be the concert of the
famous Kneisel Quartet, of Boston, to be
given Jan 20, at the assembly room of the
Claypool Hotel. This will be the third and
last of the series of recitals under the man
agement of Mrs. Ona B. Talbot.
The Kneisel Quartet was organized in
1885, the year in which Franz Kneisel ac-
cepted the position as the konZert meister
TO the Boston symphony Orchestra. While
the excellence of the quartet was apparent
from the start, there were comparatively
few people in Boston who took much inter-
est in chamber music, and the audiences
were as a rule small. Their first concerts
were given in Chickering Hall, seating ca
pacity about 400. Year by year the audi
ences increased until il was necessary to
give the concerts in Association Hall, seat
ing capacity about 800, and this season they
have been compelled to move to still larg-
auditorium because of the growing pop
ularty of the concerts. The second violin
ist of the quartet is Mr.. Theodorowicz,
while Louis Svecenski, excellent artist,
who studied in the Vienna Conservatory
under HellmeSberger, and under Grun, plays
the viola. Mr.. Anton Schroeder is the cell
list and one of the foremost virtuosi of the
world. For several years past the KneiSelS
have extended their subscription to New
York, Washington. Baltimore, Philadelphia,
Brooklyn, Hartford and Worcester. They
also gave concerts at Harvard, Yale and
Princeton Universities, besides a limited
number of concerts in other out-of-town
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$3.50 per Annum.

of the maniac. who. by the way. can never
keep his hair tidy; the dOwncast hypOchon-
driac, the silly glance of the ifnbecile-they
are all TO be observed.
AT the street corner and in other places"
the doctor continued, you see chronic
alcoholism Doctors necessarily have 10
learn TO diagnose chronic alcoholism at
sight, for people are reticent about the
alcoholic side OF their history But the
gross. greasy skin and the 'grog blossom
tell their own tale. Some eye diseases you
can preceive at once. Cataract. for In
stance. The oscillation of both eyes sug-
gests brain disease. Skin diseases? Well,
you cannot miss luDus with the patch
spreading from a center with red edges.
Then. talking about eyes again. there Is
the eve with blood in IL OF the young child
suffering from whooping cough. But per
son who always provOkes comment. but no
one understands him, Is the man with white
patches OF hair in locks OF ordinary color.
He Is nourotic"
Then he spoke OF the way in which he
hunted when he was in public places TO
verify his surmises. touch on the pulse
would tell him so much.
The pose Of the body was ready sign OF
mental states. Upon this subject Sir Lau-
der Brunton had written interestingly. the
doctor saio. and laughingly he hinted that
there were far more trained observers than
himself.
He instanced a medical man who can
diagnose diabetes by smell He strOlls down
among the crowd OF Out-patients at large
hospital and will select six diabetes by
smell. But the most interesting observers
are the hospital nurses watching illnesses
as they do 50 closely. and being intuitiVe
they develop wonderful instincts.
They are not always 10 be relied on.
though" he added: but l must tell YOU
one story. In a hospital ward lay woman
with alcoholic neuritis. az least We all said
SO. but the sister said that IL was not due
20 drink. We laughed. but later on We had
TO give in. We found IL was due 10 In
uuenZa-
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On the Threshold.

Between the OLD Year and the New,
With blinded eyes we stand, tonight;
Behind US, sorrows not few,
Before US, pleasure infinite
We like to think so-are we right,
Or would you take the darker view?
What visions float before your sight
Between the Old Year and the News
My skies are clouded-yOur's blue;
My sun seems set-and yours shines bright:
The future CLEANS with dreams for you,-
On me it rushes like a blight.
And though strive with all my might
To paint the scene brighter hue.
l cannot find gleam Of light
Between the Old Year and the New!
Bahi 'Tis weakness; L can do
What / have done before-can fight
AS 1 have fought and better too.
Till all these phantoms take their flight.
For here we stand upon a height
With all the world in front,-and who
Who but coward shows his fright
Between the Old Year and the New?
As long as we have hands to smite
Souls unafraid, and courage true,
Start TO win. in deaths despite,
Between the Old Year and the New!
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a Reflection.

Laughing, she bade me stand, where she might
see
Her image in my eyes, this merry lass,
And pin her hat on, before a glass.
God wot, 'twere easy,-for il seems to me
Each curve and dimple of her face must be
Printed in full detail that all who pass
Might recognize the features. But, alasi-
1T is too small,'' she murmured, poutingly.
And then scored Sometimes 1 am inspired.
AS then. to utterances really smart.
Doubles" quoth l, but then. You see. my
eyes
Are only lenses. burning glasses, fired
BY you, their sunlight; upon my heart
You'll find your image printed, full life-sizer'
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FACTS ABOUT MOURNING.
Customs of Many Lands-Their Begin
nings Mysterious.

Philadelphia Press.
Except at funerals, in Difference to pub
lie opinion, which demands that such oc-
casions shall be made as gloomy and grue-
some as possible, the wearing of mourning
is not required by the conventions of refined
society. In many families it is not worn
at all. even during the period Of social
retirement which follows bereavement.
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Fate.

The sky is clouded. the rocks are bare
The spray OF the tempest is white in air.
The winds are out with the waves at play
And shall not tempt the sea to-day.
The trail is narrow, the wood is dim.
The panther clings TO the arching limb
And the lions whelps are abroad at play
And shall not join in the chase to-day.
But the ship sailed safely over the sea.
And the hunters came home from the chase in
glee,
And the town that bulded upon the rock
Was swallowed up in the earthquake shock
Bret Harte
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evening the Germans test their ability as
entertainers and wherever there are Ger
mans a celebration of some sort is arranged.
Often this is done in the families. in Ger
many itself frequently by the municipality,
and always by the German societies, and
following this custom, naturally, the German
House has never failed TO arrange an elab-
crate entertainment for New Years eve.
These entertainments have grown from year
TO year from rather humble beginning. as
the society was new until this years en-
tertainment, which, it is promised, will
eclipse any similar entertainment ever
given in this city. large committee was
appointed as early September to arrange
for the New Years eve celebration and this
committee has worked untiringly and is
now far enough along in it's work to see
the results.
The beautiful comic opera, THE Chimes of
Normandy" will be presented. The cast is
made up of some of the most prominent
singers in Indianapolis and the chorus is
the pick of the 125 voices of the Musikverein.
Mr.. Ernestinoff, who is musical director.
has had long years OF experience in operate
work His first engagement on coming to
America was as conductor of the German
Opera in New York, which he joined In
1872 He afterwards took charge of the
Habelmann x Lichtmay opera troupe and
later conducted the Frye German opera
festival. These were the best-knOWn COM
panies of their time. 1t was only after be-
as conductor of the ST. Louis LiederkranZ
that he left this work. Harry Porter who
has charge of the stage and who has
drilled the chorus in action, has had three
years experience as a stage manager with
professional companies. Mr.. Porter will
also play the essential part of Gaspard, the
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all Germany knows; Richard Wagner. Am
fortas. 'Parsifal is a personal document.
HORACE LANCASTER.
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F Four Rhymes, Suggested4zPicture by
Edwin NJ de binson

For the eyes that sorrow and anguish
Have marked for their very own
Are the maiden's eyes-and the glad youth lies
In the eyes Of the chaperone!
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E all the entertainments that are
planned by the German people the
Sylvester Feir New Years eve is
the one that is looked forward TO
with the most interest. On that
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-13
BELOW FREEZING
AT MIDNIGHT.
Weather Bureaus Prediction for
Cold Wave FULFILLED.

The Weather Bureaus prediction
Sunday that mercury would drop to
freezing in Savannah within thirty
six hours from 1870 O'Clock Sunday
morning was fulfilled, Although at
midnight Sunday there was little per-
ceptible change in the temperature, and
a good many people doubted whether
there would be anything like freezing
weather within a day or two, at mid
night last night mercury in the big
thermometer on the Morning News
building stood at 80 degrees. An hour
later it had dropped another degree.
and the indications were that it would
go lower STILL
At the Weather Bureau at o'clock
mercury was at SO degrees. People
who had any thing likely TO be injured
by the cold had ample time in which to
take whatever precautions they could.
There were no clouds during the night
and little wind. With this condition
and an increasing cold, the indications
at midnight were for a severe freeze.
The forecast sent out by the Weather
Bureau at midnight did not indicate
any warmer weather to-day.