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through Olive and Easton avenue cars meet.
A. this station all the tanks of the air
brakes are charged with their air supply.
In the neighborhood, consisting Of many
small stores, temporary restaurants IN sheds
and fats. the new station Is known as the
"air house"
The station is nothing more than a large,
massive freight car. painted in bright. new
lemon color. A force pump on the outside
alone marks II as a piece OF machinery dif-
ferent from the ordinary freight-hauling
vehicle.
The interior Of the car Is equipped with
an electric motor and two immense air
tanks. Into these tanks the air Is pumped
for storage. ready to be repumped into the
tanks Of the cars as they come by at the
end OF their trims
Since the b. p. L ordered all street cars
equipped with power brakes the Transit
Company has tried and manipulated for
trial on its cars six different brakeS-two
friction brakes. one oil brake, two COM
pressed air brakes and this air-storage
brake. All the others were found more or
less wanting in availability and usefulness.
The compressed-air brakes are composed
OF several parts that are absolutely neces-
sary to each other In order to work well. II
one part gets out Of order the others would
cease working. and there was not sufficient
guarantee that all the parts would work
harmoniously together all the time to insure
perfect safety.
The greatest trouble with the friction
brakes was that the leather In the wash
ers became affected by the changes OF the
weather. Then the oil brake and the fric-
ton brakes are what car men call mo-
mentum'' brakes. getting their power from
the momentum of the car. and that power
Is 80 severe that the rest of the gear Is apt
20 be injured by the sudden shocks
Another objection to the compassionate
brakes IS the fact that water Is squeezed
out OF the air when compressed. Just as 1t
Is squeezed out OF a sponge. and this water
~accumuiates In the air tank. While that
does no harm IN ordinary weather. in Sc
we're winter weather the latter freezes and
puts the brake out of business
s. ]. Stevens. who n In the brake de-
partment OF the Transit Company. and has
experimented with all the brakes tried by
them. says that as much as a quart os
water has been found In g compressed-air
tank. while hardly n teaspoonful accumu-
lates IN the storage air tank.
II I hold my hand under the bleed cock
Of a tank OF compressed air" said Mr..
Stevens. the moisture in the air that leaks
from II forms q crust on my skin.
THAT does not happen with the storage
air. for IN the latter the air goes through 50
many cylinders and tanks that the water Is
all pressed out Of II and the air becomes
perfectly dry before It reaches the storage
tank of the car"
The storage-air brake explained Mr..
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the condItt0ns d Mms. MarchesPs


mention the conditions at Nine. Anarchists
school.
EXPENSE OF TUITION.
In the frst pIace. III q girl who wants
to sing gets to Paris. she has her voice
tested =
No enssKssasd pay a6sfhins to have her
that q girl has a voice with some promise
arrangements are then made for taking
her into the school.
The charge Is so per month, and the
course IS apportioned into two or three
years. according to the girl wishes
to do with her voice afterwards.
II she intends to train for opera, Il IS a
three years course: otherwise, two years.
But the paying OF Nine. Marchesi's fee is
only the beginning Of ones expenses. Each
pupil has to have an accompanies. and
also a dIction teacher Ito teach -Ianguages)
and each Of these receives a separate sal
airy.
You ave to have a diction teacher in
each language. and. as one Is required to
sing in German and Italian, as well as
French. you soon find that your extras"
are almost as great as your music fees.
Besides hiring accompanies and diction
teachers, a niger who asptres TO operate
work has to pay SO per month toward the
engagement Of a competent stage manager,
who gives his instruction IN classes.
MANY GIRLS BREAK DOWN.
At Mime. Marchosi's we had the regular
stage manager of the Opera Comique;
though 1t IS onIy at this particular school
OF course. he had to be paid highly, and
the fund raised by the girls was not q
small one, l can tell you
Twice a month one OF the regular tenors
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cants as soon az he gets safely away It &.
distressing.
Paul Cesar Helleu I. distressing now.
Paul was unabridged and volumlnous in his
praises when he was in America. In this
case the saying that distance lends en-
chantmsnt is reversed. From Paris Paul
sees only disagreeabIe things in America.
Paul Helleu Is remembered as the French
master OF dry point and the dreamer OF
fair women"
He is described az a tall, thin, sallov
man In loose-htting clothes. who smokes
Sigarettes increasingly ali day. An Eng.
hsnman describing him says that:
His dark. sunken eyes CLEAN almost mn.
cannily out OF a tortured face"
Al THIS must be taken into consideration
as having q bearing on what he says.
When the French artist talked TO Amer
lean newspaper men In Paris after hts re-
turn ne still was gracious. He told them
that he only lived in hope of returning "a
America this year.
mat, as ne knew. was designed for pub
LEGATION for American readers. He declared
that America was everything excellent, and
Americans felt proud OF their country as
they read what Paul said about It.
WHAT HE TELLS THE ENGLISH.
The other day he was interviewed by q
correspondent for the London Daily Mail.
Speaking to E~nghshmen, the artist said
OAASIcAl inulSs- mere are q Few OF tQems
las for New York. New York is terrible.
/ never knew how lovely Paris was till I
came back to it from that machine-buili
town Everything is big. everybody is nerv-
Gus. t~elephonitis is in the air, and no mat
ter where you may be, you hear one word
all round you, Dollars, dollars, dollars,
repeated TILL you sicken OF the sound
And the American pressi Speak to me
OF II. Of the American pressi Had you been
an American you would have gone. mon
cher. O.. quicker than you came. for they
are brigands worse than those We read of
in the Balkans. those Americans You see
tina picture there? II Is OF my daughter.
poor Beoe. whose illness brought me flying
back to Paris.
They printed 1t In a New York paper,
without ny permission. and underneath
think. who had run away with an artist or
q hairdresser or something-an innocent
child OF Is. my daughter. desperately Ill Of
typhoid fever! / could have blown the ONCE
of tina paper up with dynamite!"
AND ENGLAND Is DELIGHTFUL
The wise artist does net lose the oppor-
tunity to fatter the English England Z,
as delightful as America Is hideous
'Tlovs the upper reaches of the Thames"
SAWS Paul TO the Daily Mail. Il am all to-
gsther extremely fond OF England"
The English correspondent says Of the
artist:
zone Of the mans peculiarities is the way
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ed, at the end of the course. to be afforded
an opportunity to enter the regular operate
ranks of the Paris stage.
When, after completing my course recent
~, I called upon the various managers Of
opera in Paris-from grand opera TO opera
~comique-I found that it was utterly use
less 20 expect a Paris debut.
While Il is true that l might have had a
Paris debut had 1 been willing to comply
with some of the conditions which were
named By some OF the managers. still. no
American woman of honor could accept any
such terms.
I do not wish in this statement to reflect
In the least on the few American girls who
are fortunate enough to obtain engagements
through an unexpected occurrence-such as,
for instance, the illness of some famous
singer. whose place they supplied.
Three years at Nine Marchesfs, Nine.
Laborde's. the Bouhy or other of the good
Paris schools ordinarily equip a singer for
opera If she has any voice at all. Nine.
Marchesfs school is the most expensive IN
Paris and the best equipped.
The Paris of to-day 10 entirely different
from the Paris Of five or ten years ayo,
and any American girl who goes there with
the hope Of attaining any recognition what
ever from Parisians Will make the mistake
Of her life.
AMERICAN GIRLS IN DESTITUTIoN.
Speaking Of American girls coming TO
Paris, 1 would like to say something from
an authoritative point on this subject, and
1 hope that 1 shall be able 20 warn many e
girl away from the French capital.
Many girls start out for Paris with the
idea Of actually having the town at their
feet at the end of the course. Those with
unlimited funds nave a hard enough time;
but for the girl with scarcely enough to live
on, the life Is nothing less than terrible.
There are many poor girls studying at
Nine. Marchesi's having all the benefits Of
the expensive training-who. in their home
Of ouch you could call their miserable rooms
in the Latin Quarter are living In ALSO
lutte restitution.
Lots Of American girls go to Paris with
the idea that they can get through on a
few hundred dollars; and, when they have
completed their course, their remarkable
talents viii do the rest"
1 have known girls to come to Paris with
no more than two or three hundred dollars.
thinking they could easily "pull through
To give you an idea Of the expense, and
Of what a singer has to go through, I might
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come to require the same brfbe from every
other woman who ha- come under their
notice.
As to the prejudice, which has grown up
In Paris against American singers. I think
It is due mainly to accent. Americans. as
a rule. no matter how excellent their train
ing. sing with g decided accent.
This, the Parisians will not tolerate. Ths
only way for an American girl to Go who
wishes TO overcome this fault Is to live IN
q French home in Paris among persons
who speak perfect French. and among
whom no word Of English Is heard during
the whole course Of the th~ree-years' stay
In Paris.
I was fortunate enough to md such .
family on coming to Paris. For three
years I heard scarcely a word of English
spoken; and, when I did hear my native
tongue here in London. It was really q
great shock to me
One thing / -stshs TO- emphasize before
concluding this taIk:sFor heavens sake
impress upon American parents the utter
hopelsssness OF sending their girls abroad
with the idea OF amounting to anything in
Paris unless almost unlimited capital is
piRcsd at their disncsaL
The girl to-day who goes to Paris. lives
in the Latin Quarter. and hopes to get
voice culture on a few hundred dollars Is
foredoomed to failure.
But, I will say more:
The American girl. OF moderate means
who expects to obtain recognition in Paris
even IL she has = fine voice which has re-
ceived every cultivation. Is also foredoomed
to disappointment
copyrtEht 1Ss. ~ Central News and Press
Exehange.
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Stevens. is MOO OF three tanks. two
large ones, measuring about ten feet IN
length and twenty inches in diameter. and
one small one. five feet long and fourteen
inches in diameter.
These three tanks are charged with air
at the pumping station. the small one be-
ing for immediate use. to be reflled from
the large tanks. Two hundred and fifty
pounds Is the capacity OF the power. but q
car can be readily stopped for an 'emer-
gency' stop with a pressure OF fifty pounds
In that case the controlling lever is pushed
as far as II will go to the right. to get
the full fifty pounds pressure at one time.
A 'serviceabIe' stop is obtained by turning
the lever on the controlling valve only
slightly to the right under a pressure OF
from fifteen TO twenty pounds"
The Controlling Talve Is stationed in front
OF the motorman. much nearer and far
more handy than the old hand brake ever
was. When the air Is applied from the con-
troller. IL IL thrown into the cylinder IN
derneath the car. forcing the piston rods
out and setting the brake. The pressure
can be changed by the working OF the train
valve.
A pressure of go pounds lasts for two
trips Of heavy travel. or almost three
hours, and even at the end OF that time
the air tank is not entirely exhausted.
When travel is light that pressure lasts
much longer.
AAN Tin NH iic gil OtdAGo ho"sLu u3c
on the Olive street line are recharged after
every trip. however. IL heavy travel
The motorman can charge his own tanks
as he passes around the loop. and does not
have to put the whole machinery inside the
pumping station in motion. for the tanks
inside are kept pumped full Of afr.
These immense tanks are charged several
times a day and can supply many cars be-
fore they become exhausted
What recommends the stored-air brake
to street car trafhc Is:
/. Its reliability.
2. The ease with which II works.
s. The absence OF complicated machinery
that enters into the make of other brakes
4. The simplicity with which Il can Be
handled by any sensible motorman.
With the progress OF Installing the cars
on the various divisions, pumping stations
o n a large scale will be erected at the
sheds, where the air tanks can be CHARGED
after the completion Of every trip by the
motorman OF the car and without the as
sistance Of an engineer or mechanical
genius.
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BY W. B.

BY W. B.
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
American girls studying in Paris are in
despair.
The utter hopelessness of their obtaining
fair play from Paris art masters and must
cal directors is driving American girl stu
dents from Paris by the hundreds.
The injustice. prejudice and even brutality
OF Paris art masters In regard to their
American pupils seems to become more pro-
nounced every year.
Last year, sixty-four young women who
had completed their course in music were
actually driven out OF Paris through moth
ing more nor less than prejydice against
Foreigners"
Ten years ago. Americans were welcome
to PariE.
To-day. they are looked upon with abhor-
renee; and the French popuiace refuses TO
attend musicales, or art exhibitions. where
American talent is displayed
: One OF the most pronounced cases on rec
RTd - tnat OF hlss Louise Ornsby. an ac-
eomplisned American singer. who has re-
cenuy had TO leave Fafis al account OF the
refusal or one Farls manage after another
10 Enow her IaIr pay.
Mnat Miss Ormsuy mas lost in Paris, how
ever, sne mas gaineu in London, where Eng
lIsn AUDIENCES are EOckIng 10 her concerts
at Becnsteln Hail. ana the n~ewspapsrs-
even the grave lines and St~aaaara-are
GIVING ner extended notices OF every de-
scrIpJon.
nlss Urmsby left Omaha. Neb.. four years
ago. ana after studying In Boston. nnany
went to Paris, 10 Ompiete the cultivation
Of her voice under NINE. Marchesi. who
eonaucts LIE largest ana best KNOWN OF ali
the Paris schools OF music
Hitherto. pupils completing their course
at this famous academy were supposed TO
have the entire TO a post OF honor on the
Paris operate stage.
Up 70 six years ago. Paris operate man
ayers were rather on tbs lookout for Amer
lean students, with good voices; and. az
soon as their course of training was CON-
pleted bids were made for their appearances
on the Paris stage
Now. however. 1t is practically impossible
for an American singer. no matter how
good her voice, or how fine her culture, to
obtain a bearing from Paris
But here Is Miss Ormsby's story from her
own lips:
By MIS- LOUISE ORMSBY.
Three years ago. when 1 began studying
under Nine Marches. I naturally expect
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'Hslleu IS known In Paris as the steam
Vatican. for he has created nearly 2@o
paintings. pasteLs and dry points.
He showed me a lovely picture In pastel
OF the young Duchess of Marlborough. and
an even prettier one. which he calls "a
study in Beige OF a Paris society beauty.
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A WARNING TO PARENTs.

he works. He works anywhere and any
how. He does not think that an artist needs
a studio. which he considers quite a mod
ern invention and totally unnecessary. or
an easel. "A quiet corner and some talent"
he win tell you, ARE all an artist really
rAeds
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/ from the opera came 20 sing at the school
With the class.
Taking the schooling fees and the Eek
TraI teachers isfo corsseeratien. IL rsqrires
about $40 per month to get through on.
during the ten JmonShs out OF each year
whfca sirt hEs al toire training.
For the three years OF opera training
this is 5000; and you can see abe utter alb
surdity of an American girl coming TO
Paris and hoping to train for opera on any
thing from $50 to SOC.
Nevertheless. each year sees hundreds OF
poor girls starting out in Paris under these
deplorable circumstances
They engaged a small, badly lighted room
somewhere In the Latin Quarter. and man
aged somehow to live on about 90 cents or
500 per day; the bulk Of their money being
spent in paying schooling fees. and extra"
teachers OF one kin or another.
Most OF these girls break down under the
strain; some are invalided home-those for
tunate enough TO have friends-while many
others leave the schools and disappear in
Paris
A WARNING TO PARENTS.
When you COM 10 think of this phase OF
the question II Is really terrible. Lots OF
these poor girls are too proud to go back
home defeated.
They came to conquer Paris; to lay the
French capital at their feet. Instead. they
soon lose all hope and. from the time they
leave the sc~hools-forced out by lack Of
funds-they become veritable Tribes.
1t makes me sad to think there are many
fine American girls in utter misery in Paris
t~o-dsy-too proud to go home: too poor to
live IN Paris. even In the cheapest places
In the Latin Quarter.
Some OF these girls are actually writing
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circumstances Alter Cases

Mrs. Nsgston: why. my dear. the last
time I heard you tell that story II wss
only 81 instead Of IS that you lost"
Mr.. Naszton: well. his crowd I'm tell
ing Il to Is twice ss big as thzt one was"
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and sticks his tongue in the side OF his
cheek when he talks about this side Of the
water.
Il isr't so bed when he does the same
thing over here. but when he tells one that
everything Is perfectly lovely and then re-
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WRITTEN FOR TIE UNpAY REPUBLIC.
Il is SD to relate. but this country has
heen deceived again.
OFTEN IT happens that the hsttering stran-
zer received within the gates goes homo
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-21
EVENING I ] ]: ! !! \ OF O!RAI0RY'
Jones Of Rock Wins First Place in
Pillsbury Contest at the
University. w
ollegiate Contest Of the State
in St. Paul Is Won by
St. Olaf's College.

Student ora torsF weEe the attraction at
the university chapel last evening when
a large audience assembled for the annual
Pilsbury oratorical contest
George P. Jones' better known at college
as "a ones Of Rock won first honors. His
victory did not come without a struggle,
however. and the Judges were Obliged to
figure percentages down to- decirnals be-
fore the. laurel wreath and S10e in cash
was awarded to Mr.. Jones. John A.
Layne of Rushford. Mimi, carried off
second honor and $50, while third place
and sS25 was given to Jesse y. Steenson OF
this city. rs-.St. is ~. ,
THE Coal Problem was the subject
| chosea. BY Mr.. Jones. and his treatment OF
the subject was original, interesting and
forceful. The speakers delivery was es-
pecially effective and in this he was
awarded first place by all of the judges
despite the excellent delivery Of his strong
competitors. -e
.J.A.sIayney tie winner tsl of, the second
place, spoke, upon ;tl1g si1bject, %'Let Us
Not Forget. The theme was well handled
In an eloquent plea for the moral support
Of Irelandrby the Americans. -, f5
| "A Defense of Daniel Websters Seventh
of March Speech was the subject of sMr.
Steenson $, Grafton, and it proved to bean
ELOQUENT and n1asterly treatment of Web
ster's famous speech and stand in support
of Henry Clay's slavery compromise bill.
The other orators of the evening. the
subjects, of their orations and their ,reia-
tive standing in the contest. are as fol-
| lows: .,s e >;l4- ~, -~GItr !
Fourth--EI. J. McClearn,4 "An Episode ir
| the Development Of Free Government"
Fifth-H. j. Bushheld, 1.-The Fall o1
| Aaron Burr
| Sixth-Beniamin Drake, Jr.. "a Ma
| tiol1al Crisis and Its Hero. - -
| Seventh-Jeseph Thomson, ''Ludwis
Windthorst, a. Moral Hero ..H.. >r J..
| Eighth-R. L. Dillman, "a Cause and {
Man" 81 z',.~rl&: = -. 2 j. =:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-21
TEMPLE TO MASONRY:
$50, 900 Building Dedicated at Yank'
ton by Officers of the su-
=preme Council.
First Lodge of the Order in Dakota
Organized About Forty
- Years Ago.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal - -tsssE- s:t.s..- q
Yankton, S.. D., March 21.-The dedica-
tion of the new Masonic temple to Scot
tish Rite Missionary was conducted yes
terday afternoon in the presence of many
Ma sons of all degrees and their ladies'.
The dedication officers were Samuel En-
| cry Adams of Minneapolis, lieutenant
commander of the supreme council; con-
| servator; w. S. Goodwin, 32, K. c. c. Il,
| Yankton, master; William Blatt, 33, Chi
cago, senior warden; w. F. Harsh, 80, K.
|C. c. H., Des Moines, Junior warden;
George A. Pettigrew, SO, Flandreau. ora
| tor; J. w. Coff, 50. Madison. primate; !;
| John Banks, 81 Huron, master of cere-
| monies, and F. A. Brecht 33. Yankton.
secretary. .z. a, .. ...,.. =. .-~. - -
After the impressive ceremonies .ad-
dresses were made by Lieutenant Com
mander S. E. Adams, E. T. Taubman,
sovereign grand inspector general for
South Dakota, William Blatt. George A.
Pettigrew, II. H. Keith and John Banks.
"A class of Scottish Rite Masons, 1o3
| in number, received the degrees this week
and organized this morning, electing Off
GERS as follows: President, d. c. Thomas,
Watertown; secretary, Rev. Mr.. Martin,
Canton .> ~.z ..~t. 1..s., -
The temple cost $4,000 and is one Of
! the most imposing structures in this state
and in fact in any of the western states.
| There is a debt upon it because the orig
inal plans were enlarged upon, but the
situation is such that within five years at
| the limit it will be entirely paid.
The temple occupies the northeast. cor
| ner Of the intersection of Cedar and
Fourth streets. which may be considered
| about the center of the business district
| Of the city. 1t is 100 feet by $50 feet
| in dimensions and it is So feet from the
level of the street to the tip. of the high
est tower. tE =
| The materials used in the walls are
white or cream colored pressed brick and
kascta sandstone and the colors of these
natural products blend most harmoniousy
and effectively SO that the building makes
a decidedly pleasant impression upon the
mind: y.z.r,.. -a3
The first lodge of Masons established il
1 the territory of Dakota was instituted II
Iankton June 8, 1853 or a few months
less than forty years ago. It was ST
Johns lodge, A. f. & A. NJ, by which
name it was chartered.
The original petitioners for the charter
were Rev. Melancthon Hoyt. the pioneer
Episcopal missionary clergyman of Da
kota; j John Hutchinson, the first secretar,
Of the territory; III. c. Ash, now of Stur
Sis. S. D.; Nelson Miner of Vermillion anc
I David T. Bran1ble. G. II Proper. Jane!
NJ. Allen and Francis NJ. ziebach of Yank
ton.