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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10

Everybody knew that the lady had no
voice TO speak Of. but her sex entitled her
10 a hearing If nothing else.
Faust and Marguerite" said Doctor Ri
Ell. TO the ~accompanist. handing him the
music Tho artist looked at Buetti and
Schalcha, then broke into a laugh. "A bur
lesQue. 1 supposeg'
You Will please play the music straight"
replied the doctor. adding in an urdertone,
Il hired you with that understanding"
Now it was the accompanists turn to look
bewtldered- AT your service. Madame Pat
ii. At your service. Signor Campanini'-
this with a profound bow.
The prelude was over. The accompanist
had outdone himself in finesse by a Of
heightea:ng the contrast. he thought.
Then the great garden scene opened with
a Marguerite. singing as sweetly and bird
like as Patti used to in her salad days, and
a Faust. as manly and fine as Campanini's,
when the tenor commanded 5000 a night.
Both used full chest notes, no falsetto or
other artiac!alities. Indeed. there was a
lack Of the latter. but of that even the
Patti enthusiasts had no time to think
What impressed them was the breadth
and clearness. the "timbre." Of the two
voices and the high notes the Signor and
S!gnora achieved.
Before the duet was finished, the audience
| broke into wild braves, and finally the tu-
| mutt became SO great that Doctor Rfet'
| gave the sign to stop at the end Of q certain
flourish.
Then men and women stormed the plat
| form to shower kisses. questions and ex-
: CARNATIONS upon the singers in enusive
Southern fashion.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10
Il z CRATER
OF LA SOUFRIERE."


WRITTEN FOE THE UNDAY REPUBLIC.
The Eoufriere is not only the highest
mountain In Guadaloupe. 1t is the highest
in the Antilles. its altitude, according to
the observations OF St. Claire Deville and
others, being 1.4s4 meters, or 4.ssS feet. In
addition II Is a volcano that has been al
ways active, and. in historic time. even in
eruption. The terrible eruption of La Mon
tagne Pelee in Martinique last year and
the almost simultaneous eruption of the
eoufriere of st. Vincent, both causing inn
mense destruction of human life. awoke
new and solicitous interests in the Sou
friere of Guadalupe.
All Of this time the mountain was shroud-
ed in clouds. However, February ., about
noon. the clouds cleared away for a while.
and / was able TO see that the usual fuma-
ROLES had ceased smoking. while new ones
had broker out In another place. / had 4
friend, Doctor Colardeau. ascend the noun
tain for ne. He has made more than 100
accents. He wrote me that on January y
and again on February 5 a small quantity
of ashes had been thrown out by the old
fumerolle. Rumors multiplied after that.
Finally a French Government observer
came over from Martinique, and, after a
hasty visit. denied everything.
Meanwhile the Scufriere was again
shrouded in clouds, and l determined to
make an ascent myself SO that I might
Know accurately the actual conditions. 1
had made two previous accents. one in
April, 1855. and one in the spring of 1893.
TIT arrival OF two American biologists.
who wished to go up the mountain, decided
me in my purpose, and March z the start
wrae made.
START IN AN AUTOMOBILE.
As the mountain is situated at the south
eId of the island. fifteen miles or more in
an air line from Pointe-a-Pftre. the journey
to Basse Terre had first to be made. Since
March i a line of automobiles has been es-
tabiished in place of the numbering old dill
igencies, and the trip Is now usually made
In, three hours instead of ten, as formerly.
Our automobile was defective, and nine
hours were consumed on the journey.
with an occasional halt TO admire the
maxnfhcent acomas that lowered Up above
the huge forest here and there. We. never
eheles, in one hour. had gone two miles
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10

and climbed 100 feet. We had arrived at
Balm jaime. the first station on the way
UP. This Is the first sign that the mountain
is n volcano.
Our halt was brief and we entered on the
second stage. Now the road is narrower,
rougher and sleeper. The great forest has
given place to a denser but lower growth OF
vegetation. The Governor went up not long
ago. and in an attempt to make his wal
easier the trai! had been widened and sinai
tree trunks thrown across the way, forming
a sort of corduroy road. The continual rains
had rotted these and footing became most
insecure. Two miles Of this brought us out
on the upper plateau of the mountain. from
which the real cone rises. In one hour from
Balm jaime we reached the foot OF the cone.
having climbed another $40 feet.
We were then $3.50 feet above sea level
and the great cone rose at least LOO feet
above US. Here begins the really hard
climbing. The whole cone Is covered with
thick, low vegetation and carpeted with
deep ayers Of ever wet lycopodiums and
other moses. Among these a tiny trail has
been made. Very obviously 1 looked at that
trail. 1 had been on it twice before. But
my companions were now as enthusiastic
as they had been before doubtful and We
faced the final stage.
Climbing the Great Pyramid Is play to
this. And 1t is not 500 feet, but more than
double that in height that must be climbed.
The slope is very steep indeed and in many
places the trail seems imp-acticab.e to even
nimble-footed goats. One has to use arms
as much as legs. ~Scrambling. crawling
climbing. slowly we gained foot after foot.
occasionally pausing both to take breath
and to enjoy the marvellous panorama un-
rolled before US.
The Whole southern part Of the island lay
before US drenched In sunlight. On the edge
of the sea glittered Basse Terre, an ocean
NJ hills and yalleya If emerald and ma1q.
chite stretching up toward US; beyond .
sea of purple and amethyst and rose from
which. almost In hand reach It seemed, b
beautiful Saintes lifted themselves while the
lofty mountains of Dominica were plainly
visible many miles beyond; over all a sap
phire and turquoise Ky
Hundreds Of . beautiful terrestrial orchids
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new fumaroles lately broken out. The view
over the central and northern mountains Of
the Island Is beautiful and grandiose in the
extreme. 1t is doubtful il more eSouisitsIy
beautiful and more sublime scenery can he
found anywhere than in this island. and
when one has a fine day on the Soufriere
1t Is worth a Journey round the world to
view 1t. But. DESPITE the fascination of the
view. one turns tnstinetiveIy back to the
Great Fissure.
From the Crater Napoleon We went. still
southwest. to the Crater de Sud, the south
end or the Great Fissure. Onca a min, op
sreat activity, this fumarole Is COMPARE
uVeiy quiet now. although 1t. too, threw
out some ashes a few weeks ago. II is NOT
poss1oIe TO approach close enough to its
euge 10 look into 1t. but We hurled great
DOCKS or stone into its gaping mouth and
counted the rebounds. Seventeen seconds
passed before the last noise of the falling
stone reached our ears. Then We began the
toilsome descent of the estern face
Of the cone.
we are now at the southern end of the
Great Ffssure, and looking across We see
the vast bulk Of the Echeile. the twin
peak Of the Soufriere. rising to almost the
same height. At a somewhat lower level
than where we are standing we see the
great fumaroles, which broke out but a few
years ago, and which have caused the great
est fears among the people of the island
during the last few months
But at once / see that one report ia false:
the whole top Of the mountain Is not devas-
tated. No: the same brilliant green veg
citation 1 saw there on previous visits Is
growing luxuriantly. and the burning and
devastation are confined to the lower slope
near the connecting ridge to the Soufriere.
1t is a terrible descent to this ridge and
then q rough. hot climb over the burning
rocks to the fumaroles and geysers Of the
Echelle.
WORST PART OF THE TRIP.
After a nearly perpendicular descent of
a thousand feet or more OF this awful gorge
We come out on the plateau and turn hack
toward the main trail. Now we are forcing
our way through a mangrove swamp. inter
rupted by steep. rocky descents. Hot sui
phurous gases are reeking and oozine out
OF our very footsteps. This Is the very
worst going Of the whole trip. After what
seems an interminable time we emerge into
the basin ofNthe sources Of the Gallon. a
collection OF sulphur springs Of all sizes and
varying degrees Of heat. The largest spring
comes out from under a huge rock. shat
tered a few years z by a sharp earth
quake shock. Two or three hundred yards
more OF rough going and we find ourselves
AT the foot OF the cone. at the point where
We began our original ascent. We have
completely circied the great cone and have
seen all Of its fumarolles and vents. hoth
~ and new
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grew among the wet moses and shed a
delicate fragrance on the air and strove to
overcome the sulphur fumes from the
sources Of the Gallon River on the plateau
at our feet.
For an hour and q half that heart break
ing climb lasted. At half-past II we reached.
at last. the foot Of the great Pitons. the re-
mains Of the ancient crater wall.
The Soufrfere was conquered.
More climbing there was, indeed. but in
small installments and comparatively easy.
We rested for a moment in the Grotto des
Amis, a curious cavelike place formed by
three huge slabs of rock tumbled together
by the great earthquake Of 1913. Ten min
utes later we passed through the Porte
d'Enfer and were fairly within the great
crater bed.
This is roughly circular and about a half
a mile in diameter. 1t is not nat. but much
broken up and rises to considerable height
in many places. From north to south it is
split in two by a vast assure, the old ac-
tive crater. and. there are subsidiary
rayines and CULTS n bottomless holes,
from which in geologic time the volcano
once emitted steam and smoke. ashes and
huge rocks and even lava.
1.-The Crater du Nord.'' said Doctor Collar
deau. So tnither We climbed. On our way
We reached tho eliminating point of the
mountain AS l have said. the EEench OBJ
servations make this 4.seS feet. but our
aneroid gave US q height of 300 feet.
Soon we arrived at the northern end of the
Great Fissure, on its upper edge. whence is
sued a huge volume OF roaring. kissing
steam impregnated with su%lphurous gases.
This was the great Crater du Nord. the
greatest and most active Of the many fu-
marolles Of the Soufriere. To get a sight
Of the monster it was necessary to climb
down the rough mountain side. There was
no path. and each one had to pick his way
over hugh rocks covered with sulphur films
and amid swirling clouds of the fetid
breath on the fumarolle.
A quarter Of an hour brought US down to
an altitude Of 4.s25 feet and We we're at the
foot Of the Great F1ssure.
The secret Of the Soufriere lay before us.
We were looking into an enormous crack
in massive rock. towering far. far above our
heads and ext ending to the very depths Of
the earth below. These massive rock walls
were split and cracked into quasi columnar
forms and the sulphur laden fumes had
painted them a soft silver gray with curl
Gus wreath-Hke forms OF incrustations Of
sulphur, gray. yellow. green amid the va
pors.
Turning toward the north Morne Auric
lies at our feet and Morne Carmichael Is
Just In front Of Us. Behind it. from the fur
Their edge Of Morne Auris. four puts Of ST.
Esr.yhtte steam marx the positions Of four
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10

Your correspondent was permitted to take
down his statement in shorthand.
"As the photographic records, taken with
the assistance of well-known medical and
musical experts, show. Signora Schalcha
and Signor Buetti had no singing voice
when / took them in hand a year ago.
AT the same time. these photographs
prove that both the lady and the gentleman
were blessed with an excellently construct
ed larynx and healthy respiratory organs.
Their lungs worked to perfection. Upon
this healthy condition of lungs and larynx
my method is built.
Let me interpolate here that I was a
musician before / became q surgeon.
For tens Of years I built up voices in
the old way. improved on them. too. but
never to such an extent as to satisfy me-.
All over the world great singers were be-
coming rarer. while the most high-priced
masters and mistresses seemed unable to
recruit new ones.
81 gave this matter much thought.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10
EILLI LEHMAN.

81 knew. Of course, that with the vocal
chords in a certain position, air driven
through the CLOTHS sets them vibrating, and
the stronger the blast the louder sounds
the singing or speaking voice.
Again / considered that the pitch Of the
voice is primarily dependent on the size OF
the larynx. and that this pitch can be
modified owing to the action of certain
muscles in the iarynx that changes the ten
sion of the vocal cords.
The more tightly these are stretched. for
instance. the higher pitched is the tone OF
the voice, other things being equal.
aside from musical art, singing. then.
is merely a mechanical process I argued.
after studying the anatomy and physiology
of the human voice as well a q layman
may.
Blu how improve on this mechanism?
When that was settled in my mind I con-
cluded that my method could never hope
for realization lest l studied medicine-sur-
gerry in particular.
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cine at the Bologna University and three
years afterwards was appointed assistant
to an authority on diseases Of the throat
Tn that capacity I gained the long
sought-for experience and, what was as
good, my previous theories and convictions
were strengthened by what I saw and
heard.
Two years ago I started my first at
tempt at voice creating, a g~ood-natured
friends letting himself for that purpose.
Il experimental with him for five months
and then had to give up. The practical
value Of my theories, It seemed. was nil.
1t was worse. Instead Of Improving my pa
tents voice, II had made It hoarse and
hard However, i am happy to say. bs
soon got over these Ill effects and his
normal voice returned.
Disappointed as / was. IN the end I
profted by this experience. for observation
taught ma that the surgical operation I
deemed the alpha and omega of my method
counted for little lest assisted by musical
exercise and methodical massage Of the vo-
cal cords.
The next subjects on whom I expert
mented were Signor Buetu and Signora
Schalcha, who are at liberty to describe
my method to all interested.
AS to medical gentlemen, I refer them to
professional notes. photographs. phono-
graph records. etc, soon to be published in
q medical journal.
All l care to say to-day fs that my sur
gicai operations were principally on the
vocal cords.
Il changed that apparatus. so complex of
structure ss to defy description, in several
places, allowing 1t to Iengthen here and
again cutting it down somewhere else.
And while the small wounds were heal
ing. 1 once more turned teacher and taught
my patients the best method Of singing T
know OF. Simultaneous with the operations.
etc, was a methodical and peculiar mas
sage OF the iarynx and the vacol cords.
"fhe whole process lasted about three
months.
Since then the signor and sIgnora have
rest you know. -
7 repeat that all the records of the case
are at the disposal Of the medical fra
Copyright. 1905. By H. W. Fischer.
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81 was IS years old then and needed at
least a years preparation to At myself for
the university. There were five or six
years more of study. drawbacks which
caused me to seek advice beforehand with
the foremost surgeon OF Italy, living at the
time.
He listened with a sood-natured smile
on his fine face. and when / got through
! patted me on the shoulder, and said:
Very interesting. Signor, only / am get
ting too old to experiment with these new
tangled things. But here Is an Introduction
to q colleague of mine, who will doubtless
help you to achieve our goal
He scribbled something on a card, ad-
dressed same and led me to the door. which
was locked with great care. The letter of
recommendation was addressed to the di-
rector Of the City Insane Asylum!
THAT made me mad and I resolved to
carry my point, this surgical ignoramus
Notwithstanding.
AFTER nine montha I was STUDYING medi-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10

NSS1E 1EnSHEH
or S2S2 - SH0A0~T
MOSHZER or III 4A1
TRS IoHV oEHSfEY
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-13
Alameda ON Honolulu Run.

The Oceanic Steamship Com9any's liner Ala
media will On Saturday resume service on the
san Francisco Honolulu run. She has been
converted into oil burner and IL is expected
tha- she will ue the most successful exponent
OF the value Of the fuel on the Pacific
Ocean The experience OF tho Maripbsa Of
the same company has shown the peculiar
adanta bility OF liquid fuel to passenger service
IT has proved better in every way than-~the
fast-diss ppearins coal fuel. The oil is more
easily handled and ~ is cleaner. The Mariposa
has looked soicl5 and span as a yacht since
she discarded the Of coal whose loading
and burning flied the atmosphere and covered
her decks with black dust and grmy SCOT.
Installed it Is the Mariposa and Ala
use better speed can be secured with less ef-
fort.
The work Of converting the Alameda was in
trusted to the Rsdon Iron Works and was ac-
comDlished in fortY-seven davs. The two cof-
ferdams anu the bulkhesd which form part of
the new ecuipnent wore tested and accepted
to all requirements by representa- tives of
the Bureau Neritas and Lloyd's The inspec-
tors specially commended tha oil-tight wori..
which withstocd the most severe test and was
accepted on the first trial. The pressure ap-
piled by the inspectors considerably
greater than anything 10 which even extraor-
dinary viii subject the work and not the
slightest sign OF leak was developed
Tic Alameda left the Rfsdon Iron Works
yesterday morning and is now at the Oceanic
dock where General Superintendent Captain ".
Il. Howard and Superntending Engineer Z.
T. Morris are getting her ready for active
service. She will leave Saturday for Hone
lulu.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-13
Heart
Beat So Violently,
Its Movement
g oul d b e S e e n
Through Clothing.
DIR. Miles Heart Cure
Cured Me.

No matter what's the matter with your
heart, Il Will pay you 10 try DR.. Miles Heart
Cure Il is a great heart and blood tonic
that cures BY removing the cause. Try il for
? short time ana YOU viii hnd that you are
no iolger short OF breath after brief exertion;
tbSt YOU can sleep Ia any position with COM
fOrt and without the dread OF smothering
spells. L removes the symptoms and cures
the disease. Il strengthens the hearts
action. enriches the blood and improves the
circulation. II has cured heart disease when
sli eise failed. Il has brought relief when
death seemed nigh.
Since taking a number cf bottles of DR..
Miles Heart Cure during the past year my
hesl.h is better than for many years. | no
longer experience any trouble from living on
my ett SIDE, which disagreeable symptoms
used 70 bother ne greatly. The frequent
spel s Of pzlpi,ztion and 7ntterinq that was
~ that time subject TO were most alarming.
AZ times nv heart would beat so violently
that the movement was noticeable through
my clothing. Doctors said my heart was
enlarged and I had frequent severe shooting
pains through and in the region of my heart.
] think DR.. Miles Heart Cure great medi-
Eine and have always been able to secure
great relief from its use / am in good
health now, considering that I am 90 years
old. ] wish YOU cccSs."-ANDREw JACK
son. Centrslia, Wash.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tle DR.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-13
WARNED AGAINST DRINK.

il~ warned ihe eu0u against drink and
uawoling and urged them to send their
relatives ir tho South Some money every
f-r.th to show them that they were not
forEotieu. lie also urged them To- place
tae.r moneE in the bank. Continuing ne
-aif.
Have hank account The money will
rua-~ money fer yor while you sleep. II VIII
0u.s traEe -eu- A0u can look tho world n
thf 7.e f rou have hank account.
llc told them Co take advantage Of the
opportunities offered 10 them at the Pre-
~idio in the reading room and night
~chooi Hc then went on 10 tell them
shc the Tuskegee Institute aud about
his carly trials in the black belt Of Ala
haUa- bow leaking shack and eleven
puri'e Mere his commencement and how
shat now they had 1900 pupils and 81 large
ana small buildings ~ Tuskegee. all put
up HH the students of the institute. In
conclusion ne said:
want to see rnu encourage each other and
make HoUr influence felt when you see A
fellow EoinE ahead. push him up. Don't pull
Dim hack 10 Your dutH. men. and you will
he r+~fEnized iu the broadest sense Of the
Uorl rs trUe hsslrhfui American citizens
The San Francisco call., 1903-01-13
Commissioners Can Change Name.

In response to a request of the Board
OF Supervisors for a legal opinion as to
whether or rot the name Great High
way can be changed and what board OF
the city and county has the authority to
make such a change, City and County At
torney Frapklin X. Lane has handed
down decision TO the effect that "The
Great Highway" is commonly known as
the ocean boulevard running parallel with
the ocean beach. Under section l of arti-
Gle XIV of the charter the exclusive con-
troll and management of that certain
highway bounded on the west by the Pa
cific ocean and designated on said map as
Great Highway is given to the Board
OF Park Commissioners" and in Mr
Lanes opinion the name Great High
way" can be changed and the Park Com
mission has the power to make such
change.