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Evening star., 1903-08-15
Singing Into a Phonograph.


A young woman who makes her living by
singing into monographs talked the other
day about her job. I'm this work." she
said there is one great difficulty, and
that is the absence of an audience. When
a singer comes out before a big audience
to sing the sight of all those persons is
frightening to her, but at the same time
it is inspiring; 1t keys her up: it takes
her out of herself and beyond herself She
does better than she would have thought
1t possible to do. Singing into a phono-
graph is hard because there is nothing
there to inspire and intoxicate you. In
stead of house of people eager to be
pleased you have an empty room and big
cylinder Hence you feel dull and dumpy.
You can't put into your voice the brilliance,
the exhilaration and the sympathy that
come of themselves when there are human
listening and understanding Some of
the best singers can't sing into the phono-
graph at all solely on this account. Others
can't sing into it unless they have taken a
glass or two of champagne. l. with hard
work. have managed to produce my voice
at its best for the machine just as l do on
the stage, but in this / am singular The
persons who can sing into monographs so
as to do themselves justice are few and far
between"
Evening star., 1903-08-15
Concerning Baths.
IN the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The talk turned naturally, for the heat
was great. to baths. Baths don't conduce
to health" a clergyman said. Il know
many people who take them very seldom,
and these people are quite as healthy as
you or 1. One day last fall 1 was visiting
a manufacturer. He began to boast about
his personal cleanliness. L must be clean
1 just must be- he said. Once a week L
must have my bath, no matter how inclem-
ent the weather may be. My wife says
I'm a fool on the subject That was very
Illuminating" the clergyman went on Il
heard another illuminating remark from
humble parishioner who was putting steam
heat in his house. He said he wouldn't
put a radiator in his bath room. l remark
ed that this was odd. He asked me what
was odd about 1t. l said l thought the
family would particularly need heat in the
bath room when bathing in the winter.
Oh he said, we don't take baths in the
winter" And yet this family was robust
and strong as any family you ever saw"
Evening star., 1903-08-15
The Great Simplon Tunnel.
IN the London Tines,

From the London Tines
report TO the British government from
it's representative att -sBerne affords some
information regarding the progress that is
being made with thes great Simplon tunnel.
The work is being STEADILY pushed forward.
but owing to unforeseen physical difficulties
1t is not expected to be completed, at the
earliest. before the summer of 1905. AS re-
CARDS the competing schemes of lines of
future access to the tunnel the federal coun-
Gil is of the opinion that equal facilities
should be granted to any lines that wish
access to it, such as the proposed route by
way of La Fauci1le or the scheme for the
piercing of the proposed Loetschberg tunnel
through the Bernese Oberland range for
which the canton of Rerne has already
voted nearly 20.oO0.000 francs. Meantime
the naturalization of the Swiss railways
has almost been completed. Only the ST
Gothard Company now remains "out," and
although it's time for being taken over is
not actually due till 1909. 1t is understood
that the existing concession will be de-
nounced next year and the purchase price
hxed on the basis of the average returns
OF the ten years preceding the denunciation,
viz, from 1894 to 19O4.
Evening star., 1903-08-15
A Plant Worth Watching.
rom the Philadelphia Record.

"A plant that is its own gardener is, you
would think an impossbility," said a pea
nut dealer. In the peanut, though, we
have just such a plant-a plant, as 1T were,
with spade. The peanut grows in the air
and sun. but when the flowers fall off and
the pods appear 1t is necessary for these
pods to mature under ground. and, there
fore. the plant buries them. 1t buries them
with a movement of the stalk, a downward
bend that pushes the pod beneath the soil.
This is a strange thing to see; 1t makes a
peanut patch well worth visit. Go to one
of these patches at the season when the
flowers are falling, and If you are patient
you may have the luck to catch plant in
the very act of burying it's pods"
Evening star., 1903-08-15
Took Miles, Too.
ON the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
An anecdote about Gen. Miles concerns
an innocent professional
1t was in an uptown hotel A number
of men were gathered around listening to
the speaker, a slender and rather mag
netic man.
Yes" he was saying, 81 was in the
midst of it at Santiagop'
Were the Spaniards good fghters?'
Rather. But 1 took five of them un-
aided-officers, too, in Cuba. and two more
in Porto Rico"
May l ask who you are?" inquired the
general.
Yes, indeed. I'm Mr.. Clinedinst, the
photographer. from Washington and took
you, too in Porto Rico
Evening star., 1903-08-15

that had pampered and fused over since
his birth-the Internal mutt!-scampered
out and began to bark and snap at my legs
as If he had never before seen me, nor
could bamboozle him into making out as
If he knew me- Fact is 1 had to keep
lashing out with my feet to keep him from
taking bite or two out Of my legs. By
this time the young man looked Just about
ready to make grab for me- to hang onto
me until he could telephone for the police.
'At this measley juncture the young
mans wife, in hastily donned skirt and
house jacket, made her appearance. She
had heard everything that had gone on in
the hail. and she nodded pleasantly, but in
a business-like way, to me.
Listen she said in Portia-like man.
ner. addressing me. "A lady who knows
you and Mrs. Blank by sight visited me a
couple of afternoons ago. She had re-
Gently returned from New York. She told
me that she had seen you and Mrs Blank
in the surf at Manhattan Beach, and'-here
the young woman blushed prettily-'she
said she had noticed that you had a large
blue anchor tattooed on one of your fore
arms, and she wondered If you had ever
followed the sea-
Il couldn't help but grin over the in
genuousness of the young wOmans method
but it saved me, all the same 1 pulled
back my right coat sleeve. removed my
cuff. pulled back my shirt-and there was
the big blue anchor. The big young man
and his wife smiled cordially, shook hands
with me, and 1t was all right. l got the
book out of the trunk and was chatting
for moment with the young man and his
wife when there was a ring at the fiat
door. The ringer was one Of my fiat neigh
bors who had seen me at the railroad sta
ton and who had dropped in to shake
hands with me as soon as he got up on
the Hill. took the owl train back to New
York, and on the following morning, sure
enough. my old book man disposed Of the
ancient Latin volume for just one hundred
times what had paid for it, But at that
I had a narrow escape from being arrested
right in my own f1at-the young man told
me after 1t was all right that he was just
on the point of taking a strangle hold
on me and directing his wife to phone to
the nearest police station"
Evening star., 1903-08-15

"Oh! OH" exclaimed Mrs. Naggs. i've
bitten off the end of my ,tonguew
We'll. ] certainly feel sorry for myself"
rejoined the heartiess Naggs. Hereafter
there will be no end to your tongue. Chi.
cago News.
Evening star., 1903-08-15

The clerk at the marriage license window
suddenly tainted.
stand back and give him air," shouted
those around him. HE has been overcome
by the heat.''
Then they loked at the desk and saw that
the heat was only partially responsible.
He had just made out license for Via
dfsvlaus PzekprZetacowski and Zcofia
neutrality-suspicious.. Tribune.
Evening star., 1903-08-15
A Summer Estimate.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Martha-''Well. how was the missionary
meeting?"
Mary-"Oh. I never tasted such good
sherbet and angel cake in all my days.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24
"WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION" /"

That Representative Aldrich influence
Judiciary of the house has
the lower branch of the general assembly
short time Mr. Adch prepared and introduced
bill proposing take from the the power elect officers
after of the made governor
refused for three days This referred the
judiciary and friends had little hope would
ported reported any statement
than recommendation of indefinite postponement
1t taken evidence Of Mr. Adrch influence with
committee that he should have been authorized report
without recommendation The Democratic assembly
found fault but gave the bill smiling welcome They were
position similar of Mark Twain tells about
heard he put his dime the contribution plate
back hundedfold He waited anxiousy but the hundredod
appearing announced he would be satisfied
original investment
Seriously the house. when il consider this bill will
in something of predcamen least the majority will
and should have indefinite
IF worthy should have been given favorable rec
ommcndaion Perhaps there members majority who
have grown tired of partisan deposm the oue
sby Of them members of the judiciary committee
Farmnded citizens whatever their political affiliations regard
turning down of nominations by governor bv the
unwarraned and repreensblc display partisan
spirit Whatever else the American citizen may may be-
denied he firm believer play and lust
of political opponents He uphods the right of'he majority
of the people insists that majority shall
be obeyed.
The fate Mr. Aldrcs bill is uncertain That
will support the entire minority be questioned
sd possible members Of the majority who always sub
the machine may give assistance sufficient pass H.
When reaches tho however its doom would
,rhc Republican majority that body the leadership OF
Block Island Democrat be counted upon kill excuse
pe eompunction.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24
THE CASE OF COL. LYNCH.

of English
Jury death has been imposed him. From the time
Lynchs there has been doubt to what the issue
his trial would be- That he fought and fought bravey for the
of proof and the
prisoner sombre cloud of such accusation
upon his citizen of the Transvaa republic but
counsel had either hope expecta
ton that this would be held valid
Britain still cngs theory least that old and badly
battered political dogma once subject always subject though
H extremely doubtful whether she would dare assert against
by any country the unfortunate South
African republics cruelty entessy crushed of exist
obvious therefore in the of Col Lynch trial
could nothing conviction the dnoueent yese
day caused little surprise in any quarter.
There however little that Col Lynch will be
executed under the imposed by the British court Great
changes have wrought the world since when Eme
his life the gaows victim English enmty and
Treason remains the grave offence but
longer does public sentiment tolerate approve the taking of the
life of during revolutionary outbreaks accord
dictates of his and his of duty The
federal the Jefferson Davis
and his companions has borne good fruit the nations
1t 1866 that the late John Boyle ORey sentenced
death for reasonable those of which Col Lynch
accused ORelly
of the scaold and
his Americas delightful and
valuable citizens Something of the may be looked for
the of Col Lynch Among the of the English people there
probably feeling of -v hostility the who
yesterday convicted of and of
If absolute pardon may be confidently expected
The chances that many years have passed Col
Lynch seeking greatest rpub-
lie In which many of his fellow countrymen have found safe
asylum and the inspiration and opportunity realize their lofty
aspirations.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24
A RECEPTION
That Of Mr.. and Mrs. Sweet|and
an Enjoyable Social Event.

Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Swectland and
Miss Sweetland gave large reception at
their residence on Orchard avenue last
evening between the hours Of $3.50 and III
O'Clock. During these hours tho hand
some residence was thronged with guests
ana the scene was an exceedingly DIh-
liant one the beautiful gowns OF the
women the decorations and the delight
tul orchestral music all combining % ere
ate an environment OF the most con-
genial and satisfactory character.
An elaborate supper was served during
the evening from a table beautifully deco
rated with American Beauty roses py
o'Connor. The other rooms OF the resi-
dence were decorated with roses, carna-
tions and spring flowers.
Among those present during the recep-
ton hours We're the following; Mt; ana
Mrs. Arthur Watson, Mrs. Elisha Dyer,
DR.. and Mrs. Franklin r. Capron, judge
and Mrs. John II. Stlness, ex-governor
Brown, Gen. and Mrs. Sackett, Mr.. WI
liam Goddard. Mr.. and Mrs, Frank F34t-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Lorin N Ce91A' IT
Mrs oscar Lapham. Mr. and Mrs Malt:r
Stokes Irons. Mr.. ana Mrs U. n II
Matteson. Miss Matteson, Mr ana MrS'
Charles Humphreys, Mr. and alrs. w a. a.
ter s. Ballou Mr.. and Mrs George w w
Parks, Miss Parks, Col and MIS- H.
Martin Brown, Miss Marion Hr9S%n. ,tr,SIr tho
Misses Mather MIR. and Mrs a. curtis
Tingley Mr. and Mrs. Henry q. Day, Mr..
and Mrs Louis Comstock. MIR and Mrs.
Joseph Davol Mr. and Mrs. y. Frank
Aldrich. Mr.. and Mrs. Martin ;. Tanning,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 5. Catlin Miss
Annie Pearce. Mr.. and Mrs. William
Allen Dyer. Mr.. and Mrs Charles North,
Miss Sarah H. Doyle Mr.. and Mrs. B.
Frank Vaughan. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Reed Vaughan. Mr. and Mrs. William
Dart, Mr. and Mrs Henry Tlden OF chi
cago. Mr.. and Mrs Walter b. Vincent,
Miss Edith Vincent Mr.. and Mrs. Seeber
Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. stephen q. Ed
wards Prof. and Mrs. Nathaniel Davis,
Mr.. and Mrs. Abram Barker Rev Henry
L. Cushman. ID. d., Mr. and Mrs William
c. Anthony. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Il.
Treat. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Park
hurst, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Colwen Mr..
and Mrs. 4. Tingley Wall.
Mrs William w. White gave luncheon
TO a party at at her residence today.
Mr. r. NJ. Sackett gave a Jolly dinner
party last evening.
Among the important events OF speclal
interest TO society during the coming
week arc the third in the series of sub
scription dances by Mrs. Anes at Mrs.
Spink's on Monday evening, and the large
Tea" TO be given by Mrs. Arthur Kelley
a her home on Simpson avenue, on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. J. Edward Studley gives a dinner
party on Wednesday and on Thursday af-
ternoon there will be lecture on the
Life of the American Student at
Athens" by Miss King, at the Art club,
followed by a Tea" Another Bridge
whist party. given by Mrs. William G..
Nightingale at the Agawam Hunt club, is
I'm prospect. and these, together with a
number of smaller functions, will fill an
other week sufficiently full TO satisfy the
most ambitious of society folk.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24
NEW BOOKS.

THE DERBY ANNGvERsARY CAL
LENDAR.' Composed and edited by
George Derby.
published by James T. White & Co. 3
and Z East sixteenth St. New York
Price 90 cents)
There II not tho slightest doubt of the
usefulness OF this little book which con-
talus the record 81 about GOO noteworthy
events in American history ~ Is 81
great value as Biographical rcposi-
tory and n probably the only work q
lts class IN this country and Is wcll pre-
pared.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24
RIVERSIDE.

Library hall was the scene Of very
pretty assembly last night and most Of
the young people OF the town seemed 10
be present. There were also several
Providence people on the floor In the va
rious dances
NEW RAILS.
The Rhode Island company has been
making improvements I'm tho tracks on
Pawtucket avenue. The curve In the
tracks just opposite tho Squantum club
has been a bad place and several cars
have left the rails at this point. The
company Is putting In new rails and stiff
fening them
The ladies' Relief corps and Farragui
Post. @. A. r.. held business meetings
last night In Castle hall and transacted
routine business.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

Reed Smoot insists that the Monroe
doctrine must be maintained. OF course
and there are nearly eighty millions of
decent people I'm this country who wish
that doctrine could be extended 10 bar out
as a foreign and mischievous power the
Mormon hierarchy he represents.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

The Boston Herald remarks: Senator
Aldrich must be real mad with Senator
Dolliver. Otherwise he wouldn't call him
a mass meeting. and add that he only
needs a CREASED pole and merry-go-
round 10 make him a country fair This
looks like high tariff reflection on the
Iowa idea"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

President Hopkins OF Williams is un-
alterably opposed 10 bisecting the col
lege course and announces with emphasis
that williams will maintain the old de-
gree at par value.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

France objects 20 the American cake
walk as "barbarous and disgraceful.'
Americas opinion OF the Partisan danse
du ventre couldn't be presented In such a
mild phrase as that.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

The "scab" is still a hero according 20
the Eliot dictionary but happily the au-
thor is tho only one who uses such a
bigoted lexicon.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

Coal spectators haven't corralled all
the cash IN sight, IL wolId seem, since
s. 100000 IN orders for new machines
have been placed at the automobile show
I'm New York.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

Cen Miles has left Russia without see'
ing the car and the latter will proba-
bly, never know what he has missed.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

The sort OF target practice the Kaiser's
warships have been engaged in recently
in Venezuela will prove very costly II
continued
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

Washington reports give the impression
that Lemuel Eli Quigg has been caught
with the goods on him"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

Congressional lobbyists are In search OF
am inventor who can furnish them viii
"A wireless wire-pulling system.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24
c<S O . . Q q > . . &><l
! MHAT OrHERss \
I? MRE s;gA PING ]
SS4TS soso Q Q . . 0-J

"The brutal murder with which South
Carolina has been disgraced In Its state
capital by Its lieutenant governor is the
most recent Of tho lawless acts which
mark the lower civilization OF the south,
and one OF the most flagrant; but It's oc-
currence should blind no one TO the
steady Improvement in that section. -
Philadelphia Press
with tho history of the Metropoltan's
treachery In the franchise tax so freshly
illustrated by the appellate division de-
cision, we cannot understand how any
promises from it's agents can be regarded
as worth more than the paper on which
they are written or the air i'm which they
are uttered New York Press.
"rn the meanwhile the blockade is 10
continue for, according TO the statement
made within the week by Count Won Bu-
low I'm the Reichstag. IL is not 10 be
raised until the negotiations at wash
ington have reached a satisfactory con-
cluson' This Is unfortunate, for Ameri7
can interests are involved which are be-
ing prejudiced. but perhaps this may be
considered one of the penalties which We
have to pay for the too effusive friendli-
ness with which we championed the
Venezuelan cause seven years ago. -
Philadelphia Inquirer.
General Grosvenor says the Demo-
cratic party has no future and Champ
Clark says it has Probably both can
agree that the party is possessed OF a
highly speckled past. Denver Republi-
can
"As II the coal famine were not enough,
some people are worrying themselves
about the likelihood OF an fee famine next
summer under trust manipulation. -
Philadelphia Record.
1T now remains for that state to vim
dicate it's better character. There was no
excuse In the world for the murder Of Mr.,
Gonzales lie was a highly esteemed pub
lie spirited citizen, who has the courage
60 denounce Tilmanism. but he never
employed terms or methods that justified
violent retaliation, much less deliberate
murder Only by inflicting the punish
ment behtting the crime can tho state
, hope to escape the odlum of countcnanc-
ing murdcrous outlawry In high places. -
Kansas City Star.
"It is obviously an indefensible pi~~ OF
business TO carry on the expectation OF
coal to foreign countries when the people
at home are confronted with empty
hcarths and closing factories. '-Philadel-
/ phla North American.
There are two immense forces NJ work
actively 20 prevent the construction O,
I any canal az all one n foreign influence
/ and the other is transcoutnental railway
/ influence. Europe Is we'll served for Is
/ Oriental trade by tho SueZ canal and has
| no desire % see canal across tho Amer
/ lean isthmus controlled by the United
/ states The transcontincntal railways
\ have no desire 90 share with an inter
4 oceanic canal the carrying OF freight,
I between the two oceans ns'-Cincinnau En,
/ qIircr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

According TO sir Hiram Maxim the
dirigible balloon up to date is chiefly
wind bag. Just so.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

have you tested tnat DcIfect cIeansef
and purirer. sULPro NAPThoL7 Moth
Ing can surpass IL where unsanitary con-
oitions are apparent for % ensures safe
~ 10 the family. irs . treasure iry
ti
BROWN eros. CO.. e. Exchange Place
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

"It is obviously an indefensible piw~ OF
business TO carry on the expectation OF
coal to foreign countries when the people
at home are confronted with empty
hcarths and closing factories. "-Philadel-
phia North American.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-24

with tho history OF the Mctropolitan's
treachery In the franchise tax so freshly
illustrated by the appellate division de-
clsion, we cannot understand how any
promises from it's agents can be regarded
as worth more than the paper on which
they are written or the air in which they
are uttered. New York Press.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-12-10
ITALIAN CHEvAL.|E:R|S IS
/ GONE To FACE A
HIGHER COURT
Commits Suicide After
His Schemes of Murder
and Robbery Fail.
ny ASSOCIATED PRtSS.

Rome. Dec ro.--A strange crime had
a. dramatic solution today. young man
.amed Bretta, millionaire OF Milan and
famous sportsman. was invited by the
Qhevalier Angelo Vecchio, an organizer
Of sporting shows, to his villa, outside Of
Milan, on the pretext that Bcretta exam
inc some old pictures. Once there Be
retta was seized and Lound and Obliged,
with revolver pointed al his head, 10
make will leaving his fortune 10 Vec-
chic, besides writing letter saying he
had committed suicide.
Vecchio then left the villa after in
sifucting an accomplice to drown Bcretla
the next day III bath and carry ilc
body far away from the villa, SO as 10
give Vccehio chance TO prove an alibi.
But the heart OF Vecchio's accomplicc
softened and he set Bcretta at liberty, and
Neechio, who read in the newspapers that
his plot had leen discovered, disappeared
The police Thought he had gone to Amer
lea.
Today, however. il was learned that
Vecchio had committed suicide by shoot,
irg while driving in an open carriage on
the famous Monte Pincc drive.
The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1903-12-10
Military Hold Prisoners.

Cripple Creek, Colo, Dec. Io.-The
hearing on the writ OF habeas corpus
granted by Judge Seeds in the case of
Victor Poole, prisoner in the guard
house at Camp Goldfcld, was today post
poned in the district court until tomor-
row. This is the case in which Governor
Peabody has issued proclamation sus-
pending a writ of habeas corpus and what
ever may be the decision Of the court, the
military will not surrender the prisoner.
Frank A. Hangs, attorney for the West
ern Federation of Miners, said today that
the case will be taken to a higher court,
and probably the federal court, to test the
authority Of the governor to declare mar
tial law and suspend the writ OF habeas
corpus,