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be said that she. too, is extremely fond of outdoor life and active exercise.
 In the United States Emma Steiner 1a well known composer of music. chiefly orchestra pieces On one occasion ct . concert where her compositions excluslve- ly were given Miss Steiner herself yielded the conductors baton. Another Ameri- can woman composer of merit is AErs. Josephine Gro a gifted woman who pours out "cOpy" in New York newapaper office and dreams of time when she will have leisure to give permanent form to the splendid and sweet tone visions that sound in her brain. She is mostly given to ballad music thus far. One of the best known Of her bits of melody is tho exquisite air to which she has set the words of Kfpling's poem. 'Mandalay.'' She has caught by inspiration the rhyth- mic ebb and flow of the words:
 On the road to Mandalay,
 Where the fiyin' fishes play
 And the dawn comes up like thundG4
 outer China 'crost the bay.
 Not a few women are successful or chestra conductors. Tn these eases the performers are usually of their own sex. but at least one lady, Mrs. Ada Landou Hand. Is at the head of an orchestra of men players. One of Mrs. Hands most popular enterprises is the Landon ladies' quartet. an orchestra consisting of violtn- ist, cellist. flute player and pianist Mrs. Hand herself is the pianist The other three performing are young ladies of edu- cation and standing who have worked l hard and faithfully to attain skill in thelr profession. This admirable little orchestra l is much in favor in eastern cities. where the small orchestra, especially women tn- strumentahsts. is now the vogue for din- | ner parties receptions. luncheons and wo- mems cloub meetings. Mrs. Hand has been indefatiglbie in striving for excel- lence. Probably the largest orchestra of wo- men Is the Fadettes. well known in many parts of the United States in connection with concert entertainments. The or chestra now consists of fifty pieces and its upbuilding is the work of one little woman. the founder and conductor. Mrs. Caroline B. Nichols. The orchestra has a repertory of 800 selections.
 Mrs. Nichols herself Is a brilliant violin isth Massachusetts born and bred The Fadettes are young women serious de- voted to music as an art. They are such skilled performers that they are able to give oratortOs.
 During the summer season. from the At lantic coast to the Pacific, these women.s orchestras find profitable engagements at the seaside and other resorts; in the cities in winter are the various social functions. Several have risen to the dignity of concert touring on their own | account. In the Japanese building at the Buffalo Worlds Fair one of the leading attractions was an admirable orchestra of women. The orchestral field seems promising one professionally for women ef characterd and intelligence who are skill ed in drawing harmony out of either string or wind instruments.
 Miriam Starbuck.
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that the balance of trade is largely in India's favor.
 Of the imports we supply only about per cent. although We use per cent of the exports. Our trade might be greatly increased if American goods were put on sale. Our consuls to Calcutta and Bonn bay are urging that drummers be sent to India, and the Calcutta man thinks we should establish a museum or sample warehouse there for the display of Amer ican products. He says that all sorts of our machinery and electrical supplies, American shoes and food stuffs, as well as hardware and cutlery, can be sold. The East Indians want cheap umbrellas, watches. clocks and toys of all kinds. There are openings for American farm tools and for heavy farm machinery.
 India has wheat fields as large as the state of ohio, and 1t produces at times as much as 100000 tons of wheat in a year. It needs reapers. mowers and threshers. It is a country of railroads. but most of the rolling stock is supplied from Europe. Within recent years few American engines have been tried, and that with success.
 Persia and Turkey.
 Going westward from India we come to Persia, with the Turkish provinces ad- joining. The sultan has granted. con- cesslon' to the Germans to build a rail- road from Constantinople to the Persian gulf, and this may lead to the introduc- ton of German goods into Persia. At present the Russians have 56 per cent of the trade and the British follow with about half that amount. Turkey sells some goods to Persia and the same is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27
Somebody's Darling.

tBy Marie K. Eac0Ste.D Marie R. .Lacoste. a Southern poetess. was born in Georgia about 1S4o. The fol- lowing poem. which appeared at first an- onymously in 1863. inspired by a scene of the Civil War. had her name attached in an issue of the Southern Churchman. It enjoyed wide popularity at the time Into a ward of the whitewashed walls. Where the dead and dying lay. Wounded by bayonets. shells and balls. Somebody's Darling was borne one day. Somebody's Darling. so young and Sd
 brave.
 Wearing yet on his pale, sweet face. Soon to be hid by the dust of the grave. The lingering light of his boyhood's
 grace.
 Matted and damp are the curls of gold. Kissing the snow of that fair young
 brow;
 Pale are the lips of delicate mould. Somebody's Darling is dying now. Back from this beautiful blue-veined
 brow
 Brush all the wandering waves of gold, Cross his hands on his bosom now: Somebody's Darling Is still and cold. Kiss him once for somebody's sake; Murmur a prayer soft and low; one bright curl from its fair mates take.
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hsim dss 6fesss, Fhs ships ass 6sa feet isaS, fS fess wias and 30 fsek dssR, faasia has accommodations fer S,Se5 pSsssasess, including the crew: Fhsy witi tsa-ss ls Asia by ths sasstsst Esats. wisisa is laat fsesa Puget SeaRd ta jasaa, and wlii make the bsst time asFsss tas Fasifs,
 FAa Jsast 5ndisa 1xasHste,
 We sastt ta sci more goods ia farther india and Hindsostan, The naaSksta there are not appreciated By Us. Farther in. ala Is now being 6pesisd tip by new rail- reads, aHd it viii be connected with 6hiRa, General Grant predicted that Aaaeesa would at some tias ba ons of ths great PaFta ef the weFid, and his prophecy Is coming tfas, 1t is already a trade center, and has considerable isa- PeFts of American seeds, Fhs most jns- PsFtaat fieid, however, ia ffindeostan. That esuHtFy is eHe-haif the sIss of the United States, and it has 8 population Of sea, ,e6e. .66a, es ens-fifth of aii the inhabl- tants sa earth, It's people arc indus- trieus and busiHess-iike, They are good farmsrs and raise quantities of wheat and eetten, as well aa rice, opium and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

other things. They have enormous fac tories many of them managed by Eng fish, and they manufacture for export. Their foreign trade already amounts to $oO0OO.0oo annually. and they export goods to the amount of $l0j, ,000,oo
 A large part of the Indian exports is in cottons. which are shipped Co eastern Asia. as well as to Africa and Europe. The best of modern machinery is used in the mills, and the labor is exceedingly cheap. M
 The Growth of Iadia's Commerce..
 The foreign trade Of India shows what can be made of colony when properly handled. The English have developed industry and trade there, and of late it has gone ahead by leaps and boupds. The Hindoos are buying ten times as much as they were in 1S40, twice as much as they bought in 1860 and 20 per cent more than in 1880. In 1S40 the imports amounted to only $28.O00.0OO; in 1890 they were S2S1 10o0,000. and this year they will be probably $3O. O.00O.0OO more. At the same time the exports have increased from $51,OOO.0O0 in 1s40 to $4o3,OOOOCO in 1902. so
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WOMEN IN MUSIC
Professor JEAN Q; BoWERsocK
And Otherr


 After she had studied two seasons If Chicago Mss Jeans father was elected to Congress. and his family went with him to Washington. Jean etfli stiII con- tinuing the violin lessons and practice there. Then she went to schooi-jusf d plain school for learning common stud ies-and was graduated from Packer in- stitute. Brooklyn, in 1902 Yet mean time she never let up on the beloved violin studies. but hddled in season and out IT season. this time under the tuition q schradieck During the school years shs began to do considerable playing In publlo. After that she went to Europe awhi1e
 Young women who do things today almost without exception belong to the class of athletic girl. How. indeed, c6u1d they achieve anything un1ess they had q basis of sound health and strength7 pro- lessor Jean Bowersock--Iong life and evor increasing power and fame to herl--known the full value of air and exercise to keen I woman up to serious work. She is an admirable horseback rider and q thoroughly athletic young woman
 Women musical composers are 70 scarca that Tt doth not yet appear what they shall be-" An operetta, a symphony or two, some ballads and dance n,,,sic arc nearly all that as yet represent them in this field. Nevertheless the time of tha woman composer Is coming. as that of kh8 woman dramatist is already here. m England Ethel smyth has written two or more complete operas. words and music. The best of these is an intarpre- tation of nature and nature spirits in t1.e deep, eternal forest Several of har works have been performed even in Cer- many and won appreciation and ap~ piause. About a year ago some of Miss Smyth's work was staged successfully in America, in New York and washfnrtofs particularly. Ethel smyth herself is an
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made a million dollars selling American goods in Siberia when everything had to be carried over the snow or. on the rivers. The American drummer of today can work the same territory, spending his nights in the sleeping cars and eating his meals on the trains. paying some of the lowest railroad fares of the world. The new factories will need American machinery, the rivers should have Amer ican bridges, and there are already American boats on Lake Baikal and oth- CT waterways. The traffic over the Trans Siberian Is so great that 1t re- Quires a new track, and there is room for heavy orders for steel rails.
 The Russian provinces in western Asia are now buying most of their goods from Europe and coal oil from the Caspian sea. Nevertheless there Is a chance for American hardware. notions and cot tons. '.-'
 Our Invasion of China.
 A step over the mountains and the great wall brings us into another trade field of enormous proportions. The Greater China has an area of 100000 square miles. and it's people number 400,- eo00OO; that Is. their country is bigger Chan ours, and there are i've Chinese to every American. They are more indus Srious than we are. and will work from daylight until dark Just now their wages are about the lowest on earth. but they spend we'll in proportion to what they make, and, as China develops they will be among the best customers on earth
 The Chinese are now in the same posi- tion Japan was about generation ago. when the foreign trade there amounted to a dollar a head. Since then the Jap Rnese have increased their purchases seven-fold and the same will be true of the Chinese. The foreign commerce now amounts to more than $5OO. .oO00o0 year. and with this growth it will then be more than$2. 900, 900 a year. or more than the present trade of all Asia.
 American Food stuffs in China.
 China offers a big field for American food stuffs. The land is often looked up- on as one of rice and rats, 1t being sup posed that rice Is one of the cheapest foods upon earth. This is not so. There are millions in China who cannot afford rice The northern Chinese live largely on millet and other grains not so expen- sive to grow. They would eat Indian corn. and when the Panama canal is completed there will probably be great fleet carrying out corn to Asia China has large wheat fields, but 1t cannot sup ply the demand for four and of late it has begun to import from the United States. We are now annually exporting about eO.O00000 pounds of flour to China The -four Is packed in cloth sacks of
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true of France. Austria. Germany, China and Japan. Our exports there amount to little.
 It is said that the shah would like to sec his commerce increasing. and that he will now grant concessions for rail- roads and mines.s His country has gold. silver and copper. Some of the fields are being worked and here and there Ameri- can mining machinery is used. The larger Persian cities have now telegraphs and telephones and a few of them tram ways The telephones and telesraphs are owned by the government. but the rail- roads are in the hands of private parties. Persla's imports amount to about twen- ty million dollars a year.
 The trade of Turkey is largely Euro pean, although quite a lot of American goods are sold in Constantinople and at the ports of Asia Minor.
 FRANK c. CARPENTER.
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and one-seventh of them come from the United States British India sells Japan as much as we do, and Great Britain more.' Germany and China rank about even. but both are far behind the United States.
 During visit to Tokyo some years ago I talked with the premier. Count Ito, about the chances for American enter prises there. He said that the trade with the United States would increase and suggested that Americans should estab- fish factories in Japan to supply the Chi nese market. He said that property would be safer there than in China and that the labor could be handled much better. As an evidence of the growth of manufacturing he said that twenty years ago the Japanese spinning was all done on old-fashioned wheels and by hand. It is now performed with the best ! of modern machinery.
 Japan has now sixty cotton mills fin | which seventy thousand hands are em- ployed. There are more than 5000 wo- men at work in the factories. A large number of machine shops have been es- | tablished and all sorts of work Is done in iron and steel.
 1 The Japanese make their own war ma terials. They have their own navy yards and railroad shops. They buy our pneu- matic tools and electrical materials. They are grinding American wheat in | their four mills, which are equipped with American machinery. They are also us- ing typewriters. bicycles and other small machines of our make.
 The Japanese are growing rich. They have banks everywhere with heavy de- posits. One of. their statisticians esti- mates the present wealth of the country at about S, GOO 900, 900, which is an enor- nous sum for an Asiatic land of that size.
 Our New Steamers to Asia. Our connections with Japan and China are steadily improving. When I first crossed the Pacific, about fourteen years ago, there were only two steamship lines. There are now about five times that many. and two of the lines belong to the Japanese. You can get ships from San Francisco, Portland, Tacoma and Vancouver for Yokohama. Shanghai and Hongkong, and there are also steamers from San Diego, Cal. sailing at irregular intervals to the same ports. Two of the biggest ships of the world are just about ready to make their first voyage across the Pacific. These are the Minnesota and Dakota, built by the Great Northern railroad to accommodate It's trans-Pa- cific trade. They have each a displace- ment of 3S.00O tons. and can carry 2S0.000 barrels of flour. The Dakota Is 14.OOO tons bigger than the Great Eastern and 16.OOO tons bigger than the Kaiser Will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-27

Rather strangely. while women have been throughout the modern period the most illustrious vocal interpreters of music few hitherto have distinguished themselves in either orchestration or musical composition. As teachers of vocal music women have always been quite equal to men. The most noted liv- ing voice trainer is woman. Mime.
 Marchesi. and she has reigned with sovereignty undisputed in. this field for more than a generation. The plano is usually considered woman's especial in- strument. yet the greatest piano pound- CTS, Paderewski at their head. are men.
 Mime. Julia Rive King. who as pianIste was great enough to play in concerts with the Theodore Thomas orchestra and with
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We already send canned goods to Chi na and our fruits. and Telishes are mak- ing their way among the rich. The bet ter class Chinese spend much on their stomachs. Dinners of twenty courses are not uncommon. and I have eaten soup at Chinese banquet which cost. I was told. g a plate. There are Chinese in all the larger cities whose living expenses are $10,00O and upward a year. and there Is demand for all sorts of luxuries.
 They Like American Cottons.
 One of our chief exports to China is cotton goods. The poorer classes dress in cottons and there are about 35O.OOO.- GOO people there who need a new cotton suit every year. As 1t is now we have the bulk of the northern trade and es- pecially that of Manchuria and Mongolia Our cottons are heavier than the Eng fish or German cottons. and they are in demand on account of the cold climate Further south lighter goods are worn, and there the English have the prefer ence. There is no reason why we should not capture that market as well. Indeed 1t would pay the owners of our cotton mills to send agents to China to study the wants of the people.
 Within the past few years the Chinese have been spinning and weaving all sorts of cloth. There are now more than four great cotton mills in the country which make about sixty million pounds of cot ton annually. Some of these mills are at Shanghai. They are equipped with ma chinery as good as our own. They have foreign managers, but the workmen are all natives, who are paid but few cents a day.
 Railroads and Mines.
 There will be big demand for railroad materials and mining machinery In the development of China That empire has the greatest coal fields of the globe. Shansi, a state as big as Illinois. on the edge of Mongolia, is underlaid with coal. It has anthracite beds greater than those of Pennsylvania and thousands of square miles of bituminous veins There is iron close to the coal, and a manufacturing industry will spring up there. This country has been ceded. to the Peking syndicate and it is to be worked in con- nectlon with the English and the ItaI- fans. There is coal in all the other pro- vinees and in many iron as well. There will be a demand for coal-mining ma chinery. diamond drills and also for tim Der
 The railroad era in China has just be- gun, only a few hundred miles of track having been built. Roads are now pro- Jected throughout the busiest parts of the empire. One of the best concessions is owned by an American syndicate and has been surveyed by American engi- neers. This is line which will event
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The Child.

I strive to touch His garments hem, The crowd. the years, they intervene, When would kneel before His Cross My weight of slnn 1t comes between. Mine eyes the radiant glory blinds. That on my risen Lord would rest; Yet. One leans down and draws me close. The little Child on Mary's breast. -catharine Van cortlandt Mathews in Ha
 per's Bazar
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Anton Seidl and who was a fa- vorite pupil of Liszt. is now seldom SD ok e n of. thought yet a young woman
 Perhaps, after all. as more than one emi- nent critic has suggested. t h c violin should be regarded as wo- mans musical instrument. the piano as mans. Certain it Is aA.La Aa
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fifty pounds each. and taken across the Pacific at cost of A per ton. Flour mills like ours have been put up at Shanghai and at several ports along the Yangtse Kiang. and, they are grinding Chinese wheat by the roller patent pro- cess. The machinery of these mills came from Milwaukee, and Americans were sent over to show the Chinese how to use, them.
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ually connect Hankow and Canton. Each of these cities has more than a million inhabitants, and the country between them has one hundred millions. The dis tance Is about as great as from New York to Chicago. and 1t Is estimated that the road can be built for thirty million dollars.
 An extension of this line owned by the Belgians is projected from Hankow to Pekings This Is partly built There are number of other roads planned or in course of construction, so that the de- mand for steel rails and all sorts of rail- way materials will be great. Millions. of ties are needed, and an enormous num- Der of bridges as much of the country Is cut up by canals. The ties and bridge timber could be furnished by the Philip pine Islands.
 The Yankees in Japan.
 The Japanese are now among our best customers. They had practically no for eign trade a generation ago. but they now buy and sell to the extent of half billion dollars year. Their purchases of foreign goods amount to 2S0 millions.
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when Properly Approached.

InuIanapOIIS OuII.- - you may marry my daughter. but first let me ask you one question: Do you drink?''
 sThank you" responded the young man. "Tn take social glass or two with yoAs"
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that the leading Jean O. Bowersock.
 public violin performers of the second rank are almost without exception wo- men. Camilla Urso was of the first rank
 A very young woman, considering how much she knows and has accomplished. has been lately appointed professor of violin instruction in the State University of Kansas at Lawrence. The young lady. now only 21. is Miss Jean O. Bower
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-11-06
A Bg.LLIAST AFFAIR,
TIE Band BoJ's Dance IL Largely
Atterd-d-A Grand
EnccesE

Ehs fret dssoe Of The season
given b. tue CbieEasha Cornei
5ssd. under tie leadership Of
Prof Geo. Fox, EAs . great sue
eeaa from every point Of yieE.
Tbs gaesa began 10 sTFiye At the
opeFA hoase ~ 8 O'Clock and By ?
b oeiock ths bonss vas througed by
brilliant sssenblsge Of devotees
Of The lsrpsiehoFean art. Between
fifty Eve ard sixty coaDles we're
present il sli, and uiI1 o'clock the
gsy crowd nsde merry 70 the
sFest strains of music furnished
b Prof R0x's band Of trained
nsfieisrs, lbs entire band being
gresenE I5e older and The young
= sets 10 ihe social circle we're
about equally represented and il
vas t1s Bnanimyus OpiniOn thst
tie occasion vas 81 unsurpassed
Oae in the hiaiorY Of the dances
given 70 L5icka-hA Great credit
j. das n ali Hho bad . part IN the
nsnsgems1t d the sfair.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-11-06
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Opportunities for homes in the
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