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with the idea of taking a place in an or
chestra.
Not a winter passes that does not bring
to this country young violinists who AFTER
or two dsHp out os1 oi
in the orchestras, and many would have
considered ther selves fortunate to have
got the place offered to young Guhlka.
There is scarcely first violinst in any
New York orchestra" one of the concert
masters said to sun reporter the other
day, who has not at some time or another
attempted to be a virtuoso. 1t is usually
at the start. after they have learned just
enough to think they have the world at
their feet. that they make a first appearance;
They usually pay for that privilege and
in after they have received good enough
criticisms. It does not often happen that
the engagements do come. You can count
on the fingers of one hand the number OF
violinists who are able to draw large audi
ences.
aOf those who have been in the United
States / will mention Kubelik, fsaye.
Marteau, Kreisler. Thibaud, Herman, and
IL is difficult to name any other man who
il able to draw an audience on his own hook
These men stand in a class far ahead OF
the ordinary professional,
to be so remarkable now that only the most
amazing can interest the public. For the
men Of second rank, who are ordina lily
good violinists there is very little oppor-
tunity.
IF man can afford to live without work
ing, he can continue to give concerts so
long as he keeps his expo nses down and
doesn't advertise too much or hire halls
that are too costly, But even man with
money tires Of that after n while. -,
very few violinists are able to live With
out their professions however, so they soon
drift into orchestras. Men who play With
the roston Symphony are very fortunate.
and sometimes. like fimothee Adamowshi
they are allowed to play as soloists;, Even
as we'll known a pla yer as Willy Hess is
delighted to take place in the Poston
Symphony Orchestra, as he knows that ne
earns more money there than he could
by ira yelling about giving concerts.
1.-THE violinist is very fortunate in being
able to get employment at good prices
The pia mist who fails as Nirtuoso can
give lessons, but he cannot get regular
pay by the week for playing the piano
1.-THE man or woma " no fails as singer
il also able only to give lessons unless he OF
she gets into q church choir. The violinist
on the other hand, has the advantage OF
being able to play and teach as well. even
II he is not accepted by the world as
a virtuoso.
He can even afford after while to give
an occa sional concert and give away. all
the tick cts as a consolation to his artistic
vanity. Sume OF them do try this for a
while, but usus lily get tired Of Vt.
Il could name at lea st ten men who had
come hack from Europe in the pc st few yea rs
in the expectation OF winning some day the
glories Of Ysaye. After six months they
ceased to haunt the offices OF the musical
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The tragedy in the life Of young Max
Guhlka began long before he blew out his
brains just after being notified that one OF
the desks in the orchestra Of the Metropoli-
tan Opera House was at his disposition.
That marked the end Of long struggle.
Disappointment and the certainty that after
all his hopes were not to be realized, coming
after years Of work. led him to end life
which was plainly to be 80 different from
what he had tried to make it.
Nahan Frankos letter brought what
the world would consider good news. The
young man was to have place among the
first vions, he was to receive good Salary,
and the merely material side Of the case
seemed too satisfactory to suggest any
cause for suicide That is the view that
the world would take of the matter.
To Guhlka, however, 1t was very different.
The end Of his career would come when he
took place in the rank and file OF musi-
clans. settled down to work in the orches-
ira pit and failed to play as brilliant vir-
tuoso on the stage.
For that is what Guhlka had hoped to be.
His musical talents showed themselves when
he was a young child, From that time he
had studied and practised, travelled from
this teacher to that to acquire some new
phase of his art. sacrificed everything to the
Overwhelming faith in his genius. All this
had been done with no other reward than
the offar of desk among the violinists in
an orchestra.
He had never had the opportunity to
show the world how much he had accom- =
plshed during those years Of study. He
had come back to his native land, which he
had expected would receive him as hero,
quito as unknown to the world at large as
he was when he left to study in Berlin.
Guhlka's case is peculiar In only one
detail He was unable to bear up under
the force Of his disappointment
His health and mind were both over
taxed by the strain Of trying against almost
overwhelming odds to get before the public.
The conviction that he was not to fulfil
the hopes of his family and Of those WI no
had supplied the money with which he
was able to continue his studies abroad
had gradually been forcing itself on his
mind. 1t became certainty when nothing
remained for him TO do but accept place In
an orchestra.
Many violinist before this unfortunate
young man has faced the same question
he did and has not killed himself. There is
scarcely an orchestra in this city which
does not include among its violinists men
who had hoped to be Writ osos and did not
spend their years Of preparation merely
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by the fact that Of the dozens OF graduates
who 20 forth from university gymnasiums
every year and become physical instruc-
tors fully 90 per cent fail in the work.
"A candidate for admission to our classes
for educating teachers must have already
taken two years of work in some college
gymnasium. After at least that much edu-
cation in gymnastics and regular college
studies he begins several years of specializa-
ton, or university training, in this certain
branch.
Our course constitutes two years Of
pretty hard study, with lectures, recitations
and laboratory work. 1t includes, among
the prescribed studies, psychology, edu-
cational psychology, child study. physio-
logy and hygiene, applied anatomy and
physiology, history and principles of edu-
cation, school hygiene, history of physical
education, anthropometry, diagnosis and
corrective courses and kinesiology. Then
there are also elective courses.
Besides this study. special gymnastics
are taught, and then there is the practice
work and the criticism Of teaching, which
Is the most important study of all. There
are no less than l2o hours OF the course.
or about six hours a week, which each
student must devote to the theory and
practice of teaching and to receiving crit
icism of teaching. This is the very kernel
and backbone of the whole course.
ITO those who are simply receiving their
physical training at the Physical Educa-
tional Building it offers unique advantages
also. 1t is not only tho largest gymnasium
open to the women Of New York, but there
is no other building like it in the world.
OF the $500 900 which represents the entire
cost of the building sIlo, 600 was expended
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HAD AN OLD.FAsHIONED TIME.
Prof. Kennedy Entertained in the style
OF Fifty Years Ago.

OF Fifty Years ago.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. pa gathering
which recalled the school days Of early
Indiana was held at the Beech Grove Church
in johnson county this week in honor OF
prof Rem iamin F. Kennedy, the last County
Examiner under the old and the first County
Superintendent under the new law, Prof.
Kennedy Is now in his eighty fourth year,
and the occasion was reunion OF the
men and women, together with their chii-
dren and their chndTens cGioren' WHO
The projectors OF the reunion determined
that IL should be reminder OF the old days
in every particular. In one corner OF the
church an old loom, a,relic OF ffty years,
was set up and an aged grandIn otneI
showed how she used TO weave Jeans ana
linsey upon 1t.
By it was a spinning wheel. and another
grandmother made it whirr and hum Tor
the edification OF the young as she walteo
slowly backward and forward, running
the yarn over the spindle to the music
OF the rapidly revolving wheel.
A blanket was hung in another corner
of the church and an old lady told now
she had sheared the sheep, carueo the
wool, spun 1t into yarn and then woven
IL into blanket more than WY years
ago. A linsey dress, home woven end
home made, which had cen the wedc Ing
gown Of one Of the guests, was also ex-
The menu was abundant. but dated
me 40 then f,fty years, when johnson
county was a wilderness in comparison
with what It is to-day. Beef ana mutton on,
boiled / efore an open fireplace in Poi
suspended from a crane. roast PIG, COO co
in With I've Goals ssd sfoTs o aen
Arc constituted the treats, and there was
enough for two or three reunions .,,,u.r,v
,.E olh and and succotash and Irish and
s Sweet potatoes, and apple and pear utter;
old-fashioned gingerb read and COOLIES ana and
pumpkin and apple pie and maple molasses
made up the meal. man v,ho had
naippnd the greatest number Of whip
pings from Prof KsHnsdy 9n Moore ane C p
II D ua md ! r, Shank entered the
iists Each told Of the whippings he , had
the Ss sos up pse
mat NJ Kennedy should decide. The pro-
sess s decided in favor OF Ara Clark
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"The ideal thing, however. is to have
in general scheme, 50 that one will supply
the needs that another does not fill. Va
riety is always best in physical work, just
as 1t is in eating.
Then there is the principle that thing
taken for pleasure is more effective than
when it must be swallowed as a medicine.
1t Is necessary t. take real pleasure in
work, in order that the maximum OF bene-
fit may be drawn from 1t. That is one
reason why do not believe in these So
called twenty minute systems, which con-
sist OF certain movements to be gone
through In ones room for twenty minutes
every morning and night.
They are not only apt to weary the stu
dent, but to become irksome in the extreme
! would say that such exercises should be
made use of only when absolutely necessary
that is. when it is impossible for a woman
to play golf, run in the open air. or to reach
some good gymnasium instead
Miss March, who has charge Of the physi-
cal development of all the women from
Teachers College, is another who is made
happy by the prospective opening Of the
new building for athletics.
Physical exercise is compulsory for the
freshmen and sophomores in Teachers. as
in most colleges" she said. Last year l
had about l25 girls in my classes altogether
1t is a most necessary provision that the
girls must take physical training for at least
two years of their college course. Their work
Is mostly sedentary, and then they come
here so anxious to succeed in their classes.
Their expenses are often heavy, and they
feel that they must make the most of their
time. Often this would mean giving up
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Now, gymnastics is a most inclusive
term. 1t may mean merely the exercising
of an arm without apparatus OF any sort,
or it may stand for fencing or for football.
All systems of exercise are properly gymnas-
tics. hut hundreds of people are led by the
obscure names given to various systems
to suppose that they are different from all
others.
-For the term physical culture especially
l have no use. I have found that systems
80 called are generally worthless fads,
that the name has been used purposely to
impress and mislead women.
Then, too, it is a missioner. Culture
means the finishing touch, the polish OF
refinement OF anything. We are long
way off from that in physical training still.
No such thing as true physical culture
will be given for years to come. Physical
training, l think, is the best name for all
systems OF gymnastics, as distinguished
from athletics.
As to what exercise is best for women,
1t is not, in my opinion, so much a question
OF what the exercise Is as how 1t is used.
Any one or two good exercises taken regu-
larly and properly will constitute whole
system OF physical training.
Take swimming and running, for in
stance-two of the best all-round exer-
cises possible. Taken judiciously every
day they will keep woman in fine physical
condition.
Golf is a sport which is a perfect sys-
tenn Of exercise in itself. Even tennis
il properly played should be sufficient to
give woman all proper physical devel-
opment. When only one form Of exercise
is used. however. swimming is individually
the best.
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for apparatus alone.


I'VE have really four gymnasiums, there
being three good sized thoroughly equipped
halls called exercise rooms, to distinguish
them from the big or main gymnasium
on the fourth floor. Besides these there
are two rooms especially fitted up for
courses in corrective work. Pupils suffer-
ing from any defect, such as high hip, round
shoulders, fat chest, or the more serious
curvature of the spine, will receive special
treatment in these.
The rooms are completely equipped
with the Swedish apparatus, which has
been proved SO excellent in work of the
kind. The instructor who will be in charge
of the corrective classes is a graduate of
the central institute Of Stockholm, where
the system was originated and developed
to its present state Of efficiency.
There is nothing connected with physical
development which a woman may not take
up in our classes, from the regular gymnas-
tic training with apparatus to acquiring
grace in dancing. Two OF the newest
features OF the building are the fencing
room and the handball courts, which are
four in number. There are three bowling
alleys, a swimming pool, which measures
3Ox60 feet, and a running track.
Certainly, every woman needs physical
exercise, just as she needs sleep or food.
and she needs it regularly One hears
great deal of discussion nowadays as to
what kind OF exercise is best for woman.
writers are all the time recommending
women to study physical culture, calls
themes, delsarte, and so on, instead Of
taking course in gymnastics. The i'm
preston given is that gymnastics is neces-
sarily heavy work with apparatus.
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SABINE, Tex, Oct. 2e.-The Sabine Banks
lIaht is located sixteen miles out in the
eulf, of Sabine Pass. 1t is not habitable
station, but is arranged to maintain an
eight-day light.
The keeper since the establishing OF the
station has been John Peterson Of Sabine.
Early on the morning Of every eighth day
be started from Sabine in his yawl boat
to row or sail to the light station, and he
never failed to reach his destination. fix
up his lamps for their next eight days
burning, and to return on the following day
To Sabine.
On Sunday, Sept Is last, which WIS the
seventh day OF the lights term OF burning
Pete, as the old keeper was known all along
the gulf coast, left Sabine in his boat about
sunset to 60 to the light as he predicteo
a storm for the next day which he was
afraid would prevent his getting there
in time to renew the Gil Toward evening
Of the Friday following Brad johnson
was passing through the brakes near the
gulf shore when he heard the believing OF
an alligator. He made his way in the
direction OF the noise, and came In sight
Of two alligators which seemed to be in
dispute over something that lay in the
reeds.
At the approach Of johnson the ALI,
gators foundered away into the bayou and
disappeared. johnson investigated ana
was stat ted to see that the object was
man, lying on his back, and to all appear
ances dead.
johnson lifted the mans head and re-
cognzed Pete, who was not dead, but
vas uncon scious. johnson got him to MS
house, whe re they succeeded in bringing
routiu.
After staring about him in a dazed way
Jr a moment Peterson started up with
look Of alarm and exclaimed.
,ba TIE BE- light is out! There is no light on
1t was with difficulty that he was Gained.
brought to a realization OF where he was,
and to a condition to tell what had hap
pened TO him. He asked what day 1t was,
and when told that IL was Friday. he ex-
claimed
Then l have been Ave days without
or9p Of drink or a mouthful to eat
shor' distance OF the light about mid
night Of Sunday, when a sudden gale upset
ms ms boat, re chung to the keel and for four
Gays and nights drifted about on the Gulf
IN, Inc last thing he remembered was being
S SHssea up among the reeds along about
Peterson was brought to Sabine, where
he cohld scarcely be kept in the doc tors
nsho' long enough to recover from the
e.aecS OF his experiences on the Gull and IN
M bayou, so eager was he to renew the
usht on Sabine Banks, which had all this
~ pe Kept in hand any longer, and started
station
.,oh the night OF Oct. 8, seafaring men saw
&. neht shining out over the Gulf from
''0ne Banks once more. And it came
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Sabine Lights Keeper Risked
His Life Once Too Often

that night, and without that light seamen
say more than one craft would have gone
to destruction on those dangerous reefs.
But the light keeper never came back
to Sabine His boat was found keel up
drifting in the Gulf tive days after ne re-
IL is supposed that he was too weak to
cling to Il, and persisted In the storm;
The light is again out on Sabine BANKS Ak
The Government has been notified, The
nav for keeping 1t going is 5000 year.
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flies anyway. and wouldn't have much use
for fish that did. ] used plain old fashioned
Minute and those frogs proved as efficient
as heart could desire. And ] didn't use
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split bamboo pole either-just one Of the old
fashioned kind that you see along the tow.
path or sticking out OF the rear end OF stress
car It was split somewhat around the end.
though, before was through using It,.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-24
Yearly Event Given by the Mar
shalltown Gun Club Began
This Morning
ATTENDANCE is NOT LARGE
Twenty-s Amateurs and Profession
ais Take Part in the First IEorenoon's
Proeram-shoot Will Continue Thru
Tuesday-GIbert and Budd Are Here
High Wind Cuts Down Scores.

The stiffness of the vicinity in the
neighborhood of the grounds of the
Marshalltown Gun Club has been reg
ularly punctured all day by the STAG
cato punk, punk, punk, of the shooters
over the traps in the first days pro-
gram of the annual shoot which opened
this morning. The shoot will continue
turnout Tuesday and consists each day
of twelve regular events, of fifteen and
twenty targets each, and one handi-
cap at fifty birds. The prize for the
latter Is a gold watch.
The attendance is quite large, there
being tWenty-siX in part OF all OF to-
days program. The very high wind
this morning cut the scores somewhat.
but with less wind this afternoon the
averages are better. Mr.. Fred Whitney.
of Des Moines, with the Winchester
Repeating Arms Company. will act as
secretary for the club during the shoot.
Fred Gilbert of Spirit Lake, a member
of the club, and Charles Budd, of Des
Moines. are the only two professionals
who hove entered SO far.
The scores of the first eight events
shot off up to q: 80 o'clock this after
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-24
LEONARD is FOUND.
Veteran Who Wandered Away From
the Homo Located West of Town.

E.arney Leonard, of Davenport, who
carae to the city Sunday morning with
his wife seeking admission to the
Soldiers Home, and who disappeared
Sunday evening, was located Monday
evening shortly after s O'Clock at the
home of Samuel Carter three miles
west of the city. Leonard was a pitiful
sight when returned by detail of
guards to the Home at o'clock Mon
day night. He was hatless, shoeless
without his coat and vest and his
hands and face had been lacerated by
balhed wire fences. When found
he was in he act of attempting to tear
down a board fence.
Leonard was first heard from at the
Carter home Sunday night at about
10 o'clock A telephone to the COM
mandant from Mr.. Carter, said that he
had fed the man. but that he had left,
going toward the city. The commas
dant ordered thorough search, but
could not find him. 1t is now known
that Leonard had hidden himself N
the. woods, while the search was be-
ing conducted, and returned to the
Carter home Monday evening, evident-
ly compelled by hunger to seek fool
until the guard could arrive.
When Commandant Horton asked
the man this morning where he had
been. he replied that he had been to-
the country few days, working. He
can not give any account of himself
whatever and does not know In which
direction he went, or anything about
the trip.
I.eonard's friends in Davenport have
been appraised of his condition. and he
is being kept under guard at the Home
until some word is received. If the
friends in Davenport do not make some
arrangement for his care, he viii DE
sent to the state hospital for the in
sane, for there is no provision whereby
he can be accepted as a member here,
wirh his mental condition in the state
that it is at present. Leonards wife,.
to whom he has only been married a
year, is being cared for in the wom-
ans dormitory for the present, but
She would not be eligible to member
ship in the Home under any circum-
stances having been married to her
veteran husband within the limit set
by the state in it's regulation of adj
mission of soldiers wives to the state
institution.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-24
WARD is DISCHARGED.
Young Man Arrested Hero on Charge
of Larceny Returns From North


Frank Ward, the young man who
was arrested here a few weeks ago,
upon the request of officers from
Winston Salem, n. c., charged with
larceny by G. II. Graham, arrived III
the city Monday evening, having been
discharged at his preliminary hearing,
held on the 10th. No one appeared to
prosecute and the defendant was re-
leased. Ward left the city for Fer
guson shortly after he reached the
city.
The outcome OF the case is about as
Officer Martin, of Winston Salem,
phophesied when he came to the city
to take in custody Ward and Mrs.
Graham. who left Winston-Salem to-
gether. The object of causing the arr
rest was to get Mrs. Graham to return
home. Mrs. Graham told her father.
w. r. James, In this city, that she
would never live with her. husband
again. 1t is said that she left her home
with Ward, her former lover. thinking
that by so doing her husband might
apply for a divorce. AS stated In these
columns heretofore, there Were no
criminal relations existing between the
young people, one having been arrest
ed at Laurel and the. other at the
Kimball dairy farm, south of the city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-24
Marshall County Pensions.

Robert Denbow, of Albion. has re-
ceived from Washington notice Of the
following allowances, all in the shape of
increases, to pensioners OF Marshall
county:
Joseph Speicher, Liscomb, Company
X, Fifty-seventh Indiana infantry in
crease from Sc to s12 commencing April
20, 1904.
Joseph Ellison, Soldiers Home, Com
pany 3, Second Minnesota infantry. in
crease from SIS to $40, commencing
April 20. 1904.
Abel Graham, Soldiers Home. Com
pany d, First Iowa cavalry. increase
from IS to $40, commencing April 10,
1904.
John Beard, Soldiers Home, Com
pany f, Thirty-first Iowa infantry, in
crease from SIS to s12, commencing
March 16, 1904.