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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

after all largely matter OF exercise and practice
They know that the power OF the muscles Is capa-
BILE OF almost indefinite training, but they fail TO
apply the principle the eyes. All forms Of exer-
else called upon &c increase and strengthen the
muscular system OF growing children and the wis
dom OF this. always granting reasonable modera-
tlon. is never questioned; but the child with the
weak undeveloped visual faculty. with the I'M
trained color sense with the carrying capacity Of
the sight limited 10 a few feet. is called stupid;
glasses before he Is rallied and scoded into real
stupidity.
The sight can be educated and exercised just as
truly as tho hearing the sense OF touch, or even
the leg and muscles can; and the work.
which can be easily converted into play, should be
heg1ln vary early IN life Much sO-caIlad color
blindness Is radical defect of vision at all but
lack OF training I'm attention and recognition. and
half play half lesson. with colored balls skens
silk In early childhood. Matching ColOrS is an
excellent game lesson. II be carried with
silks woods, paper Of any other material In which
gradations of color among them. Certain Of the
educational supply houses furnish colored papers
for this very purpose. An element OF competition
can be introduced. and the power OF vision can be
trained at the time with that Rsthetic sense
which is its greatest reward
RapidIty OF vision can be enormously developed
Most persons know the story OF the coriuror whose
father made him. while a small boy. play the
game naming the objects In some shop window
passed at a quick walk. If one viii Try this he
will be astounded at the way the number OF OBJ
Jects seen I'm the glimpse will grow with praetlee
As with other forms OF exercise. that OF the eye
should be taken only under proper conditions. a
tired worn out eye should not be forced to new
tasks any more than "a tired, worn out body This
the eve may insensIbiy trained 10 good habits OF
Derception.-(Y Companion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
PASSING OF THE HEARTH.
Where the Family Gathered for Festival
and Prayer.

An elderly woman in Wisconsin. who was q
young wife IN the young West. is telling IN a local
newspaper a few OF the things that the young wife
OF the older West does not have 20 do And in tell
ing of this she recalls wildly her home IL
sixty years ago. There were no wood. coal or gas
ranges in those days. but there was fireplace
with wide. deep hearth and chimney that
would draw. built large enough for the sweep to
pass through.
The fireplace would take log four five feet long
and foot and a half thrOugh. This placed
andlrons, and a there were no matches in those
days one OF the greatest anxieties Of the careful
housewife was TO prevent the fire from going out
II il did go out she had TO go 10 OF the neigh
bors. perhaps quarter Of a mile away. for
shovelful OF live Goals.
One OF the signs OF neatness In a houseSeeper In
those old days was the way she Kept the hearth
cleaned. using the broom and wing, and few Of
her many duties were TO dip candles put down pork
and beef by the barrel make sausage for the year
gallon. apple sauce by the quantity boiled cider
BY the key: TO provide dried beef and smoked ham
spin all the for the mems clothes. 10 weave
II into cloth. and 10 send IL 10 the dyeTs 10 be
dyed. fulled and pressed
The coming OF the cooking stove marked the be-
ginning of epoch in the lives OF grand
mothers oh excisirns this survivor. the good
cheer the fireplace brought 70 the children. No
the fire. No potatoes 50 good as those roasted In
the ashes TN the winter. No apple equal TO frozen
apples boiled; then we would melt maple sugar and
sugar off again on the snow And she says. in
conclusion:
with the passing Of the fireplace has passed the
word 'dreside' and the word hearth 10
around the firesde we gathered for family prayer.
around the hreside gathered 10 read. 20 chat.
most OF my dear with whom / knelt every
day."-(The Chicago Inter Ocean.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
THE kAIsER's LATIN QUOTATIONS.

recently published collection OF the German
Emperor's speeches shows that. Notwithstanding
HIS enthusiasm for the German language, he
chooses Latin quotations with evident prediction
Gave adsumP' was already in his youth his watch
word At a somewhat later period no chose the
more classical motto OF the same sort, 'Oderint.
DUN metuant." AS Emperor William II has fire.
quently stirred cOntempOraneous society through
additional Latin quotations. sic vOlo sic 1ubeoi"
stands In his well known vertical handwriting un-
der his portrait, presented TO his minister Won
C;aszler following at the time the much discussed
school conference. In the Golden Book at Mu-
mich the same characteristic ehirOgraphy shows the
sentence. Supreme lex regis vOluntas." on the
picture which he sent the old Minister OF Justice
the monarch wrote. Memo me impune lacessit."
PRO gloria ct patria! negins one q the Empe-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

Ende have issued cards for a musical tea TO take
place at their studio. No. IL West Twenty-second-
St, on Sunday, March 6, from to Z.
William c. Carl will play his second organ con-
cert IN HazetOn, Penn. Monday evening. March
II, with brilliant programme of organ music.
Professor PIaton Brounon gave a lecture recital
"Parsfal" illustrated with stereopticon views
before the Progressive Circle OF The Bronx. at
Zeltner's Hall, at One-hundred- and-seve ntieth-st
and Thrd-ave., Saturday evening, March o. A
large and appreciative audience attended.
Gustav I. Becker gave plano recital at his
home. No. 1 West -hundred-and -fOurth-st., on
Saturday afternoon, February 2, assisted by An
dreas Schneider. barytone. The numbers on the
programme were chosen by Mr.. Becker's pupils
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

The programmes OF the Thursday afternoon
musicals which the Schumann Trio announce for
March 10 and u include chamber music by some OF
the seldom played composers OF the seventeenth
and eighteenth centuries. Corelli VivaidI and Io-
cateln are among the Italian masters represented,
and selections from the Pieces de Ciavenin en-
Concert" OF Rameau and the Concerts Royaux"
OF Couperin, will give examples OF tho French
school The Golden Sonata" Of Purcell will also
be played. The musicals will be given In Mr. Wal
ker's studio in the Sixty-seventh-st. studios and
tickets may be had by applying to Miss Crane, No.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
1854 Msdison-ave.. or to Miss Finley No. 80 West
Fifty-seyeuth-st.

1854 Madison-ave. or to Miss Finley No. 80 West
Fifty-seventh-st
The third private concert OF the Manuscript
Society takes place Monday evening at Aeolian
Hall II will be n chamber music evening, with
string quartets by H. Brooks Day. c. c. Muller.
sonata for piano and violin by DIR. b. Heinrich
Gebhardt. and songs by J. Lewis Browne and
Laura Sedgwick Collins
For the lecture-recital which Herman Klein and
David Bispham TO give at the New Lyceum
Theatre on Monday afternoon. the 18th. series
OF vocal and dramatic illustrations has been ar
ranged Mr. Bispham is TO give realistic examples
Of the kind OF enunciaton. phrasing and diction
that singers too cften exhibit their tendencies 90
ADMINISTRATIONS etc. He will also recite portions
Of Ryron's Manfred" and Tennyson's ''Enoch
Arden" the latter with Richard Strauss's music.
Tickets are now on sale at Ditsons and at the
West Enc Theatre for an extra peoples sym
nhony concert. which Will be given at the latter
place on Sunday evening. March %. special
programme has been arranged by F. y. Arens'
the conductor and the occasion will give the gem
eral public an idea OF the class Of music presented
by this educational enterprise. The orchestra en-
larged for the special requirements of the concert
will plsy Beethoven's 'Leonore" overture No. j.
Drorak's New World" symphony. and Wagner's
.Kaisernarsch." Louis Bachner viii play saint
Saen's piano concerto In @ minor. ana MIS- hohe
Borden Low will sing Gounod concert aria IN
accor6ance with the popular aims OF these concerts
the prices will be 10. % and 80 cents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
TRAINING THE SIGHT.
1t Can Be Educated and Greatly Developed

SO much Of the happiness and success OF life de-
pend upon the seeing capacity that II is both q
wonder and 4 pity that more attention Is not paid
by parents in the home and by instructors in the
schools 10 the perfecting OF this gift.
The trouble Is that the great majority Of people
regard the capacity of the eyes as something fixed
at BIRTH and not 20 be interfered with. IL they
would think little they would recognize that II is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

The German Liederkranz will give a matinee
musical to-day at o'clock. Mr.. witherspoon will
sing songs selected from compositions of Vein
Eartner. Strauss Slnding and others Miss Marta
Wall Will play the Adagio Pathetique OF GODDARD.
and Miss Tillie Wall the Flying Dutchman" by
Wagner-Liszt. and a duet. Swedish Sonata by
Sjogran.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

Miss Muriel Foster the English contralto. who Is
sing IN the States and Canada this spring. is duo
20 arrive IN New-York Saturday next by the
Lucania She VIII make her first appearance IN
New-York at the Boston Symphony concert on tho
18th inst. and viii also take part in the perform
OF THE Apostles" TO be given by the Oratoro
Society on the Path Miss Foster is the artist
who created" the part OF Mary Magdalene when
The Apostles" was first performed. at the Br-
mingham Musical Festival CEnglsnd). IN october.
1868
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

An evening with DR. Richard Strauss is what the
Names Quartet promise for their last chamber
music concert, IA MendeIssohn Hall Friday
evening. the 18th inst This is TO be the only ap-
pearance Of DR. Strauss in chamber music during
his visit 70 this country and he is TO play the piano
part in two OF his compositions-viz. the
for plsnoforte and cello the pianoforte
quartet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06
STUDIO NOTES.

Walter Randall Clark OF No. $50 5eventh-ave.,
offers an attractive partial scholarship TO tall
ented soprano and contralto who will study for an
operatfe career; public appearance when qualified.
Mr Clark makes a speciality Of tone production as
taught him by the eminent maestro, Dele Sedie OF
Paris Free hearing this week, daily II 20 IL
and $50 10 $50.
Mrs Cater Kerr. pupil OF Nine Torpadie BJork-
stem was the sololst at the Nemes chamber music
ooncerts She sang Aria Asoll CT59l. ''Sersnade,"
ssI'Attente" By Syendsen. and Romance. by
Emil Sjogren.
hsnes Summer Geer. the reader, took part with
the Mundy Quartet at a concert given az Christ
Church New Brighton. Staten Island, on February
IA, also at Z musical given by John Mundy AT MS
studios on Saturday evening. February ~
Mrs wadsworth-vivisn sad Mr.. Herwesh Won
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

Obblgato Rebecca Lppman: string orchestra. harp and
I'D Sei sun with organ Rccompanimen Ran
Nine. Schumann-Heink.
Overture, 'Tphigena Aulis'' ..............Gluc
ARRANGED for string orchestra.)
- Music school class and Mr.. Mannes's class.
NatAuoLs .Boellmann
Pablo Casals.
I ach
CD Gavottss from suite in D.. 800
Orchestra classes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
BILL FOR LOCAL OPTION
IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Anti-Saloon League Measure Receives
Final Touches Before Being Sent
to the Legislature.

ROCKVILLE. Md. Feb. 2S.-The exec
utfve committee of the Montgomery
County Anti-Saloon League met at its
Office here yesterday. The president,
the Rev T D. Richards. Of German
town. presided.
The business before the committee
was the adoption Of an amendment to
the prohibition liquor law of this coun-
~. This amendment is in accordance
with the recent recommendations Of
Judge James B. Henderson. II has met
with the approval of the States attOr-
ney. Robert 3. Peter. ard committee
OF lawyers OF this bar.
a bill has been prepared embOdying
the amendment and sent TO President
Jones and the members Of the Legisla-
ture from this county.
Its features are new and interesting.
and II II becomes a law-and Senator
Jones a nd members OF the house have
given tie leagues committee to under
stand that it will-the officers of this
county and al friends Of 5he local op>
ton law, viii at last have succeeded in
what they have been striving for for
years
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
WHOLE TOWN IGEBOUND
IN The ALLEGHENIES
Cattle Frozen Dead in Their Stalls
and Wells Solid Ice to the
Bottom.

ALTOONA. Pa. Feb. 23.-The mining
town Of Buckhorn, which lies or the
apex q the Aueghenies. $500 feet above
sea level. If frozen up hard and fasS b.
the derce blizzard which is raging
over she mountain section Of Pennsy'-
vania.
The temperature registered - below
zero Saturday night. a moment before
the telephone 10 this city snapped.
Cattle belonging 10 the residents were
frozen t. death in their stalls, and the
wells OF the village became solid ice 20
the bottom. SnOwdrifts eight TO ten
feet in Gcpth block all road communlca-
ton WITH the village
An unknown Slav driver was diseov-
cred dead on his sled seat near the
Kelly mines. The horses were 50 badly
frozen that they had To be shot
The Altoona and Woonsocket ROAD
which runs within mile of Buckhorh-
is showed in. and viii not be In shape
for operation for week. Some OF the
cuttings are drifted TO a depth OF fifteen
feet. The closing Of this railroad, which
furnishes a large part of the coal ioi
Altoona. is being keenly felt In this city
The Pennsylvania Railroad weather
bureau ., edicts a tlIaw, which VIII re-
Ue,,e me mountain section Rain is fal!-
iror and freezing on the railroad tracks
n,suing the movement Of heavy trains
on the Pennsylvania especially hazard
Gus
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23

aid TO the servants. Emma Horn an
barbara Owen, and by the combined
efforts OF the four the door of the
room Vas forced. Mrs. Kunzman was
found lying on lounge. unconscious,
her lips burned by Carbolic acid. Ar
empty ph'al lay on the floor near by
DR.. Stsgmaier was summoned, but Mrs.
Kunzm1n was dead before he arrived.
When Joseph Kunzman died. seven
years Lso. he left HIS wife an estate
said TO have been valued at 100000. lie
had been successful in mis- law practice
with Nj Root. and included in his es-
tate was the house in West End Ave
nue..
After Ter husbands death, Mrs. Kunz
man. acting on the advice of friends il.
whose Judgment she had confidence. be-
gan TO speculate, and II is said that one
OF her largest investments was in the
stock II the United States Steel Coz
Toration. Most of her ventures prove1
disastrous. and eventually II became
Necessary to place a mortgage on the
house n West End Avenue.
This was recently foreclosed, and Mrs
Is unzmln was facing the necessity OF
abandoning the home in which she hac
lived 80 long when her courage. gave
way and she decided 10 eEd her life.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
CLUB INVESTIGATING
SHAPING INCIDENT
Witnesses Tell Of Encounter Between
French Consul and ex-Superin-
tendent of the Mint.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 23.-The Peso
Ii-Boyer Shaping incident is the subject
of inquiry before the members OF the
house committee OF the Art Club. in the
house OF which the stirring encounter
between the French consul and the
former superintendent OF the mint oc,
Cured.
While the committee was in session
last night a messenger boy was search
Ing throughout the city FOR Mr. Boyer.
ne boy. It was said. carried a cable
gram from Paris. A report was IN cir
cuiaicn that "a friend of NJ. PesoH had
catled ar. Boyer that he would he glac
10 entertain Mr. Boyer and II PcsoI as
lis guests II they cared 70 take a trip
abroad
The witnesses before the house com
nlittee gave their statements OF the en-
cci.nter rotween u. Pcsoi and Nj
Power. The Statement of NJ Pesoli had
ben subIaitted 10 the committee earlier
IN the day. and he was net present dur
irg the hearing.
AIR Boyer diG not emerge from hi:
retirement TO attend the session. At the
close OF the meeting an officer OF the
club issued the following formal state
mcnt:
THE houEe committee heard witnesse,
,rnon the subject Of the incident involy
trg hlr. BOYER and NJ PesOH. recon
racndation was made 10 be presented Z
the hoard of governors at their meeting
Tuesday evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
eOLp-MOUNTED SWORD
FOR WOMAN COLONEL

DENVER. Feb pa gold-mounted
sword has been presented 20 Col. Jessie
PEABODY. Of the Colorado National
Cuard. by Colonies Macdonald and Jack
linz be the rame o. Governor Peabody 3
STAFF. The sword is probably the first
that has ever beer presented TO wo-
iran for actual duty by any branch of
tie military service IN the United States.
COL Jessie Peabody is the daughter Of
the governor. Several months ago she
received her appointment rs colonel. A
special uniform for her has been order
ed. and almost as much gold braid IS
ad0rns the clothes OF the other peace
colonels viii be sewed on the dress OF
Colunol Jeasie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
Lightning Changes NOW
In Diplomatic Circles
A Few Days Ago Callers Went to Legation of
CoIombia---t1Ome of Japanese Minister
Now Center of Interest

Almost exactly opposite each other on
n Street, near Thirteenth northwest
are two red brick buildings affording
curious instance Of the lightning speed
with which history making events nave
recently jumped from the Western TO
the Eastern hemisphere.
They are the Colombian and japanese
legations.
Just a few days ago. though already
so long that the incidents have been al
most forgotten, the red building on the
north side Of the street, where Dr.
Thomas Herran had his quarters. was
the all-absorbing center of interest
Newspaper men at all hours of the day,
and very often until late into the night,
swarmed about it. There was scarcely
a moment during the waking hours that
the modest abode Inhabited by the
South American diplomat was not be-
sieged with callers.
What Is the news from Panama."
Are the Colombo going to make
WARP"
rs it true that all Of South America is
going to combine against the United
States because she aided Panama?''
These and a thousand other questions
were fired at the Colombian charge, and
he in that suave. unrufled manner char
acteristic Of him answered them or not,
just as he chose.
And now? over the Colombian le-
CATION has settled an air of dreary for
Iornness. Scarcely a visitor ever crosses
it's threshold. DR.. Herran himself is
preparing TO go away. Already the
house has ceased 10 be an official resi-
dence Soon it viii be closed perma-
nentiy. or else opened to other tenants
But across the street In the trim
{ glisteningly new brick mansion Occu-
! pied by the Japanese minister. what q
! different scene is presented The Wis
4 itor as he enters is aware Of an air OF
] suppressed excitement and a distinct
/ '-OrientaIness" which even the smart
modern trappings adjoining the parlors
1 and reception rooms on the lower floor
! cannot entirely dispel The parloTs ir
! the Japanese minister's home are richly
furnished and in exquisite taste bu
| perhaps in no ether legation is the havoi
I of the country represented more deli
cately preserved.
Fair Japan" 1.-The Land of the Lotus
/ Blossom" and My Lady Chrysanthe-
/ meme" are to be seen on every side.
The interior Is cosy. but the gentle
( calm which broOded over the establish
/ ment has been rudely dIspelIed. A
/ every hour Of the day the door bel
. rings. Sometimes four or five are wait
ing or the stoop outside when the door
! is opened. Among the lot are eithei
I some husky soldiers OF fortune who
want to make an impossible request OF
the minister that he accept their valu-
/ able services for the aid Of his coun
/ Try or else there are some photo fiends
literary" people. or string OF inter
/ viewers and autograph hunters with al
/ sorts OF schemes up their sleeves
/ a dapper looking secretary comes trip
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
Fortune Lost in Steel,
Woman Ends Her Life
Poison Taken by Despondent Widow of
EIihu Roots Former Law Partner

NEW YORK. Feb. 23-In a spell Of
dependency, brought about by unfor-
tunate speCulations. chiefly in United
States Steel. Mrs. Maria 7. Kunzman.
forty-two years old. whose husband.
Joseph Kunzman. now dead. was az
one time a law partner of Elihu Root,
former Secretary Of War, committed sui
eide Yesterday in her residence. SO West
End Averue.
Mrs. Kunzman had been III for about
three years, asthma having been one
Of her ailments, and she had been un-
der the care Of DIR. julius A. Stegnaier.
OF 100 West 106th Street. OF late she
had grown worse. developing symptoms
Of melanch0lia. and during the greater
part OF tho time she was confined TO the
house
To ner daughter. Ethel, sixteen years
old Mrs Kunzman said yesterday morn
ing that she was tired of life. About two
hours later she went to her room. on
the second floor. and remained there
SC long that her daughter became alarm
cd. With her sister. Mabel, fourteen
years old she went TO her mother
room and knocked at the door.
The only response was a groau- Thor
oughly frightened. the girls called foi
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-23
SLEEP is PRICELESS
But It Can Be Obtained by Simple
Methods.

Are you hard worker? Are you over
come with fatigue at the end OF eac.
days labor, and instead OF retiring 70
bed with a feeling OF satisfaction at the
prospect OF a nights repose. do you wait
the hour OF bedtime with dread and
shrinking?
Is IT your unhappy lot 20 be awakened
every night, just after you have dropped
off to sleep, by an intense. uncontrolla-
BILE itching Of the rectum? DO YOU then
endeavor to relieve the sensation BY
scratching so desperately that the skin
becomes raw and lacerated. and YOU
finally SAX into the sleep OF exhaustion
If so. YOU do rot need to be told thai
you are afflicted with Itching piles. You
have probably tried every remedy you
could hear Of, with but temporary relief.
If any, and have concluded there was
nothing left for you but to drag out a
miserable existence. As drowning
man grasps at n straw, so should you
eagerly devour the words Of w. O. Mil
bury, 20 Pearl Street, Reading. Mass.
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/ half OF IL, and it not only cured me OF
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| 4 have tried almost everything without
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