The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-03
Wor11ei1 and Society.

It is pleasant to note that women can help keep the peace. The follow ing from an exchange shows that Queen Alexandria and her sister the Empress Dowager of Russia, rendered good ser vice in the North Sea crisis, to secure peace.
 Copenhagen, Oct. 30.--The North sea crisis caused the deepest anxiety to King Christian of Denmark. who de- clared that should an Anglo Russian war result it would be the cause of his death. The dowager empress of Rus sia promised King Christian, her fath- CT, to use her greatest efforts to pre- vent conflict.
 It is said that hundreds of dispatches were exchanged between the dowager empress and the queen of Great Brit ain during the week and that the two sisters rendered great service in the cause of peace.
 Abigail Adams grandson and aged grandsons join in celebrating her we'd ding anniversary, and speak of her with admiration. at a celebration in Quincy, Mass, says the Boston Tran script:
 At the old birthplace of John and John Quincy Adams in Quincy the one hundred and forteith anniversary of
  Abigail Adams was observed Tuesday, October 25. by a large gathering of well known people from Quincy and surrounding places as guests of the Quincy Historical Society. The old houses. with their old-fashioned furni- ture, proved interesting. so many are the old-time relics collected there. On the lawn there were exercises, opened by Brooks Adams, a great grandson of In hA d. ed greeting on behalf of the Quincy Historical Society, of which he is President. He said that the name of Abigail Adams stands out as promi- nently as did that of John Adams. and it was her memory more than his, he said. that he loved to honor on this anniversary of her wedding day. Charles Francis Adams, another great grandson, gave an interesting address most of which was devoted to the his tory of the two old houses.
 It has often been said that there are few things women will never do, among them, "sing bass" The follow ing account of an Australian singer now In London reports that Miss Violet Elliott can reach lower D.
 London. Oct. 29.-Musicians say that it is at least a quarter of a century since woman sang the lower U, note which the late Mme. Alboni Is credited with reaching. but there is young Australian woman now in London who can accomplish this rare vocal feat.
 Miss Violet Elliott is tall and charming brunette. who has been only a few months In this country. Apart from the wonderful lower notes of her register her voice has a peculiar re- sonance which is usually associated with a good baritone, though this by | no means destroys It's essential femin- | initv.
 Miss Elliott finds herself in a diff ficulty because there are no songs | written for the female voice which give her an opportunity of using her l lowest notes. She fs therefore, obliged to sing mems songs. Tn Cellar Cool, which proves such a stumbling block to many amateurs. has no terrors for | her. for 1t only demands low G, and | she has nearly half an octave in re. | serve when she has sung that note. The three ballads that I usually employ for my low notes," she said this week are Out on the Deep. The Diver and The Mighty Deep I dc not like singing songs written for men however. for people are apt to look upon me as freak instead of an ar tist
 I began to study singing in Aus.