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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
THE DAY BEFORE
flor Cornnarisor,.1

chicago, June IL.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today.
14,5Ooa including 700 Texs.ns; market
steady; good to prime steers, $500
500; poor to medium, 3.75@5.35; stock
ers and feeders, 2.75@4.7O; cows, ESQ
@4.6o; heifers, 2.5o@475; Gamers, Lao
@2.4o; bulls, 2.25@4.oo; calves, 5000
6.25; Texas fed steers, 4.0O@4.75.
Hogs-Estlmated receipts for today.
$4,000; market 5@1o lower; mixed and
butchers, 5.2O@5.32k; good to choice
heavy, 5.25@5.s5; rough heavy, 4.65 q
sos; light, 5.15@5.3O; bulk Of sales,
5.22h @5.32h.
sheepAEstimated receipts for today,
$4,000; market steady; good to choice
wethers, 450@5.00; fair to choice mix
ed, 3.50@4.40; western sheep. 4.00@
500; native lambs, 475@6.50; west
ern lambs, 5.00@6.45.
Representative Hog Sales.
Below are given few Of the repre-
sentative hog sales:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
CATTLE MARKET GOOD
Recent Slump Caused Shippers
to Hold Back---Prices Were
About 10 Higher
SMALL RECEIPTS HELD MARKET
Cows and Heifers Active and Steady
Hogs Were Strong at About 5
Hisher-BuIk of Sales $5.25 to $3.50
Sheep Inclined to be Weak-Receipts
Only Moderate.

Chicago, June 22-Cattle-The re-
cent continued slum in prices is caus-
ing many feeders to hold back their
cattle, and no large receipts have been
fairly animated today, but small re-
ceipts prevented any decline. While
cattle of the better class went at firm
to 10c higher prices, cows and heifers
were more active at steady prices.
Stockers and feeders were in light de-
mand
There was a strong call yesterday
for choice yearling cattle and some of
these went d little higher, but an adj
vance in other grades failed to ma
terialize, tho at the start almost ev-
erybody on the selling side held out for
more money.
Sellers insistence on an advance in
prices was responsible for slow mar
ket in the early hours, but later when
they came to realize buyers indiffer-
ence toward the small run their will
ingness to accept generally steady
prices resulted in a fairly active trade
and a good clearance was effected
The supply on sale included a few
thousand steers which had been held
from Monday and while the $4,000
fresh arrivals proved a light run, there
was still comparatively heavy vol-
unie offered for SALE
Hogs.
The trade was animated, and prices
were strong and largely SC higher.
Sales ranging from 46O@5.35 largely
5.25 $50.
Quality yesterday was superb. Old
timers on the market declared that
they have never seen 1T as good at
this season. The average was the
best of the week, bulk of hogs running
from 200 TO $50 LBS. There is a slight
increase in heavy packing sows and
grassy stuff this week, but the move
ment of that stuff is belated, ana the
summer run of sows has not yet START
ed, a fact doubtless due to the fact
that pigs were narrowed late this year
to avoid mortality consequent on UNI.
favorable spring weather.
Sheep.
Receipts continue only moderate in
volume. Sheep were inclined to show
weakness today, tie better class ex-
cepted, but lambs were in strong
general demand, and sold readily at
yesterdays advance in prices.
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at 1913. Mr. Moore reports corn adj
vanced at about the usual point for
this time of ye and prospects good
for crop in his locality.
Alex Grace. a prominent farmer and
feeder of Tiffn, was here yesterday
with load of cattle of his own feed
ing. His steers averaged 1868 pounds
and sold at $685. He reports the corn
crop IS in fair condition, altho some
what spotted on account of wet wealth
err, and that the finished cattle are
about all marketed from that vicinity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
TELLS OF "LIFE" CULTURES.
Scientist Sheds Light on His Tests
With Radiun.

With Radium.
London June 21.-It is a question
whether Professor John Butler Burke
at Cavendish laboratory, Cambridge,
has unveiled a great scie,ti1lc truth in
his experiments with radium or sim
ply has observed a curious chemical
phenomenon.
In one of the newspaper accounts
the statement is made that Professor
Burke almost certainly" has demon
strated that spontaneous generation is
possible. but hardly needs to be point
ed out that one almost certain" DEM
onstration does not demonstrate any
thing.
Professor Burke himself is not quite
sure what value should attach to the
results of his experiments. He does
not say nor does he actually believe,
that he has solved a problem that has
baffled physicists and psychologists for
centuries. He does not say that he has
made plain the origin of life on the
face of the earth. He modestly re-
marks
What has been done has suggested
vitality. Do not put it higher than
that"
Crystals or Bacteria.
Placing radium with sterilized
bouillon Professor Burke got cultures
but what those cultures are he is I'M
able to state with any degree of con-
fidence. He does not think they are
crystals, and DR.. Sims Woodhead Of
the Cambridge chair of pathology does
not think they are bacteria.
Professor Burke is content to leave
covered that culture medium treated
with radium will generate living or
ganisms and if so he has won immor-
tai fame, but he does not profess to
have made that discovery. All he says
is that he has produced manifestations
previously unknown, and has brought
into existence objects which seemed
to be alive and which divided and
multiplied.
Tells of Discovery.
DR.. c. w. Saleeby whose name is
known in America as that of writer
on scientific topics, says that Professor
Burke's discovery, whatever it may
amount to, was made while he was
seeking to ascertain whether radiunl
could SO alter the chemical properties
of certain organic substances as 70
produce unstable molecular aTgre-
gates.
He used gelatine and radium, SO
remarkable was the result that he Set
TO work to devise a series of expert
ments to check and amplify it. He
boiled tubes of bouillon containing
radium and tubes of pure bouillon.
Nothing happened in the plain bouil-
lon tubes. but in the others was Z
growth like that seen when bouillon
is inoculated with bacteria. The
growth, grown in medium absolutely
lethal to all known forms of life, con-
sisted of minute rounded objects which
looked like bacteria, though not corre-
spending to any known kind. Prof.
Woodhead decided that the object.
were not bacteria, yet they seemed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
chiesco Livestock.

Chicago, June %.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for today.
$500; market strong to 10 higher;
good to prime steers. 5.25@6.00; poor
to medium, 2.75@5.15; stockers and
feeders, 2.60@460; cows, 2.5O@3.05;
heifers, 2.6o@5.O0; Gamers, 1.25@2.40;
bulls, 2.40@4.00; calves, S.00@6.25;
Texas fed steers, 3.50@4.75.
Hogs--Eseimated receipts for today.
$4,000; higher; mixed and butchers
5.2O@5.35; good to choice heavy, 5.25
@5.35; rough heavy. 4.50@5.00; light
5.15@5.30; bulk of sales, 5.25@5.30.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for TO-DAY.
10000; market steady; good to choice
,wethers, 4.4O@5.10; fair to choice mix
ed, 3.25@4.30; western sheep, 3.75 q
500; native lambs, 4.50@7.40; western
lambs, 5.o0@6.55.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
Omaha Livestock.

Omaha, June u.
Cattle-Estir,ated receipts for today.
1900; strong; 10 higher; native steers
375M55O; cows and heifers 300@4.5O;
stockers and feeders 2.75@4.60.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
10000; shade higher; heavy sos q
5.12a; mixed 5.o7A@5.1O; light $40
@5.2O.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today
5000; steady; 4.oO@5.5o; lambs $50
l635.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
Iowans at the Yards.

f. w. Pruter, of West Side, was on
the markee yesterday with load of
cattle of his own feeding which aver
aged 1.444 pounds, and were sold to
Henry Du Plan for S. & S. at $5.s5.
G. E. Tinker of Brooklyn was on
the market with one load OF cattle and
also load of hogs which sold sat
isfactorily. He reports grain of all
kinds in very good growing shape.
J. C. Moore, Shelby, was on the
market yesterday with one load Of cat
tie averaging 1885 pounds which sold
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22

Peoria Grain.
Peoria, June %.
corn-No. 8, SAY.
ST. Louis Grain.
st. Louis, June %.
Wheat-July s2h
Corn-July 52as.
Oats-July 30B.
Kansas City Grain.
Kansas City. June %.
wheat-July 7sA@7s5s; September
551s @55&.
Corn-49%; 47a.
oats-No. 2. white s21s@33.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
Money Market.

New York, June 22.-Money-2 q
~; prime mercantile. 3h@4A; ster-
ling easy; 4.S76D4.S7.05 on demand;
1856. 10@4.S5.15 for sixty days.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
blood, strength and new vigor. II
makes you well and keeps you well.
80 cent?. Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
The chinchsz..

The tiny chinchilla, not more than
tw. I've inches long, with plump little
body on short, stout legs, thrives only
in the tropics. The little beasts have to
be killed with the utmost precaution
not to injure their fur, that grows on q
skin n~arly as tender and soft as
web Of silk. A perfect skin not larger
than small pocket handkerchief Is q
revelation in fur growth. The texture
length of it nearly an inch and the coli
oring about that Of the soft, undyed
maraDout feathers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
New York Produce.
New York, June %

New 1OTK, JuIIe 1.'
Wheat--July 9412.
Corn-July 601s.
Butter-Unchanged.
ICggs-Unchanged.
Poultry = Fowls 12hM l.; springs
%; broilers 20@25; turkeys 1917.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
RAILWAY TIME TABLES
Iowa Central Railway

limo Table at Marshalltown, Iowa,
Corrected to June /, 1905.
THE "SHoRT LINE"
10 st. Paul, Minneapolis, st. Louis,
Kansas City, Peoria and all
Points Beyond.
Trains Arrive and Leave as Follows:
Arrive North Bound Leave
600 a. m. St. Paul Mail Daily $50 a. M.
1898 a. m. st. Paul En-. (Dailv) 1859 a. m.
4:t5p. M. Mason City MI Tex Sun. $3.50 p. NJ.
Local Freight Tex. SUM 6:45 u. M.
South Bound.
s:F5 p. IN. St Louis K. G. Mail daily .o5 D, m.
s:t5 a. IN. St. Louis PeoriaEx. DAILY 3:00a. M.
0.Ob q. IN. Peoria Mail lex. SUM $50 a. m.
Local Freight Eek. Sunday $500 a. NJ
Story City Branch
5:2Op m. Mixed lex. Sunpay) 1O:40a a. m.
1855 q. in. Mixed lex. Sunday :, 6:1O D. N.
Elegant New vestibuled Pullman
Sleeping Cars and Coaches Run Daily.
For Folders. Rates. Etc, apply to
A. s. QUITS, J. E. TALLETT,
G. 3. & =. A. Ticket Agent,
Minneapolis, MINI. MarohaIitown. Ia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
ST. Louis Livestock.

cattle-Estimated receipts for today,
1000; strong to 10 higher; steers, $3.50
$3.50; stockers and feeders, s2.50@
425; cows and heifers, $2.00@4.75.
Hogs-Estirnated receipts for today,
$500: steady to strong; pigs, lights,
s49O@5.25; packers, s4.50@5.221s;
butchers, best, heavy, s5.15@5.35.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today,
1000; steady; s3.5O@4.75; lambs $500
06.5O.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
LIVERPOOL Grain.

Liverpool, June %.
Wheat-Quiet: July. 6s 9bd; Sep
TENDER, 6s Sasd: December, IS 7Ad.
Corn-Quiet; spot. IS I'D; July, as
S%d; September, 6s 7ssd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22

HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea is
simply liquid electricity. 1t goes to ev-
cry part Of your body, bringing new
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
Kansas CITY livestock.

Cattle-Estimat Ted receipts for today
5000; strong; native steers, $4.25@
$40; southerns, .s3.15@475; Westerns.
s4.25@5.25; native cows and heifers,
s2.25@4.75; stockers and feeders, $2.75
M4.35.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for today.
1900: higher: heavy, s5.20@5.25;
packers, s5.2O@5.27k; pigs lights.
$515@5.30
Sheep-Estimated receipts for today.
5000; strong; s425@5.65; lambs, $5.75
@7.OO.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
Prices Make Substantial Adj
vance But Profit Taking
Causes Reaction Late
CORN MARKET BECOMES FIRM
July Closed Unchanged, at 54-oats
Were Steady and Quiet, With Re-
ceipts of 1923 cars-Hisher Prices
Reached For Hogs, Have Strength
enins Effect On Provisions Today.

Chicago June demonstrating the
greatly improved weather conditions,
sentiment in wheat today was remark
ably bullish. Commission houses We're
active bidders. and with only moder-
ate offerings, prices made a substan-
tial advance. July opened SS% to SO
and sold to s9B. Minneapolis, Duluth
and Chicago receipts were $50 cars.
Prices continued to advance until
July had sold to 90A. Considerable
reaction occurred late, as the result
of profit taking. July closed Is higher
at 90@90h.
Corn was weak on the result of lib
eral acceptances. July opened at 81.
Receipts were 434 cars
Corn became quite firm in sympathy
with wheat, and July closed unchanged
at 81.
Oats were steady and quiet; July
opened at 31A. Receipts were 1913 cars.
Provisions.
Higher prices for hogs, following the
decreased receipts, had strengthen
ing effect on provisions.
Chicago Grain.
Chicago. June %.
Wheat-No. 2 red, 1903; No. 3 red, 81
@100; No hard, 1.027s @1.oS; No. 3
hard 94@99; September, S4as; July OF
ened 1875 @91A; highest, 90&; lowest.
ss%; closing, 90D90B.
Corn-No. 2, ssh; No. 8, and No. 8
white. 55@55A No. white. 55A a
551s; No. 2 yellow, 55k @55A; No. 8
yellow, ssh @55A; September 527s q
SO; July, old, SAN @54M; July, new,
opened ga; highest, SAY @54hs; lowest
54;. closing, 54as.
Oats-No. 2, 3OA@31; No. 3. 30; No.
2 white, 32A @331s: No. white. $40
32k: September, 30A; July opened,
31A; highest, 80; lowest, 31A; closing,
317s @32.
Chicago Produce.
Chicago, June 90
Pork-July, 12.471a; September,
$780,
Lard-July, 1921; September T.
421a.
Ribs-July. 1855; September. 77S 20
7.771s.
Rye-July, Sc.
Timothy-June 800.
Clover-1175 @12.00.
F'lax-Cash. 1.25@ 1.43
Barley-42M50.
Butter-Steady; creameries, 100
1919; dairies, 15@1S.
Eggs-Easy; 12A @13A.
Poultry-Easy; turkeys, l4@l5;
chickens, IL; springs, 1904.
..-nue OF Prices
The following r2nge of ;.rices are
furnished A. j. CT TX, tioker, ovsr
the rivate wir of the DonovasA Com
mission Co., office over W~s. NJ ir:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22

New York Exchange.
Chicago. June 22.-New York ex-
change, % per cent premium.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22

Representative Cattle Sales.
A few of the representative cattle
sales are given below:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22
c. & N. w. RAILWAY.
CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN R'Y.
Maple Leaf Route.

Effective 1901 p, m.,sJune %, 1908.
TRAINS SOUTH.
No. i, D. NJ. & K. G.. Ltd. 4:45 m
No. s, d. MIST. J. & K. c. Elk. $3.50 a m
No. 8. Southwestern Express 7:05 nj
No. 4, Des Moines Express. 4:35 o m
TRAINS NORTH AND EAST.
N. 6, Twin City & Chi. Spec. 400 n.
No. Al. st. Paul & Chi. Elk. .1O:35 m
No. 2, Twin C,y & Chi. Ltd. 1885 m
No. 8, Oelwein Express 49,. 7:10 IN
All trains daily, except Nos. and s.
J. r. HARDING,
Agent, MarshaIltown.
j. P. ELMER, 6. p. A., Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22

New York Stocks.
The following range Of prices are
furnished by A. ]. Clark, broker, over
the private wire Of the Donovan Com
mission Co., office over West Main:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22

c., IN. & ST. RAILWAY COMPANY.
Time Card at Pickering.
WEST BOUND.
No. 1, Overland Limited,
electric lighted $3.50. 1850 m
No. 3, California Express. 500 m
No. IL. Pacific Express 4:03 m
No. 81, Local Freight .11:22 N
EAST BOUND.
No. 6, Eastern Express ..12:12 a m
No. 4, Atlantic Express 2:15 o m
No. 80. Local Freight 1880. 1:40 o m
z. p. DWYER, Agent.
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Chicago Produce.

..nue OF Prices.
The following r2nge Of :,,rices are
furnished A. j. CT rk, tioker. ovSr
the rivate wir of the Donoval Com
mission Co., office over 5 WGs. NJ ir:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-22

The eyeoall is white because the
blood vessels that feed its substance
are so small that they do not admit the
red corpuaGsa .--a-4~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-17
CIVILIZATION OF BOSTON.
The Inha bitants Are Civil to Stran-
gers and the Men Courteous
to Women.

I'm common with the rest OF the
American race outside of Massachu-
setts,'' said the woman just back from
her vacation according TO the New
York Tribune, Il had always laughed
gently at Boston and the Bostonians
and poked fun at them as place and
people dwelling remotely on stills.
Il thought their superiority was a
joke, resting solely upon their own
opinions and the necessities of the pro-
fessional humorist. But on my way to
my VACATION grounds in Nova Scotia, |
visited Boston for the first time. We
made the city our headquarters for
some time, while trolleying over the
surrounding country, and, as a result,
am ready to say that Boston civiliza-
ton is superior to the brand we fur
nish under the statue of liberty.
my judgment is based in general
on thu manners of Bostonians and in
particular on their treatment of
strangers. And I don't know a more
reliable test. When people are ex-
tremely uncivilized they kill strangers
and eat them. Slightly less savage,
they merely kill them. One grade
higher, they enslave them. A little
more civilized, they are simply very
rude to them Judged by this ascend
ing scale, Boston civilization is supe-
rior to any to which I have been &C
customed.
For instance, one day my sister and
I stood at the entrance to the subway,
debating how to reach a desired point.
In our absorption we were blocking the
way. We stepped aside, but far from
pushing impatiently by the woman
just behind us said pleasantly: Can
I help your
eve told her where we wanted to
go and she stepped aside and gave us
full directions. Seeing our still puz-
zled looks, she deliberately escorted us
to the proper car. saw us on and told
us where to get off.
Another time we boarded an ele-
waited train for South station, as we
supposed. Pretty soon the conductor
called North station We looked at
each other in Encouragement. We
can't be on our way to South station
if this is North station 1 muttered
helplessly. A woman opposite leaned
over and said pleasantly: You reach
it eventually. The road circles around.
And when she rose to leave the car
she remembered us and said in pass
ing: Yours is the next station but
one The Boston railway system, with
its combination of subway, elevated
and surface, all transferring to one an
other, is calculated to puzzle the most
mathematical mind, but the Boston
people certainly tighten its difficulties.
eve did not stand in car during
the entire time we were in Boston
Some man always offered his seat The
first time it happened I was almost
stunned. But after time, such is the
adaptivity Of Americans, I got so I
could accept the courtesy without star
ing dumfounded in the mans face"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-17
EUROPE IN OUR MARKET.
Wonderful Absorbtive Power of the
Old World for American
Products.

In an article in Worlds Work on
What Europe Means to Us" J. D. Whelp-
ley says:
Always buying more than 1t sells,
lending more than it borrows, and in
every way apparently giving more than
1t takes, Europe's constantly increasing
population, wealth and power, form a
mystery, for they are the most wonder
full and fascinating of all economic phe-
nomena.
The United States has population of
y to the square mile. In the last 100
years Europe has sent 40 900 900 people
to the United States and other new coun-
tries, and yet to-day has population Of
103 to the square mile, or nearly twice as
many as when this emigration began. In
the meantime wages have increased,
wealth has piled up, trade has quad
rupled and the purchasing power of the
people of Europe has more than kept
pace with all these advances.
Even to estimate the annual domes-
tic exchanges of Europe is beyond the
reach of ineligible figures. The for
eign exchange is a quantity which can
be determined with more or less accu-
racy, however, and its amount-14,0 O0,-
OOO, 600, annually-conveys an idea of the
tide Of commerce that flows through this
heart Of the world
"The imports of these IS countries
amount to $4,000, 100000, the exports to
$4,000, 0O0,0 900, showing an excess of pur-
chasss over sales amounting to $2,00O,-
600, 900. The imports from abroad, mean
Ing from countries other than European,
are to supply European deficiencies, and
these are largely of food and raw mate
rails.
About IS per cent. of the total exports
from the United States are of agricul-
tural products, though much of this
might be regarded as manufactured
goods because many agricultural prod
ucts are put through manufacturing
processes. Roughly speaking, the
American people sell 5000, 900, 900 worth
of such products year to foreign buy
ers. Nearly 80 per cent goes to Europe.
hence about four-ffths of the American
goods sent to. Europe supply food and
raw material.
American products feed the opera
ttves in European mills and factories
Eho are making goods for all the world.
They provision the foreign ships which
carry the worlds commerce. and keep
down the cost of living in Europe by sup
plementing the comparatively scanty
supply Of homegrown foods. These ag-
ricultural products Of America are now
SO necessary to Europeans that they are
admitted without serious restrictions to
nearly all European markets"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-17
NOT THE ONLY NECESSITY
The Voice Is Not ALI That Is Re-
quisite in an Opera
Singer.

The voice, however, is by no means
the only consideration in judging
young woman's equipment for grand
opera. Other essentials are the dra
matte temperament, in some degree,
grace and attractiveness of face, says
Heinrich Conried, in Success Magazine.
In Germany | would give a good part
in an opera to a homely woman who
is an artist, but l would hardly dare
do it in the United States. Here there
is not yet sufficiently great and gen.
eral appreciation of art in itself to
render it advisable to neglect the ex-
ternals. The ear and the eye must
both be pleased. Audiences demand
beauty on the stage, and properly SO.
The effect of a good operate perform
ance is sensuous. There must be moth
ing Earring or incongruous. The music
is beautiful and to maintain an artistic
harmony it's opponents must at least
appear beautiful. Therefore, a. young
woman who has not a graceful body
and pleasing face would better not as
pire to grand opera honors, however
fine her voice may be, for she will be
hopelessly handicapped.
Besides appearance, there are mental
weaknesses or characteristics that I'M
fit many women for grand opera. l
have encountered an innate timidity
and self-cOnsciOusnes that could not
be overcome in a great enough degree
to make it worth while or safe for me
to take a singer up. All true artists
suffer from stage fright, of course, but
where the artistic feeling is strong
enough the fervor Of the performance
quickly banishes the EN- barrassment
But a self-consciousnes that cannot
be thus easily subdued is especially dis
astrous to singer, because it chokes
and weakens the voice. It has fire
quently spoiled scenes in operas, and
is one Of the factors in my considera-
ton of an applicants fitness for my
company or school. After a careful
trial | am often compelled to drop
singers whose vocal equipment is fully
up to the standard. The general term
we use in describing such cases is, mot
suited to the operate stage"