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The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1906-08-18

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We guarantee satisfaction. Our
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College.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1906-08-18

\-Gapps & Jones. who will sell
trees of the new boone County vari-
ties, the Capps and Mibado peach
es,-have some beautiful Capps
peaches On display this week to de-
monstrate their value When the
Mikado ripens in September they
will show what it can do as we'll
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1906-08-18

WHAT'S the matter with Sol? Hes
all right. So are his cold drinks. Do
not forget it, Saturday, Aug. 25th.
Rice & Rice are now prepared to
! do first class job of experimenting or
Naiutiug. Satisfaction guaranteed
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1906-08-18

-Saffer's stock is fresh and the
largest in North Arkansas. You can
save money by buying from him.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1906-08-18

-Minter Brothers "are the stuff. y
Give them call when you want any
painting or paperhangiug done.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
''Lese Maieste" Severely Punished in Germany

/ in this connection. Two OF them were
once sentenced to four months and
nine months imprisonment, respective
ly, and to heavy fines for publishing an
article which was held to suggest IN
some obscure way that the kaiser was
afraid of his own subjects, and third
was convicted for having published 4
telegram from a correspondent report
ing the death of an alleged stepbrother
Of the kaiser.
On another OCCASION when news
paper published an Incorrect version of
a speech made by the kaiser to his re-
crults, all the persons responsible for
the reporting and publishing of the
speech were prosecuted for '1ese ma
jeste."
A German marine while in Kiel on
leave had an argument with comrade
in restaurant and made use of an ex-
preston which was held to have been
insulting to the kaiser He was let off
with eight months Imprisonment in
consideration of the fact that he was
not quite sober at the time.
A foreigner visiting Germany may
fall within the scope of this absurd law.
though he cannot, of course. be inn
prisoned for It's infraction. Two Amerl-
can women were, however, arrested and
expelled from the country for talking
lin English) in a manner not flattering
to the Emperor William. Perhaps the
most absurd case of all was one that
did not end in conviction; even Ger
man officialdom was not proof against
the humor of the situation. When the
health of the kaiser was being drunk
at festivities in honor of his birthday
at Scharley, in Silesa, a schoolboy in
the crowd was observed to smile. The
public prosecutor Immediately set on
foot an action for "lese majestic" but
the schoolboy miraculously escaped
the consequences of his awful deed
There is an old story concerning "lese
majestic which is worth repeating. A
man was arrested for remarking in
restaurant that "the kaiser is a fool"
He was promptly hailed before the mag
istrate, when he protested that he was
not referring to the Kaiser Wilhelm,
but to the Emperor Francis Joseph.
"Oh, that tale will not do" retorted
the magistrate. There is only one
kaiser to whom you could have re-
ferred!" The story does not state how
many years imprisonment the mags-
trate warded.-London Express.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
Esperanto: International Vocabulary

sound and each sound invaria bly, rep
resented by the same letter, disposes of
orthography and orthoepy. When we
have said that Esperanto takes the
words with which we are already fa-
miliar; spells and pronounces them
phonetically; always accents the Pc
nult or last syllable but one; makes all
It's nouns end in o, its adjectives in a,
its adverbs in e, plurals in j, objects of
view In n; denotes all the modes, lenses
and persons in the two numbers and
the two voices bq IL invaria BILE end
1ngs, and by means of some 80 addi-
tional preflxes and affixes makes about
800 words do the duty of as many thou
sands in ordinary space, we have COW
cred its etymology. OF syntaX it has
been affirmed Esperanto has none; and
of it's prosody-well, since poets are
born, not made, it is presumed this
department will be found an open book
to all who are inclined to deal with
1t and the presumption Is warranted by
the fact that already its poetical litera-
ture, in which DIR. Zamenhof himself is
the bright particular star, ranks in
melody, in variety and in sublimity
with the best productions of the human
mind 1t is the poetic beauty and
power of Esperanto that appeal to the
sympathetic Frenchman so strongly
that Paris has become its consecrated
city Nothing else could have so in
f1uenced him to subordinate his own
courtly speech to any renaissance of
the hated English. It's vast possibili-
ties as commercial language have
brought London to the front in it's adj
vocacy throughout the British empire,
as | pointed out one week ago. But as
l then intimated, there is every reason
and every opportunity for Los Angeles
to the lead of all Americas. Indeed,
through her Sunday Herald she is doing
this now, for while fugitive articles
are appearing in all the leading jour
nails of both North and South America,
the Los Angeles Herald is the first
periodical in all the Americas to take
up the systematic treatment of this
world wide, important subject.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

would probably be convicted and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment. II VIII easily
be understood that under this law, and
with the excessive zeal of the German
police official, the authorities find plen-
ty of work to do I'm the direction of Sc
curing convictions for this offense.
The latest case occurred a few days
ago, whena British butcher was SEN
fenced to six months imprisonment
for having spoken disrespectfully of the
kaiser three years ago. Not long ago
the editor of a German newspaper re-
ceived sentence of three months for
remarklng in his journal that the
kaiser received $4,000 daily for APP
pending his signature to a few state
documents.
The law of "lese majestic" is no re-
specter of persons: schoolboys or old
women are equally visited with the
full penalties. An old woman of 73,
living in Dresden, was sentenced to
six months imprisonment for remark
ing that the fate of King Alexander of
Servia ought to befall King George
of Saxony; and a bakers boy of is in
Silesia had three weeks Imprisonment
for insulting the majesty of the kaiser.
If the culprit is a soldier his punish
ment for "lese majestic Is excessively
severe. A private was drummed out of
the army and sentenced to seven years
imprisonment for saying to a comrade
that the kaiser might have slowed down
the train i'm which he was travelling in
order to see the salute of the soldiers
who were lining the route.
Last year an innkeeper of Lichten-
berg was sentenced to three months
imprisonment for a somewhat curious
form of 'lese majestic" 1t was alleged
against him that in his conversation
with his customers he used the German
language in an unworthy fashion, and
was not overnice in his expressions
when talking to a police official. He
was a Conservative, a member of a
patriotic rife club and had served in
the army but these proofs of his un-
questionable loyalty did not save him
from dire punishment.
One of the most extraordinary prose-
cutions was that against a governess
who was convicted of "lese majeste"
for having written her name in the
visitors book of a hotel Immediately
beneath the signatures of the king of
Saxony and two princesses. Newspaper
editors are frequent victims of the law
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

"Sothern knows scarcely anything
about music, and while I would not be
so unwise as to take him for an ex-
ample, I may say that the younger an
actor is and the less he knows about
music, the more ready he is with ad-
vice to the orchestra. When man has
reached middle age and Knows nothing
about the science Of music, he is willing
to admit 1t and content himself with
talking the subject over amicably and,
II he Is wrong, admitting it.
"One of these young stars once said
to me: I expect a lot of the opera peo-
pie here tonight and I'd like you to play
favorite air OF mine from Aida.
The selection in question had never
been orchestrated, and when / ex-
planned that, he insisted on my orches-
trating it, which | did-a task that a
musician will appreciate.
Another one of the same kind said
to me that he wanted an overture that
would take just ten minutes and one
that had no slow movement in It, /
told him that / never heard of an
overture like that, SO he arranged for
me to take an overture and repeat the
quick tempo parts wherever they oc-
cured and leave out the rest. / would
like to have heard the comments of
people familiar with the composition.
Fortunately l never did.
THE responsibility of leader is
great. Besides the obvious work, he
ARA nges all money matters acting as
middleman, and is responsible to the
men for their pay. A not inconsider-
able expense which he Is put to is the
purchase of all the new music that is
used and or fresh music to repair the
oil.
when manager is dissatisfied with
what is played and desires new music
all the time, ii means that the leader
has to supply this; again. he has to buy
all the popular pieces so that II a re-
quest is made for them he can give
what is asked.
"Once my orchestra believed that a
certain comic opera for which they
were playing was going to smash and
imm ediately refused to play unless they
were assured of their pay. l went to
the box office and met a courteous re-
sponse to my request and a check was
given me. had no reason to doubt
was presented at the bank payment
was refused and 1 have never collected
that 5000.
THE pay of an orchestra man is $3.50
a night for regular plays and SO for the
musical comedy. A strange thing
about this is that the man who plays
the drum is paid Siust the same as the
first violin; there is no scale of prices.
A man can become a good drummer III
he knows anything about music in a
year or two at the most, while it takes
man ten or fifteen to learn to play
the violin and even then he has much
to learn.
THE small pay and the short season,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

TN all the monarchical countries it is
an axiom, accepted by everybody,
that the person and character of
the ruling sovereign are sacred.
and even though the idea may rest
upon nothing more tangible than GUS
tom or an unwritten law, it is observed
in most countries in a loyal spirit Es-
pecially is this the case In England,
where there could probably not be
found a newspaper, however scurrilous.
that would speak disrespectfully of
King Edward; and one might walk
about in the public places and listen
in vain for an expression of contempt
or opprobrlum uttered against any
member of the royal family.
In Germany, on the other hand,
where the laws regarding "lese maj
este" are so strict, scarcely week
passes without the conviction Of some
unfortunate person who has dared to
infringe one of the scores of clauses
in the law and suffers accordingly.
"Lese majestic" succinctly defined, is
the crime of uttering an insult to the
ruling monarch of the country. In the
German statute book no fewer than 125
paragraphs are devoted to expounding
the law and 900 books of reference for
the information of lawyers have been
published on the intricate subject.
The law is so worded as to bring
within its scope any remark which can
by the exercise of great ingenuity be
twisted into something rejecting, be
it ever so remotely, on the character
or person of the sovereign, and to make
1t criminal offense. The clauses have
been so loosely worded that the widest
possible Interpretation may be placed
on any remark which falls under sus-
picion. "Lese majestic" can be COM
mitted by words or by actions, in pri-
vate conversations no less than in pub
lie speeches. and in personal and conf
dental letters to friends or relatives,
as well as In newspaper articles or
books.
If two persons are carrying on a con-
versation alone in a private room, and
one of them should make remark
diSrespectful to the kaiser, the other
may denounce him to the police, and he
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

II was surprised that the men TOOK
the matter as calmly as they did, but
with the exception Of one or two who
put substitutes I'm, they responded, the
fancv dancing went off with a grand
flourish, and out Of the whole crowd
one young lady came to me and said.
I appreciate the work you and your
men have done and thank you for IT.
That was all. Not another word OF
private or public appreciation.
"To get away from that part Of the
subject to something Of more general
nature, let me tell you a little about
our work.
On the first place you get to know
pretty we'll the temperaments and
characteristics Of the dramatic stars
When certain artist is billed at n
playhouse where you happen to be
playing your spirits rise or fall accord
ing to the ideas you have formed.
LET us take Mansfield. A great deal
has been said of him as a hard task
master at rehearsals, Maybe he Is, but
this I can say that I never learn that
I am to lead an orchestra for Richard
Mansfield that l am not glad.
"He knows music; that is the reason.
Tie knows what he wants and he knows
why he wants It and he is able to con-
vey his ideas to you. He doesn't hum
an inartistic tune through his teeth, as
many stage manager does, and say:
Something like this, you know
"The same thing is true of the
entr'acte music. Although the average
audience doesn't seem to pay any at
tention to the music that is played be-
tween the acts, In reality it is influenced
unconsciously. This fact is shown time
and time again at rehearsals.
"a new play is put on and it falls
dead fiat. Often you will hear one man
say to another in the orchestra: We'll,
that's going to be failure But when
the night comes the theater is brilliant
ly lighted. the music is catching the
audience responds to the dialogue, and,
to your great surprise, the success is
assured, and to my mind the music has
had a very important part in that re-
suit.
"To go back to the stars. Another
one that I recall with the greatest en-
thusiasm is Nine. Janauschek. There
was woman whose art was universal.
"She was a thorough musician. A
false note would put her teeth on edge,
and she knew the kind of music that
was most appropriate to play. His
torical dramas like Marie Stuart are
not easy to find selections for. You
can't play modern music for them if
you have any conception of the fitness
of things, and great deal of the
classical music You might as a
musician select would not be appre-
ciated by the audience or even lis
tened to.
Sarah Bernhard is another woman
who Is liked by the orchestra. She has
a quick, violent temper. but it is over
like flash and there is nothing petty
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

rYNHE conversation was about the
readiness of dramatic folk to help
along philanthropic enterprises,
how they are always reday to lend
their services in behalf Of the actors
horoe. the san Francisco sufferers. the
various free ice and free air funds-in
fact. to assist any and every cause
brought to their attention by charita-
BILE managers whose only return is
columns OF free advertising.
There is one man who did not join
in the panegyric and he had none OF
the hall marks Of the cynic, either.
leader of theatrical orchestra, and
the reason he did not speak was that
he had so much to say that he really
didn't know where to begin.
When he did begin it was in a quiet
corner far removed from the superla-
tives of the rest of the company,
and his speech was something like this:
word OF praise directed toward the
work of the theater orchestra? Not
one I'll wager Neither have /.
Leading an orchestra is pretty sure
TO make a philosopher of a man and he
doesn't protest against the inevitable
as q rule but sometimes he feels as IL
he must stand UP and shout against
oasion. You have just heard vaude-
VILE artist praised to the sickening
point because he has given up fifteen
minutes of his time in the afternoon
to sing q song. In return he has had
his name mentioned in every one of
the newspapers and is spoken OF as
being so generous by all his friends.
ION the other hand. uncomplainingly
and quietly, the theater orcheStras
have been giving their services right
along through all this season of extra
benefits brought on by the San Fran
cisco fire, and no one has said even a
Thank you Yet, what comparison is
there between their gift and that of
the vaudeville artist?
"There is one instance that comes
especially to my mind. My orchestra
were asked to give their services for
fancy dance, the proceeds to be given
to the San Francisco fund. ! asked my
men II they would respond and with
out a dissenting voice they agreed.
I'VE could give only one dress re-
hearsal besides the performance and
the date was set. That morning I got
a note saying that the performance had
been put off for another week Of
course, the engagements that my men
might have made had been turned
down and they were left with that
evening on their hands.
''If you will believe it, that date was
changed again at the last moment. Not
one of the promoters of the benefit
came and asked me If it would be con-
venient or if they were disarranging
our plans. They apparently thought
that all we had to do was to wait upon
their pleasure.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

Even as it is, people wait sometimes
for three hours to get into bath house
when there happens to be an unusual
rush on hot day. Then the surf is
black with bobbing heads and it is all
but impossible to get out beyond the
life lines without being jostled by
other swimmers or bathers
The line between swimmers and
bathers is sharp at Coney Island. Not
one in a hundred can swim. The ma
jority hang more or less desperately
to the life lines and let the rollers
bounce them up and down, choking and
coughing desperately whenever run
ming wave floods over their heads, and
screaming half in fun and half in
fright when surf breaks over them.
Even among the swimmers there are
few who really know how to swim in
a surf. Most of them plug" through
it any old way, happy if they get out
at last into easy, undulating water be-
yond the breakers.
An ever-present and puzzlng part of
the bathing panorama is the host of
friends and relatives who regularly ac.
company the bathers to the waters
edge and sit on the sand happily for
hours until the ones in the water have
enough Day after day the same beach
party may be seen in chosen spots.
Perhaps only one of party of a dozen
goes into the sea. The rest do not
even put on bathing suits, They just
sit still and look on.
Another prominent part of the human
Landscape on Coney Island beach is
formed by the parties and individuals
who are engaged in getting a tan"
They don bathing suits, take a short
swim, and then lie for hours on the
| fiat of their backs, face up, letting the
sun burn them black.
In the evening you can find those
tanning parties in town promenading
the streets in white yachting togs and
innocently happy in the conviction that
they are being mistaken for yachtsmen
and yachtswomen, Just off the yacht"
Coney Island is no less useful than
spiring.-Kansas City Star
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
About New Books

Edgar Saltus cannot write without
managing the mother tongue, any more
than he can conceive a story that is
not morbidy horrific. He seems ever
anxious to display his acquaintance
with unfamiliar and circumlocutory
words, and in them to tell of obsessive
and morphorific things His tales
glow greenly with the unhealthy CLEAN
of marsh lights and blear with the
ghastly gore of intrigue, murder and
suicide They are distinctly decadent,
and lose what inherent interest they
might possess through his passion for
"word painting and obscure phrase
ology. Vanity Square" is a novel of
this sort filled with medical miasma
and chemical creeps.
Vanity Square. BY Edgar Saltus.
Philadelphia; j. b. Lippincott COM
pany.
Ernest Poole has given the public a
good story in "The Voice Of the street
"a tale of a newsboy in New YORK
with a great voice, who sings in all
night cafes and makes hit, and devel-
ops into a great artist. There is Dit
of a love story, too, and pathetic side
of course. and the tale moves we'll
The pictures of New York cafe life' It's
free and easy ways and atmosphere,
are amply drawn and true to life.
The Voice of the Street BY Ernest
Poole. New York: A. S. Barnes e. Co.
'Tis very lively love story that
Kenneth Brown gives US In "Sirocco'
easily translated into Morocco
story of love and a harem, of many
slayings and much magic, hairbreadth
escapes and devious plots all foiled IN
the end by the wit Of the American
drummer Really a very lurid yarn
Il is, but interesting wthal and NOV
ing at a most lively pace-as fast as do
the camels or the barbed steeds which
always carry the plotters to safety
Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10

added to the fact that at a moments
notice play may fail to draw and the
orchestra be cut down or thrown out
altogether naturally leads to the sub
stitute system, which Is one Of the most
difficult parts of the orchestral scheme.
Put in a nutshell, It means that anv
man I'm theater orchestra has a right
to leave II for some other engapen1ent
If the leader gives permlssion there
are few leaders who ever refuse for
they realize that a man must make
outside money.
"On the nights of the philharmonic
and symphony concerts all the eood
men i'm town naturally try to get en-
gagements for them for the pay is 81
night as it is for swell wedding or
evening reception. If a member of a
theater orchestra gets such an engage
inent he sends a substitute to the thea
ter. The substitute may in his turn
get more lucrative engagement and
second substitute comes to the theater
frequently never appearing at re-
hearsal and simply depending on his
luck to get through.
That is trying moment for the
leader on whom all the blame falls for
mediocre or poor performance.
The average orchestra consists of
the first violins, viola, cello, bass,
flute, clarinet, cornet, trombone There
are usually twenty or more pieces.
"1n The Duchess of Dantzic' there
were thirty-four i'm the orchestra, but
that Is exceptionally large even for
musical comedy. There was one harp
in that. The harp gives color to the
general effect and the harpist is very
well paid; he often gets $40 a week and
few managers care to incur that ex-
pense,
THE same thing is true of the French
horns; they improve the effect of the
music Immensely, softening the brassy
effect of some of the other Instruments
but they cost too much managers
think.
"Often when a play Is rehearsing
there will be full orchestra hired
sometimes thirty or forty pieces, and
the men believe that they are sure
of work through it's run At the last
moment, perhaps at dress rehearsal
the manager decides to cut expenses
and fifteen or twenty men have to go.
"The drummer is perhaps the most
deXterous of the musicians, and
strange as it may seem, the most diff
ficult to find substitute for. He needs
an all around knowledge of the music
of different countries, must be able to
play the tambourine, anvil, bells, cas-
tanets and half a dozen other instrli-
ments.
Another man who might seem to be
overpaid judging from the amount of
work he does is the clarinet who only
gives an occa sional toot and possibly
saves the audience a god deal of wear
and tear on the nerves by that rare
effort. kansas City Journal.