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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-24
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BRINGS PROMPT AID

Nine complete sets of bedroom furnt-
tire have, been offered to the old coupe
whose story was published in yesterday
urnal and they will now be abie
to furnish the two rooms at their as
nosal and support themselves by taking
in dodgers.
Within eighteen hours of the time their
story was made public, Manager Il. u
Solenbereer of the Associated Charities
was face to face with the problem OF
getting nine sets of. furniture into the
two rooms offered by their landlord.
AS bedding, carpet and other httlhgs
will be needed to complete the equip
ment of the rooms, he will try to con-
vert the seven extra sets into these
articles, either by selling them or by
exchange with the Salvation Afmy's sal
wage store Under this arrangement all
of those who wished to aid these Old
people will have share in helping them
to support themselves, tho the furniture
they have so generously and promptly
contributed does not appear in its orig
inal form. .-
The benefciaries of this kindness are
an old couple living in Northeast Min
neapolis. They are childless and unable
to work The money received for the
rooms furnished will be sufficient to
supply all their ordinary needs. and the
association will see that they DO not
suffer if sickness or other misfortune
| should overtake them.
| All that is needed now to complete
| the good work is tenants for the rooms.
| The association will gladly give the name
and address of the couple to anyone
| seeking lodgings in that part Of the city.
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ENGLISH Radicalism.

President Eliot Of Harvard finds the
notable tendency of the times to be
toward democracy. 1t is. present in all
countries, Russia has given solid evil:
dence of desire to be done with rul-s
inc class; France has affirmed her
faith in the republic in such a way as
to assure it's permanence; Germany
curbs it's kaiser by means Of stub
born parliament and still more stub
born public opinion, which puts limits
upon his energies; Norway has recently
elected king who owes his office
directly to the people. andswho is really
tile messenger Of the parliament; Eng
land has given striking evidence Of the
growth Of the democracy even for a
country which was considered pretty
thoroly democratic before.
In the elections for the new parlia-
ment it is a fact that not merely has
the liberal party#won victory, but the
people have reconstructed the liberal
party. Nearly all the dukes and digyni-
taries nave been gently put aside and
their places filed with g ministers. e
The labor party, which is merely the
advanced political radicalism Of, Great
Britain, has chosen upward Of forty
members Of the new house of commons,
Six years ago it had seven. Wherever
liberal and labor candidates have stood
together for a constituency returning
two members, the labor candidate has
polled the larger vote. In some in
stances he has carried the liberal poll
tician thru on his back.
The present strength of the labor
| party in politics is quite likely to have
| a visible effect upon the legislation o.
the new parliament. The legal status
| of the trades unions is likely to bt
established upon. grounds more agree
able to the labor leaders, who have NO
liked the house of lords interpretatio1
of the old law which left a laborsuniol
liable to be sued. &S y
| But trades Eunio nism is not all of tn,
strength Of the labor party in Englisl
/ politics. It represents a revolt agains
a ruling class, hered itary leggissl ators an,
titled daWdlers. John Burns first ac
! as head Of the local government boart
was to remove from office a great duk
who had neglected his duties as poo
4 guardian IN his county. This repre-
sents the spirit eff the 1ewsdemocrae,
lbetter than hundred speeches could
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MOCKS SUPERSTITION
AND CLlNGS TO OBOE

7 Superstition is put to route and rea
son sways at the business end Of the
solitary oboe which enters into the in
strumentation Of the Boston Fadettes'
Woman IS orchestra at the Orpheum
theater this week. -
Since oboes were invented, or, at
least, as far back toward time as au-
thentic musical history runs, the oboe
has been looked upon with hostility by
musicians. In later-day parlance it was
"hoodoo.' !.
The "hoodoo' supposed to be at
tached to the oboe is apt to work to
the disadvantage Of both the artist per-
forming on the instrument and his or
her fellow musicians. and 50 deeply
rooted is this superstitution that many
musicians refuse to touch the instru-
ment. A yellow oboe is regarded with
extreme distrust. This latter condition
is so well marked that lost summer the
members Of Emil Oberhoffer s band at
Lake Harriet took a yellow oboe IL
longing to Gustav Ehle and buried it
in the middle of the lake at the dead
Of night, trusting in that manner to
placate the hostile elements.
There is one young lady with the
Fadettes, however, who is very much at
home at the reed end of an oboe and
fears no misfortune. She is Miss Ellen
Shoemaker, the only woman oboe solo
ist who equals the masculine contingent
in performance on the usually tabooed
instrument. Combined with the super
stition surrounding it, it is an extreme.
ly difficult instrument to- play.
ssThere are probably a number of or
ganizations which have a so-called oboe
soloist who is a woman, SAYS Manager
Stanley of the Fadettes, ''but Miss
Shoemaker is positively the only woman
player who can play any class of music
on an oboe The others are drilled te
play few selections, while Miss Shoe
maker plays anything written for thu
instrument. -
Personal interview with Miss Shoe
maker. speedily leads to the conclusion
| that as far as she is concerned there Il
absolutely nothing in the tradition tina
| oboe players are affected in mind AM
| body by attachment to the musical in
| strument with the plaintive tone.
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ADVISES PARENTS TO
GIVE GIRLS CONCEIT

The boards of the Unique are honoreu
this week by a diminutive actress whose
childish modesty induced her to select
name for herself in New York last year
that of 1.-THE Little Bernhardt Inc
miss is the 6-year-old daughter OF II. b.
Chesley. who is appearing in the stfohs
one-act play. 1.-The Third Generation.
Miss Ethel Barr Chesley knows only
the stage. Since she was month ola
she has been theatrical property, haV-
ing at that early age been carried on
and off the stage by emotional actresses
who had fearful remarks to make about
the "chee-ild" The young woman has
grown plump and healthy on her travels
about the country, and thoroly enjoys
the life Acting is all play with her
She expects to enter school next year,
and her chief ambition is to learn to
read hard words SO she can enjoy big
story books with lots of animals in
EN-
Last winter she heard SO much about
the divine Sara that she began calling
herself Great Bernhardt," but upon her
father pointing out to her that she was
only a mite of a girl. she modified her
title to THE Little Bernhard
II believe in encouraging coneeit IN
girls said Mr.. Chesley. In boys 1t
is different, but girls cannot have TOO
high an opinion of themselves. me
Young woman who thinks a great deal
of herself is not likely to love some
worthless fellow too much Some parents
make the mistake of breaking their emil
dren's spirit by trying to make them
believe they don't know anything MS
is the greatest mistake in the world.
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of the debate. There was compromise
effected by a brakeman, who opened
the ventilators. Exaggerated reports
appeared, to the effect that she had
been arrested with her manager, Charles
A. Leach, who was represented to be
her husband:
said Miss Tanguay. Nice news to
go back home, isn't time under ar
rest and married to man who has an
other wife!
'Shortly before Christmas we played
in Detroit, and among some of the pres
ents forwarded to me there was pres
emit from F. C. Havemeyer. He's quite
patron of the stage, you know, ana
probably sent number of Christmas
| membranes to actresses. About that
| I don't know, but the result was a
story that went on to say that Mr.;
Havemeyer was following me around
| the country, and hadn It missed seeing
| me in a performance for two years.
| Now, wouldn t that melt your grease
pSnt. What Mr.. Havemeyer thinks, l
don't know. but I have had no end OF
bother denying this story wherever L
loo. T realize that being on the stage
makes me a public character and | II
submit to being Gale 'wigglIng
wonder and having cigars named for
me; but when it comes to, being thrown n
in Jail, being made bigamlst, and
paraded as an old man s DARING,
think it s about time to call halt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-24

THE SCARLET PlMPERNEL, by Bar
oness Orczy, is an exciting romance of
the time of the reign of terror of the
French revolution. The Scarlet PIN
pernel was titled Briton of great
wealth, who at the head of a band of
nineteen young Britons, set himself to
save members of the French nobility
who were in danger of the guillotine.
He had married a young and very clever
Frenchwoman who was in sympathy
with the purposes Of the revolution, If
not with it's methods, and who had
brother. who was in the power Of the
bloody revolutionists. Few in Eng
land knew who the leader of the band
Of Britons was and the. wife of the
leader was one Of the ignorant, and thru
her ignorance, in order to save her
brother, she gave the revolutionist spies
clue which enabled them to discover
the Scarlet Pimpernel, the name given
the chief rescuer because Of the device
of his band After giving the clue she
learned thee truth, and then began a
frantic effort to save her husband. The
story is full of action and stirring ad-
venture and lively romance 1t is very
weak in spots, but the reader Is very
likely to overlook that in the sWiftness
If the action. ~ -~--.... y ...-
j. B. Putnams Sons New York.
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City News
TELLS OF YEARS
AMID ICE FLO Is
DIR. NoRDENsKJoLD's LECTURE
ENTRALLs LARGE AUDIENCE.
Swedish Antarctic Explorer Is Modest,
but Behind Spoken Words Is Story
of Bravery and. Suffering Such as Is
Rarely Borne Even in Polar Expedi-
tions.

DR.. Otto Nordenskjold, the distin-
guished Swedish scientist and explorer,
delivered his famous lecture, Antarc-
tica, or Two Years in the Ice of the
South Pole,' before large audience
at Augustana Swedish Lutheran church
last evening. The entertainment was
under the management of the Mime
sofa college, and the speaker was intro
duced by President P. NJ. MSa!gnnusson
counted the scientific value of Dr.. Nor
denskiold IS expedition. The Orpheus
Singing society preceded the lecture
with the favorite Swedish songs, Sta
Stark and 9 Naturen och Hjarteat,'
and closed the program with ''Vart
Land' and Aftonen. -
The lecture, illustrated by 100 lantern
slides, many of them colored, was in
tensely interesting. DR.. Nordenskjold
is not exactly an orator, but he has a
thrilling story to tell, story OF deep
narrow escapes and the large audience
hung on every word, for = was all SO
strange and weird. This scientist is
modest in speaking Of his personal
achievements, but his listeners intui-
lively understood that behind the sim
| pie words Of the speaker there was an
| unspoken story of endeavor and suf-
fering rarely borne, even by members
of polar expeditions.
Ship Didn't Come.
| DIR. Nordenskjold s ship, the Antarc-
| tic, left Sweden in the fall of 1901 with
the Intention of proceeding as far south
as possible before the cold weather set
| in. After finding suitable place for
a station the vessel was sent to South
| America, while DR.. Nordenskjold and
four members remained. The vessel
| was to return a year later.
The next year the Antarctic failed to
make its way to the station and An,
| derson and two companions tried to
make their way ac1oss the land to the
station. They were overtaken by the
severe weather, and having but little
provisions and scant clothing they were
| in sore distress.
Not having heard from Captain Lar
son for year the Nordenskiold party
was much distressed as they say an
other severe winter approaching. Wher
a party Of men were seen approaching
the station one day it was assumed
that it was Captain Larson. With sur
prise and sorrow it was learned that
the Antartic had left South Americ;
a year before and that nothing ha6
since been heard of. the party. The
rescuing party consisted Of Argentine
naval officers on a warship.
In the night another party Of mel
approached the station. It proved t.
be Captain Larson and few men. Blu
for their fortunate arrival at this time
the entire party must have been lost.
DR.. and Mrs. Nordenskjold left las
evening for Rockford, H. 90
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-24
KUBEL.IK AN ATHLETE
Great Vioinists Yves Trained to Hard
Work In His Youth.

Kubelik, the worlds premier violinist.
tho but "a man of "a, is one of the most
interesting personalities before the pub
lie today. He has secured wonderful eff
fects with his famous violins. and has
swept the public and the critics alike
before him in an avalanche Of praise
His appearance in Minneapolis is sched-.
uled for Plymouth church, Friday eve
ming, Feb. 2.
.Kubelik, despite his poetic and musical
temperament. has never forgotten his
physical needs. He is an athlete of much
skill and strength Born poor. his early
life was a struggle in which muscle
producing manual labor played con-
spicuous part this early training CIV
ing him the nerve force and muscular
control needed to produce and sustain
great effeets on the, violin. In his youth
he knew nothing Of the advantages OF
a gymnasium. but, since success has
crowned his genius and ne Is master
Of the magnificent castle OF Byeher. in
Bohemia, he has one of the finest pri-
waite gymnasiums in Europe
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McCleary and His Tariff.

Mr.. McCleary is said to be preparing
to make the effort of his life in favor
of his maximum and minimum tariff
bill, which makes the Dingley rate the
minimum. It is, Of course, a retalia-
tory measure against the, new German
tariff which will go into effect in March
of this year. Mr.. McCleary has been
gathering statistics and expects to show
that Germany has been buying largely
American meats and meat products in
anticipation of the cutting off Of Ameri-
can trade under the new tariff. This
loading up in advance is considered
sign of weakness on the part of Ger
many, which apparently must have our
exports, and if she cannot get them un-
der her own tariff she will buy them in
advance, hoping to starve us into re-
sciprocal arrangement while she is eat
ing the surplus store accumulated. On
the other hand there have been no ex-
Extraordinary purchases of German goods
in America in anticipation of tariff
war. This is, in the McCleary view,
evidence that we DO not have to have
tho things Germany sends us. But why
should we load up with German goods?
Our tariff has not changed and Ger
many has not proposed all export tax.
IL Germany, in entering upon a tariff
war with this country, will no doubt
bear the burden of the fight since we
are selling her foodstuffs and she is sell
ing us manufactured goods, many Of
which we could do without OF find sub
stitutes for. But there is a wider
view of tho question. America is not
only fighting for wider market fo: her
manufactures, but her own people are
entitled to more reasonable prices on
the goods they consume. While our
tariff policy is selfish and negotiable,
ard calculated to = create hostility to-
3 ward our industries abroad, unreasona-
bly, high protection IS even more serious
in it's consequences at home, because it
tends to foster monopoly and makes il
possible for protected industries com
bining with each other to extort from
the American consumer prices far be
yoiad those which return a reasonable
profit to the manufacturer. ii
The beautiful theory of protection
that it shall consist only Of the differ
ence in the cost Of labor incurred here
as compared with that in other co1n
tries-has been lost sight Of, as well a.
& the advantages of manufacture in this
country derived from cheap raw ma
terial, low freights and a growing mar
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-24
LIFE NOT ALL A SONG,
FOR The 'SAMBO GIRL

Eva Tanguay, the sSambo Cir, ?,
who disports herself in ten changes Of
costume at the Biiou this week, con-
cedes that there can be too much of
good thing. She has taken pride in
the claim that she has-been the most
photographed and the best advertised
woman on the stage, and one of her
songs refers to a cigar being named
cago and a racehorse in Memphis; but
now she is going to sue couple OF
newspapers for giving her free adver-
rising.
Last week, Just before arriving at
Des Moines, she had dispute with the
Pullman car porter about the ventila-
ton of the car She wanted more air
and the porter took the negative side
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A SECRET.

IT'S not because my heart is light.
That every day I scribble jokes;
1t is not wit that makes me write
Things that / hope will tickle folks
'Tis not because my soul must sing.
That every morn bring these verses
Some days curse the whole blamed thing
With bitter curses!
IT'S not because my life is sad, S-z4s-
That + adopt minor key. S
Sometmes-intieed, / world be glad e.
8 To stop 1t were 1T up to me.
Ills not the varying mood that draws
These pictures. grave or dull or funny,
Ah no. not that-it is because
! need the money!
Cleveland Leader.
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Insurance. !. j avs N eeded.

The address of Commissioner O 'Brien
before the Minnesota Municipal league
and reprinted in full in Northwest In
surance is very able contribution to
the literature Of the life insurance.
problem. i,
Mr.. o 'Brien recognizes the difference
between regulating insurance companies
and trying to run them, and while he
would avoid the latter, he has we'll
defined ideas about how to secure the
former in efficient measure. One of the
best Of his suggestions is that Of uni
form laws whereby all the states would
require pretty nearly the same class Of
information from the insurance COM
panies. He points out that in 1904
there were just two departments which
demanded what is called gain and
loss exhibit, this being a table which
showed actual results as compared with
expectancies. both in mortality and ex-
penses. The agitation against demand
ing this form was SO great that in 1904
it was abandoned by all but two states,
| Minnesota and Wisconsin. Here is one
4 point on which the laws of the different
states might be made uniform.
! Another point discussed by him is the
treatment Of the surplus which involves
| consideration of the form Of contract
Whether the deferred dividend contract
policy shall be permitted is a question
for legislative action. The present feel
ing is against these contracts because
they are a gamble between the company
and the individual. If they are pro
hibited in all the states the problem Oil
the surplus will be solved. The com
panies then will have no surplus except
what is needed in their business. 3
The state commissioners have already
held one meeting to discuss the feast
bility of securing uniform legislation
! It was but preliminary. Another vii
be held in February at Washington
when it is hoped it will have the u.s.
Of the report of the Armstrong com
mittee and be able to formulate recon
mendations Of practical characte,
Much will depend on the attitude Of tn
New York legislature. It should b
possible under the sense of response
bility created by the Armstrong investi
cation, to enact an insurance code i
New York which would be the workin
model for all the states in the union.
| ;
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NEW VOLUME FoR "coNrEMPo

NEW VOLUME FOR "coNTEMPO-
RARY MEN OF LETTERS" SERIES
George E. Woodberry's SwInburne is the
latest addition to the Contemporary
Men of Letters series. It is a fine APP
probation Of the poet, which puts his
rank very high, as may be seen from
this: 'The measure of praise that he
won has gone no further than the ac-
acknowledgement of the victory of poetic
power that could not be denied; it has
not much increased with years; it has
never been adequate, just or intelli-
gent Professor Woodberry's book is
delightful reading and one to give an
enthusiasm for his subject A fine half
tone Of -swinburne makes the frontis-
piece.
Mcclure. Phillips & Co., New York.
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED

Boyville, History of Fifteen Years Work
Among Newsboys. By John E. Gunckel. Illus
trated. Toledo, Ohio: Toledo Newsboys Asso-
citation.
An Almanac for 2,4oo Years from 1 A. D. to
24O0 A. d.. Giving the day of the week of
any date, Easter, new and full moon, transts
of Mercury and Venus etc. By Joshua Larson,
AM, Ph.D., Yale. Rock Island: Augustana
Book Concern
Mental Healing. By Leander Edmund Whipple
Fifth edition. New York: The Metaphysical
Publishing company.
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OFFICERS IN MEXICAN WAR

The death of rigadier General John
Campbell leaves but eighteen officers on:
the retired list OF the army who served
during the Mexican war, four having. died
since 1904 OF the survivors ten are brig
adler generals, three are colQnels, two
lieutenant colonelss and three majors.
General Daniel H. RucRer is the oldest
in point Of service, ma wing been appointed
in 1897 E5s3.sE ts9s sts5ft&E
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a MOT on MIRACLE !. Il /!
Motoring Illustrated, London,

motoring Illustrated, London.
One os8 our readers states that a gentle
man and his wife recently walked in,
front OF. stranger s. motor car were.
Knocked down. but only very slightly
hurt The next day the owner of the car,
received d letter in the name of both.
stating that the fault was entirely theirs,
and they were much indebted to him for
the skill with which he averted q most
serious accident. ~ &
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WORLD ALMANAC FOR 1906

WORLD ALMANAC FOR 1eoe.-That
laborsaver for the busy man., The World
Almanac, brought down to date and
labeled $780, is ready for the man who
expects to make 1905 a record year and
wants all the valuable aids he can get.
All that need be said is that 1t is a
condensed encyclopedia of affairs to
date
The Press Publishing Company, New York.
s. % cents.
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-s:, E !;

L. C. Page & Co. Feb. i will bring out Nor
ley Roberts new novel; ''The Idlers.'' 1.-The
oilers has already appeared in England, where
of the s'smart set Of London is compared to
Mrs Wharton's treatment of the American
social class Of the same name in her "House
of Mirth.'' The primary object of Mr.. Roberts
novel seems to be realism, the portrayal of life
rs it is without exaggeratlon. -.
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OF far distant future to tariff revision.

not far distant future to tariff revision.
It ism It so much, after all, question of
increasing our foreign trade as it is Of
treating our domestic consumers decent
ly--a point which Mr.. McCleary seems
never to take into his calculations. His
retaliatory measure may make Germany
still more hostile than she is now, may
even break down her attempt to get
even with lis, but it will afford no re-
lief against the injustice which over
protected industries impose upon their
domestic customers E.. .- ,.4.#