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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-02

rules and notes and exceptions in the
grammar. OF one learned Goold Brown.
whose very name is dear TO me to this
day. How many suEmer hours. and
winter ones. too I spent over Mr.
Browns leather-covered volume. We
girls were obliged TO repeat all the
rules in grammar and arithmetic pre-
cisely as they were put down in the
book, and we did It.
The dullest girl did it and so did the
brightest. Absolute accuracy in re
peating the text was required Of every
one. Then we recited long passages
from Cowper's Task. Pope's Essay on
Man and Millions Paradise Lost. We
learned pages and pages Of history.
reeiting exactly the words Of the book.
Very few Of us had occasion TO com
plain Of poor memories. because our
memories were very much like sol
diers on drill or day laborers digging
bitches. We had a certain amount to
do, and our memories we're there to
help US.
l recommend as a good exercise for
you some study of current events.
Each morning read the daily paper
See what is happening in Europe. in
Asia and In America After you have
finished reading the paper take
blank book and write down in order
and in your own words the gist Of what
you have read. This will aid not your
verbal memory. but what I may call
your picture memory. Do this every
day for 365 days. and you will dis
cover that your memory is quite as
trustworthy as that Of anybody else
in the circle of your friends.
Another thing that you may do is
in another line. Memorize poetry. For
Cowper substitute Longfellow. and for
Pope take Kipling. Choose anything
that you like, but get by heart each
day from four to eight lines of verse.
Gradually you will find your memory
a storehouse of treasures from which
you may draw whenever you please.
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-02
TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD.
An Elopement That Was Unwittingly
Suggested by the Girls
Father.

"The late Bishop Thomas Frederick
Davies. Of Detroit" said Detroit
man. "once told me an interesting
story Of an elopement. He figured in
this elopement as an officiating cler-
gyman. II was In Philadelphia, dur
ing his rectorship OF ST. Peters.
1T seems that the proprietor OF one
OF the largest dry goods houses in
Philadelphia had noticed for some
months the melancholy attitude Of his
head clerk. young man whom he held
In high regard.
The clerks pallor and increasing
leanness, his frequent sighs and alb.
sent-mindedness. worried the million
aire proprietor He questioned the
young man daily. And finally the
clerk admitted that he was in love.
"'Well,' said the head, marry her.
Your salary is big enough.
"'Ah, said the clerk. sadly, you
don't understand She belongs TO one
Of the first families Of Philadelphia,
and her father is Millionaire
NNAAf mdg gHt nc WASH WAEA un
married. You have a good position
and a good name You are a fair
match for any girl said the other.
ats no use. sighed the clerk.
Her parents would not listen TO me for
one moment
Then, said the head. 'elope with
her
"'Do you advise that?' the CLERK
asked. excitedly
Certainly do. Is She Do
know herg
Yes. She will be at your dance
at Devon tomorrow night
Well. see here. IN have my
coachman out in front OF my gate at
$3.50. Rush the girl on into town and
marry her III arrange with a cler-
gyman for you.
by Jove, said the clerk IN do
it,
And he did The next night DR..
Davies performed the ceremony. and
an hour or two later the millionaire
found his daughter missing. and was
telegraphing in every direction to the
young couple to come home and all
would be forgiven
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-02
Maonjficsnt Korean Prince.

Min Yung Whan, the Korean prince
who killed himself as a protest against
the japanese protectorate. lived In a
magnificent palace Of his own. which
came down to him By hereditary right
and was surrounded with an army Of re
tainers. fighting men. slaves and won.
en-. He had a table Of beaten silver
crusted with the most precious sap
phires and his state dress was so heavy
with gorgeous jewels that 1t took two
men to lift it over his head. He carried
win him on his travels a great white
parrot with rose-colored lining on his
wings. The parrots beak was perforat-
ed and each side was set with priceless
sapphires-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-02
ON GHOSTS TESTIMONY.
Peculiar Trials Are Found Among
the Records of the Brit
ish Courts.

The testimony of a ghost" would
not now count for much In a court OF
law, but the day has been when II
has sufficed to hang a man. 1t is
stated that the original depositions
are in the Bodleian library of a most
remarkable case Of this character.
A girl named Anne Walker was sup
posed to have been sent away for her
good by a substantial farmer. Some
time afterward a so-called apparition
appeared to neighbor. with its head
all bloody from wounds, and telling
him that she had been murdered by
the farmer and an accomplice. Her
body, the apparition said, had been
buried in a spot which she described.
and she begged the man to whom she
appeared to bring her murderers to
justice. True enough. the body was
found in the place mentioned, and the
men were brought to trial. The SEN
sational character of the case was in
tensified by one of the jurymen de-
claring that he saw the child OF the
dead woman Sitting upon the shoul-
der" Of its father. the farmer. Both
the culprits were hanged.
There was a ghostly accuser IN
case with which the readers OF Scott
are familiar. Soon after the LAS"
an English soldier wandering near
Braemer met violent death. Hawks
do not peck out hawks cen and no
man opened his mouth to give a
clew. Years passed, and then came a
story of communication from an
other world
A farm servant declared that in the
night a spirit had appeared to him, de-
claring itself to be the ghost Of the
soldier, whose bones 1t said lay still
unburied The Highlander must see
to their decent interment and have
the murderers. two men named.
brought to justice The Highlander
promised. but did not keep his word,
and a second and a third time the
spirit appeared and upbraided him for
his breach of faith. Alarmed at last,
and no longer daring to delay. the
man called a companion, went to the
spot which the spirit had indicated.
and there found the bones Of the muir
dered warrior concealed in a moor
land tract called the Hill Of Christie.
The story of the Highlander came
to tie ears of an anti-Jacobite. who
caused the matter to be br01ght TO
trial before the court Of 1lsticiary,
Edinburgh. There the tale was cor
roborated by a woman who had seen
a naked figure enter the place on the
night spoken of by the man. 1t was
an age of superstition. in a district
more than commonly given to super
stitions. and the jury seemed disposed
to find the two men charged guilty Of
the murder But It happened that the
principal witness spoke only Gaelic.
Now" said counsel for the defense.
'in what language did the ghost
speak," In as good Gaelic as ever
heard in LOchaber" was the reply
Pretty good for the ghost Of an
English soldier" said the counsel.
And that question and comment saved
the necks Of the men al the bar. The
Jury could believe in a ghost hut not
in an English ghost speaking Gaelic.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-02

A bashful young couple who were
evidently very much in love. entered
a crowded street car in Boston the
other day. "Do you suppose We can
squeeze IN here7" he asked. looking
doubtfully at her blushing face.
Don't you think. dear. we had bet
ter wait until We get homer" was the
low embarrassed reply.-Life.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-02
MAY ENTERTAINMENT
SOME IDEAS FOR ATTRACTIVE
SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

A Forget-Ms-Not Bridal Dinner =
Dolls as Nameless Place Cards
A Menu In Versa chiidren's
Willow Party-Paper Cats
for Invitations, Ice Cream Cats,
Animal Cakes and Candy Cats
A Real Kitten for a Prize.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-02
WITH GOOD MEMORY
IT Is A VALUABLE THING FOR
A GIRL TO HAVE.

Schoolgirls Who Cultivate concen-
tration and Attention Acquire
Good Memories-A Good Memory
for Names and Faces Makes a
Girl Popular-Ths Memorandum
as a Memory Helper-Associating
Dates with Colors--M4,ke Your
Memory a store-House Of Treas
ures.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-02

obliged 70 make new will?"-Unear.
tainty.
A single woman has the same pows.
to make a will as a maa. Formerlv
the viii Of an unmarried woman va
revoked by her subsequent marriage
As you do not state where you live
can only advise you TO find out the law
OF that particular state. as a few states
still hold to this Law.
4 am a married woman and own
property. Kindly tell ne If can s.
pose Of 1t by vill as freely as though
were unmarried2"-An Anxious
Questioner
A married woman may ordinarily
dispose Of all Eer separate property
without her husbands consent. but she
cannot dispose OF ner real estate so as
TO deprive him Of any interest in it to
which he would be entitled by law on
her dying without making a will. This
law in regard to real estate holds good
in the case of husband. A man can
not dispose Of his property 80 as TO
deprive his wife OF her statutory in
teresI therein. New York has an odd
provision TO the effect that no woman
leaving a husband. child or parent can
will more than one-half Of her estate
10 charity.
Il wish to leave all Of my estate to
cnarity. Are there more requisites in
the making Of such a will than in the
case OF leaving to relatives? PA Chris
tian Endeavorer.
This depends on the laws Of the state
in which you live. In some states.
charitable and religious bequests are
invalid in case the person making the
will dies within one year from the
time of making it, leaving children.
What is meant by statuatory inter-
est in property?o-A stenographer.
A statutory interest In property Is
the right a married person has in the
property. upon the death of husband or
wife. This is gwen by the law Of the
state and varies in different states In
most states a woman has what is
called dover right. which is one
third interest in the estate OF her hus-
band at his death. In Texas a woman
has what is called a community inter-
est in her husbands property. This
means that she owns one-half interest
In the property acquired by her hus-
bant during their marriage. This on
the theory that she contributes equally
with him In accumulating the prop
erty.
Il made my will several years ago.
but now desire TO change H. Am 7 at
liberty 10 do so. and what is the best
method for me to pursue?"-An Aged
Woman.
Yes. you can change your will any
time before death. You can do this by
adding TO II a writing containing the
desired change. This is called a codi-
ell, and should be executed with the
same regard TO legal requirements as
the original will demands A better
plan is for you to destroy your old will
and make a new one. This will avoid
complication If you desire to make
many alterations.
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-07-02

"Can you give me some idea as to
sne ability Of an unmarried woman to
make a will. and If l marry win / be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-15
SIECFRIED WAGNER
The Son of Richard Wagner Following In His Fathers Foot
steps as Q Poet and Composer, of Music Dramas.

| lecture, for which TO be sure the boy had
shown q precodous aptitude, 90 his future
profession. "A hsndsoms, healthy son
with Q high forehead and clear eyes will
inherit his fathers name and preserve
his works for the world 1T Is accom-
plished after all Later on, my boy must
provide for the best adequate per-
~formanoesl.' In o letter dated September
10, 1889: 4The education Of my son, his
future training to stand I'm my place when
! am dead, seern TO me row to be the most
important. Of my remaining tashs.'
tn master's death some few months
later gave to this last quotation the force
Of Q te~stamentary appointment. The way
In which the heir has entered into his own,
extending his entailed duties OF conseryator
to those Of an active p~ropagator Of his
fathers theories by tho noblest possible
means. by proving their life giving qualities
In creations Of his own, 10 abundant tusti-
hoation for the prophetic wisdom Of paternal
love ,H'
Siegfried Wagner was born az Triebschen,
Q country seat near Inoerne, on the sixth
day Of June, 1899. With what sudden ex-
pansion Of hope and exuberant Joy the
father hailed the coming Of q son and heir
his letters and the memoirs Of friends
Of his house bear ample witness.
After the frat outburst, bis feelings
slowly subsidized and deepened into that
spirit Of devout thankfulness and placid
yet vibrant happiness that entrances all
hearers OF the 'Siegfried Idyi,' which was
composed and performed on the first an
niversary Of her sons birth as q surprise
-iAa 49,
the family moved to Bayreuth, where sieg-
fried spent the happiest Of boyhood years,
until his fathers death In 1888, In his thir-
tenth year.
Thus far his studies had been somewhat
desultory, but IL may be questioned II the
~strictest Of schooling would have had q
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sion. Liszt wrote In 1870, when the boy
was but, II years old: 'Slegfried shows
remarkable qualifications for architecture
he designs arches, facades and towers; his
10 one Of the most attractive and vivaolous
child natures ] have met
After his fathers death Siegfrled attended
the common high school ut Rayreuth
end on graduation went through a courss
In architecture. 40 In all things the desires
and Intentions Of the master we're piously
observed by his family, slegfried then
Undertook q journey through the Orient,
thereby carrying into effect a pedagogio
principle Of his father. Az early as the
eos Richard wrote to q friend: what
miserable toads we are, always dreaming
Of life In the skies and seeing nothing OF
this earth. In the future, my dear. We
shall educate our Sons by first sending
them on a tour Of the globe
In his sons case the grand tour bore
out the wisdom Of this plan, for In the course
OF his leisurely wanderinRs through the
wonders n riot running glories of the
East, removed from the home. atmosphere,
surcharged with the sense OF the ovcr-
powering greatness Of his father. in long
and undieturbed self-communion on board
ship, Siegfried discovered his own nature
and vowed himself 10 his future vocation.
Out Of the archjteot evolved the tone poet.
On his return home ensued years Of silent
and inconspicious, but extremely valuable,
work in the scenic ard musical prepara-
ton Of the festival plays, running parallel
with private, indefatigable study Of German
local history and medieval legend and OF
the technics Of drama and music. The
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hauter' tells Of o rollicldng soldier Of tho
Thirty Years War who. in desperation,
enters into hell's service, there betrays his
damned and In punishment is sent back to
earth in the semblanoe Of the DEVILS own
brother until a simple girls infiexible faith
in his virtue breaks the spell and releases
him from perdition.
The figures Of the. almost good natured,
stupid devil who is outwitted at last; OF
Saint Peter, who under a thin disguise comes
sauntering through the slower regions a bon
homme who cheats at dice to gain the souls
simmering In q gigantic cauldron at the
back Of the stage; Of the superstitious
peasants, who before admitting the poor
afflicted fellow into the tavern demand an
examination through a narrow window Of
both his feet to make sure neither Of them
is a hoof; these and many more delightful
details and episodes. are full Of rare, gro
tesque but always naive and whole hearted
humor.
1t Is, to be sure, purely Teutonio humor
but o, the kind that gave birth to the gar,
goyles and fantastic ornaments Of Gothic
architecture, OF the nature that adds the
saving grace to the commanding, otherwise
forbidding c~ountsnanoe OF rugged Martin
Luther, Of the quality that illumines the
pages of Hans Sachs's quaint poetry and
the proof sheets Of Albreoht Ddrer's m
derful engravings. Another largely Teu-
tonic element is the tender, romantic feel
ing for natures influence on the affairs Of
mankind and the personihcation Of the mys-
terious spirits Of forest and field, mountain
and plain in such legendary types as Eek
hard the CONSIDER, and the restless redemp-
ton craving imp Of the innocently muir
dered and unshriven child soul in the -Ko-
bold. and in "Bruder Lustig," the weird
Urmey in whom are incorporated the old
Germanio superstitions surviving through
centuries Of Christian enlightenment.
One further salient characteristic MAJ be
finally mentioned. It Is the authors deep
love for the people and his sympathy with
their strife for freedom from oppression.
In "Herzog Wildfang" the revolt Of the
burghers from their hayward. misguided
"madcap prinoelet,' who sells the blood of
his subjects to pay his debts, Is the sub
structure Of the whole play, andin @Bruder
Lustig, the town council avert the threat
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who wrote the opera for the popular French
mezzo when she was in her prime. She
sang the part first in 1895, and her voice
is said to be as good now as when she
created the role, although she is now in
retirement.
In spite OF the success made BY Aino
Aokte In the title role of Massenet's Marie
Magdalen" the work has not been popular
In operate form and will be withdrawn
from the repertoire Of the Opera Comique.
Jules Massenet has Just completed 9 new
which will be sung. there next winter.
Camille Saint-Sasns declares that he COM
posed his last work in "L'Anc4tre," which
was given there during the past year. He
Will compose no more. Xavier Leroux
out of lie Chemineau," which is to be sung
at the Opera Comique next autumn. Baron
~d'Erlanger's operate version Of "Le Juif
Polonais" has had the unusual experience
for a French work OF having been accepted
for production in other cities. 1t will be
performed next season in Dresden.
1t ia much easier for the impresario Of
Covent Garden to put on a ballet thai it
is for one Of our New York managers. 1t
was desired the other day to precede Mas
senet's L Jong!eur de Notre Dame with
over from the Theatre de la Monnaie to
dance Messengers "The Two Pigeons"
Massenet's opera met with the same sue
cess that It has ounde everywhere in Europe.
Charles Gilbert as one Of the monks won
more praise than m Of his associates.
There is no feminine role in the opera. 1t
tells the story of a juggler, who fails to
please the crowd with his tricks and sings
a ribald song in the hope of gaining, it's
approval. He is overheard by the abbey
Of a neighboring monastery and in order
to expiate his sin he beco mes a monk.
The second act shows the monks in the
monastery preparing to lay their offerings
on the altar in honor of the Feast Of the
Assumption. The iuggler. has nothing
to give, however, and decides to pay his
respect to the Virgin by performing some
Of his tricks before the altar in her honor.
He is discovered by the Mortified monks,
who are about to cast him ont of the order,
when the statue Of the Virgin on the altar
is illuminated from Heaven and she lifts
her hand to bid them leave the little juggler
in peace. He Is overcome by the vision
and falls ~lifeless with a halo about his head.
The work g one Of the many that Is too
small in genre for the frame Of our great
Metropolitan stage.
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amateurish inadequacy no common TO first
works, but Ia technically considered q
masterpiece OF workmanship.
OF special interest TO Americans IL the
following appreciation OF our lamented
Anton seidl. Referring to the older per-
sonal disciples OF the master he writes.
w all have been given time TO develop
ourselves; this was denied Siegfried' He
had to be- at once what he is and had to
become II at once. too"
Now 1t Ia difficult for us TO Judge what
Siegfried Wagner is, for his chief claim 10 the
attention of the world Ia not nthe first place
the o~onductorship and stage managing Of
his fathers works, which are, for the pres
ent at least. well provided for by his splen-
didly gifted mother and the eminent leaders
Of Bayreuth, Richter, Mottl and Muck, but
rather as the poet-oomposer Of musical
dramas which America has had no chanoe
{ hearing "a yet. Germany, however, has
witnessed the composition and production
In rapid succession since 1909 OF four broadly
conceived music Observation-Disclosures"
'Herzog Wildfang,' 4Kobold' and 'Bruder
Lustig,' and were 1t considered less a pre-
sumption for q man to undertake a work Of
art, less a sin TO be the son OF a great man;
finally, were public opinion less influenced
and distorted by incapable and malign
criticism, siegfried Wagner would enjoy
the love Of the people as he does the adj
miration Of the unbiased.
The spontaneous acolematlons Of delight
which greeted the first performance Of each
Of these works proves how we'll founded is
his claim to popular appreciation. The
whole trend Of his talent is popular and
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fried's inheritance from his father. An
other is faith in himself and his mission.
The elder Wagner wrote in an unpub-
lished distich: Can I teach and leave him
but little; fear, he shall not learn from mo-
In utter fearlessness apd disregard Of preoe-
dent and of the more or less we'll mean
criticisms Of the pedants and detraotors
Siegfried has, by elimination, combination
and whenever necessary by free invention.
constructed plays full Of the spirit Of his
sources and, Of greater value, full Of life,
truth and interest.
To tell the stories Of his plots would lead
too far. The mention Of a few OF his types
and motifs, taken at random, will suffice to
show the bent OF his talent.
Recurring in all his works we find his
fathers great ideal Of redemption of. sin
through sacrifce-may we say Of mans
unconscious sin through womsn's conscious
saorifice?-reduced from the scale Of world
e~ncompassing magnitude to humber but all
the more human proportions. The 'B9en-