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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
A Picture Shot to Pieces.

To the Editor of The journal. 8 r
Last night, with orchestra fully ade-
quate, stage settings elaborate, and a
company of artists whose performances
have more than made good their great
regulations, Verdi's wonderfully entran-
cling opera, ''Rogoletto." was produced at
the Metropolitan theater. Enraptured by
the story and drawn into the land Of
|poesy and song, the audience sat spell
bound. There came, in one act, scene
of intense interest, a time when every
nerve hung on the song, and the soul was
stirred deeply. Then behold-upon the
scene, not indeed upon the stage, but
well out In the flies where half the audi
ence on the right side of the house could,
see him, there came a man. Of medium
height, dressed in street attire, wearing
g, black derby hat, who glanced easily
around the stage and meanwhile chewed
gum vigorously. Then appeared an
other man, shorter, wearing conventional
street clothes of today and a. soft hat.
The two conversed quietly.
Possibly an important part Of the ma
chinery. But, alas, for the work of the
artists. Gone was the illusion and shot
to pieces the picture. The music was as
sweet and the voices blended as per-
fectly. But at the edge of the picture
were the two men, who lifted the audi
tor out Of the atmosphere Of romantic
old Italy into the prasent-day common
tplace Minneapolis, and the one schewed
gum entirely out Of time with the or
tchestra. = a. ~ s. %., 81
Perhaps it is wrong to let oneself. go
to the pointswhere the picture becomes d
reality, but how can it be helped when
everything that enters into the perform
ance is 50 near perfection. One wonders,
| therefore, why, In a production SO good,
| under management whose reputation for
ability and honesty covers the country,
| more attention is not given to 81 these
| minor details It is true there is false
and silly conception that has gained
ground among. some people of fashion,
| whose artistic appreciation has not grown
with their wealth. that it is common and
provincial-like thus to immense oneself;
| that the real fashionable. person has sup
posedly seen so much that it is no long
er possible for him to become erltranced.
like the country pumpkin at a first per
Torrance. But there are enough of the
other kind. who lose themselves in the
| beauties Of the unfolding story, to make
| 1t worth the while Of the management
to see that their Illusions are not dis
PEELED by the intrusion within the pic
ture Of something entirely foreign to the
| scene. Some artists appreciate this.
Henrys Irving would annihilate man
who would mar one of his performances
as that one was spoiled last night for a
large part Of the audience. IN.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14

LANGUAGE LESSONS BY MINNIE
APOllS TEACHERS.-Old methods of
instruction in grammar and composition
have given way to new and better ones.
We have very clear recollection of learn
ing rules that sometimes violated them
selves and were coucled In terms that
no average child could understand. and
then Of being expected to be- able to ex-
press ourselves correctly when we tried
to speak or write. OF course, the learn
Ing of such rules was a joy1ess process.
Today We have dipped into Language
Lessons from Literature and Language,
Grammar and Composition by Mrs. Alice
Woodworth Cooley, formerly of the Min
neapolis schools. and Professor w. F.
Webster. principal of the Minneapolis
East high school. in collabora ton The
dip has shown us how far present meth
DDS are superior to the. old In these two
books one can see how fascinating the
study Of what were once considered the
dryest of subjects may become. We do
not know how far such methods are in
vogue. Certainly they ought to be quite
general. Space will not permit JUS to out
! line the methods Perhaps it is sufri-
Gent to say that the aim is to induce in
delightful ways the art OF. self -expression
! The child is taught to tell orally and with
the pen what things 1nean to him. things
seen. heard or felt. and the teaching is
largely by means of examples from the
tractive. from a mech anical standpoint
| Houghton, Mifain Co., Boston. As and
| 60 cents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
"A Disappearing Tree.

White pine is not the only valuable
forest product that is disappearing
from Minnesota. The white cedar that
is universally used in the northwest
for telegraph and telephone poles is
going. fast, and operators estimate that
it will be cleaned up in four or five
years more, at the present rate. The
demand for poles has increased at a
tremendous rate in the last few years,
owing to the extension Of long distance
and rural telephone lines. 49,.
No satisfactory substitute for the
white cedar is known in this part Of the
country. It withstands rot when placed
in the ground, and for that reason the
smaller trees are worked up into fence
posts and used by the million in all
parts of the northwest. Railroad ties
and piling also call for it, but for tele-
phone poles it is almost indispensable.
Tt is light and strong, and the trees,
which grow SO closely together in
swamps that the sun cannot break thru,
are tall, straight and without branches
for a long distance from the ground
White cedar has disappeared from
Michigan, and is practically gone in
Wisconsin. Minnesota is furnishing
the supply now for the whole middle
west. Idaho has white cedar of great.
er size, but less desirable in some ways
When Minnesota has cut the last white
cedar, everything will have to come
from Idaho. NJ 81. ~
| After Idaho, what? Nothing is be-
ing grown to take the place of. the for
ests we are losing. By the time white
cedar is gone we may have wireless
telephones as we'll as wireless teleg
raphy. Nothing, however, can make NJ
for the ruthless waste and extinction
Of a. noble forest species, doomed be
cause Of it's great usefulness to- man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14

THE DIFFICULT FEAT OF PUTTING
a NEW MAGAziNExso ON ITS Feet
Appleton's BookIovers Magazine is prac-
tlcally a new enterprise. Tho the Book
lovers Magazine under its old manage
ment had a fairly good start. when it
changed hands it had to be- repromoted
But the repromotion} has been successful
The purpose. of the present publishers
is to give magazine of the highest lit
erary quality, but one that at the same
time comes very close ito the heart of the
people. It is to be strongly American
rather than cosmopolitan AS between a,
story of deep general interest and a story
Of deep American INTEREST," the American
story gets the preference. AS one of the
editors said to me, other things being
equal, a story from the west, Ttypfcally
American, will get the preference over a
story from the east dealing with the tea
table society life Of New York or some Of
Of its environs. II; -s, &' ?
1t is not the purpose Of Appleton S
| Booklovers to go into the exposure BUSH
| ness; nevertheless when a story of vital
interest contains an exposure of human
frailty or corruption based upon fact it
will not be- rejected on that account
purely. An example of this is to be seen
| in Rex E. Beach'ss story of rottenness in
Alaska. @~t5]
The editors believe that this policy has
| enabled them to secure for the Booklov-
| ers the substantial start which is already
theirs # NJ ~ >a-zp t-5<5. s.+. p !. = =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
by w. p. klrkwood.

JoURNEYiNGs AMONG THE MAGA-
ZINES. JOURNEY NO. t3.--NeW York
March IA man on the streetcar the
other evening was talking of New York
He said If he wanted to find any lady
friend from out Of town lin. New York
city. he was almost certain to be able to
do so by going down to the Flatiron
building. taking position at the apex
of the triangle, and simply waiting. His
friend would be pretty sure to pass the
corner either on Broadway or Fifth ave-
nue.. Fifth avenue in this neighborhood
Is great avenue for the parade of fash
lon. People from out of town like to see
the show s3.. ia
It is interesting to readers Of Scrlbner's
Magazine to know that their favorite
monthly comes from an office within a
stone s. throw. Of this famous corner. In
handsome building facing on Fifth ave-
nue., %. L. Burltngame.% the editor, and
! his associates prepare the material that
goes into Scribner's. Il: Their purpose is
THAT which has ruled the magazine for
Eeighteen and a half years. It is that the
lmagazina shall be one OF good literature
| In the widest sense, that 1T shall depend
upon it's INTRINSIC value and interest of
ats articles rather than upon names of
transient notoriety, and that its contents
shall come from writer's who have really
something of value2to say in addition to
the ability to say IT. Even cursory
glance at the magazines history shows
how admirably this purpose has been
| lived up to. Autobiography and condi-
| tons Of modern life. government, travel,
serial stories. short story, essays, sports
and athletics, history, the drama, nature
and kindred subjects have all been rep
resented again and again by writers of the
highest rank
In these days of colored illustra tions it
IS interesting to note that Scribner's was
the pioneer in this direction. In the
early nfneties they offered the first color
| Illustrations. The innovation was at that
| time a sensational one and attracted much
attention and criticism, but the critics
have long since been silenced. Colored
illustrations have come to stay. Il.
The magazine is planning to give it's
readers some very good reading this year
Stories by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Rich
ard Harding Davis John Fox, Jr., and
others of like note have been arranged
for. Another novel by Edith Wharton
| will be forthcoming next year. This is
enough to show that: there is to Demo lei
down In the> magazines high standard
Of reading. ,5aYs @<
! Interest in the ma gazine, at the present
time is increasing owing to the approacll7
ing climax Of F. Hopkinson Smiths "The
Tides of Barnegat,', which completes Mr.
Smiths trilogy of stories with some as
pect Of the sea as a dominating motive
Those who have read "Tom Grogan" AND
] Caleb Vest win not care to miss this
latest story OF Mr.. Smith. $780,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
Integrity Of the Crop Report.

The favorable action Of the senate
yesterday, upon a bill providing for
adequate punishment for men in the
government employ who use their in
formation with reference to crops for
personal advantage, or give out infor-
nation surreptitiously, will meet with
general approval. The pity Of it is that
there was not some law under which.
Holmes and the others who figured in
the recent great scandal could get what
was their due.
The most unfortunate part Of the
.connivance of Holmes with the cotton
market manipulators, and their oper-
ations in the speculative market, was
not that it was wrong in itself, but
that, having come to light, 1T brought
general discredit upon the department,
and gave rise to much suspicion prob
ably not warranted. The wheat farm
ers very naturally inferred that if there
was leak in the cotton REPORTS for the
advantage of a certain clique, there
might as readily be- a leak in the wheat
reports. Thus the whole work Of the
department came under suspicion, and
it was even alleged that in the max
ing up of all the government reports
false figures were substituted for ef-
feet upon the markets.
The thing is over now and there is
not likely to besa repetition Of it. How
much of the suspicion that followed the
Holmes disclosures was justified no
one can say. Today the department is
pretty well cleaned up and is likely to
do better and more reliable work as
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14

tua and sang it with his usual success
altho with less apparent interest thar
usual. The two famous love arias were
well sung, altho not con amore, and
were each encored.
Miss Florence Easton, the soprano,
made her premiere appearance here as
soloist in the role Of Gilda, the child
of Rigoletto, and, SO far as personality
goes, could not have been more hap
PLY cast. She looked the young ant
innocent maiden, with her lovely fac
exquisite in its purity and sweetness
She sang the coloratura work required
of the role with splendid effect, ane
heartily deserved the success sht
achieved. Her voice, however, is to-
light for the work required in the ia
nous quartet. Miss Claude Albright
who is almost an ideal Carmen, repeat
ed her success in ola Boheme,' sing
ing the role of Maddalena, the bandit;
sister, with spirit and winning hearty
applause for her efforts.
The Rigoletto quartet is one of tho
| most famous numbers in opera, and was
given last evening with fine success
save that the three other voices over
balanced the soprano. This might hav,
| been avoided with a little care. sine,
in the duet between Rigoletto and hi
daughter, Mr.. Golf effectively tempered
his own voice so that the results Sc
cured were exceptionally good.
Mr.. Benefits Sparafucile, the too
who is to accomplish the death of thu
duke and who kills the daughter in
stead, was well sung, but he made
somewhat unconvincing villain. Mis-
Helen Petre was an acceptable Giovan
ma, the nurse, and Miss Amy Robert
! a handsome countess.
The performance was conducted b,
Chevalier Emanuel with his usual sue
cess, but the subordination of the or
chestra, which is a characteristic o
the earlier opera. prevented any worl
calling for especial comment.
Howard Raardman
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
Illumination for the Encampment.

s The plan which Mr.. Chamberlain,
chairman Of the Commercial club com
mittee, proposes for street decoration
for the Grand Army encampment, will
produce excellent results if the business
men and property owners in the bust
ness center get together on uniform
style of illumination. If street lamps
are to be erected for gas or electrical
display and illumination, there ought
to be unif ormity Of design and size.
The effect cannot be satisfactory if the
effort is not universal thruout the
Illuminated district and if the style
of lamp is not uniform. If these CON
fditions are complied with, the fixtures
ought to be, permanent. A style of
lamp has been suggested which con-
tains a little socket on the top to hold
small pennant. The insertion of pen-
nants, each to bear the name and num-
!. Der Of the Grand Army posts. will be
% very graceful compliment and very
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
MARCH IL

s ( 4
1471-Edward ~. OF England re-.
turned from exile.
f519-Fernando cortez and his
band Of explorers attacked by ln-5
dams.
1644-Roger Williams obtained
charter for incorporation Of Provi-7
{, dence, n. !.
observation-disclosures Indians at
tackled Northampton, Mass.
18f3-Delaware river blocked by
British ships. 81
1855First train across Niagara
bridge. 80.
1861 kingdom Of rtaly established.
1866 confederate arsenal It Fay
etteyIlle, N. c., destroyed by sher-
man.
1sso-Boomers invaded the chero-5
kee strip.
1894 Matter. Weflman, arctic ex-.
plcrer, sailed from New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14

An End of seasIc<n ess.-An electric
chair that cures seasickness has been in
vented. and it is not one of the kind that
kills, either. according to an extract from
Illustrirte Zeitung in Public Opinion for
March 10. The chair seat. by means of
a small electric motor, is given vibra-
tory motion such as one experiences in
an automobile, and this is said to coun-
teract the movement Of the ship. and not
only to prevent seasickness while one is
in the chair but to remove predisposi-
ton to seasickness during the rest Of the
voyage whether one Is in the chair or not.
The chair 1T is said, has been tried on
an Atlantic liner with great success.
Wallace Favors Contract System for
Canal construction. The Engineering
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14

magazine for March presents a significant
contribution TO the settlement Of the. 18th
milan affairs, In John II. Wallaces
article on Plain Facts About the ePana-
ma Canal He tells frankly the Difficult
ties he found In attempting to carry out
the work as chief engineer. and defines
his belief that redtape and politics will
always prevent efficient or economi-
cal construction under direct gov
eminent control He believes in the
entire applicability and desirability
of the contract system, and In
dicates just how he believes 1t should be
employed. incidentally, he suggests a
plan for the operation Of the Panama
railroad. The article will extend and
amplify the valued service rendered by
Mr.. Wallace's recent testimony before the
senate investigating committee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14

ST. Louis county's offering for place
on the state ticket is a successful bust
ness man. who is heavily interested in
contracting enterprises on the iron range.
He is quiet sort Of man, with excellent
personal qualities that have won him
many friends, althO, strange to say, he is
still a bachelor. Senator Hawkins wants
to be lieutenant governor, and made for
NAL announcement of his candidacy re-
Gently before leaving for vacation in
the south. He has opposition at home,
since N. F. Hugo Of Duluth wants to be
speaker of the house. but st. Louis coun-
tvs delegation will probably present
Hawkins name. Outside of st. Louis
there has been chorus of opposition to
his candidacy, since Senator Hawkins
has been an open opponent of some OF
the important railroad bills, and as chair
man of the railroad committee officiated
as their chief executioner. On that ac-
count his nomination is not considered
likely, tho he has many friends working
for him, and is bound to make strong
showing in the convention.
Senator Hawkins is not much of an ad-
vertiser: and the legislative manual
which must be relied on in his absence
is almost silent as to the facts of his
career. He is Al years old, and was born
d.
mon school education, he qualified as a
civil engineer, and came west looking fol
opportunities. He found them on the
iron range. where. he has been successful
His interests are in the Drake & STRAIT
ton company, stripping contractors, anc
his residence is generally given as Biwa-
blk, but he spends more time in Duluth
! He was elected state senator from the
forty ninth district in 1898, and reelected
T in 1902.
| 'McClearys is a most fortunate man ir
| his enemies. : remarked a second district
man the other day. There are about a
! dozen men in the district who want tic
go to congress the; worst way, and OF
course they don't like McCleary. But
none of the dozen will allow anyone else
/ to defeat McCleary. If Mac is to be beat
en-. each Of them is determined to be the
man who will do it. That accounts TO,
the rather easy sailing McCleary has had
during these. years, tho the great major
itySof the voters of the district are out OF
sympathy with his tariff views
H M. Hanson of Hanley Falls. who
has announced his candidacy for a house
nomination in the seventeenth district
was in the twin cities yesterday on bust
ness. Mr.. Hanson is young man, and
never has asked for political preferment
before, but he is one of the solid business
men of elbow Medicine county He is
cashier of tho First National bank at
Hanley Falls. and has been an active fac
tor in the business life of that section OF
the state for six wears past. coming to
Hanley Falls from Forest City. Iowa.
Frank M. E,ddy's declaration for jacob
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14

New York is considering plan on
which there will be public hearing
next week, to wipe out Chinatown and
establish park within the district
now given over to the celestials. Mayor
Mcclellan is on record as in favor of
the plan, and many Of the property
owners interested have signed the petit
tion for the park. The assessed value
of the land to be taken if the project
be adopted is less than $2,000,O00, and
the 9 improvements are practically of
no value. Why couldn't Minneapolis
consider plan to ''wipe OUT the
Union station?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
The indianapolis News is ssstumped

The indianapolis News is 'stumped. !"
cit is pretty hard," the News. says,
" for some Of us to- understand how the
western colleges are going to eliminate
all brutality and unnecessary danger
from football next season, after we all
have been assured on such unquestion-
able authority that there are no brutal
ity and unnecessary danger in the
game The brutality and unnecessary
violence are not for publication, but as
guarantee of good football.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
SUGGESTIONS
HE.

ea-~F4 HE. \, j e3E III
I" f.. were you, and you were 7,
I'll tell you what I'd do.
I'd smile upon you pleasantly
Whene'er you came to WOO,
And some day, when you told me that
Your lifelong happiness "a.
Depended on my shy consent,
I'd softly whisper, Yes
SHE.
# you were !. and were you, "a
Instead Of standing there
And beating all around the bush,
As If I didn't dare,
I'd make my mind uD. once for all, .ss
From doubling to be free,
And plump and straight I'd ask of you
Dear, will you marry me?'
-Somerville Journal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
& igoletto' Is Well Sung
By Most Artistic Cast

One does not realize how far the
world of music has travelled in fifty
years until he listens to two such
operas as "Rigoletto,O given at the
Metropolitan opera house last evening
by the English Grand Opera company,
and The Valkyrie, - given the night
before. Indeed, there is scarcely a
quarter of century between the dates
OF the two operas, and yet greater
strides in musical composition could
scarcely be imagined than is apparent
between these two. and the same thing
is true if - La Boheme - is substituted
for the Wagner opera, in making the
comparison.
Rigoletto belongs to the old Ital-
ian school, and is in direct contrast to
Verdi s later works. 1t abounds in the
ford coloratura so dearly loved by the
bel canto school Of singers. Melody
runs riot thru it, and melody is dearly
loved by all, from the humblest to the
greatest lover of music. Yet there is
and 'Othelio,0 for instance, both Yer
di operas. that there is between novel
of the Mary j. Holmes type and one of
Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
The presentation of the opera last
evening was excellent. The mixed and
male choruses all were well done. The
opera was handsomely mounted, with
due regard for chronology and color
combinations, and moved smoothly from
the beginning. The openings ball scene
is especially pretty and the stately
dance that proceeds as the opera is be-
ing sung is. a charming interlude.
The cast in most respects was hap
Ply one. The title role was taken by
Winfred Golf and was most consistent
piece of work and artistic, whether
considered from the vocal or the dra-
matte standpoint. The role requires
exceptional gifts and was splendidly
filed. Mr.. Golf 8 voice was more than
and he was well received. Joseph Shee-
han took the role of the Duke of Man
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-14
RAILROAD MEN BANQUET
North Western Officials Hold a Council
at Winona.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Winona, Mimi, March 14.-The chief
officials in the operating department of
the Chicago & Northwestern road on
the Minnesota and Madison divisions
were entertained by general officials Of
the operating department at banquet
at the Winona last evening. Following
an elaborate menu, toasts were respond
ed to and a general discussion was held
regarding the betterment of the service.
The officials from Chicago included R.
II. Ashton, general manager, w. D..
Cantillon, assistant general manager
and H. 7. Bentley, superintendent Of
motive power.
William Hussey. the boy who has
been missing since last Friday, returned
home Tuesday afternoon.
A farmer named Hennessy reports
that he was held up at the lower end
of Lake Winona by two young men and
asked to hand over his cash. He had
less than a dollar and complied with
the demand.