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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-01-16

Claims-J. W. Nash, chairman;
II. c. Little, w. D. Bryan, E. j.
f'lary, L. S. Clinkscales, John G..
'reer. w. H. Niver, B. F. Thomas,
=. c. Bailey.
nnts-G. R. Reeves, chair
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tunes that the hand organ plays, no more,
no less. The pins are put in the tiny holes
and pressed down by the down dropping
of the frame, which is worked with a treadle
like a sewing machine.
Every year. according to the maker,
the hand organ should get new rolls and
with these alterations an ordinary instru-
ment may last in good condition for fifteen
years. After that it gets wheezy.
Oh, yes. he knows a great deal about
music and when he gets the score sheet
from the publisher and works from it he
does not need to have a piano or anything;
he can tell from the notes and he often
whistles or huns them as he works. He
does not care for waiting at the Church"
nor Poor JOHN but he loves I'll Trova-
tore
It Is different in Italy, oh, quite diff
ferent. There the poor hand organ man is
not bounded by the police. 1t is so that
they must nave licenses as they do in New
York, but the license OF Italy does not per-
nit the foreigner to play and there when
you hear a street organ you may be sure
that the handle Ia being turned by one
who really loves his art and has music in
his soul. The Americans love music, too,
not all music, for they do not consider
the hand organ art, and that of course is
absurd. The Americans don't care for
music all alone by itself. 1t is like their
dinners, where they do not eat spaghetti
all the time but inst take that with a lot
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ON TRACK OF The HAND ORGAN
n EASY TO FIND THEM IN VIM
TER QUARTERS

And THEY'RE Disappearing Even In Summer,
gay Both Makers and Players As for
thr Monkey. VINO Now Ever Sees n
I>crpt OH n Tour OF the Country?
ca7sider.nE the fact that there are as
msny italians In the Borough Of Brooklyn
alone as there are in Lucca or Pisa, tina
there are some thirty blocks running from
tSNh 10 tl5th streets where little but the
various dialects Of Italy Is ever heard, and
that the district lying between Centre street
and the Bowery from Pearl TO Blocker,
the whole length of Thompson, Macdougal
and Sullivan streets never displays any
heraldic crest but a string OF spaghetti
couchant or a g%orgonzola rampant, IL is
s.rprsing how much transformation 1t is
pDesihie TO acquire about the hand organ
industry.
Policemen. the last resort OF the stranded
in facts. assume attitudes OF wisdom and
after a long period Of rumination allow
that there may be some hand organs stored
around ~ their precincts, but, If so, they
are not aware or IG. from their converse
ryn one would gather that hand organs
went and came like airships.
Finally one. more ambitious.
that he is sure IL a look is given in some Of
The saloons hand organs will be found, and
offers to look in the nearest saloon himself
Ia make sure. He is gone a long time,
40 long that he either forgets to come back
or is ashamed-it all amounts to the same
thing in the end.
Meantime you wait without any special
anxiety, for you remember something that
Miss Jane Addsms of Hull House said about
a situation of this kind: I'VE lack imagina-
tion. We change the color of our table
cloths and the shades of our candlesticks in
order to get a variety in u social life, and
vet here are these people full of color,
charm. history, who with their new life
would ofer a genuine addition TO our W
and give us a type OF social endeavor and
stimulus.
And as you stand in the heart of the
district We have given up to the Meridionales
We have to admit the color, charm. history,
stimulus. all-even the dirt.
There are no hand organs, hut the organ
grinders. or their counterparts, are on
every side. Contemporary with the open
ing Of the organ season is the salad day.
and huge punches Of watercress, romaine,
~esoarole and dandelion are sprinkled with
red radishee and artichokes. Across the
store windows strings Of lemon colored
spaghetti hang like the fringe Of an
invisible garment. while In the pastry
cooks window brilliantly colored cakes
aud candy are i~nvitingly placed. Bunches
Of white garlic are pendent in store doors,
and cabbages. leeks, pans Of beans, green.
yellow and straw color, line the shelves
outside. If the hand organs are not visible
it is evident that they must be near at
hand, for this is their home.
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the rams fed. Buck followed, but he was
nabbed half a block away and dragged
back to the building where Mr.. Roid had
taken refuge.
sYee. | puts de gang up ter give i'm a
doin'," Buck admitted, IAN he desoives all
he kin git. Wot'd he do ter me? Nottin'
ter me, but he amt treated & goil right.
He knows wot l has agin i'm. AM If he wants
ter belch let i'm. / amt sayin' nottin'.'
Mr.. Reid wouldn't prefer a charge Of
assault. but the cop nevertheless took
Buck in and that night he landed up in
the Gerry"
kid and his gang were planning TO do hin
and rob him. said the cop when Buck was
arraigned in the Children's Court.
But b complainant inquired the
Justice.
sHe wouldn't make a charge the cop
replied; T., .,d
Buck went free,
1t was with a quaking heart that Buck
went pack TO the brokerage concern. He
knew he would be fired. but there were
four days pay coming to him: 4,
Guess de jig's up wild me- he announced
to Miss ~Stenographer as he entered the
office, "but | gifts hunk on dat bloke, all
right. Yuh didn't hear nottin', dough, did
yuh?"
IL was very wrong-it was dreadful OF you
to do IL. Fortunately ! heard Of It before
the boss came in and before Mr.. Reid had q
anything about IL 20 the boss and had you
discharged he would never see me again.
And ! meant II, too. But never do such q
thing again. Buck-for my sake?"
Gee, but yuh'r a bold
And Buck hung up his cap.
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il at the door and the children stop playing
"Lunga Tela," or London Bridge as it Is
called here; the boys stop rolling the ball
in "Boccia' and the rough game Of "Pallone,'
while they listen and then lance. Next
to music he loves children. They are
Just the same, really. Sometimes when
he sees them whirling about they seem
just like the notes he has pinned down to
the paper roll which have escaped and then
when he Ia looking at the notes they seem
like little children he is fastening into place.
or course, it is Just a dream.
After the talkative organ maker has said
aAddio," an Italian is seen %trundling his
truck with a cover carefully draped as
lady's kerchief about it. He is on his way
to the backyard Of a nearby tenement.
His palms are crossed with silver; they, too.
were apparently washed last Saturday.
Does he wi a monkey. too? He takes
of his hat and wipes some beads Of sweat
at the question from his moist brow. There
are apparently remembranoes evoked.
Alter a long train Of "Reminiscences comes
the expected. Yes, he did own one once;
but, well, he will never forget the time
that his wife said, Look at the damda monk;
he's taken all the Chant "and after that last
theft they determined TO get rid Of him.
Sold it on Mott street to a Chinese mer-
chant. Hears that he is a god in a joss
house now. Anyway he is we'll rid Of him.
Yes, the Americans are hard to the poor
organ grinders, too.
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devised. Frequently the sports are too
strenuous, or they are not adapted to all the
pa rticipants.
aFor an ideal programme we must look
to woman, not TO n Whether she will
rise to the need or continue TO be content
to initiate man in her sports is problematical.
l believe in team play for women. Woman
is more easily affected by ner emotions and
impulses than man, and team play, which
teaches the subordination Of the individual
TO the whole, Is good discipline
How about basketball?' the doctor was
asked.
THAT is an open question. II is almost
pathetic to see the ~tenacity with which
women ambitious to score in athletics hold
on to that game, showing that there is
much in it which appeals to and meets the
needs OF some women. The game has
many good points n many questionable
points, according to the way II is played.
Here again some women are initiative in.
stead OF trying to be original, They will
insist IN playing the game according to
mems rules
THE game may be played 30 as to get in
the main only good results, the, best OF re-
suits; but for once 1t is played like that, it is
played twenty times In a fashion to make
the results questionable, IL for no other
reason thar the effect the game has on the
personality Of some Of the players:
Games which call out skill, %quickness,
alertness, an outlay Of strength without
strain, are more suitable for women than
games which necessitate sustained effort;
Because Of the difference In her physical
makeup, woman. generally speaking, is not
capable OF the sustained effort man is. She
does not possess the power OF endurance OF
mana consideration she usually. puts out
Of the reckoning when emulous OF copying
the athletics OF men.
sThat is why l cay that In team work
and cooperative games there Is a great
opportunity for adaptation and that the
HAT M mn for Vvnunan ha I'VE not vet been
devised. AT the present time they have the
high jump, the short running dashes up TO
fifty yards, throwing the basketball and
relay races for short distances, which can
legitimately be INDUCED in without in
ducing extreme fatigue or breathleesness.
Putting the shot7 Well that depends.
Satisfied with using a five pound shot this
exercise for the majority OF women con-
testants is all right, but when women try
20 initiate man with putting a sixteen pound
shot there is something 70 be said on the
other side
vent in for systematic athletics, the doctor
said probably not more than 10 TO 20. n
that about rs per cent. INDUCED in the
simpler athletic outdoor games in the
spring and fall.
1.-THE reason the percentage Ia 40 small
In the first class. " said he, lis because there
In always a percentage Of pupils who are
not strong enough 70 practise athletics,
no matter what their inclinHtions are, and
a percentage who nave the strength, but
not the inclination.
As a rule the tendency Of the stronger
type with a love for sport IL TO attempt
too much. This Ia particularly the case
between the ages q ~ and i6-the high
school age-At which time, In my opinion,
girls ought 10 be held back from INDUCING
In the more rigorous athletic games. When
q young woman has got her growth che
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a few doors below Worth. there 10 a place
not very pleasant but not at all dangerous.
II the owners OF that place have moved
there is still Elizabeth street and Spring,
where the hand organs must be rented.
stored and loaned. He does not say why
jhe thinks the hand organs are on Spring
street. but 1t Il is easy to follow the turnings
OF his mind.
A recent civic publication has announced
that "malodorous Mulberry Bend has been
redeemed" 1t has certainly lost in pic
~resque and gained in health and
cleanliness.
A woman with a fringed yellow head
piece, a scarlet overdress and a green petit
coat who does not speak English acts
as guide. When you reach the saloon
designated you can see a score OF eager
legs and frowsy shoes beneath the half
length door. The woman apparently recog-
nizes a pair OF them and shakes her fist
in their direction. Your knock on the
door causes considerable confusion and
the outstretched fingers OF the men who
are playing MORO" touch their hats, to
pull them further over their eyes. The
woman with the yellow headdress tells
what she thinks of the game, as nearly
as one can judge from her dialect.
At last the saloon keeper becomes i'm
patient and sends a young man TO act as
Interpreter. He has heard hat in a nearby
street, down two blocks, turn to the left,
go UP a dark doorway. through a long
alley, at the third door one may find m
thing, but he is not sure. Hand riga are
not as popular as they were. You are TO
be sure and not go into the yard. Why
he does not say.
There is nothing in the tenement desig-
mated except dirt. dresriness n decay.
and you give up the search, while the strains
OF a distant Donizetti aria tantalize you
and turn your attention TO Elizabeth street.
down which the last organ has strayed.
But in Elizabeth street you get your first
clue, for a sign over a door promises in
formation and your knock Is responded to
by a pleasant faced Italian Of middle 8
in his working apron.
He is hospitsble and all the information
at his disposal is yours. He has been at
work there for ten. twelve, almost more
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HEAT THE SOIL FROM BENEATH.
German Has q Plan TO Increase Crops Of
Early Spring Vegetables.

DR.. Mehner, a German. is responsible for
the latest agricultural idea, which is now
the subject Of experiment in Germany and
F~rance-that Of artiicially heating thes soil
for the purpose of pushing the growth OF
vegetables. 1t is said TO promise remark
able results, especially in the q~uickening
of spring vegetables and their develop
ment in size and luxuriance.
The method consists in burying at n
depth OF 20 to 40 inches under the field 10 be
treated conduits Of earthenware, through
which steam pipes about an inch in diane
ter are laid. Steam at n temperature OF
about 800 degrees liz forced through the
pipes; it warns the air in the conduit and
the heat slowly radiates through the clay
conduit. warming the earth.
Leakage Of heat is very slow. Experi-
ment is said TO show that when the surface
OF the ground is about freezing point the
soil at a depth Of IL to 20 inches has a tenn
p~erature OF ~ degrees.
Assuming that the artificial heating were
begun early in March, when this condition
existed. a very small expenditure Of heat
would be needed TO cause the desired stimu-
lation, and the radiation into the air would
be exceedingly gradual. In warmer
weather the surface heating from the sun
would actually counteract the radiation Of
the artificial heat.
or course the plan does not contemplate
heating the soil In the dead Of winter when
atmospheric cold would kill any plant. that
might he a%rtifcially caused 10 germinate.
The idea il simply 10 aid nature when the
spring sets In.
Asparagus. lettuce. young onions, cucum-
beers, radishes and other spring plants are
the ones on which u IL expected TO use the
system with most effect. Later In COM
bination with forcing frames il may be used
on strawberries, and experiments may be-
tried on various fruit trees. The method
is likely 10 be applied 10 Horticulture ans
the growth Of plants for seed ptrpo0A
also.
II In calculated TINT the expense Of in
s~tallatIon for zach space of 1850 square
yards In Germany or France is about $3.50
plus the steam generating apparatus which
may be large or small according 10 The
tract 10 be heated. and which may be used
for other purposes. The cost Of tho heating
IN figured at SIS a month.
The annual Increase In profit for the same
patch OF ground sown with early vegetables
H. figured az $500 on . three months hNSttng
OF the SVii.
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blow. this discovery. and one the lad felt he
couldn't get over, He was sitting in a COR
ner of the Office one day when Mr.. Reid, una
ware OF Buck's presence, came into the outer
Office and bent over Miss Stenographer
| until his face touched her hair. And when
he kissed her she pressed his hand and smiled
and Buck knew she loved him. AL his
dreams were shattered.
The next evening when they were alone
Buck summoned UP his nerve and asked her
nodded her head. And don't you think he
is lovely, Buck?' she asked Bucks heart
was filed with pain and in his mine he cursed
Mr.. Reid bitterly. He told her he didn't
like him, but when pressed for a reason he
stammered that he didn't know why.
From that day on Buck became desperate;
his love was growing stronger and he hated
Mr.. Reid the more every time he thought OF
him. He couldn't and wouldn't reconcile
himself TO his fate. Binding his love to the
own invention-of having seen Mr.. Reid
walking away with her. Whopper after
whopper he told her. hoping and praying
that they would have the desired result.
came nei into q the ONCE late one afternoon and
found the lovers in a bitter quarrel. Miss
S~tenographer was in tears and abe was telling
Mr.. Reid that she hated him and wanted TO see
him nc more. Mr.. Reid left the office in a
nun, anu Il6u hllbb JpouOHIdDICI Lh40 y
head on a desk and sobbed as II her heart
would break.
sOh, il he would only come back she
said, her voice ohoked, my heart Is break
ing Buck-homely Buck the COILS In the
Gap called him-was peering into the mirror
at the far end Of the office surveying his
turned up nose and big ,freckles: Sure
he was homely Buck, but why wouldn't she
love him? IL was a great efior on his
part, but he finally managed 10 go 70 her
side and try to soothe her.
.o +2on D6s6x care h fer ss d. g EyyI;b be d SIn's sn no
goil wot / wuz ever broke up. over an take
Il from Buck dat I'll go de limit fer yuh:
I'd "a slammed i'm one wild de glass IL yuh'd
sed de void, even II ] lost me job trough
1t. An III gil. hunk on dat gee7er fer
maxim yuh cry
Miss ~Stenographer smiled and pressed
Bucks hand. She wanted TO tell him how
thankful she was, but she couldn't He
understood, though, and when he loft her
at Broadway he hurried 70 the Gap. II
was a long time since Buck mixed in with
the gang, but he went among them that
night and exacted n promise from his old
followers 10 be on hand down In Wall street
the following evening. There were, eight
denizens OF the Gap who marched into
the street at the hidden hour, n when
Mr.. Reid sauntered out OF the Office at s
o'clock he was trailed down Broad street.
Every younRster In the gang had his
pockets filed with stones, and when the
unsuspecting cashier reached the corner
Of Pearl and Broad streets dozens OF missiles
were hurled at him, and he was compelled
20 dart into a building to escape serioIs
spotted Buck, who stood In the background
squirting his gang on, Ind while he felt
| that the lad had q hand In the attack he
couldn't divine the cause.
-Chetse IL, de copsI' . ory rang outfpnd
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NEED new GAMES FOR WOMEN
IDEAL FIELD DAY PROGRAMME
YET TO BE PLANNED.
That's the View OF DR.. Wood OF Barnard
Women o Eager TO Initiate Men In
Their Sports, He Thinks -BaSketball
q Good Gams When Properly Played,

1nate tne view OF Df. WOOu OF bhFntru
Women Too Eager TO Initiate Men In
h Sports, He ThInks-BaSketball
Good Game When Properly Played,
There is a lack Of originality in athletics
for women. In this field there is room for
adaptation. for originality, for much i'm
provement.'
This statement was made by DR.. Wood.
director OF all the gymnasium work at
Columbia University, including Barnard
College athletics.
The doctor was speaking generally and
was careful to explain that his remarks did
not apply to Barnard girls in particular
or to one college more than TO another
Like every other member Of the Barnard
College faculty DR.. Wood aims to keep
students out Of the limelight.
But the students themselves are not
always 30 unoommunicative. A 1905 grad
uate remarked not long ago that since
the new gymnasium quarters were opened
the physical culture records OF Barnard
had gone up until they were more than
a match for those Of Vassar n Smith.
A 1907 student contradicted this and said
she believed that in the athletic line Vassar
and Smith are still some distance ahead.
Officially or unoficially the Barnard College
faculty has nothing to say on this point.
But on the subject OF the somewhat
recent but very rapid development and
popularity Of athletics in women's schools
and colleges DR.. Wood Ia quite willing TO
express his views. Said he:
'No definite conclusion has yet been
reached concerning the value OF athletics
for women. The question ia still open.
1t doesn't at all follow that certain exer-
cises which are good for men are good also
for women Differences in the mental and
physical and emotional qualities OF the
sexes modify results. ] am OF the opinion
that In athletics; as In most business pursuits,
women show too little originality. In lines
Of industry peculiarly adapted TO women
men as a rule evince little inclination 10
compete; willis. on the contrary, women
are generally eager TO initiate men In every
field Of endeavor. Just now they are
striving with might and main 10 initiate
men in athletics.
From my study and experience ! have no
doubt that properly conducted athletic
games are as valuable for young women as
for men. There nre features In athletioa
which help 20 balance the emotional side OF
womRn'e nature. believe In the idea Of
field days for women. But 10 my mind ar
Ideal proGramms for them has not yet bqpu
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LEPERS SENT TO CHINA.
The Lazaretto Maintained by Canada az
Victoria, u. G.. Closed.

QUEBEC. May 1i.-Canada has closed her
lazaretto at Victoria, B. C.. and transported
the lepers who had occupied it for some
years past TO China, OF which country all
we're natives. The lepers we're all very
willing to 60, being especially DESTROYS OF
being buried in China.
For two years the official in charge OF the
lazaretto has endeavored to remove II
across the Pacific, but could not until re-
Gently find r ship 10 convey the lepers
across the ocean, Regular liners always
refused 20 take them, but finally advantage
was taken OF n tramp steamer running
from Portland. Ore, to Hongkong. The
captain consented 20 take them on pay.
ment in advance Of 500 cach. and the Gov.
erment gladly complied with the condi-
tons.
The laznretto at Victoria has been in
existence for the last fifteen years. An
attendant from the institution accompanied
the lepers. and will rec hem safely placed
In the mission for leperF AT Canton. main
tanned for Indian and Chinese victims OF
the disease. Tho Dominion will still pay
for their maintenance. but the cost In China
will be very much Ices than In British Co.
iumbiA, and the danger arising from the
existing Of q lAsaretto on tbs Pacific Coast
has been removed.