The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-07

| seen. 1t varies from darkest to light
| est blue, pink and white. 1t is biennial
| and will die Immediately after the seeds
| have ripened. There is a distinct vari-
| ETY. called cup and saucer" and sew
| eral that are decidedly double. The
| young plants should be set out not la
| ter than June.
Campanula carpitaca of the white
variety is the prettiest of the dwarf
! species. 1t is perennial, of easy cub
i ture, producing flowers in great abund-
| panula Turbinata is another dwarf
| species suited for open rockeries or
small borders. For rockeries Campan-
ola rotundifolia, the English harebell.
| is best. One of the tallest varieties IS
| Campanula pyramidalis, which some
| times reaches five feet. Its numerous
| spikes are covered with blue and white
| flowers.
| The Repartee of Moriz RoSenthal.
| Moriz Rosenthal, the famous plan
! list, is almost as we'll known for his wit
\ as for his wonderful mastery of the
piano. An interview which a some
what inexperienced reporter had with
| him might be taken as an example IN
| instance. 1t ran something like this:
DO you think true artist should
| be bound to tradition, should have no
opinion of his own?"
Some have several suitable to va
rious chimes and times"
SHOULD one practice scales?
Zone should not practice scales; one
should play them, perfectly"
Whom do you consider a great
| modern composer"
Strauss"
Johann or Richard?"
"Why be particular about such
trifing detail as a Christian name? Let
us hold to the main questions"
ct would like your opinion of Co
dowskis arrangements
81 think he has made arrangements
for winter tour through Germany"
II see; but how does De Pach-
mann's left hand impress you?"
"It is small white and we'll kept"
Should a composer print his opus
NUMBER
mo, he should induce a well-paying
publisher to print it,
Where is the most intelligent pub
lie to be found 2"
AT my concerts. Are you sure there
is nothing else you would like to
know % urged Rosentha1.
Whom do you regard as the great
est living composer? ?"
Frederic Chopin"
and the greatest dead composer ?"
my friend, Herr -, of Vienna.
He is one of the teachers at the Con-
servatorium there. Is that all? Well,
goodby, whenever you would like in
formation about music, information
unadorned, frank and free, always
come to me."-The Bohemian.
Features of the jamestown Fair.
The jamestown tercentenniaI will
spend in round numbers about 10000
600 upon the grounds, buildings, and ex-
hibits. But that large sum will furnish
but a small number of the features of
the exposition and will be but a minute
fraction of the vast monetary values
that will be represented in other ways.
For instance, every nation in the world
has made arrangements to exhibit sec
tlOnS ndVV-SOmo with a s.
ingly large number of various types Of
their fighting craft; and many of the
powers have also agreed to send large
numbers of their soldiery to the general
friendly rendezvous. A naval expert,
basing his calculations upon data fur
nished by the United States govern
ment and the other governments tina.
will participate, has figured that there
will be anchored in Hampton Roads at
the time of the exposition fighting craft
alone that would represent an outlay
of $250, 600, 900. And it will not mean be-
wilderment or monotony. Every varie-
ty of fighting craft in existence today
will be on display. from the tiniest tor
pedo messenger boat to the largest
bsttleship or armored cruiser; and the.
United States government at least Will
have a display illustrating the evolu-
ton of the fighting vessel from the ear
" DAYS of the nation down to the pres
ent time.
The display of commercial and pas
senger craft in ordinary use in and
about Hampton Roads at the time of
the exposition will present a feature of
interest fully great as any that the
exposition could give. particularly to
all inland visitors And the forts around
Hampton Roads fortress Monroe and
the Ripraps), the navy yard at Norfolk |
and the gigantic shipbuilding plant at |
Newport News will easily represent, |
apart from a sentimental historic value, |
an outlay of another $100.000,000. And |
these features are such as may not be |
found in duplicate anywhere else along |
the Atlantic coast-Review of Reviews |
The Strategy of the Mouse.
The runways under the snow no |
doubt serve the double purpose of
at an astonishing rate, and safeguards /
against winged foes which include va
rious hawks and owls, the Northern
shrike and its kin, the common logger
head. But when the enemy is quad
ruped the runwayS are no longer TO
be depended upon. Wolf. fox. dog,
the weasel tribe, etc, have shrewd
noses and strong paws, and every
hairy pirate of them is very wise con-
corning the tracing of runways and
breaking into grass houses. 1t is true
that the field mouse almost invariably
has a burrow as we'll as nest-a sort
of cyclone-sheIter into which he can
dive whenever matters up above APP
pear to be getting too hairy and snuny.
3l1t ALAS even a foot of frozen soil is
no safe shield when the paws of any
thing canine get to digging in dead
1.-The White Wood
lands" by Edwyn Sandys in The Out
ing Magazine for March.