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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
MUSICAL COMNENI'.

The death Of Gustav Schirmer last Monday.
under circumstances of peculiar sadness, means
much more TO many American musicians than the
loss of friend. To his intimates he was a friend
OF rare sort, and he the friend also of many
VINO did not know him personally. Mr.. Schirmer
exercised a powerful influence in the musical
world, and exercised it for the good of American
art. His catalogues not open 10 composers
OF the kind that hire the harmonization of tunes
Whistled to the German fdd'er OF the theatre band
Tor notation picked ost with finger the
pianoforte, but the best class Of American
posers found him ready to do them honor by pub
locations Of their works. the very appearance OF
which gave them dignity and compelled respect.
he was to ordinary outward appearances a business
man born but there was quality In his soul which
did not spr = from the counting house but
the fruiu Of an innate gentleness and refinement.
His tastes all for beautiful things and to them
he gave very tender love. Music was part of
his life, not only his stock in trade OF
1t is possible to say that they protest litte OF Mr.
Schtrmer ii was only very truth TO say that he
protested about himself and his predictions not
at ell. Many Qf his best traits. those which were
truly noble, were known only TO his intimate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
eAucHo AND PARTNER DANCING.

Kitchen which. from its nature. does not permit
Of much action IN tho way of gliding The two
popular dances the cato" and the Jota
In the cato dance you begin TO the music OF a
guitar, the musician picking away for five min
utes or at kind Of nonotonons ,strumpity-
strump" tune from which he finally breaks into
a song. When the song starts you must accord
ing 70 the rules, stop dancing and salute your
partner with an appropriate verse or poetry she
in turn must counter with a similar verse and
then. the being over, you begin dancing again
TO the ''strumpty-strump."
The 'jota' is cross between Highland fling
and a Spanish fandango. Dancing II, you and your
mariner face without touching each other. do a
sort OF double shuttle with your feet snap your
fingers above your heads in limitations of casta-
nets all the time gazing fxedly into each others
eyes. This last is the principal rule Of the game.
and II you let your eyes wander for an instant
to where another girl is dancing, your partner
stops work instantly. gives her shoulders shrug.
her head toss and goes back TO the horse skull
in a huff. This is hard thing for novice 10
do. and was responsible for beating me out re-
peatedly IN the 'jOta-"
The cato" is better: in IL all the dancing you
have to do is q kind Of rhythmic surging to and
fro like the action of couple too fat 70 swing
around each other IN Il waltz, and you al
lowed to put your arm around the girl. This IS
a prerogative. however, which. If you we'll
advised, you Will exercise only In the most broth
erly manner; otherwise you will lay yourself open
TO being invited by Jealous sweetheart 10 accom-
pany him of into the moonshine to fight for the
hand and heart or the girl, to both OF which his
pig head has made him believe you aspire.
dance lasts from whenever it begins 10 some
thing after sunrise the next morning. You have
supper about midnight and breakfast towacl
daylight: both consist principally Of a kind of hot
stew called "gisa." Men and women SERVED
separately though for what reason ! have never
been able 10 determine. Between dances, If you 10
as the rest do. you suck up mate and drink
"caha"; there is promenading with your partner
in the moonlight. Gaia" is a good thing 10 avoid.
Il has the peculiar faculty Of swoopng down up
on the faculties OF the drinker when he thinks II Is
not affecting him in the least with all the sud
denness and fury Of a delayed charge Of dynamite
BY the time the hour of breaking up arrives
every one Is completely tired out done up ana
run down. and you ride off and turn to wave a
farewell TO the bunch Of drawn. white faces blink
ing out in your direction against the glare Of the
morning sun you wonder what In the world has
possessed you to have made you so happy all
Slight in the company Of such odd lot OF peo-
pie; a thought. / dare say, that has crossed the
minds of many who have stayed up all night at
dances nearer home than those on the outermost
fringes of the great Argentine pampas.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
MANY ELECTRIC STORMS UPSTATE.
Their Sudden Gloom Burdens Light Makers
Darkness, Not Danger, the Difficulty.

That thunderstorms are setting in all over New
York State with unusual force and frequency Is
shown by reports received in this city at the
Headquarters of the Empire State Gas and Elec-
trio Association Lighting men In every part
of the state making preparations to offset the
sudden and irregular darkness with which the
vigorous massing of the July thunderheads is be-
ginning 10 food their territory. On the basis Of
the squaly weather prevailing thus far 1t is esu-
mated and machinery. enough TO counter
act the darkest month of winter, will be required
to tighten the spasmodic gloom that Will follow
this summers electric showers.
At no than a quarter of an hours notice,
the lighting declare. they often obliged 10
generate electric current regulate gas flow suf-
ncent TO supply the thousands of buttons and jets
that are turned almost simultaneously the mo-
mept a sudden shower blots out the sunlight. The
strain Of this emergency work upon the regular
force and equipment well as the burden Of
maintaining extra crews, tanks and dynamos con-
stantIy ready to be set at work against the rush
Of the summer storms, has begun 10 tell already
upon the resources OF the lighting companies
throughout the state. In many instances members
of the lighting association report that they have
been Obliged this week make even further addl-
lions 70 their emergency forces to insure the main
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
STUDIO NOTES.

In falling off his bicycle last Monday afternoon
Professor Johan Racer, the voice culturist, OF No.
SS7 9th street, Brooklyn injured his right AS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
THE CALENDAR

Ev'ry day is numbered, though I don't know how
it's done
Some months stop at 80. an some has 81
Since l kin remember has had TO play dat game;
Sometimes rs unlucky, but Llikes 1t Jes' de same.
Dey say dat time is money, but it's mo- dan dat I
guess
Oar ain no way of payn' cash foh real happiness.
An l watch dem numbers come. excited as
kin be,
A-hopin' dat dars dividends of fun in store foh me-
An sometimes every blossom seems to know me as
l pass.
An dars music in de treetops an dars diamonds
on de grass,
whah dewdrops is a glistenin' FUN de sunshine in
de skies,
An den sure feels good because knows Is won
prize
Washington Star.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21

glory and abors of the gods and goddesses OF the
Etherian Heavens IS the latest addition TO the
long list OF London's strange religious sects which
are almost many the days OF the year.
IN London the Chinaman burns his incense stick
I'm more than josShouSe in the East End thu
pie. near ST. Georges street East; the ParseeS
worship the sun in Bloomsbury. the Mormons have
a mission in IslingtOn and in many parts of tho
metropolis the Buddhists and Ancestor Worshippers
perform their strange rites OF Christian sects IN
London there are least tAree hundred. including
the Cokelers the disciples OF William SirgOOd tho
WaIworth shoemaker; the Peculiar People. who
prefer prayer TO physicians: the Sandemanians. tho
followers Of Joanna SOuthcott. the prophetic
wing maid; the Shakers and the Seventh Day Ban.
tists.-Dundee Advertiser
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
LIFE ON THE PAMPAS.
PecuIiarities of Their Characteristic
Product, the GauchO.
BY Lewis r. Freeman.

The pampas Of Argentina correspond closely with
The prairies Of the Mississippi Valley Of the United
States and the great plains Of the Canadian North
west, but nowhere else in the world is there so
large area that approaches so near TO an abso-
lutte level
To the average inhabitant Of the pampas a gentle
swell the bosom Of the plain is a thing of in
terest. and a hill something 10 revere The most
Characteristic figure of the pampas is the gaucho
AS a handler OF stock he is possibly the peer Of
the Queensland drover, but is certainly not to be
mentioned in the same breath with a Texas Ariz-
ona or Montana cowboy, nor with the best of Mex
team vaqueros I had arrived at this conclusion in
my own mind from the time ! saw what We're said
10 be expert gauchos working at a roundup: hence
was the more pleased When in the course of my
stay in Buenos Ayres, bunch Of half a dozen
Texas cowboys appeared in that city on an ex-
h1;tion tour and demonstrated to the satisfaction
Of everybody that the handling of horses and
cattle, both IN method and execution. the North
American is far superior TO the South American
At no branch Of their work did the cowboys not
make the gauchos appear fairly ludicrous in com
paIlson. In roplng and tying and breaking
and riding untamed steers, horses and mules the
work Of the Americans and eXpeditous
'+N o. the Areentlnos and Uruguayans clumsy
ana SLOW 4 cowboy would rope and lie steer IN
from thirty to forty seconds so deity that 1t
could be released by a single pull, where the
Ealcho would spend five minutes smOtheTlng the
animal in a coil OF rope from which a surgical
operation was usually required to release it,
But in the handling Of his knife the Eauoho mas
no peer II is common thing TO say OF 'he
gaucho that he is born with a knife in his hand
and have often seen babes scarcely out OF arms
playing with knives half long as their bodleS'
and when a child once takes TO carrying a 'faeon
II never leaves him.
The staple article Of diet on the panpas IS "carne
asado." This is usually leg Of mutton which
has been scorched 10 a cinder on the outside and
left raw in the middle. II tastes better man II
looks and the principal duty of the Rauchos knife
Is 10 cut of his hunk OF "carne-' II he only cuts
of his own share things usually go on all night,
but If he cuts away bit OF ahoL-er man calhe
there Is pretty sure TO be trouble. The result Of
one Of these little pound Of flesh" disputes is
oF-en rIav OF knife work, and there is usually
a rronounced case Of vivisection left over
souvenir Of the affair.
Though I only couple Of really dead-!n-
earnest fights between two OF these knife experts,
often night after night-in fact when work is over
II is their principal diversion-I them pair off
and fight one another 10 a standstili with all
the fury Of the real thing. except that the knives
remained sheathed in order to prevent serious in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21

preside at the piano, he has announced the dscon-
unuance of his lessons until September 3. when he
VIII resume his classes.
Masters Vanstan and Raymond Lee the sons and
pupils OF William II. Lee the vocal teacher, OF No.
go West 12ith street, soprano sOloists at All
angels Church, this city. last winter.
Nine Louise Gerard Theirs sailed for Europe last
week on the White Star liner Rumanic. In her
Trip she VIII visit Spain, France. italy. Swtzer-
land and England. The greater part of her time.
however, VIII be spent in Paris, where she will
'ake up some special work in vocal instruction
with her old maestro, Dele Sedie. She will return
september "a and will reopen her studios IN Car
negie Hall October I.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21

tenance of their service at top notch efficiency
against the onslaught of sudden atmospheric dis
turbanCes.
The play of lightning is reported TO be the least
OF the lighting mans troubles in electric storms
While in rare instances their tanks, stations or
Offices may be struck, any mans business place
may be, the gas or electric men say they have
nothing 10 fear from thunderbolts. The sudden
wind gusts that precede these showers are re-
ported 10 be often responsible for considerable
damage 10 the poles and wires Of the lighting sys-
tens The overpowerng force, however in these
eccumulating storms is, to the mind of the light
ing men, the unexpected and almost instantaneous
manner in which they turn day into blacklist night
for a whole community calling for light.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
HOW THEY DANCE.

Except behind has knife" the gaucho IS per-
haps, at his best at q dance. The knife. OF course
goes with him to the dance. and he occasionally
gets behind IT, but it is point of honor not to
fight under friends roof. these little side issues
rarely the pleasure of the dance proper
These camp dances are more or less elaborate
affairs, according the pretentions the houses
that give them. and as a general rule one will find
the best fun in the toughest surroundings on
entering the house where the dance is held you are
ushered at once to the kitchen-tbere will often be
not more than two rooms anyhow-where you find
mate" You shake hands with the heads of the
family nod to the rest. and take your place in the
ring about the mate pot to await developments
II there chair in the house 1t will be given TO
You in Difference the ''distingudo' position the
family believe you occupy in the world Of affairs
as outlined by your Argentine friend and sponsor
in soliciting your invitation. If there is not a
chair YOU get the broadcast and smoothest horses
skull 10 sit on, or if you prefer, blanket. like
the blanket myself for II gives you stretch
tho legs out A man with a pair OF stiff knees
among a people who do not have chairs is worse
handicapped than q horse in like condition IN
steepleChase.
The girls present. you will observe. are robustly
developed straight backed young persons who
carry themselves with the easy grace Of lady
lions. and who meet ones eyes with less OF the
insolence but all the assurance of the dollhouse
beauties of Buenos AyTes. They dressed neatly
dresses that cover them from shoulder TO shoe
top. and have n lot Of funny fxtngs on that are
difficult for a 10 describe. The men are Of
the gaucho type. and brave In all the spendors
Of their best "chiripas" and ponchos.
The dancing is begun on the earthen floor OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21

At the recent meeting Of the Swiss Musical So
ciety in Lucerne a quintet for clarinet and strings
composed by Henri Marteau, had Il first perior-
nance. II bore q dedication TO MuhlfeId, who was
expected take part in its first public production
but who died before the date the meeting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21

t were nearly all killed outright. and a number of
n e ndI vest hands as well. The ''maquinista' was
80 - ue only person uniniured-probably the spe-
loNdehce that watches over fools had a hand
III the lnatter-but he lost his job. his reputation
anu nus sweetheart-she in the way of one OF
the pound drive wheels Of the engine-and was
" 49, ""-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-07-21
LoNDoN's STRANGE RELIGIONS.

The Fathist Community. which has established
modest footing in BALKAN, and whose comprehen-
Sive gospel ranges from the creation OF man TO the
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-11-19
Men Who Help Thieves.

The ''rechristener'' is the profession
al name of the man who alters the
names and numbers on stolen watches
The rechristener is usually a clever
engraver who through drink or other
wise has lost the chance of obtaining
honest employment and aids the re
ceiver of stolen property. When a
watch has been stolen the number OF
name or other indication of make or
ownership may be forwarded to the
police and by them communicated to
pawnbrokers. There is consequently
an element of risk in attempting to
dispose of it. There are various ways
of getting over the difficulty, and re-
christening is one that is frequently
resorted to. The engraver adds or pre-
fixes another figure to the number OF
he turns the name ~. Robins into
"T. ]. Robinson" the extra initial
serving to make the name look level
and central on the watch case. This is
done very cleverly, and the rest of the
letters or figures are touched up to
make all appear to have been cut al
the same time.-LondOn Standard.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-11-19
Eohn Winds

The Journal of the Meteorological
Society Of Japan contains an account
by DR.. Okada Of the occurrence in Ko-
rea of those remarkable winds which
have been called fohn winds. The
winds to which this name was origi-
nally given are warm winds blowing
down from the snowclad mountains OF
Switzerland and producing extensive
MEETINGS of the snow. They have
hence been called "snow eaters" The
fohn is essentially a phenomenon OF
mountainous regions, and Wonsan, in
Korea, where they have been observed.
is surrounded except on the east by
high mountains. In this region they
are always westerly and cause abnor-
mally high temperatures and dryness
Of the air. A similar wind in North
America blowing down from the
Rocky mountains has been called the
chinook. Fohn winds occur also in the
arctic regions. Blowing sometimes in
midwinter they produce a remarkable
climatic paradox. AS result Of the
elevation of temperature caused by
them it may happen that northern
Greenland, though in winter darkness.
is warmer than southern France.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-11-19
What Rarbera Must Know.

The barber spoke Indignantly.
ga doctor, n lawyer or divine" he
said, learns his business in three or
four years, and afterward he is Won
derfully looked up to. 1t takes us
BARRIERS many, many more years to
learn our business, but who is there
that looks up to us? On the contrary,
we are rather looked down on.
"Yet think of all a good barber must
know today.
''He must not only shave and cut
hair and trim boards beautifully. He
must understand facial massage, sing
ing, hairdressing, undulating, dyeing,
wigmaking and matchmaking, and he
must also be able to compound pleas
ant washes and shampoo lotions, mas
sage creams, skin foods, eradicators
and regenerators and depilatories-if
you know what they are-tonics, oils,
brilliantine and shaving creams.
with all this knowledge why
shouldn't the modern barber hold his
head as high as any doctor or lawyer
or preacher in the land ?'-New Or
leans Times-Dem ocrat.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-11-19
The Grimmest Epitaph.

What is the most terrible epitaph in
existence? One of the grimmest is
surely that on a stone which was set
up few years ago in the cemetery OF
Debrescin, eastern Hungary.
It reads as follows: Here rests in the
Lord Joseph Moritz, Sr., who died in
his sixty-second year. He was shot by
his son. Frau Joseph MoritZ, who died
in her forty seventh year. She was
shot by her daughter. Elizabeth Mo
ritz, who died by her own hand in her
seventeenth year after shooting her
mother. Joseph Moritz, who died in
prison, age twenty-seven. He had shot
his father. May eternal mercy have
pity on their poor, sinful soulsv'
This memorial was erected by a To-
cal literary association, to which. it is
said, the last of the i'll starred family
left sum of $500 for the purpose.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-11-19
TIL. Herrinos' Heads.

Miracles are not only Of religion.
Perhaps readers may have forgotten
the strange adventure Of the great
Johann Sebastian Bach. The story
was told by Bach himself and is there
fore. we may be assured, substantial
~ true. Bach was a very young man
at the time. His chief object then was,
to hear a great organist Of Hamburg
named Reinken. He was very poor,
and on one of these Journeys, return
ing home, he found himself destitute
and yet far from Luneburg. So he sat
down on a bench outside an inn all
tried to dine on the smell of the cook
ing. Suddenly window was thrown
open above and a couple Of behring's
heads fell at his feet. He picked them
up and discovered in each piece OF
money! He could not find out who
his benefactor had been. But he made
a good use of the gift, for he immedi-
ateIy tramped back to Luneburg to
hear Reinken once more. However it
happened, it was a miracle. But Bach
was dwelling in the regions Of the
miracie.-London Academy.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-11-19
Why Is the Ocean salt?

The Creator made the ocean salt to
save the land from putrefaction The
winds blow everything offensive and
pestilential Gas far as we allow them
to do the work of boards of health)
out to sea, where all humors are alb
sorbed by the hungry waters. Salt is
a purifying agent. The ocean is a
great manufacturer. 1t converts every
thing foul into health making ozone
and hands it back to us without
charge. No government label is nee
essary. Stand on the prov of ship
for three hours a day, deep breathing
like an athlete, and your lungs will be
cleaned Of everything poisonous. Your
blood will leap through veins and arte-
rieS. Your heart will be obliged to
thump with renewed force. The tide
is the oceans tongue. 1t comes in
twice day to lick up the foul things
of the earth and convey them to the
oceans stomach, where they are di
gested, sailed down, cured and render.
ed pure again.-Marine Journal.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-11-19

Only painters locked long at the pic
.ure which Eugene Carriere exhibited
at the salon of 1877, and for dozen
years afterward, while his portraits
and his studies of children and women
steadily gained in distinctive charac-
ter. they puzzled and repealed the I'M
wary, says Henry Copley Greene in
the Century. Their merging varied
colors in a single tone, their dissolving
of sharp contours in smoke hued mist.
suggested either insincerity or myopic
vision. Yet little by little Carriere i'm
pressed first a few artists and critics.
then part of the public, then e
The ministry of fine arts. In 1873
was decorated and in the next yead,
when his paintings were seen at the
then new Salon du Champ de Mars
isolated in a single group, Carriere be-
gan to be more widely understood His
fervid sincerity reverberating. as it
were, from picture to picture destroy
ed all suspicion of pose, and as his
technic grew familiar the sculptur-
esque soIidity of his heads and figures
appeared through that mist in proof Of
his genius of eye and hand.