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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-12-27
D|VERSOS |NFORMES
En- ell vapor Caracas"
Artistas que regre-
san de Venezuela.
UN FALLECIMlENTO
En- Puerta de Terra. - Un
mes de licencia.
so de Nueva. York.
UN FALLEClMIENTO

Aver llegaron San Juan en-
el vapor sCaracAs0 valios miembrts
de la extinguida comps MA Campos-
Mattas, que actuaba tltimamente
en- Venezuela.
Tambien vinieron Ramirez y
otros arti>tas de zarzuela va como.
cldos aqui; pero a estes les ha obi
gado Ell doctor Foster 4 asplrar el
aire saline por varlos dias en- Ia
estaci6n cuarentenaria.
Aver tarde Sc lie di6 sepul-
tura Ell 81 Gem anterio de esta ciu.
dad al que fue el sefior Juan Quifio.
nes, antique operario de sLa Co.
lectivaD y correligiona,io nuestro
muy entusiasta en- el barrlo de
Puerta de Terra.
Fue un buen ciudadano y TN
padre modelo, condolences que lie
hicieron siempre acreedor al respe.
to y estlnaci6n de sus amigos.
Descanse en- paz,,el lsboiioso obrerc.
: En- el nImero de maiiana del
estimado colega hea Pea, Sc pu.
bllcara uu retrato del Honorable
Gobernador, de notable parecido.
Para esta noch. Sc anun.
clan en- el teatro Municipal las 81.
guientes obras: ola taxa de thes,
ala dlvlsao (estreuo) y al mozo
cruoS
Sc nos informa que esta en- er.
sayo la opera ola Dolores', del
maestro Breton.
-Pasajeros llegados en- Ell va
por philadelphia, procedentes de
New York:
G. c. Hawkins, Julio Murias,
Richard II. Goode, Joaquin Var
que, David Chumaceiro, Jose Sauri,
L. B. Croker, Alfred Gruenewald,
P. G. Mumpord, G. w. Guy, Carl
A. Lewis, Miss. Annetta Lewls,
NJ. GrIol, Iidoro Sanchez, Fabian
Fabian, George A. Walker, Mar
cellno Sofa, J. NJ Dob!s, R. 7.
Painter, Mrs. +. J. Hayes, Jacinto
Lopez, Paul Weckwortk.
I'm mes de licencia lie ha sido
concedido al senior Manuel Fernan.
dez CALICO, deliueante de Obras
PIblicas.
La goleta americana James
J. Maxwell saldra de New York pa
ra esta isla el e de Enero.
; -Eu esta imprenta Sc necesi
: tan bueuos Ven chores de peri6
dlco.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-12-27

llamado al proscenic, entire mere
cidos aplausos.
Los coTos, nuy ajustados.
81 maestro seiior Blay compar.
ti6 con los demas artistas, al final
del primero y del tercer acto, los
honores del palco escenico.
A riesgo de que Sc nos tache
de POGO galantes, hemos dejado
adrede para 10 1ltimo 4 la Blau.
chart, que obtuvo en- el rond6 6nal
blen ganados aplausos.
Su voz no es muy extensa, I'll
muy sonora; pero la en1lte con JUS
teza, y en- las vocalisaciones y ejer-
cIcios dihcillsimos del rondo sali6
alrosa, alcanzando en- 81 una ejecu-
ci6n brillante, stn cuando false6
llgeramente Ell una 8 dos notas.
Un POGO temerosa Sc present6
en- escena; pero elkxlto que corona
, su labor debe haberla resarcidc,
con creces, de aquel!oi temores,
muy naturales en- quien por vez
ptimera aparecia ante nuestro pd-
, bllco.
En- 1esumsn hace muchos
afiOs que no habiamOs vlstO en- Puer-
TO Rico una sMarlnas tan blen In
terpretada como Ia de snoche.
Vaya nuestra enhorabuena 4
los aftistas.
Z Don TacobitO.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-12-27
LA ASAMBLEA DE- HOY
Juntas escolares Extracto del discurso pronuncia>
do por el Hon. Gobernador

Esta mafana, a las diez, Sc
di6 principle en- los salones de la
Camara de delegados a la asamblea
de Juntas escolares.
A las diez y diez entr6 el Co.
bernador en- el salon. Los concu-
rrentes lie recibieron de pie y el Co.
misionado ocup6 la presidencia de
la mesa. A su derecha Sc colocaron
el Gobernador, el iuterprete del
Consejo Executive sehor Castro, Sc
nor Fernandez Juucos, sefor Ward
y seiior Noble, secretsrio particular
del Gobernador. A la izquierda,
estaSar el alcalde de San Juan, doc
tor del Vale Atiles, y el presidente
de Ia Junta local de instruction,
doctor Carbonell.
En- una mesa en- el centro esta-
ban colocados los representatives de
Ia prensa y q ambos lados del salon
eH hileras paralelas de sillas, los re-
presentantes de las Juntas Escolares
de Ia isla, q cads uno de los cuales,
asi como 4 Ia Comisi6n dc recep.
ci6n y la prensa, Sc les entrego un
lazo blanco, como distindvo y cor
el nombre de la representation CUE
tenfan en- el acto. Ri departsmentC
de Educaci6n llev6 4 la asamble;
taqufgrafos.
La orquesta de la pollcia, situa
de al extreme opuesto del salol
ejecuto con toda presici6n una pre-
ciosa selection.
Termlnada esta, hace uso d
Ia palabra el gobernador, salud
cortesmente 4 los repreieutante
de las juntas de instruction en-
isla. Dice en- estas 3 parecldas pi
labras: "No es mi.Animo detenerc
por mucho tempo. Deseo solamel
te daros Ia mas cordial blenveriC
4 San Juan, en- union del alcalde
del presldente de la Junta Escol
de eSta ciudad.
No obstante, no puedo resist
al deseo de expresaros el gran pl
Ger que siento al veros aqui, no $
lamente por el,valor que esta ella
representa-, sino pOr el espfritu 9
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-12-27
Mister Roosevelt.
Absolute silencio,

Washington, diciembre 27 Ell Presldente Roo
sevet guarda absolute slencio respecto delinciden
te relacicnado con motive de la luesperada acep.
tada renuncia del almirante Brownscn. No ha au.
TORNADO la publication dc la carta en- Ia cual dicho
almirante explica su conducta ante los ataques-
que considera ininstos de que ha sido blanco por
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-12-27

sentantes dieron una excursion en-
carros especlales electricos hasta el
sCuntry Clubs
Esta noche, como va snuncia-
mos, Sc verifcara la reception en- Ia
Fortaleza.
Mahana, a las diez a. IN, con-
tinuars la conferencis.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1907-12-27
TEATRO MUNICIPAL
Fiesta de San Anton"
clos Granujas."-L
function de anoche.
<MARINA,, OPERA
El tenor Sotorra.-Gran ova.
ci6n.-La tiple Blanchart.
III rond6.-Resumen.
<MARINA,, OPERA

Noche de gala, aIn cuando TO
10 rezaran asi los programs, fue Ia
de anoche en- el teatro Municipal.
Pero antes de entrar en- mate.
ria hemos de dedicar, siquiera sea
brevss lineas, al desempeno de ola
fiesta de San Ant6no y de dos Ora.
nujas.D
Digna de eloglo fue. en- la pri-
mera, Ia labor de la Chaves -s2e.
ginas -scbre todo Ell la escena que
constituye el nloA de la obra, Guar
do Sc We rechazada por aAntonioS;
escena en- que tuvo arranques de
passion, que lie valleron justos y re-
petidos aplausos que comparti6 con
el sehor Real, cuyas facultades,
como cautante, mejoran notable
mente, por 10 cual lie fellcitamos
En- la segunda, la Arregul, con
gran ,iqueza de detalles, hlzo uu
granujilla picaresco, lleno de trave
sura y deliciosisimo, dicho sea sin
hiperbo :.
EI gesto, la actitud, los anda
res; todo clio fue interp.etado con
naturalidad suma, libre de exage-
raclones y extravagancias, en- que
hubiera incurrldo seguramente cual
quier artlsta de menos merito que
la Arregui.
El auditorlo preml6 su trabajo,
6uo y blen h.ch9, con numerosos
aplausos.
Por primera vez Ell Puerto RI
CO Sc representa- anoche aMarina',
como opera.
A este solo anuuclo llen6se e.
Municipal.
Ell p1bllco, avido de desqultar.
Sc de las qMa1inass'd desastrosas y la
mentables que hemos vlsto desflal
por 2quellas tablas, ocup6 todas las
localidades y Sc aglomer6 en- los
pasillos.
Los honores de la representa-
ci6n correspondleron, en- justlcia, a
sefior Sotorra que fue aclamado va
rlas veces ccn verdadero sentusias
mo, teniendo que repetir alguuo
unmeroS.
Ademas de una escuela de can
to muy excelente, posee el stho
Sotorra larga practlca y sabe canta
con dulzura y con sentimlento
Acaso, al emitir las primeras notas
su voz resulta un tanto nasal; per,
rronto, dados los recursos de- gu
dispone, Sc Tehace y ataca con va
lentia y buen gusto las notas agr
das, no dejando impression sino p.
ra el APPLAUSE.
i, Su media voz resulta en- ex
tremo agradable. Logra, con elli
10 que logran pocos artistas. HI
&C sentir, y este va es mucho.
Las ovaclones en- su obsequl
. Sc sucedleron anoche de manera e
truendosa.
ri senor Real, que en- esta ten
Y porada Sc siente mas estimulaC
a que en- otras, q causa, sin duda,
a ala b~ena compafias en- que trab
"a ia, Lucid su he1mosa voz de barit
IS no, que siempre es escuchada G
sgrado.
| Hubo de repetir los scouplet
Is hasta slete veces, y por cierto q
ie uno do ellos, el dltimo, nos paIeC
un tantillo sdesentonadoD, no +
culpa del seior Real, slno por
crudo y sfuera de tono' de la let
= Valga eli avlso para otra vez
= 81 bsjo sefor Sancho dei6 b
en- tante que desear, sin que por e
el descompuslera el coniuuto.
FL segundo baritouo stfor P
la ggt6s frLsea nuy blen y pisa la
Ia cena con soltura y naturalidsd,
mo gulen Sc halla ,,en ..su propia
IN. ss.
En- sl sAdlos, 4 Marina,
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-18
A PLEASING MANNER.

1t is a curious fact that nothing
plays greater part in a woman's ca
reer than a charming manner. Yet
nothing is taught and cultivated less.
To be gracious without being pa
tronizing on the one hand or too gush-
ing on the other, requires cultivation
and is not attained in day. That
illustrative attribute known as charm
is still more difficult, if not impossi-
Bile, to achieve. It is not inborn and
not to be acquired, strive as we may
ever so hard. Certain it is that this
charm is the most to be desired of all
the good gifts the fairy godmothers
have to bestow. Beauty may fade
and riches may fly away and health
and youth be swallowed up by the
years as they pass. but that will ever
remain, more potent, more soul -satis-
flying than beauty and riches and even
youth itself. How often does not one
see this exempli6ed in society by the
popularity of some women who appa-
rently possess little or nothing to JUS
tify such success and who neverthe-
less is courted and admired and Of
whom every one says: "Isn't she
charming?" You agree that she is
and wonder why. Other women you
know, better looking, younger, better
dressed--and yet they lack just some
thing which attracts others. What
is it you ask yourself, and you come
to the conclusion it is something
which, for want of better name, you
call "charm."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-18
SHAPING HAT BRIxs.

The nail on his right fore6nger was
long, yellow, horny and the finger
tin had so thickened and hardened
that it seemed to be covered with pale
leather.
He was a silk hat maker, and it
was from curling hat brims that his
finger had changed SO strangely. De-
scribing the processes of silk hats
manufacture, he said:
"The belief that cardboard forms
a silk hats foundation is an error.
The hat is first built up of various
thicknesses of linen-layers of linen
soaked in shellac that, by means Of
wooden moulds and hot irons weigh
ing twenty pounds apiece are welded
one on the other, till perfect shape,
brim and all complete, Is obtained.
"The silk is next put on. This
silk costs from Sic to SIS yard. 1t
looks like plush in the piece. The
hatmaker cuts it on the bias and
moulds it round the stiff linen fonn-
dation. The strips must be very ac-
curately cut, and great care is need
ed in their ironing and cementing so
as to give perfect diagonal joint.
Look at your silk hats seam the next
time you wear it. The joints per-
fection will perhaps amaze you.
"TLe brim, up to this point, is fiat.
Now its curling commences. This is
where my queer fore6rger comes In.
The shaping of hat brim is purely
a matter of hand and eve and taste.
The brim, while being shaped, is
highly heated so as to give it plia-
bility.
"And, of course, working on this
hot material. putting and prodding
it, the forefnger thickens and the
nail gets horny.
Nevertheless, hat curling is pleas
ant, artistic work. Hat curriers' have
regulations the same as artists. Their
work is distinctive. An expert can
tell it at a glance. "-PhilGdelbhia
RuLLekin.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-18
SOME FARM MATHEMATICS.

Not long since the winter was pass
ing farm with another farmer. A
thrifty looking little SOW pig crossed
the road ahead of us and her beauty
attracted Our attention. The farmer
said: "You may not believe It, but
1 can take that very little sow and in
four years, with her increase, buy the
best forty acres there are in this neigh
borhood and have enough hogs left
to pay the greater part of the expense
connected with their keeping"
At first thought the statement did
not seem possible, but after q little
figuring we were convinced of its
truth. We will suppose that the sow
and all her female increase will farrow
for the first time when they are year
old, and will give birth to litter every
six months thereafter, each litter aver
aging six pigs-three males and three
females. At the end of the first year
we have the sow, three females and
three males. In eight months she
has second litter; this brings the
total, including the mother, up to
seven females and six males. At the
end of the second year the mother
has had her third litter, and each of
the three sows of her first litter far.
row. This gives total of nineteen
sows and eighteen males. At the
end of two years and a halfthe moth
er, the three sows of her first litter
and the three of her second litter all
farrow. This brings our number up
to forty females and thirty nine males
At the end of three years the mother,
the three sows of her first, second
and third litters and her nine grand
daughters (the first pigs of the sows
of her first litter) will all farrow.
This will increase the number to
ninety-seven females and ninety six
males. Thus it goes on in progress
sions till at the end of four years we
have 5o8 females and 5o7 males
enough hogs to buy well-improved
farm.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-18
A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN.

At the dinner station where we
stopped one day on a certain Tennes-
see railroad almost the first sight
which greeted the eye Of those who
got off was a rough burial box on the
platform, and seated near it was an
old black woman with handker.
chief to her eyes. When kindly
asked the cause of her sorrow she
pointed to the box and replied
"De old mars in dar."
''Your husband !"
eyer; died two days ago back
yere in de kentry."
"And what are you doing with the
body here 7"
81 wants to bury it up.at Charles
town, but / hain't got money 'nuff to
take it on de railroad" s
"What nonsense p exclaimed a
man, as he came forward. Whats
the difference where a nigger is bu-
ried? They, want her to bury It
here, but she won't. She's deter
mined to take it to Charlestown."
''For what reason ?' asked the pas
senger who had put all the previous
questions.
"Kase, sab, all de fo' chill'en is
buried up dar', an his mudder an
sister, an de poo ole man will be
lonesome down yere."
"What bosh - growled the kicker.
"L4ook here !" whispered the other,
as he went over to him. "I'd rather
be a nigger with her soul than to be
a white man with yours. She's right.
Let the family deao sleep together" !"
He entered the express Office, paid
for the shipment of the body, bought
the widow a ticket to Charlestowt,
and then dropped ten dollar gold
piece in her hand and said:
"Give him decent funeral, man.
my, and this will put up head-board
to mark the grave"
MAY de Lawd bless you for"
But he hurried IN to snatch a bite
to eat. When he was gone / made
inquiries as to his identity, and found
a man who replied:
"Why, that's Colonel - of Ala
bama. He owned over 900 slaves
when the war broke out.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-18
DRAWING THE LONG BOW.

The expression "drawing a long
bow" does not of necessity mean the
telling of falsehood. Il sometimes
refers to a wonderful story which may
be true enough, but which is so mar.
velous as to require firm trust in
the veracity of the narrator to enable
the hearer to believe. Some of the
longest bows of this sort have been
drawn about bows and arrows.
These stories began long ago. Yir.
gil in the "Rneid'' tells of four arch
ers who were shooting for a prize, the
prize mark being pigeon tied by q
cord to the mast of ship. The first
man hit the mast, the second cut the
cord, and the third shot the pigeon as
it flew away. The fourth archer hav-
ing nothing left to shoot, drew his
bow and sent his arrow flying toward
the sky with such speed that the fric-
ton of the air set the feathers on fire,
and it swept on like a meteor to dis
appear in the clouds.
The stories of Robin Hoods arch
cry, illustrated by his wonderful per-
Torrance as Locksley in SCOTS Ivan
hoe" are also a decided strain upon
modern credulity. The famous story
of William Tell, doubted by many
persons, is believed by others to have
a foundation of fact. There was a
Dane named Foke of whom the same
story is told, and William of Cloudes-
ley, an Englishman, is said to have
shot an apple from his sons head mere
ly to show his expertness.
Most stories of bows and arrows re-
late to the accurate aim of the arch
ers, but Frenchman, Blaise de Wig
enene, tells one that shows the tremen-
dous force with which an arrow may
be propelled ifthe bow be strong and
long enough. According to his own
account of the matter, he saw Barbar-
ossa, a Turk, admiral of ship called
the Grand Solyman, send an arrow
from his bow right through cannon
ball.
Whether the cannon ball had a
hole through it or not he neglects to
inform US, probably not considering
so trifing a matter worth mention.
Perhaps the most astounding of all
stories about arrow shooting is that
of the Indians that used to inhabit
Florida. tits said group. of them
would FORM a circle then~ene would
throw an ear of Indian corn into the
air.. The rest would shoot and shell
it of every grain before it fell to the
ground. Sometimes the arrows would
strike it so hard and fast that it would
remain suspended in the air for sever
al minutes, and the cob never fell un-
til the last grain had been shot away.
It is such stories as this which full
ly justify the use to which the express
sion drawing the long bow" is
sometimes put. CHicago Nevs.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-18
THINKING ONES SELF TO DEArz.

Thousands of persons actually think
themselves to death every year by al
lowing their minds to dwell on morbid
subjects.
The idea that one has some incipi-
ent disease in ones system, the
thought of financial ruin, that one is
getting on in life without improving
prospects-any ofthese or thousand
similar thoughts may carry healthy
man to premature grave. A mel
ancholy thought that fixes itself up.
on ones mind needs as much doctor
ing as physical disease. 1t needs to
be eradicated from the mind or it will
have Just the same results as neglect
ed disease would have.
Every melancholy thought, every
morbid action and every nagging wor-
nv should be resisted to the utmost,
and the patient should be protected
by cheerful thoughts, of which there
is a bountiful store in every ones pos
session. Bright companions are
cheaper than drugs and plasters. The
morbid condition of mind produces
a morbid condition of body, and if the
disease does happen to be in the sys-
TEN it receives every encouragement
to develop. We need more mental
therapy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-18
A DISCOURAGED L1TrGArT.

During Cleveland's first term an
important federal officeholder in Mis-
sissippi died and there was a prolonged
controversy over the succession. Each
of the senators from that state had a
favorite, while Private" John Allen
who was then in congress, claimed
that the appointment belonged to his
district. After months of delay, Al
len went to the White House one
day to urge anew the claims of his
candidate. The president locked
bored when Allen announced his mis-
sion. "I'd a good deal rather that
you'd tell me story, John" he said.
"I'll tell you story, Mr.. President"
said Allen, ''and one that fits this
case. Ihad a client once who was left
out of his fathers will, the father
having left considerable fortune.
My client engaged me to contest the
will. The other side, being in pos
session, adopted the policy of delay,
and SO the case was long time in
coming to trial, and when it was f.
nally tried the jury disagreed. After
another long delay there was another
trial, and my client won a sort of half
victory, and the other side took an
appeal. Then I tried to make set
tlement +; in fact, l considered the
case as good as settled and told my
client the good news, and he and /
were duly and properly elated over
the situation. But it turned out that
a remote heir, with small interest
under the will, refused to settle, and
we faced further and apparently al
most endless litigation. Then my
client sort of lost his nerve. John, he
said to me, there has been so much
delay and trouble about this case, SO
much to bother me and so much un-
certainty, that I sometimes almost
wish that the old man hadn't died !"
"Now, Mr.. President" -
"That'll do, John. I'll send the
name of your man to the senate to-
mOrrOw.O
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-05-18
HIS TWO BOYS.

Lets see," said the man who had
been away long time, "you had two
boys, didn't your"
"Yes," replied Pat. "They would
av been three av thin, but one was
born a girl"
IT remember now. Tom and Andy
you named them, after Thomas JEFF
ferson and Andrew Jackson, didn't
you?'
eyes"
Gas 1 remember Tom he was a
very bright little fellow. l never
knew so much about Andy I"
"Ah, but that Andy He's the
boy ~ He ledsthe big lague twict in
battin', and now he's nanagin club
in Missouri and has contract for FIVE
years at a terrible big salary. Me
and his ma can't get over bein' glad
we never made Andy go to school,
but let him play ball In all the corner
lots of the neighborhood. And all
the neighbors have his pitcher in
their parlors. They are proud of
him."
That's fine. I am glad to hear
that Andy is doing so well. But
what about Tom! I always had an
idea that he was going to turn out
WE'LL"
"No; Tom amt amountin' to
much. He was more for wastin' his
time goin' to college and that. He's
only the chief lit'ry adviser or some
thing like that for one of these con-
Germs that prints books. But thin,
you know, they say there's black
sheep in nearly every family"