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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
MOONLIGHT IN MUSIC.
Story of How Beethoven Created His
Wonderful Sonata.

Wonderful Sonata.
Beethoven's famous composition, the
moonlight Sonata" is said to have
been composed under the following cir
cumstances:
One evening as Beethoven and a
friend were hurrying through the
streets OF Bonn they heard the famiI-
lar notes of the SONATA In f." Some
thing in the musicians touch attracted
the attention of Beethoven, and he
stopped and listened. Suddenly the
music stopped, and the despairing
words of the musician came to them
through the open window. "Oh. If ]
could but hear some really good mu-
siclan play this wonderful piece!" and
the words ended in a sob.
let us go in," said Beethoven. They
entered and found the player young
girl poor and blind. Beethoven sat
down at the old harpsichord and play
ed as he had never played before. His
listeners were spellbound. "Tell u.s."
they begged. "who are your For an
swer he played the opening bars in the
"Sonata In F." at Is Beethovenw
they exclaimed In awe and admiration.
Suddenly the candle flickered and
went out. Beethoven ceased playing
and bowed his head upon his hand.
His friend threw open the shutters. A
food of beautiful moonlight entered
the room. Its transfguring light touch
ed up the poor old instrument and rest.
ed upon the noble figure bowed before
1t. The profound silence was broken
at last by the musician, who said Lis
ten. | will improvise sonata to the
moonlight" Then was created.this Won
derful sonata. beginning in sad, ten
der movement. the embodiment in
sound of the gentle moonlight transfig-
uring and glorifying the dark earth.
Suddenly the music ceased, and with
brief farewell Beethoven hurried
home to put upon paper this famous
composition.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31


Count Iaszlo AT any rate. according
to this genealogy. the brides forbears
were kings. of Hungary when the
groom's ancestors were only men-at-
arms.
Coming down to- more recent times.
It appears that in the matter of titles.
at least. the groonis family has some
what the best of it, The men of the
lSzechenyi family have borne the title
'of count for mt least 3D0 years. That
Is little longer ago than, the time
when Cromwell knighted old John
Claypoole. Among the most celebrated
Of the ancestors of Count l.aszlo was
tount Nicholas Szpchenyi, companion
WARNS of the famous Hungarian gen
4 al Zrinyi who in the sixteenth cen
~ stood like Il battlement between
encroachments of the Turks on the
lifh and the kingdoms of western
nope. 1t was a clerical member of
: Szechepyi family, an archbishop.
was the mediator in bringing
the peace between Emperor Fer
1and Rokoczy by which the lat
8 recognized as the Legitimate
of Pennsylvania 1t was Count
great-uncle. Istvan (Stephen)
avi. who was prominent In Kos
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31

when the latter was made our first am
bassador to Japan. Mr. Dudley IS
popular with Latin Americans and is
making a most creditable record at the
capital of the largest of the South
American republics. When the officers
Of the American fleet were received by
the Brazilian president, DR.. Penna.
they drove, after the functions mt the
Brazilian White House. to the home of
Mr.. Dudley, where superb banquet
was given The house and grounds
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
BEECHER NENO1|NL
A New Parish Building. a
Park and a Second Statue
Planned -BeeCher'S Old
Pulpit Chair. ~
career of Henry Ward Beecher in

career Of Henry Ward Beecher in
Brooklyn"
At the time DR.. Hills wrote these
words the memorial project had not
taken definite FORM but the authorities
decided not to acquire the land for the
purpose proposed. and fortunately it
was thus left for use as the site of
the memorial building. To carry out
all the features of the plan will re-
quire some little time. Meanwhile the
objects associated with Mr. Beecher's
life work are being collected with the
view of placing them in the museum
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
HENRY WARD BEEcHER AND PLYMOUTH
CHURCH.

be built beneath it, with a door open
ing into the auditorium of the church.
and here will be placed the remains of
Mr.. Beecher and his wife. which now
repose i'll Greenwood cemetery. Four
city lots across the street from the
church will be converted into a park,
and in the center of it will be monu-
ment to Mr.. Beecher. There is already
q statue of him in Brooklyn borough
1t occupies conspicuous position in
the plaza in front of the borough hall.
is the work of the noted sculptor John
Quincy Adams Ward and was erected
in 1891. But it is felt that the imme-
diate scene of his labors should also
possess a monument containing his
features and form in bronze
Several years ago when the public
authorities proposed to take two lots
adjoining Plymouth church on the
west for public school the Rev. DR.
Newell Dwight Hills. the present pas
tor of the church. wrote in protest
against the contemplated action and
said:
"When great man has lived in a
city for forty years his dust belongs
to his city and his tomb to our children
and our children's children. The ideal
thing is to use the two lots as a burial
place for Mr.. Beecher with the me-
mortal room above, with his portraits,
his manuscripts, his old pulpit and
chairs. his writing desk, the manu-.
script Of Mrs. Stoves Uncle Toms
Cabin Lyman Beecher's old pulpit
,from which he preached the sermon OF
fDueIIpg' after the death Of Hamilton
and the five sermons on 'lndepend
ence with everything related to tn,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31

W ere Illuminated
by Venetian Ian
terms and colored
e ! e C tric lights.
Within. the salons
were ablaze with
graceful illumina-
tons and gorgeous
with the coloring
of quantities of
flowers. The tables
We're laid in two of
the salons and
were united by an
arch of flowers.
Amba Ssador Dud-
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31

REV. DIR. NEWELL mass meeting was
- minis held in the old
Brooklyn Academy of Music, since
burned. at which the IDEAS of the pro
moters of the memorial were sub
mitted to the public. Addresses were
fmade by eX-President Grover Cleve-
land. Mayor Seth Low and other
noted men, friends or admirers of the
man who did so much i'm the course
of his remarkable career for the cause
of human liberty and liberal ideas.
This meeting gave the project a good
start. About one-half of the desired
sum of 100000 has since been raised,
and some features of the proposed me-
mortal have already been transferred
from the realm of fancy to that of
fact. Among the latter are the me-
mortal windows depicting scenes in the
history of the Puritans which were re-
Gently unveiled in Plymouth church.
the scene of most of Mr.. Beechers
ministry.
The memorial project has several
phases. 1t is proposed to erect on
plot adjoining plymouth church fine
parish building TO be a center of work
for the large population in the vicinity
of the church. \ 1t will contain library.
gymnasium. club and society rooms and
large auditorium for public meetings
and lectures, One of its rooms will
be a museum for souvenirs and relics
connected with the history of Mr.
Beecher and his family 4 crypt will
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31

Mrs. NagEs treadiugl-In somr parts
of Africa the nose wives Il, min has
the greater his socta Importance
Naggs-Well I.surnose The peor'e tAe'F
admire brave man -C''na fews
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
PLYMOUTH CHURCH
Elaborate Project Is Nov Well
Under Way to Honor Brook.
Iyn's Great Preacher.
Museum For Relics.

Ut is about five years
4 since the lon g
cherished dream
of friends of Henry
Ward Beecher re-
garding a suitable
memorial to [ h G
great Brook ly n
preacher began TO
take tangible form.
1t is over twenty
years since Mr..
Beecher's death. In
the winter of 1903 a
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31
People Mentioned
In the Dispatches.
~HE so called

so called
u new $ pa p G +
naaglate." Cyr-
il Arthur Pearson
who has been negO
tiating for control o
the Londol FINE
was once describe
by Josep.h Chnll,e
lain as The gi'ea
est hustler ! eveg
knew outside {"
a merica. lie ~
..n,fH.. ll.IA
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31

Roosevelt in his strenuoWsncSs aa
marvellous capacity for work To mo
men the editing and publishing os on
newspaper or magazine woad senI1
q task of sufficient magnitude, but "
Pearson is never satisfied unless h,'
has a big string of publications 20 l9Dsl
after. When it was rumored ore time
that he was about to start a newspa
per in New York Mr.. Pearson was
asked his ideas about American news
papers and replied:
81 am not competent to critcise them.
but from my standpoint | think they
invade the privacy of the home too
much and the rights of private citi-
Zens. ! admire the enterprise of the
American publisher. but | do not al
ways admire the contents of his news
paper. 1t has seemed to me that too
much prominence is given in your pa
pers to trivial matters"
AS to becoming an American journal
list himself Mr.. Pearson added:
Heaven forbid! don't want to be
in American journalism. | prefer to
live little while I'm alive and not
work twenty-five hours day trying to
cater to any public, however many
millions there may be in it. Journal
ism is too strenuous in America for an
editor who wants to edit. and enjoy
life at the same time.'
Mr. Pearson is son of clergyman
a 4
ate of Winchester college and the re-
puted owner of a score of daily. week
ly and monthly publications, including
the London Standard. for which he is
said to have paid S3.5OO.O0O.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31

Irving B. Dudley. who figured promi-
nently in the doings at Rio de Janeiro
on the arrival of Admiral Evans heet
at that port. was appointed ambassador
to Brazil to succeed Lloyd Griscom
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-01-31

editor of the Eetch. the chief organ Of
MS party. and has been in prison three
times because of his liberal views. He
was formerly professor of history in
the University of Moscow. but was re-
moved because of the liberal ideas be
taught the students and was banished
TO Bulgaria. where he became a pro
fessor In the University of Sofia.
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
BABY OR THE LADY.
HACKETTS DILEMMA
Actor Must Relinquish One
TO Spare Other in Di-
Vorce Suit.

NEW Work, July His baby OF
the woman In the case2
TaaTs the query which has Broad
way guessing IN the affair Of James K
Hackett. who arrives tomorrow on the
French liner La E5retagne. % answer
the suit Of his wife, Mary Lannering,
for divorce.
II Hackest viii give up his four-year-
OLD child now IN the wi1e's possession
she viii shield the name of the woman
who Is accused ia the suit Any at
tempt By Hackett TO fight, IL IS said.
VIII result in the publication Of the
name Of the woman with whom, his
wife believes. he Is infatuated
What viii Haczett do2 that's what's
pulling Broadway
Or June i, three days before Hackert's
departure for Europe. his wife obtained
possession q the child BIZ a writ OF
habeas corpus. II has since been in
her custody, and 20 keep Il from the
actor she is said 20 have employed her
only geapon-the threat Of publicity
for the woman in the case
Not that, 50 far as Broadway IS con-
cerncd. such a publication would be
mUrh news For a long time Il has
been whispered that Hackett was on
extremely friendly terms with a star
Of one Of last seasons plays on the
Great White Way, bUt Eialt0 whispers
are a different thing 20 formal men
tioa in a suit for divorce, and when
EackeJt appears tomorrow among his
croules many a one Wu ache 10 ask
the question. The baby OF the lSdy2''
Until Hackett reaches a decision in
his dilemma. lawyers for both himself
and Miss Mannering are avoiding pub
HcIty, and should the actor choose 10
save the name OF the star who IS &C
cused with him. every effort VIII be
made 10 emulate Alfred G. Vanderbilt
action in his late UupIeasantness. and
( 10 keep the scenes OF Hackers be
I hind the fOOtughtsT drama from the
public eve
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
FEWER ARE ABROAD
THIS SUMNER
THAN LAST.

That the country by no means Ias
recovered from the money paric and IS
taking precautiOn against further fnan-
cial discomfort, Is manifest in the sta
tistiCs embodied in the social register
for 1903, which shows the great increase
IN the number Of families VINO are
spending the present summer in their
country homes on this side OF the At
lantic- Balancing this is the material
decrease IN the number Of bankers ad-
dresses on the other side.
The social register shows that Of the
families in the smart world Of Wash
ingtOn and other large cities sos arc
summering inland. This is an increase
Of . per cent over that of last year.
At the seashore 2633 are sumnering. a
decrease Of - per cent since last sea
son. In the number of foreign ad-
dresses Of American bankers IL are
given. against I,oGs last summer.
Whereas l55 families lived aboard
their yachts last year. 192 are spending
the present summer in that way. Ac-
cording TO statistics, $50 families have
returned from abroad 10 spend the
heated term, as compared with 319 Of
last year.
One hundred and hfty-eight families
art at Bernardsville and MorristoWn. as
compared to 133 last year; l6S are in
the AdirondaCks, as compared 20 ZIG
last year; i6S are in Canada, as compar-
ed 70 IL last year.
OF the 2.623 seashore residences. $50
are at Bar Harbor. 934 are on the New
England coast. Of which 3S1 are at New
port and jamestown, ana 30 at Nara
Eausett. 80 are or the Moth shore Of the
Sound, In WestChester and Connecticut;
SOS arc in Long Island. divided as fol-
lows: 279 on the North Shore. 416 on the
South Shore and Hampstead, etc. 163
are at the HamptOns; 500 are on the Jer-
sey coast as compared with go last
year
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
EXPLORER WRITES
FROM ARCTIC ICE
DR.. Cook Had Hundred
Dogs and Fifteen Men
for Dash.

NEW YORK. July u.-Dr. Frederick
Cook, the arctic explorer. after nearly
years absence. has been heard from
According to a letter received in Brook
Ign today, dated Westenholm Sound. In
North Star Bay. Greenland. December 6,
1907, Dr. Cook was prepared 70 leave
for his search for the North Pole in the
latter part Of January
The explorer said IN the letter that
ne had more than 100 dogs and fifteen
CT tho best Eski-uos in Greenland.
He intended to try for the pole by go
ing across Ellesmere Land and out by
way Of Nansen Sound back by Kennedy
channel on his return. he said, he
would push southwark to Cape York and
Uperniv1k- Dr. Cooks letter says:
I have this opportunity 10 send a
letter 70 Upernivik by Rasmussen. dur
Ing tais moon have a hundred dogs
and as many more as desire. with
fifteen Of the best men of the tribe as
ssmbled here fer the attack ever the
new route, across Ellesmere Land. and
cut by way of Manson Sound, back by
Kennedy channel. thus using 10 good
advantage the drift and the musk oxen,
SO abundant in EllesnIere Land.
"An of my equipment IS ready. and we
hope 10 start for tie gcal late In Janu-
airy"
The Washington times., 1908-07-12

Der Of species Here begins q confusion
which often approaches chaos.
Not only DO different localities apply
different names 10 the same species and
the same name 70 different species, but
in the same locality several different
names may be used for a single species.
The local names given to the forty
seven different oak trees IN the United
States are almost without limit The
true white oak, however. the noble ST
tree OF the oak tribe. seems to nave no
nickname except in Arkansas. where II
IS occasionally known as stave oak
But good many other kinds also are
called white oak.
As illustrative OF the confusion which
exists in different localities regarding
the names, what Is called black locust
in Pennsylvania is yellow locust IN
Massachusetts white locust in New
York, red locust in one part Of Ten
Dcs~ee. and green in another. In Maine
fl Is simply locust, IN louisiana acacia.
in Minnesota honey locust, and in
Maryland pest locust
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
LEARN TO OBEY!

Learn to obey! By obedience DO
not mean a merely outward submission
10 outward force and authority. but the
voluntary subOrdinatiOn of ones own
will under the viii Of a better and high
er intelligence. He who has not learned
to do this - childhood Will have great
difficulty in learning IL in later life; he
will rarely get beyond the deporable
and unhappy state that vacillates De
tween outward submission and uproarI-
Gus rebellion. No greater wrong can be
done 10 childhood than the one caused
by our desire to spare IT the necessity
Of obeying- Whoever conceives the duty
OF the educator 20 consist in giving IN
10 all desires Of the child in gratifying
I'll its wishes. makes himself guilty Of
The gra-est sin toward his child. He
denies It what in Jew of it's future
mission. Il cannot afford 70 lOse-uame-
y, the exercise IN voluntarily subOrdl-
mating its own viii under necessity. he
x a natural Or a social One.-PrOf. f
Paulson. University Of Berlin. in EdU-
CatiOn3l Review.
The Washington times., 1908-07-12

Hotel Roanoke-W Andrews, c. L.
Johnson. Mr.. MangOn
Hotel ShOreham-Mr. and Mrs. Bond,
PhilandeT Belts.
Hotel stickney-G. Glib. s. \. Yea. l..
I. Newman, +. a. vain
Hotel Sothern-Mrs. II. S. Ryan, Miss
L. Lewis.
Hotel Strand-P- r. Neligan.
Hotel St. Clare-Mr and Mrs c. ..
Thompson.
Hotel Traymore-C. +. Carothers-
Rio Grande-H. Morgan Robinson.
James J. Beard, Joseph Wayman and
wife, j. F Harris, Mrs. L. Vaughan.
George Walter and wife, A T. FAINT,
Charles E Turner, Mrs. 4. Cashell, II.
J. Baine, Oscar Baynard. Louis Speer.
Miss L Kane Willis c. Baum. Willis
NJ. Baum and wife, II. NJ Robinson, 7.
J. I4Ouden, II. B. Shilling. William Cole
man and son. Fred Carl William 7.
Reid. David l.. Splitter NIr. and Mrs.
VI. b Reiss, W. 3. Beach.
Raleigh-C- c Kennedy.
Vermont Houses. c. Pratt
wiltshire. Mccormick, W H
Haines ard wife, J. \. Ruedy. Mr. and
Mrs. NJ Fischer. II. J. O'COnnOr.
Hotel Warwlck-Mrs. Rowe. c. W.
Anderson.
Hotel WellsbOre-G L. Sanford
foung's Hotel-A- G. Belt, J. Martin.
Avoca Hotel-A1iss NJ Hamann. Miss
/ Hamann, L. Bossiere. R r oliver,
Mrs / l. Lollinsshead, Miss z. Lee
NoOEe.
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
Popular Names For Forest Trees
Are Confusing TO the Scientists

Some kinds Of trees have as many
aliases as the criminal with the longest
police court record For many reasons
this is unfortunate To scientis.s, the
confusion which results when people
mean different things by the saTe word
or use different words Tor tie same
thing, is intolerable. and therefore they
use a carefully devised and carefully
guarded system Of nomenclature.
The everyday man Is apt 10 be i'm
patient with what seems the pcdantic
fonGuess OF the bOtanist for jaw-break-
ing Latin names which mean nothing
10 the uninitiated, when common usage
supplies a familiar name. But The
trouble is that on the familiar name
there IS seldom any agreement
The difficulty is generally over what
the botanist calls the specific naue. Il
IS easy enough TO tell an oak from i
maple or a pine from a spruce BIT
oak. maple. pine, and spruce are generic
names, and each genus includes a num-
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
WIND OF JUNE.

o wind. warm. whispering wind of flow
cry chimes.
Bend low the bougns 10 tell of radiant
times
Bear drawn-sweet Joyance DER the
glistening hill
To human hearts. cold, sere ard bar
rem stilli
Win voiceless valleys. bleak. to virgin
chimes
O wind of June. DER sOrrow's grave
have thou thy will
Deep-gIoomed the hours while winter
wracked the glade!
Dumb silence held mute the marsh
and mere
Song swift had fed. the rose-blush paIed
dismaNed.
Hurt hope grew wan-the sobbing
storms, how drearI
o wind. soft-cadenced wind Of wond-
rous whiles
Lovehood and youth smile so to meet
thy smilesi
Age mocks at wrinkles-seei joy-bold
The lettering hours grow full with
glorious gold.
Thy signs, thy perfumes sway the beck
oning miles
STEPPED in content earth lists thy tale
in gladness told.
Denver Republican.
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
HAGUE STATESMEN
BITTERLY SCORED
Declared Inefficient in Permitting
Repeated MaSSacreS by Saw
age Sumatra Natives.

LONDON, July 1.-THE outcry over
Dutch governmental inefhciency which
has permitted the Sumatran natives re-
beIlions to reach its present alarming
proportions. has reached dimensions
which threaten the downfall of most
Of The leading statesmen at The Hague
That the administration should &C
tualIy have been taken by surprise after
thirty-four years campaigning. by the
latest outbreak, is being denounced in
the states General as a piece of admin
istrative incompetency absolutely Grim
inaI in its proportions.
As matters now stand, thirty-One
Dutch official stations in SumatT6 are
cut of from aid Some OF them have
not been heard from for weeks, and it
seems certain that the garrisons Of
several have been massacred by the
natives
To guard Padang. the capital of the
province of Lower Padang, the con
Meeting railway line and the thirty-one
threatened stations, as well as 10 keep
oT.7er in thousands Of square miles OF
different hill country. there are but 3.81
troops available II viii be months be
fore they can be materially REINFORCED
critics Of the governments policy
say the ministrys greed is responsible
not only for the Limitation OF the IN
sular military force TO such E1dicU-
Ions figure, but also. through the eN-
cessive taxation levied or the poverty
stricken natives, for the present genral
outbreak.
Dutch administration in Netherlands In
dia. brings fresh stories of battle and
masSacreS. and fresh storms Of anger
in the States General
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
ONE TASTE ENOUGH.

The customs Of military service re
quire officers TO visit the Kitchen during
cooking hours TO see that the soldiers
food is properly prepared one old
colonel, who let it be pretty generally
known that his orders must be obeyed
without question or explanation. once
stopped two soldiers who were carry
ing a soup kettle out of q kitchen.
Here yOu-" he grOw.ed, give me a
taste Of that"
one Of the soldiers ran and fetched
A ladle and gave the colonel the de-
sired taste. The colonel Spat and splUt-
tereG.
Good heavens, mani You don't call
that stuff soup. do you2-'
mo. sir" replied the soldier meekly
its dishWater we were emptyin, sir. "
-GverybOdy's Magazine
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
KING MAKES STIR
WITH NEW ATTIRE

LONDON, July liking Edward has
been creating Consideration lately by
his extraordinary attire. Half dozen
times this season he has appeared at
social functions IN q blue frock coat.
a blue satin tie. a fancy vest with d
white slip, a red rose, brown kid gloves.
and trousers Of a vehement check
No one has yet initiated these scr
toriaI innovations. nor followed tie
Kings example of wearing a tan white
nat without the customary black band.
The fact is, though his majesty has
great political power, ne never inIu-
enced fashions as much as was sup
posed, even when he was Prince OF
Wales
The Washington times., 1908-07-12
SOCIETY NEWS AND
GOSSIP FROM
ALEXANDRIA.

Nineteen Of the hfty-odd surviving
children and grandchildren Of the late
Garrett Hulfish held a family reunion
July last on the lawn near the family
homestead at Haymarket, Va, which
was destroyed by the Federal soldiers
by burning in 1862. During the day the
guests were entertained at the home OF
:. Z. Hulfish. of that place, who served
through the war between the States as
a member Of Company A, Fourth Nir-
ginia Cavalry, as did his brother,
Lieut.. Nicholas Hulfsh, OF Company r.
Seventeenth Virginia Volunteers, who
was killed in the battle at FTazler's
farm in 1862.
The reunion was OcCasioued by the
presence Of George A Hulfish, Of Havre,
Mont, who is on a short visit to his
old home He was accorded \ hearty
welcome.
During the day the entire party pro-
ceeded TO old St. Paurs Cemetery,
where rest the remains of the father
and mother Of the members OF the fam
lily.