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of Rich Mans Little Journey the Homes the Poor

panion, who had everything that
wealth could buy for them, but who
didn't know how to play and who
didn't dare to learn because of nerves
and nurses and gowns and govern
esses.
In The Tenement
WI E entered the tenement where
my friends lived and we climbed
dark stairs and walked through hall
ways that were dirty and smelled
bad. 1t was a good thing that my
companion put his hand over his
nose. At last we came to our des-
tination. The door opened to our
knock and we got warm welcome
from my Hungarian friend and his
family. | looked around rather sur
prised-they We're occupying the room
alone. When l last saw them they
were living in this same room With
four other families-one in each cor
ner and the fifth in the middle
understand they got along together
pretty we'll until the family in the
middle tried to take boarders and
then trouble followed. The head of
the house noted my surprise and he
told me with pride that they had had
a little prosperity-he was earning
S11 week now in a sweat shop
and that he and his family had de-
cided they could afford to have the
whole room to themselves.
after little visit my Hungarian
friend told me that he would have to
go to the annual meeting of his bene-
fit association or something like that.
because there was an election, but
he invited us to go along. We went
and saw there about seventy-five
other sweat shop workers like my
friend. They were glad to see us
and each member got up and made
welcoming speech to express his JOY
at our coming. So we finally under
stood that we were very welcome. in
deed My Hungarian friend was
elected secretary of the association
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n
| a City lives very rich man,
- many times a millionaire, to
Iss whom money does not mean
e-s--'S quite so much as it once did,
and TO whom humanity means more
IL his heart there is less of indiffer-
ence to the man ON the other side OF
the gulf that stretches between the
rich and the poor, and something
more of the feeling of brotherhood.
In his tremendous struggle for
wealth this man forgot his own mon
eyiess youth, and at the same time
he forgot that the man in the howell
is just as much human as the man
in the mansion, made of much the
same clay, and endowed with much
the same feelin IS of hope, ambition,
love, honor, hate, JOY and sorrow.
But one day he left behind him
every semblance of his rank and his
wealth and he crossed over from his
palace to the loWly dwelling places
of the poor. He received the unself-
ish welcome of man to man; he
shared humble bread and he broke
it and it was sweet and good; to him
were barred many inner condolences,
ored by the trust imposed in him.
When he said good bye, it was with
regret. A new light frightened his
vision and whereas once he saw as
through glass darkly, now he saw
face to face.
Or. Steiner's Story
TT was through DR.. E. A. Steiner
professor of applied Christianity at
Iowa college, and one of the notable
workers of the country for the uplift
of the poor immigrant, that this mir
lionaire crossed the gulf. DR.. Stein
er recently told the story in an ad-
dress in which he urged upon young
men to love all mankind and to let
their sympathies be broad.
81 had just preached sermon in
Fifth avenue church, where
looked out over congregation that
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-07

1F Ike good st0rles Wh good lnes attache you VIII mo
11 abundance of them from this time in Literary Mag
William Hamilton Osborne. Everybody who reads magazine stori
familiar with his name, his appears the widely
publications of the Countrywide Saturday Evening Post Me
Clure's, Smart Set, and their kind.
In the issue you'll find good short story by Julian IIaw
tlone. The household
made it around the world wherever English read The
in his has we'll
leadersere isn't of prominence end of the
country the other that has published his tales The story
cured from him for Literary Magazine little story weird
of the kind that sticks Your memory somehow and
Keeps bobting up every and then
the following will find short stories by Leo
4 Edwin l. Sabin and others of their rank Leo Crane is MAX
gJ ing hit just with both magazines magazine
In the past year he has placed successive stories with Harpes
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-04-07
William Hamilton Osborne Edwin Sabin, Julian
Temple Bailey, and Other
have been Secured for Contributions The Magazine

without having declined while Munsey, Anee, American,
Metropolitan lpeon and others have also used his
les MI. Sabn whose serial running making hit,
well known Mr. Crane and he will contribute stories and other
matter regularly
<1 HERE bigger coming for readers
at an early date We have secured from one Of the most
~ cul noves of the present day the and best
he has Its publication will begin
and it will undoubtedly sensation Competent critics who
have read the first draft of the story will undoubtedly take its
place the great American novels of the decade
MAIZE have special articles in this Paris-T
xx Pink of Propriety, and The Homeless Mana Problem
10y In the former article bright American newspaper
and writer describes with Quarter
In the latter human of the homeless
great city and the problem they furnish written by whose life
time devoted the solution of Of the greatest social problems
the times.
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-. .;... -sOMEWHllRE in New York
es / City lives a very rich man,
-. - many times millionaire, to
''sssssaasssss whom money does not mean
e-.-S quite so much as it once did
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11

you where I got that II wouldn't be
fair TO the pirate had to get hook
for him to wear after the crocodile
has eaten his hand and the list Of
things that have raced around town
for would bewilder the most enthusi-
astie shopper in the world"
ROM the model which has been
| made grow the real scenes, in
eluding the carpenter work, the
scene painters canvas Offering; the
forest. which must be on hand to shell
ter the children in Peter PAN" and
everything else that goes to make up
the fixtures of fantasy.
But there is more besides For in
stance Tinker Bell. Peter Pans good
fairy, whose voice is a bell and whose
presence is a simmer OF light Tink-
er Bell is really the resultant efforts
of three men. One holds the light
and plays its beams against mirror
which another holds The mirror
sends the light about the stage. as
boys flash concentrated sunbeams into
your eyes from little pocket looking
glasses. Still another man is required
to follow the light and ring the bell.
SO you see. Tinker Bell is triplets-
r. Ut one of the most dificult of all
the effects to realize is the flying
- of Peter Pan and his companions.
Like the gentleman with the little
girl at the theater, / must tell you
that Peter Pan does not fly and neither
does wendy nor the other Darling
children
Their wings are wires. one apiece
hung from a drum Up high above the
stage. The men operating the drum
have to rehearse very. great deal.
because if they move the apparatus
a bit too far this way or that, Peter
win not land on the mantel shelf as
he is supposed to do and some of the
dear Darling children might get their
shins rubbed against pieces of furni-
ture In the way OF their fight through
the bedroom. It is said OF Maude Asses
that ON the first nights performances.
a slip was made by the men up above
her and that she suffered the dis
comhture of skinless shins for several
days
The wires while invisible. are capa
BILE of Sustaining weight OF 500
pounds. Miss Harriet worthingtcn
who plays Peter Pan At the YalsncIa
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has exacted from Manager Walter Hoff
Seeiy a promise to test her wire every
night. He says he will. and If he
does. the little woman who. I would
say, VIII make fine Peter Pan. need
have no fear. unless it be from the.
fact that seely may strain the wire
to the breaking point and leave her
to finish the job
-, OF the least of the important
III features of Peter Pan is the
lighting. over 5000 extra lights
are demanded by the production There
are myriads of freely glows besides
which twinkle and shiver against the
black Of the night Tony Kenna. the
electrician, has plot Of the piece
almost Is elaborate as that OF any of
the players and he must rehearse as
frequently as any actor because the
lights in Peter PAN are as essential
to the production as candles are to a
Christmas tree.
For instance. here are some Of the
hieroglyphics which Kenna has to
solve,
ststion-Bridge lights. R. g. l.
White for shadow dance; blue light t5)
Bracket light r. & l. and in bathroom
of nursery r c. Switches r. and e.
c. Night light r 2, R 3 & L 0ittIe
houses) Tinker Bell light and reflector
RE-
No, I do not know what it means.
stage Director Platt wrote it and he
knows
,u,HEN you sit in front of Peter
NJ Pam yon will not probably
w realize the enormous amount of
labor that has gone into the pro-
duction. Perhaps it is just as well,
Platt says: Il hope nobody knows
what dificulties have been surmounted
or what work has been done. 1 want
1t all to go of so easily that the ele-
ment of labor Will be the last thing
any one will think of.
Peter Pan is fantasy. It is not
hard work
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before the queen and who is now sing
ing for the democracy Of vaudeville
was telling her throat doctor his bust
ness over the telephone from her
apartments at The JEFFERSON She has
not been able TO sing for a week
and had promised surely that by Sun
day today she would be in fit condi-
ton TO be. heard in proper voice.
Before the doctor came with his
tsnnin she talked about the art or
singing. Mile. de Lussan. in spite OF
her Spanish name, is an American born
singer New YORK was her birthplace
and Boston was the scene of her pro-
fessional debut with the Boston Idesi
opera company. But It was not until
after she had gone abroad and con-
quered another world that her own
country appreciated her gifts
Now" said she. my countrymen
look upon me as foreigner. Just as
though America is barred from par
ticipation in the arts except through
the process OF Importation.
uNF all the gifts which a singer
should possess. / should say that
intelligence is the. most neces-
sary II you think it strange that
should be familiar with the anatomy
of the instrument with which I sing,
I would reply: Doesn't a violinist have
to know something about the mechan-
les of his wooden box with its finger
board and strings?' Most singers re-
gard the voice as something mystic
rious and superhuman- They think
person either sings or he doesn't. A
malformat1on of bone in the nose
or disease of the tonsils may be all
that is in the way OF beautiful sing
ing tone A pianist can not play effec--
lively on III turned strings, can he,
A violinist can not play on a violin
stuffed with cotton Neither can 1 sing
with cold. which. robbins the res
onating surfaces OF their power to
vibrate in sympathy with the tone.
robs the singer of the power to ex-
press herself
singers should know these things.
when I say that intelligence Is the
chief requisite OF a successful singer.
mean not only horse sense but
musical inteIIi gence as well.
How few singers possess the musi-
cal intelligence that an instrumentalist
Inossessss:. yst without musical intslli-
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gence the vocalist will not climb high
in his art 1t is not enough to have
a beautiful voice and a correct ear
That is the same as giving a person
grand piano properly tuned and ex-
pect him to play The musical inteIli-
gence is what viii make the piano
give UP its music and the singer thrill
his hearers
$50 many are content that God has
given them a voice. They sing be-
cause there IS a nice mechanical ad-
justment of the parts that comprise
the singing apparatus But they never
become great artists. On the con
trary they are passed by hundreds
less gifted physically by nature but
better equipped mentally.
IL remember when at Conway bay
in Wales hearing voice that might
have startled the world We were
passing by a bridge in course OF con-
struction. when tenor voice struck
my ears. 1t was high, clear. vibrant
and powerful The owner of the
wonderful voice was singing with all
his might one of those beautiful
Welsh folktunes. / stopped the party
and inquired for the singer. He was
one OF the workmen under the bridge.
singing IS he toiled- Would he. under
the most favorable circumstances. have
made Parsifal or Faust? do not
think so. He had the voice. bat not
the brains.
Once in a generation. or maybe only
once IN century. a singer appears
who possesses a perfect vocal organ.
perfect health. perfect musical intelli-
gence and perfect science. have
heard only one that fitted that de-
scription- That was Patti
uc LAvERY to the piano Is bad
thing for singer. One should
not need an instrument to sup
port the voice. keep It on the key and
cover up defects. When 1 was coach
ing with Massenet IN Paris I learned
this truth On the occasion OF my
first visit TO the great composers
studio. looked around for piano.
Surely composer has a piano. I
thought There was none in sight. /
asked him later about It.
ll There's no piano here said he
why should there be7 To compose
one must be able to hear his music
here. And he pointed to his t0rshssd.
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ZeIie de Lussan and the
Art of Singing

~, S this you. Dr. Brown VIII you
please bring some tannin or other
astringent when you Gomez Ny
cold seems TO AFFECT the postnssaI
cavities =
Nile. zelis de LuAzan who has sunx
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11

~ Ne OF the most pitiful exhibi-
tons I ever saw at q thester
was supplied BY member OF
the audience. The play was
fairy play, and my neighbor
was explaining how 1t was done TO
his vide eyed little girl The said
neighbor appeared to be just that sort
of person who would do such q
dastaroly thing. Laboriously and
stupidly he went after every illusion
which the mechanics Of stage art had
devised. he explained that the fairies
were not really fairies at all, but
just chorus girls: that the one with
the wings did not really ny. but was
rcld by wires operated by perspiring
men Up in ~the gridiron.v Wherever
there was a chance 20 whack az that
cniid's imagination and stunt Il and
Kill II. ne did; meanwhile the young
ster tried 10 believe what she saw,
but couldn't He wouldn't let her. He
wanted her 10 know how wise a papa
mistaken providence had provided
her He kept IL up until some one.
81 desperation, begged him 70 let the
Eirl alone ana permit those within
the radius OF the sound OF his voice
enjoy the fantasy unobstructed by
owlish wisdom.
BY way OF prelude the above is
written for fear ] may be accused Of
occupying q position similar to that
- -. stors5 -a-sf.--
To tear q fantasy apart is a ruth
ess work like crushing the wings OF
> butterfly. However. at the risk Of
assuming thankiess task, I wiz Try
% tell you something about the way
thai Peter Pan" is built, and rely on
the safe assumption that you'll forget
ft by the time you reach the Valencia
thester. where this most delightful OF
Bsrrie's plays-the story Of the boy
. who wouldn't grow up-is being given
this week
In the first place as you wander
about the stage observing the traps
mysterious marks here and there
which show the exact locs ton OF every
Individual piece OF furniture and seen
cry; the accumulation OF canaons and
birds and dogs heads; the lion. the
crocodile, which has tasted OF Cap
tain Hooks hand and wants the rest
of the pirate for dinner: the dogs skin,
that poor Harcourt has 10 perspire IN;
the maze OF wires TO swing the Oar
ling children out or the window when
Peter Pan teaches them the dInicult
art OF hying-I ssy. when you take in
the mass OF mechanical detan which
the production OF Peter Pan requires.
your sdmirsticn viii grow for Barrie.
tie whimsical scotchman. who con-
ceiVed the Whsle thing. for Manager
Walter Hon Seely. who has not hesi-
tated e. putting $4,000 into the produc-
tor Msno for George Foster Plat, the
Ftage director. who is bringing ali the
yends OF this fantasy together and is
literally piecing together moonbeanss
and moth wings.
TTDMIRATfON grows for Barrie. who
~ visuslized the play and saw il
through the moonlight OF many
shiidish memories. II was an suda-
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cious vision. this Peter Pan and
Barrie must have had a tremendous
confidence in the youthfulness OF an
old humanity 10 stake his all on the
test-do you believe IN f1Ties? II
you do not believe, then the play viii
fail and you and the play are lost
II you do believe. then the play VIII
succeed The audience is taken into
Barrie's confidence and the outcome
Of the third act is left entirely with
you Believe in fairies or Tinker Bell
will die The heartbroken Peter Pan
rushes TO the footlights and inpIores
you TO believe in fairies. and never
was an audience so stolid as to fail
TO meet the issue courageously and
firmly and believes in fairies. as we
al do.
OUT Of Barrie's consciousness grew
| the pictures into which he was
about to set his little children.
Barrie has described these scenes with
a minuteness and beauty of dfction
worthy of preservation as literature.
Then Stage Director Platt takes de-
scriptions and roughly draws the
scene. Ralph Nieblas. the scene painter,
makes model out of cardboard, with
every measurement carefully indicated.
When the model is done, it is an exact
reproduction IN miniature OF what the
scene is going TO be like Nieblas
and William Finley. the head carpen-
ter. get together and puzzle It out.
Finley told me he had 10 be able to
make anything from heaven in Uncle
Toms Cabin" to hell in The Black
Crook"
Platts Imagination from Barrie's
imaginary pictures, are made and the
work OF producing the scenery and
the properties begins. Meanwhile, the
propertyman is securing the city for
accessories. such as the bell which IS
used on the ships; for IN the pirate
boat scene there must be a real bell
with real cIapper. TO emit real Vi
brations. william Richardson, who is
the propertxman. IS now IN a state
bordering on nervous prostration, for
the strange things he has had to col
lect include every thing that fantasy
could demand. Il got the bell at
ship chandler's,n he said. and q bad
cigar for Captain Hook to smoke at
every performance. but VIII not tell
The San Francisco call., 1909-04-11

How shall I hear my orchestra on a
piano anyway? II is the same with
singing. You must hear II in your
mind; you must produce the tone in
your mind You must hear it first
and approve of it before you give it
to your audience So we win study
without a piano
And he was quite right"
IA LIE DE LUSSAN does not be-
Nt Iieve that the music OF Debussy
viii ever make a popular appeal
II is too complex. vague and frequently
meaningless But out of the tansIe
OF his unusual harmonies." she said
there occasionally appears a melody
or theme OF ravishing beauty. which
glows for a few moments and then is
merged again In the fantastic shadow
OF his harmonies.
Wagner is clear and plain as day
light in comparison. I mustered cour-
age TO hear Parsifar in New York
I did not think II would make an ap-
peal to my ears. But il did I was
loves music is overwhelmed at the sx-
travagance OF color. the wonderful
themes and the stately action OF the
music drama
I think that the modern trend or
music is towards the style OF PuceinI
stand on the foundation that Verdi
built. A more intimate weaving OF
the orchestra with the voice but
tangible connection between the mel
ody and the harmony viii beraehieved
The symphonic form. supplanting the
voice IN Importance. viii not in ny
opinion. be sustained BY subsequent
criticism and public patronage An
opera is In the first place vocal-and
any attempt 70 make it less than that
win not last
UNF. course you win ask ne how
IKE vaudeville
The nrst vaudeville per
formance T ever saw in my ffs wss
the performance IN which I took part
When sing. I mentally convert the
audience into a concert audience. and
sing as though the hearers were habit
uaI concert goers. I md that my
audiences readily take that attituds
and I have no better nor more appre-
ciative listeners than I have IN vauds-
Vile theaters.
Neither do I ind that a vaudevills
career interferes with an operate.
sailed from London on the 1sth OF
October after a successful season at
the Lyric in grand opera When
finish this engagement I shall 20 back
to grand opera I enjoy both
q 9
Otis SINNERS Innovation
~ It's SKINNER VIII try an inno-
IA vation here during his engage
~ ment at the Van Ness theatsr.
Il will be new to San Francisco.
but not new to other cities. Ia viii
| call Httsn<isA - tAs rLss sf ia sazta.r;
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-18

In Nevada County Probate Court!
 Notice is hereby given that at the April term 1909 of Nevada County Probate Court that the following executors, administra- tors. and guardians filed their ac- counts for settlement and con- firmation in the estate for which they are acting to-wit:
 W. V. Tompkins, administrat tor Estate Jas. T. Gossett 1st annual settlement,
 Thos. c. McRae guardian. estate Of Frank and Kate Steele 4th an- nual settlement.
 All persons interested in the settlement of such estates are notified to come forward and lie exceptions to such accounts II any they have on or before the second day of tho next term of the said Court or they will be TOT ever barred from excepting to such amounts or any other items therein.
 J. A. Bailey.
 County and Probate Clerk.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-18
Baker Drug Store
 The Home of RexaH
ADJUSTMENTS.
THE GEORGETTES

The entertainment given at the M. F.. church last Thursday evening under the auspices of the Epworth League was greeted by a full house. Everyone present was well pleased with the prCu gram. The Georgettes are one of the best novelty musical com panies on the road. The little ten year old daughter who is a mem- Der of the company is really a re- markable child. She not only eX- ecutes to most difficult se,ec- tions on the violin but carries her part through the entire program on the various collection of in- struments employed.-The Belle Plain Union.
 At the opera house May IS, un- der the auspices of the Self Gull ture Club.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-18

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as executor of the the will Of w. w. Atkinson. de- ceased will on the first day of the next July term of the Nevada Probate Court apply for an order oi sale for the payment of debts oi all the real estate except such as has been set apart to the wid- ow as homestead and dover. witness my hand this the 17th day of May 1909.
 Jno. R. Atkinson.
 Executor.