New-York tribune., 1909-03-20
THE Talk OF TIE DAY.

The -rssant operatsc season in New York has
been a banner one for Americans me Ia'eS1
singer Of native birth who had chance u DC
heard by Americans was Leon Rains Despile tHs @
T7rencb origin indicated by his name MI. tNalHS
was horn in New York and got his hrst training
in his native city. Other Americans no" oi"s,ie
st one or the other Of the opera houses III 'i.S
ct+v sre Miss Farrar Nine Fremstad, MISS orIlia,
So r,o,,o,d 91roe Homer. Miss Mapleson and
Miss Wakefield Of the Metropolitan company 10
saw nothing Of Nine. Eames. VINO has recenOiS
retired 10 take up concert work Az lhe Mai.
haitian there IS Miss Mary Garden "ho uoIs''
horn in Scotland has spent most OF her years IN
the United States. and Nine Aarlska-AIoi Ioirici'
.,,or.g tho American men singers az the Metro
politan are Riccardo Martin, native OF heh
tuckr even II his assumed first name ana MS
anrearance lead to the impression lldt 'e "o9
z,od under the skies Of Italy; Allen itinchley'
-. - WIN Scarlet in The Bostonians had to
-.,ea+ night after night The ArTnorers ) song IN
"Rohin Hood: Herbert Witherspoon VINO usea %
ra n we'll known church and concert SINGER f1ei-
t.-+ y,-aterous and stephen Delwary. Giuseppe
c,a-a-. e a nefurslizrd American citizen, and
,oo,+ or the Younger women at both the Man
hattan and Metropolitan who take minor parts
have never sailed across the Atlantic
sCHooLBoY's COMPLAINT.
BOYS didn't have so much TO learn
The school books then held only half
The stuff we've got 10 know.
with fewer kings an wars an things.
Pol-s ne learnt ssT1 those days-an Presidents
They didn't have at all
An iogaphry-there wasn't near
7 mink they ind new countries so
Bows won't have time TO PLAY.
1..s getting worser all the time
Then sudden clears his brow
Gee, amt glad / alnt boy
A thousand years from now ,.
Presiding az ne National tuberculosis Conference
and Exhibition IN London Sir John Kirk suggested
that a more popular name should be applied TO the
disease The expression tuberculosis was some
what terrifying 20 the IN the street, ne sald.
Lord KIrnaird dealing with tuberculosis as II af-
f,Ad ,bnd life referred 20 the international con-
ference for the study school hygiene held IN Eng
Iand two years go and said the conclusion ne came
70 after attending that conference was that IN the
scieutiac study OF child life England was much pc
hind other nations
(which animal Is satisfied with the least amount
Of ra 49gF'Snifn n5nfs It eats only hoes-Christan
Register
An organization has been formed in Seneca rams.
\ Y to perpetuate Memorial Day At present II
IS purely local. but eventually u Is hoPe' I" 81
e. national scope The membership of the asSoc'-
atfo-, is separated into two divisions The hrst
4t,.is,,- : composed Of all veterans Of the tivh
War and these members are exempt from 8i u"7
The second division IS composed of cl'i''a"S' anu
there Is no age limit for those composing this mem
berxh!p. To this second division falls the GUY u
nerpett:atlng the observance OF May 30
Teacher-Now. White, how many months have
tv-cntv-eiRht days. - 49,. za,s
ove-.-Boston Transcript
The custom ~ reward!nE success on the dramatic
stage with calls before the curtain has long been
thing ~ the past in some q the European thea
tres SAYS a Frankfort paper. and this has caused
much heartarhe among those footlight heroes and
naroir.s 10 whom it was n JOY and delight This
ancient mark Of appreciation recompense Tor
many rfbuatIons and i the houses where the rules
now preclude II great incentive 20 best effort
IS missing the IessnE Theatre IN Berlin the
actor now has fellow sufferer because Of restrtc-
tive rules as 20 thH populat author. Formerly.
when a new play was put for the hrst time and
w received the author would be called before the
curtain between the acts. and these calls fire.
gu.ntlv prolonged. The rule forbids this. and
the audience may cry Author vigorously.
but he dare not snow himself until the final curtain
has fallen.
7 dropped considerable money at the track to-
day" $500, ~, ,. ..
Yes: and after has picked six straight
losers he feels that the breed needs improving. -
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