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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31
OUR MUSICAL ATMOSPHERE

We are often nettled st the super
cilious tone of our expatriated must
clans who look back upon us from their
European environments and declare
that America lacks a "musical at
mosphere." If the charge is true, says
the editor of Musical America New
York;, we have reason to be grateful,
for it really means that our traditions
have not become fixed. But besides
this the writer does not even admit the
charge, preferring to think our critics
blinded TO the real facts in the case.
He writes:
s'What IS this atmosphere? It is
the color which personalities and tradI-
ton throw over an active musical stu
alton. The musical atmosphere OF a
certain nation is a concentrated essence
of the musical characteristics of that
nation. The musical atmosphere of the
great musical nations of Europe has
had centuries in which to assume very
definite character or color. each nation
having its particular quality of at
mosphere. This implies in each case a
hardening to maturity, in some cases
an actual atropbv, and the loss of the
flexible quality Of youth with the world
before il and all directions open.
''When people say that America has
no musical atmosphere. they mean that
It has not a German musical atmosphere,
OF a French-that the feeling of Der
lin. or Paris, is not in the air. Nothing
could be more true. nor more fortunate.
no have America, IN her musical youth,
saddled with an unbreakable incrusta-
ton Of some particular European
musical atmosphere, at the moment of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31

A Versatile HOMEGROWN Product

BY JAMES T. STACKER

per, "and at an early age in
herited both qualities. My
college days began ages ago
but time passes so rapidly
that it seems but yesterday,
or the day before. that | was
hazed at Harvard, and haZed
bloomin' well, as l remember
it. As a boy in the Honolulu
schools l took slathers of les
sons in art. My father had
an idea that I could paint but
/ could not make myself be-
lieve it. At college I became
one of the boys in the dra'
matte club and it came near to
blighting nv young life. -
Mr.. Wilder says he worked
like a beaver at his studies,
never neglecting them for the
frivolities in which giddy col
lege youths indulge. He had
done little or nothing on the
stage here but what he had
was remembered and some
how his fame in that line
reached old Harvard. He was
asked to go in a play and re-
fused. He was dragged into
it and made good.
"To refuse to act is very
much on the same plane as a
big husky fellow admitting
his strength and refusing to
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31


you all have heard
Of the mocking bird,
The nightingale and thrush,
But | have cousin
Who can beat any dozen
An make them take the bush.
"When he runs the scale
The piano turns pale.
He studied in Paree;
And I've got good proof
He blew hole through the roof
When Kerrigan struck High c."
Mr.. Wilder was immersed in thought
when he permitted me to break through
the door two flights up. l had read
the sign at the foot of the stairs. 1t
was marked, "Temporary Sign. " [
felt that I was up against Miss Dis
appointment. for it said, among other
things, ''From 9 to II, By Appoint
ment Only I was within the hours,
but I was without date. The pleas
ant smile with which he greeted me,
however, put me at ease, and / apol-
ogized for the intrusion when it was
against the rules.
Chimes up he said, 'and you are
as welcome as the flowers in spring.
ira la, What s doing, when and
whereof
Anyone would conclude from that
that there is nothing formal about
Mr.. Wilder. But on occasions, let me
assure you, he is veritable encycl0-
pedia of knowledge on GLOW to be-
have in company" IT'S then that his
brow darkens and one seeks a fire.
escape. He was undergoing thawing
process when I called, and the job
was almost finished. Leading me to a
corner and niling the cushions on a
coy corner divan, he whispered in the
voice of the chaperone, "Tell me your
troubles; this is my day at home"
Barring a few absentees the room in
which Mr.. Wilder does his thinking and
working reminds one of the pictures
occasionally shown in the Ladies Home
Journal He calls it his atelier but I
missed the draperies which dominate
the pictures in the magazines. As they
were not in evidence I concluded they
were at the cleaners. [ had no evil
dence of this and l was brought up not
to ask impertinent questions. The piano
was there and | took it as further evil
denee of the refined qualities of the
artist. But [ missed the mandolin.
/ cannot believe an artist can paint
with fidelity unless he has a mandolin
somewhere among his furniture, The
omissions in this case, however, did not
prejudice me and I was willing TO take
the room and Wilder as I found them.
l felt. even with the cold brick walls
around me, that I was in an atmos-
phere of color where Art reigned on a
throne that was the personal work of
the artist
81 was born of poor but honest
parents, - he said in a real stage whis-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31

- ONOLULU has produced two
men who took to the drama
q and became PROFESSIONALISM
liam Levers and Charlie Poor,
the latter now dead. One other, with
a tremendous amount of ability in the
same line, had will enough to resist
temptation to become an actor, though
he probably had greater encourage
ment to do so than either of the
Others. The odd fellow is James A.
Wilder, to the public, and jamie to
his intimates on the golf links. While
not genius in the sense that the term
applies TO inventors of flying machines
and other contrivances, Mr.. Wilder is
one, two, three in anything he at
tempts, be it building a house, paint
ing a portrait or essaying the most
difficult characters ever manufactured
for stage production.
Those who know him will say that
the parts must be in the line of real
comedy. True for them, but there are
those here who have seen him in char
acters in which the element of COM
edy was not always in evidence,
though skein of it could be picked
from the warp and the wool.
Nearly seventeen years ago L read
in the New York Herald of the tire
mendous success achieved by James
Wilder in burlesque "Hamlet " put
on by the famous "Hasty Pudding
club of Harvard. To those in Homo
lulu who knew him as boy, the de-
scription was easy recognizable as the
fun-making Jamie from sup the val
ley The Herald pronounced it the
greatest Hamlet ever seen In
production by the Puddings.
A few months later l read in a Bos-
ton paper the success this same Ho-
nolulu boy had made as ''Tony Lump
kim in "She Stops to Conquer, a
Goldsmith comedy that stands out in
bold relief when compared with some
of the claptrap comedies of later
years.
In these days, when everything in
Honolulu points to business growth
and the means of adding to ones in
come. Mr.. Wilder, actor no longer, but
a full-fedged artist, is almost as diff
fieult to communicate with, personal
1y, as Pierpont Morgan. He is either
hanging over pallet combining coli
ors that viii produce the shade near
est his subject, or reading tracts TO
the caddies on the links at the Coun-
try Club.
On Wednesday, however, luck ia
vored me- As l passed the building
on King street which may some day
become famous as the studio of Jan
van Wilder. I heard voice warbling
a song. 1t must have been in high
key. for it fell two flights to reach
me and was in good shape when it
struck my eardrums, Even If L had
not recognized the voice, the sentl-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31
LITTLE WILLIE.

Little Willie, full Of glee,
Smashed the mucilage cup.
Said his mother, "Gracious met
Ism be stuck upip
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31
SYMPATHY.

"spifins says he is terribly worried
about the grocer's bill"
"Nefer mind, Splits. Think Of how
the grocer is worrying"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31

ment of the ballad would have told
ME who the singer was. l detected
this:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31

m ONOLULU has produced two
men who took to the drama
q and became PROFESSIONALISM
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26

Florence, Dec. 25.-- Especial )--An
immense amount OF money has gone
out of Florence to the whiskey houses,
judging from the quantities of aiquor
that are being shipped in. There is
no way of getting at the exact amount
but the express Office has been crowd
ed for the past three days with men
getting whiskey packages. Previous to
this it Is estimated that the shipments
into Florence averaged a half car load
day.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26
SOLD Mortgnged cotton.

Florence. Dec. as Especial )--Geo.
Gamble, a white man. is in Jail here.
charged with selling cotton mortgaged
to Tom Pruitt. CANDLES bond was
fixed at $500 by Esquire C.. w. Lemay
and he has failed to secure bondsmen.
The sad feature of the case is that
Gamble has very sick child at his
home in Sheffield.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26

Florence. Dec. 26.-(SpeciaI. Mrs.
Sidney Zimmerman. wife of DIR. A. Ziln-
norman. died Thursday at o'clock at
her home in East Florence after an Ill
ness OF five weeks. aged &c. She leaves
her husband and five children. the eld-
est 10 years old. Mrs. Zimmerman
was a niece of C. w. Leamy. ESQ. The
funeral was held this afternoon at
O'Clock from the, residence. the Rev NJ
W. Mccain ofiiciating.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26

Beginning October LIST the Haygood
Transfer Co. will require cash for all
service performed. the same as all
other public service companies.
Drivers of vehicles will be provided
with the proper amount of change.
For the convenience of patrons,
books of tickets ranging from 81 to Sc
will be sold for hack service and can
he had at 10 per cent of at our office,
IL Montgomery street.
Haygood Transfer Co.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26
The walkers.

the WaLkerSs
When Alabama calls the roll of her
faithful and loyal sons she should not
forget the names OF the FIVE Walker
brsh hers who proved their love for
their State both in peace and in war.
They were all natives OF Alabama and
were the sons of John Williams Walk
ser, President of the Constitutional
Convention in 1919, when Alabama en-
tered the Union. and also the first Sen
ator elected from the State.
Their mother was Matilda Pope, and
from both parents they inherited In
tellectual gifts of no common order.
The Oldest of the Ave brothers was
Coionel Percy Walker, a lawyer living
In Mobile, when the Confederate war
came on. Not long before that time
he represented his District In Con-
gress Colonel Walker was of too
trail a physique to enter the army as
a soldier. but was in the service of
the Confederate government during
the entire four years of the war.
The second Son. General Leroy Pope
Walker, was a lawyer residing .
Huntsville. He was appointed first
Secretary of War for the Confederate
government and after retiring from
that position held others of import
ance.
Major John j. Walker. the third
brother. was in business in Mobile
when the war broke out. Some years
before he had been collector of the
port of Mobile He promptly enlisted
for Confederate service. He was at
first aide of General Bragg. then ma
jor and served throughout the war.
The fourth son was Captain William
Walker. who died early in the war
from the effects of exposure at Fort
Morgan. He had been lieutenant in
the Mexican war in 134S.
The youngest member of the family
was Judge Richard w. Walker, who,
when the war began. was an Associate
Justice on the Supreme bench of Ala
bama Like his brother Percy he was
too frail in body to be soldier. but
was made a member of the first Pro-
visional Congress and later elected
Senator. which position he held when
the war closed. The only member of
the family bearing the name now liv-
ing in Alabama is Judge Richard w.
Walker of Huntsville. son OF Judge
Richard Walker.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26

On and after october list we will is
aue duplicate checks for baggage
handled by us. whether going to or
from depot. These duplicates will be
required upon delivery of baggage by
our agents.
HaygOod Transfer Co
%
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26

Mrs. ]. W. Thompson. chairman OF
the Division OF Scholar committee re-
ports all pledges to this fund have
been met, except the amounts promised
by Robt Z. Lee chapter. Opelika,
Admiral semmes, Auburn, Gadsden.
ana James Cantey. Scale. These chap
tiers will please send in the amounts
at an early date as the chairman
must be prompt in sending In the
promised sum.
The student at the Polytechnic In
stitute receiving this scholarship, Mr..
Joe Murphy, is a young man of fine
character and is In every way worthy
OF our confidence and trust. He is
studying hard and doing well.
The president would like to have
an expression from the chapters in
regard to the new work planned. viz.
1.-THE Virginia Clay Chapter scholar
ship fer daughters or granddaughters
Of Confederate soldiers.
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26

Feathers, King william, Dewars
Scotch, Canadian Club, Upperten, Hill
and Hill, Lewis '66, Murray Hill Club,
Cascade, 1. w. Harper ana Others,
Send us your order now.
1. Rrickman d CO., Pensacola. Elm
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26
Historian U. D. C.. Florence Chapter
First southern Battle Flag.

Probably few know that one of the
first Confederate battle flags was made
from the dresses of two famous Balti-
more bellies. Such was the case. and
the flag presented to General Beaure-
gard after ne. General Johnston and
General Cabell met at Fairfax court
house to determine on a design that
would be more distinguishes than the
original was in battle. OF the Three
men who originated that battle flag,
but one is alive today. That one is
Gen w. l. Cabell. now commander
in-ehief of the Confederate veterans In
the Trans Mississippi Department. Cen
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26
I UNITED DAUGHTERS
or THE CONFEDERACY

Robert =. Lee chapter, c. o. Q
The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-12-26

erai Cabeli IL coming to the reunion
next week lie Is sn old man now,
but In the following letter he en-
desyored TO tell Of the birth Of the
first real battle nag OF the confeder-
acy:
Flags Looked Alike.
"when the Confederate army. COM
manded by General Beauregard. and
the Federal army confronted one an
other at Manassas" writes General
Cabell, at was seen. that the Confed-
crate flag and the Stars and stripes
looked at a distance so much alike
that 1t was hard to distinguish one from
the other. After the battle at Black
burn Ford. July IS. General Beaure-
gard ordered that a small red badge
should be worn on the left shoulder
by our troops. and as I was chief quar-
termaster. ordered me to purchase
large quantity OF red Manned and dis
tribute 1t to each department.
During the battle of Bull Run II
was plain to be seen that number or
Federal soldiers wores q similar red
badge. Generals Johnston and Beau
regard met at Fairfak court rouse, In
the latter part OF August or the early
part Of September--I have forgotten
the exact date--and determined to
have q battle flag for every regiment or
detached command.
General Johnston's nag was IN the
shade of an elipse---a red flag with blue
st. Andrew cross and stars on the cross
twhite), to represent the different
Southern States. No white border OF
any kind was attached to the cross.
General Beauregard's flag was rec
tangle, red. with blue st. Andrew cross
and white stars. similar to General
Johnston's.
Beauregard's Plan Adopted.
After we had discussed fully the
two styles. taking into consideration
the cost of material and care of maxi
Ing same, II was decided the eiiptical
flag would be harder to make; that 1t
would take more cloth, and 1t would
not be seen so plainly at a distance,
the rectangular flag. drawn and sug-
gested by General Beauregard, should
be adopted. General Johnston yielded
at once.
"No one else was present but we
three. No one knew about this flag
but we three, until an order was issued
adopting the Beauregard flag. as II
was called. and directing me. as chief
quartermaster. to have the flag made
as soon as IL could be done. / imme-
diately issued an address to the good
ladies OF the South to give me their
red and blue silk dresses, and to send
them to Capt Colin McRae Se1pn, quar-
termaster at Richmond. Va. the HIST
response came from the young wo-
men. Those most prominent In the
move were the Misses Carey from Bal
timore. Mrs. Hennings OF Savannah
and Mrs. Hopkins of Alabama.
THE Misses Carey made battle flags
for General Beauregard and General
Van Dorm. and, think. they made the
one for Gen. J. e. Johnston. The nag
for General Beauregard was made from
their own dresses, and this flag is now
In the Memorial Hall at New Orleans.
General Van Dorn's flag was made from
heavier material, but 1t i, was very
pretty. want to say positively that
the statement going the rounds that
either OF those flags were designed by
Federal prisoners Is false and without
foundation. / have statements from
General Beauregard regarding the flag
Miss Carey made for him"
cial-Appeal.
Morgan County republican., 1909-08-26
NOT A PARTISAN POLITICIAN.

The claim Of the Democratic news
papers that Governor Hadley is par
tIsan politician lacks evidence to sup
port It. What Democrats has he re-
moved from Officer What has he
don. that is partisan or unfair? The
motive that prompts these claims is
clear. The "Old Guard, or the "Old
Gang" as Governor Folk calls it, is
endevoring to keep the Folk followers
'ro,n coming out in support of Gov
"rno' hadiey and why should they
not snppor, Hadley3 He has contin-
nrd r,s to.x reforms and stood for all
and more Of the principles Of reform
Morgan County republican., 1909-08-26
Scattered Items.

Or, S.nFor'lS Of X {. arc visiting in
Okla anG ths;r children, Lois and
George, are visiting J. W. Kaufman and
other relatives.
Shores Hunter and Joe Williams last
week horSa. II mules which they are
Feedins a shores Hunters.
Ben Conner and wife, of Ellon, are
visiting Mrs. c IS parents, Syl h,tttr and
wife. ard ether relatives and friends near
Enid.
A piano tuner was in the Fast End
last week, and tuned pianos for Eula
hale Dora Hunte, Mrs. Daugherty aud
Others
whites have left California and are
coming back to Missouri. After a visit
w-th relatives, near Slater, they will re-
turn to their farm near Enid
The farmers around Enid have organ.
lzed beef ring and are having fresh
meat of their own, hence do pst have to
send 20 Sears Roeh,r@k x Co. for sup
plies i'll this line.
party of Young folks, chaperoned by
Mr. and MIS- Shore, Hunter. attended
nhe Upton street lair saturday. The
party included Cecil Hunter ard Rubie
kaufman, Hottie Thorpe and John
RAuSman and Jessie Do,y.
Sunday morning while Shores Hunter
was showing his herd OF mules to som e
nf The neighhors one of the mules land
ed one of its hind feet on Shores ribs
and cracked few ci them and almost
knocked Shores CIT of commission. Al.
though badly hur, hc refuses tu surrend.
er.
Len Reaniand, shrr bsi';,lg lot OF
hay for hiinseit, is this week balliug a
lot for Mr.. Ross. rear Enid.
Grandma Grins,ed, hear Latham, is
quite poorly this week,
Mr.. Michaels was this wecf offered
$sO per acre for his farm, but declined
How is that for Morgan county,
Mrs Brock, of RuTAlo, Wyoming, is
visiting ber mother, Aunt Sofa brown,
who .s Do alyz, last wee and is stl
lrr2rtons co'iilion. Tom Brown,
whc b Ntaricitp tie Seattle Fair, Ie.
turn 4 One WITT lis sister. Mrs. Brock
ha,. armed, when lie rear.,ed her
the r'l "'inn ihn had beidileu IN, .L,.,,,
tr.
Morgan County republican., 1909-08-26

No matter how long you have suffered,
Foley's Kidney Remedy will help you.
Mrs. s. l.. bowen, OF Wayne, w. Va I.
writes: II WAS sufferer from k'duey
disease, so that at times / could not get
out of he'd. ard when I did could not
stand straight. I took Foley's Kidney
Remedy. One dollar bottle and part Of
the second cured me entirely" u will
cure you. Sold by all druggists.
Morgan County republican., 1909-08-26
Sentiment Won't Run Paper.

A newspaper, II it has any brains,
conscience and muscle back of it.,
must continually decide between do
ing its duty and injuring its pocket.
In any position but that of editor the
public is able to separate tke individ-
ual home from the collective 'citlze n.
But if an editor does not please them
it is at his pockets they aim. Thus
it is the newspapers learn who their
friends are. The man who reads a
newspaper and admires it all the year
around, yet gives his business sup
port to some other concern, is not
a friend to the former newspaper.
There are too many men who expect
an editor to slave in defense of their
pet notions and hobbies, advocate
their views against the strongest OPP
position and coolly Withhold their
business support, by which alone a
bountry newspaper can live.
Talk about a paper having a pub
lie duty to perform and al editor
having to work for his principle is
cheap when others stand back and
extend a lukewarm neutrality.-Sea-
ord (Del. )News.
Morgan County republican., 1909-08-26
Twas a Glorious Victory.

There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn. A
mans life has been saved, and now DR..
Kings New discovery is the talk of the
town for curing c. V. Pepper of deadly
lung henorrhages. u could rot work
nor get about" he writes, "and the doc
tors did me no good. but, after using Or.
Kings New Discovery three wee.s, I
feel like a new man, and can do good
work again." For weak, sore or diseased
lungs, Coughs and Colds, EIemorrhages,
Hay Fever, Lagrippe, Asthma or any
Bronchial affection it stands unrivaled.
Price Sic and 81 90. Trial Bottle free.
Sold and guaranteed by Muntzel Drug
Co.
Morgan County republican., 1909-08-26
A Series of Sermons:

~ oIIIto VI oCIIHolIS.
The pastor of the Baptist Church
will preach series of sermons on the
subject: "a man wanted," beginn-
ing next Sunday night August 20, and
continuing for three Sunday nights.
Everybody cordially invited to attend.
Miss May Ross left Wednesday
morning for Buffalo, Mo-, to visit
relatives thee.
The dry weather continues, but the
prospects keep Frightening for rain
after while.
The Westlawn Sunday School is
prospering. There were AZ in atten-
dence last Sunday.
The pastor of the Baptist Church
will attend to the ordinance of bap-
tism next Sunday afternoon, at 3:15
at the Clay Plant pond.
Mr.Wilbur Mathews, after a care
full investigation of many offerings,
last week purchased the Tilman prop
erty on Campbell street, for $1,000,
worth fully one-half more. He will
remodel and add to it, and make it
a hansoifie home.
School will open week from next
Monday, and this will make it busy
time for the young folks as we'll as
the old folks in getting ready for the
great occasion.
w. +. Try, Fruitdale farm, was in
the city Wednesday with load of
apples, and kindly donated the
editor hall bushel, tor which he has
our thanks. He reports the dry
weather damaging the apple and
peach crops setiously.
Mrs A. G.. Baker left Wednesday
for Cass County on a visit with re-
latives. This puts A. G. in the ".Owl
Glass;" and he steps in to take the
place of F. A. White, Mrs. Whte
returning home Thursday morning.