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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17

ing he discovered her in a cafe she
was-well, angry does not express 1t.
Her artistic temperature was raised
to the boiling point Among other re
marks the prima donna made were the
following:
"Meester Hammerstein knows that l
never sang in q cafe in Paris. He
knows me, my family. My father was
governor of French colonies, my uncle
a senator. l have sung at the Opera
Comique, Covent Garden. London. and
at the Monnaie, in Brussels. cannot
believe that NJ. Hammerstein could
have written that about me. Some one
else must have written-some enemy,
oh, oui. Opera singers have to bear
much, but this is what you call-the-
the leemet. l sang at charity when
M. Hammerstein heard me.
"Twenty-eight times l sang Delilah
in Samson and De!ilah' at Brussels
with Dalmores. have the great sue
cess there-here, too. Meester Ham.
merstein say so; every one say So.
And now he or some one say that
sang in cafe in Paris. Incomprehen-
sible."
There is one queen of the opera who
has not figured in any musical wars
lately, Marcella Sembrich; but. alas,
she has decided to retire from the
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17
BORDERS ON CURTAINS.
The Foundation Color Is Usually Of q
Deep Tint.

The Foundation Color Is Usually Of q
Deep Tint.
There is a fashion in decoration that
should be helpful to the woman who
must fit short curtains to new win
dows.
This is the idea of having deep dec
orative borders on fabrics of solid
color.
New curtains are made in this fash
ion and sold at expensive prices at the
shops that make specially of new
things.
A skillful woman can accomplish the
same result; but, mind you, stress is
laid upon the adjective skillful. A wo-
man who hasn't a clear idea Of color
getting things right with scissors and
needle should turn the work over to
the woman who has this power. Many
seamstress has IL whose work costs
little.
Separate borders can be bought at
the large shops with surprising ease
by the woman who knows how to root
Out tuS 'itiStiN tLlilS. lucy uO HOl
come for curtains, as a rule, but they
serve admirably.
The foundation color Is usually deep
tinted, although some good patterns
can be got with the foundation in nat
ural crash tones. These are usually
the best to work on. They 60 so well
with almost any other cover.
Egyptian, Byzantine or whatever name
suits best these formal lines in vivid
colors.
They can be put at the sides, bot
tom and top of short, narrow curtains,
and one is surprised at the effect.
They not only make an old curtain of
use, but they give it new character and
style.
These borders can be used as a plain
or plated valance. This fashion has
widely returned in decorating rooms,
and, although it keeps out light to a
certain extent, it gives finish to the top
of the window.
Often the effect without valance is
bare. This is especially so when the
window jamb is deep and wide.
There is another fashion of using
ten inch borders across the tops of
windows and down the sides with
pane curtains that are set deep in the
window embrasure against the glass.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17

the impresarfo got out an olive branch.
a very large and leafy one, and sent 1t
to Miss Garden at automobile speed.
Mile Cavalieri claims that It was no
slight to Miss Garden for Mr.. Ham
merstein to cast her in the role Of
That's and that the American prima
donna has no right to a monopoly of
the part. Mile. Cavalieri says that she
created the role Of That's in Italy and
sang 1t with great success in Paris. She
is considered one Of the most beautiful
women on the operatic stage and were
there to be a competition to decide
who Is the most popular operate star
would doubtless run Miss Garden a
close race. But the hint about Salome
was effective with Mr.. Hammerstein.
and he was not long in reaching a de.
cision to make peace with the fascinat.
ing American.
Another war that Impresario Ham
merstein has had on his hands lately
was with Mile. Jeanne Gerville-Reache
who has been very much the vogue in
OIbeTdlIC UIiu uluSlCdl COleTleS tulS VIII
ter. Being a singer, and a Frenchwom
an at that, Mile. Gerville-Reache has
the artistic temperament highly devel-
oped, which is equivalent to saying
that her temper is easily excited. In
connection with launching his Phila-
delphia operatic enterprise Mr.. Ham.
merstein had occasion to refer in a
publication of the Quaker City to his
experiences with musical artists, who
he said, were the bane of his exist
ence. OF Mile. Gerville- Reache he was
!uoted as saying:
MANY stars seldom think ahead, and
the result is they have many heart.
aches which they might avoid. Last
season, for instance, I brought over
Mile. Gerville- -Reache. whom 7 discov.
cred singing in Paris cafe. l gave
Ecr five year contract. She had a
magnificent voice and only needed an
opportunity to show it,"
When mademoiselle learned that Mr.
Hammerstein had been quoted as say.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17

fection for her manager had been in
nowise diminished by the episode.
The warfare began when Miss Gar
den learned that Mr.. HAmmerstein had
arranged for performance by Lima
Cayalieri of Miss Gardens pet role of
That's, and she at once expressed her
sentiments in the matter by remark.
ing:
Il know that Mr.. Hammerstein has
announced that Mile. Cavalieri will
sing as That's. She will, will she
She may, but l wonder If he would
rather have CavalierI's That's than my
Salome, for instance.
"While / am an American woman, 1t
is distinctly understood that 1 am the
only woman presenting the new school
OF French art and opera in this coun-
try. Cavalieri is an Italian and in this
case an interloper, and I resent her
appearance in 'Thais.'"
These sentiments were expressed In
a sufficiently forcible manner in a note
Miss Garden sent shortly afterward to
Mr.. Hammerstein, in which she ten
dered her resignation from the oper-
attic forces of the Manhattan. The idea
Of losing Miss Garden just at the time
when he was playing her up as Sa-
lone was especially dlstasteful to Mr..
Hammersteln, for II there is anything
the theater going public is crazy over
Just now II is the daughter Of Hero
dias and her dance. No wonder that
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17


MILE JEANNE GERvILLE-REAcHE AS DE-
LILAH.
1t has been so from the beginning of
things in tie world of music, so Mary
Garden was only following precedcnts
when she started hostilities because
Impresario Oscar Hammerstein pro-
posed to put Mile. Lima Cavalieri on at
the Manhattan Opera House in the
role Of That's, which Mary Garden
claims to have created. 1t was bad
enough for Mr.. Hammerstein to have
a war with a woman on his hands;
but, to make matters worse, he CHANGED
about the same time to offend some
newspaper men, who took 1t upon
themselves to square accounts with
the opera manager in the way that
men sometimes adopted in times gone
by before courts were instituted for
redress of grievances and enrichment
of lawyers. Mr.. Hammerstein and his
sons Jared somewhat more badly at
the hands Of the aggrieved knights of
the quill than the manager Of song
stresses and tenors and bassos is ac.
customed to do when he has any diff.
Guilty with those who help him to edu
cate the public along musical lines and
incidentally enable him to make few
honest dollars. In the slight collision
he had with the fair Miss Garden over
the role of That's the war did not last
but few days and was closed by a
treaty of peace in which the prima
donna testified that her esteem and af
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17
MUSIC HATH CHARMS.
Walter Damrosoh Says Il viii Pre-
serve Domestic Harmony.


serve Domestic Harmony.
Chopin's "Raindrop Prelude" wear,
housewife, will prove an excellent sub
stitute for the nagging recital of the
days worries when your husband
comes home o. nights.
And a little Mozart will be sure to
bring a happy smile to his face II he
has been complaining that the beef.
steak Is underdone.
And you might play Brahms to him
just before you present the grocer's
bill.
Walter Damrosch, leader Of the New
York Symphony orchestra, is responsl.
BILE for the new theory that high
grade music In the family" will ward
of danger of q dismal divorce decree.
Mr.. Damrosch has read, as has every
one else. the census reports showing
that one out of every twelve marriages
ends In the divorce court. And as q
remedy the orchestra leader proposes
not uniform marriage law, the eliml.
nation of the affinity problem or an al
lowance to limit a wife's possible en-
travagance, but simply music.
THE little love god would stay long.
er If he were nourished on some good
music as well as on the price of bacon
and eggs" says Mr.. Damrosch.
He not only maintains that music
has charms to soothe, but the rest of it.
He adds that 1t furnishes peaceful
TOPIC Of conversation, leads the har-
ried thoughts of husband and wife to-
ward high ideals (as opposed to the
aforementioned price of bacon and
eggs) and keeps the fire Of family af-
fection burning brightly and warmly
on the domestic hearthstone.
Continuing, Mr.. Damrosch explains:
'There is more domestic discord In
the American home than in that of
any other country on the globe, and l
believe 1t is because there is not
enough cultivation of the finer things
of life. There is little family music
or art Of any kind, and there is small
wonder that elements of discord enter
when there is nothing more diverting
than calculation on the cost Of butter,
eggs and bacon"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17

stage. Nor is her
farewell to be of
the Patti variety.
Her final appear
ance as a member
Of the Metropolitan
Opera company will
go down In the his
tory of music in
America as an event
long and tenderly
to be remembered,
for Nine. Sembrich
combines in her per-
son artistic excel
le nc e and unim-
peachable integrity,
and her voice has
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17

show signs Of wear. 1t is a quarter Of
a century ago that the Austrian So
prano took one Of Nine. PATHS roles
during this great singers temporary
illness, and the public was delighted
to find that another mistress Of song
had been discovered. The lovers of
good music regret her passing, but
agree that she is wise to retire before
her reputation as an artist has met
with the slightest blemish.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-02-17

~ lIE war of the roses was as
nothing to the wars the
queens of opera sometimes
have. The prima donnas who
are adored from before the footlights
by thousands of devotees of the mu-
steal art are, as a rule, extremely jeal-
Gus of their professional prerogatives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

fSociety news, written or teIephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the iden tity of the sender
must be made known. to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and addreSs.1
Brasch-Nichols.-T marriage of
Miss Elizabeth Nichols of South Rock
Island to Emil Brasch also Of South
Rock Island took place last evening
at the home of the brides sister. Ms
Smith. Rev. C.. A. Mennicke of the
German Lutheran church performed
the. ceremony, using the ring service
and was witnessed by the relatives
and a few friends. They were attent-
ed by Miss Olga Herbert and Franz
Dearhamer. The bride wore gown oil
blue silk made with the director sasa
she wore the veil and carried bride
roses. The bridesmaid was dressed in
cream colored silk made with tn:
director girdle and carried tea roses
A wedding supper was served aftel
the ceremony. Mr.. Brasch is a moldel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
ROUNDS ENTERS PLEA
AND PAYS A FINE
Is Assessed $40 and Costs on an AS
sauIt Charge Growing Out of
Runaway Accident.

A. Rounds today entered plea of
guilty in. the county court. and paid
fine of SO and costs on charge
of assault and battery. The indicy.
ment was returned some time ago, and
was the outcome of an accident, caus-
ed, it was claimed because Rounds
operated his automobile at high rate
of speed in Edgington. The complaip
ing witness was James Kerr, and rs
claimed his horse was frightened and
ran away. He has damage suit
pending, based on the same incident
1t is understood, however. that tbs
damage suits will not be pressed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
SIEDENBENDER CASE
GOES TO THE JURY
Suit for $4,000 for Accidental Death
in Moline is Concluded in the
Circuit Court

The damage suit against the Rock
Island, for $4,000 damages for the
death of Charles Siedenbender. was
concluded today in the circuit court,
and will go to the jury this afternoon.
This will conclude the jury trials IN
court for the present, no jury having
been drawn for next week.
Mrs. Florence Martin filed a bill to-
day in the Office of the circuit clerk,
asking for divorce from her husband
John Martin, whom she charges with
being cruel to her. The couple were
united in marriage Dec. 81, 1907, and
soon after the ceremony, the wife
claims, her husband began to develop
a bad temper and often struck her
She asks the right 10 resume her maid
en- name, Miss Florence Kelley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
BRANCH ESTABLISHED HERE
Rock Island Chapter of American Wo-
ems League is Organized.

A meeting was held at the Harper
house yesterday afternoon by num-
Der of the ladies of this city and they
formed what is to be known as the
Rock Island chapter of the American
Woman's league. This league which
is beneficial, though not an insur-
ance fraternity, has its headquarters
in st. Louis. The league has for its
object the betterment of women's con-
ditions in every way and aims TO take
care of it's aged members who are I'M
able to take care of themselves. The
local chapter, whose charter was 20
close today starts with % members
and it is confidently expected that
many more will be added during the
year Mrs Frances Turner was elect
ed president of the chapter and Miss
Clara B. Hampton was chosen to fill
the double Office of secretary and
treasurer. Meetings will be held once
month on the first Wednesday. Mr.
| and Mrs. II. w. Bland of st. Louis
were the organizers of the new chap
| ter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
MUST REGISTER
OR NOT VOTE
Moline Asks to Have Submitted Cues.
ton OF Adoption OF Provis-
ions Of Act.
PETITION COUNTY JUDGE
if Measure Carries, Commission Wa
Be Named to Take Charge of All
Future Elections.

John Hauberg of Moline today pre-
sented to Judge r. w. Olmstad in the
county court a petition signed by more
than an eighth of the legal voters OF
that city. asking that the question o;
the adoption of the act providing for
an election commission be submitted
at the election April g. The act which
it is proposed to adopt provides that
on one shall be allowed to vote unless
properly registered.
Means IL Commission.
The law provides that the county
Judge shall appoint an election con-
mission to have charge of all elections
i'll the city. The change will make the
county responsible for the bulk of the
cost of the elections, and will. it is
estimated, mean an expense of $1,000
a year to the county.
People to Vote.
Judge Olmsted has ordered that the
question be submitted at the comins
spring election in Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
FOR TRIP ON SEA
Proposed to Call for Volunteers From
Naval Reserves to Man the
Battleship Nashville
AND BRING lT TO LAKES
New Training Ship for Illinois About
Ready-Expected Local Men Will
Have Chance for the Cruise.

Lieutenant Commander S. r. Davis
of the local division of naval reserves
has received a communication from
headquarters with reference to a call
for volunteers to man the battleship
Nashville, which the government has
given to the naval reserves of this
state for use on the great lakes and
bring it from the Atlantic coast
where it is at present to the scene of
its new duties. 1t was hoped for a
lime last year that the new ship
would be ready for service then, but
it was kept on the ways at Boston
in course of reconstruction and re
modelling until it was too late Now,
however. it is about ready to make the
cruise up the coast to the st. Law
renee and through that river into
and Chicago, where it will be
stationed.
Need Sixty Men for Trip.
The government wants volunteers
from among the members of the state
organization to man the ship and bring
it around and there will be plenty IF
good men who will want to see their
names placed at the head of the list.
F, There are to be in the neighborhood OF
60 men from this state and the local
| division will be represented anon.
| this number. Three weeks will he
spent in making the cruise and the
| trip will be counted for those who
take it the same as their regula,
| summer cruise on the lake. Their.
seems to be but one drawback and
that one may be only imaginary i
is reported that there will be NJ
authority for paying the men VIII.
make the trip for the time they spend
other than to give them a weeks pa,
and then not allow them to go on tn,
lake trip in the summer. The trip
however, will in itself be sufficient in
ducement for enough and more, t,
man the ship and the benefit and en-
joyment derived from the cruise vii
be great. The proposition has not a
yet been put to the local division, b,l
il is expected that several of thel.
will want to go. The volunteers vii
report at the armory in Chicago fo
duty May /, and will be taken from
there by rail to Boston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
DR.. De GROOT is
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Rock Island Man is Chosen Head Of
illinois Society of Osteopaths at
Galcsburg Convention.

Dr. Fred B. DETROIT of this city was
honored yesterday afternoon at Gales
burg with the election to the Office of
president of Illinois Osteopathic asso-
citation. DR.. DeGroot has been a men,
Der of the association for a number
of years and has always been an act
i've worker. Preceding the annual
election several of the members read
papers on technical topics. DR.. Dc
Groot and DR.. Lola Hayes of Moline
were among those who read papers.
The officers elected for the year are rs
follows:
President-Dr. F. B. DeGroot, Rocl;
Island.
Vice President-Dr Ada Chapman
Galesburg.
ry-Treasurer-Dr. John E
Olson, Bushnell.
Executive Committee DIR J. W
Giltner, Monmouth; DR.. S. E. Helm
street, Galesburg and DR.. M. p. Brown
ing Macomb
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
DENIES HEARING OF
COBE-GUYER CASE
Long Pending Foreclosure Suits
and Ruling Stands.

The supreme court yesterday enter
ed an order in the two cases of Ira M.
Cobe against E. H. Guyer and others.
denying a rehearing of the case. The
last decision of the court was in favor
of Mr.. Guyer and his associates. The
cases are foreclosure suits, and they
have been pending for several years
in the circuit court here and the high
er courts of the state The defense
was made on the issue that the plain.
tiff was guilty of usury The suit in.
wolves certain property in East Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
PIONEER LADY
CALLED HOME
Mrs. Eliza Sharp, Resident of This
City Since Early Days,
Passes Away.
PERSONALLY KNEW INDIANS
Husband Was Builder of First Mills
and Bridges Here-Had Rsmarka-
BILE Fund of "reminiscences.

Mrs. Eliza Sharp, generally known
as Grandma Sharp, one of the very
Oldest living residents of this commun-
ity, died at 4:45 this morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Oliver
Graham, 927 Second avenue, of the in
firmities of age. The story of her life
is one of absorbing interest.
Eliza Leffel was born in Springfield,
Ohio, June 10, 1918, and was next to
the youngest of family of nine chill
drcn. Her brothers were the inventors
of the turbine water wheel. and .0Ae
brother, James Leffel, invented the cook
stove, and constructed "a foundry for
the manufacture of cook stoves. Her
people were all weaIthy.an progress
i've. The great Bookwalter manufac-
tory, conducted by a+lescendant of the
family. John BosHwalter. the multi
millionair of Springfield, Ohio, was es-
tablished blythe Leffels about 1920.
Eliza Leffel was married to Jacob
Starr when II years old. This was
April rs, 1885. She lived with her hus-
band at Springfield about three years
az which place her first two children,
Caroline and John, were born. The
STAIRS then went down the Ohio river
and up the Mississippi to St. Louis by
boat. They had to wait four weeks
in ST. Louis for a boat to carry them
up the river.
Driven on by Epidemic.
They settled in the little village OF
Burlington, Iowa. but during the
spring and early summer there was Sc
much sickness and so many deaths
that the STAIRS again boarded the old
, floating palace Brazil, the largest
steamboat that made upper Missis
sippi river points. The Brazil was a
side wheeler with a single vertical en-
giEe and walking beam. The STAIRS
arrived in Stephenson, now Rock Isl
and. in the midst of an epidemic OF
black measles, June 10, 1899. At the
same time the late j. NJ. and Captain
T. j. Buford, who were little fellows
and Travelled in the charge of the cap
tain of the Brazil, were landed in Ste
phcnson.
The STAIRS settled in log house be
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets on Second avenue. which wa:
then the business center of the village
The next year Mr.. Starr purchased ;
few acres of land west of Eleventh
street and south from the river, which
was then outside the village limits.
Built Many Mills.
Mr.. Stars occupation was mill
wright, and he built the first mills il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
PERSONAL POINTS.

William Toal has returned after
visiting a few days at his home in
Monmouth.
Miss Maude Gordon of Dewitt,
Iowa, is visiting her friend, Mrs. d. A.
Flanagan.
Oscar Oberg, who has been study
ing medicine in Chicago for the past
two years, is home again for time.
: Henry Carse left yesterday noon foi
indianapolis to attend the session 81
the executive committee of the Bot
Tiers association. Mr.. Carse is a mem
Der of the committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
BROTHERS ARE UNDER ARREST

Wife of One is Complainant in Two
Cases in Justice Court.
Ross Fuller was arrested last even
ing on charges preferred by his wife,
and his brother, Chester Fuller, was
also arrested on the charge of assault
and battery on the person of his sis
ter-in-law. Mrs. Fuller. claims that
her husband, Ross Fuller, deserted her
and her child The two men asked
for immediate trial, and they were
taken before Justice of the Peace Will
liam H. Schroeder, who continued the
lease until this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-02-04
CITY HALL TO
Be THROWN OPEN
May0r and Other Officials Are to Hold
Open House Reception This
Evening.
BIG BALL AT ARM0Ry
Public Will Have An Opportunity 70
Inspect New Quarters of Admins
tration and Militia.

'This evening the remodeled city hall
in addition to the grand military ball
which is to mark the opening of the
armory portion of the building, the city
officials have arranged to hold open
house in the city hall proper, and May
or Schaffer, City Clerk M T. Rudgren.
all of the city officers, are to be on
hand to welcome visitors. The build
| ing will be lighted from bottom to
| top, and all rooms will be open to in
spection. The opening will afford the
public an opportunity to inspect the
new arrangements of the city admins
tration building, and see the extent of
the improvements made.
Are Beautiful Quarters.
| The city offices are now much more
modern and more conveniently ar
ranged, and as a result of the i'm
provements Company A and the Rock
Island division of the naval reserves
have what are conceded to be the fin
est company quarters in the state out
side of those connected with the regi-
mental armories.
| All Thrown Open.
! The militia members have been busy
for several days arranging the hall for
this evenings festivities, and the hall
will present an attractive appearance
The new officers quarters in the new
second floor portion of the armory will
be open for inspection also. These are
furnished in very attractive manner
and the civilian soldiers and sailors
are justly proud Of the results of their
efforts.