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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-06-03
LAwRENcE's JOKE ON LODGE.

Representative Lawrence OF Massa-
chusetts says that the election OF Repre-
sentative I.ormer of Illinois, To seat
in the Senate calls to mind how the
rivers and harbCrs committee of the
House was depleted of its membership
In the sending of men to the upper
Lranch, 1t is said that In the last few
years seven members of that committee
have been elected to membership In the
Senate, thereby leaving vacancies on the
rivers and harbors committee to fill.
Three OF this number have been elevated
in the last year. viz. Representatives
Burton, Jones and Lorimer. No other
committee in the House OF Representa-
tives has lost so many men recently by
| their elevation to the Senate and other
members OF this famous committee have
begun to sit up and take notice. rather
expecting that political lightning might
| come their way one of these days
| Mr. Lawrence Is himself a member OF
the rivers and harbors committee and
"sterday he hunted up Senator Lodge
| aud pointed out the above facts To hin
| in his Joking way, showing the senior
! senator Of Massachusetts that 1t woulc
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-06-03

This city, It is now estimated, will de-
vote 40 feminine years to playing bridge
during the next six months. Feminine
hours, OF course. contain Just as many
minutes as any others. 40 that the figure
simply means that a certain number Of
women will devote n certain number OF
hours each day TO the game. Bridge for
ZONE reason. as yet undiscovered. has
never achieved great popularity among
the men In this city. but now that the
social season with Its operas, dinners
and dances Is over, women with whom
the game Is always popular, will give in
creased attention to II for the next half
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-06-03
CHIEF AUSTIN 4 LINGUIST.

Oscar F. Austin, chief Of the bureau OF
statistics, knew nothing of any language
but English when he was appointed in
1898. He now reads and speaks French
tiuently. and gets along with the doc
umcnts that come TO his desk in italian.
Spanish and Portuguese, Mr., Austin oc-
casonally amuses his German clerks
with the remark that sometime he will
take week off and learn German.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

acter and a student-a musician and
an astrologer and a collector of rare
Old manuscriptS of every description.
During his earlier days he bought and
mad given to him many manuscripts OF
famous musicians.
BY the time I was three years old I
had expressed fondness for the vio-
nm continued Mr.. Hartmann, "and
mad been commenced to play it little.
MY musical proclivities pleased my
rather immensely. When I was eight
cen he presented to me his collection
of musicians manuscripts. I treasured
\ them greatly. For several years thew
We're locked up in an old Egyptian
casket. added to them when I could.
although I did not buy any manu-
script waited until they were pre-
sented to me.
"Now comes the strange part of my
story said Mr.. Hartmann, lowering
his voice. 1.-THE Egyptian casket T al
ways kept near my bed. Often when I
slept dreamed that strange strains of
music came from it. When 1 awoke
they would still be ringing in my ears.
They were the basis for many of nv
early compositions.
7 do not know what finally prompted
me to destroy these manuscripts" Mr..
Hartmann went on, dramatically. can
overwhelming impulse came upon me,
and tore them in shreds one day. /
seemed to be acting undsr a spell I
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

mo, it is NOT the result of an af-
fair Of gallantry," he Numbered back
to the interviewer's ribald suggestion.
MY violin is my only love-
Violinist Gets New Name.
Mrs. Aso-Nefth Cochran, who is the
leader of the new name changing cult,
has added Hartmann to her list of res
cruits.
He had his old name, of Arthur
rubbed out and a new one written in.
He is now Japay Hartmann He hasn't
lost a violin since, as he did in Janu-
airy, 1907, when some one stole his
$4,000 Guarnerius while he was on
train between Houston and Los An
geles. =
Mr.. Hartmann admitted today that
he is a believer in the Aso-Neith doc
trine. He says that he met Mrs. Aso-
Meth, as he calls Mrs. Cochran. and
she told him of a number of changes
that would come into his life. Every
one Of them arrived in schedule time.
Prior to that he had met her daughter
in Berlin. The daughter was his pupil.
MRS. Aso-Neith changed my name
for me and designed charm and sue
cess soon came" he said.
Mr.. Hartmann wears the charm now
It is seven-pointed star. It exerts a
powerful influence on his affairs, he
says.
Mrs. Aso-Neith has done a lot moro
name changing, and her success. il is
related. has been uniform
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

be dying out. Your modern operas are
first of all sensational. Your modern
composers bother little about voices,
They rely upon dramatic situations.
upon artistic personalities, upon crash
ing orchestra effects. Singing pure
and simple scarcely even now takes
higher than third place in the scale,
and sometimes is it not as low even
as fifth or sixth?
When l was girl, While we were
taught to act, while personality was
always valuable asset the great art
we were forced to cultivate was sing
ing. singing, singing, frst, last and all
the time. We. had to gos through Nor
ma and Lucia and La tTraviata' and
we worked hard and we studied cease
1essly to develop our voices and to
learn how, to sing properly. There
were great singers all about US There
were glorious traditions behind us.
There were teachers who knew what
was necessary for us to do to achieve
good singing. 49,. 49,
Future Inspiration. ..N
ALAS! Where shall the coming gen
GRAFTON of singers findfits inspiration?
Your young American girls have
beautiful voices, none setter anywhere.
They, are full of ta1enE They have as
pirations. They coufA be trained to
follow successfully ing the footsteps OF
the greatest singers. tits given to few
only to sing properly without study
and training in the art Of voice produc-
ton. Patti. for instance, was one of
the rarely equipped natural singing
birds. To most of us singing is an art
that can be acquired only by hard
work. But at presents and in the i'm
mediate future. where shall properly
trained singers find their place?
Maybe there will be a reaction, you
say! If so, the traditions will have
been wiped out, the teachers will have
disappeared, the art viii be lost. Learn
to sing from the records? Absurd, my
friend They reproduce nothing but
the effect. They can teach you nothing
produced. H.
do yau know, another sweet men,
ory of my parting is the gracious SYM
pathy of my fellow artists of the Me-
trOpolitan Opera House company. All
of them, including Flames, have volun-
teered to appear in the first act of LA
Traviata,' in which I am really to say
farewell, and your charming Geraldine
Farrar is to be my Flora-the loveliest
who has ever SUM the part with me-"
Will be Busy Until June.
my immediate plans? Well, I am to
sail on Feb. 10 and am to appear in
opc1 d LII DSll1ll, DIcSCeu, anu
several other German cities; also in
Vienna, Buda Pesth and ST. Petersburg.
That will keep me busy until June.
After that shall go to our new home
on Lake Geneva for the summer. You
know, Paderewski Is close by US and
Hofmann also. The 3Schellings have
bought a place near w and perhaps we
shall have quite an artistic colony
there before long. :.
But I am coming back to America
for a concert tour next season. No.;
l am not promising myself more than
one season, but you are all so insistent
that 1 can't refuse that.
''How do you know that I can't re-
main idle? why shouldn't I? I have
earned the right if I choose to take it.
Perhaps L shall teach What! Come
to America and establish a school?
Look here, you drop in on us at Lake
Geneva next summer and see how
happy we are" .,..'..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

took some mummy cloth that my father
mad and made a pillow. Then put the
torn fragments in it.
Mover Misses a Night.
From that day to this my head has
rested upon that pillow every night.
Sometimes, with my ear close down
upon It, it scenes to me that can feel
1t throb like a. mighty heart. And al
ways and forever the theme of every
bar that have written has seemed to
arise from beneath my brain and float
out from my marvellous pillow.
My last composition is entitled Thus
Spake Cod" announced Mr.. Hart
mann, with almost painful modesty.
1t is not completed yet. My pillow
gave it to me but a short time ago.
There will be people, suppose, who
will say that it is in imitation Of Rich
ard StrauSs' THUS Spake Zarathustra,"
but it couH not be. 1t could not be be-
cause have not a manuscript of Rich
ard Strauss in my pillow,
Il did not care to tell Of my pillow
because nobody will understand that
is, nobody but real musician. I
wanted to wait until the four corners
of the world knew my name, and then
I would tell what the relics of. the
great composers had done for me.
See" said Mr.. Hartman, diverging
from the subject of the pillow, my
jaw is crooked from caressing my vio-
lin for so many years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27
BY ETHEL LLOYD PATTERSON.

The most interesting thing about Ar
thur Hartmann, the Hungarian violin-
1st is his pillow. There are plenty Of
other things-his habits and his hair
cut, and, of course, his talent-some
call 1T genuius-but almost any one
would give the pillow precedence.
But. then, if we are to believe Mr..
Hartmann, the pillow is really respon-
sible for everything except the hair
cut. ... -. m. .s
Mr.. Hartmann did not want to tell
about the pillow. He hates publicity
and he fears lack of comprehension
from the gross unmusicaI mind. Be
sides he was saving the history of the
pillow until he was a really great man.
Ihen he was going to say: Behold
the PILLOW done it," -. =
But Mr.. Hartmann is too modest
Even now he Is great and therefore the
hour of disclosure for the pillow plot
has struck. 80.
In my pillow, upon which I Law nv
mead nightly, are Tschalkowsky, Grieg.
Brahms, Mcdowell, List and VENT
awski,' confusingly explained Mr.
Hartmann. Then: '.Ah, I see YOU do
not understand. will make it plain To
you, but to do so we will have to go
back to my father
Collected Manuscripts.
my father was an eccentric char
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27
M ARCELLA SEMBRICH Says
as She Takes Leave of Grand Opera,
The Singer, Not the Music, Counts

little woman looked thoughtfully out
OF the window. Then, with a whimsical
smile, she turned and said: .-- .~.E
MY friend, l am looking into the
future! Shall it not be better that I
retire now, with my powers unimpaired
as you are all good enough to tell
me they are-thans that should linger
on to have you apologize for me to
younger operagoers. I could not bear
your pity, your condensation, your
patronizing 'ah! but you should have
heard her years ago!' No! I would
leave the operate stage while the NH.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27
BY SYLVESTER RAWLlNG.

MY greatest joy, as I take my leave
Oh the opera stage in America, is the
CONSCIOUSNESS that it is love for Mar
cella, the woman, even more than adj
narration for Sembrich, the artist, that
makes your great, big, generous public
SO sorry to lose me. I shall always
cherish that thought"
1t was Marcella Serlbrich that spoke
the little Polish prima donna who,
for quarter of century, has charm
ed us with her voice, her art and her
personality. There have, been other
great singers in the period" worthy"
rivals Of hers in many particulars, but
none who has disclosed to us such COM
plete mastery of the art Of singing
Readers of this article who have had
the privilege within fortnight of see
ing her arch and piquant and youth
full Susanna in "The Marriage of FL
CARO- her pathetic Mimi in LA b.
heme,' her moving Violetta in LA
TraViata," with the lusciousness of her
voice unimpaired, must wonder why
she has elected to retire now. You
shall be told presently in her own
words.
Her Two FareweIIs.
There is to be an official farewell to
Mime. Sembrich upon the stage of the
Metropolitan opera house after the
performance tonight subsequently she
will hold reception for her friends at
her hoteD and one Of a more init
mate nature at dinner to be given in
her honor by composers, musicians and
writers about music, with their wives,
at the Hotel Astor tomorrow. In this
little chat with the writer, however she
expresses, probably, the substance Of
what she may say at either or both of
these functions.
Nine Sembrich had only just return
ed from an exhausting rehearsal of to-
nights program when the writer called
upon her at the Hotel Savoy. It was
late in the afternoon, but the sky
across Central Park, which her apart
ment overlooks, was still aglow with
light. She was very tired, she admit
ted, but would not hear Of postponing
our little chat 1t was not at once that
she made the remark quoted in the be-
ginning Of this article, but as it was
really the thought uppermost in her
mind it may as we'll stand for a leader
OF the conversation.
Tears and Smiles.
1T oVerWhelms me-" she continued.
"as | stand before my farewell audi
ences, this feeling of how sorry thew
are to lose me just for myself alone.
That 1 am held SO dear is a great hap
piness to me, but it makes the leave
taking all the more sOrroWful an event.
L lind my tears very close to nv smiles
AT the concert last Sunday night, as
the great audience applauded me, r
could feel nothing else but the sweet
note of personal appreciation that was
pouring out upon me. 1t was the same
on Monday night when I was Mimi. It
VIII be the same on Saturday night, I |
know.
1T is no light thing to tear myself
away from associations of TWENTY-FIVE
years. America for long has seemed
home to me. 1t was friendly to me
from the first. 1t has encouraged and
supported me faithfully throughout
my artistic career. Some Of my very
dearest and best friends are here The
public still is most appreciative and
klnd TO me- Why, then, do I go away
you ask?
Into the Future.
Ihere was a minutes pause as the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

You must remember that the sing
er's art is evanescent. We cannot per
petuate ourselves by our works as, can
the painter. the sculptor or the writer.
The glowing canvas, the chiseled
marble, the painted page are as effec-
tive in disclosure of personal endeavor
and achievement centuries after as
when first they were produced: Our
voices soon become only memories and
then traditions. We must try to start
these when their fulE value is under
stood. Machines @u accord, you say!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

dred school children who had visited
the tuberculosis exhibition, and as
there was bee for every little boy
and girl, they lost no time in seeking
shelter.
Although the queen bee remained
quietly in her domicile, many of her
subjects could not resist the tempta-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

ton to take a fight around the room.
After the truants had been sprinkled
with water from whisk broom by an
attendant they returned to the hives.
The busy little insects were placed
in the glass hive by William Benten-
muller, curator of entomology at the
museum on July 20 last.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

There was much commotion in the
insect hall Of the museum of natural
history, New York, when little boy
by pressing his face too closely to the
glass side of one of the beehives
broke the glass and released the
swarming little army. There were in
the room at the time four or five hun
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27
Railroad Problem.

Howell-It is hard for woman to
understand statistics.
POWELL guess that is SO. I told
my wife that for every passenger the
railroads of this country transported
two tons Of freight, and she wanted to
know why the passengers were allowed
to carry so much baggage-Harper'
Weekly. -,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

preserve TIE real charm of a song and
the art o. q singer.
The Art of Singing.
who shall take the places Of the
singers OF my generation, you ask?
That I cannot answer. 1t is a sorrow
to me that the art of singing seems to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27

lie still wants me to stay, so that it's
admiration Of my voice and my art
shall live and, perhaps, be handed on
woman value affection, as an artist
crave appreciation. Are you an
SWered?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27
An Exaaaerates4sn

"Do you look forward to a change
of administration with satisfaction?
NO." answered the man who mag
nifies the Importance of small things.
Il believe I'd rather ride horseback
than eat sum."-Washington Star
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-27
Heirlooms

HeirIooms.
my grandfather was a captain of
Industry
"Well?"
HE left no sword. but we still treas
ure the stubs Of his check book
Houston Chronicle.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-26
A BOND ISSUE
FOR ROADS

Ardmore. okla. June 26.-Pleasant
Hill School house voters expressed
themselves as fayoring the voting Of
$4,000 worth OF bonds for The better-
ment OF the roads in Morgan township
after hearing the speerhes made at the
Downward asphalt mines last night.
Before the zpeaking several who lived
in the community were opposed to the
issue or the ground that it would
raise the taxes so high but when the
matter was explained to them in the
proper light not dissenting vote
could be found in the crowd that had
gathered at the school house and those
opposed TO the issue expressed them
selves as favoring It.
The speaker, J. B. Hampton, found
the same trouble to exist at that point
as at other places. the voters did not
understand the situation.
Morgan township will be the pioneer
section of the county to improve the
condition OF its roads.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-26

AS Judge Of the juvenile court. Judge
Williams was found busy yesterday
leciuring a young man who had attend
ed the races at Oklahoma City and
had fallen into the hands Of a tout
who had "wised' him up to pick the
winner II was a lead-pipe cinch. said
the wise guy, and the odds were such
that q small investment would bring
big returns
The peculiar yernacular and the race
course wisdom OF the ringside repro
bare soon eaptivated the Young novice
and $3.50 was laid at odds OF 10 TO ].
With feyerish hands the young man
grasps his ticket and hurries TO the
grand stand IN time TO hear. "They are
Off. and the Bear leads the bunch.
The young man looked anxiously for
the lead pipe and saw he was well
down in the back field; they reached
the half and the cry went up that The
nose of Uncle Jimmie was at the neck
Of the Bear. and Flying Dog was nip
ping his tail They are in the stretch
and coming like the wind Hear the
winners: Uncle Jimmie wins the race,
the Bear second. and Flying Dog third,
Lead Pipe drives the bunch. The
band begins to play we won't go home
till morning" but the young man rose
in unutterable sorrow and with a
breath fragrant with Scotch high
balls. says. Il am ready to go now !;
and have it out with the old man; that
last bet was made on him and l fear
he will hollow when the check comes
in"
The check was there In court as was
also the boy and the matter was gone
over and a proper understanding
reached It was thought best not to
invoke the harshness of the juvenile
court
Judge Williams being asked as to
the main features of his juvenile juris-
diction. said: "Where minors under
the age of 16 year are neglected, de-
linquent or incorrigible. a complaint is
maue, whereup summons is issued
for a minor. and parents or guardian
bringing them before the court In
yestigation is had and if It authorizes
the interference of the court. certain
requirements are demanded of the par
ents or guardians and certain restric-
tions and conditions are placed upon
the minor He is then placed under
the charge Of the probation officer, to
whom he reports daily or as often
as necessary. The probation officer
visits him in his home and keeps a
general supervision over him and he IS
given a chance before being sent 10 a
reformatory.
Great discretion is left with the
court. Minors whose moral training is
being neglected by parents can be
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-26
new JAIL
COMPLETE
Jp-tO-Date Quarters For
Offenders Against
City Laws

Whatever reproach may have al.
tached to Chickasha in the past for
not having respectable city prison.
Is entirely removed BY the completion
OF the new Jail in the basement OF the
City Hall
Chief Doss now has first-cIass ac-
commodations to offer his guests. with
separate apartments for men, women
and negroes.
The department for women has no
cells and is quite roomy and comforts
able. In the mems department there
are four small cells and one large
apartment The latest Jail equipment
Is provided and in both there are bath.
tubs layatories and toilet The cells
are opened by a lever on the outside.
Today the chief was thinking Of ad.
vertising rooms to rent" as he has not
single guest
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-06-26

placed in homes, or apprentlced out or
sent 10 institutions organized for the
purpose Of caring for the youths of the
land No deposit or bond for cost is
required to put the court in motion;
its efficiency will depend upon the
support and assistance given the pro
baton officer by our citizenship
1T is TO be hoped. said the judge
"that those who complain TO the court
will be moved by the sole purpose Of
lettering the condition Of the minors;
and where the parents have clearly
demonstrated their incapacity to con-
trol the minors or are Indifferent TO
the various offendings Of the unfortu-
nate minor, every possible influence
will be brought to bear upon the de-
linquent child, with the purpose Of
helping him to a higher plane. / will
be glad if all those who are willing
10 assist me IN this important work
will communicate with me at once
with suggestions especially those
who are able to give employment for
boys.
Somewhere learned in this life
of ours every boy is entitled to a
chance. Doubtless there are many
boys in Chickasha who are considered
bad boys, who. in truth and in fact,
have never had a fair chance There
has never been enough kindness
thrown into the life of the boy; he
has never been led to thoroughly un-
derstand that anyone cares for him
or believes in him: his pride and am
bition has never been touched; the
consequences of a debauched and de-
PRAYED life have never been brought
home to him. There must be weeded
from his heart the doctrine OF envy,
hatred and discomfort and in their
stead placed PRIDE love. contentment
and independence and brotherhood CT
man and build up the philosophy
which tells him that any good man is
as good as any other man.
"If when my term of office is over,
I can look a frank. honest boy in he
face and feel that | have done some.
thing to place him on a higher plane,
and have aided in making a good ciii-
zen of one who otherwise would have
belonged to the great underworld, I
viii feel that my official life will not
have been in vain and would rather
have the appreciation of my conscience
in the matter than to have the fiat Of
approval of the court of last resort
on opinions have rendered.