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obtains its additions through three
channels; first, gifts and International
exchanges; second. purchase-either in
the form of individual works or large
collections, and third, accessions
through the medium of the copyright
system. The law requires the deposit
copies of every musical composition
upon which application for copyright
is made, and one of the two copies
is, in each instance, turned over to
the music division All the items in
the vast musical collection are CLASH
fled. indexed and catalogued by means
of an elaborate, but very effective, sys-
tenn. embodying the best features of
the schemes in force in the various
leading libraries of Europe and Amer
lea. The plan is accounted the best
yet devised anywhere, and is particu-
larly beneficial because at the music
division serious. responsible students
are allowed access to the shelves, and
the unique plan of arranging the books
and music makes it a simple matter
for any such visitor to discover just
what he is seeking.
coming to make practical use of the store
house of treasures constituted In the
music division is attested by the fact that
on an average 10000 books, pamphlets
and compositions are supplied annually
to more than $500 readers. For the con-
venience of the readers, pianaforte has
been installed, and is used frequently II
the Library of Congress has speciality
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gress cannot loan its books for removal
to private homes) except to members OF
the families of the President, Vice Presi-
dent members of the cabinet, senators
and representatives and other prominent
officials. The private citizen, to enjoy a
like privilege, must obtain special per-
NIT from the librarian of Congress, and
the permits are issued only in very excep-
tional cases However. any person may
go to the free reading room of the music
division at any time and there consult
any reference book score, lib-etto or
remarkable musical collection in the
world
The music division was established
when the library was removed IN
1897 from the Capitol to the new
building, but 1t was not until 1902
that all the books on music and must
cal manuscripts = in short, everything
pertaining to the whole broad sub
ject-were turned over to this special
division and the present era of sys-
tematic development entered upon The
present quarters Of the music division
on the first or basement floor of the
library building. although commodious
to a degree, are regarded as, In a
sense. temporary. and the rapid ex-
pansion of the collections is likely to
necessitate complete new equipment
ere many years. The music division
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= OV. HUGHES said. at dinner in AL
~ bany. of piece of legislation he dis
liked:
"They are putting this piece of 1egfsla-
ton through with reckless speed. They
remind me of Peter Simpson.
peter Simpson lived on the eighth
story of a tenement. Having arranged to
move to the eighth story of the tene-
ment opposite. he decided that to carry
his belongings down eight flights and
then up eight flights was too slow and
tedious a process for him. He. by the
powers, would hurl them across.
$50 that is what he did. From his own
window he hurled through the air toward
the opposite window frying pans, stools,
pictures chairs and even a small table.
".Go it. Pete!' the crowd shouted from
below And their delight was boundless
when Simpson threw the cat, tied In q
pillow case. and Mrs. Simpson caught II
deftly at the. window across the way.
"'Go it,! they cried again.
81 understand that the baby was just
being tied up in another pillow case when
a policeman interfered."
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and there. on Weary aIl-htlls" the chill
dren's children of that old staff bloom
to this day.
Taking this miracle as sign from
heaven. those first missionaries to Britain
then and there began their work. and
from the reeds growing upon the river
bank built an oratory, which was to DC
the very cradle Of Christianity In old
England. Tennyson in his poem. The
Holy Grail refers to this erection fn+the
following lines:
And there they built. with watties from TIE
marsh.
The little lonely church in days OF yore.
The little lonely church OF Joseph OF
Arimathea and his brethren was replaced
in later years by the most beautnui
house of worship in Britain, but now
onlv the ruins stand to tell the story OF
lovely Glastonbury Abbey.
When the late Bishop OF was SIM rs,x
was starting the foundation OF the new
cathedral, the custodians of ord CASTOR
bury sent him a shoot from Josepns now
ering thorn. 1t rooted and grew, anu ~
YOU care to see 1t you can travel on.
few miles from the heart OF the Capitai
cIty to Cathedral close. walk tnroug 4
All HaIlows' Gate. and there sheltereo
in the southern angle of the littie sane
tuary. YOU will find this shoot or Gias-
england It retains it's miricle OF green
leaves almost the year round. ana pear
it's brilliant blooms as late as Cnristmes
R,,t in our colder cline the frosuS OF
early winter dry It's sap. ana NOT zeal
will show before April. while its flowers
dare not look upon the new land until
Nav sunshine insures for them a warm
welcome.
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Hardships Of Women in Divorce Colony

that when 5000 persons are in it is
crowded is filled with hundreds more
who have had like experiences. walk
along the main street. and one can see
scores of beautiful women whose very
carriage and bearing mark them at once
as members of some of our haughtiest
and most exclusive families, women
who have graced some of the most ex-
elusive social functions in our large cities
and abroad, brushing shoulders with
rough miners or farmers, who make up
Renos natural population. Some in
the summer season. vainly try to escape
the awful ennui of the long wait" by
dashing madly and headlong into the
few gayeties that the place affords.
And even though the weather man,
within a month of the outset of the
next winter season. should prophesy
that a repetition of the billiards. of
the winter of 1910 would take place,
the result would be the same. Just as
big a crowd of the wealthy divorce
seekers will fill the cabins and hotels.
Just as long as Nevadas divorce laws
are So lenient. just as long as it is
really only necessary to maintain six
months residence in the state to secure
a decree. will the procession of mis-
mated pairs continue.
The divorce seekers may return to
their homes and tell of the awful cold.
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cottage in the place was for rent after
the middle of December. The town IS
actually flooded with strange faces from
all sections of America, and even Europe,
most Of them feminine.
During the FIST week of the new year
weather conditions were at the worst.
Then no trains could reach the little vii
lage In the valley, a4d food supplies
consequently jumped in price marvellous
ly. Things reached such stage that
canned goods, beans and tomatoes, with
salt pork as variation, became staple
articles Of diet.
Persons with unlimited means at their
disposal were in just as bad a fix as the
moderately well off,
Fuel became scarce, and many accus-
toned to steam-heated fats and coy
apartments or the best of hotel service
shivered in costly furs and tried vainly
to keep warm.
To one in the ordinary walk of life
the ''hardships'' endured by the wealthy
divorce seekers would be of little mo-
ment. A month of such satisfying,
wholesome, nutritious food staples as pork
and beans would be small matter. The
average workingman would declare that
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division of the Library of Congress. Inc
music section of the great Congressional
Library is to be sure, a reference library
rather than a circulating library such as
Is the regular city library, but the OPP
portunities that it affords for study and
research are such to be beneficial in
the highest degree to all vocalists and
lnstrumentalists who take more than a
superficial interest in their accomplish
mentS.
1t will be understood that the music
division of the Library of Congress holds
little promise for the private citizen who
wishes to borrow for few weeks or
months volume of. say. piano compost
tons for purposes of practice or perform
ance. Under the law the Library of Con-
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comfortable miners homes, and a second
rate hotel or so. These are it's principal
points of interest.
But the notoriety the little town has
gained for itself as place of refuge for
those seeking relief from the unpleasant
vows Of matrimony is spread throughout
the world.
One thousand Eve hundred and sixty
persons. that means the breaking up OF
that many happy homes, have journeyed
across the broad United States in the
past year, and after maintaining the pre-
scribed residence of six months, have
travelled east free from married obliga-
tons and ready to take chances again
in the great lottery of love.
All winter this mecca" of the divorce
seekers has been snow bound and crowd
ed. 1t is estimated that at least fifteen
disconnected souls made their advent
weekly into the town until just before
COLD weather set in. and not q desirable
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has been accepted by the kaiser's opera house
in Berlin, after it had been rejected at home.
the adopted son of the chief, Mad Wolf,
with the Indian name of White Weasel.
He it was who saw the possibilities or
great art work based on Indian leg
ends and lore. and he acted as cicerone
when Mr.. Nevin. at his suggestion,
went on voyage of musical explora-
ton.
When the days work of herding was
over the Indians would gather about
their camp fires and sing their charac-
teristic melodies. while the American
composer sat alert with notebook in
hand jotting down the weird strains.
His hosts were most ob1iging and
would repeat a song until he had it
letter perfect" One evening, after
notating a particularly difficult melody.
Mr. Nevin sang it to them to see II he
had caught it correctly. His EFFORT
seemed to meet with little approval
and it suddenly occurred to him that
he had nnconsciously used the la-la or
our syllable methods. he then trieo 10
initiate the peculiar cultural SOUNDS
made by the Indlans In intonins their
songs without words and his enort
met with hearty response, one ola cnleI
remarking that the white man mas
magic, but he doesn't always know how
to use it"
The legend Of the Sun God as told him
by Mr. McClintock had already taken a
great hold upon the imagination OF MT,
Nevin, and when he heard 1t again from
the chief Bull Plume. as they sat around
the camp fire resting after the arduous
ceremonies connected with the festival OF
the sun, he determined to use 1t as the
material for a music drama. He chose as
his ibrettist, Randolph Hartley, VINO out
of the crude material OF the Legend mas
developed consistent and romahtlc
drama Too much praise cannot be given
Mr. Hartley for his direct and enectlve
yersification Of the picturesque outlines of
the old legend And yet Ii entirely meets
all the modern standards which require
that a libretto shall not be merely sue
cession of rhymes, but weli-constructed
dramatic work of sufficient strength ana
beauty to hold its own irrespective or the
music. Such a book was d Alberts Tie
fand' and such a book has Strauss
chosen for his "Salome and EieKtra
One critic in writing of the work says
that while the story is Indian, the soul
of the story is universal, and 1T Is TINS
universally which makes for the essen
tial greatness of an art work.
1t would be a matter for surprise utt
..Poia'' not make a strong appeal TO a
German public, for since Wagner intro
duced them to their own great epic of the
from vague legends of the middle ages
the striking figures of Lohengrin,
''Tannhauser'' and the Flying Dutch
man the Teutonic mind is keenly re-
spousive to any material which bears the
stamp of the fanciful, the romantic. the
fabulous and the legendary. Moreover. the
picturesque Leather Stocking Tales" OF
Fenimore Cooper have ever found an APP
preciative reading public in Germany
Poia' stauds as the Christ bsWe IN
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dreamer. with the hooking promise that
she will marry him when his scar dis
appears.
Despairingly he confides his woe to old
"Nenashu. the medicine woman. who
tells him that he has been branded as
scapegoat for the sins of his people by
no other than "Natosi. the Sun GOD, and
that 1t is to him that he must go and
plead for the removal Of the scar. When
the tribe returns "Poia' announces his in
tention of journeying to the realms OF the
Sun God, in a war song which has been
copied with great fidelity from the Indian
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GENERAL VIEW OF RENO.

things might be worse and sit down
to his daily meal with enjoyment, good
naturedly varying the menu with fried
pork or bean soup.
But to those used all their lives to
having their appetites pampered and
tempted pork and beans very soon grew
extremely monotonous. and before the
month OF January was over the bill OF
fare afforded by the chefs Of Reno was
regarded as little short of downright
privation.
discomfort they underwent have. written
cheerful letters home in which they de-
clare that the freedom they hope to OBJ
tain and which they trust will follow the
long six months Inconvenience will more
than compensate.
One might write indefinitely concern
ing these women who have hraved
Renos severe climate because of their
domestic difficulties. The. little town
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the legends of the northwestern Indians.
but differs from similar legends possessed
by all races by the fact that his way to
spiritual perfection leads through human
love. "Poia'' is scorned by his tribal
brothers on account of the mystery sur
rounding his birth and ridiculed by them
because of a strange scar which dis
figures his face. He loves "Natoya.' the
the daughter of a great chief. but her
affections are conferred in "Sumatsi." a
noted warrior of more valor than virtue,
and she dismisses "Poia," the humble
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music. Here, as elsewhere in the score,
the orchestra does some very vivid tone
painting, reproducing with great realism
the shouting and rhythmical stamping
which accompanies an Indian war dance.
AS "Poia" departs on his lonely. quest,
night falls over the snow-crowned noun
tains and the curtains close on the first
act.
In the second act, "Poia is discovered
in a primeval forest with his strength al
most spent. He gives expression to his
sadness and loneliness in an Indian sere-
made, to which the flutes, scored in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-20

AVE you ever
studied the head
Of the "Nazareno'
in Guido's famous
Cru f i X ion,
" hose original
hangs in the
Church OF st.
Lorenzo, in Lucl-
ma, Rome.
If you have notic-
ed the thickly
thorned cOronet
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| II

EWSPAPERS daily III America
~ and Europe are filled with
~ stories of domestic tragedies
IL the principals of which have
fed to Nevada as the quickest
means to secure much desired divorce.
Under usual conditions in winter or
summer. the six months walt does not
worry the candidates for legal separa-
ton. There are always enough Of the
socially prominent established tempo
rarily in the miners cottages and the
hotels to insure a royal good time, and
news of rather gay parties and receptions
often leaks out and finds it's way east
ward over the mountain tops.
But the last three months have pro-
duced extremely unusual conditions.
Reno, in the grip of this winters ex-
ceptionally severe storms. has had a hard
time OF It. Those plucky enough to stick
IT out will go home in the spring with
stories of 'privation'' that will make 9th
avenue gasp.
Reno, New, is not much of place. A
courthouse. a district judge, collection
of struggling streets, handful of un.
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the heavens open and ''Natosi' appears.
this time as an avenging god. and Stays
"Sumatsi'' with bright shaft of light
CHere we find parallel In the ngure
, "Poia." bearing In his arms the dying
"Natoya,' is conveyed to the court or
"Natosi.'' and with the triumphant CRY:
with thee and our love to God the cur
tain falls.
The score OF "Poia" is dominated by the
Indian melodies, which Mr.. Nevin learned
during his stay In the BIackfoot camp
He has often listened to 500 voices, sing
ing in unison these weird melodies-an
ensemble in which the mems voices re-
semble the reedy tones OF the bassoon.
while two octayes above the light voices
of the women supply the melancholy tone
classify the scale upon which these melo-
dies are based: at times 1t seems to be the
Pentatonic or hve-tone scale. so common
among nature folk. and again the In
f1uence Of the quarter tone is felt. and
this fine subdivision is sung by the In
dians with the greatest purity. As. In
dian music is all one-votced, 1t is an ex-
tremely difficult task to preserve the
flavor when a superstructure OF modern
harmonies Is added. Mr.. Nevin does not
deny his strong affiliation for the young
italian school. Of which Puccini is the
foremost representative. and therefore It
is not surprising to find "Poia" essentially
q melodic opera. The leit-motif Is en-
ployed In the orchestra in the story-tell-
ing fashion with which we are familiar
in the music dramas of Wagner and his
successors. but on the stage there Is a
broad-f1owing music stream which makes
of each act one prolonged lyric Num-
Der.
The score is dominated by the wood
winds. the brasses and the various fnstru-
ments of percussion for reasons readily
imagined The second act offers fine
opportunity for spectacular display, and
Count Won Hulsen, who is personally
much interested in the work promises to
stage 1t with the same lavishness which
characterizes the Berlin production OF
Aida" AS there liz no precedent as to
costuming and stage accessories. the
great chronological knowledge of Mr.. Nc
Clintock will be called into requisition.
and 1t may therefore be assumed that
no detail of historical accuracy VIII be
overlooked 80
DR.. Karl Muck is the musical director
chosen to christen the new work. and the
leading singers Of the royal opera ensem-
BILE have been, cast for the chief roles
Frieda Hempel, singing the "Natoya":
Kirchhoff. the "Poia," and Putnam Girls
void. the American basso of the Royal
Opera, the "Natosi." Thirty impresarios :
from various parts Of Europe have an
nounced their intention of being present
and everything indicates that the "Poia'
production will assume the significance
of an International musical event.
Copyright in the United States and Great Britain
By Curtis Brown. All rights strictly reseryed.l
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Protecting HOLSTERS.

From the Lewiston Journal.
Rhode Island has adopted a lobster law
which is very similar to that OF Maine
and which has proved very effective here.
The law makes anything less than a four
and a half inch lobster illegal. The
measurement is made along the back.
where it is impossible TO stretch the fish,
as used to be done under the old law.
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lowest registers impart the deepest note
of melancholy. JAS he sinks TO the
ground the orchestra intones the Naio-
va" motive and by this bit of Wagnerian
musical psychology we are admitted 10
the thoughts and warnings which fill the
soul of "Poia." AS "Poia" is feryently
pleading to be released from his sufferings
the mists dissolve and disclose the court
of the Mood "Natosi.
Until this point the wood-wind choir
with it's plaintive melancholy tone ouailty
has dominated the score, but this now re-
brilliant rays through the orchestration.
lighting 1t up with the refulgence or the
sun. A most felicitous orchestratfve ef-
feet! While heralds send forth their pierc-
ing trumpet calls to the four points OF the
compass the scene grows ever brighter
and 'Natosi' appears. accompanied Dy
four allegorical figures representing the
seasons. After "Natosi'' has apostro-
dawning of the day in a bass solo OF great
brilliancy, "Poia" makes himself known
and pleads for the removal of his curse.
Angered by the intrusion OF q mortar
into his domain ''NatoSi' repuses him
and tells him that 1.-The scar will remain
until it is washed away by mems tears
Suddenly "Natosi's wife ''Kokum," who
personifies the moon. PUSHES in, crying
that the eagles are attacking G., their only
the thunder and lightning TO avert the
danger but all is of no avail until an ar
row from "Poia's" bow Stays the eagle.
dere a Parsifal motiveD While the
chorus joins in a paean of praise for the
victor, and a big ballet of the sea sons
takes place. "Poia. by the command of
"Natosi,'' is transformed into hero.
strong of limb and beautiful OF face.
"Natosi'' would keep him at his court.
but "Poia" tells Of his love for ''Natoya'
and is permitted to return to his tribe.
bringing them pardon for their sins ana
instructing them in the worship of the
sun, moon and stars. Guided by Morn
ing STAR along the Milky Way Tor as the
Indians have it. the VOLTS TraiD "Poia'
returns to earth, bearing with him, as
parting gift from the youth whose life he
has saved. a magic flute, the tones OF
which will act as love charm.
In the third act we are again in the
camp of the Blackfoot Indians. upon
whom misfortune has laid a heavy hand
during "Poia's'' absence, and much OF
which is attributed to "Natoya," who
has become the mistress of "Sumatsi." A
troublous love scene between these two
is interrupted by the plaintive tones of
"Poia's'' magic flute; the charm takes
instantaneous effect and ''Natoya" joins
the tribe In acclaiming "Poia' to be Cod
Hke-an attribute which he, however.
disclaims and announces himself modest
~ as the prophet sent by "Natosi,' the
great spirit The jealous ':Sumatsi" at
tempts to kill "Poia.' but it is "Natoya"
who receives the mortal wound. Again
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RTHUR NEVIN'S
In dian opera a,
.rPoia," which has
been announced for
production at the
end of this month
or the beginning of
April at the Royal
Opera House in Ber-
lin, will have an
important place in
the II S t DRY of
American m u 8 l C,
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N ON ARATIVELY

I'M P ARATlNELY
few of the pro-
fessional and anna
teur musicians of
Washington, and
an even less pro-
portion of the
musicians visiting
the city, have an
adequate appre-
citation of the ad-
vantageS offered
them by the music