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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-01

New Year calls are not so much
the fashion any more. The eggnog
routes got so long that about 3
p. NJ. everybody was all tired out.
Besides, the egg part of the nOg
custom is a prohibitive expense in
these days.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-01-01
Press Humor --Most Anything --Have Smile
MOST ANYTHING

The New Year got a rousing greet
1t was tincanned in.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

His contemporary Handel, who was also high
ly esteemed as q narpsichOrdist, used the same
hand position Burney said his fingers seemed
to grow TO the keys. they were so curved and
compact when he played that no motion, and
scarcely the fingers themselves, could be dis
covered" c. p z. Bach in his 'Versuch." while
enforcing the need of quiet movement of the
hands, nevertheless fOreshadOws a change TO
practice which in the course of time became an
abominatiOn The mechanical principle of the
pianOfCrte invited blow upon the keys. Bach.
therefore, to secure power, permitted lifting Of
the hands in the delivery of the blow. This, he
said, was not error, but good and necessary
so long as it could be done in manner mot too
suggestive of wood chopping." Wood chopping
would be an inexpensive sirnile applied TO the
actions of many pianists since
The clavichord lent itself best to an express
sive singing style of playing, the harpsichord
to d crisp and scntillant StdccdtO. The former
instrument could not be used in public perform
ances but its greater soulfulness made it an in
valuable preparatory instrument for the piano.
forte At Vienna Burney his historical tour
heard a child play the pianOfOrte with such
nice command OF nuance that he inquired on
what instrument she had practised. He was
told the clavichord, which led him to comment
as follows: This accounts for her expression
upon this pianoforte very easily, and be
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

elbows were of necessity considerably lower IMAM
the fingers. The consequence of the hands pe-
ing held in this position and of the black keys
being seldom required would be that the three
long fingers stretched out horizontally would be
chiefly used while the thumb and little hnger,
being too short to reach the keys without dlf1l-
Guilty, would simply hang down below the IeNei
of the keyboard.
But while the pedagOgues prescribed systems
there were empiricists. doubt in large num-
bers who practised whatever way seemed to
them best III the application of the fingers to
the KEYS They had valiant champion. too. in
PrsrtoriuS who in his 'Syntagma Muslcum
0G19J Wrote: Man think it matter of great
Importance and despise such Organists as do
not use this or that particular lingering, which
in nv opinion is not worth the talk; for let
player run up down with either first, middle
or third finger. aye. even with his nose, if that
could help him, provided that everything is done
clearly correctly and gracefully, it does not
much matter how or in what manner il is ac-
cOmplishcd.'
sparinG use of the thumb is timidly sug-
eested bv Purcell in his Choice Collection of
Lessons fer the Harpschord' (about 1100D. and
Couperin III his DE Ia TOUGHER le Clevecin'
01lO: but when Bach took up the matter he
reyolutioniZad it completely, indeed, he had
to do to make his system of equal temperament
and the free use of all the modes practicable.
Bach transformed the attitude of the hand at
once. The three fingers, instead of lying hori-
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

zontaly with the Keys, were bent so that ther
tips rested perpeDdiculariy on the keys This
brought the hand forward on the keyboard ana
raised the wrists. Thus smart blow could
when need be, take the place of pressure-a very
important thing when the harpsichord gave way
to the pianoforte and quilted jacks to hammers
that u.s. when the strings were struck instead OF
piucked. Bach also fixed the place of the thumb
in the scale and used it and the little finger
freely in all positions. In his playing Bach
cultivated evenness of touch by ending each ap-
plication not bv lifting the finger from the key,
but drawing il inwardIy tOward the palm Of
the hand with a clressing motion. which trans
ferred the requisite amount Of pressure to the
next finger in passage playing Forkel says that
the movement Of Bachs fingers was so slight
as to be scarcely noticeable The position OF
his hand remained unchanged, and he held the
rest of his body mOtiOnless
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09

fingers alternately of the right hand and mid
die and ring fingers of the left. MIR. Blaikley g
explanation of these stiff and awkward kinds OF
lingering is this:
Tn the first place the organ and clavichord not
being tuned upon the system of equal temperd-
r1ent music for these instruments was written
only IN the simplest keys with the black keys
rorelv uSed end in the second place the key
boards of the earlier organs were usually placed
so high above the seat Of the PLAYER that the
New-York tribune., 1910-10-09
THE PIANOFORTE md IT'S MUSIC
dAe Development of Panooe Pnyng-Typs '"t"o Influences
of Cla,ichod and IIa psord- and Finger Technics

Copyright. 1910. by H f. Krehbie'o
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
EouaIizing the Sexes.

New York World.
Following the charge made by
Lady Henry Somerset that while
men are growing more temperate,
women as a whole are growing
more Incorporate" comes the state
ment by London publishers that wo-
men both write most of the books
classed as mortally Objectionable and
are far more eager to buy such
books than men are"
These tendencies, while they might
have excited reproof before the era
OF feminine emancipation. will now
adays be viewed more philosophically
as merely evidence of progress to-
ward that sex equality which is the
goal of the new womanhood.
II women are to have the political
rights Of men. are they not entitled
to the full social RIGHTS that go with
the suffrage? If they may vote. may
they not smoke, drink and read risque
books?
Whatever the moralists may think
Of 1t, the student Of social evolution
can only regard the growth of in
temperance among women and their
addiction to improper literature as
further development OF that com
rsde ship of the sexes which has
been seen in business, society and
sport. Women are preparing them.
selves, at least in England, for an
equality of rights which will need
only the grant of the~ballot to make
it complete.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
The aHobbla Skirt.

chicago tribune.
Mere man, in full fight for the tall
timber before the impending peril Of
the "hobble skirt" will do we'll to
pause and listen to the comforting
voice of Experience.
The "hobble skirt" he will reflect.
is not the first sartorial threat which
has issued from the fecund magma
ton Of the Paris tailor or modiste.
Nor is II the last. But notifying this
painful thought is The recollection
that none of its predecessors has
proved, upon arrival. to be as bad
as II was painted or photographed
What happens after they leave
Paris we do not pretend to know.
But always they suffer sea change
which mitigates their horrors. Per-
haps it is the hand Of the American
woman that tones them to our shy
and sensitive preference. PERHAPS
the Paris shocker is. like vice in
Pope's couplet, "a monster of so
frtghtful mien, as to be hated needs
but to be seen; yet seen too oft. ia
miliar with her face. we frst endure.
then pity, then embrace"
Whether this is a pleasant or nm
pleasant prospect must be left to the
reader. gentle or ungentle. to ans
wer. But even though the "hobble
skirt is all that il now threatens TO
be, the shrinking American man may
reassure himself with theNcertainty
that as time goes by, despite some
earlier disquietude, he will attain TO
the philosophic indifference Of the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
Personal and Pertinent

William G Brown, President Of the New York Central
farm boy and followed the plough until no was 1s
years Old when he began his railroad career as sec
reef as section hand, welding shovel at one dollar
and htty cents day. On the occasion of recent trim
West he ktopped on Al Clarinda Ia to deliver an adj
dress before a club which Is composed of some two
or three hundred farm boys who had been gathered
together by the county superintendent schools Miss
Jessie Field Mr. Brown was introduced by one ,f
the club members l4-year-old farm bow Master Fovd
Hurdle. Master Floyd appeared on the stage in his
overalls wearing typical -hrimmed straw hat
ane introduced PRESIDENT Brown with boysh eoouence
and enthusiasm President Brown delivered an al
dress on The Farmer Boy, His Opportunity and His
DUTY and declared that opportunities greater to-
day than thev thirty forty years ago oonolud
ing You may be thankful that YOU are coming on
the scene OF business activity during the early Years
Of the century rather than the last half of the
century Just closed He urged all his boyish hearers
10 practice intensive farming and to make The fertile
iowa fields double trebble what they have welded
In the past--Iesle's.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
With the Paraqraphers

No doubt the coored preachers who prayed that Jack
Johnson might win the fight we're mighty glad that
no white preachers praying for Jeffries about
that time-Springheld Union.
We would like to call attention TO one phase of So
caism that has been overlooked by Upton Sinclair and
other advocates In ancient days there lived phil
osopher, Aristophanes by name, who wanted 10 equal
lie social conditions by having all the ugly young
men marry handsome girls II will indicate that the
cult is out Of joint II it cannot be spread around like
that-Chester Times.
Here and there Congressman who is busy looking
after his fences is finding the barbs dsressingy sharp
jagged. rusty and conducive to political ockaw-Ch-
cago Tribune.
The only danger now to be that the,corn crop
VIII strain itself growing to fastlhdanapols News.
farmer says that his give more milk If he
keeps phonoS~SRh going In the barn Let us hone
this discovery will result lin all monographs being tax
en- out to barns and kept there-New York American
Corbett the puglst, says he cannot understand how
he failed TO size up Jeffres. That's nothing he also
failed to size up one Fitzsimmons-Ch Chester Times
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
Editorial Opinion
Poker Players and HoOkers Un.

Poker Players and HOOkers Up.
Chicago Tribune.
A man who will sit up all night
and display marvellous agility Of the
fingers in operating pack of cards
finds that he has hands like an ele-
plants feet when he is asked to
hook up or button up his wife's
gown. This fact is observed time
and again. and is one of the popu-
lar bits of philosophy to be served
In Connection with dressmakers'
convention desiring public atten-
ton.
That it is a more difficult under
taking to shuttle the deck and deal
poker hand-merely as a test OF
digital cleverness without taking into
consideration the more important
item Of dealing a satisfactory hand
than to hook up a gown even when
the eyes are hidden in the lace, must
be admitted That a man will un-
dertake the one cheerfully and the
other churlishly must be ascribed
to the survival of the Old Nick in
most male humans.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
Chatty' Stories OF the Day

This story told at Princeton the other day while
the trustees we're discussing the renewed offer by viii
liam Cooper Proctor of Cincinnati to give half a million
dollars 10 that university IL the conditions which
president Wilson had objected finally accepted
The application may be made by the reader
The little of President Hadley of Yale was plav-
ing In the bathroom the other day" said the speaker
HE had filled the tub with water and was sailing paper
boats in it. BY and by he told by his mother that
he must stop, because his father wanted his bath He
very reluctantly complied and went out on the pave
ment moment later total stranger to the entire
Hadley family came along and the boy stopped her
The president Of Yale isn't going TO take his bath
today said the youngster.
And why notY asked the astonished lady
Because said The boy. I've got the stopper in my
pocket Cincinnati Times-Star.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
NO EXTRA SESSION.

I deciding not to call the Legislature in extra
Il session to consider the Wilmington situation
Governor Pennewill acted on the advice of sound
legal authority, and the best thing the Democrats
can do is to accept the Republican proposition
which would end the trouble.
There is no demand for an extra session outside
the clamor of few Democrats whose motives for
wishing the extra session suspected. They
have not in their demand been supported by the
Democratic newspaper. II is obvious that the bur
den of legal advice untrammeled by partisan con-
siderations is that the situation can be adjusted
without resort to the extra session with its at
tendant high expenses. There is a fear that If
called together the Legislature would trihe and
attempt to consider other matters. There might
be an aftercap.
The entire matter is now put up to the Demo
Gratis. They can either accept or reject the Re-
publican plan, but the course of wisdom, it would
SEEM would be to accept the Republican offer At
any rate, the situation at present is as much mixed
up as ever and the matter may finally reach the
courts.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
Still There.

ct suppose" began the inquirins
summer visitor engagingly. that the
wealth in this part of New Hampshire
is in the soil?"
The native regarded the shining
blade Of his scythe refectively.
II reckon it is" he mildly assented
81 don't know anybody hereabouts
that ever got any out of it"-Youth's
Companion.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
nPLAYING POLITICS.

CD LAYING POLITICS" may not be profit
Il able game to those who indulge in it. There
is a widespread notion among business men and
others in this city that the politicians playing
politics in this city mudde, that the affairs of the
city which should be conducted only on business
lines are being made the football in the political
game.
All Of which is not going to make citizens who
not particularly concerned in playing poll
tics" satisfied with the present city government
Really this affair should make il clearer than
ever before that the city needs new charter and
that there should be reform in the city govern
ment
The legislative blunder hss proved very rr
tsting and costly. Such mistakes should be
guarded against in the future. Such carelessness
ought not to he permitted again. With the clerks
and the legislative counsel and the members them
selves there ought to be sufficient safeguards TO
conduct legislative business properly. The people
want the affairs of the city managed in the inter.
ests Of tax payers, that the tax payers shall get
dollars worth for the dollar they pay.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
KANSAS VIEW OF LIFE
Atehis0n Globe.

No sman is really clever until he
can handle book agent pretty we'll.
A man cannot be said to be real
ly old fashioned unless he takes care
of his own horse and milks.
After a man passes so. don't say
to him. How old are you, old man?''
Say, How are you, my boy?"
While there is no law on the sub
iect, the women do not expect a Wild
over to marry again until his chill
dren grow up.
In every country town there is a
mechanic so clever that people Won
der that he doesn't build an airship
and beat Glenn Curtiss
We still contend that if man
wants really good fishing he can only
get satisfaction L the railway folders
or in another mans stories
When a girl is about 16 she has a
notion that fairly tales, as we'll as
history, should repeat themselves
Every time we are al the union
depot and see trains go through we
wonder if half the travellers wouldn't
be better off at home.
AS a general rule. a committee Is
q number of persons who try TO make
the chairman perform the task as
signed to all of them.
In some towns the little girl who
practices the piano the greatest mum
her of hours per day is distinguished
In other places people except littl,
girls to also help their mothers witt
the dishes.
When a man takes off his shoes tn,
first thing after getting home from
his days work IT is a sign that he II
getting old.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

According to the report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission 1922 persons we're killed
and 95628 injured on the railroads during the
past year OF the number killed, 4944 we're tres
passers and of the injured $3.50 we're trespassers
These figures show that more than one-half the
killed met death through their own fault, for the
companies have been making a determined ef-
fort to prevent trespassing on their properties.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

ing the direct primary principle to their choice
OF candidate for senator. They would have
either direct primary to nominate candidate for
senator or the convention could express its choice
for senator.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

There is nothing surprising in the report that
Secretary Balinger is to be exonerated by the
Congressional Committee that investigated him.
The decision was forecasted the day the hearing
began And Mr.. Banger says that he won't re-
sign, either.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

That the New York lawyers charged only Si54s0
for their "usurper opinion must astonish mem
bers of City Council who will have to pay the
bill And the little bill must be a surprise to the
attorneys of this city. 1t was so small II is con-
soling in these days of the high cost of municipal
living
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
nARRlEL rooTs.

Senator-Unole Gabe. you must learn
10 economic.
yes. sub. OATS wat done tole
Emily. But she seems ter tink dat
econ'my means goin' widout de necessi-
ties SOS ter squsnder on de Injuries"
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
Foley;s
kidney
Pills
What They Win Do for You

What They viii Do for You
They will cure your backache,
strengthen your kidneys, COR
rect urinary Irregularities, build
up the worn out tissues, and
eliminate the excess uric acid
that causes rheumatism. Pre-
vent Bright's Disease and Dia-
bates, and restore health and
strength. Refuse substitutes.
N. B. DAMFORTH
Market and Second SIS.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
London busman.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO R. Il.

Special One Dollar Excursion to Bal
tim0re, Sunday, July "a.
Special train will leave Wilmington
Delaware Avenue Station. at $40 a
M; Newark. at $50 a. m. Returning
leave Baltimore, Camden Station, a.
$50 D. M; Mt. Royal. at 6.35 D. m
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
WARRANTED

Mrs. uolittle-Do you think. GEAR.
that Waterman you hired viii keep
awake while we are gone?
Hubby-You bet he will. ] gave him
one Of those loud night shirts YOU made
for me
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
SEMENTS

The Association
OF American A.
vertieers h COM
pesed OF all the
great advertisers
OF this country.
r he Association
endorses only such
papers as submit
to it's examination
81 any moment.
and positive proof
must be submit
ted. The accom-
panying certificate
No. li2. has been
issued TO fthis pa
per.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

The fact that receiver has been appointed for
the business affairs of Colonel James N. Gufey
the Democratic leader of Pennsylvania, may re-
suit in the retirement Of Colonel Guifey from
politics For some years Colonel Guffey has been
Financing" the Democratic party of Pennsylvania.
md he has found il to he thankless task. With
Guffey out Of the Democratic management, Sena-
tor Penrose the Republican leader might succeed
him if reports that Penrose controlled the recent
Democratic convention of Pennsylvania be true
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

The United PUB
fishers Association
through its Presi-
dent. Mr.. Arthur
Koppell has ex-
am cd THE
JOURNALS cir
culation and Mr..
Koppell offers to
wager 1900 Of his
own money. and
undertake 10 prove
that TIKI EN EN-
ING JOURNAL
has the largest
paid circulation 81
any paper printed
IN Wilmington.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
BALTIMORE AND ONO R. R.
s1.O0 to Baltimore and Return, sun
day, July ~.

Delaware Avenue Station, at 910 a.
m; Newark, at $50 a. m. Returning,
leave Baltimore, Camden Station, at
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20
DIRECT PRIMARIES IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Il OR the first time New Hampshire will vote
under the direct primary this year All nom
nations will be made in that way, but the parties
will hold conventions afterward for the purpose of
adopting platforms
Under the New Hampshire rule no party can
participate in primaries unless il has polled at
least three per cent of the vote at the last cleo
ton, but nominations can be made by petition.
The action in New Hampshire shows how wide
spread is the direct primary movement. 1t seems
TO be becoming more and more popular.
Some time ago there an agitation in the
lower counties of Delaware for the nomination of
candidates by direct primaries, which plan it has
been said, would do away with the charge that
states were sent up by political leaders Little has
been heard of the movement in Kent and Sussex
lately.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

When a man takes off his shoes the
first thing after getting home from
his days work it is sign that he is
getting old.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

IT'S AEHOFLANE AoE.
publicity Man-No use talking, bill
board advertising doesn't pay. VIZ
must hang out our bargains in the
sky. Everybody's looking up thest
daYs
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

+ The Association of American
Adserisers New York City has
sxsmirs6 ard certified to the circulation
J " this publication. 0nly the figures Of
I eiroulessc2 contained in IT. export are
guaranteed Nv the Association.
; No tiS VU6 5scre,arv.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

No sman is really clever until he
can handle a book agent pretty we'll
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

AS q general rule. a committee is
q number of persons who try TO make
the chairman perform the task as
signed to all of them.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

Conductor Ito policeman You fell
ows never pay your fare.
NO. You can't get a nickel out OF
! copper
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-07-20

A man cannot be said to be real
ly old fashioned unless he takes care
of his own. horse and milks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1910-07-26
WITH GOVERNOR
To Grant Conditional Pardons
or Respites.

Frankfort, KY, July TO- Attor-
ney General Breathitt has furnished
Gov. Wilson with written opinion
to the effect that the chief executive
has full authority, under the consti
tuition, to grant conditional pardons,
reprieves or respites, to convicted
criminals and to provide for their
return to confinement in the event
they violate the terms under which
they are given freedom.
The attorney general reviews the
laws on the subject in a fifteen-page
opinion, and commends the plan as
"a wise one and calculated to result
in great good