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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-17
HAMMERSTEIN'S OPERATIC
EXPERIENCE.

Cost If opera and receipts:
1906-7-Cost, $4,000 receipts. $780,
OOO
1907-s-Cost. 100000: receipts. ST.
100000.
l9OS-9-Cost. 100000: receipts, ST.
100000.
1909-l0-Cost. 1900 600: receipts. ST.
, 10000.
Greatest money making opera
} "Salome.'
Highest salaries paid by Hammer
stein: TetraZzini. $4,000 a night:
, Garden. $780, Zenatello. 81 800: Re-
maud. $1,000; Sammarco. $780,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-17
HAMMERSTEIN'S
LIFE STORY
Famous Manager Who Has Re-
tired From Operate Field.
STARTED AS A CIGARMAKER.

TITO THst tTsoe-otoe It9nSS OF TItS
Theatrical and Operate Career.
Linsuist, Wit and Philosopher
ned Opera Houses In Large Centers.
Oscar Hammerstein, former director
Ut the Manhattan Opera House in New
York city, who has just retired from
the field Of grand opera by selling to
the Metropolitan Opera company and
persons closely allied with it all his
opera interests and the Philadelphia
Opera House for a consideration of
about $2,100,000, was born in Berlin
In 1S47. Sixteen years later he ran
away from home and eventually reach
ed America in the steerage of a sail
ing vessel. Landing at Castle Garden.
in New York city, in 1863, he obtained
employment with a manufacturer of
cigars, who paid him So or So a week
and instructed him in the art of manu-
facture. In 1868 he had saved enough
money to start tobacco trade paper
and later invented several machines
for use in the trade. From both he de-
rived great profit.
His First Theater.
Later he began to invest money in
real estate. writing plays as pastime
and becoming associated in the man
agement of the old Stadt theater, on
the Bowery. Then, in 1880, he built
his first theater, the Harlem Opera
House. He lost money in this venture
for three years before the tide turned
He followed this by projecting the
present Murray Hill theater. but sold
at large profit before more than the
foundations were laid.
Continuing his course downtown. he
built the Manhattan theater in Thirty
fourth street, which he turned into a
music hall in partnership with Roster
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-17
PAULnAN'S AVIATION RECORDS

Winner o. London Manchester Flight
Also Holes Altitude Record.
Louis Pauihan. the French aviator
who recently completed with only one
stop an aeroplane fight in England
Of 1S6 mics from London to Man
chester. thereby winning the prize of
$4,000 offered by Lord Northcliffe.
proprietor of The Daily Mail. holds at
the present time both the long dis
lance record and the altitude record
for aeroplanes. He made the fight in
4 hours IL minutes and defeated Ora
hame White. an English aviator.
Only few days ago he went a dis
lance of 100 miles. from Orleans to Ar.
cis-sur-f Aube. France, without alight-
ing. He and Henry Farman were re.
lieving each other in cross country
test, using the same machine. Work
Ing partners in this way. they took the
same car over DO mile stretch. The
distance was covered in five hours.
In the Orleans flight Paulhan, al
though he broke the long distance rec
ord. reached an altitude of only about
1000 feet. Ii was at the Los Angeles
(Cal.) meet last January that he won
for heavier than air machines the alti
tude record. rising 5000 feet. No one
else has ever gone so high either be-
fore or since i'm a heavier than air ma
chine. Paulhan used the Farman bi.
plane. He took only seven minutes
and Il half to descend almost a mile
At another time in the course of the
Los Angeles meet he travelled forty
seven and half miles in / hour and
2 minutes.
Previous to Paulhan's 100 mile fight
the long distance record was held by
Henry Farman. Last August, at the
Rheims meet. Farman went over III
miles in his biplane without alighting
The contestants at that meet for the
distance prize and the distance cover
ed were as follows:
Henry Farman. biplane ............... Ill. rs
Hubert Latham, monoplane .......... 1922
Louis Paulhan, biplane ................ S1.35
Count de Lambert biplane .....".... 1903
Roger Sommer, biplane ................ 1926
nj. De La Grange, monoplane ....... 3l.05
M Bleriot, monoplane ................. AS4
Glenn II. Curtiss. biplane ............. 1853
M. Lefebvre. biplane .................. 1904
The $4,000 prize for which Paulhan
and Grahame White, the English avi-
ator. contested has been open to avia-
tors for three years. Lord Northcliffe,
through the columns Of the Daily Mail.
offered 1t in the hope Of attracting
Farman and the Wright brothers.
Two years ago. when no one offered
to compete in the London Manchester
test, Lord Northcliffe offered a prize
Of $1,000 for the first aviator to cross
the channel.
According to the rules of the Lon
don-Manchester test the contestants
were to traverse the distance, 1876
miles. between the two cities within
twentyfour hours. They were to
make only two stops. The machines
used were to be heavier than air.
Hampstead. where Paulhan began
his fight. is northwest district of
London, elevated 40 feet above the
sea.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-06-17
Notice to Contractors.

The City OF Owosso, Michigan, by its Board
OF Public Works, will receive sealed bids I'M
til nine o'clock a m. Tuesday. July 9th, 1910,
at the City Clerks ONCE, for the construction
OF Lateral Sewers as follows:
Approximately s64 feet Of 10 inch sewer on
Washington street
Approximately 500 feet of 10 inch sewer on
East Main Street.
flush tanks and lampholes as shown In the
plans and specifications. All In accordance
with plans and specifications prepared by the
City Engineer and on file In the ONCE Of the
City Clerk.
All bids must be accompanied with certified
check approximately In the amount Of five per
course, to the Treasurer Of the City Of Owosso,
Michigan. The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids, to waive defects, and to accept
any bid All bids must be in sealed envelopes.
marked on the outside sewerage bids and
addressed to A. H. Dumond, City Clerk.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
ARTHUR ii. DUMOND, Clerk.
Dated June 18th, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
By James Oppenheim

they dared sing; but their hearts sang together
Their hearts sang that old song that love and youth
everlasting, that is glorious to be alive that man
and the God and Goddess of Earth and ever
will be. The wind in the pines, the bobolnk in the
orchard the brook among the rocks the wild roses in the
pasture the insects in the clover but echoed that divine
and human song
The girl said I'VE must love each other forever"
The boy said Never before did lovers love as we do
And they vowed to love like this all their DAYS
The boy whispered, Alice. must tell evcrvbodv"
How could they hush that song in their hearts?
So they went hand III hand back to the house whis-
pering, laughing, ovcrrunnIng with youth.
The mother, standing in the doorway of the kitchen
saw them coming She that they were more.
beautiful in the morning than mated thruShes She.
thought she had never seen such beauty III this
world. She down to meet them, her eyes dim
with tears.
"Moherr' said the young girl 'Motherl"
The mother kissed her and cried softly. Il knowr'
she murmured Il knowt
A GAIN one morning a young girl awoke. Was that
not honeysuckle in the arr And that isping lift
ing music was that a bobollnk! She tripped from
the bed to the window and flung wide the shutters
She leaned i'll her white nightgown; her golden HAIR
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
C3r"rasE OF glSs ;

caught the low her blue eyes beamct WIN s Hs-
She the silent glory OF the meadows SWAY ing ~ tA
and frail wild and up AT the top OF the apple ~
the tiny boboink throbbiug with ecstasy. And 50 ''
lifted up her voice and sang too III
Out into those meadows she WANDERED. and pTe4-"S
the wild favored She hurried thCouSC the ToSA
pasture. swift rs a fawn- She overtowti Win ~ ~
Surely this the morning of creation. surrey 80
world and she were youngI
And III the forest She met him. and he called her lam"
and he drew her close and their cool hp> were Py1
dewily together. and their hearts sang. laer ne n'--
sang. sang the old, old Song-that love and you'I
everlasting, that 1t Is glorious To be alive. t1 '
woman the God and Goddess OF Earth and even ""
be And the young earth echoed their song ss
SAID both OF them, Never before dti lovers NV
we do" -
And they vowed that SO would they love all the ~'
of their life. -
And the boy whispered. We must tell every
And the girl said pasSionately, We must .'''
other forever" .+ts
They took each others hands; they went back 70
house. hon
The mother standing in the doorway of the SIT -
saw them coming; but she did not 50 20 meet
She turned back 10 the kitchen and touched - oo""
middle aged man the shoulder
Come here, she said
Tie followed the quiet woman To the doorway
Look she murmured. nth
He looked, and then glanced at the UloIH0I mrs
startled eyes. Tears were coursing down inc ll0''
checks. t,rne
Twenty years ago, she said. you and came -''-
to my mother. Do YOU remember .,,rn-
Tie kissed her hastily and for the FIRST time t,i art
ing. And then they understood. Earth and 'o''
Young forever; only human beings get o.-
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
IN THE COOL OF THE MORNING

IN the cool of the morning the young girl awoke She
Smelt honeysuckle; she heard the ascending lisp of
an ecsatc bobonk. Swiftly she laid aside the covers
and and tripped to the open window and flung
wide the shutters gust of wind that had skinned
the clover shook her loosened hair and cooled her body
She stood leaning out, supple a willow switch in her
white nghtgown slip of wild girlhood, with parted
lips and dreaming eyes.
Silently the light lay the meadows, Daisies
drenched in it, wild trembed in it; the leaves of
the apple trees glstened the wings of the swallow
flashed. And up the apple tree the bobolink
singing and more eCStatC. The Young girl sang
too. She poured that hymn of morning that is the
soul of sunrise:
Hark. bark the lark heaven gate doth sing!
Then, later she crept down through the quiet house
opened the front door, and into the fields.
The low made the air tngle with glory She
breathed deep of she set her feet with light swftnesS
the dewy grass, brushing the gterng gossamer.
iuryng up the hlly pasture. she made beautiful by
being there. She painted, Growing with fresh life.
1t if she had been admitted to the morning of
creation. She and the world were Young!
She gained the chOked, cool woods and went in. She
peeTed through beyond of tangled leaves
and she IN the very center of the gloom of the for
est low, many oliaged bush soaked with wild
light. And in the sunlight stood a boy He too was
almost brcathess with he,-his liquid blue eyes his
bronzed and downy checks, his full lips and beautiful
upright head, his athletic body, all dripped
with youth and the morning of the world
Bathcd IN the sun. he Wnkcd the shadows, and in
the shadows he saw her His low laughter mingled with
hers. She to him. He whispered her name,
"Ace!' He put out his arms and drew her close, and
they kissed Then, because they were with each other,
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST FL. 1910

and came out with black mark aga1rs- nm Tor cs-
obedience of orders. He'd never got so r as the nos
pita1 if it hadn't been that the ReoS he @ snoot .
him under the bush for dead.
Sitting in the sun those last weeks IN the Hospital
with nothing do but wabble leg or an arm tAaI ei
as if it was somebody's else, he sorted out what vas Hoa
ing in his mind and put the pieces together Inc d
had married another fellow because she loved n11
She'd written that in her last etter-aS She would nave
spoken tin many words And ne believed Sle
meant what she said. Her husband was young lawyer
we'll call him Clark; for that wasn't his nanle,-ani
he doing well for himself and Tor her Under Us
breath the boy muttered that that was Just what the
fellow had better do. if ne didn't wan--and there
squeezed his fingers into weak imitation or IS 4aen
he looked out the window, said gOOdby TO the gr IN us
own wav and pushed her letter back down INTO the III
ing of his coat. He was never going 10 look & AGAIN
but neither anyone else.
self he had plans. He back in the ranks as soon as
they would let him go. He intended 70 sry n the amy
till-sornetine. lust when that sometime was 10 Dc
and what he was going TO do, ne dldn't quite know
THE sometime came when he took the t-la West the
dav his command was mustered out and ne was
citizen again 1t was good big town he landed II TIE
next night, and he there just long enough 10 lean
what he needed He the girl twice. AMI sle Gdh
him at all But what he heard about 1er sno%e-
him that he about the last person she vlI WISH
see. Clark had gone all wrong lar S' was CoN
Cerned. He was making money. for he W. 4 nur1Ce'
one at getting what he wanted, he po cs anu K
aimed swing his party in thai section; put ne was
spending mighty little time IN his home, and raising ~'
deuce there when he did.
AS for the girl. she taking it all - about tns
way you'd have said. She looked thin am tired; 0c'
her eyes were the front and she held ar head up
When the army saw her little boy ha lo-d OF Ae
hand. The second time she passed him. ne Stooo VI
the opposite side of the street, behind t- ne ooA
long look; then his Jaws clamped together - ne W-S5-
away quickly. That night he started for ..-r mat ne
about twenty miles from that town, and s idea tn1
was in his brain would have made YOU la-- MAYBE
There Smith paused; but it not u nike aP9o-
ges for what he had been saving or TO ask SAou. 3
He had story tell. and they were --.- 10 hl
1t five years later, almost 70 day ne oeS4-
again that the army got the first c.1ce % ~ ~
how his plan was panning out, and It Wa "oIideI-
success-looked at wrong side foremost Fe Ald so
brains, and IN those nve yearS,-he had -.a2ged -
name TO IOhnSOn,-beSideS scratching our a AVls
he managed to work up what seemed 20 he heA-'-
little reform movement, with himself III the 'croul
And it was Clark and his crowd that the retornen
went for this election dav When the sc clears
away. the reform movement was shot aS full Or HoeS
a Colander, and Clark was IN the sadd- Sood AN
C1y-y3yE y-yy
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

river and show up till suPPer-when ne come
into the house to get licked. Those were downright
wllangs he got. The old would never stop TIL ne
or the switch out, and the way ne seemed to
eniov the ickngs that cut into the boys heart and
started him thinking there WASH much else but KICKS
for the fellow who didn't do some kicking himself
Il have a notion the gil could have shown him he
was wrong about that; and, in way, she did, without
knowing it. But just about the time that gong ts1ng
with her began to be business OF sitting together IN
some nice shady spot with the poles dangling IN the
water and nobody bothering about the bait or the hsh
about that time nailed paper against a tree
ALONGSIDE of the store few miles away, and that paper
said Uncle Sam needed men to help him fight the South
The boy had jumped the farm couple OF years be-
fore this because he hadn't any mother to hold him. and
he couldn't stand the old man and the old man coudn
stand him. and he didn't anything ahead in sticking
there, anyway He'd got job weighing sugar and sell
ing shoes and axlegrease at the store and was making
Just enough keep him clothes and tobacco and give
him chance at cheap whisky on Saturday nights. He
didn't like the job much better than the farm but
it's probable he'd have hung onto 1t awhile, only one
night he got chuck full of whisky and was coming back
sick and sore and to his room over the store when
he into the father of the girl. That put him IN
wrong The girls father didn't think much of him, any
wav and when the boy came round to see her couple
OF evenings later and she said something him about
it. he fared and she jumped up and left him The
day everybody at the asking why the boy
hadn't told somebody he was going to enlist
WHAT the boy did during the years doesn't
V" come in here-though most of it he needn't have
been aShan of. He was right fair soldier and
hand Mimic ball in his shoulder, and in his pockets
papers that stood for few dollars and the right to
command a regiment. But the boy-the man, mean,
for he'd grown up mind we'll as body-wasnt look
ing for any regiment, if there had been which
there wasn't for they getting rid of the soldiers
fast they could.
The point was that since he left home he hadn't
heard some things and he had heard Others which
made him steer straight for spot. That spot
where the girl lived He'd written to her. every and
then, the first year he in the army. and she'd
swered him for awhile, and he was getting grip him.
self, and was already Corporal. Then couple of his
letters ddn t bring any answers. and he made up his
mind they'd been lost, and he her again. That
brought reply long letter-and it the day after
this that he got the Mimic ball in his shoulder. Perhaps
he didn't quite know what he doing that day Any
way he got the ball trying single handed to choke up
bend in the lane with dead Rebs who riding along
where he was squattng behind bush. up cut bank.
watching for such surprise party. And because
he didn't sneak away as he them, and give
warning to the command he belonged to- he had been
New-York tribune., 1910-08-21

from the depths of his helpessness idea SO cum
ming so electrfying, to HIM that he had to drop
his eyes to keep it to himself 1t was amazing 1t ha
never occurred to him before Anyway It had come ana
come in time So they thought they had hin: Well ne
would see about that One didn't have seventy BIRTH
days for nothing. ,
his head and his gaze slowly travelled the length and
breadth the But there was no tire IN the eyes
under the busv white brows and his parted lips hInted
of pleasant memories. Over their heads ne lifted one
arm the palm downward, and his voice was low Dut
clear 1t seemed to come from long way OFT
lust now thought | was young again, ne began
but was wrong. I very old man wiz you
listen then, little of an old man story Ana theTe
he paused But it only for a few seconds Upon the
room had fallen new of Stiffness the stiffness OF
calm evening and with his still raised he SAID eS-
terday | was-weu say forty; tonight know that
am seventy isn't 50 that year Is always 3 maze & up
in minute. That's the way it was with me to-nght.
And when they come like that they bring the beginning
and the other end close together that PLAIN
w. all at once things you'd about forgotten, And some
of those things just for that perhaps. worth
passing along to the next fellow. At any rate, am
going to give you few memories to pick from.
His was lowered and his rested on the table,
while with fngerp he drew the cloth. Then, look
ing their heads he began again in the same low,
clear voice:
"Once upon time there boy who given
middng good start and went wrong 1t was like he had
got on the wrong train and while he looking the
window the opposite side, it rushed him right by the
station where there waiting for him. not so far off,
little home of his and other things that made
hlm happy, guess anyway, that now II seemed 10
him when he too far than to do than Just make
picture of it for himself He started in fair sized
farm close the Ohio River. Farms then weren't what
they to-day but boys just about the same, and
this boy read his fathers weekly as he able
read and got his ideas from that of what going
outside The farm and the paper and healthy lungs and
strong legs and part of his good start. The
other part the best part it might have been,
girl. IN going tell you much about that girl. If
l did, most of you'd say the girl you knew.
She just tall, slim girl who looked you straight
the when she talked, and she could climb
and swim and fish as well anybody, and could make
you mad thunder too, if she wanted-and sometimes
she wanted She and the boy together for about
ten years. She when he first began let her
dig for him. and she coming to twenty
when-something happened.
THERE was sort of wild streak in that boy. 1t came
from his father; but it partly tanned in the
father before got the best of him, and broke bad
only in of rash round about springtme when the
boyd chuck away the hoe and make a break for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
l. ESSENING LABOR OF
HOUSEKEEPING IN SUMMER

the house is fulfsas soon as summer comes
on. use newspapers.
II do not carry vases from one.room to
a special table, because petals are more
than likely to drop, and they must be
picked up. Instead I carry a newspaper
and spread it beside each while take OF
the old leaves and flowers, and with the
paper carefully folded go to the next
flower. In this way there is never any
thing to pick up.
1.-The vases are taken to the pantry.
washed and refilled with water, then each
is returned to its place, where I put in
the fresh flowers.
"Old newspapers are great savers.
"For example. the waste paper baskets
upstairs are emptied into them. the paper
is put on the floor near the trash recep-
tacle, the odds and ends are turned In and
the basket put back into its proper place;
thus a trip upstairs to return the basket
Is saved the maid.
early breakfasts, which the men Of the
family must have to take the trains to
town, are facilitated by being put on
trays Each man has his own tray, which
is attractively laid with doilies, and his
breakfast is put on it in the kitchen. The
maid brings each to the dining room. and
then is not needed to give any service
Thus she is able to go on with her house.
work an hour sooner than would be possi-
BILE were she required to serve breakfast
formally, as she does in winter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
When to Shake Hands.

When to shake hands is "a subject
which depends on. circumstances, but a
few general rules may be given.
When a man Is introduced to a lady
she does not shake hands with him I'M
less he is distinguished or a great deal
older than herself. II he Is the husband
or brother of the lady making the intro
duction it is natural to- receive him cor
daily by shaking hands, but It Is not
usual to do SO If he is a mere acQuaint-
ance.
A hostess should shake hands with all
the guests who come to her house. both
on their arrival and departure. Women
do not shake hands when introduced to
each other, but merely bow. When,
however. a young girl is presented by a
friend to q married woman, the latter
generally shakes hands with her. but the
girl should not make the first advance.
Men shake hands when introduced to
each other as an expression of good
will
When leaving an entertainment. says
Home Notes. a man shakes hands with
the hostess. and he may do SO with any
friends who are near. but he should not
of course, go about shaking hands gen.
orally.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

There are many different ways that
housework can be made less irksome in
summer, according to one old house.
keeper. She says:
"Our summer home is lighted with
lamps, and I make 1t a rule to take care
Of them myself, save when new wicks
must be put in. tits not difficult work
to f1ll and keep them in. order. for lamp
that is once clean may be kept so with
little care. For example, on each floor. In
a closet, is kept a gallon can of kerosene.
and this take to the various lamps and
fill them where they stand. ] would not
dare let the maid do that, lest she should
spill the oil. but I can without mishap.
A cloth Is kept with the.can and pair of
scissors for trimming the wicks.
"As each lamp is filled I turn up the
wick, take off the crust and even the
edge. The work takes only moment.
and when all the lamps have been at
tended to I put away the can and repeat
the process on the floor above. In this
way 1 am certain all lights are ready for
use, and none ever gives out at an fncon-
venient time. When the cans are empty l
leave them out, and the maid nils them
from the big tank in the cellar.
always, when fixing flowers, or which