Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-24
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ma that one can buy clothes enoueh
To Keep him out of the clutches of the
police for ten dollars a year. that there
are plenty OF fish in the sea panama
pelaS Interpreted, means Plenty fsh'1
ana that banana tree will grow any,
Where .-Everybody' Magazine.
cooking by electricity is already q
recognized practice and the heating
engineer now has a recognized pro-
fesslon. great many families have
alfeadS taken out their cumbersome
coal stoves and odorous gas stoves and
lhstailed electric ranges in their kitch
ems. Inc complete electric range for
a family OF four costs about s75. This
seems high in comparison with tho
cost OF coal or gas range, but it must
be remembered that with the electric
range comes a complete set of alumni
mum and copper cooking utensils, while
with coal or gas you have to purchase
these things extra. In most cases
these ranges, once purchased, are con-
nected free of charge by the electric
lighting company, which is usually
very anxious to have people do their
cooking by electricity. With these
companies the day load" as the cur
rent consumption is spoken of. is very
light, and it is not until after dark
when the lamps are lighted that the
demand for electricity really begins.
Therefore, in most cases they are will
ling 70 make a low rate of ) cents n
kilcwatt, or even less, for electricity
used for heating and cooking purposes
during the day.-From ELECTRICITY as
Source Of Heat by Donald Cameron
Shafer, in the American Review of
Reviews for March.
All summer long the operate man.
ayers scour Europe for SENSATIONAL
singers. with artistic qualities to re-
commend them; for the public de-
mandS that its opera houses be not de-
based by anything that smacks of the
music hall. 1t draws an inscrutable
and ndefinable line most eXactingly-
else the field of opera would be limit
less in its opportunities for sheer sem
sations. But grand opera is some
thing sacred in the minds and eyes
and ears of the public. 50. in addition
to his other troubles. the impresario
of the masses,
And his other troubles are legion.S
He makes peace with one prima dom
ma, and by thus bringing the dove into
his own cote he makes mortal enemies
of two other singers And when an
opera singer is in a huff the idea OF =
dollars and cents fades away for the
moment. Revenge, that is the cry :
Glow can I make the most tangles for
the management? is the foremost
thought He. or-mostly-She, decides
to plead indisposition. and thus upset
that weeks repertoire. Not only New
York and Brooklyn, but also Baltimore
ard Philadelphia are apt to feel the re-
suits OF that prima donnas Silks
Within a few days she comes TO her
senses and peace is patched up. Again
is the repertoire upset. for she must ne
given her guaranteed number of ap-
pearances-From "Frenzied Opera.
in EverybodyS.
81 learned years ago to inure myself
to the hardshirs incident TO an operate
career. Now | have been quite tray
eler in my time, and l know the world
from ST. Petersburg to Buenos Aires,
From san Francisco to Milan--hut
during this season my experience in
travelling has been almost new one.
Constantly on the go-Philadelphia.
Pittsburg. Cincinnati, and back to
New York, only to sing and prepare for
another long tour.
when I came to New York this sea-
son, l deluded myself with the thought
,.ut 4 yalV
home life. | rented house in New
York and expected to entertain my
friends frequently. One of my
thoughts was to have childrens
Christmas party-but all these plans
vanished into thin air when Mr.. Ham
mersten's season began to set the
pace. My Christmas dinner. in reality.
consisted of a dish of chicken broth.
for 1 had become an invalid in big
hotel in smoky Pittsburg, From
'Frenzied OPERA" in Everybody's.
At the conclusion of q very intimate
study Of Senator Aldrich, Edwin Lee
fevre. in his article in the March
American Magazine. asks:
rs Aldrich n statesman? Like
whom, for instance? / do not suppose
many people would call him that. Al
ter all, that is one of the points we
shall determine at the autopsy. But
he is beyond question, the most inter-
esting personality in public life today
not alone for what he is, but Tor
what, with his extraordinary mind, ne
might have heen with a different en-
vironment in his formative period. He
NAV be the last of his type. for MS
type can halt, for a time, the progress
of humanity toward real brotherhood
by sheer weight of mind and adroit
utilization of self-interest. And the in
fuencc of such men of the community
is always proportionate to their mental
CAPACITY rather than to the capacity
for self-obliteration in the service. OF
their fellows
More facts about "Barbarous Mex
leo" appear in the March American
Magazine. They are contributed by y
young German who about ten years
ago, when out of work and in neeo'
sold himself into slavery unwiilingiy's.
being tricked by fair promises untli IL
lot rIr ctr dppnlV