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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
How Jenny Lind, the Swedish Night
ingaie, Provided for the Musical
Education of Adelaide Phillips,
Daughter of Poor Man.

While Jenny Lind, the Swedish
nightingale" was making her tour OF
this country, which began in 1850 and
ended in 1852, a young Boston girl,
then In her upper teens. was playing
soubrette parts in a theater in Bos-
ton and also in a theater in Philadel-
phia. In those parts she revealed
that she had voice of promise, and
one day one who knew something of
the voice and had been particularly
impressed with the child's singing
went to her father and said:
Mr.. Phillips, your daughter Addie
has a beautiful voice, but she doesn't
know how to use it. Why don't you
get her a teacher?"
Now. Adelaide Phillips father was
a poor man. He had all be could do
to support his family. Addie herself,
while still a mere child, had gone
upon the stage that she might add to
the meagre family income. This the
father knew only too well, but-happy
thought-he would take her to Jenny
Lind. who was then in Boston, and
perhaps she could tell him how his
ehild's voice could be cultivated, If It
really were worth cultivating.
But when Addie Phillips was told
by her father that he was going to
take her to Jenny Lind she at first
refused to go; despite her stage expe-
rience she was very shy. At last, how
ever. she was persuaded to accom-
70 singer
hotel, and there Jenny Lind received
her with such kindness, such perfect
simplicity and such gentleness OF
manner that the girls fear and timid-
fly vanished instantly.
Now, you will sing to me" said
Jenny Lind, when Addie was at her
ease. 81 want to hear your voice.
And the girl sang to her.
NOW, you sing that song again.
said Jennie Lind, when the girl had
finished.
And AddIe Phillips sang the song
again.
Then Jenny Lind handed her the
sheets of song. Come again in a
few days" she said. Learn this
song that l have given you. if you can
snd then come and sing it to me-"
So a few days later Addie Phillips
sang again for Jenny Lind and wne1
she had finished the worlds greatest
singer said to her father:
'The child has beautiful voice;
she will make one of the greatest con,
traltos the world has ever known
You should take her to Europe so that
she may study for two or three years
with teachers whom will tell you
Of"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
Gave America Great Singer

But" said the father, ''how can !
Can't she learn here?"
'You shall take her to Europe. !"
said Jenny Lind You shall not feel
the need of money; will see that you
are provided with it. | will organize
a subscription for your daughters
musical education and after you are
in Europe when you need money you
write to me and let me know, and |
will send you what you need"
And exactly in that manner AIDE
laide Phillips had her voice thorough
ly trained, and from the time of her
American debut. in I'll Trovatore," in
1856, until her death in 1882, she was
universally recognized as Americas
greatest contralto singer.
This full story OF how Adelaide
Phillips was befriended by Jenny Lind
was told me a short time before his
death, in 1892, by Max Strakosch, in
his day one of the leading operate
impresarios, who received the details
direct from Adelaide Phillips herself.
"And | am safe in saying, | am sure,
added Mr.. Strakosch, for whom Miss
Phillips sang in I'll Trovatore," that
Jenny Lind was the first Of the great
artists to discover talent in young per
sons anu was about the only one who
in addition to giving encouragement
also gave financial aid I am sure
that she was always gratified when
she heard of the great triumphs oil
Adelaide Phillips"
Copyright. 1911. by E. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
GOSSIP Y
Y4MONG |
SPORTS

Jess Peterson looks the part of
frost season wrestling qualifier.
Philadelphia has recovered from its
worlds series hilarity and lapsed into
it's usual state of coma.
Every wrestling manager and train
er has the greatest find" in the uni
verse if he is "only given chance"
Gotch says Zbyszko's $4,000 chal-
lenge is bunk, pure and simple. This
is the way we feel about all wres-
Ting.
One grand thing about these col
lege squabbles over eligibility is the
way an alumnus sticks to his alma
mater
Just as we expected, the Pacific
Coast league is threatening to become
an outlaw organization if it is not ac>
corded what it wishes.
If the dark lantern were turned on
all records of star football players
how many would escape baseball
eligibility requirement?
Minor league baseball moguls Will
help make Milwaukee more famous
than ever before next season when
they assemble in that city.
If a team can't beat it's rival it
might make a winning move by hiring
detective to see whether all the
stars of it's opponent are eligible.
Although Jack Sheridan is through
with umpiring, Ban Johnson says Jack
is valuable man for the American
1eaque Why not make him a mag
nate?
Zbyszko will give Gotch $4,000 to
wrestle him around the mat to I'M
isb" lib is one of the richest ath-
letes in the world and is terribly am
bilious.
Jake Stah1 was brought in as a
stakeholder of the Boston Red Sox.
This was the clever coup worked by
The two Macs to bring Jake back to
the fold.
athletic relations between the Bad
gers and the Gophers vii lend" is
the antebattle news from headquar-
ters. There may be new version
when the smoke has cleared away.
Frank Gotch says he supposes the
/ hefty ones will continue to hurl chal-
lenges at his head till he is gray
When one comes along he has not
beaten the title holder of the universe
SAYS he may listen to his chirp.
Harry Davis is to emulate Connie
Mack and become a bench manager
the baseball world is told. Davis will
have trouble remaining in the rath
skeller through an entire game with
Hughie Jennings on the coaching
lines.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
Major De Forests Story, Published ir
1867, Was Highly Praised, but
Failed Because of Its Very
Unfortunate Title.

About a year after the close of the
Civil war an officer who had served
through the war in the Twelfth Con-
necticut regiment, coming out OF the
strife with the rank of major, returned
to his home in New Haven, Conn. He
had gained a good reputation as
writer before he laid down the pen to
take up the sword. He had written an
exhaustive history of the Indians OF
Connecticut. He was a constant con-
tributor to the Atlantic Monthly and
to Harper's Magazine. He was spok-
en- of in the days of the war as one
of three Americans writer's of great
promise who had put aside the pen to
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
First Civil War Novels Fate

become soldiers. The other two were
Theodore Winthrop and Fitz James
O'Brien; this mans name was John
w. De Forest His home in New
Haven was under the shadow of Yale
college and within a stones throw OF
the home of Theodore B. Woolsey,
then president of Yale.
Among Major De Forests friends
was George H. Watrous, a prominent
lawyer of New Haven, who afterwards
became president of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford railway sys-
tenn. To him Major De Forest confid-
ed his purpose to write a novel the
leading features of which were to be
incidents of the war
But" said Mr. Watrous, don't you
think it is too soon to do that? 1t
seems to me that perhaps ten years
should elapse before any one attempts
to write novel based upon the war. >"
But" replied Major De Forest, 'the
incidents, especially of battles in
whicheI took part, are all very fresh in
my mind" He further intimated that
If he did not write a war novel some
body else would, and Mr.. Watrous was
persuaded that Major De Forest was
| ambitious to be first in the field with
novel based on the war. So no more
was said with the idea of persuading
Major De Forest from his set purpose.
and somewhat more than year later
came the announcement that a novel
/ n lof Uyor ho
| participant in it, the well-known man
of letters, Major John William DE For
est, and that it would shortly be pub
| lished.
The book was published in 1867. and
| by the book critics it was well nigh
universally conceded to contain battle
descriptions that were unsurpassed in
literature, an opinion in which Mark
! Twain and others afterward concurred.
| Especially was the description of the
| land and water fight at Port Hudson
| praised. But it was also well-nigh uni
versally held that the book would
prove pecuniary failure THE name
Of the book will certainly kill it." was
the remark commonly made, and the
statement proved to be justified. Major
De Forest had given the novel the title
of Miss Ravenels Conversion From
Secession to Loyalty" The critics all
agreed that it was a singularly unfor
tunate title for war story published
two years after the close of the war
No southern girl had been converted
from secession to loyalty within that
time.
TT was a splendid novel," Marx
Twain once said to me of this book
now long since out of print. THE de
scriptive battle writing that it con
tanned still remains unsurpassed. L
would probably have been a grea
popular success had it been given {
title that gripped. 1t was a failure
because of its name"
Major De Forest, who died severa
years ago at an advanced age, wrote
several other novels after the publica
ton of Miss Ravenel's Conversion.
But his later works were more or les:
perfunctory, and his friends were al
ways of the opinion that this was thu
direct result of the comparative fail
ure of his Civil war novel. which wa
a grievous disappointment to him, a
he had looked to it to give him per
manent fame in the world of litera
ture.
(Copyright. 1911, by z. j. Edwards Al
Rights ReSeTved.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
EeehIe Excuse.

The coats of several of the clerks
in the office of the big New York ho-
tel were covered with bits of white
feathers.
Wherefore? one asked of them.
"a woman came In here a little
while ago with feather boa that had
begun to moult. She did a lot OF
gesticulating and we got the benefit
OF it was the reply
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
Ian Wins Football E4onors.

A japanese, H. Hirasawa, IS
among twenty freshmen at Stanford
university awarded the block rs" for
Rugby football. He is the first mem
her of his race to obtain the coveted
Stanford block numeral He learned
the English game while a student at
In American high school
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
WALLACE REMAINS AT HEAD
ST. Louis Browns Give Promise OF
Playing Strong Game Under
His Leadership Next Year.

All the American league teams have
chosen leaders for next season except
the st. Louis Browns, and it is as
serted by an official of that club that
Bobby Wallace will succeed himself
as leader of that organization.
"Wallace failed to finish above last
place" said this official, "but what
manager on earth could have gone
through the season higher with the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
RULES FOR OLYMPIC
Chairman of Committee Receives
List of Regulations.
Amateur Is Defined and Description OF
Suits That May Be Worn Is Given
NO Attendants Allowed
In Arena.

The rules which will govern the
Olympic games at Stockholm, Sweden,
next summer have been received In
this country They were sent TO
James E. Sullivan, chairman OF the
American Olympic committee, by KRIS
tan Hellstrom of the Swedish Olympic
committee. The executive COM
mittee of the American Olympic
committee. which will go over them
carefully, and such parts as require
further explanation or Interpretation
will be taken up with the Swedlsh
committee so that every one OF them
will be clearly understood here pc
fore the American team leaves Tor
Sweden.
Under the general regulations the
committee defines an amateur ana
also describes what kind OF suits the
athletes shall wear when in competl-
ton. Each contestant must wear
Jersey with short sleeves and draw
ers to the knees and shall also nave on
back and front during competition
distinctive number corresponding TO
the number on the program. To pre-
vent a repetition of the Dorando fiasco
of the London games no attendant VIII
be allowed with competitor during
race. The rule on this subject
says:
mo attendant shall accompany any
competitor in the arena or during any
race; nor shall any competitor be al
lowed except with permission OF judges
| to receive assistance or refreshment
from any one during a race
1t is said an athlete who takes So
called drugs will become di@quali-
fed
Differing from the other Olympic
races. the running will be against the
sun, as it is in this country In the
| hurdle races the hurdles will not ba
collapsible, such as are in use in this
country. The rules state that the top
rail or the hurdles shall be fixed last
to the upright supports.
In the relay races a round baton of
wood about four inches in circumfer-
ence will be used and must be pass
ed from one athlete to another with
! in 20 meters, 10 meters on either side
of the starting place marked out for
each competitor. This is different
! from the American rules, which mere
| ly require 'touch off. =
| The cross-country run will be held
| in diversified country over a course
unknown to the competitors. The
contestants will be forced to follow
marked course 1t will start and fin
ish in the stadium.
The rule pertaining to the standing
| high jump is somewhat different from
the American rule. According to it a
competitor may rock back and for
ward, fitting heels and toes alternate
ly from the ground, but he may not
more than once lift either foot clear
from the ground nor more than once
slide it along the ground.
The rules governing all the other
jumps are similar to the rules in uni
versaI use, with the exception OF a
clause which says:
eff any competitor swerVes aside at
the taking off line or crosses the TAX
ing off line and touches the ground in
front of it with any part Of his foot
such jumps shall not be measured, and
It shall count against the competitor
as one jump"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
Well Qualified.

you're rather a young man to be
left in charge of a drug shop" said
the fussy old gentleman Have you
any diplomat"
"Why-er-no, sir" replied the shop
man. but we have a preparation OF
our own that's just as good. Scotch
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
INTERESTING BIG LEAGUE TEAM HISTORY

Below will be showing standings OF all the
have been as they are since the fall OF o In that ana
the
competitor Chicago
with Of 2 The Gisn third With PIE
Athletics
National
eatw 1903 they
The highest attained
finished their sason2S7
Ptsburg each taken four pen
finished third AthIetcs
their
in
The Red took in
accomplishment TO the IN ne
victory in a these records show many
are
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13

Plans have been perfected by Train
er Tom Keane of the Syracuse uni
versity track team, for a freshman
field day, to be held at the stadium.
This is an entirely new departure in
that colleges athletics.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
Woman's Age.

Wiggins-Maud says she is %, but
1 happen to know that she was born
in 1885.
Wiseman = My dear chap, you
should know that the date on which
a woman was born has nothing what
ever to do with her age afterwards
Boston Transcript.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
LOOKING Up in Billiard World.

LOOhflS ~ w 1'i'0s9 ''Sst1'
Matters in the billiard world, which
have been very quiet for long time,
are bound to liven up this winter.
Several of the cracks will be seen in
competition.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
MERz SETS NEW WORLD MARX
Covers 1886 Miles in Heavy Car az
74.4 Miles an Hour at Santa
Monica (Cal.) Track.

All American road race records
were broken in the Santa Monica
(Cal) automobile races the other day
when Charles Merz won the heavy car
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
Not at All.

rs this experiment proposition OF
yours a tentative one?"
.'Oh, no. nothing like that. It's
merely a tryin out of the idee.'
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
No Traitor.

Marks-So your italian barber re-
fused to shave you Why was that?
Parks-I told him I'd just had 8
Turkish bath.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13

race at 151.5O6 miles with an average
OF 74.4 miles an hour. His time was
2.02:38.45. Merz's record of 74.4 miles
s,pplanted that of Navarro, made in
Paris in 1910.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-12-13
Three Good Indians.

lack Wheat's an Indian" Bender's
an Indian and Thorpe's an Indian too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-20
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Glass
 Refrigerator

Think of this-you can see at once how nice and sanitary this is and then you can see how. with packing and a thickness of glass on outside and one on inside, how it is we can guarantee to save 25 per cent of your ice bill Then the ice compartment can be taken out and cleaned well and aired. We have a very large air space that gives us a complete circu- lation. and being glass. which secures cleanliness. Then having good cur culation. we are safe in saying that it is the best box made. This re- frigerator looks clean. looks cool, looks pretty-all these combined with the other points can be appreciated when seen.
 In our Grinding Department we sharpen old style razors, safety razors, shears and lawn mowers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-20
HOLDING HER LEAD
Past Week With Pensacola Not So
 Good as Previous One

While other cities along the gulf coast are reporting dull business. Pen sn cola is holding her own with an average movement of about e00o,ooo feet per week. Although the past week vious one. over 5,0o0,o0o feet of lum- Der nd timber was exported. The week previous, however was one of the big gest ever experienced here, over 10,- 000,0e0 feet having been sent out. The exact movement for the past week was 5,123, 000 A greater part of this as has been the case for the past mum Der of weeks, went to European ports. Two million feet, however, went to South American ports being the first movement to the south in some weeks. The trade in this direction has been unusually dull for some time. but there are now indications that this business will materially increase during the next few weeks. There is quite a number of steamers and sailing vessels loading for Rosarla. Montevideo Buenos Ayres ard other points. and much better showing is predicted during the re- rueining summer months.
 Tho European business also gives promise of holding up during the sum mer. Porto Rican and West Indian bus mess has been remarkably slow during the early summer continues. While last week showed up better than the week previous less than half million feet was shipped. This consignment went to Port au Prince.
 For the first time in several months there were no hardwood shipments re- corded last week This week, however, promises to be a good one in this par ticular line. A number of steamers are being loaded at the Louisville and Nash vile docks by the Gulf Transit com pcnY.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-20
Robertson Hard ware Co.
 13 North 20th St.
MILLS ARE BUSY
Savannah Reports Yellow Pine Hard to Get Even at the Advance Prices

Savannah.-The mills in this section re- port that they are filled up with orders and cutting to full capacity. This con dition seems to prevail with both the manufacturers of cypress as well as yell low pine lumber. The demand for dressed stock is exceptionally heavy both from the interior as we'll as New York, Bal timore, Philadelphia and Boston. The prices for dressed stock have advanced recently at both ends of the trade, though the Eastern buyers have not all lowed for the advanced prices of rough lumber that the local dealers claim they have to pay the mills in this section. Lumber is hard to buy even at the ad- vanced prices and many believe that an- other advance will soon come. Buyers on the road report 1t hard to close con tracts and some of the dealers are using the daily papers to advertise for lum- Der, of all kinds, but principally pine and cypress boards.
 It is reported here that the Standard Lumber Company of Florida has sold to the Suwanee Lumber Company of Louis- iana, two hundred million feet of tim ber Oong leaf yellow pine) in Taylor county, Florida. The Suwanee Lumber Company, the report says, will erect a mill with a daily capacity of 75,0o0 feet. at Bowling Park. and that the mill will be equipped with planer, dry kiln, etc.
 Litigation between two prominent lum- bermen was started in the superior court here today when J. N. Jordy of New Or leans filed suit against E. V. Dunlevie of Buffalo for s26,25o alleged to be due him for commissions for the sale of land and timber in Alabama and Geor- ga. Mir Dunlevle was in the city at the time the suit was filed and was served with notice of 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-20
CHICAGO PACKERS
 MUST STAND TRIAL

Chicago. June 19-Judge George A. C carpenter in the United States dis trjct court today denied a motion or J. ogden Armour anu nine other Chi cage packers for rehearing Of thelf motion to auash indictments charging viola tion of the Sherman antitrust act. This means the packers must stand trial.
 No written opinion had been writ ten by Judge Carpenter and he gave no reason for his finding. It is now eX- uected the trial will be reached about next October.
 The latest motion of the packers for a 1ehearing of their motion to quash tle indictments was based on recent decisions of the United States supreme court in the Standard oil and the Amer icau Tobacco cases. Counsel for the hackers held that there had been no ''unrea sonable" restraint of the packing industry. The next move in the case, it is said, will be for the packers to enter plea to the charge in the indict- ments.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-20
DEFEATS
 JOHNNY COSTER

Memphis, June 19-Joe Mandot of New Orleans whose pugilistic fame heretofore has been limited, came into prominence as fighter tonight when he mauled Joe Coster of Brooklyn, regarded as a com tender for the featherweight title. through eight rounds in a bout before the Southern Athletic club and gained an undisputed decision. Al the end Of the fight Coster was bleeding profuse- ly while the New Orleans man was prac- tically unmarked
 lt was Mandots fight in all except one round, 1le firth, when Coster. show ing remarkable recuperatiVe powers box ed 10 better advantage than his op- ponent, but could iuflict no injury Man dot appeared to be resting, anticipating d Knockout before the fight ended In the second round the Brooklyn fighter was floored and again in the sixth he was sent to the mat. In the second the bell came before Coster regained his feet.
 Mandot's chief reliance was a straight blow which he landed repeatedly, while Coster depended almost entirely on left swing Mandot had the advantage of three or four pounds in weight, weighing in at l25 pounds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-20
ADJUSTMENTS
"TwO Orphans

Tn their last production but one at the Bijou theatre the Classy Schiller Players, who have already by their splendid achievements distinguished themselves as the best company that has ever played here during the sum mer last night far surpassed any of their previous offerings with their eN- ceedingly fine presentation of Charles DeEnnbry's romantic drama. Two Or phans"
 With its division of seven acts, Two Orphans" naturally seems on first con sfderation a very formidable undertak- ing for an audience of a summer even ing But such does not prove to be the case when the long succession of events is attempted by so capable 8 company as the Schiller Players.