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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

w YHY are prima donnas un-
W reasonable, caprlcious. vto-
w lent. often ungrateful-as
we'll as generally delightfulf
Because, says science, they have
enormously developed sensory CEN
tres In their brains, while their
higher inhibitory moral centres have
been switched of
Nearly all the great ''tempera-
mental geniuses" OF history have e2-
hIbited the same peculiarities.
Professor David Edgar Rice. Pm.
ID. columbia University, formerly
OF ColumbIa's department OF psychol-
ogy, has explained the underlying
reasons In a profound and scientinc
manner. -
The truth, very simply and un-
scientifically stated, seems TO be tnet
the prima donna and the "tempera'
mental genius" have a very large
blood supply, and very large oraln
centres, In a certain locality OF rne
brain, and that the higher moral ana
intellectual centres OF the prafn are
comparatively neglected.
1t can hardly be called the prlme
donna's fault, She has been gifted
nv nature with an enormous centre
of vocal expression In her Drann,
which uses up 30 mucn plooo anu
nervous energy that her moral ano
intellectual centres do NOT nave na'h
a chance.
Remember that, according to Pro-
fessor Rice, there are rempera,
mental geniuses" and intellectual
eepiuses." Herbert Spencer was an
"intellectual genius" and was not
expected to do anything unreasoh'
able, Richard Wagner was tem'
peramental genius" and he was e2'
pected to throw a wine bottle al MS
host or do something at least as
startling as that once DAY. Anu
prima donnas share the pecuilarltieS
os "temperamental geniuses.'
First, let us satisfy ourselves thas
prima donnas are unreasonable. anu
then let us go more deeply Into the
science that shows why they are
unreasonable.
Oscar HammersteIn discovered
beautiful young American singer
named Felice Lyme, She became
famous in a single night after she
sang Gilda in "Rigoletto' at Ham
merstein's London Opera House She
Is only twenty years old
The King and Queen went to hear
Fel!ce Lyme, and the Queen told her
that she had "a perfectly lovely
voice" Every honor fell TO her
largely as a result of the discrimin-
ating enterprise Of Oscar Hammer
stein.
a few weeks ago the impTesarlo
advertised Madame Berthe Cesar, the
noted French prlma donna, as Mar
Guerite In Faust. role in which
Miss Lyme had been singing. Miss
Lyme felt aggriaved at Mr.. Ham.
mersteip, and at the next rehearsal.
when she met him, she heat him
over the head with the heavy score
OF the work which had made her
famous, thereby causing him ''great
bodily pain and mental anguish" as
the lawyers would e1pres~ it
Another illustration OF the prlna
donna temperament was furnished
the other day by Miss F'ritzi Schef.
This sprighuy young person was
travelling in a special car on the
Union Pacific Railroad. In the morn.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

tain facial muscles, the surgeon
KNOWS exactly where to locate the
tumor that is causing the trouble.
III 1t Is case Of one-sided paralysis.
he knows precisely what artery In
the brain has been injured.
"AE result Of these investiga-
tions 1t has been found that certain
parts Of the brain are the seat Of
the impulses which man shares with
the lower animals, while certain
other areas are the centre OF the
so-called higher processes which con-
troll or inhibit the purely animal Inn.
pulses,
"We often see a shifting OF men
tai control from the higher to the
lower senses in good man who
suddenly goes wrong. Stevenson de-
picted one form of this shifting In
his Strange case Of DR.. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde We see 1t also In the
case OF intelligent. agreeable men
who succumb to the effects OF alco.
hol, cocaine or opium.
SIN the case OF the prlma donnas
the over-development of their special
senses checks the operation of the
higher inhibitory processes, which
are, perhaps. naturally weak, All
control is removed, and the wild anil
NAL In her. though beautiful and
artistic one RACES without restraint
''Lombroso mentions greatly height
ened sensibility as the most promi.
uent characteristic OF many Of the
individuals whom he regards aS
geniuses. He says: If we seek the
differences which separate n man OF
genius from an ordinary man, we
find that they consist in very great
part in an exquisite, and sometimes
perverted eensibility.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

trembling, sometimes terminating
with kind Of fainting it
"Malibran, on first hearing Beet
hoven's symphony in G minor, had a
convulsive attack, and had to be
taken out of the hall.
"Musset Gonrourt. F1aubert, Car
lyle had SO delicate a perception of
sounds thai the noises of the streets
and bells were insupportable to them.
"Urquiza tainted on breathing the
odor OF a rose. Byron had a con-
vulsiye attack on seeing Kean act.
The painter Francia died OF joy on
seeing one Of Raphaels pictures"
We shall find Professor Rice's sci.
entitlc facts and theories extensively
confirmed by the lives Of the most
famous musicians and actors,
Most of the great musicians wera
"supermen," according to the pbi,.
osophy OF Nletzsche. They Eer,
above morality. 1t Is said that onIv
one great musician was thoroughly
moral That was Beethoven. He had
such !. great. well-developed brain
that his inhibitory centres were abla
10 overcome his artistic eccentrlcI-
ties, but there wac a terrific, srruep,.
between the two.
Beethoven abandoned the courtsb,n
OF beautiful young girl, who loved
him, simply because he was deaf
and mlddle-aged, and felt that he
should not tie her life TO his But
he Is an amazing exception among
genuses,
Richard Wagner stole the wife q,
his most devoted admirer. Fran,
List was no better There ar.
comparatively only few great
musicians and singers who have
not gratifed their sensory Impulse,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

connected with hny ehreads- Wnen
the expression centres are workmg
vigorously these little dots can hardly
get In a suggestion sldewise. Now,
a commonplace respectable person
would have good-slzed moral inhiot
tory centres hitched together like
well-conducted electric circuit
Much Of our knowledge OF the
localization Of brain functions comes
through the surgical treatment OF
brain diseases. II patient is found
to be suffering from paralysis OF Ger"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

veryuody knows that sar,h :.
hardt is apt to reflect the vs.s
OF her remarkable mind hv =
Ing mkpots at her asrc,st,s
other acts Of violence InSr.
centres have no work IA ~ y
Mrs Brown Potter becams :
struck, deserted her huahs -
went on the stage with KyrJs ~
an actor o. remarka6ie ~ ~
Some time later she left hr
lost reputation and drawing :.
His last years, 1t is said ys5s
blttered by her action.
The temperament OF the ezra.
short is a compound OF syc'
sensibilitles without adeauats- !
ecous control. The prima DOM
the actress share this tempers,
with more or less Of the Reni-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23
Because Science Tells U.s. the Expression Centres
the Poor Little Higher Inhibitory Centres fire Starred

without regard to the feelings or
the rights Of others.
The list of capricIous modern act.
resses proves the same tendency.
Ellen Terry made her reputation In
the company headed by Sir Henry
Irving, and abandoned him In his
old age when he was beginning 10
lose some of the prosperity he had
formerly enjoyed.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

1.-The first time that Alf1eri heard
music he experienced, as 1t were, a
dazzling In his eyes and ears. He
passed several days In a strange but
agreeable melancholy. Berlioz has
described his emotions on hearing
beautiful music: First, a sensation
OF voluptuous ecstasy. Immediately
followed by general agitation with
palpitation. oppression. sobbing.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

Miss Mary Garden, Who Snubbed
Mrs. David Mayer, Who Had
Paid for Her Musical Education.
II Was Not Interested in Them
When They Were Helping Me-"
Said Miss Garden, "but Only in
My Own Career. Paid Them
Back Because ] Would Consider
II a Discredit to Owe Money
to Such People"
out and leave the others in good
order
Language seems to be the centre
most concerned In the prlma donnas
and other artists we are discussing
"It must be obvious to anybody
that IL there is an enormous develop
ment In one region Of the brain. an
other is likely to be neglected. The
organism possesses only a certain
vitality. and II one part is abuor-
mally developed another Is corre-
spondingly undeyeloped.
DOUBTLESS there are large ganglln
around the expression area In the
prima donna's brain, connected up
with large white 6bres. On the
other hand, her moral inhibitory
centres are just little pInhead dots
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

Miss FeIce Lyme Achieved World Wide Fame as Prma
Donna at the Age Of Twenty Through the Efforts of
ammersten Just Because He Had Engaged Another Pna
Donna Without njuring Position Miss Lyme Slapped Mr.
Hamn1erstein in the Face with Lot of Music
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

that the tendency Of science is to
localize, more and more, various
mental faculties In certain groups
OF nerve cells.
1T has been found that the lam
guage centre is split up and special
lied In most extraordinary man.
ner," said Professor Rice. "A man,
for instance, may know English and
French and Greek Then he may
suffer an injury to his brain, and
he will be found to have lost his
knowledge Of English, but to have
retained his knowledge Of French
and Greek. In fact any one OF two
languages Of the group may be cut
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which are concerned with the WILL
and the association centres, con-
cerned with the appetites and de-
sires based on Internal sensations
There Is a correspondence be
tween the richer blood supply OF the
posterior region Of the brain IN Wom'
en-. and their delicate powers OF
sensuous perception, raptdity OF
thought and emotional sensiolllty,
and between the richer blood supply
of the anterior region In men ano
their greater originality on the
higher levels Of intellectual WORK.
their calmer judgment and stronger
viii.
THE crown OF the woman's Skull
Ia fiatter than the mans. but the
back of her brain is relatively larger
hicp
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

Now investigation
shows that the tenn
peramental genius usu-
ually possesses a brain
that is highly develop
ed at the back, 1, e.. In
the region where the
woman's brain also La
relatively most devel-
oped In a musician, a
poet OF an artist the
centres Of hearing, see
ing and language are
most highly developed
and these, as We have
seen, are In the back OF
the brain.
Now, the prima don.
ma Is an artist and con-
siderably more Of a wo-
man than the average
woman. 30 that the
phenomena which are
constantly going on In
the posterior part of
her brain must be sim
ply amazing, and an e1-
cuse for any sort Of di.
does.
Professor Rice agrees
with Sir james Crich-
ton Browne concerning
the distinction between
the Hensory aud higher
tnhibttory areas of the
brain. He points out
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-23

w YHY are prima donnas un-
W/ reasonable, caprlcious, vto-
w lent often unErateful-as
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-05
GIRL WHO ELoPED
Foretta WhaIey Who Ran Away
With Rev. J. X. Cock.

Hampstead, L. l., April 4.-Floretta
Whaley, once a pretty choir singer Of
st. Georges Episcopal church in this
place, who eloped five years ago,
when she was only II years old, with
the Rev. Jere Knode Cooke, rector
of the church. has been visiting her
grandmother, Mrs. Kaziah Whaley,
here since Sunday. So changed is
the girl, who has now grown into wo-
manhood, that old friends who saw
her in the street failed to recognize
her.
Cooke, who was dismissed from the
ministry after his elopement, did not
come here, as Mrs. Whaley long ago
said that there would always be a
welcome at her home for her grand
daughter, but never for the man who
deserted his wife to run away with
the girl Mrs. Whaley took in her
granddaughter two boys, Paul and
Chester, youngsters of and years
and it was their appearance in the
yard of the Whaley home that result
ed in the discovery of Floretta's re
turn
1t was because of her sons that
the girl, now 20 years old, left heI
home in San Francisco and came tC
visit her grandmother. There wa:
an epidemic of scarlet fever near the
home of Floretta and Jere Cooke
and the young mother feared for tn,
children. The couple with the TIVE
small boys left San Francisco, whit
her they went after their departur,
from this village, on March 5 and ar
rived in New York on March II
Cooke is staying somewhere in Man
haitian, though his address is kept
secret by Floretta and her grand
mother
The report spread through this vi
lage that Floretta Whaley had re
turned to receive a legacy from tn
estate of an uncle and also none
which was left in trust for her by he
father well-to-do hotel proprietor
The accounts of the wealth whic
Miss Whaley was to inherit are sal
to be greatly exaggerated, however
and former friends of the girl are ce
tain that she came east for the rei
son that she has stated-simply I
remove her children from the DANCE
of disease.
| Cooke started in the interior de,
Grating business in San Francisco
and is said to have prospered
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-05
ANARCHISTS HAD
TO KISS FLAG At
SAN DIEGO
We're Then Driven Out Of the
Community
MET BY ARMED DEPUTIES
Anarchists Claimed to Be Members
of the Industrial Workers Of
the World

San Diego, Cal. April 5-Nearly 100
Industrial Workers of the World, all
of whom admitted that they were an
archists, knelt on the ground and
kissed the folds of an American flag
at dawn today near San Onofre, a
small settlement a short distance this
side of the Orange County boundary
line.
The ceremony, which was most I'M
willingly performed, was Witnessed
by forty-ive deputy constables and a
large body of armed citizens OF San
Diego. The men who were thus
forced to show respect to the Natio-
nal emblem composed the party that
left Santa Ana on a freight train
the night before and whose coming
was awaited by the deputies and
armed citizens who had gone out in
automobiles TO meet them and drive
them back.
The Industrial Workers were
stopped at San Onofre and detained
there until this morning.
After the flag kissing the Industrial
Workers were divided into squads OF
FIVE and placed in command of de
tails of deputies. Then the march to
the line was started, and the process
sion moved to the tune of the "Stal
Spangled Banner" in which the In
dustrial Workers were compelled tc
make at least show of joining. Al
the Orange County line the men who
had come from Santa Ana were Civ
en- a parting caution to keep out Of
San Diego County. They started
north on the railroad track.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-05
FLOODS SHOWING
NO PROSPECT Of
AbATING
Vast Damage Along the Miss
lssippi is Increasing
MANY TOWNS THREATENED
lnundatlon 9oIlutes City Drinking
Water and Brings Added Danger
OF Epidemcs

Memphis, Tenn, April 5.-No sign
of abatement of the food which for
days has dealt or threatened disaster
all along the banks of the Mississippi
river from ST. Louis 10 Arkansas
City, comforted yesterday the thous-
ands of homeless sufferers waiting
for the return of normal conditions
to 20 home and find out what the
water has left them. Instead the
water came from the north in ever
increasing volume, with predictions
that more would follow. Last night
saw the river within two-tenths of
foot of what the Memphis weather
forecaster has termed the dead line
IA feet In his opinion, the leyees
will go when the pressure represent.
ed by that much water is reached. A
stage of As feet, 10 feet above the
danger line, is predicted. Weak
spots have appeared, too, at Mound
City Ark, and at the Reelfoot levee,
west of Hickman, Ky
All along the river the shifts Of
men engaged in reinforcing the sore
ly.tested leyees were urged TO re-
doubled efforts, while behind the
dikes those who had not obeyed the
warning and fed gathered up or Sc
cured their movable property and
| fastened to the hills. Numerous I'M
1 confirmed reports Of breaks in
levees, not designed to withstand an
unheard-of food, increased anxiety
/ the length OF the danger zone. The
/ day, however brought relief In the
/ shape of provisions and tents to the
$500 refugees at Hickman. Ky. that
/ number including the 1000 driven
from their homes in the factory dis
trict there and 1900 gathered in from
the submerged area across on the
Missouri side Gov Harmon Of Ohio
yesterday offered more tents for the
sufferers In Kentucky and Tennessee
AT Memphis, whore no less than a
dozen firstclass river steamboats, are
tied up. the flooding OF the whole OF
the low-lying north section, il is
feared, has polluted the water sup
ply The health authorities have
warned the residents OF the closed-ir
section to boil the drinking water as
"a A'NNAAANf AAANNuANa MN AfAAN
list reached 10 yesterday. At Burkes
Vile. KY, Miss Allen Alexander was
drowned when a boat capsized IN IN,
overfowed section of Red River A
negro was drowned at New Madrid
Mo. At Craigs Landing. Mo, II EN-
ployes Of the Menge hox company o.
Hickman. Ky. were placed for tim,
in desperate predicament. having
remained behind when 80 Others
were taken away in boats. At length
they were rescued.
One OF the phases Of the food Il
the stoppage OF practically all trafn,
not only on the Mississippi. but OF
the Ohio and the other navigabl
tributaries OF the father Of waters
Usually a big river" is the signal TO
an unusual amount OF traffic. EspeC
tally is this true OF the coal fleets
: from Pittsburg which 20 down th
Ohio whenever possible on n rise.
Now, however, hundreds Of barge
and coal boats are fast waiting unit
the Mississippi is open for towboat
again. High water too. on most O
the streams keeps the larger steam
boats tied up because they cannot ge
under the bridges.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-05
COMEDY OF COMPLICATIONS
excuse Me" at the Opera House Next
Thursday Evening

The next attraction at the local OPP
era house, Thursday evening, April
IL. will be Henry w. Savage's newest
Offering, a farclcal play by Rupert
Hughes entitled Excuse Me- The
production promises to be on the
usual vast and elaborate Savage man
ner and for its Interpretation this
prolific producer has assembled a
noteworthy cast.
The action of Excuse Me" takes
place on an Overland Express be
tween Chicago and San Francisco.
The story concerns itself with the hui
morous incidents to such a journey.
and the result of throwing together
for several days, strangers Of widely
contrasted types.
The principal characters are a
young army officer and a society girl,
who have eloped, but are unable TO
get married during the journey.
A counter plot Is that of a crusty
old bachelor and a typical old spin
ster who are disguised at the sentim-
entalism OF the young clippers. They
meet on the train after years OF sep
aration and in the course OF CONVEX
sation discover that they were sweet
hearts as children They get mar
ried on the train in the second act
The clipping couple try to have the
minister marry them. but the train
starts and they are left detached.
Another counterplot is that OF q
married couple who have quarreled
and they are both rushing for Rene
surreptitiously They surprise each
other by meeting on the train, and
each conhdes In friend OF the oppos
tie sex SO cordially that both become
Jealous, and when the train reaches
Reno. neither will get on; and they
finally decide to continue on togeth
or Complication after complication
follow each other in rapid sequence
throughout the three acts OF the play
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-05
LOCAL OVERFLOW

Miss llilda Folland who recently
finished her course ut Bliss Business
college In North Adams. has accept.
cd a position In Attleboro. Mass.
a select school has been opened
by Miss Hathaway in the attractive
offices OF the Valentine mill on Pleas.
ant street. A limited number of pu.
pills can be accommodated. and will
receive careful training and educa.
ton.
There will be a regular meeting Of
Bennington council, Knights OF Col.
umbus, this evening Following the
session OF the council there will be
special meeting Of the Easter ball
committee. All members are request.
ed to be present
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-05
MRS. EMELlNE PARKHURsr
Native Of Halifax Who Died Saturday
In PoWnal.

Mrs. Emeline Parkhurst. aged 70
died az her home on Main street i'm
Pownal, Saturday afternoon at $40
o'clock, after an illness OF many
months with gastritls.
Mrs. Parkhurst was Miss EmelIne
Sumner OF Halifax, VI. She was
twice married. her first husband DO.
ing Charles II. Fairbanks OF Halifax
Her second husband was Charles
Parkhurst OF North Adams
Mrs. Parkhurst is survived by two
children. James Fairbanks OF Cam.
bridge, N. Y, and Mrs. Nellie Craw.
ford OF Pownal. Also by two broth.
ers, John Sumner OF Pownal Center
and Hoyt Sumner OF Stamford
and two step-sons, Wallace Parkhurst
and Lawyer G. ]. Parkhurst of North
Adams, and several grandchildren.
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WON'T BETRAY OUTLAWS
Allen kinsman Refuses $500 Re.
wsrd-False Report of Killing.

Hillsville, Va, April Another
days pursuit of the Court House as
sassins still at large had brought no
news of success from the posses in
the mountains late tonight
Jordon Edwards, one of the Allen
kinsmen arrested yesterday, charged
with giving aid to Sidna Allen and
Wesley Edwards, the only two out
laws of the band who have not been
taken, got a grilling at the hands OF
the detective chiefs today in the
hope that he might tell the where.
abouts of his kinsmen. The mount
aineer was firm. and did not betray
them. He scorned an offer that the
$1,000 offered for the men should be
his If he gave them up. II developed
that he is in Sidna Aliens debt. De
tectives have found great many
others in this country in the same
plight who fear being suspected OF
aiding the officers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-05
WON'T LET WILSON SPEAK
Rock lslant- H., Mayor Fears Out
break by the populace.

Rock Island. H., April carrying
out his purpose to prohibit any politi-
cal meetings until after the primaries
next Tuesday, Mayor II. NJ. Schriver
today notified a committee In charge
Of arrangements for Gov. Woodrow
Wilson's reception here next sntur.
day that no demonstration would be
allowed aud that Gov. Wilson would
not be permitted to make an address
Mayor Schriver said this was
necessary to prevent possible dem
onstratlon like that OF a week ago
when several persons were killed and
many Injured.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-04-05
CHRIS PANKHURsT HERE
Wanted British suffraoist Has Es.
capped to This Country.

New York. April 5.-Christabel
Pankhurst, who with her mother
leads the militant English suifra-
gettes and for whom Scotland Yard
has been searching since the night Of
March with a warrant for her ar
rest on charge OF conspiracy, ar
rived here on the Cunard liner Mau.
retania on Friday March 80, under
an assumed name, II was learned yes
terday and is now in hiding in this
city. 1t is understood that she had
conference with her younger sister.
Miss Sylvia, on Tuesday night before
the latter sailed for England on the
Mauritania. Sylvia Pankhurst, II Is
thought supplied her sister with
funds from the money she made on
her lecture tour in this country and
returned to London to help direct
the suffrage fight there.