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The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
Dean swift,s Gentle Protest.

The gentle Dean Swift, In writing to
a friend, describes his first reception
of a comic valentine:
Il was seated in my library when
the postmaster arrived and l opened
the bag. What was my surprise to
find my first greeting on st. Valen-
tines morning to be a representation
of a fat person, with a body like a
pig and head like a dolt. OF course,
1t grieved me. for / always considered
the day one devoted to everything
beautiful In life. But I felt far more
compassion for the unfortunate mental
condition of the sender than l did
for the feelings Of the recipient. which
were, assure you, quite healed be-
fore finished breakfast"
The simplicity of this gentle pro-
test. scarcely a rebuke, is pathetic.
Much more kindly and considerable il
the tender missive. even though It be
sentimental, like the following:
''If you'll be mine
I will be thyme.
And so Good
Morrow, Valentine"
For St Valentines day IL o day %
Joy. OF love, OF happiness.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
Methods Of Plcklno.

Either scalding or the dry-picking
method can be used for fowls intend.
ed for market. but for broilers only
the dry-picking method is allowable.
A chick only a few weeks old is a
very tender bird. but II scalded it will
be found impossible to pick It with.
out occasionally rubbing a little OF
the skin on. These spots will dark
en- and give the broiler a stale look.
The scalding VIII also increase the
tendency to decay. With dry picking
not only will the bird keep much
longer. but the natural firmness OF
the flesh prevents all fear of skin
ming.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05

long had loved a winsome maid,
But when my timld tongue essayed,
Without avail. to tell the tale.
then resolved, though lips might fall,
That pen should speak-and SO / wrote
My lady an impassioned note. /
In every phrase to lovers sweet.
laid my homage at her feet;
Extolled her face and form-in fine.
/ humbly begged that she'd be mine.
Then wreathed 1t round with bloom ana
vine, ,
And signed It thus: Thy Valentine"
That eve we met-I'n ne'er forget q.
Its pain pervades my being yet.
Her cheeks were flushed. her eyes were
bright
With young affections tender light.
Dear jack" said she, you ought to
see
The valentine that cana to me.
Twas twined in roses all ablow,
And arrows sped from Cupid's bow;
And in the midst a rhythmic line
That breathed such burning love divine
II made my heart with rapture thrill
I knew at once that twas from Will"
ITO you. dear Jack, I may confess"
Che said, unheeding my distress,
THAT love is blind, or VIII would see
I'm quite as much in love as he; 4.
But he is such a bashful beau
wish you'd kindly tell him so.'
Moral
When next pen n iovelorn line,
IL sign II Jack" not Valentine"
Harriet Bunker Austin, in National
Magazine.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
CHECK ON THE QUAcK GRASS
Serious Menace Is Eradicated by
Ceaseless Cultivation-How
Farmer Got Rid of Pest.
By r. @. wEATHERsToNE)

CBy r. @. wEATHERSToNE.)
One man in our neighborhood
bought a farm several years ago that
was badly infested with quack grass.
The uplands were free from the pest,
but about twenty acres of creek bot
tom land grew scarcely anything else.
The former owner had let these bot
toms in hay for many years. although
of late he had been moving scarcely
anything but quack.
The other man, however. put the
entire twenty under the pillow, wear
ing out a good many share points in
tearing up the rough sod and more
than once Saying things" Then he
planted corn, after having first har-
rowed and disked, and disked and har-
rowed. until a great many of the
.rsaai<-roots were killed.
"A Eeaseless cultivation was kept up
uAtil the corn was too tall to admit a
cultivator, and the field was gone
over once with the hoe. In the fall
the corn was rather weedy when cut.
still 1t was not half bad. AS the bot
tom was extremely fertile, it was
plowed, narrowed and disked again,
and the corn was put in once more.
The same old story Of cultivation
and hoeing was repeated and even a
larger crop of corn was the result,
with less quack than the fall before.
The bottom looked good for yet an
other crop of corn, SO far the third
time the scratching of the earth con-
tinued. BY that time the quack was
pretty well under control, and it was
no longer a serious menace to the
crop.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
To Clean pIumaoe.

The plumage OF a white fowl can
be cleaned of stain by washing with
clean white or transparent soap that
Is free from much alkali. Make a
strong lather and use your hand and
q soft hair brush. Stroke the feath.
ers downward. from the head to ths
tail.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
Care With Turkeys.

Always be sure that every part OF
am inclosure where the turkey hen
anu poults are kept is well drained
Sometimes the hen will sit down 81
night in a low place and heavy rain
will I'LL the depression with water and
chill or drown the pouts.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
DISCHARGCR FOR HAY FORKS
Looped-Rod Attachment Separates
Load Without Pitch and Jerk In
Ordinary Implement.

The looped-rod attachment for fork
tines shown in the illustration is de.
signed as a load discharger, and sep
arates the fork from its load without
the pitch and jerk required with the
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05

In many of the European countries
the ST. Valentine day kiss was ex-
changed between young people as a
token OF good will. The exact nature
OF such an osculatory performance is
somewhat vague. Though the same
conscientious chronicler does not men,
ton the relationship. ii suggested that
the st. Valentine day kiss is a third
cousin at least. deceased. Of the IA
nous soul kiss. There is some doubt
on this point, however, for in no way
can an exegesis OF the word affinity"
lead the investigator back to that
time. On the other hand. the fact that
this custom is now in vogue uni
versally--not on st. Valentines day,
but on other days. and far into the
night as WELLS significant. The only
difference Is that the so-called st.
Valentine day kiss of the present Is
token Of good willard other things.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
Load Discharged.

ordinary fork. The rods loop over
the points of the tines and are carried
back to rocker bar operated by a
steel sleeve that slides on the handle.
The apparatus Is especially useful in
the handling OF corn stalks.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
seott's Tribute to the Day.

Love rules the court. the camp. the
grove.
And men below. and saints above;
For love Is heaven. ana heaven is love
sir Walter Scott.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05

II. after sing-songing these words
FOR a stated number OF times they
should first meet other than the one
on whom OF all mentioned In their
roundelay their hearts we're set they
scattered In great fright.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
SOUGHT Their s~eethearts.

In England the schoolgirl OF a half
a century ago plucked at the buttons
ON their gowns and uttered in a
sing-song monotone on st. Valentines
day the verse:
Tinker. tailor.
Soldier. sailor.
Apothecery.
Ploughboy, thief"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05
Qld-Ilma Valentine.

The earnest and most popular st
Valentines day jingle that has been
handed down TO the present time:
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05

The rose is red,
The violet blue.
Sugar is sweet.
And so are YOU"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05

For St Valentines day IL o day o.
Joy. OF love, OF happiness
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-02-05


of disabled seamen employed on ships
flying the American flag. For nearly
half century the federal government
gave free medical attendance to sal
lors. but In 1916 by another act OF
congress a system OF industrial insur-
ance. in principle exactly like the
Lloyd George insurance act OF Eng
land. was adopted. The master OF
each ship was required to keep back
from the wages of each sailor
forty cents a month. This sum was
to pay, in part, for the maintenance
of a marine hospital.
In 1884 these deductions were dis
continued. and a tonnage tax instead
was imposed upon the owners of the
vessels. In 1902 this tax in turn was
discontinued. the deficiency being
made up from a straight appropria.
ton. Today the marine hospitals OF
the United States public health serv.
ice still give free medical and surg!.
cal aid to sailors. but the sailor must
come ashore before he can be treated.
The Gardner proposition would wide.
ly extend the scope and usefulness OF
the hospital service. bringing II hun.
dreds OF miles out into the ocean 20
the very bunk OF the sick seaman.
II is known that the house commit.
tee is seriously considering the es.
tablishment OF a contributory insur.
ance system for the fishermer--a sys.
TEN much like that established by
congress In 1876. What makes that
committee hesitate is the fear OF
opening up the entire question OF In
surance for workers
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18

planting successive milestonos in his on.
ward march as no other artist ever did;
Cor, In no other can we trace the psy-
Geological development from drama to
drama SO closely; il was his own life
that he portrayed. Such man could
not stop to do full justice to his con-
temporarles, to view their work dispas.
slonately from every angle. "I believe
in God, Mozart and Beethoven was
the creed of his early manhood, Even
of Bach. whom he adored, he once said,
Sc His noble human head endeavors to
emancipatc inself from the perruaue.D -
Mozart and Beethoven alone remained
enthroned in the firmament Of his art
rs gods, pure and undefiled.
BY man who loved naturaIness
above all things and who, throughout
his entire career, painfully pursued his
way back TO conditions diyested of cer-
tain political and social principles In
which he no longer believed, ali influ-
ences which might have hampered or
retarded The propaganda on behalf Of
ms art must have been regarded as in.
lmlcal. Hence he was not attacked
only as an artist, but also as a man.
To one so constituted our so-called mod
'ern gentility' and 'respectability"
were especially abhorrent From the
manner In which he occasionally refers
to these, be must have regarded them
rs cloak for ignorance, incompetence,
GOODNESS and seltishness = Musical
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ocG0Dod%SASSooS

ability and vast knowledge, are
inclined to be opposed to about
anything and everything that may
come up.
s'Now, with the audiences here
in New York and particularly with
those that attend the philharmonic
concerts, there is no prejudice in
advance, one way or the other.
They come, in the first place, to
enjoy. Then, to learn and un-
derstand.
"In Berlin they have got TO the
point where one might say if YOU
were TO N-ray the attitude of all
the cognoscenti and the musically
informed. you would find that it
might be expressed by tho qucs-
tion:
"sWe wonder what will be
wrong tonight
Gas q wit once said of the Ber-
liners:
g 'Sie sind blssiert; Sic gIau-
ben Sic verstehen alles'-They arc
blase; they really. believe they ur-
derstand everything.
"And indeed, in many ways, it
can be said to their credit, they
are not far from wrong.
"Perhaps I should add, If I ex-
pressed my full thought in the
matter, that the good Berliners
really have too much, not only
good music, but too much music
OF the highest class, and so, in a
measure, they are spoiled.
Mccormack and Tetrazzini Sail.
John Mccormack, the Irish teno'
md Nine. Tetrazzini, soprano, wer
mong those who sailed for Europe 0
Tuesday last on the Kronprinzessi
yecilie. Mr.. Mccormack sang sixty
i ght times during the season and,
S said. made 100000, though he rt
used to mention the exact sum.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18

OF copper or bronze. At leas. one me-
diaeval organ used heated water"
possibly an early application OF steam:
but perhaps only prevention OF
freezing.
Pope Vitalianus used an organ in
the church service as early as about
6G6 a. d. In the ffext century organs
were made in England. King Pepln
OF France received a present OF one
from the Byzantine emperor, and
Charlemagne introduced the instru-
ment into Germany. In those days IL
was a primitive affair. and could only
give "full organ effects: SO ~ is
hardly surprising TO read that a LADY
hearing IL played.
The English monk Wuistan. who
died In 9G5. gave full description or
the cathedral organ at Winchester;
There were twelve bellows above. and
fourteen below. worked by seventy
strong men" There were 800 pipes.
ten for each draw-rod- These rods
marked with letters. served as keys.
and were plsyed by two men. Ihe
notes would strike the seven diner
ences Of joyous sounds. adding the
music OF the lyric semi tone that is.
o diaton,c scaie with Il fiat seventh
added. Like thunder the iron tones
batter the ear adds Wulstan. so
that IL may receive no sound but that
A small porta ble organ. called the
Royals, was used in the Middle ages.
and as late as Morteverde's time
The larger stationary organ was
called the Positive term still some
times used I'm France, KEYS came In
during the eleventh century. In the
form OF heavy levers. The early
keys We're so large that they had 10
be played ~ the fist. and II the per-
formers hands grew sore he was
allowed TO use his elbows. In l3oo
Polish monk made an organ with
twenty-five KEYS, and in 1851 NichD-
las Faber finished the Halberstadt
organ. designed by Pretorius. In the
latter the fIil-orgsn effect was mod
ihed by having different keyboards
for different pipes. Later. sliding
board was used to cut of certain
pipes. and fnally Timotheus worked
out the stop ana sound board Idea
for an organ a WurZburg. The Lu-.
beck organ of 1915 had two manu-
ais, a set OF pedals with 32-foot
principal for deep tones. nifty seven
stops and "A swell-boN 1t was this
organ that RuXiehude used when
Bach walked nfty miles 10 hear him.
Americans should remember the
date Of 11t3 for in that year the
Puritans refused Edward Brattle's
Gift of the .igst organ imported into
the colonies. The Instrument went
TO Kings Chapel. Later on IL was
passed to Newhuryport, and is still In
existence ut Portsmouth,. y. II. The
first American organ vas made by
Edward Bromiield. Jr,, In l1fa.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18

Reports from Europe indicate that
in Marie Caslcva, America can claim
another woman violinist who will at
tract international attention, Al
though this young woman is only Is
years Of age, she has already demon
strated her right to rank with the big
figures in the violin world.
She halls originally from ST Louis,
Mo-, and as Il girl OF 6 she began the
study of the violin with no intention
of making it her life work.
AT the age of II she returned to ST.
Louis. where her work attracted gen
eral attention, and she appeared under
the auspices of the st. Louis symphony
society as soloist of one of the popular
concerts. The following year she played
before the Amphion club, Alfred c.
Robyn directed the orchestra and Miss
Caslova's work in the Brnch concerto
won her a place in the highest musical
circles.
The next winter she again appeared
as a symphony concert soloist. playing
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
American Girl Only l8
Wins Fame With Violin

the Mendelssohn concerto, Max Zach
directing the orchestra, Her work on
this occasion completed her conquest
OF st. Louis and won her an ovation.
Steps were at once taken to have her
sent abroad to complete her study. For
nearly year she studied at Pisek, Bo~
hemia, with Otakar Sevcik When she
had been with Sevcile only @ few
months she received the honor of be"
ing one Of the two sooists chosen for
big concert given Mt Tabor, Bohemia.
under Sevcik S management, playing
the Paganlnl concerto with the Sauret
cadenza, Later she went to Berlin,
where Carl Flesch accepted her as a
pupil, As Professor Flcsch appeared
IN concerts so extensively he was un-
able TO do coaching, so Miss Caslova
continued her preparations for her con-
cert tour under Arrigo Serato
DR.. Emil Gutnan IS attention has also
been directed to the young artist, who
Will make her American tour during the
season OF l9l3-l4 under the personal
direction of Mare Lagcn.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18

patterns no one knew any better.
! do not suppose that the fifteenth
century public mad any suspicion that
NJ! The matter they heard were just
pinned together by a "Canto Ferlno."
nor that This "Canto F'errno' was al
ways the samoan old ribald popular
song entitled La Icte Armee' writ
ten In immensely long. slow notes to
take ali the JiS out OF il.
But what about the composer who
himself? The most curious insta nee
OF this was Schubert. who frequently
wrote the same song or movement
a second time, In sheer forgetfulness.
10 neme only one instance. the pretty
theme Of the second movement In his
mirror sonata reoppeGrs in 4 decid-
edlT less attractive form In the last
movement OF the sonata In A major.
and yet again In one of the plano
duets There have been many COM
nosers. ancient as well as modern,
who have knowingly warmed UP their
dishes OF yesterday. but Schubert did
II @ bsolutclY unconSciously.
The real hot-bed of plagiarism. In
tentio0al and upintentonal is what is
known as Folk song, which may be
considered To include It's modern or
spring, the music hall song Any
tunes will reveal the fact that not
only II the same tune often revived
TO fresh words but the same words
are set 10 many different tunes, so
that there is no question of the spon-
tauecus production and natural
growth which ore SO often claimed for
this class OF music. And IL you try
TO trace the origin OF any one tune
you find so many other tunes closely
resembling IL that il is never pos
slble to discover the original version
How many people have tried to ind
out who composed God Save the
Eing?" II goes back and back till In
the time o. Henry VIII you find a
hundred minuets with family re-
scmblance to II.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
Concert at Liberty Park.

Mollerup's military band of thirty
pieces, under the direction Of C. Mol
lernp, will be heard in full concert
TINS AFTERNOON at Liberty park from 4
to o'clock. The programme follows:
March, ''Diabolo" .... Charles Roberts
Overture, Poet and Peasant"
1,,,,; .;,r ;,...,,:,; Franz Suppe
Selection. Sounds From irela nT nd" strauss
49,, 49, s-....,e.-.- w, BendlX
Pilgrims Chorus from Tam
hauser .....,.,..., r. Wagner
Bits Of Remicks Hits. No. IL (new)
Overture, italians in Alsiersr. .....
,;s.. &c. Rossini
Uncle Toms Cabin" a dream pic
ture OF the old south. ...J B. Lampe
Selection from the. popular opera,
A Hunting Scene (descriptiye). ......
........ ,.....s...P. Bucalossl
Soldiers Chorus from Fast" "....
-.-.--,..., Charles Gounod
Finale, "Star-Spangled Banner"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
IN VARIED KEYS

The Choyistcrs aCd Orgar!sts associa-
ton OF Pioneer stake vas organized last
Tuesday. with these officers: President.
Tracy Y Cannon: first counselor. Garrit
De Jong, stake orgaEist second counsel
or, j. a. Hancock: secretary and treas
urer, a. J. Eardley: librarian, to he Sc
lected,
At ST. Pauls Episcopal church SUNDAY
morning. mems chorus viii sing as the
offertory. savior. Comfort Me. TO :he
music OF Gottschalk's Last Hope
Tracy Cannon has composed two lula
by songs one OF them based on native
Indian music. for the general board ct
the Y L. NJ l. A, which is making
collection of songs.
Prof A. c. Lund Of Provo is prepar-
ing for a celebration OF the one hundredth
anniversary of the birth of Richard Wag-
ner TO take place in Provo May 20. He
has engaged John 7, Hand 10 represent
the tenor section OF the great writer's
works. Mr.. Hand will sing Walters
Preislied. from die Meistersinger Won
NurnhcTg j"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
Will Sing for NJ. q. A.

Tuesday evening. May 23. there will be
given in the taberna clc concert BIZ the
school children OF the city for the n y.
a. fund, The Tabernacle choir and the
Euterpe club Will assist.
Supervisor OF Music William 4. Wetzsll
is making excellent progress IN the work
of preparation Third and fourth grade
pupils are being divided into three
groups whose part II Will be 10 give Sc
lections from the school music read ere.
including class songs. The eighth grade
chorus viii be chosen At contest 20 be
held at the Lafayette school next We'd
nssday night, SIX schools being entered
for this contest. viz, the Bryant. JET
ferson. Lafayette. Washington, Riverside
and Jackson. The winning chorus IL 10
sing the Russian Lullaby in \ minor.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-18
Plagiarism in Music

An extended and comprehensive, ably
Music" appears In the current Issue Of
the Etude from the pen OF Frederick
Corder. professor of composition in the
ROYAL Academy of Music. London. Omit
ding the technicalities. the salient points
OF the article follow:
In the very early days OF music.
as I'm those of literature and the
drama novelty of matter was neither
sought nor desired. AS Boccacc!o re-
told all the old unfragrant stories
that had been current for centuries
and Chaucer told them again-as
Shakespeare took all his feeble plots
from previous draElatists ana made
them his own by clothing Of death
lsss poetry. so did the early musicians
cast the meaEer stock OF current
phrases into the wardrobes OF their
minds and II the garments were
pretty well always cut To the Same