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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-16

| ton Of their compatriots still ~,
Turkish power. In 1886, eastern pas
melia was incorporated into the D.,
garian principality. in direct onnos,
ton to the ruling Of the European d,a
lomats. This union gave a greatly y
creased working force, and while s,,u
improving steadily their own conM
tions. the people Of larger Bulgaria Ia
gan carefully planned education,
scheme. Of the most unselflsh tvns
among their own people in Macedoni,
This drain financially to an alread,
heavily-taxed nation has been t,a
mendous one, but so fully has the "a
sponsibility been felt, not once Ia,
there been any cessation of the work
True Patriotism.
With this one. all-controlling desIn
to free all the Balkan region from ths
deadly Turkish grip, Bulgaria, at great
sacrifice of men, treasure and time
since all her young men in their prime
must give at least two years to MILL
tary service organized years ago. an
army to that end, and drilling under
competent leaders was incessant
When, last fall, the time came for the
blow to be struck practically every
man available for active service was
ready and eager to go. The recruiting
stations were crowded with the thou
sands anxious to go to the front To
the complete surprise of the Turks and
the rest of the world there was no
hitch In the plan or preparation.
deeper and truer patriotism than is
often seen. was back of the readiness
of this nation to fight. Stories of past
Bulgarian and Macedonian atrocities
SO foul and horrible as to be but whis
pered with bated breath, had strength
ened the purpose and nerved the arm
to put forever out of Europe the hated
Turk.
In considering the rapid progress
made by Bulgaria the query naturally
arises as to how this has been accom-
plished. Racial character, travel edu.
cation and contact with other pro-
gressive nations have each had part
and share in the great result. But
those who know most fully the condi
lions In the past forty years give large
credit to two rather unusual infu.
ences- One is Robert college, which
has trained. almost without exception,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-16
MAKING TRAP FOR RABBIT,
toin and Materials Required-Use
Apple on Trigger.

In response to a query for directions
to make a rabbit trap, Herbert l.
Doty makes the following reply in the
Rural New Yorker:
Material required: Sides, two pieces,
2 feet by q inch; bottom, one piece,
2 feet by 9x9% inch; top, one piece,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-16
FOR Reference.

~See that man over there. He II .
bombastic mutt, windjammer non
entity, false alarm. and an encum.
berer Of the earth!" Would you
mind writing all that down for mar
Why In the world" He's nv
husband. and / should like to usa 4
On him some time."-Houston poet.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-05-16

the leaders in every phase of natlona'
progress. And the other was week'
paper, the Zornitza, edited by ~
American missionary, Rev. T. L. BY
ington, D. D., who, in spite Of TURKISH
opposition and Greek clergy, tausn'
thirty years stirring lessons of the iup
damental principles of national me,
Sturdy, intelligent independence ana
an unusual appreciation Of the poser
bilities and responsibilities OF clt'zer
ship were the results.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1913-10-24

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The Washington herald., 1913-07-06
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

The pupils of Miss Anna Isora Binga-
man gave piano recital before large
audience last Monday evening in the re-
cital hall OF the Percy s. Foster Piano
Company. 1880 G Street Northwest The
following program was given: Little
Fairy Schottishe" CStreabog). Eilwood
Vermillion. Lawrence vermillion: Spring
Voices CKrogmann), Humphrey Walsh;
Hunting Song" An Old Dance" (Vir-
gid. George Reed; Courage" Santa
Claus Guards" Song of the Seashelr'
Krogmann, Merlin Werlich; Merry
Bobolink.'' Robins Lullaby" (Krog-
MANN, Ellwood vermillion; The Fair,
BY the Spring (Gurlitt), Lawrence Yer
million; "Cucoo Song" Popp), Dorothy
Smith, Phebe Fleming: pastorale
CHiD. Heather Rose" Uange). Phyllis
Robinson; sonata (Mozaro, Regiland
Newton; mignonette, bluette (Behr,
Grace Weber; idillio uack), Scarf
Dance" (Chaminade), sarah cooper
gavotte CHandeD, Fresh Life" (Spind-
leD, Reginald Newton; Hunting Song, "
Spring Song CMendelssohn). Les Syl-
vans" fChaminade), Rosemary Arnold.
The annual convention of the Ma
tional Association of Organists will
be held at Ocean Grove, N. J., during
the week beginning August 4. DR..
j. Christopher Marks, the national
president. says that this convention
will be the largest held in the history
of the association. Leading organists
from every State in the Union will be
present. and many will take active
part in the convention. Three meet
ings a day will be held, and there
will be two daily organ recitals given
by visiting organists.
The organ builders Of this country
will have an extensive exhibit Of key
desks, pipes. stop actions, blowing ma
chinery. &C., and the music publishers
plan a very elaborate display.
Among the subjects to be discussed
will be the Standardization of the con-
sole, or keydesk, together with all the
modern inventions Church music will
also form an important feature of the
convention. and the rag-time gospel
, hymn will come in for some vigorous
denunciation. A number Of leading
clergymen are expected to take part
in the discussion.
During the week there will be held
several concerts besides the organ re-
citals, closing on Saturday night with
Handel's Messiah" given by chorus
The Washington herald., 1913-07-06
SOME SNAKES and SNAKE STORIES

his normal snakeship. He was busy
giving an exhibition Of plain and
fancy beating it, when I struck him
again Again he scattered. And yet
again he got himself together and
sought safety In flight
Snake Peeved Rim Some.
Naturally I was becoming exasperat.
ed He struck the third time nightly.
Then I grabbed as many sections of the
snake as could be conveniently gathered
together and ran rapidly to the Ya1oc
River nearby. into which flung sections
three. fve, and seven or SUCH ! sat
down on the bank well pleased with
myself and sure the snake was no moro.
THE sections stayed afioat, rising and
falling on little waveiets that ripple1
the tawny waters. A noise In the bushes
caused me to glance hack Of me.
II saw-yes. that was It. The head.
with As many divisions as could be got
together was rushing madly into the
stream. few swift strokes and Sec
ton three had been obtained. A few
more, and the snake was whole. en-
tire, complete. He swan with all haste
to the far side of the turbulent stream.
L thought. well I'll be gosh hanged
IL 7 ever saw such a critter' after the
last adventure. That same joint snake
Ia still living and has even helped to
rear a numerous family of little snakes.
True. too. every word Of it,
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sotton frock to be finished II she ex-
pected to wear it on Sunday.
Every afternoon for a week she had
hurried home to sew, and every stitch
must be made by hand-and yet,
there was another and q stronger call
that turned her feet toward 4th ave-
nue.. Elsie Chaplin yielded to the last
call and went
Perhaps 1t was laughable that a
quiet little dove-gray stenographer
could find delight in poking about
among the secondhand shops of>4th
avenue after long day spent in
transscribing dull business letters on
a Gathering typewriter. It was true,
however. Whatever Of color and ro-
nance came into her lonely life was
furnished by the multitude Of lovely
and curious articles In these antique
shops.
There was food for fancy In the an
cient pewter dishes and the willow
pattern china; a chair that had be-
longed to some long-dead parsonage;
perhaps a bedstead upon which roy
atty had slumbered in a distant land |;
tall clocks that had marked the days
of forgotten lives; an empty Jewel
case; a piece of rich tapestry-there
was a story in every article. and FL
sic Chaplin had learned to read each
one.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-06

net Newton), Master Allen Greenstreet;
viennese waitz (GurlitN. Hungarian dance
(Engelmann). Miss Arlene Ball: tliustrA-
tons OF the Faelten system. 'Undis-
mayed" (Gurlitt), Master Jack Littauer;
waltz. major or minor mode (Faelteno.
Miss Josephine Bloodgood; "At Play
major mode CGurlitt). Miss Evelyn LIT
Miss Helen Bingham: ~Heckenrose
ovid Rose) Genecke), ''TarenteilA"
Reger). Miss Edna Greenstreet; Fare
well to the Pianoforte" Beethoven),
Warriors Song Heiler), Miss Josephine
Bloodgood; '.tn the Boat" Ffanke).
''Helter SHELTER" (Franke). M. Herbert
Williams: ''Rhodoras Devaux). AR
butus'' (Davis). witches Dance" (Con-
cone). Miss Helen Bingham; epiiogue
Heller), Mr.. Harry Krams; duet. Theme
with variations Haydn). Miss Helen
Miss Mable Linton entertained her
piano pupils in an informal way at he.
home in lexington on Monday morning.
before the disbanding of the class for
the year. A musical spelling bee was an
interesting feature Of the morning. and
short sketches of the lives OF the leading
composers were given by . number Of
the pupils. also the early history Of
music. and a short discourse on modern
Russia's contributions to this line Of art
the following program was rendered:
Allegretto QIaydn). Miss Catherine Nc
Elroy; berceuse Chopin. etude In q
Chopin. Miss Katherine Floeckher; n
Trovatore" Verdi. Majory McCarty;
Lucia" DonizettD, Adelaide Ames;
DOLLS Dream" (Oesten). Gertrude Small
wood; Sunbeam Waltz ReaD. Rose Kill
lian; Tarentelle in d (Heller). Rhoda
lian; tarentelle in D (Heller). Rhoda
"Nachtstuck" (Schumann). waltz (schutt).
Miss Margaret Menzel.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-06
The Jeint Snake ls Peculiar m
Some Of His Habits, as Most
VIII Admit After Reading
This "True" Narrative.

Joint snakes, hoop snak,s. blue racers.
coach whips. rattlesnakes. pilots. all are
popular In song and story with the coun-
L Itry folk. Joint snakes lead easily as the
most popular subject for yarns concerned
with the ophidian tribe. All the stories
happened to the narrator. They are all
wen substantiated and the amateur nat
uralist II 20 sure Of his ground. no one
can doubt him.
The joint snakes. most marvellous of
reptiles. II q Homeric hero. from the way
| he 10 chosen as COR the leading role. There
was one joint snake. who. after having
| got himself all broken up, accidentally
picked UP the tail Of q rattler in place
Of his own candal appendags, and i'm
mediately frightened himself to death
with the noise.
The Joint snake is most tenacious not
only of life but Of his parts. Separated,
he gets himself together with marvellous
facility. He swims creeks and rivers and
climbs seeking some part Of himself.
removed by an accident Of nature Of by
some fell design Of man.
Sees Snake Rsn Together.
There was once a joine snake-at least
Mr.. Henry johnson, of Oak Valley. va
zoo County. Miss, who lived among Joint
snakes all his life, says there was
q
to q wonderful degree his ability to keep
himself together. He told the story to
some Washington friends once on visit
Here's his story.
zone summer day a Joint snake was
summing himself. in all his numerous
segments behind a big cypress log. He
was not worrying about dinner. or what
his wife's new bonnet was to cost or any
such frivolity. He was happy.
1T came along and spied the snake.
Now have always had an inborn and
inbred hatred of snakes large or small.
long. slender, copper-headed. anything.
seized a stick and eased gently with
In striking distance Of the snake. One
whack and joints few in all directions.
My work done. I sat down on the cy-
press log to watch my vanquished
enemy. The snakes head went straight
for section two.
In a twinkling he was restored to
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Miss Addie had an invitation to
spend Q month with her particular
chum, Miss Harmon, at the all-year-
round country residence of the lat
ter's mother, and she accepted without
delay. Brother Bob was to be home
on his vacation.
Brother Bob was Just Of age. and
q civil engineer, or soon to be ono,
There were other brothers in the
world. but no other brother Bobs.
Girls laud their brothers and try to
make matches and don't succeed once
in 30 times.
Miss Addie liked smart men. She
had been hearing of Bob Harmon for
the last two years, and now she was
to see him alive.
He would be tall and have . pro-
fessional look about him. and when
she wandered arm in arm with him
across the meadows farmers driving
past would stop their teams to stand
up in their wagons to whisper:
Gosh, but can you beat thati"
As Miss Addie left the train at the
country station she saw her friend,
Miss Molly, waiting in an auto for
her. Approaching her with grin on
his face to see about her baggage was
some one else. Yes, Nature had put
the saw to him and shortened him
down to q bit over i've feet.
He was the only one In the world
In ignorance Of the fact There were
days and days when he felt himself
an inch or two too tall. He had once
-ottr>A $o, a vntla hnhluA q ynau Ava
feet two and pitied him st every step.
Its brother Bob!" shouted tbs sis.
ter a. Miss Addie paused and stared.
"Oh, howdy DO, Nf. Harmonr
Brother Bob drove ne car. He had
to reach up to grasp the wheel. One
looking from the rear seat = - y
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of seven hundred voices. full symphony
orchestra, the big Ocean Grove organ.
and eminent soloists. under the direc-
tion of Tall Esen Morgan, the conduc-
tor of music at Ocean Grove, and the
national superintendent of the N. A. o.
Special reduced round-trip rates to
the convention viii be made by all the
railroads. These tickets will be good
via New York for thirty days.
Ocean Grove is a well-known and
unique summer resort. on the Atlantic
Coast. adjoining the city of Asbury
Park, fifty miles south of New York.
and ninety miles from Philadelphia.
Nine. Schumann-Heink. Nine. Lillian
Nordica. and other great artists who
have appeared there say that Ocean
Grove has the finest auditorium in the
world. 1t has a seating capacity of
ten thousand. all inclosed. folding
opera chairs. and provided with one OF
the largest organs ever constructed
The little town has all modern i'm
provements. excepting that street carr
have never been permitted to disturb
the quiet and restfulness Of the sum-
mer citizens. Though in New Jersey
the place is entirely free from the
summer pest, the mosquito. The streets
are graded, and are shaded with wide,
spreading trees. Women wear no hats.
and children are perfectly safe to
roam all over town. 1t is considered
an ideal place to hold the convention
of organists, and fully two thousand
delegates are expected to attend. Full
information will he sent by the nation
al superintendent, Mr.. Tall Esen Nor
gan, Ocean Grove. N. ].
A number of Washington organists
are planning to attend
very enjoyable recital was given By
the piano pupils OF Miss Ella Sargent. at
her studio. l022 Irving Street, Brookland
Tuesday evening, June "a. 1t was the
occasion Of their first public appearance
of some of those on the program, and
to them Miss Sargent presented an auto
graph photograph OF Prof. Carl Faelten
director of the piano school of that name
in Boston. and founder of the Faction
system. which Miss Sargent uses. The
program was as follows: Duet. Secret
Wishes HIiller), Miss Arlene Ball.
primo; Miss Sargent secondo; "The
i Shepherds Song Behr), Miss Evelyn
Littaeur; THE Brave Boy" (Gurlitt), Miss
Dona Pollock: "Romanza' Reger).
Babes in the Wood Qlorence Maxim).
Miss Katharine Nicholson: white Rose
(minueO Genecke), Miss Mary Wall
THE Jack Tar" (Florence Maxim), min.
The Washington herald., 1913-07-06

a. Q giant.
Three more days passed and then
the trio went fishing In the lake.
Three persons are not too many to
fish from the same skin II one Of
them does not catch q little sunflsh
weighing about an ounce and jump
around and upset the craft That's
what happened.
Miss Molly could swim. and she
headed away for shore, but Miss Ad-
die went down like bag Of sand, and
1t was the sawed-off hero who dived
and brought her up and clung to the
boat until his sister brought another
to their rescue.
20. I don't know" replied Bob an
hour later when thanked. Il just hap
pened to be on the spot, you see.
Having such long legs. I'm natural
swimmer"
legs! Miss Addie smiled.
Then she became serious. Was she
near-sighted? Was Bob Harmon en-
titled to be called long legs" instead
of duck legsr' It might be.
At any rate, she measured him with
her eye and decided that he had
grown An inch In the last "a hours.
II was In the middle Of the third
week that the climax came. The
three were out In the auto when they
encountered an automobile with two
young men riding In II.
They were heard for some distance
singing . ribald song. A they drew
nearer they became moro boisterous,
and seeing two girls and q small boy
IN the other machine thev halted fhs,ra
The Washington herald., 1913-07-06

She called up one after another Of
the hospitals until she discovered the
one wherein Spohr had been confined.
There she learned his address, and,
entering subway train. she was soon
at her destination.
1t proved to be lodging house in
very cheap quarter Of the West
Side. When she rang the bell and
asked for Mr.. Spohr. the sharp-voiced
landlady eyed her keenly.
II guess he's up to his room. Third
floor front hall. He amt thinking of
giving lessons here-because I won't
have it," she rasped, stepping aside
for the girl to pass her.
81 think not" Elsie was beginning
when there came q step on the stairs,
and she looked up to see Spohr COM
ing down. He was without q hat, and
In his hand he carried some money.
The eyes of the landlady fastened
avidly upon the money.
Did you want to see me, Mr..
Spohr?" she asked meaningly.
If you please" he said gravely. and
paid her the money. She was instant
ly overcome with servile politeness.
Thank you, SO much, Mr.. Spohr!"
she gushed. This young lady wishes
to see you-you may use the parior
II you wish"
She opened the door Of stuhy red
plushed room. and the violinist with
unmasked surprise on his face. stood
aside while Elsie huttered past him
into the dingy room.
you wished to see me-? he asked
gently.
Elsie nodded. She was frightened
now that she was In his presence. She
had not realized that he was % tall
and commanding of presence. or that
his voice was so rich and vibrant. He
looked proud, too. What would he
say to her when she explained her
errand!
The Washington herald., 1913-07-06

Miss Addie was not lean enough to
cause her to answer the Get Fat" ad-
vertisements, nor yet fat enough to
wish to reduce her weight 30 pounds
In one week. She was q nice sweet
girl, and growing sweeter every day.
Has a nice. sweet young lady any
moral or legal right to have q preju-
dice against anything or anybody?
Miss Addie had one. She didn't tell
it to everybody, but she talked with
herself about 1t very often.
That prejudice was against sawed
on men, both young and old. She
could stand red hair or cock eyes or
turn-in toes, but when 1t came to q
man hve feet two inches high strut
ting around with his chest thrown out
she looked the other way.
1t was no use for the father to say
that Napoleon was q sawed-of man,
or the mother to announce that Alex
ander the Great could hardly squint
over q fence i've feet high. This was
. new era in the world around her.
and short men should either have
grown to giants or dwindled to
dwarfs.
As for Miss Addie herself, she meas
ured i've feet SIX, and paid no atten-
ton whatever to those who protested
that Venus was an inch less In height
The Washington herald., 1913-07-06

This afternoon she hastened her
steps until she reached the particu-
lar shop that she called her own. The
attendants had long ceased to be sus-
picious Of her lingering there among
the treasures.
Perhaps they read In her rapt and
dreamy-eyed abstraction the truth OF
her coming. 1t was not the articles
nor their value that she craved-it
was the story she read in each one.
Sometimes ono Of the attendants
called her attention to some newly &C
quired article. always assured OF her
interest and appreciation.
They could not know that In the
days before her unfortunate fathers
failure In business and his subse-
quent death, there had been many
treasures in her own homo. She vas
alone now and, perforce, content with
looking at the belongings Of other
people.
There was an ancient escritoire
with q fascinating number OF pigeon
holes and secret drawers that attract
ed Elsie this afternoon. She was
standing there wondering II within
some still concealed compartment
there might not be a bundle Of old
love letters tied about with a blue
ribbon which would fall to pieces at
a touch. There might be q withered
rose or a wrinkled little glove, some
relic Of bygone romance.
From her dim corner behind the
escritoire Elsie was reused to look
toward the front Of the shop, where
the proprietor was In conversation
with a slender. dreamy-eyed young
man who was holding a violin to the
light.
1T is an Amati!" protested the
young man.
All violins are Amati or Stradivar-
ius," replied the proprietor skeptical-
ly. "Mr. Spohr, will give you 500
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Yes, Bubby, yes. but We want ta
sing you q song. VIII the young la-
dies kindly join the chorus, please?"
my soul, but don't raise . row
here!" exclaimed Bob's sister - ha
dropped out of the auto.
"Mr. Harmon-Bob-please dont!s
added Miss Addie.
The men roared with laughter a
Bob advanced upon them, and when
he had quite reached their auto they
jumped down. thinking to play ball
with him.
Tho girls couldn't sec It all on ac-
count of the dust that was Kicked up.
men was running away and the other
lying prone. They were . liched
pair.
Their automobile was backed away
and left In the ditch, and all the saw.
ed-of man had to say about It was:
There are times when you SIMPLY
have to do It."
That night Miss Addie did . lot Of
thinking. It was mostly about short
men and heroes and Napoleons. She
had come to q conclusion about the
time the roosters began growing.
When abe had reached homo after
her visit and told her mother all.
the mother musingly queried:
$50 you are engaged to . sawed
OF man after all you've had to say
about themr
~Yes, mother, Bob isnt % ysry tall.
but I'm going TO learn 10 bend over
% that when We walk out We will b
the very Same height"
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veranda and the autos 90 BY II viii
be poor me-"
Miss Addie had a mental picture of
brother Bob sitting there with his feet
six inches above the floor, and laugh
ed. She also recovered her speech
and began to tell how happy she was.
Az q matter of fact, she had no
business to be either astonished or
disappointed. II brother Bob and the
rest Of the world were suited she had
no objection.
The young man laid himself out to
be nice and succeeded. After three or
four days his sawed-offness didn't
look no sawed. BLY, thinking Of a man
seven feet high all the time the girl
managed to make herself believe that
Bob was at least s feet 6.
Love him. Mary him? Never, while
water flowed and clocks ticked! Nice
Bob. what there was of him, but there
was only about half enough.
On the nth day of her visit, and
while Miss Molly was taking her mu-
sic lessons, the visitor strolled down
the highway. Brother. Bob would
have strolled with her. but she dodged
him. The first he knew of her ab-
sence was when he heard her scream
and ran into the road to see husky
tramp holding her by the arm.
The sawed-on man made about II
Jumps and sent that Weary Willie in
to idreamland by . blow on the chin:
Knocked him out a. neatly - Jeffries
could have done, and didn't hraG
about Il, either. He explained that Il
was . little way he had. and let 1t
60 at that.
A. soon q Miss Addie got over her
scare she looked long at brother Bob
and finally made up her mind that he
must be at least feet 8. She also
found herself almost believing that Q
sawed-eR had Q right 70 I've - ven