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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
Topics of the Times

The best news from the flooded dis
estimated.
Imagine a crew of Chicago white
slavers busy among the discoura ged
woman and girls. victims Of the Omaha
disaster, as the reports state. II il is
public service 10 shoot down hooters and
the ghouhs who cut the rings from the
fingers Of the dead, a few of these pro-
curers would look good on a slab at the
morgue.
Secretary Bryan says he thinks he is
going TO enjoy his work in the cabine;
This doesn't sound like the opening
exercises when he figured that his time
was short.
Surely those who desire to build
permanent highways should be given
encouragement and assistance and at
The least opportunity.
The house passed the Brockaway
bill restricting druggists liquor sales
TO prescriptions and restricted the alco-
holics to alcohol alone. If this bill
sticks and becomes law II Will be re-
sponsible for the closing of some Iowa
drug stores or the Importation of a
faciie prescription writer II may be
necessary for some hotels TO maintain
house physician.
There isn't any good reason why a
shouldn't be obliged to perform labor
suitable to MS physical condition. The
snap feature of the booze asylum
should be eliminated H. ought TO be
set TO work for his own good and for
the good OF his family if they need the
money.
Mason City is seeking 90 cent gas.
When the final result of that Cedar
Rapids fight are summed up some years
hence. il will have been found worth the
money to Cedar Rapids and other
towns in Iowa.
The Webster City Herald would
make golf a Inisdereano1 The golf
courses and the state fair grounds and
woman suffrage and a lot of good
things fail TO appeal 70 the Herald. The
HeraIds outlook is Chased TO the point
of prudishness.
The insurgent Woodmen managed to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
Saw Aume. In situation.

Joseph Jefferson, wrote Mary Shaw
In the Century, was once introduced
at q club by q laundering chairman
as "Mr Washington 1rving-I-I-
mean-Mr. Rip Van Winkle-I-I-
m-mean Mr.. Joseph Jefferson" Mr..
Jefferson, being somewhat deaf. did
not hear this, and misunderstood the
prolonged laughter that greeted him
as he rose On its real cause being
later explained to him, he was re-
lieved, and exclaimed, Good heav-
ems! don't wonder they roared at
that tripping down the scale"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
Iona Newspapers
WHERE IS MOTHER?
TStory CITY Herald.1

Possibly that question is asked more
often than any other in our language.
The instant boy or girl enters room
and mother is not there the first ques-
ton asked is. where is mother ."
They may know she is not far distant,
yet there is keen satisfaction in
knowing where to find her. The father
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
THE WAGE QUESTION.
Humboldt Republican

There has come to this office many
compliments for an editorial clipped
in this paper last week. concerning the
wage question and morality. in this
connection also there was a bill pre-
scented in the Iowa legislature recently
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
Remini.eene. Not p,sa..ns.

Once while canvassing his state
during a political season, John Quincy
Adams was approached by wellto.
do farmer, who introduced himself
and said: '.Mr. Adams, I'm glad to
meet you; my wife remembers You
well: she was in your family when
you were q boy, and often combed
your hair" WELL said Mr.. Adams.
sharply, Il suppose she combs yours
now"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
Only Success Worth Winning.

SUJ SoSSSoo VIVIAN ""''s0
There is nothing base in failure, bue
base failure; there IL nothing good in
success but that which 10 well won.
The applause Of triumph is Q meek
cry to him who has not deserved his
success; il anything q conscience re-
mains to him such applause must be
a positive torture. We always know
In our hearts whether we have mer-
tied that which comes to us, and 1t 10
always sweetened . hundredfold when
we know that We really have done
something fair and true for It.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
Many . Suffering Woman

Drags herself painfully thru her
daily tasks suffering from backache.
headache, nervousness. and loss OF
sleep, not knowing her Ills are due to
kidney and bladder troubles. Foley
Kidney Pills give quick relief from
pain and misery, a prompt return to
health and strength. No woman who
suffers can afford to overlook Foley
Kidney Pills. Mcbride & Will Drug
Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
A Mss..a. to Railroad Men.

E. s. Bacon. II Bast ST.. Bath, Ne.
everywhere. MY work as conductor
caused a chronic Inflammation of the
kidneys and I was miserable and all
played out. From the day began TAX
ing Foley Kidney Pills I began to re-
gain my strength, and am better now
than I have been for twenty years"
Try them. Mcbride L Will Drug
Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
WHY THEY LEAVE IOWA.

Why do the young men leave Iowa?
WY is Iowa losing population? Why
is il that that state does not build
factories? Why is the state progress
sivc only in the matter OF political
Ideals? What Is tie matter with Iowa?
The Journal has its own ideas about
the correct answers to the foregoing
questions. It believes it to be a fact
tina, the average age Of Iowa voters Is
greater than that of any state in the
union because its young men leave
the state at the first opportunity and ii
believes that they leave because Iowa
ofTers them no chance for advancement
either politically or industrially. Prac-
ticaly the only industry open to the
ambitious youth Of this state is farm
ing and there the conditions are such
that the opportunity is no, attractive.
on account Of bad roads, high priced
land, lack OF social life. etc. etc. In
the cities abe professions are over
crowded. merchandising requires
large amount of capital and there are
no industrial! vocations. practically
speaking, TO attract the young man. He
naturally drifts away from the state
to places where he can find the chance
to make money. build home and Sc
cure the coveted chance to work UP TO
place of responsibility and power.
Iowa, 70 correct these undoubted evils.
must diversity her industries. She
needs factory population to consume
the products of farm and garden; she
needs cheap money and better roads:
sne needs a fairer system Of taxation
and more loyalty to home: she needs
blue sky" law that will divert her sur
plus moneys from fake mining schemes,
coffee plantations in Central America,
eucalyptus groves in California, ETC.,
into home Industries.
SPEND SOME OF IT HERE.
council Bluffs Nonpareil.l
lowe is rich state. More than a
million dollars has been taken from
one community in Pottawa!tamie coun-
~ in the last two years 70: investment
in a development project IN Texas. Our
money, the fruits of our rich soil. is
going to all parts of the country for
development work. Our people are even
returning to the New England states
to buy worn out farms with Iowa
money. With more Iowa money they
propose to reclaim this land TO pro-
ductive uses. Iowa money Is building
highways in California and promoting
irrigation projects in the arid states.
We are developing the Everglade coun-
try in Florida and draining miasmatic
swamps in Louisiana. Not only this
but we are buying automobiles by the
thousand.
And yet in spite Of these evidences
Of prosperity on every hand a legisia-
tive assembly at Des Aoines hesitates
to make It possible for Iowa to do any
thing in the way Of providing for her
self a system Of highways that shall
be good the year around. Surely 1t
would seem that a law designed to
build up Iowa, instead OF some other
section Of the country. ought to ma
instant favor in q legislative assembly
met to conserve the interests Of the
state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
A "Motor" Church.

Motor Churcn.
Gospel wagons and gospel railway
cars that carry their religious mes
sage from place TO place. even boats
that tie up at landings for religious
service, have been seen and described
But. SO far as we know, no motor
chapel has been put into use before
the one now operated by the Cathoiic
Extension Society. 1t is the gilt OF
member of the western branch OF the
Catholic Women's Auxiliary. and is
described by the Catholic Citizen as
the most completely equipped auto
mobile church on wheels in the
world" This paper goes into these
further details:
The equipment Of the motor chapel
is complete in every respect, Including
all the paraphernalia and essentials
prescribed by the rubrics OF the Cain
Ollie church. The missionary priests
who will travel in this car VIII be able
to conduct church services precisely
as in the largest cathedral in the big
cities. and with as much solemnity and
dignity.
The initial missionary tour Of the
motor chapel Will be made in southern
Texas, starting from Brownsville. and
thence proceeding westward. TWO Cd
late fathers will accompany the car
Along the outer edge OF the plat
form, which by means Of the drop
device is Increased from the regular
width OF the bed Of the car to thirteen
feet in width, are fitted demounta Die
brass standards with heavy silk cord
guards.
The floor Of the entire platform Is
covered with a deep green brussels
carpet; and the exposed space under
meath the extensions Of the platform Is
covered the entire length and breadth
with a deep green draped curtain.
! In the ecclesiastical equipment are
included a folding confessional and a
f, folding organ. as well az a folding rack
equipped with large Deagan tubular
J bells for outside use. and small Dea-
| gan chime for use at the altar
When the altar liz not in use, 1t IS
pushed to the extreme rear, and the
! space between the rear Of the altar
I, and the front of the car Is used as
! living quarters.
I lat night, as many as three cots
can be erected in berth style. Two ex-
ira army folding cots are included In
| the outfit. The chairs are OF the fold
! ing style and can be put away in one
| OF the cabinet spaces.
| The GROSS weight Of the entire car
and equipment approximates six tons.
| The cost Of the entire motor chapel
and equipment can not be duplicated
| for less than $500"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29

The Manson Democrat thinks The
farmers cooperative idea does not
seem TO have many friends in the Iowa
legislature. one OF the strongest evil
dences % this" it says, is the sn!oth-
ering in committee Of bill TO appro
PIRATE $4,000 TO send a representative
from Iowa TO Europe to study coop
erative conditions there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29

from the sense that right has been Of
Tended by the improper choice. The
So called progressive party claims 10 be
in chief part a protest against alleged
public and social wrongs. Thru our
whole industrial fabric the feeling be-
gins to run that there have been
wrongs done to the human factor in
industry and that these must be righted.
Our affairs OF state are moving today
under the impulse Of an aroused popu-
lar corccience which is becoming more
and more clear in its vision and in
creasingiy strenuous in its demands
This has found clear expression In the
re suits OF certain recent criminal trials
in New York"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29

est davenport are TO come unGer the
light of the Noon law" says the Sioux
City Journal
The chance is small that there will
ever be Il senatorial election in Iowa
under the Oregon plan says the Ne
vada Representative. but by passing
this bill the general assembly makes
it certain that the next senator from
Iowa will be designated by the people,
whether thirty-six states ratify the
seventeenth amendment or not
Let those legislators who mediate
vo,ing FOR the public utilities bin re-
member" says the Dubuque Telegraph
Herald. that the issue is one Of home
rule versus nonresident commission
RUE, and decide then against home, il
they dare
Well" says the Madrid Register
News anyhow, the hats will look just
as pretty next Sunday as they would
have OF Easter had nothing happened
to have marred the general order OF
things"
The Webster City Herald insists IF
the Iowa Legislature is going 10 make
boxing and wrestling a crime, we think
that in justice to all concerned it ought
to make golf nrisdeamor
ut certainly would make Bill Taft's
exoneration of Ballinger look like thir-
" cents If Judge Lands court proved
the goods on him. says the Washing
ton County Press.
To the Rockwell City Advocate
Things certainly begin TO look bright
for republican reorganization when
such papers as the Dallas County
News whose editor during the past few
few years has lost hours Of sleep in
order to lay awake and hate Senator
Cummins, comes out and endorses the
senator's contention for a change in
the matter Of state representation in
national republican conventions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29

Al last darkest Dubuque and dark
est Davenport are to come under the
light of the Noon law" says the Sioux
City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The insurgent Woodmen managed Il
stand korns on his ear
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-29

Mason City is seeking 90 cent gas.
When the final resul, of that Cedar
Rapids fight are summed up some years
hence. il will have been found worth the
money TO Cedar Rapids and other
towns in Iowa.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-15

Nine. Evelyn Scotney, the brilliant
coloratura primd donna soprano who
viii be heard in the title role of
Martha" when the Post Season Tour
Of the Boston opera Company stars
visit Vermont cities, is a native of
Ballarat. Australia. This is in the
gold mine country, where her faith
er won name and fame as a pros
pector.
AT an early age she went with
her mother to Melbourne, her par
enrs being unwilling to bring her up
III the wild surroundings which they
had brayed for many years. Her
fdther, by the way, was an oxford
pl ofessor who went to study mineral
conditions in Australia and became
so much interested in the CONT
nent's broad opportunities that he
made il his home, marrying a noted
beauty at sydney, from whom Nine.
SCotney doubtless inheritS much Of
her attTa ctiveness.
My early girlhood," said Nine.
Scotney was very ordinary was
never unusually bright in any of my
studies, but loved to ride horse
back and eb in the ocean. At the
age of ten l Was like a fish in the
Water-most Aa-tralia girls swim
well. And her. let me say that un-
til American women are willing to
set aside their prudish ideas and
wear sensible swimming attire, they
viii never become proficient in the
water. 1 don't believe l could swim
more than a mile or two in the
foolish skirts they wear"
"A mile or two?" queried her in
tcrviewer" surely that is a
great deal"
"Oh. no." she laughed. Here is
one of my treasured possessions
won when l was just eighteen years
old, in 1906. Read it," she COM
lndnded.
"All Australia Swim. for girls.
Junior Glass. Twenty Miles. First
Prize to Miss Evelyn Scotney," was
the inscription.
Then Evelyn Scotney is your real
name ?" was another query.
Certainly. When 1 married NJ.
Howard White last year 1 just
changed il to Madame. Well, to go
on. The same year / won the TWEEN
ty mile swim / was a student in the
| Marshall Hall Conservatory. and won
scholarships that paid all my ex-
penses. These came to me when I
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-15
GREAT SUCCESS SCORED
IN BANGOR, MAINE


In the Bijou Theatre, Tuesday
night, a socially brilliant audience
heard the second concert given
here by leading artists of the Bos-
ton Opera Company. With a scene
from Faust opening the long pro-
q am, an act of Martha closing it,
uud concert numbers sandwlched
between: the performance was as
varied as may be imagined and as
satisfying as could be asked.
The act from Fauts-the garden
scCne-Was acted as well as sung,
he rich, bright costumes standing
out shoWily against one of the thea
ire 5 simpler backgrounds. From a
visual standpoint, it was very sim
PIE grand opera; from a vocal one,
1t was upon an exact par with what
might be expected in the Back Bay
temple itself. Mile. Myrna Sharlow,
tEe Marguerite, lacked something of
the girlish simplicity and gaiety
which, strangely enough, she dis
played so abundantly later in the
evening; but she sang beautifully.
She has a big, soft, sweet voice,
with some lovely upper notes, and
the Jewel SOng-and again her part
II the duet with Faust in the temp
tation scene-were gem-like and fine
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-15

The Faust was Ramella. a part made
richly effective by the silvery ca
dsnce of his fine tenor; and Mar
dcnes acted and sang in spirited and
splendid style, although in this
scene, unfortunately, Mephisto is
not particularly in evidence. Mile.
Donvanni was i graceful, pleasing
Siebel, vocally effective, and Mile.
Ernestine Gauthier, looking very
young despite her makeup, brought
an abundance of Vivacity and
rich, warm. ample contralto to the
role of Martha.
Then came the concert program
sufficient in itself, almost, for an
evenings entertainment. 1t was
opened by Howard White, whose
mellow and expressive basso, fine
pnrasing and excellence of enuncia-
ton proved an agreeable surprise to
those who knew him only as an ac-
complished 'cellist. He gave a good
deal of expression to Mother O'Mine,
broadly expressive rendering of
1nvictus, and pleasantly humor-
Gus touch to the little Irish folk
song that was his principal encore.
There was stir in the brilliant
audience as Evelyn Scotney ap-
peared-like some young queen of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-15

But surely you do not object to
telling how you have succeeded" the
interviewer persisted.
mo, I will tell you, but you will
not find it worth printing. When 1
was a little girl in Sunday school,
the teacher taught the class a motto
used by the famous missionary and
explorer of Africa, DR.. Livingstone.
That motto was, Fear God and work
hard That is what 1 have been
doing ever since my voice began to
devt lop. 1t has been work, work,
have had to work all the harder
because I am so small. Most good
contralto roles are fitted to women
of heroic stature, and l have to be
sure of singing in such a way that
tho audience will forget that 1 am
a wee slip of a girl and imagine me
fitted to the parts assigned to me,
though they were written for wOm-
Ell ard much larger physique.
When 1 come to Western New
England I shall have two roles
very well fitted to me, however.
The first is that of Martha in
| Faust and the second of Nancy in
| have a chance to sing in English
| for I think my enunciation is clear
! enough so that every word can be
! understood. That is a pet vanity
| of mine. Both of my parts are de-
| lightful and the condensed versions
| of these operas are such musical
| gems that it will make me not only
happy but proud to appear in them
at my first engagement here. All
/ New England seems to be kind to me
because am Springfield girl, and
the places where I have sung pre-
vious to acquiring the title of 'prima
donna contralto' seem all the more
| loyal to me. / cannot tell YOU how
/ glad 1 am that people are made
happy by my voice, and as I am
still working hard, hope to be an
even more worthy daughter of the
Bay State in her musical history OF
| the future"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-15

Jose Mardones, the great primo
'basso of The Boston Opera COM
pany, who sings the role of Mephis-
TO in the final act of Faust" in
concert form, has had as varied and
interesting a career as any opera
star in the world.
He was born in the province of
Nasso. Spain, in a picturesque hill
town called Fonteeka. There he
went to school, and being of gentle
blood and a born scholar, it was nat
uial that he should have started to
study for holy orders. At the age
of twelve. he entered a monastery
as a STUDENT and there, from an old
father, he learned the rudiments of
music. His voice was then a bright,
clear soprano, and soon he was
called for by the village church as
a singer.
Mr.. Mardon IS seemed dfsinclined
t. relate even this much of his his
tory, but his interviewer, after get
cing this information in rather I'M
certain English, found a common me
dunn of expression in the French
tongue. The great basso then be-
gan to express himself quite freely.
L sang in the Church of the
I1Oly virgin LOT nSdHly LilT6e years
g"ing back each night to the mon
dstery, and was thoroughly absorbed
in my priestly studies; except for
the beautiful woods and hills 1 cared
for nothing but my books and the
weekly visit to the church. My voice
kept it's soprano tone until I was
| fifteen years old.
Then one Sunday I saw a wom-
mo, a slip of a girl. Perhaps
she was as old as I, but as beautiful
as any flower. / had never thought
| of a girl before in my life and ]
| looked at her all that Sunday. The
next and the next it was the same
way.
Yes, for a year, and we nevel
! spoke, though she too gazed otter
at me. Then my voice began tt
change, but I forced it to keep it!
soprano pitch as long as possible 81
that I could see the maiden. At las
| I realized that the time had come
no longer could I sing, and as I lef
the church that day met the maid
en-.
Walk with me- she said
lust simply, like that. So we waIket
away from the town, out to the hills
and 1t seemed very natural for M
to tell her I loved her. In secont
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-04-15

y as eighteen, nineteen and twenty
years old respectively, and il was
Just the next year that L sang at
reception to LORD Kitchener at
ESypt-'h. of il" for Kitchener Of
.hnartoum,' ne Is calleu. 1t was
there that Mme. Meiba first heard
me sing. and exclaimed that it was
On me that heT mantle was des-
tined to fall.
Eor a year ! continued my stu
dies, with q great deal Of aid from
her, and in the fail of 1910 she
took me TO Paris, for further study
under Nine. Morchesi, who was her
own teacher. hut Nine. Marchesi
could not give me all the time 1
needed devoted to my training, and
80 Nine. Melba took me TO London
af'er three months work, and there
/ studied for nearly a year under
the celebrated composer Tosti-
whose Goodbye L dearly love to
sing. He did much for me, and 1
snail always be grateful to him.
Then Director Russell of the
Boston Opera Company heard me,
and signed a contract for America
with me. 1t was two years ago that
l sang my first role in Boston, just
a small part in That's" The critics
heard me. AMI so Maestro Russell
decided to have me sing Lucia di
J dmmermoor." 1 learned the role in
d week. and since then Tetrazzini and
L are the only ones who have sung
the part 1 have never had any
InIng since assigned to me but the
leading soprano role.
Frankly, 1 am aiming to be the
successor of Adelina Patti. l am
working and praying that 1 may
become second to no one in the
whole world-.t has been my ambi-
ton for the last few years, and If
God lets me keep on improving the
voice He has given me, surely
hope to reach my goal" concluded
Nine. Scotney.
Already many critics have de-
ciared Nine. ScOtney to be the great
est soprano in the world, for her
vocal range is clear up TO +. Sharp
/ ia Altissimo, for higher than anyone
Z, lse in the world. Frederick Johns,
he famous music critic of the Bos-
4 ton America wrote:
Mime. Scotney's voice is more
perfect than Tetrazzini' 1t lacks
the peculiar flute-like quality OF
Tetrazzini it is sweeter, more HUI
man, less cold and quite as bril-
| liant. II is a big voice, perfect
from the chest tones TO the ring
ing l. in Altissimo."