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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03

by Harry IT Burleigh Of two slave
"spirituals," Deep River" and Dig My
Grave" The former first printed In the
book of the Jubilee Singers of Fisk U;-i-
versity. is tune Of deep pathos. Cole
ridge-Taylor, who made wondrously fine
rhapsody for pianoforte out of 1t. SAID
that II was the most beautiful and touch
ing melody of the whole series" of twenty
four which he published, about ten years
ago Mr.. Burleigh apparently took some
hints for his cdpelld vocal arrange
ment, and there were suggestions OF over
elaboration i'm the harmonic treatment
But the song aroused the greatest dellght
in the hearers. who tried hard to secure
a repetition of il as we'll as of dig My
Grave" This song, to which The Trib-
une directed attention in its articles on
afro American Folksongs," printed last
summer, comes from the Bahamas
1t Is tripartte in form. a popularity TO
which Mr.. Burleigh drew attention by re-
peating each Of its three melodies. The
first OF these has Schumanesque or Bee
thovenian dignity and breadth-in fact,
1t strongly resembles the theme of the
final march in Schumann's Fantasia in c
while the other two are characteristic
cally ingenious in the sentiment of the
words and the spirit of the music. II
evoked even greater enthusiasm than did
Deep River" and made complete the
demonstration that the folksongs OF the
former slaves were as fit material for
artistic treatment as the beautiful songs
OF the Russian people.
In the concluding subdivision Of the
programme there was a stirring setting,
quite IN the spirit of the old English bal
lads, but with what might be called mod
ern English brass ornaments, OF John
Masefields News from Whydah," by
Balfour Gardner. The widest applica-
ton of these ornaments was found, how
ever, in the setting by Mr. Granger of a
Farce ballad, Father and Daughter,
which the arranger found in a collection
Of Faroese folksongs published in 1905.
Originally II is a simple thing Of two
melodic phrases, one given to the nara
tive, the other to the Omqudd (refrain).
Mr.. Granger, whose treatment Of folk
dances was introduced to us by DR.. Frank
Damrosch at the Christmas concert of
the Musical Art Society this season, and
who won renewed admiration on Wedres-
day with his setting for what he affected
ly calls a "strlng foursome' of an Irish
reel C'Molly on the Shore'), began quite
simply with five men singing the stanza
and the chorus answering with the ON
quad; but gradually all the voices were
blended. and, an orchestra OF strings,
brass, mandoins and guitars joining in
the melee, all the characteristics OF the
originally simple ballad were lost in
noise like the crack of doom.
An error of Mr.. Schindlers in the notes
on the programme ought TO be corrected.
Coleridge- Taylor's father was negro,
physician, born i'm Sierra Leone; his
mother was English. Mr.. SCHNEIDER got
the natonalties of the two turned about.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
SHUBERTS SUED FOR
PROFITS In J PLAYS
Actions Involving More than
100000 Started Over 1.-THE
Blue Mouse" and "Girls."

The Shubert Theatrical Company was
the Supreme Court yesterday. in which
little more than 100000 is demanded. One
action is brought by Alexander Engel and
julius Horst. authors Of the German YER
sion Of THE Blue Mouse" who sue for
$4,000 as their share OF the profits of the
play, for which the Shubert company had
the American rights The other suit is
brought by William G. Fitch, heir and
sole surviving administrator of the estate
of Clyde Fitch. for $51. 400 for the interest
Of the estate in the play Girls" written
by Clyde Fitch, and a percentage of the
profits of THE Blue Mouse" for which
he wrote the English adaptation.
Engel and Horst transferred the Ameri-
can rights in "The Blue Mouse" to the
Shubert Theatrical Company in March,
1908, the agreement being that the
authors were to receive per cent OF the
gross receipts from the play. The play
was produced in December, 1908, and pro-
duced large profits from the beginning,
said Engel and Horst. A few days after
the initial performance, it is alleged, the
defendant wrote to the agents of the
plaintiffs in Austria, falsely stating that
even with the greatest amount OF ad-
vertising such plays as "The Blue Mouse
were then impossible for American audi
ences, "but there is hope for the best In
the future"
Then followed, say the plaintiffs.
false cable dispatch from the theatrical
company, saying that the theatre where
the play was being produced had burned
down. The plaintiffs say they were in
duced TO sell THE Blue Mouse for $500
kronen, or about $40. although they al
lege that there was no fire, as alleged
by the Shubert company, and the play
continued to earn large profits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
OBITUARY..
DR.. ELIHU 3. SlLVERS.

Railway. ~ j., April 2.-Dr. Elihu
Brittin Slvers, eighty-fve years old, died
suddenly at his home to-day. He was the
son Of John and Maria Brittin Silvers
and a direct descendant Of the early Co
lonial settlers. He was graduated from
the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
in New York City. in the class Of 80.
After his graduation Or. Silvers returned
to Railway and Opened drug store. He
was elected a member Of the Common
Council in 1877. Later he served as Su-
perintendent of Schools, as member or
the Board of Education and as a mem
Der of the Board of Health.
In 1853 he married Nancy Henda Earl,
Of New York. who died in 1892. Later he
married Annie Rnggod c. Reed. He was
a member of st. Pauls Episcopal Church.
He is survived by a widow. three grand
children and two great-great-grandchil-
Irpp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
SHAKESPEARE FETE
COMMITTEE NAMED
Five Hundred Selected by Mayor
Mitchell to Direct City
Celebration.

Mayor Mitchell appointed Yesterday a
committee to take charge of the celebra-
ton of the 350th anniversary of Shake
speare's birth. 1t consists of about five
hundred men and women in the various
boroughs, including Henry Holt, Henry
Clews and Ex-Governor Levi p. Morton.
who were members Of the committee
which celebrated the 3OOth anniversary Of
Shakespeare's birth.
Arrangements already have been made
for celebration by the public schools,
the Shakespeare Club Of New York and
various other societies, but the Idea or
the special committee is to see that the
celebration is carried out along lines that
will be befitting the occasion.
In a statement yesterday the Mayor
referred to the committee of fifty years
ago, and added:
1T will be recalled that that commit
tee erected the statue OF Shakespeare.
The celebration in 1864, in the stress OF
the Civil War, was under the direction or
this distinguished committee, represent
ing the literary, commercial, professional
and official life of the city. 1t seems en-
tirely fitting 10 me that the 35Oth ami
versary of Shakespeare's birth should be
similarly celebrated. and that the city
should take an official part.
II have also appointed the following as
representative citizens. descendants OF
men who gave the city distinguished ser
vice on this committee fifty years ago:
William H. Appleton, Peter I. Barlow
Hiram Barney, James Gordon Bennett
Morris A. Bernheimer, John Clafin, Ber-
nard G. Gunther, James *. Hackett, Will
lam Butler Duncan. William NJ. Evarts'
Irving Grinnell, George b. Mcclellan,
Richard Rowland Hunt, Edwin d. Nor
gan. ]. Fred Person Edward 5. Rapallo,
Theodore Roosevelt, Samuel Sloan, Henry
A. c. Taylor. Cabot Ward, Egerton L..
Winthrop and r. A. Witthaus.'
Thomas w. Churchill, president Of the
Board of Education, is to serve as chair
man Of the committee, and will name an
active executive committee.
Among other members Of the commit
tee are: John Drew, Herman Ridder,
Mrs. j. BORDEN Hartman, Joseph H.
Choate, Mrs. John Hays Hammond, Gar
ence II. Mackay. william G. Reick, Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, Frank a. Vanderlip'
Senator O'Gormsn, Judge Alton b. Parker
Senator Root, Henry w. Sackett' jacob
II. Schiff, Oswald G. Willard. Seth Low
George w. Perkins, Mrs August Belmont
st. Clair McKelway Cardinal Farley
Charles NJ. Pratt, Charles A. Schieren'
William C. Redfeld. Mrs. Kate Epson
Clark, Cyrus G. Miller. j. Rowland
Leavitt, John Adikes, Lewis Nixon, Arthur
Won Briesen. George Cromwell and Will
lam G. Wilcox.
All the members Of the Board OF Esti-
mate and OF the Board OF Education are
also members OF the committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Castle, in defer
ence 10 the sentiment OF many of the
patrons OF Castle House, have decided TO
close It during Holy Week. 1t will re-
open Easter Monday.
When the new "Ziegfeld Follies' Is
produced early next month Bert Will
Jams. the negro comedian, will be mem
Der OF the organization.
Elaine Hammerstein, the eighteen-ycar-
old granddaughter OF Oscar Hammerstein.
signed a contract yesterday With her
terms OF which she Is TO appear next
season in her fathers first venture I'm the
dramatic field-"The Apex" by Richard
Harding Davis and Jules Eckert Good
man--to be produced I'm october. Miss
Hammersten is now playing In her
fathers musical comedy. High links.
at the Casino.
The nftieth performance OF The Mid
night Girl" at the Hth Street Theatre.
will take place tonight Souvenirs viii
be distributed. The entire company will
visit "The Belle OF Bond Street. at the
shubert. this afternoon.
The management of the Palace Theatre
has announced that the date OF Arnold
Daiy's appearance ~ that house has been
changed 10 next week. when he will be
seen in George Bernard shaw's How He
Lied 10 Her Husband" supported by
Miss Doris Mitchell and company.
Mrs. o. II. =. Belmont and party occu-
pied box yesterday 1T the matinee Of
10 bay" at the 4sth Street Theatre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
WHAT is GOING ON TODAY.

Free admission to the American Museum OF
Natural History. New York geological
Park Van Cortlandt Park Museum and
the Aquarium.
Circus. Madison Square Garden.
international Efficiency Exposition, Grand
Central Palace.
Luncheon OF the American Criterion Club
Hotel Plaza, / p. m.
Meeting of the Century Theatre Club. Hotel
Astor. / 80 y. I'M.
Meeting or the Equal Suffrage League. Hotel
Aston, y. IN.
Meeting OF the international Pure MIR
League. Hotel Aston, 2.30 p. m.
Address By DR. Kate Waller Barrett on
practical Experience with the Social Evil
IA Eighty cities" before the National
Florence CrttentOn League. No. 4o East
18th street. p. IN.
Address by Mrs. Henry r. Burton on THE
Meaning, Message and Menace Of Fem
inlsm" York Club. No. - East 9th
street, p m.
Dinner oi the Manufacturing Perfumers' As
ISOLATION Of the United States, Hotel Bit
more, Z p. m.
Conference on probation, under the auspices
OF the State Probation Commission. City
Hall p. M.
Meeting OF the Committee OF Thirty. 81
Nicholas Avenue Presbyterian Church. s
Dance OF the Phi Beta Delta. Hotel Nc
Aipin, y. m.
Dance OF the New Workers, Hotel Astor
$50 p. m.
Joint meeting OF the American Geographical
Society and the Association Of American
Geographers. No. 20 West 33th street. 5 sc
y. m.
Public lectures Of the Board OF Educa ton
st5 D. Naturalization: De Witt Clinton
High School, 59th street and Tenth ave-
nue. central Africa" Or. Peter Mac
queen. Nadieigh High School 1iith street
and Seventh avenue, Paris and the Vie
tory OF tho New Radicalsm In France "
DR. Jerome Hall Raymond. Public School
II. No. :25 East 27th street Charles
Dickens" Charles II. Goyan: Public
school II. s7th street. west Of Eighth
avenue THE city OF Washington" George
Newton Cross: Public School IS, Dominica,
and Clark streets. Merchant Of Venice %
Richard 4. Purdy; Public School So
Broadway ard Academy street. Peru
the Land of the Incas," Frederick s. Phil
lips Public School 81. 18th street east OF
Avenue u, THE Picturesque Hudson,
Ernest 4. Reed. Public School 80 ssth
street and First avenue, Macbeth" Al
gcrnon Tassln: Public School 90. Ii1th
street. west OF Seventh avenue. Catalonia
and Aragon." Professor Charles L. Clark;
Public school o. Avenue 4 and East SD
street. THE DRAMA OF the Revolution DR..
David Ssyille Muzzey, Public School 1872
1921 street and WpdsWorth avenue "Greg
and Norwegian Music" Miss Margaret An
derson; Public School 1jI. 81. Nicholas
avenue aud i.Tth street Colorado VS.
Switzerland" Rudy s. Uzzel; Public School
100 SUFFOLK and Rivington streets. Much
Ado About Nothing" William IL. Fleming
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
'"DIE ZAUBERFL0ETE" SUNG
Mozart's Work Given by the
Metropolitan Company.

Amid all the tumult and the shouting of
the operate world there are at times brief
intervals OF calm. One of these intervals
occurred last night, when Mozarts Die
Zauberh0te" was sung at the Metropol-
ltan.
The cast was, with few exceptions, as
usual. Mr. Wtherspoon took Mr.. Braun's
place as Sarastro, and Mr.. We'll that of
the late Putnam Griswold as the Sprecher.
Neither singer equalled his predecessor,
but both were fairly successful.
Miss Destinn appeared as Pamina, Miss
Hempe as Queen of the Night, Mr.. Jorn
as Tamino, Mr. Goritz as Papageno, Nine.
Alien as Papagena and Mr.. Reiss as
Monostratos.
Mr.. Hertz has done nothing better at
the Metropolitan than his conducting of
this music. In it he displays delicacy
which has not always been one OF his
chief virtues.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
DIED..

ALLEN-On Thursday, April 2, entered
into rest, Grace Latin, beloved wife {
William l.. Allen, at her home. No. s3S
West End ave.
ARNOLD-Entered into life eternal a.
Albany. n. Y. on Wednesday, April !.
1914, Jane Treat Avery. widow of Sen.
iamin w. Arnold, I'm the S0th year OF
Presbyterian Church. Albany, on sat
urday afternoon at 2:30 O'clock
DIEHL-Suddenly, at Brewster, ". y,
or Thursday April =. 1914. Philip Diehl
Notice Of funeral later
FINNIGAN-At Houston. Tex, on Thurs
dav. April Q Katherine Finnigan. widow
of the late John Finnigan.
HERRICK-On Wednesday. April 1, 1914
at his residence. No. 80 East Dist 81, IN
his s5th year, Everett lierrick' NJ ~
funeral services will be held at his
late residence on Saturday morning al
10 o'clock Interment at Woodlawn At
the convenience of the family. Please
omit flowers
HROP-Suddenly April !, at the Ho
lei Ansonia, IN the I'D year OF her age
Anna Catherine. daughter OF the late
William c. and Charlotte I.athrop, OF
Boontol y. j. Funeral services AZ
First Presbyterian Church, Boonton. y.
J on Friday afternoon, April 3, at $50.
on arrival OF ID. l.. e ". train leaving
ttODOhcu d. AsiV
MOORE-On Monday. March go 1914, AZ
Algiers, in Algeria. Charles Messinger
Moore. of Paris, France, and OF New
York, son OF the late Edward G. Moore
and " Mary =. Moore. aged IS years.
Interment in France.
ROGERS-George w. beloved husband OF
Edna Rankin Rogers, in the 6ist year
OF his age, at Elizabeth. y. j.. on April
3 1914. at $50 p. m. Funeral service at
his late residence, No. SIS North Broad
st. Elizabeth. on Sunday. April 8. at
$50 p. m. Interment private. Kindly
omit flowers.
STEWART-On Thursday April .. 1914.
Mary NJ Stewart widow of the late
William r. Stewart. I'm her SD year.
Funeral services will be held at her
lase residence, No 100 Riverside Drive.
on Saturday. April 4, at p. IN. Inter-
ment at convenience of family.
TINGUE-At his residence. the Apthorp.
Broadway and 18th St, on Thursday,
April .. 1914, In the 18th year of his
age. William j. Tingue. Notice OF fu-
neral hereafter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
SPOINER-BABB!DCe.

Miss Louisa pianwood Babbidse daugh-
ter OF SIR. and Mrs. Charles Babbidge,
was married 70 Allen spooner' son OF
spencor spooner.. rst evening In the I'm
manuel Baptist Church. Brooklyn. The
Rev. Or. John Humpstone performed the
ceremony. There was "A reception AZ the
home Of the brides parents. NO. 2e 81
James Place.
Miss 4. Helena Smith. Of Philadelphia
acted a. maid Of honor The other at
teufants were Ms william RanaoIph
sides, Mrs. Clarence l.. Blakeiock' M'bs
gladys glglow. and Miss Florence MAT
.uerite Phantom. haDcee Of the bride
other, Harold Babbidge, who served AZ
~ man.
The usLers were Henry r.. Bedford ~
+. Horatio Blgiow. JT., william Randolph
.deg ana Clarence l.. Blakelock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
ART RECEPTION TO-DAY
Nearly 1000 Persons Expected
at National Academy.

Almost one thousand acceptances have
been received by the School Art League
for the reception to-day at the National
Academy exhibition Of pictures, at No.
2i5 West 57th street. Invitations were
cent Ia MAYOR Mitchell and TO President
Churchill Of the Board Of Education.
Mrs. Herman y. Spelman. chairman OF
a committee OF the Junior League. OF
BROOKLYN. will receive the Brooklyn dele
gstion. A committee of Manhattan Ju-
Nor League members. under Mrs Allen
q wellman. will receive representatives
81 the stage. among them Cyrii Maude
and his brother Charles. Bayard Weller
William Faversham. Julie OPP Julian lie
strange and Margaret Wycherly.
Mrs. John w Alexander. chairman or
the entertainment committee. announced
the establishment Of permanent fund
by Edwin T. Jackson, jr., and George u.
Pratt. - Brooklyn. 10 provide travelling
teachers 20 interest the pupils In the
museums Of Manhattan and Brooklyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
AYAO HATORl.

San Francisco, April 2.-Ayao Hatori, a
CORNER member OF the japanese House Of
Commons and one OF the most widely
t,own men Of his race in America, was
Found dead yesterday in his room In a
hotel here. Death was caused by cere-
brad hemorrhaSe.
Uatori returned 10 the United States
from japan IN May and had been en-
gagged ever since I'm investigating the
condition OF his countrymen in this coun-
try for the Japanese Association OF
America. lie was flfty-flve years old.
His early education in Toxic was supple
mented by course at Princeton. where
he studied history under President VIII
son.
lie embraced Christianity. and for sew
eral years was pastor of the Japanese
Presbyterian Church In San Francisco.
leaving the ministry TO become manager
OF japanese commercial house In Port.
land. ore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
THE REV. DR.. E. E. STRONG.

Boston. April 1.-The Rev. DR.. Elnathan
r. Strong. for twenty-five years editor
of THE Missionary Herald" died to-
day in his eighty-second year. In his
long association with the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
sions ne became widely known az a
statistician ana expert on the work OF
mission boards throughout the world.
Or. Strong retired from active editorial
work i'm 1907.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
AARON VANpERWORKER.

Aaron Vanderworker, friend OF
Horace Greeley and formerly well known
in newspaper and printing circles. died on
Monday. During the last few years JUS
tice Harrington Putnam, Of the Supreme
Court. had been his best friend, and has
undertaken the funeral arrangements.
The service will be held this afternoon in
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church,
Seventh avenue and 10th street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
D, V. BURLINGTON.

Ocean Springs. Miss, April I'D. v
burlington, who for many years was
prominent figure in the brick industry
died here to-day. He was born in Sid
ney, Me-, January %. 1911. He was a
former president of the National Brick
Manufacturers Association. The funeral
will be held here tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
JAMES L. DAVENPORT.

Westfalls Church, Va, April flames
l.. Davenport. commissioner OF pensions
from 1909 to 1913. died at his home here
to-day. lie was born at Hinsdale, ~ H.,
I'm 1915. He was connected with the Blu
reau OF Pensions in various capacities for
thirty-tWo years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
NOBEL PRIZE MAN DIES,

Munich. April Paul Johann Ludwig
Won Heyse, the German poet and novel;
list, died here to-day in his ,ighty-ifth
year. The Nobel prize for literature was
awarded 10 him in 1910
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
COMMODORE GEORGE /. DYER.

Winter Park, Fla. April 2-Commodore
George l. Dyer L. S. n. retired VINO
commanded the gunboat Stranger In the
yrar with Snain and later was appointed
first Governor OF Guam died to-day from
heart disease at his home here. lie was
sixty-four years old and was retired IN
1aaS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
ROBERT HIRSCHFELD.

salzburg. April robert Hirschield'
an Austrian musical composer and d.
rector of the Mozarteum School of Music
in this city died to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
Time Curtain Rises o-day
AFTER NOON.

2:15-Circus. Madison Square Garden
Three plays ............... 49, cort
Belle of Bond Street. 800. Schubert
2;3o-Haensel und Gretel and Pagliacci,
Metropolitan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
CEMETERIES.

THE woODLAwN CEMETERY.
a3Sd ST. b. Harlem Train and BY Treble,
Onios. &c East ysd IT.. n Z.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03
STOCK AND ONE WEEK THEATREs.
VAUDEVILLE HOUSES.
BURL SQUE,

Mats. Daily. Evening.
PIE. Columbia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03

JOHN BURROUGHS,
At Woodchuk Lodge on his fathers farm where he born
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Shields Clarke
who spent the winter in Egypt and the
soudan. will return to this country early
next month and open their villa at LenoN'
Mass.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-13

The tango mystery grows all the
time. 1t is asserted upon every mana
that nobody dances it. Still, the tu-
ror continues. Ask a dancing master
If he teaches the tango and he Will
tell YOU no. He knows what 1t is
he has seen it done by experts-but
he doesn't teach 1t. 1t is not popu'
lar dance. There seems TO be TWO
tangoes. One is the tango when
comes to us from, the Argentine Re
public-a dance for experts-a SLOW
difficult thing that is not worth doing
at all unless one can do 1t very well'
indeed. The other tango is any new
dance-the Castle walk, the hesitation
waltz, or anything our fathers did not
dance. This latter is the popular
tango danced all over the country. II
is the one at which the people who DC
not care about dancing continually
thunder. 1t is not the tango at all
The tango is a myth, and they are
knocking the dsylights out Of 1t every
day.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-13
De Wits HANDMADE Sc CIGAR
Bench Has a Soldering Effect.

81 have become acquainted with
about fifty or more district judges of
Kansas, as well as a dozen or fifteen
supreme justices, and one character
istic of practically all of them that
has greatly impressed me is their ut
ter lack OF arrogance, self-assertion
and domineering instinct" writes
Judge j. C. Ruppenthal Of Russell.
The loudmouthed swashbuckler who
eats the enemy alive, who loudly lays
down the law (Which none knew SO
well as he), in the court room, on the
street, in the hotel lobbies and wher-
ever he can gather a gaping, awe
struck group, to tell what he would
do as judge, either never reaches the
bench, or is transformed into a model
of meekness, cautious, wary of gratui'
tous opinions, when given power and
charged with responsibility. y."-Kansas
City Star.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-05-13
Simplified Spelling Pioneer.

A hardy pioneer makes monthly
appeal to our notice. The Pioneer
OF Simplified Spelling" certainly has
the courage of its convictions; 1t car
ries the principle Of phonetic ortho-
graphy 1--WE acknowledge the contra
diction in terms) to its remorseless
limit Without going beyond the
latest issue, we note such headings
as "Mr. Sections Sceem,' ''Voisez
From Acros the Chanel" "A He'd Mis-
tres'z Apoloejia "Noetz and Nyuz,
Pres Cuttings of the Munth.' Who
can fail to admire the unabashed in
sistence on forms like "woz" for un-
reformed was" "poot" for put, mis-
taicen" for mistaken" and "chainj'
for change? Bravo Better lie
vel stuc tn than the tryuth waiver
ing.