davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Says It Is ssPandemOnium of Place, Nerve Wracking
 and Sleep Destroying"
AUTHOR OF "RAFFLESv
 IS HARD AT WORK
Saint Saens Dedicates Book of Mem- Oirs to His Pet Poodle-Edwin Pugh Throws Stones From
 Glass House
Fly HAYDEN cHuRoH

London, June 27.-(Special.) )-Most trav- elers rave over Venice, but at least one British novelist of fame does not. Or, in other words, though he does rave over 1t, 1t Is not in the sense in which the word usually is used in this connection. The novelist in question is William J. Locke whom one would have expected to revel in the City of the Doges, but who actually denounces it as "a fraud of a city" As was reported in this corre- spondence, Locke and Mrs. Locke so- iourned in Venice on their way back from Egypt to England. where they now have arrived, and quite evidently Venice got the distinguished authors goat While he was there he wrote to friend that it was a pandemonium of place, the nois- fest of cities, with It's insensate and mad dening bells. its yelling populace, it's noisy, echoing alleys and it's idle scum of squaling singers "I could write you rec ms about this nerve-racl1ing sleep destroying fraud of a city" he added
 Meanwhile it seems that no further books will be published by Locke until July, 1915. In the interim he will be en- gagged on the five serials which an Amer ican syndicate has commissioned from him at truly humping rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
The Regular Man

 Berton Braley in the Popular Magazine. Lord. let me live like a Regular man. With regular friends and true. Let me play the game on regular plan. And play 1t that way all through; Let mo win or lose with regular smile And never be known to whine l' For that Is Regular Fellows styis And I want to make it minel O, give me a regular chance in life, The same as the rest, I pray, And give me n regular girl for wife To help mo along the way; Let us know the lot of humanity. It's regular woes and Joys. And raise 0 regular family - Of regular girls and boysi Let me live to regular goodt old ago. With regular snow-white hair, Having done my labor and earned my
 wage
 And played my game for fair; And so at last when the people scan My face on It's regular bier. They'll say, Well. he was a Regular
 manl" l And drop a regular tear.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
 THINKS WELL OF HIMSELF

which he said how annoyed he was when people kept interrupting in order to laugh and applaud. The preface was very lon.s indeed, and was written in this straln:2
 ITO the Audience at the - theatre.
 Dear Sir or Madam: It Is your custom tc receive my plays with the most unre- strained applause. You sometimes com pei the performers to pause at the end Of every line until your laughter has quieted down. I am not ungrateful, but may l ask you a few questions?
 Are you aware that you would get out of the theatre half an hour earlier if you listened to the play in silence and did not applaud until the fall of the cur tain?
 Have you noticed that people look very nice when they smile and look pleased. but look shockingly ugly when they roar with laughter and shout ex- ictedly or sob loudly?
 And so on for 16 more questions.
 MT. Shaw's plays usually meet with fair success. When Arms and The Man" was first produced in London, it was greeted with tremendous Applause and he stepped before the curtain in order to make a little speech
 Suddenly a person In the gallery began to hoot
 G. B. s. stepped forward and in his characteristic manner said.
 q quite agree with our friend in the gallery. but what are we two against so many ?'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28

this chemically, but may find friendly germs a great aid.
 "The four diseases will be experi- mented with simultaneously, so that time will not be lost. Very often long periods elapse between the different steps of an experiment. and by having more than one series of experiments In progress some work can be constantly ready.
 "The sleeping sickness and leprosy have always been most interesting mysteries to me. The exact manner in which these diseases communicated has never been discovered, The tsetse fly and insects in Africa have been sus- pected of carrying the sleeping sick ness, but 1t has never been proved.
 "Leprosy Is equally bafnlng~
 "One bad factor of the two diseases Is that person may get the germs into his system and they may not develop for frora to 20 years.
 T have never feared the diseases I studied. After establishing the 1eprosy colony in the Philippines I built my own bungalow of bamboo on the 1epers' island and lived there three years. Plenty of food, fresh air, sunshine and p-to-date sanitary arrangements made me feel safe My assistants and nurses accompanied me daily on the round of inspection, and I have heard of none of them contracting the disease. The main factor in keeping well is the same in California as 1t Is in every other part of the world. The person with strength need not fear. Alcohol carries many diseases in that 1t weak ems the system. Consequently none of my assistants in Africa or the Philip pines were permitted to use it. On the other hand Is 1t my conviction that to- bacco in moderation Is a germicide.
 "As sleeping sickness interests mo perhaps the most, I expect to begin 1t first and expect to have the strange spectacle about my laboratory of cats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits. chickens and perhaps horses sound asleep in the fields."
 | Dr. de Mey's office Is in the Times | building. He said he had ceased prod ding around in strange parts of the world for strange germs and has set ] tied down in Los Angeles to stay
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Dedicates Book to Poodle

Gabrielle d Annunzia. one of the keen
 est of dog lovers, once devoted a whole chapter of novel to his canine pets, but M. Saint-Saens, the famous French com poser. has gone one better by dedicating a book of memoirs which he has just published to his pet poodle, "Dalila." This canine companion of the great musicians, to which he is greatly devoted, is so ramed because It was born on the night 2 of the productlon of what probably is Saint-Saens' best known work Samson
 and Dalila." The poodle is a faithful animal, as fond of his master as he is of it, though curiously enough, it has horror of music. If the master strikes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Solemn Dinner Parties

Mrs. Theodore Watts-Dunton, who has just lost her distinguished husband the chum of Swnburne. was prior to her marriage well known to the present writ CT, and l have heard many wonderful stories of the life at the Pines, in Put ney. The two old gentlemen believed In old-fashioned dinner parties. Everything was done with great solemnity and the utmost decorum-yes, decorum is just the word. The diners themselves were sub stantial. Enormous tureens of. soup started the meal, then came huge por- tions of turbot and afterwards great roast joints. After dinner hot whisky and water was drunk in solemn state
 Mrs. Watts-Dunton. when I knew her best was Miss Clara J. Reich, a dark. pretty girl, who lived with her mother at Canada Lodge close to the famous Pines and knew both authors intimate ly but 1t is not true, as has been stated, that she was Watts-D -Duntons literary amanuensis. Arnold Bennett, by the bye, also lived in Putney for awhile, and his mother and sister still reside there, and in Putney he laid the scene of the greater part of Buried Alive"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
FRUSTRATED BY RAGTIME
Much Value Pounded Out of Piano al
 Every Zigzag Session

From the New York World.
 The grand, square and upright mem- bers of the National Association of Piano Merchants of America may enjoy noc- turnes, intermezzos and other refined se- lections, but their collective trade heart beats secretly in ragtime.
 Why? Because ragtime not only opens the seams of a piano and causes or ganic difficulties, but usually winds it up with nervous disability or physical breakdown.
 The piano merchants held their conven-
 tion at the Hotel Astor last week, They made speeches on one floof and dined on another.
 Henry Dreher, past president, talked in pleasing rythm about what ragtime
 had done and was doing to the trade.
 Zigzag playing. I am glad to say. knocks
 even the most robust piano to pieces.
 Ragtime will compel manufacturers to
 turn out extra heavy instruments, just as automobile companies turn out six-ton
 trucks for heavy loads. "Only the ether day plano was
 brought to me which had been used for IS months by a not overvlolent ragtime
 player It had valvuar disturbance around the heart and was in far worse condition than a piano of the same make which had been used by a busy music teacher for IS years
 Ra8tlmers nave none or the gentle spirit of Chopin and Brahma. They are out for results. Taking facts and figures for a guide, one may hazard the state ment that. the average ragtime player can beat B worth of value out of an in- strument in an hour.
 "Ragtime is a boon to the piano man. ufacturer, It gives an ordinarily steady instrument internal disorders from which 1t cannot recover.
 Last year 233.0o0 pianos were manu- factured in America. That was a record. Probably 30o,oeo instruments will be made this year. With a million ragtimers and another million tangoers. the industry has duty to perform"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
. WASHINGTON SEMINARY

WASHINGTON SEMINARY 1874 Peachfree Road ATLANTA, GA
 DISTINCTIVE FEATURES: l. Boarding Department limited. $100,000.00 in Grounds and Buildings q New School Building, modern in Equipment, with provision for open-air class rooms. &. Courses in Domestic Science and Physical Training part of regular curriculum ( Departments: Kindergarten, Primary, Aca- demic, Colege-P Preparatory. Music, Art, Ex- pression, 37th Session begins Sept. 10, 19iS- Write for illustrated cafaloaue E s L. D. and EMMA B. SCOTT, Principals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Hornung Writing New Book

E. w. Hornung is reported to be half way through with the first long novel he has written for several years, and the serial rights of it are already sold to one of the most enterprising of the Ameri- can magazines. His latest series of con- nected short stories dealing with '"rhe Crime Doctor" is to appear In July in book form in England and the United States, and Charles Frohman has cap tured the dramatic rights of them. Fur thermore his Rallies is to be revived here in the autumn by Gerald du Maurier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28

a few chords on the piano Dalila runs into a corner and howls in misery or bursts into a furious volley of barking. And so the musician allows himself to be ruled by his pet. He will not play when it is in the house, and makes a point of send ing the dog out for walk whenever he wishes to enjoy little music.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Cupid's Playfulness

FTDlH JUuBe.
 Cupid. being but a boy, Childish games does much enjoy. After us he fairly flies; '4Tag, you're itr' then gayIy criea
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Pueh Appropriates Title

Edwin Pugh, who wrote Tony Drum, either has forgotten the old adage that folk who inhabit glass houses should re- Train from stone throwing or else has decided that as the borrowing of book titles appears to be general he might as well take hand in it, too.
 Sometime ago. Pugh addressed quite a heated letter to the newspapers protesting against the way in which the titles of practically all his boolxs-sTony Drum, ' The Spoilers The Heritage and the rest had been appropriated by fellow au- ttors and authoresses and, of course, we felt deeply sympathetic, Now I see that Pugh's forthcoming book is to be called ''The Quick and the Dead l won- der what Amelie Rives (who is in England with her husband, Prince Troubetzkoy) will have to say when she hears that?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-28
Autopranh Letters SoId

One of the most interesting sales of autographs ever held in Paris has just taken place, and some of the documents throw a new light on eminent authors and composers. good many of the let ters are to printers and publishers, so that one may gather something of the writer's finances at the time.
 Thus Balzac writes to his publisher to tell him about forthcoming judicial pro- ceedings; while Edmond About complains in letter dated January 3l, 1862, of the bad reception accorded to his play, "Gae- tina" This was so little to the liking of the audience that dissatisfied spectators he records, came and made noisy dem- onstration outside his house. threatening to demolish the door, while his mother lay so i'll that the shock threatened to kill her. |
 Eerlioz. in characteristic letter, de- scribes Paris as a place where there is as much love for music as among the Sioux' and deMusset sends some off cially stamped paper to his publisher, who owes him $50 francs. Another let ter shows Voltaire grumbling about his domestic troubles.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10
farmer KILLS father
NAV, SHOOTS WIFE
AND ENDS own. LIFE

Maxbass, N. D., Oct. 1O.-Melvin Booth. aged 80,
shot and killed his father-in-law; probably fatally in
jured his wife, and ended his own life.
Booth is supposed to have been insane, and the
murder and suicide grows out of a family quarrel
which had its inception last night.
The double tragedy occurred on the Booth farm
six miles northwest of Maxbass.
Mrs. Booth is in a Westhope hospital, with a bull
let wound in her wrist, another in her arm, and anotl-
er in her jaw.
The father-in-law was instantly killed by a bullet
which entered the back of his neck.
The murderer killed himself by bracing the gun
between his legs and firing into his throat, the big
charge tearing his head in a horrible manner.
Las night Mrs: Booth, after a quarrel with her husband, went to
the home of q neighbour She returned this morning. The fmherstn.
this morning because OF Booths attitude. and he had packed his suit
ae was rounding a corner of the house, on his way off the farm.
when Booth shot him down in cold blood.
The tragedy wa discovered an hour later nv Rohev SarL onoJo-
farmer.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

ed by the displays made at the Indian
fair which closed at Fort Totten this
week. following the most satisfactory
exhibition Of the kind ever held there.
Superintendent c.. M. Ziebach, who
fathered the fair movement, and Sec
rotary Camp, who Is responsible for
no small share of the success of the
undertaking, are optimistic over the
outlook for future fairs.
A great sham battle, in which the
Indians, bedecked with feathers and
decorated with paint, participated
with a zeal that indicated they have
not entirely forgotten the frontier
days in the northwest, colored the
fair with a blaze Of glory.
While the weather was far from
pleasant yesterday, there was a good
sized crowd of interested spectators
from various points. in attendance. A
large number Of Devils Lake people
took occasion during the week to mo-
tor over to the fort and the advance
ment hat is being made In the fair
was freely commented upon. Very
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10
East Grand Forks
JAMES SH|MFK IS
CALLED BY DEATH
Resident of the City for the
Last Fifteen Years
Passes Away.

James Shimek, a resident of East
Grand Forks for the past Is years,
died at 7:45 o'clock last evening, at
st. Michael's hospital in Grand Forks,
typhoid fever and kidney trouble
causing his demise after an illness Of
six weeks.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day morning at 9 o'clock from the
Sacred Heart Catholic church, Father
Klinkhammer officiating.
Mr.. Shimek came to East Grand
Forks from New Prague, Mimi, at
which point he had resided practically
all his life. his parents moving to that
point from Bohemia, where he was
born.
During his residence in East Grand
Forks, Mr.. Shimek has resided at oil
P~hillsbury avenue.
Surviving MI. Shimek are five sons
and a daughter-Miss Eva Shimek, re-
siding at home, and Albert, John.
Martin, Joseph, James and Frank, all
residents Of East Grand Forks and
Grand Forks.
Four sisters and three brothers,
residents OF New Prague, Mimi, also
survive him.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

y. A. Chance, Lawyer-Law and
collections. Open evenings. 1880 to
$3.50. Both phones, 725; Office. 218
and 21s. Widlund bldg.-Adv.
Dr.. Engstad will remain in the city
until October 1S. ONCE with DIR.
pean.-Adv.
Music at Dacotah-Hear the. Metro
politan orchestra at Hotel Dacotah
Sunday evening dinner, 6 to $780,
Adv.
Hats Reblocked that stay reblocked.
Quality work. Wilson. Hotel Da-
cotah.
For Rent-One suite of front offices
IN the Palmer block. One tve-room
house on Cherry street, $12.00. One
nine-room house on University, $40.0 90.
Garvin & Palmer-Adv.
Rorke's Orchestra-Playing at the
Frederick hotel, the Knights of Co.
lumbus and Elks' series. Get in line.
Ernest Rorke, N. w. 1334L: Tri-State
140J.-Adv.
HI. Bendeke & Co. nave now moved
their office to their new building on
Kittson avenue. mex to Normanden.
ADV.
Coming Soon-"Home Sweet Home"
Will be seen at the Met. very shortly.
Watch for the date. which will be an
nounced in a few days.-Ady.
At the Met-MondaY and Tuesday
The Jungle" a daring arraignment
Of the meat packing industry and a
powerful plea for socialism of the
highest order.-Adv.
Dinner and Music - Plan to take
your Sunday dinner at Hotel Dacotah
from 8 to $3.50. Music by Metropoli-
tan enthusiastically.
Speeder FYned-J. Howe was ar
rested for speeding his automobile on
DeMers mi Friday night. He paid
a fine of $40 when a%rraigned in po-
lice court.
Marriage License-A marriage Ii
cense was issued today by County
Of Minot and Miss Jean Mcdonald Of
this city.
Winnipeg Visitor-Mrs. N. P.
Thompson Of Winnipeg arrived in the
city last evening for a short visit at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. I. B. Bar
low, II North Seventh street.
Four Arrcst-Two drunks and as
many disorderlies were gathered In
last night by the local police. All
paid their fines when arraigned to-
day in police court.
Sunday Dinner-Eat YOU Sunday
dinner at the Hotel Dacotah and hear
the musical program rendered by the
Metropolitan orchestra 6 to $3.50 p.
m.-Adv.
knights to .E1ect-The Grand
Forks council, knights Of Columbus,
will hold its, annual election of OH
GERS at the regular meeting mex Mon
day night.
Underwent operation-Mrs. David
Whalen. 100 South Third street, un-
derwent q very serious operation for
gall stones yesterday. She 10 resting
we'll. though the crisis Is not yet
passed.
First Church OF Christ, Scientist.
Regular services at 10:45 a. m. The
Death Real" The Sunday school fol-
lows the morning service. The Wed
nesday evening testimonial begins at
8 o'clock and the reading room is
open on week days from 2 to 4 p. m.
Free literature may be obtained. The
room. IL, No. 8 in the Clifford annex
on DeMers avenue. The church edi-
fee is at the corner Of Belmont and
Fourth avenues. A cordial invitation
is extended to the public to attend all
the services and visit the reading
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10
mJBs WIN AGAIN.

Chicago, Oct. 1O.-The Cubs yester-
day took the third game of the city Sc
ries between the National and Ameri-
can league clubs by a score of 2 to
]. giving them a lead of one game
over the White Eox.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10


: a. M, 46; maximum, go; min
: imum, As; wind northwest, Q I
= miles; barometer, 2e.03.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10
f. c. +. SOCIAL NEWS

Superintendent and Mrs. H. e.
Wolf n Principal and Mrs. Guy
Goddard were hosts and hostesses last
evening to the faculty Of the city
schools at the Wolff home on Dover
avenue Large quantities of autumn
lowers were arranged throughout the
rooms and the evening hours we're
pleasantly past in various amuse-
ments. The evening was brought to
q close with q service of a three
course supper.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Kelleher are en-
Pertaining as their guests at their
home or North Second street, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Lutz OF Thief River Falls
Mrs. c. Knutson will entertain the
Ladies' Aid society of the Scandinav-
ian Methodist church at her home
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. N. J.. Nelson leaves Thursday
morning for Minot, where she will
North Dakota State Baptists which
will be In session in that city october
Is to 10. Mrs. Nelson will give her
report as state director for the Wom-
ems Foreign Missionary society at the
session held Friday afternoon.
A large delegation Of Royal Neigh
bors will go over to Crookston on Oc-
tober % to attend the county conven-
ton Of the order. A school of instruc-
ton will be held by Mrs. Enright, SUI
preme oracle.
The regular meeting of the Ladies'
Catholic Order of Foresters will be
held Tuesday evening at Z o'clock in
the Sacred Heart church hall. The
meeting is called earlier in order that
the regular business may be transact
ed and the members are to attend the
organization Of the st. Michael's court
at the X. G. hall in Grand Forks. A
large attendance is desired at this
meeting.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

The Best is the Cheapest.
II o are looking for good coal,
we invite your careful inspection of
that nice bright Scranton, 1.-THE Coal
That's All Coal" N. w. 303; Tri-State
E-s. Stinson Implement and Fuel
company.-Adv.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

few, not intimately acquainted with
reservation life, realized that the In
dams are more than dabbling in az
riculture. 1t is this feature in par
ticular that pleases the promoters of
the fair. The thorough success of
this fair assures the future of the in
stitution.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

Farm Mortgage Loans.
At a low rate of interest. See Sui
Ivan Bros. 800 DeMers avenue, East
Grand Forks, Minn.-Adv.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10
INDIANS MAKING
GOOD AS FARMERS
Fair at TT. Totten Indicates
That Splendid Results
are Being Achieved.

Devils Lake, N. D., Oct. 10.-.That
the Indians Of the Devils Lake reser-
walton are making progress along ag-
r%icultural lines, is thoroughly reflect
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

On September 2 a blue silk UNI
brella was left on University avenue
car going south at $3.50 and later de-
livered to a lady not the owner. The
umbrella was highly valued by the
owner. who will reward its return to
the presidents office at the univer-
sity.-Adv.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

But your views, as you expressed
them some time ago"
"Those were not my views. Those
were my Interviews"
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

The Species.
Baltimore American.)
How is your sons taste in birds?"
Sporty"
What kind If a taste do you mean
by that?"
ut inclines to lark, swallows, bats
n hot ones"
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

At the Met-The fourteenth episode
Of THE Perils of Pauline" at the Met,
today Is the most thrilling event of
the entire story. "Get Out and Get
Under" is one Of the biggest laugh
producers ever seen in moving pic
lures and that is making q broad
statement, but easily proved.-Adv,
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

Music at Dacotah-Hear the. Metro
politan orchestra at Hotel Dacotah
Sunday evening dinner, 8 to $780,
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

H. Bendeke & Co. have now moved
Office to their new building on
avenue. next to Normanden.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

Dr.. Engstad will remain in the city
until October IS. once with DR..
Dean.-Ady.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

L. A. Chance, Lawyer-Law and
collections. Open evenings, 1880 to
$3.50. Both phones, 725; office. 218
and 219. Widlund bldg.-Adv.
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

Picture Framing - Artistically and
correctly done. New line of thinner
man mouldings Just received. Western
Art Supply Shop, 400 DeMers emu
ADV.