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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
NOTES AND COMMENT FROM THE WORLD OF MUSIC

Georges Bizet usss-T5,
LFNineral March OF a Maronette tcomlcl
Charles Francois Gounod ISIS sd
h-Thrse Dances from Nell Gwynnc,"
Country Dance. Pastoral Dance
Merrymakcr's Dance. ............. .
Edward German (ls62-
6-Fantasie--"La Boheme" ........aa
Glacomo Puccini rs5s- }
7--Waltzes from Der Rosenkayalier
Richard strauss 1854
Fxcern,s from Robin Hood" 800.
Reginald Dekoven nsJe-
e-Parting Song from Der Trompeter
Won Sakkingen. ........... ..'l,,.s..,,' 80,
Victor Ernst Nessler Cis4l.sO
-Narch-"Thc Banner OF Victory"
Franz Won Blon ns6i- }
Edward Fielding, concert director. J3
West 72d St.. announces the following
artists under his management for the
forthcoming concert season. Mmf'
Tulsa VILLAIN, soprano, with the Boston
Opera Company. late of La Scala ana
Covert Garden; Signor Giuseppi Eau
denzi. tenor, of the Chicago opera COM
pany. late of Covent Garden and Milan;
Miss Elizabeth Sherman Clark, mezzo-
soprano. formerly of the metropolitan
Opera House, New York, now one OF
the leading concert singers OF Amerlca'
Arthur Reginald Little, concert pianist
having appeared successfully IN Lon
don. Paris and recently with the New
York Symphony Orchestra: Willem
purieux. violoncellist. from The Hague;
George Harris, jr.. tenor, who appeared
last year with Nine. Gadsh on tour;
Miss Constance Purdy. contralto. ana
Miss Grace Walters, classic and modern
dancer. According 10 Mr.. Fleldings
present outlook he will have enough TO
do for all of those under his direction.
Hans Merx, the German lieder sin
ger. will leave for London and Ger
many next week on the Aquitania. He
has been engaged for a number OF
lieder rccitals in various cities and
seaside places in Germany and Eng
land. Mr.. Merx intends TO spend the
rest of the summer at his home on
the Rhine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

the caulihower, to blanch the inner
leaves, the time to do 1t IS when the
outside leaves are large enough TO IN
close and shelter the inner ones tlther
soft cord, raffia fibre or rubber bandS
if not too tight-are satisfactory;
and should be placed well up around
the entire plant so as to permit all
possible growth Of the inner leaves or
"heart." Care must be taken TO see
that there is no moisture inside the
leaves when they are tied up, else
they are likely TO heat and rot.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
THE WATER RACES
AT LAKE GEORGE
Great Times Anticipated at the
Contest for the Golf
Cup Trophy.

Lake George, y. Y, July Is. Vita
the races for the Gold Cup trophy OF
the American Power Boat Association
little more than week distant, the
vanguard Of the army Of motor boat
enthusiasts which is expected to wit
ress them is commencing 70 arrive.
Hotel reservations, made early in the
season covering the period OF the races.
are now being taken up, and within a
few days all hostleries nbout the lake
are expected TO be taxed to capacity.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

Life is very gay at the Spring House.
with tennis and baseball during the
day and dancing in the evening for
those who care 10 indulge in the popu-
lar pastime.
The baseball teams Of the Spring
House and Ocean View are made Up
of college students, many of whom are
on college and class teams. IL is rather
early in the game for the fans 10 know
the exact personnel, but the captains
have given tentative line or the po-
sitions and the boys are working hard
to do good work in their chosen spots
On the diamond. Several spirited games
have been played and the lovers Of the
game are enthusiastic over the work OF
the teams.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

die. Mr.. and Mrs. f. G.. Wickware aid
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. VI. Weller.
The Worden Hotel for several days
past has also been Mecca for many
from the metropolis, among others
being Mr. and Mrs. VI. 4. Hewson,
George Z. Besson. b. A. Matthews, Miss
Helen Wickham. Miss Anna /. Power.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul II. Walblew and Mr..
and Mrs George Ward.
At the Marion are VI. Martin. naval
attache at the French Embassy. at
Washington; Mrs. John Clarke, Miss
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Clara VI. Clarke and Miss Wnifred
Shepard. all Of whom will remain for
the rest Of the season. Mrs. VI. +.
Adams, accompanied by Miss Browning
and Miss Curtice. OF London. are max
ing the hotel the centre OF many side
trips to points Of historical interest in
the vicinity. Others from New York
are Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. Seymour. Miss
Clarine Seymour. Mr.. and Hrs. l.. c.
Sanford. Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Jackson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

Never before in its resort history mas
the lake been the centre OF such inter
est in the world of sport, the proDah.l
itv that records for both the mile ana
thirtv-mile courses will be shattered
and this by boats owned and driven by
amateurs for the mere love OF inc
sport, proving an attraction which VIII
draw a large and fashionable audience
to the lake the last three days OF ms
month.
The tier of boxes erected on the
Sycamore dock are being disposed OF
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to their roots. These are simply the
principles of good gardening and good
forming anywhere-if they do not re-
suit in stocky. thrifty, prolific growth
the fault must be with the seeds you
plant. in which case your resource Is
10 try another scotsman.
Blanching Lettuce. -How and when
should cos Cromaine) lettuce be tied
up? Will rubber bands do as well as
soft Irvine %. y.
Since the object of tying up this
ncn-heading type Of lettuce is, as in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

Beethoven through Holz and others to
discover what direct cause had led the
misguided young man to attempt to
end his life. The INQUIRIES made of
him at the hospital during the weeks
spent there brought scarcely more in
formation from his lips than the iirst
question asked by his mother. Schind-
Ter seems TO have been persuaded that
il was his failure 20 pass his eXamina-
lions at the Polytechnic Institutes; but
this theory is net tenable. Aside from
the fact that he had time till Septem-
Der 8 to make up his neglected studies,
he never himself advanced this as an
excuse or explanation, but explicitly
denied il. In the hospital he told HolZ
that il would have been easy for him
TO have made himself fit to pass, but
Chat having made up his mind TO do
away with himself long before he had
not thought it worth while to continue
his studies. "IIe said that he was
tired of life" Holz reports to Bee
thoven. because he saw in 1t some
thing different from what you wisely
and rightcously could approve He
also phrased it thus: "Weariness Of
imprisonment" To the examining po-
lice magistrate. ne said that MS reason
for shooting himself was that Bee
thoven "tormented him too much lie
also said: 81 grew worse because my
uncle wanted me 10 be better 10
Beethoven's question if Karl had rallied
against him, Schlcmmer replied: lie
did not rail, but he complained that he
always had trouble Hollis eXplana-
ton many years after 10 otto jam
was that Beethoven was rigorous 10
excess in his treatment Of his nephew,
and would not allow him the slightest
extravaganza"
WAS DEEPLY IN DEBT.
The chief cause, in greatest proba-
bility, was that he had hopelessly in
volved himself in debts by dissolute
life. SCHNEIDER told Beethoven that
Karl not only played billiards but
played with low persons. "coachmen
and the like" and that he did not
always play honestly. There is a MEM
orandum in Conversation Book
which discloses that Beethoven re-
ceived specific reports about his con-
duct and noted them for reference:
zone right in the Prater. Two nights
did not sleep at home Beethoven
stinted him in the matter OF pocket
money and the scores OF reckonings IN
the Conversation Books show how
close was the watch kept upon every
kreutzer placed in his hands. SO he
has recourse to borrowing, and, no
doubt, though the fact does not appear
plainly in the books, he went into debt
Il the places which he frequcnted for
pleasure. When he shot himself he
had paid his lodging bill for the month,
but owed his tutor for instruction.
A matter which gave Beethoven great
concern was the discovery that he had
disposed Of some of the composers
books at an antiquary's. This was
THEFT. penal offence. and Beethoven
seems to have been in great trepida-
ton lest the fact, and something more
dreadful still which he did not know.
be discovered by the magistrate
charged with an examination into the
case. Under the Austrian code an at
tempt at suicide seems 20 have ceeh
an offence against the Church, ana
guilty persons were remanded IN the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
\ Department of Advice. Suggestions
and Assistance for Those Who Enjoy
Making Things Grow.

Conducted bN IT, u" ~ S''''
Editors Note Inquiries about garden
- tnsects and diseases viii gladly be
srsv cred a. nearly a. possible IN me oiuel
in which they are received. nos
oeiyed up TO "wednesday noon VIII, u -
49, Tribune II personal repiy u ut
sI-ed IN addition 90 OF instead % an
answer in these columns th''. SnoL'N ~
Tclossd with inc inquiry
dressed envelope
sweetpeas Diseased. ] have 10 ieet
Of sweetpeas, planted SIX lncheS @pa =
from which ] hope 70 get oloSsonl5 "
sell in the local cut flower maTket'
The bases, however, are spot'ed III
places with yellow. as you VIII see "
The inclosed samples. one or TWO oI
the plants have withered away eht'Ie-
Is. Can you tell me what 70 90 LOT Uhe
trouble? ... ~ rou
describe may be due either TO disease
blight or mildew-or 70 some I0 ~, III
Of malnutrition of the plants Inc
gpecinen you sent suggests the pres
once Of a simple mildew, caused Dy d
microscopic fungus organism. shOuIu
think that flowers Of sulphur dusteo on
the plants would correct TINS, or any
standard funRicide, such as bordeaux
mixture or lime-sulphur soiutoh' aP-
plied according 20 the directions gwen
on the package IN which IL can De pro
cured al any seed store and most couh-
try drug stores. -.
Where disease does not exist eh-
ceggive moisture or extreme uiou vi
NAV cause willing, as may also the
work of white grubs, cut worms an u
other insects that keep just Delo" the
suyfsce Of the ground. during he
-, ,oonths I have lost a number OF
PS'r.e,neaa through the burrowing Of
,,oIes beside and under their TootS'
OF courge, IL the roots are Oau'y ia.
in,ed q, seyered from the plant, thefe
Re little or no hope FOR that paftCuIai
so.eimen. II you find no traces OF
insect or animal enemies you hlgn1
soply in addition 20 the fungicide some
Quickly available fertilizer 20 stimu
late and strengthen the plan. As J
have often suggested, liquid manure
IL excellent for this purpose ana eashy
prepared By putting bushel or 80 OF
manure in piece Of sacking and SUB
pending IL in a barrel Of water for u
few days. The resulting liquid diluted
70 the color Of weak tea may be used
quite generously once week or 80.
YertiIixing Tomatoes. How are to
mato blossoms fertilized and what
Kind u fertilizer IL used? j. this done
20 any great extent? A. ;.
You have slightly confused two dis
tinct kinds Of fertilization. which word
10, unfortunately. given two meanings
IN plant physiology. Plants are
fortified when you add plant food 20
the soil in order % increase their
growth; but blossoms. or rather the
female part, are fortified when a
grain Of pollen is applied 20 the tip
Of the stigms and makes It's way 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
Music Entertainments.

The New York Military Band, under
the direction of Edwin Frankie Gold
man. conductor, gave the first in a
series of four concerts at Columbia
University on last Thursday before a
large and appreciative audience. The
other three concerts will be given on
July 2l and % and on August 4. The
programme for July u will be as fol-
lows:
1-Oyertuie-" Fellows" ........
Franz Won Suppe GS2o- 90
Song without Words ............
Fel.A " ndelssohn- Bartholdy DsO9- a.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
on DUTY HIMSELF.

Tourist - You have an unusually
large acreage of corn under cultiva-
ton. Don't the crows annoy you. =
great deal ?" t
Farmer-Oh, not TO any extent. :
Tourist-That's peculiar, considering
YOU have no scarecrows.
Farmer-Oh, well. you see. I'm out
here a good part of the time myself; 7
Tit-Bits.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
BLOCK ISLAND.

Block Island, R. l.. July lS.-The
summer season at the island has begun
IN carnost. The arrivals day b. day
have Increased the morning bathers
Al tho beach and the pavilion begins 10
ak, on its summer aspect.
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r ATE in July, 1925. an intimation
of some desperate purpose
formed and expressed by the
nephew was carried TO Beethoven ne
date is uncertain, but it was prooapiy
on Saturday, the 2sth. The intention
NAV have been self-destruction, but II
needed to be no more than purpose
10 90 out into the world beyond an
irksome supervision TO I'll Beethoven's
soul with a terrible fear. be called
Holz, and together they went 10
Schlemmer's house, in the Alleegasse.
Schlemmer told all ne knew in a few
phrases, which must have seemed
sbrouded with pail as they fell upon
the pages Of his book:
III learned to-day that your nephew
intended TO shoot himself before next
sunday at the latest. As TO the cause
| learned only this much: that II was
by reason of his debts, but not OF a
certainty; he admitted only III part
that they were the consequences oil Tor
mer sins. looked to see If there were
signs of preparations. ] found a loadeu
pistol in a chest. together with bullets
Ind nowder. tell you this so that you
NAV act in the case as his father. Inc
pistol is in my keeping. BE lenlent
with him or he will despair.
Holz went al once to the Polytech-
,ic Institute end there found Karl, who
agreed to 60 back with him to Schlem-
mer's. but said that he must first go to
a friends house and get some papers.
Holz engaged DR.. Reisser in converse
ton while he waited for Karl TO re-
turn. "A pistol" remarked Reisser;
1.-The young comedy hero" But Karl
had lied; he did not come back to the
institute, and Holz returned TO Beetho-
ven with his story:
HOLZ REPORTS TO BEETHOVEN.
"He will not stay here. ] could not
detain him. He said he would go to
Schlemmer's, but wanted 10 get his
papers from a friend while ! talked
with Reisser. He would not be gone
more than a quarter of an hour
Beethoven apparently rebukes HIM
for letting his ward out OF his sight
Holz:
Gle would have run away from you
lust the same. If he has made up
MS nina 10 lIJuIt HlilloC'A hO wy ~.
prevent him. He has till September 8
TO make up his examinations. tie SAID
10 me: What good will it do you to
detain me? II do not escape to-day
will at another time
Schlemmer reported the finding OF
another pistol. A new suspicion seized
upon the mind OF Beethoven. For some
reason, though he may have uttered 1t
orally, he wrote 1t down in his book:
"He will drown himself"
Probably ne did not want the by
ISLANDERS to know his thoughts, and the
fear was, therefore. committed 20 the
written page for the instruction OF
Holz. What else was said at the time
we do not know. for the book here
shows q mutilation; some pages are
missing. Perhaps SCHNEIDER removed
them in later years we shall see
that he was not above such an act) TO
save the integrity Of his account; or
thew may have been torn out by Beet-
boven himself when some weeks later
Holz advised him to look through ms
hooks against their possible demand
for examination by the police magls-
rate; they might contain references
70 affairs which he did not want
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
KARL TO BE A SOLDIER.

Karl was unwilling to see his uncle,
and Beethoven knew it. The latter
wrote to his nephew, however, and the
the affectonate tenor of his letters
met with the disapproval Of both Holz
and SCHNEIDER. Beethoven hoped with
them TO win back his nephew's love,
but his advisers told him they would
do him no good. lie seems to have
thought it necessary to learn harIS
opinion before consenting TO Won
Breuning's plan. He visited Karl at
the hospital at length, and the young
man, after asking his uncle to say as
little as possible about that which was
past alteration, said that a military
life was the one in which he could be
most satisfied and that he was entirely
capable of making firm resolve and
adhering TO it, As cadet promotion
would be open 70 him. Beethoven. IN
planning to keep the young man IN
Vienna. had suggested TO his advisers
that the mother might be sent away,
to Pressburg or Pesth. After 1t had
been fixed that Karl should enter the
army as soon as possible after his dis
charge from the hospital the question
arose as to what disposition should be
made of him in the interim.
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preston in letter empowering Holz
20 write his biography lie tells Bee
thoven that Karl receives visits from
four physicians four times a day; that
the magistrate is investigating the
case and will send a priest TO give the
patient religious instruction. and that
his release from the hands of the 20
lice authorities must wait upon his
complete conversion but so long as
there IS danger of too much mental
strain this instruction will not be given.
At ease in his mind touching the phySl-
cal condition of his ward, Beethoven IS
kept in a state of anxiety about the
police inquiry, which is so protrac.cd
as TO excite his apprehension that
something awful may be disclosed. lie
wants 10 go himself to see the minis
ter" (of police. evidently and breads
the ordeal OF examination. THE court
will mo- annoy you" Holz tells him,
"the mother and Karl az the worst"
DR.. Bach Joined Breuning. SCHNEIDER
and Holz in advising Beethoven 70 re-
sign the guardianship, but while the
other three favored placing Karl in
the army Bach urged that he be sent
OFF at once to some business house IN
Trieste. Milan or Hamburg. without
waiting for him to make up the
studies and pass the examination
which seems necessary 70 Beethoven.
Away with him from Vienna is the
general cry, but Beethoven hesitates;
he still thinks that he must keep his
ward under his eye. In the Converse
ton Book he writes: 81 wanted only
to accomplish his good; if he is aban-
doned now something dreadful might
result" Meanwhile, Won Breuning, IN
pursuance of his plan, has consulted
Baron Won Stutterheim and persuaded
him to gave the young man cadet
ship in his regiment, and on Septem-
Der II Breuning is able to communl-
cate the success of his efforts to
Beethoven. Won Breuning had also
agreed 10 accept the guardianship lad
down by Resisser. The court council
Tor goes at matters in a practical way;
he brings Beethoven Won Stutterheim' 5
advice as to the allowance; he must
not give more than II forms in silver
month as that is all that the richest
cadet in the service receives.
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Karl Attempts Sui
cide-The Stricken
Composer-Plans
for the Future.
III.
BY II. T.. KREHBEL-

,From advance sheets OF "Thayers Life OF
Beethoven" by permission OF
Charles Scribner's Sons)
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MUSICAL INSTRUCTION.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-31
ARKANSAS HILL PREACHERS
ExpOunders of Scripture Strangely
Unlike Their brethren of
the Cities.

The preacher OF the hills works His
sermons are not inspired In some we'll
appointed library on theology, but behind
the plow handles with the lines around
his neck. urging old Beck down the corn
or cotton rows, or to the music OF re-
sounding blows of his axe. as he splits
his 400 rails day TO fence the new clear
ing. He reads Of Billy Sundays $1,000
sermons like he reads a fairy tale. He
asks for little for his work and gets less.
He breaches for the good that he can do
and for the glory of God. He A a
Christian martyr.
The preacher OF the hills. from whom
many blessings flow, but to whom few
return. is in a class by himself and a true
character OF the mountain country. We
find him always a man OF mature OF de-
clining years. with his age setting lightly
on his countenanoe. With hair white OF
streaked with gray : with kindly eyes and
ever-reAdy hand outstreched to help the
lowly in spirit or the suffering neighbor
Tie is a passins shadow in mountain
Omaha daily bee., 1914-05-31

the third century A. d. Is suggested in
some VI the northernmost tombs. agree
ing with evidence as yet not fully devel-
oped. which the exeavators have re-
marked amid tho ruins OF the city. This
is accordani with the last historical re-
ference to Meroe foud in an Ethiopian
text published by Bent. which records
the sack OF the city. apparently Its final
overthrow, in the seventh century A. d.
Adjoining the royal palaces in which a
considerable hoard OF traditional gold
treasure and Jewels of The Ethiopian
kings has been recovered there was found
an extensive series OF buildings forming
the royal baths The excavation OF these
is still proceeding. but so far as It has
some. II has been rewarded with remark
able and instructive finds. Statues of To-
cal execution based upon familiar classi-
cal ideas decorate the oolonnade and the
facade OF It's central feature; this was
a sort OF plunge and shower bath, fed by
cascades of water from system OF stor-
age tanks and water conduits.
Near at hand a semi-circular room with
carved stone seats corresponds to the
tepidarium in the plans of Greek and Ro-
man baths, but the precise disposition and
relation to the chambers will be a chief
feature of the Investigations.
Just 10 the north and still within the
royal city, though not contemporary with
its original buildings. a small Roman
temple was found, of the simple design
which one might readily associate with a
detached garrison OF Roman soldiers or
small colony OF artisans with special
privileges.-New York sun.