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corpses accumulate. as il is the custom
20 postpone cremation until a number
can be burned at the same time.
when actual cremation taxes place
there is feast that is the occasion
of great rejoicing. 1t ends in a mock
combat between two groups of war
riors. One group tries to take away
the body for cremation, while the
other strives TO retain II. The strug-
gle is violent and sometimes two hun
bred or more engage in IL. The re-
suit is that when the body is finally
taken there is little left to burn. The
struggle, believe, represents the un-
willingness of friends and relatives to
part with their loved ones.
Some OF the marriage customs are
also curious. The husband forcibly abb
ducts the bride and carries her away
to some secret hiding place. Here her
parents discover him and berate him
soundly, threaten him with revenge
and extreme penalty, and continue the
farce until he assures them that his
intentions are honorable and that he
will keep the girl. The custom un-
dOubtedly comes from more practical
form Of seizure in past ages, when the
husband actually carried OFF his bride
by force. Now, however, 1t is all ar
ranged beforehand. and the secret hid
ing place IT, made known 10 the parents
before the pretended ravishment.
THE Dutch are developing the island
in some ways. but they are running the
art of the people by bringing in Euro
pean influences which they cannot un-
derstand | am exceedingly glad that
| visited Bali before the transforma-
ton had gone any further. Among
other things the Dutch have taught the
Northern Balinese 10 wear clothes, and,
in fact. have compelled them to put on
white coats when doing government
work. This has resulted in pneumonia
among the natives-a disease hitherto
almost VI known. The native costume,
although scanty, is beautiful, and the
very fact that so much of the body Is
seen has been means, in my opinion,
Of developing it to the strength and
symmetry that are prevalent among the
people.
at is curious to see how the native
love of beauty. refined and well d.
yeloped along the native lines. fails 70
grasp what is beautiful in European
civilization. | once saw an old man 81
the raiah caste who was wearing a
most elaborate and richly decorate
headdress Of beaten gold. Thrust into
his hair as an additional ornament
was an old discarded tooth brush Which
| rad thrown away on the day previous.
"A Balinesc dramatic company in the
northern part Of the island gave Mac
beth on one occasion in their native
tongue. Macbeth himself wore ar old
frock coat and a cooked hat with
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NuAPploRa DANCE for CREMATION FEAST
Maurice SGerme, the Artist, e0W1Ad People
Of Bali Highly Civilized and Artistic,
and Put i'm Two Pleasant Years
Studying Their Rites and
Customs.

two years. The life Of these people
away from il with the greatest diff
Guilty. If my health permits ! shall
some day return, but the climate is not
good for Europeans on account OF pro-
louged rains.
The people Of Bali have some alb
original blood in them, but are largely
of Javanese origin. Their Malay strain
is distinctly evident. They differ from
their neighbors of Sumatra. Java and
the Celcbes chiefly in their religion.
Mahometanism kills art. To the Him
du. however, artistic expression Is a
means of coming nearer 70 God. The
imported Hinduism of the Balinese has
not developed 20 the same extent as
the faith of modern India, but is fiery
and passionate. Brahma, the Creator,
and Nishnu. the Prescrvcr. have been
sighted by the islanders for SILVA, the
Destroyer. Their religious rites are OBJ
served with fanatical passion, with hyS-
terra, with frenzy, but with dignity
and nobility that belong to an ancien,
age.
They bear this dignity into the ordi-
rarv walks Of life. In the bazaars YOU
will see the fish arranged IN Ceomctric
designs. Fruit Is piled in accurate and
symmetrical pyramids. There is no
haggling, no quarrelling, and IN elght
months of daily visits 10 the market
place | did not hear single angry
word Trading and buying IS carried
on in silence II a woman desires TO
purchase some commodity she oilers
one niece of money after another until
the saleswoman informs her by an in
rlination of the head that the price is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

lished. Il was sung al concert OF the
Madrigal Singers under Frank Taft
in Chickering Hall on January 81,
1899. in an arrangement for women 5
voice, barytone solo and harp, which
was anything but antique. Outside or
these odes, three hymns TO Calliope'
Helios and Nemesis, supposed TO date
from the first half Of the second cen
fury. which was published by Nincenzo
Calico. father of the astronomer, IN
1851. there exists only one other ex-
ample of Greek music, and that IS
printed herewith. II was found IN lss2.
at Tralles, near Ephesus, on small
pillar of marble. which was erected by
a man named Seiklos some time about
A. ID. 100. As to the absence OF har-
mony what Mr. Barker refers to is the
beginning Of polyphony. As We shall
have occasion 10 say presently, II Is
more than likely that an occasional
chord Of two or three tones was used
by the Greeks. That would be har-
mony and it could scarcely be avoided
in tuning Of playing the klthara.
Moreover, it is unlikely that the Egypt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

sketches and paintings 10 wrap up bum
dies Of FISH in the bazaar. and | dis
continued my presents, chiefly because
the natives preferred 70 use my draw
ings instead Of the attractive green
leaves in which they had formerly
wrapped such articles.
Their curious sense Of beauty was
well shown on one occasion By my seq
want gave him a letter 20 mall
boat leaves Southern Bali once week
and before my eyes he tore the
stamp from the letter. was used TO
Oriental thievery, but not 10 such an
open variety. | took the letter back
from him and asked him what no
meant.
"When | give In your letter with .
picture of the Queen upon IT. he said,
they take a piece Of iron and strike
her upon the face, making holes and
black marks and great Disagreement.
Hence I take off the picture 20 save ~
from destruction. II is too beautiful
20 be injured
"Of the history OF the people little
j. known, but there are many inter-
esting legends concerning them.
"On one occasion, a story runs, .
rajah Of Java decided TO conquer Bali
and sent one of his generals for THAI
purpose The general conquered the
island and liked il so well that he made
himself is ruler. driving away the sec
ond invading force that the raJah sent
against him.
According 20 another story. the
finest Hindu temple IN the world was
in the middle OF Java prior 10 the
Mahometan invasion. When the Ma
hometans came il took them some time
20 work their way 70 the interior or
the island. and in the meantime the
Hindus buried the temple TO preserve 1t
so that nothing was visible 20 the IN
vaders but "A green mound. The same
spirit has undoubtedly been the cause
Of the retention of Hinduism by ths
Javanese when driven across the strai.
10 Bali.
The Balinese are q happy and pros
porous people. did not see one beg
gar on the island. For an eastern COM
munity this is something remarkable.
The women work and do trading. while
the men attend 20 the more serious
business of cockfghting.
There is little crime. They are be-
coming EurOpeanized. however. and
even the trading is now injuring them
IN that they are importing cheap tex
tile stuFs and no longer take the trou-
Bile 20 continue their marvellous weav-
ing. In such ways a. these the Dutch
rule has been harmful Their life In
less original and less bright In certain
respects than hitherto. Even their re-
ligion does not mean so much TO them
as formerly"
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reached. Then she takes up her pur-
chase and goes away.
"The most beautiful and original
carvings are to be seen about the al
tars and temples. The temples them
selves are built in the most attractive
parts Of the island. and il seems that
natural beauty had much to do with
their location. The architecture of the
temples and other buildings is like
nothing else in the world.
THE Balinese art in making beaten
gold and slverwarc Is marvellous. The
most elaborate headdresses OF beaten
gold are worn. They are made for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-16

the most part from old gold coins. The
people actually refuse TO use bar sill
yer for their metal trade. thinking 1t
less in value than the Dutch coins be-
cause they get more for the money
Curious customs attend the burial
Of the dead who are cremated in vast
towers, deliberately carved. The towers,
erected at great expense and labor. are
burned with the corpses. In the mean
time the dead are kept in the villages
in little bamboo houses that are built
for the purpose The collins are carved
in the form Of bulls. They are kept
sometimes for months until several
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ian harps, taller than a man and strung
with thirteen strings, of which mural
pictures have been found, were used
for melody only. The position Of the
players hands suggests something
more, and IT would be strange II this
something more had not been heard
and approved by the Greeks.
What the choric dance was like we
do not exactly know, but it was surely
much more than measured march
from side to side of the thymele-i e.,
the altar which stood near the middle
Of the orchestra. G., the dancing
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emily. First something about its prede-
cessors.
The music 20 Sophocles's "Antigone.
which Mendelssohn composed nearly
seventy-fiye years ago. has little inter
est for the musical antiquary. for II
was dr.tten 10 German words and in Il
be made no attemp. 10 reproduce any
Of the forms Of IN Greek art He
wrote il IN 1871 to crafty a gracious
within of Frederick William ". Of
Prussia. Il was amazingly successful,
and under the same lofty patronage
Mendelssohn followed 1t up with tho
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OF his model, he permitted esthetie
considerations TO outweigh historical
in spite OF the desire OF the students
Of Harvard University 10 approach
classic methods AS closely as possible.
Such considerations are likely to be de-
terminative so long as the aim is the
purely scientific one which prevailed at
Athens and which has influenced Mr.
barker and his collaboration, Mr.
smith. In one respect Professor Paine
mad an advantage over Mendelssohn.
Continued on page seven,
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The melody has been widely accepted
"a authentic, but the ode is not a
tragic one. 1t was used. we believe. by
Isadora Duncan at her performances in
the New Century Theatre a few weeks
ago. SO was hymn to Apollo found
in May. 1893. by the French archaolo-
eists while excavating at Delphi. But
this is not a tragic ode. but a p9an. ap-
parently written TO celebrate a victory
Of the Phocians over Brennus, the Gaul'
about 279 b. {. VI. Reinach's transla-
ton of the melody caused a
pretty pother when II was pub
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How are these lost arts to be recov-
cred. or what is TO take their place II
they cannot be? Mr.. David Stanley
Smith. Of the faculty Of the Music
School of Yale University, has written
the music for the two plays, under Mr..
Barker direction. In letter written
in response to an inquiry made by the
Tribune's music reviewer, Mr.. Smith
says that the music IS OF type as TO
make description difficult. In tact it Is
hardly to be called music. Mr.. Bankers
idea being that the text should be al
WAYS distinct, the music extremely sim
pie. without harmony and just enough
TO serve as a medium for the declama-
ton. Mr.. Barker in note prepared
for the programmes is explicit as TO
his purposes. "The music for the
drama" he says, "has been prepared IN
a style which resembles the ancient
models as closely as the conditions OF
a present-day performance viii allow.
The Greeks used music in the reclta-
ton Of the choral odes of the tragedies,
the nature of which may be learned
from a single fragment which has sur
vived This music, however, was ut
terly without harmonic accompaniment,
the first known attempt 10 combine two
or more melodic lines being made IA
late as the tenth century of the Chris
ton era. The Instruments used IN CON
nectiOn with the performances OF
tragedy were q flute sometimes more
than one) and the kIthara or Tyre. 1t
Is believed that the composers provided
no Independent Instrumental numbers,
such as overtures or dances. In view
of the lnapprOprlateneSs OF harmony
or of chOruseS Of purely musical nat
ure in Greek drama the music for
Iphigenia in Tauris' is mostly melody,
slow and chantlike, through which the
lines may be detained with greater
emotional intensity and effect than
would be possible if they were merely
spoken. The melodies are based upon
the ancient Greek scales which were
later adopted by the Christian Church
musicians and called GregOrIan modes.
For the support OF the voices an or
cheStra of viOlins and wind instruments
is used"
RELICS OF ANTIQUE MUSIC.
We are not disposed 10 quarrel with
Mr.. Bankers general conception Of an
cient dramatic music, though we may
have to pick some small historical
bones with him. The only fragment Of
Greek tragic ode which has survived
teaches US nothing about the character
Of ancient Greek melody. j. consists
OF dozen disconnected words from
chorus in the "Orestes" Of Euripides,
and there are not enough consecutive
musical symbols in the fragment to
supply even what the modern mu-
sicians call motif. 10 say nothing OF
phrase or melody Perhaps Mr. Bar
ker refers TO the ode written by Pindar
10 commemorate the victory. Of Heron,
Tyrant Of Syracuse. in chariot race.
which was first published by kircher
in his "Musurgia" IN 1850. and which
Kircher said he had discovered IN "A
very ancient manuscript OF Plndar's
works in, a monastery near Messina.
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Continued on page seven.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-04-14

ministers; third, charges d'anaires.
An ambassador is thus the highest
diplomatic official sent from one coun.
try to another. and a minister is an
agent of the next lowest rank The
ambassador represents not only the
state from which he is sent. but the
person OF his sovereign, and Is enti.
tied to ask an audience at any time,
to rank next the blood royal. and to
be held exempt, with his household,
from local Jurisdiction. Envoy ex.
traordinary and minister plenipoten.
tiary" is the full title of the diplomat.
ic agent of the second class, who rep.
resents only the state, and not the
person of the ruler Charges d'ahfaires
are lesser representatives, and must
deal with the ministers of foreign af'
fairs of the country 10 which they are
sent. The embassy is the headquar-
tiers of the ambassador. the legation
that OF the minister.
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Suddenly Saw a Sight That Completed,
Unnerved Him.

Finally the day came when Westoby
was well enough to sit up. They had
touched upon every topic but the one
which was vital to both of them. But
the time could be delayed no longer
And SO they dropped into the discus
sion simultaneously. after one OF those
silences which fell constantly between
them
How did you leave Mrs. WestobyT
inquired Roberts.
Very WELL" said Westoby. she
often speaks of you, Roberts. Yot
were old friends"
YES" answered Roberts, resolute
ly. He had learned all he wanted te
know. Westoby and Mary were mar
ried. There was no more to ask.
Why had he not let Westoby diei
The damning thought occurred and re
CURED to him inslstently. He had be
gun to hate Westoby more than ever
Westoby. now rapidly regainine
strength and health. He would have
to leave him before that insane i'm
pulse ovsrmastered him.
He had never meant to return tc
England, but now, If Westoby died
why could he not go back and wiz
Mary's love. That she and her hus
band had developed irreconcilable diff
ferences was sure, otherwise why
should Westoby have left her after less
than year OF marriage?
The two men said good-by and sepa
rated. Westoby was going to continue
his hunting trip in the interior. he
said. There was a native village few
miles away, where oxen could be pur
chased and fresh servants hired. Rob
erts announced his plan OF returning
to the coast He had grown tired o,
the country. In truth. he felt thai
Mary's suiritnaI prssence there. re
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-04-14
IN AFR|CA'S WILDS
BY II. M. EoBERT.

Copyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman)
"Mlungu!" said Roberts native boy.
pointing to the faint wagon trail that
lay among the burned grass, and Rob
erts understood. The word means
white man" and is in universal use
throughout wide region of Africa.
There was a wagon. and there were
four oxen. AS nobody starts into the
Jungle with less than eight oxen Rob
erts surmised that the other animals
had been eaten BY lions. If this were
the case, the explorer. or whoever he
was, was having a hard time OF II.
The oxen had lain down repeatedly
and it was 200 miles to the nearest
settlement
Roberts pushed Oh for two days and
nights and on the third morning he
came upon the white mans camp.
The camp fire had gone out The
natives had deserted. driving away the
oxen with them. The explorer lay on
his back, unconscious. on the straw
mattress In the abandoned wagon, de-
lirious and apparently dying, 1t was
Westoby
WestoDy was the lhSt man hoDerts
had expected to see IN these wilds. He
had left England year before. when
pretty Mary Joyce, in tit OF pique
threw him over. Her engagement to
Westoby had been announced Just be
fore Roberts sailed to hunt lions and
buffalo in the Jungle.
Roberts encamped, and for eight
days he fought the fever devil that
was grinding down Westoby's constitu'
ton. On the ninth day the fever devil
withdrew. baffled. But Westoby lay at
the point OF death. 1t seemed impos-
sible that he could survive that dread
full weakness.
He opened his eyes feebly and rec.
ognized Roberts.
Hello. old mani" he said, stretching
out one limp hand.
Roberts took the hand and for five
days more nursed Westoby back to
life. Often the man relapsed into de
lirium and whispered Mary's name. At
such times Roberts resolutely closed
his ears He would not listen
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-04-14
wild Animals in Captivity.

After they are captured, wild ami.
mails nearly all suffer from melan.
cholia, and. strangely enough. the
gorilla is more sensitive than most
One of these animals proved so so
ciable when caught that he played
with the native boys. Directly he was
shipped for Stellingen, however. he
began to pine. Civilization frightened
him. When he found that peorle stared
at him. he would shg; his eyes and
cover his head WITH blanket. He was
turned loose with two natives in the
woods where there was nobody to
worry him. but he refused to eat and
drink and became almost a skeleton.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-04-14
Defined as Burglary"

The supreme court of Washington
in State VS.. Corcoran holds that a
clerk in a store who enters with a key
furnished by his employer and takes
away goods is guilty of burglary and
larceny. since his act of entering IN
der such circumstances constitutes q
"breaking" The court said:
IF the appellant had the right to
enter the store by the use of his key
at any time In the day or night, that
is, had an unrestricted and unlimited
right OF entrance. he could not be
guilty OF the crime Of burglary. even
though he carried away the goods
from the store In such event the
crime would be larceny. and not
burglary But II his right to enter
was limited to the usual hours OF en-
ployment. and after hours OF employ
ment he used the key for the purpose
OF entering the store with intent un.
lawfully to take articles therefrom.
he was clearly guilty of burglary"
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the plains in the West, he had large
broad teeth for eating grass. His limbs
were poorly developed. Later the
horses limbs developed, so that he
could run very quickly. The horse
travelled across Boring Strait into
Asia. There he developed the power
Of helping man, and was used as
pack animal. Later. assisted by man,
the horse returned to North America
and conquered the buffalo AS he de
veloped the trotting habit two of his
toes disappeared. Even two OF the
others are useless, for he walks on
only one large toe. The teeth at the
side of the horses mouth disappeared
as they were no longer used after he
had left the plains In the West"
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TESTING Enallsh Frenoh.

Numerous opportunities for the
testing OF Rritishspoken French oc-
cur nowadays, writes correspondent
of the Manchester Guardian. and
have no doubt very simple things win
often prove a stumbling block. re-
member an experience of my own. 1t
happened at Rouen during little tour
in France with a couple of friends. l
managed to act as interpreter for the
party and got on very well until. as
paid the bill at a Rouen hotel. the
lady who took the money observed
Fay boo-tong." I smiled sadly. She
with an even sadder smile repeated
the observation. She gave a receipt,
SO II could not have been anything OF
financial Importance, but / went away
ignorant OF her meaning. l looked up
''bouton," and found that It meant In
addition to button" such other things
as bud" and even "pimple."
Neither word could have been what
she meant, of that was sure; but not
until four hours later, as our train ap-
preached Paris. did II dawn upon me
that the lady had simply been saying
It was a fine day-"Fait beau temps"
But she really said, Boo" not DO"
and that was the cause of the trou-
BILE.
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She Was a Voter.

Visiting New York friends Is an
Illinois girl. young and sweet and pref
ty. One evening she was out with a
party OF people older than herself,
and after the theater someone sug'
gested that they go to a rather lively
restaurant and dance awhile. The
others objected on the ground that 1t
might not be the proper place for a
young and unsophisticated girl like
Miss Blank.
"Oh,' she said with quite an air.
you needn't bother about my youth
or my unsophistication. l am twenty.
one years of age and I voted at the
November election"
No other woman in the party had
record like that and the Illinois girl
was taken along without further ques-
ton.