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And when the time arrived tot
the dainty. trusting and tender lit
tie japanese sweetheart to be con
fronted with the uncompromising
American wife of her American
naval officer lover. she accepted her
fate like true Oriental Simply.
and with fatalistic lack OF hesita-
ton, and in becoming retirement
from the scene. she performed The
private and personal last rite of
hara-kiri
The audiences at the Manhattan
could not resist an appeal which
seemed so true to our Western ideal
Of the Japanese feminine chara >ter
Here appeared the results Of Tamaki
Miura's stage training on Occident-
allines. Instead of the effect of aloof-
ness, and the stolid mummery Of
Oriental actors in Oriental dramas
presented in the Oriental manner,
she demonstrated possession of the
magnetic quality, in stage phrase
called personality" which Is re-
garded by actors of this country
and of Europe as their chief asset
for 1t enables them to get their
work over the footlights," that Is.
to convince and hold the audience.
10 some, however, it was sad that
so fine and novel a performance
should have been marred by lack of
managerial Judgment in casting the
character Of the herO's American
wife. A man in Pinkerton's posi-
ton, an officer in the United States
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navy, would be expected to have
wife typical Of the class of American
women who are notoriously we'll
bred and tastefully dressed. II
seemed that neither poor little ma.
tive Cio-Cio-San, nor the exigencies
of the plot. hardly deserved the
shock Of that brutally assertive ap-
partition in the Grand Street" mon
strosity, yclept hat. The disillu-
stoned little Oriental could have
been trusted to save the tragedy
with hari- kiri, anyway.
1t will be Of interest to every play
and Opera-goer in this country
TO know that this Japanese prima
donna not only sings Occidental
music in the Occidental manner,
but acquired that art in her own
country-in Tokio-where opera is
given as in Europe and America,
and where music Is taught and
voices cultivated by the same meth
DDS used in New York, London.
Paris, Dresden and Milan.
So there is no longer any excuse
in grand opera for Broadway or
Piccadiily interpretations of Japan
Csc characters. Further, the advent
here Of Tamaki Miura, with such
distinct success in a favorite opera.
shows that more is now expected of
On opera impresario than the pres
entation Of the most famous sing
ers with the most famous and OK.
pensiye voices. AS in the case of
the legitimate drama, the public
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-21
Mile. Anna,
Pavlowa, in the
"Snowflake"
Ballet, Which
She Presents in
Her Own Opera
Company's
Performance of
MADAME
Butterfly"

maxi Aliura to this country 10 be
the heroine of Madame But.araS.'
The result OF the Japanese sing
cr's first appearance in that char
acter In New York. at the Manliat-
tan Opera House, entirely justified
Mile. Pavlowa's perspicacity. To
certain extent it duplicated the ef-
feet of Oscar Hammerstein's initial
presentation there of TetraZZini. the
e1hilarating Italian coloratura so.
prano, when the fortunes of that
new temple OF grand opera were
hanging in The balance. II seemed
to place we'll on its legs the Russian
dancers rather risky enterprise.
The opera reviewers were mani
nlously cordinl in their published
reception of the indigenous Cio-Cio-
San. The dean Of the New York
critical corps recorded that Tamaki
Miura, in Madame Butterfly" "took
the house by storm" AS subsequent
audiences, successfully larger and
more representative of New York's
opera-going public, manifested the
same degree of enthusiasm, that re.
viewers analysis OF the japanese
singers performance gained in sig
nifcance:
"The enthusiasm was entirely JUS
flied, fol- not only is her perform
ance authoritative, asno Occidental
conception can be. but she is fine
actress, reminding one OF her great
countrywoman. saba Yacco. As
climax to these qualifications for
this role she has a voice of unusual
beauty, power and fervor. Even
the white thin quality of the me-
dunn voice is an asset in this part,
as Tamaki Miura San seems to be
the child she is supposed to be. She
Is as gay and childlike, as full Of
laughter az any tiny Japanese
maiden Of fifteen would be, but
there is also remarkable dignity and
poise In her manner"
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by the act OF chewing, the juices
that come into the mouth readily
at that time. and often during the
day, are apt to be dormant during
sleep.
Candy, like all sugars, requires
great deal Of the substances in
the saliva TO help it through its
various transformations into alco-
mol, starches and then the various
organic compounds that the body
needs.
II we eat candy overnight we arc
very likely to have bad taste
In the mouth" in the morning.
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will expect the characters to be an
propriately and faithfully interpre.
ted. Japan is now added to the list
of countries which produce cauable
singers who can actin greater
numbers than probably any i'm
presario will admit. Which leaves
them no excuse for going on pre-
senting japanese. Swedish. German.
French. Russian, Eskimo and Zuln
heros and heroines in the Broad.
way Piccadilly cabaret manner.
The PavlOwa Rabinoff new opera
organization = thus auspiciously
started on its carcer-is full-hedged
on uD-to-date lines. presenting with
capable artists most of the grand
operas which have won favor in
this country. The old opera COM
posers nearly always engineered
their scenes to include ballet. Lat
terly the cut-and-dried, Stiff.cocset-
ted, fuffy-skirted aggregation OF
premiere and coryphees has gone
out of fashion in presentations of
grand opera. In Russia, however,
the ballet is retained in the char
acteristic development demonstrated
as IL performance in itself in this
country by Pavlowa and other dane
Ing celebrities OF that nation. Hav-
Ing acquired an opera organization
Of her own. Pnvlowa puts the two
together again-and thus adds adj
vantages Of her own special art and
reputation to the fortunes of tho
Boston Grand Opera Company.
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This feature-with the success OF
the real Japanese Butterfly
points to a possibility of another,
though lesser, opera war In New
York, with the Manhattan Opera
House as its storm centre-as be-
fore. At present this prospect is
somewhat remote owing TO the fact
that the Pavlowa-Rabinoff organ
ization and the japanese Butterfly"
are not yet a permanent New York
institution. Boston. Philadelphia.
Chicago and other large cities come
in for their attention, also, and they
do not expect to appear in New
York again until next Spring. 1t
may be WELL just the same. to bear
in mind recent opera history in
New York.
Ten years ago. when Oscar Ham
merstein built the Manhattan Orera
House and announced his purpose
of becoming grand opera impress
ario in New York City, everybody
aughed-except those who went
over the anticipated total wreck of
the Hammerstein fortunes. How
could anybody expect anything but
failure in a contest with the old,
entrenched, socially fortified Metro
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CaruSo. ut $1,000 night, 10 spare
the Metropolitan the pain of an an
nual deficit, in spite of the manage.
ment's enormous subscription sales
of seats and boxes. Where would
Mr.. Hammerstein find a Caruso. at
any price? And, lacking any such
means of drawing several thousand
opera lovers past his box office at
the Manhattan for at least two or
three performances a week, how
could he stand the strain of the
enormous ordinary expenses of pro.
ducing grand opera?
But Mr.. Hammerstein had laid
foundations for grand opera other
than those Of the Manhattan Opera
House. First, he delighted New
York operagoers with a fascinating
revival of their favorite Carmen"
This lifted him safely over the first
hurdles. Then he played his trump
card. He astonished New York by
presenting a highly efficient female
foil 10 Caruso-TetrazZin who
proved to be the most magnetic
coloratura soprano ever heard in
the Eastern metropolis.
Thereafter. how Mr.. Hammerstein
ratified the dessicated opera skc!e-
tons in the Metropolitan property"
room Try ignoring the trite old works
with which the metropolis had been
>urfcitcd for generation and Civ
ing splendid productions of the
great modern French operas
revelation to American audiences
Is familiar recent history.
The metropolitan Opera organiza-
ton. with I'LL its wealth and social
prestige. was so worried that IL gave
MIR. HammerStein million dollars
in cold cash TO go elsewhere and let
the Diamond Horseshoe" sleep in
peace.
Is it the destiny OF Mile. Pav!ova
and a native Japanese prima donna,
weighing perhaps ninety POUNDS
against the two hundred odd of let
razzini--to again disturb those
slmmbers?
@. r. D.
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q 0 NJ E T II ! n G.
really new in
the production


mention. Such .xsa55 VS. 8.
departure from the ssssssssss''
well-worn thorough
fare of opera per-
formances in New York City
recently gave keen pleasure to
Jaded patrons OF that form OF pub
lie entertainment, and, perhaps,
justified hope of further develop
ments along similar lines.
Last season, and for several sea
sons past, Madame Butterfly" an
opera composed by Puccini with
libretto adapted from Belasco's
play with the same title. was the
most popular work in the repertory
OF the Metropolitan Opera Company.
Like the play, this opera depends
for Its success mainly upon it's Sc
ductive exotic scene and central
character. 1t enacts the affecting
love tragedy Of a naive and trust.
ing Japanese girl amid the sur.
roundings and In the deftly sug-
gested atmosphere of her native
homo.
In presenting the opera OF
Madame Butterfly" however, the
lyric soprano enacting the role Of
heroine has been one or another OF
several prima dome who bore not
the faintest resemblance to a Jap
anese girl, nor seemed to have the
remotest conception OF the char
acter and national traits of this en-.
gaglng heroine Of an international
tragedy. They were Italian, French
or American-hopelessly Occidental
opera singers, and that was all.
Their interpretations cost the az
fecting story the chief element
OF the charm felt in the reading Of
John Luther Longs little master
piece. namely. visualization Of
the real Japanese Clio. Cio.San, it's
heroine and the operas main justi
fcation for seeing the light of day.
Now, suddenly, this ponderous
error Is corrected. and by the sim
plest and most direct means.
Madame Butterfly" is lifted out Of
literary commonplace by a singer
who is as Japanese as the heroine,
Cio.Cio-San, herself-a capable op-
era lyric soprano born in Japan Of
Japanese parents and educated and
trained in her art in Toxic.
Her name is Tamaki Miura. and
her opera introduction to Western
audiences stands to the credit Of
Mile. Anna Pavlowa, the celebrated
Russian danseuse. Straight from
Toxic the japanese opera songbird
was taken first to London. where
she appeared with the Imperial
Russian Opera Company. When
Mile. Pavlowa took over the BOSTON
Grand Opera Company, with Max
Rabinoff as managing director, one
of her first acts was to bring ia.
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politan Opear
with it's COM
pany Of world
famous sing
ers?
The cost OF
Mr.. Hammer.
STEMS II e W
home for grand
opera Il ! o II q
was $1,000
1t had required
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
BODY Is FOUND IN THICKET
more Caused by Shot in Back
Brother Is Missing.

Welaka, Fla, Feb. S.-The body of
Alonzo G.. Gardner of Baltimore was
found in a dense palmetto thicket
along the banks of Raft creek, near
Georgetown, Fla. Death had been
caused by a shot in the back of the
head. Gardner and his brother, Hor-
ace, of Springfield. Mass, have been
missing for three weeks.
No trace Of Horace Gardner has been
found, but the authorities believe he,
too. is dead. 1t is thought both men
we're killed for the purpose of robbery.
The pockets of the brother just found
had been turned wrong side out. Both
are said to have carried considerable
money.
Search for the men was begun imme-
diately after a negro pilot returned
here alone Jan. % with a yacht the
brothers had engaged for use on a
hunting trip up the O~cklawaha river.
The negro soon afterward disappeared
and efforts to find him have failed.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
RULERS ARE E-WTNESSES
RUSSIAN EMPEROR WATCHES
STRUGGLE FOR WARSAW.
Kaiser Joins German Generals in
Poland and Visits Trenches
Furious Battle RACES.

London, Feb. 9.-With the German
and Russian emperors as eyewitness
es, the armies of Russia and Germany
still are ~contending for the positions
which protect the Polish capital of
Warsaw from the invaders. The Rus
sian emperor has been at Russian
headquarters for several days, and the
German report announces that the
German emperor has joined his gen.
erals and has actually visited some
of the troops in their trenches.
Nothing has been disclosed as to
the progress of the battle which, when
the last reports we're received, was
raging with undated fury.
The Russians, according to the Of
fetal statement, had strengthened
their positions on the western bank of
the Bzura river, which they had cross
ed near its mouth. and captured an
other German vantage point.
They also captured a long line of
German trenches near Boriimow,
which has been the center OF most
desperate fighting.
New Battle in East Prussia.
In East Prussia another big battle
is developing.
With regard to all this fighting the
German official report simply says:
No essential events have taken
place"
The fighting in the west is merely
a repetition of that Of the preceding
days.
There have been lively artillery
duels and a few infantry attacks. in
which both sides claim to have gained
some ground.
The Italian report of the return of
Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister, from his visit to the
German emperor, says that the Aus.
trian cabinet found the results salts.
factory, but were not inclined to give
Trentino to Italy and part of Transyl-
vania to Roumania as the price of con.
tiTued neutrality on the part of those
countries.
Turkey has at last given Italy salts
faction for the Hodaida incident. The
British consul has been released and
the Italian flag saluted.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
Iona Drawn Out.

Uncle jeff, an aged negro driver OF
Augusta. vas plotting several north
ern visitors around just after the first
golf links had been put in there. Uncle
jeff was a little short in his knowl-
edge according to st. Andrew, but long
on local pride.
How many holes have they" in
Quired a visitor, eighteen"
Uncle jeff pulled up to make his
answer more impressive.
"More'n dat, subj" he said, "dey's
got a pascal er land and de holes
amt bigger'n a tin CAM reckin dey's
got a thousand holes already, Euh."
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To Hear Case Of pynamlter.

Washington. Feb. 6.-State Depart
ment officials say that the next step in
the ease of Werner Horn. who at.
tempted to destroy a railroad bridge
at Vanceboro. Me-, would have to be
taken by Canadian authorities before
a United States commissioner in
Maine. Until the hearing is complet.
ed and all the evidence gathered there
no action will be taken on the formal
application for extradition made by
Sir Cecil Springfield. the British am.
oassador. On behalf OF the CanaSian
government.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
HOSTS American Flag.
Begins Fiftieth Year in Bed.

New York. Feb. 5.-Miss Mollie Fan.
cher. 81 years old, Brooklyn's famous
invalid, has begun her fiftieth year in
bed and received and an, wered mes
sages from friends all over the coun
try. In June. 1865, Miss Ranches sus.
tanned the injuries that have made her
an invalid and an obje't OF interest
to physicians. On Feb. 3. 1866. she
became helpless and resigned herself
to a life in bed. Despite her afliction
Miss Fancher has been happy and con
tented during all these years.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
ASHAMED OF HER
BAD COMPLEXION

Many a nice, and otherwise attrac-
tive, girl is a social failure because of
her poor complexion. II you, too, are
embarrassed by a pimply, blotchy. un.
slightly skin, resinol will probably clear
1t. Just try resinol soap and resinol
ointment regularly for a week and see
II they do not make a blessed differ
ence in your skin. Sold by all drug
gists. Prescribed by doctors for 20
years for most skin troubles. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
A RICH MANS ROMANCE.

Would you believe it, the ordinary, Po-
tato has made Henry Schroeder, a poor emf
grant boy, the Rich Potato King of the
Red River Valley and wound around him
a romance which every ambitious farmer
boy will want to read in Salzer's Seed
Catalog.
Among Mr.. Schroeder's strong state
ments are: In years of Potato plenty,
plant plenty Potatoes!" Or, in other
words, when Potatoes are plenty and cheap
in Fall and Winter, plant plenty Potatoes
the following Spring, and look for 20, so,
90c Potatoes in Summer and Fall. Good
common sense advises that. Worth follow.
ing every time!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
'%'CASCARETS' FOR
SLUGGISH BOWELS
No sick headache, sour stomach,
biiousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box now.

oCt " IVA ho"'
Turn the rascals out-the headache,
biliousness, indigestion. the sick, sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by a lay
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom-
ach.
Don't put in another day of distress
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowels. Then you will feel great.
A Cascaret tonight straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. A 10-cent box from
any drug store means a clear head.
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sicken. Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
IF SUPPLY is DIMINISHED, IN.
HABlTANTS WILL DIE, CABLES
CONGRESSMAN SCOTT
FROM LONDON.
CARDINAL DELIGHTS IN
DILEMMA OF GERMANS
Mercier's Eyes Twinkle as He Tells
Of Communication Asking Him to
Deny Statements That He Had
Been Deprived of Per-
sonal Liberty.

London, Feb. 9.-"The situation re.
mains acute. If the supply of food is
diminished Belgium will starve."
This message "a cabled by former
Congressman Charles F. Scott of Kan.
sas, who is returning from an inspec,
ton of relief work in Belgium and
France, to former Governor Walter
r. Stubs of Kansas.
While at Malines, Mr.. Scott called
upon Cardinal Mercier. He was ac.
companied by Pessain, the printer,
who was fined for printing the now
famous pastoral letter of the arch.
bishop. Describing his interview with
the prelate, Mr.. Scott said:
Cardinals Palace SheIIed.
Cardinal MERCER lives in a fine
old palace. The throne room has a
big hole in the roof and this, with
other holes in the walls, to say moth.
ing of broken windows, tells the story
OF stray shells which fell around the
palace. No German soldiers were seen
on guard.
The Cardinal obviously enjoys the
dilemma in which he has placed the
Germans. His eyes twinkled as he
told the story Of his latest adventure,
AT o o'clock one morning, said the
archbishop, a German officer and two
soldiers brought a communication
from the commander asking him to
deny statements that he had been de.
prived of his personal liberty. The
denial which had been prepared con.
sisted or four or five typewriter
sheets.
Cardinal MERCER said he requested
his callers to return in the evening for
an answer, but the officer declared
they must await a reply in the cardi
nafs room At the archbishop's re
quest, telephone confirmation OF this
order was received. Describing his
subsequent experience the cardinal
said:
Grateful to Americans.
1T is true no manacles were used
to restrain me, but l was to have per
formed a service in Antwerp and was
not permitted to go there. For three
days ] was restrained in my palace
Two days later ! was asked 10 modify
my letters mad wrote another. If the
Germans are clever they will publish
my first pastoral
The archbishop smiled as he made
the final statement. Asked il he had
any message for Americans, he said
Nothing except to give the people
OF your great country %surance OF
our gratitude. We would have starved
had it not been for you. The work o.
your relief commission has been very
efficient
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Or Send 12e
A First Offender.

Each of two little Boston girls has a
black-and-tan terrier dog. 1t was not
long before the two dogs fought, and it
required the efforts of a mar to sepax
rate them. y
Each little girl was disposed to
blame the others little dog for start
ing the trouble, and one of them said:
II don't care, your dog is a sneak
ing little thing, anyhow!"
well, so is your dog" was the
reply. And this time it shocked
first, tool"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
viii Not Blockade German Ports.

London, Feb. although the Morn
ing Post and other London daily news
papers frequently have urged a block.
ade of German ports, thus cutting of
all cotton and foodstuffs, the British
foreign office repeatedly has declared
that such a step is not contemplated
and announces that its policy is the
same as in the past. 1t is added tina
the British government has no though
OF antagonizing neutral csuntrie
whose shipping WOULD be stopped b.
the closing of the Baltic Sea.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11
For She Liked Them.

Patience-According to two English
scientists. the sense of smell In man.
because of the practice Of kissing. is
gradually being destroyed.
Patrice-Good! Do you suppose the
time is coming when the boys won't
notice the onions?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11

The Oldest woman in the country
died the other day. After a oma
gets to be more than one hundred she
nc longer tries to keep her age a se-
~cret.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11

The trappers complain that the war
has upset the market and that they
face a loss. The ultimate consumer
has not yet had official notification.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11

The old.fashioned man who used to
say he would dig bitches IL neces.
sary before he would ask for help can
be thankful IL 1t isn't necessary just
now.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11

Przemysl attracted so much ortho-
graphic attention that the more re.
Gently presented beauties of Przasnysz
have been shamefully neglected.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11

Marconi. OF wireless telegraphy
fame. has been made a member of
the Italian senate. He Is handicapped
as a politician naturally. by not be-
ing able to pull wires.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11

Ever since the time of Adam man
has been blaming 1t all on the woman.
But now that we have the modern
American Jury, what's the use?
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11

The fellow who growls that the pa
Per has nothing in II" would get hot
pretty fast IL the editor told all he
knows about him.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11

Women as well as men are threat.
ened by would-be dictators Of fashion.
who are presuming to decree the doom
Of the shirtwaist and the Prince AL.
bert coat.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-02-11

Perhaps too many people pray for
what they want when they want II,
with never a thought OF Waiting pa
tiently until they deserve II.