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The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-15
PROCEEDINGS IN ARKANSAS LEGIS-
 LATURE TO DATE
General Bills That Have Been h. troduced at the 1915 General Assembly.
In The House.

piODfidIilR Ploo,OUO lOT per uIcui and mileage of members of leg islature. Introduced by R. w. Buchanan of Washington County. Read twice, considered by House sitting as committee and report ed back favorabiy.
 Senate Bill No. 1. An act pro- viding for appropriation of $22,- 900 from the fertilizer fund to general revenue fund for pay of legislators. Introduced in the Senate Tuesday by John Ike Moore of Helena. House sitting as committe returned favorable report.
 House Bill No. 3.-An act cre- ating a tick eradication district of twenty-four counties south and west of White river. Intro duced by w. L. Cazort of John son County, H. M. Perkins of Marion and R. A. Camp of Se- bastian. Bill read and D aced on calendar.
 House Joint Resolution No. l. = Proposed Amendment to the Constitution authorizing the cleo tion of county prosecutors and aboli5hing present office of dis trict prosecutor. Bill introduced by k. A. Wallace of Pope County Read twice and referred to con- mittee on judiciary.
 House Bill No. 6.-An act pro- ,iding for distribution of free text books to the children of Arkansas, the books to be print. Cd by convict labor. Introduced by A. B. Bishop of Little River County. Read once and ordered printed.
 House Bill No. 8. An act to permit women to practice before the bar. Bill introduced by o. .. Ell:s of Fulton County. Read and referred to judiciary com mlttee.
 House Bill No. 9. An act to amend sections of Kirbv's Digest regulating examination of grad ed school teachers. Bill intro duced by P. L. Burrow of Perry County. Read and referred to committee on education.
 House Bill No. 10. - An act providing for minor changes in methods of legal procedure. Bill Introduced by w. l.. Cazort of Johnson County.
 In The Senate.
 Bill No. 10.-(By Smith of Un- ion) An act to regulate services of criminals convicted and as- signed to labor in penetentiary ana to compensate them or their families for services. Read sec ond time and referred to peniten- tiary committee.
 Bill No. 3 (By RufO-Act to require firms and corporations using sand and gravel from State rivers to keep account and pay State 5 cents per cubic yard for all removed. Read second time and referred to judiciary con- mittee.
 Bill No. II (By Slaughter) = An act to appropriate $1, 325, 900 or as much as derived from tax levy for pensions and payment of pensions to soldiers and sailors l of the Confederate States and their widows for 1915 and 1916. Read second time. Senate re- solved into committee of the whole bill reported back with recommendation that it be passed
 Bill No. 12 (By Greathouse) - Act fixing time for general elec- tons in State the next Tuesday after first Monday in November, 1915, and every two years there after for electinG county and
The Nevada County picayune., 1915-01-15
RATE INCREASE
 NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFI- CIALS THINK RAILROADS ARE ENTITLED TO
 MORE REVENUE.
Products of Flow and Farmer Who Lives at Home Should Be Exempt From In-
 crease.
By Peter Radforo Lecturer Nationa Farmers Union

The recent action of the Inter- statc Commerce Commission in granting an increase in freigh. rate Tn the eastern classification of territory; the application of the roads by state and interstate commissions for an increase ill rates, and the utterances of Pres ident Wilson on the subject bring the farmers of this nation lace to face with the problem of an increase in freight rates. It IS the policy of the Farmers Union to meet the issues affect ing the welfare of the farmers squarely and we will do so in this instance.
 The transportation facilities of the United States are inadequate to effectively meet the demands of commerce and particularly in the South and West additional railway mileage Is needed to ac- comm0date the movement of farm products. If in the wisdom of our Railroad Commissions an in crease in freight rates Is neces- Sary to bring about an improve ment m our transportation ser vice, and an extension of our mileage, then an increase should be granted and the farmer is will ing to share such proportion of the increase as justly belongs to him, but we have some sugges- tions to make as to the manner in which this increase shall be lev jed.
 Rates Follow Lines of Least Re
 sistance.
 The freight rates of the nation have been built up along lines oi least resistance. The merchant, the manufacturer. the miner, the miller. the lumbcrman and the cattleman have had their traffic bureaus thoroughly organized and in many instances they have pur- sued the railroad without mercy and with the power of organized tonnage they have hammered the life out oi the rates and with ur- restrained greed they have eaten the vitals out of our transporta- ton system and since we have had railroad commissions, these interests. with skill and cunning, are represented at every hearing in which their business is in- volVed.
 The farmer is seldom repre- sented at rate hearings as his or ganizations have never had the finances to employ counsel to de- velop his side of the case and a' a result. the products of the blow bear an unequal burden of the freight expense.
 What is a Fair Rate?
 We do not know what consti- tutes d basis for rate making and have never heard of anyone who
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his partnership with Gilbert distinct and great service to
his generation his his people and all peoples who use the EngSn
The props which Mr. Gilbert placed under the structure Oh
varied but he TOO was
whimcay and polite satire OF his opeteta
loss the literature OF te
all his other dramatic writings might DE
contemplated quanmty 1t will be interesting for long time
the social history Of the closing decades OF the nine
century Ges ss which in spite Of their farcical
Of comedy in their smiling chaS
tsement Of popular folies
point Of safely be said that through
Sullivan placed their native England Tar
the world Theirs peculiarly the age
opereta forty form OF theatrical en
compared popularity with musical comedy IN England
Germany France and only in England and
that through popular taste was turned ana eVe
oped deserved commendon by the standards at
France the descent from the opera
Auer and Adam 70 the opera oue OF onenoac
measuraby by the gaceluess anu
puarcv Ofenachs meodic talent and also to some extent by e
sat sorge which applied the manners OF the Soha
Empire Germany French opera boufe crowded out the Sngpe Oh
ngraatlng without putting
characteristic originality its place Clever as the oest oP
of Suppe "a the Italian manner Doih
Mer were I'VE can of few Of hen) IL cannot DC sau
them that they unique their genre ney wei" Ou
Developments Of trked out with herman ~
rhythms the creations OF Gilbert ana 'ui'" i"0'
the English soil.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-23
OLD KINGS RULE
IN LIGHT OPERA
Gilbert and Sullivan, Unique in Their
Genre, Still Live in Revivals
OF Their Works.
By n. f. KREHBTEL.

HFRF have sporadic Of the operetta Of Gilbert
and In the theatres Of New oper-
as existed; but last thirty
years. mistaken which the work occupied
~ Stages together the Then
- Na8o" performed and the opereta
would pleasant reflection, could it be INDUCED the simua-
IS performances the Foyeghth Standard
e an indication of Of Gilbert and Sulvans works the
extraordinary which they had of before
c bFoore vulgar ingles had debauched public 1t
ar hope that this might he but there inda
IS NJ urn standards than those which gradually took
esy Broadway payhouses after the last of the Gilbert
Sullivan had brought forward and cataclysm
3c will ubnerCe the dominant frivoly and bring
which shall be bright and clean and music which
hall he worthy Of the Such appreciation The Lilac Domino
ved looked upon preliminary toward this dera
,o~s9ation. that offence
w o. and showed how refinement and skill
hest foreign composers the best Of those who live in this
his day Sir Arthur Sullivan much thor
y musician than Of the Of France and Germany
uppanted the popular Of England and America
frequently regretted that fate had turned his muse into
path. His friends knew that he regretful look
of The Podiga SON The Golden Legend and
varh the full flush of his victories the Operea stage
but discerning critics them have known that in the
serious which he would have preferred follow he had added
nothing with all his fine talent genius would have it
SOL the light dramatic style into which he was drawn by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-23

economics as the instrument, the machine and
religion as the Juice
1t is because of his use OF the community
spirit that we can forgive Billy Sunday his
antiquated theology, his particularly smelly
and sulphurous hell and his Uncle Remusy
"old man debbil" As for his slang. which has
been greatly exaggerated by the newspapers
that needs no extenuetion. Jesus himself
spoke a colloquial Aramaic, though He spoke it
oftenest in the measured phrases modelled on
the only books He had ever read-the books
OF the Old Testament. On one occasion at
least we know He used slang. That was when
He said OF the Pharisees that prayed in public
to be seen OF men that they had received their
reward" This was a current phrase about
equivalent to they've got what was coming
to them" and no doubt closer acquaintance
with the argot of Galilee would reveal many
other instances AS for invective. the Man
from Nazareth had no equal: Woe unto you,
hypocrites whited sepulchres"
No. il isn't sign of the decadence OF religion
that evangests have TO resort to current slang,
but rather a sign of the decadence OF language
All the old words and phrases have become
petri7ed The really vital religious impulse
seizes on new ones. "Hit the trail is excel
lent; it implies action; it implies definite
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[LLY SUNDAY A SIGN OF THE TINES?

point OF direction and determination to go
there It is the language OF new countries.
1t puts the experience of getting religion in
its prope: place as an index of something do
Ing II is the opening movement OF the great
est possible adventure.
Whether you like Mr.. Sunday or not, you
will probably have to accept him as sign OF
the times, prophecy OF the new religion
which will be going concern in active part
nership with God. Certainly If we have any
kind of revival of Christianity it will have to
include a revival of faith in the idea Of God as
the great moving Power. We have been so
active during the last century in construing
the commandment to love your neighoor as
yourself that we have quite overlooked the
fact that Jesus rated il as the second. The
first was to love God with all your mind and
with all your strength end with all your soul.
Which, being translated into Its lowest terms,
means that all your faculties are to be attuned
TO the idea that there Is something bigger
than you running things, and If you want to
be happy and useful you must get into line
with it. Seeing New York swing into line
will be a bigger adventure and much more ex
citing than the San Francisco earthquake. If
the signs point in that direction let US hope
that the signs como true.
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his brains IN literature and art that
they do 20 one who invents new beer
tap or who accidentally gives an extra
turn 70 n screw, doing away with the
necessity Of boring hole first"
The Mikado" raised It's authors 70
the topmost crest Of popularity. When
their next opercttn. "Ruddigore." was
brought forward for It's first American
performance NJ the Fifth Avenue The
atre. on February q. 1887 ut had had
It's London premiere on January o..
the Tribune's reviewer observed that
the audience had been better advised OF
what 20 expect than any assembly ever
before gathered together for such pur-
pose in America Neither Wagner
'Parsifal,' nor Verdi's 'Otello' nor Sar-
dou's Theodore caused in anticipation
one 1.-THE Of the excitement created by
'Ruddigore,' was the added comment.
The greater, therefore, was the disap-
Sir Arthur had striven with
more than HIS customary zeal and con
on the score, and, with
out cutting loose from any Of his old
formulas. had brought in new interest
with the flavor Of old English airs; and
such pieces as the madrigal, gavotte
among his happiest inspirations; but
Mr.. Gilbert had failed, largely because
he had not presented a subject for
satire which had contemporaneous Vi
tality and validity. lie was wasting
his Ingenuity in poking fun at old
fashioned stage melodrama, and posi-
bly, at features Of old English baronial
life, in which we had only a literary
or romantic interest. And 80 the opera
lived out It's first season and soon dis
appeared in the limbo of things forgot
ten. The audience that greeted the
first performance was an exceedingly
well disposed one. II crowded the play
house in every part, OF course, and as
Miss Ulmar, Miss Forster, Mr.. Pounds,
Nh Thorne, Mr.. Ellington and Mr..
Frederici all of whom had won the
hearts Of New Workers in "The Nj
kado" appeared in turn they were
made 70 feel that they had been kept
in warm and kindly memories during
the intervening year. Few repetitions
were demanded, however, and though
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Continued from FIRST page.

than impressive. At one OF Billy Sundays
services you do not have to sit still at the
bottom Of deep we'll OF stutifying silence
and have sermon poured upon you from the
heights you can laugh and clap and other
wise manifest your participation in it as an
experience, and if you can't sing the hymns
you can whistle them. Whistling is abso-
lutely just as religious noise as singing II
you have religious sentiments in your heart
while you are doing it Perhaps the COM
munal element is the greatest factor. People
like 70 get religion in company. That was the
way Jesus OF Nazareth got his, in the pres
ence Of great crowd of pilgrims, rabble from
Jericho. Scribes and Pharsees from Jerusa-
lem and Greeks from the Decapolis.
The individual application has often to be
thought out in silence afterward, but most
people catch the divine fire from one another.
Hardly anybody remembers in this connection
that religion began as tribal affair, and that
is why we can confidently expect a revival Of
the community spirit following close on
wave of religious excitement. Bouck White
is probably right when he thinks that if the
Socialist party could be cemented by fire
rather than by economic sympathy it would
become irresistible. We have to think OF
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his own compositions on Tuesday az
ternoon, beginning az o'clock. The
performers will be Miss Anna Case,
soprano; John Barnes Wells, tenor;
Royal F. Dadman, barytone, and Philip
Gordon, pianist
The programme OF the festival Of
the Litchheld County Choral Union,
which is to be held at Norfolk, Conn,
on the first three days OF June, has
been subjected 70 an alteration, which
IS announced as follows:
"Sir Charles Nilliers Stanford had
arranged TO sail from England on May
10 By the steamship Lusitania. Owing
70 the loss OF this boat and 20 the dam
ger Of ocean travel at present, Sir
Charles, at the earnest solicitation OF
his friends in Norfolk and England.
has consented 20 postpone his visit.
The third concert will therefore Be
directed by George W. Chadwick and
Arthur Mees. and will consist Of .
number of orchestral selections, In
Guiding the initial rendition Of Chad
wick's ballade for orchestra, Tam
o. Shanter,' a concerto 10 be played BIZ
Harold -Bauersnd vocal selections
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itsef without hurting the opera which
was soon running az both of the other
rival houses. The Fifth Avenue The
atre premiere took place on August 10,
1913, the Standard Theatres on August
-. All tho singers in Mr.. D'Oyly
Carte's company wer. English except
Miss Geral dine Ulmar. the parts being
distributed as follows: The Mikado, r.
Frederici; Nanki-Poo Courtice Pounds;
ko.ho, q. Thorne; Pooh Bah, Fred
Billingtoni Pish-Tush, G.. Bryan
Browne; YumYum, Geraldine Ulmar;
Pitti-Sing. Kate Forster; Peep Bo. Ger
aldine ST. Maur; Katisha. Elsie Cam
eron. The best people in Mr.. Duf's
company were Mrs. Zelda Seguin, who
had been an admired contralto in Eng
lish opera for years (Katisha), Harry
billiard (Nanki-Poo). J. II. Ryley Ko-
ko), A. Z. Stoddard (Pish-Tush) and
W. II. Hamilton THE Mikado). Miss
Nernona Jsrbeau was a crude and rude
Yum-Yum. The Tribune's reviewer re-
marked Of the Standard Theatre per
Torrance that the operetts was still
in process Of baking, as we'll ms making
(the opening night being intolerably
hot, and this was half true also of tho
Fifth Avenue performance, which had
been unduly hurried. Meanwhile Mr..
Carte had brought an action in equity
in the United States Circuit Court 70
restrain Mr.. Duff, and his performance
on August oath was allowed by the
court, Mr.. Duff having given an In
demnity bond in the sum of $1,000. On
September 18th Judge Wallace decided
against the application for an injunc-.
ton, holding that the publication Of
the libretto and vocal score was a ded-
ication of the entire composition 70
the public, the only right reserved by
the authors being that Of multiplying
and selling copies of the orchestral
parts which were still in manuscript,
One month after the first performance
the composer conducted performance
OF the operetta at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre, and on a curtain call made
short speech, in which he expressed
the hope that the day would come
"when the legislators OF this magnif-
cent country may see At to afford the
same protection TO man who employs
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both text and music by exposing 20
the crowd good many Of the formulas
which the clever Englishmen en-
ployed. Though not failure in
the common sense. It fell short
Of the success Of its predcceseors. II
seemed as if Mr. Gilbert had been un-
fortunate with his plot; that the OBJ
ject of his satire was not obvious
enough and he spoiled its effect by
mixing together fairies and noblemen
in a manner that was too far-fetched
even for Gilbertian extravaganza.
Princess Ida" which had its first per
formancc at the Savoy on January g.,
1884, reached New York five weeks
later, its first performance taking place
at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. then
under the management Of John Stet-
son, on February II. The basis of its
book was a comedy. or rather. bur
lesque, called 1.-THE Princess" which
Gilbert had brought out fourteen years
before at the Royal Olympic Theatre. In
London, with incidental music borrowed
from la Perichole" and other operas
honfcS and comic operas. even Ros-
sini's Barber" being put under tribute.
Mr.. Gilbert called his burlesque "a
respectful parody of Mr.. Tennyson's
eNQulSlle poem When ne printed IL III
a volume Of his plays in 1875. and his
operetta he called "a respectful per-
version Of Tennyson's Princess. The
people concerned in the first American
performances were c. Brocolini King
Hildebrand), Wallace McCreery Hill
arion), W. s. Rising lCyriN, Charles
J. Lang (Florian), J. II. Ryley King
CANA. Ainsley Scott (Arac), James
Early (Guron), f. J. Cloncy (Scyn-
thius), Cora Tanner princess Ida),
Florence Bemister LADY Psyche),
Genevieve Reynolds lady Blanche),
Hattie Dolaro (Melissa), Eva Barring
ton (Sacharissa), Ely Coghlan Chloe
and Clara Primrose Ada. The com
pany had been brought together for
the production by Edward F. Rice. In
his notice Of the first performance,
which was followed by an extended
review a few days later, The TribuDe's
critic said that the verdict, so far as
il could be read in the applause Of
the audience, was In favor Of the work.
for about ten of the musical numbers
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were demanded second time and one
third.
The Mikado- brought sword into
tho camp Of the New York theatrical
managers, among whom rivalry for the
privilege Of performing the Gilbert e.
Sullivan operetta had grown keen. The
new work had Eta first performance on
March Il. 1885 I'm London. Among the
American managers who wanted Il. and
went 70 London TO negotiate for Il.
was J. G. Duff. Of the Standard Thea
tire. Mr.. D'Oyly Carte, however, had
planned 70 organize m English com
Tany and bring the new work out at
the Fifth Avenue Theatre under Mr..
Stetson's management Sullivan, who
had been In the United States some six
years before with his collaboration for
the purpose Of protecting the financial
interests Of the firm, came again with
the same purpose in view While the
new company was preparing and the
managers waiting for the dog days 70
yass Mr. Duff determined 10 make a
trial whether or not an Operetta Of
which the lihretto and vocal score had
been published and put on sale was
protected against public performance.
He enlisted very capable company
and hurriedly began preparations, with
view ~ a simultaneous production
with that Of Mr.. Stetson. Both an
nounced August 10 as the date. but at
the eleventh hour Mr.. Duff found that
be had 70 postpone his opening for a
week. While these managers were
fighting for precedence, however,
Harry Miner ran away with the prize,
such as II was. At the Union Square
Theatre he pitchforked a ridiculous
perversion upon his stage some ten
days before Mr.. Stctson's date, using,
rs Mr.. Duff purposed 70 use, orches-
trail parts made by some hack
musician from the pianoforte
accompaniment in the vocal score. The
device was not new, nor was II con-
fined 70 the managers OF operetta com
panies. Operas Of the highest type,
like Carmen" had been thus shabbily
treated before, and works of Mascagni
and Puccini have had 10 suffer the
same indiCnity since. The Union Square
perversion, in which Roland Reed
and Alice Harrison took part, killed
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.orN1AL. G1I1rERING q GORGEOUS
FRANKLIN p ADAMS. Bditsr
Advsrihns rates7 an agate line
The Summer Exodus.

Spring, the far-famed
season of the year, is two
thirds over, and ere long,
though it is hard TO realize,
so swiftly does Time rush
by us as we grow older, the
years ever fitting more
rapidly, summer, the almost
equally famous season, and
one of our favorites, too,
will be here.
With the advent Of the
heated term the urban
dweller's thoughts begin TO
fly to other places. Why?
This is a great town always,
but it Is at its best in the
summer. Folks going away
from here ought TO do it
in the winter and early
spring, when we generally
get a lot of unpleasant
days. Of course, all can
not choose the time Of their
exodi, and TO such as can
not, we say 60 when you
can, or, as the Latin poet
says, Carpe diem!
But those who can go
any time should stay home
summers and patronize the
home stores whose adver-
tisements we are trying TO
get for THE GAZETTE.