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The Detroit times., 1915-05-11
ID. u. X. PLANS TO
REBUILD TRACKS

Commissioner Fenkell, OF the de-
rartment OF public works, has re.
ceived request from the u. Y. r.
for permission to reconstruct the
tracks in Grand River-ave, from the
end OF the pavement to Joy-rd.; In
Springwells-ave.. from Ferndale-ave.
10 Chamberlain-ave. and in Michi-
gan-ave. from Livernois-ave. TO the
city limits.
The council committee on streets
recently decided TO hold ny con
tracts for the pavement Of these
three thoroughfares until the com
missioner received positive assur'
anoe from the street car company
that II would reconstruct the tracks.
Commissioner Fenkell will ask the
council. Tuesday night, TO confirm
tho paving contracts on the avenues
mentioned.
Monday morning the committee
on streets rejected the bids on rein
forced concrete pavements for Thir'
tythlrd. Roosevelt and Infantry.
aves.. on the ground that the bids
we're from $500 to $4,000 higher
than the original estimate. The con
tract for the paving OF Melrose-ave. >,
from the boulevard TO Clay-ave.. was
the only contract for reinforced con
crete that tho committee confirmed
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11

Russia is larger than all Of North
America.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11

Copyright 1915. by Pathe Exchange,
Inc. All moving picture rights
and all foreign copyrights
strictly reserved.
Professor Carl de Retsky flung a
resretful glance at the hills. hurting
their rugged battlements against the
twilight that marked definite end
70 his vacation, Nacation-rest from
the weary grind. the loathsome task
or training voices that cold never
he other than mediocre. voices that
tortured his hnely-tuned nerves so
exquisitely he had been forced 10
these same hills that the vast
silences might perform their healing
junction. the silence OF the trees. the
brooks, the football OF the breeze
treading the fields silence so dense
as 20 he almost tangible He opened
MS mouth, LAYING his throat with
draughts ~ il as though trying 10
store away reserve fund OF that
silence for the future. And then
Then the voice reached out TO him.
Family, at first. but steadily increas-
ing I'm volume until the silence was
put 10 utter rout. until the country
side was resonant with IL, until the
crests OF the clamhcring hills leaned
down - listen. cupping their ears
like old folks. who catch a loved
ones voice and even the silvcry
crescent moon seemed ia halt aw tiic
In It's swift flight to listen.
Such voice IttNalinE IN purity.
clarity and sweetness the woes ~
Nature. with a free natural quality
that defed placing striking notes Of
upper. middle and lower register
with equal precision and facility.
Dazed by his lncredulous delight. the
singing master followed the sounds
till he found himself. leaning against
farmhouse fence. staring al n
young man upon the porch, his hand
some face pressed against the bars
OF CaparN's cage. his eyes Elistcn-
ing with delight as he held vocal
contest wiz the nuny little creature,
4 rich warn red came from benea IA
the heavy coat Of tan as he caught
sight Of the stranger hating his
song abruptly as he inquiringly APP
preached.
"Such voice Such an organ
de Retsky stopped abruptly as he
found his enthusiasm carrying him
away. II have never heard the song
before he continued inquiringly.
Song The young chap laughed,
II was just teasing the bird-that's
all"
Teasing the bird" the singing
teacher repeated the words In be-
wildermcnt He drew card from
his pocket as the youth smiled He
did not care 90 he laughed at--dc
Retsky. Not tightly did honeyed
words pass his lips and. once passed.
he was accustomed 20 having them
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11

Perhaps the fear OF Losing the
Job you have is the most awful
working girl who goes forward In
search OF The something better"
For a moment, after | left the
stage entrance and stood upon the
street with the girl who had spoken
TO me In the hallway. hesitated
about accepting her invitation 70
lunch. II vas pure snobbishness
! was not very experienced. but ]
knew enough TO realize this girl was
conspicuous In her dress. Her hat
was large. with several yellow
plumes upon IL, that bobbed about
when she moved her head-which
she did great deal. She had on a
blue velvet suit and very high heels
But there was an honest, nice look In
her ICnciled eyes. And ! am glad
TO say | discounted her dress and
decided TO go with her. ! am also
happy 10 write was sufficiently
honest to tell her the truth from the
start
My name is Beth Barmore,"
said timidly. And have very little
money. So | can't go to any expen-
sive place for luncheon
The girl laughed.
Holy Gee" she said Il guess no
girl goes To an expensive place for
lunch IL she hasn't got man 10 pay
for IL. Not for little Stella King.
anyway, That's my name. You can
call me Stella II you like. But | tell
YOU what we'll do. | know q first
class 'beanery' around the corner.
You can get pancakes there for Is
cents. and IL you're hungry they fill
up about as good as anything
II think that's about what | ought
TO spend" | admitted
Come on then. Beth said my
new acquaintance, linking her arm
in mine.
For a moment | gasped and drew
back at the Beth" but she seemed
SO unconscious OF any undue famil-
iarity that I smiled 10 myself and
said nothing
"Didnt hear you tell Nevins
you'd never been on the stage
Stella asked. as we walked along.
nodded
How did you And your way in
that Joint" she asked.
Went TO the box Office ! ex'
planned briefly. And the box office
man directed me TO the stage en-
trance. DO YOU think it's going "a
be hard for me 20 get something "a
do?"
Stella stopped n little way from
me and regarded me critically, as
though I were a bit OF dry goods in
which she might invest.
Nav" she said. you'll land
pretty quick Some girls Is pretty
but It doesn't get over. Get me?
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11

ed by pupils OF the academy, appro-
rate scenic settings and costumes.
following the modern stagecraft
idea, adding much 10 the artistic
presentation OF the play. Instru-
mental and vocal music and read
ings completed the program. After
noon tea followed
@
The knights OF Columbus Choral
assembly gave a fine program OF
choral music Sunday evening. in
Columbus temple. assisted by solo
ISIS. Under the direction OF Alexan.
der Pepin, the assembly numbers
y ere given with precision and spirit.
the voices displaying good quality
OF tone and excellent training. Miss
Wanda Lesczynski. well-known as a
pianist. and one OF the accompanies
for the assembly, delighted her
friends with the added accomplish
ment OF q pleasing contralto voice,
admirably developed. She sang an
tiia from Saint-Saens Samson and
Delilah," In splendid form. Adolph
Bccigneuil. tenor. always a favorite
with assembly audiences. sang the
aria Celeste Aida" so we'll that he
was enthusiastically encored, as was
Miss Iesczynski
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11
The Confessions of q Wife
Chadwick Hatton Gives Up Mollie.

or gladden. her eyes as we'll as her
ears by his pleasing batteries.
can almost envy Mollie the let.
ter she Is going TO get tomorrow.
although. poor child when she
reads II she will probably think
that she is done with love forever
II Is a queer state OF affairs, little
book. in the Waverly family. Here
Is Mollie, poor Mollie, loving a man
she can never marry unless his IN.
sane wife dies, and Jack, after say.
Ing that he could not live without
Mary, finds after three years OF mar.
riage that he can't live with her. I
guess Dick and ! are the best of
for really Dick seems perfectly
happy. He believes in me implicitly
and does just as he plcases himself
with the sure knowledge that | am
also doing just as he pleases.
| cannot be unhappy. little book
with the knowledge OF my baby
coming "Someway. I think Dick
has gotten little tired Of my talk
about you, sonny boy. He has never
enthused much since the first time
I told him about you. and IL he loved
us very. very much he certainly
would have written to us. However.
when you get really truly In nv
arms will never be unhappy
again"
But oh, little book, little book,
| am very unhappy now. I'm afraid
Dick II drifting away from me and
I want him 10 love me. | want him
more II seems TO me than ever did
before in my life. Sometimes, baby.
! almost wish we could both die
the future looks so vague and dis.
appointing
Here. here, Margie, this will nev.
or do. You have promised yourself
that you would not weep nor think
yourself abused until you felt your
baby in your arms. The promise
Of It's coming would sustain you and
after az long as you have him moth.
ing can matter much.
(To BE Continued)
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11

I reached home from my visit 70
Mr.. Hatton thoroughly exhausted
but I was glad that neither Dick
nor Aunt Mary was there. | am
afraid would have told them
about Mollie. seemed to have
taken 40 much upon myself In the
shaping Of their two lives and yet,
little book. I am not sure that did
anything.
Mollie, for all could say. is de-
termined to give UP all for Mr.. Hat
ton. and he has told me that by to.
morrow morning I will have In my
hand q letter from him TO Mollie
9iving her up, that he had decided
upon this letter before he saw me,
That the music I heard was his re.
QUEEN over his dead love. He had
not at that time. OF course. decided
20 send the letter 10 me to give TO
Mollie. tried TO dissuade him
|frum sending the letter this way. but
he said a. long as Mollie had given
me her confidence II might help to
have someone TO talk TO after he
had gone.
How we'll Mr.. Hatton under.
|stands a woman's nature. Mollie
Will be very angry with me at FIRST.
| but after a while she will be glad
leo talk TO me.
Not one word from Dick. Jack
cannot be dangerously Ill or he
would write. His mother IL nearly
crazy. and. a. usual. she Is trying
10 ind an excuse for him by say
ling that II I would write him he
would answer. She does not know
of the many, many loving-ietters
I have written 10 Dick when he is
away from me. and never have ]
mad but one letter from him In all
|pur married life. have often won
dered II he had been out OF town be
tore we were married II he would
have written. Someway feel rath-
er cheated. Other women have
Suesed to their hearts letters which
hold OF undying affection. Since love
VAS nrst written on the sand or
rarved on the barks OF trees in the
n,de hieroglyphics OF primitive man,
woman has loved to have her low
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11


pltal Thursday afternoon. when Miss
Potts. social service worker In the
ChIldren's Free hospital, will speak.
o
In anticipation o. the annual tulip
show OF the Michigan Garden club
Thursday, May 10. the following gar
dens OF members OF the club in
Crosse Pointe will b. open to In
spection Of the club members and
their friends, Tuesday afternoon !:
Mrs. John Dryer. Mrs. Charles A.
Du Charme. Mrs. Frederick NJ Al.
ger. Miss Cooley. Mrs. Walter +.
Parker. Mrs John S. Newberry
Mrs. Truman II Newberry. Mrs.
John I. Nichols. Mrs. Hendrie, Mrs.
Henry u. Sheldon and Mrs. Benja-
min s. Warren.
Relatives and friends called in
formally upon Mrs. Sarah Suter
Wolyerton. No 1914 Westminster
ave. Sunday. in honor OF her eighty
ninth birthday anniversary. Mrs.
Wolverton has lived in Detroit up
wards of a half.centuryr> SHIFTS
supposed 10 be the oldestN poetess
In the United states Her Last work
The Crown OF Motherhood, was
published just before Christmas.
1914. Mrs Wolyerton lives with her
daughter, Mrs William f. Brown.
She has two sons. George Wolver-
ton. Of Berkeley. Cal. and Eugene
Wolverton, OF Glenwood Springs,
Cal
o
The Marcy. Barstow School associ-
alton will hold the annual banquet
and reunion. Tuesday evening. In
the Elliott. TaylorW oolfenden cafe
An informal reception will precede
the banquet which will be served at
I O'Clock Miss Caroline Crosman
will preside. and Frederick Delano
will be POSTMASTER Responses to
toasts will be made by the Rev
Paul Zeigler, Mrs. Sarah Hopson,
Miss Cooper and William VI. Dwight,
There viii be general singing OF the
old school songs, and the Misses
Doerr will give solos. The reception
committee will include Mrs Hop
son. Mrs Mary Benham. Mrs. Han
nah /. Ross. Henry Plass. Herman
Weiss. and Erastus Chamberlain.
O
4 delightful, charming afternoon
was enjoyed by the Sacred Heart
Alumnae and Literary association.
Saturday, in the academy. on Jeffer.
son-ave.. when the annual reunion
iay program was given The guests
we're received by the sisters. and by
the Rev Mother Power. honorary
president. Mrs. Frances McVeigh.
president. and Mrs. CathZine Pro.
vencal. the first home pupil Mrs.
katherine Flynn. founder OF the
alumnae association. was pres ented
with on illumined address and hon.
Guet Of flowers, the occasion marking
also her jubilee year OF graduation.
Miss Isabelle Palms read the ad-
dress. and Miss Marguerite Court
ney maze the presentation. An IN.
teresting morality play. written by
Madame Janest Erskine Stuart. call
ed The New Sintram," was present.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11

treasured. The young man caught
his displeasure instantly
fully II was smiling because my
father just told me my voice didn't
go very far when II came TO killing
weeds"
You should cultivate that voice
such voices belong to the world and
not TO the individual" de Retsky
frowned
lie stopped as he noticed the
change OF expression that had como
over the singers face as he studied
the card with evident recognition.
The singing master caught the
transition there that comes when
what has been before but distant
dream, flowers into full-blown life.
And memory lifted him up and bore
him swiftly down the years long
past, through riches and poverty,
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11
Opportune.

Irate Country Gentleman white
with anger AT being disturbed
You book canvassers make me so
angry with your COMPOUNDED nerve
and impudence that | cannot find
words TO express my indignation.
Canvasser Dumping with enthu-
siasml Then. sir. am a great help
TO you. have here the very thing
you need-a dictionary OF the Eng.
lish language. containing all the
words and slang phrases known. and
only shillngs. Take 1t. and you'll
never be at loss 10 express your.
self again -Tit-Bits.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11
Dcvona Quits.

PORT HURON. Mich, May 10
Rev. F. s. Devona, Sunday, held ser
vices in st. Paul's church, at st
Clair, for the last time, it Is believ
cd, as the attorneys for the Episco'
pal diocese are expected to request
Judge Law TO grant them an order
Monday turning over the church
property 10 them
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11
Motorists Near Death.

CADILLAC, Mich, May 10.-Man.
ager c. L. Bacon, OF Grinnell Broth
ors' store, and his wife had close
call Sunday night when their auto
mobile collided with Grand Rapids
e. Indiana railroad engine. The
passed just in front OF
the engine and was wrecked. the
occupants escaping uninjured.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11

Miss Edith sullivan. No. il6 Tux
edo-ave.. Highland Park. has been
chosen president OF the senior class
OF Western College for Women. OK
ford. o.
The high school classes OF the
University OF Detroit will hold the
annual elocution contest Monday
evening. In the university audi
,torium.
The first annual banquet OF the
Business league OF the Y. w. G. A,
will be held Tuesday evening. In
the association cafe. commemorate
ing the frst birthday anniversary of
the league.
Miss Allie NJ Glass. No. "a Atkin-
son-ave.. and Miss Matilda q. Lati
mer will give luncheon for IL
guests. Wednesday. In the Fellow
craft club. In honor OF Miss Helen
G. Iatimer. a June brideto-be,
o
Mile. Yyonne Ge Trevillc. the well.
known opera and concert singer
who spent last week In Detroit the
guest OF Mrs. y. J. Corey. visited
Providence hospital. Thursday aft
ernoor. in company with Mrs.
Charles l.. Palms, and very gracious
~ sang for the sisters and children
md the convalescent patients.
o
The Young Womens guild OF ST.
Johns Episcopal church Will give a
musical program followed by after
noon tea, In the church house, Tues.
day afternoon A delightful pro
gram will be given by Mrs. Sherman
l.. Depew. Mrs. Edwin s. Sheriff.,
Mrs. Charles y. Iarned. Miss Min.
ME II. Caldwell and Miss Thelma
Newell. the latter OF Ann Arbor
o
The Misses Ethel Fleming.
Blanche Collins. Edna Moroney and
Irene Clark. young violin students
Ia the class of Prof. Joseph =. Leib,
have just fulfilled the terms OF an
unusual pledge made 10 each other
and TO their teacher Jan. ] the
young women promised TO practice
one hour every morning beginning
a. o'clock. and 10 continue the
task until May I Each completed
the pledge without a slip.
o
The engagement Is announced OF
Miss Edna Maitland. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William VI. Hersee ia
Wallace Sutherland Mackenzie. OF
Detroit. son OF Mr.. and Mrs John
A. Mackenzie. OF Woodstock. Ont.
Miss Hersee is a niece OF Dr. John
r. Clark. OF this city. and Mr. Mac
KenIie u nephew OF the late
James Sutherland. at one time a
minister In the Dominion cabinet
The marriage will take place In
June.
The annual festival for the benefit
OF the little ones In the House OF
Providence will be held Tuesday
and Wednesday afternoons and
evenings, June s and 2. An execu-
tive board meeting OF Providence
auxiliary will be held Tuesday morn
Ing. In the Hotel Pontchartrain. 10
make arrangements for the festival
The regular monthly meeting OF the
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11

The announcement is made. APP
parently because nobody cares. that
the snableps is a Brazilian fish that
has two sets OF eyes. one for seeing
In water and the other for seeing
in air as IL swims at the surface.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11

through glory and heartbreak. till
he saw a lad listening TO Mario. a
lad with the same expression upon
his face as was now upon the face
before him, lad whose soul was
opening 10 admit "a sole occupant
the persistent Ambition that had
been rapping so long time. And
slowly. more slowly. Memory aged
that lad, hardened the lineaments OF
the face. scanned that innocent
with threads of Expert
ence. as he walked the road OF Life.
a rocky. thorny. stubbly road. the
by-paths Of which thronged with
sorrows innumerahle, road that
came to an abrupt halt before a
house upon whose doorplate was
CARL DE RETSkY.
Voice Culture.
TnConsciously he reached out to
regain the bit Of pasteboard from the
young farmers hand, then halted.
for the youths Joy nj praise from the
singing master which had transfig-
ured his face before had given place
10 a hard. bitter expression. His fist
The Detroit times., 1915-05-11
81 Society," Fashions Household Hints and Helps y

was tightly clenched as he gripped
fence paling.
Cultivate my voice." His voice
was husky, hoarse. cultivate ~
pays7" lie looked about him, at the
tiny farm house. the small farm, the
shabby outhouses. all indicative OF
small means
"Yes-that's H. Who pays7" de
Retsky mpttered. a faint smile upon
payment would not be found within
so small space; would not be taken
from wealth or that which went TO
make wealth. but from the human
heart. Whose heart?
and for long time, my dear
Bella, | could not keep that voice
from my ears. Everything was there
have heard them all and have not
been rated the worst myself. but Tor
natural singing quality I have never
heard this young Henry Merwin's
superior"
colatura sopranos. smiled sympa
thetically as de Retsky excitedly
paced the floor.
1T merely shows" he continued.
how Impossible II is to dodge duty.
That voice belonged TO the world.
But as ] recalled what the struggle
meant. what must he gone through
before the summit IL attained. did
not have the courage, Like cow
ard. n traitor 10 my art. | fed" He
smiled whimsically. But II was TO
be. returned TO my work. to the
horrible grind. / listened TO the
sounds that could never be made
into song and always was hearing
the voice OF the farmer boy who
teased the bird
And my little words OF encour-
agement had fallen upon n soul
worthy of that divine voice. Henry
Merwin had come to Los Angeles and
finally fought his way 10 the wagon
seat OF milk wagon. That was
what he did when he found me. that
Ia what he Is doing -now-driving a
milk wagon
81 was in laundry" the great
soprano murmured softly. as though
to herself.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-07-27
HALT H|NDENBURG'S
DRIVE ON WARSAW
Thrown Back on River Bug
While Attempting to Force
Russians Back on Warsaw.
MORE STEAMERS ARE SUNK
Germans SheIIing Surnes and
Dunkirk by Air-ArtiIIery
DueIs on the Belgian Coast.

Special By United Press Wire
Petrograd, July 27-Von Hinden
burg has been halted and thrown
back in his attempt to drive the
Russians back on the river Bug
defenses, north of Warsaw, officia
statements announced today.
after a stubborn combat enemy
forces who crossed the Narew river
south of Rozan, and were advancing
southwark toward the Bug, have
been repulsed and driven back from
Och to Olaski," said the official state
ment.
Outpost fighting is occurring
around Ivangorod and Novo Geor-
gieWsk, the two fortresses guarding
Warsaw, but the clashes are entirely
of minor nature. On the entire
front contained in the bend of the
Vistula south and west of Warsaw
Germans have not repeated their un-
successful attempts to piece the Rus
sian lines. Energetic fighting con
tinues between the Bug and VistUia
with Slavs maintaining themselves in
the face of General Mackensen's de-
termined attack.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-07-27
Man Badly Burned Dies.

When a defective tube of a boiler
in powerhouse No. / at the Raritan
ppper Works blew out yesterday
afternoon Paul Lasko, forty years
old, of 523 Stanford street, a fire.
man, was fatally scalded and burned.
The man died after ten hours of
suffering at the city hospital about 1
o'clock this morning The victim 8
whole upper body and face were
burned raw by the steam and heat.
The body was turned over to Under
taker Burke, and funeral arrange
ments are being made.
Lasko, who had been a fireman at
the works for some time, was attend
ing a boiler in No. 1 powerhouse.
He was standing near the furnace
after feeding it a fresh supply Of
coal. Without warning there was a
detonation and one of the steam
carrying tubs bursted, carrying away
the door of the furnace, 1t is said,
and ejecting a terrific volume of
steam, which caught the man about
the upper body and face. He was
overcome and almost stified. Fellow
employees came to his assistance and
after shutting off the escaping steam
carried the man out of the power
house and tore away his clothing.
RfssVilliam E. Ra1asaH ~was- sura-
moneeeEt SAN at once that the
victim had but slight chance to re-
cover, and had him taken to the city
hospital. The victim was given q
narcotic to allay his pain. but moth
ing of a permanent nature could be
done for him.
Frank L. Antisell, assistant super
intendent of the Raritan Copper
Works, stated this morning that the
accident is being thoroughly investi-
gated, but declared that 1t was one
Of those sad affairs which cannot be
forestalled, despite unusual precau-
tions. He said the tube must have
been defective, though all the tubes
In the boilers are inspected regular
ly once a month by the Hartford
Boiler Inspection Company, and
wherever a weak one Is found it is
removed and replaced. He said be-
fore tubes are placed they are tested
carefully by hydraulic pressure.
However, it seems that some of the
tubes became weakened between the
time that the inspections are made,
and there is no way of telling that
they are defective until they blow
out, as in the case yesterday after
uoon.