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Caruso, Who Resented the New
Motion-Picture Methods of Miss
Farrar Which She introduced
Into Her Recent Carmen"

men Is supposed 10 cling TO him But
Nine. Farrar did more than cling. She
acted ferridly, madly, passonately. She
ciutchcd the great one OF the golden voice
and pressed herself to him painfully. She
gripped him so franticaly he lost his
breath He could hardly sing. His face
Redeemed, he glared at Nine. Farrar in
rage. Still he sang. though with diff
Guilty. Nine. Farrar's embraces frightened
and frightened. Unable to roll out the
golden notes, the incensed Caruso sud.
denly forcibly seized Nine. Farrar's both
arms and held her from him in a visc.like
grip. She struggled. but he was the
stronger.
They tussled, while the audience Eazed
IN bewildered incredulity. and finally.
with free swell Of liquid notes. the song
ended. Then-quite commonly, quite
vulgarly-the great Caruso, carried be.
yond himself by the indgnity of the
blow, the distraction OF the stars move.
ments and her interference with the col.
den flow of song. suddenly released his
grip and pushed Nine Farrar forcibly,
vigorously and rudely from him. Thump,
And down to the floor. with a Resembling
bump, fell the vigorous Carmen Of the
movies
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audience. what was the agha.t horror
and Indignation Of the great golden.
throated one himself, the incompatible
taruso. when, instead Of lightly tossing
The rose, the fair Farrar's hand smote his
face a resounding whack!
OH An audible gasp arose from the
house. The great golden throated one,
the incompatible Caruso his eyes blazing
their rage. staggered away, ruefully rub
bling his cheek. His face was red from
the fair prima donna's terrific right
handler. He was so startled, so DUN.
founded, SO Indignant that he could
hardly sing
Every one in the house had seen It.
All Notwithstanding the Goelets, Har-
rimans, Ogden Millses, Havemeyers. Ise-
Inns. Gallatins, etc.-wero surprised and
shocked. Such realism had never before
been seen on the grand opera stage
For a violation OF the traditions OF
grand opera, to the patrons and support
ers Of grand opera is like the violation
Of commandment. The tradition goes
that opera must be sung-not acted, and
that 1t must be performed with dignity
From prima donna 10 chorus singer and
ballet performer it must be done along
certain lines. in such n particular way,
without departure into new business.
"Tra-la-la," sings the prima donna, lifting
her right arm woodenly and putting one
foot forward stodgiy. Tra-la-la," sings
the chorus lady. lifting the left arm, and
extending the right foot. "Lalala! La
lala!" sing the chorus, moving forward
and backward with measured step.
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"Something Doing
All the Time"

We'll. just forget Caruso and his big
voice and imagine Charlie Chaplin play
Ing opposite YOU in Carmen" You know
what he would be doing al the time. and
YOU can figure Uu' what you would have
to be doing 10 keep your end up"
"Oh, see what you mean"
Kicking punching. biting, scratching
something dong all the time. OF
course don't mean 10 say that cvcry
reel has got to be rough.hOusc. But
you can't sing part In motion pictures,
and those foolish grand opera motions
are no, acting"
That is very interestingly Nine.
Farrar smiled.
VINO was Carmen? She was girl
who worked IN At cigarette IA tory When
factory girls have row il is no Fifth
avcnuc drawing room afternoon tea. When
factory girls fight they put up 2 real
hsht-pull hair, use their fists, tear their
ciorhcs roll over on the ground bite ana
hjck-you are playing the part of :; cir
arctic cir in This piece"
Il see said Nine Farrar thoughtfully
mo doubt your Interpretation is right
Let us start all over again"
The largest audience OF the season
filled the Metropolitan Opera house.
New York. the other nigh,--that august
temple Of grand opera 10 hear Nine.
Geraldine Farrar and SiCHu~ Eurico
Caruso al the first performance giyon
this season of Bizct's Carmen" An air Of
well.bred expectancy prevailed through
out the house. In the horseshoe OF boxes
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muscles OF her face twisted with chang
ing constant play OF expression AT first
the audience did not quite realize what
was happening; they did not quite know
how to take Nine. Farrar's performance
They listened and waited. And then the
most amazing, most audacious thing oc-
Cured.
The poor girl OF the unnamed chorus
had limpcd away with her bites and
bruises. Don Jose (Caruso) appeared.
and Carmen. as the action proceeded, he
gan to coqucttc. But this time she
Copyright, 1910. by tho Star CO
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Charlie Chaplin Who Was Pointed
Out to Geraldine Farrar as an Ex-
cellent Model for Live-Wire Ac-
tion When the Motion Picture
Stage Director Complained That
Her Old-F fashioned, Conventional
Grand Opera Acting Would Never
Do in Moving Pictures.
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refined and lovely ladies, leaders Of New
Works ultra fashionable set, chatted soft
~ and amiably and bowed to one another
from box 10 box with the most gracious
dignity. They had come. clothed or part
~ clothed. in bewiidering evening gowns;
Jewels glittered, osprey plumes bobbed.
The air OF elegance extended even to the
upper gallery When the overture began
all was as it should be-
AS the curtain rose no one in the
house had the slightest intimation that
the atmosphere of well-bred dignity and
propriety would suddenly be shockingly
disturbed, that the assemblage Of polite
and sensitive devotees Of opera would be
set by the ears and stand aghast at what
their eyes would see. that into the veneer
able art OF grand opera would be injected
what 20 them was a spirit OF ibaldry.
yes. that presently all established canons
and traditions would be shattered, and
that by the fair star OF the opera herself
Leaning forward the assemblage lis
tened pleasantly to the overture, many
with lingering memories OF the charming,
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MIN lingerinE memories oil the charming,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

market. at some period. does not be-
come overstocked with strawberries.
for instance. Dealers are forced often
| almost to give the fruit away. But
that fruit has been held until 1t il
nearly worthless. purchasing club.
in touch with a strawberry grower.
would be able at those periods to buy
sound fruit almost as cheaply. for when
| the berries ripen they have to be dis
posed Of. no matter what the condi-
| ton of the market. There is no more
delicious fruit than strawberries prop
| erly canned. and it would be an I'M
favorable season indeed when the
| member OF purchasing club would not
be able to put up an abundant supply
| at a cost of Z to 10 cents a quart. Just
compare that with the cost of canned
straw berries in the stores. -
The same conditions generally hold
| true as to peaches. and home-canned
peaches are so superior to the COM
| mercial product that there is no COM
| parison.
farmer supplying such an organi-
| cation of customers would haul them
| all the windfall apples they wanted.
| proba bly, at % cents n bushel These
| apples, put up in cans, would taste
| just as good the following winter as
| apples which cost in the market 10 or
| Is cents quarter peck.
| Next-Food Standards and the Food
Supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
TRAVELETTE
By Niksah.
Xanten.

&anten is a little old German city on
the lower Rhine, close to the boundary
of the Netherlands. 1t is the site of one
of the most curious cathedrals in the
world. The cathedral in fact seems to
be Xanten's sole reason for existence.
1t has given the town it's name, and
whatever Of reputation It may have.
The cathedral in turn takes its name
and it's fame from the somewhat grisly
contents it houses-the bones of $50
holy men and martyrs. carefully COL
lected by the mother of an emperor.
1t is storehouse crowded with the
bones of Subsistence Santen or Kan
ten.
The little city lies in fat plain of
the sort that makes up the whole Of
the Netherlands. the low countries, to
which the region belongs in almost
everything but political utilization. The
Rhine here is sullen murky stream
almost an arm of an inland sea. dashed
by storms that whip in cold and gray
clouded from the German ocean. The
two spires of Xanten cathedral arise
from the fairness like twin exclamation
points, like the concrete protest Of
their builders against the monotony
of the landscape.
Xanten town makes the impression Of
immense age. 1t has the atmosphere of
almost as strongly as Il IHtl-
scum 1t still conforms almost exactly
to the shape of its old walls, though OF
the walls themselves hardly trace re-
mains. They have faded into dust with
time, but the town has never found the
energy to spread out beyond the old time
limits. There is a brisk traffic on the
Rhine. of course, but little of 1t pauses
here. Xanten in an age of commercial
ism. on one of the great commercial ar
teries OF Europe, is still primarily re-
leious rather than commercial. =
The great cathedral dominates the
town. 1t is full of a gloomy richness
its walls are decorated with an ornate
ness only saved from bad taste byt
certain 'solidity and a touch, of the i'm
pressive Everywhere are the bones Of
the three hundred and thirty. carefully
preserved in Slass-topped cases a spec
tacie that might be horrible were it not
for its spiritual Significance and the
trustful alteration with which so many
generations have regarded it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

who came on the run, and the little
man tame1y submitted
But what he said about the two others
not being able to arrest him was per-
fectly true.
In an F street lunch place
A mother and two little boys entered
and took seats. A moment later the
mother expressed surprise and horror
at the utter uncleanliness of the hands
of both boys. She spoke to waitress:
rs there place here where my little
boys can wash their hands,"
The waitress pointed to the front of
the shop:
Yes, right up there in the soda foun-
tain"
y % y ss
Kennedy Rea, clerk to the Senate
committee on appropriations, SAYS that
years ago, Representative Holman, then
chairman of the House committee on
appropriations, presented as part of his
patronage a lanky middle westerner
who wanted to be a Capitol police
man. Representative Holman took the
applicant down to the architect of the
Capitol, Mr.. Clark, who at that time
supervised the police force. He was
about to administer the oath of Office to
the new man, when he was interrupted
by a question from the applicant:
How about wet days, Mr.. Clark? Am
1 expected to do outside duty when the
weather'S bad?
Mr.. Clark looked the man in the eye
and replied:
II have been here thirty-fve years
and l have yet to see wet policeman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE, VA.

Fairfax Chapter. United Daughters of
the Confederacy. held it's December
meeting with Mrs. Howard A. Fletcher.
Mrs. Claude Wiley presiding. Plans
were made to provide Christmas bas-
kets for needy widows of Confederate
veterans in Fairfax county. and a play
was given at the town hall Friday
evening to obtain funds for the pur-
pose.
DIR. and Mrs. Joseph Packard Laird
are at home at Devon, Pa. where Mrs.
Laird has been the guest of honor at a
number of social functions. DR.. and
Mrs. Frank w. Huddleson and Miss
Huddleson moved into their new home
here this week. Miss Evelyn McCand-
lish of Piedmont. w. Va, is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Fred Richardson.
Bernard Jones of Massa Ghusetts was
the Sunday guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Mack
Wiley. Mrs. George Thomas of Wash
ington was the guest this week of Miss
ora johnson at oakton. Miss Mabel
curtis of Washington is visiting Mrs.
Hatcher. Miss Regina Graham spent
the week end with her aunt, Mrs Bing-
ham. in Washington. Miss Monima
Richardson is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Pierce in Washington.
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you ought to see how big his trade is
growing
"Shuh. I know a store where they
only charge four cents-nice bread,
II do my own cooking. but I have my
waShwoman come in and clean once a
week. l save my stale bread for her
and she steams it and then dries it out
, in the oven-"
II used to do that until I figured it
out that gas enough to heat up an
oven costs more than the bread was
WORTH
We'll. of course. Liza couldn't afford
it. either. except that she has to have
coal fire right along to do her IRON
ing by
They say they are going to teach
the boys and girls in the public schools
to make all kinds of bread
We'll, can tellem right now it won't
do a spark of good al long as they use
all that white chemic stuff to take the
life out'n the -four. When ! was dom
my own bakin' for four in family an
two farm hands. not counting a loaf a
week regular to poor woman, my
bread KEEP sweet an nourishin to the
last crust
And the one customer who had been
endeavoring to interest the clerk in
four coat ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by the
eyes of the oldish woman that no bak-
err this side of heaven would ever be
able to compete with that other bread
cast upon the waters of her youth.
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few extra steps it takes to walk around;
they just cut across because they see
others doing it-same as sheep. oh,
yes'n. an occasional hoodlum may take
it info his nut to straddle the bushes.
or "a chap in need of white ribboning
may tangle up in the wires. but no
regular person is ever going to cross
the grass after this
But he was mistaken. Two women did
il the very next day. They wore prim
clothes and close-fitting little bonnets,
so that no one could possibly have mis-
taken them for hoodlums or Milwaukee
ads. But all the same they straddled
the bushes.
They did il merely to save themselves
from waiEing about six extra yards on
q buoyansly sunshiny day.
An oldish woman was charging lance at
some statement she had heard or read
Another woman who served as audience
was reinforced by a fringe OF customers
who were also waiting at the button
counter And before the argument was
over every last of them had put in
her little say.
Wasting bread-huh, / bet / knew
how to make my five good loaves a week
before his mother ever put him into knee
lants-good bread, too, In them days
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ROCKVILLE. MD.

Rev. John T. Coolahan, pastor of st.
Mary's Catholic Church. Rockville. and
Geary A. Fisher of this vicinity spent
the week cunning in St Mary's county.
Mrs. Berry E. Clark and daughter, Miss
Dorothy, spent the week with relatives
in New York city. Gen. and Mrs. l..
Mervin Maus of Kentucky are visitors
al the home of Gen. Maus' sister. Miss
Adele Maus. here. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
G. Holland have returned from Balti-
more where they were the guests of
friends several days.
Mrs Wilson S. Ward entertained at
cards Tuesday afternoon. her guests
being the members of the Tuesday
Euchre Club. Prizes were won by Mrs.
Annie Mcclure and Miss Margaret
Dawson. Arthur w. Mcfarland re-
turned early in the week from Phila =
delphia, where he spent several days
visiting friends. Under the auspices of
the entertainment committee of the
club. of which Mrs. Berry E. Clark is
chairman for the month, q. dance will
be given at the Montgomery Country
Club here Christmas evening. Thomas
J. owen and family have closed their
home at Gaithersburg and are In Wash
ington for the winter. DR.. and Mrs.
Turner Wootoon have returned to their
home at Hot Springs, Ark, after visit
ing relatives at Pooiesville, this county.
have closed their home near Gathers
burg, and, as is their annual custom,
will spend the winter in Florida.
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VIENNA, VA.
Continued from Eighth Page.)

Church met Thursday with Mrs. c. F..
Mower, Mrs. Eugene W. Scott being
leader The subject was China" Rev.
Mr.. Eastman of Theological Seminary
preached at the Church of the Holy
Comforter in the absence of Rev. Frank
Page, who was ILL.,
The School and Civic League held its
December meeting at the schoolhouse.
with Mrs. George +. King presiding. A
civic committee composed of Mrs. Ralph
G. Lewis. Mrs. A. II. Greenwood and
Mrs. Eugene w. Scott was appointed to
take charge of the funds subscribed by
citizens for the maintenance of the new
street lamps. The day of meeting was
changed to the first Monday of the
MONTH except the January meeting.
Which Will be held the second Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

During the campaign William How
ard Taft was the principal speaker at
a gathering somewhere in Ohio. and
as an also-ran the managers of the
meeting had picked local judge who
knew Charles Evans Hughes quite in
timately. it is alleged. Now the Local
light was slated to discuss 1oV
Hughes personal side. ana TO tel the
audience what sort of a man the re-
publican candidate was. He was an
enthusiastic person. this local light
and he arranged to speak before Mr.
Taft. on the plea that he would have
to leave on $3.50 train. So they lei
him have his wish and placed him Just
ahead of Mr.. Taft, albeit the $3.50 train
he referred to did not leave until 9:3l
the next day.
When he got we'll into his speech the
audience was SO large and grand ne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
Gallieni and Kitchener.

From the London Chronicle
Gen Gallieni may fairly be called the
FRENCH Kitchener in one very notable
respect. He won deserved fame not
only as conqueror but as the enlight-
ened organizer Of conquered territories.
with special bent toward education
My idea of our duty" he once said to
his officers in Africa, .'is that if we
storm a village one day we ought to
begin building a schoolhouse in it the
next Just so Kitchener having
avenged Gordon by smashing the NAH
dists. set up Gordon College at Khar-
tum in his memory
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they didn't take the life out OF -four to
s.--..c ..hltr '. nat a loaf Of bread
these days. anyhow. after il loses its first
freshness Nothin' in this world but a
lot Of tasteiess chaff II you make toast
out of il the milk and butter costs more
than a fresh loaf and
IT'S the same way with bread
He says his family slices every fresh
loaf and puts it in the oven
Let 'em. They've got money to burn.
] got 10 he careful with my gas"
My baker makes lovely bread sends
me my rolls. eight to the pan, piping hot
every morning at ten minutes after seven.
and only charges five cents"
There was a simultaneous look that
meant disbelief, but the speaker held to
her stat efnent.
Honest. he does : He bought "a whole
lot Of -four before prices went up. and as
long as it lasts he says IL wouldn't be
right to charge more than nickel And
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
Around the City

They have planted bushes along the
grass lanes that edge the car tracks up
Capitol Hill way. Go up there and take
a look when spring blossom time
comes along.
The grass. with its double line of
trees. is time honored institution, but
thoughtless people-which means the
lot of us-are SO addicted to cutting
over the green instead of keeping to
the crossings, where we belong, that
the car-stop corners are tramped into
bare earth that insists upon being
dusty whenever it isn't possible to be
mud. Scalloped wickets painted greer
now guard the corners. and after this
the grass lanes are going to be lovely
One of the workmen said SO.
1T isn't that folks really mind the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

forgot his limitations and branched
out from the personal side of Gov.
Hughes to the deep and mighty issues
of the campaign. This field was so
broad and fertile he found himself
rambling through astronomy, economy
aSronomy and large string of
,onomies' of portentous meaning. Also
1t became apparent he was not equip
ped with terminal facilities and, has
journey, he seemed utterly unable to
stop except from utter exhaustion.
Meantime the audience suffered
Having reached a high rate of speed
he rushed madly into the field of his
torical parallels and chose for one
Illustration that moth-eaten one about
the little drummer who was ordered by
his general to get out his drum and
drum sticks and beat a retreat:
But the brave little drummer boy
did he obey?" roared the speaker. NO,
he did not. He said to his general,
Sir, my drum knows no retreat. Let
has never been made before. Let me
beat it: let me beat it."
"All right. beat it. beat it." came a
roar from the audience, which by that
time had utterly lost all patience"
8 IS g -
In another part of the campaign Nick
Long worth was the star performer, and
was to be introduced by some POM
pouS person of local Importance. The
''pompous one" went through an unc-
tuous handwriting performance and
declared to his audience:
1T affords me so much pleasure. my
dear fellow townsmen. to be here on
this platform and to talk to 50 many of
my friends
Whereupon laconic person in the
gallery yelled:
Name one"
y - rs as
Two policemen struggling on the
street with small but active man who
simply would not be arrested.
Come on here before / knock your
head off, said one persuasive police
man.
You can't arrest me-" yelled the
man.
Then they fought some more. 1t ap-
peared that the little man could lick
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MANASSAS, VA.

Representative Tillman of Arkansas
has accepted an invitation to make an
address here at the public observance
of the birthday anniversary of Gen.
Lee, January II. The invitation was
extended by the Manassas Memorial
Association and Manassas Chapter
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
President and Mrs. Hervin L. Roop re-
Gently gave a banquet in honor of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
HIGH COST Of LIVING
By Sheldon S. Cline.
Canning in the Growing Season.
No. 13.

Canning has become almost a lost
art among American housewives. No
longer are cellar shelves loaded with
the fruits and vegetables, jellies, pre-
serves and jams which Were the pride
of former generation of women. The
corner grocery and the delicatessen