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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27
Birds Of a Bio Citx-

There is a prevailing belief that there
are no birds in a hig city save. of course.
Enslisa sparrow. who possibly may prefer
to be known by MS name OF Passer do
mestieus. There are plenty of native
city and in ali other big cities of the land,
too. for that matter. The trouble is that
many OF them are overlooked. Some of
them resemble the English sparrow In
everything hut habit of life. and. there
fore. are passed b. with hippant dis
-egard.
There are city birds in winter, Just as
they are of different feather and of diff
ferent habit. The winter birds come TO
the city because. while it may be cold
here, they are certain that they will not
undergo the hard bitterness and tine hun
ger of the far north. The great northern
strike comes TIC Chicago i'm the snow sea-
son to make a prey OF the English spar
row. He does "A good work at his butcher
trade, and when he las slain his brace or
two he takes himself To n treetop to twit-
.er over his deed in the ~complacency of
2 satisfied appetite.
The owls come To This city in the VIM
Ter. All one January through not long
ago every tenth tree on Dearborn ayen,l.
had It's owl. The sparrows that winter
nard season of it. and may they have
many hard seasons from the same cause.
The birds of prey are not the only win
ter visitors. The evening grosbeak comes
20 the city from the northwest and in
places becomes tanner than the city spar
row. TIL grosbeak is a marked bird in
It's white. yellow and black. Until re-
.ently there was much of a mystery
about the grosbeak. Its nesting place UNI
I'll a few years ago was unknown. II
came and it went. and there. in the main.
the knowledge of it stopped.
Occasionally. the pine grosbeak appears
In the big town. 1t is a northern bird,
ana the adult male is as brilliant as a
scarlet tanager of the summer time. Al
the time of the coming of the pine gros-
beak there occasionally appears in the
vacant lots back from the city streets
the snow bunting of the arctic country.
This bird frequently is called the snow
appears when drifting down the wind
In scattered flock formation.
The wish in writing just now of the
at no time in a twelvemonth are native
American birds far distant from his door
step.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27
Moslem Divorce Held Void.
From the London Times.
T. Mir ~

from the London Times.
Or. Mlr-AnWarud1in, Il emb of
the English bar. and a Mohammed-
an, domiciled in India. contracted a
marriage with an English oman
Rupy Hood, at Wandsworth. March is.
1919. Six weeks after ward she left
MN. II has since refused to coha bit
with him. He obtained a decree for
re~stllhtlon or conjugal rights in a civil
court in Madras. The wife refused to
obey it,. and in August. 1913, herself
commenced a suit for judicial separa-
tlon, which was dismissed, objection
having been raised to the Jurisdiction
OF an English court, the husband being
domlclled in India. August 81, 1915,
Ii. mn AnWaruddin made a writing
OF enforcement" by which simple
means he divorced the woman under
Mohammedan law. He then applied tc
the registrar of Hammersmith for a
certlflcate and license enabling him to
marry another English m Violet
Ling, but this was refused, on the
ground that the marriage with Ruby
Hood was an impeachment under Eng
lish law. An order then was obtained
py Dr. Mlr-Anwaruddin directing the
crown to show cause why the license
should not be granted. The question
Tor decision was, therefore:
Whether the declaration of di-
vorce made by Dr.. Mir Anwaruddin
nv CiASSe III ElSlanQ OF dis
solving the marriage with Ruby
o contracted according to Eng
l1sh law. and enabling him to mar
ry Violet Ling in his country.
The lord chief justice of England and
TWO associate justices. sitting in Lon
dor. held that, while the Mohammedan
law would govern relations in Moham-
medan country, the husband in this in
stance had put himself under the Eng
fish law, and in an effort to divorce an
english Christian wife he would have
TO submit to a decree of an English
court. which. could in no way recog-
nize the Mo.lammedan custom of TAX
ing as many as four wives and divorce
ing them at will. The justices TOOL oc-
casion further to emphasize the fact
that. while the consort of a Moham-
medan might be called a wife. she is
not a wife in the meaning of the Eng
tish word. since the Mohammedan law
uoes not confer on her the rights a wife
enjoys under the English law.
The decision in effect was HI DR..
Mir-Apwarudoin was never divorced
from Ruby Hood, and. therefore. cannot
marry any other English
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27
chiIdren's Friend Dead.

1t was he children who first knew
that Grandpa John Frey of Brook
lyn was dead.
1hat is, perhaps. as he would have
wished it. The old cobbler may have
thought sometimes of that day when
the children would come to his door
and find for the first time that it did
not open at their call. He may have
hoped that they would be the first to
learn that ne had gone and that they
would go away sorrowful.
The other night no light burned
above the blackened old bench in
Grandpa Frey's shop. No thrilled au-
dlence of youngsters, staying up late."
clustered beneath it's glow. aghast at
the tale of the sea tina the old man
spun for them as he worked.
Under the old black bench was a
paper bag. inexhauistible in it's supply
of lollypops and all day suckers. 1t
may be there still. but no one has n
tered the shop since Grandpa died.
A white faced little Italian boy
charged down upon a patrolman:
"Meesta." he gasped. Grandpa don't
get up. and it smells funny in the door
crack-like gas"
It smelled Ven more like gas when
the policeman forced the door,. The
old man lay on the floor. dead. Gas
was still pouring from a defect in the
fixture. above hirn.
John Frey was Is. His .cobbling was
more of a hobby than work with him.
The income which he received from
his property was sufficient. for his
needs. What he earned with awl and
hammer went to those who always SUI
p~erintended his labors. Sometimes IT
was candy. Sometimes 1t was more
substantial help slipped into the hand
of a discouraged mother. But 1t all
went to the children. He had no fam.
lily of his OWN
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27
ILaborsrs as Teachers.
From the BOstOn Transcrind

FT0m t11p BOBtdh TTaNsCr1pt.
Having thrown all Its influence ir
support OF The child labor law and the
consequent creation Of a system OF con
tinuatl"n schools In Pennsylvania. the
State Federation of Labor il. now plan
ming to finish the job by providing for
these schools an adequate supply Of
trained teachers.
In cooperation with the Pennsylvania
state college the federation will estab.
lish 40 scholarships open 10 members
ut b unions who will agree 10 de-
vote ut least two years Ia teaching in
the vocational schools. Thus the chill
dren OF the workers-nnd they are he
cntsf benniicinrios Of continuation
Hchools-wli receive i~nxtruction from
men who have had practical working
experience and who have been traired
especially for their work.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27

Allen H. Jordon, Of Upper Gloucester
Me-. has taken 80 large pumpkins from
a single vine.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27

With no other preparation than
cleaning. the inside bark OF a tree il
used for blankets in Ecuador.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27

OF the $4,000 persons employed in the
Swiss hotels. It seems strange that only
10000 are Swiss.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27

An additional diaphragm features a
new Telephone mouthpiece to absorb
outside hounds that make teIephonine
difficult IN noisy places.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-12-27

Small pockets for valuables. intended
Ito hafHH1ened to Innings OF hives. have
The sun., 1916-10-15
THE PLAYS THAT LAST.
List d.rOws LONGER Ench Wr-L OF
New season,

III" p.a>~ that ,ontiuH, ~ New
York A. Tile Boomerang at tho H..
,is'" Theatre, seven Chances" a. the
CONAN Theatre. Ills bridal Nign'" at
ti' l;ep1llir Theatre. "Cu,lt!ug Cheat
ct, at the Eltn2c rn".tr,. Turn 20
tn" i:lghi ~ tine GaictN Theatre. The
Zig show" AZ IN" H.ppudromc. "rsc
Flame 81 IT," rorN-'ourth street
Theatre. "ii':rot u, - ,i.ga!" Il th.
Booth III. lt"o "~iiSuniri" at jh- CT
t'r!"r TE"Itr.. 'Nuthin. Tit tie
Truth IT the %l.onsacr" Theatre. Tie
Man VINO '"Ho BACK ~ tn. p!a-.
house. Mister Antonio AZ the Is.
ceunl Theatre. "~p"l'yanns" at the
Hudson Theatre. caroline" at tho
Empire Theatre. 9TH. Intruder" at the
Conan N Harris Theatre. Arms anu
the Girl" at the Fulton Theatre. "I'p.
stairs and Down" u, the Cor, Theatre.
'Hs VI j,sty Bunker Dcau" at n, a..
10y r 'tr". Rich M,,. Poor Mai" >,
u Forty eighth sire. Tie,.ro.
'l".tir" at tn" Thirty-nintn S,~e,.
! ''d'r '''u!-r - utonC"" at IT, IIur-
- T'"'.. irving Ss,,r" %, ,l..
M,>iN" tH,i"i' rh.a,r.. ~"lIu,,r -, ~.
'i''l' lN''''t'. "ilc Mu-i' Master" a.,
~ NNl''"r.'u, " T'i.ttr" and he"
" '>'lH-i"" NiI'.," hiN"r. - t..
The sun., 1916-10-15

Biochs symphony and wrote the conn.
poser as follows:
your symphony H. ono OF tho most
important works of the modern school.
1 don't know n work in which A
richer more Vigorous. more passionate
temperament makes itself felt. II is
wonderful to THINK of il as an ,nrlv
work. II | had known Won nt tLat
time j should have sag. % yuti. 30 uot
trouble yourself about criticism or
praise or the opinions of others. Van
are master VI yourself. Con;iaue ey-
pressing yourself IL the sam. way.
freely and fully; | ,.ill then answcr
for your becomin@ one Of the master
musicians of oar Time
When he was - years old Mr.. H,cch
began the first studies for his grand
op-ra Macbeth" He HAD a'ways be-, /,
a Shakespearian scholar. and tho a..
mosphere Of "M.cOeth.' the ambitions,
the conscience. the very soul Of thu
prlnclpai character. strongly and
strangely appealed To MIN. 1t was four
years before he wlpt. a no,c of tho
music or paper.
when II Mas completed and taken
10 Paris IN the hope OF production. the
young composer Wa met with manv
rebuffs. lie was told that he would
nrst nave to get a reputation" but
by sheer determination he secured "A
rendition Of his score. with tho result
mat 1t was too important a work tn
he overlooked.
Inc premi"r was set for early in the
season Of 1910, The place was the
opera 'umiquc. Paris, the home Of
opera. There were many who were
uupious. The composer WIS so young
ana SO unknown, they said. and II was
ms hrst opera and the iir~t time. so
tdr as they could remember. that "A
native OF Switzerland had written n
grand opera Som. critic passed the
production over lightly. but the moro
eminent men gave l. the highart
praise Among thcs" was picrre L,,'o
or lie Temps. the son of 4 great cn,,,-
poser n n" most important mus
cal critic In Paris. I.alo declared II IN
De one of tho important musical worss
OF the century. As "a result. Mr..
Blochs opera was heard fourteen
times during that season in PARA.
only the war has prevented IL from
heing presented in other F.uropean
cities. II may lie given - the Metro.
rolitan Opera House. New York. this
season.
Besides being q cond i'j'~ and COM
poser Mr.. Bloch is also a lecturer OF
note. His conferences at IT,. Cons
servatory of Geneva .ir. It notable MARI
OF Its musical liz. He Ia, long been
conductor Of ~" concerts claSsiaues at
lausanne n Neuohii,l lie is also
professor oi composition al the Geneva
Conservatory.
lie has very ird.N.dual ideas rc-
garding composition. having small re.
gard for what he tcrms the "hr,in'
workers and giving high place to those
W. Sc music comes from within" He
Is not of the ultra modern school Of
composers, hut u" makes much of
""'t musicians term mofern har-
m'nizat:on. At the same tine he ad.
hcreS strictly To classical form. His
WORKS are 50 FIJI If passion that he
mas been called tie modern Schu.
mann.
The sun., 1916-10-15

! waterfalls, %pageantry and battles OF
"A Daughter of the Gods'' were staged
In and around Kingston. The picture
was finally completed in September Of
the following ear and measures ten
reels. or 10000 feet N length. Motion
picture experts are OF the opinion that
"A Daughter of the Gods" Is n of
the most costly and most numeroualy
peopled cinemas yet created. the cost
OF the production having reached to
seven figures no less than 20, 600
persons all told having been employed.
oriental In its. graceful fantasy. "a
Daughter Of the Gods tells the adj
ventures OF an Asian Prince and his
sweetheart. a Dream Maiden. who
lived. loved and persisted in a birdlike
eNistent" ana are changed twenty
years later into radiant, beautiful
human beings. Mermcn and mermaids
find n lovely seafarer OF human shape
and. thinking her u divinity, bring her
safely To the land. She Is stolen by
Arabian desert thieves and sold to the
Sultan's court. In "a coiurful palace
like those described In the ARABIAN
Nights h maiden and the Sultan's
son meet and declare their love. Pres
entity they are involved in intrigue.
chicanery and plotting. The aged
sultan desires her for his own. but the
monarch's favorite plans her death.
Imprisoned In a tower and hearing the
Sultan's footsteps approaching. she
leaps Odt of a window u hundred feet
into the sea.
scores Of Nubian slaves are sent u
after her, she doubles back, twists.
turns n makes her escape to the
Dta'h' rhiIinR into the >
clutches again. she is condemned to
ne bound and thrown to the crocc-
diies' But the ocodil ar" changed
The sun., 1916-10-15

never was satisfied. with thousands Of
young and old children never having
seen the Robert Louis Stevenson play.
Charles Hopkins that
Treasure Island" will resume its pros
porous career at the Punch and Judy
Theatre next Saturday. The cosey lit
tie Punch and Judy is scarcely more
than One-fourth the size in seating ca
pacity Of the average New York play
house. and as Treasure Island was
one of the real hits last season It
should. automatically speaking. run
just about -four times as long as the
usual Broadway success. This may
not work out precisely in harmony
with tn. law Of averages, but at
least 1t accounts for the keen public
desire that forces Mr.. Hopkins to con-
tinue Jules Eckert Goodman's clever
dramatization OF the Stevenson ro-
nance indefinitely.
There will be a new element OF in
terest in Treasure Island when seen
at the Punch and Judy Satur-
day night centring around the PERSONAL
ity of Henry T.. Dixey. who viii play
Long John SiirPr. In securing Mr..
Dixcy for this most important role Mr..
Hopkins shows his managerial liberal
ity: instead Of Weakening his cast In
the plays second season and trading
IN its success he strengthens II. And
II is a significant tribute TO the artistic
standing Of the resident Punch and
Judy company that Mr.. Dixey joins its
roster without demanding to be starred
ar featured. The personnel Of the re-
The sun., 1916-10-15
N WHITE OF Me
fROL,C Mo
THE PALACE THEATRE
THIS WEEK..

cea., So do the Frcnchman's character.
nate prudery. 81 must max, YOU
realiz' the principle Of Rcvealment.'
she SAYS 80 her prospective mother
in-lIw. Uncover IL Drag II ont,
out into the iisht. Where other
women say hush I say look"
The principles of Jniic are 10y no
means the am as those OF the char
acters in lie Gout du Vice" which
Ii all there H. ~ mos, PARTISAN IN
its philosophy The motive Of lave
dams play was ia. sane. since the cul-
tira'ion Of the ;ast, of Vice Wa und.l-
taken clieh" ~ a protest against
pruder!. On brushing ia" w!ng~ of
'!c". avoiding the rre,iplc-s. %. t'!h-
ing about Impossible tNinrs ana assert
ing that one would ur,"r dar" com
init" lies the aim or NJ I@tcd .H =
Characters.
OF cours. being tie. work ui 81 skill
fui French writer for the stage m.
not ~ an inexperienced British spin
stcr there is a clcarHess and logic IA
lie Gout du Vice" which Illus 90
does not approach. H. the cn,! ";
l.aredan's play tn" writer who turns
cut risky novels for the same re ,suu
That Jnhc wears satin Knockers in
order to shock the i~,ourgco!si, n!lr-
ries the eiYl VII" has been QUOTING
'azinoNa and suggests = d.gre. 81
corruption which she is "altogethrr IN
capah." OF att dining. There is moth.
ing left for them t. do now that MAJ
r!aee see ms their inevitable fate.
What shall | writ" o,uu, now p"
asks the novelist when their union
must put IN end To- a taste for Vic. on
tho ptr' Of either III them.
Now write ai"ut TIE distuste Tor
Vice" answer his ,umrai- In reform.
of course this way of treating the
same subject is altogether different
from holding a series Of mothers
meetings and dragging in curat.s and
The sun., 1916-10-15
ERNEST BL0CH'S R E
The Life story OF q We'll Know n
Composer NJ Europe.

Ernest Bloch. conductor. composer
and lecturer on music at the Con-
: rvatory of ,;eneVa. Is the director
of the Maud Allan symphony Orches-
ira. which the great <! nphonic dancer
has specially assembled to accompany
her on her second tour.
Ernest Bloch is an interesting per-
sonali,y. This IL his first visit TO
America. he was born in Geneva
thirty-siX years ago. and his ancestors
IN both sides were Swiss for genera
tluns back. He Is short in stature,
! very affable. very childlike and very
much blessed with "A keen sense Of
humor. His early life was not spent
IN a bed II roses. Indeed. he was
obliged To- overcome some oNerWhelnl-
.nr Obstacles in order to secure the or
binary means Of life in order to fol-
low his musical studies.
When only fifteen years ri age he
showed the first promise of becoming
a clever yiolinist. and II was with con-
siderable pride that he secured his
first engagement to play n the or
chestra Of one of his home theatres.
II. played several So,os So mistcrlS
between the acts that be was in
uuCed tn give II concert. after which
some sincere friends-aguinst his he
licfs-urced him To go to brussels
and become "A pupil Of the great F.ugcn
Istye.
II was during - stay with Ysaye
that he began to show IA marked ten
dency for composition. and though he
might have become one of the worlds
greatest ~virtuosos lsaye and others
who heard his early work urged him
TO set aside his violin for the higher
art. Bloch agreed, and j%ourneyed on
to Frankfort-on-Main. where he spent
scvcral years with Ivan knorr. direC-
tor NJ the Frankfort COnservatorium.
perhaps the most advanced teacher
OF the musical classics in all Europe.
From Frankfort MIR. Bloch went 10
Paris. which he believed might prove
the entire in which h. would advance
the quickest; but he found the lure Of
the mountains ana lakes If his native
Land too strong. and he Dor realized
that they were 10 be Il strong factor in
his musical creations. lie Is a deep
and ardent lover ~ nature, and he
finds the basis for his work not only in
the human emotions but in nature,
which is the boast and wonder of
switzerland,
Mr., Bloch is the composer OF a num-
Der Of symphonies. but perhaps the
hest known are his "Nivre .Aimcr."
written in 1900, and symphony in &
sharp minor" written II 1902, when Lee
WAS only 80, An incidcnt that cstal-
fishes his greatness Is connected with
this composition
Twelve years later the latter work
wa heard at the symphonic Concerts
in lausanne, With the composer con-
Quoting, by no less II person than the
gifted French author Roman ROLAND.
Besides being one of the big" literary
men of the day ROLAND knows music.
lie is the author of Jean Chr.stophr."
Il work In ten yolumes which is not
only h story of the struggles of a
young musician but a paan to music
a. Wei. Edmund Gosse. the English
critic, calls 1t the most remarkable
piece Of fiction OF the twentieth cen
fury" ROLAND was enthusiastic about
The sun., 1916-10-15

younger mcn of the stage. Few OF
any promise have made an appear
nnce behind tie fuutl!ghts N YEAR,,
The men selected 10 act thu leading
youthful roles IN plays given to-day
are the same hat were IN those posts
Il decade or more ago. The supply
The new faces are So mach in euian
that there Is scarcely time to acquire
amy adequate technical method, The
late Charles Frohman, although he
had learned in the case Of Maude
Adams. who was his most distinguished
artistic creation. that the contrary was
true. used 10 say that the career OF the
average woman star was limited to ten
years OF course septuagenarians like.
Sarah B%ernhardt are rare.
But the wrinklad. spindle shanked
stars with bags under their eyes and
tho inevitahl" figure Of middle age go
on playing youtuful heroes forever.
How fortunate must John Drew he
shows him In a role suited To his age
and appearance and is above all wor-
thy of his ripe and finished art. The
same must he true of Richard Ben
nett, who has been fortunate enough
TO find himself in roles suited 10 his
g and dignity, II is much easier
for the actress to impart the Illusion
Of youth to a role than 1t Is for a
man. That is In the first place IA
part OF every woman's business
whether she he on the stage or OF.
Certainly the theatre is badly In need
Of some new blood nov in this field.
David Belasco must have been right
when he said that there was no over
supply IF good actors, that is to say
good young actors.
In considering the sense of beauty
IN the theatre. there In one other in
stance than the cinema still to be re-
menbered, There IL always considera-
tion for the eye in the French play
houses. 1t may be that a woman is TO
be old, but 1t Is fairly certain that she
will he distinguished and agreeable to
contemplate az well AS old. 1t Is only
when the dramatic situation demands
1t that there IL a departure from this
service to the sense of sight. II is
impossible to conceive. for instance.
Of n beautiful Frochdrd. But there
is equal certainty that the looks of
the other men and women will lie
thought Of.
1t is interesting to contrast the
heroine Of Hush" at the Little Thea
tire with lie Gout du Vice. which
Henri I.avedan wrote as long ago az
1871. Thus as the Daughter OF Re
vealment In Violet Pesrn's play loves
to shout the truths that others cea.
The sun., 1916-10-15
MOTION PICTURES.

STRAND-"Witchcraft. with
Fanny Ward, the photo play writ
ten by DR.. X. Ralston Reed which
won the prize contest held at
Columbia University under the
auspices of the Lasky company.
Will be the weeks feature at the
Strand. The play deals with the
New England colonies about
1922. Other film attractions are
the geological series. Florence
Roses fashions. scenic, educa.
tlonal. comedy and news pictures.
The soloiStS include Grace Iiof-
man. soprano: Mabel R'idoc. con-
tralto, and Albert Wicderholdt.
barytone.
RlALTO Norma Talmudrc in
"flfty-fiftv" is the feature pic-
ture and IVA as 1t Really Is" is
n added attraction at III" Rialto
Theatre for the week. The war
pictures were taken 10y Donald c.
thompson. STAFF photographer for
LesIie'S Weekly and official cine.
photographer to the French Gov
eminent. They Will be shown
serially AT the Rialto. "Fifty-
tlfty H. "A story of studio life In
washington square. Educational.
scenic, comedy and news films
~n' h.So De SHOWN Inc novelty
~. 's wen Is m'Ilet arranged
u,I,, Wnnn rye Danube.
Ln,h, LIZ r''S' h~uINcheia VIII
',S "'nl'''
NEW nokh The leading fea-
Sure OF me week at loew', New
,"rh ihtht'e VIII he florruce La |