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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
Cnp,ri" Joseph shumnt,.
Especial to rho Times. pisn,,cn

llAiiI;lSDNBtHG. VA. January -
Captain Joseph Shunatc. u promincn,
confederate veteran and wcIl-known
citizen died yesterday near Mount
sidney. augusta County. aged eighty
tour Years. Surviving him arc six
children. including Edward Shumatc
oi lichmcnd Mrs. H. +. Hail, OF Noun,
sidney. ana several sons in Augusta
COUNTY Tho funeral viii lc held to-
morrow AT Noun, Sidney.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
Mrs. J. &. Grcgor!.
/ Srccial,o TIL Timcs-p.spatch

Sr"Cial TO IN" Times Dispatch
W.tnkE\ToN. VA. January ol.--
Mrs j. e Gregory died AT nor home
her" this morning after long i'll
ness. ~" Is survived by her husband.
one daughter and Eve sous. Two
months ago the eldest son died. The
bodr viii be shipped 10 stephens City,
wh'rc funeral services Viii he held on
sunday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
George Rowland.


Especial 10 Tho Tiines-pspa
FREDERICK SBuHG. VA, January
- News has been received here OF
the recent death OF George Rowland.
OF Portland. Ore lie Was instantly
Killed by street ear. Mr.. Rowland
formerly lived in this city. He is sur
Nt"cd ~ ms wife and several chill
drcn, I'll of OREGON.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
roo L,rE ron CLASSIFICATION

= - r----
Lost. . blsck brtudlc tcrricr Nn-
s,v"r8 To- name of sport White ring
around neck. WIKI black leather collar
md "ushir-tou medal, Reward for
return TO 3l2 chainbcrlHync Avenue.
LOST ~ Richmond Grays' Ar,nory.
b!ach fI-. Finder pleas" return
stru. t" $500 liast Grace and receive
- ard
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
iIlIl THIS.

WHISTLER. Died. yesterday at 1880
o'Clvci. at the homo OF br 4. Va
Massio. .72l East Broad street S *
W!L5li Et Tie was a Confederate
veteran. having served in the Nine
tcculh Virginia Regiment throughout
the war.
The funeral arrangements have not
hc.n ,nnnlc cd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
ADJUSTMENTS
Nv hen Dreams Come rruc"

For the first time this week The
ACadotny Of Music viii emerge from
dArkncss to-day. when the musical
comedy or comedy with music. When
Dreams Come True Will he presented
in the afternoon and evening. The
book and lyrics arc h. philip Har-
thoiomac, the clever playwright, who
is responsible for over Night" and
Little Miss Brown" Therefore il is
safe Ia predict that the story and IT'S
development viii he moro entertaining
and amusing than ma! commonly he
expected IN an Offering OF this char
acicr Songs aud ensemble numbers
arc by Silvio Helm.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22

CsNoca, Mexico. WHO arrived hero to-
dag. Only ono passenger survived IL
Wah said.
Several vollcys were fred into our
tram" said rrumbo.
With Trumh" Was II. Z. Tanner aud
his wife. OF Mexico CITY, Who is con
NalescinE FROM bullet wound infl,ct :
cd. lie said, 10y a Mexican officer when
lanncr resented insulting remarks
about the United states
Trumbo said tTphus fever is rampan;
throughout Central and Southern Nick
ico.
Tho party had only dry ,ortillas Ia
cat during the journey. and at e>cry
stop officers demanded money
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
rdin rhn.cr In "Thc Peasant a,r,."

For Monday and Tuesday the man
aGcnioul Of the Academy announces
the appearance OF That charming prina
donna, Edith Thtycr. in The peasun;
Carl. I1uSical comedy OF a class so
hiSh a. I, have led many reviewers to
speak "f N as !, comic opereiia Miss
Tha%cr made y deep impression In
lichmo,i u few seasons aro. when size
sang tho title role in The Fircry. =
foll"Min: Trcntini III the part. Tho
supporting east includes such capable
people as Frank DcShon. George Eo.
crs. Gus Vaughn. George Gould. Grace
ilcey. Elaine Dorcc, stella Thomas
Hugh Scott and Constance Grant The
engagement includes matinee on
Tuesday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22

I'EolilN. ILL.,. January .l.-i'ifty
passengers -, Il Chicago. Buriu -,lon
AMI quincy train wer' reported la
rooncd fifteen miles west OF here to-
daN.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22

Irumho's story ot tho blowing up OF
a passenger train near Puebla with
tw"ntr-thrce casualties. is tho tirs; in
tmation or such a TRACED, 10 reach
tho border
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
STUART OPPOSES
TAX EXEMPTIONS
,ConlInuoh from ltlret I,nco.l

,Conlinucd froW ttret racc.D
acts unfairly, since i, gives 10 foreign
concerns operating uu'Icr y Virginia
ch3rtcr great advantage over Nir-
Sinih hrns which had to pay taxes
on ALI capital wherever utilized. al
though some ~ tho capital is also taxed
~ other States
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
OYSTERMEN or State
INVADE LEGISLATURE
Tonscr> Want Seed Law RcpcaIcd---
Packers Oppose This
Action.
MAY ENTEND SEASON no ArHlL
Length, Hearing l. Given hy Senate
Committee on Fish aud Game and
House Committee on the thcSa-
pcakc and Its Tributaries

men of the state acting - :. body in
Nadcd tho General AsScnblN Yesterday
20 request ~ il. hands remedial lc.is-
lation 10 corrcc, harsh conditions that
have hcc" brought about 10y state
wlhc cnactmcuts Of tho ,awmakiup
body.
Moro than too touecrs from every
section Of riacwatct. headed 10y -. A.
EloNom. of the pystormcn's Protective
Associations OF Virginia, appeared be-
fore the Senate Committee ON Fish and
Game. and the House Committee ON
the Chesapeake and Its Tributaries
sitting in joint session i'm the hall or
the House OF Delegates to demand the
repeal OF the law which has hccn uu
tho statute books for iftccn Years. pro-
hibiting the shipment Of. Sccd oysters
out OF tho State.
EARNINGS or ruAt.EnS
DECREASED EVERY YEAR
Under this law. the oystcr,ncu told
tho ioirt committee. tho earnings IT
t"n.crS have decreased FROM Wear to
year until to-day about 1000 men VINO
follow TINS occupation in ridcwatcr
Virginia at" nuahl" to make livcli-
hood for themselves and their FAINT
,irs and arc hciuy driven from their
homes I" other fields III scared or
bread
The iubihitjou Oh the shipment of
oysters out Ut the state. tho oyster
mon claim. has produced in Virginia
such q glut in the Sccd-oNstcr market
that there is uow nu sale for tho little
bivalvcs the state planters having
bought all they need. With other mar
kcts barred Ia them. Tin" tonccrs. il
was stated. have no means Of making
a livelihood Only tho repeal Of the
present law, they told the committee.
oysters Will relieve the dire need Of
Virginia touScrs.
PA NTERS OPPOSE
REi'EAi. or STATUTE
Against tho repeal Of the law APP
pcarcd Il delegation Of packers and
planters. headed by Captain Won Nyven-
hcim OF Norfolk president of the
oyster Packers Association " Viz
cinta. The tomgcrs, thcy admitted, are
repeal the law. they claimed. would
offer only temporary relief. and in the
end would produce a state 81 aifairS
worse thar the present situation.
The raising of the cmharc" 90 the
seed oysters. tho packers warned tho
would III the space Of a f.w
years dcrlctc tho Virginia oystr beds
and raise the price of the hiNalvcs 20
such an extent that the packers OF tho
state could not compete With thc
packers OF Maryland and New EnGiand.
The repeal or tho law. they told tho
would in Il short time wipe
out the oyster packing Industries ~
Hampton and Other Virginia
cities.
The Joint committee allotted an h"dr
and half - each side and heard ar"u-
mont from 3:la o'clock in the afternoon
until 6:i5 oclock ut uiGh, Thea X
took tho matter under Amusement Tho
House committee will meet in regular
session al 1 o'clock Monday afternoon,
at which time II viii take n final recon
mcudatiou on tho three hills before il,
out tho various demands sub
mtttcd Ivy III" oSstcrncu. Tho oils
were introduced by delegate Thomas u.
80 Of iSln Ii 1t
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-01-22
FIFTY PASSENGERS
NARROWED DN IItslN

No loss Of life was reported.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
SOPHOMORE FRESHMEN
TRACK MEET OCTOBER "a

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEWARK. Oct 12.-TIack Coach
Reyes IS completing the plans for the
Sophomore Freshman field and track
meet to be held on Joe Frazer Field,
October "a. The idea OF holding such
a meet IN the fall is an excellent one
as It will give the coach an opportun-
ity to judge OF the material In the
freshmen class before he starts the
real hard work early in the spring
The students are manifesting much
interest in this meet and many OF the
candidates are practicing daily on the
track. For the sophomores. Marston,
Craig, NJ. PLAN, Marconnetti. Fitzpat-
rick and Hearne show promise Nc
Donnell, Chambers. Graves. Williams
and Roach are doing good work for
the freshmen. Mcdonnell. formerly
OF the Wilmington High School. has
been elected captain OF the freshmen
team. He is a star pole vauller.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
Baseball is Growing in
Interest in Far Off Australia

Baseball, as she is spoken across
the Pacific. while crude. conveys to
America the fact that the national
game OF the United States rapidly IS
growing in popularity among the Aus
tralians.
A copy of the Sydney Argus. re-
ooived here. has half column Of its
space devoted 10 baseball games. the
details OF several contests being in
cluded
II one is 10 take the word OF the
Argus writer for it, professional
baseball in America, and the amateur
brand In Australia are widely separ
ated.
THE COllingswood Hawthorn game
was a splendid fight for FIVE in
nings' the Argus reporter writes,
and continues; But Hawthorn g
sixth brought 8 runs and they won
by 10 runs to 6. Martin. the Haw
thorns pitcher. struck out IA batters
and did some good hitting"
Speaking Of another game. he says
"Richmond turned The tables on
South Melbourne. and won % runs TO
&c. Anderson. the southern pitcher, in
sliding 10 third base struck his head
against the base, and the shaking af-
fected his pitching. Breieton. who
had played a magnificent game at
shOrtstop took up the attack, but
could not hold tue Richmond bats
men, who accounted for twenty-three
base hits. TO which Eastman contrib
uted four"
They have a league IN Australia,
for the Argus writer speaks OF IL in
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12

recounting a game between tho,
Northcotes and the Y. NJ. c. A. He
compares this contest with a cricket
match. Forty-three hits were made
hy one of the teams. forty-three runs
made. and thirty-six bases stolen. The
opposing team failed 10 get a runner
past second base. something OF a tri-
butte to the advance Of the game.
"Williamstown hit up six runs in
their first inning the Argus expert
remarks of another contest. The
NJ. c. c. pitcher held the seasiders
comparatively quiet thereafter. as he
struck out seven batsmen."
The visit OF the White Sox and
Giants TO the far-off continent has
had its effect. Baseball is being given
more attention in Australia than ina
any foreign country, and recently
letter was written TO Garry HERR
mann, president OF the National Base
ball Commission. in the United States
asking Interpretation Of some OF the
rules, Reports from the Antipodes
say efforts are being made 70 orgau-
ize a league OF professional clubs.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
HEAVY DOUGH BOYS
OUT OF The Series

The Boston Red Sox and Dodgers
will split the largest sum Of money
which ever has fallen to the lot of
players. The players share only on the
first four games. so their cut was
made yesterday afternoon after the
Brooklyn game. They will cart away
with them $162, 92745. OF this the win
ming teams will take 60 per cent. and
losing team 40 per cent.
The highest previous sum ever di-
vided by the players also was shared
in by the Red Sox, when they defeated
the Giants in 1912. The New York
and Boston players divided s147571.69.
The present series has been witness
ed by 120,239 persons and they have
shelled out SSO1,71750 for the privi-
lege.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
ny GEORGE MARTIN
,itad press San Correspondent.


ABOARD THE MIDNIGHT sPE-
CTAI,. SOMEWHERE BEL NEEN
BROOKLYN AND BOSTON, OCT Il
Whether you are flying with the
Robins or hanging around WIN tne
SON makes little difference on thls
train-it's just as uncomiortaDle one
wav as the other. You are supposeu u
no able tn get on at Grand Central anu
sleep straight through to Back Day
station. You stand as good chahce
NJ doing it as a man whose wiIe mas
inst presented him with lrlplels.
The only way you can get to sleeu
is TO stagger down the aisle ana knocA
Yourself senseless on Ruoe Mar
Guards elbow or Wilbert Robinson
p'I Uncle Robbie ought to carry corps
NJ custom tailors to fit his players 70
their berths. Mr.. Marquard' mos
nleasant and comfortable gentleman
10 associate with in his waking hours
becomes at night on a Pullman
deadly combination of points ana
angles. only a few of which can De
gotten within the three mile limit
Almost to a man the Red Sox need
Maxim silencers. Babe Ruth Is une
most beautiful crescendo we ever
listened to. Bill Carrigan aheets
rich baritone repose. His lower zones
are remarkable though DIT throaIy.
In addition to that the special STOPS
abruptlv every once in WINE as Il
IL had forgotten something anu n"U
to 20 back to get II. -. .ho
TO the wandering insomnisti lne
vav is dark and full Of shoals. stray
,oss concealed by curtains ram MN
amidships ever and anon; ana Ina ma
exceedingly clever story ne neo
Thought up about yesterdays LAM
has long since been knocked out Vi
him.
70 Rrooklvn wins. today and stiii
has homes OF grabbing the series az
Uncle Robbie need do to wreck M
Carrigan's organization Is 10 wan Ia
cbance on the return trip ana lea9
PiIIs players one by one up anu
down the Puilmans at 3 oclocA III
the morning.
uris a sad transition for the play,
ers from the luxurious rose ana olu
goId headquarters hosiery IN brooA-
iyn m that red brick place in Boston,
with its mahogany porters anu Ieu
plush chairs.
Uncle Robbie was looking for RUDE
Mauonard at the hotel YESTERDAY
n1orHing. II remained for the ked SoN
20 find him in the afternoon.
Mr. Squire Ebbets didn't have bit
- finn Wednesday. Surrounded by
scattered group of empty seats he raced
not onlv a Robins defeat but about
Fl 200 worth OF ungarnered fans on
nearby housetops.
OF course, Garner doesn't live IN
Rrooklvn. but he was perfectly at
home here yesterday.
Brooklyn's famous cut rate under
talxer NAV have to bury friend to-
night. Still DR.. Robinson might pos
sibly keep breath in the patients Dooy
another twenty-four hours. The crisis
is at hand and the chances for
deathbed rally are considered prac-
tically nil.
Wheat was shocked when he found
himself caught on third base in the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12

Olson up. Ball 1. Ball 2. Ball 3.
Strike /. Ball A. walked.
Meyers up. Ball /. Ball 2. Strike
I. Meyers forced, Olson to Janvrin to
Scott.
Getz batted for Rucker. Stengel
ran for Meyers.
Getz up. Strike 1. Foul. strike 2.
Foul. Getz out. Gardner to Hobby. No
runs. no hits, no errors.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
BASKETBALL AT MIDDLETOWN.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
MIDDLETOWN, Del. Oct. 12.-On
Friday evening the basketball team of
the local High School will begin its
season with Smyrna High School.
Last year the down-State quintet had
it on the local boys as they took every
game played. This year Captain JEFF
Poole is out for revenge, and he
means to wipe out the defeats of last
year. Such a thing seems possible, as
from practice the boys have the best
basketball quintet that has ever rep
resented the Blue and White. There
is fine team play and the shooting of
goals from all angles is marvellous,
No one, not even the captain him
self. knows who will play against
Smyrna, as there are about ten men
lighting tooth and nail for varsity posi-
lions. The most probable lineup will
be Jeff Poole and Shell Myers, for
wards; Monk Mcdowell, center; and
Bill Meyers and Claude Fouracre,
guards. This is an unbeatable com
bination. and the Smyrna boys will
have TO play their best to down them.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
BILLY" RAYMOND MAKES
HIT At CARRICK THEATRE

Billy" Raymond, Wllmington's
sweetest tenor singer, is making a
big hit at the Garrick Theatre this
week. The local sporting fraternity
will recall a few years ago that
Billy held down an end position on
Jack McGowan's Imperial football
eleven. which team lost the game for
the Southern championship TO the
Vigilant team, of Washington.
Raymond. while a member of the
Juvenile club. loomed up as an all
round athlete, having worked out
with Furman Cole.
Billy" has now been on the road
for four seasons as a singer, and is
meeting with success.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
SHOOT AT ELKroN

The Elkton, Md. Gun Club will hold
its annual registered shoot on next
Tuesday morning. commencing at 10
o'clock. Eight events, 20 targets each.
will be shot, 100 targets in all. Twelve
prizes are being offered.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12

mon pos,op Rrookvn Pitchers
shore I: Ruth l. Coombs lost Maquard q smith
Scott Lewis 2 Thomas Cara
nor Carrigan Miller Double pasanrn cou ano
Janvrin and HoDzehi
win ana Cushaw and Dau6ert Myers ana Miller
bases-boston
First base on eor-Boon Struck out BY Sarqud
smith by Coombs, /; by Pfener
NV Wave b Foster l. by Rucke B. by Leonard
s. off Shore 3; on f1eme q
Coombs off Cheney, Htsoh Marquard' II IN
nirge off shore in Pfefer in lS innings
of 10 10 innings; on Ruth IN
innings off Coomos IN 10 innings o
cheney I'm inning o Rucker. in innings
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
How Red Sox Won Fourth Game

EBBETS' FIELD. Brooklyn, n. Y,
Oct. 12-Boston won the fourth game
Of the worlds series here yesterday,
6 to 2.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12

Cheney replaced Vanguard at the be-
ginning OF the fifth inning. Rucker
relieved Cheney at the beginning OF
the eighth inning.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
HOW The PITCHERS
WORKED YESTERDAY

The following table shows the num-
Der OF balls pitched by Leonard, Mar
guard. Cheney and Rucker in the
fourth game of the worlds series at
Ebbets Field Yesterday.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
What You Hear Aboard a
Sleeper Carrying Ball Players

first inning. He went back to his
field and took root somewhat de-
jectedly.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12

The Knights of the Golden Eagle
Bowling League rolled its first game
OF the season last night on Dad
Green's and the Crescent alleys. The
scores
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12
POWDER BOWLING LEAGUE

The following scores were rolled In
the Powder Bowling League on the
Crescent alleys last nighti
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12

Wheat was shocked when he found
himself caught on third base in the
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-10-12

Brooklyn's famous cut rate under
taker may have to bury friend To-
night. Still DR.. Robinson might pos
sibly keep breath in the patients BODY
another twenty-four hours. The crisis
is at hand and the chances for a
deathbed rally are considered prac-
tically nil.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-29

TT is n curious thing, isn't 1t, TO what
trouble some humans will go and the
things they will do Just to be lin the
know" as 1t were. but utterly falling to
grasp the why's and wherefores, for all
their pains?
An amusing thing occurred this sum.
mer at Mount Vernon, that mecca OF the
motorlst The story was vouched for by
the person who gave It to me. She SAID
she, with three or four others. had mo.
tored out from Washington and arrived
comparatively early in the day, expecting
to spend some hours there. just as they
drove in another car appeared. The
driver got out, went UP to the house, evil
IDENTIFY seeking information, then came
back to the waiting party and said In a
fiat tone. "Oh, there's only the house and
q grave and it costs a quarter to go In
threw in the clutch and was Off in a
whrl of dustl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-29
Nobody Wants a Daddy
Who Is Spade, Club or
Diamond-Heart the
Best Type
BY MlLISS
Dy NN IIDD
WHAT kind of father are you?


w BE careful what you say, for accord
ing to your answer will you be categorical.
A young Pennsylvania educator Prof.
Daniel Wolford La Rue, has written n
most interesting book on child culture,
called Making the Most of the Children
In It he puts the father into four classes,
the spade the club, the diamond and the
heart class.
Nobody wants daddy who belongs In
the first classification. The spade father
lives very close to the earth he makes
life one long drudsery; his Homecoming
Is not the signal for laughter and happi-
ness. The club father prefers being out
with 'the boys" to being in with his own
boys and girls He Is to be avoided when
ever possible,
Money is the "all' of the diamond par
ent. The bright. sharp glitter of life to
be witnessed in the cabaret and along tho
gay white way appeal to him more than the
steady glow of the home flreslde. He'd
rather give his kiddlo n dime than kiss
any day. and seeing as how he's that kind
of daddy I suppose the klddle would
rather have the dime,
Tho heart father is tho sort that every
wise child chooses He's the kind whose
knee was made to be climbed upon. whose
youngsters are a Joy and delight TO him
not a nuisance to be trundled of to bed
the minute ne comes home,
The heart parent, of course, Is the only
kind of which Doctor La Rue approves
The views that this professor of psy-
chology and education, at the East Strouds-
burg State Normal School, hold embody
such n curious mixture of old-fashloned
conservatism and ultra-modern radicallsm
and in an interview he expounded them
with such conviction that one felt that he
has made an intensive study, not only of
his own little boy, but of every little boy
and girl he had ever known, and that, there
fore. what he had TO say should be worthy
the attention of all persons Interested in
child culture
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-29
WOMEN WHO WILL CHATTER
AT THE OPERA DREADED
Those Who Really Attend for the Music Driven to
Fury by These Unappreciative Mortals
Who Disturb Every One

ANY ONE of those professed music
"A lovers who crowd the Metropolitan
opera House on such popular nights as
last night, for instance, would be highly
incensed were IL considered a pose with
them Granted that there were hundreds
and hundreds of those there last night
who really understood. but why is Il in.
evitable that a few people should mar
the enjoyment of those around them by
talking unconcernedly throughout the
overtures, when one most desires silence
in the front of the house?
Last night there were several women.
who were certainly OLD enough TO know
better and should have been wellbred
enough also, whose sibilant tones could
be heard many feet away from their box.
To such as these the opera evidently
meant close application with their lorg.
nettes to the occupants Of the boxes. the
sound Of many voices and the flashing of
many Jewels on the tier after the lights
go UP. These things are charming in
themselves, but to the real lover of
music there is something more.
The ladies, like few men who openly
acknowledge the opera bores them, might
leave their seats during the acts to have
chat and a smoke as do these self.
same men.
doubt whether these women are any
more Objectionable than the one who
knows It ALL who carefully explains when
the my Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" is
due and what the denouement will be, her
shrill tones echoing for rows around.
=
know, that the worst bore of all is the
girl he has taken with him who 1cill in.
sist on talking into his ear during the
performance and to whom he must strain
to be polite-this oncel