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The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
Mr.. OWENS SAYS HE AUTHOR.
IzED EMPLOYMENT OF COmPE.
TENT MEN TO ASSIST.
PLANNING TO RE0RGAkIZE
Claims For First 90 Days All Districts
Have Followed Alexander Road Law
Exactly, and Their Formation Con-
forms Win Courts Decision.
Little Rock

Little ROCk.
The recent decision Of the Supreme
Court in the case = Henderson y.
Collins. involving the Alexander road
law. will not stop or seriously hinder
road construction in the state. accord
ing to w h. owen, commissioner OF
state lands and ex-otfcjo chairman y
he State Highways Commission Mr.
owen submitted sections of TIN laws
controlling his department, in which
he is authorized To employ competent
men 70 assist in preparing plans for
roads. and told of several districts
being reorganized since the courts de-
csion
In my opinion. tho courts decision
will not stop road construction Mr.,
Owen said hut it will delay about
90 districts which were not organized
In conformity with the courts ruling
\ great many - these already are
planning to reorganize The depart
ment Is able to handle the work Of
preparing plans and estimates rapidly
We have Il engineers at work and
shall employ more as they are needed
For the last 90 days. all districts or
ganized have followed the Alexander
law exactly. and their formation is in
conformity with the courts decision.
Twenty districts must be reorsan-
lied because of the decision They
are in various stages Of organization.
Twenty districts are helpn ORGANIZED
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
Governor Paraons.

Three convict -ert 5ae aae-vear sem
tenocs were pardo.cd hy Governor
Narz Luther H4-rs and Barney
Nevton OF Crawford county convicted
Ja'v IL and sentenced for grand lar
ccry and W r Stewart If Frauklun
county. convicted Of felony last
February We're tho men.
-.ae governor relieved II L. Rains
or Cralercad county of paving n $50
hno fer CARVING concealed weapons
and relieved ~ s Bowman and r.
Cbnrpel' of Union county of paving a
$1,000 bond forfeited hy thu nouap-
psprance in court OF Jesse Bowman
Governor HAYS pardoned John
Ozier Of Independence county. sen
fenced last fall TO five wears for &C,
cessory 10 the fact OF murder
The governor Issued a proclamation
relieving y Siggers of Craighead
county Of paying 800 fine for car.
rying a pistol.
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
They Find External" Treatment Better
Than Internal Medicines for
Children's Colds.

We give below letters from a num-
Der Of Kansas City, Mo. ladies' who
were selected by their druggists to try
out Nap-ORub-the outside" treat
ment Tor cold troubles, introduced in
Kansas city last winter. Nap-O-Rub is
the invention OF a North Carolina
druggist. 1t comes in salye form, and
has a two-told action-first. the body
neat releases the ingredients in the
form OF vapors, that are inhaled with
each breath-second, Vap-O.Rub is
absorbed through and stimulates the
skin. aiding the vapors inhaled to
relieve the congestion.
Mrs. James Hollens, 1928 Tracy
Ave, has used Vick's herself for colds
in the chest and asthma, and has also
used it on her children, and finds it
excellent.
Mrs. Almira Turner, 1914 E. oath
St, relieved her husband of bronchitis
with two nights applications. Shs
also used on her four months old baby
'or cold ard on the other children, and
says--"I find Vap-O-Rub does every
hing you say
Mrs. T. L. Marshall, 139 N. Lawn
dale Ave. has two children, one six
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

to get better and am now well, am
stout and able to do my own homework.
l can recommend the Vegetable Com
pound TO any woman who is sick and
run down as wonderful strength and
health restorer. My husband says I
would have been in my grave ere this
If it had not been for your Vegetable
Compound. Mrs BLANCHE JEFFER-
SON, 703 Lyon St, Des MONIES, Iowa.
Before submitting to a surgical opera
ton it is wise to try to build up the
female system and cure its derange-
ments with Lydia +. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound; it has saved many
women from surgical operations.
Write TO the Lydia +. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for
advice-it will be confidential
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
After Grip
Winter Colds
Bad Blood

You are pale, thin weak-with little
vitality. Your liver is sluggish and
the bad blood causes your stomach
muscles to lose their elasticity and be-
come tiabby-then indigestion.
DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry. purely vegetable and free from
alcohol or narcotics. is the great and
powerful blood purifier of today. Ex-
tracted from American forest herbs
and roots. Contains no alcohol In
gradients printed on wrapper.
Taken as directed 1t will search
out impure and poisonous matter
throughout the system and eliminate
it-AdY
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
An Exception.

There is no money in poetry
True. II you tell man there is
no money in the pressing club bust
ness. the chances are that he won't
go into 1t. but that doesn't apply to
poetry
Il suspect Jibway OF having political
ASPIRATIONS
If jibway thought YOU merely sus-
pected him of having political aspira.
tons he would die OF ehagrin"
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

spent. The doctors
stated that l would
never get well with
out an operation
and that without it
| would not live one
year. My husband
o b jected to any
operation and got
me some of Lydia E.
Pinkham 8 Vegeta-
bic Compound. / took
1t and commenced
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
Makes SIX FllQhts,

According to letter received by
Maj w c. Bradford assistant adju-
tant general OF the Arkansas Nation.
al Guard. Lieut. Forrest Ward OF
Beebe is making rapid progress in the
Curtiss aviation school at Newport
News, Va The letter said Lieuten-
ant Ward has made six nishts, rang
ing from II 10 - minutes each
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

Warm weather has caused a large
increase in the number OF applications
for license to use artificial bait In
fishing and clerks In the treasury
have been kept busy for tho last few
days making ont receipts .hese have
increased from 25 per day 70 more
than 100
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
Golden Rule In Business.

You get your moneys worth every
time Hanfords Balsam is guaran-
teed to cure ailments and injuries that
can be reached by external application
or your money VII be refunded by the
dealer Getting a bottle now is like
taking out insurance. ADV.
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
Bears the
Signature OF
Sarcasm.

Hadn't you better let me clip
little from the ends OF your hair?
Queried the tousorial artist
Why from tho ends" Queried the
victim in the chair. Cant you clip
a little from the middle?"
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
DEATH Turks IN A WEAK HEART

so on first symptoms use "Renovine'
and be cured Delay and pay the awful
penalty Renoyine" is the heart
remedy. Price sl00 aud 50c.-Adv.
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

For thrush use Hanford's Dalsam
Get il into the bottom OF the affected
part. ADV.
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
A New Remedy for
Kidney, Bladder and
all Uric Acid Troubles
Dear Readers

lear 1ttddt FS
appeal to those Of you who are
bothered with kidney and bladder
trouble, that YOU give up the use OF
harsh salts or alcoholic medicines and
in their place take short treatment
OF 'AnuFic. have taken many OF
Or Pieree's medicines for the past
twenty-five years with good results. l
suffered with kidney trouble for some
years l recently heard Of the newest
discovery Of Or Pierce. namely his
"Anuric" Tablets. After using same
am completely cured OF my kidney
trouble A doctor pronounced me
well preserved woman for my age. all
due, / believe, to Or Pierce's aid.
MRS. MELINDA +. MILLER.
II you suffer from backache. lum-
bago. rheumatism. get "Anuric" now.
Every time a man says something
complimentary to his loving wife it
removes one more wrinkle from her
brow
To stop bleeding use Hanford's Bal
sam. Adv.
Whatever is best administered is
BEST.
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

Smiles add much to a womaus at
traetivencss, and they cost it'll"
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

This world has no love Tor the lover
10 loves only hImsnlf
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
SHORT ARKANSAS ITEMS.

Texarkana now has four troops Of
Roy Scouts, numbering in all 100
members. and another company VIII
be formed At once. by special dts.
pensation SCoutwaster Riley has So
cured permission to recruit each com
pany TO a strength OF 40 members.
the customary limit being 81
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
HUSBAND OBJECTS
TO OPERATION
Wife Cured by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Des Moines, Iowa. -" Four years ago
] was very sick and my life was nearly
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

Never hit man when he's down
unless you are sure of your ability TO
keep him down
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

STOP THOSE SHARP SHOOTING PAINS
tementna is the wonder worker fer all
tema.e disorders Price s. 90 and soc Adv
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
a FRIEND IN NEED.

For instant reIief and speedy cure
use Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial
Price soc and 25c-Adv
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

The Layne & Bowler Company OF
Stuttgart. through its local manager,
H. B. Allen Sickel. closed a deal for
a water supply for the City of Morrill,.
ton, Ark.
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

Depositors and stockholders Of the
detpnet American National Bank OF
Fort smith which three weeks age
was closed by bank examiners, de.
cided at a mass meeting to take i'm.
mediate steps to reorganize the inst
tuition with paid-up capital of $780,,
0O0
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

Until moro clear Interpretation
Is received Of the Supreme Courts De
cision in the matter Of Improvement
districts the work Of organizing Ger.
tain part OF the Greenwood district for
building road from Che Fort Smith
district line 70 Mansfield, on the
Scott county line has been suspended
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

y good grade OF zinc carbonate has
been found at depth Of a few feet In
Cotter
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27
1mpOrtaDttO MOtbera

Examine carefully every bottle OF
GASTORlA. safe and sure remedy for
infants and children. and see that II
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

To stop bleeding use Hanford's Bal
sam. Adv.
The Dermott news., 1916-04-27

Whatever is best administered is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

N'thsr instance in which the plain
,.'sssss OF the composer in writing
= " progrsmms,ic music are disre-
"''N and robbed not only Of The sig'
.sseccs which wac In the composer's
s bat Of ell significance and sppro-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
Mythology and Legend
In Russian Ballots
..o..rs' Music Abused and Purposes frustrated
." Tt.,baikowskys "Schcherazade" and Webcrs "Inv-
tstion Folklore Elements in Plots
BY II. E. KREHBIEL.

,HEN Beioz composed his Romeo and Juliet symphony
N b substituted conventional theatrical ending that
wv be poet and justified the aphoristc in the
ehing Ike this The public has no imagination therefore
a;ve piece has no public The Russian dancers eX-
E themselves the Metropolitan Opera House be
altogether Berlozs belief but conviction that
ss;on fulfilled when they fill the eye with furious blaze
e or less harmonious colors Enthusiastically garmened fig
,chtecural shapes and movements and groupings which
auv suggest dramatic incidents and the obvious OF
~ passions but oener purely merely arbitrary and
lated only 10 give fleeing sensation OF pleasure the
n his however spread upon base OF intellectual pretence
;sd in the titles OF the pieces the music which employed
lew faint echoes OF myth and legend. Very stimulating to
as well imagination these echoes might become the
, Of the photographic phantasmagoria their explCers
~ take the trouble enghen the spectators their
~ and Their ymbocal meanings but they to be either
bs or unwilling do this Inability should not like to
e 70 them unwillngness however, may have eXplana
the fact that might open the way criticism expos
~. NAUGHTY OF the material with which they make their ap
u popular appreciation and the indifference with which they
the confessed purposes OF the composers whose music
=, have appropriated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
Verdi's Requiem at Polo
Grounds.

with the rapidly approaching enc Oh
.be Vow York concert season comes the
announcement, Of a novel enterprise IN
popularizing music. On sunday after
MON June 4. the New York Polo
Grounds will be the scene Of per-
fo,mance Of Verbs Requiem on
gigantic scale.
The presentation Of the work will be
IN charge Of Louis Koemmenieh' the
director Of the New York oratorio
Society and Of the Mendelssohn Glse
Club. with Arnaldo Cont, formerly con-
ductor Of the Boston Opera Company
and Of he CONSTANT Theatre Of Rome.
as mis- assistant
The chorus will number 200 singers.
chosen from among the various choral
societies Of New York and New Jer-
sey, while the orchestra will have 12o
musicians. with the New York Philhar-
monte Orchestra forming an integral
part Of it.
The quartet Of soloists presents
one singer as yet unknown TO New
YORK audiences, Miss Lucille Laurence,
the others being Nine Maria Gay,
Giovanni Zenstello and Leon Rothier.
The problems connected With the
erection Of special stage to seat the
huge numb OF performers having
been solved and acoustic difficulties
overcome. according to the promoters
Of the enterprise. the rehesrssls are
already in full swing
In my opinion the coming open air
festival Of Verdi's will be tremen-
dous step in the direction Of making
the huge population Of New York ac-
quainted with the worlds masterpieces,
Of which Verdi's Requiem is undoubt-
eddy one Of the most beautiful. mos,
melodious and the most adaptable for
performance Of this kind" says Mr.
Koemmenieh
The very fact that such an enter
prise has been made possible shows the
wonderful development in the musical
taste Of New Workers and bears out the
prophecy that before long this city will
be the worlds musical centre in the
true sense Of the word.
open air performances present moth
ing new in the old world, but here is
they are still an innovation.
and, a. far a. New York is concerned,
totally unknown. Il is fortunate that
the city possesses a place that lends II
self 30 msgni6cently TO presentstion
o. this kind as do the Polo Grounds,
and II is TO b, hoped that once the be-
ginning will have been made open air
performance of this sort will have
become par, Of the routine Of the eity's
life .--..- ---
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

mythology and folktale in the in-
PRODUCTION Of the wicked demon
Koschei and the manner IN which his
Vaccinations are brought 90 naught.
Koschei is a mythical representative OF
winter. and his name signifies ossiiica-
ton. the hardening process, freeing.
That is the reason why the hero Of the
fairy play is threatened with petritac-
ton. He is rescued by the Fire Bird.
and after he has found and smashed an
egg shaped object painted like skull
the land Of enchantmcnt aad H. dan
gers vanish 10 Russian lo.1tale
Koschei is occupied chiefly in carrying
of the hero's mother or wife. To DIS
cover and rescue her the hero must
End his death" though he is called
"the immortal" Like most wicked
giants and magicians. be betrays his
secret by. as Ralston remarks. making
some such revelation as this: My
death is in such and such place.
There stands an OAK. aad under the
oak is a casket, and in the casket IS
hare. and in the hare is duck, and IN
the duck is an egg. and in the egg is
my death" To know this would GER
tsinly whet the interest Of the spec
,stors and set ablaze the fires of their
fancy. wherefore are these things
hid2"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
CALENDAR FOR THE CURRENT WEEK.

81 NDN Bandbox panofore recital by Hsrnet
Hal violin recital Eddy Brown; princess
by Mary Zentay and Margaret ia
hotel orchestra Hippo
dome
Rubnsen Csrnece Han 0eneht OF the
onis Home
Metropolitan Opera House $50 n kusa oae'i !nC
Theatre the benefit OF French military
Hall concert foi the DeheN' OF "e 81 'NO
tho Aeoiisn br0ok
INK st Pauls Chapel. Trinity - midday service Inc Mes
age rom the by Will c. Macarane
vrn%rsnW METROPOLITAN Opera House Russian
ruIKspW METROPOLITAN Opera $50 p Russian ballet
House $50 Russian 9ai - Ila
Parish, Good Friday service STEAMERS oruc
House 2 and $50 p n Russian oa
Hall p m, BY Seidel RovneF
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

eve confess TO having been quite
beside ourselves, indeed finding our
selves away altogether; and in the full
blaze Of one OF those bathrooms which
we can all dance our I'll in. and choose
our partners, and get no mischief
and behold
'Yestreen when 20 the stented string
The dance gsed through the hchted ma &,
we saw with our own eyes that splen-
did young fellow-a prince Of course
with his dark hair and eyes, with that
we'll known glow in them, finding her
out al once in that shadowy recess
where her mother had left her for d
moment; there he is bending down and
asking her to tread d measure. OF
course he was Lochinvsr, only much
handsomer, gentler, altogether an I'M
speakabler. being than that hssty
young reiver, who WAS so hard hunted
across Cannobie-lee. She
Her eyes like stars Of twilight far
Like twilight, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about her drawn
From Maytime and the cheerful dawn,
looks still more down, Pushes doubt
less, and quietly in the shadow says
NO and means Yes'-says Yes ana
fully means. and they are off, All TINS
small whispered love-making and
dainty device. this coaxing and being
eoax.d. is in the (all TOO short FOR US
but not for them prelude to the
waltz. the real business Of the piece
and evening And then such a waltz
for waiting here the Scotch doc
.or-who would have thought 1t OF him
who wrote about Locke and Syden-
ham" and "Excursus ethicus'!--dsshes
NJ 4 description Of the waltz which IS
slmo,t dizzying and only little less
delieious than Weber's music, adding
% il the only proper Interpretation OF
the coda, the romantic young ino'-
yidpal, sitting after the dance IN an
slcoye out Of the moonlight and theif
"parients" A. respects distance unaer
an old arbol domore blessing OF the
How prettily ali this might have been
mined (,he Russian persons do not act
they "mimic." vulgar trsgsdians ana
comedians who use speech "set) ~
Niln.ky and Lopokovs. And with
what variety Of charm might they not
have infused the alternating dances OF
the rondo, Perhaps had their at'cn-
ton been closely directed 10 the music
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16
Free organ recital by Samuel A
Baldwin at the City College, 4 p. m;
Tt ESDAf.

Piano recital by Henriette Michel
son at the Princess Theatre, 3:l5 p. m;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

pristeness. is offered by "Le Spectre
de la Rose" To this we drew atten
ton in q review of the first perform
snce. Writing in haste and with
out facilities for reference, I've
said that Weber had notified the pro-
gramme Of the introduction to friend
in letter. If he did not do that he
most assuredly told his wife of the
pretty operations Of his fancy the first
time he played the waltz-rondo for her.
She reported the programme 10 Weber's
biographer, Jahns, who recorded it in
these words:
First approach OF the dancers
measures 20 s.; evasive reply OF
Che lady 30; his more urgent invi-
tation (9-13-the short appogistura ard
the long A-Aat are here especially sig
nifcant); her present acceptance Of
her proposal 1910; now they talk
together; he begins 17-19); she an
swers (19-2D: he with more passion
ate expression (21-23); she still more
warmly agreeing (23-25); now there's
dancing; his direct address with ref
ference to it (25-2O; her answer 90
29); their coming together (29-3D;
they take their position; awaiting the
beginning of the dance $3.50; tie
dance: finale: her thanks, his anyweI
Stiffness"
Here we have an authoritative pro-
gramme for beginning and end Of the
c.. position. and one which would have
appealed % the heart and Imagination
o. anybody except Russian choreog-
raphcr disposed TO 20 either 20 the
folklore Of mis- native country or ne
romantic literature OF Paris Tor his
dramatic stalking horses How near
the music lies 20 the creative fancy %
even a layman in music is shown By
the Interpretation which the author Of
"Rab and His Friends" in a rhapsodi-
cal criticism Of pisnofoTte recital by
Charles Halle. which he printed in
"The Scotsman" back n 1869 and re-
printed in his essays called Spare
Hours" Part Of it We repeated fIom
memory in our first review. The pict-
ure suggested by the Introduction IS
also worth repeating:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

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preferred 00'fns o. '-'' '''sS0 i',
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ra'iI ire musicians ie1cn me ''"''e'
vhereupoa all ra'se 'he.r arms "Na
shout on The last chord o. me '0"e'
SP''"s anu I'll
he ground join On the procession a.
the rear OF Wherever h'' Cd"
squeeze IN.
Ievels ana Amusements
Jpon the completion OF the dance
the dancers disperse noIsily all over the
ground. The children play singing
games, .. e., oats and Beans Here
We Come Up the Green Otass' VI"
Sir Roger, etc, IN dluereh' paris u
the ground-not too close tose'hef'
Booths and stsllS are oIoNs"' 49,
rustic stage IS set un' luhole'S anu
iugglers surrounded oy groups o. speN
,.,o,s Give their performances and all
,,,;,o IN scene Of general merriment.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-16

First Presbyterian Church, Fifth Aven-
ne and 18th Street. The soloists will
be Margaret Harrison. Claire Spencer
William Pomeroy Frost and Henry q.
Miller.
Franei, Macmillen. the viol.nist. will
give his fifth and last recital at Aeo-
liam Hall on Saturday evening, April ~.
He will play a programme including
among other items the chaeonne by
Bach and the Ernst concerto.
Hunter College has the honor Of
opening the tercentenary o. Shake
speare on the 2Sd of April, the birth
dsy Of the great poet. A production OF
"A Midsummer Nights Dream Will be-
gin the celebration. which will be con
tinued for the entire week throughout
the higher educationa. system Of great
or New York. Davis Bisphsm Will read
and act the characters Of the COMEDY
while the City Orchestra will perform
Nendelssohn's music 70 the play, under
The direction Of Henry 7. Flecs. The
ouening performance will take place al
Hunter College. on Sunday afternoon
April 23d. at $3.50 o'clock. This per
Torrance will be open 10 the pubic
free Of charge.
In response 20 numerous requests,
Harold Bauer and Ossip Gsbrilowitsch
have decided 20 give another two-piano
recital in Aeolian Hall. sunday after
moor. MAY T. This will be the last
New York appearance thi, season for
both. planists Ihey are preparing q