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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
GREAT many music lovers are
pretty certain to experience salts

~ pretty certain to experience salts
faction, now the repertory of the
Metropolitan for the coming season is an
nounced, in the decision of the manage
mcnt not to exclude German opera. Some
viii bs contrary minded. The subject has
been quite persistently under debate during
the last few weeks. The New York papers,
many Of them, have expressed editorial
opinion of no uncertain quality, and which
stands as an interesting prelude to the
resumption Of opera.
To THE New York Sun" the problem
seemed to resolve itself into the simple
but significant question: Wagner or
No Wagner" This paper, after ventur-
ing the belief that the symphony orchestras
would without doubt continue to play Bach
and Beethoven and Brahms; that the
pianists would not abolish German from
their programme, and that singers would
not think of abandoning lyrics by Schu-
bert or Schumann, Strauss or Wolf, ad-
mits that:
at is difficult to account for the reported
attitude Of some Of the Metropolitan d.
fectors. They permitted Wagner perform
snees last season after the declaration OF
war; why forbid them nowi 1t Is perfectly
safe to say that Mr.. GRtti-Cssszza Is not IN
sympathy with these directors. BE lie too
great an sdmirer Of the Wsgnerisn works
and too broad-minded an impresario TO be
ssdueed into q foolish position.
~Let the disturbed authorities Of the opers
house compose their minds. No one Is going
70 fly into a rage when the music Of the erea:
masters Of the old and nobler Germany is
performed Nor does any one IN these days
think Of Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Wag-
ner as exclusively representing the Teutonic
people. They belong to the world as do
Shakespeare and Dante.
Eve confidently expect 70 hear Wagner at
the Metropolitan in the coming season. The
timid spirits among the directors will take
heart of grace. If, however, they wish 70
show their loyalty 70 good art, as well as TO
their own country, let them Danish some of
the intolerable shriekers among their Ger
man singers, especially those whose active
hostility TO this country is no secret. Let
them engage in their stead some young, en-
thusiastic and interesting American singers.
They are not scarce, and they can sing Wag-
nsr far better than most OF the Germans
can"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

There Is danger, Mr.. Defoe observed, an
appropriating from history great figures
who have not receded far enough into the
past to dim their outlines" and he added:
with Hamilton, however, the case Is diff
ferent No he never told lie tradition
clings 10 him, and though conceded by many
chroniclers to be the most brilliant statesman
and lawyer Of his time, famous as one Of the
trainers Of our Constitution ard the founder
of our national banking system, his person
atty and peculiarites are unknown TO most
people of the present day. To them 1t seems
enough to know that he died before his time
in a duel with Aaron Burr
80 Mrs. Hamlin is not likely to arouse
discussion in the personality which she has
given to the man."
Mr.. Block in The Tribune eomplimentsd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

ii
Il there might be no renewal this
year of the unhappy suggestion, current
last year, that German music be put under
the ban at the Metropolitan, and added:
"This public is too broad minded and in
telligent TO listen to any proposal that the
spirit Of war shall be allowed TO invade the
domain Of art to that regrettable extent. The
compositions of Wagner, of Beethoven, and
Of Mozart, it ought not TO be necessary TO
say, were written many years before the out
break of this war. They have nothing TO do
with II, and their merits are In nowise re-
lated TO the controversies out Of which the
war grew. We might as we'll talk Of ex-
GLIDING the great classics Of German litera-
turs from the public libraries; we might as
we'll ask the owners Of private Libraries TO lis
ten spprovingly to the suggestion that they
burn their copies OF the works Of Goethe and
Schiller as to expect the patrons Of the Met
ropelitan Opera House TO approve the exclu-
sion of German operas"
"The New York World" wrote from the
angle Of "helping the enemy" stating
that:
~No one pretends that by placing a ban
On Wagner and Mozart Germany would in
any way be hurt or this nation helped in the
prosecution Of the war. IL would merely
crafty certain kind OF unreasoning preJu-
dice In narrow minded circles, while denying
10 thousands OF music lovers entertainment
from which they derive the highest pleasure.
Intolerance could hardly make itself more
ridiculous than by insisting that such pol
fey Of musical censorship should be enforced
solely on the ground that German music
must be regarded as seditious.
German music is probably the best thing
that has come out of Germany. We might
better take a leaf out OF the book Of Ger
many, where Shakespeare has never been so
popular as during the last three years, than
talk of stopping all performances of German
opera on pretext Of loyalty
0yJ,HE EVENING SUN" dwelt espe-
L cially upon the phase involving the
German singers themselves, stating that
their attitude will dictate the manner of
their reception in New York this winter.
This paper wrote;
az any question exists In anybody's mind
as 10 the public attitude toward the German
artists who contribute so admirably TO the
ensemble of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany IL may be . safe guess that this attitude
depends largely upon the artists themselves
III they are content and wise enough 70 show
respect for the country which welcomes
them, and sink their politics while magnify
Ing their artistry. they will md nothing ais-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
TT HE NEW YORK MAIL" adoptin

TT HE NEW YORK MAIL" adopting
Il military phraseology for the occa-
sion, insisted that:
sArt knows no frontiers. The master
pieces in opera belong, not to the nations
whose genius originated them, but 10 the
world To exclude Wagner, Beethoven and
Mozart from the repertory Of the Metropoli-
tan would be TO limit greatly the scope of
the work that Is being done in our temple OF
music. Germany would not suffer from such
an act Of art vandalism, but New York and
America would suffer most decidedly.
at is barbarous business TO inject the
rancors Of war into the peaceful domain Of
art and literature. Nobody would think Of
consigning the masterpieces of Goethe and
OF Schiller TO the flames, as Moslem con-
Queror once consigned the precious parch-
ments Of the library Of Alexandria. 1t would
be equally absurd to eliminate German opera
from the Metropolitan for the sole reason
that we happen to be at war with the nation
hat produced Wagner, Beethoven and No
cart.
"Let us have Italian opera, and Russian
opera, and French opera, and let US also have
German opera, as we have had it in the past
Let US have the best that the world has pro-
duoed. New York will be satisfied with moth
Ing less"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
NOTES OF THE LONDON
STAGE
"Billeted"-at the Royalty

CONDENSATION is ono Of the con-
spicuous virtues Of the dramatic
~ reviews appearing in "The Illus
A4AL I a..ia., Na,,rc . Tia follouirn Ia Ito
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
PROUD OF LITTLE BEARCAT
mr. Gap Johnson Naturally Eiated at Small Sons Linguistic Ability in
 an Emergency.

My least boy. Beareat, showed off some at the cantata in the Scl5oolhouse luther night" relates Mir. Gap .Tahu- son of Rumpus Ridge, according to writer in Judge "MengSt ether things they perpetrated tahleau called Empty is the Cradle; Bahy'S Gone ', They had table on the platform. and Bearcat, all trimmed up ill white robe with wings on the back, WAS lying in it, with d belt around his waist In- der the gown and wire running over hook in the ceiling and out through hole in the winder pane.
 "The Glee club was going to get off the song, and at the proper moment bunch of boys outside would pull the wire and haul Bearcat up'ards, per doocin', it was estimated, solemn and moving spectacle.
 "But they wanted to have the tab leau along towards the last, and as the platform was small and they didn't have any scenery they put Bearcat in the cradle and set 'em back of the teachers desk before thescrowd came. He is only four years old and nacher'l enough he fell asleep, and when the Glee club turned loose it didn't wake him.
 "The first thing he knew he was climbing heavenward out of dream with something pulling at him. For getting where he was he gave a yell and grabbed the cradle. Up they went Bearcat, cradle and all. The load was heavier than the boys outside ex- pected, and they buckled to it right ably. So when the kid dropped the cradle about three-quarters of the way up, the reaction caused the boys to yank him against the ceiling. with fury that like to have busted the poor little feller's crust You never heard such cussing out of Il four-year- old in all your life. Although he's my boy, l had no idee he was half so fluent"
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06

Tax Collectors Notice.

Finn Craig, sheriff and collector will be at the following places or dates named below for the purpose of collecting the real and personal taxes due for the year 1916:
 Huttig, Lapile twp, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 23sand 24.
 Felsenthal, Lapile twp, Thurs day, Jan. 25.
 Lapila, Lapile twp, Friday, Jar. 26.
 Strong, Lapile twp, Monday and Tuesday, Jan. go and 30. New London, Harrison twp, Wednesday, Jan. 5l.
 Fl Dorado, Fl Dorado twp. from Wednesday, Feb. z. to April 10.
 Positively no taxes collected af- ter April 10, 1917, without penalty attach sd, so pay while he is here and know you are safe
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06

will be held at the Hotel Marion auditorium Jan. l8 and l9. One feature of the program will be moving pictures of road construc tion. Every town through it's mayF or, every county through it's judge and every commercial organization is expected to send delegates
 There is more interest in gooc coads in Arkansas than ever before.
 This is due to several causes. One is the fact that thousands ot dollars of government funds awai'
 distribution in !. Arkansas for roae
 improvement, that the Alexandel road law has been tried out ano found workable and that a numbei of national highways through tht. state, are projected and have caused many local good roads of- ganizations to become active.
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
Discard the frying Pan.

We must break away from the continual use of fried foods and soaked with greasy meat fat if we are to be we'll and happy, says Miss Marcela Arthur, specialist in home economics of the Extension Divis- ion of the University of Arkansas. Such foods are hard to digest and causes intestinal disorders because their digestion can not be carried on by the stomach but must be carried on largely by the intestnes, thereby often giving the intestines three times as much as they are supposed to do. Is it any wonder they give us trouble and wear out? Give the children and husband a chance. Discard the frying pan and use the roasters and kettle more. Instead of using fried eggs, have poached. boiled, scrambleds baked or egg omelet. Instead of frying potatoes. boil, mash, bake, cream or scallop them. Avoid fried meats continually and have stews, pot roasts, oven roasts or fricaSsee. Rather than cook veg etables with fat meat all the time, it would be much better to cook them in clear water and then seas on with bacon, salt, pepper, cream, butter or mash. These methods will make foods just as palatable but more wholesome and easily di- gested and the whole family will be healthier, better matured and able to do better work.
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
If You Seek Pleasure Read PRUDENCE
Organize Farm Loan.

There will be meeting of farm CTS in the office of Judge Neil c. Marsh in Fl Dorado at 10 o'clock, Saturday, Jan. 6, to organize a farm loan association. All persons who are interested are cordially, in vited to attend and assist us in the organization. It is the farmers opportunity in this county to pro- cure cheap money on a long term to improve or buy their farm. The federal farm loans will be ready fol distribution by the time they car effect a permanent organization.
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
prefer xas.
 PRUDENCE "a. To Folly
 Retufh Addresses.

We notice in the Postmaster Generals report a suggestion that people writing letters should sign theirfull name and address to their letters. and there would never be a letter but what could be returned if It failed to reach the person it was intended for. The report suggests as better way than that, too, but one wi ich is a little more expensive. That is to have small card print ed on the corner of the envelop. This will cost only . trif1e and if the letter cannot be delivered to the address, or the address should be wrong, the letter would come back in the course of five to seven days. insteadsof going through the dead letter office, and finally being returned to the writer after a lapse of two weeks or more. The latter suggestion is much the best and can be adopted at a very small expense.
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
Judging by the OdOr.

The Swedish jitney driver drew up beside the road, jumped out and with wrench in hand. crawlec under the auto. Taking advantage of the stop, the only passenger, 3 German proceeded to eat lunch consisting mainly of Limburgef cheese. Suddenly the driver emerged from beneath the machine and.with bulging eyes and hand on his nose, stood staring at the auto,
 Whats the matter?" inquired the German innocently, between mouthfuls of cheese.
 "Ay don't know said Ole, but Ay tank the engine bane dead. - EX.
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06

Tell us the news for the News
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
Methodist Church Services.

The following services will be held at Union church Sunday: Sun day school at 1000 a. m. Preach ing at l a. m. and z:3O D. m. by the pastor. Junior League at 500 D. m. Epworth League at 6:5O p. m. A cordial invitation is extend ed to all to attend these services.
 Rev. A. TuRRENTINE Pastor.
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
SPLENDID BARGAIN FOR JOEL
Citizens Committee Had Good Idea, but 1t Didn't Work Out as They
 Had Planned 1t.

sThe shiftless owner of a worthless the habit of feeding the animal from the cribs of his more enterprisjng neighbors, until the patience of lis victims was completely exhausted. They had caught him in the act of helping himself to corn number of times, and so there was plenty of evidence to convict him; but on ac- count of his family and his yindctive disposition, no one wanted to prose- cute him.
 One day. when Joel's neighbors were discussing the situation, someone suggested that it would he an act of mercy-which would also solve their problem-if they bought the old horse and put it out of its misery.
 This suggestion the conference S10, and sent committee of one to buy the horse.
 Here the plan was threatened with failure. The committee reported that Joel did not want to sell
 After few days, Jesse Winfield, who thought himself something of a diplomat, undertook to negotiate the sale. and to his surprise found Joel not only willing but anxious to sell the horse.
 "That," saidsJesse In congratl'a- tory tone, as lie handed over the ten dollars, twas a good deal for you. You'll get lots mores good cut of the ten dollars than you would out of the old horse"
 That's right" asSented Joel. a"I know where can buy team for ten dollars. s."-Youth's Companion.
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
PRUDENCE Points the Way
 to Prosperity
To get the news read The News
s10O Reward, $1OO

The readers of this paper will De pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages. and that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the system thereby de- stroying the foundation of the disease. giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting na- ture in doing it's work. The proprie- tors have so much faith in the curative powers of Halls Catarrh Cure that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
 Address: F J CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
Something in That.

I wish l had pretty name," said Betty. "I wish my name was Alice or Evangeline or something like that"
 "Why, my dear" said ,papa, you have the only name ever heard that will rhyme with pretty, and what more could you want2'
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
December Weather.

The highest temperature record ed here during the month of De- cember by the government ther- mometers was 80 degrees on the 5th, and the lowest was IS degrees on the 22nd. The rainfall for the month was 2.4l inches.
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
EEI1tIxtSxti1tIIN
 N ~N v BETTER FARMING HINTS. -
 Il. Il. Sxt5kSflH1SfEfkf2
NO BREED OF HOGS IMMUNE.


 Hog cholera is again command ing the attention of the farmers ir many sections of Arkansas ane should be given serious attention a. this time, says pr. R. M. Cow state veterination. There are al ways more hogs lost in winter iron cholera than in summer because the animals are usually brought UT and are consequently in closer contact; thus, the diseased animals spread the cholera among the healthy animals. Farmers should not be fooled. There is no breed of hogs naturally immune from hog cholera. The only way to eradi- cate the disease is to clean up. our neighborhoods and this can be done by organizations among the farm. CTS for a systematic fight against the disease. Whole communities must get together and enforce the burning of dead hogs and other san itary regulations. If this work not done, cholera will continue to break out and the only way to play safe under present conditions is to vac cinate. Vaccination will not erad- ioate the disease. but the double treatment will immune the animals treated. Pork is worth too much regardless of quality for the farm CTS who have hogs to take the risk of losing them. Immediate action is always the only safe course against cholera. For particulars write to the State Veterinarian, old state house, Little Rock.
 VALUABLE CHARTS.
 In order to show the doubtnQ farmer that other crops if raised on Arkansa as land, will yield large returns and be as valuable as cot ton many interesting charts are be- ing made at this time under the di- rection of Dean Martin Nelson. of the College of Agriculture. These charts will be made up into sets distributed among the speak CTS who will be engaged in the campaign. The charts are 54x54 inches in size and the type used is large enough to be seen at dis tance of 100 feet. It is hoped that by using these charts the speakers engaged can show the farmers facts and figures which will prove to him the necessity of Arkansas feeding herself,if we are to be most prosperous. The business men of the state who have seen these charts have already said many complimentary things concerning them. The following chart which shows what the average men can do with five acres of land properly cultivated with the right kind of crops is a good example of the charts being made and is wotth studying:
 3b acres corn and cowpeas.
 100 bu. corn, tons clover and
 cowpea hay 4o.oo
 acre sweet potatoes, 80 bu. 4o.OO
 l4 acre Irish potatoes, 25 bu.
 first crop, 5 bu. second crop 28.oO
 { acre Japanese ribbon cane,
 so gallons syrup ....................... 5l.oo
 B acre garden truck
 { Aver. s yrs. Illinois, $lG5
 Aver. 5 yrs. Idaho, =. S90 100 %
 Arkansas has longer season )
 Total value of five acres to live
The Huttig news., 1917-01-06
PRUDENCE Makes the
 Heart Glad
State Roads Meeting.

Secretary R. 0. Schaefer, of Lit tie Rock, announces that the 1917 meeting of the Arkansas Good
 Roads and Drainage association
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-31
lPEePlNG UNDER THE VEIL.

The war department plan for train
ing 10000 officers leads to the pre-
supposition that the Z. S, contemplates
an army of 100000 men. Secretary
Baker refuses to make any estimate
of the number of men the department
proposes to put under arms. The guess
of certain military observers is made
in the figures of the estimate quoted
above.
1t is likely that Secretary Baker
does not know how many soldiers the
United States shall be obliged to put
in the field. Nobody knows But the
serious suggestion that we are to have
an army of nearly 100000 should give
us pause. For such an army means
a long and expensive war, loss abroad
and hardship at home.
So far the ish has been father TO
the hope that this war must soon END
We have comforted ourselves with the
feeling that something must break I'M
der the strain. Something has broken.
Russia has broken That break Is not
10 our advantage.
1t is perhaps unlikely that we snail
need an army of 100000; but ths
government appears to be acting on
the possibility that we shall need an
array so vast. 1t would be wise in IN
diyiduals to take a similar view OF
the future and govern themselves anu
their affairs upon that hypothesis OF
possibility. For if we are to raise such
mighty armies and support them LOT
a period of years it will require all the
resources of this country.
It is a time for caution ana not tof
speculation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-31
TINE OLD MAN SITTING N THE SUN.

Passers on South Third street on
sunshiny days see an old man sitting
in the sun before cottage, an old
withered and gray man warming the
sluggish blood of old age and decrepi-
tude. Blind and feeble he sits there
seemingly only an old man nearing the
final summons: but his is splendid
decrepitude.
Over him hovers the mighty past of
America and beside him stands the
Spirit of American Manhood. That
wrecked and wasted old man is noble
figure to contemplate for he as he was
in youth and strength, and such as he
rewrote the constitution of the United
States TO include the declaration that
all men are created free and equal and
endowed with certain unalienable
rights.
There is history and the splendor OF
history in his individual and family
life. When the civil war came upon
this country and threatened the des-
truction of republican institutions and
a free democracy and Lincoln called
patriots to their defence he was
married but his wife told him to go.
She supported herself at domestic lahor
in other homes while he spent four
years serving his country. Her sacri-
flee was as great as his. She was a fit
mate for such citizenship.
SO that old man sitting in the sun
befort a humble dwelling is not
pathetic figure but a noble one. For
he represents the nobility of supreme
sacrifice. He and such as he and the
splendid youth that falls in today to
take his place in the ranks defending
liberty are the Spirit of America. They
are the corner stones of the fabric Of
the republic. Tier upon tier it rises from
Valley Forge to Appomatox from APP
pomattox to Ell Caney and on higher
and wider until we add Berlin to Bun
ker Hill and the freedom of all peoples
to the declaration of American indie
pendence.
If you should pass the spot where
the old man sits in the summer sun
forego pity. His is not case for pity
but for pride. That is not an old man
sitting in the sun but pledge of the
past in assurance of the present and
a prophecy of the future of democracy
and common freedom