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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-04
FARM AND HOME MEN
FIGHT INFLUENZA
Climb to Lonely. Dizzy Heights In
Mountain Businesses to SucSor
the Sick.

Especial 10 The Richmond Virginian.)
Blacksburg. Va. Nov. 3.-When the
Spanish influenza began its sweep
through virginia. the ESQ farm and
home demonstration agents in Viz
ginia. resolved themselves into q re-
lief corps and went bravely forth to
do battle with the enemy. Even be-
fore the director sent out his message
from headquarters at BlacksburE
serve your people to the best Of your
ability in the present epidemic" the
agents had begun work OF mercy
that has meant much to sorely
stricken people.
These agents. men and women,
white and colored. welcomed the
chance to show that their work for
the betterment OF conditions on the
farms and in the homes OF the people
of Virginia was no. confined to this
field or the kitchen but was far wider
than that. Without delay and without
any possible hope OF receiving pay
for their work. they hurried to tho
and night through their counties, re.
CARELESS of the danger to their own
lives from the disease. carrying With
them food and medicine and acting
often as doctor. cook and nurse In
some family where every member was
i'll.
From all over the state reports are
coming in to the central ONCE A. to
the work these agents have done and
not half will ever be known. In many
an humble cabin, FAR up on a noun
Virginia, whole families lay Ill when
the agent found them. Te reach Just
such family OF whom she had heard
by chance, one young woman left her
car at the foot Of the mountain and
walked four miles TO the home, carry
ing a basket laden with food and
such medicine as she could secure in
the village where she has her ONCE.
When diet kitchens were opened
up in the cities and large towns of
the state, the resident agents were
called upon in number Of instance
TO take charge. and when the emer-
gency hospitals were established the
agents near by at once volunteered
their services as nurses. which were
gladly accepted. There are not many
home demonstration agents In the
Southwest and when these kitchen M
and hospitals were opened there Il be-
came necessary for the agents in the
eastern part OF the state to 60 to the
rescue. They went willingly. on the
shortest possible notice. and stayed
until they were no longer needed.
1t was probably in the country dis
tricts that the psople were the hardest
hit. because Of the scarcity Of doctors
and the impossibiiity OF securing
nurses, and here tho agents were Z
Godsend to their PEOPLE. 1t - no
exaggeration to say that the death
rate there would have been much
higher but for the work OF the Agents.
Certainly the suffering and misery
among those who were Ill and could
not do for themselves would have
been far greaNer. among both the
white and colored people. II the coun-
" agent had not come. Hardship ana
danger meant nothing to the aUsats.
their people wsre ~ and nee1e1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-04
HOOVER LOOKS OUT
FOR BACON AND REANs

Washington, Nov. 3.--Mr. Baked
Bean was reelected chief of the food
staples today by an overwhelming ma
jorfty. his popularity carrying his
running partner, Mr. Bacon. into Of
Ace with him.
Food Administrator Hoover ordered
that enough tin plate be set aside for
the use OF Mr.. Bean for the next three
months. All odd-si1ed tins now on
hand may be used by the bean pack
ers who will try to keep Mr.. Bean be-
fore the public ~ Of yore. The can
ners. however. viii not be allowed to
contract for more than three months
anpply OF either cans or beans. nor
viii shippcrs be allowed to sell beans
to Gamers without hrst obtaining =
feod administration permit.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-04

Arrangements have been com
leted with French committees at
hrtous German prison camps to sup
II food and clothing from their re-
krye stocks until the Germans notify
he American Red Cross Mt Berne OF
Ie arrival Of American prisoners at
keir camps These committees are
kporting regularly
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-04
PREDICTS END OF WAR
:BEf0Rf CLOSE OF YEAR

4 mathematical sharp submits the
following calculations TO demonstrate
that the war Will end in the present
year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-04

Outstanding ...,......-. sl22,08s, 900
Total amount OF bills. discounts and
bought. for the week ending Novem-
Der !, 1918. &5e,o4s. 900,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-11-04

Jim Brandon. the former Washing
ton and Jefferson football and track
star. who was cited for bravery under
Are and recommended for the D. 8.
c. and promotion, has just received
a prom otion from second to first lieu
tenant Of heavy artillery.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
LOGAN COUNTY HAS
BEST SCHOOLS IN STATE
Due TO Selection BY Voters OF
Competent superintendent
Cora y Farrell viii Keep
Up This Reputation

rbr hooIs 8i logan Counts tsk-
rank euons .be af 20 oklahoma
ara ane 81 fhe feasgu p be alis
h,efy edaestanel sHHamn lies +
ht m fna ihc nnt bm neen
ual,er aIr hsnp ie b. eeenoa AZ
De county superintendent
The tapiafa ~ ah4 "a for bis
lsl -uoo hss sluay been b.eh ani n
naming cora tar.va fof .hs alate
"a gh~ Notembef .lesiuu ne yoier
favc declared thar f hali no he lop
oa,d She has ral8ea hsfr 4net
childhood ana ha. devoted BAY ifa
slnce sfaduauen 90 fhe schools oi fhr
eaUnf tcacbln4 Ia fhe ounrT
chool 81 'he township 0onfsaoa -
ibis clts and also nae ianshi n ihe
e't, schools She has progressed nifh
her work has taken eFsry opporfuulis
70 assimiiaic modern method and az
flrm into practice in her chosen llfs
vosk aud ha been uniformly .ut
e1ssiul 40 educator Ia Logan tounft
has more sub. tsnllsi foundation tof
'he vocation of f"aehltg than has cora
E Farrell aud Mons hss waef
sfowIedgs Of ~" ne D. Uf The school,
ihan SHE Her election viii assure =
continuation 81 'he high standing %
The teacher and SCHOOLS 81 Logan
County, aud Justify ihe .ulogy paid
he educational system here by re-.
cent article in o current msgazlus
Nhich said
Guthrie ana Logan County schools
have climbed 10 an equal sauiag.
point with any ~ the state IN most
careful pick of talented teachers. a
devotion TO thorough work. close
co-rslation of srhooiroon study and
outdoor activities. ana equal slreaslng
Of hand. head and heart education.
end the inherent strength which they
iDascAr In The history OF lofty IDEALS
aud genuine culture This combine :
ton will win
~ the election " Cora 4 Farrell
Y the office VI county superintendent
tEis nigh stsndord Il assured IN the
'''"'s' - -
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
FLU IS BEING KILLED
IN ARMY CAMPS
Only Two Cantonments To-day
Reported More Than 100
Cases Three Have No
Cases

Washington Os 81 Three avn
mp dia nor report Nusle SEES
case of Influence iDdvf and onl Hp
ioarney CAL snd lewis Wash Jet
grrfsd more than by Eases The total
o. uew csses f0f ell camps state
ment from The office of the surgeon
general sali was 3 ". against glsg
the day before Pneumonia esse- H.
creased from sss 80 ssp and dsa'as
from aD' 70 gli
The camps which reported 40 nee
cesss we're Wheeler Ga Custer
Mich. and MsiEs - G cam. Dis
y J.. which feloriel no new cases
yesterdpy had three today bui Major
General Scott. -eomA9ndsnt notified
tie sargeon general today thai ibe
quarantine st tbs camp the frsnl'
OF the iunuenza ep.demis had been
lifted.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26

Springfield Mo of ~ y
spufsfou aead n ~ h.oiery dspa
rrut ot pfaY co'l~s aud cisy bs,
Vfio.osis IA -uc eded IN isoin
hs fhn influenza ssim He IS now
repairing vaccine which acis lex.
fnr vaccine fot SMALLPOX
IAe ufuenzs gernl small
.ans instead Of au animal as i-
8 momnli fhouehi When The eerm
iouuH Pair II asusil, the
gef. which S pr ~,at when pneu
rone d' relope.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
BOY IS SWORN INTO
NAVY THREE TIMES

Great Lakes o. - Although
oils few months over r.. wears o.
a >. James Dickson seaman second
clss " Evanston, ~ has been sworn.
i4io nsyas service three times Dick
con first Joined the rayy al Annapolis
ia June, isis. being appointed io ihs,
naval academy 4 year later lie r..
G wed medical discharge Last jan
W. rs after recoveing from his ail-
rLenf b. enrolled b. the Naval Hr 2
serve forces az the Municipal pier
Chicago and then was transferred ~
Great Lakes.
Tnesdsr be- was discharged from
the reserve force to cnlisf in the reg
|usr navy,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
.UkRA|N|AN MINISTRY
AGAINST DOlsHEWk|sM

London Ori - Before il fcsigIf-
Cd the ministry o. Ukrsnine present
80 10 ~ chairman demands that the
republic eo-opetate IN future with
those parts Of Rnssl striving toward
;be resurrection Of the country and
assist N every way toward bungiRa
about he fail OF bo'sbevism a. well
a. strengthening other sections Of
lussis which have been oppressed by
the boIsheuki
The ministry slso demanded that
The Ukraine utilize the time from n0g
cn and the peace conference is estab-
I hing relations with the western
European countries and countries
outside of Europe
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26

Tan austk s,ste.day ~as au'le
ps4a hs 4b4 naa Gee All his guns
sau boabaidlus ihe aonl " ho'f
i,g armf. af uidnisht ana q
g,af aesl - ga rs- sfrewn anou'
fao iarnu village where Ehe ~
ssultne foop. vert assembled TN
gompiu, OF his marAsmens de-
hncu sud eNsua machine -un
nrr- showed his gomplcfe rcadine.
lsr aaflie sud his determination ~
.iics to ryer foat u 1fonnd
Tanks Dlsmay enemy
Nofth af III C4teaa our troops bad
"a cross 'Ae Kiyeg liaipics marked os
,hc Villages of - Martin Nolian
l,nmeue and v.na,sie aud Auboi
l-hJ two milrs forNafA sud pass
seeond ircam be 81 Georges River
snolher tributary IS b. Eeallian with
similar gronp 81 sllases snung
slong he yallcy 3e,ond ihe lslor
.ver they faced more hsh sronnl
aaa yillsses ANA behind them an the
en.banAmea 81 thf Naleueiennes rafi
vs~
h' aaf ofsah ~" troops n'a fass'@
isrpash 'o' Nftsain- -N9hi"res l'n'
aan overcoming ihc German machine
sVn efoa passed e'ons - lne utN'
valley On" 4iNisivn looh 39 iHl#eh-
.is before oc'ofh 'n ne inpih'aB
t9 ihs ri-hi int attach Yesterday Nse
sl"rtfq a' twenty minute Has'
ccioeA ID ne morning on oo'h sid's
ssn0p eeod ana ~ iaf soHih A..
ia' tamoras tanai ihe hisn stoana
10" edge o' caution ne hnf ol
iar eitst~ Vas rasiiA stspfe- mus
seins us observation over Zoe cans
lPe onl' ae's' was ~ 1iiofemon'
~ ~ VNias " pockets oi sRtau8
useh'u. snns bish1ps"ood "as uol
attacked ifon'slly The i.aee oi
Y on me soI'b ,ide- an0 Fom
r' reaH. on theN e we're occnyiea
a"'r yme hshiins and GUY lfooRs
teen s"uns northwest around the
woods They ~ere reported b. air.
n'n - 6e ia 'he oten country east
81 z during BE- morning Tho turn
ins mosement on 'te wood sud 'he
sudden advance into Bolaies q mile
20 ibe north. discou eried he enemF.
hho up 70 This iim' bad Tough *
erolinei1 weil fsN Germans we're
caught 10 Bouaies bat many ran out
90 The esst eide toward RobeFsart
Fn- Pfo1N and the roads appeared
iaH of di-oflerly 'soop- 4 lhc same
ume 1esh aiautrf could BE- seen
elHcrsins from The .oro>' ~ Norman,
dr,,n rh.. Lee f.s,..,, -o.4 -f.h,.. ,,.-,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
Loss Of SHIPPING
IS REPORTED LESS
Enemy Curbed BY Allied Fleet In
Efforts To Sink Our Boats
During September Loss
l. Slight

LONDON Oc -e Thr snouni 81
Merchant -hpmng sunk bF euemf
ion excluding marine risk dnfins
s. pltmbe was iov, man abF mouth
que Aususi iFle i eas consider
bis below lhe repd 81 june he
e1ions iowes moa'h OF this Year.
asi also below 'he mon'hh a'efsse
M aia according ~ ihe announce
j ent issued b} ihe Admifali' iodaf.
Losses 10 Dr'ish hipmug du" 10
enemy action sua m4fiu' r.*s during
lls mouth wss iste sfoss ions
,sm sred with lsslef Angus aud
-s4i- III SeVfem5,s 81 lasf teaf
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
VILLAGES ARE LEFT DESTITUTE BY ENEMY
BRITISH ARMY CARING FOR THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS
IN PITIABLE CONDITION HUNS GAS INVALlDs

Win h. British Armies sd be
r.eld. oct .e one ot 'ae m1s sefi-
d aud distressing Problems ths hf.i.
.sa army ha, been compeiya io mrs'
thai d caring for aud dl osin- u
IA. large civilian opalauon lrif h
tas wake oi tn, Goymaa arms Nhea
rctreaslng ,fom the region between
The Olse and Touma More pafiiel.
rl, Is fAis lrae ol b. difele pfef
vAieh ee have been advaueug .Der
sauesday moruins
The situation ~ especially er'euf
II, ST Amaud whe-, thuc sge mere
saan f.ao people suffering lrou Spaa-
ieh inauenxa AID can nog Oe moved
i.sss night the town ~as oomoai ieb
D, sas shells and large number e
tho iuYAisls wtg. gsss.d ln 'hf r't.
lars where they wer, beius cared for.
In une narrow British sector II Hee
,rnaus must be iea housed and az
least partly clothed eenain- for The
momcut, IS entirely ie eudeui ga ae
British troops All these pce 4 ar
nplc,ely destifaie. and ihe Huns
'eu them wilh in enough e'0'hlns
Is cover thcm ccrialuIY ID uuiiielen.
for The cold. raw veaibcr which s
Prevalent at this season
On The fight uont Of our newest
attack ihe iroo9s are reported 70
haze worked round Bishops wool
-vhich rises s,eply behind Le Cstesa.
and 10 be within two miic> Of Land
regle. Thence uor,hrard Tor q dis
e nce of between and . miles he
tAfile front which lies crookcdly
acros the narrow valle, and inter-
Neuiug heights has secn pushed By
sfo slight eifori Through 'be tempo
rary German delen.es u,i1 hs MANY
f.acbine guns. hactel by gostr-
tul concentration O. artillery Be-
tuecn the Cambre Canal az B.lhop-
vooi watch MARKS one flank o. 'hs
attack. and ibr s,ra.ghl high road
f-cm Cambria 70 Bsvsl or the was
u waubeuge, from % ~ populated
Villages thus have been drawn In'o
ihe battle zone
Villages Bosnhsrdcd
We fought Yesterday and today
through more Than one hamlet IN
nich frightened women aud children
vere hiding in the collar. Ths Ger
nan batteries lid not spare she ,ii-
lsges when ihc latter were lost tc
them
High explosives raned without dis-
iGction on cottage aud sp.Fosche
-hc front o. the Tnird and Fourth
srmiss offers more ob tscle ,hau ihs
further 70 the nortn Their struggle
10 gain ihe heights beyond lhc Selie
River siresdy il known Beg ond that
hard crest they faced other rivers and
natural defeuse.. which the Han
utilized to the ufmosi TheY are PEI
fiexius enough for lhe Infantry but
they seemed inyuingrabie Tor tanAs
Tie villages lie CLOSELY together. some
tucked away ia the folds y; the ground
md others commanding the rising
fields There are infamefable hedge
III drehes and Isolated bulsiiDs 3
PATCHES os woodland aud wcil-screen-
- kuoil- The eEeIEy baiierie. car
I'd. with ease beiween the hlll sna
ibe great forest OF Norman sevel
f.iles lons 5y Eve miles deep is q
sample Of the cover for the enem'
ieiniorcsments>~ hica are bcing sen
y to hold this villa regiou
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
E p BURTON is
CALLED TO MuS<ootE

ER Burton. manager Of ,8t R1cker-
Burton Dry Goods store nsf was
called 80 MusAogec asst night on ac-
count Of the death OF his brother + y
Barton wife Mrs 81 u was an
lutluouza victim
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
Will sREcr TWO ausosgu
sousEs SUNDAY

pulaih Milan d. sg one hin.
d'cd union esfpeniefs trem Duluth
and = like ususher lfVm Superior viil
60 10 the sfso' ehess Cl0qusi MINI.
stood before ihe ~ forest flrra.
srd With The help u go unskilled
pen VII build 40 our room hoases
scada' from NJ ~ p A.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26

President Wilson tafssee chairman
lenosrat commit lsass NSfaw fepuhlean
oaai ,omfeea4su f.ss. oAhens fa
.upfou sarfsse amendment he po Say fae
Presidents
NeHtulr rNpr,>> the Nniefs al oklahuua y
nA tr1 prefound interest n tue constitution .lHfna
rcni ff woman suitcase npuu which fses viii Aei uh
tOt Nfih ef November auA hee that f.rN VAIL petmi !
nr u express it thcm. ws lld "a the eoees~ ~ fie
United Siat,> nay deliberate indignant iha. th, .uop
iion el woman suffrage E neee>~tft nnf VT ilv
program If Justice amd rttonsit tueon ah.tb tlv war
has convinced iAa natiou> ii the Nora that shea
>honld undertake lu hr tutrr> ~ iu,ter sn r,aer
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
End of War May
Be Near; German
People Are Divided
BULLETIN

ZURICH OCT % PRINCE FREDERICK LoBKo"iTz AND
BARoN NADAERNy WHO REPREsENT THE STRONGEST
ANrrGERMAN TENDENCIES AT VIENNA HAVE LEFT THAT
CITY FOR SWITZERLAND CHARGED WITH MISSION
ABOUT WHICH NO DETAILS ARE GIVEN ACCORDING TO
THE NEUs JOURNAL OF VIENNA
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
TO DEMoBILIZE HUN ARMY

Baxc Oct a6vicnn publishing articles feS
tive 10 preparations demobng the army One newspaper say
that two infantry regiments stationed Ksrowitz have reVoeo
Karovitz is village in Croatia savanian Hungary
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26

London Oct Operations Belgium continue to develop
fyoraby according Official statement issued at the war o0e
today which saws the earned Zu spite Of desperate
while the British occupied the villages OF ingoy
be and arc advancing toward the sGedt river
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
we Gather

ronIghf c!oady snoN in east por-
ton, eoIder sFeezsus sunday. tair .
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26
British, anks, French
And Italians Are
Driving Huns Today
nuI.l.ErIN

LONDON OCT 10 THE TURKISH MINISTER TO swfTy
hkLAND HAS HANDED THE BRITISH AND FRENCH MIN
sIhks TO THAT COUNTRY AN OFFER or PEACE vIpTu
ALLY AMOUNTING TO SURRENDER ACCORDING TO A
hkRNE DISPATCH TO THE DAILY MAIL
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-10-26

sTuBBoRNLY THE PRussIANs ARE CoNrEsrfNa THE
WAY TO VALENCIENNEs BUT ALLIES ARE HAMMERfNG
THkM uNMERCFuLLY AND DRIVING THEM BACKWARD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29

lana" the Orfeo of the city of Man
resa and the "Orfeo Catala," whose di-
rector writes in recent letter:
81 send you this expression Of graft
tude not only on my behalf, but also
for my comrades, the Catalan compo-
sers, whom you have honored by your
perfect rendtions Of their choral
works. have received from New
York the descriptions Of your concert,
and we have read with enthusiasm of
the success yoU have achieved. This
has moved and touched us not only as
artists, but also as Galatians, who re-
Joice to see their native music we'll
beloved by the public of the great
America. The newspapers of BARGE
Iona and all The rest of Catalonia have
translated the accounts given in the
American press and have expressed
deep gratitude to you and your Schola,
who have so generously introduced the
music OF our dear land, singing it in
our original Catalan tongue, which die
tated the accent to our songs"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
Calendar for the Current Week

SUNDAY Aeolan Hall of the Symphony Carnegie
Hail. m, Brasau;
the benefit of italian War Orphans metropolitan
m, Greenwich $3.50
Vladimir Rcsnikof Hippodrome
recital by John Charles Thomas Maxine Elo Theatre
S:15 recital of French chansons by Yvette Guiber
MONDAY Metropolitan Opera House, p. Marta
TUESDAY Hall, 85 the Symphony
Hail.
Brooklyn Academy o M French "Faust"
WEDNESDAY Carnegie Hall. violin Hesfet
Aeoian Hail. recitalby Reinad Wnrath;
House. m, m
THURSDAY Carnegie Hail. by the Russian symphony
Orchestra; Metropolitan House 8:15 violin
Thclma
FRIDNAeoan Hall 8:15 chamber
Trio Hail. 0
metropolitan Opera House I'll Tabarro"
SATURDAY Carnegie Hall 2@o
pie 85 by the Aeoiian Hall. p
panofort recital by Washington
SIS m, chamber the Philharmonic
potan Opera House. Manon
Dcstino;" Aoan Hail. s:15 violin by Abraham Haoscb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29

of Father Finn, will give a special holt
day concert at the Hippodromc this
afternoon, December 90 The soloists
will be Vera Janacopulos, Brazilian So
prano, and VASTLY Besekirsky, Russian
yiolinist, concertmaster of the Russian
Symphony Orchestra. Miss JaNacopu-
los will sing Musorgskys "Berceuse"
and "In a Child's Nursery" and Rim
SKY Korsakof's Eastern song. "The
Rose Enslaves the Nightingale" Mr..
Eesekirsky will play nt-Saens's
"Havanese' The orchestral number
viii include the overture from "Mi-
gnon,' by Thomas; symphonic poem
"Rouet dOmphale." by Saint Saens;
Fantasia from "Romeo and juliet" by
Tschaikowsky; Merry Go Round' and
Banjo Picker from the suite "At the
Fair by John Powell, and "Esparna,"
by Chabrier
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
HippOdrOnle Concert

The Russian Symphony Orchestra,
Modest Atschuler, conductor, and the
Paulist Choristers, under the direction
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-29
BY Grenville Vernon

If violin suddenly sounded like a
double bass or flute, made noise
like q bassoon, CONSERVATION would
reign in any self-res pecting orchestra.
and either instrument or musician
would speedily be elected with the
hearty consent of even the Musical
Union. Niolins and flutes being manu-
featured so as to be able to emit GER
tain sounds, and violinists and flutists
trained to cause those sounds to be
emitted, the world demands that the
business be gone through with. Yet
what is a sine qua non with the hum
blest member of the orchestra many q
SINGER Of worldwide fame and swollen
salary has apparently come to regard
as entirely unnecessary. At least we've
heard it whispered that such is the case
in Denmark, which for our purposes
is the Metropolitan Opera House. The
divinity that doth hedge q star-it's an
old saying and as false as it is old.
Bad singing isn't the fault of Signor
Gatti-Casazza. 1t isn't even the fault
of the modern school of composers.
Puccini. MaScagni, even Wagner, are
more perfectly interpreted by the
singers who sing than by the singers
who shout. We're not speaking of
Richard Straus. who perhaps is not in
tended TO be sung at all. Perhaps the
fault lies with the public which toler-
ates the shouter, but it far more prob
ably lies with the singer himself, his
innate Incidence and desire for the
easiest way, the shortest cut to per-
diNon, artistic and otherwise.
The last few weeks have discovered
some beautiful singing in the Metro
politan. They have heard Signor
Caruso give forth his golden tones
and his exquisite style in "LElesir
d'Amore"; they have heard Miss Flor
ence Easton in "Gianni Schicchi" and
n ''Lodoletta" they have heard Signor
Scott, whose tones are perhaps not
golden, but whose art certainly is
they have heard Giovanni Martneli,
who is at last really learning how to
sing; they have heard Giuseppe de
Luca and Thomas Chalmers, and q
new soprano, Rosa Ponselle, who is on
the right road and has the right voice,
For these gifts and for some others
We are thankful,
Of things otherwise there have.
alas' been only too many. The voice
of the new tenor, Giulio Crimi, is a
beautiful one, but his style has often
been eXecrable; Miss Muzio has shown
Improvement, but she has still to learn
the value of restraint; Nine. Geral-
dine Farrar has done some good and a
vast amount of lamentable singing, her
vicious vocal methods having brought
her at times to the verge of the abyss.
We will not speak of Signor Monte
santo, who fought bravely for freedom.
caught the influenza and came to the
metropolitan. Perhaps time and peace
will right him. Miss Alice Gentle also
had the influenza and began badly with