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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-11-06
FUNERAL OF CYRIL G, HOPKINS

The funeral of Cyril G.. Hopkins will
take place at Champaign, H., tomor
row, Friday. Mrs. T. H. Jennings, Mrs.
Emery Wheelock of washington. Mrs.
G. e. Hopkins of Estelline, and H. L.
Hopkins of Clark, left yesterday morn.
ing to be present at the funeral.
The Register has mentioned the
death Of Mr.. Hopkins who died at
Gibralter on his way home from
Greece. Mr.. Hopkins was a member
of the State College Alumni and
among its first graduates. In connec'
ton with his life work the Alumnus
hes the following to say:
1T Is with a feeling of deep per.
sonal loss that we o the death
of Cyril G. Hopkins, 80. many of the
older students will remember him
well as a fellow student and as an in.
%structor in the Department of Chem.
istry. He came to the college from
Estelline, S. D., and entered into his
college work with the same earnest
ness and definiteness of purpose that
characterized his actions throughout
his life. He was the first instructor
in the Department OF Pharmacy and
was the first assistant of the late
Professor Shepard.
"In 1898 he was married to Miss
Emma Stelter, a student who after.
words graduated in the class of 1904.
He was probably one of the most care
full. thorough and painstaking stu
dents the institution has ever had and
therein laid the foundation for the
master scientist that he afterwards
became. He had the true scientific
spirit. After graduation he was for
a time assistant in chemistry. Later
he took advanced work at Cornell
University from where he went to
Champaign. Illinois, where he made
for himself a reputation, worldwide,
al ~agronomist and chemist of the u.
S. Experiment Station. He studied
and analysed grains, etc, and deter
mined what constituents must be in
the soil to cause them to develop,
grow and mature. He was the author
of several text books.
"A few years g he was granted
a leave of absence to assist the South
in an effort to redeem some of the
lands that had become n~on-produo
tive. A year g he was granted an
other leave of absence to help the
people Of Greece with their agri-
cultural problems. We received three
bulletins Just before receiving notice
of his death. Two are written in Eng
liGh and one in Greek. We know
his. labor proved helpful to the peo,
pie of Greece as it has to thousands
in u own country.
I'VE MOURN the untimely passing of
such a mana man to whom we have
looked with pride and as an inspira-
ton for years. While Mr.. and Mrs.
Hopkins have no children of their
own, they adopted two boys. To Mrs.
Hopkins and all relatives we tender
our deepest sympathy"
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
MOVIE ORCHESTRAS
GET MUSIC dope"

Most folks now realize the large
part the musical accompaniment plays
in their enjoyment of the movies, but
few have any idea of the care that is
taken, in the better houses at least, in
preparing the program of this accom-
paniment. Nearly all the big feature
films today come with musical direc-
tions attached, this development in
deed having reached such a stage that
very little initiative is now left the
individual pianist, organist or orches-
ira leader. These instructions are
given on cue or dope" music sheets
sent out by the picture producers and
sometimes even going so far as to in
dicate the number OF minutes and sec
onds for playing certain movements
in a composition. 49,
The movie musician provides him
self with an ample stock of the diff
ferent kinds of music needed for the
photo plays and prescribed on the cue
sheets. The same scores may be used
over and over again in an indefinite
number of scenes of similar general
type. The music is grouped together
and usually kept in folders marked:
love themes, agitatos, wsltzes, other
dances, minor themes, marches and
music of various nationslities. ORR
entail MUSIC forms folder by itself
because some of IT is used in nearly
every movie production.
Movie players are also instructed
to use soft music when titles and ex-
plantations are thrown on the screen
and no music at all when a speech is
delivered. Rumbling bass notes are
still used to indicate a storm in accord
with ancient custom, and soothing
music accompanies moonlight scenes
and pleasant tete-a-tetes. All the
types of music must be played in such
way that the audience feels no Jar
at the changes.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
mrs. BAKERARDE
DEVOTEE OF OPERA

OF an the social group in Wash
ington, Mrs. Newton Baker is un-
doubtedIy the most interested in the
development of opera in the National
Capital. She was the. first to believe
In the possibility of Edouard Albion's
idea and to actively cooperate with
him in the organization of the move
ment which has now eliminated in
the Washington Opera Company,
which will present Faust at the, Shu-
bert-Garrick Theatsr, the week of
November 16
"I believe in It more than ever"
said Mrs. Baker, when seen in. her
home in N street.
Again and again I have talked
with people who are taking part in
the productions, and they tell me that
Washington is a different place to
them since the opera is established.
'T believe in il from recreationsl
standpoint as well as for its art value
Singing seems to lift the singer into
q different world. How much more Is
this true when to the song is added
the thrill of the dramatic interpreta-
tion, the color effects OF the scenery
and costumes, and the harmony OF the
orchestra, as is the case ip the opera!
Then, too, there is the splendid oppor-
tunity for the young singers OF, Amer
lea to appear with the right. setting,
to say nothing Of the music lovers
who make up the audience.
1Tt Is wonderful that at last we can
say We have real opera IN Washing
ton"
Mrs. Bakers enthusiasm and active
support have done much to make pos
sible the establishment of the wash
ington Opera Company. She is, of
course, patroness and will attend
the performance during the week.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
DISCUSSES. CHILD
Who IS UNMUS|CAL

II am not ready to admit that there
is such a thing as an unmusicaI child
IL the term is used to denote a child
in whom there is no susce2ti- :
biiity to musical appeal" This un-
compromising assertion was made by
W. o. Meissner, music director of the
State Normal School, Milwaukee, in
the course of his address before the
recent convention of the National
School music supervisors :.
"a child brought up in an English
speaking family is un-French and un-
Italian because he cannot read those
languages" explained Mr., Meissner.
Likewise. If the language of music
Is not spoken in the home and the
school, the child is quite likely to be
unmusicsl IT is all a question Of op-
portunity and environment whether
or not one is able to understand and
enjoy the beautiful and universal
language of music.
The plea 1 want to make. is that
we offer to every child the oppor-
tunity to know music-that he democ-
ratize music by teaching 1t at public
expense in all it's branches, instru-
mental as well as vocal, in classes
like all other subjects. Let us give
music, the best we have, to all of the
people, all OF the time. A commun-
ity which has become truly musical
will have become a better place to
live in and will find life more worth
while"
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
SINGING TO MAKE
BETTER AMERICANS

To make good Americans out of
foreign-born girls of all nationalities
by means of singing, is the ambition
o. Mrs. Kenneth J. Muir, president OF
the New York League of Women
Workers. This organization has a
membership OF thousands of self-sup-
porting women, a large percentage of
whom are not Americans by birth.
woman more eminently fitted
than Mrs. Muir to promote such a
movement could hardly be found. She
first attracted wide public attention
as an efficient and tireless musical
pioneer through her work as secre-
tary of the international Festival
Choruses, which last spring brought
together in great song-festival in
New York city large groups from
twenty-five different nationalities.
She was also in charge of the activi-
ties of the chorus division of the
National League for Women's Service.
Explaining her devotion to this
work and her belief in its aid to
Mrs. Muir says:
'One must always bear in mind the
fact that people who can't talk to-
gether can sing together Music Is
the International language of the
world Anyone who hears for the first
time one of these choruses in our
women workers clubs may well be
astonished at the manner in which
foreign-born girls from all parts OF
the world get on a common footing
when they once begin to sing to-
gether. The girls themselves make
the most surprising efforts to main
tain their chorus work. They be-
lieve thoroughly in their slogan All
work and no play makes Jill a dull
Uirl and rhaU 20 L.
IT music one of the finest opportuni-
ties for individual expression"
Mrs, Muir plans to coordinate the
efforts of the International Music
Festival Chorus and the choruses Of
the Women Workers League, and to
direct them toward a mammoth fes-
tival to be held in two years time.
which she expects will comprise a
total of 40, 900 voices.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
SINGER LIKES TO
STUDY AUDIENCES

Ramon Blanchart. baritone, thus
writes:
'It is interesting to contrast various
publics. OF all the audiences that i
have sung before, in both the
Americas. in Italy, France. Spain. Rus
sis, and other places. the Russian
audiences are most enthusiastic. Men
as we'll as women will kiss your
hands or the lapel of your coat il you
have pleased them by your singing,
and there are few welcomes so touch
ing and so stimulating as those re-
ceived, for instance, in warsav or
Petrograd, when you come ont of the
theater and find crowd waiting to
escort you back to your hotel and
shout good wishes under your win
dow. Only in Russia is there found
the equal OF the spiendor and the
sum 1eoousness, one might well say
extra agance, OF the performances
given in the Americas.
When opera is a popular institu-
ton in the United States I certainly
expect to see far more American sing
ers than I see at the present time. /
have found, in the course of several
years of teaching in this country,
plenty of good voices. will say
more-plenty of individuals, cape
cially women. Of considerable dra-
matte talent but very few indeed
who have a sense Of what 1t means
to be on the stage. Nov in Europe
the young man or woman contem-
plating a stage career Is being edu-
Gated for such a purpose, unconscious
ly or otherwise, from childhood on
They are habitues Of the theaters.
and. rs students. usually receive spe-
cial privileges which make It possi-
BILE for them to sit in the presence of
the masters Of their art AVA. :
ut is exactly the same with Ameri-
can composers. 1t is not nearly 50
much. in my opinion that they lack
dramatic talent, but simply that they
have almost none of what I will call
a sense of the theater. OF what is or
is not effective, of what makes q
good outline, of the effect which car
rfes across the footlights
"As for opera in English 1 hardly
know what to say. For Americans,
certainly! But am frank to say that
1t appears to me impossible to sing
ones best either in English or In
German. prefer. Russian very
much to either of these languages.
since 1t is far more musical and vo-
cal, and, of course, singing is easiest
for me in French or Italian. And
then the translations of standard
operas are, as rule, so prosaic! They
do not inspire the singer as they
should."
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
JOHN MCCORMACK SPURNS
THE Willy PRESS AGENT

John Mccormick never had a press
agent. OF his personal history and
the events of his professional career
the public has known little except
what II has read in the papers from
time to time. OF especial interest,
therefore, came the announcement,
with the opening of the present sea
son. that book entitled, "John Nc
Cormack-His Own. Lfe's Story
made UP in large measure from his
own narrative and in some of its more
important passages literally from his
own words, was about to issue from
the press.
Those who have read IL, and are
qualified to Judge of IL, class IL as a
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
MUSIC CALENDAR

Wednesday. November IL, s:15-
Elizabeth Campanole, soprano, in
recital First Congregational
Church. Public invited. .
Friday. November IA, IL a, NJ
Friday Morning Music Club. Ar
lists recital by Mr.. Van HUI
steyn, violin; Vivienne Cordero,
accompanist. Cosmos Club.
4:3o p. m--Kreisler. violin, re-,
cital. Philharmonic course. Polls.
Monday, November 17.-"Faust"
of Gounod, by Washington Opera
Company. All week. Shubert-
Garrick.
Tuesday, November Is, $50
Philadelphia Orchestra. National
Theater.
Thursday, November 90, 4:30-
Louise Homer. song recital. Art
lists course. National.
$50 p. m.-First Harlan Even,
ing concert, Florence Baston, So
prano; Ralph Leopold, piano.
Friday, November. 81, ] a. m.-
Friday Morning Music Club. Ar
lists recital. Emmanuel Wad,
pianist. in all-chopin program.
Cosmos Club. -.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
Mrs. Baker Is Soloist,
Marine Band Assists,
And Everybody Sings

rehearsals for the presentation of his
work there on November 10.
He was met by friends at the pier
at the foot of West Fifty-fifth street.
To interyiewers he said that the
libretto of the opera was written by
Gabrielle d'Annunzio, the scene being
laid in Venice in the Middle Ages
when that city was called Queen of
the Seas. The hnal scene depicts
the launching of a ship. La Nave
was FIRST produced year ago at La
Scala Milan, and Is the third or
fourth opera Mr.. Montemezzi has
composed, the most famous being
The Love of the Three Kings"
Carlo Galeffi, baritone of the Chi
cago Opera, arrived with him on the
liner, and Will accompany Mr.. Mon
temezzi to Chicago today after they
have received their baggage.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
By j. Mach.

Music became literally the one uni
versal language here IN Washington
last Thursday, at the closing session
Of the International Women Workers
Congress
Official Washington showed its ap-
probation OF this fact through Mrs.
Newton ID. Baker and Mrs. Josephus
Daniels. For Mrs. Baker was soloist
and IL was Mrs. Daniels who secured
the services OF the United States
Marine Band for this significant event.
Music. flags, and flowers" said Mrs.
Raymond Robins, president of the
Fomen's Trade Union League. and
hostess for this International Con-
sress OF Working Women, translate,
today, to the foreign women among
rs. the friendship they have expressed
10 as in sending their delegates to
America"
BY request of the foreign women
Mrs Baker sang the Kipling "Reces-
sionsl," and for the first time she gave
this music without accompaniment in
gracious compliance to the desires Of
our foreign guests. Mrs. Baker first
gave The Battle Hymn of the Re
public" to the accompaniment of the
Marine Band. and then led com
Beautiful" The Star-Spangled Ban
her," and the "Marseillaise."
la Marseillaise" was given in three
languages. in French, Czecho-Slovsk
and in English, bringing with its en-
thusiasm Mile. Boullot, French dele
gate to the Congress. to a command
ing place on the table. II was Mile
Boullet who led the French Dress
makers strike in Paris.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
Universal Language at Closing of Women Workers Congress

timately sssocisced with Sst
thoughts OF the true aud The scasf
full The story OF MccormseEs Ni
is a romance. an Inspiration 9
shows what a youth. with a nRtu.
gift, can accomplish with the aid .
pluck and patience.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09

charming Characterization. a delight
ful story and valuable contribution
to the literature. of the day. Undoubt-
edly IL will gain quick access 20 the
homes of thousands of his friends and
admirers. dealing ae Il does with
subject dear to their hearts or in
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
sign OF the Times.

One OF the signs of the times.
promising for music but also and
equally for American life in general,
is the following resolution adopted
by the National Council of Women:
Music is a necessity. not a
luxury.
Every child has an inherent
right 70 a musical education
3-Unity though music is a means
to civic Improvement.
Patriotism is developed by
music.
5-The spirit of comradeship, re-
ssrdless Of race or creed is induced
by music.
s-Music is the most useful
medium in constructive work, in a
community. The saloon and dance
hall are being rapidly abolished; !;
there must be established in their
stead places OF clean amusement.
Music tends to encourage a
higher form of citizenship.
sTMusic Is q powerful curative for
mental, moral, and physical ailments.
9-Eyery city of $4,000 or more
should build a memorial commun-
ity club house. as the fountain head
for branches of music and social ac-
tiyity. for the entertainment of the
people of that locality.
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
Arrives FroH Italy.

Itatlo Montemezzi. the composer of
the opera La Nave" which is to be
produced here later by the Chicago
Grand Opera Company. arrived yes
terday from Genoa on the Italian
liner Duca degli Abruzzi, and will go
1T once to Chicago to superintend
The Washington times., 1919-11-09
Attractive Bags
andMuff Purses

Chiffon Velvet Shopping Bag, min.
inches deep, trimmed with fine mirror
and swinging inside pocket and fancy
silk Innings. This comes in black,
navy, taupe and brown and has c1n
the newest special snap top. 3AV
A Long Graceful Muff Purse made Of
goat leather. Seal trimmed with top
strap, inside overlapping frame and fin.
ished with a separate mirror purse; c7
bag lined with fine moire .... 5f
A Pouchy Black Morocco Bag trimmed
with mirror and purse lined with fine
moire silk. One Of the new &C
shapes so popular this year . @V
The Washington times., 1919-11-09

The AhAsfean Red Cross is Am.r1-
can manhood and womanhood mobtI-
ized for service as the Army .nA
Navy mebilised for Victory!
The Washington times., 1919-11-09

a
Mems -Women's Completely Fitted Tourists Cases

Ladies' Pigskin Travelling Case. fitted
with French ivory backed hair brush.
clothes brush, button hook, comb, nail
file, bottle for smelling salts, soap
case, hairpin holder, tooth brush c1C
and case '................. ~AS
Compact 15-Pieee Gentlemen's Touria
Case, containing stiff bristle, ebony
military brush, comb, soap case, nail file,
scissors, cuticle clippers, button hook,
glass containers, shaving soap, place
for razor, tooth powder, talcum pow
der, shaving brush, tooth brush e1C
and case ................ VIZ
Black Leather Tourist Case, contain
ing two solid-back ebony military
brushes, comb, toothbrush and case,
metal mirror, soap box, shaving soap,
shaving brush, talcum powder, Elm
bottle, and nail file ..... 3lV
The Washington times., 1919-11-09


Gentlemen's Tourist Case Of excellent
quality, double stitched, dark tanned
leather, lined with buff-colored calf skin.
Completely equipped with necessary
toilet articles. of unusual &26
Mems Travelling Case, of black seal
leather, fitted with solid back, natural
fox hair brush, comb, nickeled soap case,
talcum powder, shaving soap, shaving
brush, tooth paste, manicuring set, metal
mirror, bottle, tooth brush and &07
case ...'.,........ W.
Black Leather Dressing Case, consist
ing of beveled, glass mirror, nail file,
scissors, ebony backed military brush,
soap case, comb, shaving soap, &1A
tooth brush and case ..... VII
The Washington times., 1919-11-09

First-Aid Emergency Case
Equipped with absorbent cotton,
finger gauze bandages, adhesive
plaster, salve containers, safety
pins, court plaster, mustard plss-
ter, scissors, nippers and &C S0
glass bottles ... SosoV
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20
Gen. Brainard Relieved.

Brig. Gen. David l.. Brainard. L. : 4 =.
retired. has been relieved from ali
active service and ordered to his
home Recently he has been on duty
in the bureau of military intelN-
genCe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20
To Study Guatemala Money System

Under the appointment of the gov
eminent of Guatemala. Prof. E. w.
kammerer of Princeton University
will make a study of that countrys
monetary system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20
Tastes Like Million Dollars.

Even laSses tastes like a million dol
lars after six or ten meals of corn
willy and cold tomatoes. but when the
dusky fills up the meat lid with gobs
OF amber baked beas, cooked south
ern style. together with No. Ber-
muda onion and a size IL dill pickle,
then your soldiers cup of happiness is
filled to running over. He is in a
humor to forget the long ride in the
box cars and doesn't growl a single
growl at the 45-degree hillside hike,
which leads up to Camp Pontanezen.
The embarkation camp here is so
huge that, to the new arrivals, it
seems as If the gent who is leading
the parade has an ankle excursion
through the camp on his mind before
finally establishing them for a nights
sleep, where the fiat wheels are not
revolving at $50 rpm, but all the
time he is merely maneuvering for
the choicest billeting section wherein
to ensconce his braves before BIZ
vouacking for the night.
When "Unsling packs" is ultimately
chirped, you find yourself surrounded
by a forest of conical tents, COM
pletely installed with six spring beds
each.-those heavenly pallets of the
high-legged type used in the best hos
pitfalls at home and abroad. These
hunks are thoroughly equipped with.
no doubt. the first mattress you have
seen since you started paying install
ments on your service stripes-and
are awfully hard to take. The service
chevron, by the way, looks very gilt
terish on your olive drab sleeve, but,
like most outward evidence OF Army
existence. are mostly glitter and COW
err a multitude Of sins. To win a gold
service stripe in this mans side show
you got to first win a flock of black
and blue ones on various portions of
your anatomy by way of spending
myriad sleepless nights in hay mows,
wagon bottoms and on sacks of po-
tatoes. which proves. indeed, that all
that glitters is not gold. Shakes
peare spoke spoonful when he spake
them woids.
Wins Sleeping Handicap.
While sleeping is un9uestionably
one of the chief charms of peace-time
soldering and admitting that your
normal soldier. as well as the abnor-
NAL. is by no means an insomnia
flend; that first night at Brest wins
the sleeping handicap in this sea-
sons slumbering tournament and the
bugler never footed reveille who could
snap you out of that first mornings
beauty nap at Brest There are morn
ings when even the bugler wants to
sleep, and as officers, including sec
ond lieutenants. also occasionally get
ceremony of reveille Is amputated
from the Army menu on the morning
after arrival here.
But how about noon, when the post
cOmmandant yawns and discovers
that a new outfit is in camp, orders
start coming down from camp head
quarters faster than francs have
come down on the Paris change and
you begin to go through the mill that
is designed to turn you out on the
other side a boniflde civilian. with q
full pa!d-up life. membership in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-20
AUSTRIAN PROPOSALS
ARE BEING COMPLETED

ST. GERMAN, June 10 (by the AS
sociated Press The Austrian coun-
are being completed by the transmits
sion of notes daily to the council of
four through the French mission.
Baron Rudolph Won Slatin Pasha "a
former high official in the Egyptian
government who resigned his post
there when England declared war on
Austria. and who accompanied the
Austrian delegation to France as an
expert left today for Vienna. He was
accompanied by Herr Epstein, an
other member of the Austrian dele
cation.