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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-03-05
JEFFERSON

NOTTINGHAM RIDGE, March s.-we are
having fine weather and the last snow storm
the roads quite drifted in s0me places.
Our school which closed for some time
on account of the flu has again opened and is
progressing nicely. Stella Berg no sick
with the hu has returned TO her school near
Coon Valley. Quite a number of cur Youd
neighbors are moving away this spring. Roy
CaCe has rented his farm and Is mov'-w 70
Viroqua; Herman Christensen sold his farm TO
Amund TrygRestad; Ward White also moves
on his new farm which he recently bought
near Viroqua. Therman Cade went TO Chi
cage day last week SNOW BIRD.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-03-05
Business House Returns.

Employers and others who paid
wages, salaries, rents, interest or sim
liar determinabIe gains ia an amount
Of 1000 or over during 1918 to any
person must file an information return
with the Government Blanks may be
secured from the Collector.
Every partnership must file a return
showing its income and deductions and
the name and address Of each partner,
with his share Of the profits or losses
during the past year. Personal service
corporations viii file similar iDforms-
ton for 1915.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

boy 1926 miles to hear that speech. It
did not impress me any about free trade,
but | did remember what he said as to a
tax on uxuries, and your leaders all the way
down to the present moment have been
for it.
What is the matter with you Democrats
anyway? One of your leaders is in Paris
and another is retiring from public life in
order to recoup his private fortune. You
had better get some leaders back to try to
get you back to your platforms through all
these years, and not have you seduced bv
those who are against the proposition of
taxes on Injuries.
remember when we had the debate here
on the Underwood Simmons BILL The dis
tlnguished Senator from New Hampshire
(Mr. Hollls)-I wish he were here now--one
OF the best men who ever sat in any legis
lative body on earth, one with heart that
has some responsive beats to the great
heartbeat Of humanity-in q speech he made
here enunciated that Democratic doctrine
Of tax on luxuries and that strong Demo-
crat from Indiana, Senator Shively who has
gene to his reward, enuncated the same
doctrine here, and that great Democrat
from acknowledgement of heart, great of
brain and great of body, who has likewise
passed to his reward-dear old Ollie James.
and wish he were here now-on that NIGHT
with crowded galleries, made this chamber
ring with the old Democratic doctrine Of
taking the taxes off the sugarbowl of the
poor and putting it on those who could bes+
stand it,
You have gone out on tho stump from ono
end OF this country to the other preaching
that doctrne-and am talking in a heart
felt way to you Democrats because T 1;ko
you-but you have just been thrashed com
pletely and when you do this Won will, ho
wiped off the map" do not want to soo
you come to such an untimely death so and
denly. You have gone to cverv part 80
TINS country and talked to the people about
the tax on luxurjcs I do not believe that
there is man on the other side Of th;.
chamber who has not made that kind 10
speech have heard some of you do IL
in days gone by.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

try every year, bound in nice binding, these
Democratic campaign textbooks exhibit
ing), wonderful works of the verest fiction,
tales that rival those of Baron Munchau-
sen, clothed in a modcsty that is quite
wonderful, that all the relations of the uni
verse and every thing that is good has come
from the action of the Democratic party.
| notice in one of these publications that
credit is taken entirely for the Smith Lever
bill for the Democratic party, when every
body knows that the old patriot from Yer
mont Senator Page, had more to do with
the passage of that bill than any other liv
ing man. fact which has been so gener-
ously conceded many times by the Senator
from Georgia (Mr. SMITH.
But l wish you would take up and read
your own promulgations to the American
people Of course, there are some parts of
these promugations that you would not
want to read The arraignment of ex-Presi-
dent Taft, I imagine, in one of these
books, for junketing around the country at
public expense when he ought to have been
in Washington, is something perhaps you
would not want to read; but the general
doctrine therein enunciated is that taxes
should be imposed on Injuries am not
going to fill "The Record with them You
held out the Underwood Simmons bill as
something for the people to support, because
it levied such duties luxuries
Why the change? There seems to be so
much mystery about this bill. We had the
newspaper announcement of the terrific
fight that the Republicans we're going to
make against the bill, and then overnight it
all seems to have been changed hope
that some reason can be given lis for this
change.
wish we could go further in the tax on
Injuries. | never see an automobile coming
down the street with distinguishedly gowncd
ladies sitting in the rear seat and Pc
klngesc pup sitting by their sides, or some
stalwart man, as you every night,
out exercising some of these chow chow
dogs, that do not wish that we could put
tax on some of these things, and either blot
out this nauseating ostentation or else raise
some revenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

first Of a long line to invest with the
glamour of romance the music of opera. In
the phrase Of the psychiatrst he was
visual and an 'audtive he saw his situa-
tions and landscapes and characters before
he heard them, painted them in tone He
was master of that elusive quality we
call atmospheric
1t is only to be expected, of course,
that praises run high over the beauty
and variety of "Oberon's" music. There
is the same enthusiasm over Urbans
settings, which may be summed up in
1.-THE Posts" remark that
Joseph Urban has seldom if ever shown
so much imagination as in the nine scenes
provided for this revival Whatever one
may think of the lbretto, which is sillv
and not very comprehensive it does afford
abundant scope for scene painter's
genius"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

l shall introduce an amendment to the
text of the committee amendment. should il
be voted down, providing, in addition TO the
taxes therein contained, that there shall be
included in the prohibition against exemp.
ton the amount Of every meal at any hotel
cafe, dining or eating house in excess
Of 50 per person
If Senators would only understand this
bill as it has come to us from the House
1t provides that carpets and rugs of over
50 per square yard there shall be a 20 pei
cent tax Rugs may be necessities, but, o.
course, the usual necessities would be com.
pretended under the terms of SIS per yard
II people want to surround themselves with
Oriental rugs and Injuries costing more
than that, let them pay for it; that is
reasonable
The Senator from Washington in his
speech on the Simmons Underwood bill r.-
tered something that I thought good deal
about under this problem Of taxation, and
1t applies TO that exact situation. lie said
at that time that we should tax super
flutes. So with this bill
As to the second item, picture frames in
excess OF $40 each; is that not enough 10
spend on an ordinary picture France II
you want picture frame that is gilded or
bronzed to cost more than $40. il is in the
nature of a superhuity; but if that should
appeal to YOU then pay for it. Those who
can have these great Injuries are willing
to pay for them. Taxes upon such articles
can be collected without irritation and with
out injuring anybody.
Nalises in excess Of S25 each II any
one wants to pay more than S25 for valise
or travelling bag. why not let him pay
tax on it?
Hand bags, in excess of $3.50 each. What
harm Will como to any one who wants 70
buy hand bag for $50 or $50 by being
compelled TO pay tax upon the amount in
excess of the $3.50? So Il runs-~umbrellss.
suits Of clothes, women's suits OF clothes
and so forth
But leave this. Mr.. President. without
further remark, merely calling II TO the al
tention of the Senate in the hope that there
will be some discussion.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

the section are not in themselves Injuries
but necessities, when more than a certain
price is paid they become luxuries. In
other words, it is a tax upon ostentation.
AS the House provided, as to suits of cloth
ing Of $50 this tax would not applv. hut
where more than $50 was paid there would
be tax of 20 per cent on the surplus above
the $780,
Upon shirts under SO in value, no tax;
above that, tax. That ought to be
sufficient price to pay for necessary gar
ment of that character, but if some people
wanted to array themselves in glory equal
to Solomon's and pay more than that, the
tax should be levied That is the theory
upon which the House concluded to make
this section tax upon luxures Now, the
action Of the committee, it seems to me- is
amazing. At time when we are raking
every source of revenue and business in
this country to secure taxes we are strik-
ing out of this bill the tax known as the
tax on luxuries.
What the House Committee in their re-
port say / want to put in "The Record"
because / realize that the Senate will not
pay much attention to this matter, but |
some day are going to begin to inquire
about this bill and begin to study it and
observe the soft cushions for the lighting
Of those who have secured great war
proflts and they are going to inquire why
it is that the Congress Of the United
States, especially the Democratic party
strikes out Of the bill the tax on luxuries
The House Committee says in their re-
port:
I'm recommending excise taxes in the
proposed bill your committee has endeav-
ored to select articles that fall within two
classes; % Articles that are more or
less luxury because Of their nature, and
~ articles that become in the nature of
a luxury when sold for more than a fixed
price"
That is the basis Of this provision.
The purpose Of the committee in recon-
rnendng these taxes Is twofoId a To
provide revenue, and ca to reduce cxtray-
agance. "a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

OF all the reports that come to the SEN
ate from the committee, the only one at
all referring to this, as l read it, is the
report Of the Senator from Wisconsin
Mr. La Follette. He says:
81 am also Of the opinion that the pro-
posed taxes on occupation, amusements-
particularly of the cheaper knd-taxes
upon freight, express and passenger rates,
upon telegraph and telephone messages,
and consumption taxes generally, should
be eliminated from the bill and that
heavy tax should be imposed on luxuries."
Mr. President, not only is there the ne
cessity of securing revenue which this
would do to the extent of $185, OOO. 600, as
estimated in the House report. but if the
amendment which l shall propose to the
text shall be adopted, providing for tax
on meals at hotels, restaurants, dining
cars, above certain amount in value, it
Will add enough to this to make $780,
100000 tax on luxuries Can ANYBODY tell
me, in these times when we are taxing
everything under the sun except the air
we breathe, why this tax on luxuries
should not be levied? There is something
HoIe IMAM raising revenue. Senator's
there is a psychology about this situation.
1t is blind man indeed in this country
who buries his head in the sand and will
not look out and see the conflicting tides
flowing in the ocean of our national life
to-day, and that psychology is this You
do not want to send word to the people of
the country or have them believe that n
tax bill is shaped as to favor big bust
ness, and shaped as to favor those who
have secured the great war profits, and
so shaped as to take the taxes off of the
inconsequental and useless Injuries.
What can be said to you Democrats in
doing that? What leadership arc you fol-
lowing? For 100 years, since the second
inaugural Of Thomas jefferson down to
April 8, 1913, when Woodrow Wilson ad-
dressed the American Congress, your
party has stood for n tax on Injuries.
remember as boy Roger Q. Mills com
ing out to iowa to instruct our farmers as
TO the bcausies Of free trade. travelled ms
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

"but they are not those Of music
drama. The work Is series of separate
pieces, each complete in itself, like the
numbers of a Handelian opera. They are
almost without exception unsteady delight
full, though some of slightest texture
and evanescent charm. There are strains
of that peculiar folksong quality which so
endeared Weber to Germany and which
first broke upon the captivated Teutonic ear
in the music of Der Freischiitz,' Weber's
greatest and truest creation. The Mermaid
song in 'Oberon,' exquisitely sung by Marie
sundelius, is an especially good example of
this style. Rezia's second aria is another
of Weber's inspirations In fluent and singa-
Bile melody
"Weber was not the first poet" says
1.-The Times" outlining his many dis
tinctions,
"to speak in terms Of music but he was the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

What is the matter? What has gotten
into you? Is there such a fetch for COM
mittee action that you do not dare to vote
against the committee? Have you any in
dependence when great question like this
is involved-one that is fundamental?
Mr. HITCHCOCK-Mr President
The VICE-PRESIDENT-Doe the Sena-
tor from Iowa yield to the Senator from
Nebraska?.
Mr.. KENYON-~I yield
Mr.. HITCHCOCK-Ca the Senator from
Iowa give US any assurance Of what sup
port there will be on his side of the
chamber?
Mr. KENYON-There will be a very
strong support; l will give the Senator
from Nebraska that assurance.
Mr. HITCHCOCK-I am very glad to hear
it. | have had some doubts
Mr.. KENYON-I think, while it has been
one Of the cardinal doctrines of the Demo
cratic party to tax luxuries, it has likewise
been a cardinal doctrine of progressive Re-
publicanism as we'll. Not only that, Mr.
President, but you could CLEAN good deal
OF wisdom from once in a while consulting
the writings and messages of Grover Cleve-
land, that honest old Democrat, who was
always willing to have the truth told
Mr.. THOMAS-Mr. President, I respect
fully protest against the classification of
the late Grover Cleveland as Democrat
Mr.. KENYON-That may be the reason,
Mr.. President, why luxury taxes have been
stricken out of this bill Grover Cleveland
stood for taxes on Injuries.
Mr.. THOMAS-No, Mr.. President, but be-
cause Cleveland, in his Administration, was
a great deal more of a Republican than he
was n Democrat.
Mr.. KENYON-I am afraid that if the
old former President in the world beyond
can hear that he certainly will be shocked.
Anyway, Notwithstanding this admonition,
| will venture the suggestion that in his
third annual message Grover Cleveland
said:
The taxation of Injuries presents no
feature of hardship"
You Democrats have sent out to the coun-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

N years New zorh's opera ,'I,.. stage
has again renewed diplomatic
relations with Carl Maria Won
Weber's Anghcized German "Oberon."
The Metropolitan has paid it, in the care
and beauty expended in its setting, IN
skilful but sympathetic Encouragement
the tribute this exquisite fantasy de-
serves as being the origin, though the
disputed origin, of all fairy music, bits
Of which have f1oated so far afeld that
we hum them with never a thought of
"Oberon' or it's celebrated composer
"Oberon" ran the gauntlet of the critics,
receiving their welcome and their kindly
censure, such as is due any product Of
the stage that has been with us for half
a century Of course, "Oberon" is not
an opera Even Mr.. Artur Bodanzky's
skilful rearrangements, his suppression
of extraneous characters, his cutting of
the stage tableaux from twenty-one to
nine, has failed to give it absolute CO.
herence, suspense and the rest Of
course, there were moments Of bore
dom, bits of bad enunciation by non
English speaking singers singing in Eng
lsh All this was only to be expected,
to be thrown into discount Every one
was glad to see "Oberon." Urban's set
tings made it sight worth seeing-and
to hear the exquisite rendering of songs
and overtures, bound to remain with
us when "Oberon," with its princes and
fairies and palaces, passes into the for
gotten.
Indeed, the tributes to great COM
poser's greatest music so far exceeded
caustic comment that many explained
why "Oberon" had remained so long
absent. Says "The POST:
"'But why, for heavens sake the reader
may ask, If "Oberon" is such a superative
product of super-genius has it been neg
lected SO long; why has it not been heard
in New York since 1870? And why has it
now, at last, been staged at the Metropol-
tan, only eight years less than century
after its first production in Europe?' The
answer to these questions must be con-
densed into few lines, though there is
material for most romantic and pathetic
tale"
The reason is
because In its original form 1t was rather
a musical variety show, with gorgeous back
ground Gas much as $4,000 had been spent
the scenery, than a real opera. Weber
himself recognized this fact and bewailed
it. After his death his wife testified that
he intended to remodel the whole score
and make it the greatest of his works"
To this every one agrees, some, al
belt, with reluctance, The Tribune be-
lieving that
"'Oberon' has suffered wrong from being
described as a hybrid thing which would
have been turned into homogeneous art
work had Weber lived to revise his score
for the German stage"
"In its original FORM says "The
Herald"
"'Oberon,' with its Kaleidoscope changes
Of scenery, constant dialogue and numerous
non-singing characters who served to inter
rupt the musical effect without advancing
the interest of the story, was in reality
what in the artistic language of the day
called a 'singspiel or play with
music
"The glories of this 'Oberon' score are
not few" comments "The Sum-" after
bitter attack on the opera as an opera,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
The Golden Book Of Congress

wv THAT is a luxury; where is the
wv line drawn between neces-
saries and luxuries? Con-
gressmen are not ALWAYS
authoritative on matters that so far
transcend legislative simplicity, yet they
have had to wrestle with the problem
considerably. Hark here to Senator
Kenyon, who warns the Senate solemnly
OF the extreme need of tax on luxuries.
He speaks in this wise:
Mr.. KENYON-Mr. President, wish
to draw the attention of the Senate to Sec
ton 9o5, page 1919, of the printed BILL I
realize how useless it is generally, especi
ally amid the confusion in the Senate to
draw attention to these sections and try
and have the action OF the committee
changed by vote of the Senate. think
there have been at times as many as
twelve or thirteen Senators in the Chamber
during the discussion of this bill-seldom
any more-and when the time comes to vote
on a section Senators rush in, the chair
man OF the committee announces in the
midst Of the rollcall that a vote "yea" ia
70 sustain the committee and vote may"
~ against the committee. and Senators al
most fall over themselves supporting the
committee. think If the people Of the
country could look down from the galleries
on some OF these proceedings they would
wonder what ia the use of having any SEN
ate here outside Of the committee
So 1t Is with great diffidence that dis
agree with the COMMITTEES in their action
in striking out Section 905. 1t IL what is
commonly accepted as section providing
for tax on luxurics. I find In no report
Of the committee any reason for this nc
ton, neither in the majority report nor in
the minority report. We have had no word
on the floor from the chairman of the com
mittee o. any member Of the committee an
70 Why this was done.
The theory Of the section AZ piaced here
by the House IN that while wearing ap-
pareI and articles that may be covered by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

But ON most days just a child
Dimpled grown folks are,
Cold of kiss some north star,
Violet from the valleys wild
Shared as innocence must be,
Fleeing, prisoned, chained, half dead
At the end of fortunes dread
Roaring cowboys set you free.
Fly, 0 song, to her to-day,
Like the cowboy cross the land,
Snatch her from Belasco's hand
And that prison called Broadway
All the village SWANS await
One dear lily-girl demure,
Saucy, dancing, cold and pure,
Elf who must return in state.
From The Congo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
TO MARY PICKFORD
By Vachel Lindsay
By Vachel Lindsay

"a MARY PICKFORD, doll divine,
W. Year by year, and every day
A. INA At the moving picture play,
You have been my valentine.
Once free-limbed page in hose,
Baby Rosalind in flower,
Cloakless shrinking in that hour,
How our reverent passion rose,
How our fine desire you won.
Kitchen wench another day,
Shapeless, wooden every way,
Next fairy from the sun.
Once you walked a grown-up strand,
Fishwife siren, full Of lure,
Sharing with devices sure
Lads who murdered on the sand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05

REHEARSAL: Prouincefotvr1 PLAYERS
Ida: You playwrghts are nothing if not
unreasonable
Eugene: How SOP
Ida: This part calls for one-armed seaman
Eugene: Easyl Just keeps his arm inside
his-
Ida: But the stage directions read: 'Ee
places both elbows the table in gesture
of despair.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-05
Metropolitan Re-
wives anOld
Opera

A FTER lapse of almost fifty
~ years New York's opera stage
has again renewed diplomatic
The Elbert County tribune., 1919-04-25
CHAPTER xxIII.
A White Woman and a Brown.

For few weeks Mrs. Hardin found
the mess tent dlverting. Before the
Delta had expanded the capacity of
the camp her soft nook had been over
taxed. her hospitality strained. The
men Of the reclamation service, thrown
into temporary inactivity, were eager
to accept the opportunity created for
another. Failing that other, her zeal
had tagged. Events were moving
quickly Mt the break; Rlckard was alb
| sorbed. Mrs. Hardin told herself that
: 1t was the heat she wished to escape /;
f: not to her own ear did she whisper
/ that she was following Rickard, nor
Athat the percolator and chafing DISH
her shelves and toy kitchen were
F.: wasted effort. She kept ON good terms
,-with herself by Ignoring self-confi-
. dences.
f: slowly. took his meals irregulnrly. His
breakfast was gulped down before the
women appeared; his dinners where
i. he found them.
| "No wonder!" reflected Gerty Har-
din. ''Llng's cooking is so bad" Small
wonder the manager foraged for his
meals.
She worked out a mission as she
| lay across her bed that hot afternoon.
Her duty became so clear that she
| could no longer lie still. Immediately
she must retrieve her weeks of idle
| ness; what must Rlckard think of her?
She buttoned herself thoughtfully into
frock of pale colored muslin, cream
slipping toward canary. White was
] too glaring on a red-hot day like this.