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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-03
STAMFORD

l Owing to the inability of MT. B. L. Stevenson, National Organizer of the !tArnerican Red Cross, to attend, the
 meeting of the Stratford Chapter of l the Red Cross which was to have been iheld last evening in the Episcopal Parish House was postponed until 1 October '. Every local member should
 use great effort to attend this meeting as plans are to be made for the re- organizing of the chapter to do peace time work. Mrs. Sterling Filmer is the chairman of the committee in charge of the meeting.
 l Because of the fine programs which have been presented each evening at Rally Week exercises in the Methodist church many people are sorry that this Is the last evening that they will take place. During the week many fine speakers of repute have favored the meeting with their presence. Some of the most talented musicians both local and outside have given their ser vices. Among the best of the speak
 CTS who were engaged is Rev. J. M.
 Bersteeg, who will speak this even
 ing Rev. Bersteeg is very well known
 and is Associate Secretary of the Cen
 tenary Conservation Committee of the
 New York Area. Mrs. Lucy Chapin of Hartford will speak on Some Essen
 ttals of a Good Sunday School" while the pastor, Rev. Andrew Chamberlain, will speak on "The Sunday School.'' A harp solo by Professor [. S. Lee man and a tenor solo by W. N. Baker will complete the program.
 The many friends of Rev William H. Nicholl will be very pleased to hear that he and Mrs. Nichon have returned to their home from Demorest, N. J. Rev. Nichou suddenly became i'll at Demorest about a week ago. MT. and Mrs F. E. Plumb and fam fly have moved from their country home, Peace Acre" at Oronoque, to Bridgeport. MT. Plumb is of the firm of Plumb & Bartram.
 Paul Bova, infant son of Mrs. Mar garet Bova of Main street, fell down
 the stairs at his home, Wednesday,
 and broke his elbow.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Hosbach of Sut- ton avenue celebrated their eighth
 wedding anniversary on Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. George Bateman of Blakeman place are spending a few udyS at jersey C1ly, N J.
 Beside the Oakland car the Red Men will also raffle off on Saturday even ling. 50 pounds of sugar, one ton of coal, and a set of china ware. James Hughes, U. s. N, has re- turned to Washington, D. C., after spending a ten day furlough at his home on Broadbridge avenue. Edward Case of the United States Marine Corps is spending a few days in town as the guest of his uncle George Conkin, Of Main street lot 100x100; price S4,s00. Apply Peter Gleason, Stratford, Conn.
 RED MEN-Circus and Carnival, 1 Stratford Center, Sept. 20th to 27th. I9ap" | TEE c. ROCKWELL, plumbing
 and heating: jobbing a speciality. | Corner Main and Hillside avenue, Stratford- Q 10 tfs | Annie Hughes, who has done many notable Shakespearean creations, will l be seen for the first time in this l country as the Nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet' this season. Wal
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-03

Annie Hughes, who has done many notable Shakespearean creations, will be seen for the first time in this country as the Nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Ju1iet' this season. Wal &~@ JI-~aAA>A tS t~ L> kl~> .aass~A.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-10-03

{ TEZ c. ROCKWELL, plumbing and heating; jobbing a speciality. Corner Main and Hillside avenue, Stratford- Q 10 tfs
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
!
ASSANGLIKEB BIRD


Conflicting stories have been re
ceived as to the condition of Adelina
Patti, who for years held her vogue
as a scoIoratura singer Patti was
born in 1843, in Madrid. Her parents
we're operate people She. managed
to retain her personal charm and her
voice till long after she was sixty.
It should certainly interest the
younger singers and debutantes to
know that the reason for this. was
that she led a very careful and al
most abstemious life with regard to
diet. She was a canary bird in, more
senses than one, though she possess
ed considerable histrionic power and
would have made a fine and success
full soubrette even without her song.
She ate spariRglY. drank little, was
not particularly addicted to exercise
Then, too, except for the celebrated
scandal concerning her titled. hus-
band, the Marquis de ,Caux. and her
subsequent marriage to the gentle
man named in the divorce proceed
ings: the tenor, Ernesto Nicolini, to
whom she was greatly attached for
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
.VIOLS DEPART ON
brand new BYPATH
-.

An Interesting .by-path ltaken 5R3
the Yiols was in the development 81
,the viole d'amour, the unique feature
OF which is its system of sympathetic
strings. To begin with, it has seven
strings that are played on with a
bow. Beneath these, out of reach of
the bow, are stretched seven steel
strings which are supposed to vibrare
in sympathy with the bowed strings
and. enhance the power, of the sound
BerIioz speaks, Of its sweet. sersphie
tone" -. 81. = s.7.s ssgs
The, strings Of the viole d'anoalr
are tuned strictly in the key OF d
major, the lowest string being the
ID one tone above the lowest string
on: the viola, and the highest being
the D one tone below the violin. K
string. Although larger than. the
orchestral viola, tha viola d'amour; ts
played. in the same position. It Is
said to have remarkable powers for
playing chords, aEpeggios and har-
monies. --'l -. 5.... --'.1s. l'-'.ef s
( Bach used the vioie d'EmOur in
bis est. John Passion and Meyer
beer employed it to accompany an
air in the first. act OF Les Hugue-
nots." Since then it had never been
used in the modern, orchestra until
Charles Martin Loeffler, the Ameri-
can composer, wrote a part. for 1t in
his dramatic poem, La Mort de Tin
tagiles," after one OF Maeterlinck's
little dramas for. marionettes.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
THIS BIRD SINGS 81
SCRAPIMG Us wings

A katy-did nigh have lafyngitis
and keep. sII concert engagements. for
bis sss-song' comes from the soraping
together Of bis wings. This fact and
similar Interesting phenomena Of the
animal kingdom. are depicted - mo-
ton pictures 10 Be shown before
members OF the National Geographic
Society tomorrow afternoon and even
ing at New Masonic Temple.
! Dr. Raymond L Ditmars. Of the New
York Zoo. who took the pictures wfll
tell his adventures in obtaining them
La story as interesting as the pie
tures9themselves. Courage. was need
ed to snap Gunda, the nan-kilIlng
elephant; infinite patience to take
few feet OF flm each day for months
in order to show the development Of
the eggs OF frogs and tOads. and an
IN ngenious apparatus. consisting Of q
magnifying lens, q tripod as high IS
a tree a machine operated BY motor
win a belt attachment. and a search
hight to record the song OF the
.katy-did.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
.OURNbTIONAEHYI'.NIN
.s-Nf -
.ISIOGHARD tossing

why Is it that people cannot sing
The star.Spsngled Bahner2'' The
average, answer is that the range Is
too great. Eghsn written. in the. Key
of B flat the national anthem has n
range of twelve, notes.
Musicians say that the average fe=
male VOICE should be able to sing an
octave and a half without difficulty,
and q range Of. two. oetages is not
rare. The average male voice. with
some ctiltiYation, can take an octave
and a, half, The. sysrage uncultivated
voice. however. begins TO show signs
or. strain at ten or eleven notes and
the twelfkh note seems to be the rock
on! which the average American vocal
jst Is wrecked.
In church or IN continuity Sings
many OF those who, attempt to reach
The high note OF lSrhe Star-Spangled
Thus the average woman may be able
70 sing the anthem. but the average
= f'r Prscticsiiy;. every she 81 (if he knows
the Words) can sing ''Tbe Battle
Hymn Of the Republic" The range
Of this song is one octaye-eight
notes. "The. Marseillaise" and the
Russian hational hymn each. has
range. Of one octave and anybody with
half q Xoice can sins. either. OF them,
One explanation Of difficulty ex-
perieuced. in singing 'aThe Star-Span-
gled Banner" is that the proper meth
cd OF attacking the high notes-is not
used. A national song should not be
written in such a manner that only
trained voices can. sing it. Perhaps,
if somebody would remodel ''Srhe
Star-Spangled Banner" and remove a
couple of high notes; correct rendi-
tion by the public would. be more fire.
quent.y
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
HOW LOGAN WROTE
MISSOURI WALTZ

accidental happenings and unlock
edSfor incidents are often the start
ing point Of famous song hits. Such
Va the luck which once befell Fred
er lek Knight Logan, the popular
waltz. king in the case Of his Mis-
souri, Waltz y
KRtking along a country road, he
came across a seedy-loOking chap
seated on a rock picking on an old
mandolin. Over and over the strang-
er thumbed a weird and peculiar
strain that mGde deep impression
on Logan. When questioned as to
where he had Beard athe strain, the
fellow replied:
CTS as old ias ,the hills, mister.
My1tgrandfatherg told me he used TO
whletle il when he was stgboys iu
Missouri. And hezsaid- he first heard
an Indian hum i6 in Oklahoma =,
logan went hiss way. the strain
haunting him Ter weeks TO, get -it
out.f of his sysssta he sat, down. at
thespiano one night and worked over
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
EECoCQ KEPT ABREAST
OF TIMES UNTIL DEATH

It is rather inspiring to learn that
even in his old age Charles aLecocq
the composer Of Madame Angel" and
'Girofle-Girofia," j" who died the Other
day in his eighty-seventh year. kept
well abreast of the times in the evo-
luton Of music.
"Lecocq was a ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
notes the London Dsfly, Telegraph
He loved and knew almost by heart
his Bach and his Mozart--his two
musical gods-arid he9wasyamong the
first to. recognizeSthe Eeniqe of Wag'
ner at a time wheh tina composer
was anathema to, the. Inajority. And
almost alone among niusiei1ns of his
generation he fpund3 4, interest and
pleasure in studying .thes scores OF
Richard Strauss. samong fhem the
Domestic Symphony and 'Salome.'
-- T. -
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
FRANCE !. HAD | ! FIRST !.
SCHOOL. OF MUSIC

Between the rivers Seine and somme;
just where the eyes and hearts
Of, the world today are .centered
there hoU=Ishsd in the fourteenth
century an early-indeed. e. first
school of music. From this. parent
stock ofr-shoots spread 70 every ma
ti0n, and p6lyphony-that rich en-
twining of many voices into har-
monious. whole, was originated
Sometimes. even, in this early day
harps and psalteries were used, and
sometimes t. was horns and flutes and
strings that charmed the hearers at
the old-time concerts
In the sixteenth, century, just as in
the days of ftroubadours and jongiehrs,
the musicians Of attainments reused
even in the breast OF kings "a desire
for rivalry in the field OF art It was
willy Josqnln de Pres. who, being im-
portuned by Louis XII for a pIace.in
the court band, wrote a unique COM
position dedicated to his monarch.
Apparently the kings musical ability
was not equal to his ambition, for in
the elaborate orchestral composition
which followed. based on q popular
melody, the kings part consisted Of
one single note, repeated In varying
rnyInmB! -.5.s--s, 4 -
1t was a primitive orchestra for
which those early composers wrote,
even as late as the seventeenth cen
Htury. The guitar was always popular
In it's many forms as we'll as the
stringed Instruments played with a
bow; a numeF6as family from which
have descended finally to us the bet
ter members; violin, viola, cello, and
double-bass.
Every boy who has ever Matched
holes in a willow stick or river reed.
knows the charm OF the flute and
6boe. Our large English horn 50 rich
and plafntiVe in color is OF this class,
and so Is the bassoon, or ''fagotto," as
the Italians CALI it,. becahse the. dou-
bled. and. redoubled tube looks like, q
bundle Of faggots.
AS for brass, we have had that in
ats many forms since the fan OF Jeri-
cho. In the time Of Lulit they called
their tronb6hee, "sackbutts," and a
combination OF two ryIolins, two cor
nets and four trombones was regard
ed as a perfect accompaniment, to
church competitions. The first ora tofIo
was accompanies by q -harpstchord, a
double Tyre, a. theof6o double guitar)
and two flutes. 80
IL
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
TALKING MACHINES AID IN
APPRECIATION OF MUSIC

The advantages Of the talking ma
chimes are very evident in their re-
suits. People who would not hage
known a note years ago are exchang-
ing criticisms on the different ways in
which singers Of varying style sing
the same aria, for instance; a thing
which is not only good for the hear
ers, but for the singers of the arias.
In the rural districts Of the United
States, and in the. backwoods OF Cam
ada, alike, people have been prevent
ed by their isolation from hearing the
best; now many of them have music
in their own homes. 1t is a wonderful
advantage to a singer when the public
welcomes an aria or a song as an
old friend as he begins Ii, and, can
with some degree OF intelligence dIf-
ferentiate between the subtlettes, of
his, Interpretation and that OF some
one else, -h. e, !;
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
IKE WALTON'N SAf
HESA COMEDIAN


Somebody win, q propensity Eof
telling tales about sea monsters that
IzasE Walton would have been siad
to iaSi0k, Is invited 70 the Gavely
Iheater this week to match the yarn
that George +. Hayes. featured star
with Rose Sydeles London Bellies
.broUghs % town about his prize catch
at Palm Beach.
Feeling the need of q sea air tonlc
Hayes iOusneyed to the land of TIE
palms fdr nsEing excursion last
month. It was during the gala days
WHEN society was sunning itself On
the sea sand. and Hayes vas invited
to be = t.Inember OF ashIhk parts
that set out against the tribe Of san
hsh, which come IN ali weights. from
nfty pounds up.
According to the story Hayes
sprung about his eaten, the total
pouhdase sewas around 900 pounds
one big sail ish, who was flo0ked
after two hours patient waitinGt
knocked the lunch out oe the- noat
when he was hauled In. Hayes a.
serts. For this reason be went 70 the
dinner table first.
Harry Jarboes manager or the 57Ez
ETY. Theater, today said he . WlilIr
to. put up pfizs for the most platisf-
bic story related during . seasrn ~
comedians who pose as fishermen -
eases Involving fsh caught outside
washington, the evidence win consist
ef An AFFIDAVIT from the angler and q
ststeuneut from some disintefested
witness.
The Gayety star has been IN Dur-
lesoue sfx years. ana his forte is Inn
personatinr rural policemen This y
- third season with Rose Sydell's
company.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

clubs-Rotary. :, Kewanis, business
mems and, womsn's clubs-whan Rtsle
'Helpsthe -Boys.Get.a-JobS fdea can
be emphasized with and by the ,slns-
ing! tssFf fEl sTff SFNIt stf
An! instance is related by a Mrs.
Brown, in charge of the work Wlth
girls at Hoboken, n. J., Of the social
izing influence of the sings. She says
that If II were not for the singing IN
the factories, where large numbers OF
girls are employed, she would hna lt
almost impossible to get enough girls
for. her dances and parties for the
men in the service.
&Remote Contact" the third divfs-
ion, continues the maintaining OF good
spirits, Of morale" in civilians, and
sustaining among them interest in the
achievements Of our men. This-is 20
be accomplished through the commun-
ity chorus, and singing at miscellan-
eous gatherings.
This last continuance of wartime
measure-which surely has come 70
stay-bFings about, in Mr.: Dykema's $
opinion, direct relationship to the
memorial idea for "the boys" that IS
now being agitated.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

the strain until he had developed :t
into a waltz, which in short order
became one of the best sellers. =
The luck which led to this and
other successes. the unoriEinality y, of
some of them and 'hodge-pe char
acter of still other hits leaves open
the question of whether successful
song-Writing is a knack, an art, or
just sheer good fortunes --a5
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

A "memoriaT' is being urged that
will assume the form of a Giving me-
mortal" Social agencies generally are
trying, Mr.. Dykema finds, to have this
living memorial community center
consisting Of building and grounds de-
voted to the social and reereational
uses OF. the community as a whole.
The yaEiety of people who have. been
reached and who should continue 10
be reached in this way--by community
singing in large or small groups-ls
astonishing. ~.
Around washington, for p, instance,
this spirit of music has been given in
mass community sings, in theaters, IN
hospitals-at Walter. Reed and St
Elizabetffs, and so on; in institutions
orphan asyIums, Soldiers Home, in
jails and penal Institutions, in church,
es, in departments Of the Governments
in large stores, in factories, such as
the works at the navy yard; in neigh
borhoods, at service clubs for men, at
meetings of the W. C. C. s., of the, 7.
II. c. A, and the Y. W. c. A., the X. or
c., the Salvation Army, in business
mems groups like the Rotary Club, in
social and professional groups, at the
Arts Club
And all this. needs organization and
cooperation Mr.. Dykema has in his
working list fourteen or sixteen
groups Of helpers. Their duties are
manifold and their capabilities have
been tested and have proven how the
opportunity produces the msn-or
woman. A quickened social consci-
ence has come into being through the
exigehcfes Of war. 1t should be con-
served for the sake Of the community.
The Text Of the community at this
and at all moments, is: t4a-
Lest we forget" -,
The Washington times., 1919-03-20


charm, her vocal ability and her al
most impeccable musical ear, which
enabled her to perf5rm the most dif-
ieult and florid passages with the
utmost ease She was always true
to pitch. $3.50.
ChiIdishness 40 Attitude,
Z : All herflife she maintained. "a scer-
tain childishness@ OF attitude. She
never borrowed. stroHble. and. she
never. permitted trouble s.to.s come TO
her, if she could. help It. She kept
everything that vas harsh. or dis
Agreeable. or unpleasantN awl6y from
her, did not want know anything
about IT. So In arsense she 7fved IN
an atmospfere Of her own. surround
ed by fFfepds admirers Aflztterers,
Except in her earlier years when she
was under. the management and ttfts-
Iage OF the Strakosches. who were re-
lated to the Patti family By mar
riage, she never saw. anything oi
isfe but its most sweet candy like
slde2 --5 -, s-is=.s i.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20


After Nieolini she married young
masseur,. the SWedishs Baron Ceder-
stfom This occasicned considerable
comment. Her faVorite home was at
the castle Craig-y-Nos in Wales,
where she had a wonderful estab-
lishment to which she was devotedly
attached. They say. in her psrlor she
had souvenirs OF all the crowned. and
uncrowned heads OF Europe; Asia.
Africa and Australia, not to speak OF
two American concert gfands.
During her career she earned no
less. than. $4,000, 900. Her regular Zee
for performances in later years. cer-
fainlY, was 5000, and. she insfsted
upon having her money before she
Tonld go on the stage! She evidently
dld,Hot put her trust In managers.
Those who heard Patti only IN her
later years have no idea OF her
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

. CENTER MEMORIAL


"These things wes are doing are
laying foundations for the most en-
during things. of this country" -.
The statement was made by Peter
W. Dykema, who has just concluded
his service with the cOmpisE On on
training camp activities, and has be-
come the general. organizer for, COM
munity singing for the city Of WASH
ineton, in connection with, the War
Camp Community Service,
aWhat we haye built up with this
organization he said. for IN his war
work Mr., Dykema also co-operated
with the w. c. C,S., "has been so pro-
ductive of good to our young people
that IL can't fall back
1t is in the community s relation to.
and responsibility for, the returning
men in service, with which Mr.. Dy-
keTna is concerned. He feels that the
rabors of the War Camp Community
Service-now that rehabilitation has
brought camp activities to an end
have vet a broad and useful channel
In which to work for men in uni
form. or men just out of uniform.
And this channel he divides into
three headings, with many activities
under each one.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

many years, and who took great care
OF. her, her life was fairly free from
martial trouble. -.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20
Tiny Arm enian Boy Tramps
Streets TO Aid Millions


The Turks. . |
slew his.a |
father and |
two : brothers i
on his
birthday, 1
and now ne |
!. is in New !
York going
about from
, place to place
{ and asking
people in the
few English
words he
knows to
contribute.
toward the
relief Of
100000
orphans and
!. millions of
others in the
Near East.
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

.co-operation of the community and
understanding OF the aim and purpose
of these activities are paramount is
si,es in Mr. Dykema's outline of his
,,rogrann Some or It Is a continuance
~; customs already become firmly es-
tablished as, helpful to, the social
weil-beinG of the city.
First, he plans TO come in direct
contact with the men in service;
either in person or through one OF his
many auxiliaIies.
Second, he purposes to reach tneni
bv indirect contact.
trrbj-d his plan embraces, what he
coIIs remote gcontact''-th through mass
infuence general infuehce.
I And how4are these res0lts i-to be
consummated?
'It will belhseSy: lovely IL we can
keen. apSs after-she 2 s'huFrahs isa over,
some active appreciation for the ssr'
Jtice the men have performed-caTry
4kis appreciation. into the homes or the
81 ction in which he lives" Ar. Dykema
saws. 1T is surely the desire Of the
public to do SO, but it will not be done
without. guidance. >- -
1--WE. propose, under the first head:
ina-the Direct Contact he ex-
planned, s'.to meet incoming ships and
trains, on board and at docks ara
stations2not let the boys be crammed
into trains and started on to the West
without some token OF ga welcome
home''o appreciation"
Mr.. .Dykema them cited the use OF
music for parades and''receptions; in
hospitals, and in other Government
institutions.
= For the men already mustered out
provision is made for Organizing pup
lie gatherings, especially such as con
s,st OF the relating OF Experiences I'm
the service; for the: singing out OF
service men in various civilian
sings" in. faatories, churches, the
aanrs etc
The Washington times., 1919-03-20

~Indireet Contact Is designed . to
create conditions which VIII result in
better service and. appreciation to-
ward the men in the service, on the
part=of civilians, -:
sUnder this heading special features
Sre arranged. fer singing in. depar=-
6ent stores; for singing at.empioyers'
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-11
Department of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Conmission
NOTICE

Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south Of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office is
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering COM
mission.
| Tickets will be on sale a. any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be-
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot Of
, A street on Wednesdays and Satur.
days at 8 a. m.
On and after july 18th the freight
on the North side of the river at
Camp AIS dock will be shipped out
Tuesday and Friday of each week,
leaving at a. M, until further
notice.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1919-09-11
concerned, are not as they should

concerned, are not as they should
be.
Our only consolation in the coal
fund lies in the knowledge that Sec
rotary of the Interior Franklin X.
Lane, Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Franklin Roosevelt, Senator
Miles Poindexter, and other firm
friends of the North are putting
forth their best efforts to see if this
money cannot again be placed at
the disposal of the navy. Until
that time the development of the
Matanuska coal fields. cannot be
fastened, and the people here must
be content with the gradual extern
sion of the work on the same scale
as now.