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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

H%HERE were big doings last Tues
day night at the Lexington
Theatre, where Campanini's
singers are established. New
York saw and heard Massenet's opera,
"Cleopatre," for the first time. And
New York was really thrilled.
AS for the opera itself, most of the
reviewers agreed that it could hardly be
classified near the top of the French
composers long and imposing list. This
music, "The Evening Sun" thinks
"does not call for prolonged description.
1t has touches of Oriental color. which are
the most strongly characterized bits on
the score. The dramatic parts are writ
ten mostly in vapid arioso, which is devoid
Of imagination and without the seductive
charm or sustained lyric utterance Mas
senet's familiar formula are missing. The
sinuous and sensual phrase is missing, and
the employment of the solo voices is for
the most part singularly Ineffective"
Mr.. Huneker, writing in "The Times"
pointed out that whereas "clever crafts
man Massenet could turn out martial
music and vo1uptuous, dizzy dance
measures" here it is generally bosh."
But a quite different opinion is set
forth by Mr.. Finck in "The Evening
POST:
"The plot Of cleopatra is effective for
operate purposes, and Massenet made clever
use Of his material. His score everywhere
betrays the skilled and experienced crafts
man, and while the first half of the opera
is, on the whole, disappointing, the later
scenes reveal him, in his old age, as still
lowers as Leroux and Fevrier seem mere
"'Cleopatre,' while not equal to the most
inspired of Massenet's operas, lie Jongleur
de Notre Dame,' is unsteady superior to
'Manon' and 'Werther' and almost equal to
'ThaIs,' though there is in it no air equal
to the melodies and emotional duo That's
and Athanael sing in the desert, and no
intermezzo equal to the 'Meditation.'o
Reginald de Koven, in "The Herald"
is also principally impressed with the
composers craftsmanship. Massenet was
"a compiler rather than great operate
composer" And further:
"Bred to the stage, with an unerring in
stinct for dramatic effect, Massenet always
contrived, in spite of an ever increasing
paucity and thinness of melodc material,
to be more or less dramatically effective
and interesting; but in Cleopatra it is
quite evident that it was his craftsmanship
rather than his invention or inspiration that
makes the work at all plausible or possible"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
Wars Fierce Realism Is
Safe Now

captains third finger, leaving it streaming
with blood. get them for that!' he
shrieks, battering with all his strength.
The door gives in. We leap up the stairs,
into the muzzles of five long Mausers
"They go off with crash, and the floor
seems to come up. Parisot is lying on top
of me and we are unhurt. form leaps
over--tall, ungainly -followed by others
coming in at our door, firing as good as
they get from the quartet upstairs. La
Terreur' kneels on the stairs directly be-
fore us and is peppering the Germans with
hail of lead as they retreat from the
stairtop. Back, back, they are backing up;
and now, reinforced, we start in pursuit,
pouring slugs all the way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

thing is mere political maneuvring'
We don't take you gentlemen seriously.
$40 A. N.
General Lukachish (calls Schonn-
brunn): repeat, you must wake up DIS
majesty The situation admits OF no
delay.
Count Hunyady: III have you con-
nected with the King.
King Charles ANSWERS the calD'
What is it?
General Lukachich: Your majesty
the situation is desperate. The revoiu-
ton is spreading all over Budapes'.
The public buildings have been occupied
by revolutionary troops. Most OF INC
regiments have gone over to the reVoiu-
tionaries. ! have arranged with Gen,
eral Szurmay to have the Natcha'
Council arrested. Only the most ruin
less violence can save US. ] beg yoa'
majesty to give me permission TO nave
the loyal troops fire on the peopi''
Will your majesty authorize me to lss''
orders to fire on the people,
King Charles: No! Hangs up "
ceivcr)."
And with that monosyllable ended sh'
rule of the last. Hapsburg King OF n.y.
gary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16

Ne thing time can never add to
the literature of the war. The
harsh, unvarnished literature of
the trenches, the impressions of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
Calling Up the King

and % a conversation took place be-
tween Prince Louis Windischgraetz and
William Vazsonyi, two reactionary lead
ers. The former, Magyarized descend
ant OF an old German-Austrian house
and one of the wealthiest magnates of
Hungary, belonged to the quasi-Lberty
party of Count julius Andrassy, and held
successfully several cabinet posts during
the war. At present he is conducting
counter revolutionary propaganda in
Switzerland. The latter, Vazsonyi, was
one of the most interesting characters in
Hungarian politics. A Jewish lawyer of
very humble origin, he rose from obscure
poverty, in the course of few years, to
great wealth and leadership, first in
municipal and then in national politics.
He founded the so-called democratic"
party, became the omnipotent boss of
Budapest's municipal politics, broke into
Parliament, and after the fall of Count
Tlsza, in the summer of 1917, was APP
pointed Minister of Justice in the new
coalition cabinet, the first Jew to hold
ministerial position in Hungary His res
ignation from the Cabinet was prompted
by Parliamentary attacks which exposed
his methods in employing the censorship
for ends Of personal revenge and graft
fication.
In order fully to appreciate the
piquancy of the conversation, given be-
low, of Prince Windischgraetz and Mr.
Vazsonyi, the immense difference of So
cial standing which separated, in the
feudal Hungary of pre-revoution days,
the heir of a petty German sovereign
prince from the Jewish political upstart
must be borne in mind.
The account in "Pesti Hirlap," record
Ing the conversation between the prince
and Mr. Vazsonyi on the night Of Octo-
Der 27, reads:
"Prince Windischgraetz's conversation
with Mr.. x, (another reactionary leader)
lasted very long. In the meantime Vazsonyi
called the central several times and asked
to be connected with the prince The OPP
orator told him the line was busy, where
upon Vazsonyi flew into rage and demand
cd that the princes conversation be inter
rupted and he be switched in on the line.
This request was naturally refused. At last
the prince finished the talk, and the central
connected him with Vazsonyi, ringing up the
latter. The conversation follows:
Vazsonyl very angry and impatienO:
Why in hell do you go and tell Others
about the developments before talking
to me !? All the boys here. We have
been expecting your call for couple Of
hours.
The Prince: Who is there?
Vazsonyi: They arc all standing be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
a LA CORNE de tous les bois
~ Ellie a lutte, haute ct farouche.
H Son fatsil hui brule les doiqts.
So chnnson I'M seche In bouche

II
III Son fatsil lui brule les doigts.
So chanson hui seche Ia bouche.
On Sc bat.--Bois de Cleru1nbaults!
Bords du CHgnon! boatrg de Boureschesl
Mon Daeu! que tous ces MONS sont beaur!
Eft que leatrs syllabes sont froiches!
II faut, pour la seco1de fois,
Que la Morseillaise defende
Tout ce dour pays du Valois!
Eft souduin, So tristesse est grande.
L'dlouette q jete ce cri
En- passant pres d'um copitoine:
"Ce q,ti fan,be Chdteau-Thierry,
Cest la nldlson de La F'omtaine!"
LIE RAINIER, fuyaat son gallon,
Dit d parbre qui Sc calcine:
"Leur soufle, d La Feyte-Milon,
Vent chaser pdme de Racine!~
Eft naaintenant, al bord de Peau,
La MarseillGise Sc sent lasse
Adossee OIL tro7,c dun bouleuu
LIE sang coule sur So cnirusse.
Ellie sent fechir ses genour,
Les bales ont troue son oile.
Ellie veut chonter: "Coatre nous
De ld tyrdnnie ."-et chunceUe.
Lecureuil qui mordoit un gland
Ton,be mort du SONNET dem chene.
"L'etemard :. H.. Petemdard songlont ;"
Ellie s'arr6te, hors dhuleine.
Mas qui done, ld-bas, lui r6pond
Dune voir soHde ct joyeuse?
"Hello"-Qui done viemt sur ce pont
Que baloye mitrailleuse?
"Helo" -Quel est Get accent neuf?
Qatel est ce canon, qui saccage
La cote cent soirante -neuf,
Az nord de Lucy-l e-Bocoge?
Ce somt eur! Du bois de Belleau
Ellie Uoit sortir de gramds feutres;
Eft ces grands feutres-la-"Hello"-
~ wv pAS v WI US COtUcS uoo NcWtfcS!
&c sont eur, les Americans!
Les Forts snscites par lie Sage!
All! guile sont beaabn les brodequims
De Cemr qui portent lie Message!
Altors, Ia vierge nude sent
ReVenir 80 force immortelle,
Et, tout dun coup, Sc redressant:
"L6tendord s0nglant -" reprend-cllc.
Mus avo7at qu'elle ait 0chev6,
Ume voir r6pond, JENNIE ct breve:
"Detemouyd sangtna,t s'est leve?
Letemdnrd 6toilG &c l6ve"
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-16
''HellO!"
BY Edmond Rostand

This poem, reproduced from the "New
France" is the last written by the great
French poet and dramatist 1t is
tribute to America, and was written
during the famous attack upon Chateau
Thierry.
Evening star., 1919-02-09

eyes might glow, but emotion left his
face unchanged. But his tones rose
above their usual levels and his
cienched hand beat soft tattoo on
his library desk when he said to the
writer of this article: II should have
been nominated, in 1885,"
Another Ohio man. Salmon Port
land Chase. Secretary of the Treas
ury under Abraham Lincoln. also
thought that he should have been
given the presidential office. and Ben
jamin Helm Bristow. the Louisville
during part of Grants administration,
received 1l3 votes on the first ballot
at the republican national convention
held at Cincinnati in 1876.
mo American" Mark Hanna once
said would refuse to be President"
and he might have added that every
American thinks that he is mentally
and spiritually as well as practically
qualified to be President. The chief
office of the nation with it's response
bilities has no terror for any man
and Il is altogether likely that all of
the Secretaries of the Treasury, eX-
cept the three who were alien born
and therefore not eligible. would
have taken the presidency confident
in tho thought that they were big
enough for It's duties and that the
electorate was hestowing no more
than was deserved.
And yet, on the whole, the forty
odd Secretaries have been no more
than the average OF the citizens be-
class. A number of them were unfor-
tunate in the management of their
personal affairs. Charles Foster of
Ohio, supposed to be- n millionajre,
became d bankrupt. after he lett office
and at the age of siNty-five Banks,
Evening star., 1919-02-09
He Could Loot.

.T>HE German crown prince" said
x-Amhassador Gerard, was
much coddled in the past. but / once
heard an American girl in Berlin hand
him. as he slang phrase goes. a good one.
"She was breezy western girl, q
millionaire's daughter. and the crown
prince was much taken with her dashI
ing beauty.
~ can trace my ancesary back
twenty-seven generations he said to
her.
"She looked him over. and her lip
cUrled.
What else can you do3' she said"
Evening star., 1919-02-09

Dor and to agriculture IL the policy
of resumption were carried out. Me-
chanics would lose their homes and
their wages. Mortgages on thousands
Of farms would be foreclosed. Mer-
chants and manufacturers everywhere
would become bankrupt. No picture
was ever bIacker than Medill's.
x
Neither the prophets of evil nor of
good depressed or encouraged John
Sherman. He kept his calm, gray
eyes fixed on the calendar and went
on storing up gold In the vaults or
the Treasury. The resumption or
specie payments made him a candi-
date for the nomination of President
and at the same time brought about
his defeat for the nomination at three
national conventions of his party.
naitors whose advice had been si-
Iently heard and dlsregarded said that
10 was a cold -blooded man and that
his heart was shut TO poor mechanics
Iwho did not lose their homes) and to
The farmers (whose mortgages We're
not foreclosed), and greenbackers, get
ting the pitch of the tune. called him
an icicle and human refrigerator.
AT the convention of 1880. held IN
Chicago, Sherman was defeated and
Garfield, of his own state. was NOM
mated Blaine was chosen over Sher-
man at the convention of 1884. Sher-
man received 249 votes on the early
ballots at the convention OF 1883, but
Benjamin Harrison was made the cam
The pitch br sherman's voice. al
ways. practically. was the same, His
Evening star., 1919-02-09
Disproving an Axiom.

4 SENATOR said in an anti suffrage
argument.
with ingenuity we can prove anys
thing. Rmember the beggar who
proved that II is false to say that the
whole always equals the sum OF all
its parts.
Here am IT, said the beggar. wears
ing the shoes of a meat magnate, tho
trousers Of a tobacco lord, a9senerars
coat and vest and an ice kings hat.
yet in spite OF all ! look like a tramp t'
Evening star., 1919-02-09
Ups and Downs of Secretaries of the Treasll

Those Who After Leaving Office Ambed and
Others Went Into Banking and w ere Pyac-
t'ced La Among Them Alexander Hamilton Who Left the
Treasury for the Same Reason That Caused the Reso-
nation of William G. McAdoo
Evening star., 1919-02-09

Gallatin was Secretary Of the Treasury
for twelve years--from 1901 to 1918.
The public debt during his adn'instra-
ton was reduced from sS5, ,600,0 to
SIS 900 900 IN his day he was counted
among the greatest iinanciers in the
Evening star., 1919-02-09
BY JAMES b. MORROW.

w yITH six sons to feed, clothe,
AN/ shelter and educate, Alex
v ander Hamilton, Secretary
Evening star., 1919-02-09
Copyright by Harris ( Ewlng.)

factories, stores and public utilities
were ruined by his failure.
In his hour of "unspeakable dis
tress,' as he described 1t, he said that
two things have caused my down
fall. One was neglect of business oc-
casioned by my devotion to politics.
and the other was an overZealous desire
TO build up Fostoria," the town in which
he lived.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-18
Prospects for New Mill Good


The prospect for the location of
the rolling mill plant at Lambertville
at the present time is very favorable.
At meeting of the joint committees
of the Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association held on Tues
day evening, about $50, 000 of the bond
issue was reported. This is much less
than the proposed amount, but an
arrangement will be made by which
a less amount than that originally pro-
posed will be accepted annd con-
siderable increase Of the amount sub
scribed is assured.
1t is proposed to keep the subscrip-
ton list open Until Saturday, July 80,
and continue the canvass. There are
also details with regard to the site
and other matters connected with the
location, but at conference to be
held it is expected that these details
will be arranged in a satisfactory
manner and all obstacles overcome.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-18

I Commuters on the Lehigh Valley
from Clinton say the service is punk"
and even worse. If they miss the 1859
train in the morning there isn't an
other until $40 in the afternoon.
1t is not likely that the macadam
road to go through Everittstown from
Frenchtown will be started very soon.
1t seems that no appropriation has
been made by Milford Borough or the
township through which it is to be
built. However plans are being made
to meet this condition so that the work
may be started.
Crushed stone has been put on the
macadam road between Frenchtown
and Spring Mills and the road has
been oiled and rolled down and is
now in first class shape again.
George r. Alpaugh, living south of
Clinton is the Oldest citizen in that
section, being about ninety-five years
of age. He celebrated the Fourth by
taking a carriage ride.
Pickpockets were at work at the Red
Mems carnival at Clinton, stealing a
Ford car belonging to johnson Gary
of the Stanton vicinity. 1t was re-
covered the next day near Bissell, be-
ing found along the road by John A.
Welsh and identified as Mr.. Gary's
car by check book under the seat.
One of the severest electrical storms
which has ever visited Jutland passed
over last week. The downpour of
water was very heavy. L. H. Kimmel
lost two hundred young chickens,
which he valued at least 500. Mrs.
]. w. Martin lost everything in her
milk house, which was flooded fol The
first time. Joseph s. TAYLOR wa
heavy loser by having his crops almost
ruined by the hail, his loss being about
fifteen acres Of heavy wheat, and two
fields of corn; also his garden, which
was ruined.
A lockwood bush, which was planted
enty-eight years ago by Mrs. Mary
Sykes of Quakertown, was bought by
a nursery firm from Long Island. they
were about two and half days dig
ing up the bush.
The White House Review says;
Theodore A. Sutton, former prin-
cipal of the public school at this place
has progressed still further in his pro-
fession since leaving here. Mr.. Sutton
has been principal of the Midva1e
school for several years, but has just
moved from that place to Cedar Grove
where he has accepted principalship.
This Is a non-teach no principAlship
and carries salary Of $3.50 for every
twenty school days. We are pleased
to note this advancement of Mr..
Sutton, and his host of friends here
will be glad to know of his progress.
Mr.. Sutton was originally a resident
of Sergeantsville.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-18
Stockton

Mrs. Benjamin Geissinger has been
entertaining friends from Trenton.
The Rev. Edward L. Chichester oc-
cupied the pulpit of the Sandy Ridge
Church Sunday morning, in the alb
sence of the pastor, who preached in
the Baptist Church of Lambertville.
No clue has as yet been found as to
the sneak thief who entered the home
Of Tax Collector Raymond B. Mason
Thursday afternoon and made a geta-
way with about $40 in cash, gold
watch and a flashlight. The money
was taken from a pocketbook, which
lay on stand in a second floor bed
room. The watch was in a bureau
drawer.
John Stout, of Phillipsburg, was a
visitor at the home of his parents in
this borough recently.
Miss Jennie Weaver. of Lambert
vile. was visitor with friends here
Sunday.
Rev. F. 0. Hathaway accompanied
the members of his Sunday School
class on an outing Thursday. The pic
mic was held in Hunts Grove near
Brookville. Those included in the
party were: Mrs. Benjamin Geissinger
Mrs. John F. Mohr, Miss Dorothy
Woolverton, Misses Mildred Mohr,
Marcella Beckner, Vivian Fauss,
Hazel Chichester, Frances Travers,
Helen Mohr and Florence Dawson
Games were enjoyed around camp
fire and picnic dinner served.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Cray motored
to Hopewell Sunday, where they Wis
tied friends.
Mrs. Wilbur Bintliff and daughter
Miss Martha, of Plainfield, have beer
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Eppelle
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-18
PARK A PLACE OF WONDERS
Yellowstone Has Many MarVeis Which
VIII for All Time Furnish
Attraction for Tourists.

In writing of the Yellowstone park
John Muir has said; ''In some of the
spring basins the waters though still
warm, are perfectly calm, and shine
blandly in a sod of overleaning grass
and flowers, as If they were thor
oughly cooked at last, and set aside
TO settle and cool. Others are wildly
boiling over as if running TO waste,
thousands of tons of the precious
liquids being thrown into the air, to
fall in scalding foods on the clean
coral floor of the establishment, keep
ing onlookers at q distance. Instead
of holding lfmpid pale green or azure
water. other pots and craters are
filed with scalding mud. which Is
tossed up from three TO four feet
to thirty feet, in sticky, rank-smetling
masses. with gasping, belching. thud-
ding sounds, plastering the branches
of neighboring trees; every mask, re-
tort. hot spring and geyser has some
thing special in il, no two being the
same in temperature, color, or COM
position"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-18
Saved Money ON Oiling

The Lambertville City Commission
ers, at yesterdays meeting, settled the
oiling question with Robert Lansdell,
of the Earl-Lansdell Company, who
applied Texaco oil and stone to the
streets of the city few weeks ago.
The price agreed upon for settlement
was $3,119.84, instead of the original
$3,840, or reduction of $72016.
While there was some disappoint-
ment and delay due to the change of
plans of the contractors, who had
agreed to bring a stone spreading
machine here, this $720 was paid out
to local labor, in addition to what
would have been required under the
mechanical method, so that there can
be no complaint on that score.
The total cost of the oiling, accord
ing to City Engineer Theodore G.
Kitchin, amounts to $5,775.12, or
$224.SS less than the original contracts
and estimates, and more stone was
used than at first anticipated.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-18
LambertvilIe School Expenses

The Lambertville Board of Educa-
tion shows total school expenditures of
$27, 749.66 for the year ending June 80
against the $26,125 estimated, or an
overrun Of about $1,000. Teachers
salaries used up $19,487.67; janitor's
salaries, $1,56s.66; fuel, 81 POI 80; re-
pairs, $663.s3; supervisors expenses,
$117.37; text books, $1,25S.O3; jani-
tors supplies, s1o5.77; educational
supplies, s1,1e7.7s; light and power,
$160.Os; truant officer, SIS; office ex-
penses and commencement, $S59.60;
insurance, s2S3.20; incidentals,
$27O.l7; library, s14o; medical inspec-
ton, $3.50.
The surplus at the beginning of the
year was $2,069.17; tuition fees receiv-
ed, $2,454; interest, $3s.11; miscellan-
eous, $34.54; surplus, old account,
$1.05 city appropriation, $13,613.41, or
total of s2S,225.7s, leaving a net
balance of S476.66 at the close of the
year.
The estimated receipts for the year
1890 are: Surplus, from last year,
$1,000; tuition fees, $500; county ap-
preparation, $4,000; city appropria-
ton, s16,430; total, $29,930. The
probable deficit for the year ending
June 80, 1920, is estimated: Surplus,
1924; county apportionment, $2,614;
teachers salaries, $1,025; janitor's
salaries, $50; fuel, $500; textbooks and
supplies, $500; total, s4,723.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-07-18

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