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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
The Tower of Babel
By Bill ARMSTRONG

skinned. The furnace is replenish-
ed.
That was funny about Lansing
in washington. wasn't Il deary
ANDY asked from behind his paper.
Lansing in Washington Oh how
funny, ! thought Lansing was in
Michigan" was the reply.
we don't want TO forget 70 hang
10 the old Flag on Washington's
birthday" said Andy, as a patriotic
streak went stealing over him, while
ne read a poem in his paper about
the great emancipation and didn't
discover until the last line that the
great emancipation was Lincoln and
not Washington.
The business manager snorted:
We'll you better hang 1t up then
now. for you're liable 10 forget II.
noticed that Valentine day didn't
seem TO mean nothing IN your young
life or mine neither. Last year, you
sent me a basket OF grapes from
France"
Il wish you had kept the basket
they came In" observed Andy
thoughfully. ct might have wrung
it out. and made something out Of
IT,"
IF you're so anxious TO wiring
something out" said the business
manager. you might go down in the
basement and practice on the
clothes"
Andy colored and said in muffled
tones that he wasn't feeling any
thing extra.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
FEBRUARY 10. 1920.
THE GRADUATES OF THE FUTURE.

1t has been argued by some shallow observers that
because the present generation Of college students
shows no decrease in ability, the teacher shortage
condition of public schools throughout the
try cannot be so serious as has been represented.
should be remembered that todays college stu
dents were in the grades the public schools FIVE
and years ago That before teachers had
begun TO seek remuneratve occupations
such large numbers. and before the overcrowded
school room had become common. The evils
sulting from present conditions in the grade and
high schools will appear in the colleges a little
later on.
Parents who do not know how many other pupils
share the teachers time with their child
It to themselves and to the child to find out. II
there 80. so OF more pupils under one teachers
care it impossible for any child the room to
receive the expert teaching which he is entitled.
The clerical work required of teacher today be
comes more burdensome than ever in a crowded
class and pushes the teaching phase of her work
aside. Discipline becomes a more difficult problem
in an overgrown class. and that increases the diff
hcuIty of satisfactory instruction.
is impossible to foresee the inadequately edu-
Gated young and women who will emerge from
the schools of today, then the public vii! have
learn from bitter experience when the time comes.
How much better It would be if a thoughtful pablo
would take the problem seriously now. demand
that teachers salaries be high enough to attract
and hold interested and competent teachers demand
that there be teacher for every % pupils, that
buildings be large enough to accorFmodate pupils
and teachers without unhealthfuI crowding-and
also if they would be willing to pay ungrudg-
ingy for the proper schooling of their children.
and sec it that they got their moneys worth.
The schools belong to and should serve the public.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
WHAT'S in A NAME

Facts about your name; its
history; its meaning; whence il
was derived; its significance;
your lucky day and lucky Jewel
BY MILDRED MARSHALL.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18

Did you hear anything of the
shooting out at the McMahin homo
last night" Andy asked suddenly.
The McMahins were close friends,
and Mrs. Andy gave a little scream
when her husband asked the ques-
ton.
yes" Andy continued, 1T Is a
very sad case Bob was at the office
today. and he's all broken W about
the matter. You see six bottles of
his last batch of beer blew up last
night in the kitchen. and he didn't
have a dollars worth OF insurance,
the poor fellow"
His poor wife. how my heart
bIeeds for her?" said Mrs. Andy very
much affected.
Hump. his poor wife. Where do
YOU get that stuff? Poor Bob, yoI
mean. He's the boy that will have to
suffer-" Andy cut in.
NO. he won't" she replied, Mrs.
McMahin is the real victim. Her
husband is impossible TO get alOns
with. without his beer. Why, the
last time he made a batch. he got
so good natured, he took her to the
Orpheum."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
THE GREAT AMERICAN HOME.

- piNA@-hi A-hI@tNlNAN HUME.
Well l suppose you were attend
ing another session Of the :. c. A.
+. II. club tonight" said the bust
ness manager acidly. as Andy park
ed his rubbers on the front porch
and stepped gingerly into the family
kennel at 1915 O'Clock.
Yes, what is it," Andy asked
Well for the past week. YOU have
been blaming the street cars for
your late arrival home. I call il the
Street Car Alibi for Husbands club
a sort of protective association that
seems TO have you down as one of
its charter members" was her re-
ply.
I was evidently one Of the stand
ing committees tonight" said ANDY
The people on the car had TO stand
on each other. they're were so many
aboard. One poor fellow was acct
dentally thrown against the stove
and came near freezing TO death be-
fore he was rescued"
The business manager eyed Andy
narrowly when he began TO Jest. and
shifted him carefully for signs Of
hocch.
Il read in the papers that they're
going 10 improve the street car serv-
ice she said after completing her
investigation.
Yes the conn any is going to pro
hibit people from walking in the car
tracks They've been losing a lot Of
money lately from folks. who got
tired Of waiting and went on ahead
That's rotten practice and ought
10 be broken up at once. The iitnevs
are another terrible evil waited an
hour the other night for car and
finally half frozen and desperate I
encountered iitney We Gods. was
put out at that fellow. I felt like
compelling him TO drive me around
TO the city hall. and have himself
arrested as a low down merciless
prOfiteer. That was the night I got
home before Z o'clock don't YOU re-
member deary?"
~ Is, indeed / remember that
night the business manager replied
mphatically. why shouldn't I? II
was the first time you were near on
time for supper since the night we
were married"
Andy hastily changed the subject
or endeavored to. while the business
manager continued:
1T used TO be prohibition. or the
lack of il; now il is the street car
service l suppose next it viii be the
ouija boards"
SUPP er is over. The beer has been
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18

II Oklahoma and Texas do not stop squabbling
knee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
WHICH EXPLAINS EVERY
THING.

That message from Mars has been
so long reaching us that il is appar-
ent that they must have a Burleson
up there. too.
Copyright. 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18

Burglars Pass Silverware to Ransack Wine Gel
lar" says headline. Well, they get silverware
any time
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
ANY Takers?

Investigating Dempsey's War Rec
rd.-Headline. A hundred 10 one
they won't find IL
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
MONEY IN SOME OLD CLOTHES.

The high price of modern clothes is nothing when
compared with the price of antiques the clothing
line. a waistcoat worn by George Washington was
recently sold auction for $40 It was really
rather lovely thing and have cost the general
a tidy sum when it was new. 1t was of cream color
silk embroidered in coored silks little flower sprays
dotted over it and set to make border each
side of the front and along lower edge. 1t was
a hgh-cut waistcoat with a standing collar and
small turnover Iapels Silver and gold threads and
paillettes enhanced its beauty"
A set of shell buttons. the shell for which Wash
ington had bought on the street a needy sailor
were sold at this auction for $21O. Two engraved
buttons from dress coat the first president went
for $3.50.
The purchaser of these historic odds and ends
probably considers them cheap the prices he
paid, although he would boycott any modern tailor
who presumed TO charge him s41O for vest and
$3.50 for buttons.
1t dazzles to consider what collectors will pay
for the garments of todays celebrated contemporar
les a hundred years.o so from now
rto difference between the ''hu" and a common
COD has now been established. Some doctors
plain that the "nu" is a special kind of cold, and
otners explain that a cold is a variety of ''lu."
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And the next thing we know a lot of viii be
displaying symptoms of attack of spring fever.
But let it come and do its wOrst-Or best,
After long begging for crumbs at Washington
the railroads in the new legislation, seem to be
getting the whole loaf.
Burglars Pass snverware to Ransack Wine Gel
lar" says headline Well they get slverware
any time.
II Oklahoma and Texas do not stop squabbling
over that oil we'll, Uncle Sam viii turn both over his
knee
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18

After long begging for crumbs at Washington,
the railroads. in the new legislation, seem to be
getting the whole loaf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE

How oft the secret service folks
Arrest Rose Harriet Pastor Stokes,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18
YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAM
SAID9

After his treatment in Denmark.
d. Pussyfoot" Johnson must agree
with Hamlet
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18

And the next thing we know a lot of VIII be
displaying symptoms of attack of spring fever.
But let it come and do its worst-or best,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18

ELo difference between the "hu" and common
cold" has now been established. Some doctors eX-
plain that the "hu" is a special kind of cold and
ctners explain that a cold is a variety of "nu."
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-02-18

SUPPER is over. The beer has been
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
Music at the Movies

The last word on vital subject is
supplied by Edith Lang and George
West in "Musical Accompaniment of
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
BY Katharine Wright

From Paris comes pamphlet "Le
Cog ct Harlequin" notes on music by
Jean Cocteau, published by the Sirene
Society, for which Picasse has supplied
portrait Of the author and two dec
orative monograms. Cocteau, a mod
ernist, devotes the first fifty-seven
pages to sayings about music which
largely embody his creed. The final
pages are souvenirs and impressions
of Stravinsky and the Russian Ballet.
The musical opinions and definitions in
the first part Of the book are in turn
banal, witty, thoughtful. Here are a
few:
ITO be audacious with tact consists
in knowing to what lengths one may ex-
ceed the limit" This might be pom
dered to advantage by Mr.. Prokofeff.
"When a work appears to be ahead
OF It's time it merely means that the
time IS late for the work
"Despise the man who wishes to be
applauded and the man who wishes to
be hissed.
"Satie said: 4 would like to write a
play for dogs and have my setting.
The curtain rises on bone
Zone is sometimes forced to defend
that which one disapproves. How would
it be possible not to defend Strauss,
for example, against those who attack
him from pure Germanophobia or in
favor of Puccini?
The ear reproves but endures certain
music; transported into the region Of
the nose, the sound would force US to
flee.
"Nietzsche feared certain associ-
ations of names-Goethe and Schiller,
for example; or still worse, Schiller
and Goethe What would he say to
the spread of the cult 'Nietzsche and
Wagner?
"Debussy lost himself because from
the German ambush he fell into the
Russian trap. When 1 say the
Russian trap Russian influence l do
not mean that l despise Russian music
Russian music is admirable because it
is Russian mssic. Franco Russian mu-
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
Columbia Band Concerts
Nearing End of Season

The eleventh week of Columbia Uni
versity band concerts will begin to-
morrow evening. The season of twelve
weeks will end on September 3. Nearly
a million people have heard the Gold
man band, both at Columbia and in the
city parks. A fall concert will be given
at Carnegie Hall on the evening of
October 10. The programs for this
week are as follows:
MONDAY
March and chorus from Judas Mac
overture "orpheus;. o,,p,aI Handel
nzcs%pts sSsHssS' from THE Hugusns5s ssHn"""n
Three Dances, Henry VIII" e. German "nen n
MY Loves LOVE- a Mu,etecr =, Thayer
Delphne March. Contralto
Flower maidens' scene from "parsi-
Fantasie, Uncle Toms CABIN. Tagnee I'aspe es
WEDNESDAY
March, Triumph and Glory" (new)
Koemmenich
March. Fifth Avenue" (new) Mana yucca
lntermezzo. Pas des Fleurs' Delibes
-, farung' from Lenore Symphony Raft
kammenoi Ostrow ........... Rub Elm
Ernest s. Williams
Waltz. Beautiful Spring. .LincKe exc
March. Entry of FHlDdH 5ha alaalators~ puc,h
Love death from Tristan and
Excerpts from .MaritanaS WaI{nea Wagner
March. "rhe Walkover" Lake
Mazurka NorvegIenne. Came
cornet solo, The Volunteer'. Rogers
Song Without Words. ...... TschaikowsiSy
The Songs Of 1861. Laurendeau
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
Random Art Notes
AT Home and Abroad
Nineteenth Annual Exhibition at Old Lyme, Conn. :;
"reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Caudens;
Summer Show at Mystic

robin Hood" another Of his romantic
dgure compositions done in an illus
trative vein. In BIT of clearing in
Sherwood Forest Maid Marion, Friar
Tuck, Little John and other characters
of the legend are grouped about the
adventurous archer. There is dramatic
interest in the arrangement Of the
carefully drawn and we'll painted fig
ures. The handling Of the wood in
terror is Of equal excellence, though
in another way, and again afflrms the
painters versatility.
The "Portrait of Bessie Potter Von-
noh," by Robert Vonnoh, invites spe-
cial attention among the canvases with
other than out-of-doors subjects.
Ivan Olinsky's "Tosca' is a charac-
teristic example Of the work Of this
prominent painter. The heroine of the
familiar romance is here pretty, pen
sive faced girl in a red gown; an ex-
quisite shade of red that materially
enhances the cooler lights and shadows
Of the flesh.
Fantasy of the Reef" is the title
of a fanciful. decorative canvas by
Harry l.. Hoffman, in which the trans
lucent green water, the brilliantly col
ored fish and all the strangely shaped
growth of the water gardens of Ber-
muda's coral reefs are employed as
setting for motif dominated by
Titan haired mermaid
The animal painters of the colony
are we'll represented. William H. Howe
has two pictures on view, Carlton Wig
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22

air with smoke, and for hundreds OF
miles OF the journey it was only occa.
slonally that we could see more than
few hundred yards from the train
Salnt-Gaudens was disappointed that We
could not see the mountains BY which
we were passing. nor set real view
OF that curious region known rs the
Bad Lands of North Dakota. and some
times he seemed more than usually ab-
sorbed in deep thought, gazing intently
out toward the yelled country When
band of several hundred Sioux In
dians in full savage regalia came
aboard the train somewhere in the
Yellowstone Valley, on their way to
their agency station at Fort Keogh,
Salnt-Gaudens was soon found keenly
studying them. Their superb physical
appearance, hardy. strong faces and
barbaric costumes excited his intense
interest as long as they remained on
the train; but when they were gone he
again became deeply absorbed in
thought, as though mentally recording
the Impressions he had received
Il urged him to break his journey
eastward by few days stop in st.
Paul, but he declined and then ne told
me in strict confidence that he was
hurrying on to Chicago to close con-
tract with the committee there for
statue of Lincoln which should, he
hoped, be the greatest work that had
come from him. He said that he was
absolutely absorbed in the thought Of
IT, that he could think of nothing else,
and that his journey from New York
across the continent ard back had
given him volume OF impressions.
He had never before realized the vast
ness and extent OF the country, he had
never before seen the Western men
among whom Lincoln had passed bis
youth and early manhood, and he was
looking forward to the work with
sense of great responsibility.
"ln the circumstances | did not press
the invitation, and he hurried on TO
Chicago. Years afterward, when we
were in Paris together. he recalled the
journey and how his hopes had been
centered on the work, first. as a great
artistic opportunity, but also how he
had thought that the liberality OF the
committee was such that all financial
problems would be behind him; but
alas! whatever the artistic success
the work had left him poorer in purse
than when he undertook it.
Saint Gaudens was never satisfied
with his own work. His passion for
perfection drove him relentlessly TO
infinite pains and almost endless STUDY
not only of the superficial features OF
his subject, but yet more deeply INTO
the study of the character, the me-
the emotions and the very soul OF 'ns
man whose features he so marvelousiy
Continued next page
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
O~~>0

rated among the great artistic tr;um,,.
OF his time. but one which should event.
ually stand in London as a symbol -
American friendship for Great Brita,n
stanford White, the architect. ,v,,s -.
intimate friend of Augustus Saiurcsn
dens, the sculptor, and they Jointly ~
ried to completion many notable rnon,.
mental works of great beauty and die
tinction, the Lincoln monument in In
coin Park, Chicago, being, withops
doubt, the most important.
1T was one day in the early an.ur,
of 1883 that / was surprised to rece;v.
telegram from White, dated somewhere
on the Pacific Coast, asking me to rnse.
him at Helena, Mont. 1900 miles west
Of ST. Paul, where I vas then liv;n.
Reaching Helena a day in advance ~
the date proposed, awaited Whites ar
rival Tie train was hours late mn.
when it finally came in, at O'Clock IN
the morning, he was instantly on tbs
station platform with his hear-v
greeting and merry laugh of vel
come, his tall form and ou.ck
1.-the movement making him no.
ticeabe figure even among those salI
Western plainsmen who formed tba
crowd at the railway station platforr,
AS we entered the sleeping car heard
voice say, is he there?' Yes said
White; and we ars going on through
without stopping Who is it?.' asked
not recognizing the voice, and not see.
ing the face in the dimly lighted car.
It's Saint Gaudens; he is going on East
with u.s. answered White Lets turn
in, and we will breakfast together N
the morning Il was a long way from
the Rocky Mountains to The MississInu;
Valley, and for three days We were con-
stantly together.
81 had known Saint -Gaudens for sew.
eral years; in fact, had worked UPON
the drawings for the pedestals of sew
eral of his statues, and | knew what
charming companion he could be. Vast
forest fires in the mountains filed the
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22

and here I by no means confne the
remark to the coloratura singer~and
that are as wide apart as are the East
and West
One matter that particularly at
tracted me was the superior clearness
OF the diction of most of the singers.
There is 10 doubt OF it, AS fact,
the point was emphasized in rather a
curious fashion, for the programs is
sued were printed in, | think all cases,
English only, no matter in what
language the singer might be singing.
Ia some songs, especially those of an
unfamiliar nature, it was easier, for
the reason suggested, to follow the
drift of the song by listening atten-
lively to the singer than to try to dis
cover which particular song was being
presented by a search of the program
book. In a sense it was this clearness
of diction that I found to be the most
attractive feature of the playing of
the Damrosch orchestra. 1t was clear
ness crystalline and in some respects
reminded me of that of the famous
LamoureuX orchestra in Paris. The
uniformity Of bowling, however, has no
particular attraction for me, anr i
never liked Lamoureux's insistence on
the use by the double bass players Of
cello bows. Orchestral playing may
be too smooth, its diction, as it were,
clear to artificiality | fear, to speak
frankly Gas | have been asked to speak
By several American artists with whom
have discussed matters), that almost
moro stress is by them inclined to be
laid upon the playing of the music
than upon the true inwardness of the
music itself.
This same quality of purity of die
ton was exemplifed in the most ex-
allied degree by Heifetz's violin play
ing, but why he left the very best he
achieved to the very last, and that a
Sunday concert, is difficult to under
stand. Undoubtedly from our stand
point he should have begun with an
orchestral concert. But this apart, the
extraordinary purity of his diction was
Of the loveliest nature, and was so
pure as almost to suggest the artifici-
ality referred to above. The diction
was the diction Of Sarasate, but there
was little, if any, of the Spaniard' 8
warmth of style | have laid great
stress upon diction, because it was
here, | think, that we could learn most
from our American visitors. They, on
the other hand, may easily have learned
that q certain ruggedness in perform
ance also has its merits and its de-
cided attraction. If we have both
learned our lessons-so much the bet
te, for all concerned At least the
American invasion gave us something
to think about, and that in itself is
gain.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-22
National Symphony
Announces Plans
For Next Season

Ten o'clock on the morning of Sep
tember l will start the new season of
the National Symphony Orchestra
From that hour, set for the first re-
hearsal and the first meeting of Artur
Bodanzky with the reconstructed or
ganization over which he will preside,
until the night of May 3, 1921, the
date of the last concert of the season,
there will be no cessation of the ac-
tVities of the orchestra
The first concert will be given on
October 8, SO that more than five
weeks will be devoted to preliminary
rehearsals. Already the hundred men
assembled from various cities are we'll
acquainted, most of them having
played together during the eight weeks
of concerts in Che Lewisohn Stadium
of the College of the City of New York,
which came to an end on last Friday
Mr.. Bodanzky will return from his
summer home on the night before the
first rehearsal.
Since the close Of the last season
large quantity of music has arrived
from Vienna and Paris for use by the
orchestra, almost the first shipments
since the war started. In addition to
this shipment of violins has been re-
oelved and other instruments have been
chestra.
Sixty concerts in Carnegie Hall.
thirty afternoons and thirty evenings,
compose the regular symphony series.
In addition to these there will be ten
Sunday night concerts in Carnegie Hall
and five in the Hippodrome The pro-
grams for these will be of more
popular nature than those arranged
for the regular concerts.
The orchestra also will play four
times IN Newark as part of the world
famous artists series, twice under Mr..
Bodanzky and twice under Willem
equal number of times in Yonkers as
part of the Yonkers artists series.
Mr. Bodanzky and Mr.. Mengelberg also
Will divide these performances.
AS now constituted the orchestra has
Scipione Guidi as concert manager, and
Adolph Bak as second concert master.
and the following as first instrument
players of the various choirs: Second
violins, Alexis Kundisch; violas. Hans
Werner; cello, Cornelius Van Vliet;
basses, Anselm Fortier; flutes, Daniel
Maquarre; oboes. Attilio Marchetti;
clarinets, Albert Chafarelli; bassoons.
benjamin kohon; trumpets, Vincent
Buono; horns, Domenico Caputo:
t1rombones, 1 J. Falconi; tuba, Emil
Weber: harps. Theodore Celia; tym-
PAM. Richard Becher; battery, Jacob
Wolf.
The list of soloists announced in
eludes: Fritz Kreisler, Jan Kubelik.
Francis Macmllen, Albert Spaldine.
Alexander Schmuller, Efrem Zimbalist
and Arrigo Serato, violinsts; Pablo
Casals, 'cellist; Louis Bailly, violinist,
Serge Rachmaninoff. Guiornar Novaes.