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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26
SAYSEUR0PEANS
MAKE PROGRESS
Director 81 Federal Banking
Association Sees Big
/, Improvement.

New York, Nov. y28..-W.. s. kies,
chairman board Of directors, First
Federal Foreign Banking association.
who recently returned from a three
months trip through Europe. where
he has been studying economic con-
ditions, says, in part:
''The man who tries to be neither
oring to observe impartially and judi
cially, will leave Europe sobered by
the gravity of the problems ahead,
but with the feeling, nevertheless,
that definite progress has been made
during the past year. y
Raw Materials Needed.
Industry in all Europe is suffer
ing from a lack of Goa and raw ma
terials.ssInssC Central Europe tthe agar.
ian classes are prosperous, and 9
problem has been created due to their
resentment of the fixing Of prices
of foodstuffs. Agricultural produc-
ton in many countries has fallen off
while in others the collapse of trans
portation makes the distribution OF
surplus grain impossible. The re
suit is the necessity of importing
food at high prices and the continual
ton of government;. subsidies or
foOdstufs, in order to bring the price
of bread within REACH Of theSmasses
In Italy the. substituting Of grain viii
S Eeen Md III : sasstc .pfsg sh1s HsAsgssof s'soe'. ;.
Willingness to Work. .. =
"Among, the favorable factors may
be mentioned the increaseNtn the will.
lingness tO work. In every country
with the possible exception of Eng
land, there has been q decided I'M
provement in the spirit of labor dur
ing the past year. In Germany, there
is a splendid will to work. In France
the spirit is remarkable ind there
has been decided progress this year
Belgium In many lines o. industry
Swedish ApNatrrldan Denmark th he :,
+ HuSsa 9,ssFas = lnsi N 't &c ane
IN every; country there is create,
appreciation and understanding of thu
seriousness Of the problems ahead
One feels, rather than sees,-a better
spirit Of cooperation developing
among all classes. Bankers. employ
ers, %laborers, and politicians-all tall
Of the necessity Of increased produc'
ton, the checking of the importation
Of Injuries, and the need of decreas'
ing government expenditures.
Good Credit Risks.
.While the Credit Of many of tn:
countries of continental Europe j:
low, nevertheless. there are large gin
dustries, and many Of them are pros
porous. and constitute fairly. goot
credit risks, especially where respon'
sible bankers arc willing to gCaran
tee such credit, as is the case IL
many of the countries. There Is NJ
reason why constituents of raw
materials should not be sent to Eu
->~~ ~ = fho rnn6i
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26
RESIGNS FROM CUSTOMS
OFFICE AFTER 23YEARS

Noyes, who has served continuously IN
the Moves customs house since Its
{ establishment, has resigned there and
received n appointment al, the office
here. MI. Noyes was originally APP
pointed t0sa position ut St. Vincent in
1887, and moved to Moves when the
Z customs house was transferred to that
place Mr.. sNoyes' reason for resign
Ing Is, that the OFFICE is too difficult to
reach in the winter time.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26
MONEY

New York, Nov. 26-Prime mercan-
tile paper Z 3-4@S per cent. Exchange
irregular; sterling sixty day bills 3.44
IA; sterling sixty day bills on banks
3.44 Ia. Lire demand 1856: cables
'3.69. Marks demand las; cables lac.
Greece demand $50. New York ex-
change OF Montreal IL 3-16 per cent
discount. Government bonds weak;
railroad bonds irregular. Time loans
easy, sixty n ninety days and six
months 7@7 Ia per cent.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26
TAu.ORS ORGANIZE.

Cincinnati, o., Nov. 26.-sponsored
by a group Of business men: promi-
nently identified With the Wholesale
wooden and trimming industry md
leading srstahS dealers, there has beef
organized sFthe Merchant Tailors Ma
tional Service Bureau. 1
Chris e.. Kriger, president of the
Merchant T1ilors' Designers associa-
ton. which is affiliated with the new
organization, explained that the OBJ
ject of the bureau IS to conduct a
countrywide advertising. campaign
with the purpose in mind OF present.
ing to the general public. the true
facts regarding the merchant tailoring
industry.
Members Of the following orEaniza-
tons have thus fer joinedsforces with
the Merchant Taflors' Designers asso-
gs9tiorSssaDd## the Bureau: National
Wooien and Trimming association,
Natiora1ss Associatipn ,,of Metthant
TAilors SofS America. Pacific Coast
Merchant TAiiors association and sew
erat smaller units. Z
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26

South Africa prohibits the impor-
tation5$. OF wheat'-Manitoba Free
Press Incidentally the United States
prohibits the importation /bf rye. a
act which should also be published in
Canada. -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26
LIBERTY BONDS.

New York, Nov. 26.-Prices at noon
were: s1-2s. $3.50; first, is. 1920
bid second As. $3.50: first 41-4s,
40; second las. $500 third 41-4s
1904; fourth 4 LAS. $3.50; Victory
E3 3-4s, $500; Victory 4 3-4s, 1902,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26

Merchants throughout the state
1are accused Of making money BY sell
ling great quantities 81. 1en1ohGaextfAct.
With money 50 tight, about the only
way to get any is$to extrSEtssit from
somebody. Is s4H -
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26
GRAIN AND MOUiR...

Minneapolis, MINI. Nov, 2s.5-1 Flour
unchanged to, 20 cents lower. lHscar-
load lots, family patentga quoted at
2$S.s00s.oo a barrel In az pound cot
ton sacks. ~ \
Shipments ss,sss barrels
+. Bran $32.0o@S3.e4. fA,t
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26
GRAIN DPRoyIs1oNs.

Chicago Nov. 26.-ln IA general
rush to sell. wheat tu11bfed today to
below $50 a bushel, thu first time
since the world war. The immediate;
bearish factors were the strained
banking situation in North Dakota.
a break in the cotton market and a;
new down turn in foreign exchange.
British buying Of wheat took place
on the downward swing OF PRICES, but
rallies failed to last. and the market
fell as low as 3l.47 a bushels for
March delivery. Opening quotations.
lower, with December 1853 1-2 to 1.66
I-4 M March 1.47sto 1.51, were al
lowed only moderate n brief recoy-l
cries from initial bottom figures.
Corn weakened with wheat, after
opening SIS to l. IA lower, including
May al 70 1-2. to 10 ga, the market
reacted a little, but then sagged again.
a We're depressed. : the action
OF other cereals. stating l-S to 5-S
down, May Al ga to 4Bl-8, and con-
tinuinE weak. %s22SS.f#ss,
An advance in. hog values counter
balanced to- some extent in the provi-
sion market the bcarish effect OF grain
decline. l5b
December corn touched the: lowest
point yet since before the war, but
the market subsequently showed
SSOODVAll = ISAold4ANCI W 5SAAAA6 lA~o-
sure. The close q nervous at IA
cent net decline to 3-8 cent advance,
with May II 8-s to 71s1-2.
Comparative firmness&Sw was shown
later as a result Of estimates that L.
600, 900 bushels domestic grain had
been bought for export by way of
the Gulf Of Mexico making 100000
bushels SO far this week. The close
was unsettled. 6 to z 3-4 cents net
lower with December s1.52 1-2 to
1.53i1 Ia and March $1.4S to 1.4S Sd.
n. LIVE STOCK.
Chicago, Nov. j26.-Cattle $4,000;
best corn fed steers and Gamer cows
steady; other classes slow to un-
evenly lower; one load prime yearling
bulk native steers $3.50 Gl6.26;
butcher cows 4 mostly $4.75@7.0o;
Gamers largely $3.50@3.76;. calves
slow to so, cents lower: few vealers
above $l3,oo; stockers and feeders
weak.
Hogs, $4,000; fully rs cents higher
than Wednesdays average; big pack
ers buying sparingly. but few hogs
left in first hands; top $10.25; bulk
sAs0@10.15: pigs is to Is cents
higher; bulk desirable 100 to 130
pound pigs $9.75@1o.eo. 1.
Sheep 5000; fat lambs strong to Is
cents higher; choice native lambs to
city butchers $11.5$; bulk natives
$10.00@11.o0; fat sheep firm: bulk
fat native ewes $500 @4.50:f feeders
-steday.
Chicago, Nov. 26.-Butter,. lower;
receipts 2.72s tubs; creamery extras
So; frsts 42@5l; seconds 500;
standards 81.
Cheese unchanged.
Eggs, higher; receipts 5,120 cases;
first 70@71; ordinary d1rsts 5s@e3; a
mark cases included. s0@6s; stand.
ards 1908; refrigerator firsts So @
"a; poultry, alive, unchanged.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26

Herald Want Ads BRING ResnitA
Herald Want Ads Bring ResultA
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-26

Herald Want Aas Bring Results
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-17


A sTROLOoERs read this as an un-
n usually fortunate dag. Venus.
Jupiter and Mercury are all in
benefi1 aspect
All the signs give promise OF peace
and soy, especially wherever women
are concerned
Il &c time peculiarly favorable TO
family reunions. for the stars are
supposed TO impart sympathy and un-
deratandine
Love affairs are marvelously vel
directed and Ell who plight troth
under this sway should enjoy long
LFea Of harmony
ue1s. but prosperity 20 lovers.
Eheatar1 and all who are connected
With them have the forecast Of an
unusually lucky holiday week
Letters OF every sort especially
subject 60 Influences that are good
Not oniv does the writer express
thouEht clearly. but written words
touch the heart IN an unusual man
ner when Mercury ia In benefio as
Jupiter gives fair promise 10 think
sFG % all the professions and the
clergy should benefit
Wolle4 VIZ - -L-eGteu % = pan
starV rule which i1 very feactionary,
but favorable, since Il encourages
lodesty unseifishnesa and domes-
cicilF.
The rise Of a leader among women
lEaiu lg prophealed- She viii preach
many homelT virtues, the seers
prophecy.
The king Of England l1 now sub
sect 20 e sway that may have an In
furious effect on his health
Holland continues under disturb
fuE Influences that seem 70 Indicate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-17
HOROSCOPE =.


.iIHEH - 4asus
change Of government when the
reign Of the queen ends
Persons whose birthdate il Is have
the forecast OF a successful year.
Children born on this day are like
lv 70 be quick. gifted and ven poised
These subjects Of Capricorn usually
make a great deal Of money.-Copy-
right, 1920 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicae.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-17
MODERN wOODMEN

ELECT OFFICERS
Modern Woodmen Of America at its
annual meeting elected the following
officers: Consul. Charles F. Kanen
adviser. A IL Roterts; banker. Leslie
Reed; clerk. C. NJ Lyman; escort
Robert Sayer; Waterman. c. A Ander-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-17

Lnr and 4 Dn-lI
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-17
GFanUated Sugar, Ib.
Is lbs. Best SpUds.
70 lbs. Good Rice. go.

We DeIIVer e Il Roek BotfOm PrIees.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-12-17

This fancy high patent
flour IS sold IN 6,
Y. "A and 48-pound
sacks.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
MARIONETTES PLAY
RIP VAN WINkLE'
Tony Sarg's Little Wooden
Actors in IrUing's Classic.

Tony Sarg's Marlonettes are back in
their annual pilgrimage to the Punch
and Judy Theatre, bigger than ever. just
like the circus. The artist with the
hobby for puppets. has made his figures
for rip Van Wrinkle" twice as large as
they were a year ago in "The Rose and
the Ring" but that does not mean that
his adaptation of Washington Iryings
classic is twice as good as Thaekeray's
fairy tale.
The latter was good play, though not
necessarily a great play. The version
made by George Mitchell for the special
matinees which began yesterday was
hardly a good play, with dreary stretches
principally devoted to atmosphere" that
reminded one of some regular Broadway
plays-and one had come to expect more
than that Of Sarg.
Moreover. the mannlkins, being larger.
required thicker strings, which We're so
much the more visible. while the wooden
actors seemed in imminent danger of
falling backwards when they walked
in fact, they appeared to have locomotor
ataxia. The animals were the hest part
or the performance, and as a humorist
once said of a performance of Uncle
Toms Cabin" by travelling troupe.
the dogs was good but they had poor
support"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
ZIEGFELD ANSWERS KLAW.
Says He Already Knows All About
"Follies' and "FroIics."

Florenz ziegfeld. Jr., filed an affi-
davit yesterday In the\ Supreme Court
answering Marc Klaw's affidavit made
in support Of the latter's application for
writs Of mandamus to obtain an inspec-
ton Of the corporate books of the "Zieg-
field Follies" and the "Ziegfeld Froics."
Mr.. Ziegfeld states that Mr.. Klaw's
affidavit discloses that he already has
complete and detailed information con-
corning both companies and that his
purpose is sinister; that Mr.. Klaw has
on several occasions tried to induce him
TO buy Klaws interest In both compa-
MES for 10000 which amount he as
serts is excessive and exorbitant.
II also is stated in the affidavit that
Mr.. klaw is in various theatrical VEN
lures and Is erecting two theatres and
a roof garden in Forty-sixth street and
that in fact he IL competitor Of the
"Follies" and "Frolics" and not entitled
10 an examination of the books: that the
sole purpose of the examination Is 10
use the information for his own benefit
IN furtherance Of competitive attrac-
tons and not in furtherance Of any Of
his interests as a stakeholder.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
YOURS MERELY ROGERS ACTS.
Manager Returns to Theatrical
Life in Vaudeville Sketch.

John r. Rogers. in his '0~ an impor-
tant manager on the American stage and
who married Minnie Palmer noted star
OF her day, came back TO theatr.cal life
at Proctor's Twenty-third Street yester-
day In a ten minute vaudeyil,a sketch he
called who Knows Anything" appar-
emily as the result OF having spent more
than eighty years on this planet. Rog
ers, who Is known by his own sobriquet
of Yours merrlly," waited bits Of phil
osophy across the footlights an wanted
to know if any one could tell him why,
after having been in more steamship and
railroad wrecks than any one he knew,
and having fallen down an elevator shaft
only a week ago, he was still alive. lie
did not show his age.
William and Gordon Dooley staggered
into the Palace in a. truly new burlesque
act, Two Migrants" by Edgar Allan
Woolf and Harry Carroll. which gave
them plenty of opportunity for their in
imitable Dooley recklessness with heads
and feet and their talent FOR coming 20
rest on one ear. The piece. a highly en-
tertaning revue, showed these gifted
clowns successfully as Migrants in court,
plumbers. Shakespearean actors and bal
let Russo dancers.
George Jessels satire on the revue
craze, troubles OF 1920, was the adj
vance guard at the Riverside "The
Reckless Eve" a miniature musical COM
edy. made use at the Broadway of the
traditional excuse wild women have for
being wild. Miss Eva Tanguay swirled
back to vaudeville at the Coliseum,
which managed to Keep from breaking
loose from its moorings. j. * Emrnet,
son of Fritz Emmett Miss Mary +. Ryan
and company In THE Test" were the
high water mark at Loew's American.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
NOTES OF THE THEATRES.

The Washington Square College Players Of
We new YORK university. under the direction
one act plays at the Lenox Little Theatre
Ior,s SSlur"ag r evening. They wiz Include
Walkers six rsr Wbo pasAs w Mhlnnuet" stuart
Boil and "All Hata." by Adolph Meyer.
student IN Mr.. somervlie's courses In
az the Hlppodrome by John +. McGoyern no
the Cornell crosscountry team which sailed
today on the Aqultanla to meet the Oxford
Cambridge hin and dale runners IN ENGLAND
during the holidays.
Miss Eve Lynn. newly returned from a long
engagement In musical comedy In Australia
VII SUE Ws Priina donna role in "Pitter
fatter az the Longacre Theatre, beginning
next Monday.
Goo Coo Cottage" a new comedy bv
Myron g. Pagan, Will be presented al the
McWade, Willis Sweatnam and Miss Thais
Megrane. NUS
Last night Mecca Temple OF the Mobiles o,
we ,oa Mystic shrine 20 the number OF nearly
4,oOO viewed 'Aecce' at the Century Theatre
gallery.
Fred Stone OF Zip Top is the flrs, male
sur =" puIchafe a box for the trio Of chill
drens plays 10 ne given at the Lonracre
Theatre the week after Christmas ~ fba
Professional Chlldren's School.
wilmer and Romberg presented a, Boston
Anthony, with Miss Irene Fenwick. Miss
Helen Ware and Joseph shildkraut
Miss Nora Bayes on December % will APP
pear at the Lyric Theatre in Her Family
Tree supported by Julius Tanner
The storm" opened It's third week NJ the
Montauk Theatre. brooklyn, last night Miss
Catherine Hayden plays the leading role.
Fifty. ex-marines. members Of the AssooIa-
ton OF Veterans OF Foreign Wars, will sec
io-nights performances Of when We Are
Young" at the Broadhurst.
Miss Jessica Brown was added last night
TO the cast OF The Century Midnight Revue
nj the Century Promenade.
Miss Alice brady In Anna Ascends" ~ the
attraction az the shubert- Riviera.
Bcn-Ami. Yiddiah actor. and not Russian
a. referred 20 occasionally, In Samson and
nelllah moved from the Greenwich Village
Theatre to the Thiriy-ninth street last night.
Miss Florence Reed VIII celebrate her Tooth
performance I'm Tho Mirage" at the Times
Square Theatre to-hight.
Another company Of Tho Bat" now play
Ing al the Morosco Theatre. opened a. wilkes
barre last night.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
MRS. CARNEGIE
MAKE HOME ABROAD
Daughter and Son-in-LarO to
Occupy Fifth Az. Mansion.

Mrs. Andrew Carnegie viii live chiefly
in England and Scotland in future and
has decided to sell certain valuable par
GELS of real estate in this country inner
tied by her under the will of her late
husband While Mrs Carnegie. who
will for the present live IN the family
mansion at East Ninety first street.
would not discuss her future arrange
ments yesterday, it was learned from an
authoritative source close to her, that
she has placed in the market her extern
sive summer place in Lenox, called
Shadowbrook
The city home. the house and grounds
Of which cover the block front In Fifth
avenue from Ninetleth TO Ninety-first
street, will not be sold IL was learned.
but will become the home of Mrs.
Carnegie's son-ln-law and daughter. Mr.
and Mrs. Roswell Miller, who have a
house in Princeton. n. j.. but pass much
of their time with Mrs. Carnegie In New
York
Shadowbrook is one OF the most ex-
tensive estates in LenoX. The late Mr..
Carnegie purchased the property from
the late Spencer p. Shotter. who died a
few days ago in his New York home. and
who in turn bought the property from
the estate of the late Arson Phelps
Stokes.
Mrs. Carnegie will have a house in
London and will make Skibo Castle.
which had been Mr.. Carnegie's Scotch
home for many years before his death,
her chief residence. The date of the de-
parturc Of Mrs. Carnegie for Engla I'd
Will depend largely upon the sale Of
ShadowbTool1 and other OF her real estate
holdings in this country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
MRS. BRADLEY MARTIN
BURIED AT GREENWOOD
Old-Time Friends at Funeral
of Former Social Leader.

A number OF old time friends of the
late Mrs. Bradley Martin. who for many
years had a leading part in social life
in New York and in England, assembled
yesterday forenoon in the chantry of
Grace Church, Broadway and Tenth
street. TO attend the funeral of Mrs. Mar
tin. She died at Newbury. Berks, Eng
land. on October "a The Earl and
Countess of Craven. her son-in-law and
daughter. arrived from England last
Saturday with the body, and attended
the service, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Bradley Martin. Mrs. Martins son
and daughter-in-law. Other relatives
present We're Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mar
tin and Mrs. Frederick Martin Davies
The burial was at Greenwood. where
the body Of the late Bradley Martin,
whose death preceded that Of his wife by
several years. also lies.
The Rev. DR. Charles Lewis Slattery
read the service, the musical features of
which were sung by the choir. The cof-
fin was covered with a blanket OF violets
and orchids and surrounded by many
floral remembrances. The friends pres
ent included Mr.. Robert Kerr Richards,
who was an usher at the wedding of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. Martin in this city !:
Mrs. William Post. Mrs Elliott +. Shop
ard. Mr. and Mrs Edmund l.. Baylies,
Mrs. William Seward Webb, Mr.. ]. Louis
Webb, Mr.. A. Murray Young. Mrs. Gren-
willie Kane, Mrs NJ Lawrence Keene,
Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps and Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen II. Olin.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
SOCIETY TO SEE BOXERS.
Bouts I'm Commodore Ballroom
Tonight.

To the list OF boxers who will appear
in bouts in the ballroom OF the Commo-
dore Hotel tonight under the patronage
of women of society for the Marshall
Stillman movement has been added
that of Benny Leonard. lightweight
champion of the world, who will open
the programme at 9 o'clock with a six
round bout with another professional.
Bob Fitzsimmons. Jr., next will meet
Eddie Nugent. They will be followed
by Harry Sutton OF the U. S. S. Penn
sylvania, featherweight champion OF the
Atlantic fleet. and Steve Slater Of the
u. s. s. Culgoa. There VIII be thlr-
teen other bouts, including one between
Frank Cassidy, lightweight champion
amateur OF the last Olympic games and
Benny Vulgar. known as 1.-THE French
flash"
The box holders include Mrs. Vincent
Aston Miss Anne Morgan. Mrs. Willard
Straight, Mrs. Henry Potter Russell,
Mrs. Walter ]. Salmon, Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson, Mrs. Winthrop Cowdin.
Mr.. Frederic II. Coudert, Mrs. II. r..
Mallinson. Mr.. John NICE. Bowman and
Mr.. Elihu Root, Jr.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-14
Photo by Mishki
ARTURO TOSCANINI.
Mr.. Gatti-CasazZa and Nine.
Aida Welcome Former Met
rOpOlitan Conductor.

Arturo Toscanini. famous Italian con-
Opera. arrived yesterday with his all
Italian orchestra Of eighty-five play
ers on board the Presidente Wilson to
spend twelve weeks in this country in
concert tour. including cities as far
West as Kansas City. Two weeks will
be devoted to making photograph rec
ords at Camden. n. ].
The distinguished leader was greeted
at the pier by his old friends. Giulio
Gatti-Casazza. general manager of the
Metropolitan. and his wife, Nine. Fran
ces Aida. who sympathized with the
instrumentalists. most of whom We're
so seasick on the unusually lumpy trip
that they were forced to abandon their
plan tc give concerts at sea.
Members of the orchestra brought an
amusing tale of their leaders tenn
peramental popularity that resulted in
a suit by second violinist, whose in
strument had been damaged by Tos-
canini. The orchestra was playing in
Turin and the violinist created discord
by scraping his strings. Toscanini
struck the violin with his baton. Coun-
sci for the conductor summoned psyche
log ical experts. who declared that Tos-
canlni was not accountable as ordinary
folk while In the paroxysms Of con-
Quoting; that his mental condition, par
ticularly when he was playing Beet
hoven's Ninth symphony. in which he
was engaged when he struck the of
Tending volinist's instrument. was
supernormal For this reason the court
decided that the conductor was not to
blame. But Toscanin paid for the
damaged fiddle anyway. the narrator
said.
The orchestra is composed of the
best players in Italy, including thirty
five professors in Government conserva-
tories. They come under an arrange
rnent made by the Italian Ministry of
Fine Arts with the United States AM
bassador to Rome. Toscanini said the
object OF the trip was not 10 make
money, but to increase the friendship
between America and his own coun-
try. Merely to start the orchestra on
its way across the sea it was necessary
to raise $4,000.
Toscanini was the chief italian con-
ductor at the Metropolitan until italy
entered the war, when he returned 20
his native land.