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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-11
RUSK COUNTY FARM ITEMS
News That Will Interest Our CITY
Readers as Well as the Tillers
Of the Soil

Herb Turner went to Madison last
week to attend a Farm Bureau sec
retaries' meeting. Most of the farm
bureau secretaries of the state were
there and various things were dis
cusscd. organization being the main
subject.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-11

Stanley Mick, of Weyerhaeuser pur-
chased an International tractor and
breaking pillow from one of our local
machine men Monday. Mr.. Mick OWNS
a farm five miles southwest of Weyer-
haeuser. and has some land ready 30
break
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
Big Irrigation Project.

In the state Of Washington there is
under way a. gigantic irrigation prof.
ect which Is unprecedented. It is de.
signed to serve 1,753,0O0 acres with
10000 second-feet of water at an out.
lay Of $30,OOO,0O0. That Is what has
been done by the Columbia basin sur.
vey commission with a state appro.
priation of 100000. - fact. the prof
ect is unprecedented as a whole as
also are some OF its elements COM
pared with irrigation works heretofore
executed. while in point of cost and
general magnitude it is second to but
few public work projects either car
ried out or planned. The daily ca
pacity of the main canal and other
trunk-line cOnduits is 1,72S.OO0 00O
cubic feet, or 12.275,OOO,OOO gallons,
which Is twenty-five times the carry.
ing capacity of the Catskill aqueduct.
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acter certain to make wide appeal.
The artists intonation in this Victor
Record is exceedingly clear and fine.
1t is a good thing sometimes to re-
member that the 'old folks have play
ed their part in making America. Miss
Merle Alcock, with her beautiful, pure,
sweet contralto voice, has made great
name for herself in such numbers as
the March Victor Rccotd, Il Have A
Dream" and Il Canaot Sing the Old
Songs" The quiet chords resemble the
rich, faded hues in some gorgeous In
dian shawl of old time.
One of the most pathetic and touch
ing of recent popular songs is sung this
month by Henry Burr and the Peerless
Quartet Used to Love You But It's
All Over Now" On the opposite side
of the Victor Record is opposite music,
Dolly U Love You),1 wedding song
in which the bells are ringing, the
choir singing, the love-birds winging,
and other joys appropriate to the cele-
bration of that event.
The bow and violin of Jascha Heifetz
lead the way into new demesnes of en-
chantment with "Berceuse paul Juon)"
and "Valse du Ballet Raymonde." The
cradle song seems to lead not into
drowsy sleep but to an opaline trans
parent landscape where the dreams of
lifetime gather in one rapturous and
eternal trance. The waltz that follows
is decorated with fantastic passages
like the filigree-work Of some ancient
master.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
THE POTATO BUG

Clemson College, May. The bee.
tie or striped bug will soon begin
to lay it's first eggs on the under
side Of the potato leaves. Within a
few days after this, the small red
soft-bodied larvae grubs will begin
their work of devouring the leaves.
While this pest sometimes destroys
potato fields by the wholesale there
is little excuse for such destruction,
bcause it is one of the easiest insect
pests to control.
Control Measures on Small Areaa
When the insects begins to appear
arsenate o., lead powder or calcium
arsenate may be sifted over the
plants with a small flour sack while
they are moist with dew. The bot
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
Be, ianino Gigli Makes Debut
with Opera Record

The first Victor Record by this new
tenor whose initial American appear
ance this winter with the Metropolitan
Opera Company places him very high
among the worlds great living tenors,
is his March Mefistofelc
-Dai campi, dai pratt" His voice has
a thrilling beauty, strength and sweet
ness by natural endowment. He is 4
native Italian trained in the world
famous Schola Cantorum of the Sistlnc
Chapel at Rome. He passed easily into
the domain of opera, and has already
won fame and distinction
Nine. Louise Homer sings this month
the lovely and seductive spring song
from Saint-Sacns' Samson ct Della"
The music is among the most suave
and delightful that ever flowed from
the brain OF any composer, and sung
with magnificent power and splendid
purity and variety of tone.
"Lassie O. Nine" a song we'll calcu-'
lated to repeat his successes of the
present and past, is Edward Johnsons
latest contribution to recorded music.
It affords 4 full opportunity for the
splendid masculine emotional power
with which he seems to infuse every
song he gives the public. "Lassier O.
Mine" brings in few bars of annie
Laurie set to strange, moving modern
harmoaics.
A wonderful eighteenth century air
written to be sung
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
CAMERA SHOWS UP DEFECTS
Why It Is Generally Necessary That
Photographs Of the Human Face
Be Retouched.

Why does a photographer have to
retouch his negatives before his Gus
toner is satisfied with the picture!
The eye of the camera Sees things
differently from the human eye, al
Though there are some lenses that so
diffuSe the image that the harsh de-
tail is eliminated. These are the So
called "soft-focus" lenses. and photo
graphs made with them generally need
no extensive retouching.
1t is the difference in "SrriEg c"l"r7
between the lens and the eye that is
largely responsible Cor retouching.
The ruddy complexion, so suggestive
of good health, under the relentless
eye Of the camera may turn into dark
splotches, for red photographs dark.
The penetrating blue-violet rays are
those chiefly used In photography, and
these rays furnish the delicate model.
ing" of form. The surface Of the skin
reflects these rays into the camera,
and all the irregularities of the skin,
such as wrinkles. become more notice.
able than when looked ut with the
human eye. which sees mostly by the
red and orange, instead of the blue.
violet rays caught by the eye of the
camera.-Popular Science Monthly.
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De Gogorza Sings Rugged
Hunting Song

'John Peel" is a song to stir the
blood of any man. Emilio De Gogorza,
in this new Victor Record for March,
follows its vigorous measures as hun
ter would follow the hounds at dawn
through mist and frost. To distant
harmony of hunting horns the wonder
full prolonged notes echo seemingly
from hill to hill. He sings exactly as
the old John Peel of the Scottish border
might have sung if Peel, instead Of
merely a hard-riding fox hunter had
been also world-famous baritone.
A love song particularly we'll suited
to Frances Alda's voice, and to her
faculty for putting worlds of emotional
beauty and meaning into single splen-
did lyric is Thoughts of YOU" 1t
comes forth as if its story were inpa-
tient to burst from the singers lips and
be told at once in living words.
"Interludium in Modo Antico" a
Victor Record by the Flonzaley Quar-
tet, has the rich, brooding quality that
distinguishes Russian from all other
music. If the name does sound trihe
long and grave, it gives no idea of the
power and srbtlety of this Glazounow
masterpiece, which for lovers of the
finest and best in music is an expert
ence to hear.
An interesting St. Patrick's Day peep
into the vast treasure house of Irish
Lo1 {l1l
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
New and Fascinating Dant g

The medley waltz from "Honeydew,
Zinbalist's new musical play, shows
how beautiful popular composition
may be when written, by great musi-
clan. Both the waltz and the medley
one-stcp on the other side OF this new
Victor Record for March, are remark
able melodies, the themes gliding into
one another with the utmost natural
ness. Joseph c. Smiths Orchestra
plays them with clean-cut skill.
''Biddy" a fox-trot of the Benson
Orchestra of Chicago, is what Mr.:
Georse Ade might cali a "lollypaleezer"
of a dance. 1t starts deliberately, with
heavy chords, but soon begins to fzz,
while the trombone and the saxophone
exchange compliments. It will make
you turn your eyes to the ceiling and
forget everything but the surge of the
rhythm. Somebody" swinging,
vigorous one-step enlivens the other
face of this Victor Record.
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
play medley fox-trot Rosie" full of
dry humor and ending with curious
doubling-up of the beat that adds even
more life and gaicty. " Honolulu Eyes,"
a medley waltz by the same organiza-
ton introduces special whistling effects
by Miss Margaret Mckee, sounding as
if whole forest full of birds surround
cd the walters. Short of actually
looking into pair of eyes, dancing to
this waltz is the most pleasing of occu-
pations.
A lovely sentimental song Broadway
Rose" is just as beautiful and even
more ,'.oving in a medley fox-trot
played by the Original Dixieland Jazz
Band. Interesting surprises are cow
bells and trombone jazzes just where
you don't expect them. Sweet Mamma
(Papa's Getting Mad)," the title of the
opposite face, tells it own story. After
many curious passages weird African
voice boots out the refrain at the very
end of the record.
The scarcity of poteen on American
shores this year may prevent full and
generous old-fashioned celebration of
St. Patrick's Day, but there ought to
be no lack of music and jollity With
a medley of Irish jigs on the accordion
by John Kimmel, and one of Irish reels
played on the Iri sh pipes by Patrick J.
Touhey, any one having this new Victor
Record can set the ancient bog-watcr
circulating hard in the ancient blood.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11

Miss Gertrude Bell, the compiler OF
the inner history Of Mesopotamia
which has been issued by the British
government in the form Of a white
paper. is regarded as one of the great
est authorities on the East. She has
an unusual knowledge of the people
customs, language and political his.
tory Of Syria, Asia Minor and Arabia.
and during the war was attached to
the British secret service. At times
she vanished for months into the de
sert. and became known as the "Mys.
terry Woman Of the War"
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tato certificate indicating that the
plants have been inspected and found
free from black rot and stem rot,
and that no sweet potato root borer
has been found on the premises or
the slips.
Tennesse is equipped to make in
spection of slips at destination. All
parties wishing to ship sweet potato
slips into Tennessee are required to
notify the state entomologist, Knox
Vile, Tenn, giving destination and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11

tom of the sack must not touch the
wet plants, as this will clog the small
openings in the sack and prevent
the dust poison from coming
through. A hand dust gun can be
used advantageously for this pur-
pose.
On Fields or Large Areas
Where spray machine is avail
able, the arsenate of lead or calcium
arsenate may be mixed with the Bor
deaux solution at the rate of one
pound of the poison to fifty gallons.
Dust guns cannot be used to advan-
tage on large areas.
Paris green can be used as dust
by mixing at the rate of one part Of
airslaked lime or other fine dry ma
terial; or as liquid spray by mix
ing 1 pound of Paris green to about
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
Gloves From Interior of Whales.

Soft, pliable "kid," that is as strong
and durable as its genuine prototype
from the intestines of the whale
thick sole leather Of excellent quality
from the lining Of the whales mouth
flve or more huge split sides of tough
leather from the skin Of the beluga
the common dolphin Of the north Pa.
cific-these are only few of the Eany
revolutionary products obtained from
aquatic leather. the manufacture OF
which has become one of the new i'm.
portant industries of the Pacific
Northwest. says Popular Mechanics
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
NOTICE TO POTATO
PLANT SHIPPERS

Clemson College, May For the
information of South Carolina grow
ers of sweet potato plants the South
Carolina State Crop Pest Commits
sion calls attention to the fact that
the state of Tennessee requires an
INSPECTION of all sweet potato slips
sent into that state. All shipments Of
such plants into Tennessee must be
accompanied by a special sweet po-
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en- the ID. q ". 10
the banks of the
Ohio where Billy is going to marry
country girl-so says the song.
Down by the Ohio" is a story in
march time with special effects, such
as a B. & o. whistle and the wall of
imaginary offspring. "Marimba" by
Billy Murray is about girl from Chill
who does enough odd things to make
this an interesting and amusing song
Charles Hart and Elliott Shaw have
a Victor Record of exceptional artistic
finish and emotional power. Beautiful
Annabelle Lee" is not a musical setting
of Edgar Allan Poe's poem, but is about
an Annabellc who did much the same
as Poe's. Some wonderful touches of
harmony are introduced in Louisiana"
which is beautifully and sympatheticalIy
sung.
The pleasure of hearing these March
Victor Records is not confined to
Victrola owners. Any Victor dealer
will be glad 10 play them for you at
any time. You will find in them a
wealth of music from the most exquisite
classical and orera selections - the
latest dances IN. :. .; n.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
COLUMBIA TEACHER TO
HAVE JURY TRIAL
ON WHIPPING CHARGE

Columbia, May lob. K. Gusta-
finsen, a teacher in the Columbia
high school, will be given jury trial
before a magistrate Wednesday on a
charge Of assault and battery pre-
ferred by the father Of James John
son a student who alleges that the
teacher injured the boy in Furnishing
him. The teacher claims in reply
that his resistance caused tie accj-
dent.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
SMALL GIRL STAYED PANIC
Her insistence That Pet Parrot Should
Be Saved Gave Fellow Passen-
. gers Time to Reason.

Kitty Barrett, eight years old.
shared heroic honors with pet parrot
IN q tale of FIRE at sea told by passen-
gers landing from the steamship Car
tago at Havana, Cuba.
The little golden-haired girl, who ts
a daughter of Edward Ware Barrett
a newspaper publisher of Birmingham
Ala, refused to enter a llfeboat uQtH
she had brought her parrot from her
stater0on, and her insistent demand
that the bird be rescued calmed some.
thing approaching a panic among the
passengers and gave the ships crew a
chance to extinguish the flames and
save the steamer.
While Steamins along the coast OF
Panama one night, the Carriage was
set on fire by an overheated motor.
The blaze seemed to threaten the safe
ty Of those on board. and an alarm
was sounded. The passengers gath
cred on deck and were ready to enter
the boats, when Miss Kitty discovered
she had left her parrot behind in her
staterOom.
( She refused to enter the boat until
Capt. George A. Mcbride sent for the
bird. Frightened men and women
paused to laugh at the calnness ct
the child and her concern over the
safety of her pet, and when the stew
ard brought the parrot to the deck. he
also announced the Are had been
brought under control by The chief en-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
THE NEW EVENTS in MUSIC

Murphy sings "Roses of Memory" on
the other face of this Victor Record.
Around his tender yet manly. voice,
violin weaves a delicate, clinging coun-
er-melody-like the twining of the
roses themselves in the consciousness
Of the singer.
Two popular love songs by John
Steel, Nose of My Heart" and When
| Looked Into Your Wonderful Eyes,
are done with fine expression and vocal
power and beauty far beyond the or
binary.
Gems from Jimmie and Gems
from Honey Girl" make up the de-
lightful March contribution of 'ee
Victor Light Opera Company.
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sound fascinatcs tie car so completely
as the gradual unfolding of musical
visions that throng the brain of a
genius-and Mozart's genius was never
more perfectly understood and inter-
preted than by Toscanini. The La
Scala Orchestra which Toscanini leads
comes from the home of grand opera,
La Scala Theatre in Milan, Italy. II is
probably the worlds most famous n1u-
sicar organization.
With When Chloris Sleeps" Nine
Galli-Curci issues the first record since
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
Nursing a Grievance.

"A number of magazine editors hat
q holiday banquet"
II don't suppose there were any
contributors present to spoil the pleas
ure Of the evening""
"None was supposed to be present
Sut the head waiter was bit offish
having done something IN the way q!
verse and had it rejected. d."-Blrming
.l:in Age-Herald.
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song, is J o h n
McC Cormack's new
Victor r e cord
"The Next Market
Day" an d "a
Ballynure Ballad"
POLITICALLY an d
musically they are
Irish to the last
note. The great
tenor sings them
as freely and skill
fully as any wan
dering balladist of
his native land.
g A Y ou n g
Mans F ancy''
sung by Olive
Kline, is in a light
.
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IL - iiitt io5S "
Mr.. Homer SAM
uels, who COM
posed the song.
An odd original
theme, rendered
with faultless vo-
calization and a
certain individual
quair:ncss Of ut
terancc, is h a n =
died in rlus;cianly
fashion, beauti-
fully rounded, ar
tistically perfect.
Colleen O My
Heart" is Wer-
renrath's Offering
this month. 1t
has a lightness and
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11

by a lover at the
grave of his dead
beloved is Nina"
pl yed for a
Victor Record by
Hans Kinder on
t h e violoncelio.
The beauty of the
melody, the deep,
strong tone of the
instrument, a n d
the refined reserve
of the artist make
it a thing to hear
and to remember.
Billy Murray
a nd V i c t o r
Roberts have talk
A. ID O. -
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11
ARTURO TOSCANINI
AND LA SCALA
ORCHESTRA PLAY
CLASSIC SYMPHONY
uther Famous Artists Heard in
Tasteful Selections OF Music
Old and New

+ turo Toscanini,
one of the great
est orchestra con-
ductors living or
dead, in two Victor
Records for March
gives the Third
Movement and the
Finale of Mozart's
Symphony in z
fiat. T h e S e two
magnificent works
arise from the 81
lencc like two vast
t e M les rising
amid the Ia n d =
scarcs of the btu
M an soul. n O
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11

$50 gallons Of water. Arsenate of
lead or calcium arsenate> is recon-
mended in preference to Paris
green.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-11

supposed to be sung by the Dresden
china shephesrdess who, stands on, an
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-07
ABOLITION or FREAK
hURl.slN!G is PRAISED
Has Restored Element of Un-
certainty to Game.
BatsTan Regains His Proper Place
in Sport Instead of Being Mere
Pawn in Hands of Opposing
SIa5man-PIe2ses Fans.

Abolition of freak pitching has been
great boon to professional baseball
because it has restored to the game
the element of uncertainty which was
gradually being choked out Of it by the
expert purveyors of "shine" balls,
sailors" and other progeny of the
emery ball." writes l. f. Sanborn in
the Chicago Tribune.
The batsman has been restored to
his proper place in the game, instead
of being mere pawn in the hands
Of the opposing slabman, as he was
coming to be before the promoters
wised up and tried to re-establish the
balance Of power" between attack
and defense.
The majority of rooters prefer the
action of high score contest, in which
the whistle Of the base hit supplants
the groan of the strikeout. They are
willing to see their own pitcher pound
ed if the opposing slabman is getting
his, too.
There is negatiOn Of action in a
I to hurlers' battle that can be ap-
preciated only by the fan who loves
that sort of thing as variety. The
change to quiescent alright combat
is something soothing to the nerves
of the regular patron. But as a regu-
lar thing, the slab battle, in which
only one or two runs are scored on a
side, becomes as monotonous as shaw
ing every morning before breakfast.
A few seasons ago a team which
climbed on cold pitcher for four
runs In the first inning had little to
worry about the rest of the game, I'M.
less something happened to its
moundsman. For the team that was
behind, 1t usually was hopeless stern
chase, barring the Intervention of Mrs
Fate. n
Today a lead of four TALES is moth
ing to bank on. With the present i'm,
portance of the batsman, 1t is nothing
unusual for a team TO wipe out that
handicap in single fertile round.
That is what makes the games more
interesting.
That is what Clues the bugs to their
seats until the last man is out In the
ninth, although there may be margin
Of several runs on the scoreboard. In,
stead o. quitting in the eight with his
team three runs behind, as he used to,
the fan now roots until the finish and,
even II It Is tone, two, three" thinks
Of what might have been II Fate had
smiled.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-07-07
FIRST POLO MATCHES
PLAYED HI LONG AGO
English Team Brought to United
States in 1886.
Member of HurIingham Club Writes
Interesting Letter Describing In
itial Contests for Interna-
tional- Title.

In 1856 John Watson brought an
English team to the United States to
play the first matches for the interna-
: tional polo cup. What comments that
visit caused Americans were eager
to see the game and everyone knows
with what avidity it was taken up
when society said it was good to look
upon.
The following letter, written by a
member 81 the Nottingham team, who
PLACED in those games, win be read
With interest. even though the writer
has begged not to have his name made
public. The letter follows: -
American polo in 1856 was not, as
far MS feam play Went, up to the
standard of frSt-cfass English polo.
The American rode very handy ponie.;
Il believe mostly ArgenhneS. They
We're not so well bred or as fast ponies
as ours. The American team did not
play we'll together and thought too
much Of their individual play. They
had not then mastered the backhander
and did not try to keep the ball up
and down the middle of the ground.
The English teams had learned their
polo to start with mostly in India,
where there were full-siZed grounds
600 and 200 yards), and no boards,
1t was, therefore, necessary to keep
the ball in play by playing up and
down the ground.
"rhe Nottingham team was cap
tanned by Mr.. Watson, one of the best
players of his day. When playing a
practice game before the matches he
over-balanced himself and fell off his
pony. His hOrsemanship on this ac-
count was much criticised by the
American press. He was, however, a
very strong and good horseman, which,
l think, the Americans realized in the
matches. We were to have played
several matches in the United States,
but as the birmingham team beat the
best team the United States could
then produce in two consecutive
matches, the other matches fell
through.
"The ground at Newport was very
good and we'll kept, but much too
small even for ponies of the height
then played. The game in the United
States was commenced by placing the
hall in the middle of the ground. The
No. rs started from behind the line
and galloped for the ball. This rule
was decidedly to our advantage.