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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19
TRISTAN AND IS0LDA'
IN ENGLISH AT ACADEMY
First Performance Of a Wagne-
rian Opera Since the War Re-
ceived With Enthusiasm

The first performance of n Wagnc-
rian opcm in Philadelphia since the be.
ginning of the. war was given last
evening by the Metropolitan Opera Co..
which presented Tristan and Isolda"
mote the new spelling) in English.
From the cordial manner in which the
opera was received, the war on Ger
man music, at Vast, is over. but the
ban on the language still exists To such
an extent that the official librctto did
not contain the original text. The
translation used was that of the Corlcr
brothers, with some of the especial nb-
Surdites ironcd out by Sigmund Spacth.
After all. the language did not much
matter, for 1t Is doubtful if n sufficient
number of the audience heard enough
of tho words to tell more than what
language was being used. For even
this much, they were indebted to the
careful diction of Mr.. Scmbach whose
English was irreproachable. When the
orchcstration was light and the voices
had full sway. something they do not
often get in ''Trist.a" the words were
fairly distinguishabir, but when the ac.
compartment got heavy, as it is most
of the time, the words could not be-
distinguished and this applies to all the
cast
The performance. on the whole. was
n most, excellent one. Nine. Mntzcn.
nucr sang and acted the part of Isolda
In n superb manner. considering that
her voice is contrato in color and timbrc
and the duets with Miss Gordon gave
the unusual impression of hearing two
Contrnltos, which was the case despite
the fact that. generally speaking. Nine.
Mntzcnaucr has the tremendous range
required by the role of Isolda. Her
magnificent voice and the great artistry
with which she uses It. made il pos
sibr fon her to carry off the role with
success. At the same time it was i'm
possible to forget that the part was
written for n voiCc-of the soprano color
and that there was lack of contrast for
this reason. both ir> the duets with
Brangacnc and with Tristan. The
tcssitura of the part is so high tina,
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ITO tell the truth. thought you were
quite cognizant OF the whole AFFAIR he
said. considering that | have you TO
thank for my imprisonment. Well, I'll go
the recital IL to me. ! had been hunt
ing In the Barren Lands. Coming south
Just before the breakup I'm the spring,
i happened on terrible thing. The
Grand Trunk Pacific had raised fence
along its tracks and. unwittingly, I dare
say, caught on the south side literally
millions Of caribou unable to complete
their northward migration.
And these hapless animals were
being slaughtered murderously by pot.
hunters. Recklessly, but humanely. I
cut your fence systematically, mile on
mile. letting probably u million or more
caribou through. I was prosecuted, con.
victed of willfully destroying the prop
erty of the q. I. T.. and given time
one day in the wardcn's office. And"
Stanley looked Sir Henry squarcly II.
the eye, II would do the same thing
again under similar circumstances
There, you have It" Sir Henry
Dean" Then he turned to Leighton.
"To he sure. knew and remembered
the affair--only | wanted Hilton--and
my daughter-to hear your version from
ySS,Ii, y%qIir own IEs ~ sHrr"sG" =, ana d nc I,
well, l can't help respect you for your
temcrity. How about Il. Hilda"'
But Hilda. who had moved over be-
side Stanley. looked up tenderly into
the eyes of her lover. "Oh. dad" she
said, ITS all ancient history TO mo.
ond time he Called"'
Next Complete NoyeIcttc-"Mrs Med
bury's Boardcr
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controlled before the scene had gone very
far. In the close, during the love death.
he let his enthusiasm run away with his
Judgment, and the result was that even
the organ like voice. of Nine. Metzen.
auer could not be heard. Outside OF
these places he used excellent Judgment
and read the wonderful score with grest
sympathy. The orchestra, too, seemed
to take delight in playing an opera
which really places the orchestra on a
parity with fhe principal parts Of the
cast and played in magnificent man
per, barring one or two slips of intona
ton, principally in the brass.
The high points Of the opera were,
of course, the marvellous love duet In the
second act and the close of the ofera.
No criticism can be made of the first
of these. which Is probably the finest
single operate act ever written, for
PRINCIPALS, conductor and orchestra
made an ensemble of this act the per
fection of which Is seldom heard on any
stnge. The lovedcnth was not SO for
tunate, by reason Of the overbalaDcing
of the orchestra already referred to. The
stage settings were admirable, especially
those Of the first and third acts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19
I n;

TN THE case Of "The Unknown
L Woman" Harvey Hunt reasoned as
follows:
The man who murdered her was well
known to her because she was in great
fear of him. fact indicated by the
suppressed scream she gave when she
saw him. He was powerful man be-
cause he had choked her to death with
one hand, NJ indicated by the intensity
Of the bruises around toward the back
OF her neck just where the thumb and
fingers of "a large hand would reach. lie
was probably heavily built man be-
cause he was SO powerful, had such
large hands. and, as the man in the
neighborhood apartment had testified,
a heavy step.
He was man of quick decision and
action because he had smashed the clcc.
tric candles on the boudnir table. when
for some reason he did not want them
burning but not always a Vlcar thinker
or he would have seen the mistake. in
this and would have switched them off
instead.
From the position of this table in re-
lation To the window in the Opp0sit"
wall Harvey Hunt argued that his only
objection to them must have lain in the
knowledge that they constituted sIE-
nal. Probably the woman had just
turned them on. and had appriscd him
of the fact to frightcn him away. The
recipient Of the signal must have been
n man, for y woman would not be look
ing To- another woman for prcarranced
help in such a situation. lie was prob
ably coward because he did not com"
to her rescue. and probably himself in
fear of the police or he would have
come forward in accusation "t the
murderer.
Hunt and Quigley indeed found such
n man. The woman was n member OF n
rohher bard led by "Whitry' Blnin",
hut had deserted the gang with cor
tain amount Of loot I" work with this
other man, Fan Lewick, md had feared
Just such u visit from Blaine. Lcwirk
Unmarried this information after Hunt
and Ouigley had put him through the
third degree" and l.cwick's t"sti-
mony, combined with other eviden""
gathered later, sent "Whitcy" blaine
10 the electric chair.
Can you SOlre this mystery
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,
Hida's JGiibird
nv SsELI CLAYTON

Hilda Wilmington was IN" most sur
prised girl at the iC" carnival nt tho
Winnipeg Sports club, Just why. she
wondered COnfuscdly. even as sh" aC-
knowledged the Introduction With we'll
bred ease. should this man cause her
fingers to tingle where he had grasped
them? Love at first sight" To Hlda
Wilmington? Well. hardly.
Yet STANLEY L"iEhton, we'll set up,
keen eyed. firm Chinned. possessed at
fractions enough to intrigue the inter
est of any grl--evcn the finished daugh-
ter OF Sir Henry Wilmington Of tn"
Grand Trunk Pacific.
A moment later the two young pr"p!"
Ideally matched, were swinging across
the ice In mutual enjoyment "f tn"
rhyrnin motion.
"You are n stranger here. Mr. Leigh
tom" Inquired Hllda presently, fore.
seeing perfectly well his answer, for did
sho not know almost every one In Wut'
n'peg?
day" he assured her. nov that ! am
Ola my way to making friends"
Have you known Dean Hilton luUg"'
abe asked, referring {" tn" man who
had introduced thrm-muCh, 1t mus, hr
admitted to the girls surprise. r"nsId-
tTlUE tnht l''hU ntl ltlS Ifli IlIilS'I
an applicant for Hilda'S hand ana was
not the sort Of person 90 wish a good.
looking rival on himself At the impN-
cation which the reflection brought,
Hlda hlushed.
Stanley, observing the blush, mlSin-
terpreted II. Dean Hilton. "h? Well II
he knew the one woman In thu world
when he saw her, Dean Hilton would get
II run for his money.
Long enungh for him - l." willing to
stand spons"r for mr." hr cvid"i
lightly, Then. Will" Il hoyIshly lng"n.
nous smile lig'ltrd up his face, II saE,
Miss Wilmingt"u.' ne wanted to ku"E,
this LIES non" :" long May / take
you home"
HIlda smiled at his enterprise "Dut-
side the fact that I'm here with the
MarstOnS and that dad Is calling for uS
all, you could" she SaII
StRuleys heart l"ap-d. ~ beast Irnah
Hilton hadn't entered INTO hrr REFUSAL
Hut suddenly his fac" wh'"r"d Sir
Henry Wilmington. Of course! How
stupid he had been - Aud there ne Was
Iow, IN the doorway. II Wus 20" ,a'"
t. worry as 20 whethrr sir Henry would
recognize him. He was cumug straight
toward them and his daughter wouII
effect IN" inevitable Introduction.
II Hlda always insrlrrtl'e'y al,.~t
70 the slightest disturhanc" of the social
atmosphere. was aware ui IN, TUOmru-
tary pauS'. when she had made the two
men known 70 one another she gave no
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19
TODAYiS MYSTERY STORY
by PHILIP FRANCIS SOwLAN

portunity this evening when we were
all down there fussing around.
Mrs. Japson's body had been dis
covered by Ethel Nordon. The dashing
young widow had retired to her room
early. pleading headache as an cX-
4, cusc from the bridge table. Six hours
later thr game had broken up and the
guests had asccndcd to their rooms.
Several of them were in the upper hall
at the moment and DR.. Mayhcw, who,
1t was suspected. had more than Il pro-
fcsSional interest in Mrs. Jnyson's in.
disposition, had wondered aloud
whether she were feeling better. and
Miss Nordon promptly had volunteered
to find out, while Dr. Mayhem stood
chatting with Harvey Hunt by the head
uf the stairs.
Miss Nordon knocked, and when no
answer came, opened the door and
entered. \ second later her piercing
screams rang through the halls and the
two men, followed quickly by tho others,
rushed into the room.
Two hours later, when the authori-
ties had been notified and things ar
ranged in the death room. Harvey Hunt
at last found himself alone with the
doctor. Only the hagGard look about
tn" ldttrrS eyes showed that the dead
! mere patient
"Ard now, doctor" said the Grim.
inIl investigator, tell me your sus-
picions.
"Nr>." replied Mayhew YEARLY. II
wanted to talk to YOU. but not until
the others were out II the road Hunt,
Mrs. JaysOn shows no symptoms of
having taken that poison, and Z can
find No cause of her death. The near
est ] can come to it, upon superficial
observation, is suifOcatiOn. There are
n, marks Of violence on the body"
You II pardon my mentioning it.
doctor, but under the circumstances and
in view of the fact that you probably
knew Mrs. JaySon better than any of
uS-could you suggest. any one here to-
night who might have motivc:' May
h"w did, for he buried his fac" in his
hands. and for some moments failed to
master his emotions.
"Thrrc's no help for it. Hunt. Much
aS I'd like to protect Alice Jayson' >
name from nOtoricty, ! can't in con-
science become an accessory, by my
silence. To her murdrr--but l don't see
how-shc had no opportunity-1 mean
Ethel Nordnn. | had the misfortune to
fall under her wilcs before l found it
OUT. Nobody who knows her casually
suspects, but the woman Is positively
| without conscience, vicious, selfish and
predatory. Neither Alice nor l would
have come hGrc had we known she was
to b" one Of Smohl's guests. l don't
know. yet whether it is myself or my
position that she desires. but-wcll.
know She had II passionate desire to see
Alice out Of the way. But | don't SO,
how she could have had an opportunity
to poison Alice. You were standinl
there in the hall with me. You know
she was not in the room but an instant
There would not even have been tim,
for her to hand Alice the glass bcfor,
she screamed aud We rushed in.
don't understand it."
Did you ever hear of the Thaagi?'
asked lIunt---
But can pou figure out rhat III,
empty poison glnsS had to do Nth IN
crime. and how Mrs. JdySou ru
kNcdf
The ansrer ,rW appear tomorrow.
Copyright. 1870. hy Pubic Ledger CoD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19
DIOCESAN EDUCATIONAL DAY
Special Exercises Tomorrow in the
Church Of ST. Mary

"Dioccsan educational day" will be
observed tomorrow. and special cNcr-
ciscs will be held in the diocesan
church of ST. Mary. Broad and South
streets. Communion will be celebrated
hy Bishop Rhinclnndcr at : 80 o'clock
in the morning. followed by the annual
diocesan breakfast in the parish house.
At 10: 80 o'clock the program will
open with symposium on The Church
and Her Task" by the mission study
classes. during which addresses will
be- mad" by Mrs. Henry \. pilshry, on
The Survey and the Campaign; by
Mrs. Manning Mason Pattillo. on The
Church in the Community" and by
Miss Evans. on The Church il
Japan.
In the afternoon there will be con
ference on educational work in the par
ish. followed by addresses concerning
young, people work in the church.
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this singulariy taking young STRANGER
were convcrsinG pleasantly and easily
together with a. friendliness which
pleased her and. If the truth were told,
absolutely aSt"unlcd young Leighton.
Was It conceivable that Sir Henry did
not recall the circumstances under
which they had last confronted one an
other?
II waa some two months after Huda
Wilmington and Stanley leighton first
became aware of the eXistcnC" ur the
Other that Dean Hilton greatly per
tmrb"d. arrived late one evening at the
Wilmington home
Nor did it cool his excitement TO look
beyond the library, where h" had found
Sir Henry, to the music room beyond,
wh"r" Sir Henry's daughter and IL Ger.
tain Mr.. Leighton sat Conv"rslng mt.
mat"ly.
II say. Sir Henry" began youns
Hilton, I'm Internally upset. All my
fault, too. ! introduced them. But-w"Il,
:" hl"rt ONT III" truth, that man In thrr"
iS--w"ll. he's IA JailbIrd 80
His voice, quit" without Intention. Ind
risen and. In the music room, Stanley
r"s"' t" his feet, then SAT down again
persuaded 10y EItIdA's hand on his arm.
heard. sir. was that he was duly con-.
vict'd "a i felony and imprisoned
"Wat, Hilton" and tn. older man
rais,, protesting hand. "My rrtmrIpl"
Is inNnriahl" TO hear both S.d,.S. Lets
pat 1t un 70 Leighton dir"rty. Mr..
l.Irm9n" Sir Henry llftrd his voice.
MAY ! see you mUmcnt"'
Stanley came at once Il am aware
Il IN" question you wish 10 put to me-"
n" said quietly. II acknowledge that |
was CONVICTED Of Il crime. aud served my
sentence"
There was moments profound ST.
lrnce while ITlda, her face white, t"yrd
with Il book on III" table AMI D"an
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I win freely confess that I was un
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19
The Missing Symptom

DR. MAYHEM shifted at thc GlaSs
~ which lay on the floor, apparently
as it had fallen from the fingers of th"
dead woman, whose body leaned gro
tpsnuely over the arm of the chair. Sew
crai drops Of the liquid remained il! it,
Then with n puzzled -frown he mad" n
examination of the body. while llar :
vey Hunt stood by nttcntiv"ly, with
their host. Simon Smohl. The woman
had been dpad five hours.
The other members of the house
marty. with horror stricken faces. wcro
grouped in the doorway and tn" hall
beyond.
Finally the physician arose.
eyes" he said with what struck the
criminal investigator as unnecessary
emphasis. lit is n particularly virul"nt
poison. Mrs. Jayson probably was dead
before the glass touched the floor. |
suppose she got it from your dark room,
Simon. She would have had the "p-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19
Adventures With a Purse

h'SIIOP I will tell you of II you phone
"A me Is proving perfect mine of bar.
gains and wonderful valucs--whicb, !
suppose. Is the same thing. There are
the doilies for bread trays, for instance,
cate rich looking scallop about the
edge. Personally, / think that these
are quite the pretticst. of all. Well
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19

able to stop In and ask ouest,o0. !, b
these suits. But l will saw sos1|
know woman who bought q aM a.aM Il
TINS same place and she il dn,e'ss es a
with II: And 1t is Just as oJseasgN|
proportion as the suits. But snnnp vheap III
be more explicit, this shop has ssaos y NJ
smart, good looking jersey s,o. mshg|
In the window, the kind wa pvr% ,Nlt|
being. paying anywhere from s,s S'i hsys|
for, and on the suit Is a siunioopI io % WI
Sports Suits at S12." Now ~ !.eny|
! know Sbout 1t. but II you sro ,"a. 4, az
ing of buying sports sn;, e thini.
see about these. sup asl|
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19

There are some articles that far from
being In season are seasonable. There Is
always a demand for them. Silk petit
coats would come in this classification.
For where ope woman would want to
buy one to wear with new fall suit,
another might be needing one just about
now. And SO for this woman I tell Of
the special In petticoats-nice soft
crumply little Jersey silk undcrskirts in
most any color imaginable, with plated
rufIlcs, for S3.S5.
/ will freely confess that I was un
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-19

anyhow, their price Is twenty. seven
cents enoh. or you can buy four for
81. What nice gift this would be
for the girl who has a hope chest.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-26
TRYING TO
MAKE PEACE

by international News Servioe)
London, Sept. 24.-ltaly is at
,empting 10 prevent war in central
Europe by mediating the quarrel
between Hungary and Austria, ac-
cording to Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Vienna today.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-26
COMMITTEE
discusses COMING
HARVEST FESTIVAL
Ladies Also Addressed By
Cleanup Squad Girl.

4 very important meeting OF the
Home Central Committee OF the
berkeley County Farm Bureau was
held in the County Agents office
Friday afternoon when representa-
tiyes of four OF the five farm women
clubs organized in the county were
present.
In addition to the routine bust
ness of the committee where re-
ports from the various clubs show
ed a great deal of interest and ac-
ticity in the work OF the several
communities, Miss Merry represent
ing the Clean Up SQUAD of the Vet
Grams Bureau spoke to the commit
toe and asked their cooperation in
getting in personal touch with the
ex-service men Of their sections OF
the county. The ladies responded
to Miss Merrys appeal by pledgn"
their clubs to get into personal con
tact with every ex-service man in
their respective communities.
A tentative schedule OF meetinC3
for the week OF October rs, was ar
ranged at which time a poultry Gull
ing campaign will Re conducted in
Berkeley county by Miss Mary
Moreland, district Home Demons
tration Agent This schedule will
he announced n the near future
The ladies devoted considerable
time to discussion of the coming
Harvest Festival to he held under,
The joint auspices of the Farm Ba-
reau and the Chamber of Com
merce. Seventy-fVe dollars from
the treasury of the Home Central
committee was appropriated for use
on the premium list In addition to
this the Tuscarora and VanClevcS-
vile representatives reported a sub
stantial contribution voted by their
individual clubs. The premium list
OF the ladies department which will
he in charge OF Mrs. II. c. Thatcher
and Mrs J. F. VanMctre was cone
over in detail at this meeting.
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marks through the local banks was
not large, but it is known that quite
few traded direct with exchange
houses in Baltimore and New York.
Not a great amount Of money was
put up by any one person, it is I'M
derstood, the largest investor here
having reported some time ago that
he had bought $4,000 worth of the
now almost valueless cash. This
was the highest purchase to notice,
and whether or not he still has the
marks is not known.
Most of the marks sold here,
were purchased for two and three
cents each, and the purchasers
hopes were not altogether bad, as
Lad the mark come back as many
prophesied to their pre-war value
Of 20 cents plus, quite a profit would
have been realized As It Is now
investors stand to lose at least two
thirds of their investment The
greatest loss will hit the small in
vestors, some of whom put practic-
ally all their savings, although
small into marks. 1t is said the
money invested by local people will
run into the thousands of dollars.
This drop in the value of the mark
is said to be due to the continued
printing of paper marks (the kind
of marks purchased in this coun-
try with no increase in silver and
gold to back it up. Gold. the basis
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-26

of German money, is only hi
the amount of 1,025, 100000 d
while the paper currency RUM
82,000,000,000 marks, held i4
man banks.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-26
N01N0RE GAS IN
STOMACH & BOWELS

If YOU wish 10 pc permanently re-
leved of gas in the stomach and
bowels, take Baalmann's Gas Tab
lets.
Baalmann's Gas Tablets are pre-.
pared distinctly and especially for
stomach gas, and particularly for
all the bad effects coming from gas
pressure.
That empty, gone and gnawng
feeling at the pit OF your stomach
will disappear: that anxious
and nervous feeling with heart pal
pitation will vanish. and you will
once more be able to take a deep
breath, 80 often prevented by gas
pressing against your heart and
lungs.
Your limbs. arms and fingers
won't feel cold and go to sleep, be.
cause Baa mann's Gas Tablets pre-
vent gas interfering with the circu
lation; intense drow2iness and
sleepy feeling after dinner will
soon he replaced by a desire for
some form Of entertainment. Your
distended stomach will reduce ny
inches because gas will not form
after using Baalman's Gas Tablets.
Baalmann's Gas Tablets sell for
81. but be sure. get the genuine in
\ yellow package, for only then ca7
you expect the beneficial results
many others have eEperienced.
Baslmann's Gas Tablets are for
sale hy all reliable druggists and
". A. Snodgrass. Advertisement.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-26

and Rev. Idlephonse Roechel. ma
tive OF Germany. assistant pastor
Of SITS. Peter and Paul Catholic
church.
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HEIIUM TAKES ExpL oS!0N OUT or BALL COMING


Shonan90ah Junction. S0pt. II
Dr. ". W Brown has returned
rom visit to his sons IN Pitts
bursh.
Mrs. Mamie Melvin and dsush-
er. Miss Louise Melvin, of Column
ius. Ohio. are visiting Miss Flor
encc Cockrell
Mr.. and Mrs. Strother Brown, of
Riverside, Va. are spending several
days with Mrs. Fannie Swami.
Miss MOllle Dugtll. NJ 9eder-
lex. Is spending AWHILE with her
cousin, Mrs. Jennie Grove.
Mrs. thomas Cross visited rcla
lies in Basic City. Va. this week
Miss Mite Swami has returned
a WILMINGTON. Del, and resumed
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-09-26
WIFE TREATED
HIM CRUELTY

Alleging that his Wife treated
linn with great cruelty. harshness
and brutality" Charles H. Wade.
Smithsburg. filed a suit at Hagers-
town for absolute divorce from
Mary H. Wade, nee Hahn, to whom
he was married in 1919 and who,
he also alleges, abandoned him
several weeks ago.
Wade charges that on several
occasions she threatened to poison
nm, and six months ago purchased
Il pistol and told various persons
that she intended to employ the
weapon on her husband Wade
asks Tor the custody of their year
old child
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