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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
GERMAN OPERA
IN FRANCE
by 4. Percy Noel
Copyright. 1921.
u 8. Feature Service. Inc.

Paris. April 3.-"Genius knows no
country" sums up the sentiments OF
three noted singers of the French Opera
in regard to putting wagnerlan operas
back on the Paris stage. But IL IL were
suggested to them to sing In German
they would be very indignant. II
makes great difference. singing Wag
ner In French. Music to them In in
ternational. but the German language
is stiil "Boche."
As everyone ltnowH the French ma
tional opera Is tho property of and In
maintained by tho state and ls under
the control of the minister of Fine
Arts. incidentally Parliament recently
voted 10 an additional credit of 100000
francs year to meet increases IN
salaries neccssitated by the cost of tiv-
ing. Monsieur Ifonnorat the Minister
Of Fine Arts, prohibited the singing OF
German opera whey the war began and
as n matter OF fact the opera house
was dark for almost the entire period
of the war. although the Opera -conique.
controlled by n private stock company,
played regularly after short Interrupt
ton, Until Monsieur Ionuorat lifts tho
ban. no Wagner nor any other German
operas will be sung at the national the
atre not even I'm French, and obviously
they will not even he sung In German.
J. Delmas, Jean Note and Made
moiaelle Marcelle Demnugeot do not
agree with the authoritiea They would
like to aing their old WaRnerian roice.
In the following statements they tell
why
Delmas Sing Wagner again7
certainly will raise no objections who
hav6 been rather than apostle of his
music. I think that the public would
give tho most favorable reception To-
these works. Judging hy the success
Nadenoiaelle DemouFeot and ! have re-
comfy had singing fragments of the
"Walkyrie' at tho Socicic dee Concerts.
The Concerts Colonnc have given an
act Of Tristan aud Isolde which was
successful and II has been much tho
Same everywhere
II anyone wished ~ object 70 sing
ing Wagner il would br tho public. hy
not attending the performances. I
know IL to he fact that everywhere
Wagnor has heon given--and II has been
done almost every whore IN France ex.
Copi NJ Tho oprra--the people have gone
IN crowds
= do nnt understand very well tho
reasons for not repeating these works
at tho Opera Perhaps should have
understood this astrarisn ~ war time
and can conceive how people who
have auffered directly ~ the war have
retained some bitterness. but on the
other hand patriotism has nothing ia Do
with this affair II la question ~ art
and nothing olea II It were not one
ought to proacribo Weber Mozart
Gluclt and Meyerheer as we'll that is
to sav half ~ the oparutlo repertoire.
which IN impossible while Il ia n quea-
tiou of such genius
Note said. II they niaycd Wagner ~
Rruaaela the public would certainly be-
gin ~ tearing M tho seats besides. Il
is formally forbidden 70 play II thsrv
nui here the public la more partisan of
Wagpcrian music and ! de- not think Il
makeu a question Of patriotism out Of
IT,
For my own part should be very
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
PRACTICALLY or PROFESSORS

Tor many years il has been the Gus
tom of business men 10 speak dispar-
aeinEly OF the practical abilities Of col
lege professors. The gentlemen form
inE that set have been pictured as
dreamers VINO forgot to carry UNI
brellas when IL rained. and who would
absent-mindedly don overcoats in
July's hottest weather. But that day
has passed. No man is so practical
today az your Pm. ID. with half a dozen
diplomas from foreign universities. The
practically Of this class was proved
during the war. when men stepped
from college halls and laboratories into
the nelds OF industry and made good
with q bang.
Now comes really startling evidence
~ the practicality Of our college friends
Several members Of the Harvard fac
ulty living In one huge house. were dis
covered 70 possess a still. in perfect
working order. in the basement. Some
liquor nearby was said 70 be most ex-
ceHent indeed. The st. Louis Post Dis
patch. which mas never been noted for
IL droughty views. summed the mat
Ter a. hit the nail on the head and
drove d home in this hammer. anent
that discovery:
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
JUST FOLKS
n EAasr N.ttnaf
FAILURES.

There are several kinds Of failure.
There's the kind mon notice most
And IT haunts them in their business
like an ever present ghost:
But to fail IN some endeavcr that is
launched for selfish gain
is a temporary setback and may reve"
leave n stain.
While the hurt which cuts more deep
" and forget we never can.
Ia To have our honor tested and then
fail 10 play the man.
Worse than any business failure is the
failure to be true
To fail in kindly service -rheu tho
chance is given you.
There is no regret 90 bitter. when tho
past you look upon.
As to know you've kept your rose= till
the friend is dead and gone;
And there isn't any failure quite 80
difficult to bear.
However goes tho battle. as the failure
To he fair.
ing wealth or fame
For a man may err and bluuder and
still keep an honorcd name.
And man may fail in conquest and
still b. a loyal friend
And find his life successful when ii 8
written 70 the end,
But the failures that cut deepest when
our book Of dfeds we scan.
Are the mean and petty failures when
we've failed TO play the man.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04

happy 10 sing ''Johenerin" or Tam
hauser once more These are ad-
rnirable works Of which certain pas
saFes are AZ sinEablo as Verdi And
besides. why should they play Wagner
n eoneerts and not the opera They
do fragments of Warner almost every
whore. why not tho entire operaa7'
Mademoisello Deuougent would also
Ike TO have Wagner hack on tho active
list cur repertoire" vhe said. "is
not 10 rich that We ran cut the works
nf Wagner without leaving a great
vacant space.
4 d. not think there would be any
nufaVorahle dernonatrations The pub-
IL wishes 10 hear Wagner Last voar
saw sofue lovers ~ Wagnerjan music
stand for three hours ~ listen IT, m
orchestra PLAYING Il Already when they
give Wagner at concerts they turn
people away what would be the result
Fl the opora whore the effect would be
much more grand think il would
he tremendous
TO prohibit performances on account
of objections to The nationality IF tho
composer ia inromprehenrible - me.
There ia no such thing aH French genius
genius knows no country"
II must ba remembered that none Of
thee~a singers have rendered Wagner
IN German but In French whirh recalls
curious situation That I remarked last
spring in Riga the old Russian city on
the Baltic which is now the capital II
Iatvia Unta the Let's obtained thefr
independence they were dominated by
the German lard barons. treated almost
a . serfs. and not even the BelgiaRs dis
like Germans more than they Eut now
AZ .heir national opera they have on
their repertoire several W9gnerian
ouorns which they sing in lat'ish. and
tho Germans who Htill live IN Riga
whether of The old nobility or simple
comtnoners. refuse to set foot inside the
opera house.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
EFFECT or THE DECISION.

So far as nominations for senator and
Representative are concerned. the 81.
preine Court has turned the hands OF
the clock back to 1fS9. II recognizes
no authority on tho part of Congress
TO regulate these elections at the source.
and II they are not regulated At the
source there can bc no regulation that
is worth while Even the Ghiet Justice.
who will never be suspected of radieallsm
IS gravely disquieted 10y the ramlt1ea
tions of the majority opinion.
In dealing with the Noistead frohibi-
ton enforcement law the court read the
word Concurrent out of the Constieu-
tion In dealing with a recent question
al free speech II upheld the authority ot
Congress To empower the Postmaster
General to exclude permanently and
arbitrarily from the second-class privi-
leges any publication whose political
and econoT,i ic doctrines he regarded as
inimical to the present order of govern
ment la dealing with the issue OF
money in politics and the systematic de-
bauching of Senatorial primary the
court finds tn Congress exceeded its
constitutional power when it undertook
To limit a candidates expenditures.
The courts decision multiplying the
Corrupt Practices act comes as an act
Of judicial intervention in the most far
reaching case of political corruption
that the United States has known, The
admitted expenditures to bring about
NewberrvS nomination aggregated
F17S .OO0 and it has been charged many
times that the total was nearer 800
600 Ncwberry's nomination and cleo
ton by the unstinted use of money gave
the Republicans the vote in the Senate
which enabled them &c reorganlze the
committees.
For two years NIr. Newberry was the
Republican majority In the Senate. Had
il not been for him Henry Cabot Lodge
would not have been chairman of the
committee on foreign relations. The
committee could not have been stacked
in advance to make an adverse report
on the Treaty of Versailles. The treaty
could not have been loaded down with
reservations which were intended to
destroy it, The partisan conspiracy to
| defeat the treaty and the covenant could
not have been successfully carried
through. and the United States today
would not be engaged in the pitiful per-
| fOrnance of making a seperate peace
| with Germany by a resolution of Con-
gress.
All this came about through the
| shameful use of money in a Michigan
| Senatorial primary, a use which the
| lower court and the trial jury branded
as criminal but which the Supreme
! Court says that Congress had no power
| to prohibit-New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
RIPPLING RHYMES
By Walt Mason
CONTRADICTORY.

l am a gentle sort of guy, I'm
fond of quiet and repose: ] would
not hurt a bug or fly, unless It
camped upon my nose. Apollo
getic is my mien, my voice is low
and soft and mild. and where the
wrangling crowd is seen, I'm
timid as a little child. To dodge
the riot and the fuss round many
blocks I'd leave my track, and
when hear a fellow cuss IL
sends a shiver down my back.
Yet when my daily tasks are done,
and / sit in the inglenook, TO
read until the clock strikes one,
/ want a raw, ripsnorting book.
No Polly-Ooly stuff for me. no
Iimberlost or kindred lore;
want a story of the sea with
pirate ships all red with gore.
Some legend of the Spanish main.
of fierce old corsairs In a rage
wherein a dozen men are slain 10y
dripping swords, on every page.
I'd read of gunmen of the west,
more deadly than the well-known
Huns, who go upon their crimson
quest, and make new notches in
their guns. And why 1t rs | do
not know; I've puzzled DER il oft
and long: why do / leisure hours
bestow upon the blood lusts of
the strong? All forms Of strife ]
hate TO see, to peace and quiet
ness ] cling; ] would not harm
humble bee. unless it soaked me
with its sting.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
EVENING SMILE.
BOUND TO HAVE HIS JOKE.

Jokes about the slowness of trains,
especially here In tho South" says an
Atlanta railway man, always tire me
bit by their ancientness; but / heard
now and good one not long ago.
ut seems that trains are always slow
and far between on a branch line I'm
Mississippi. Nobody knows this better
than the people at the junction. except
the people on the line itself. One day
the ncwsdealer came to me grinning.
"a fellow from the other end of
the line just said a funny thing he
remarked. He had missed his train
and there wasn't another for two hours
He came to my stall to buy some read
ing matter to while away the time. He
asked for n jolSebook, and didn't have
any. Then he pol<ed around for a while
and said:
We'll. / guess I'll take time table
instead"
You like to hear that astronomer
talk?" Yes" answered Miss Cayenne.
He can talk about billions and billions
and at the same time avoids any sug
gestion that his enormous figures are
likely to call for more taxes"
Mrs. Brush says her son is welded
To his art" But he has wife. Would
you call her art7" Il suppose so. She's
painted
"Polygamy is severely punished" re-
marked Jipgers. Don't know IT,"
gloomily replied Jaggers. 81 married my
wife's whole family. y."--American Legion
Weekly.
Have YOU Twenty thousand
Leagues Under the Scar mo ma'am."
said the factious clerk. but ! own 30
acres under water that was sold 10 mo
as good farming iand."-BirmIngham
Age Herald.
Husband" said tho professor's wife
suspiciously. Yes. my dear" Who in
this Violet Ray you are always talking
about ?"-I ,ouisvilc CourIer-Journal
ITO what do you attribute YOUR long
life, Uncle Mnse7" asked n newspaper
interviewer of colored centcnarian.
"Becuz an was bon a long time back.
the old gentleman replied.-Judge.
Song writer's on strike viii have
public opinion solidly behind them n
only the singers Join them. Wall Street
Journal
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04

lost. Antilles Ortoher l7 1917 lH
TuHcani8. rrbrJary . Hif
Af9idayia May t9 f9fe wrn
noble srrf rnhrr 1879
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f0t presumed i.4f
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dlahrr ~ tgr ufafrt" o.
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furtr rr fafrit NIf
,c,id vafrr fot arfr
and nakrr trrr farf
diehrr aFfrr-rn rF- rrH1 nrf
not wnfr~
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
II ia n fair venture that many a

IL In n fair venture that many =
captain of industry, acclaimed widely
for his pracucality, has expert
mented along the same lines az the
Harvard professor. without ap-
preaching the lattor's achieve
ment. Though the Bryans sigh.
the Wheelers expostuiate. the
Shupps lament and the Billy sun
days foam at the mouth--despite
such emotional outpourings. we as
sert IL TO be fact that q professor
who can produce excellent liquor"
from "a contrivancc fashioned by
himself is more than an intellec-
tual he is magician, n miracle
worker and well worth knowing.
too.
One mans guess is as good as tina
OF another. so we predict that man,
youths who had planned to go else
where will change their minds and asl
their dads to send them to Harvard mex
year. we believe IL time that tn,
League investigate Har
ward. Who knows but that some pro
fessor there will advertise soon five
inch bookshelf. the contents of which
will teach any man the essentials o
liquor making?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
TRUTH ABOUT NEW ENGLAND.

Comes one James TruSlow Adams
not Of THE Adams family. we are, in
formed-and writes volume entitled
The Founding Of New England" which
attempts TO tell the truth about that
section 81 the country His mission is
very big one, for we doubt II the
entire truth ever was told before about
tho land where. as the old saying has IL.
The I,owells talk only to the Cabots.
And the Cabots talk only TO. God"
Mr.. Adams has a distinguished fam
lily tree. and is one Of those persons who
can look down upon Mayfiows an
cestry with serenity. some OF his
ancestors settled IN South America
ffty years before the Msyfiov-r sailed
tho waters blue" with her hardy stock
OF pioneers
Speaking OF his book, Mr.. Adams
says;
My ambition has becn to write
as an American anxious 10 know
the truth. not as a New Englander
anxious TO foster a tradition.
think the men Of today, especially
the young men, want to know the
truth. about themselves, about the
present, about the past II is the
most hopeful sign OF the times The
men and women of the past were
just men and women like those of
today. and the problems of the past
were not simple, but complex like
those of today. To think of them
as all Of heroic mould. living a life
animated solely by devotion TO re
ligion and liberty,-as those two
terms are understood today. and in
a world in which the only compI-
cations were introduced by savages
and bishops--is to picture a life
and setting that never existed or
could exist. In studying the New
England past. l have simply tried
TO learn what these people who
came TO America were really like:
The history of New England is a
glorious one. but it is not the only
glorious one in American history. We
hope that Mr.. Adams has drawn the
line between truth and hcton-some-
thing which we fear no New Englander
has ever done when writing of his land.
The historians of Colonial times have
failed TO give to Delaware, and South
ward, the proper place in their chronic
lings. For instance. it is all but forgot
that the really first settlement IN
America was made at jamestown, Vir-
ginia, and not at Plymouth Rock And
many of the stirring events of early
days which occurred in this State have
been forgot by those gentlemen who
do not recognize that the land south
of New York City is also part of the
United States. :. More truth in his
tory. and less history in fiction is de-
sired in this day
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
An IMpIpENT PRETENsE.

Il would be really amazing II the old
Republican organization contingent that
controls thu First District Wilmington
city Republican committee seriously
,Nprcted to deceive the people by its
npudent purity and Independence
manifesto officially hatchcd at the COM
nIttec mecting ON Monday night and
tUaa, publ, thy next DAY The spec
...i, of mitchell. Rmany Ellison. Ike
is..ou Il al posing as political purists
MOST ,rtuously protesting against
alu citizens aided by the apparently
uutted supply of funds at their dis
la .uterlering in any manner with
al. CLANS II tho old organization gang
tat .outolur E,ruhncou nominations
H. IL, r,adlrr municipal campaign. is
on. h, vll ,euu nciting only
ut,ul, aui ,uut,mrt.
tb, rruth II th, situation seems to
is u4t M, old organization leaders are
Il, .ply .uccnscd because certain ele
~ u the Republican party shows a
determination a. elevate the tone of the
lt is tbc pending municipal cam
le md rlcdrc il. ~ the character
!. rs aemrntiona for mayor and other
l.,,cs undo, the city government to
ur,h,rance of business admins
cation 81 public AFFAIRS, in place u the
ellie iont and costly system ot parti-
,an administrations that have been in
l.nwe, tor years. 70 the detriment of
pablic interests The old organization
desires to continue tho present time
worn and irritating methods. and espe-
caIly a. continue having the municipal
administration. which the people are
taxed heavily e. support. as a purely
organisation agency designed FIRST of
al 90 further o. partisan ends
And - th,s discredited aggregation
Il partisans raises howl AZ the efforts
81 reputable Republican agencies TO
place tho Republican party through i;s
nominations and SINCERE campaign pur-
posos in a decent 4ght before the Will
IntuEton publie. and threatens d,re pun
.shmont those reputable agencies
,,ersist a their commcndabie purpose.
Tho old organization must rule the
loust dtotat, the nominations. and thus
sceur, control u the next municipal ad-
ministrailou 81 1t viii raise trouble.
This IS The cruz 81 IT'S defiant but de-
c,d,dI mpudcnt and ridiculous procla-
uatiou through The convenient channel
81 N, Republican First District Com
mittcc
W good citizens especially good
Republicans need not be dismayed TO
a., slightest extent bS this bombastic
,uauation from those discredited parti-
.br agencies which 80 basely betrayed
IA, people 10y defcating the new charter
measure az the recent session Of the
l.,rislature There Is no doubt the
.eople vii know wha, they want. and
onat 10 vote for at the next city cleo
t,or And there Is ample room for the
cau,lusion that they 90 not intend to
f,ermt thai old organization gang to
longer hold thc municipal administra-
aor IN IS demoralizinE grasp.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
sTOP MAKING PISTOLS.

Cities and State pass laws against the
carrying of concealed weapons and
every criminal who wants to use pistol
gets one without any difficulty No law
ever kept a gun out Of criminals
pocket. II may be difficult for law
abiding citizen to buy pistol, but il is
easy for the crook lie has no trouble
at all and never has had any.
The manufacture of this weapon
should be stopped except as the govern
ment manufactures The Federal GOV
ernment can make all the pistols and
revolvers required by the military
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
what Competition Do You Fear Mostl

The competition from a store which
advertises. or the other kind? News
paper advertising-regu advertising
lis a vital part of the sales effort Of
aggressive, optimistic firms. For busi-
ness enterprises in which such IN ad-
vertising policy prevails, the outlook is
always rosy.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
MEETINGS TONIGHT.

Cigarmakcrs Union.
sheridan Post. g. A. II.
Camp No. ?. +. O. S. a
Hope Lodge. /. O. O. +.
Franklin Circle. b. of D.
Welcome Lodge. o. s. r.
Delaware Lodge. y. Q. II
Wilmington Council c. II.
Diamond Camp. W. Of W.
Delaware Council. c. b. l..
National Protective Legion.
Usage Tube. Imp'd o. r. NJ.
Columbia Lodge. A. o. U. W.
Loyal Council. No. l. ID. of L.
Oriental Lodge. q. r. & A. NJ.
Lafayette Lodge. No. 2. NJ. of z.
Mattahoon Tribe. Imp'd o. r. 81
German Beneficial Society. No. g
Welcome Council. Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
Harmony Council, No. 1, u. f. A.
Star of Bethlehem Lodge. !. G. L.
Washington Camp. No. 4, p. o. S. A.
Evening Star Lodge. No. 2, o. S. OF b.
Naomi Lodge. r. D.. No. /. ]. o. r.
Wilmington Division. /. X. X. St. J. & y
VIM. Mckinley Conclave. II. or S. w. NJ
VIM. Mckinley Com. and l.. o. II. NJ. a
Ladies' Catholic Benevolen Associa ton
Local 626. Carpenters and Joiners Union
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION

forces. by Tho police and by citizens
plainly entitled - weapon of self
defense. Chicago Tribune
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-04
Harrison Church Play.

The play Broken Chains Will be
given by the Epworth League OF Har-
rison Street NJ. f. Church on May 10.
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-20

Place in the square if you are willing to get L ten others to join the Citizens Section. Place in the square and remit $0 instead of $loO you wish to become sustaining member of the Citizens sec
 ton. thousand ten-doar memberships needed
 Be one
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-20

tha; Misses May and Agnes Mcclure, Misses Yirdie and Viola Treadway, Miss Grace Shilling, Mir. Willie and Claud Wilkerson.
 Coy Mooney and Ed Jimerson spent Sunday night in the City of Roses.
 Mir. and Mrs. Bob Shilling spent Saturday night with their daughter, Mrs. Glaud Rowland of Bauxite. Miss Bessie Vanness spent Satur- day night with Misses Flora and Ora Shilling.
 Miss Bessie Vanness spent Saturday night with Miss Flora and Ora Shill- ing.
 MT. Hugh and Ira Appling, CulIin Lawhon left for McGehee, Arkansas, to work.
 Our Sunday school is on boom everybody come next Sunday and see if we cant have Sunday school.
 VIOLET.
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-20

Everybody enjoyed good sermon yesterday by Bro. Jones of Levy. He made another appointment for the Sunday in next month.
 Quite few have enrolled in the iIliteracy school being taught by B. F. Langston, Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights of each week.
 Several attended the play at the Sweet Home Community House Fri day night. We certainly enjoyed it. Am sorry to say our community wasn't represented at the Sweet Home Fair this year, but we will try to be there next year.
 Little R. D. Treadway has been very i'll.
 Mrs. Green of Little Rock spent a few days with her son, H. E. Green. There will be a pie supper at the school house Saturday night, the 22nd of October, for the benefit. of the illiteracy school. Everybody come and girls don't forget your pies.
 As B-4.
The Pulaskian., 1921-10-20

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The Pulaskian., 1921-10-20
WEST LANDMARK.

N < < < <
 Health is very good at this writ. ing, with the exception of few bad colds.
 It seems like we are having some more summer, as the sun shines so warm.
 Quite a number of Landmark peo- pie attended the association at Pine Bluff Saturday and Sunday
 Miss Virdie and Viola Treadway, Grace Shilling, Willie Wilkerson at tended the birthday supper at Mr. Claud Wilkerson's Saturday night.
 Jim Hale had bad luck the other day. His Ford car was burned.
 The callers at Mir. and Mrs. Will kindy's Sunday were: MT. and Mrs. H. H. Trsadway and daughter, Mar