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The Washington herald., 1921-03-20

the side Of the public must utilize Ameri-
can business methods. i must give tne
public what 1t wants. To my way OF
thinking, this IL the ideal way to do it. Let
an American who knows American business
manage grand opera in America. You SEE
strictly business point Of view"
Perhaps Mary Garden knows the world
Of American business. She was born in
Scotland. She ought to know the American
public pretty well. Whether she will sue
coed or not remains to be seen-but Of one
thing / am sure. and that is that grand
opera needs firm leadership. Not treat them
rough you understand, but frmness. Find
out the right thing to do; have q code Of
6xed principles, an dthen--do it.
1t was Walter Damrosch who predicted
that sooner or later Miss Garden would have
to choose between the careers of manager
and artist. He was quoted as remarking on
the "unceasing squabbles and the drain
they make on ones vitality" All this the
diva dismisses as "pinae!" and fudge"
,sTerrible, scandalous stories," she re-
marked, recalling the yellow" accounts Of
ALLEGED nareups with Dorothy Jardon, with
Mile, walska and others. 1--WE are hav-
ing no trouble here. am not firing any
body right or left. Ny word what q much
ado about nothing. You see us here to-
sether-a happy family; just hang around
awhile and see how it works."
Sure enough, little later on, while the
interviewer chung around" in came the
artistic Rosa Raisa. MAY see Miss Gar
den?" was the request. Would Miss Gar
den see her?
'Ah! good morning, my dear"-this from
the new manageress. No sooner was the
: word passed in to Miss Garden that one Of
her stars was awaiting without than the
'.irst feminine grand opera manager" came
The Washington herald., 1921-03-20

TyHEY say Mary Garden virtually signed
l her own death warrant when she blithely
scravled her signature on q contract to
engage for two years as director general OF
the Chicsso Opera Co.
Tmposxible!" they e1claim, for "0ur
MARY" successfully to hold the reins over q
nock of grand opera stars-Latins, for the
most part, high strung, temperamental. A
woman and in . job that drives most
managers into madness or oblivion. Was 1t
not Signor Gino Marinuzd who cried, 81
cannot stand it, they drive me crazy" as
he retired from the position Of operatic
conductor and artistic director, making way
for fhe diva.
How about q woman manager? Yes
Mr. John Drew got away with It when
she stsohshed herself as an actress man
ssE. Az did Sarah Bernhardt in the same
role. They worked hard, but the white
heat Of 1t, the pace that kills, nearly got
them
Yet neither was q prima donna manager
In grand opera dealing almost exclusively
with temperamental foreign stars. Mon
dieu! II has never been attempted, 1t can't
be done!
Moreover, they aver, bluntly, cynically,
that Mary Garden, with the swift stroke
OF her pen, tacitly Acknowledges her best
singing days are over. Soon she is to sing
her swan song. be 1t the Louise in
which she made her first big success, the
Sslome with which she burst into the full
sara Of her glory or other favorite roles.
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the "Georxia
Peach" Of baseball, or Christy Mathewson,
the idol of sportive Broadway, when they
lost the cunning of the batting eve or the
The Washington herald., 1921-03-20

tripping forth literally to embrace her CO.
star.
Mary and Rosa closeup; Mary seizes
madame's hands and clasps them close to
her own sides laughter and running chatter
in French patter; the business Of looking
into each others eyes; talking earnestly
ever smiling. No ''cat" in the conversation !;
no tomahawk brandished eovertly behind
swishing skirts. To all intents. they were
members Of a happy family.
Nonsense, sheer nonsense, this clash
ing Of temperaments," said Miss Garden.
81 have their confidence; I hope to retain
1t. There is no reason why we should not
all get along nicely together. Firm, yes,
always firm; but just use plenty Of good
common sense and courtesy. have time to
hear them, will hear them. That is part
Of my business-my job. Sure it takes pa
tience, but I've got a little Of that in my
SOUL
my name, my personality, means some
thing to these people who have hired me, !"
she told the writer. ''It has represented
leadership in art-in grand operna; now 1t
must mean leadership in all that the name
implies here in the managers Office"
Bang! went the Garden fst on the table.
You bet she's boss; but q very human one
withal, who stresses common sense, and
courtesy.
And how does all this responsibility OF
many business cares affect her own role
as prima donna2 How does Mary Garden
the ditectrice, slip into the role Of Mary
Garden, the cantatrice? Is her art sufferin,
any in the dual role?
''Not at all detrimentally, % far as car
seat least not yet," is her quick sally
''You know. there are some who say that
The Washington herald., 1921-03-20
MARY GARDEN SIMPLY AZORES" HER JOB AS MAESTRO
BIZ Deborah Smith

Maestro Mary "simply adores" her
new job as general manager OF THIS
Chicago Opera Co. She revels in
the title Of the ''frst feminine %NN
grand opera conductor" Yh-
800 90 ooh! love it-simply ~
adore it," she exclaimed, tapping
the table in front of her with
jeweled fingers, then giving herself
to the embrace of a wicker chair with
Characteristic Gardenesque abandon.
Scene, the diva -impresariette's ONCE
back stage of the Manhattan Opera House
in New York. Time, IL 80 q. m. Dramatis
personae, "Our Mary" her secretary, yours
truly. Outside, the full company, with
Cali Curci, in morning rehearsal. The
alternate murmur of the orchestra, the
staccato cry Of q songbird, the diapason
Of the chorus.
''1t is the most wonderful job ! have
ever had" she ran on. Like it? Of course
do. 1t is the best opportunity for service
that has ever come my way. Think Of it
the first feminine grand opera manager! And
why not? This IL ehe day of woman. She
10 capable, she is efficient, she has long
wanted to do things that have been denied
her. NOW sne IL gettns her chance, ana
she Ii making good, is it not 5000"
This with a prolonged whistling effect.
The diva was in fine form. Eleven thirty in
the morning, mail for her, callers clamorins
ut the door, some Of her galaxy Of stars
waiting to see her, business matters to be
dealt with Immediately. Oh, what job for
. q woman! She, too, must sing within the
next forty eight hours.
'No, NO, the job has not got my goat-as
yet. VOLTA it must not-it shall not, IL I
can help it Use this!" patting her head.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-20

er-Mary Garden never had q voice; and
some who say that she-er-once had
voice. Maybe they are right.
But l am still working-an average Of
two appearances every week. And ] find
that this new job does not interfere with
my singing. On the contrary, think i can
work better out there. This game keeps me
all keyed up
1t is, indeed, somewhat Of o swift pace
Maestro Mary travels these days. Break
fast every morning by 9 o'clock; the morn
ing newspapers, which she peruses care
fully; the mail, which she disposes Of with
an eye single to the job Of getting it done
thoroughly. completely, as rapidly as pos
sible; conferences with opera leaders, stars,
the press and the public: telephone calls,
personal correspondence; lunch and then
little nap before the afternoon grind begins.
On the days that she sings the business
routine must 90 on Sapite the fact she
must give some OF her Cine TO rehearsals.
Yet she says she is going. 10 get away with
it-at least for the two years Of her con-
tract. After that-well, no one can forecast
the future. Her future will be pretty much
bound up with the public. Tie public may
want her to go on as a grand opera man
ageress; perhaps-but, why worry ABOUT the
future? Mary refuses to worry. Worry is
out of her calendar.
In the evening. when not singing, she is
apt to be out in her audience-in disguise
mingling with the people, hearing what they
say and listening intently to the stars Of
her company, to the chorus, the orchestra.
Six days q week she keeps up the grind.
One of her company told me how she stands
the pace on the road-gets up at O'Clock
in the morning to leave the train at Fort
Wayne, works hard all day and sings in
the evening. This is the grind they say is
going to get Mary Garden in the long run
the grind of which Miss Garden makes light.
A ND what is Maestro Mary's ambition In
"A this new job? What does she hope tc
accomplish other than showing that
The Washington herald., 1921-03-20

How could refuse such q job when II
was offered to me? They believe in me, they
thought was fitted to take bold of such .
position-I, woman. They wanted Mary
Garden-and they got Mary Garden. Now
am in and trying hard to make good. This
year, laying the groundwork; next year it
will be easier.
my job is both art and business. On
one side of the footlights am dealing with
American business; on the other side with
artists. The line is distinctly drawn. On
The Washington herald., 1921-03-20

pitching arm, were retired" into the Office
Of manager. Is it so with "Our Mary"f
From my beautiful arms" to my
policies,; from making them sit up and
take notice." to making them sit down
and take instruction; from my voice" to
my experience'-can 1t all presase the
passing of Miss Garden, the prima donna?
Is it possible that our Scotch lassie has
started down the other side of the topmost
peak?
what does ''our Mary" say about it
au? ...
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22
KENTUCKY FAVORED BY TICKLE
DAME THAT RULES ELEMENTS

In 1884 the national government in
stituted weather service and since
that time the reports and records of
its two stations at Louisville and Lex
ineton have been available to the gen.
ertl public. Prior to that time the
only records were those made by VOL
untary and unrequited observers for
the Smithsonian Institution, which
were hardly available to the general
reader. 1t is Il coincidence that the
earliest record, and the second longest
by an individual for his own pleasure,
was made by resident of Jefferson
county. 1t is perhaps, the best known
of any, and tribute was paid him by its
publication in Collins History of the
state. It was begun in 1S41 and con-
tinued TO 1870. The second was begun
by a resident of Fayette county with
a Smithsonian outfit and for it in June
1879, and is yet continued by him. His
record with non-standard equip
ment was begun in July, 1867 and he
thus has literally grown old in a gen.
tie service, Both were practical fruit
growers and their interest arose in the
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

potent influence which the weather
eXerts on that calling.
Weather at best Is a tickle dame
but so interesting because of the ca
PRECIOUS dispensation of her stock in
trade-heat and cold, rain and drouth,
sunshine and shadow, sleet and snow
tempest and calm She seems govern
ed by no law save the uniform rota
ton Of the seasons and her giving
from day to day is a law until itself.
These facts are of general acceptance.
We takek them as they are, and very
few indeed ever speculate about the
factors that cause these wide varia-
tons and for which, in the very nature
of things, there are definite reasons.
1t is an understanding of these forces
through which we may arrive at the
conclusion that neither now nor ever
will we know the exast and immedi-
ate causes of the wide variations from
year to year or even day to day. but
only the general physical laws THAI
govern them Louisville Courier
Journal.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22
$RT'
FROM COAST TO COAST
A Remarkable Chain Of Homo Test.
m0ny. And Maysyllle Adds Its
Voice to the Grand Chorus Of
Local Praise.

From north 10 south. from east "a
west;
In every city every community:
In every state In the Union
Rings out the grateful praise for
Doan's Kidney Pills.
10000 representative people In every
walk OF life
Publicly testify to quick relief and
lasting results.
And it's all for the benefit OF fellow
sufferers.
In this grand chorus Of local praise
Maysville Is well represented.
Well-known Maysville people
Tell of personal experiences.
Who can ask for better proof OF
merit?
+. S. Lee, proprietor grocery store,
322 Market street, Maysville, says: 81
think Doan's Kidney Pills are grand
remedy and gladly recommend them.
| use them every now and then when
my kidneys get out of order Of my
back gets to hurting me and they soon
relieve the trouble. Doan's tone up
the system and give me better health
generally every time / use them"
Price 60c., at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney pills the same that
Mr.. Lee had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22
NOTICE

Section 4, Chapter 2, Acts of 1918
provides that no person can be elected
County Tax Commissioner without
taking the examination required by
law.
Therefore, |, Harry C. Curran
County Attorney, ad interim, do here.
by notify all prospective candidates
for the office of Assessor of Mason
county, who will run before the Au.
gust primary, 1921, to appear before
me for examination the second Mon
day in March, at 10 O'Clock a. m,
County Judge office qualifying On
subjects, rs per cent. to pass.
1-Experience as an assessor.
2-Revenue laws of the state.
photography Of county.
4-lndustries in county.
5-Property in county.
6--Elementary training.
business experience.
HARRY c. CURRAN,
County Attorney, Ad Interim.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

Come to the Opera House Tuesday night and hear Nan cenau
assisted by large chorus sing George Washingn and His
Hatche One Of the catchy numbers the musical Tuesday night
at Opera House will be the duet of Ellen napp Harry Blythe
John oDonne plays difficult violin and the Senior BOYS
Band renders several of the classics William Smith, Jr makes hit
singing Whispering and then when bevy High School singers
sing the chorusWe just out Tuesday night hear it, One
Of the novelties that quite catchy Tuesday night the Opera
House. the Japanese Sand Man rendered encore to the Jap
anese Love Song This done the Jap costume Another delight
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22
lewY6rA
Letter \
BLucydaavsRice

New York. - With the twin ambl-
tons of owning a farm on the Pacific
Coast and of marrying an American
girl with money in her own name, a
real baron has one more landed in our
midst. He arrived somewhat in dis
guise, but fairy princes generally used
to be expected to do that. His disguise
was quite old-time, too. lie same as
a cowherd, did Baron Rolf Heyking,
scion of a family prominent in Rus
sian nobility, who fled from that coun-
try when Kerensky came into power.
He has been wandering homeless ince
then, and so quite naturally turned at
last to America. His knowledge of ami
mails learned on his fathers estates,
got his job on cattle ship, and here
he is. Il have little money" he said
cheerfully, land am a baron and all
that. SO maybe | won't have any trou-
BILE marrying some wealthy American
girl" For people who produce such
gloomy literature, the Russians seem
to b quite optimists, at times.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

artists Virginia Watkins and Ruth Ronstein you want to recall
The Good Old Days hear Elexene Russell Dolly Ford ydo
chenaut sing When You and Were Young Maggie The musical
talent OF the younger set will be exhibition Day eve
ming at the Opera House Instrumental and vocal solos, duets and
other rendons in increasing groups until unouds Soldiers
cuos by over 100 students the Boys Band and the High
School Gee Clubs with energy thrilling yet harmonious Every
ooy get ready Let's Col Come out Tuesday night John
mccormick and Alma Guck sing Mother Machree -Washngton
Opera House. yEyOrrv~vu-
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

the as doughnut girl with our Sal
Walton Army. She was decorted by
the French, Serbian and Greek Gov
ernments. She found her old life
monotonous when she tried to take it
up again after war, and her beauty
parlor is the result. She has engaged
specialists, of course. for the various
phases of identifying. but is learning
them all herself, as well.
LUCY JEANNE PRICE.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22
COMPLETELY IN MURDER
CHARGE AGAINST YOUTH.

Whitesburg. Charged with COM
plicity in the murder of Red" Hamp-
ton, former soldier, last November.
Robert Ison, a young man of Lower
Rockhouse Creek, this county. has
been arrested. His brother, Burnett
Iaon, who disappeared, is being sought
as the actual slayer.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

awarded a woman $4,000 for the loss
OF a leg. This led Case and Comment
to look up the subject of what a wo-
man is worth, in the light of recent
court decisions, and it found that
when completely assembled she has
been valued by juries as follows
Legs, at $4,000 each ........$ 10000
Arms, at s42,5OO each ....... $4,000
i'"'r '''''''''''........ 10000
''0'' '''''''''' ''''.......... 10000
Eyes, at $4,000 each ....... 10000
broken heart .............. 100000
lotai ''''.' S470,000
And lot of men we know have been
giving their flivvers a lot more atten-
ton than they have their wives They
better wake up-Davenpart Democrat.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

Did you kknow that left and right
shoes don't sail on the same ship? l
didn't, until the other day when a vet
eran seaman, watching the loaded
trucks going to and from the piers
down at West street, began to remin-
isce. wonder if seamen were hon
ester nthe old days. Anyway they al
ways use dto ship shoes in pairs" His
companion explained his perplexity
AYE, didn't you know" the seamon
said Nowadays a shipper sends all
the left shoes on one ship and all the
right shoes on another, so if thiev-
ing seaman gets into the cargo hold
he won't care to steal anything"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

Mere bulk no longer impedes our
modern robbers of the highway. An
American Express Company detective
tells of small truck laden with about
$4,000 worth of merchandise, which
stopped at Madison avenue corner.
The driver locked his steering preel
and entered building. When he came
otu ten minutes later the truck was
gone. The corner policeman tolm him
that five minutes before a wrecking
crew came along, hoisted the front of
the truck onto their wrecking outfit
and drove away Naturally the police
man thought they had been sent for to
take away broken truck. The
thought of theft didn't enter his mind
in connection with such an orderly
proceeding as he had witnessed.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

Our first Fboatload OF German immi-
grants since before the war arrived
the other day, 200 of them. But they
were wild animals brought over from
Hamburg by Louis Ruhe, animal
trainer and exhibitor of this city. The
collection is being housed on Long
Island temporarily.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22
WHAT A WOMAN Is WORTH.

Women who have had modest idea
of the value men put upon them will
revise their conclusions when they
read some Of the verdicts in damage
suits that juries rendered feroe the
women had the privilege of citing
with them in the trial of cases.
In New York court recently a Jury
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

The Britisher has learned to wait.
That, according to p. Harvey Middle
ton, of the Guaranty Trust Company's
foreign trade bureau, is one great and
particular reason why he is a success
full exporter. "They 1.-THE British) have
found it just as difficult as American
exporters have found it to get cash
from European buyers" Mr. Middle
ton says, land have suffered more in
tensive production handicaps during
the past five years than have Ameri-
can producers. But the Britisher has
learned by long experience that
periods Of economic depression are
good times in which to lay the foun
dation abroad for future business
and he knows that foreign markets
cannot be neglected when domestic
demands are attractive and then re-
captured just when they are needed.
He sets aside enough of his produce
for export to keep his brands and
trademarks "in the market and to
let his foreign consumers know that
they are not being altogether forgot
ten. The result of that policy is
markedly evidenced in the laterest fig
urcs of British overseas commerce"
The necessity of appreciation by
American manufacturers of the impor-
lance of a similar policy on their part
will be one the notes emphasized at
the National Foreign Trade Conven
ton to be held next May in Cleveland.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-22

The drift oc society women into bus
mess continues. Now it's the charms
and profits of a beauty parlor that
have captured the interest of one Of
New York's socially prominent. Mrs
Cora Van Norden Coppinger was
overseas throughout the war working
first for the French Red Cross and
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-03
Robert M. EdmunSon Magazine Subscription Service
 Wrangell, Alaska

Owing to the fact that next week is Better Speech Week" through out the country, the subject of "Grading,' which was to have been the topic at the Parent Teach CT Association next Thursday night will be postponed month, aud Dr. K. ]. Diven will give a talk on " The Value of Good English, in- stead. This will be followed by a short outline by one of the parents on what can be done in the home to help the movement, and one on what the school plans to do by Miss Oliver. Better SpeechWeek' will be observed here November 1919. All adults of the community, whether parents or not, are cor dially invited to attend the Parent Teacher meetings which are held at the school-house on the evening of the second Thursday of each month.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-03
West Coast News

The heavy southwestern gale on October 27 did more or less damage at various points on the West Coast. The whart of C. B. Ferguson was carried away, and at Bayview the gasboat Banshee was partly wreck ed. A number of other boats were also damaged, and the boat build ing shed of James Johnson was carried away. The damage done amounts 10 several thousand dol lars.
 Millions of herring are appearing at klawock Inlet. It is very early run for this section.
 A whist party was held at the Moose hall at Craig on Hallowe'e en night. Mrs. George Willett won the ladies first prize. Mrs. C. E. Hibbs received the ladies' consola. ton prize. The gentlemens first prize was awarded to Charles Brick son.
 The Bayview basketball team will leave on Friday, November 4, for Wrangell, Juneau, Sitka, and other places to play for the cham pionship for Southeastern Alaska.
 A number of members of the Sal vation Army at Bayview will leave on Friday for killisnoo to attend the annual convention for Alaska.
 The work of clearing and level- ing the baseball ground at Bayview is almost completed. This will give Bayview the finest playg round of any town Of its size in Alaska.
 Mir. ard Mrs. kitley, pioneers on this coast, left Tuesday on the Confidence for California to spend the winter.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-03

Considerable difficulty has been experienced by O. c. Palmer in getting the new engine, which he purchased at Treadwell on his re- cent trip north. for the light plant, to Wrangell. The Seattle had promised to deliver it here on its next trip but went off the run and the Spokane refused to take it because it had instruc- tions to load no single piece of freight that weighed over four tons and the engine weighs nine. During the week, Mir. Palmer made arrangements to have the Marguerite go to Treadwell after the engine, having ascertained from the Treadwell people that such arrangements were favor able to them and the Marguerite left Wednesday morning for the North.