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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-28

Won Is the naked truth, and this | swear
rs ! hope Tor mercy.
NV name. deer lad, Is not Trevor.
! waE James Nrmitagc IN NV younger
DAYS, and vou can understand row the
shock that II was 90 me n few weeks ago
whom our college friend addressed me ~
words which sccmcd to imply that he
had surprised my secret. vs. Nrmltago
u was that | entered y London banking
house. and rs Armltage was con
vIctod of breaking my %countrys laws,
and was sentenced to transportation.
DO not think very harshly of me. ladJlr,
II was a n debt of honor, 80 called,
winch | had 90 paw. snd I used money,
which was not my own to dn II, ~ tho
certainty that 7 could replace It hcf'r 70
there could hc any possibility IT #.
hung missed. hut tho most dreadful
dl-luc( pursued me The moncy whirl
hid recLonCd upon came "a
hand. and n premature examination al
| accounts c1lo,cd NJ drG,it. Tho
ease might have lecn dealt lcncntly
with. hut tho laws were moro harshly
administered thlrtv wears ago han now,
/ and On nay twCrtv-third birthday | found
mN~rlf chained ~ p lclou with thirty.
~,vcn other cvnVlcts "a the tween 'c'k'
OF tho bark Cyora scott, bound ion
/ Australia.
II was the vcer -. when tho Grim
can way Wa ~ ne height. and th,
old convict ships had hccr largely u>co
a. transports ! n tho BLACK Sea. The
government WAS compelled. therefor
80 use smaller and less suitable vessel
for scndi-c out their prisoners. Thu
/ Gloria SCOT, had hrcn m tho Chinca'
tca-tradc. hut she vas An old-faShlonci
hcavy-boNcd. broad hcam"d craft, an,
tho new clippers hid cut her out. Sh,
was y Accommodation boat; AM
besides her %thirtv-cight lsil-birdS Sh
carried twcntv-slN of cr2w. cightccr
soldiers, n captain, three mates, n doctor
n chaplain. and four wardcrs. Nearly
hundred souls wcrr IN her. all told
when We set sail from Falmouth :"
Saturday-rhe Gloria Scott" cor
/ cludcd.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-28
THE WAY MADCE FOUND REST
SO FAR As CLAIRE Is
CONCERED.

n had needed proof Of Claire Eos
tcra essential indifference 10 Dicky,
was given M abundance Of A. when
within ten minutes of our gong TO
led. her regular and deep breathing told
me TINT she had gone 90 sleep ~ peace
fully ns u kitten.
I knew. of course, that she was OK
haustcd with the emotional STRAIN OF
tho preceding hours, but knew Also
that no exhaustion would nave per
mittcd slccp to come 20 her so suddenly
# her affections had hccu involved
She ~ not The tvIc of girl 10 take
things lightly. Under her apparent hard
ness, her metallic supcrtclnliy. had
found q watm, ingenious heart n
realized that oncc she was certain pi
my continued presence M thc Don with
her che had relaxed, had Land down. the
hrlsiling armnr whIch she had kept bc-
tween herself md the captions spccu-
la,iong ~ those surrounding her. md
had found tho rest she go -oroly needed.
But I could not find sleep go easily. ]
forced myself 10 llc quietly. for ter
that restless movement might awaken
tho girl ON tho couch across the room
whilo over mo went wave after wave 81
anger at Dickv, fear that he WAS n'
longer mlne Tor either anger or appr"
baton. longing for him. aud nm ago.
nizcd rcmorsciul questioning as 10 mH
share uf the blame ~ tho Mt that bad
come between us
Usppy. indeed. should hc Tho. wlf'
who never has had such "a vigil. In The
old SrrIpturnl phrase she should coun
herself blessed among women Of sh.
mover has had occasion tn spend th'
sllont hours Of Tho night no toriuun'
interrogation and roirospcction sIch %
came to mo m ihat mountain bedroom
4 Sleeplcss slight.
AZ hrs' / kept looking ~ 'hr radWu
luminous bands Of my wnst-waich 3
l,,mc tho messing minutc4 But whom
fmund that what seemed ip me- o. lea.
an hour Of waiting was registered 81
tho watch zee only seventeen Wluuirs.
, determined 20 look NJ o. no moro "
h could not escape the striking 81
I clock m another part az the huldi
not siudcu'. indeed -oft-ioncd. Bot
n clearly audible ma the deep e'lou
which gpyc the hours md half hours
" noted every ono until four siroE
* told mo Of was that hour no the NOR
ing Then 7 must have d"lod IN fro
re- sheer exhaustion. for when open.
IN my Dyes again the darkness had 20
.c and ! saw that a. was ihc time M q
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-28
THE FORGOTTEN GUESTS.

enc time whom the night was frost,
aud cold the stars wanted o. give "a
ball We can dance hv thc hight uI
Father Moon shining face and Whist.
hing Wind ran make orr misc, .aId ono
hlg Star.
or course. al tho Stars. hg and
lttlc. thought tins would boo great nm,
~ thcy an ran 90 Fathcr Moon 'o osk
hlm to come tho next night without
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fail. For though We can dance with
ont YOU. dear Father Moon. sand me
stars, 1T will be a much finer party
with your bright face shining for MS.
I'm he at the party. replied Jolly
Father Moon. smiling 40 the thought
There Is but one thing that can keep
me away he said. looking an around
the sky. and | de- not think that VIII
happen. So twinkle away. my chill
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-12-28
Bumstead'sW 0rmSyru1

directions are followed. 1T NEVER TAuS.
Despite scarcity and enormous cost %
HANrOSTN. IL contains fan dose. Stood
sixty years test. Oh e~v-rrvn-re nr bg
mail. 800 n bottle. 49,
Est q A. Voorhees,. ". D.. phflad-Iohis
Tor sais by ~. n Dsnforth. DruExis'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
PLAYER PIANO FAN
Music Critics Have Taken TO
Rollers for Entertainment.
Maude Adams One of Best
Known Playerpianists.
PADEREWSK WAS ENTHUSIAST
Bogus, wilmer, Vail and Wool
worth Experts on the Piano.
Young and Old Alike Enjoy
Playing on the Machines.

BY ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER
In my early days as a music critic,
I was an incorrigible highbrow. I used
10 turn up my nose at anything which
was not in the class Of the three BIS:
Bach Beethoven. or Brahms, played
by the two BIS the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. or Harold Bauer. My chief
adherence was the playerpiano fan
1t is true that I was familiar only
with the transient kind of fan with the
powerful legs. who always settles in
the apartment above and spends his
spare time grinding out Poor Butter
fly is a Fly Girl Now with all his
might and keeps the loud or blurb
pedal turned on so that the notes run
together like a platter OF poached eggs
after the cat has walked over them
found with relief that he was a
transient in fandom, because his
rough-and-ready methods soon wore
out either his instrument or his en-
thusiasm. or some exasperated neigh
Dor would, at Christmas. make him
present OF a roll for his player. Ia
beled Magic Fire Scene" and filled
with T. y T
But this was my idea of the typical
piayerniano fan until 1 myself was
turned into a fan by one of the most
charming and popular women in the
World. She will never know what she
did to me until she reads this number
OF Golfers L hate to have her know
Eut the story is too good to keep.
one morning I was writing in my
room at the Fairmont hotel, San Fran
cisco. when the sound of a piano came
thru the wall. Someone in the ad
joining suite was playing a Beethoven
sonata. and playing it very well in
deed Now, 1 prided myself on my
musical ear. I felt it was so expert
enccd and sensitive that I could tell
the playing of the worlds great plan
lists apart. bliudfOlded-
7 knew at once that it was no ordin-
airy musician practising in the next
room He was repeating one difficult
passage over and over I noted that,
while the technique was flawless even
at the start. the Interpretation gained
in beauty at each repetition.
Next Door to a Genius.
Il flashed upon me that must be
next door to some great virtuosO.
Could it be Paderewski2 No. The
great mans playing had fallen off too
much OF late. Hofmann2 This per-
sons performance was too romantic
anG vital Was it Granger No. The
muse had not quite Grainger's virtility.
Gabriiowitsch Almost. but not quite
Bauer2 That was it, OF coursei The
piece now drawing to an end could
come from no other fingers than those
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
BALL CLUB ON FIRST TRIP
Cooley Isn't Expecting Even Break as
Seasoned Teams Will Be Met.

Dick Cooley and his ball club left
town this morning not to return I'M
ill the home part of the Southwestern
league season opens on May 2. The
team will play the Kansas City Mon
archs, one of the strongest colored
teams in the United States. at Kansas
City this afternoon and Sunday and
from there will move south with
Muskogee as an objective. The sea-
son will open there on April 20.
Altho Cooley has been able to pick
a likely looking bunch of youngsters,
weather conditions have been a han
dicap to early training and the club
is going into the season more or less
as an experiment. Cooley is counting
on the two games at Kansas City to
help put his bunch in shape and is
confident that much Improvement
will be shown once the season gets
under way. but realizes that on the
first swing to the south all of the
strongest teams in the league last
season. with the exception of indie
pendence, will be met. Muskogee,
where the first series is to be played,
finished strong in the league last sea-
son and has had a club together play
ing exhibition games since early in
March.
For this reason. Cooley isn't making
any claims but says he will be salts
fled if his team can win four out of
the twelve games to be played on the
trip. He isn't expecting an even
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music has come-the greatest spiritual
boon of modern times-to make the
art democratic. And it has passed
rapidly thru the early. crude stages to
the point where today, anyone with
an open mind, a little industry and the
capacity for improvement may ex-
press his own emotions on the piano
as truly as Granger or Bauer or
Moiseiwitsch. The day has gone by
when a mere matter of finger twid-
ding can stand any longer between
John Smith and Ludwig van Bee
thoven.
The number of highbrOws who still
sheer at canned music IS rapidly
dwindling. Most of the critics have
already discovered-by some such ex-
perience as Miss Maude Adams gave
me-the superiority of the musical
food served from the new, germ oof
can over that served from the open
tin pan of the average pianist
Famous Fans.
Many genuinely famous people are
playerpiano fans. Bernard ShawS says
that he had rather play the mechan-
icaI piano than hear Paderewski.
of his crippled son fourteen years ago,
had no heart for the exertion of hand
playing, but used to spend long hours
at his mechanical instrument and told
his friends that it had been a genuine
consolation to him. Begas, the great
left-handed sculptor, was a famous
enthusiast WulIner. the famous
singer. spends a great deal of his spare
time sitting a vast distance from the
player piano, on account of his long
legs. and playing Bach, Brahms and
Beethoven as quickly as possible.
Theodore N. Vail and Frank w. Wool
worth both had large mechanical or
gans in their houses. The latter in
strument has an entire scale of cOlOred
lights. giving atmospheric effects APP
propriate to whatever music is going
on. Sir Hubert Won HerkOmer, the
celebrated portrait painter. never went
to clients home to paint him with
out insisting on the instant purchase
of a playerpiano to inspire him while
he painted.
To my mind, almost the best recon-
mendatiOn for the playerpiano is that
its fans grow steadily more enthusiast
tic with advancing years. The old fell
lows seem to stick to it as long as they
live They may drop everything else,
but not their machine. The pianist's
fingers stiffen after a few months
disuse or a little rheumatism, but
fingers are never too old to operate
levers And there is nothing like the
fragrance of Old music for calling
back the good old days.
There is only one class of player
piano fans more ardent than the aged,
and that is the youngster. Turn a
child loose with a mechanical piano
and a large selection of rolls, and he
is almost sure, sooner or later, to
wear out the charms of the bad and
the Indifferent music, and fix his af-
fections on the good. which will not
wear out. The day has come when
many a child of ten, who has been
given the run of a playerpiano is more
cultivated unsteady than the ordinary
concert goer. 1t is largely
on this account that L was led to say,
at the beginning of this article, that
mechanical music is the greatest
spiritual boon of modern times
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
81 LOIS RoBINETTE.

In the college world. spring means
formal parties, and formal parties
mean corsage bouquets for the fair
ones. In a few years from now. when
the last echo of the wedding bells
has died away, these same young men
whose motto now is Say it with flow
ers," will perforce change 1t to say
it with beefsteak.
ITS very seldom" says the lady in
a local flower shop, that a married
man orders flowers for his wife. How
do we know they're married? Why,
how does one know when the sun IS
shining or when it's raining-we just
naturally know. They probably phil
osOphize that What's the use to run
after the street car when you've
caught it? So when they do spend
any money on flowers, you can be
pretty sure that it's a forced put-like
the man who came in the other day.
After ordering a dozen roses, he
said, Now whatever you do, don't IAN
to get 'em delivered before o'clock,
because my wife's mad as the dickens
at me, and I'm sending these as a
peace offering-so you see how i'm
portant that she get them before get
home-safety firstH
Men-IgnOrant Brutes!
Then to show how little men know
about flowers-last winter one of the
prominent legislators very digni-
fled man-explained that he and his
wife were invited to a very exclusive
affair and he thought he should send
his wife a few flowers. That wasn't
very definite. so we tried to get some
idea of what he had in mind. He
said in a very cock-sure manner
Well some flowers to pin on her
a camisole you know!'
Yesterday a Mexican and his
bride-to-be came in to select the brid-
al bouquet. They couldn't speak Eng
lish. so we piloted them over to the
showcase and told them to point out
what they wanted. And Solomon in
all his glory was not arrayed like
unto that bouquet-two flowers of
every color we had in stock."
E1ocI1s of Corsages Now.
But to get to the formals and cor
sages. Every week now dozens of gay
Lotharios are ordering corsages for
their lady-loves.
AS a rule freshmen who are under
going their first Formal experience
and are kind O. leary of the ropes
bring in an older frat-brother to act
in an advisory capacity. This vet
and only consults the rrosh when the
question of finances arises.
Before a certain party a few weeks
ago a young gallant approached the
Flowers Shop Lady with-"I gotta buy
a cOrsa ge-durn it!-Oh. just anything
-dand elionS. sunflOWers-I don't care
what only the cheapest yuh got-$3
My Gawdii-Here I needed a new
pair O. trousers, an a new cap, an a
shirt, an oxfords-and then to get
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OF Harold Bauer. What luck to find
my old friend in the same hotel. !
must call him up.
took down the telephone receiver
and asked for Mr.. Bauer's room.
There was a pause and then: mo
such party staying here"
Are you sure? Who has No 79S,
next door to me?"
Miss Maude Adams" was the an
swer-
I understood the situation instantly.
Bauer was there, just as 1 had thought.
One great artist was playing for an
other great artist. 1t was a sign of
true friendship, indeed. to feel that,
while playing for a friend. you can
practice a hard passage over a dozen
times. Discretion was my watchwOrd.
I would not think of intruding.
Chopin's ''Fantasie" began next door
in Bauer's inimitable manner. 1
picked up the morning paper. But I
had not been reading three minutes
before 1 saw a notice of a recital in
New York the day before by Harold
Bauer.
1t was amazing. I would have sworn
could it beg
I seized my hat, went down to the
office, gave the clerk a cigar. and re-
marked confidentially: There's some
great pianist in Miss Adams room
playing to her. Can you tell me who
it is ?"
The clerk grinned.
you've got the wrong dope" he
said cOarsely. There's no great mu-
stefan in 79S or in any other room"
1 was indignant Il tell you there is.
There aren't a dozen men in the world
who could play the Chopin 'Fantasie
as I've just heard it played"
Take it from me- said the clerk,
you'd better guess again. The great
pianist you heard was Miss Adams
herself
impossible" I exclaimed. "A busy
actress could not possibly spare the
time and strength to keep in such
practice"
NO. it amt impossible" answered
the clerk. grinning more than ever.
Now, listen here and I'll give you
the real inside dope: The first thing
Maude Adams does whenever she goes
piano in town sent TO her rooms. She's
a regular fan. Pumps that machine
half her free time. She
The Purr of the spool.
But. with terrible misgivings, I re-
treated TO my room and listened. The
mighty music of Schumann's sym
phonic Etudes' was rolling out of 79S.
the weather was warm and all the
windows We're open And after the
last chord. with a groan of self-abase-
ment, 1 caught the faint but clearly
recognfZa BILE purr of a spool of per-
forated paper being rerolled.
1t was a crucial moment in my life.
Good Lord" 1 exclaimed to space,
If machine can allow a busy actress
to sound like Bauer in the next room,
I'm for it,"
AS soon as I returned home I ac-
CURED a playerpiano and a lot of
rolls. hunted up the best player
pianist 1 could find, and took
course of opera tive lessons. Before
long. was an ardent enthusiast And
found myself one of a large fra
ternity.
For there are only four things that
mankind needs more than music.
They are food, clothing, shelter, and
religion. Music comes fifth. Up to
our day this fifth need has gone large
~ unsatisfied because music making
was an expensive, aristocratic thing
that required much special skill and
a long course of costly education.
Within the last generation canned
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
Money Talks When Frosh
':Soy 1t With HoWers to
Their Spring Time LoUes
College First-Year Students Discover Difference Between
"Corsage" and "Camisole"-Spring Means Formal
Afairs-ForrnaI Affairs Mean Flowers-and Flowers
Mean Money-Men Are Hopelessy Ignorant!

Sucked in for a darned party and
have to hand over three bucks for a
corsage for a dame I don't give a
tinker's hurrah fort It's sure tough
luck!"
If She Had Only Known!
If the lady in the case had but
known the Sweet thoughts that ac-
companied her flowers. instead of
pressing them and putting them be-
tween the leaves of the family Bible
as a memento of a happy event, they
would probably have found a resting
place in the ash-can-so again it's
a blessing that Daisies won't tell"
When asked what sort of a dress
the girl is going to wear, so the flow
ers will harmonic, the fellow gem
orally stammers.
A Genius at Description.
''Why-er-er- it's kind o. pink-no
maybe it's orange-aw heck it don't
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seem to me like it's orange either.
It's kind o. indescribable, dontcha-
light, what there is of it,
Some Of them aren't even sure
about that much-'How should I
know what she's goin' to wear?-she
didn't tell me and it don't seem like
it'd be extra good manners to right
out and ask her-What type why,
she's got blue eyes il that'n help yum
any-but any color 'ud look good on
HER"
When it comes to the price a few
are reckless and order the best yuh
got' with that ome7easy- go-easy
manner-but as a rule they are more
conservative and say, "Well, do the
best you can-you know I'm not very
fIuShI''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
TELLS BUILDINGS IMPORTANCE.
Bronze Tablet Placed on Federal
Building at ST. Augustine. Fla.

Washington, April 15.-Placing of
a bronze tablet in the Federal build
ing at st. Augustine, Fla, relating
the historical Importance of the site
on which the building stands has been
approved by the treasury department,
acting on the request of the St. Au
gustine Historical society of which
Chauncey NJ. DePew is president.
The tablet will state that the original
building was purchased by the King
of Spain in 1903 for 900 ducats as
dwelling for the Spanish governor
general. The site was under the
Spanish flag for 200 years and under
the British flag for 20 years. 1t has
been under the American flag since
July 10. 1921.
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''After the b e e inni n Rs Of
reading, Wri ting, arithmetic
and geography, music is OF
greater educational value
than any other subject tnught
in schools"
p. p. CLAYTON, Phi. d.
Former United States Conn
missioner of Education.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
ARREST TELEGRAPH STRIKERS.
Cuban Union Heads Face Charges of
Stonning Public Service.

Havana, April 15.-Summonses have
been issu ed by Judge Alberto Ponce
for jose M Vaquero, chairman, and
ter members of the executive com nit
tee of the telegraphers' union to an
swer charges of fomenting a con-
spiracy to interrupt a public service.
Virtually no traffic is moving over
TIE wires in Cuba in consequence OF
the telegra pliers strike.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
GET ..PLEsIosAURIAN GLIDE

Philadelphia. April 15.-Philadel-
phla dancing TEACHERS rejoice at news
from Buenos Aires that a new terp-
sichOrean wrinkle called the plesio-
saurian glide has been invented.
Three new tangoes have been dedi-
Gated to the Patagonian monster for
which Argentine naturalists are on a
still hunt, the report adds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-15
MORE ARRESTS IN NJ. P. THEFT.
St. Louis Police Hear One Held at
ward, Ark. in SS5, 900 Robbery.

St. Louis, April 15.-Additional ar
rests in connection with the $50 600
robbery of Missouri Pacific train No
5. here August IS. 1920. were expect
ed by police here today following
their receipt of word last night from
Little Rock that Carl H. Ferguson,
% had been arrested at Ward. Ark,
and the subsequent announcement
that two men were held here in con-
nection with the case.
A fourth of the party, Alfred A.
oliver, is serving a ten year sentence
following his trial and conviction as
a. participant in the robbery.
From unconfirmed sources II was
learned two women are sought in the
belief that they have information re-
garding the robbery which is desired
by police ana federal authorities.
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break but promises winning comDi-
nation by the time the club gets start
ed on the first stretch at home.