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Evening star., 1925-10-11

season a member Of the Peabody
Symphony Orchestra under Oscar
Hamerik, the Danish conductor. 1t
was here that he made his debut as a
soloist. AS a member of that Or
chestra he cherishes above every
thing else the acquaintance Of the
first flutist, who was no other than
the beloved Southern gentleman, poet
and musician, Sidney Lanier. 1t was
Mr.. Lanier who was the inspiration
Of a new symphony played in Wash
ington for the first time last year,
written by Gustav Strube, conductor
Of the present Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra.
In 1881 Mr.. Kaspar married the
gifted singer Annie Roemer. and came
to Washington as leader Of the Ford
Opera House orchestra Shortly after
that he was appointed violin teacher
at Mrs. Somers' school, now Mount
Vernon Seminary, where his wife was
the vocal teacher. He held this po-
sition for 40 years, resigning only re-
Gently after a severe illness two years
ago. In a short while his general
violin classes got so large that he had
to resign from the theater and de-
vote his whole time to teaching, which
he loves.
In 1886 Mr.. Kaspar organized a
StTlnSeu OTCIcStId, tile w llHel1nJ CIuD,
consisting Of eight first and the same
three cellos and two bass viols. The
best works were studied and three
concerts were given annually. The
outstanding feature of these concerts
was the rendering of the theme and
variations of THE Maiden" Schu-
bert's quartet.
After Mr.. Kaspar was appointed
conductor of the Georgetown Or
chestra he merged the best players
Of the Wilhelmj Club into this or.
ganization. which afforded q larger
conductor Of that organization, which
was brought to a high state Of eff
cheney. All of the Beethoven, SYM
phonies excepting the fourth and
ninth, were performed. as were the
best Of the Haydn and Mozart and
many of the modern symphonies. The
organization had many popular SOLO
lists from abroad and most of our
prominent local vocalists and instru-
mentalists, who co-operated freely, as
this was the only means that they
companiement. Such soloists as
Emma Juch. Ernestine Schumann.
Heink, Max Heinrichs, Franceska
Kaspar and Mrs. H. Clay Browning.
vocalists; Anton GloetZner Johr
Porter Lawrence, Henry Xander, p'
anists; Anton Kaspar, Johann
Miersch and Leonora Won Stosch
Nady Speir, who won the first prize
at the Brussels Conservatory after
two years spent there and was award
ed this prize before an audience that
included Mr.. Josef Kaspar, her earlier
instructor), violinists, and many
others.
In 1893 Mr.. Kaspar became conduc-
tor of the Washington Choral Society,
succeeding DR.. Damrosch. which po.
sition he held for about IA years. The
activities of that society and the part
he took in them were described in an
article which appeared recently in
The Star. Mr.. Kaspar stated that it
was a great pleasure to work with an
organization that had for its motive
the highest aims and was brought to
Evening star., 1925-10-11

Describing his own reaction to the
work, Mr.. Gershwin said
ut Is absolutely pure music-a
transcri tion of mood rather than of
a definite subject. This Is the first
composition in which 1 have adhered
to a strictly symphonic form. l do
not believe that the forms which the
old masters discovered can be i'm
proved upon, for there are inevitable
sequences that music naturally fol
lows. At the same time I have en-
deavored to retain the elasticity which
modern evolution demands.
"The first movement is quick and
pulSating, representing the restless,
young, enthusiastic spirit of the age.
The second movement is in a quiet
mood, utilizing the atmosphere of the
American blues but in much purer
form than that in which they are usu-
ally treated. The third movement re-
verts to the quick style of the first
an orgy of rhythm, starting violently
and keeping in the same pace through
out. 1t sums up all that has gone be-
fore in the manner Of the classical
concerto
George Gershwin himself. the man
who made an honest woman out of
jazz" was born in New York City and
received all his musical education
there. He is only 26 year old and the
first of the twenty-odd .usical come
dies which have come from his pen
was produced when Gershwin was
only 10. In addition to the Concerto
In F. Blue Monday Opera" and
Rhapsody in Blue" he has composed
a sheaf of preludes for pianoforte
and a piece for strong quartets.
Evening star., 1925-10-11

F." which, in Mr.. Damrosch's words.
"transplants the atmosphere Of comic
opera and dance music to the classic
ground Of the symphonic concerto"
Both Of Gershwin's new compost
tions are scheduled for presentation in
Washington this Winter. His blue
Monday Opera" will be the featured
number Of the program which Paul
Whiteman's Concert Orchestra will
present at the Washington Audito-
rum, December IL, as an outstanding
attraction in Mrs. Wilson -Greene's
series Of evening concerts there this
season, while the Concerto in F.
Evening star., 1925-10-11

Owing to the postponement and
changing of the place of presentation
the STORY of the Roses" recital by
Bessie Stuart Campbell had small
Evening star., 1925-10-11

THE Army Band. under the leader
ship Of Capt. W. J. Stannard. will
introduce a number of novelties in its
radio program which will be broad
cast from the patio of the Pan
American Union Thursday evening
While we are accustomed to find I'm
these programs, played for the first
time In the United States" very sell
dom have the programs contained as
many new numbers.
Carolyn Manning, the contralto In
Thursdays concert. is a member OF
the ST. Patrick's Church Choir. She
will sing her selections in Spanish.
The second vocalist of the evening
will be J. e. S. kinsella, baritone
The instrumental numbers will be
given by Caroline Bender and Arsenic
Ralon. the Guatemalan violinist.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
High Tuition Unpopular

recent enforcement of the tuition rule Tor
eiqhteen-year-od students is arousing some
protest; first, because of its amount beng
higher than college tuition in most places, bee
ing $500 per month, or $40 per year; also,
because students whose 18th year is reached
in December are subject to its levy. Though
all Fitzgerald parents realize how thoroughly
enforced has been the law preventing entrance
of first grade pupils, if the sixth birthdays were
not reached in September. This ruling is thus
seen to work an injustice at one or both ends of
the line as certainly every child is entitled to
free schooling between and Is. A child
whose birthday fell in December was not al
lowed to enter just before reaching g. nor is
he allowed to finish just before 10. 1t is a
poor rule that won't work both ways.
We call the attention of the school board to
this inconsistency. The price for out
of town pupils is also very high, but this may
work out a benefit, by forcing our county
earlier into the consolidation plan for city and
county, the ultimate educational goal How
ever, we believe this an ill-consdered move
as we should give opportunity for higher edu-
cation to our own county children at reason
able cost
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Quit Knocking Florida!

Boost Florida to the tourists from the north
seeking to escape from those terrible winters,
for which their sections are noted. The tourist
who is making his way to the land of sunshine
cannot be persuaded to stop short of that
promised Land" so why not bid him God
speed and when he gets enough of that per-
petua warmth he will at least have good
opinion of the folks along the roads of South
Georgia, where we can locate him on good
lands producing crops, the kinds he is &C
customed to grow and under climate in which
he can grow them twelve months in the year
and let his hogs and cattle roam in the pas
lures the entire year around. Educate the
farm-seeking tourist to the possibilities in agri-
culture and stock raising in this section and
when he has enjoyed winter in Florida and
begins to tire of the summer heat the year
around we will then have a chance to make
him feel at home up here in Gods country.
Don't knock Florida. We are glad they
can't get into Florida without having to pass
through some of the sections of South Georgia.
Wherever they come from they are per-
petual source of income to someone along the
route, going and coming, and some day they
will stop long enough to get acquainted with
our own resources and invest. Let's make 'em
welcome.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
New Methods Sought

Weather forecasting is far from
reliable even yet, with standard
weather bureaus as wehave them in
all large cities, ad numbers of sci
entists spending their whole time in
research and investigation. The
American astronomical society has in
view card indexing of no solar
system, with inform i harris
showing sun spots, solar pfomlnences,
areas of excessive heat, etc, day by
day, so as to arrive at a code, which
used with readings of the barometer
and thermometer night and day
would afford more accurates local
forecasts, and certainly more diff
mite seasonal forecasting.
Scientists say the sun is king of
the universe and in a material way
regulates civilization, hence study
the sun.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17

pended by the city. We believe ne shoulo DC
reelected lust on his record, without OPPOSE
ton
Give the Mayor the opportunity to name hVe
members of the Board of Aldermen to make
up the majority of his next administration.
The constructive program on hand calls for
the closest cooperation between the mayor
and his Council and in this way Mr.. Mayes
could be assured of having the right men to
help him carry on. fractional politics, at this
time. should by all means be suspended and we
trust Mayor Mayes will accept the nomination
and be given the privilege to name the five
aldermen.
Mr.. Strange who is filling the unexplred
term of Treasurer Spell, should be elected to
full term, and we have no reason to doubt but
that the voters will endorse him for his place
if he will announce for it.
Mr. John d. Dorminey, who has served on
the Bond Commission for many years, and
who has devoted a good deal of his time to
the water and light plant, which today stands
as one of the best assets of the city and un-
equalled in the state by any of the cities in our
class will be Communicated to remain at his
post where he can serve the city so well.
The city is on the eve of a great forward
movement, in which all departments will play
large part, and it is hoped that in the selec
ton of candidates, should the present Officers
fail to ask for reelection, that citizens will be
selected who will carry the present plans into
execution and bring Fitzgerald into the fore
front of South Georgia cities, to which place
we should aspire.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Give City Officers Your Attention

Now that the bond election is over, we do
not know just what the result will be at this
writing but take it for granted that bonds
carried, it is time to speak of the probable
successor to the outgoing administration.
Usually our primary elections have been held
earlier than this date. For good reasons of
their own, no doubt, the executive committee
has not as yet announced their plans for this
year. However, are sure to elect mayor,
five councilmen, a city treasurer, an entire
school board and member of the Water, Light
and Bond Commission.
Fitzgerald citizens have been fortunate in
having real good and efficient administrative
officers in charge of the city in the past.
Mayor Mayes has an exceptional fine record
to his credit in administering the finances of
the city with care and an eye to getting
dollars worth of work for every dollar ex-
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
FILM STAR SUED FOR
DAMAGES TO HOUSE
Landlord Says Creighton Hale Left
Litter of "After Party" Ef.
! fects on Building.

Hollywood, CAL, September IA
Creighton Hale, motion picture &C.
tor, must have had marvellous time
in the house he vacated short time
ago. The landlord, Thomas E. Fitz-
gerald, has sued Hale for 1851 dam
ages asserted to have been done to
the house and furnihings during
Hale's occupancy. Floors and walls
marred, glassware broken, fag ends
of cigarettes and cigars draped hith-
er and yon, and a motely collec-
ton of bottles hanging on the floor
were some of the items cited by the
aggrieved landlord.
We presume the bottles contained
ink and were emptied by Creighton
in the course of answering his "fan
mall"
Creighton Hale is well remembered
in Atlanta as a leading man of the
old Forsyth Players. While here he
made reputation as a superb actor
and extremely attractive man social
ly.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
The Charity of Vines

A Kansas City man took an eleva-
tor cage discarded from an office
building in his city and placing it on
his lawn converted it into an attrac-
tive arbor, with growing vines to
cover. Vines are the most impor-
tant aids in city identifying. Franz
ed to cover unsightly board fences
and out buildings, they bring artis-
tics effects. On Central avenue we
see pleasing result where giant
vine covers telephone pole and
wires. Is it wrong to make things
look just like they ANTI" Not while
the Bible permits that charity shall
cover a multitude of sins"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
New Brooms Sweep Clean

Assistant Secretary of Treasury
Andrews plans thorough work in en-
forcing prohibition. A fleet of 25
automobiles will be consigned to each
region and every confiscated bootleg
Der car will be turned into war work
against the contraband industry.
Seized motor boats within the three
mile limits will be used to police the
coastal districts especially of Florida,
and also in the Detroit section, where
Canadian liquor is findin gavenues of
entrance.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Arabs and Abstinence

Arab leaders are very much IN
earnest about saving Palestine from
the Zionist menace. A number Of the
leaders have decided to enforce the
Koran commandment against smok-
ing and from this saving to establish
fund that will help their cause.
They will call this a smoke bank"
and Through their newspaper and
personal influence they will urge all
Arabs to give up smoking and con-
tribute their savings to this bank
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Italian Seaplane
May Land in u. S.

Washington, Sept. 14.-Permissio
was granted the Italian government
Monday by the State Department for
one Of its hydroplanes. now preparing
for a Rome-to-Buenos Aires fight, to
fly over the Panama Canal zone and
also to touch at two ports on the
Atlantic Coast, Norfolk, Va, and
Charleston, S. c.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Crowded Out

During this month 100 federal pri-
soners will be removed from the At
lanta penintentiary to state in stitu-
lions in Virginia and in Vermont, to
relieve congestion in the federal pri-
son. In Virginia, the federal prison
ers will be put to work on the new
federal prison for women which will
soon be underway and which is de-
signed to further relieve congested
conditions as well as to be of whole
some moral effect through segrega-
ton.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
z1znzzzsR
SPOTLIGHTS
ON
PEOPLE =
covered Wagon" Babies
3 Mdudef( ye1ders

AS a feature of diamond jubilee
in San Francisco celebrating their
18th anniversary, an outdoor BAN
ouet was rendered the covered wa
gon" babies of that strenuous pioneer
period, and there had been many.
Several months were passed on the
long, long trail and it was no uncom-
mon thing for babies to arrive along
the way. Campfires were used in this
celebration showing covered wagons
and real Indians in the background to
make the celebration more realistic
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Cripple Girl Slain
Following Romance

New York, Sept. 14.-Katherine
Gore, pretty little cripple girl, lies
murdered Monday following her first
and last romance.
Detectives were searching today
for the youth last seen with the "a
-year-old girl before she was attacked
and brutally slain on the rear porch
of her East Side home.
DR.. Benjamin Schwartz, chief med
ical examiner, who performed an au-
topsy, will make chemical analysis
today to determine if the girl was
administered knockout" drops.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Trying Again

Nothing daunted by his failure
with airplanes, Amundsen with Lin
coin Ellsworth and some of the
same crew, will fly to the Arctic re-
gions again next summer, but substi-
tuting an italian dirigible, which
is already purchased and which will
be manned by an Italian crew. 1t is
reported that Commander Lans-
downe of the Inflated Shenandoah
had said he would like to take the
Shenandoah to the polar regions and
considered that would be safer trip
than the one he was to take across
the country, and which did encounter
that same uncertain weather condl-
ton he had forecasted as probable.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Follow the Swallow

Professor Stoddard, of the U. S.
Biological Survey, is spending the
season near Townsville, and with a
corps of assistants, is studying not
only the quail but the swallow, with
fererence to conservation of the
former, and learning as much as pos
sible of the habits of the swallow.
For this purpose aluminium bands are
placed on the swallows legs, and per-
sons finding any of these banded
sparrows are asked to communicate
with Professor Stoddard at his lab
oratory in Washington, D. C.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Racing Death

A woman on board the liner Mu-
enchen last week owes her life to the
successful efforts of two ships to
reach each other in the quick
est possible time, one carrying
the specific remedy for her al
most fatal condition. When the call
for the antitoxin was flashed, five
ships responded with their location.
The nearest one, fifty miles away,
changed its course as did the Muen-
chen, and in three hours relief was
given, and when the ship finally
locked the woman was able with aid
to walk ashore. How wonderful is
science!
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Large Oil Combine

Announcement is made from New
Orleans that the Wesson Oil and
Snowdrift companies and a number
of smaller cotton oil companies are
merging into the Southern Cotton Oil
company and will be the largest pro-
ducers of cotton oil products in the
world. Their domestic trade in large
ly developed and they export one or
more products into every principal
country in the world.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Constitution Dav

This is one of the anniversary days,
as is also Magma Charte Day, that is
celebrated by the society of the D. A
R. The object of observing the day,
is not alone for dedication, but for
self examination that we may not be
unworthy inheritors of this sacred
bequest. Patterned in some respects
from the Magma Charta of England,
our Constitution is the most construc-
tive government document ever franz
ed by man. 1t builds. 1t is all Amer
lean, and it is the duty and the priv
ilege of every citizen of the United
States to safeguard its fundamentals
and preserve its advantages for our
selves and our posterity. This is not
denying the modern needs, as amend
ments have been and may be added
as contingencies arise, but we shall
continue to reverence it's origin,
its adoption and its value as the
lamp of liberty in the beginning,
and the continuous light of our faith
through all our country's progress.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
4 EDDETTES
n ON
" THINGS
az ~ By M
Silent Letters
?: By M

Every school teacher and child
must have felt at times a degree OF
imitation over the absolutely sense
less way so many of our English
words are spelled. Only the French
exceed us in the use of silent letters.
! Now comes an investigator who as
serts that 500, 100000 wear would
be saved to publishers and everybody
concerned if silent letters could be
eliminated. He calculates the cost
of paper, ink, postage, printing, COM
posing and the additional wear and
tear on machinery. By his theory
silence would indeed be golden, ii
the unsounded letters could be strick.
en- out by phonetic methods of spell.
ing.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
$500 For Slayer
OF Negro Preacher

Quitman, Ca, Sept. 14.-Brooks
County authorities are offering re-
ward of $500 for the arrest and con-
viction of the slayer of Anderson
MCGEE, an old negro preacher, who.
was killed August 2. Governor Wal
ker was also asked to supplement
this sum with like amount.
When he failed to keep a preach
ing engagement searchers found his
body in the bushes by the road,
guarded by his dog, who would let
no one approach until members Of
the family were brought to the scene.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Canada Lifts Ban
On Meat Shipping

Washington, Sept. 14.-Dressed
meats and poultry may now be
shipped in sealed cars through Can
ada from New Mexico, Colorado,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and
Louisiana, the Department of Com
nerce was advised Monday by the
Canadian Government.
This modification of an embargo
on live animals from these states and
Texas, Canada, however, did not lift
the embargo from Texas.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Concessions to the Blind

All Bible manuscript goes post
age free if given to the blind, and
if it is sold to the blind the postage
is allowed at l cent per pound in
stead of the regular rate
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
8 Die in 2 Crashes
OF Auto and Train

Shelby, Mont, Sept. IA Great
Northern mail train crashed into an
automobile at a grade crossing near
here Sunday, killing five persons and
fatally injuring another. The dead :
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Hasquet, Mrs.
10. B. Mcintyre and two children,
Virginia, II, and Jean, IL. Mrs. B.
J. Lynch was fatally injured.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Anniversary Column
(Sent. 1917, 1879
10 YEARS AGO

An important conference OF repre-
senntatives of every county OF South
Georgia has been called to meet at
Townsville, September IL, to make
nlans for meeting and minimizing
the attacks of the Mexican boil weev-
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17
Wonen's Wear

Except for the U. S. government
fisheries maintained on islands off
the coast of Alaska, my lady would
find furs as wearing apparel almost
IT not beyond the her reach in price.
But the cheering information is given
that conservation and development
have caused wonderful yield of
pelts this season, 19,O87 of seal, and
700 of blue fox which will bring
prices within ordinary reach. The
first government fur sale will be con-
Quoted in st. Louis on September
%.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-09-17

Mr.. Eldridge Powell win leave
within few days TO rAtlanta to take
up his studio sat Emory university.