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Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

A number of girls at Columbia University have adopted small tur- ties as pets, since dogs and cats have been barred from the institution.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

As proof that Florida real estate
 is sold on the level, it may be point
 ed out that there are few hills of con- sequence in that state.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

Ponzi has gone to Florida and like ly as not sbnaeone will be mean enough to suggest something about stbinds of feather"
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

A Georgia woman declares that
 four robbers have been into her refrigerator recently, not counting the ice man.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

Just abaout the time we got people educated against inhaling gas they
 began stepping on it.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

Running down oneis neighbors is a bad practice, but allowing your automobile to do it is even worse.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

Silence helps a lot when one is try ing to get by with an inferior set of brains.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

Blessed is the telephone girl who never expects the subscribers to be polite.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

An anonymous donation to charity usually gets the most publicity in the long run.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

When the heart takes a notion to fall in love it seldom calls the brain intos conference.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

Truth crushed to earth will rise again, of course, because it will not lie.
Seward daily gateway., 1926-01-02

The most universal delusion is the belief in our ability to write poetry.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28
By Antoinette Schipa
In an Interview

into a secluded corner of the ballroom to watch the dancers. Presently, we saw an old lady, whom we knew slightly, coming toward us. With her was young man.
 Its Edgardo," gasped my friend
 Don't cry" l cautioned.
 By that time he was asking me to dance. If I had kept the program, could tell you by counting up just how often we two danced together, for after we met during the first waltz we danced every following number.
 After while, instead of dying, though l had not gone to Nice, l grew so well that there was no excuse for dallying away from home. MT. Schipa followed me to Paris, talked with my parents, and we two became engaged. Imme- diately ahead of us was the tragedy of separation. He was under contract to sing in opera in South America and would be gone for months. The we'd ding was to take place as soon as he returned. Yoila! At last he did return, and one sunny morning We retraced our steps down the church aisle together as man and wife.
 And what do you think? While he was in South America something hap pened that, perhaps, often happens to tenor. He did not tell me of it until after we were married. And yet the circumstance was one of which some men, not musicians, would have been proud. A temperamentaI Brazilian lady met him socially. Loving him madly, she bombarded him with letters to that effect. She was worth eight million Again voila! Do you know what he thought? It was this: "There is only one little girl in the world for me; she has Titan hair, and she lives in Paris To me she is better than all the mil hons."
 I always trust my husband Had I known of this circumstance during our engagement l would have trusted him then. Now, when he returns home
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28

aIter tour of two or three months,
 never ask hlm. What have you been "oIiig The more you bother man "ItH petty questions the worse he will oe. lie writes to me often; every night dller the concert he wires me of the enthusiasm of the public and how many ehcores he has had, nine, ten. twelve, as the case may be- In Chicago, where they call him 'olr tenor" he lately sang sixteen encores. Then I wrote to nm, My boy, you will kill yourself for your public" But he answered, "For Chicago l give everything I can"
 Never do l go behind the scenes at an opera performance. Some wives go back stage to help. I think it wrong. It IS matter of taste A man is calmer at such moments without his wife. A banker would not think of taking his wife with him into his private office when business put a tense strain on his mind and executive ability. No matter how attractive prima donna is and to whom the tenor must make love in opera, l know that it is not real, but only play. l trust my husband; there is never wrong thought in my head about him. I know that he loves me. That is enough.
 To my mind it is a woman's first duty to understand herself and then to understand her husband. When that lesson is learned, the most difficult thing is over, The rest is easy. People are not made different simply by the mar riage ceremony. Temperamentally, they are the same after marriage as before it. The trouble is that many engage ments are too short for each contract ing party to learn the others virtues and defects. I was engaged nearly q year and half. But even if we women feel that we understand our husbands pretty well, it is wise for us, 1 think, to examine our characters to discover
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28

If We are not the ones at fault. It is much easier to change ourselves than it is to change other people.
 The general opinion is that musicians are hard to get on with. And they are. That is, if one does not under stand them. But one might say the same of any man. My husband is al ways thinking of his music, for he is both composer and tenor. Very well, l try to worry him as little as l can; he must have a free mind. Just now he is composing light opera called Mimi" In all his spare time he is working at it; therefore, I go out, close the door and find work for myself to do. Would a business mans wife sit beside him at the office while he worked on knotty problems? I think not. THERE are many worries a musician 1 should be spared when he is absent singing in opera or concert. One of these is knowledge of illness in his home. How can a man go out and sing his best when his heart is heavy with the fear of bad news of those he loves? Our baby, Elena, is his life. She fell i'll; he was on tour. I would not lie to him. And so I wrote no word about the baby or myself until he wired to know the reason. By that time she was well.
 He is a piece of music. Talk to him of all else in the world and he will not understand Talk to him of music and he knows everything. At night. when he must relax. say to him, Boy, come out of the moon." And we go together to the motion pictures. It is their silent distraction and the in finite care in detail which distinguishes American pictures that make them the delight of many d wearied opera singer.
 Musicians have strange notions of
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28

IN POPULAR opinion, musical hus- bands seem to be regarded as belonging to a family labeled Butter flies" And further still, they are sup posed to fit wherever the whim strikes them, being temperamental, or, in plainer language, unreliable. Before l heard this general verdict, l was mar ried to grand-opera tenor. And, it appears, marrying a tenor of any sort is looked on by some as the apex of misfortune.
 If any sister has followed in my or bass, she may care to compare notes with me Even the spouses of pianists and violinists may elect to join our throng. And if one among this multi tude finds things going less smoothly than she would wish, perhaps my little experiences will be of use.
 If were not so happy I should say my troubles started with the influenza, for because of it the doctor ordered me from my home in Paris to the Riviera, He said I would die if I did not go to Nice. So I went to Monte Carlo, where 1t was much gayer. At IS years we all take risks.
 A girl friend accompanied me; we both loved music. At the opera they gave matinee of Lucia; we girls attended. A young man named Tito Schipa sang the Edgardo. His voice was ravishing. My girl friend wept throughout the performance. Tt is so beautiful" she kept repeating.
 MAYBE the influenza made me M peevish, but it irritated me to think that any one should weep because voice was lovely. On me the effect was calming. Especially in the Contact Scene" and the last act, heard some thing in his voice that thrilled me to a new happiness; a manly tenderness so. deep that it filled me with a sense of strong protection.
 That night my girl friend and l crept
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28
LoOe Can Be Managed in the Most Artistic Environment, Says Antoinete Schipa, as She Tells Hou She Keeps Fires of Domestic 7ranquiZlHy Glouung in the Home Where Sh
 L Partner to q Famous Operahc Star

IF YOU marry mUs1cidn artist, ehettcdNy nclned-Iook out for the artistic temperament!
 That's Whot the Od saY and points to the many domestic Wreck seVn orer the rocky reefs Of artistic enangemen Yet the rord and hi8 fe make Of he smdShp Of famous actress, musical genuS geot pointer Thuts because the artist usuay We and midey nown and tue dirorce gets the full glare of the ImeIigh The public fas to the hundred drOrce O just ordinary orcdny little knoUn tot tucked of m another Of the aeWspaper
 And is NOT true that nU artists temperame1Hd hot # impossible to Ue Wjth them n domestic peace aud ranqu Along AnOnette Schjpn Wh the oong story of hoW she tremendously and altogether happy h Of the best knoUp ope1dtic tenOrS in America.
 Antonette q French girl formerly, American citizen tue fe of Tito Schpd nous chosen by Go- Ccj to sing opposite roles to her n he Chicago Cuc Opera Company. HOW to handle emperHmend husband here told by Anonette herself intimate disclosure of wedded paes like jeVeL against tue dark picture of petty droce squabble8 rampant eUeryWhere in America todoy.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28

business that are utterly impractical. Without good heart. none is an artist My husband trusts and believes in everybody Many would take advan- tagc of him. l must open his eyes; he believes what l say.
 Favorite singers make lot of money, but they have to spend deal of it. Aside from the current outlay, my hus- band bought three homes. The first money that he eaved went, as it should, in get millionaire house in Rome for his mother. Then he bought house in Italy and another in Daytona, Fla, for ourselves. To his family he is ever generous. This combination has meant spending in one direction and saving in another.
 Like all French girls, and American ones, too. I love pretty things. But always ask first, Dear, do you feel that you can afford to let me get this now or shall wait until next month? ?" If he says. Better wait," wait. Never do I surprise him with a bill; never have we quarreled over the question of buying. And in married life l fancy that an opposite course might mean numerous upheavals.
 MY HUSBAND is, in some respects, M like a child. A woman's heart joys in protecting and mothering him she loves. Gently, quietly, l reason, little at time. He minds, for he is the best man in the world, and would do anything to please me and to help along his home and entire family, that has as much as we have.
 With such a husband, what wife would not be glad to share an equal responsibility? No woman can think only of herself after marriage as she did before it. Husband, children, home must all be thought of before she con- siders herself. The husband makes so many sacrifices in his protecting love, And his wife'S ambition is to sustain her share of them. As can cook, and 1 thank my mother for it, l cook for Tito often. When I cook he has good stomach. If the gasoline is as it should be, the motor will go well.
 A singer does not belong to his wife, but to his public She does not need to write this down in order to remember it. Last season my husband made ninety-two appearances in opera and concert: for the latter he was absent from me for months on end; during the former engagement could be with him. Always there are things he must do; always there are people he must see; always there are other people who must see him.
 My husband was born in Leece, Italy, where they adore him. Many from that section have settled in America. Some times, quite unexpectedly, he will bring from twelve to twenty of them home to dinner Things must be prepared sud denly. At such moments every dear woman there turns in and helps, and we have a gay Bohemian time.
 But the singing life needs more than mere practical ministration. If Tito gets a new song he calls me in to hear it. At the end he asks for my opinion. If say, "No, 1 don't like it, it's not good" he does not sing it, unless by request
 For next seasons concerts he is learn ing many American songs. As he says,
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28

If man sang English instead of Italian to audiences in Italy, what would they think of him 2" Really, it is not so much what they would think as what they would do If any one gave only English songs to an Italian audience, he would get shower of real, live lemons in return American audiences are far too gentle and kind for that; conse- quently there is bigger reason than ever for a singer to show that he loves them by singing the language they know best.
 When Tito is away for long months on tour l have my baby, my home and my clippings to keep me bus. l am getting this book together for the baby when she grows up. l put everything printed about my husband into it, programs, notices, even the tiniest ones, I am SO proud of them. Not one critic in Amer ica has said unkind things of Tito; everywhere it is the same.
 He has sung in Cuba, Mexico and South America. Success began for him with his debut in Spain, when he was 25. There they love the real bel canto ol tHe lAIC tcHpI' HuCh as ms, better than they do the robust tenor voices. And Tito never forces or sings too high; always he thinks of the beauty and color of the voice, His public is that one that loves singing, but not screaming, for in the concert field one must know well how to sing
 Now, l have given very frankly and from out of my heart the real expert ences of a tenor's wife. It is not, per haps, the popular conception, but it is truth.
 The other day Tito was hugging the oahy when l said to him iokingly, "If there is divorce the girl will go with her mother He answered, Then | shall follow the girl and the mother, too
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28

x A recent letter Prof. David Seaburv
 o1 New York, author of 'Unmasking Our Minds" listed seven kinds of love. From Madame Schipas description of her married life she seems to unite two or the varieties described by Prof. Sea bury: mate love and partnership love.
 Prof. Seabury's classification follows.
 First. Mate love-The highest The two are psychic partners, able to build the dual solitude; just as happy together as alone; merged as individuals.
 Second. Romantic love - Romeo .,d Juliet. It will last as long as the romance lasts. It is trying to see the forces of human nature on loo ner cent basis. It looks for angels and gods ana needs mixture of common sense.
 lhlrd. Sex love-This is sexual com. patloillty, very important factor bu, iio' aoequate alone to the strain of the deeper experience in human life.
 Fourth. Emotional love-The sense of emotional attraction, like dog for mas ter. A sense of magnetic unity.
 Fifth Partnership love-The desir. to make a home and be the motbar or father of children.
 Sixth. Propinquity-The same racs church, neighborhood, politics and tbs like.
 seventh. Frigid love-Marrying for s lunch basket The search for secnr;tv and protection A great many modern marriages are built on this alone
 Copyrt2lt b. Public L.do.r
New Britain herald., 1926-05-28

Mime. Schipa
 never harnesses her artist husband with
 home
 worries. When their baby. Elena. fell i'll he was kept in ignorance until she was
 we'll
Evening star., 1926-02-02
A Cured Case of CVD.

II is time to get down TO brass tacks
and publish q few cures OF arteri-
oSclerOSis hardening of the arteries
or the heart muscle degeneration com
monty associated with it or the whole
thing considered as a general condi-
ton. cardioyascular degeneration, for
short called CND. ] have intimated
repeatedly that hardening of the
arteries may be cured-if taken III
time. / have held out the possibility
or hope of cure OF incipient CED
and | have endeavored to explain here
precisely what incipient hardening Of
the arteries or cardiOvasculard degenr-
alton is and how the fool and the wise
man, respectively, acts when he has il.
In order TO cite an actual cure /
am going to draw on the records of
q family doctor who deyCteS careful
attention TO periodic health examiua-
tions as Il part Of his general private
practice. This doctors office has an
atmosphere which ought to inspire
confidence in the doctors skill and
efficiency; there is no imposing ma
chinery. but one finds the doctor
equipped with everything from meas
uring rod 10 microscope to carry out
every essential part of the health
eXaminatiOn-and that IS something
which too many physicians of some
pretension are not prepared 20 do. In
recent years many purely CONNER
ciaI interests have invaded the medi-
cal field, offering divers and Sundry
technical services for stated prices,
and although such services are notOri-
ouSly unreliable. some doctors who
lack good training or equipment are
in the habit of assigning to these
commercial agencies a considerable
share of what should be medical work.
Evening star., 1926-02-02
BEDTIME STORIES
BY THORNTON
". BURGESS

bit Spooky flew away, but Nanny
didn't know it. Like all members OF
the Owl family. Spooky's wings make
TO sound when he flies. They are
silent wings, and Spooky could pass so
close to you as almost to brush YOUR
head but you would hear no sound.
1t happened that when he left that
tree he flew in direction which made
II impossible for Nanny Meadow
Mouse to see him; so she supposed he
was still in the top of the tree
BY and by she saw something NOV
ing on the farther side of the young
orchard At first it seemed nothing
more than a moving shadow. But
Nanny long ago learned to be suspi-
Cious of moving shadows She knew
that they We're likely to have claws
or beakS, or both. She kept her eyes
fixed on this moving shadow and pres
emily her heart gave . little jump. 1t
wasn't q shadow she was watching.
No, sir, it wasn't u shadow she was
watching. Who do You think it was?
Well. it was some one who has, a big
tail and is very proud of it. 1t was
Reddy Fox. Yes, sir, that is who it
was-Reddy Fox.
II Nanny had been frightened when
she had discovered that Spooky the
Screech Owl was in the tree above her
she was doubly frightened now Reddy
was running back and forth, this way
and that way, and she knew Just by
watching him that he was hunting for
Meadow Mice. He was dra wing nearer
and nearer. What should she do?
What could she do? She didn't know
SO she did nothing. That is a very
good plan when you don't know what
to do.
Nearer. nearer, nearer came Reddy.
Poor, Nanny Meadow Mouse, If she
ran Reddy would see her and Spooky
would see her; at least that is what
climb that tree and so get out of
Reddy's way. But she didn't dare
climb the tree, for she thought Spooky
was in the top of it, and she would
simply be Clinbin. right up to furnish
him that dinner he wanted. Do YOU
wonder that Nanny Meadow Mouse
was in despair? You know despair
means to be without hope. Nanny
couldn't see that there was any hope
at all. She was sure that Reddy
would find her. 1t was only a question
OF whether she would rather be a bite
for Reddv Fox or dinner for little
Spooky the Screech Owl. OF course
she didn't want to be either
With eyes popping out Of her head.
or at least looking as if they would
pop out of her head, Nanny watched
Reddy come until he was only a short
distance from her. Then he sat down
with his back to her
Evening star., 1926-02-02
What Tomorrow Means to You
BY MARY BLAKE.
Auuarius.

The planetary aspects of tomorrow
are. although rather overcast during
the early morning. favorable on the
whole. and full advantage should be
taken OF these propitiouS influences to
push with energy and vim the imme-
diate task YOU may have on hand, no
matter what its nature may be The
vibrations promise to be stimulating,
and under such conditions il is safe
to lei love prevail. Troths that are
plighted today will, in actual practice,
give the lie to the old adage that 1.-The
course of true love never runs
smooth
Children born tomorrow will from
physical standpoint, be very erratic
during babyhood. At one moment
their condition will cause despair. The
next moment their prompt recupera-
ton will make YOU wonder what all
the fuss was about. Careful nutrition
will do more than anything else to
bring these little ones out of a worry
ing infancy, and enable them to attain
normal majority. In disposition, the
boy Will be willful and the girl plant
The boy will be boisterous and the
girl quiet and reserved. They will
both, however. be loyal and sincere
and underlying all their weaknesses
or defects there will be a never-f fail
If tomorrow is your birthday your
life, unless YOU are married. is rather
an aimlesS one. You experience great
difficulty in making up your mind,
lack decision Of character and are
somewhat rudderless. You also dislike
solitude in any form and must, for
your own good. always have some
one to whom YOU can tell your
troubles. If not already wed, the
signs denote that you should marry
early and preferably with some one
born in January, June or October
In spite Of your inclination to lean
on others. you possess excellent self
control You are also affectionate and
kind hearted. You are very fond Of
music and like your home to be bright
and attractive. Your friends are le-
Sion and your enemies are nil.
Well known persons born on that
date are: Horace Greeley, journalist:
Elizabeth Blackwell, physician: Spen-
Ger T.. Baird. naturalist: Ogden y.
Rood, scientist and inventor; Sidney
Lanier, poet, Charles A. Totem
soldier and author; c. Gatti- Casazza.
operatic manager
Evening star., 1926-02-02
Our Cllildren-By Angelo Patri

this matter. If the doings of the
neighbors are discussed critically and
judgment passes upon them in the
presence of the children they will do
precisely that same thing. only far
more crudely, far more brutally, than
their elders. And then-grief for
everybody concerned.
If the misdoings OF others have
to be discussed within the family shut
1t away from the children. 1t is not
for them to form the habit of judging
other people. Teach the friends and
neighborS that yours is house where
their regulations are safe. Their
affairs will be treated with sympathetic
consideration or not at all under your
roof. When one comes with a breath.
less tale halt him long enough to ask,
us there anything I can do? VIII
1t help any for me to hear this story?
Must know It? Does he ask you to
tell me?" If after that he tells 1t
little harm can come.
In that atmosphere the children will
learn to speak kindly of their play
mates and their teachers or not at ALL
Silence is to be preferred to talebear-
Ing and kindness that covers def
ctencies will bear fruit In lessening
them.
When a child tells a story about
something that casts a shadow on the
reputation Of another take him aside
and ask him If the other person told
him the story and gave him permis-
sion to spread it, and. if not, by what
right he tells 1t. Life will be so much
easier for us all when we learn that
gossip that hurts one hurts us all.
Mr.. Patri will give personal attention to
inquiries from parents and school teachers
on the care and development of children
Write hlm ddns.5 IN care OF this paper incosing
Copyright. 1920