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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1923)
Indisposition? Glance over the audi ence as the concert proceeds. There may be yawns, glowing conversation, utter boredom or nervous excitement, all of which are outward Indications of musical reaction. But at some time during the program these same people will be calmed.” Cure With Curative Powers of Classic Mel- odies Proven, Declares Bal timore Professor. New York Gets First Air Mail From San Francisco B a r F oreig n W ords From Ita ly ’s Signs Pays 3 0 ,0 0 0 F ra n cs Ju s t to Sav e T im e Bom».—American and Englishmen visiting in Italy soon will lose the aid of the many shop signs hitherto word ed in the lingua franca which passes for English in this land. The Italian shopkeeper must now nationalize all his signs and word them In Italian, or pay a heavy tax. Milan was the first city to adopt the new ruling, and the tax rate Is set at the equivalent of $1 for every letter in nn English, French or German sign. Now the thrifty hotelkeeper who used to plaster his house with notices In all languages will have to pay $3 Just to let the American know his p lace is a “hotel." A tailor will have to disburse $30 to pul out his favorite “Ladles’ and Gentlemen's Confec f: Paris.—How much Is a minute Baltimore, Md.—Music was pre- worth In America? This Is what icrlbed by Franz C. Bornscheiu, pro the French are wondering since fessor of violin at the I'eabody Con a rich American. Mrs. Silvanus servatory of Music, as a cure for hay Hestooks, paid 30,000 francs to fever, and persons suffering major ail an artist who could paint her ments, continued Mr. Bornschein, may portrait in a given time. find a panacea in tone and melody. She receutly went to an artist Mr. Bornschein's ideas of the thera In Pussy and told him that she peutical value of music are somewhat was very anxious to have him akin to those of William Van De Wall. paint her picture, but she bad Dutch musician, criminologist and so only three hours in which 'o ciologist, who gave a demonstration of have it done. The artist, seizing “musical therapy” In the treatment of his brushes, set to work. Paint cases of Insanity anil delinquency at ing by electric light, he finished Spring Grove hospital for Insane here. the portrait in the required time. tions." Mr. Bornschein himself is a hay fe Mrs. Hestooks, surprised and The new law Is part of a national ver victim and during the last year ruueh delighted with the result, effort to do away with all foreign has been experimenting in his studio handed him a blank check. words, which Italians claim are ruin in an effort to discover a remedy for “Such prompt work deserves ing their language. tlie malady. Each year, about August a prize,” she said, ‘'fill this out The law has been taken so serious 14, he said, hay fever grips him. But yourself." ly that an English family was recently he believes he has conquered it The artist made the most of refused permission to Inscribe an epi through the curative power of musical his opportunity. taph on a tombstone In English unless uuto suggestion. “Thirty thousand francs, as the tax was paid. In his studio, littered with finished usual,” he murmured. and semi-completed manuscripts, Mr. Take Bar Mugs as Souvenir#. Bornschein told of remedies for some Munich.—The state beer house, of the more prevalent ailments. He sincerely believes In his deductions. require a trained psychologist to rec where hundreds of people drink out of htge mugs with tills. Is deploring the Not only the music but the name of ognize the curative powers of music. Toss of 5,000 of these which were taken the selection must convey to the mind Observations prove the average away us mementos during festival n curative value, he said, or must in concert audience goes to the concert week, besides 480 knives and forks and cite the mind to wander from the in not so much to hear the music, but be many decorated plates. In five days firmities. cause it Is either physically or men nearly a million visitors came here for Cites Specific Melodies. tally indisposed and seeks a panacea. the athletic festival. It Is suggested Cures for hay fever, he said, might This is subconscious, but true. How many of these purloined the mugs, be Handel's “Water Music” or the does music serve as a panacea to this plates and cutlery. “Damnation of Faust," by Liszt. The very names of these, he said, are enough to loosen the cause of the dis ease. The melodies will serve to dis pel the ailment with concentration upon them and the titles. Torments of sunburn may be alleviated by lis tening to Sibelius' “Finlandia.” This will picture to the mind northern climes and cool atmospheres. The “1812" overture of Tscliulkowsky will also help sunburn. The swift mo- U. S. S. Colorado Of 1856 COfl- and hoarse voice of the bos'n's mates passing the word along the open tifs of Czerny's velocity studies will trasted With Most Powerful sweep of decks Is all but replaced by chase all imaginary ailments from the speaking tubes, telephone »nil other minds of hypochondriacs. Battleship of Today. Instruments, electrical or mechanical, Schumann’s “Carnival" Is also good for this. Those suffering from neu Washington.—The remarkable prog- for transmitting communications to ritis, Mr. Bornschein said, should ! ress in naval construction In 50 years scores of separated spaces all through listen to Leybach's “Fifth Nocturne” is strikingly shown by a comparison the ship. Navy Beans Still Hold Own. or the adagio movement of Dvorak's of the first U. S. S. Colorado, which At meal times, while navy beans “New York Symphony." For melan was one of the queens of the navy cholia he suggested Strauss' “Wine, In 1856, with the U. S. S. Colorado of still hold their own, the old salt pork, Woman and Song," or Friml’s "High today, the most powerful battleship in the venerable sait horse, plum duff and hardtack have given place to re Jinks.” The bines, he said, ran be ! the world. chased away by Hubensteln's “Kani- The salts who manned the Colorado frigerated meat, fresh vegetables, menostro” or Sousa’s “El Capltan.” of ’50 would be as much dismayed baker’s bread, pie and Ice cremn. Of all changes, however, the great Vibrations Effect Cure. ! with the modern vessel as the modern “The unusual receptivity of the ear gob would be If he were called on to est Is In the kind of demands made is not quite understood by medical navigate the Colorado of old. The upon the crew and officers. In the authorities,” Mr. Bornschein said. “The 3,400 tons’ displacement of the old frlgnte Colorado the yards were sensitilve auditory organ responds to ! wooden steam frigate of 40 guns has hoisted nnd braced about, the sails vibrations of the power of music. To grown nearly tenfold; the old sea were reefed and furled, the anchor the average listener Jazz causes ex soned oak hull has given place to all weighed, the boats rowed and hoisted citement, whereas to the learned pun steel, of thick armored sides and aboard by the crew, the ship steered dit in music such vibration becomes a many watertight compartments; full by wheel, and stores wh'pped on horrible Irritant Without giving a sail power has utterly disappeared and board—all by hand. Handling sail, learned dissertation on the vibration its lofty, wide-spreading, slender spars besides making strong bodies, taught Intensify and element of suggestion. It are replaced by tower-like cage masts, eye, hand and brain to work nimbly can be tested even by a layman to ; topped by large fire control stations, together. prove the curative power of music Is the symmetrical tracery of standing j In stormy weather a seaman nloft at a dizzy height could work with notable. and running rigging is now represent- j “It has been found thnt a gray cat j od by the bristling, knobby and odd- both hnnds and exert his hill strength, while holding on by his —and the example is provable— will . j placed radio antennae. knees, or even. In some Incredible awaken from Its nap In appnrent dis From Ten to Twenty-one Knots. way, by a grip with his belly. In tress when certain high tones are Down below In the old frigate rec sung In a room. This proves the pro- | tangular boilers of copper furnished muscle and wind. In practiced famil iarity and dextrous skill, and In oh Jection of piercing vibrntlonal force. 1 steam at only 25 pounds’ pressure to i s<,n.ant PJ.e reB(jy resourcefulness The same cat has been known to wan a slow-moving horizontal reciprocat der all through the house following ing engine, which by means of a the square-yard sailor was a wonder, the soloist when lullaby Is being sung. single screw drove the ship at 10 but he had a contempt for machinery The cat's nervous reaction bus been knots at best, where now cll-bnrnlng nnd of anything savoring of “science." tested by melodies on the piano, the , tubular steel boilers generate 290 Seamanship was an art. to him the tones of the violin, we find the gen- 1 pounds' steam pressure fo- the deli finest of all arts, beyond expounding or Improving by hooks. eral receptivity of this animal Is but cately-balanced turbines, adjusted to Machinery Replaces Man.Power. a crude example of the claim of my i the thousandth of nn Inch, which, In contrast, most of the demands contention.! without the least tremor of vibration for power In the modern battleship Proves Curative Powers. and with scarce a sound, spin at Colorado are met by machinery. “More detiuite test» ,,f the curative nbont 2.100 revolutions a m'nute, gen To serve the iruns the nid-fnshinned value of the musical «mind could be erating alternating electric current powder hoy, shell whip, hand rammer enumerated by many studio experi which by a twelfth reduction turns nnd training tackles hare been super ments. The vibrational force of music four screw propellers 171 involutions seded by powerful electric contriv seems to have the effect upon the for a ship speed of 21 knots. ances. Exertion of human strength For illumination oil lumps and can must, of course, he still required here senses as does violet ray upon the tex dles are retained only for emergency, and there. In minor ways, bnt mostly ture of the skin. “As feeling and Imagination are should electric light fall, and the by Individuals, seldom hy masses of allied and are conducive of any min present searchlight had no like In the men. as formerly was common In gling of'thought with sensation such old frigate’s days. hoisting topsails, heaving bound the as musical tone effects. It does not | In the day's work the shrill pipe capstan fo weigh anchor, or otherwise for a "heavy drag.” Instead, now a high degree of technical knowledge and skill Is needed In many special ties to control and use the numerous 7? power appliances correctly and keep them In condition reliable for service. resa made in Ships Shown New “Bar” on Ocean Liners Ja g u a r in H otel T erro rizes Negro Even lhe host* are beteg «quipped with IL This photograph wat taken on th« Briti S. 8. Aqnltania. New Orleans.—A full-fledged, though not full-grown Honduran Jaguar, being entertained at a local hotel, was the Innocent muse of terrorism among the bellhop«. One of them, three full shade« paler than his usual dusky complexion, came loping down from the second floor sev eral steps at a time to announce thete wns "a flightin' wll’ rat In room 254." Investigation dis closed that the room was occu pied hy two big game hunters »ho raptured the three-weeks- old kitten In the Jungles neat Ran I’edro Sola. The animal w dil be presi :i'*-f to the New Orleans zoo. I ■ _■ ■ ■ ■ ■ § « _ at Curt las field. Long 1st nd. us the first all air mall from San Francisco was transferred to ths cene truck lo he taken to the New \..rk post office. Just utter l ’llot C. Eugene Johnson bad arrived from Cleveland, of the trip acros« the continent. from his own men, hy way of celfr hrating the arrival of American pris oners, and lie called to them to stop It. At that moment Htlarlo, one of the rebels. leaped upon him, threw him under a table and sat on him. The door open« and a stalwart I American entered. "I am Frederick Funston of the United States army." he said quietly. ♦ ------------------------------------------------------- I "Y’ou are now n prisoner of war.” Aguinaldo could not believe It. — i Young Funston and Aguinaldo "Is this not some Joke?" he de- M an May Sacrifice I inanded. Are Students at West Point He was assured It was not. He and L ife to Sav e Dog Military Academy. Ills hand were led down to the roast, New York.—Dogs that give put aboard the Vicksburg, and taken their lives for their masters are Wes Point, N. Y.—That time makes to Manila. There he was nominally a not uncommon. A master ready queer changes Is once more Illustrat ) prisoner, hut the United Stales gave to lay down hts life for his ed In the case of two hoys who are him very liberal treatment, anil on dog's appeared at Coney Island no«- students at West Point Military 1 April 1» he Issued his famous declara recently Frank Stravel. eighty- academy. One Is the son of Aguinaldo. tion which brought the two-year war nine, was out for a walk with the former lender of the PhlPpplue of the Insurrectionists In the Pblllp- Prince, his Newfoundland pal. Insurrectionists, who gave Uncle Sam I pines to an end. Prince stepped on tl»e car tracks, many uneasy months before he was “He was tlie best Filipino 1 was pver apparently oblivious of nn ap captured, and the other Is the son of | brought In contact with," Funston proaching cur. Like tils master, the officer who captured him, the said. In speaking of him. And Agui he was old and a trifle deaf. brave, fearless fighting man of Kan naldo congratulated Funston In writ Stravel rushed In front of the sas—(Jen. Frederick Funston. Both ing on the success of the American's car nnd pushed Prince to safety. arc plebes at West Point nnd both are daring enterprise. But he was stn: k and his skull manly young fellows who, one of these Now hts son nnd Funston's nre com fractured. At CV:u>y Island hos- days, may he called upon to unsheath rades at school, and have ptedged pltul it was said bu probably the sword In defense of their common their lives to hear arms and fight bat would die. country—these youngsters whose fa tles of the country Aguinaldo opposed Prince tried to follow the rush thers were enemies nnd the leading so bitterly. ing ambulance which took his actors In one of the thrilling dratnus | General Funston Is dead, while master away, but was quickly In American history. Aguinaldo Is leading tlie peaceful life left behind. Soraew here on the Story of Aguinaldo'* Capture. of u farmer Just outside of Manila. Island he is trying to pick up The story of how Fred Funston cap u scent which bus gone cold. tured Emilio Aguinaldo has been read M issionary R efu ses to probably as often as that of Washing Menou L eav e H ead H unters ton's stand at Valley Forge or the sur- | render of Lee to Grant at Appomattox Sydney, N. S. \V.—The story of the Courthouse; but It will never lose Its | Vicksburg from Manila. It contained zeal of a lone missionary on one of the thrills, and It stands as an episode In j 81 men. All of them knew they were ! uncivilized Islands of the Solomon United States history that never falls i risking their lives In a venture In! group, who wns rescued from the to make the most tired schoolboy j which nil the odda seemed to h e ! hnnds of head hunters, but refused to against them, but they were deter be taken away from his chosen station, turn to his lessons with vim. Spain ceded the Philippine Islands mined either to capture Aguinaldo or has Just been brought to Sydney by to the United States after the War of to give their lives in their moat des I an Island sch o o n e r. Men aboard the 1898, but the Americans found thnt perate effort lo do so. schooner, nearing the Island, saw a their troubles Just were beginning; Fire at Aguinaldo’* Guard. number of natives In wnr paint dan- that the natives in the Islands con E very body knew hy heart the story clog nround a blazing fire, according to stantly were rising against the United to he told. That was that the M ic- ; their story. States, fighting Uncle Sam's soldiers, abobes lind captured nn Amerl. >n ' The raptnln, believing thnt some killing them, making it Impossible for scouting party, after killing severa person might be In danger, armed the the troops to come home. men, and were bringing In "six prison ciew and sent them ashore. They fired The prime mover of this continual ers.” The "prisoners" were Funston a volley over the hends of the natives, trouble was Emilio Aguinaldo. He and his fellow officers. One wrong w ho ran Into the bush. The erew In* had fought Spain's rule in the Islands, word from a member of the native • •stlgnted n Europenn-biitlt house and so ardent was he In the enuse of Phil hand nnd the Americans would be found a white man Inside praying on ippine Independence, and he fought •shot down. his knees. He snld that he was a mis- the United States' rule. The natives The party landed Mr rh 14 at rallied enthusiastically to Ida cause. Caslgumn bny under the cover of a year. He was not n military man In appear darkness nnd disembarked. Agulnal- | Sickness had broken out among the ance nnd one never would have pic do's hiding place was about 100 tidies natives and he had been blamed for tured him ns a soldier, but he held away. A day wns s|ient nt Uaslguran the loss of life. The natives had sent absolute swny over the natives; they ami Funston's story wns tried on the their women folk Into the hush and called him "general," and would live natives there. They took It In com- | started n war dance. As that was n or die for him at a word. pletely nnd gave his men food to take sign of future trouble, he had locked "Get Agulntldo and we have broken wttti them on the tortuous route from himself In the house. up the Insurrections,” the American t’uslgurun to Pnlannn. The missionary was Importuned to nrmy men used to say, hut the diffi There wns a week of marching. abandon the Idea of staying among culty was to get Aguinaldo. The man Torrents of rain fell without censing, the natives and Invited to come aboard nnd Ills followers were elusive. Aguln- the food dwindled, the men grew weak the vessel for safely. He refused, how- nldo became almost a myth, he wns and It seemed ns though Funston's -ver, nnd the ship snlled awny. leaving rumored to he In so mnny different great effort was to he blocked by hliu ut his lonely nnd dangerous post. places at so mnny different times. The starvation. The Inst day’s march wns United States knew thnt with him at made on empty stoinnchs, hut It Cloth ir Back 43 Years. large there never could he hope of brought the Invaders close to I’Hlansn. Golden City, Mo.—T. J . Denny of |H>nce In the Philippines. The Macnhehes were ahead, with this city 1* exhi itlng a piece of cloth Plan for Rebel’s Capture. Funston and the other “prisoners" taken from his h >ck after a period of Gen. Fred Funston was In ehnrge close behind. Aguinaldo was still In 43 yenrs, when lu wns shot. Recently at San Isidro when one of Agulnnldo's I’nlnnnn, in a house In the village. He his hack pained h n «nil nn examina runners was brought before him. The | had nn escort of about fifty men. In tion revealed the |> ce of cloth, which man had been raptured In the up- eluding his military staff. The sup was extracted. Twenty yenrs ago the country, had gone over to the Ameri posed "rebels" called on him and told bullet was removed. cans' side, and promised to disclose him of their capture of the Americans. Break Noses for Beauty. The Macnhehes outside of the house, | where his chief wns hiding. ’’The dlcfntor Is In hiding at Pata- unable to restrain themselves, opened I rnrls.—In their cram for besnty, nan.” he told Funston and proved It i fire on Aguinaldo'* escort and killed 1 Parisian women are ev. n having their noses "broken" and reset In a different to the American's satisfaction by a two of them. Aguinaldo believed the shots were shape. letter he carried. Palanan was a hamlet eight miles from the coast, on the enst side of Luzon. It was one of the hardest places In the Islands to go to. hut Fn ns ton’s mind was made up. lie was going to get Aguinaldo. He thought over every available plan nnd finally hit nn one. He nnd a group of fellow officers would travel to Palanan In the Company of a hand of natives loyal to the United States. He' would pretend to he a prisoner sn«l the native* to he Insurrectionists. It wns a daring ruse, hut It was the only plan that looked at all feasible. To capture Aguinaldo It was necessary fo come upon the man hy surprise, and 1 he must he captured, not killed. Ills death would enshrine him as a martyr In the eye* of the native*, nnd the In surrections would go on and on In- ! terminably Ftm«ton had a conference with Gen erals McArthur and Wheaton In Ma nila. T h e y fold him tfi- had s good î > mi muer orni: at School Brought in the First Deer of Season ( I death. ||e went ahead, however. Rome native Macahebe* were given second-hand rebel clothes nnd guns i Funston got some bogus letters signed hy Lscnaa. one of Aguinaldo’« cap. When F.ui’itptt T a iiirr, a vitti or a * well a* hanter, made a lïrt that he ta n« i! I the p .rt) st >r'*-.| out Mar< fc would bring the flmt de«»r of the ««»neon Into Sen Krenrt.«on, nol»ody I f l f v 4 ft. 1901 o the United .states steamship he * a i going lo ln »Ith It* tu t that la what be did, end he eoo hi« wager. — -•
