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.
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