Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1924, Page 4

“FEU BAaASetSoakanwa Libithvithitinm Terrie teers! Hold Their Own im SP SAS ECE ‘Old Friends Are Best’ Seems True of Songsas Well as People surprise that one finds the songs of Stephen Collins Foster retain- ing their full popularity in a some- what jazzy generation. They are [ is with equal satisfaction and ~ ¢ven gaining in favor—these songs! They are Sung by such famous sing- ers as John McCormick, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Merle Alcock, Loulse Homer, Lambert Murphy, Alma Gluck, Geraldine Farrar, Nellie Melba, Amelita.Galli-Curci and Elsie Baker. The violinist Fritz Kreisler also uses Foster melodies. According to the Victor people, the most popu- lar songs are “Qld Folks at Home” and “Old Kentucky Home.” In the music stores these four especially are in attire demand: “Old Folks at Home,” “Old Kentpceky Home,” “Old Black Joe,” and “Mas- sa's in the Cold, Cold Ground.” James Francis Cooke, editor of the musical journal, “The Btude,” re- ports having just received a letter from Galli-Curc! saying she consid- ers “The Old Foiks at Home” the greatest of all folk songs. Fe Foster's memory is honored by memoriale both in Pitsburg, the city of his birth, and in Kentucky, where he found the Inspiration for his best- loved songs. The state of Kentucky dedicated the Federal Hill estate near Bardstown as “The Old Kentutky Home” in commemoration of fts hay- ing been the inspiration of and place where Foster wrote his tmmortal song. Pittsburg presented a bust of the song writer and a bronze tablet to be placed on the mansion. The mansion house on this old Kentucky estate was the home of Judge John Rowan, a well-known Kentucky jurist, who was also a sen- ator of the United States and uncle of Foster. Foster visited his uncle several times, once in 1852, when he wrote “The Old Kentucky Home,” and lat- er when he went there on his bridal trip. It was at the grave of Judge Rowan, it is said, that Foster received the inspiration to write that well known and pathetic song, “Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground,” Another Southern city has hon- ored Foster with a monument, > Louisville, which unvelled a statue to At the extreme right fs a portrait of Stephen Collins Foster, and below It a sketch of his birthplace, him In 1906. The invitations to this ceremony were extended by the Com- mercial Club of Louisville, headed by Henty Watterson, who stated that the object of the occasion was to bring back to Kentucky all those who forth- erly lived in the state to enjoya brief reunton in “The Old Kentucky Home.” ‘This statue of Foster ts Iifesize and shows him seated in a chair, which is a reproduction of one in which he sat when composing the séhg. The statue was intended for the new cap ital in Frankford. But Foster's own home city, his birthplace, was the earliest In the field in publicly commemorating the memory of her famous musician. In 1900 a beautiful bronze statue of Foster was dedichted in Highland Park, that charming Pittsburg pleas- ure ground. This monument was the result of popular subscription. The statue shows Foster seated and at his feet an old negro with his banjo. The inscriptions at the base are extracts from his songs. These various monuments are nt- ting memorials of the man who is America’s foremost song writer, who gave the world such meoldies as “The Old Folks at Home,” “Old Black Joe,” “Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming,” the astonishing “O Susan- na,” which swept the country like a tornado; the rollicking “Camptown Races,” which set old and young singing the lively “I bet my money on the bob-tailed nag;” Bayne” and a host of other inspiring melodies, . “Ellen A playroom has been established on the roof of one of London's depart- ment stores where the children are kept entertained riding around on a miniature steam failway while their mothers are busy shopping in the store below, Fifty thousand tons of soap are used every year by the power laun- Gries in the United States. STREET BEGGARS NOT ALL NEEDY Many Own Their Own Homes and Are Prosperous F OR the Lord's sake give a poor starving man the price of a cup Of coffee!” The beggar looked up into the face = Of the prospect with sad and melting Where Does He Come From—Where Is He Going? It seems verily as if he was'going ‘‘ski’’-high, this intrepid German athlete, who may be heading anywhere, so far as we know, but nevertheless we pray he does not land on the crowd seen far, far below him waiting breathlessly for his landing. Gsalden Gleanings~ ‘eyes, his voice trembling with emo- tion. “Sorry,” answered the prospect,, “but I haven’t\a cent.” “Pardon me,” returned the beggar, changing from meekness to ironic courtesy, “you looked as though you had millions.” All of us owe a debt to suffering humanity and how often have we stopped to drop a coin into the cup of the beggar seated by the wayside. Perhaps, our money went toa worthy and suffering fellow mortal—perhaps it went to some crook, playing to our sympathies and emotions with well-directed dramatics. Found Begging the Easiest Way. The history of some of the beg- eats we see on the streets and the btory of how they become menii- eants, has been investigated in sev- eral instances by social Workers. As ft has been ably expressed, no moth- er ever raises her son to be a beg- gar, he drifts into that calling by chance and the vicissitudes of fate. Here is how one fellow drifted into the profession: As a baby, or in early childhood, Charles Worth was attacked by in- fantile paralysis and became lame. ‘When he was still in grammar school his father and mother parted and he was left to ply the streets at will. In & few yeara he gave up school en- tirely, get! job around a carni- val. Here he acquired a taste for gambling and games of chance, His next job was as telephon> operator fn an office building, and while at his post he made considerable money playing poker. Then he began to sell pencils as a kind of side line. Quite naturally many of the cus- tomers, liking the young merchant said, “Keep the change.” This was just another step in the young fel- low’s demoralization. In a short time he perceived that pencil selling was a great profitable occupation—more than telephone op- eration anyway, so that he gave up his job. It so happened that circum- stances favored him. The World War had just ended and the sight of a crippled young fellow met wiih in- stant sympathy. Everyone immedl- ately thought he had been crippled on the battle field of France and young Worth, quite naturally, never tried to correct this impression. He acquired ‘The true lover of beauty discerns it wherever it is and loves it for itself and not for its market value. Re hee ETE PTE TNT eee a horse and wagon and loading it with a stock of pencils aad other small novelties, plied the streets. He never directly announced that he was a wounded soldier, but let it be believed. He made considerable money, but was exceedingly careless with his funds, losing much by gambling. Consequently he was unable to pay for his team, and falling into a dis- pute with the owner, was forced.to give it up. Thus he was without a Job as telephone operator and ,had neither horse nor wagon. He had gone so far that it was fot difficult to go further. He began begging, using his pencils as camou- flage. “Would you take a job if my so- clety would obtain one for you?” asked the social worker, “Not unless you can get me one which will pay as good money as I am getting,” was the reply. Age of Jazz| What Freezing Ne everything shrifke as it gets cooler. As there is the same welght in less vol- Umie any given volume weighs more. ‘The cooler anything is, the heavier is any given volume of it, with the im- Dortant and vital exception of water. Water has-the peculiar property of Setting heavier all the way down the scale until the temperature of 39 de- grees Fahrenheit is reached; then it begins to expand ngain until it freezes afterward. As 4 result a giv- en yolume of water at 32 degrees, or Another beggar when questioned finally admitted that he had become @ beggar by accident. It was in Bos- ton. One day he had to run to catch a ferryboat, just making it as the boat pulled, away from the land. He was exhausted and, being caught with a sudden pain, sprawled out on deck, gasping for breath. The pas- sengers took pity on the iman imagin- ing him sick and needy. His cap had fallen off-and the crowd, thinking him a beggar, began tossing coins in- to it. When the boat reached its des- tination a neat little sum of money had been collected together and from that day to this the man had never Worked at an honest occupation, Sometimes the beggars are re« claimed to become useful and produc- tive members of society again. Here ig the story of a young fellow who became lame through being run over by a truck, who took up begging and who was reclaimed by sdcial work- —Anon Does to Water the temperature at which it freeses, is lighter than water at 89 degreet and rises about it befote freezing be- gins. The ice being still lighter, floats on the water. If water did not have this queer property, ice would form on the bottom of bodies of wa- ter, there could be no protéction of the surface, by a layer of ice from further cooling and many fivéere and lakes would freeze solid, killing all the fish. The Summer sun would never be able to melt all of the Win- ter’s ice, Offer of Employment No Temptation to Majority ers. Following the accident the young man—he was not more than 97a 20—started out to find a job in place cy of the ont Ym had lost during his confinemet.t on a hospital bed, When he went into a business house to get a job they would say they had no opening, but: taking pity. on him, would slip him a coin or two. * This happened about a half-dozen & times until the fellow said ta him. | self: “They don’t want me to work, 80 I'll beg.” A soclal worker got him a job as a messenger and in this way he regained the habit of ‘work. Then in a month or more he took up electrical work, a thing for which he had an especial fondness, and to- day he is fairly prosperous, having from $4,000 to $5,000 in the bank,