The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 23, 1898, Page 6

THE» SAN TFRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1898. 'SATURDAY JOHN D. SPRECKELS, Fropriet Address All Communications to W. S. LEAKE, Manager. PUBLICAT‘ION OFFICE . .Market and Third Sts., S. F. Telephone Main 1868. EDITORIAL ROOMS......... 2IT to 22| Stevenson Street Telephone Main 1874, THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL (DAILY AND SUNDAY) Is served by carrlers In this city and surrounding towns for IS cents a week. By mall $6 per year: per month 65 cents. THE WEEKLY CALL. OAKLAND OFFICE.... ....908 Broadway NEW YORK OFFICE.. -Room 188, World Building DAVID ALLEN, Advertising Represcntative. WASHINGTON (D. €.) OFFICE... Rigge House C. C. CARLTON, Correspondent. CHICAGC OFFICE . C.GEORGE KROGNESS, Advertl: or. ...Marquette Bullding sing Representative. BRANCH OFFICES-—52T Montgomery s‘reet, corner Clay, open until 9:30 o'clock. 387 Hayes street, open until 9:30 o'clock. 621 McAllister street, open until o'clock. 615 Larkin street, open untll 9:30 o'clock. 1941 Misslon strect, open until 10 o'clock. 2291 Market street, corner Mission street, open untll street, open untll 9 o'clock. until 9:30 o'clock. NW. corner Twenty-second ana Kentucky streets, open until 9 o'clock. —_—mm AMUSEMENTS. 9 o'clock. 106 Eleventh Balawin Columbt: Californ: Imonico's at 6 " n Opera. e Adventures of Miss Brown." Diamond Breaker." bad the Sailor."” he Passion Play , Clay Hall—Paioma S mm, Tuesday, April 26 on & Lecture. To-morrow night. valla Tntamable Lion. and Eddy streets, Specialties. Native Sons' B The Ch tes—Zoo, Var ing boating, fishing,every Sunday, sing Park. Ingleside—Races. ast Jockey Clu AUCTION SALES. This day, April 23. Furniture, at 31 Sut- & Co.—Thursday, April 25, Reat Estate, at 636 2 0'clock. STATUS OF THE GAS BANKS. HE admission of Mr. Barrett, cashier of the San Francisco Gas and El as a condition of furnishing meters to consumers ought to do the soul of the corporation good—if it | Both it and its Improvement Company, as well as their predecessors, the San Francisco Gas Light and Central Gas companies, have for years been demanding deposits before they would supply have any such thing soul. twin, the Pacific as a Gas meters, from c umers upon which no interest is paid. Cashier Barrett, who, according to the report of his testimony in the suit brought by Henry James to recover a $5 deposit, appears to be a good-natured and accommodating gentleman, frankly told Justice | Barry that his company did not claim the right to When a man applied for gas, he said, he got a deposit out of him if possible “as a matter of business.” This, we presume, is ac- complished by telling him that he cannot get a meter unless he pays the money. After the deposit is made it is called a “'voluntary contribution” to the capital of the gas a contribution exact deposits for meters. company, which each consumer generously makes as a guarantee that | his bill Mr. Barrett was, however, kind enough to tell the court how to avoid making these voluntary contri- butions. He said that all a consumer need do when he applies for gas is to serve the company with a written demand for a meter, whereupon, in accord- ance with section 629 of the Civil Codc, it will sup- ply a meter at once. He suggested that possibly the corporation might bluff a little even after this de- he will pay mand had been served, but if the consumer had suffi- | cient sense to stick tg his position he said it would finally, like Colonel Crc ckett's coon, come down. Now that gas meter deposits have been placed | upon a “voluntary contribution” basis, it will no Jonger be necessary for gas consumers 1o make them unless their benevolence and generosity impels them | to do so. Persons who have already “voluntarily” contributed to the capital of the two gas companies may obtain their deposits by applying for their money. If its return is refused they need not bring | suit, as was done by Mr. James, but they should pay their bill and order out the meter. simply by serving a written notice on the company. Of course this will not be necessary. The moment Cashier Barrett anfl his fellow diplomat of the Pa- cific Company see 'that their voluntary contributor knows the law, they will relinquish the “voluntary contribution™ in their hands. Thus Mr. James’ suit has settled a great question of gas economy. Gas consumers may abolish the carbon monoxide banks at any time by simply withdrawing their deposits. There is one thing upon which America can de- pend, and upon which Spain cannot. This is the in- tegrity of naval and military officers. Weyler stole himself rich long ago, and richer iny, Cuba. The limited quantity of supplies in the island now proves that the successors of the Weyler bandits are either corrupt or that they have no idea of how to prepare for war. 1f the Oregon is in such peril as some people seem to think because of the presence of a hostile torpedo boat in South American waters, the modern battle- ship must be a rather serious joke. Let it still be hoped that the torpedo boat is also exposed to a degree of peril while in the vicinity of the Oregon. It is a matter for congratulation that there has been no sign of hostility manifested toward Spanish residents of this city, and that there is no danger that such feeling will be shown. San Francisco adds to its strong patriotism the advantage of being civil- ized. President Patton of Princeton has written some- thing about the “pigmy poets” of the present. Doubt- less it is interesting stuff. But has not Mr. Patton taken a rather mean advantage of the absence of Joaquin Miller? i S There is a growing belief that Chief Lees occa- sionally gets his own identity. mixed with that of the | Czar. e, The conclusion cannot be avoided tha* the Spanish had a little diplomatic fun with Minister Woodford. PRER L Doubtless there are members of the Cabinet who would be less missed just now than Roosevelt. One year, by mall, $1.50 | 9:30 | Sixteenth, open until 9 o'clock. 25I8 | 1505 Polk street, open | ric Company, that | his concern has no right to demand a deposit | The two former are supposed even now to | have as deposits many thousands of dollars obtained | As soon as that | elusive instrument is out they can have it replaced | ATTENTION! FORWARD, MARCH! ENACITY and courage are the often proved Tcharacteristics of Americans. In three foreign wars of magnitude our arms have bcen vic- torious. No other people have made such a record of military success or shown greater self-denial and sacrifice. Americans are bred and trained in per- sonal independence. During the Civil War it hap- pened time and again in action that when all the commissioned officers of a formation had fallen a private would spring from the ranks and give the order for another charge. | Walking in the ways of peace for a generation, our | people suddenly put on war harness, and, when their fighting blood is up, tactics occur to them spon- taneously and they subject themselves to military discipline and acquire the art of war, so that they seem to be seasoned soldiers before their faces are bronzed by marches and battles. The military enterprise at whose beginning the country stands, sternly at “attention,” is of such a nature as to make it prospectively the greatest in his- tory, as its purpose is the most unselfish. Refusing to acquire territory by conquest or to recoup our- selves by any reprisal whatsoever, we are entering a struggle to vindicate the principle that when a na- tion ceases to govern well it shall cease to govern at all, and shall withdraw its flag, fleets, forces and jurisdiction, and leave the people to form their own government, with freedom to enjoy man’s inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Our fleets are on the sea and the land thunders to the tread of our armies, to enforce in the world an enlarged view of the rights and responsibilities of nations. If we win, as we_ will, we will have written into history something that will never die. The principle that government, whether it derive its just power from the consent of the governed or not, must found it at least in the happiness of its people will have been established, and along with it the tight of a strong people, governing themselves, to strike down a flag that represents the misgovernment of others, ithout absorbing them itself. This 1s the first purely altruistic military enterprise the world has seen. We are not going to the help of a people who can help us, or whose help we will ever need. We are not raising up an ally against a future | in which our own strength will need supplementing. | We don’t want an inch of territory nor a dollar of | indemnity. Our high purpose is to emancipate man from evil government. We do not even say he shall be clothed with our right of seli-government, but that, under whatever form, he is entitled to good government. This. stupendous enterprise has the solid backing of our people, as the providential mission of | republic. | this What prophet standing by our cradle six score and two years ago would have dared foretell what now is? Out of the stubborn courage and silent suffering of our Revolutionary sires has come this evolution of the right to compel justice among the nations, but how vast the change from that time | when “In their ragged regimentals Stood the old Continentals, Yielding not,” | to this, when out of their steadfast tracks rise ten millions of fighting men to vindicate the right of man to good government! Compelling forces which none can resist have out- lined the cause in which we take up arms. Our re- sources are vast, but the struggle may consume them. If so, the sacrifice will not be in vain, for we Can- not fail. In our failure would be the retrogression of government in every land on earth. While our columns march to rendezvous and our fleets walk the waters in this high cause men bend to their tasks under the banners of the nations in every zone. Pre- scriptive right claims the fruit of their toil. For ter- ritorial aggrandizement or dynastic expansion they | are played as pawns in the gory game of war, and if their bones are not left to bleach unhonored they may go to their huts and turn their faces to the ground again, with no profit in conquest and no view of the glories they have created. The crusades were undertaken to recapture for the Christian world the custody of the holy sepulcher. This enterprise of ours is to gain for man the right to himself. The republic salutes its high mission | and ten millions of men drop plow and plane, look | to the flag and follow where it leads. EVILS OF RACING. ’TIIERE are circumstances under which horse- racing may be beneficial. It stimulates the breeding of good horses, it affords an outing where the fresh air is healthful, and from it there comes to the occasional spectator a thrill of inno- cent pleasure as the fleet runners strive to win. The blood is stirred as it must have been of old when the Roman charioteers lashed their steeds along the arena. The climate of California is naturally adapted | to the production of the fast horse. Here he thrives, the very atmosphere being congenial to his best de- velopment. About this there would be nothing to regret, indeed it would be a commercial advantage, if racing could have been followed to a reasonable extent, and not permitted to degenerate, as it has | done, into a prolonged and desperate gambling game. Racing as carried on here is a most potent influence for. corruption. Inspiring men with a futile hope of gain, it has led them to dishonesty, to moral death, to seli-destruction. It has caused them to bet money they could not afford to lose, has driven them to steal the money to bet. It has caused them to neglect their duty to family and employer. It has dragged honored names in the dust of shame. Love of racing for the sake of the chance it gives the gambling in- stinct is a disease. Its victims are enmeshed by bonds as strong as tie the opium fiend to his drug. The remedy is to limit the racing; remove the temp- tation which has degraded a noble sport and made men criminals. Theocal races, so far as their value as speed contests are concerned, are fraudulent. They are nothing but excuses for the. gambler. | If one could observe the ‘set, eager faces of the race-goers, their jubilation at the rare winning, their despair when luck goes against them, he could readily understand these statements to be mild. Perhaps the records of the ~courts will tend to strengthen the contention. Figel habitually played Lthe races. Now he is out on. bonds with many charges hanging over him. Welburn played the races. He is an exile, a reward offered for his cap- ture. His cashier played the races. He rests in a | suicide’s grave. Widber played the races. He is in jail, known as a vulgar thief. Yet he never saw the races. He simply wagered - money on them, first stealing the money. It may be said these are ex- treme cases. They are fair examples. Every day some collector, some clerk, some petty cashier, goes wrong; always the races are given as the reason. Closing poolrooms will not check the mischief. There has grown up a custom among employes of a large firm, for instance, of giving their money to a commissioner, who is sent to the track. Employers, with good cause, are growing distrustful. There is another phase of the evil even more dis- tressing. It is the woman gambler. Women when once they catch the craze are worse than men, more reckless. And many times they, too, spend money to which they have no right. More than one family has been severed because of this weakness on the part of the wife. More than one family is. now near disgrace because the mania for gaming has seized the wife and she is giving to the bookmaker funds which ought to go to household expenses. These are the reasons why racing should be checked. It is a chronic temptation. . Under the present system it must be a detriment to public morals, debasing, yet exercising a sort of fascination. A little of it might do no harm; an unrestricted quantity of it has been proved distinctly harmful, baleful, demoralizing. ——— TREASURER WIDBER'S DOWNFALL. U of Treasurer Widber there is but one comment to be made. Either the officials whose duty it is at intervals to count the money in his hands and check up his books have been asleep, or they have been singularly unmindful of their duties and respon- sibilities. According to all accounts Widber has been going the pace that kills for over a year. He began by taking from the Treasury a small sum of money to make good a deficit which he had created in the funds of his father’s estate. The success which at- tended this operation apparently emboldened him to make further demands upon the taxpayers. His own confession shows that he has been stealing exten- sively for months. The testimony of his deputies and associates shows that during that period his dis- solute habits were well known to habitues of the City Hall and frequenters of the tenderloin. He has been known to be a race-track gambler and an associate of bad characters, both male and female, a heavy in- vestor in real estate, an owner of fast horses, and a speculator in mines. Yet it has never occurred to anybody to question his financial standing nor to in- quire into the source from which he has obtained the money to plunge so desperately. During the period of which we speak one of his deputies has turned up a defaulter. This individual was saved from prosecution by Widber himself, who made good the amount of his stealings. Notwith- standing all these suspicious circumstances, calcu- lated to put the most careless man upon inquiry, the fact appears to be that the Mayor, Auditor and Sa- perior Judge, upon whom ‘the law imposes the duty of examining the Treasurer’s accounts once a month, | have passed his bags of money. as true to label and | have skipped over his accounts, as perfect balances. | Nothing quite so remarkable as this has ever oc- | curred in municipal history. Tax Collector Austin | stole $250,000, but the money consisted of protested taxes, which had been on'deposit at the local bank in his own name. Deputy Treasurer Cassebohm stole $20,000, but he caught within two or | three months after the money had been abstracted. Widber, according to his own confession, has been stealing for more than a year. Section 94 of the consolidation act makes it the duty of the Mayor, Auditor and County Judge to examine the books of the Treasurer once a month, and to “see and count over all the moneys remain- ing in the hands of such Treasurer.” It is quite evi- dent that this'duty has not been periormed. No. at- tempt has been made o “see” the money in the | hands of the Treasurer. On the contrary, the | Mayor; and Judge ~have accepted | the labels on his money-bags in lieu of the evidence of their own eyes. It is not difficult, therefore, to locate the blame for the ‘defalcation. ‘If the surety bond given by Widber dees not yield a sufficient sum to make good his shortage, the officials respon- sible for this gross negligence should be forced to disgorge. The taxpayers ought not to lose a cent. Nor, if the law is enforced, can the taxpayers lose, even should the surety company discover some ex- cuse for refusing to pay. Section 4117 of the Poli- tical Code says: “Whenever, except "in criminal prosecutions, any special penalty, forfeiture or lia- bility is imposed on any officer for non-performance or mal-performance of official duty, the liability therefor attaches to the official bond of such officer, and to the principal and sureties thereon.” s THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. /V\ of the managets of the Free Library to open to the public direct access to upward of 10,000 volumes. ]‘lle general reader is not always desirous of some particular book. Ho:ts of people of literary tastes like to look over volume aiter volume before settling down to read or study. In fact, when looking for some especial subject the average man and woman does not always know what work treats it in the way that bests suits the object engaged upon at the time, and-accordingly the freedom to wander at will over so large an array of books and examine them before selecting is a privilege of no mean value. The gratification over the decision of the man- agers is increased by the fact that it has been well deserved by the habitual patrons and beneficiaries of the library. Experience has shown that the reading public of the city can be trusted with the books. Something more than two years ago a test was made by placing upward of 5000 juvenile books in a posi- tion where children could look over them and make selections direct from the shelves. During twenty- one months of this time there were circulated 118,000 juvenile books, and of that large number only thirty- six volumes were lost. Other tests were made in opening the shelves in the branch libraries to the public, as well as those of the reference and periodical rooms in the general library, and here again experience has shown that no loss follows this privilege granted to the public. The class of people who make use of the library are evi- dently neither destructive to books nor dishonest, and fully deserve the larger and freer use of the rich stores of literature and learning which the new rale will open to them. Every movement which leads to an enlarged use of public libraries is not only beneficial, but is a step in the direction of giving to the people that which belongs to them. They pay for the support of the libraries by taxation and have a right to as free use of them as is compatible with the safekeeping of the books. It is for that reason The Call has repeatedly urged the adoption of the traveling library system by the State library. Books are of no use to the public when kept inaccessible to the people. The Free Li- brary managers have done well in planning for an enlarged use of the volumes on its shelves, and the State library trustees will,we hope, find also some way to give the public an en]argegl use of the books in that institution, : PON the practical features of the defalcations was Auditor OST gratifying in every respect is the decision | | | v | | MUSIC AND MUSICIANS, In New York there have long been two | ousy’ says the libretto. rival camps, the Seidlites and the Dam- roscians. They have been war for years 6ff on one side. attention to opera management, would leave a clear field to Seidl to accept the | miration, the two rivals beat a dancing management of a permanent orchestra. | Walter | lows their movements with eves full of rs by | imploring tears.” Beidl died, however, and now Damrosch has startled his admire declaring that he is going to devo te his entire time to the work of com ntir posing music. He has insisted on resigning from the active leadership of the Sym- phony Soclety and the Oratorio Society, and declares that he intends to retain onl a small interest in the Ellis-Damros operatic venture next season. Thus are two leaders removed, b; 80 to speak, for the Sei dlites declare that carrying on | Santuzza again and Lola in her turn be- hile art has been sitting | gins to s Lately it began to look | Turridu turns again to Lola: at last, Hi:h'r as if Walter Damrosch, having given his | an expressive pantomime where It is diffi- ¥ one fell swoop, | jgnorant American in the operatic art. It After the third round of the stage Turridu takes up with upplicate. Santuzza gets tired; cult to distinguish between rage and ad- retreat, while Turridu, on his knees, fol- The Musical Courier is responsible for the following: The Melba Opera Com- pany w giving what are satirically termed operas in the West, is a mere makeshift intendedas a frame for the cen- tral picture., which, of course, s Melba. This t singer is out in the “wild and woolly” for the purpose of educating the is not so much a question of money as of FRANK DAMROSCH, WHO MAY WEAR HIS BROTHER'S MANTLE. i i il \ ey % i it was Seldl’s death which routed Walter Damrosch. According to them, it was the excitement following the death of the great Wagnerian conductor that showed Not in a single news suggested as a possible successor to Seidl, and this so wounded Damrosch's amour propre, say his enemles, that it drove him from the New York field. It is belleved that an effort will be made to put Frank Damrosch into his brother Walter’s shoes, at least to the extent of installing him as c¢onductor of the Sym- phony Soclety and the Oratorio Society. Musically speaking, Brother Frank is un- fortunately a much weaker vessel than Brother Walter. There s talk of a New York engage- ment for Fannie Francesca, the San Francisco girl who made a sensation at Monte Carlo. She is beautiful and has a Melba voice. ’ There is no place on earth like Monte Carlo for art icism. The French pre its pralse of the singers, players, com- posers, ets., who try their artistic wings at the concert hall and theater connected with the famous gambling resort. Quite ordinary warblers ng like the night- ingale” when they get to Monte Carlo; composers, who m perchance be de- spised elsewhere, develop abnormal genlus as soon as they reach the world's biggest gambling hell; in fact, the Parisian news- papers seem to keep a special supply of hysterical expressions of admiration in order to apply to the musical feats per- formed at Monte Carlo. The secret of it is that Monte Carlo pays princely sub- sidies to the French pr In order to keep out everything unple: nt and get in everything commendatory, and the French press Is not above pocketing the backsheesh. On this account fulsome criticisms that come from Monte Carlo should be taken with a number of grains of salt. A journalist from Warsaw, who re- cently traveled in Scandinavia, tells in one of his letters to an Italian paper of having witnessed several national dances at Skornsen, a kind of Bois de Boulogne, situated in the middle of Stockholm. “Imagine,” says he, ‘“for one of them the ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ was the subject of a pantomime! Turridu—called up there Humbo—commences by a sentimental waltz with Santuzza. Then appears Lola and dances alone. Upon that Turridu abandons Santuzza to prance up and down the stage two or three times with his new mistress. Santuzza, in despair, ‘makes signs of the most profound jeal- | | s who dread adverse crit- | L E 4 us in | x e g | with her clear, rich voice. |a education. Sooner or later the Western- | ers beyond the Mississippt were bound to learn w Luclia,” ‘“Bohemian Glrl."‘ “Martha,” “Rigoletto’” and other old | Italian operas really meant, even if trav- | estied, as they must be, when given with | nall tempor: orchestras, small ill- | lanced choru and surroundings that | glve the performance the air of a shoddy | varfety show. The artistic protest is sub- dued under the overwhelming desire, | prompted by foreign love of America, to | educate the dear people who never heard | the old operas. the other day at the Royal Opera of Ber- lin. Fraulein Egli, an excellent singer, was appearing before Emperor William and a crowded house. At tu: close of the first act of the opera news was brought her of the sudden death of her father. Without breaking down in any way, she sang to the end of the perform- ance, and then sank down, prostra with grief. That is what one might call theatrical heroism. Albert Carre of the Opera Comique has ordered an opera in three acts of the voung and brilliant composer of “I'An Mil” and “La Nuit de Noel,” which aroused so much Interest in Paris at the Colonne concerts and the opera concerts. Carre has also received from the same composer “La Coupe Enchantee,” after Lafontain charunag omed: Piern has already written one successful opera, “Vendee,” which was produced last year The ‘Court Opera of Wiesbaden has en- gaged Willlam Mertens on the Slrom:l?‘f of his singing in the “Flying Dutchman. He will be a loss to the summer season of opera at the Tivoli. W. E. Gladstone is a great lover of music, and during his present sickness many weary hours have been whiled away by the playing of Mlle. Janotha. Fannie Bloomfleld-Zeisler is to make her London debut next week at one of the Philharmonic concerts. Mr. and Mrs. Henschel have returned to their home in London, where they have been cordially welcomed. OREGON WANTS SOUND MO NEY We are in favor of the malntenance of the present gold standard; we are un- qualifiedly opposed to the free coinage of silver and to all other schemes look- ing to the debasement of the currency and the repudiation of debt. We believe that the best money in the world is none too good to be assured by the Govern- ment to the laborer as the fruit of his toil and to the farmer as the price of his crop. We condemn the continued agita- tion for free silver as calculated to jeopardize the prosperity of the country and to shake the confidence of the peo- ple in the maintenance of a wise finan- cial policy. We particularly condemn as unpatriotic the efforts of the free silver agitators to array class against class and section against section. We declare that the interests of all classes and of fll'l sections of our country alike demand a sound and stable financial tem. - nancial Plank Oregon State Republican Platform. NS R e ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. SHARKEY" VBIRTHPI,.-\(‘E—J. 8. L., City. Thomas Sharkey, the pugilist, was i born in Dundalk, Ireland, November 9, 3 1871 A FIVE DOT',I_, R PIEC E—Rfladnlr('i N ium is offered foi $5 gol at bear d later than 1834. The Ci pieces that bear ds selling price of a $5 plece of 1836 is from $7T50 to $8. .\l.\NI'S"lUI”‘F—\'. N., City. A person a who sends manuscript to publishing house for examination does so at his own risk. If it is not returned the publishing house cannot be heid responsible. ITALY AND RUSSIA—Trooper, Pre- sidio, Cal. The army of Italy on a pe footing is: Men, guns, 1986, That of Ru 244; hors: . There is no State law of California or United States law that exempts tele- graph operators from military service unless under 18 or over 45 years of age. DRAW POKER--Poker Player, ( The law of poker, rule 12, : Players cannot ask others what is the discard as to numbers, either before or after the draw. (Formerly the rule was that be- fore the draw the question could - bo asked, but not after it.) The dealer must announce his own discard. s . Massenet, who discovered Sibyl Sander- | son, has found a new rara avis. This | time the lady does more than sing; she | ights the eye by her dancing as much | she does the ear by her warbling. Her | name is Mile. Mendes, talking about her. Mlle. Mendes was a | member of the corps de ballet at the | Paris Grand Opera. and no one connected | with the theater suspected her of having | a voice. One day Massenet was told by | a mutual friend that the lady could sing, he heard her and was perfectly delighted | To give Mlle. | Mendes an opportunity of displayine her dual talent Massenet wrote a new ballet | to his opera “Thais,” a work originally | written for M Sanderson, and gave the leading dancer in the ballet a singing | role. “Thals,” with its new ballet, was produced as the Easter attraction at the Grand Opera, and all Paris is talking about the gifted Mlle. Mendes. and all Paris is | Mme. Gemma Bellincioni seems to have | constituted herself the sponsor of Isidore | de Lara’s opera, “Moina.”” After cod- diing the somewhat weird work at Monte Carlo, and throwing into it all the fire of | her genius, she is about to take it to the Grand Theater of Triest. Of all pop- ular prima donnas Bellincioni seems the | most willing to give a heping hand to the | ions of struggling composers. s popular enough as a song writer, | but as an operatic composer he is still | very much in the ranks of the struggling. The composer of the hour in Paris is | still the young Venezuelan, Reynaldo | Hahn, who wrote the music of “I'lle du | Reve.” One reason for Hahn's standing | with the French critics seems to be that they can speak of his music as ‘“exot- ique,” and in the whole range of adjec- | tives there does not appear to be one that appeals so directly to the French writer as this word “exotic.”” To a Par- isian Venezuela is one of the earth's jumping-off places, so there is a direct geographical significaiton in calling Hahn's music “exotic.” An incident, rare enough in real life but pretty frequen: in romances, happened De |. _— Soft baby cream, 15c. Townsend's —————— Peanut taffy, best in world. 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