!Second Annual Musical!
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S cpCond Thiumphal Season Little Rock Festival Chorus j
L . „ j carnival of music for three days commencing Sffl j
E to a t the Kempner Theater, Little Rock, Arkansas. jyj=j
E no hundred and fifty trained voices will sing with the ^
5 of T mi is Symphony Orchestra in presentation of Ham- au
| del’s oratorio, “Messiah”. !sffl
s MADAME GADSKI, DRAMATIC SOPRANO. fu
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N VVorld famed Opera singer will appear in Little Rock ^
E • concert on the first evening of the Festival. This is an ^
e in „ i opportunitv of hearing this noted singer. Madame ail
™ pUfiski will open the Festival and will be accompanied by jy=j
E Mr Edwin Schneider at the piano. This concert alone ^
£j will be worth the price of a season ticket.
| ST. LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.
E Under direction of Max Zach, this famous musical or
s „ wot ion will play for the oratorio and in matinee con- aO
» ff„„theh£tdayof the Festival. Season tickets for g
fi 5® ir concerts are $5.00. On sale until April 30. Address p= j
5 ,] maii orders to Box Office, Kempner Theater, Little ^
s Rock" All reservations for choice seats will be made at ^
I time of sale. ^ ^
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READ V ,/fALF HOUR A DM
How a i/ousewife W 'h Intelligence
Kept Herself From Drifting Into
a Dull, Old Woman.
A woman who has brought up a big
family on a small income, yet has
managed to keep mentally alert, says
tt is due to a Half-Hour club
This club has as its fixed rule that
hair an hour each day must be spent
in solid reading. There was a leeway
of 24 hours, after that there was a
fine of five cents each day for fail
ure to get through the prescribed
reading.
Twice a month the club meets for
discussion of the reading done and to
collect fines of delinquents and spur
them on to fresh effort.
The woman who told v.lub
says: “No one knows what it has
meant to me. When yon are the one
■woman in a family of boys, have a
bushel basket of stockings to dam
weekly, six children to sew for, les
sons to bo heard, it is a big tempta
tion to stop reading entirely or to
fritter spare minutes on novels. That
half hour a day of solid reading has
kept me up with the times, has rested
my body and stimulated my brain,
and, best of all, it has kept me from
drifting into a dull old woman, of
whom my sons might love, but would
pity for her ignorance.
Especially if you live in a small
town is such a club of importance. It
is easy to stagnate, unless a conscious
effort is made. The winter season Is
the time to start such a club araonj
yours neighbors. Do not be. content
wdth planning a half-hour reading
daily for yourself. You will never hold
to It without the stimulus of com
panionship and the broadening inter
est of the fortnightly meetings,
WHEN PINS WERE VALUABLE
In Years Gone By, the Humble House
hold Utensil Was Given Much
Consideration.
The custom of making presents on
New Yea’s day is now practically ob
solete among English speaking peo
ple, the day of gift giving now being
Christmas. When pins were first In
vented and brought Into use about
the beginning of the sixteenth cen
tury they were a New Year’s ylft very
acceptable to ladies, and money given
for the purchase of them was called
“pin money.” This expression has
since been extended to money settled
by a husband on his marriage for the
private expenses of his wife. Pint
made of metal, in their present form
were in use some time before the yeai
1543. It was during the reign ol
Henry VII. that “an acte for the true
making of pynnes” was made in
which it was enacted that the price
should not exceed 6 shillings 8 pence
a thousand. Pins had previously
been made of box wood, bone and sil
ver for the richer classes. Those
used by the common folks were made
of common wood and were, in fact
skewers.
Bacilli for Consumption.
An alleged new bacilli treatment
for consumption, an alleged discovery
of a Dr. Friedmann, which has been
widely exploited by a newspaper syn
dicate, is discredited by the Journal
of the American Medical association.
In order to secure curative effect!
It Is asserted that these living bacilli
derived from some kind of a turtl*
must be Injected deep Into the raue
cles of the patient. The preparation
of the remedy Is secret “The use ol
the fluid,” says the Journal, “Is proh
ably not without danger. There ii
not sufficient warrant for any othei
attitude toward Friedmann’s treat
ment of tuberculosis than one of crlt
, leal neutrality and Judicious skeptl
elsm.”
Newest Pest.
The newest pest In the west and
middle west Is the dog. Not the pral
rle dog. Just the common dog. He li
responsible for the decline In tb«
sheep raising industry. In manj
states In the section of the eountrj
once largely devoted to cattle and
sheep raising, there are more dogi
than there are sheep. It takes thre«
barb wires on top of two feet of wovei
wire to make a fence that wll
keep dogs away from sheep. Kansai
bad 176,000 sheep and 199,000 dog!
In 1910. according to the secretary ol
the Kansas board of agriculture.
The usual answer farmers In th<
west give to the question, "Why'don’t
you keep sheep?” Is "We cant keej
dogs from killing them.”
Fata Morgana.
The celebrated Fata Morgana, i
presentation of natural “moving pic
tures" on an Immense scale, which li
occasionally wen In the Straits oi
Messina, IS explained by a selentlfh
writer as being a mirage, such as tre
quently occurs In various parts of thi
world. “In fact," he says, “one maj
see a mirage any day by looklni
through the stratum of air overlylnj
a hot stove, or adjacent to the side o
a wall heated In the sunshine.” Younj
scientists will be Interested In verify
lng this statement
New England’s Advantage.
Here is how the spirits of the wlB
sit In the clouds and mock us. “Evei
at the risk of arousing western preju
dice, I maintain that New Englan
and all broken, hilly, rocky countrie
have a decided advantage over r«
gions of great fertility, In that humai
; stupidity and mole-eyed greed ca
I never wholly divest them of forests
that their sterile crags and steep a<
clivlties must mainly be left to woo
earever.”—Horace Greeley.
WHAT DOES “LURID1 MEAN?
Popular Usage of the Word la Opposed
to Its Definition, Which
la “Pale.”
Two men got into an argument re
garding the meaning of the word
"lurid." One of them had used the
word, as the police reporter uses It. to
describe the red glare In the sky
made by a fire at night. The other
man objected to this, asserting that
the word "lurid" means "pale" in
stead of "deep red." Thereupon they
applied to the dictionaries and found
them agreed in defining “lurid” as
; "pale, wan, ghastly pale."
But the Oxford Dictionary has
caught up with the new and popular
meaning of the word with this defini
tion :
"Shining with a red glow or glare
amid darkness (said of lightning
flashes across dark clouds or flame
! mingled with smoke) "
But this seems to be gratuitous of
the Oxford Dictionary. The word
| “lurid started out it seems as a I.atin
adjective meaning "pale, yellow." It
was used chiefly of the complexion,
much as "sallow" is used. Then it
grew to have the meaning of “ghast
ly.” But its transition into the popu
lar meaning given it today seems to
; have been due to the willfulness of the
press, which found it a handy word
to describe a phenomenon for which
no other word had, apparently, quite
] the desirable flavor.—Manchester
Guardian.
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PRIVILEGE OF BEING AN ASS
Generally Considered Inalienable, but
New York Magistrate Who Fined
Student Thought Otherwise.
Compared to the inalienable right to
make a fool of yourself, the right of
free speech, which loud-mouths pro
claim the most cherished one. Is of
small concern In the average person.
Of all places where some restraint
on the former might be expected New
York is the last that would be thought
of. Yet In the night court a Columbia
student, caught by an alert constable
in the act of standing still under an
open umbrella while the stars shone
overhead, was fined $10 and warned
that the penalty for the next offense
of similar genesis would be a term
In the workhouse. The young man.
of course, was qualifying for a fratern
ity. He looked foolish—as was the
authoritative intention, in which he
acquiesced.
“But," quoth the police magistrate
ponderously, “no fraternity has a right
to order a man to make an ass of him
self;” and he expressed the wish that
the whole chapter could be haled into
court that he might fine them all. Con
sidering in how many ways New York
invites young men to make asses of
themselves, and how many persons In
that town, in fact, do make asses of
themselves without molestation, why
should the line be drawn at a practice
apparently so inoffensive to public pol
icy as the one criticized?—Providence
Journal.
Brief Holiday.
Joy Is like a bird In flight, which
dips In its passing and touches us
with its wings. It comes from out of
a far country and it tracks its way
on high. After that brief hovering
it will recover its former attitude, its
speed, and song. Its throbbing heart
passes high over our throbbing cit
ies and frozen hills. As we watch
that flight of untrammeled wing wa
wish that somehow we might cap
ture that blitheness and teach it to
dwell among men. Why should it
pause but never abide? We would
jiave that Joy abide so fixedly that It
would become a peace. The holiday
season is like that It stoops for
• little out of space, draws near our
dim earth, and sheds its brightness
among men. As swiftly as it came, so
swiftly it goes again. And yet each
year It draws more close and stays
for a longer time; its radiance is re
vealed to us more clearly, full of
grace and truth.—Collier’s Weekly.
‘ Girl That la Popular.
The most popular girl in the school
1 will generally be a girl who excells la
games and outsiders often wonder
why this should be the case. The rea
1 son Is that to play most games wall
| a girl must be unselfish; she must
' “play for her side,” and not for her
own honor and glory, and she carries
1 this out unconsciously in her dally
: life. You do not find her thinking
I that no one else is of any use In the
world, or putting on airs because she
happens to be better looking than
her companions. She is simple and
natural and content to “give and
, take," and is as strict In har code of
, honor as her brother la in a public
, school. Such girls will always win.
; be rich In friends, and wherever they
’ go they carry with them a breesy
’ spirit of Joy and good fellowship.
E Revolving Houses.
▲ Parisian Inventor has conceived
’ the Idea of having small houses which
E will turn on their axes built In coun
• try districts for invalids, thus furnish
ing a change of scene, of light, and of
air. There Is, he thinks, no reason
why some rooms should always get
the sunlight and the remainder be
' j always damp and unhealthy. Tbe
II Idea is not entirely new. Some years
I ■ ago a revolving house was built in
1 j Normandy. The door was constructed
i! of thin boards which glided over each
~ j other as the house was turned. On
1 one occasion these boards spread out
1 , like an opened fan, closing the exit
' The inmate, terrified by his expert
■ ence, had the house pulled dowiu—
1 Harper’s Weekly.
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J5 of dollars annually to the railroads and express eompa- we
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sE throwing away your profits. arl
aE Protect yourself by joining the SHIPPERS’ TRAF- laE
ue FIC BUREAU, an Association of shippers with a large ^
^ force of rate experts whose duty it is to immediately look p—
am into freight and express rates, overcharges, check an)
freight and express expense bills, keep the members ad- 0^
vised on trtlic rules, secure cars for shippers, look after ^
art damage and shortages, investigate demurrage, storage am
kal and switching charge, appear before all railroad commi—
sons, giving the shipper absolute protection- pjg
Mr. R. P. Alien, ex-chairman of the Arkansas Railroad
an. Commission is President and devotes his entire time to its an!
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Two Pickerel on One Line.
A humble end honest fishermen
who set hie traps for pickerel on a
Maine pond the other day is ready to
make affidavit as follows: "I hereby
declare on oath that I did catch two
pickerel on one hook. The first piefc
erel swallowed the bait and didn't
like it Apparently he tried to eoogh
It np. At any rate he spewed the
hook out under hie gills end It floated
off tn the water to be grabbed by a
second piekereL Thus there reame ay
two pickerel, all strung on a Una*—
Lewiston Journal
The Gnsat'Ctifl*.
The Coliseum, massive sa ft waa
<vas a mere toy in comparison with
the Great Circus, which filled the val
ley between the Palatine and Aventin*
bills. The Coliseum is said to have
been able to eeat 80,000 people; wbihi
the seating capacity of the flreat Clr
cus was, at different periods, 150,000
850,000, and lastly 380,000 spectators
The Great Circus waa probably tbs
most stupendous building ever erected
tor public spectacles.
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j LODGE DIRECTORY. |
Royal Arcanum.
Newport Council , No. 322*
i Royal Arcanum meets 1st and
3rd Friday nights in each month
in the Opera House building.
Visiting brethren always wel
come. * f
S. M. Beattie, Regent,
W. C. Wishon, Sec.
Woodmen of the World.
Pecan Camp, No. 8, meets 1st
and 3rd Thursday nights of each
month in Masonic Hall. Visit
ing brothers welcome.
R. T. Simmons, C. C.
P. S. White, Clerk.
Modern Woodmen.
Newport Camp, No. 13,674,
M. W. A., meets Second Friday j
night of each month in Oper^ y^
House. Visiting brethren in1
ed.
R. T. Simmons, Consul
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WHEN it comes to selecting plumb
ing fixtures the woman who has a
hobby for appropriate and graceful de
sign in all furnishing* will have a new
and absorbing interest, for the up-to-date
plumbing fixtures now offered in an exten
sive number of designs for her approval
are all graceful, beautiful and yet cor
rectly fashioned for their purpose
These fixtures of "Standard" manufac
ture and guarantee when installed by us
make the satisfactory equipment.
Vi. R. Whitten
McLain Bldg. Phone 154
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Jacluon Lodge, No. 191 F. 4
A. M.
Meets Second and Fourth
Tuesday nights of each month in
the Opera House Building, Se
cond and Hazel Streets.
Visiting Brothers always wet
come.
Geo. M. Sink, W. M.
S. M. Beattie, Sec.
The L 0. O. F.
The I. 0. 0. P. meets every
Monday night in Masonie Hall,
corner Hazel and Second streets.
Visiting brothers always wel
come.
Graver C. Gates, N. G. a
J. F. Parish. Secretary.
Tribe of Ben Hur.
The Tribe of Ben Hur meets
in the Board Building every
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock by or
der of the chief. j