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SCKANTON, FJ3UnUAriY 25, 1002
Stated plainly, the fire Insurance
companies deliberately falsified "in their
promise of a rebate of the pink slip ex
tortion, and, having pocketed tho swag,
declare their Intention ot keeping It. It
Is evident that at this particular time
the fire Insurance business In the mid
dle department needs a revival of com
mon honest.
florgan and the Union.
AN Alii ot mystery Is lent to the
preliminaries of the attempt
ot . the miners' union to
secure a conference with tho
operators. It lias been reported and
then denied that John Mitchell saw
representatives of the operators in New
York last week; and it looks as if there
were to be a period of dust-throwing
on both sides befoie tho people of the
anthracite rpgion ate to know whether
to pippnre for peace or trouble this
spring.
All this .seems very childish to us. It
ought to be possible to get from tlie
operators a direct and specific answer
to the invitation to a conference in a
very few days after the invitation Is
received and once got it should be
made public without delay. If tho
operatois aie prudent they will meet
1ho miners and come to an understand
ing with them if possible. If not pos
sible they could then agree to disagree,
nd if the union forced a light it could
e fought out once for all. What is in
Jurlous in these mutters is not the
actual result but the prolonged un
certainty. There Is veiy little l-xcuss for talk
of strike at this time, no matter
whether the operators confer or not.
The one drawback that in years gone
.) weighed heavily upon the miner has
been absent from the situation this
year. AVe refer to the lack of sufficient
time to give the miner a living pay.
Time in the mines this past year has
been the best in many years; earnings,
accordingly, have been in excess of the
average and It will be satisfactory to
tlie majority of reasonable miners if
this condition shall continue for the
year to come.
Compared with the substantial ques
tion of tlie size of the pay envelope the
question of technical recognition of the
union Is unimpoilunt. But we see no
reason why that recognition should be
withheld. Tlie union Is an accomplish
ed fact; as much a fact in Its way us
Is the Morgan control of the mines from
an operating standpoint. The men
have Just as good a right to have their
union as Moigan has to have his. The
two unions ought to make an honest
effort to gel along together. If such an
effort should succeed It would be bene
ficial for both. But before It Is decided
that the two cannot get along It ought
to be clear that every effort to get
along has been tried and found want
ing. Then, If theie has to bo a fight,
the public can welcome it as necessary
for Its own welfare.
Yes, Anxious Header,
now a Musical Centre.
Scrnnton la
Fair Play for the President.
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371' US 55EE if there is any
foundation for the criticism
which has greeted the presi
dent's course In reference to
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tho Northern Securities company. It
f held In Wall street that In tho first
placo there vas no call for federal in
terference in this matter. That, of
course, is a matter of opinion. If tho
merger Is in violation of the Sherman
ontl-trust law, nnd the attorney gen
eral, a pretty good lawyer, says it is,
then it is clearly the duty of tho presi
dent, through tho department of jus
tice, to seo that; tho question came fair
ly before the courts. No stockholder
lu tho company 4i?fi any reason to com
plain on this score; Ontho contrary,
every stockholder ought to bo glad tp
have so important a matter decided as
quickly as possible,
Hut it IscgaUl by. the president's crit
ics, Jn Cuese'coWd place, that even
though he"inay have been justified in
ordering a judicial Investigation ho
should not have done this without first
letting Wall street know about It, so
that steps could linve been taken to
prop tip tho market, No doubt It the
joveallng lo Wall street of his Inten
tion in advance of uny official action
could be, u.tljz.ed in no other wuy than
for thoprotectlon of the unwary It
would bV& merciful exercise of execu
tive discretion, Hut Wall street Is not
usually 'looked upon In the light of a
philanthropic Institution. It Is just as
likely that this advance Information
would havebeen"put to profitable use
by Its recipients us that it would lujve
gone foivihcVulvratlon of tho Ignorant,
As a palter of fact, the Northern
Securities company was not formed
for purposes of public benefit primarily
but to lei a lot of frightened ppeculu
tors out of a bad hole. The discovery
of Its great usefulness to the people
came later, Those whouphold the ne
cessity of such centralizations jn tho
railway world have no quarrel with the
president. He la not asking his attor-
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ney general to ai-Rlic Unit point. Ho
Is simply asking for nn opinion from
tho courts as to whether' a low of the
United Stales has or has not been vio
lated. When that question has been
answered It will be tltno cnoiiuh to
consider whether the law Itself Is a
Rood law or whether tho public Interest
demands Its amendment so us to legal
ize such merjiei'H or transportation lines
as was contemplated In' the organiza
tion ot tho Northern ftcctirltlcH com
pany. If the lire Insurance men had pluypd
fair no olio could have objected. It
hni generally been recognized that ex
isting rates are too low, considering
the growth In lire losses. What the
people of Serniiton object to Is tho
sneaking way In which tho under
write! s hrt-vu gone at It to hoist the
rates. Jt Is beyond defense.
The Value of lt
T IS TIUJE that such occasions as
tho visit ot I'rlnee Henry have
no dhect bearing on affairs of
stale. Cut, as our accomplished
pnihnssador to Germany, Hon. Andrew
13. White, has pointed out, they are
valuable In that they create nn atmo
sphere of good will In which the ofll
clul representatives of the countries In
Interest can work mnie expeditiously
and to better effect.
In the large transactions ot business
it Is very ortou the little courtesy of
the dinner at the club which clinches
the desired contract. Jinny of our
wealthy corporations employ expert
talent simply to entertain persons
whoso favor is sought for commercial
purposes. These attentions are wholly
aside from the negotiations which take
place when the business itself is trans
acted. They are for the purpose of
creating a suitable atmosphere.
Those who criticise our government
for sending a special embassy to the
coronation of the King of England, al
leging that It is mere flunkoylsm and
snobbery, overlook that it Is largely
by such interchanges of courtesy and
good will that official Intimacies are
developed with large benefit for all
concerned. When, during the dark
days of our civil war, the public opinon
of 'Great TJritaln was insistent upon
peiemptory repilsals for our selzute
of Mason and Slldell, it was due to
kindly personal feeling growing out of
just such opportunities for forming
valuable acquaintances as are being
made through Prince Henry's visit that
our lepresentatlves at the Urltlsh
court weie enabled to set In motion in
fluences which culminated in the
queen's now famous action in blue
penciling Lord Pahnerston's warlike
dispatch. A little unofficial good will
saved us a foielgn war.
In tlie case of Germany the most in
fluential man in It Is the emperor. He
Is the leal as well as nominal head of
the Gennadi government. When differ
ences between Germany and the United
States arise It is often the individual
opinion of the kaiser himself which de
tt rmlncs whether an immediate and
cordial adjustment shall be had or a
prolonged controversy, with friction
and unpleasant feelings. The kaiser Is
an astute and far seeing monarch, by
all odds tlie most interesting and
statesmanlike uiler of Europe; but he
Is human. He, like other men, is in
fluenced consciously and unconsciously
by personal feeling, by the little things
that merge Into the big ones. In the
years to come he can hardly fall to for
get that when he sent his brother to
America on a good will mission that
brother was met and greeted by all the
American people with the most cordial
ot welcomes and from high to low the
utmost endeavor was made to respond
to his kindly overture In kind. The
memory of this fact will weigh in the
consideration of future affairs. It will
be a silent Inlluence for the preserva
tion and Intensification of friendly re
lations, perhaps even when those rela
tions might otherwise become strained.
Consequently the best of treatment
for Prince Henry! Let American hos
pitality show what It can do when
aroused.
The insurgents aie now floating a
story that Senator Quay Intends to run
for governor himself, to prevent em
barrassment to the party. It might do
(that to tho party; it would certainly
embariass tho Insurgents. But the sen
ator has put on record his refusal to
seek or accept public office. Therefore
the insurgents will have to guess again.
Dewey and the Prince.
A:
N AUTHORITATIVE version
of tho incident at Hong
Koug, where It has been said
that Prince Henry Insulted
Admiral Dewey by toasting the United
States last, has been given to the
American press by Captain von Muel
ler, aide-de-camp to the German em
peror and official spokesman for the
prince during tho latter's present visit
to America. Captain von Mueller says:
In tho haibor of lions Kong tho prince lad
tendered :i dinner to tho loiimumleis of the
c'm'N of uiiom iuIIoih at that tiuui In tho
port, On that occasion the inline dunk to (he
health of tho sovereigns and chiefs of tho na
tions tlie flag of nliicli weie Icptcscntcd by the
guests. In ihu older of Ida tcusts hU llibt one
uct to that to tlio Herman emperor was to
(lent llrltaln, and tho ti'coml to ltusla, while;
the t'nltcd States was the last. The icasSn Gicat
llrltaln wai named in tlie liitt place was becauo
the dinner happened in u luibor of HrltUIi tcni
toiy, the aitlntr gocinur of which was ono ot
the Kucftt). A week oi tn atterwaid tho ptluce
was Informed by the (ieiiuau coiimi), Heir vm
Locper, who Is now in Valparaiso, tint the up
rearntatne of the United Male, namely, Admiial
Dewey, was pained because the pilniu hail not
'put the United Slates at the head u lihs' to.uu,
accoKllug to the international usage wliltu speci
fics the older of tho 1 nails on such (jivasluii.
'Jhls nJfie is that tha toaats shall bo given In
the cider of Miilorlly in ionuullou of tho of.
lkrn piesent. Pewey was, In fact, in that ie
jpect tho senior emong the guests, 'i'he prince
did not hcsltato to eeU uu open, uauk talk on
thU question ot etiquette with lib, Ann I lean cum
ude, whom bo highly esteems. When Usltlng
the flagship Olympla ho frankly told Dewey that
be had convinced jiluisclf that ho was wrong, uud
that Dewey was right. And pewej's answer was
this: "Will, Ir, f thank )ou foi jour apology.
I may fjy that I liked juii before thU, but alter
what jou luu' told mu ja-t now I tljlnk I like
jou better, und this is eajing a great leal." It
is leadlly to bo seen that this w?Ukiiient of a
question ot etiquette could only smo to strength
en the friendly relatteus between them, and that
Prime Jlemy Is keeping the woids of bis Ameii,
can friend lu giatrful luucnibraiuc.
Let it go at thut.
If the published versions of the Till-man-McLuurin
sot-to are correct, it Is
difficult to seo on what ground Me
Lauilii Is held in contempt, lie said
Tillman's charge wns a lie. Was It not?
He also defended himself against Till
man's physical attack. Is that unpar
liamentary? Tho senate ot tho United
States Is a very dignified' place but wo
refuse to believe that whon one ot Its
inembers is struck on one cheek It is
Incumbent on him meekly to offer the
oilier.
Franklin Hell, whom President Mc
Klnloy Jumped from captnln to brig
adier, has been Justifying his promo
tion by cleaning out Filipino Insurgents
faster than was ever known befote.
Half a dozen moio officers ot his kind
In laizoti would wind this whole matter
up ere fall.
The theory that tho capture ot Mlsa
Stone was the work of Macedonian
politicians who took that method of re
plenishing tho campaign exchequer sug
gests that the Macedonians must have
been getting their training In politics
from certain Pcnusylvanlans.
Till man's coarse accusation was
equally an Insult to the memory of
President McKlnley, since no deal to
give McLaurln control ot tho patronage
of South Carolina could become effec
tive without McKlnley's knowledge and
consent.
Mr. Tillman will need to pay more
strict attention to the established rules
If he expects to receive offers of a share
In the gate money from any of the well
known athletic clubs.
President-elect Palnm of Cuba denies
that he ever said ho would decline to
servo it the American congress with
held reciprocity. We'll wager he
thought It.
Now that Miss Stone has been releas
ed, the question arises, What next? Is
tlie kidnapping of American citizens to
become an established business?
It was South Carolina's fautt that
Ben Tillman got Into the senate but It
will be the sennte's fault if he remains
in.
Heavy fruit crop prophets are a trifle
uncertain, but the confidence of the
flood prognostlcator is appalling.
King Leopold, of Belgium, evidently
thinks that there is enough hospitality
in America for all.
Sap weather is here and maple syrup
will soon be in our midst.
The last Is said to be positively Miss
Stone's farewell release.
Otifline SUidi?s o?
fltiman NaUire.
Lady Dufferin's Quick Wit.
'ihu Uif hold Dufleiin was known to bis fiii'iids
as one o the most iliaiiulng of men. His friends
weie of both sce. Indeed, Ii's plntonie gal-lantiic-1,
alter be had leached (lie age when he
could safely indulge them, weie quite union
coaled. 'I hat this tendency upon the pait of tho
noble i-poti-o was the Mibjcct ot amlublc banter
by Lady Dulfeiln is alte-ted by a icuiiiil-ecneo
of their Mjjouiu in Itonii', when Lcul Dutleiin
w.i'- Itiiti-li ambaadoi theie.
Theie bail been (lining tho night a shock of
e.nthqiuke in Heme, which nat unity foimed a
tuple at the amlu-i-adoilal dinner table next dn.
It tinned out that eer0lie hid felt tlie shook
ov opting the nmba-sulor, who had i-Iept thiough
it. "Oh, well," obsCUed .1 guesl, "the list
flump would not wakm Loid DufTeilu." "Xo,"
a-ented the inauhluness, and added thought
fully, "unle.-s It happened l be Ihe Queen of
Heaili."
Edmunds Didn't Know the Senator.
home jean ago Idaho sent u man lo tlie benate
whose name was JlcC'onnell. lie enjojed a biief
trim of about file or sK weeks, and then he
di-appcaicd. Yisteid.iy Mr. McConuell islted
the venule ibamher igain. Veiy few of the
senators knew- him.
His pieseuce, however, mailed the fict that
when ho was in the senate he lifted bis vnee
and delivered a speech, lie was flieu au almost
utter stranger, Old Senator Kdmunds looked at
him lu u-toiiMuiient.
"Who is- this min talking?" a-kfd jalmnnds ot
a page.
'Senator Mct'onnell of Idiho," responded the
boj".
"Well," Mid IMmund'i, "when it comes lu the
point that in the 1'uiUd .Mates senate a nun cm
make a speech whom I ncter iw befote I thlnj;
it is lime fur me to loac."
And then Mr. IMmuuds, in disgust, lellied to
the clo.ikioom. Washineton Post.
Dealing in Futures.
lleie is a, stoiy about .1. ,. Toole and J, V.
Waidcn. Ono night they euteied a hold in III I
fast at which they weirt well known, and Mi.
Toole oideied u bottle of champagne, asklu tho
piopiietor whether lie would allow payment to
stand over till :i bet that had just been ma lo
was decided. The propiietor leadlly n-eented ui.d
tho bottle was uncoiLcd, the Lost accepting an
Invitation to tiiko a L'la.-K
After chatting fieely for a whllo Mr, Toole
and his ft lend piepaied to depatt. Then tho
ptopiictoi' hinted that he would like to know
the lestill of the bel und what It was about.
"Oh," said Mr. Wardin, "wi- lune bien ex
amining the Allii-it luemmial, and my ft lend, Ml.
Toole, lias laid me odds that when It falls it
will be in Hid ilireetion of Coipoiatiou tlieot,
and 1 have he I l.iui thai, instead, it will fall to
w.nd Victoria stieet!"
Were Traitors to the Theme,
1'iofeisor Lewis lldwaid (fates of Hanaul has a
reputation among tho undcrgiaduates for meicb
lcs and aiinuonlous iiony, fteceutly in an
advanced UnglWi composition courso Piofeisor
(iates, who has original methods of tialning,
called or an imitation of Arnold's pmc stjle.
With many misgivings ami no small amount of
labor the claw painfully endeavored to follow the
Intilcaclitt of that author. Tho themes were
handed In.
At the net meeting ot the cli-a, (he piofevor
inet h students with an unusually sardonic
emtio on bis face,
"Gentlemen," said he frifmly, "(hero has been
an cnor here. Most of jou haie imitated llene.
diet and not Matthew Amold.;' Xew Voik
Ti Ibune.
Papa Lacked Impressiveness.
Theie is a men who fancies he 's tho head of
the hoiijc. This paitlcular nun has several small
chlldien, and it pleasei him to dUcoutoc a gicat
deal on tho tialulng of the .young,
A few da ago ho had fi lends siting him,
Ills two little sous began to play about nolsllj-,
It i ouu ot his theories that chlldien ihould
obey Implicit)'! und bo wanted his filenels to seo
bow he carried it out in the tialulng of his own
family,
"Johnny," he said sternly, "ctop that nolwj in,
stantly."
Johnny looked up in suiprifc, then gilnned a
little,
"Oli, 1'redd," be said to his brother, as they
went on with the noisy lomp, "Just listen to
papa trjiug to talk like luauuna," Ttt-liiti.
.I
WHILE PADEREWSKI PLAYED.
A bird sta)cd wing last night for a while
And tang at pur heart's dim door,
And sadder and gladder our tear and our smile
Than ever they were before.
for ever beneath the lilt of the strain,
And ever bravura above,
Was-a lone little sob like a child in pain
Or tlie moan of a weary love.
-II. C. V,
PADEREWSKI'S RECITAL
AT THE NEW ARMORY
IP wo
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Tlia
OHDS Mrere perfume, color, wild destte
poet's sons were lire
That burned to blood In purple-pulsing
eins.
How l'aclcicwskl plays then I mlgliU date to tell.
How lVidcrcrtsH plarsl and wai It he
Or some disembodied spirit that bad rushed
l'rom silence Into slnglngi Hint had crushed '
Into ono startled hour a llto's felicity
And highest bliss ot knowledge that alt life,
grief, wrong
Turns at the last to beauty and to soiigl
ltlchard Watson (Jllder, In the Century, 1S01.
THE AA
uptil
lety
UK WAITING thousands sat with
plumed faces, silent In tho anx-
of their expectation. Softly
across tho platform stepped a slight
figure-, the dellcato.fucc framed In hair,
soft and shining as corn-Bilk In the
September sun. The head was that of
a man with wonderful mental polso
and this was raderowskl. It was a
Polish poet who sang:
"O yo ilxlles, who so long wander over tha
world,
When will ye find a resting place tor jour weary
steps?
Tho wild dove has Its ncstj the worm its ilod of
earth,
Uadi man a countrj but Ihe role a grave."
Surely there Is a Poland yet, and the
fair country Is reincarnated In this man
with the sadness of generations carved
intaglto-llke. on his countenance, nnd
as surely he Is finding an abiding placo
in the hearts of tho world, above tho
lines of race or nation or caste.
It is something more than art; it is
something more even than genius, the
mysterious tie which links the emotions
of this man to the deepest feeling of
others. To watch his face while ho
plays is to realize suddenly that there
is a new grief in life which has not
touched but hero and there in a cen
tury; it is to feel that there are heights
of purest Joy yet unreached.
The house was much larger than that
of tho Nordlca night. The stage was
packed at the rear with listeners and
the front seats were all filled with a
discriminating and enthusiastic au
dience. Hundreds of people wore pres
ent from WIIkes-Barre, Carbondale,
Blnghainton, Honesdale, Stroudsburg,
Uloomsburg nnd varlobs small points.
Fred C. Hand laid the unvoiced thanks
of the multitude for his enterprise in
securing such a treat,
It has been said that Paderewski is
an artist by the grace of God, a phen
omenal and inspired player. No truer
keynote can be given to his character.
A patrician by birth, and by every in
stinct, It has been that he has always
chosen the highest. Therefore today
he stands on a pure, proud height, as
stood the Blameless King between the
towers of Camelot, and because he has
thus chosen he hears voices and dreams
dreams and knows sweet secrets that
are mute and blind and hidden to oth
ers. Life has not smirched' him and
toil has not hardened, and disdain has
not turned the rare goltl of his nature
to dross.
To hear him play Chopin is to know
that Poland reigns again through her
most Illustrious son. To hear him play
Schumann is to feel that Schumann
should havo another Incarnation on
earth to know that flnallj' he is immor
talized as he should be.
There is a little drawing of the great
pianist by Sir Edward Burne-Jones,
which more nearly expresses tlie real
Paderewski than any other portrait of
him. Somehow, he fits into the Pre
Raphaelite idea and all at once we seo
him as he Is not the pianist only, not
the virtuoso, not the centre of hys
terical adulation, but the poet apostle
of all music of all times. This is where
Paderewski stands sunreme. He bus
wrought out the poetical thoughts at
the basis of every inspired composition
and has seemed to give the chrysalis of
genius the wings of translation to a
higher realm. Sometimes we feel It,
but seldom can we give even the faint
est description of the lovely emotion it
creates.
The mogrnuune ot' last night opened
with the Moonlight Sonata of Beeth
oven. Scranton heard It for the first
time In America from this great pian
ist's lingers. His method of slipping
Into the key ot C sharp minor was
richly rhythmical and brought out tho
warm, full tones with consummate
beauty.
To one who sat within close range of
the pianist the wondrous effects made
WHAT YANKEE RULE
HAS DONE FOR CUBA
1'icilerio .T. lliisktni, lu a Letter fioni Havana
Published by tlie I'lilUdirlpliU lleeoid.
A
H T1IU TIMi: draws near for the with.
diavval of the United .States army ot oc
cupation iiwu Cuba, a review of tho
vvoik .iceonnillshed by the Aineilean
foiees dining their May on the island will juovc
intcie.tini;.
When the agents ot Uncle- Sam lioUted the
Slaia and Stripes over tho julaie at lUvani,
tluee jejw ago, they found themselves con
flouted by one of tho most Klgantlo and undesir
able Jobs that ever fell to tho lot of vvhlto men
ti) peifonn, 'Ihe situation was to dreadful that
any other than ,i crovvel of Vankecj wouhl havo
lucked down. At this time, Havana was probably
the! iiuclcincst city in the world. Its ktrecta wero
strewn witli filth, and Its mortality was In home
iepett higher tlun London or New York, Tho
seed of centuries of r-pantli neglect anil misrule
was bearing- n bountiful harvest of death and
di'c.iy,
The A'uciIcjii did not shirk on account ot tho
inaunltuilo of the undeitaUIng'. They rolleel up
their (decves and went to work. They inaugur
ated the most wholesale houoclcanlng in tlie
eouuo of hlklory. They carted away thousamts
of vvaiionloads of rubbish and retime. They
cleaned and swept tho dlity streets. Tho women
of the Ited Cross those blessed angels of mcicy
eauio to help them, Tho hungry were fed nnd
tho naked clothed, Hospitals were established
for tho sick and asylums founded for the home
lejs. The feebly beating pulse of fndusliy was nursed
until it began slowly to icvlvc, The irusado for
health ami oreler has been conducted with un
flagging zeal. The tight of tho euuitaiy foires
against jellow fever has stretched from months
Into jeau. Xo nniiy of invasion was ever ton
flouted Willi a nioi c stubborn too than this cl.
low teiror pioved itself to he. The tigultlcjiire
of tho decisive victory that lion been finally won
against It utiaihcs not only to Cuba, but to the
world In geueisl, for the dlscoviriea brought
fm th during the campaign on the island may be
utilized jn combating this diead dlteasc vvheievrr
it lavcgci are known.
The most Impoiraiit dev elopnieiit of (he opera
tion conducted by the Havana Vellow Pevir
rouuiilsalou was the discovery tint this tenlLle
disease is spread by mosquitoes. Some authori
ties hare heretofore suspected these Insects of be-in;,-
the distributing agents ot tho malady, and
the Havana, commission proved the suiiiilso (o be
collect. The fact vvasi established by experiment.
Several volunteers vvcro placed in a loom with
Infected insects there ore) many varieties ot mov
nulled, but only ono kind carried Hie geim of
this fever. Tliei men had not been exposed in
any other way, -jpil after being bitten t number
by the interlocking hands nnd dividing
tho runs nnd arpeggios In this number
woro Intensely fascinating. His pedal
movements are remarkable. Ho uses
them ns If they were another bank of
keys, producing tho sweetest vibration,
tho most bewildering carrying tones,
which are thus varied In every degree
of shading.
Through nil this great Sonata tho
melodic property was exquisitely sus
tained, Tho allegretto movement, so scherzo
like in Its brilliance, was charged with
dramatic fire under his touch.
Tho Mendelssohn numbers woro rich
with sentiment. Tho simple folk-lore
songs Bwolled out in tmlmnglned loveli
ness through his Interpretation. The
"Hunting Song," with Its swift bravura,
caused a distinct sensation." No con
trast could bo more gracefully mnrked
than the Spinning Song, with Its low
undercurrent of sorrow for something
missed out of tho homely life.
A singular accompaniment to Pader
ewskl's playing Is ono little, almost un
observablo movement ho has no nrllst
Is so free from mannerisms as this man
but when ho glides into the soft
chords full of pathos nnd regret, down
leans his head In it gentle, sad empha
sis of tho thought expressed by his art
and repeated in his own heart. It would
be difficult to describe anything more
affecting to sympathetic listeners than
this unconscious abandonment to tho
grief ot tho movement, and it is so
utterly free from attempts at spectacu
lar effect.
Tho Schumann "Carnaval" was one
of tho great numbers. Under his touch,
the swift succeeding pictures in the
procession of gaiety melted Into tlie
daintiest miniatures, ivory-clean, but
Idealized, softened.
They Included Pierrot and Arlequin,
Vnlso Noble, L'usebius, Repllque, Papll
lons, Lettres Dansantes, Chlarina,
Chopin, Estralla, Poutalon et Colum
bine, the lovely Valse Allemande, Pa
gannlnl, Aven, the Promenade, never
so exquisitely given, and tho bold,
dashing "March des Davld3bundlers
contro les Philistines."
Perhaps, most of all, were antici
pated tho Chopin numbers. Possibly,
some of them wore too familiar in
their defenseless condition against the
amateur, but no one would ever recog
nize them ns, glorified and set with a
halo, they came forth last night.
Paderewski is undoubtedly the great
est Chopin Interpreter of his time.
Much Is s.'.ild of Do Pachmanil, but De
Facbmann is a madman, inspired per
haps, but still a madman. Paderewski
has the Polish fire in his own veins,
the passionnte, tender soul, that can
truly comprehend Chopin. So he gives
us the wild dreams of the oppressed,
tho sadness, the brief gladness, the
ever-aspiring hope, and yet, withal, the
sombre touches that the weird, exquis
ite compositions need.
The softly graceful Etude, tlie rip
pling', wonderful Valse op. 42, and fi
nally the great Polonaise in A Hat,
completed the group. Notable in this
were me running notes, so deftly pro
duced that they were like the danc
ing leaves, and the color in the climax
building. The left-hand work was
marvelous to a degree and gave a faint
idea of what this master of the piano
can do to produce the singularly sweet
music for which he is so famous.
No doubt with many the favorite
number was Paderewskl's own Noc
turne in B flat, that reverie "breathing
low between the sunset and the moon,"
"When he gives up public recitals and
leally sets himself to the work of com
position, we may look for nocturnes
such as never have been written, even
by Chopin,
Etude and a Uaphsody of Llzst. The
latter, the sixth, will never be forgot
ten by the listeners. The swooning ot
senses, the passionate whirl of emo
tion, the great climax were such as
have not been heard often in later days.
The audience standing, called again
and again for the magician of the night.
He graciously gave another Rhapsody,
tlie second.
During the progress of the pro
gramme he was presented with a lyre
of flowers four feet high. The Inscrip
tion ran "To Poland's greatest repre
sentative, from his countrymen,"
Many of these countrymen crowded
about him In the artist's room and tho
manner in which he greeted them
would' have touched the hardest heart
of liiem contended tho disease. Several of the
hiavv fellows lost their lives by their hcrolsm.
As .in additional experiment tho contagion theory
was tested. Another hand of volunteeis went to
live in ti house where yellow fever patients had
btcu qujitcicel. They used the saino bed cloth
ing, ate the same food and drank tho same water
tint had bem used by the unfortunate occu
pants who hail preceded them. None of them
became infected.
'fho outcome of theso novel and dangerous e.
peiiments established a clear caso against the
mosquilo, and tho gentlemen composing tha com
mission immediately concentratcel their eneigies
upon the study of tho habits of tho Insect. '1 hey
found that tho particular epeclco that spiead the
lever laiu tneir eggs lu vvaterj that they operated
in a small territory, seldom flying over a few
hundred feet fiom their haunts, Plans wero ac
cordingly laid for their extermination and the de
struction of their bleeding places. Au oigaulza
Hon called tho "mosquito bilgadc" was formed,
ami a systematic ucaicli ot the 2(1,000 houses in
Havana was begun, Wherever standing water was
found If was drained, covered over or tieattd
Willi oil,
Tho woik was performed as thotonghly as tys.
tent and perseverance could accomplish it, 'Ihe
housed of itch and poor nllko wero Invaded and
all forced to conform to tho lules of the commis
sion. In the tenement districts, vvheie tho people
weio too poor to comply with tlie regulations,
tho brigade liunufactuicd covens for nil water
receptacles and put them in place. Inspectors
m ido tho rounds at frequent Intervals to see that
the precautious vvcro being obscived. Every
building in tho city was given u number and cn
teicd in a book at hcadquaitcif, Tho lepoits ot
the inspectors were entered in this book,
Tills system gao tho commission a perieet
record of the condition ot every house i the city,
nnd those who could afloid it, and failed to keep
the regulations, had to defray the cxperrsa ot the
vvoik being elono by the agents of the organiza
tion, If tho fever raged in a ceitaiu quarter, the
energies of the foieo vvcro centered on that local
lly, Fiist, the patient would be lemovcd to tho
fever hospital. Then (ill Iho furniture ami effects
would bo catted away to the disinfecting plant
and thoroughly fumigated. The premise's wiru
gouo over raiefully and completely cleansed.
Such heroic measures coon began to make a
showing in favor ot tho commission. Its cflotts
wero redoubled, ami the mortality fioni tills dread
destroyer wis gradually riduced until last No
vember there was not a single death In Havana
due to Jt. This cannot be said ot any preceding
November for 110 yenrj. Under Spanish lule, tho
monthly death rata from this source ran its high
an Wi personi monthly, fioni a Spanish record
of 1,115 deaths lu Havana in twelve months'
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time, tho leport for 1901 will show"
fatalities due to this source.
only five
Havana was not only a favoille haunt of jel
low fever, but of numerous other dkeaes as
well. TubelculoJs claimed 3,000 victims during
tho last year of SpanMi Title. This meant severr
out of every thousand of tho population. And
the mortality from this souice ran equally as
high for ten jears pilor to tho coining of the
Americans. Typhoid and malaria fevers, of the
most nulignant form, abounded also and leaped
a harvest of death that was simply dieadful. Un
der Ameiican uilo tho moit.ility for consumption
has been reduced by nearly one-half, and the
deaths fiom fevers to less than one-third what
they were formerly.
Tho total death rate of Havana has been le
duced from 01 to 21. These figures tell u more
eloquent story than words can convey. They
compaie favoiably with tlie most unitaiy cities
of the vvoild. The authorities in Cuba have cer
tainly nude n remarkable showing and have every
reason to feel proud of their accomplishment.
Only those who went through this ciimpilgn iau
have the slightest Idea of what it meant. When
they begin Ihe task of giving duty, tilth-ridden
lUvani the llrst thorough bath It had ever re
ceived m It entire history, tlie musty old towrr
made a very wry face. Tho people had never
heard of such notions. Tiiey said the whole thing
was outlandish, and complained bitterly against
llut wlilcli they consiiiereil a trespa on their
privacy and eloniestlo lights. Rut no dutiful
mother ever stopj rubbing because her baby cries,
and In the case of Havana the child is clean and
happy and smiling after the job is done.
The Engineering department worked hand and
glove Willi tho Sanitaiy coimnU-lon and has ac
complished icsults equally as wonderful, While
the sanitary forces looked after the dwellings, the
Engineering department ilevoted its energies to
tho lenovation and Improvement of tho public
buildings, pai'ks, stieets, ptbous, loitlllcation?,
etc. A description of tho ad repair of one
building will apply equally to all, lively ono
was in a dreadful rotate of iiucleanllurs.s, 'lliere
was no sanitation attempted, and If any plumb
ing e.Isted nt all, it was of au out-of-tlitc pat
tern and in bad lepalr.
When sewers weie found which was seldom
they weio constructed of porous masonry anil
weio gcnciallv clogged up, so that instead of
c.iirylug oil the letuse in intended they merely
acted ns cesspools to lelaln it. l'ew loots weio
found that would shed n heavy laiuhil! perfectl.v.
All of them public buildings have been thor
oughly nverhaulid and brought up to a modem
standard of equipment. High! rules of oiebr and
cleanliness havo 'been enloiced, and tho Institu
tions of the island, instead of being a icpioach,
vvoulil r.mv do crulit to any country,
Tlie p.til.s of the city of ll.iv.iua were formeily
of no ptacliiid uso to tho public. They weio
gencially inclosed by fencis on the pieleriso of
protecting tho (lowers. .U n matter of fuel, lit
tle ultentlon wits devoted to tho iiillure nf anj
hlng liiit vegetable, which tho keepers sod and
Li'iinsrjhi tho fundi. Ono of the drat filings tho
American mllitaiy governor did was lo m-ivo no
tice on theso thieving officials that If they wanted
lo follow gardening they had better move, tn tho
rotintry, aril they, Willi ono aeeoid, look to tins
tall timber, A wonderful change has been
wiought in the appeai.inre of tho city irr this re
spect. The fences have all beeir icmoved, walks
laid out, seats installed, and they aro now serv
ing the pin pose for whleh they were intended.
Aside from tho parks, the most visible evidence
of impioveiiient under tho American administra
tion is, niturilly, the slncts. Under Hpinislr
rule, there was no iittentle.n paid to repairing
the thoioughfarM nor cleaning or sprinkling
thein. That they weie vvietehed go-s without
the saying, Tho American engineers havo put
down 120 miles of modem paving in Havana
alone. They have put in "ider hundreds of
blocks that wero out of lepalr. They havo es
tablished stations along tho coast where water
can bo piocured tor spilnkllng puriioses, sea
water being tlie best for this rise, They have In
cuguratril a sjstiui for the collection ot gar
bage that lenders' lis services lo 20,000 houses
every twenty-four houti,
Ono ot tho principal fcaturc-s of the "Vankee
izatlou" pf Havana ms been tho intioductloii of
clectile carj. There were foirne'ily about six
miles of track in tho capital, but tlie equipment
consisting of little, bob-tailed cars and scrawny,
under-sized mules, did nut combine to nrako a
senile worthy of tnthuslastic mention. When
tho track was lengthened out to twenty-four
luilis uud Wizard Edison's big electric lbcts
put on, all ol Havana's 200,000 Inhabitants wanted
to ilde at once.
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