Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 35, Number 218, 13 June 1910 — Page 8

Sweet Toned Instrument Has

Several Combined Musi: cal Qualities.

RUSSIAN BALALAIKA IDEA HOT YET DEAD

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WILL Id III III raiUni Proposed River Bank Boule

vard May Be Realized Some Sweet Day. CITY HOLDS TO PROPERTY Proof that the much discussed idea

of a scenic boulevard along the west-

rn hank of the Whitewater is not

entirely dead came this morning in

the meeting of the board of works, when applications to lease and buy

portions of the ground owned by the

city on that side were refused wunout serious consideration. At the pres

t nnrfnn T.m i ft Th Knclish mu- ent time, the city owns more than half

i-i vnrM ban fallen in love with the of the strip between the Doran and

balalaika. It is heard in drawing the Main street bridges. a3 well as a mB n rnnrort nlatfnrms. in armv portion of the river bank to the south.

messrooms; hostesses find that a bal- Several years ago a winding roadway alalka band i8 a greater attraction at was surveyed, but lack of funds causa musical "at home" than the most ed the improvement to be postponed, famous of tenors. The applications this morning were The balalaika Is an instrument that for a lease on a strip that fronts on can set your nerves tingling. It Bug- Richmond avenue, permission being rests moonlight and serenades. It asked to build and operate a blackcan be plaintive as the violin and as smith shop. Another citizen desired maddeningly sweet as the harp. to buy some of the property and erect Russia invented it; for hundreds of a bungalow. In moving that the city years it has been the national instru- retain bold of the property Mayor , it BtHturn Hne Zimmerman Bpoke feelingly for the

through the long, white winters; it Is proposed boulevard and promised that 1 rv,. nothine should Interfere with the

PECULIAR SYSTEM OF PLAY KEYBOARD IS SIMILAR TO BANJO, BUT SHORTER AND IT HAS BUT THREE STRINGS ITS POSSIBILITIES.

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Monarch's Visit to Scene Earthquake Arouses Enthusiasm.

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GENERAL GLOOM PREVAILS

MANY BELIEVE THAT THE WORST IS NOT OVER COR RESPONDENTS' TELEGRAMS CONFISCATED BY CENSORS.

Rome, June 10. All Italy now thinks of nothing but the earthquake, many

in the. utmost discomfort in the open

squares and alongside of the country roads. In Calabria they have taken to caves where men, women, children, dogs, horses, &c, all live together. At Messini and Reggio the people are more philosophical. They are either so accustomed to peril that they no more regard it. or are convinced that the,ir cities will be Immune for some

years, their vague Idea being that

Providence will not hit a man when he is down. The presence of the king and queen

at the cene of the disaster has aroused even more enthusiasm that at the time of the Messina earthquake, the

poor souls saying that they did not think their majesties would consider

them worthy of so much thought

Queen Helena was clothed in a short skirt and coat, with common sense

boots and she walked from hospital to hospital where she assumed a big white apron, the hem of her own gown

being sewn with kisses and her head

crowned with such blessings as per

haps no other woman has so earned.

i She has been indefatigable, so much so

4 WARSHIP CRUISE

FOR THE MILITIA

Uncle Sam's Naval Reserves

Be Given a Taste of Real Service.

EIGHT DAYS ON THE SEA

NAVAL FORCES OF SEVEN STATES WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE MANEUVERS OF FOURTEEN BIG BATTLESHIPS.

(American JCews Service) . New York, June 13 Members of the

Naval Militia in New York and New

believing that the worst is not over that his majecty has begged her to j jersey nave been informed that they

generations voices have blended with Its tones, and dancing feet have tripped to its music. Prince Tchagadaeff, the leader of the Imperial Court Orchestra, showed England. the possibilities of the instrument last winter, when M. Andreeff'a band performed in London;

but it is only recently that amateurs

city's plans in this direction.

SAINTS' DAYS THIS WEEK. The following are the saints days for the coming week: Sunday, June 12.

bt. Eskill of Sweden, eleventh century, St. Onuphrius, hermit, St. John of San

Faeondez; 13, St. Anthony of Padua

have made the balalaika a fashionable 14, St. Basil the Great, St. Methodius of

craze. Today nan tne wona seems to njonstanunopie, oio, io, ou

be learning it. Soft and Haunting. The firBt attraction about the balalaika is the real beauty of its tone. It is soft, sweet, haunting. The second

point in its favor is that it is the eas

Modestus, Blessed Gregory Lewis Barbadigo, 1697; 16, St. John Francis Re

gis, St. Aurelia, 552; 17, SS. Nicander

and Martian; 18, feast of the Sacred Heart, St. Marina.

June 19 Is a day kept especially in

lest of all muBical Instruments to Europe by Koman uatnoiics as one ui

learn. Clifford Essex, who taught their highest festivals. This is, as

hundreds of well-known folk to play called by the French, the "Fete Dieu," the banjo when the fashion for that the celebration of the name of God. In Instrument was at its height, says that Catholic communities the consecrated the balalaika is far easier to play. He host is carried through the open air, lias known pupils who have practical- the whole population turning out to ly mastered It in eight lessons, and do honor to it. and kneeling as it some who have been able to perform passes by. quite pleasingly after two weeks' prac- This feast is popular in Belgium and tice. The Instruments, which are all in the south of France. There are imported from Russia, are simple, yet great processions in the streets of, the handsome in appearance. Some of the towns and cities. Following the people most ornately decorated ones may cost the monks and the secular clergy as much as 25, but they can be ob- comes the canopy and dias under which talned at as low a sum as 30 shillings, the priest of the highest rank walks, , The keyboard is something like that carrying the "body of Christ. After . h.nin h.it is nwtor nnri tw the principal streets have been trav-

onlv three strings. The first ne- ereed all return to the church which

and that we are in, if not for a fresh Messina, at least for great loss and danger. This disaster bears out the predictions of Frank Perret, the American vulcanoloeist. who devotes h!a whole

time to studying the volcanoes of jher f0116-

Southern Italy. He has repeatedly said t

that not only Etna would overflow,

which it will be remembered it did, but that severe earthquakes might be expected at any time. It is almost impossible to know just how much of the truth about this earthquake is known in America, as the censor has been busy from the first moment, and unfortunately correspondents have had their telegrams confiscated right and left and are only informed of the matter when it is too late to take other measures. This of course does not suppress knowledge of

the real situation for a moment, but it has the effect of causing those anxiously awaiting news from Italy to imagine that the affair is much more serious than it is. This matter of the censor is so childish that one wonders that the institution does not die a natural death from ridicule.

The population of the whole south of

the peninsula is in a most deplorable

condition, even in places where shocks have not been felt. They nightly re

fuse to sleep in their houses and camp

save herself, but in vain, and so sev

eral persons owe her their lives, as all about the country the ideas of surgery and attention to the sick and injured are primitive to a degree. Thus another link has been forged in the chain which binds Queen Helena to

the Jerseyites to practice alongside

the blue-jackets of Admiral Schroeder"s command, but the militiamen of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maine also

will go along. The cruise will begin on July 23 and will last about eight

days. They via be so assigned on the

battleship that every civilian bluejacket will be alongside a veteran who will show him "how it's done." Big Fleet In Cruise. Fourteen battleships surely, sixteen probably, will take part in the cruise.

The New Yorkers wilt be assigned to

the battleships South Carolina and

Michigan, the two new Dreadnoughts, and the New Hampshire, Minnesota,

Nebraska. Rhode Island, and Virginia. These ships will reach New York Har

bor about July 20 and anchor off Tompkinsvllle, where the New York

and New Jersey men will be embarked. The Mississippi and Idaho will em

bark the Rhode Islanders off Newport,

the Vermont will take on the Mas

sachusetts sailors at Boston, the Penn-

sylvanians will board the Kansas at Philadelphia, the Louisiana will go to Portland for the Maine sailors, and the

culiarity that strikes the beginner is that two of the strings are tuned to the same note E. The other string is tuned to A. Not Like Other Instruments. It is not played like the banjo, the mandolin or the guitar, but in a manner quite peculiar to this one instru

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is decorated and illuminated, the incense ascends, the organ resounds with the whole force of its pipees, and the host is restored to its accustomed

ark on the high altar.

As one walks through the streets during the week of this fete he will see on every corner little tables on

which poor children spread a napkin

Thl t.mh tho ift nA .HiiM and light some candles, adding one or

up and down the two E strings, while more plaster figures of tto 'pn w the other fingers are used for the aints. To the passersby they cry Do higher notes of the A string. not forget the little chapel These are ..i ., . .u. ,v. vj a reminder of the chapels which In

lug ilia i iiuKci vi i. iud iiui, uouu 10 ... passed rapidly and lightly over the great pomp to se n" three stringsand as it moves back- the procession where mass was said In

ward and forward a "tremolo" effect tne Pen alr

is produced. Occasionally all the four fingers of the right hand are swept across the strings to give' the effect banjoists call the "rasp." A hundred different effects seem possible with the balalaika. One of its beauties is the rather plaintive sliding note produced by the thumb and fingers gliding up and down the strings. When played as a solo instrument it sounds well, accompanied by a piano, but the possibilities of the balalaika can not be properly understood . till an entire band has been heard. A balalaika orchestra is composed of almost any number of players, and the instruments they use are of dif-

HYDROPHOBIA SCARE

Lafayette, Ind., Jupe 13 Never be

fore in its history has Lafayette been

so agitated by a mad dog scare as at the present time. Not only in the city

but throughout the county the ever increasing epidemic of rabies is caus ins consternation. The city and coun

tv authorities are unable to account

for the rapid spread of the disease

and there is wild 1ik of killing every

dog in Tippecanoe county. Conditions

have grown worse and worse until it is now admitted by all that the situation is serious. The police are killing

scores of dogs, and will continue to shoot down unmuzzled animals just as

rapidly as they meet them in the

streets. But this does not do away with all the danger, for the pet animals in the homes are beginning to show signs of rabies, and several In

stances have been reported of women

and children being bitten by household pets.

will make a cruise on the Atlantic Fleet this Summer, and the men are already preparing for the trip, which

is expected to be the most instructive and interesting the, civilian sailors

ever have had.

Heretofore the militiamen, as a rule,

have had to be content with Summer tours on obsolete cruisers or naval

auxiliaries, occasionally participating

in the torpedo boat and submarine maneuvres. Not only are the New Yorkers and

Georgia will take the men from Con

necticut on board at w Haven. As soon as all are embarked the battleships will proceed to sea and prcbablv mill assemble in fleet forma

tion off Provincetown. Mass. There Admiral Schroeder will issue his ord

ers governing the maneuvers and ex

ercises. These will include instruction

in the handling of the guns, marksmanship, handling ammunition, and

the routine duties of a sailor ou board a first-class battleship.

Commander Russell Raynor of the

First Naval Battalion of Manhattan said yesterday that his men probably .

will take several short practice cruises on the gunboat Wasp early in July -to

prepare themselves for the more important duties they will be called upon

to perform when they join the Atlantic Fleet. At the conclusion of the maneuvers the battleships assigned to carry the New York and New Jersey battalions will return, to New York and land them at Tompkinsvllle.

You needn't nflfer with sick headache, tedlrestioo. coaatipatioa or say other trouble artsing from a disordered stomach. Dr. Caldwell' Syrup Pepsin will cur you and keep yoe. welt Try it keep it oa hand tb yesx around.

Oar new plan of

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-BURGLARYThe summer outing season will soon be here, when you will leave your silverware, furs, rugs, paintings and bric-a-brac to the burglars. Upon your return, if you find some valuables gone, others destroyed, locks broken, and your pretty home turned Into a place of desolation, a draft covering the loss and damage will look mighty good to you. Let DOUGAN & CO. protect you. Phone 1330.

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A GENEROUS GIFT

(American News Service) New York, June 13 Mrs. Russell Sage gave ?1 5,000 to the Audobon society for its work in Georgia. Florida,

Texas and South Carolina In protecting the bird. , j He Did. "They say be got rich quick."

Yes. His wealthy uncle died from heart disease." Detroit Free Press.

ferent sizes but all of the same pattern. There are prima secunda, alto,

bass and contra-bass balalaikas.

Londoners will remember the

haunting beauty of the "Volga Boatman's Song, played by Prince Tchag-

adeffs band. It is supposed to represent the droning chants sung by men

as they carry heavy timber down to

the boats. Like sailors who sing as

they weigh the anchor, the Volga boatmen find that music helps them to

keep time.

There seems every indication that ! the balalaika will soon be almost as well known in England as it is In its native Russia. Army men going abroad often take a few lessons before leav

ing England, knowing that in lonely

stations music will be appreciated.

MCI

L WILL MEET

For the purpose of taking up the proposed vehicle ordinance in detail, considering, each clause separately.

the city council will meet this evening with the board of works and City

Attorney Gardner in the office of the

board of works at the city hall. The vehicle ordinance has been hanging fire for several weeks and as no settlement seems to be near, the meeting this evening was arranged to thresh out the matter and try to arrive at an agreement.

Not any Ll'lllt frltSt Thi Original end Gtnulnt HORLICK'S

HALTED n.LK Th Food-drink for All Agts. At restaurants, hotels and fountains. Delicious, invigorating and sustaining. Keep it on your sideboard at home. Don't travel without it A quick lunch prepared in a minute. Take no substitute. Ask for HORLICK'S Others are imitations.

Accident Insurance E. B. KNOLLENBERG Room 6, Knollenberg's Annex.

, "GINGER UP" Your Water Heater and get Hot 4 Water quickly. Our heater and methods relieve the pain." MEERHOFF, the Plumber Phone 1236. 9 South 8th St.

An Indian would not be Interested but yon are. Home Grown Potatoes 45c Bushel Onion Sets 5c Qi. Omer G Whelan Feed and Seed Store 33 SOUTH 6TH ST. PHONE 1679! P. S. Want to buy some yellow ear corn, will bay same in crib If bad is not over 8 miles. Dave loose hay for sale. Omer G. Whelsa.

REMODELING SALE PRICES Are in effect in every section. Whatever you buy, a saving is assured.

sixth and main sts. THE HOOSOER STORE

Acquiring the "Oeuker Stock" forces us to name prices that are Irresistible." China ware and house furnishings of ail sorts sacrificed.

EVERYDAY PROVING THAT GASH WINS

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Think what this Sale means! At this time of the season! Here is an array of high-class merchandise to meet the wants of the family and the home, with cut prices ihroughout the store that are in many instances below wholesale cost. Perhaps we do not mention the article in which you are interested in this ad, but that does not mean that article is not here at a raving price. Chances are that you'll be more apt to find what you want here than anywhere else, and at less prices.

BUY THAT DINNER SET NOW NOTE SAVINGS $ 9.00 100-piece sets go for $6.24 $10.00 100-piece sets go for $6.48 $12.00 100-piece sets go for $7.98 $13.00 100-piece sets go for.. .$8.98 $15.00 100-piece sets go for . $9.48 GET YOUR REFRIGERATOR HERE AND SAVE MONEY $20.00 Refrigerator $15.00 $15.00 Refrigerator $12.00 $12.00 Refrigerator - $ 9.00 $10.00 Refrigerator . $ 7.48

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15c and 20c White Goods 9c 25c White Goods 15c 2c Silk Organdie 121c 121c Galindo Suiting 7c 12c and 15c Lawns at 81c 7c Prints, all colors - 5c 7c Apron Ginghams ..... - 5c Sc Apron Ginghams 7c

12c Seersucker Ginghams ............ 81c 36 inch $1.00 Black Taffeta Silk ........79c 20c Galetea Cloth ---15c 40 inch Linen Suiting 1 1 c 15c Silkolines .....................10c 121c Percales .. 8R 7c India Linon ........... 4ic Birdseye Bleached Crash .......... -----4c 6ic Brs. Muslin, yd. ..........5c

It Isn't Every Day You Pick Up Values Like These:

50c Corsets, 1 lot to close 29c 100 yards Spool Silk 4c Ladies' $1.00 Hand Bags - ... - -....50c Ladies' 25c Fancy Combs 10c Ladies' Black lose --y- 6c

Men's 25c Shawknit Half Hose 19c Men's Straw Hats at Half Price. Men's Blue Stripe Overalls, with bib - 29c Men's Work Shirts, all sizes, well made... . --------39c Men's 50c Dress Shirts, Sale price .-- 35c

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