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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBKUAHV 21. 1P09.
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MUSIC AS A MONEY MAKER
Tinatcitl Hewardg of Old and Sew
Computer.
FEOM IXSTILT TO ATTUTLSCZ
rortowos RmIM fMa t.ater Da
Oswiwa Cvatraat karylr wlik
tbe? ftrwat RHirai f roaa
Older Worka.
!r than a century o Frant Schubert
sold half a doers of hla bst annr for JO
cents apiece, after which profitable trans
action he wrote to hla friend Jnger: "It's
all em with my Journey to Grata for this
yesr. for my pecuniary prospects. Hke
tboee of the weather, are downright gloomy
and unfavorable." Today, the tales of roy
alties paid oompoeTB make the profits of
Wall street broker seem amall by torn
parlson. And If It la tint strictly true thai
George Cohan make $S.W a wek or Victor
Herbert ."i.nw a year out of hia muctr,
the. actual fiarure are big enough to give
eol-r to the atory. Jt haa or.ly Just been
announced that the Rtrme. Turin and Milan
opera eienaes have each paid Richard
Pusuaa I4.0C for ths bare right to produce
hia opera "Electra." a work not even yet
completed and of the suoress of which
there cannot be any present assurance
whatsoever. Oarar Hsmmersi etn la re
portad to hare paid the composer tlO.000 to
ecure the American rights of performance.
Handel the First raid fciapwr.
Thera ia do record of the fact of pay
ment to mualriana for their compositions
before the time of Handel, but he waa reg
ularly paid for the right to publiah hn
worka. For at least eleven of hla operaa
he received S gulneaa. or about $13 apiece,
while the largest tra he ever obtained wai
12, paid for a Betting of Dryden'B Ode,
"Alexander's Feast." On hearing that
Walsh, hla publiahrr, had netted over K.nnn
from the proceed of one of hia operaa,
Handel aald, "Well. yos ahall compose the
next opera and fa publiah It."
The history of rousic la filled with au
thentic torie of poverty-stricken geniu
and its struggles against starvat ion, with
n!y too many Inatancea of a tragic ending.
Whlls It would be unfair to aaddle the
muaie publlahera of a century or eo aro
with the entire responsibility, the rolea
they played were not enviable ones. The
names of tome of thera are embalmed In
the pathetic letter of the poor composer,
begging them to arorpt and pay for their
ootnpoaitlona. Appeal to generoaity often
fell on deaf ear. The publisher at time
seemed only too willing to wait for the
opportunity when hunger ahould drive the
composer Into a corner, where he must of
necessity accept the rrttanee offered.
Thua we find the publishing houae of
Bchott at Boa objecting ta paying Schubert
the SO florin he demanded for hla great
"Forelle" quintet aa "a too extravagant
price" and finally getting "the work for
half that rum. or about til Hla magnifi
cent trio in E-flat he sell to Pro bat for
SO florlna go kreutsers X which sounds
like a department store bargain. Small
wonder that Schubert's total effect at the
time of hia dearth brought only about 116,
dot enough to pay for a decent burial.
Beetkoveni sal Mnart. '
Beethoven waa while living recognised aa
one of the greatest composers, and yet 'hla
music never earned him a fair competency.
His aetata ail told amounted ts little over
W.tts) florlna. or about KCOO. Hla muaicai
effects were sold at suction after his death
for 1.1M florlna. They Included a large
number of autographs of published and un
published works, as well aa Invaluable
sketch books. Only today' a Lolpslg book
seller asks O.KW for the manuscript of hia
"Diabella Variation about twenty time
as aauoa aa the entire lot at auction, A
number of Beethoven's letters to his pub
lishers are preserved and show the mighty
gwnlus, who was too proud to accept aid
from hla friend and scorned the patronag
of piinons, watting oa these men, anxiously
offering his wares at reasonable prices. He
writes to Probst offering a etrtng quartet
for s8 gold ducats, sddlng apologetically:
"I assure you, upon my honor, that the
same sum haa been remitted te me for
several quarteta" And he continues: "I
NOW HERE IS
REAL SHOE SALE
AT THE
SHOE MARKET
It's a sale of Women's NEW Shoes, for there's not a
shoe in the store that's older than October 24th last that's
the day we ojened this new store we would have opened
sooner but tbe carpenter he's the man was two months
late in getting our store room ready he's the cause of this
cut-in-price shoe scle. Whyf Because we lost two good
months selling and now find ourselves with shoes the car
fienter oufjlit to buy, but won't. We're making prices that
will sell them. Other shoe stores will Ik; "sore," but that
should mate no difference to you when you can get bargains
like these. Just look what we are doing:
WOMEN'S SHOES
Vm Ca!f B-Jtton.
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f.r
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$ a!us
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fcusela. Button. TwntDC)
rr(uiar l.
value
patent Coll. Button.
im borne, rtruiar
II alue
$3.75
$3.75
.$3. 5
$2.75
$2.65
.Uuasia. Uuttor. Ocsc
uasia. Buttnr. ucsc m e
XJ:?:.1: 5i.65
Qua Metal. Button,
$2.45
$2.45
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Tan Blucher. Toaio,
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MISSES
Hirh Cut Gun Metal, (f 1 I
BOYS'
Bora. His Cut Blu
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value
iJtiie Gents' Hirh Cut
Tan, reruisr It Is
vaiua
$2.75
$200
Vosi will aarrtr aulas a great abac bsurgsJa opportamit if yum do
mot attraad tavis tal
; SMOE MARKET
322 So. 16th Street Near Harney
OMAHA, Feb. 1 -To the Editor of The
Bee: In your report of the discussion of
tie city charter before the house committee
at the city of Lincoln I am reported aa
having practically confined nr remarka to
matters relating to the employes of my
of.'lce. This report Is mislead. ng inasmuch
a my discussion of charter amendment
was maln'y Ejected lo the provisions whlca
will Impair the public service and are ap
parently and designedly prepared for that
purpose. Aa an evidence of the truth of
this statement I quote herewith the pro
vision relating to the asphalt repair plant
and te asphalt repairs, which rcdi at fol
lows: "Is any city whirh has heretofore ac
quired or shall hereafter acquire aa asphalt
plant for the preparation of material with
which to repair 1ta streets with asphalt, the
city engineer shall have charge and control
ov t the operation of u b plant and l he
rrjolr.ng of streets with material from such
plant, the employment of men to operste
the same snd to make street repair with
said material subject to the approval of the
mayor and city council approved In ad
vance. Provided, further, there ahall be no
street repaired by material from such plant
unto, the same ha been ordered by a reso
lution duly passed by the mayor and city
council describing the streets or portions of
streets to be so repaired, and provided fur
ther that the city council shall at the time
the amount of said funds In this act men
tioned are fixed and set aside declare what
proportion of tbe money set aside for re
pairing pavements, modifying, reforming or
changing and maintaining curbs and gut
ter shall be used In operating aura plant
and expended in repairing streets with as
phalt" The charge which thla provision will
make la to take away from the engineer
the right to organise and arrange the repair
of streets on an economical baala and cora-jrf-l
him to do work piece toy piece aa the
council may direct 1a each case. Not a
single hole In any street under this provi
sion can be repaired by the city engineer
until he is authorised to do so by a special
resolution. If put Into effect this means
that the entire plant will be put Into serv
ice st any time solely for the repair of a
few holes, resulting in a very great lncreaae
of cost per yard. The cost of asphalt re
pa r up to date ha been reduced about 10
per cent through a thorough organisation
brought about by tbe engineering depart
ment, and last year, for the first time in
tbe history of the city, forty-nine miles of
asphalt streets were put Into first-class re
pair without any special appropriation over
the ordinary for that purpose. This was
done by the addition of earnings of the de
partment In the repair of plumbers' cuts
and cuts made by utility corporations In
different parts of the city. These cuts were
repaired st varioua times by the economical
disposition of the men eo as to keep the
cost down wtlhln economical limits. Vnder
this resolution the engineer must either dis
charge all the employes of the asphalt re
pair plant at numerous intervals, awaiting
each special resolution of the council, or
be must maintain the plant at a wasteful
expense. If the engineer la to discharge
the expert employes from time to time to
await the special times when it mny please
the council to order a hole repaired here
and there, be cannot successfully secure
competent men for this class of service be
cause tbe men will not wait for weeks at a
time to get a Xew days'.apleynisnt. . .
Now. X would ask. "Witt haa happened
to mduos this proponed .legislation T". It Is
conceded that the department fans hrcught
the cost of asphalt repairs the lowest
possible notch; that material used la of a
better grade than was ased under con
tract, and that the streets can be kept in
repair If the organisation effected can be
maintained. Why. then, destroy this or
ganisation? What special purpose Is there
on the part of the legislators to change an
effective system that haa resulted so -beneficially
to the public interests. Into a politi
have also the following trifles read with
which I can supplr you a serensde, con-a-ratulatorjr;
minuet and an entr'act both
for fall orchestra, the two for J a-old
Tan. Cloth Top. Button.
Jdelba,
alue
Russia, ikusy Top.
Wine. i
value
Patent. Lace,
tieneva. It
xaJue
Russia. Burton, Per
:m to. rrfumr ti
elue
I'atenL Button. Red
fern, rerular H ii
value
iun Metal. Button,
futttn. recular
11 i value
Patent. P.lucher. Ito.
$3.75
..$3.75
. $2.75
.$2.75
$2.65
$2.65
$245
$1.95
$195
$2.50
"$2-75
rrcular II
value
Tan. Bluet er. ueen,
reralar I2.i
value
SHOES
I
Demi Glased Blucher.
r--uiar z.t
lua
SHOES
Youth s Hirh Cut Bla
ther, regular II Zi
tain
Hoys' Waterjrtof Taa
for spring. 1 M
value
A i!
City Charter Amendments
Reviewed by City Engineer Rose water
cal system, subject to the whims of each
councilman and contractor who may be
Interested In giving asphalt pavements a
black eye and kerp them full of holes for
the purpnee of promoting other nterests?
Fy reference to another section of the
chirter. It will be found that the mayor
snd council may. at any thne, dismiss any
or all employee and Inspectors without any
charge or citing any cauee for such ac
tion. Tills Is politics of the lowest order,
inasmuch aa Jt -will -tend to disorganise
the entire public worka department and
place It subject to the disposal f"r political
purpose of the mayor and council If they
choose to do so. t'ndr the present law,
they have a right to dismiss employes by
filing charge against them and give them
s healing before the mayor, president of
the city council and city attorney. Cer
tainly the present council. If they had any
cession nr cause for dismissing employes,
had all the authority to do so. and they
cannot, therefore, charge the englner with
trit.talnlne men who ahould not be em
pkyed. Another Important and yet. seemingly, a
very lns:gnlficant change la that which re
late! to tbe signing of contracts for pub
lic works, T'nder the present charter, the
engineer prepares and signs all contracts
for the city relating to public worka, then
tubmita them to tbo city council for ap
proval, and the council. In turn, submits
the same to tbe mayor for his approval
or veto. The change proposed takes away
from tbe mayor the veto power cn all pub
lic worka contracts and places the entire
matter in the handa of the council ex
clueively. If this lsw had been In force
last year, the city would have been the
loser to tbe extent of K3.500 In one single
r.trsct, which the mayor vetoed cn the
demsnd of the city engineer, who claimed
that the contract was extortionate and. as
a result of that veto, work which the
council had awarded for S13).Sfle waa let for
leer than 137.000.
With respect to the employee of tbe city
engineer, I deem It proper for the benefit
of the public at large to call attention to
the clean discrimination made by Senators
Rat som and Howell In the preps ratior of
tielr amendments against the city "ni
neerlng department; they provide that the
city engineer ahall be elective. So far, so
good. But. when they have elected him.
they propose to take swey from him the
right that every other elective officer and
head of department has of selecting his
help and he Is not allowed to employ
stenographer, clerk, axeman or rodaaaa or
field engineer, without the confirmation of
the city council. It will be claimed that
the wording relates to office employee.
But, inasmuch ss the field engineers and
other field men in rainy weather or at
Fpeclal period are required to do office
work, their employment and the utilisation
of their services !n the office will be
stofped under the provision of this pro
posed amendment. In other words, on tbe
very face of It, tbe legislation seems to
be centralised on embt-rraasing the engi
neer, who designs and directs millions of
dollars worth cf public work! and place
Mm in the position of an unintelligent of
ficer, notwithstanding that be give a bond
for tlti.ono. and prepares, as last year's rec
ords will show, over K per cent of all the
resolutions, ordinances, documents and re
ports which came befaro the council dur
ing the yecr.
Another feature of tbe- Omaha charter
which waa discussed by me is that which
proposes to transfer to lbs street commis
sioner, who Is to be an appointive and not
an elective officer. In addition to the street
cleaning, all temporary grading and repairs
of streets. This work haa been done here
tofore under the direction of tbe engineer,
whose department Is conversant with tbe
grades of streets and alleys, and there
fore can avoid lawsuits incidental to tbe
cutting or filling of streets contrary to the
I am. sir. Tour Obedient Beethoren." From
the Lrfwdon Philharmonic society Bee
thoven received o for his Ninth Eysa
phony, ta be the exclusive property ot the
society for eighteen months, and the lead
ing musical paper stated that It was "a
liberal price." Bo, too, did it seem to Bee
thoven, who was at that time Badly in need
of money. The same society paid him 71
guineas for the overtures "Bulna of
Athens" and "King Stephen."
The prices paid te Mot art tor hla works
are almost Incredible, especially when It
Is remembered that they were, even dur
ing hia lifetime, generally popular and suc
cessful. "Don Giovanni" brought him less
than roe and the "Magic Flute." hia last
opera, written to oblige a brother Mason,
a broken-down theater manager, made tbe
latter fortune, but netted the composer
OUO only. Shortly before his death he wrote
exultantly to his wife from Prague: "I
went to see Guardaasonl (the local lmprss
aario). whs almost agreed to give M
ducata next autumn for aa opera and t
ducats for traveling expenses." Guardas
sonl waa not required to fulfill hia half
promise. Mosart never wrote another
opera. For his immortal "Requiem" he
waa paid 106 ducata (soma say only set.
He Vied in abect poverty, leaving debts
far in excess ot his assets.
Tfce Cats af the Mule PnkUaaie.
There la, of course, something ta be said
on the side of the publisher. It is uly
with the modern development of the copy
right Isws that be bimaeif baa been pro
tected in tbe publication rlghta to muaicai
composers. Formerly, without remedy
against tbe pirates ia tbe trade, he waa
liable to Vose tbe entire benellts of hla
purchase. This protection haa also enured
te the benefit of the composer, whose
property rights ia his music are thus se
cured and Biade commercially valuable.
There Is yet another aspect of the ease
to bo remembered, snd this has especial
reference to modra times. It Is ths pub
lisher's efforts ta tbe first instance that
have created and fostered a demand for
tbe composer's works, bis advertiaing, tils
stores, bis salespeople, the whole machin
ery at his establishment placed at tbe serr
ioe of the composer. Bo that even If Sousa.
for example, did soil his "Washington Posi"
and "High School Cadets" marches for U
apiece, mating only a hum, while bia
publiahers Boaoe a fortune (lbs recollection
of which doubtless evokes a sigh as Mr.
Sousa pa aara the door of tbe great pub
Uahlng bouse reared oa the profits of tBeae
pieces), be must realise as be looks at
tbe check for ICttuv. representing a year's
royalties aa same later cutupoeluona, tnat
be bus in fact ultimately received r'-r an
tial profits oa the anarcbes that mads hia
neputaUoa, evaa though they did not reach
him m time ta relieve tbe pressing annua
aities of his earlier days.
Bark a Has Istemaaa.
Unlike most of ths professional csvm
posers. Johana Sehasi la a Back waa not
dependent for bis iiuwms upon royalties
by oat tus noanpiialrtons la point of fact
be probably never directly received a ccal
froaa ths sals or perfcrmancs of any of
thesn. But whether or not this was aa
enviable disUactkia may well k a anatiat
ef opinion when all the facta are consid
ered. Aa cantor of too Tbesoe Scbuis el
Laigxis. a aaaiUaa as KUed during taa last
established grades. The purpose of this
transfer. I ke the original purpose of mak
ing a aeparate street cleaning department,
i politics. The cost of street cleaning and
all other work done under a political sys
tem, must necessarily be from two to three
times as much aa It would be if conducted
on a buslnes basis. Tbe annual report of
the city engineer for last year shows that
the street cleaning cost from two to two
and one-half times as much as the same
work per 1.W0 yard In other cities. The
cause la sufficiently apparent to need no
further reference.
I deem It proper In this connection to say
that among numerous lies Industriously cir
culated by an unscrupulous reporter of the
Omaha Herald, that the present city en
gineer, with tearful eyea, to use his own
expression, called upon the mayor and
begged tilm for the appointment, promising
that he never again would seek appoint
ment. This statement Is a bare-faced fab
rication, known to be false to the writer
at the time he put It into his paper. Aa a
matter of fact, the city engineer never ap
plied to the mayor for any appointment,
but the mayor came to him and made tbe
tender, with certain conditions which the
dty engineer declined. When the appoint
ment was made and accepted, tt was un
conditional, and Mayor Dahlman will not
dispute what I say In thla respect.
It has been industriously clrculsted that
the purpose of the city engineer under the
law r-sssed two years ago, was to exercise
great political power, and Its paasage was
secured by taking advantage of democrats
through a republican legislature. The farts
are that the best democrats as well aa the
best republican assisted me in securing the
passage of thl bill. Among the active
democrata who aupported the bill waa Con
gressman Let ia of Tekamah. who volun
tarily offered to express hia belief that I
i right in the position I took and when
tbe bill came on Its passage It received
one-third of the democrata in the bouse
and all of the democrats of the senate,
howlgig conclusively that the bill was
passed on Ha merits and not for political
purposes.
In conclusion, I want to say what I have
repeatedly aald, that the man does not live
who has worked under me as a laborer or
subordinate who has been requested or
urged In any m-ay to do political work be
cause of his emploj-ment In my depart
ment. There are democrats In my depart
ment who have been constantly employed
for twenty years, sixteen of which were
under republican administration, and my
sentiments en tbe subject of political mat
ters In tbe organization of public affairs
may be best Illustrated by citing that In
1RS7. upon my assuming the duties of the
president of the Board of Public Works
of Omaha. I was approached by the fore
men on the work In different parts of the
city, who had been accustomed to get
orders from tbe old Board of Public Works,
how to vote at primaries and at elections.
I gave them ordera to Inform the men that
their labor belonged to the dry, but that
their citisenship belonged to themselves,
and I wanted the foremen to ten the men
that they were to vote as they pleased and
not as I pleased, and In this connection 1
fully endorse the bill Just introduced by
Representative Bowman to prohibit the
Intimidation of working men by employers
for election purposes. This was covered In
my bill two years ago, which was defested
by tbe influenoe of email-bore democrata
and republicans, which prohibited the
mayor and council, city engineer or any
other officer of tbe city, or foreman, from
using their position or urging or request
ing the vote of any employes of the city
for political purposes of any kind, and I
think that U this were added to the bill
which haa Just been introduced. It would
free the municipalities of a pernicious In
fluence and give us a business organisa
tion In the construction departments of the
cities. ANDREW KOSEWATEK.
and mcwrt fruitful years of his life. Bach
received a home rent free, a fixed aalary
of n t haters, and 3 thalers extra for wood
and llchts. Added to this there were s
few thalers as the cantor's share In cer
tain school Income and an annual pay
ment In kind of sixteen bushels of corn,
two cords of fire logs and two measures
of wine. Tbe only extras he could kx k
for came from Incidental fees for wed
dings, funeral, etc. And there was the
rub. For, as Barb writes: "When the air
of Lteipsig ia wholesome, there are fewer
funeral;" and. aa his biographer, Bpltta,
comments, "On this theory, the csmfort
of the cantor wculd naturally tncreaae
with the mortality of hla nelphbora."
There la. too. something unpleasantly fa
miliar in the complaint against the woll-to-do
couples who went away to tbe coun
try to get married -n order to escape the
cantor's feea. But Bach was st least en
abled to support his large family decently
ard to accomplish a vast amount of a-ork
unhararsed by the worries of the indi
gent. Pegasas In I.I very.
In ths earllfT days of music, ths com
poser not infrequently solved the flnanrial
question bv entering the employment cf
acme nobktnan. Kot only pleased to art
afc a patran of art. but also glad to have
Ms musicians at hand to furnish refresh
ment ss desired for In those days there
were no public concerts he would resrs
laxly maintain ore cr a r umber nf mual
ciana. paylnfr them wages comparative usu
ally to those paid hia butler or other re
tainers and furnishing 1bm -with the
livery of his bouse. Borne of the princes
maintained orchestras SB an Integral pan
cf tl.eir entouraire. Thua. Haydn held th
position of cbef d orchestre with two f
tbe prtnua of the Austrian tiouae of
Esterbaxy. who were particularly fond of
muatc. He received an annual salary,
which, commencing at too florins, waa In
creased ts S.yw florins, or about H.60. be
sides his doctcr's bills. On this amount
(the purchasing power of money waa then
greater then now) Haydn waa able to ltv
comfortably; and be seems ta have made
little use of the perquisites of the place
Ha was treated liberally and allowed grr-al
freedom of time. When the 'Creation'
was performed, the expenses were de
frayed by several noblemen, and tbe en
tire proceeds, almcst C. were tamed
over to the composer. (Haydn gave the
scores of The 'Creation" and the "Seasons"
to the Vienna Toakunetlrr Sncietat, which
derived considerable income fronr the sale
of these works for many rearsi.
ami tbe Great SXoner Maker.
Weber, a h' re fame rests almost en
tirely on his operas, never made a fortune
out of them, but be managed to live oa
the proceeds. "Der Preiahutx" brought him
M.suo, and from five other operas to
gether be made twice that amount. "Ths
Bohemian Girl." tbe popularity of which
has only Just begun ts wane after sixty.
five years, brought IT to Baife. The
publishers, tat ever, rosde over twice that
anaount from tbe sale of a single ballad
truss tbe opera. I Dreamed I Dwelt ia
Maible Halls." Gounod a "Faust" was at
first a failure, and he sold the English
n&i.ts tor buu. After it bad become popu
lar he was sole ts eomsr.aud high prices
for his music. "The Redemption aloas
brn.ging him OC.Ml Rossini fared well
st taa bands of tus publ'snsra, but taay as
rat a i ass, ta bars lost money aa kls musts.
n
REDUCED TO PRICES WITHIN
EVERY ONE'S REACH
This is the greatest Piano Sale ever held in Omaha
We are selling the GREAT MILTON PIANO Com
pany's Stock of New York. Balance of the 100 pianos
which we purchased from this well known concern at our
own spot cash prices, will be placed on sale Monday morn
ing. Select your piano and pay for it on your own terms.
Here are the prices:
CQUIrTfER.
0-PIANOS
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7. v, v-.
,TIrACTIO
CVAKAMTEED
lO at
IS at -
SaVV.T
Every FIaio Bears Our Guarantee Per
fect Satisfaction or Money Refunded
In Our Exchange Department you will find .good second hand pianos, all in fine condi
tion. Below we give a partial list of bargain prices on second hand pianos.
1 Waters $65.00
1 Simpson $85.00
1 Sohmer A Co $95.00
1 Reynold! $95. OO
1 ShennsD $125.00
1 Smith ft Barnes, uwd $125.00
If jou can't call write
HAYDEM IBIR.O
He sold his "Stsbat Mater" for n.2; the
purchaser at once sold ths rlghta to per
formances In Paris alone for P 800: and
his purchaser in turn resold them for It.won.
"Ti e Barber of Seville" brought only MOO,
"Bemlranude." a far less successful work,
ri.000. snd "William Tell." his last opera
24.0UO franca At his death bis widow dis
posed of a number of pianoforte pieces In
bulk for tao.OOO, which contrasts etranrelr
with the prices paid for the manuscript
works of Moxart, Schubert and Beethoven,
at thetr deaths.
Coming down to more recent days. Mo
ragnl's one-act opera, "Cavalleria Rusti
cana," brought the composer SO.00G, be
sides winning the Ronsogmo prize, and made
his reputstion st a time when he waa
ready to give up tbo fight of earning hli
bread by music. Tbe ever popular "Tn
termecso" slone must have earned him a
fortune. "Hansel und GreteU" the most
successful German opera of recent years
brought Hutnperd'.nck SSfi.OflO in a single
twelfth-montb: while Puccini's esmlngi
from his operaa. while difficult ts srtl
mate, accumulating aa they do from so
many sources, must be conservatively
160,000 a year.
EaralaaT Capacity of Blrkar Warner
While Warner's letters contain countless
and bitter references to his poverty and
the never eeasing money stringency, hie
finar.cial ctrijition waa more often thn
not due to his impracticable handling of
bis sffalrs. In comparison with tbe monej
earned by contemporary com o sera of fat
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Countless people have done that dur
lr& the pa;t seven years. Some were
discouraged and hopeless, believing that
help waa impossible. To msny the fact
seemed too good to be true. But they
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Then they told the result to others and
the others told others until millions of
people, all tbe world "ver. have shared in
lbs benefits of this invention.
What Liquocide is
Liquocide is a tonic-germicide, tbe vir
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nothing but ras enters into it. Tbe
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ratus snd consumes 14 days' time. The
object Is to ss combine tbe gases with a
liquid as ts carry their virtues Into tbe
system.
The result 'Is a germicide a certain
that w publiah with every bottle an of
fer of tl.sOS for a dlsean germ that
Liquocide cannot kilL It destroys tbrau
because germs are of vegetable origin,
but te the body Liquocide la exonerating,
vitalising, purifying
This is Its mala distinction. Common
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Cases
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1 Prescott -$135.00
1 Sherman. ned $135.00
1 Cramer, used $145.00
1 Ebersole, used 8 not $245.00
1 Ballet ft Darts $160.00
1 Estey, used C months $275.00
for full particulars.
ALWAYS m THE LEAD
smaller powera, Warner wsb poorly paid
fPi tils works. Neverthi les, for some
years before his death he received sub
stantial sums by the sale of publication
and performing rirhta, reyaltiea, etc.
"'Hienxi." the firat of hla operna to lie
performed, waa a money maker; but un
fortunately tbe fomjwHT had omitted to
secure a profitable arrangement and he
received C2o for his ehare in Its first per
formances. The earlier operaa were pule
Hulled on Wugner'B own responsibility, and
saddled a heavy and irksome debt on him
The publisher, Meser. hsd the sympathy of
the wits of te day. He lived m the first
Btrry bfore printinr; "Illenxl," they said.
"The Flying Dutchman" and "Tann
hat'.ser" took him up to the second and
third, and "Lorengnn" was sure to sena
aim to the garret. In later years, sa the
muric drama gaimd momentum, the rt
lurrs increased. The li tendar.t of tb,e Ber
lin opera houae whe refused to rwr ITiti
for the rirhta to "Tannhauser" waa com
pelled to pay the composer H.SOO In tan
tiemes the first year alone. The publifhlnj
rights of the "Nibelungen Ring" tetralogy
were purchased by Schott at Son for fl.
w. and for "Parsifal" they paid the con
posnr K5.WI0. The annual profit
from bis operas have, of course, steadily
Increased. In 1KH2 Mr. Ft nek estimates
them to have been at least itf.mO; ana
without a doubt twice tiat amount ia well
within the fic-urea for the last few yeara.
Tbe Bayreulti festival alone have been b
veritable sold mine for the heirs of
Wagner. Tho quickest and most casllj
in dealing with germ diseases. Liquocide,
on the contrary, acta ai a remarkable
tonic.
We Paid $100,000
For ths rights to Liquocide. sfter thou
sands of ttsts had been made with it.
After its power had been demonstrated
for more than two years in the moat diffi
cult germ (liseasea. Condition which bad
resisted medicine for years yielded st
once to it. and dlKeases considered In
curable a ere cured.
That was seven years ago. in'-e then
millions ef people in every part of the
world have shared in tbe t n f it of
this Invention. .Nearly every hamlet,
very n ighbor:iood. bss living exampiea
of its poser. Now we ask you to let It
do for you n hat it did for tbem.
Germ Diseases
Most of our sickness has. in late years,
been traced to germ attacks. Kome germs
as In skin troubles directly at lax k the
tissues, bome create texins. causing sui U
troubles as Rheuuiuiiiai, i oti Po s n.
Kidney Disease and nerve weakaeaii. Soma
destroy vital organs, ai in Consumption.
Some like the germa of Calami create
inflammation; soaie taurt Indigestiun. In
one of thee ways, nearly every serious
ailment Is a germ result.
utli ooadltioha call for a garmictda,
ast tot ossamsa drugs. Uaocia cos
mmbn li IITSlL
jHIIlj
- sis
1 Krelter. almost new . .$140.00
1 Anderson, almost new $285.00
1 Smith ft Barnes, almost
w S245.00
1 Ester, used 8 months $290 OO
1 Schaft Bros 8150.00
1 Vose ft Son $120.00
earned money that Wagner ever received
waa the ;.. paid by a group of rich
Americana for the "Centennial March.
which he wrote to order for ths Philadel
phia exposition of lK7i
Verdi was the most poplar composer of
Italy du-r .he second half of the last
eentur; snd he .Tade for himself and his
publisher! '.Hrge fortunes out of bis operas.
Indeed. Italian opera lias been a paying
thing for the publishers for many genera
tion The firm of Bonsngno is reputed te
have .cleared r..OO0.OJ& oul 0f the business.
The most ucce.Kful American light i-era
was "Robin Hood," but It was disposed of
by Mr. DrKoven before be bad made hia
name whk-h. In fact, was really estab
lished by thst opera. Tet the earnir.ga of
"Oh. Promise Me" must still be very large.
Victor Herbert, the most prolific as well
as the most pular of lig-ht opera writers
on this side cf the Atlantic, has acquired
great wealth from the royalties of his
operas. Common report has it thst hia
Income is ss much as fHi.uoa a week for
extended periods. His operas are played
throughout the country for years after
they have filled their metropolitia engage
metis and the accumulation of royalties
from so many sources must be enormoua.
Mr. Herlert himself modestly refuses to
divulge the figures. The Bookman.
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mlliiona of people know a way that Is
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