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LD 1ST OMCAZA IK HAFT HUI
350 DOLTS ALL PURE ILK TAFFETA.
150 DOLTS OF FINE SATIN DROCADES
We boupht these silks at our own price, and place the en
tire lot Monday on two special bargain squares for easy
selection. These consist of dress taffetas, in aJl the lead
ing shades and lipht tints. Taffetas are more popular than
ever this fall, and are specially adapted tor entire dresses,
separate waists, lining purposes; the brocade
satins come in dark, medium and light shades,
at the extraordinary price of, per yard
itngaasumi hi mnwiiuiaHmaaaB. lUUJi.m
Special Prices on Silks-Main Floor
The latest arrivals in new fall silks, heavy, rich glace effects
and plain dress eurrahs, double face satins, chiffon dress taf
fetas, bordered novelties, etc., per yard at 75c and up
VERY SPECIAL OFFER OF.
24-lnch Crepe de Chine, at. -50
27-lnch Dora Messallnea, at. 695
42-lnch Dolly Varden Poplins, at
only 81.25
PATTERNS OF IMPORTED PRINTED BORDER
CHIFFON CLOTHS
Very deep border, French printings in evening tints; all im
ported models; worth $15.00, at, a S7 SO
pattern
IN WASH GOODS SECTION I.IAIN FLOOR
76 Pieces of beautiful silk Jacquards, 27 inches -wide, 3 special pat- JCr
terns, formerly selllnc at 60o and 69c, at, per yard w
New Fall Dress
We Show for Monday, the first time in Omaha, a very fine
collection of tailored suitings, specially lmporiea ior aa
Rouirh weaves. Scotch suitings, reversible
onrtroa an d fnncv. suitings, costume serires, etc; QH AND
EVigvu - o .
I.Aaa rsAa A a-rvn rmPTl t. fit.
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NEW WEAVES IN FALL SUITINGS
44 Inches to 64 Inches wlds. Ths finest lot of nobby twwds, grey and
mixed tailor suitings. French and costums serges, semi-rough weaves,
satin faced fabrics, etc., at per yard 49. 69 7&V
76c All Wool French Challles, floral
and Persian effects, small neat
figures; wide range of col- flQ.
orlngs, bargain square, yd. ,CtiJ
WITCHCRAFT STILL A' BOGEY
Practice Extinct Even, in Salem, but
Superstition Still Lives.
MANY WOMEN WHO HARBOR IT
Intercatlns Tale BlatA Whtoh
Ibowi that Tbta ruoilnl Pau
Still Lingers la the Boionu
of m Vww,
Burning old woman at tns stake as
witches Is a pleasantry no lonser Indulged
In. vnn In Salem, but belief In wlthoraft
le not altogether dead. Only a few months
ago a woman In Jersey City had a neigh
bor haled to court on the oharg of pre
tending to possess the powers of evil and
threatening to use them unless paid to
desist. As the complainant had suffered a
streak of bad iuok. In spits of paying to
ward It off, her belief In her friend, whom
he called a witch, was cruelly shattered,
eays the Public Ledger of Philadelphia.
More recently a woman living near But
ler, Penn., was aocuaed of being a witoh.
Mrs. Laupaule Orber was the violtlm of
this ancient superstition. She was obarged
by Mrs. Julia Kroner, a farmer's wife,
with having gone to the Kroner's barn and
"casting1 a spell" over a oow so as to
prevent Its giving milk, Mrs. Kroner openly
made the charge of witchcraft In court,
but the judge refused' to oonslder It other
than on of disorderly conduct. On this
ground Mrs. Orber was found guilty and
fined IS.
Other tales equally as absurd could be
told of the rural districts, but none possess
the elements of a witch story so much as
that of Abel Splva and his brother, Wil
liam, who lived until a few years ago in
McDonough county, Illinois. The events
with whloh It deals are a matter of oourt
record at Maoomb, the oounty seat.
Abel Splva' s forefathers oarae from the
Carolina at a time when belief In witch
craft waa strong, and they brought their
superstition with them into what was then
the western wilderness. Thus Abel honestly
Inherited his belief In witches, as did his
brother. William, who as a witch doctor
had quite aa extensive a practloe as a
regular oountry physician of those days.
Whenever the simple folk of the neigh
borhood "felt a spell" to which they at
tributed all their slokness and ill-luck
they called on William Splva and he drove
out the wltohes; at least hs convinced his
patients that he did.
On day Abel Bptva told his brother
Woman's Ills
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hood and froaa motherhood to old age with backscba.
diaxuwes or kee dacha. Sha becomes brokaa-dowa, sleep!
leas, nervosa, irritable and feels tired front moraing io
aight. When paiaa sad aches rack the Womaalv aystoas at
frequent intervals, ass ymr sWfaiar aaea
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Silk Sale
25c
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BLACK SILKS, MONDAY
36-lnch Davos MeBsalines, at.gO
36-inch black Satin Duchewe, at,
only $1
24-lnch Blask Messallne, at. ..4i)
Goods Are Here
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:$1
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ON BASEMENT BARGAIN
SQUARE
i ir rmtumi Hers-es. all new fall
shades; very special, per yard....eeo
TEo Broadhesd Worsted Mill Strip,
Checks and Plain, par yard 4o
WOMEN'S FELT HATS
Scores and sooree of the season's fav
orite novelties, the gracefull. practi
cal whit felt haU, In large and amall
shapes, trimmed ready to wear, i.OO
thst he waa bewitched. Every night,
ssld Abel, a witch took him from his
bed, transformed him Into a horse and
rods htm wildly sbout the country to
attend the meetings of the devil and his
host of Imps. As a result Abel was so
tired in the morning that he found it
hard to do the work on his farm. Wil
liam didn't suggest that Abel's complaint
was probably sheer laslness, for they
wars agreed that the only way to break
the apell was to find the wit oh and
kiU har. So they began to cast about for
a likely woman whom they could accuse.
It so happened that at that time Mary
Friend, wife of Charles Friend, a farmer
living near the Splvas, was datfgerously
ill with a fever which had baffled the
local doctor. Not believing In witches the
Friends had refused to call in WlUlam
Splva, so when Abel opined that Mary
Friend was probably the witch that
found so much enjoyment In changing
him into a horse, he had a ready and
willing listener in William. Tha two
brothers decided, after scant reflection,
that Mrs. Friend was the witch and that
her Illness was only shsmmed In order
to give her an opportunity to lie In bed
and rest after her nightly rides to the
devil's camps.
At first William Splva was punled as
to how to rid his brother of tha witch's
spell, but after consulting hla "witch's
book" he hit upon a novel plan. Abel
must go into the woods, carve tha out
Unas of a woman's figure In the bark of
a tree, give it tha name of ary
Friend, the WltA," mold a silver bullet
and at sunrise the following morning
shoot the Image. Thus, reasoned William
Bptva. would the spell be broken, for It
would mean nothing else than Mary
Friend's death.
Abel Splva did as his brother directed
and returned to his work with a feeling
of renewed vigor. Shortly before noon
ha waa chopping wood when a passing
neighbor called out:
"Hssrd the news, Abel? Mary Friend
is dead."
"Oh. I knew that" emarked Abel In
differently. "I killed her. She waa a
witoh and I shot her with a silver bul
let" And hs told tha story of hla be
witchment and how, aa ha thought ha
had killed Marr Friend. -
Tha newa of Abel Splva's confession
spread quickly, and' from all sections of
tha countryside farmers came to aak him
about it Hla story sounded lncredutous,
but he told It with so much seriousness
that It proved convincing, especially as
sha had died on the very morning Abel
fired at her carved Image on. the tree.
While the majority of Abel Splva's neigh-
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The regnlar visit to Brandeis Stores is almost invariably the most important errand of every
Omaha woman who comes down town.
It will be well worth a special trip down town Monday to see the hundreds of charming new
fall styles in.womeri's wear, brought forward for the first time. Besides this fascinating show of
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Fancy striped and checked
linens for dresses and
children's wear; im
ported to retail at 26c
per yard, from the
bolt, at per yard 7 1 m
only 12
Bookfold long ciloth
good grade ( snow
white cambrics, one
yard wide,
per yard at.
6c
bora believed that Mary Friend had met
her Just deserts there was one who was
convinced that a crime had been com
mitted. Having no faith In witches he
filed a complaint before Justice of ths
Peace TMdwell charging Splva with murder.
Abel was arrested and UDon being ar
raigned In court pleaded guilty.
Squire Tridwell was himself a believer
In witches, but he admonished the prisoner
that his confession made him liable to a
death sentence. Abel Insisted on his guilt,
however, and the Justloe reluctantly sen
tenced him to be executed forthwith, "the
same aa he shot the woman" so reads the
old court record by belna stood against
a tree and shot by the constable. Because
of Splva's Dlea no evidence waa produced
to show that Mrs. Friend had not died as
the result of a bullet wound.
From the court room to the woods at the
edge of the villaee went to constable with
his prisoner, followed by a crowd. Against
a tree they placed Abel Splva. and the
constable, ralBlng his long barreled "squir
rel rifle" to his shoulder, waa about to fire
when there came a shout from the road. It
was the warning crv of Samuel Wilson,
then a young lawyer, and later Colonel
Wilson of the Sixteenth Illinois Infantry,
tiding home from court in an adjoining
county. He demanded to know what the
proceedings meant, and when they were
explained to him he ordered the shooting
stopped.
"It's against the law." hs told Justice
Tridwell. "You have no rlsht to send this
man to his death. Tou can only bind him
over to the court."
"It Is the law, and it Is here." the squire
retorted,, taking from his carpetbag the
Illinois statutes and painting to that sec
tion which Imposed the death Density for
murder.
Wilson tried a new tack.
"If you must shoot thla man." he argued,
"surely you will give him eufflclent time
to prepare to meet his God."
This appealed to the stubborn judg, and
he oonsented to give the prisoner a week
in which to settle his worldly affairs and
prepare to dla Splva waa thereupon turned
over to Sheriff Francis D. Lips, but he re
fused to act and Bptva was released, never
to be tried on that charge again.
Some months later, however, he felt htra
self again ''under a spell." and hla brother
William told , him that his wife waa the
gujlty witch. William advised Abel to
wait until Mra Splva was saleep and then.
with a knife, draw a single drop of blood
from her forehead "wlibout letting her
know it" This treatment William said,
would "break the spell."
According to Instructions Abel sharpened
hla long hunting, knife and that night
pricked his wife's forehead. Startled from
a sound sleep, she suddenly sat up in bed
and the knife cut a deep gash down her
cheek.
Abel Splva waa arrested and indicted for
assault with . Intent to MIL but for some
reaaon tha case was nolle prossed snd be
never was brouaht to trial. But to her
dying day his wife carried the soar as a
ghastly emblem of Abel Splva's belief In
witchcraft .
NEGRO HANGED FOR INSULT
TO WHITE GIRL OVER 'PH0NF
FARMERS VILLE, Ky., Aug. 1J. Com
modore Jones, a negro, who, it is alleged.
used Insulting language In addressing a
young white woman over the telephone,
was banged by a mob last night Jones waa
arrested yesterday. Last night a crowd of
about seventy-five men and boys gained
aooess to his cell and marched btrn to the
outskirts of the town, compelled him to
climb a telephone pole. At the top one of
the mob was waiting. A rope was thrown
about the negro's neck and he waa forced
to jump.
Another tiwukluveia' vfitvU
styles we offer a number of special sales on desirable goods that no wo
man who practices economy can afford to overlook.
Am, .flu. r ..l c
scores 01 Autnentic iNew styles in
Women's Fall Tailored Suits
Brandeis is always first to give the women of Omaha their first
glimpse of the new styles each season.
This year we are prepared nearly a month earlier thnn ever before to
show you the clever, new ideas in suits, that will be sought by the best
dressed women throughout the land during the reason to eonie. The
styles are strictly authentic and each suit ha9 a touch of originality and
a metrapolitan air that one finds in Brandeis suits and fails to find
elsewhere.
You'll be charmed with the new ideas in the suits. We are pre
pared to make your suit to your individual measure from any of the hun
dreds of models we are showing. You may also make your own selection
of materials. The pricea range-
$25,
New Street Frocks and Walking Dresses
They Are Wonderfully Popular This
Coming Season With the Smartest Dressers
These simple little tailored frocks are practical from hem to collar. They will be
wonderfully popular this fall, because they are Just the thing for so many every-day oc
casions. The black and navy satins are very attractive and the serges are equally pop
ular. The prices range
$15, $17.50, S19t S22.50 and $25
Fall Skirta With All the New Style Features
The new skirts are prettily fashioned of worsteds, mixtures, panamas and voiles.
They show the modish straight lines with front or side panels. The new form tops are
much In evidence. Prices
$5. $7.50, S8.98, $10 and $12.50
Very fine India Ldn
ons, Nainsook and
Lingerie Lawns, 40
inches wide,
per yard at. . .XvL
Dress Calicoes, new
printings for fall ;
new lot on sale, per
aT 4C
Cotton waisting in plain
shades for fall wear, de
sirable lengths of the
12 Ho grade, will i
go on sale, at, yd . OjC
Persian Cotton Chal
lies, will be sold
from the bolt, per
yard,
at
COMMON SENSE BEATS NERVE
Especially Valuable i the First in the
Handling of Trains.
PRESENCE OF MIND IS THE THING
Qatck Wit of Railroad Men . Saved
Trslna Where Dare Devil
Courage Would Have
Failed.
"Tou may talk about your heroes, your
brave men and trainmen who are not afraid
of anything," remarked the division super
intendent, "but I'll take 'em with common
sense and presence of mind."
."Of course," he remarked, as he settled
back into his chair for a few minutes' re
laxation from the cares of running 200 miles
of railway, "I'm perfectly willing to praise
a brave deed-or a daring feat If it does
the company good. But we don't reward our
men Just because they deserve a hero medal
for some brave act which they would not
have had to perform If they had shown
presence of mind in the first place.
"It's a ticklish proposition sometimes to
determine Just what is bravery and what
Is only recklessness. It wouldn't make a
bit of difference on this division if a man
was a hero If he had shown he was reck
lesa We don't care to have the D are-Devil
Dicks around. They're too dangeroua ,
"But give me the man with the presence
of mind and I'll show you a trainman who
will get himself out of any tight pinch.
"I know what presence of mind means.
Over on an Indiana electric line a couple
of years ago one dispatcher happened to
possess a brain a rare attribute you can
be sure. One day after a night at double
trick he had been working without sleep
twenty hours or more he made a mistake.
A Dispatcher's Blander.
"He sent an eastbound limited out with
orders to meet westbound local at a certain
siding. Then ha gave tha local orders to
meet the other train at a siding half a mile
west of the point where the crew of the
limited expeoted to pass the westbound car.
"Two minutes later he realised his mis
take. Hs knew the local, speeding west
would collide with the faster car before it
couia reach the elding which its crew sup-'
posed waa the meeting place.
"Aa It happened the dispatcher had Indi
cated different sidings, each at the end of
straight track stretches, which approached
a long curve. He knew the collision would
occur on the curve, at a point where the
crew of neither car oould see the other
until tb two trains were so near together
that an aecldent oould not be prevented.
"If tha dlsaptcher had been one of those
brave men who loee their heads and start
to be heroes, probably half a hundred per
sons would have been killed or maimed.
But he was a different sort. He realised his
mistake and knew be had but a minute to
act
, "Ha grasped a telephone, called for the
engineer of the nearest power plant and
had him shut off the current Both cars
topped. Their crews stood Idly by for a
few minutes expecting the current would
be turned on at once. When they saw tha
delay waa becoming serious, one man from
each of the crews ran back to tha nearest
telephone.
" 'What's the matter with the 'Juicer"
they asked the dispatcher, the two calls
coming In from the different telephones at
almost the same Instant 'Jones, the limited
is Just around the curve.' he told the motor-
man of the local. Then he Imparted the
same intelligence to the motorman of the
faster car.
"Both realised their close rail. The acci
dent was, of CP arse, revoAt4, but js
tir w oi i .
oeason we nxe onowing
$39, $49 up to $89
Basement
Fast color, yard wide,
dress percale; neat de
signs In light and dark
colorings, will go on
sale, at, per yard
only
72c
Fancy Zephyrs, stripes,
checks and plaids; dress
lengths. Splendid new
P2c
lot, on sale, at,
per yard
delay must be accounted for to the super
intendent "The dispatcher was the first to report
it and to explain his mistake in ordering
the cars to meet at different sidings. But
they didn't 'fire' him. He had shown pres
ence of mind, mere wasn't one man in a
hundred who would have thought of shut
ting off the current Most of them would
have ordered the wreck train, notified
physicians and have permitted the cars to
go to smash.
The Two Combined.
"Sometimes common sense and bravery
are combined. I once knew a station
agent and telegrapher at a little town In
Missouri, a number of years ago, who
prevented fatalities and thwarted a gang
of train robbers by his presence of mind
and daring.
"His name was Wilson. He had been
agent at the town several months and
was working nights. It was a little after
midnight, one morning in October, when
Wilson, sitting at hla Instrument, glanced
around at a masked man pointing a re
volver at his head.
"WBson took It rather calmly. "What
tha h ,' he said. 0. nothing.' said the
robber, 'only you'd better disconnect all
those Instruments. I know the code and I
know how to deaden every wire on the
line. So don't try anything funny. Just
pull out all those plugs.'
"Wilson obeyed. He suspected, aa after
ward proved true, that the robber was
not alone, and believed resistance ' would
be useless. After he had finished the Job
of putting the -wires out of business at
his station, he was bound by the robber
and a companion who came into the sta
tion Just as the work of wrecking the
telegraph for the night was completed.
Then they stuffed a wad of engine waste
Into hla mouth.
"He heard them discussing their plans
outside the station and learned they had
piled ties on the track a mile down the
right-of-way and that they Intended to
rob and wreck the express train, which
was due in a few mlnutea
Fotltnsr ke Wreckers.
'Wilson struggled to loosen his hands
When hs beard tha robbers walking away
toward ths scene of tha expected wreck.
He suceeded in freeing himself -Just as
he heard the whistle of the limited com
ing down the grade. He ran to the door,
saw It would be too late to flag the train.
as he could not reach a semaphore In
time.
"Fortunately tha engineer had slack
ened his speed down to twenty-five miles
an hour or so, aa hs always did when
going through ths town where Wilson
worked. This made it easier for tha agent
Ha ran to tha edge of the platform, and.
Just sa ths observation car passed, made
a lunge for the brass railing and held on.
"He afterward told me that It nearly
tore him to pieces, but be stuck, gained
breath and pushed open the door. He
didn't wait to call the conductor, but
grasped the ball cord 1 and Jerked the
signal for ths engineer to stop,
"Ths express slackened its speed and
finally came to a complete standstill. The
conductor came running back through the
cars to learn who had dared to pull the
bell cord. Just inside the door of the ob
servation coach he found Wilson, with
tha porter and a pasaenger lifting him to
a seat
Then the dispatcher explaina. The
conductor told the engineer, and, be
tween them, they arranged a plan. The
train would back into the station and
Wilson would connect the wires and In
form the superintendent who would senJ
a train from the other direction to trap
the robbers.
"The plan worked Just so far. The
other train waa sent but the robbers
must have been wlse' that something
was wrvcs". TL,ejr skipped ?hs relief
ST
A Wonderful Sale of High Class
EMBROIDERIES
45-inch Fine Swiss Kmbroideried Skirtings; choice designs
in lCnglish eyelet and floral effects, 17 ELZ
on fine sheer fabrics; worth up to
$1.50 a yard; per yard at
75c and $1 Wide Embroideries at 49c Yard
27-inch Fine Swiss Embroidered Flouncings and 27-inch
Fine Swiss Embroidered Waist Frontiugs; A
English eyelet, filet, crochet, etc; worth 'S-rf C
up to $1.00 a yard, per yard at
WIDE EMBROIDERED BAND 3
Elegant designs in English eyelet, floral, crochet, filet mid
hexagon combination effects; very fine needlework; up to
14 inches wide; worth 65c a yard, or yard
EMBROIDERIES
Thousands of yards of fine em
broidery edgings and Insertions,
worth up to 12c per yard, will
go on sale, at, per ?
yard Ul
SSnh Women's Shoes for Early I all
THE BACHELOR GIRL Extreme low top, iMmtton
style, short forepart, high heels; gives a very mannish effect;
tan calf and dull calf leathers.
THE SUFFRAGETTE A new, extreme, wide toe boot with
7-inch top; spaced buttons, military heels, short toes, very
wide and high. One of the nobbiest styles of the coming
season.
These shoes come in dull calf or tan calf, in aril sizes and
widths. The smartest shoes
season, specially priced, per
3 SPECIALS Art Needlework Main Floor
Stamped Mllow Cases Stamped on
best quality tubing in new French,
Wallachlan and monogram em
broidered designs; 3 skeins of
floss for working, at, pair. 4)
Battenberg Squares and
Scarfs Beautiful, new pat
terns with fine linen centers
size 45x18; regular 75c
and $1.00 values,
at
59c
crew found the pile of ties, but no train
wreckers
"Wilson's presence of mind gbt htm a
new Job, $20 a month more, I believe. He's
chief dispatcher now." Chicago Tribune.
ORIGIN OF RELIGIOUS HYMNS
. i
Some of the Favorites Handed Down
from Comle Opera and the
Bold, Bad Walts.
When the religious devptee, imbued with
spiritual enthusiasm, goes deeply into her
pocketbook while the collection basket Is
being passed, she often hears the voice of
the soprano singing "Guide Me. O, Thou
Great Jehovah." as an offertory soio. The
f church woman doubtless thinks It a re -
llglous hymn, and would describe It
piece of purely religious music, little
dreaming of Its origin.
For the melody Is about as far removed
as it possibly could be from anything re
ligious, being taken bodily from a comlo
opera that is not sung so frequently now
adays as it used to be in the placid old
Mapleson days when Ravelll was New
York's favorite iyrie tenor, and used to
sing that air at the once famous Academy
of MuMc when "Martha" was performed,
for that song belongs by rights In Flo
tow's comic opera.
Many and many a church congregation
has droned out an air to the words, "Oh,
Mother Dear, Jerusalem," with profound
belief In the religious character of the
melody and without much thought at the
time of the gay and festive dance.
But the melody that they think so In
spired is really a bold, bad waltz, and
one Von Weber was the musician who
wrote it for dance music, snd very good
dance music It is, too. The air was quite
as popular for that purpose at one time
as the "Merry Widow" waits was two
years sgo, and the latter may yet follow
Its predecessor from out the bright lights
of the ballroom into the dim aisles of the
church.
The musio of sentimental love songs is
not always the creation of a yearning
heart Take a charming little Irish love
ballad entitled. "The Lass o' the County
Mayo," which appeared some seven to
eight years ago.
In it the fond lover describes his lady,
NICHOLAS
Block 60.
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live
? ? ?
On Nicholas Street, between 20th
and 21st Streets, there are 4 occu
pied houses, and in 4 they take
The Bee.
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ALLOVER LACES
In dainty Oriental and new combi
nation designs, white, cream and
ecru; 18 inches wide, worth
$1 a yard, will go on sale CQ
at, per yard UL
you will find this
pair
$3.95
. Dresser Scarfs Knlomli.l
' WW Tl .S V- V X "A
bcarfs; witjh drawn work;
sizes 18x45, at,
17c
only.
snd relates how she is "pure as a lily"
and all the rest of the things that lovers
say about their "best girls," at least, all
the things they say In song. And the
music seems to suit the sentiment ex
actly. But, alas! for the heart sentiment! The
bulk of that song appeared nearly twenty
years .ago In the presidential campaign
when Cleveland and Thurman were the
democratic candidates, and ths words
red bandanna," for this was a republican
campaign song. Somehow there does not
seem to be much similarity between a po
litical campaign and a fond lover, and It
would appear that music has no intrinsic
sentiment any more than It has religion.
Possibly the worst transmutation that
rwa" ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting
public was when part of Chopin's solemn
funeral march was bodily appropriated and
turned into a negro minstrel song for use
in the old Ban Francisco minstrel hall,
wnere tne Bijou theater sfterwards stood
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Nightly the sad strains of the dirge were
yapped to the words. "Sumbuddy'a com
wen de dew drops fall" by a blacked
white man who should have known better-
But It Is when one gets Into the realm
of comic opera, or rather musical comedy,
that one realizes that music In Itself lias
no Inherent unchangeable character but
that the same tune may be used a dozen
times In connection with a dozen different
sentiments. New York Times.
ONE KILLED AND SIX HURT
WHEN AUTOMOBILE UPSETS
BLL'EFIEI.DS. Va., Aug. 12.-While
rounding a sharp curve on the outskirtH of
the city last night, an automobile In which
were seven rasxengers struck a rock snd
turned over.
James L. Booth of the Minefields pollen
force was pinned under the car and died
within ten minutes.
B. Dovle of the police suffered serious in
ternal Injuries and may die.
Fred Stafford, a third policeman, wa
out about the head and arms.
Ray Evans' chest was crushed In and
several ribs broken. His condition Is seri
ous.
George O'Leary was cut about the Itrart.
Lee Anderson and Kverett Ilswley, will
known young men. were cut and brained.
KTItKKT
Aug. 13, 1911
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