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The Commecial, Union City, Tenn.
Friday, February' 11. 1921.
Matinee Music Club.
The Matinee Music Club met Sat
urday tfternoo.1 with Mrs. Thad Lee.
The les3on, led by Mrs. Ttad Lee,
vas given over to the study of
Richard Wagner and his operas.
With no fears of contradiction we
feel safe in saying tret no other mu
siciaa of the past has done more in
shaping the destinies of present-day
musical drama than Richard Wag
ner. Merging the legends and myths
"of bis country into the rich harmo
nies of hi3 soul, hj gave to the world
many of its rarest melodies.
Only a genius of the most pro
nounced type can brave the severe
criticism of contemporaries and not
be irfluenced or discouraged by
scornful raillery cr predictions of
failure. Wagner was such a genius.
With enemies criticising his original
ity of musical expression, he serenely
yet undauntedly carried out the dic
tates of his musical conscience, and
we to-day are enjoying the glorious
results emanating from his coura
geous adherence to principle.
The opera3 of Wagner command
the respect and admiration of the
music-loving world. Respect, in that
they arouse the highest, noblest mo
tives in the triumphing of right over
wrong. Admiration, because of the
Individuality of expression, as well
as purity of tone and rich harmoni
ous effects. "Lohengrin," with its
lovely "Swan Motive," the noble
"Prayer of the King" and the "Bridal
Chorus" make thia one of the most
melodious of all the master's operas,
whno in "Parsifal," based on the fa
mous Holy Grail legend, he -reached
his highest sphere as a composer, for
by no other writer has this most
beautiful of legends been so reverent
ly treated or given such a wonderful
fcigniflcance. e
Richard Wagner vas born in Leip
sig in 1813 and died in Venice 1883
His love for the art was expressed
when ho said: "Music unites man
kind by an ideal bond." And so, re
gardle3s of nationality or creed, let
-us be united by this bond, and give,
all honor where honor is due.
PROGRAM.
Piano "Spinning Song" from
"Flying Dutchman" (Wagner), Mrs
Cunningham.
Voice "Oh,, Fair Dove" (Gatty)
Mrs. Carlton.
jffianc "Butterfly Etude" (Che
pm), Miss Jones. .
Voice "Cradle Song" (Vannah)
Mrs. Kciser.
Piano "Liebesfreud" (Kreisler)
Miss Clemmons.
Voice "Grey Days" (Johnson)
Miss Harper.
Voice (a) "Can You Tell Me
Why" (Scarmclin), (b) "Say One
Word" (Scarmolin), Miss Qulnn.
At conclusion of program refresh
ments were served by hostes.
The very best Poultry and Gar
den Fence may be had at Wehman's
for a reasonable price. Give us a
trial.
He Got the Spirit.
"There's a suburban home whose
owner's principal delight is in keep
insr it spic and span. After dinner
Tie and a guest were smoking on the
front porch. The guest, after light
Ine his cigar, threw the burned
match to the ground.
"Ohi, I wouldn't do that, George,'
.said the host.
"Why not," asked the guest, sur
prised. .
""It spoils the appearance - of t
place," wa3 the anawer. "It's just
those little things- that make a place
look bad."
"The guest smoked his cigar in si
lence for a minute. Then, without
a word, he got up from his chair
walked down the road and disap
peared. He returned in a short
while and hi3 host asked:
"Why. where have you been,
George?"
"Oh, I Just went down to spit in
the river," said George. Every
body's.
A Week's Experience.
The year haglocmily begun
For Willie Weeks, a poor man's Sun.
He vas beset with bill and dun,
And he had very litje Mon. -"This
cash," he said, it wen't pay
dues.
I've nothing here but one's and
Tue3."
A bright thought struck him and he
said,
"'The Rich Miss Giltrocks I will
Wod."
But vrhen he p-'id his court to her,
She lisped but firmly said, "No
Thin-.
"'Airs," srid he, "then I must die!"
His soul went where they say souls
Fri.
Tey found his glcvoT and coat and
hat.
And the coroner then upon him Sat.
Southern Bulletin.
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also instructive informa
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Nix an the
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A FRIEND of mine.
WHO COULDN'T speak.
A WORD of French.
WENT TO Paris.
AND THE first time.
HE HAD to get.
A HAIRCUT and shave.
HE PRACTICED an hour.
MAKING SIGNS.
IN THE looking glass.
80 THE French barber.
WOULD UNDERSTAND him.
AND THEN he went in.
AND WIGGLED his fingers.
THROUGH HIS hair.
AND 8TR0KED his chin.
AND THE barber grinned. .
AND FINISHED the job.
THEN MY friend thought.
HE'D BE polite.
SO H E gave the barber".
AN AMERICAN cigarette.
WHICH THE barber smoked.
AND MY friend pointed.
TO HIS mouth.
AND SAID "Likee voo."
.
AND THE barber roared.
AND 8AID "You BET,
I USED to smoke 'em
WHEN I worked.
IN INDIANAPOLIS.
AND BELIEVE me.
THEY SATISFY!"
.
HERE'S a smoke that talks In any
language and needs no interpre
ter. Light up a Chesterfield, draw
deep and more plainly than words
your smile will tell the world "They
Satisfy". It's the blend that does it
and you can't get "Satisfy" any.
where except in Chesterfields, for
that blend can't be copied!
FARMS FOR IMMIGRANTS.
CIGARETTES
New Legislative Flan Is Advocated
to Solve Problems.
Washington, Feb. 5. The recent
reveltlon by the census bureau that
for the first time in history more peo
plo now , resido in American cities
than in American rural districts has
brought homo forcibly to members
of Congress the need of some con
structive immigration legislation that
will serve to distribute "new Ameri
cans" whero they are most needed."
That place is the American farm.
For years it has .been the accepted
thing to think ,of America in the cat
egory of an "agriculturaniption," a
nation where a preponderance of the
people till the soil in order to feed
a minority residing in the industrial
centers. But that condition exists no
longer. Now 51.4 per cent of Amer
ica's 105,000,000 live in the cities
and the other 48.6 per cent produce
the food.
"Back to the land" movements not
having produced much tangible re
sult in the way of getting city people
on farms, close students of economic
conditions in the capital are turning
their attention to the thousands of
immigrants who are poured annually
Into America as a means of solving
the question. A large percentage of
these immigrants are farmers, or at
least they have a familiarity with
the soil. They are attracted to Amer
ica by tales of high wages, particu
larly soince the war
After entering the country at El
lis Island they are free to follow their
own inclinations; the result is, ac
cording to immigration authorities,
they immediately flock to the dense
ly populated industrial centers in
largo cities, which all have their
"Little Italys" Little Polands" "Rus
sian quarters," etc., where they may
And their countrymen and their, par
ticular kinds of food andmodes of
living. The net result is crowded
tenements, deplorable living condi
tions, and then, when slack times
come, unemployment, poverty, dis
satisfaction with the land of their
adoption and resentment against the
native Americans whose prosperous
looking . automobiles roll through,
their narrow, dirty," streetsr- Thus,
according to close observers, are
'reds" and Bolshevik3 bred.
DISTRIBUTION IS NEEDED.
The Johnson bill, which aims at
restriction of all immigration for
fourteen month3, passed ne House,
but it probably is doomed to die in
a Senate Committee. It is felt that
it is not the right type of measure
that what is needed is not so much
restriction as distribution.
The American farmer is yelling for
help. . Labor has left the farm for
the higher wages and the movie pal
aces afforded in the cities. The farm
er yells in vain, apparently, for the
boys still leave the farms.
Mere than a million immigrants
pour through the portals of America
every year. With' the exception of
a few Scandinavians, who trek to the
great wheat be.lts of the Northwest,
few, if any, of these find their way
to American farms. Not many get
west of Chicago.
Harry A. McBride, chief of the vise
section of the. State Department, re
cently returned from an extended
tour of Europe and'offered the Senate
Committee on Immigration a solu
tion. Boiled down, what McBride
purposes is to create a small immi
gration commission to direct and con
trol immigration in this country. He
! would allow no immigrant to get in
without a passport.
The commission would study the
economic needs of the country. If
Kansas wants 5,000 farmers, let
them tell it to the commission. If
the coal mines of Pennsylvania want
10,000 miners, let them communicate
with the commission.
Then he would have the commis
sion empowered to cable to American
consular officials abroad that Kansas
wants 5,000 farmers and Pennsylva
nia wants 10,000 miners. The con
sular officers would then select and
approve these numbers and classes
from the hordes of applicants desir
ous of coining to America, ticket
them to America, and when they ar
rive at Ellis Island they could be
dispatched t o their destinations
without half the congestion, confu
sion and suffering that now prevail.
Co-operation with State authorities"
would, of'course, be necessary.
This plan, McBride points out, Is
a solution of both the immigration
problem and the labor problem. It ia
beneficial to both the immigrant and
the country.
By the additin,of a small force In
Europe, stationed at the various big
ports of embarkation, mental and
physical examinations could be con
ducted there and undesirables turned
back at their starting point instead
of crossing 3,000 miles of ocean and
then at the end be placed on a ship
and sent back whenco they "came.
SEND THEM TO FARMS.
Congressmen interested in the plan
believe that it would prove beneficial
from another viewpoint it would
provide the means. for assimilating
the foreigner into American life -more
rapidly. Instead of sending the
immigrant to the crowded tenements,
where hundreds and thousands of his
own people live, and where there fa
little opportunity for him to learn the
American language and ideals and
methods of living, ho would be sent,
under this plan, to the American
farm, which" Fourth of July orators
are wont to term "the cradle of
American liberty."
President-elect Harding is known
to be intensely interested in the en
tire immigration situation. His fa
vorite story, told many times during
the campaign, concerning a trip
which he made to Europe. Coming
back, when the vessel reached quar
antine he stood on the forward deck
looking down at the hordes of immi
grants pouring out of the steerage.
Babies were yelling, mothers were
sick and weary, men were sullen and
tired. All told, it was avery dis
tressing scene. And, ao the Senator
tells the story: s
Turning to a well-dressed pros
perous-looking man alongside me, I
said: 'Say, it's all wrong, .isn't it?
Things are not distributed right In'
this world. Here we are riding in
luxury and all those poor suffering
people down there in misery.'
The stranger smiled. 'Oh, said
he, are you worrying about those?
If you are, don't do it. They're
coming from the lands of oppres
sion and poverty to the land of
freedom and wealth. And the next
time they come to America they will
be riding in the luxury of the first
cabin as you and I are to-day.'
" 'I know, said he, 'For six years
ago I came over that way myself.' "
While it i3 improbable that any
immigration legislation will be pass
ed at the expiring session of the Six
ty-Sixth Congress, it is probable that
soon after President Harding calls
the sixty-seventh into special session
some plan will be based on distribu
tion, not restriction of immigration.
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