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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1933-06-01, Page 2PAGE TWO. HURON NEWS. THE.•SEAFORTH NEWS. Mawmpravenamea** sax. Times Improving., -Sheriff G; C, Middleton told Tise Goderich Star that money irs lo'os'euirng rep and that '.conditions have improved throughout the county. Ile had fewer sales ,this year than last and has realized better !priees for stack at sales which have ,been hel'cl, Mosley also is paid over more readily and a feeling of c,omfvd- ennce has set in. Plan .hppeal.-Plans are taking shape for a series of concerts which it is proposed to give in six Huron Comity towns on the week of June 21st in aid of the Lions Crippled 'Clnldir-en's Fond. Miss Peggy More- land, gold medalist, in the violin sec- tio'n at Stratford Musical Festival, has been. secured and thecdmmrittee is negotiating for the services of thiree radio organist's, Mr. Charles Meakins, who will he one of the artists, is' choosing the talent and one local art- ist will be c'h'osen in each town, •Con- certs will be held in Seaforth, Clinton, Exeter,,: \.Vingham,_ Lucicaow and Go- derich. Face Many Charges.-lThree of the four alleged bandits now in London jail awaiting trial on charges of break- ing, entering and robbing numerous places in Huron, Middlesex and Laatbton counties have been charged at Goderich with breaking into the C.N.R. station at Exeter and stealing a .38 revolver. They are also accused .of robbing the Winohels'ee creamery. It is not likely that they will face' these. charges until after other counties •are. through with them. The Spread. -+A Goderich lady who Paid 29e for a box of strawberries the other day found this note written on. the bottom of the box: "Please write me a letter. Who bought this box? And the price you paid for it. We sold for 70 cents a crate, Picked by Ruth Williams, Cullman, Ala. Route 9." As there are 24 boxes in a crate the producer and picker received less than 3 cents a box for the berries that sold in Goderich for 29c. Duty and 1 profits 'n and severs P transportation make up the bulk of the retail price it seems. The Leader for 'Fort -1 Years "Fresh From the Gardehs-- 1.KILLED BY MOTORS It is not only ,the lives of htumans, nor farmyard fowl that are snuffed out lby modern high 'speed traffic on the loads. The spring heralds another (season of devastating sl rtrghter of ibied's and animals 0t the highways. The sense- of danger, instinct in wild lift, has not (kept pace with the in- creasing speed of automobiles. The result is that, birds and animals; on the roads, or crossing th•ees, fail to cor- rectly judge the amount of time they have to escape 'hares front approach- ing car. This is the cause Of so .many rriangl•ed remains of our vMiFd crea'ture's' :being seen on the highways. The con- sequent 'hardship and suffering to young binds left to starve in their nests can only be vaguely imagined. !How few motorists have apparently any regard for the Dives .of birds and aniteals! What motorist would think of stopping after ploughing'throu'gh • ' .flo•ck of birds, for instance, to see i any had been only,s'turtned, and might be saved if taken off the road and gi- ven the chance to recovr? ' ill is difficult to suggest any remedy •for the unfortunate killings on the roads, bti't a little consideration on the part ; of the driver will save -many lives, Being somewhat of a naturalis • the writer is genuinely distres:sed'11 h th'appens to hit a hied or an!im'al on the 'road. Consequently; he has learned to do everything passible to, avoid this Much can be done by ocoasionalla slowing dawn a little when one see, a birdoranimal in a dangerous p'osi. tion ahead. One can also swerve e times to avoid them, but clue eonsid erasion must, of course, be • given to ;Hunan lives and safety. Very often swerving is distinctly dangerous. Pull ing up on the highways is also Bang emus sometimes and can be don without causing any trouble onl3 where traffic is not dense. As a matter of interest, the write • kept a record of b'irds and animal killed on tie roads of Ontario, whey they could be positively identified, I was found that the greatest number o corpses were those of robins and th, sparrows, 'Then came wart lers, kingbirds, swallows, . aoldfnches and an .occasional woodpecker. Among the aninaais, rabbits,, s'kun'ks, wood chucks and chipmunks ,were seen is' con'siderab'le numbers, and nea• swamps turtles were noticed, Ther is little excuse far any motorist t run over any such slow moving crea ture as a turtle. A little care and con srideraition on the part of driver. 'would prevent countless tragedie. arrnong the 'wild fife of the country- side,--lOur Dumb Animals. ' perch Fishing. — Perch fishing is ar 10 days for intoxication will 'run. quite popular at S1. Joseph, some nice concurrently, When the charges were ,catches being reported. Many take '• a read' on Tihursd'ey, Alex, replied: "Sure boat out a little way into the deeper i was bight,";Very 'pnoudly. 'w'a'ter, and occa.sional herring are also A Seaforth Wedding Anniversary; -- caught. ' Tllais story comes from Clinton: An Seriously Injured at St, Joseph, estimable couple from Seaforth visit - Mr, Lea Bedard of near St. J'osep'h: ed a local green house on May 24th, •susltained very painful and ,seeiotrs in- 'Which V}sit has become an annual eV - juries last week, while in the act of euit, Twenty-seven years "ago on the going down the hill at the lake with Queen's birthday they were married, 'team and wagon which ,was 'la•d'eia,with and for a. brief -outing carne over to fish boxes full of sa'wdus't. Ln some way 'Clinton to ,observe the greenhouse the end -board olf fhe'wagon box fell stock and to purchase plants or flow - loose causing the driver and his load ers. On every anniversary of the, day to fall forward on the horses dawn the since'that time they have made the hill, The wagon passed twice over same visit,' siometirues driving horse IMr. Bedard's body, and injured him and boggy, sometimes by train asad so that Ire was unconscious for several latterly by motor. On one occasion„ hours. The flesh on one -leg was torn for some reason, the wife could not loose to the bane by the wagon' conte and the husband came alone 'by •wheel, but fortunately no bones were train..Bidd•ing him go'od-bye, the lady broken. remarked, "Now, if you do not donne. 'bec'k on th.e next train I will suspect Poultry for poultr-Mr, Lloyd CO- that you have met som•eone you 'like? Brien, Zurich poultry breeder, has ..better than Inc.' After making his sold one cockerel and four pullets to ',purchases n Clinton he proceeded to the Ontario Golden ultural College, the station only to find the train ;had Guelph, of Golden Gampirtes for pull'ed out for Seaforth a few minutes breeding ,purposes. before, and, the ;good lady met the Death of Mrs. T. Dunn, Brussels,- train only to find no .husband return - Margaret A. 13e11, 'beloved wife of the ing. Having missed the train, he start- late Thomas Dunn, died on May 17th: ed to walk the nine miles to his home at her home in Brussels after an ex- town with his arms full of flowers. 'tended illness, in her 83rd year. Mrs. ILucltily he was given a ride pant of Dunn was a daughter of the late Hen- the way. Year after year this good ry and Margaret 'Bell, Blans'har•d, In •couple keep green the remembrance of a 1876 she was married at Granton to their wedding day tb • 3 making the .same Mr. Dunn and together they came to journey and a purchase of flowers or Grey township, residing at Crain_ I'l.ants. brook, and a year after ,her husband's Township Gets Amount of Fine.= - death in 191'3 she moved to Brussels. After much 'heated debate at two ses- Besides her two sons, 'Sandaman, of stens of the county ocuncil, in June of Manitoba, and William, of Cranbrook, ,193!3 and again last January, belated She leaves to mourn their loss three payment .of $100 has been made by the sisters, MIrs. Stacy of St. Mary's; Ors, ,Caun:ty of Huron to the Township of 'Robert'son of Vancouver and Mrs. ,Hawick, A precedent is established S:parling of Brussels, and one brother, in that it anaiouruts to the remission of T. R. Belt of Saskatchewan. The pall- a fine imposed by the county magis- hearers were John Shiels, Louis Steis, trate on one Oliver Stewart for a John Worthley, Jacob Ziegler, Winn. breach of the IJignaur Control Act. Ziegler, and John _McNabb, all old 'Stewart was convicted of "having" n Cran'brook neighbors, quantity of. hard cider and fined $1.00 .Carload of Horses Shipped -.The 1st and costs. T,h•e justice of the fine was shipment of horses for many .months attacked for Stewart is a poor .nail with a family, which has since been assisted by the Township. Reeve IGam!ble of Hawick took up his case and succeeded in having • a Motion passed in the county council ordering reimbursement to the township for money advanced to the convicted man and lois family. Only a week Hadar and his family, Only this week, how- ever, the -issuance of the check was authorized by Warden Ballantyne, there having been some talk of an in- junction, Court Court officials view the pro- redure as establishing a dangerous precedent, Mrs. Mary Westlake. --rafter an ill- ness of eight weeks of heart trouble, the death of Mrs, Mary Westlake oc- curred May 20th at th-e home of her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Bean, Saltfcrd The late 'Mrs, Westlake was born in Stanley township on April 24th, 1864, but had been a resident of •Goderich district for many years. Sihe is sur- vived by two sons, William Westlake and Samuel Westlake, Goderich town- ship. and her daughter, Mrs. Bean, The funeral was held on Monday with Res. D. J. Lane, of Knox Presbyter- ian Church, conducting' the services: Interment was at Bayfield cemetery, the pallbearers being deceased's bre from this district left Seaforth the lat- ther, William Slack of Stanley town- ship. her brother-in-law, Samuel West- lake, and two nephews, William Orr, • and William Cowie of Detroit: Mrs. ,hipper. secured the horses around Jane Comic, a sister, of Detroit, at- these parts 'himself, and bought the tended the funeral. then portion from Goderich from Mr. NorthAllen. They were going to Thomas Huron L.O.L.-A meeting of Lowry in New Liskeard.-iBrussels North Huron County L:OsL. at Lon- ,post. e,borti 1?'.t neck was well :mended, i.ixty-osseen being present. Tile -special Engagement. ---lir. and :Mrs. \\ril- speakcr for the meeting was \\'or, limn Machan, concession 18. Grey Bro. R,obt, R'Vhito, P.G.M. of Alberta, wtaship, announce the engagement of .who gave his audience a very inepir tri second daughter, Beatrice Eliza, ing .:cd iu.+'truciive address, The C. to Albert Henry Wells, of Dunnville, Master of South Huron and his de- formerly of Grey, the marriage to take puty were ,present and also addressed mace early in June. meeting. So'rate time ago it was Build Rock Garden.- i.ri.sels liar - decided to hold the 12th of July cele '• cuhtvaa S:iciety have built a rock ga•rdeu on the side of the hill just north of the bridge on the right-hand side. .tar part of last week. Half of the car load carne from Brussels and half from. Goderich. W. A. Lowry, the braticin this year at Brussels and this arrangement was confirmed. Repres- entatives were present from Wing:ham 'Gerrie, 131uevale, Fordw-iela, Brussels, Wruxetcr, Ethel, Walton, P,!lyth, Au- burn, Nile, Dungannon and South .Huron County Lodge. 1931 Markers Expensive. - Several cases o1 Huron county motorists wit,' Peddlers Are Numerous -.An idea of the number of peddlers on the road these clays can be gleaned from the faot that on recent clay fifteen• of the ,entry happened to strike Listowel at Nose tried 10 avoid haiy1n8 1933 tnark- the same time and put tip at the sande ers for their cars by using 1:9311 mark- boarding house, They cout'pared notes ers which are almost identical in col- as to the merits of various towns, or design, have found themselves out Former Huron Representative•-l'1'r, of pocket considerab'ly mare than the :gorge R. Paterson, Honey Comnser- license fee, Joseph Patey, of Belgrave tial Representative, Ontario Honey was using 19311 license plates and was Export Association, London, England, fined $25 or thirty days. He took the Who has recently returned to Canada thirty days. Clifford Coghlin of At- till next season, is well known in, Hu- wood. also was in Wii'n•g'hem with 1931 eon county having been for a lounger !plates and is in the toils. Last Satur- of years Agricultural Representative day night an old Ford car was located in Huron, Mr, Paterson was accom in Wingham with 1931 numbers and parried overseas by ,his wife, rather than face the magistrate the • owners abandoned the car, which the Armstrong -Fitzsimons. ---On 'May 18 police have stored in a local garage. the waddling took place quietly at Sit. Pout's rectory, Clinton, of Grace Ka - daughter of Mr. and Mrs, R. May 3Ilet, Mr. ansa Mrs, Jah•n. Kerr, ofR, l tizsi mb!ius 'Cl'ii,ton, anid William Laver Wingham, celebrate their 51Attt. Henry Armstrong, of Goderich. The wedding anniversary. vounag',cotuple will reside with the par District Meeting. -'The district an- nits of the bride for the present. natal meeting of the West Huron Wb - men's Institute will be held in the town hiall, Wingihiam, on Tuesday, June .6, Morning sesslioai will, open at 10 o'elook. API the reports will he gii- ven includipg the branch, dlistrict and Federation; also the election of offi's- ers. Afternoon sessli•on will coim- mince at 1.30. THTJRSD;AY JUNE 1, 933 tohave had a voice quite as' brilliant as, and even . stronger •than,' that of, 'ter younger ,sister Adelina; her rairge was ibigger, reaching,tire high F wi•h the utmost ease, but she lacked the warmth and char0.. of Adeliina s per- sottaluty. Unfortunately I heard •Car- lotta only once; and ,when she was no anger in full possession of her voice: !Amelia Patti, my aunt,- was also e well-known singer before her mat- r'ia a 'and created many alto parts in Rossini and Vaddi ,operas. "'Ad'elina was.practically born .on the stage;" Maurice Strakosd'h 'relates in his "Memoirs." On the 1:01th Febru- ary 11843'-�90 years ago Her mother was singing Noorm'a. in Madrid, and just (before the !fourth .act ''she h'ad to .retire. home' A few hours Pater the .voice which was soon to`hold the whole world spellbound was , heard for Ithe'•ftr•st !thee. •(i1'Iy uncle does not meatiest whether the infant Adelina sang "!Una Voce poco fa" ulp•os. • hes arrival in this world!). In. any ' case a+t thea age'• of six she so astounded her •bro'ther:ha-law by her siurgirsg and musical talents that he already thea , compared her with the greatestsing ers of those times. • In '118lI8 ;Strakosch went. to America where he met Salvatore Patti, -Ade litva's , father, whose, acquaintance is haul already made in Vienna when giving a concert, in which' Clo'tild ,Barilli, his step-ldlaugh'ter, took part He found Patti (et that trine ' dlirec for of the New York Italian Opera)' .n (business difficulties, and imnaedi a'tely'helped hint oust by arranging a festival and engalginlg mast of:. the singers from the Patti- Opera Com parry, amongst whom were also Cio tilde BariIii and Amalie Patti. Thu nay uncle became more and more friendly with the Patti family, and finally; ane of them, .by marrying tnal'ia. fits little sister-in-law was 'thee about five years old, arid• already in fluenced my uncles career as a ,pian ist, inasmuch 'as he gave.- up• more and more of his time to the training of her voice -and' so became her firs and only teacher. 'Strakosch took lit tie credit to himself, however, as he maintained that Adelina la•ad' already as. achild such a t n' marvellous nature singing gift, that it remained for 'Lin only to direct her studies. Be this a studied all her best parts, with Stra koosch-he himself a pupil of the fan ous Juditta Pasta, the great rival 0 Malitbran - was her one and only teacher. tit has Often ,been said that Ade ling Patti could• not read music and had to learn all her parts by ear 'Whilst this would of course be pos si'ble, it does not seen., at all jikel3 to inc. Iit is well known that she studied all her best •pastr with Stra kosch, and I can hardly imagine tha such a remarkable musician would not have taught her to read notes had she not, with her exceptional in telligence, ;earns them by herself Strakosch certainly tu'akes no niepti•ot of this in his "Memoirs." At the early age of eight Adelina made her first appearance in New York at a charity concert, She int medlately took' the public by sterna and so great a sensation did she cans that further concerts had to be itr ranged, all of which were cquall3 sraccessful, The prodigy all too sacs became well known iso the United States, -so that it was deemed wiser ti withdraw her from the public eye fo a few years. Only when ,Strakosch be came director of the Italian Opera is New \.'tort did he consider letting hi, sister-in-law snake her clebufr on the stage. She made her first appearance in 1859 as Lucia, and thereby became world. rennw•ned, ,Soar the whole world demanded to hear her, and .Lon- don, Paris, Berlin, Petersburg, Vienna all fought to have her. Special 'Ital- ian seasons were arranged, and so Adelina, at the age of 167 made her trio mono] entry into Europe. • She app•eared'in Vienna for the first time in 1'863. I was then too young' to go to the theatre, but well do I re- member the quite indescribable im- pression her coloratura made upon me when I heard her sing Leonora (Troeatorc). in 1874, It is amusing to note that at that time she disliked and strongly objected to the \tlan- rico" of the ab'ove'inen;tfoned perfodm- an•ce;her reason' being that his mous- tache annoyed 'her and ticked her nose when .he came too near her in the :lave seined 'Lt would ,seem, how- ever, 'i that She got used to' the offepn•- s'ivemoustache, as some little tithe later ,she divorced her hus'b'and, 'Mar- quis de Caux, whom she had m'arriec'' in 11868. in order to marry this, sante tenor -Le., Nicolini. I also heard her sing Rosina tha, sante year, and I was, more than ever enraptured 'by her wonderful perform- ance. She was then at"th•e very zen- ith of her career. Alfiter that `I saw ihe'r in most of her famous parts,s�ucis as in'Tra'viaitla, 1Zigoietto, Don pias- quale, and in later years` I often ad- mired her as a concert singer, I heard her for thel'as't time in 11904, She was then 61 years old; and although •her voice no.9!onger had quite 'the sa'm'e 'brilliance -haying taikan osa rather ttic character of a meznJo-sos0rano coloratura was still,exquisitively beast- 'Hut, herdeliveryperfect, and Ise - FOUR-DAY FLIGHT PLANNED .Successful initial tests have been carried out at Portsmouth, England with the airplane in .which Sir Alan •Co'blaaau will attempt a 10,0001 mile non-stap flight from England to Aus- tralia by refueling in the air, 'The Airspeed. Courier under test is a law -wing monoiplane designed for •passenger and air email work to carry eix persons with their. luggage. Car- rying only two passengers on the pro •iecited Australia flight the spare space is taken up with special tankage, This will allow about 26 hours flying be- tween refuelings, T:he Courier is the first British :ura- chine to be fitted with rctraotahle un- dercarriage whti'cla, though addling some 30 p:o•undis' in weight, adds else •abort 14 miles per hour to the plane's speed. The pilot has an electric "tell- tale" on his .dashihoarcl•witich tells. hint ashen the undercarriage ,is lacked dowel in the safe position far landing. I8 car be lowered in three seconds and rais- ed in 15 ,secoiad+s. As an extra measure el safety a Klaxon horn sounds in thr .pilot's ear w+hil the, raising or lowering of the undercarriage is in operation, and ceases When in position. The Wheels a'l'ways project ajbowt seven inc,h'es to allow for an emergency landing, were Sir Allan stated after carrying out Celebrated Too Well.-Therethe tests that he reached a speed of no accidents and but ,one arrest int Hu- 1165 guiles per hour quite easily and -iii county on Victoria Day. Alex. the plane was easy .to handle, At 1150. miles per hour the 113,600 miles to iydni,ey could lye flown in a little less •titan four days. This is rnarvelllouls \r,4,;son, Former hotclkeeper, was p'ick- ed up at Hcns'all drunk i•tt Change oif a lar, a victim of hes ovw brew. Next morning .he was sen!teniced to ten days vhen con seed Co the eight trtonlMiis y jail by Msgi;strate Reid, A secant,p g conviction and fine of $.10 and cost.. requiredfor•the trip by the old' sail- ing vessels, The Example For nearly an hour a commercial traveler had been talking in his most ,persuasive and eloquent manner to a Yorkshire business man. The 1 mai seemed pleased anal convinced, ,an the traveler felt sure a thug .order would follow. At last the Y'orlcshireman said: "Aa'+ct like nay lad to 'hear what 3' have to say, Will ye conru• in this af- ternoon and go over your talk again?" "Certainly," replied the t'ravelc-, and at the hour ap.pain!ted he present ad himself for the interview with fa ther an•d soca, •Ou,cc again he went over the point. of the article Ire had for sale, and when he had finished, the Yorkshir:naan turning to his son, said, enthusiastic ally: "Do you hear that, any lad, Well, that's tlae way I want ye. to set our goods on the road.' PATTI I have often been •asked how I ani -elated to Adelina Patti, and though I invariably reply that there is no blood relationship tlae same question is always put to fee, says Ernest Denhcf in telling his recollections of she great singer. \Iy mother's brother, Maurice 'S'tra- kosclt, a pianist and composer in his vouth, married Asaisilie Patti=Ade- 'inn's elder sister -and thus became: the great artist's 'hrother-in ia'w. I ani therefore not really related . Cr Adelina at all, but her sister was my aunt, Although I feel store nephews are not always so eager to claim their 'runt's sisters as relations, surely in this case I •nsay beforgiven if I think of Adelina as pretty .closely connected with our family. The very 'first names 'which _I can -scall to have heard in my ohi'ldhoos are those of 'fAan'abta," "Carlotta," "Adelina," and "Patti"; ]long ibeforn I even knew to 'whorl or what they •eferred. My earliest recollec'tion's of '.lie Patti family are of 'Carlotta. IShe was also a celebrated singer, and ustaaily visited 'us when giving eon.. certs in Vienna. I 'remember that, as site was "slightly lame and could no' noanagi the stairs very well; we al- ways had a chair 'sent down' to m'eet her to enable her to rest a while on the way. This, of course, made a treat impression upon my childish mind. She never went on the stage "eceuse of this inlfi,rtnity, but w,as not issOlere cl thereby •from fiecoln'iug a •rorld-renowned concert singer. Al- though Carlotta lost her voice' corn- aanati•vely early, she was oansidered Pines Go Quick Itching, bleeding or protruding piles go quickly and don't conte back, if you really remove the cause. Bad, blood circulation in the• lower bowel ncl hetarorrhoid'al veins causes piles y malci:itg the affected parts weak, flabby, almost dead, 'Salves and sup- ,. positories 'fail\ because only an in- ternal, medicine that sbltrtulates• the circulation and drives out the impure blood ca nactually correct the cause of piles, Dr. J,- S. ,Leanlhardit discovered a, real internal.-'Pale.remedy. After prescribing it for 11,000 patients with, success in over 900 cases, the named.. it' JIE.M-ROID• C1aas. A'berlaart and druggists everywhere sell HIEM - ROID Tablets with guarantee they will end your 'Pile 'misery or money back, personality as charming as ever. !Adelina. Patti's 'best: parts were those in which she had "ample op- ' pordunity of displaying. 'Iter marvel- lous .coloratura, su'dh as in the - Ital- ian'ioipeias, Traviata, T'roanatore, Rig- olet•bo, Ern'a•ni, Slonam'bula, Linda. di 'Chamonix, .and also . •erl'iit'a in Don Juana. She was at her very best in. these •operas. She also sang IVelenti:na, Marguerite, 'J'ul'ia and Mlireillie in'lat ter years. The only ,para in which she was not successful (though Span- is•h'by birth!) was Oarnien, She, Was stjfficiently wiste-trot to, at- tempt any of Wagner's operas, though po'ssi'bly she . imight have 'managed 'El'sa, Elisabeth, .and even Eva, but imagine she recognised her tempera- ment 051 'being too typlically. ,Latin to •etrab!le her 'to follow: the genius of Wagner. Tlais was indeed - noticeable in her rendering of ."Teatime," which If heard her 'sing ill Edinburgh; but here, alas, ,I.could no longer admire the great singer -Wagner lay far be yond her, Adelina 'Patti 'oftenvisited my m'o-- then whelrn singing iso Vienna, Un- fortunately, 'however, I was too young in those days to be admitted into her presence. When, however, in 1894, she gave her yearly concert in.Edin- burgh,any wife and iI called on her. • .d As we were .ushered info her roo" a 1 elegant man -whom T rec - a al ee a t ti, nisedr Ns Sir Henry Irving -was .:. junn:-^"r.'. taking his leave. Adelina seemed to have been very impresse'd by - him, , and asked inc quite excitedly whether 1 had recognised her visitor. The whole world at h'er feet, feted by Royalty itself, ,the diva became as a chil'din 'her embarrassment and pleas- ure before her fellow -artist. (Adelina Patti was married• three times, her last husband 'being Baron Cederstrom. Right from the start of her artistic career she lived in 'lux • - ury; her fees were always high in comparison with those of her col- leagues. •An North America ,she re- ceived up to £11000 per performer and in .,South America £;1'600, in dition to which all her travelling ex- penses xpenses were paid and ai special Pull- man car was 'placed ,permanently at her disposal. In spite of all these :ter- rific expenses, her impresarios aacvet lost, as the takings of a Patti per- formance' alw'ay's left e margin sui- ticie,nitly large =for them to help -them- selves generously therefrom, 'Eveii after she had retired she was tifferccl a ruin of £'120,Q'o0 for fifty concerts in Bra%ill £ ra'OD per per- formance no longer terarpteher, how- ever. Success, glory, and fortune had sad their clay with her, arid, held no more attraction for an elderly woman who preferred to end her days peace- fully in her home Castle 'Craig -y -nos, 'Wales, ',where she died. in : 19119 at the age of 76, :leaving a fortune of about £1600,000. tit is not commonly known that Adelina Patti was, when quite a young girl, engaged to a younger brotherf my mother's, Max Stra- kosch. Hid this marriage .come off, I should indeed have had every right to. call 'this' international celebrity "nay Aum't Aed. lines". 'The marriage, hoer_ ever, never took place. Max was kept on 'business in America, and Adelina busy in Europe. The Atlantic Ocean separated tl.ena, and 'evidently in this case "absence d'id not nralke the heart grow fonder:". The engagement- was eventually •broken off byrt mutual coir- senC, Some time ago I saw from an 'English paper that nay cousin, Mrs, 'Lee, Max Stralnosch's daughter, wish- ed to publish the letter written by 'Ald'elina at that time 4,o her father, Unfortunately, however, she vvias not ab•ie to obitain Baron. Cedea•s'troan's permission .For the publication of these love=fitters, aind the plan had to be abandoned. • IAl the death of ,Sla+lv!atore Patti, Maurice Strakosch had s, family vault 'built at Pere 'Latchtatise, Paris; and in. this vault now lie the remains of'Sal- vatore Pattti,` Maurice Sitrakoceh, and his wife IAnnlalia,and also the un- forgettable, gitodioua IAUdelina, who par- ticularly Wished Co be .buried, by the side of +her' beloved falther. !Near!ly all c•h'ildlren are subject to worms, and many are horn with thein, Spare , them tsu'ffering by using Moth- er .Graves' Worm Exterminator, ' an ex;celient remedy.