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3. R. FORSTER I S :>.t•,7 AFRIra `TO Be NAPPY
Nose and Throat
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t o l.',.iny People Acparentiy Fear W
Ce`.tnt and Appreciate the Mesa.
ints That Are Theirs.
.1 veli-meunlug, If rather dour,
teem], once soie to u mother whom
saw pitying happily with her ehil-
'•
,•.,. "Don't set too much store ou
tit children, especially don't make
mo.r. of liens, for fear they are taken
Ir,.:n you us a puui.tuoeat.." -
It was good to h, -sr the spirited re -
on.1
of the warm-hearted little wom-
The remembrance of It la lnapir-
to,ht,t, ,emurks London Answers.
'Tut going to love my children with
all the lure 1 am capuble of while
I lute got theta. If they are taken
Eton rue, which certainly won't be as.
;t 'punishment,' I shall be glad to re-
l.:e :b, r h,,tv very dearly 1 have loved
them!"
tats uul ufruid to be happy.
A livor fellow whose life had been
am' lung fight against griudiug lwv-
rrt) was unexpectedly left a le c•y
u loch quite removed ham front flirt er
want. 'rile touch of the past, how-
ever, was still upon lino. lie was
afraid to spend, efraid to raise his
(ace to the sunshine; he was afraid
to be happy. The pathos of it!
110 the other band, there are those
W110, Willa little or nothing to worry
thout, just grizzle and grouse, till you
long to shake them—and slake them
thoroughly—because they are afraid
even to be thought happy. •
Here is a sample of a visit to one
of the "G. G." variety:
'What a nice bit of sunshine we're
having just now !" you may perhaps
remark. •t,
"Ay, but bow long will it last?"
"Well, it's shining now, anyway!"
you retort, In natural exasperation at
his pessimism.
"But it'll rain before night, see if
It doesn't!" And so on ad lib., no
matter what subject was broached.
Of course, for lots of us some things
are pretty hod just now—it's inevit-
able, If one takes time to think. But
among It all, there are bits of happi-
ness If we will only allow ourselves
to see them. The sunshine when it
does appear, the merry laugh of a
friend, a bit of luck after a hard day,
the restoration to health of a dear
one, the eager questionings of the
children arising out of their beautiful
"wonderings," a. talk with, or a letter
from a kindred spirit.
Cheerio! Don't you be afraid to be
bappyl
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F. HARBURN, V. S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College, and honorary member of
the Medical Association of the Ontario
Veterinary College. Treats diseases of
all domestic animals by the most mod-
ern principles. Dentistry and Milk
Fever a specialty. Office opposite
Dick's Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth.
All orders left at the hotel will re-
ceive prompt attention. Night calls
eeeeived at the office
JOHN GRIEVE. V. S.
Honor graduate of -Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All diseases of domestic
animals treated. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
And residence on Goderich street, one
door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea -
forth.
MEDICAL
DR. GEORGE HEILEMANN.
Osteophatic Physician of Goderich.
Specialist in Women's and Children's
dueasea, reheunatism, acute, chronic
and nervous disorders; eye, ear, nose
and throat. Consulation free, Office
above Umback's Drug store, Seaforth,
Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m. till 1 p.m
C. J. W. AARN, M.D.C.M.
425 Richmond Street, London, Ont.,
S pecialist, Surgery and Genio-Urin-
e ry diseases of men and women.
DR. J. W. PECK
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine
McGill University, Montreal; member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario; Licentiate of Medical Coun-
cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member
of Resident Medical staff of General
Hospital, Montreal; 1914-15; Office, 2
doors east of Post Office. Phone 56,
Rensall, Ontario.
DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence, Goderich street
east of the Methodist church. Seaforth
Phone 46. Coroner for the County of
Huron.
DR. C. MACKAY
C. Mackay honor graduate of Trin-
ity University, and gold medallist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago;
Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London,
England; University Hospital, Lon-
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minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5,
Night calls answered from residence,
Victoria street, Seaforth.
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HOMES --.PAST AND PRESENT
Brethren, let us sit down together
inthe quietness of the eventide and
think of Home! Ah, to be sure, you
remember. Home. Homey What a
word it is! What holy memories the
very wordstirsin our hearts! How
it grows fragrant with olden love,
and beautiful with the tenderness of
a Mother's face. We speak it softly
and reverently, and remember how
once the hollyhocks bloomed in the
garde nbehind the old house, and how
grandmother's face waited for us with
welcome at the old fashioned gate!
Home! It is the sweetest of all
Peculiar Geological Formation.
There is located Immediately west
of Junction City a few miles south of
Daavllle, Ky., a wonderful geological
formation known as "Bald Blue
Knob." This is a member of the
chain that branches off from the
Cumberland mountains and extends
along the route of the Knoxville divi-
sion of the Louisville & Nashville
railway.
From its foot to its crest Is about
200 feet and except on the large fiat
top,
with a small knob in its cent
er
r vege-
tation.
is covered with shrubbery and The top, however, is abso-
lutely barren. Not a sprig of any
kind has ever grown upon it.
The soil is as blue as indigo and
this coloring has never been affected
by the ravages of time. It is be-
lieved by many that this knob was
at one time a volcano, and that the
surface of the crest was belched forth
from the bowels of the eart'n.
The "Bald Blue Knob" has been an
object of wonder for many genera-
tions, and hundreds of visitors ascend
Its steep sides each year to view its
crown of richest azure.
words, as we knew it in the olden
days!
But is home still the sweetest of all
words? Does the question shock
you? Let us be honest and face the
facts. Is the word Home to -day as
beautiful as it was a quarter of a
centuY,si ago? Does it still stir in the
hearts of the younger generation the
dreams that it stirred. in ours? Does
it still bring to the young men and
young women the thought of the fam-
ily together in' glad union, the glory
,,t. the hour when family prayer was
held, the sense of holiness which sur-
rounds that which means worship and
adoration?
God forbid that I should try to
speak slightingly of any lovely thing.
I do not want to write in the spirit of
"Stain Street," picturing only the
dark side and forgetting all that is
lovely. I do not doubt that we have
Humes to -day. I do not doubt that
many children grow up loving Home
in its most beautiful' meaning, and
treasuring memories of Mothers and
Fathers worthy of all remembrance.
But is the American Home, gener-
a ally speaking, true to its old tradi-
•
tions, to its old affections and ador-
tiuns? is its influence the same as
it was a generation ago? Does the
heart of man to -day turn back to
home as yearningly and with such
sense of loneliness as the heart of
yesterday did? Honestly, brethren, I
(tar it does not.
Luck over your home block. How
, many families keep the happy even-
ings together? In how many homes
de the children show respect and
reverence for their elders How many
boys think more of being helpful. to
Mother than of being popular at the
dance hall? How many'' girls are
prouder of the washing they have
done than of their powdered primp-
ing? How many mothers prefer to
laugh and weep over their blundering
babies than to shine at the bridge'
party? How many fathers hurry
home from work that they may make
a popgun for the boy?
What has happened to -the Ameri-
can Home?
Milk and Meat Prevent Pellagra.
The most recent researches into pel-
lagra, just published In the form of a
report from tate United States public
health service, make it clear that de-
ticiency of milk and fresh meat in the
diet Is the principal cause of the die-,
ease.
Dr. Joseph Goldberger. to whom the
world owes most of its knowledge of
pellagra, urges that more cows be In-
troduced into those regions of our
southern states in which pellagra is
most prevalent, and that all -the -year-
round fresh meat markets be estab-
Send ortt�{r� e bto,Stt
ufars of Trench s
world -fan ua rop-
e ad PIts simple
home treatment.
O,er 80 tora' . • :4 Teatim'4)7 trom •ansae
TRENCH S �EMED1vE5 LIMITED tela
L091 dhJss 1(7 WoxnwbOntario
delaldo&6lit
wi h hisexpiring breath, "I resign
my soul to God,.and my daughter to
my Country." Again„ Jelin Adams,
on being disturbed in phis last hour
by the sound of heavy guns, and be-
ing told that the day was the fourth
of July, exclaimed, "It is a great and
glorious day; independence for ever!"
When Coventry. Paltmore, the poet,
lay dying, he turned to his wife and
said, "I love you, my dear, but He
is my Light and my Life." 'Centuries
before him did not Roger Ascham,
one of the fathers of English litera-
ture, expire breathing, "I ,desire to
depart and be with Christ?" ;When
Charles Wesley passed away, on his
lips were these words from' Psalm
seventy-three, "My flesh and my heart
faileth," When his more illustrious
brother lay on his deathbed, in 1791,
he also found consolation in the
Psalms. He was heard to mutter,
"The clouds drop fatness"; and again
"The Lord of Hosts is with us, the
God of Jacob is our refuge," and at
the very end, "The best of all is, God
is with us." Like the unfortunate
Queetl of Scots, Martin Luther's last
utterance was, "Into Thy hands, 0
Lord, I commend my spirit."
Last words! Por centuries those
listening to them treasured them, and
made place for them in their lives.
To -day, this fine strain of reverential
'feeling is being killed by material -
found their situ fun. At night the
family gathered together around a
table, and listened while one read
the works of -the masters. Children
grew up loving Dickens and Scott,
and having in their imaginations a
great pageant of the wonderful world
that Shakespeare had given folks to
live in, They sang the old songs,
and nobody seemed to suffer because,
jazz had not been discovered. They '
had neighborhood picnics and were
i
satisfied with their own frolicking.
How many children of this day, my
friends, have ever heard their par-
ents read to them from the great
works of the ages?
Forty years ago, how many boys
were away from home when night
fell? To -day there are countless
homes in which parents go to bed at
night, with the children still out, and
they do not know what tithe they ;
get in, and they do not ask ques-
Well, the auto has happened, and
the movie, and the flim -flame of a de-
pravity known as culture, and, per-
haps worst of all, the cheap vanity
that wants to do everything the neigh-
bor does. Oh, no, I do not condemn
the aujji,and the movie. We needed
them, SW we have not properly in-
itiated them. We have adapted our-
selves to them, instead of adapting
them to our needs, 'But our real er-
ror has been this; In accepting the
new things we have let the old -go,
and with the old has gone all that
could have made the new worth while.
The American Home me is disintegrat-
ed
isinteg rat -ed because it has failed to seem
necessary to the young. We have
permitted the children to grow up
believing -that the movie was more
than home, that a dance was more
interesting than home, that there can
be no picnic that is not far away,'
that there is no joy unless it be in
unfamiliar places. How did this
come about? Simply by losing
sight of the fact that joy and satis-
faction is in folks and not in things.
What is the secret of the spiritual
starvation of to -day? Merely that
we have lost the art of simplicity.
Some people profess to believe that
our weakness to -day is the complex-
ity of life. Not at all. Life is no
more complex than it was in Adam's
time. Of course, it is bad enough to
make life complex. But we have
done worse than this. We have made
life uninteresting. Which is always
what happens when we lose simplic-
ity.
Ah, but you say that the movie
and the auto and the, greater variety
of things should add to the interest
of life, and not detract from it. Not
at all. The only thing that adds to
the interest of life is interest in life,
and not interest in things. John
• Burroughs was richer -than Rockefel-
ler; Thoreau knew more than Pier -
pont Morgan. pont Morgan.
Folks are no longer easy to please,
and that is a terrible tragedy. Years
Years ago a family went to a cele-
bration once a year, and talked about
it for a year afterwards. It was the
event of a lifetime. To -day we ge
tc something every day, and nothing
thrills us. I once heard a man de-
scribe a ten -mile journey as if were
the achievement of a lifetime. To -day
men travel across the world and re-
member only that it was hot or cold.
Riches generally consist in not hav-
ing too much.
I can recall forty years ago in a
small town in this state when there
was no such thing as "society;
when there was seldom a theatrical
performance, and when "entertain-
ments" were few and far between.
How did folks live, you say? They
made their own entertainment, and
In an Awful State.
After refreshments nt a card party
the topic of conversation was the con-
dition we found our flat In when we
moved. My husband told a long com-
ical story of how he spent his whole
Saturday afternoon trying to get the
kitchen floor clean. Every one laughed
with the exception of one woman, who
said: "We .just moved from that flat"
St Is needless to say the color of my
husband's -face turned.—Exchange.
Eggs Miraculously Saved.
A young tnan at Meredith, N. II.,
making an evening call, In going
through the hall opened the cellar door
by mistake and stepped into space,
bringing down a number of jars of
preserved hineberries and landing In
emerged scratched and revered with
blueberries. but although he weighs
200 pounds 1101" ege wes broken.
Corresponded With 535 Girls.
Tile mesa sergeant at Camp Kelly
flying field In Texas deelares that he
corresponded will girls thraugh-
out the duration of the m Tho ser-
geant kept a ledger. showing age
costa. retained Ponies of all letters and
used carbon enples la•lp oat.
tions, until later on when something ,jam.
goes wrong. And every week or two
some broken-hearted parent comes to
der that a child
me to express won
should have gone wrong. The old
moral discipline of the home has
broken down.
It is easy to see why! Forty years
ago children were repressed. They
must not speak; they must not offer
opinion. This was one extreme. In
the reaction we lave gone to the other
extreme, and children rule the home
if there is any rule at all. 'Parents
give the children their own way.
There must be n•t word of reproof.
We just trust to luck that the spoil-
ing will not go too far.
I could write a book on the cases
I know about of boys and girls ruin-
ed at dances and other cheap enter-
tainments about which their parents
knew nothing. The parents are too
busy to care. Ah, yes, the parents
have set the example. Mother must
not miss the bridge party; father
must not forego his club. Surely the
children will conk out all right. Will
they not follows their parents' foot-
steps? Indeed they will. And they
do. And they reap the spiritual
whirlwind which their parents have
sown fox them.
WiTH THE HEI.(' OF JOHANNA
"Thomas," said Mrs. Ruraldean,
appearing at the door of her hus-
band's study, "what absurd idea do
you think that new gardener has in
his head? I was asking him a-
bout planting the potatoes, and he
declared that we could hardly expect'
to get'a full crop without Johanna
about the place. And I left him there
staring. That great, hulking man!
I suppose he used to harness his wife
and his cow together at the plough in
Europe."
Mr. Ruraldean, with fire in his eye,
went out to interview the gardener.
"What is this ,Johanna you're telling
Mrs. Ruraldean about?" 'he asked.
"Oi was only tellin' her there's
reothin' can beat Johanna for gettin'
a good crop off the land."
I don't see the need of any Jo-
hanna. If you can't—" -
"Well, of coarse, there's sheep man-
ure, and there's phosphate, but for
rale results—"
"I'm not talking about sheep man-
ure or phosphate. What I want to
know is, how about this female—Jo-
hanna?"
"A woman indade! Sure, it's this
here Johanna I'm tellin' ye about."
And the gardener pulled from his
pocket a seedman's catalogue.
Mr. Ruraldean looked where the
grimy finger of the hired man pointed
and read: "Guano in hundred -pound
bags."
No Sympathy Due.
"Don't you think Mr. Bilagins 18
suffering from exuagersitcd ego?"
"No," answered Miss Cayenne. "He
doesn't euffer. He enjoys It."
There is only one sudden death
-among Women to eight ninong Men.
STiCKY FLY CATCHER
Clean to handle. Sold by all
Druggists, Grocers and
General Stares
More Men Thai Women
Have ApOendicitie
(Medical reports shown teen are
more subject to appendicitis although
many sadden cases occur among wo-
men. 'It can be guarded against by
preventing intestinal infection. The
intestinal antiseptic, Adler-I-ka, acts
on BOTH upper and lower bowel, re-
moving all foul, decaying matter
which might cause infection. It
brings out matter you never thought
was in your system and which may
have 'been poisoning you for months.
Adler-I-ke is EXCELLENT for gas on
the stomach. H. Uni!bach, Druggist.
A ;MOST EXTRAORDINARY
ANIMAL.
Elephants have a reputation for
very bad elesight, but, according to
Mr. Carl Akeley in the World's
Work, our information on the point
is neither complete nor accurate.
One day on the Vasin Gishu Pla-
teau in Africa, he writes, an elephant
herd charged us at a distance of two
hundred and fifty yards. When we
had first come up with them we
could move round within fifty yards
of the herd; but after they scented
us they were able to see us at a
distance of two hundred and fifty
yards.
The elephant's sight, however, is
nc•thing corn -pared with his ability to
smell. His trunk is probably the
best smelling apparatus in the world;
and he depends first of all on his sense
of smell. When he is at all suspic-
ious he moves his trunk round in
every direction, so that the slightest
taint in the air will reach him.
In many other ways the elephant's
trunk is the most extraordinary part
of that most extraordinary animal.
It is entirely flexible at every point;
it can turn in any direction and has
tremendous strength. There is no
bone it it, but it is constructed of
interwoven muscle and sinew so
tough that you can hardly cut it with
a knife. From it an elephant can
shoot a stream of water that will put
out a fire; and with it he can lift a
tree weighing a ton, or pull a deli•
cate blade of grass. He drinks with
it, feeds himself with it, smells with
it, works with it and fights with it.
LAST WORDS OF GREAT MEN
It has been stated that the last
word's of King Alexander of Greece
when difficulty in breathing made it
hard for him to speak, were: "I can-
not bear it any longer; I am dying."I
His words recall other and remark-
able last sayings of monarchs and
celebrated men and women. Some
have passed into history. When the
great Protector, Oliver Cromwell,
was nearing his- end, he continually
repeated the words, "God . is good,".
and added at the last of all, "I would
willingly be of service to God and
His people, but my work is done."
Laconic, yet imbued with the same
sense, was George Washington's last
murmur, "Pt is well."
"I am taking a fearful leap in the
dark," said the aged phildsepher,
Hobbs, on whose tombstone are the
words, chosen by himself. "This is
the philosopher's stone." The dark
was in Goethe's thought also. "More
light," was his last dying utter-
ance.
Instances of the ruling passion
strong in death are striking. As
Nelson, who was -so emphatic on
duty, lay dying in the Victory's
codkpit, he uttered these last words,
"Thank God, I have done my duty."
Lord Chief Justice Tenterden thought
he was bark in the court dismissing
a jury: "Gentlemen," said he with
his dying breath, "you are all dis-
missed." Napoleon died at St. Hel-
ens, dressed in his uniform for battle
with the words, "Tete d'armee," on
his lips, winning, no doubt, some last
tremendous conflidt of a greater
Waterloo. Haller, the great surgeon,
was heard to exclaim as he felt his
pulse, "The artery ceases to beat,"
and with that he died.
What said Mary Queen of Scots as
she knelt on the scaffold at at Fotther-
ingay: "Into Thy hands, 0 Lord, I
commend my spirit." The last Words
spoken by Sir Henry Irving,. the fam-
ous actor, on the stage at Bradford
before he was stricken down, were,
"Into Thy hands, 0 Lord, into 'Phy
hands."
Who can forget that Jefferson,
true patriot andAmerican declared
ileus in the lops•
The French city' of Boutin in
Ming to Instal punt along its atreet0'
whiah can bis run by power taken frost,
wires of the atreet,,ear system in case
Of are.
A process has been discovered, for
hardening money •metal which resists
most acids, so that it can be used in
the. manufacture of•tools that require
Sharpened edges.
Japanese have •discovered a new
method of extracting aluminum from
certain metals . and will establish' a
large electrically operated refinery,
utilizing the process.
The world's largest industrial alco-
hol plant, in Baltimore, is saving and
maniketing a vast amount of carbon
dixoide gas, obtained as a byproduct
and formerly wasted.
,French and Italian engineers ' are
making studies on the ground for a
tunnel under MonhBlane to connect
their countries, a project that has
been considered for years.
An electric grinding machine has
been designed to simplify the work of
installing new tubes in oil boilers by
removing soot and scale that prevent
the making of tight joints.
Japanese experts have estimated
the coal deposits of their country to
contain nearly 9,000,000,000 tons, of
which almost 3,000,000,000 tons are
available by modern mining methods.
The inventor of a shrouded propell-
er for airplanes claims that it renders
a 'plane independent of wind and
weather and transforms energy of a
head wind into increased propeller
thrust.
estate, though not as much as had
been expected by those who knew
his frugal habits. Tagliapietra,
once a great favorite in New York,
left hardly any estate. Del Puente,
the baritone, saved his money and
left his family comfortably off.
Marie Roze, famous' for her beauty
as well as for her voice, died poor.
Campanini made a lot of money
with his voice, but when it failed
him he invested his savings as an
impressario and lost everything.
Annie Louise Carey had never the
opportunity to earn such fees as
Lind or Patti, .but she saved her
money, and when she died she left a
handsome fortune. She had also-
taken
lsotaken the precaution to become the
wife of a wealthy man, who wisely
advised her throughout her pro-
fessional career. Josef (Hofmann is
popularly credited with having
earned and saved more than any of
his fellows, with the exception of
Caruso.
Padprewski probably earned more
money, but Paderewski is a patriot
first and a pianist afterward. The
great bulk of his money has been
sunk in Poland, and probably he
will not see mudh of It. Paderewski
is by no means a poor man, and
though he plays no more he con-
tinues to live comfortably in Cali-
fornia. .Helfetz's violin is credited
with earning nearly a million dol-
lars for himself and his managers,
and will earn much more. Rach-
maninoff, who was robbed of his
fortune by the Bolsheviks, is now
in the United States earning another
one. It is estimated that in one
year he received $200,000, which in
eluded royalties on his pieces, as
well as fees for his performances.
Auer also lost a fortune in Rulseia
and is building up another one by
teaching. He will have little dif-
ficulty in doing it, while as regards
Rachmaninoff, if he continues to be
as successful for the next few years
as he was last season, he might
accumulate as much wealth as
Caruso.
FORTUNES LEFT BY STAGE
FAVORITES
It seems safe to say that Caruso
left a larger fortune than any other
great singer or musician. It has
been estimated at about a million and
a half dollars, but since Caruso is
supposed to have lived at the rate of
one hundred thousand dollars a year
for many years past it is probably
within the mark to say that his voice
earned him three million dollars, and,
because of the phonograph records, it
will continue for many years to pro-
vide money for his estate. It is not
often that the great artist is a great
saver' or a wise investor. As a rule
he is so occupied with his art that
he knows little about financial affairs
except to be greedy. He has to de-
pend upon others for advice in the
handling of his money, and frequent-
ly it is frittered away in foolish specu-
lations. If the artist is a woman
she is likely enou'gth to take some
wastrel as a husband, and in this
way ensure the dissipating of her
savings. '
Patti made a huge fortune
through her voice, but .when she
died her estate, instead of running
into the millions, fell short of
half a million dollars. Fifty years'
singing enabled Patti Ito accumulate
a tremendous sum of money, and in
her 1881 farewell in the United
States she is said to have received
$162,000 in San Francisco alone.
But her later farewells were not
so successful: When she sang in
1904 the people declined to turn
out so rapturously as they had been
doing for more than a generation.
The castle she acquired -in- Whles
probalbly consumed her savings at
an enormous rate. Jenny Lind did
not earn so much money as Patti,
but she left a larger estate, though
she was not as greedy. Patti used
to sit in her dressing room before
a performance with one slipper on
and one off, waiting for the mana-
ger to come up from the box-office
with the real coin before she would
sing a note. She was not a pleasant
person to do business with, this
little lady with the glorious voice.
Melba, another noble singer, who
has had a long period of success on
the stage, has now retired and is
reckoned one of the rich women of
Australia. Occasionally she takes •
a pupil, not from necessity, but I
from pleasure, while Lilii ,Lehmann
teaches only when she -funds a voice
which arouses her enthusiasm.
Nordica, a fine artist and a charm-
ing woman, ought to have left a
great fortune, but litigation has yet
failed to reveal what became of it
or even what was the fate of her
famous pearls. Nordica, like Caruso,
was warned by her first teacher
that she had no future as a singer
and was urged to adopt any other
profession. Caruso's first master
was probably a shrewder knave for,
while he predicted that in three
years Caruso would of have a voice
at all, he tied up the singer to a
contract by which he secured for him-
self- the lion's share of his earnings
for a long period of years.
Tamagno, the Italian, left a large
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