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<• I YATES COUNTY’S LEADING NEWSPAPEB lA H . ADVERTISEMENTS IN THIS PAPER REACH 18,000 READERS ALL THE NEWS FOR ALL YATES COUNTY Volume CIII—Number 15 PENN YAN, N. Y., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14.1926 Whole Number 5319 HISTORIC POTTER PLACE SOLD BY TIM OTHY COSTELLO TO FENTON WAGAR Large Farm Again Changes H ands W ith D eed Dating Back Some 1 1 0 Years — JLouis Phillippe, Later King of France, Sought R efuge in Old Manor in 1776 - Once Exchanged 1 2 ,0 0 0 A cres for $ 7 ,0 0 0 I Saturday the old and famous Potter place in the town of Potter owned since March, 1913, by Timothy Costel lo, of Penn Yan, was sold by the Wal ter 13. Tower real estate agency to Fenton Wagar, sheep raiser, of Mid dlesex. The transfer was completed and occupancy was secured by Mr. Wagar at 1.1 o’clock Saturday night. The sale includes all of the 550 acres ou the place, the historic old house, farm buildings, stock, etc. The Potter place, located -about three miles from Penn Yan on the Marcus Whitman Highway, is a con spicuous farm lying in the valley. same as when originally constructed, about 110 years ago. In this mansion have been enter tained in times past, many persons of distinction. Among these were the Duke Liancourt, in 1795, and the Duke of Orleans, in 1796. The latter per sonage became in 1830, (as history re cords) Louis Phillippe, King of the French, or as likewise styled by his “ loving” subjects, “ The Citizen King.” From this position he made a hasty and undignified exit eighteen years later. The room which he occupied while a guest of Judge Potter is still shown to visitors. Smcc Mr Costello has owned it he m mo> whjle ou his way lo Phi,adcl- ,as greatly improved the tarm until hj ,lvith a dvove ot- catUe, Judge Pot- ‘.rn^'n^T e lU1 T f SOm° 'er died in Harrisburg. Pa., and is $50,000. 1 he neuv stale highway runs buried there. His two S011S, who “ died ihreclly through it. Mr. Wagar is now ; and heirless,” are buried on the moving to lus new place, which he will probably use in his business of j sheep raising. ' The Potter place has a history. Bene dict Arnold Potter, born in the state of Rhode Island in 1761, was an active and enterprising man and after com ing to this section as a follower of the Friend faith became county court judge for Ontario, which then includ ed tv hat is now Yates county. He had 42,000 acres in that section at that time and on a part of it erected the present mansion, a, most extraordinary build- lug in its day. Every room, not except ing the kitchen, has a deep and uvide fireplace. Though considerably im proved in the past few years the house on the old Potter place is much the Potter place, not far from the house. Elisha It. Potter, in -no way related to Arnold Potter, later came into pos session of the place. He secured 12,- 000 acres for $7,000. On Saturday Mr. Costello turned over to Mr. Wagar a deed vwhich goes back to and was in corporated in the original transfer of the 42,000 acres to Arnold Potter, more than 110 years ago. In later days it is said that much of this large original tract was given to workmen by Mr. Potter as pay for their labor. It is also said that some of the farms near the present Potter place are owned and worked by the children of men 'who secured their places by this method. MISS HELEN KELLER TO SPEAK HERE APRIL 23 RD Wondc-r Woman Will Appear at Pres byterian Church in Public Meeting, Helen Keller, who is considered the wonder woman because she has over come insurmountable difficulties through determination to be educated, and has learned to speak, and gradu ated. from Radcliffc College with a iiigh degree, will appear in Penn Van on April 23, 1926. She will be accom panied by her faithful teacher and companion, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, who is assisting her to carry on an extensive campaign in behalf of the American Foundation for the Blind, to which she is now devoting her life. The work of this foundation is mainly an endeavor to help the 100,000 blind of this country to help themselves through education to make them pro ductive and Independent. She will speak at an invitational meeting in the Presbyterian Church on Friday, April 23rd, at 7:30 o’clock. II. M. Keavin Captured. Howard M. Keaviu. 30, alleged mur derer and fugitive, from justice, who on May -1, 1924, assisted by his wife, held up a deputy sheriff in the On tario county jail at Canandaigua mak ing his escape, was captured at Oleau April 11 after a sensational revolver battle with police and citizens. Heuv taken by Sheriff Holies, of Ontario county, to the Canandaigua jail where he was identified. YATES COUNTY ESTATES AT SURROGATE'S COURT Value of Real and Persona! Property. Given in Quarterly Report. The following estates of decedents were passed upon in Yates County Surrogate’s Court, for the- quarter end ing March 31, 1926: James Walker, Italy, real property, $5,500, personal property. $3,000; Ed na MacKay, Penn Yan, $3,000, $5,000; William E. Phillips, Benton, personal, $6,000; Carrie Wainwright, Dundee, $3,000, $5,000; Clement Polmatier, Rushville; Samuel McElwee, Milo, $12,000, $1,100; John L. Shuman, Pot ter, $900, $500; George O. Pierce, Star ke}\ $9,000, $600; Estella C. Myers, Middlesex, $2,000, $300; Alonzo Quick, Milo, personal, $300; John B. Gilbert, Penn Yan, $5,000, $6,000; Hiram Dib ble, Dundee, $5,000, $1,000; Samuel Loomis, Dundee, $800, $1,000; Albert Hendrick, Dundee, personal, $150; Clarissa Darling, Penn YanJ personal, $1,000; Fred Benedict, $5,000, $1,000; Hugh Sweeney, Jerusalem, $450, $300; Edward F. Norris, Himrod, $300, $1,- 500; Nellie Fox, Penn Yan, $3,500, $100; Samantha J. Benedict, Jerusa lem, personal, $5,000; Albert C. Fox; William Holtby, Penn Yan, personal, $1,000; Lewis B. Shaw, Barrington, $600, $1,100; Elizabeth Bogart, Jeru salem, $1,500, $300; Gertie G. Hunt, Penn Yan, personal, $500. MLSS HELEN KELLER. Miss Helen Keller lias a Great Dane dog named “ Seigliude.” The dog has been taught to say “ Ma ma” by a similar method by which Miss Keller was taught to speak. This was brought about by the great dog’s fondness for candy and cane. Mrs. Macy had taught Miss Keller to speak by repeating a word over and over again until the blind girl got the vibrations of her voice through the sense of touch, and imitated it. Tempting Seigliude with candy, she repeated “Ma-ma” over and over again. Seigliude tried to answer, but only succeeded in wailing. Although it seemed useless, she persevered, and after months of work finally gave it up. Then one day when nobody ex pected it, Seigliude suddenly sat up and said “Ma-ma.” Seigliude pronounces the name more clearly than most persons now; when a piece of candy or cake is held out to him and someone says “ Ma-ma” he immediately mimics. If the morsel is withheld, he repeats “ Ma-ma,” “ Ma- Ma-ma,” until he is given the same. Richard Marouey, Jr., of Perm Yan, It, D. 10, who works for the Postal Telegraph office in this village, brought into the Chronicle-Express of fice a copy of “ Entertaining Anec dotes,” by J. B. McClure, published in 1880. This book was found in the waste paper at the Milo Mills recently and contains the following story said to have been copied from -a Penn Yan newspaper: “A horse with a snake in his eye was in town last week on exhibition at the Knapp House stables. The rep tile is comfortably located in the wa tery humor of the left, eye, and is sev eral inches in length, perfectly formed, of a white color and a,bout the size of an ordinary darning needle. It is plainly visible and is constantly on the move, wriggling and twisting in every direction: Its presence does not seem Seigliude and Miss Keller can be 1 to annoy the horse in the least and »» w : seen together most of the time, for ' the dog adores his mistress and is her _ veritable shadow. Stock Keuka Lake. Twenty cans of fingerling trout sent here from the state fish hatchery at Caledonia were emptied into Keuka Lake at Picnic Point near Branch port Friday night of last week. has evidently created no inflammation in or about the eye. It has, however, changed the color of the eye ball, it being of a lighter shade than that of the right eye, and has affected the sight somewhat. The snake was first discovered about two months ago when it was much smaller than it is now. How it came in the horse’s eye is a question which puzzles scientists. The horse is owned by a man from Clyde.” Ice Breaking Record. * Unless the weather suddenly turns much wa,rmer this week and strong winds drive the ice out of Keuka Lake a new record will be established. Seth Bishop, of Branchpoint, re members ‘when the ice remained in the lake one year until April 15th. James Stratton, of Penn Yan, has a record in his diary of sqeing the ice jam a hole in Ray Campbell’s cottage on the 15th of April, 1912/ On that year, presumably, all the ice did not clear the outlet until about two days later, which would be the 17th of April. At present the ice is shifting from shore to shore and is out as far as the Science Camp, the other two branches being clear. It will take considerable wrea,til er, however, to clean it out, so a new record will be set this year if ice remains after Satur day. DEATH TAKES MANY DURING PAST WEEK Mrs. W illiam W ebbie,Mrs. James Sprague, Edwin Babcock, Geo. Eastman, R. H. Conklin, Dr.Tuthill AWARDED $75,000 FOR INJURIES E. J. Hammond, Fireman on Pennsylvania Freight Engine R e c o v e r s for Penn Yan A ccident Martin Bockus, telegraph operator, Charles Kirkpatrick, yard clerk, and J. J. Powers, section foreman for the Pennsylvania railroad in Penn Yan; Samuel Bowersox, conductor, and Per cy Moorehousc, motorman, on the Penn Yan, Branchport and Lake Shore Trolley Co., were called to Buffalo last week lo testify in the case of Edsall J. Hammond, who claimed an award for injuries received when he was knocked from the cab of an engine while passing through the yards in this village. The accident occurred ou June 11, 1923. Hammond was fireman on a freight which passed through here go ing north at night. While leaning out of the cab of his engine he was struck and knocked to the ground by a coal car standing just north of the Penn sylvania passenger station on one of the1 trolley sidings. He was taken to the S. & S. Hospital and remained there for a -long time receiving treat ment. An Elmira paper reports; “Seventy-seven thousand dollars, the largest amount, ever reported in a ver dict for personal injuries in Federal Court in Erie County, was returned in favor of Edsall J. Hammond, of Ad miral Place, this city, by a jury at Buffalo Wednesday. The plaintiff was represented by Attorney Mortimer L. Sullivan, of this city. “Mr. Hammond was injured June 11, 1923, while employed by the Penn sylvania railroad as a fireman at Penn Van. The verdict Wednesday was giv en on a retrial of the case, after an award of $47,000 on the first trial was disallowed by the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals. “According to witnesses, Mr. Ham mond was struck by an engine and hurled lo the ground when he thrust his head out of a cab window of his en gine. As a result of the accident he was forced to lie in a hospital for months with weights attached to his legs. His right hand was so badly mangled, according to medical testi- many, that it is only a matter of time when it must be amputated. “According to the contention of his attorneys, Mr. Hammond fractured a vertebra near his head and as a re sult cif this is not able to use his arm, so that the arm is virtually dead. At torney Alexander S. Diven and attor neys for the railroad contended that the plaintiff had not been struck by the locomotive, but that he had fallen from the cab. “ On the first trial of the action in 1924, Hammond was awarded a $47,000 verdict in Buffalo. The railroad took ail appeal, alleging errors in charging the jury. The Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the court had allowed ex traneous matter to pass into the rec ord and a new trial was ordered. The road also claimed in its appeal that the $47,000 verdict was excessive.” It is said that the case will be car vied to a higher court. WILLIAM HOWARD INGRAM. The death o l Howard, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Ingram, of Starkey, occurred at the Penn Yr,n Hospital Saturday, April 10, 1926. About two weeks previous he was tak en to the hospital where he underwent an operation for mastoiditis and seemed to recover favorably from, the operation, but later serious complica tions developed and blood transfusion was resorted to in an effort to save his , life, which proved of no avail. Howard was born in Starkey, Oct. 26, 1911, and was 14 years of age. He is survived by his parents; a sister, Mrs. Frank Tinney, of Gage; a brother, Lee Ingram, of Elmira, and his grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rugg, of Penn Yan. The funeral was held from* the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Kirk Patrick in Penn Van, Tuesday aft ernoon, April 13th, Rev. Jesse Mullette. pastor of the Dundee and Starkey Methodist churches, officiating. Burial in Lake View cemetery, Penn Yan. Errors in Newspapers. Errors, typographical and oth envise, are the bugbears of pub lishers. The doctor, it is said, buries his mistakes, the lawyer digs them up and finds that they were not mistakes. The business man hides his mistakes in the red ink section, of his books. Every error the newspaper man makes, 'whether it be in the com posing room or the newsroom, is flaunted before the public for everyone to see. The newspa per, as a business, has about as much privacy as a goldfish. Therefore, when you think that your favorite newspaper is mak ing too many mistakes, stop and think how much more worried are the newspaper men.—Walter S. Ball, editor, Providence (R. I.) Sunday Journal. OLD TIME FIDDLERS AND DANCERS DRAW OUR IMPRESSIONS OF CALIFORNIA RICHARD HENRY CONKLIN. Richard Henry Conklin, aged 72 years, who passed away Friday, April 9th, in Penn Yan, son of Mr. and Mrs Peter Conklin, was born Sept. 17, 1854, at Willowhurst in the town ot Jerusalem, this county. He was ac Live in this locality during his entire life. He is survived by two brothers. Charles C. Conklin, of this village, and John C. Conklin, of Bluff Point; and two sisters, Mrs. William Ansley. of Milo Center, and Mrs. Emma Chap pell, of Savona. For the past 27 years Mr. Conklin made his home with his brother, Charles, at 338 Elm Street from which home he will be deeply missed. The funeral was held Mon day at 2 p. m., from this home, with Rev. E. W. Chapin, pastor of Seconc Milo Baptist church, officiating. Bur ial was in Lake View cemetery. r. O. Hamlin Describes Scenes on W ay to Pasa dena — Predicts Steady Growth in South Calif. Article No. 1. This trip being our eighth, one would naturally conclude that little can be said that has not already ap peared in former -articles. Passing over the unpleasant features of an all day stay in Chicago, and an all-night vide to Kansas City, the first interest ing objects were when passing through Kansas. This part of our trip required about 12 hours travel and we were attracted oy the Large farms, large corn fields and isolation of many of the farmers, some of them a mile from their neav- jst neighbor. After passing through i corner of Colorado in the night, the next morning we were in New Mexico. Jonditions there appeared pretty hard .tnd we concluded the only reason any _me stayed there w.as because they :ould not get. away. The usual occu pation was raising cattle and we judged me soil was not good enough for any other purpose. What grass we could see was brownish in color and so short vve 'wondered how the cattle could eat ,t. It must, however, be nutritious as generally the cattle were in fair win ter condition. Soon after leaving Albuquerque we -vere again on the desert with its in vesting features of va-st distances, jreat rocky formations of all shapes tnd different colors, and the ever- present sage brush. In many places he desert was fenced off -and the land ised for raising horses. We did not .liscover what they could eat and they Appeared listless and discouraged. Occasional places in the desert would be entirely bare where not even age brush could grow, there being „>nly bare sand. On some of the rocky formations hardy specimens of cedars lave maintained a stunted growth vhere nothing but a crack in the rock ,vas visible. And ever present were he vast illimitable spaces of waste and as far as the eye could reach. At ian Bernadino we had bright sunshine, flue sky, warm temperature and al most immediately were passing hrough the orange groves, the yellow -ranges in pleasant contrast with the lark green leaves. Passing rapidly down the valley we soon arrived at /asadena, the end of our trip, passing ,hrough a number of smaller places on ihe way. Since our arrival in January we have had mostly summer weather rom ten o’clock until four with cool tights, and abundant rains have pro dded plenty of water. Nothing can irevent the continued development of Southern California except a lack of vater permanently, and we are told dans are now being carried out.to pro file an ample supply. In going about the city new features ire constantly discovered and many houses are being built in the suburbs. In one section the -architecture is )f Spanish type, very attractive, and the houses are in full view of the won- ierful mountains. In fact, no location is quite complete that does pot include a vie'w of them. In passing through a dozen or more smaller nearby places, we were surprised to see the number of houses being built. The real estate man is not as prominent, and aggres sive as last year, but that does not prevent the building of homes. We question what all these people can find to do for a living as manufacturing is greatly lacking (but is increasing) in proportion to the population. Probably many of them have sufficient means, and a family can live very economic ally if so disposed. The fuel question is not the problem that it is in the east, and even in the winter months, heat is needed only at night and in the morning. In the hottest weather )f summer, the nights are cool enough to sleep under blankets. The more familiar we become of this wonderful clima,te, the more our impression is confirmed of a great future for South ern California. In our opinion, the population will increase steadily for uany years, but we repeat the caution given heretofore, those going there should arrange definitely about getting back as positions are 'difficult to get. H, (To be continued.) Permits Nets for Taking Bait in Lake Keuka. Yates County Game Warden Earl Sutherland, of, Keuka Parle, lias re ceived the following instructions from J. T. Mahoney, superintendent of in land fisheries, dated March 15lh at Albany: “Gill nets 25 feet in length and un der, having a mesh not larger than one inch, may be used in Keuka, Lake and Seneca Lake in the taking of saw bel lies for bait for the owner’s personal use. “Glass or wire minnow nets, with out wings or leaders, may be set for taking minnows for bait, for the tak er’s personal use but not for sale, in any of the waters of the state of New York, provided that no such trap shall exceed 20 inches in length and that .aperature therein for the en trance of the minnows shall not ex ceed one inch in diameter. “Set lines for the taking of bull heads may be used in Lake Keuka, pro viding a license so to do be obtained from the Conservation Commission.” EDWIN BABCOCK. Edwin Babcock, aged 68 years, died in the S. & S. Memorial Hospital ol Penn Yan, Monday night, April 12th He is survived by lus widow; one son William Carlton, and'two sisters, Mar nett and Marietta, all of Penn Yan The funeral will be held from the home on North Avenue at 2:30 Thurs day afternoon, Rev. W. 11. Wheatle: officiating. Burial in Lake View ceme tery. Mr. Babcock had not been well this spring and was taken to the hospital last week for a serious operation. A* first he was considered to be improv ing, but on Monday he became worse Death occurred late that night. MRS. WILLIAM WEBBIE. Mrs. Mary Etta Webbie, aged 51 years, died at the home of her son-in law, Nelson Porter, of Keuka Street Thursday, April 8th. She is survivec by her husband, William; one daugh ter, Mrs. Nelson Porter; one sister Jennie R. Smith, of Rochester, and on< brother, Fred H. Lynn, of Penn Yan The funeral was held from the late residence Monday afternoon, at 1 o’clock, Rev. S. G. Houghton official ing. Burial in Lake View cemetery. GEORGE Y. EASTMAN. George Y. Eastman, aged 87 years died at his home on the west short of Lake Keuka, Thursday afternoon April 8th. He was the last surviving member of the Moses Eastman family of Penn Yan and lived on the old Han ford estate, just outside the village limits. The funeral was held fron. the late residence Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock, Rev. J. Howard Perkins officiating. Burial in Lake View ceme tery. MRS. JAMES SPRAGUE. Mrs: Mattie W. Sprague, aged 68 years, died at her home on Liberty street Monday, April 12. She is sur vived by her husband, James Sprague, and one son, Howard, at home. The funeral was held Wednesday, April 14, at 2 p. m., Rev. Thomas de Gruchy of ficiating. Burial in Lake View. (Continued on pages 4 aud 13.) Centennial of Railroads. Does crime pay? Well, a young man who held up a Kansas City barber shop got 10 cents and 10 years. , In a, communication to stockholders. President P. E. Crowley calls at ten tion to the interesting fact that the New York Central railroad this yeai celebrates its centennial anniversary, the small beginning of that great sys tem, the Mohawk & Hudson, 17 miles in length, having been chartered on April 17, 1826. The French Parliament has agreed at last to make the French people pay taxes, and' now all that remains is to make the French people pay taxes. News and Features This Week. Current N e w s............... 1 and 9 Penn Yan Personals . . . 4 Penn Yan Locals .......... 13 Rushville News ........... 1 6 Gorham N e w s ............... 7 Editorial Page ............... 10 Classified A d s ............... 2 Rude Rural Rhyme .... 10 Penn Yan M arkets ___ 10 New York Markets .... 9 Additional Penn Yan Locals 3 Illustrated P o e m ......... 10 People's Forum ........... 10 County News .............. 3, 8, 14 T. O. Hamlin Letter. . . . 1 LARGEST CROWDS EVER THEATRE Contests Continued Wednesday and Thursday to Accommodate Hundreds Turned Away—Realism of Barn Scene Fires Dancers and Musicians to Spirited Display of Talent—Audience the Judge Most of us nowadays are always ready to stand up for -our rights and let somebody else stand up for our du ties. The fiddlers fiddled, the dancers danced, the chickens cackled, the caws danced, the chickens cackled, the cow so everybody was happy and had the best time of their lives at the Old Time Fiddlers aud Dancers Contest held under the auspices of the Chron icle-Express and the Elmwood Theatre in the theatre Monday and Tuesday of this week. The attendance exceeded without ex ception all other attendance records. Both evenings at 6:30, 45 minutes be fore time, only limited standing room was available and hundreds who had dliven to Penn Yan from .all sections of Yates and from parts of neighboring counties were turned away disappoint ed. Because of the crowds turned away on these two nights the contest is lin ing continued two more nights and the winners will be decided by popular ap plause Thursday. Surrogate's Court. At the Yates county surrogate’s court this week letters of guardian ship 'were issued to Bessie R. Dexter on the $3,950 estate of Luin Russell Dex ter, minor; letters of guardianship were also issued to Bessie R. Dexter oh the $3,950 estate of Carolyn Russell Dexter, minor. Letters of guardianship were issued to -William M. Houck on the $500 es tate of his so-n, Miles W. Houck. Clarence G. Heck, of Pittsburgh, Pa., lias petitioned that he and his sister, Lillian Spaulding, be appointed ad ministrators of the $350 personal and $2,000 real estate of their father, .Step hen Heck, resident of the town of Jerusalem. Mr. Heck died at Alpine, N. Y., April, 1926, interstate. Letters of administration were issued to Em ma L. Cole on the $2,200 personal and $300 real estate of Charles W. Cole. Heirs are Mary J. Cole, mother; Em ma L. aud Ada, sisters; Frank Cole, brother. JUNIOR ENTERTAINMENT IN P. Y. A. MONDAY Announce Casts of Two One-Act Plays . and Numbers on Program. ♦ The juniors will give an attractive entertainment in the assembly hall at the academy at 8:15 p. m. on Monday, April 19. The program is as follows: Selection of Academy Orchestra Vocal Solo by Mrs. Leman Conley Violin Solo by Marie Corey THE HAPPY DAY. Farce in oce .act by O. Roberts (Synopsis) Sybil Marlotve worried to death by the burden of preparation for a fash ionable wedding and one the eve of a quarrel with her fiance over the strenuous entertainment of her friends cuts the knot when am impossible country cousin turns up with a demand to serve as bridesmaid aud gets mar ried on the quiet. The cast: Mrs. Marlowe, middle-aged and pret ty, Addie Smith Anne Loving, a neighbor, Kathryn lloyt Sybil Marlowe, the bride, Janet Bailey Kitty Fern, a dressmaker, middle- aged and a. little gray, Ellen Schofield Opal Neff, society reporter of the “Daily Clarion,” Belle Culhane Mrs. Tatlock, country relative, Eliza beth Watkins Polly Tatlock, her daughter, Kath leen Walker The Man, Roswald Smith Folk Dance, Catherine Zimmerman and Ruth Bridgman Baritone Solo, Ralph Platmau A GIRL TO ORDER. A college sketch in one act by B. A. Springer. (Synopsis) A college youth finds he must give a satisfactory account to liis father of how he spent $275 recently remitted. As it has gone in pastimes to 'which the parent is opposed he cannot do this and laces removal from college. With the help of his chums he pre pares an itemized account of expendi tures supposedly made lor “the girl.” Father’s unexpected arrival compli cates matters. The sketch is rapid in action and abounds in many good laughs. The cast: Dudley “ Dud” Elliott, a senior, Fred Lun-n Howard “Lady” Clayton, a junior, his roommate, Leslie Weller Fred “Puck” Evans, also a junior, Harry McConnell Earl “Biscuits” Nelson, a sopho more, Samuel Botsford Mr. Elliott, “Dud’s father, Thurlow Yaxley Elsie Jordan, Doris Stever Music, Academy Orchestra The setting for this rustic event was most appropriate. One entered the theatre through piles of baled straw and over the floor littered with hay and corn husks. Inside the air was filled with the aroma of fresh straw and cured hay and occasionally from behind the scenes came the whinnie of the horse, loaned by Gordon II. Simpson, and the moo of the cow, loaned by Erwin Pulver, all of which added to the reality. Following the picture the curtains parted revealing Ed. Hoyt milking the penile “ bossie” in a typical barn 'with stall and horse, hay mow and piles of l a.led straw. In fact, so realistic 'was the scene that some of those seated veil in the front of the orchestra sec- I ion seemed to be bothered with hay lYver. (Continued on page five.) 0. A. R. IN CHARGE OF UNION SERVICE Miss Mae Baker of Keuka College to Read \Enoch Arden” in Penn Yan M. E. Church Sunday Under the auspices of the Gu-ya-no- ga Chapter, Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, the following program will be given at the Methodist Epis copal church Sunday evening, April 18th, at 7:30: Violin, organ and piano trio, “Alle- gvo-Vivace,” (Mendelssohn), Miss Bridgman, Mrs. Winters, Mrs.. Mitch ell; anthem, “O, Love of God Most Full,” (Scott), choir; solo, recession al (de Koven), Miss Horton; duet, “Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts” (Gotze), Miss Windnagle and Mr. Platman; recital. “Enoch Arden,” Miss Baker assisted by Miss Space. Everyone is cordially invited. An offering for Americanization will be taken. That German rotor ship, on her way to America, ought to interest all our Rotarians. Signs of spring: Birds singing, flow ers blooming, gasoline going up. On Wednesday evening, March 24. at Keuka College, Tennyson’s melo- d.ranla, Enoch Arden, with musical setting by Richard Strauss, was pre sented by Miss Mae H. Baker, head of the Department of Dramatic Art, and Miss Helen Space. Enoch Arden, a masterful story that has been paralleled many times in ac tual experience, makes exacting de mands of the reader. It is in no sense easy and it requires strength and un usual ability in portraying the finer s-iades and emotions so characteristic of Tennyson. No light, no shadow es caped the artistry of Miss Baker, who handled the difficult theme so skill fully that Hie crude but noble sailor seemed a living presence. We heard his wooing in the chill November twi light; we saw his cheery home, his luckless departure, his ship-wreck, his desolate solitude on the “beauteous hateful isle,” his rescue, and his ter rible home-coming. Time had ship wrecked his home, his very life—but how admirable was his heroism, how deep his unselfish love in not disclos ing his identity—lest he should cause suffering to her he loved—Annie. In that part of the reading in which Philip, Annie’s rejected suitor of old- endays, told her of his love and of liis wish to care for her in Enoch’s absence, Miss Baker was superb in interpretation and in feeling. Not a listener moved, and it is not too much to say that each heart beat in yearn ing for Philip, as Annie asked him to wait, even as he had waited all his life. From the childhood quarrels of the three children: Annie, Philip and Enoch, to the lazy gossip of Mariam Lane, the tavern keeper, and the last low prayer of the dying Enoch—Miss Baker’s dialect and intonation were faultless, revealing always a. wealth of insight, lyric beau I y, and dramatic excellence. The musical accompaniment, rich in diminished and augmented bar' monies, identifies itself remarkably with Tennyson's sad, sweet story. The characteristic themes, recurring each time the principal actors of the poetic drama arc mentioned and interwoven in close harmony when the charac ters are related, emphasized and ac centuated the mysterious plot-devel opment. Seldom is beautiful poetry so closely united with melody of such charming intricacy. Miss Space’s sympathetic touch and skillful interpretation of this music gave dramatic power and sweetness to the entire poem. From the prelude where he heard the waves surging and receding in the interpretations of “Long lines of cliff, breaking, have left a chasm,” to the last throbbing notes interpretative of “So passed the strong, heroic soul away,” the difficult music was played with such fine feel ing and understanding that nothing was left to be desired by the audience. rtfSip#' ne ii. A: tat . I e #
