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“THE AUSTRALIAN NIGHTINGALE”
Nellie Melba, “The Australian Nightingale,” whose j
death at Melbourne was announced in yesterday's news
dispatches, was known to music lovers the world over j
for the wonderful purity, flexibility and sweetness of;
her voice in its dazzling upper registers, and was uni- j
versally acclaimed as one of the greatest sopranos of [
any era.
Well known in the United States, which she toured j
numerous times both in grand opera and in concert, j
Mme Melba also was the pride of London musical cir-;
cles and idol of the Parisian public. Her success in Italy,
Russia, Germany and in her own native Australia was
equally notable for the high honors accorded her.
The musical educations of Mme. Melba, whose real
name was Nellie Porter Mitchell, began when she was
three years of age, but it was only through long years
of hard, determined work that she advanced herself to j
a place in the foremost rank of great singers.
At the age of six she made her first appearance as
a vocalist, singing two little ballads to her own accom
paniment at a church concert in Melbourne. Her musi
cal talents were encouraged until it became apparent
that she contemplated a stage career, then her father
and the other members of her family became fearful,
and set about discouraging her.
Determined to give a public entertainment, she;
hired a hall and personally went about selling tickets j
to friends who had heard her sing in the choir. Behind
her came the distressed father, begging ticket holders j
as a family favor to stay away, and all but two of them J
did. Nevertheless, Melba faced her diminutive audience
and sang her program through precisely as though the
hall were pasked with enthusiasts.
Rv the time Melba was 27 years old her father had j
modified his opposition to her stage ambitions and al- j
lowed her to place herself under the instruction of Mme.
Marches! in Paris. Her stage debute was made in Brus
sels just a year later. She was an instantaneous suc
cess. Later came her brilliant appearance at Convent j
Garden, London, then followed her successes at Milan, j
Paris, Stockholm, Berlin and finally New York.
Sourdough Bill, the learned Alaska philosopher, j
says that by keeping filled with blue berries, goats
milk, rainbow trout, carrots, spinach, Moose Pass pota
toes and other things, you will have no fear of death.
With the exception of the trout and potatoes, perhaps
one would welcome it.
Wonder if when a newspaperman dies and enters
that unknown Portal, they slip him a paper pad and
pencil instead of a harp.
#5<*#**!it * £ # * #
An Alaskan contemporary recently made a slip by
attributing to Commodore Perry the famous remark,
“Don’t give up the ship.” Now, as everyone knows, it
was John Paul Jones who said that. What Commodore
Perry really said was “Damn the torpedoes,” after
hearing of Farragut’s telling Gridley to fire if and
when ready. This merely for the sake of keeping the
record crooked.
If Mr. Coolidge really runs in 1932, campaign earn
ings may be investigated instead of expenses.
A British political writer has been knighted. Most
of them ought to be crowned—with something.
Two Southeastern Alaska men who killed each
other as a result of an argument over a passage of
scripture have probably gotten it straight by now.
It makes no difference what people think of you,
or what they do to you. The only thing that matters to
you is what you think, and what you do to others.
Selfishness makes people mentally blind.
SEEK NEW HOMES
IN SOIIIHERN CHILE
SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb., 23, (/P)
With a number of other South
American countries clamping the i
lid on immigration, Chile plans
for the colonization of some 10,- |
000 Russian Cossack families in
the central and southern regions, j
Some of the Cossack leaders
were engaged in the colonization '
plan in Peru during the Leguia j
regime, but that venture failed.:
Chiefs of the advance guard i
claim that they are genuine Cos- '
sacks who gained so much fame |
before the fall of the Czar in I
Russia. I
They have made a distinct ini- |
pression on the government and j
the people here by their vigorous
physiques, their horsemanship,
and their energy.
They are anti-bolshevists, a fact ^
which makes them welcome. No
reds are admitted to Chile.
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Mrs. Andrew Horton has en- l
tered the Sewrard General Hos- \
pital for treatment.
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THE PORT OF SEWARD
Boats in port today included
the B. F. & M., Bill, Picaroon,
and the Discoverer.
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GOOD RECOVERY
The Alaska Juneau last month
showed a net operating surplus of
$126,500 according to the Juneau
Empire. The gross recovery was
$318,000 on 255,370 tons ol ore
mined and trammed to the mill.
The average recovery value was
89.48 cents per ton. The number
of tons mined and Crammed to
mill, 355.370.
ALASKAN DIES
Joseph W. A- Collins, 32 years old
the son of Mrs. J. J. Connors of
Juneau, died of pneumonia in a i
hospital in New York. He made |
his home with Mr. and Mrs. Con-1
ners in Candle for several years j
and moved to Juneau with them j
in 1914. says the Juneau Empire.
another attack
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. (7P)—
Senator Robert Wagner, democrat,
launched another attack on the
prohibition report of the Wick
ersham Committee insinuating
that the report contains evidence
of once having urged the repeal j
of the Eighteenth Amendment. He |
intimated that President Hoover
was responsible for the deleting of
this recommendation.
Phone for Iforlucdfs Danish
Ice Cream and we will deliver
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LEGAL NOTICE
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U. S. Land Office, Anchorage,
Alaska, December 13th. 1930.
Notice of Application for Patent,
Serial No. 06659. I
Notice is hereby given that C.
D. Whitney, Palous, Washington, I
R. F. D. No. 1 has made final
proof on his Homestead entry,
serial No. 06659, together' with
his witnesses, Wm. E. Baumann,
Afognak, Alaska and W. T. White,
Matanuska, Alaska, for the land
embraced in H. E. Survey No. 1736
containing 139.673 acres, situated
on west shore of Kizhuyak Bay
about three fourths mile south
west from N. end of Peregrebeni
Point on Kodiak Island, Alaska,
and is now in the files of the U.
S. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
If no protest is filed in the
said U. S. Land Office at Anch
orage, Alaska, during the period
of publication or within thirty days
thereafter, said final proof will
be accepted and final certificate
will issue.
J. Lindley Green,
Register.
Date of first publication Feb
ruary 16, 1931.
Date of last publication April
13, 1931.
Feb. 16, 23, 30, Apr. 6, 13, 1931.
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