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Show THE CITIZEN HOME, 6WEET HOME A gray, old farm house at East Hampton, L. I., the boyweather-beate- n hood home of John Howard Payne, and inspiration 'of his Immortal song, , U Home, Sweet, Home," Is about to be sold. Whether some organization formed to honor the memory of the American wanderer, poet, actor and playwright, will come forward to purchase the old place remains to be seen. That the historical and sentimental value of the home la appreciated, is indicated by . the fact that the East Hampton structure already has been charmingly reproduced In the Home, Sweet Home" houae erected in Washington, and of-ficially opened by President Harding, June 4, 1923. It is the permanent . headquarters of the General Federation of Womens Clubs, built to further the aims of the Better Homes In America campaign. Nothing of a formal nature has been done to connect the author of Home, Sweet, Home" officially with Mothers day, yet many persons feel there is an inescapable appropriateness in such connection. What could be more fitting, they ask, than to associate with that day, the song which is perhaps the best known in America, and which more clearly than any other gives expression to the thoughts which observance of that day engenders? With Mothers day recognized officially throughout the United States, and with millions of Americans observing it in telegrams or letters, why shouldnt recognition be accorded the author of the song which has fixed the sentiment imperishably in the mind3 of Americans? Paynes mother was bom at East Hampton. She died when John Howard was 16 years old. The greater part of the brief period he spent with her was passed at the old farm house, and .this was in reality the only home he ever knew. At the time of his moth ers death, Payne was a student in Union college, Schenectady. Writing of his bereavement, the boy said: Since Mother's death, all nature seems speechless; the flowers have lost their colors and their perfume. But when I think of Mothers many virtues there comes a solace to soothe my deep grief. If a life spent in the exercise of all that is pure and noble in female character can lift the cloud from the bereaved heart, then the dispersion will be mine. The stranger witnessed her urbanity; the afflicted were solaced by her sympathy, but her family alone knew the extent of her meek and unassuming goodness. Home, Sweet Home" was part of the opera, Clari, the Maid of Milan, written by Payne in Paris in 1823. The song itself, according to an Intimate friend of the author, was written one dull October day when he was occupying a small room in the upper story of a building near the Palais Royal. The depressing Influence of the sky and air were in harmony with the feeling of solitude and sadness which oppressed him, the friend wrote. As he sat in his room, diverting, his thoughts with the sight of happy crowds the words came rushing to his ' ' . o. . 0 1 , mind, to lift, console and refresh his overburdened heart The music of the song was adapted by Henry R. Bishop from an old Sicilian vesper. The opera was produced at Covent Garden theater, London, ,and had an immediate success. One hundred thousand copies of Home, Sweet Home" were sold during the first year. Payne died in Tunis, Africa, in 1852. Though he was then United States consul, he was heavily in debt Indeed, throughout his nomadic life, he waB constantly in financial difficulties and spent some time in a debtors prison, though he earned large sums as an actor and as an author. As a precocious and handsome youth, he was heralded on the American and English stage as the American Roscius, and appeared in the principal theatres of both the United States and England. As an author he wrote or translated some fifty plays, including tragedies, comedies and melodramas. A few were written in collaboration with Washington Irving. Payne was the intimate friend of many noted British authors, including Southey, Coleridge, Rogers, Byron and Shelley, and he was the unsuccessful rival of Washington Irving for the affections of Mary Wollstoncraft Shelley, widow of the poet In March, 1993, the remains of John Howard Payne were brought to the United States at the instance of William W. Corcoran, and reinterred with great ceremony at Oak Hill cemetery, Georgetown, near Washington, D. C. The elaborate invitations to the reinterment ceremonies contained a portrait of the author, flanked on one side by a picture of the Home, Sweet Home," house at East Hampton, and on the other by a view of the towers and minarets of Tunis. A large reproduction of an oil painting of the lHome, Sweet Home, house at East Hampton is now on exhibition in the windows of various estem Union offices throughout the country. LITTLE VALUE IN RECORDS TRAVELING ACROSS COUNTRY Transcontinental records, like records made on the Indianapolis speedway, are merely relative and informative. Because one or more cars can be driven 500 miles at a speed of 100 miles or better per hour is of no more value to the ordinary motorist than is the fact that an automobile can be driven from San Francisco to New York at an average speed of over 42 miles per hour; it only tells him that one can travel across the continent in a motor car in seven hours less time than he can in a railroad train. The drive made by L. B. Miller, who left San Francisco at 10 a. m., May 31, and who, following the Lincoln highway, reached New York City at 8:55 p. m., June 3, was a wonderful achievement. Then he started west over another route and reached Los Angeles just one minute under one week from the hour he had left San Francisco. Mr. Average Motorist, reading an account of Millers performance, will not be prompted by any desire to crors the continent with similar speed; but . I r he will receive the impression that it is now possible to drive a motor car from coast to coast at reasonable , speed and in reasonable comfort. He will believe that America has highways that the day of motor touring has arrived. And he will be right. It is Interesting to read the hlsto.y of transcontinental motoring and thereby learn what made possible such a drive as Millers. In 1903 F. T. (better known as Tom) Fetch attempted to learn whether or not one could drive from San Francisco to New York. He equipped himself with the best then to be had in motor cars, a one cylinder Packard, equipped with the oil lamps used in that day and loaded with appliances enough to build his road, if necessary, as he went along. His guide was a map of the Union Pacific raildoad, the best and only road information obtainable at that time. On June 18, 1903, he started the big venture. Directed by the railroad folder and a compass, opening gates, cutting wire fences and making inquiry at every possible opportunity, he succeeded in reaching New York in 53 days. In 1927 Mr. Miller, in a Crysler 80, lighted his road with an invention of the chief engineer of the General Electric company, by which he was able to see his road as plainly at night as in the day, motored between the same two cities in h three and days. is It safe to assert that Miller made his drive with far less physical discomfort and far less hardship than did Fetch. Milers equipment was such as you would use on an ordinary outing in the country. He had the usual number of spare tires and the usual tools that go with an automobile. The Union Pacific map and the compass were replaced by a continuous chain of steel signs marking the Lincoln highway. The balance of the work depended on the stamina of the vehicle and of the driver. The veriest novice can, and thousands of them do, make the same trip annually; they take two weeks or more, the length of time being dependent on the amount of sightseeing they desire to do. Ilco-Ryan-Lite- s, one-fourt- own frlendsas subjects, and they will go wild when they see theme.. 7;, There is no science that has devel oped so fast as photography, which has had a startling growth since films were brought into use. Formerly glass plates, dark rooms and rather crude chemical methods were a bar to ail except the most ambitious amateur photographers. But films revolutionized amateur and professional photography and it made the motion picture possible. THE FIRST MAN A New York school boy was asked: Who was the first man?" George Washington," he replied. Nonsense," said the teacher. What makes you say that?" Because," said the boy, repeating a well known quotation, he was first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen." That may be, commented the teacher, but nevertheless Adam wa3 the first man. Oh," retorted the boy' with contempt fine if youre talking about thats different Chronicle Telegraph. for-eignt- rs, Pittsburg BIG RAIL 8AVING. About one billion dollars will be saved to the traveling and shipping public of the United States during 1927 by reductions in rates made since the rate peak of 1921, according to T. O. Edwards, general auditor for the Southern Pacific. The estimate is based on the fact that freight business has been larger this year than in 1926. The saving will be somewhat lower if any unexpected decline in traffic develops during the second half of 1927. The railways actually received less for handling freight and passenger business in 1926 than they would have received if the peak rates of 1921 had been in effect and this year the saving should be larger, Edwards said. $910,-224,0- 00 Gunnison Salina-Fis- h Lake road to be improved and named Lions Trail." Ogden Hotel Bigelow, 14 stories high, costing $1,250,000, Is opened. PHOTOGRAPHY There is no better fun tthan taking pictures. There is every size of a kodak in the market, and in keeping writh the spirit of the times they are made at prices to fit the purse." Some of the new cameras are even small enough to put In ones pocket, and these take first-clas- s pictures. Larger and more expensive cameras provide all the needs of photography. The latest thing in cameras is called It is a practical home the movie camera. It is a screaming You go out into the field with it as you would with an ordinary camera, and as you press a button, a shutter whirls Inside, and the film slides swiftlens. You ly behind the have a thrill as you realize that you are taking your first movie. You dont have to have Jackie Coo-gaor Charlie Chaplin for a movie hero any longer. You can take your Cine-Koda- k. scu-ces- s. ever-focuse- d n Salt Lake City Clark estate pro3- - pecting old Ophir Hill property, with shaft 1385 feet deep. St. George Cannery will be built to handle crop from 20,000 fig trees. PROBATE AND GUARDIANSHIP NOTICES. Consult County Clerk or the Signers for Further Information. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary L. Albaugh, deceased. Creditors will present claims with vouchers to the undersigned at No. 801 Kearns Building, Salt Lake City, State of Utah, on or before the 29th day of October, A. P. 1927. BETTY EUZABETII DAWSON. Administratrix of the estate of Mary Ll Albaugh, deceased. F. C. LOOFBOUROW, Attorney for Administratrix. Date of first publication, July 23rd. A. D. 1927. ' |