Show PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT 5 AN AMERICAN COMPOSER HONORED fine work and original has been done by ed ward macdowell and but for his sad mental and physical collapse still greater would have been ac the newly formed mcdowell club of new york Is i tribute to the artist and to the man tor macdowell s was a personality to at tract and hold it Is oftener appreciation is shown after a man is dead and gone but mr macdowell s form of illness means that for him all work is over his career as composer ended it Is doubly sad in that the mus clan Is so far as years are concerned just in bis prime ed ward alexander mcdowell was born in 1861 in new york city he had two seasons of study abroad in pans three years and in germany frankfort on main two years for three years he taught at the darmstadt conservatory from darmstadt he changed to wiesbaden and next took up residence in boston on his return to america he became much in te rested in the idea of a school of music distinctly american letting himself loose from conservative old world influences his best musical work wa done here most of it in the log audio on his farin in petersburg new hamp shire macdowell was as much poet as musician and to interpret nature had to live with nature among the most admirable of his compositions are woodland sketches to the sea forest idylls his compositions in elude concertos concer tas sonatas symphonies songs and pianoforte p aces his in dian suite is constructed on themes taken from the music of the sioux in deans his work Is representative of the modern romantic school in the united states mr macdowell was very happy in his married life his wife also a musi clan marian the dark days of his passing are shielded by her de FEDERAL commissioner OF EDUCATION dr harris successor elmer ellsworth brown is quite a young man 45 years of age since 1898 dr brown has been at the head of the depart ant of the theory and practice of ed at the university of california since his graduation from the illinois state normal university in 1881 he has been much in te rested in educational matters both in this coun try and abroad dr brown has had verv careful training in the profession of teaching and today it Is a profession and has contributed no little to literature dealing with the art of teaching upon graduation from the normal school he gathered practical experience in the public schools at belvidere illinois and later served as assistant state secretary of the Y M A in illinois then he st idled for awhile at the university of michi gan this study followed by work at the german universities he received the degree of ph D from the university of halle wittenberg from 1890 91 mr brown served as principal of a high school at jackson michigan leaving this position to take that of as distant acting professor of the science and art of teaching at the university of california 1892 3 and the following year enjoying a full professorship in addition to various addresses and articles in reviews dr brown is author of the making of our middle schools and bilgin of american state universities in the university of california studies he wrote notes on children s drawings prepared for the paris exposition one is a series of mon on education in the united states a paper entitled secondary aduca tion he was member of the international congress of arts and sciences at the st louis exposition last year became president of the national council of education THE NEXT RULER OF SERVIA servia appears pretty tired of king peter and not very enthusiastic as a nation about king peter s sons 1 he country doubtless will not put them out of the way by assassination for it has learned the world does not approve of that method of change of monarchs the world still turning a cold shoulder to the little country tucked in there by austria hungary roumania bulgaria turkey and montenegro peters oldest son crown prince george I 1 not a very pleasant youth he is reported as un fortunate possessor of a most ungovernable tern per it the stories be true it would seem he I 1 not fit to attempt governing an body until he learns considerably more about controlling him self in this day and age a prince may not with impunity shoot at his tuter when the tutor enters the school room to begin the day s work may not strike an officer with a whip simply because the officer conveys a piece of unwelcome news and a youth of 18 so foolish as to try to batter down a locked iron gate with a bicycle Is of a degree of foolishness calling for general contempt the crown prince recently distressed father and governors by a show of fondness tor the society of a gay actress and the affair went so far the gay actress was informed the air of belgrade certainly would impair her health it she were to remain she gracefully withdrew to vienna the prince pre followed but was finally brought back by court officials Monte and serviano ians are really the same people and there Is probability that the second son of the prince of montenegro may be asked to become ruler of servia for various reasons prince mirko would not be a bad choice the two dynasties and dobrenovic Obre are united in this prince he might easily prove a candidate agreeable to both factions of the country his wife who is a strikingly beautiful woman belongs to the dobrenovic Obre family prince mirko is brother in law of peter his sister now dead was wife of servia s present king COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF GERMAN NAVY the keisers kaisers s only surviving brother has been appointed commander in chief of the german navy succeeding admiral edward von knorr prince henry of prussia is known tar and wide as the billor prince and now stands at the head of the navy of the german empire A jolly tar is the conventional phrase al sea men supposedly good fellows it ap pears prince henry of prussia is no to the rule we all remember how often on his recent visit to america he was assured of being a good fellow a jolly good fellow in his own country the prince goes by this name is accounted pleas ant and jovial they say a sailor s life is apt to take the non serse out of a man and that both king haakon of norway and prince henry of prussia two royal sailors are democratic and simple in their taffs would give indication that certain virtues lies in a sailor s training the german prince Is said to have a great dislike for court life but that does not necessarily mean he Is nothing of a courtier or cipio mat on his visit here the prince won everybody by his charm of manner A gallant sailor prince henry the new commander is quite youthful 44 years old but with enough years to have had very considerable experience in the navy he was but a mail boy when he began his apprenticeship and it is declared bis advance has been through merit alone prince henry is a prime favorite with the kaiser and that he should hold this place is small wonder henry once saved his brothers life back in it was when the two were swimming in the havel near the so called marble palace SENATOR SPOONER OF WISCONSIN one hears more often does one not of the 1 western men in congress than of the gentlemen from the effete easa perhaps it Is but part vaunting to make the statement but such is the superficial impression it may be western energy accounts tor the prominence it may be the gentlemen from the east are conservative however let us not go into this further let us take a glance at one man whose name Is well to the tore in congressional senator spooner senator spooner halls as we all know from wisconsin Is a product of that generous portion of our country more or less vaguely described by the term middle west john colt spooner was born in indiana when he was a youth of 16 his home was established at madison wisconsin he enjoyed the advantages of the state university situated in that town Is a gr audate of the hersity of wisconsin class of 64 but the stressful period of the civil war did not fand mr spooner entirely absorbed in academic work he served private in company A fortieth wisconsin infantry volunteers and rose to captain and brevet major in the fiftieth wisconsin infantry mr spooner was admitted to the bar in 1867 occupied the position from 1867 70 of assistant attorney general of wisconsin for many years he arao law at hudson that state early in the 70 s he was a member of the state assembly was elected to the united states senate in 1885 mr spooned was reelected to the senate in 1897 and has continued member of that august body since his present term expires in 1909 tafilia iaiA |