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Show I PORTO RICO'S "NIGHTINGALE OF THE HILLS." Hi, K Lola Rodriquez do Tio, Whose Songs Have Added Fuel to the Freedom- Hf Forging Fit mas. H Lola llodrlgue de 'no I a woman H Willi three npiltnllolie, rrU of ttina i excellent and cilrnor. iry. Hh H!j. rank high among tb world' conch- H ologltt. a n poelme he la trail with keen emotion and delight wherever the H Rpanlsti language la understood. nn-1 H a a public spt-akrr nli la one of the H leader of Porln lllrmi I lion hi. All H fille rnun her nailn- lalniid of I'nrto H Itlro, nn.l a refugee from Culm. whenoe B alio tint 'from t lie wrath of Weyli-r M with her liuatmtid, also nn exile, eome H tlm loforo Ihe butcher n recalled. H "lie ll living; now In New York ell). m with Klgnor llo nnd llielr ilmutlilir. M a graduate In philosophy ot the I'iiI- l trolly of Hnvnni The Tin liomo 'a a H rbarintng renter of th Intellectual Ufa m of the I'orlo llkiin iiilniii ami nrfonl. H an admirable lllustratnm i( the Iw H pltallly for which Turin Ittro la ) la- H mout. There the meti-n hoMa rontl. H nml with her huttund. funnerlr the H editor or Ihoao nulHkrn nrtr. I.a H lUmn nml Ij l'nlrlrt. ilehalrn Itefnre H her friend Uwn the future of the la- H land tbry low an family. H Klgnorn Tio, ' die nightingale of the m hllla," n the Porto lllcnna rnll her, wna horn In (he Villa lie lae toma. H Kan Yciinau, In Keplrnilcr. HOI. Her H grnndiwitbi r hail ticeii n writer of ill. H tlnctlon mut mi admirable Hug 'list Hi r H father una a ilmr r,r Ian, n scholar H anil au eloiieiit n-IOHnle Willi prnr H tie extruding om ilir whole lakiml. H Ilia eiainle Iwr Inherltnnre. Mho H Intrnwl tiiirunsi loualy from him to H apeak tllrrrtly ami agreeably Hint In H write gracefully lie wi an autono- H mlit, though at ihat lime the imnn H ment of Porto lliro forhaile the use H nf that word ly an) political part) on B Ilia lilaud, saying H waa only A ajrn B inym for Heparans! The riaughtrr look klndl lo lur fathrr'a Ideaa, and H when hardlr in hr teena naa an out HH and out HeparatUI. Hhe wrote uun H lopiilar aoum cin.l Iwllnda full of the H aplrll Of frreliiu lurec hnd a wide HH m circulation and ,re Ihu lullabja of rnanr a I'orlo lllrau Imutehold. H Dr. NalTPrile. a pollilrMl exile from H Kan Dotnlnao, and h frlrnd of Hlgnor H Ilodrlituet, luterrated hlnmlf In the H Ctrl' education, heinir nnrarli-d hjr hrr H Klft of tioraf. and inatrurlrd hrr In Ihv Kpanlah clnaalral title Hhe waa an H apt acliolar mid anou niiiHanl rerae H that attracted am ntion Ui run c limit the H Hpitnlah Wral luitlra and eien In H Himln. In IKT3, ihe riiir lhat eaw the HJV end of alarcrr In I'otlo lllro, Iila lUxl g rltufx, thru Jut Ti xr old, made an H addreaa at Ihe graduation exervlira of H the rollrse u Mayairuea. Mhe waa tho B tlrat woinau In tin- Inland to iriik puli HH lleljr herore an audience. It waa a time B nf much Klttlcal eicltemrnl. lNirtu H lllcana ware eager for reform. Thvjr m wlabtd Kpaln to aepiralr the mllltarx H and civil ilepartmenta of the goreru- B meat The were willing. Ihejr aald. (o hare a w plain awnenil Iml let him eourlne hlimeir lo inttllarf nrfalfe eg-clualTpljr eg-clualTpljr nnd 11 another man hold Ihe chief clrll olDee. Tbjr wfahed nleo U eject their own irorlnclal a-orerimra. Inateod of luirliijr tliem wnl out liy Spnln. wIki pflHlel "'n "", '' mtlKO of their rilneee, hul Iwniiue alie wlahed Iheirj out of the wny. Theee worthy Kpanlah apHinteea alieil teara M learlnif Ihflr lielnreil H'wiln. but swore iiion llielr honor t retiiru again na anon na Hit had aloleii riMiugb to pay their dlita. Another ililne the na-tire na-tire I'orlo Illenna wlahwl na freeilmu of the preaa. The raplHln Beuerill'a rrgtilMtlona drinatideil Hint at leaat four hoiira lfire any er waa la-aurd la-aurd tho pluof ahreta aliuuhl lie arnt in Hie reniMir for appnirnl Ilia Wue wn ell waa a Judgment agalnat which there waa no niiL The elgnnrlln apoke elmiuently. though guanleill) of all lliwe Ihlnga Hhe Uwiught Hpnln to give a inulher'a lore to her iblld, far fnin her. nlmrxt hidden In Ihe Imanin of the aea, and alio prayed that the rlilM ahoiild ahow hrraif worthy of aueli luve aud de-aetTlnit de-aetTlnit of ierfeet Irttft. The grace of the ept'nlrr'a infliiner, the lieauty of her language, wmi all henna, and Hie hrne wonla alie Ve wrought her nudli-nre to Hie hlRheal plti h of elilhil alaam. In n day ehe hail nddnl to her faiiin thnnighout Hie IpUihI. Kite wna IKieteea and pmpbeteaa lu one. Her college ndilreea wna Ihe lieglunlng of an ar live prnMgntiihi lu I'ltrtu lllm lhat endeil only when alio nnd her Ima liand were nrfernl their rhaliw lie-tweru lie-tweru Jail anil Ihe wide, wide world. 1m Union and !.i T.itrl.t were aiii proaaed, hut Ihe won! ' Ui iwlrhit eilltor rrmnlneil u. lml of Ihe lieople. Kernaeitpt tieral cnlilinl Imprlaon nn Idea. Nor imld the Iml Inila nnd pocina or the avtiei amgrr nf Ihe hllla he elllnt. The tlral eoliime. "Mm I'aiitdtea," apniirel III Iffili, and wmiu aa In etiry l'k atall in Mexico, Central Ainrrlm, South Ameiirn. Ihe Weat Indira and cti'ii In Himln. A accond TOlume appvnriil In t'arnraa. Vonciiieli. In lSTM. fnllnwitl hy "Mia I'walna" In ISM, and "Ml I Ihrn de Cuha" In 1MB. In iriiia a warm rrlemUhlp aprane up lielwivu the Tloa mid rrofeaaor lloatix. who wna then at the hi-nd of eiliu-nllon.il nfTiiIrn In Veueaurla. The Tic nre eiillutalail I rally expiM-tant of good rreulla from the prnfraaot'a prreent inUahin lo Ihe llalaud, erhenre hn ttaa lunlhnl nmny I) rata ngu. Afler lo lenra lu Cnrarai la new gnrernor itviurnl came frou (Kpaln to I'lirln lllco and Ihv Mel- re liirneil lo her nillrn lalmid, nhere ahr and hrr hualmnd ronllniird the wort I they had done i inurli to proumte In ! duller yeara. In tho ineanllnie Klg mini Tio' pnrma were gnlulng fmuo fin I the nulhorraa. All llnllnn critic Luuwr aa Amlcla, wnl nddlni; lo Ilia rrputa thin hy traMlAtlng them, faatenratb wna calling them to Hie nltenllonof the nermann nnd eerernt I'rencti crltlca, nioodg Ibeni I'lerre l.oll, were pulling them Into copy for Ihe I'nrlatnn pub-Habere. pub-Habere. In K)Kiln Memlex 1'clnyo, a memlier of the neadeiny, n dlallugnlah, eil critic, ml lei I n n.rctlna; nf hi com freren. ninong whom were I'eunrnnila, IlalayuiT. Campllln nml Upotdo A lax. wlm aent n teatlinoulnl of congratulation congratula-tion In Klgnnrn Tin mid n diamond brooch lu the aymlmllc dealgn of a harp. TI1I1 la the prnudrat of her poa-uiialnna. poa-uiialnna. Klie wore II when at, a ant fur the nrronipnii)liiK picture. In 1KS7 I'orlo lllco wna ngnln too unmuifnrtahtc, nnlns In otllclal per-i per-i N-euthiiin. nil the Tloa cnnie lo New ' Vork. whence thi-r anon went lo Cuba. Then Hie imrlcaa. who for enme hi-nn hnd Ixen R,illierlng nnd clanalfy-lug clanalfy-lug tho ahrlla of Ihe Antlllca na n rec-' rec-' ri-nllon nn.l dlreraion from hrr olltl-i-al nnd lllainry work, mndn the nc-iiiinlnlnncenf nc-iiiinlnlnncenf eerernl eminent natural-! natural-! lata, who brought hrr li' ;!io notice of their frlrnda In other imrta of the world. Hhe recrlied ninny contribution! contribu-tion! from dlalnnt bimla fine enthua-hiallc enthua-hiallc cfliirholuxlal III Ihe I'hlllpplnie, nn Iraa a prraonugn thnn the captain grnernl hlmirlf. wrote that Ihe Inter-eat Inter-eat her rxiiultlle rerae had awakened lu him nnd been nuguienlcil Intenaely now Hint he learned rnun III latcemed frlrnd, Carina de la Tnrn. Hint tb4 ipin-n of trrar hnd rnre knowledge of ahella na will aa ryllim. lie Iwggi-d her In adept a few aprclmena from Ihe lahitid or Ihe Pacific. With the letter let-ter came n cumpletc rullrctloii of the ahrlla or Ihe I'lilllpplne Island. While the Tl wire In Culm 8lg-norlla 8lg-norlla Tio cntrreil Hie Dulrrralty of Havana and In due rourae wna graduated grad-uated from Hint fnmoua arnt of learning learn-ing with tho degrre of doctor of phll-oaophy phll-oaophy Mlgiior Tio wna lnuy wllh Ida cilltorlal work nnd Ihe porleM car rliil on hrr promgntHln ngnlnat Kpanlah Kpan-lah oppreaalon In IMI3 hrr fourth rol- lah apeaklng world oiinnliil It n henr-ty henr-ty welcome. The outbrenl. or the revolution gave luiirh eiii-ourngrinrut tu Ihe mine fur whlth the Tins had drillmtiil their Urea, but with Ihe coming or Wcilcr they aoon aurfrreit a lirraecutlon compnrtil to which llielr lrmil.tr In I'orlo 1 1 In) were mild Indeed, In-deed, and they were glnd to eaiapa' ulth their llM. I ag j , L- 1 H teOIiA IIODKIQOBZ uu no, ronTEtis. |