Schumann Heink Selects Favorite Song For Sunday Post
The Sunday Post presents letters from famous singers sharing their personal favorite songs with reasons. Mme Schumann Heink chooses the Irish ballad Kerry Dance by Molloy, and notes her Irish repertoire. John McCormack’s favorite should follow next week.
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Schumann-Heink
The
Sunday Post
Post
Mme
Schumann- Heink
Molloy
Oliver Ditson & Co
John AfeCormack
Boston
Kerry Dance Memories and Youthful Joy
A reflective piece recalls the Kerry Dancing scene with pipers tunes and ringed dances. It mourns time passing and lost youth while praising the joyful nights and songs, naming Thady and the piper as central figures in the memory.
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Wien
Thady
Gove
Decnmanions
Opera Star Explains Love for Real Irish Melody
A renowned soprano discusses her passion for authentic Irish tunes and the cultural resonance they carry. She reflects on performance experiences at festivals and in concert settings, highlighting the music’s emotional depth and connection to Irish heritage.
Chinese Empress Builds Marble Navy in One Country Home
E M Newman recounts in Boston how Hsi tai hou, late Empress of China, allegedly diverted 50 million to create a marble naval lake palace near Pekin. The tale portrays her as absolute ruler, rebuilding the lake with white marble and pavilions while the Chinese navy funds were redirected to a country palace.
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Boston
China
Hsi Tai-Hou
Pekin
E. M. Newman
Newman
Imperial Palace
Forbidden City
Royal Guest
Summer Palace
Mr. Newman
Kwang Tsu
Visi
Hsi Tri-lou
Yuan Shi-Kai
St. M. Newman
Frick the Millionaire at 39 on Europe Tour and Flagpole Pranks
Henry Clay Frick rose from modest beginnings to wealth before age 30. At 31 he toured Europe with fellow Americans, visiting Ireland and Paris. At Hillarney Castle on July 4 he hoisted the Stars and Stripes, impressing a wary caretaker with a rich tip, while studying art and Europe.
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Henry Clay Frick
North Shore
Mr. Frick
Europe
Iillarney Castle
Paris
Milk Diet Makes Fat Porickers and Farm Stock
Bread unsold by retailers is recaptured by bakers then dried and sold as stock feed. On a Vermont farm near Pittsford about 100 hogs are raised annually and fed largely on stale bread and skimmed milk shipped from New York City.
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S.vale
Pittsford
New York City
Patterson the Dartmouth Man Renews Patterson Co
John H Patterson head of the National Cash Register Company reforms his factory. He adopts worker welfare measures after receiving insight from Forbes's Lieslie's Weekly account. He installs a central desk and coffee, expands facilities, hires top architects, and builds a humane, improved factory with classrooms and lectures.
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Dartmouth
John i. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Coffer
B. €. Forbes
Lieslie
America
Patterson
Tie
Kate Mulcahy Named Heir to Clinton County Estate
Kate Mulcahy of Carlyle Illinois aged gray haired and rheumatic served Mrs. John McCabe forty one years and is named sole heir to her mistress estate valued between ten thousand and two hundred thousand dollars. Relatives of Mrs. McCabe challenge the will while Kate remains faithful to her long service. The McCabe husband a physician died leaving little property and Kate sacrificed years to stay with the family until death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Mulcahy
Carlyle
John McCabe
Kate
McCabe
Soldier Hero Smiles as Shell Ends Life
An American field service member recalls a boy who smiled bravely as shelling stopped him mid mission. The narrator describes loading the wounded child into an ambulance that felt like a hearse, the mass of shell holes near a brick house, and the boy’s final faint smile before death at the hospital.
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Shell
Houghton Mifflin Company
Leslie Buswell
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Pbuddin
Adelaide Howard Childs
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Monongahela House
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