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WEDNESDAY EVENING, THE PITTSBURG PRESS. SEPTEMBER 12, 1900. near Beardstown, and was visited by of New York, a firm with which he was afterwards to be closely identified. In K'Jl ha mnrHaH Mlsa uha I.mnv foster on this trip. Mrs.

Robinson re calls many amusing Incidents of the Jour STEPHEN C. FOSTER AS Hu.t miliar nt Ir l.i.lraa. ney, Foster being a genial and lovable companion either at home or abroad The poet was an Inveterate smoker. During this trio he had afforded (treat amusement to nis tellow passengers bv refusing to believe Mrs. Robinson's big AN AND MUSICIAN.

Nearly All Diseases Start from the Stomach. This Opportunity Introducing the New Stomach ana rather homely Irish nurse was not man In disguise. The nurse and poet ha many witty altercations until one dav the composer was confined to Ills stateroom by a swelling of the throat that almost ended his lite. His friends were in con Treatment Expires September 22d. PO stcrnatlon until the nurse, hearing of his conuiuon, rusnon into the room, and, sli The Life 5tory of the Sweet Singer of Pittsburg Told by His Contemporaries and Comrades.

irig up the situation at 11 glance, dashed downstairs; and, taking a dish of boiling STOMACHS Of THE ANIMALS AND MAN. potatoes, ran nacK to his side and held the steaming tubers to his month until the swelling, which had been caused from excessive use of tobacco, had subsided after roster and the big, good-na turen irishwoman were fust friends Stephen l'lttsburg Collins Foster 71 years ago. Speaking of Foster us a father, and more especially with referecne to hi sine his death in McDowell, one of Pittsburg's leading physicians. The same year he received an offer from Firth, Pond Co. to go, to New York, they having a concract for the publication of all his writings at a royalty of cents a copy.

The publication price was cents. After a year in the metropolis he tired of it and disposing of his affairs came back to Pittsburg where he made his home until lsmi. His return was hastened by the Illness of his mother to. whom he was much devoted. She died in His father was also an invalid In his later years and the composer was the most affectionate of sons.

Mr. Foster. died July 7, lxr5. In ISM the poet wrote "Old Folks at Home." The story of how he sought the name of a one-syllable southern river from his brother Morrison who, after suggesting Yftioo and Pedee, put his finger on the map at the Suwanee, Is famiilar to Press readers. Foster at this time wrote most of his compositions in a study that whs a sanctum to all but Intimate associates.

The furniture consisted of a table, a couch, a music stand, a chair, a table and piano. He was accustomed to compose words and music together. The song and melody were born simultaneously. He was In the habit of taking his compositions around to the homes of musical friends and having them try the new efforts. In this way he took "Old Folks at Home" to the home of Mrs.

Rachel Woods of H.tzolwood who, at Ills request, was the first to play this famous melody. Mrs. still has the original piano, now a hundred years old. It was Imported from Germany and Is tine example of piano manufacture of a century ago. Mrs.

Woods was honored by the poet with the dedication of "Sadly to Mint Heart Appealing." The death of her slsttr, Mary H. Keller, was the subject of one of Foster's most pathetic melodies. "Where is Thy Spirit Mary." was born In It is HO years Vorli. During wrote anil com-most of them lUmenta! bal- methods of composition, his only child Mrs, Marion Fister Welsh, of Chicago SEAL the years of his life hi? posed over i 1 i ch. ljiantalion si.

ni" tin unveils his monument to-day at the invitation of the Press, says: 1 was his pet. He took me everywhere lads. His songs, hail world-widi hi the national hymn. Scarcely had the echoes ceased when Foster was born. Fnily Imbibed Patriotism.

Horn on such a clay ami timid such patriotic surroundings young Foster may be cuiU to have imbibed the spirit of American ism from his birth. His inelod'S prove it so. No other American composer has produced such distinctively American compositions, so redolent of the soil, so full i.f local color and harmony. This alone has entitled him to the first place on the roll of American composers. The Foster family wan of Scotch-Irish oris In.

A large nroportlon of the settlers wtiii mm, ano: 1 was llio only one allower hey are as 10 invaile the sanctity of his den, where no wrote his songs. I could not quite un iu.ue ueiore Uie civil popular to-day uh thin. The older generation. ct.Ii with the C'iiniier, recall licous popularity i his iiiu.ii uersiami nis suimen change from my gay mperaneous wneii future poet was always a leading actor. "Zip Coon," "Lonu Tailed Ulue" and 'Coal Mack Rose" were Ethiopian melodies of that day and these were sung with ztsl by the young stars.

Hev. Nathan Todd was Foster's second teacher and umler him he made rapid strides. At the age of l.i, his brother William took him to Townnda where he entered the academy at Athens, it was for the collece commencement that he rote his lirst composition, "The Tioga Walta." He was then about Its merit was such that it is familiar to many musicians to-day and is always included In any series of his woijks. Foster musical nenius was shown at an earlier aae. When a lad of teven he wandered one day Into Smith Mellor's mush: store and picking up a naeolot, mastered it so easily that he was able to play "Hall Columbia" before he laid It down.

Henry Kleber taught him the piano. Jlrs. Rachel E. Woods says he Himcst cnintiiKe companion of the street to tne thoughtful, preoccupied, almos iney nrst appeared. Ti' grown-ups familiar generation or with his niclo- man, in tne sttiilv.

He could not bear the slightest noise or Interruption In lies from childhood. They are so well nis work. 1 soon learned to resiect his Known to the rising generation that when 1 of I'ittshurg of that day were of the same the supervisors of music In the public i race. The first of the family to arrive In composing moons' and not to Interrui him while at work. He took us constantly to the theaters, hut his love for good music and hi ee.

oration of indifferent music made It often eiy uiicomiortaiue tor the rest of us. it was not uncommon for. him to Jump up I 13... 0110 mui iigut out ot tne theater If sonn me mean in tne orchestra or ocaiizauon disgusted him violsn is a skilful musician her son ami tier three children HORSE Belle, who accompanies her. have all iiioeiiieu muen ot their grandfather tal 3 a ink cm.

The first organ of llfo to he formed was th stomach. The tirst animal was ail stomach. Look at a drop of mudilv water with a microscope and you will see a small oblong object This little organism has neither heart, lungs, llnihs or sight, yet it grows, moves and en.lcy.i life. This creature has been found to be practically one small cell, which performs ail the functions of life, but, as Its principal function is to eat, it may lie said to be nil stomach. It surrounds the food wlih part of Its cellular btdy.

takes it Into Itself as a whole and digests It whole. This animal is the ancestor of all the hiklier animals of the gelatinous and Jointed animals, the crabs, and Insects, and of the vertebrates which begin with the fish and end with man. As the creatures were evolved into higher orders, (he stomach adapted Itself to new functions. This is shown In the series of diagrams The stomach of the cat is similar to that of man, while the grass eating ox hus a much mine complicated organ of digestion. If the stomach Is the source of life.

It Is well for everyone to have a Rood understanding of It. Almost everyone knows that the purpose of the stomach Is for the reception and digestion of food, but here his knowledge probably "lids. He does not even know what the walls of the' stomach consist of. Tell him to place a hit of stomach in a certain preparation under a microscope Htid a whole world of wonders lie before his eyes. I'nder the guidance of the scientist he sees that the walls that he had called tlesh are a series of cells.

The cells, from various arrangement and countless multitude, not only make up the stomach but the whole be-ItiK. Here Is a wonderfully complex thing. The cell is the real original being, and all the higher creatures are nothing but the associated development of a number of cells. Man. and the stomach of man, Is merely a problem In addition and substruction of cells.

This cell structure and the digestive power of the stomach Is easily bn ken down. When broken down nature attempts to re-build the cells, but if they break down faster than nature can re-build them, we have In various forms and stages what Is culled Stomach Ids-ruse. The stomach being tho source of life Is also a means by which life Is continued. There must be food given to the stomach. The stomach must digest this food, changing It Inlo nourishment, feeding the blood, the skin, the nerves and all other organs and parts of the body.

Nearly all diseases from which we suffer start from the stomach, from a diseased digestive apparatus. If the stomach does not digest the food properly every part of the body will suffer. A curious thing about the diseases that afflict man Is that the pains, or symptoms, of any particular disease tire manifested usually In some remote part of tl.n body. For Instance, you run a null Into your big toe mid you have lockjaw, live feet away. If you have a disease of the right Kinney you will have a pnln under the left shoulder blade.

Certain disordered conditions of tho stomach produce pains over the eyes, others at the base of the akull. Following along (he trail of ills-eases that 11 (flirt the human body, stomach troubles will be found more plentilul than any oilier class. Having discovered 111 this twentieth century thnt the source of life Is In the cell, that the stomach Is hul a series of cells, that the stomach makes the man; having discovered the cause of the diseased stomach conditions from hich men and women suffer, we are able nt last to prescribe a remedy and apply a treatment which wdli build up the cells and give relief to those who suffer This treatment has been the work of years of untiring Investigation and the result of experiments such as rarely come to man. For convenience and to distinguish it from other treatments, It has been called the New Century Treatment. The Following are the Symptoms of htiiniarh Dlaeasa, personal description of the poet gien ny a contemporury, slates that he was tan anil slender, and wore 11 preoc Another house where Foster was a welcome visitor was the home of Miss Pentland, afterwards Mrs.

A. L. Robinson, of Alcgheny. To her lie dedicated "Maggie bv My Side," "Ah. May the Red Rose Live Always," and "Oh, Susanna." In 1ST7 Foster was a frequent visitor at the home of the Misses Marin L.

and Cornells A. Saunders on Lacock street. At that time he resided on North avenue, Allegheny. Miss Cornelia Saunder Is since dead tint her sister Miss Maria L. Saunders, now Mrs.

Heabout. living at 1MU Forbes street. Is much Interested in the dedication 10-day. Mrs. Beabout, In belonged to the same philharmonic society as Foster.

Her sister Cornelia, David John Si 84 cupieu uir that occasionally verged Into melancholy, At other time's he was the gayest of comrades. He formed few inoiifismps, and those mostly musl preferring to remain absorbed In his own thoughts. His favorite haunts were the x3? Was more proficient upon the guitar than any other instrument. He played the flute well and the piano with more than average skill. On his return from Athens he entered Jefferson college at Cnnnonshurff where he obtained a kr.owle.lse of French and tier-man that stood him In Rood stead In his future musical studies.

His musical train-ins was not confined to the mastery of two or three Instruments but ranfeed deeply inlo the study of harmony and composition. His hnther testllles that young Foster sprnt many mldnlirht hours obtaining a thorough technical knowledge of the principles of music and states that the sometimes held opinion that Foster was a chance musician or a sifted but unlearned composer was most erroneous. Stephen had one of the best musical educations of that day possible to secure In the IMttsburg of the forties. The i IkIhh tor nl Minstrelsy. His first puhltshed production was written when he was Id, "Open Thy Lattice, Love." ami was published by George Wlllitf of Baltimore, in lSlii.

About this time Foster and a coterie of young men of Pittsburg and Allegheny of musical tastes organized a class in harmony under his leadership. Among the members were J. fust Ulalr, A. L. Robinson, J.

Harvey I a vis, K. 1'. McDowell and Morrison Fos "oous ano streams around Pittsburg In those days, where his love for nature was ivswv is 4- given tun sway. William Hamilton, of the Alle Kiieny paras, was a lite-long admirer an triend.of the poet. He says: "We ha some very happy days back In the flftlc wnen Hosiers father was mayor of Al legneny.

1 first met Steve, 11s wo en mm, In IN During the summer and fall of the campaign in which Buchanan was eiecteci president. In IS.iil. we were act Ively Interested, Foster being a telatlvi by marriage of Buchanan. We organized LION 14k vSStV a glee club, composed Foster, his brother Thomas Smith and mv sell, and sang at many nieellugs during uie campaign, roster wrote a campaign song, 'Tho White House that was very popular. He wrote many sen tlmental and patriotic songs at this time grass, Ed Shorott, unigess, r.u Downey and Hen Yandcvort worn members.

This society took pant In many old time concerts In Allegheny In the fifties. Almost every week the poet would call upon the Misses Saunders and ask them to try a new song. Miss Cornelia was a talented pianist, and, while she played, her sister, now Mrs. Beabout, would 'write the alto fur the various pieces. Among the melodies were "Old Dog Tray" and "My Old Kentucky Home.

Good Night," to give it its full titlo in these days. The Misses Saunders took part In the great concert In Allegheny in lxiU given In a big frame hall on the site of the present Carnegie library. Mrs. Beabout recalls that her first vocal teacher was Prof. H.

Slack, ex-supervisor of music In the schools of the western district of Allegheny, a personal friend of Foster, who recently retired after almost half a century of active teaching. Mrs. Beabout sang from the time she was thre years old, hut her llrst lesson was taken from 1'rof. Slack 4T years ago In the old Fourth ward school. Allegheny.

The Misses Saunders, during their active musical career, took part in many charitable concerts In Pittsburg and Allegheny. The late Henry Kleber was also a member of the Philharmonic society, and a firm friend of both Foster and the Saunders. When the Christy minstrels first came here Mrs. Beabout, then It Is not generally known that the melody COW of John Browns Body was. taken from I' ostcr 'Ellen Bayne.

Mrs. Matthew D. Wiley, of Allegheny who was Foster's wife, recalls many In tei'stlng circumstances In connection with the poet life In this vicinity. "Our home during Mr. Foster's resl ter, his brother.

The fame of Hiephen's musical ability soon spread over the city and many other classes were successfully Instructed by the young teacher. Several of his earlier sons were suns at these meetings. In IMS he went to Cincinnati to become bookkeeper for his brother Dunning in business there. "Oh, Susanna" was written in the Queen city: It was while in Cincinnati that he conceived the idea of what have since been known as minstrel sonps. While passing to and from his brother's office he noticed a colored driver singing "Jim Crow." the wheel about and turn about song of the forties that was whistled by everyone.

He suggested to W. D. Bice, the comedian, then playing an en-gagement In Cincinnati that he gtt the words, and sing thetn on the stage. Hire studied the words until he came to Pittsburg a few weeks after and borrowing the lence in Allegheny was on I'nlon avenue, between Ohio street and what was then Gay alley, now South Diamond street CAMEL Our nearest neighbor was Mrs. Robinson who possessed magnificent soprano voice, lie referred many of bis manu script compositions to her judgment, am it they met her approval he was satisfied "PIsguM fur breakfast." "yrenilillng of tile hands.

'I '11 1 1 stnlllHch oppressive." "Threat tilled with nnicous." "Hush of blued to the head." "Pull pains In the eye balls." "Ner misiiess itn.1 "lleulnesn In pit of st.au. ach." Pull pain in the base of the skull." "Sharp pains throuirli tin; limbs." "Hunilillng sensation In bowels." Mr. 1' ostcr would stroll for hours in the "Nausea 'Vmiiti Inn." "Fluttering." "CestU encMH." "WHter brnPh." "Sleeplesstlesn. "I'nated teliKUe "Slrk hcH.liulle." "Ili-lehlllK ef gnu." "HlUcoun ilreiitiin." "Light bemlt'ilnepp. of ambition." "1 Mniuess ef Islen "IMiirrhoeH Ht "Pmil taste In niinitli." "1'nlpttHtlim of heart "bistres lifter eHtlng." "HI.

Hfter en I' Allegheny parks, contented to be among the trees, the birds and the (lowers. He abhorred dance music. 'Dimes and Dol lars. the worst or crimes, was written bv Charles P. Shlras, of Allegheny, and pi lWwml.

fjynfwx.mnin.il imii iim the melody was composed hy Mr. Foster Another sot which he never published sensations "TJ1E OLD FOLKS AT HOME." "THE OLD FOLKS AT "(1. ciisliitml collapse," was jennies only Seventeen CAT Mother of the Composer, Mr. and Foster. 'athcr Among the compositions produced by William Barclay foster In the utiles were: "Oh, Boys, iluwkltiK Hint spMpVig "W'iieti st.uiiaeh is empty, iilntness.

"Kxhaiistli.ii upon awakening 111 the morning." "Cel. I hiinilH ay pVI tarry Long, Hard limes tome Again More," which echoed the hope Smut Bering ins 4.44 4.4.4.4.44. 4.4444444.4.4. 4. $1.

of he despairing around the world; "oh, Lemuel," written in 1S.VS, and "Old Black Joe," In l.Kikl. The last of hlu minstrel Tntl! iHtftitnii New stomal-)! melodies was written In "Don't Bet A MONTH. rmMlinrln and hhuiiih f-iiiptnywl In tho A'nI hp' to ho shown aii'l toall Press J'K tii'iiiiinht or not. ThnNt ho lU'sIrt to hi. trt'it'tl fur fl.t.'On month.

Hy this me; n-I ht titnvtt am) icri-iit kh iim Hv ilnx ifllu1 New Vntury Treat incut will hp itntvpii. Your Money on the Shanghai Klti treMlim ill many who ur ills sentimental songs were almost equally successful In winning public favor. "Jennie, With the Light Brown sit erl llv menu tho Hiipr IU' ItllS IIIOIHIN A tlnt'iHSfH to its potent powtTw will bf crraU'il, Hair," was dedicated to his wife. "I'n- iconic ut linn ruu1 der Hie Willows She's Sleeping" was ded Icated lo the memory of his mother FR06 "Willie, We Have Missed 1011, was sung everywhere In tin' sixties. "I See Her In America was Alexanrter Foster, who iml-grated from Londonderry, Ireland, in 172N, and settled in Little Kritain township, Lawrence county, J'a.

He had three sons and six daughters. The eldest son, James, was the grandfather of the poet, lie married Ann Barclay, and moved to Berkley county, Virginia. His youngest, son, William Barclay, father of Stephen, was born in Virginia, In When sixteen years of age he came to Pittsburg and entered mercantile pursuits. While making a trip over tho mountains on a Conestoga. wagon, he nut Miss Eliza Clnyland Tomlinson, wdio became his wife and mother of the poet.

The Clayland family, originally front England, were among the first settlers upon the eastern shore of Maryland. It was from them that the composer is supposed to have Inherited much of his poetical and musical talent. Miss Tomlinson was born in Delaware She was married to William Barclay Foster at New Cham-biirsburg, in ISoT. Stephen was the youngest of their family with one exception, James, who died Iti Infancy. He had three sisters, Caroline Susanna, who died at the ago of while visiting relatives at Louis, vllle, Ann Eliza, who married Hev.

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ltd to H. The Allnyr ulllees are climeil 01.1 tin-halibut h' day. My Dreams," a quartet wrlllen In ISM, and "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" were his most popular ballads. Of a different sort was "Old Dog Tray." II was written after the death of his favorite dog, a handsome animal presented to him by Col. Matthew I.

Stewart. He was fond of watching his dog play wllh the children upon the old All. tiy "common." now the parks. The song was written after his return to New York In 1HII1. tradition having It that It was composed In the back room of a small grocery In (he metropolis.

Over rjo.dHi copies of this melody werf Id In the first IS months after It was brought out. The composer was full of sympathy for HUMAN schools undertook to train the great school children's chorus for to-day's exercises they found almost all the pupils already know them. Hon. Pouter, brother of the composer: M. f), Wiley, of Allegheny, widow of the poet: Sirs.

A. L. Hobinson, of Allegheny, to whom ho dedicated some of his melodies; Mrs. Rachel K. Woods, of Hnzelwood, who was the tirst pianist to play "Old Folks at Home" for the author; Mrs.

Maria L. Beabout, who sans In the same Philharmonic society ith Foster; Prof. W. 1 1. Slack, of Allegheny, who 'began teaching music in Allegheny schools when Foster wrote his lirst songs, and often sung with the composer; Mrs.

Alex. King, of Haywood, at whose hmne Foster was a frequent visitor: Supt. William Hamilton, of the Allegheny parks, and others of Foster's contemporaries, have from time to time consented to give the Press facts, incidents and anecdotes of the composer's career, which have made a most memorable collection of Foster material. Illrliipliicc of the I'oet. Seventy-four years ago, when the poet was born In the White cottage at Law-rencevllle, Pittsburg was a vastly different place from the Pittsburg of to-day.

The old homestead at the forks of the road, which still stands on Ponn avenue, a short distance from the junction of Butler street and Thirty-fourth street, was then two and a half miles from the town limits. It was built in 1M I by the composer's father, William Barclay Foster, on what was then Bullitt's hill. Mr. Foster, senior who was a merchant of means, and had been a quartermaster and commissary in the United States army during the war of lsl'J just ended, and had been noted fdr his liberal and patriotic loans to the government, owned a larite tract of land iu that district and soon after laid out the town of Law rcticeville naming the new village after that Captain Lawrence Zulu Hood. Freda Hltzrot, Hltta Keen iva Goldberg, Hessie ariianaii, lure, Hertha Hrown, Isabel 1 irr, i-caii the poor and lowly, ills Interest In the Smith, Mllen Hillstrom, Carrie sneer, Buchanan, and died nt Philadelphia aged so; and Henrietta, who married Tliomas tyrde llllman, innigeis, r.imr FIRE RAGING IN PARIS, ONTARIO.

Thriving CanadianTown May Be Wiped Out. liomas, Olive leeters, rtrillle running. ottle Thomas, Kthtl Simpson, Hlanoho IcCombs, Alfred Lloyd, Frank I lite, negro dated hack lo Ills childhood flays when his mulatto nurse, Olivia Pise, took him with her to atlend the meetings of the colored church. It Is possible that the Impression made upon the child's mind at that time had much to do with his bent for melody In later years. He Harry France, Nellie Gordon, Kxlemenlir impson, Mam1 Jackson, Katie rtnycr.

Martha Slnsel, Smith, I'e Yarman. him, Flnrencil cared 1 society except that of fellow spirits. physically frail he was full of courage, "iu i-mther tells of an Incident lllus.tr One night crossing the en Pittsburg and Allegheny, lound two brutes beating and abusing a drunken man. inter heodoie Y011111 INatlgle, rumor Jennie Duvicx, Ulanch Ise Kimllng, Mary K011-fotwood, limine King. Mmmet Trader, lilatiche 1th, llcorge 1, Delicti, A vine Hnlloway, Hoy Ktull, Mllturi llaibman, rd, He Ynrnian, Cur-Larkln, K.

Inda I'itzer, Htucke, Monle llft'ord I.ellckl i L. Wick, and, after his death, Major Thornton of the V. S. and died at (iermantown. aged 7(i years.

His eldest brother, William, became thief engineer of public works In Pennsylvania, and later, with John Edgar Thomson and William Miller, surveyed the original route of the Pennsylvania railroad. 1 Hon. Morrison, Foster of Allegheny, 1 who has lent most valuable service towards securing an exact likeness of his brother for the memorial executed by Mr. Morettl, was a favorite with the composer and an active participant in many of the musical evenings which were held ill those days. Mr.

Morrison Foster added to the record of public service bv his family by serving a term in the state legislature in 1SS4. Dunning, a third brother, was long Identified with the river interests and It was with him that Steph-I en took his first trip south. i Mnrly 'liiMe for Theatrical'. iitiug, Cathe-ii THE TORT FOSTER'S GRAVE. Where the Composer Sleep In Alleghmy Cemetery.

red and had a rough and tumble strug Toronto. Ontario, Sept. 12. A terrific fire Is raging In Paris, Ontario. It Is feared the town, which has a population of 4.0OO.

will lie wiiied out. Special trains with fire apparatus are being hurried from Hratitford. therltie 0 Iga Cobpilst, gle in which he succeeded in .71 a piece of board with which he laid one out and chased the other. A knife "Hind, re. tula Hose, Ft (a elved in this serinynago, left hi.

on his cheek which be carried i ojs grave, From I SilO until he lived In New York, where he had a profitable cotitrai Tree Free Free, ile Itoynl Marine llnml. Take Yellow Cars Kenny wood I'ark. with his old lirm, Firth, Fond A Co, In January, 1SI14, wdille at the American clothes from a colored hotel porter went on the stage at the old Drury lane theater on Fifth avenue and sang "Jim Crow" to a convulsed audience. The success was ho Immediate and Immense that made It a specialty and repeated It with unvarying applause in all the large cities, closing at New York. Later hp took It to Europe and scored another big hit there.

Foster was thus more than the greatest minstrel melodist, he was the originator of minstrelsy as it is known to-day and equally appropriate, Pittsburg, the birthplace of the greafpst of minstrel composers, was also the birthplace of negro minstrelsy. hotel, he was taken with an ague am of the Chesapeake whose last words were "Don't give up the ship." The beautiful White cottage as it was ralhd in those days was an Ideal it was the scene of many hospiia-1 gatherings, for the elder Foster Mas lis noted lor liis lo.soilalit as for his patiiotirrn. On the liHieili anniversary of Independence da.v July 4, lVJii. Mr. Foster entertained a n'.

at concourse of citizens In the woods back of his home. Veteran volunteers of the war of independence and of the lately ended war of vcr. After two or three days he arosi and, while washing himself, lie falnte. and fell aciliss the wash basin, which The composer was named after Stephen Collins, son of Thomas Collins, then a leading member of the Pittsburg bar. Foster.

was active in public affairs all his life. When Stephen was vet a boy lie elder Foster was named collec- broke and cut a gash In bis neck and faci Cecil French, Mary Nevln, tine, Mary Kognrt, Corinne Taw ney, Mayme Kurtz, Marv Raymond, Cora AlcCotnhs, Mollie Craig. KlUahcth Heed, Willie i'ook, F.Hzabeth Harrison, Margaret Calhoun Helin Whlghnm, Hernire Maggie Mitchell, Lily Helller, Mary Heinle McMlchael, Robert Trans, John Fergus, Mary Chester, Infill Walker, Oibasa Stern, Kthd Thompson, Margaret Drew Ida Hrown, Hernard I'eters, Ira I'lnkard Frank Kaplan, Charlie Crawford, White Wallace, Harry Khippcll, Harry King, Isaac Krlmundsiili, Lulu Rudberg, Margaret Morgan, Mutt la Katharine Jackel, Flrner ostium, Hurt Moffet, Hurt. Davis, Will Hudson, I'tuKsi'-l I'cpi David Wnlf, I furry Gardner, Kai Itat hurst Sarah Kaplan, Anna Marshal, Alvln Rhodes, Kalherlnc Richards, Herman Hare, Hollo Huery, Cony Wlekard, Henry Manns, Hertha Hcech, Alma Htelmirl. Lizzie Hehmltz, I 'earl Moses, Grace I.lhi Gray, Marvan Shalli.nberger.

Clifford Ilartman, He lav there Insensible rind bleeding untl discovered by the chambermaid, bringing the towels he had asked for, hhe calli for assistance and he was placed In In ticain. "'1 recovering rmiKclotirws'K he BWIMMJUU 2 i asked lo be taken to hospital and wa reniovi .1 to Hellevue. He was so weaken ed bv and loss of blood that hi 14, so Pn.ioyed the singing of "I Choose to Be a ly If I Must He a Flower" that she Jc in the chorus and attracted the al of Mr. Christy, who afterwards gave her a copy of tiie song. She has over pages of tare old-tlmo music, Including "Old Folks at Home," with E.

P. Christy's name as author and composer, "My old Kentucky Home," "Old Dog Tray" and nearly all of Foster's melodies, given to her iiy the composer. "Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground" was written In It was suggested by a scene at Covington, when Foster was In Cincinnati. A number of shaves, whose master had died, were huddled together weeping for the dead "massu" and looking fearfully into the future, where they might not find so kind an owner or might be separated by the purchase of various members of the party by various slave holders, A remarkable incident in connection with "Old Folks ut Home" was recalled by Mrs. Beabout yesterday.

In looking over music she came across the copy of this song crediting E. P. Christy, the minstrel, with the authoiship on the title page. Foster sold the song to Christy lor and gave him the right to use his name as composer. Later Foster's friends insisted upon the poet being given credit for his famous and It Iihs since been published Willi the proper author's name.

Christ was so taken with the song thai he sang It lu evcrv Puce city of the slates and in England. Ireland and Scotland, where It won Instantaneous popularity. (Ivor 400,000 eopl.s of this song were sold in the first live years after its production. (ailed to rally. He died peacefully on Jan nary IU I'nder reouest from his family his body was taken to an undertak bv direction ot ol.

William A. fond, ate placed in an iron coflln. His broth OUR Horry Foster and Fos Lit tcr, went to York arid brought the remains to I'l lsbnrg, accompanied by his Mabel Davis, Jessie Whitfield, Kmily Mover 'levin Kerr. Fnd Rhodes, Jarnes 1 KaibaiiKh. William Wilson, Charles t'limpston.

Hilda Freeman, George I Kirhb Froma Haln, Hurry Fulton, Fred Ahlqulst, Arthur Hlllslrom, Tlios. Heattle, William Sieber. James Gross, F.dw'ln I'ratt Wersderfer, Valentine V. Wood. Louis SmolenHke, Robert Hosi venr, widow.

Tiie Pennsylvania ftujlroad coin puny, of which his eldest brother, William Foster, had been vicc-pp si. lent, earrle the party free of charge. On January 'J' tiie funeral services wide held nt Trinity church, the. rector, Hev, I' C. Swopc, of delating.

A special choir under the diree Roux lllldlnger. Hill, William Mal.rl Kindrb Daisy George Weddell, La Loliov Herring. Lest Kalbaugh. Charles Rae I'annv Kelley, I'earl Steph an. Hon of his old friend.

Henry In 11 Per, sung "Vital Spark of lP-avenlv flame," ara other selections. At the gat" of Alleghen; cemetery the cortege was met hy a volun tier band of the best musicians In tin two cities who, en the march and at the SPECIALISTS are at your service to examine your tteth FKEE chargw aid fill, crown or extract thtm without a particle of pain; to replace them with artificial, if ytu desire; all in a manner io true natur as to he impossible to dettct from the teoth you lost. No Latter work than we do no matter what you psy. crave, placed "Come Where Mi- l.ove roster was a versatile genius. Among his Allegheny friends was T.

Fletcher I Grubb. father of Mrs. F. C. Wlnons, of Hazelwood, wiio has two ofl landscapes Iirenmlng." "Did Folks at Home," and others of bis melodies Tin- only surviving pallbearer to-day is Fmll Foerster, father O'ell'a Wllnexses gnlnt III111.

The examination of witnesses caller! for A. it. '('Nell, contestant for Mayor J. Ulack's oillc" In Mch'ei spnrt, r'Siiited yesterday In dcvoIuplPK testimony that the only witness" who voted Illegally voted for The witnesses, 17 In number, were from the Ninth ward, where the people hoped to throw-out a large number of Hlack votes John painted by the poet for her father, who, i in Foster's day. wis the leading photog of Ad.

M. Foerster The poet's body lies In-Side those of the father nod mother he loved -so well ynd near where he was born. His grave Is rapher in AlicL-oony. Another friend of Foster was Mrs. Alexander King, of Haywood, who has been greatly interested in the Press movement fur the portion of a memorial to the compogcr.

Foster was a frequent visitor at her h.mu. A. Johnston, Sirogu where bis musical talent contributed to I who had no pr many pleas. nit evenings and John 11 tax receipts, for G'NVll. receipts arid Vote, I ail stated that tt The other II wit ri 1 ses had lllile.l to Mrs.

Andnw L. Robinson, of Cedar ave-j nue. Allegheny, previously mentioned, girlhood redded next door to Fester and it was to her he dedh his first 1, Ttnn GOlDfVVVNS BRIDGE WORK GLARANTttD ere otherwise qti marked by a simple marble tombstone, bearing the inscription: STKl'HKN FDSTKR. of I'lltsburc Born, July ls'J'V Tiled, January Thirty-six yars after that propria tely beautiful funeral the handsome public monument ere'ted bv the contributors to the Press Foster memorial fond Is being unveiled In Highland park, a tribute of affection from thousands of lovers of his Imperishable melodies and a proof In bronze and granite that the people of I'lttsborg are not forgetful of their honored dead. for Hlack 1st their ba Itoosevrlt In Mouth DnUotn.

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Roosevelt re to an inmiense crowd this spoke evening Among bis hearers were many lished song. "Open Thy Lattice, Love." Shortly after Foster's marriage' he and his wife, aecemf. anle by Mrs. Ri.lilr.sori and a party of friends, went to New ir-leans by boat to attend the Mardi Gras festival. This was Foster's first visit south, yet the words and melodies he h.id written before that time breathed the southern atmosphere and wep.

photographically realistic In local color. His reference to "Old l'ncle Ned," whose "fingers were long like the cane In the brake," Indians Durlrii the day the rough rbler aio spoKe at laridreau arid I onvrnlrnt or Out-of-Tovrii People. -nrnirmMimw THE WHITE COTTAGE. Till-; LAW KE.NCKVl LLE HOMESTEAD WHERE STEPHEN C. FOSTER WAS II' I M'KEESPORT PUPILS IN FOSTER CHORUS.

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4 1ST' were eathered at the homestead, and Also several companies of regular soldiers from the Allegheny arsenal, the site it which hid been given to the covernment bv Mr. Foster, as well as a soldiers' burying round in the vicinity. The div is memorable in httory not for' the fact that It marked the Itotnnlenl Society to Meet, The Itot.inieal society of Western I'enn-vlvanla will hold its regular meeting In lecture ball at Carnegie 'Library to Foster's first effort as a composer of plantation melodies was "The Louisiana Belle." The next week he wrote "Old L'ncle Ned" which at once became popular. While In Cincinnati rote "Oht Susanna," which with "Old l'ncle Ned," he gave to W. C.

Peters, a friend, who made flo.ooo out of them and established a music houe that became oik- of the greatest In the west. In IMS, when Foster returned to Pittsburg, he had practically decided to devote struck every southerner so happily that It was almost impossible to convince thern that the writer had never seen a cane-brake. His description of the Suwanee river, of the most beautiful in though he had never seen it, was remarkably arc rate. Its beautv being Idyllic. Possi "My Old Kentucky Home." written after bis return from this trip, was the only song that he really wr.

te from a personal recollection of the place. It has reference to Federal I. ill. the home of Judge John Rowan, who was a relative of the composer, and w.is I'riited States si nator from Kentucky in The stately old southern mansion of ante-bellum days caucht the poetic fancy of the composer and lingered with him until he had written this most beautiful melody. The house was situated The Til lie He's l(eirpNf nlnllve Dele.

gHtlon to lllKhliind Park in-llnj. The MoKeesport public si liool pupils who will take part In the great Foster chorus to-day are as follows; Jnne Trich, Charles Sundstroni, Earl Hak'-r, Will Slnsel, Cliff Oray. Grace 8. Kimi.n. koiand Davis, A.

O. Wells, A 1, plot-ate. Lillian I'. Ridgely, Jean Margaret Davis, Minnie Huts. F.Ivh Utiur nan, Millie 8'bauni, Annie Miller Rosen.

Mellle Smylth, Margaret Ferguson, (ien'Via Lamp. Carrie King. Alice Honn.tt, Leah Keith, Hluii'he Keliey, Uvulah Kerr, May Forrester, Anna Kuiil, morrow at o'clock. tor of the port of Pittsburg and removed to Allegheny. Rev.

Joseph Stockton, formerly of Meadville, then principal of Allegheny academy, was the composer's first, 'utor. Younn Ff.ster did not make head ay under this being avers? to laborious idy, but he early showed a marke i 1 to grasp the meaning of a study in a fi moments, a facu'ty that perhaps encouraged him In putting off his studies until the last minute with the inevitable result. When In his ninth year Stephen was one of a co n-puny of boys including the FosU 1 el-lys. Cuddy and Rohinsons. who a juvenile theatrical troupe in wnkli the lis Hi -i I lose of the first haif century ot American rl telluvt (ars Vellon (an.

ot oecausi it was ine oaie tin- death of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, two of the most striking figures in Yellow cars Yellow cars. Yellow cars Yellow cars. 3 minutes after 1 lo-day. I himself exclusively to song writing, "Nelly Was a Lady" was written soon I after his return, and was probably his I first sot. published by Firth, Pond American n.stoiv.

ikmu a was fired from th cannon at the arsenal, the oltiz-Tts and sold iery theercJ Uibtily ail the bands flayed noyal Marine band concerts. II1J Kennywood park, 3 and p. m. 1.