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IS SUNDAY MOKXING. THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES. OCTOBER 21, 1900. th and Endurance I xhibition of Stren flttd Mr. Bryan's Marvelous go Hi feW HERB no more remarkable evl- words.

Bleeping at sixty miles an hour and him to thrust upon a candidate until the bone and. of an. Itinerary fore tissue of the hand are a pulp, the public and go to bed late. waking at ail times and places, and hni tts ii Mar of the sturdy character and "But even If a man sleeps soundly the untiring energy and capacity lor ar duous work of American manlioou made a record that would have astounded a politician of llfty years ago. Bryan, trained In the art of public speaking, knowing how to save and spare himself, and having the experiences of great campaign on similar lines in ISiHi, Is a phenomenon In endurance, even in the eyes of the medical profession.

Bryan's first active work began on August 31, when he went to Chicago for a conference with the national committee. His letter of acceptance had been weighing upon him, but in response to calls he went South and East as far as Cumberland, back through West Virginia. Ohio-and Indiana, to Chicago. Then to Milwaukee, back to Chl- than the exhibition of physical strength and endurance given by William Jennings Bryan in his wonderful campaigning tour throughout the country. During the campaign of lSUfi Mr.

Bryan Inaugurated the campaign tour In its present extensive dimensions. Then his tour was the marvel of all who stopped to carefully consider it. The ground which he covered, the time consumed and the amount of speech-making that he did was phenomenal and told of a sturdy strength tnai nouiu be surprising to all could It be Illustrated cago and from that city westward through group of the Central Western States. Hi wmmmmm and hold it there, raising his voice by explosive lung effort Instead of changing its pitch. "Tills Is a wnste of effort, for the reason that a voice raised from 'ml' to 'sol' will carry easier and farther.

Again, a large volume of air forced through the larynx and vibrating the vocal chords Is Irritating to them. A continuance of this method will cause an unnecessarily large flow of blood to the vocal chords. The chords cannot utilize the blood and congestion follows. Hoarseness is the first result, and finally the chords are In the condition called "The untrained speaker, using one or two tones only, is In the same relative position ns a man would be who tried to do work with one hand when two hands naturally are required for It. The results are worse, however, for the whole larynx becomes Inflamed from being overtaxed, aud the sufferer may become speechless.

"The voice may be weak or strong. One man may speak without difficulty under circumstances that would wreck the voice of another man. One man may have temperament that makes his speeches unusually bard on his voice. "Climatic changes, Illy-adapted places for speaking and the Irregularities of hours and meals make a great strain on the voice. There Is the difficulty of the speaker's knowing that he Is heard, especially In the opeu air, and the temptation to make sure by raising his voice beyond all bounds.

"At a considerable distaut'c the voice will carry better In the fifth tone with least effort. In the first especially it takes the quality called 'guttural' If It has great stress of breath put upon It. This is the most trying of all upon the vocal organs, as the rush of breath vibrates the chords in the harshest manner, Irritating them In a few moments, let, somehow, an untrained speaker, talking In an Impassioned way, Is most likely to adopt this guttural tone for his climaxes. "In general Bryan has been making extraordinary canvasses. As mere physical feats they have been wonderful examples of endurance.

A good singer can sing through rusty vocal chords and his hearers may not even suspect the disability." Bourke Cockran's recent loss of voice came about through his trying to speak from an illy-placed platform. The stand at the north end of the Chicago Coliseum is too far away from portions of the building for any man to try to make his voice heard In nil parts of it. This Cockran tried to do-He paid the penalty, even though he Is an acknowledged orator, profiting by years of experience. Just this example, by comparison, shows how great a feat Bryaa has been performing. will still come and will respect the fact that the man's right forearm Iri In a sling.

But If he cannot talk most of the attractiveness of the candidate takes wing. Nerve tax and the consequent loss of tone in the system are regarded ns having ft direct and vital influence on the voice. Dr. Oscar A. King, neurologist and professor in the medical school In the University of Illinois, has found a most subtle relation between the nervous system ami the voice.

"As a basic proposition," be said, "you may trace every Impediment In speech to nervous Influences. I am convinced that even the simple matter of lisping has Its origin in some nervous condition which does not allow a child to hear distinctly and so learn the proper sound of a word. Certainly stammering and all kindred defects are based on Inharmonious nerves. "Starting with this the effect of a depleted nervous system on the voice Is plain. The mechanisms of the vocal organs are intricate of themselves, and the nerves which control these organs multiply their complexities.

"In a failing voice, then, one must always look to the condition of the nervous system. In the cases of Bryan and Roosevelt the things most calculated to derange their helves tire those which react upon tnese nervous systems. Unquestionably the two things which most do this are excitement and the sense of opposition in an audience which every political speaker has to face. "No man can escape the excitement that comes of public speaking. A certain amount of It Is necessary to key him up.

But It Is wearing. Just to the extent that he Is earnest and forceful, this excitement is developed and wears upon him. "In the sense of opposition in a meeting, however, a speaker finds his greatest strain. He cannot hope not to lay himself open to some kind of more or less effective comment fnom an nudltor. He begins by prcparlug to avoid these openings.

From this he conies to looking out for interruptions of the kind, and, finally, perhaps, to fear them. The gift of repartee will not always save him, and often a remark from a listener, made In sarcasm or levity, will cripple a whole speech. Bryan has this gift of repartee, hut it is easy to imagine that he would not court the Interruptions of enemies. So this, with the wear of excitement, tells upon any speaker, according to his constitution, and temperament. Thyslcally, too, the work of a great campaign on the railroads tells upon a speaker.

There is a loss of sleep always. Towns through which a train may pass in dead of night often turn out crowds who at least awaken the candidate. Then the exigencies night through on a railroad train he Is not rested ns he would have been had lie slept In a stationary bed. There Is reason to believe that, in the soundest sleep possible in a fast-moving train the muscles are making unconscious efforts to neutralize the movements of the body cnuscd by swaylugs and joltings of the train. The nerves prompt this, and to the extent that they are kept awake the whole system Is affected.

As the nerves are affected, too, the tendency toward Impairment of the Voice is increased. In many ways they tend to this, chiefly by disconcerting the speaker and rauslng bhu to wnste lung power. "Irregular meals and exposure to night air and to changes in the weather are physical causes for breakdown. Most often such speakers have been regular In all their habits of life. They cannot adjust themselves at once to bolted food and irregular hours for eating.

Food Is not digested as It should be and the body lacks its usual nourishment. "Above all this, as In the case of Mr. Bryan especially, the weight of being the head of a party's machinery Is distressing. He has more than the details of his own tour upon him. Telegrams, letters and all the machinery of modern correspondence bind hi in to his party's management and obtrude upon him when he should be resting.

"So far as the work of this campaign Is concerned, I will say that Bryan has been a wonder to me. Nothing In athletics, in prize fighting, running, riding, wheeling or physical record breakings of any kind appeals to me In its physical aspect to compare with the indefatigable campaign work of William Jennings Bryan. His is something more than au iron constitution. Ills performance, In the light of mere physical effort and endurance, has been wonderful. In the matter of training and experience, of course, he bos had an advantage, but he has been taxed as no other campaign speaker lias been.

His campaign promises to stand out as a marvel of physical endurance." In Hi? physical breaking down of voice Dr. Homer M. Thomas sji.vs the most common cause is the using of 10 per cent, of tone and 00 per cent, of furoe of lungs, instead of fto per cent, of tone and 10 per cent, of breath. "In the range of oratory we have, roughly speaking, the tones 1, 3. 5 and 8.

corresponding to of the musical scale," said Dr. Thomas. "Now, a well-trained speaker may have the range of all four of these tones and play upon them, running tip or down the scale for his shadings. An untrained speaker, especially if he be of the nervous, intensive type, is most likely to pitch his voice to one key mmtmmmm. mm mmm MM wmum XT.

)7. In any more succinct way. let the tour 180(1 pales Into Insignificance compared with that which the people's candidate has undertaken this fall, and when It is considered that he Is practically directing the entire campaign aud arranging a thousand details dally while on the road his capacity for work seems inexhaustible. The only one who has ever approached Mr. Bryan In this great nerve-racking, body and mind-wearing feat Is Governor Hoo'scvolt.

Vet the tour which the Hough Rider has undertaken Is neither so extensive nor so comprehensive, while he Is saved the hundred details which harass aud tax Mr. Brvan dally. To be sure. Mr. Bryan is fortified by his experience of four years ago to stand the physical pressure better than his more Inexperienced opponent, but this does not lessen the wonder of the accomplishment.

It is one of the most striking evidences of the up-to-date hustling character of the American nation that cau be cited. These Itineraries are only the evolution of the methods which In early days prompted a candidate to saddle his horse, throw a pair of saddlebags in front of him and ride Into a neighboring county to feel the pulse of the people. To-day the horse has become a 120-ton locomotive; the saddlebags are baggage, library and buffet cars; the crossroads inn Is a palace sleeping car that is home to the candidate In all weathers, times and places; the scores of miles of muddy or dusty roads have become the thousands of miles of steel-bound roadbed over which these palace trains thunder with the swiftness of a carrier pigeon. That "there were giants in those days" has become accepted of the past, but that the old-fashioned orator of the circuit-rldlug days of Lincoln and Douglas could have 6tood the strain of the modern Inter-State canvass is Impossible in the opinion of physicians. Bryan Is traveling 13,000 miles, making nearly 300 speeches of nearly tioo.000 These were only preliminary movements.

His campaign proper began- at Papllliun, on September 24. Between Chicago and Lincoln. Bryan has made many trips that have not been available for speech-making. When his Itinerary shall be complete on October 20 the available estimates will stand something after the following table: Spepehes S.sr, States covered Cities visited s.so Number auditors OoO.ouO Hiind-sliiiktiigs fri.COi) Words In speeches 3.500 Total word OOT.UOO Yet in these facts listed he has found the least of their work and worry, so far as nervous systems are concerned. In the environments, In the physical discomforts attending traveling at sixty miles au hour, and In the excitement and strain of facing audiences in such rapid succession the neu-rologlst accounts for the wear and tear of such campaigns.

As an example of just how many duties devolved upon him, some of the figures from Mr. Bryan's tour of Indiana have been gathered, They show; Miles traveled 70O Speeches MS Comities tniictied 27 Towns pusned lilt Towns ppiken to 2S Receptions 27 Visitors (loo Persons addressed 100,000 Itoliiiuets reeeive'l S2 Shakers on train Newspaper men 8 Words by telegraph Words sjioken tis.oot) In considering the campaign work of a man, the voice is the one thing that gives uneasiness to the speaker and ills friends. With voice gone his work is at an end. and it is known that the voice Is more likely to give way than any other physical necessity In a campaign. If hand-shaking be 3 -At I.

bar mwm mamma Mmm i rrwF xi wmmmmmm wai mmmimmmmmmw mmmmmmmm in a mmmmmMmsmm ummmA mmmmmmmmmm mmmm mmummmmmmk 1 How Pretty Belle Archer Achieved Success on the Stage mm: late i otonct junn a. lockciiii, ih--f ire entering upon newspaper work in New York, was, for a year or two, nuiimz na editor of tue liaitmiore make her situation more mortifying and unpleasant her young schoolgirl companions, who had learned of her escapade, began to shun her. Finally she planned and carried out a second flight from home, prompted In this, as In the previous case, solely with a desire to become an actress. Again she went to Baltimore, and while pluunlng for the future wrote the note mentioned above. "Why did 1 leave home a second time?" siie said In reply to a question.

"Well, my surroundings were very irksome and I hoped to better my condition. My family is not rich and I think I ought to be employed. I know I will be blamed by my friends, but I can't help it. But as you see," smll-iiig, "I am not dead and I want you to deny that report." "As you have left home without anthor-II maybe It would be as well to make no denial. What are your plans?" "My plans are not fully matured, but I have friends who will help me here.

One of the friends of my family, and also of myself, Is Joaquin Miller. Let me show you some of his letters." Coing to an adjoining room, she produced several letters from the venerable poet, which she read. They were addressed to her personally and were In a tone of fatherly friendship. He extended to her his warm sympathy and good advice and reminded her that be had known her since childhood and was always prepared could qualify myself to become an actress. I have some musical education and can sing a little." Here she sang a couple of popular operatic airs, her touch on the pluno being light and artistic.

During the conversation that followed It was agreed that letter should be written to the friends of Belle In Philadelphia and that an effort should be made to Interest Manager John T. Ford, with a view of enabling Belle to make her appearance on the stage. Mr. Ford upon being approached offered to lend his assistance, and he met Belle by appointment at his office in the Grand Opera House and discussed the matter wUh her. She was given the privilege of preparing herself for the stage, and entered upon the Idea with enthusiasm.

But obstacles arose, which had not been expected, and Belle was prevented from giving her attention to the preliminary stage work, and her studies were delayed for three months, the conditional engagement with Mr. Ford being practically broken off. At the expiration of that period Frank met the girl, accidentally, In an office of the Western I'nlon Telegraph Company In Baltimore and the subject of the stage was taken up again. "It has been out of my power," said Belle, "to carry out the agreement entered into with Mr. Ford; but 1 am going to ask you to Interest him again.

I am now thoroughly In earnest." In order to test her earnestness of purpose she was advised to consider the matter carefully and write to Frank. This she did and three of her letters were handed to Mr. Ford, who made another appointment with her, at which they planned the work wrv to befriend and assist hor in any way could. IIi told her to "lie eood be brave and to wrk hard at whatever site to be done. Mr.

Ford arranged for her to live In Washington while pursuing licr studies, and she spent nearly a year with the family of an old actor and his wife. There she studied hard, took music lesson and practiced diligently. Mr. Ford was arranging to produce the opera of Pinafore and he decided that she should make her first appearance as Hebe, the leader of the chorus. Anxious to make the part a little more prominent than It is in the libretto, Mr.

Ford introduced Into the opera a little song which Colonel Coekerill wrote for her. The air he llrst heard In a Berlin opera house. He hummed it to the leader of Ford's Opera House and he wrote the music. Coekerill composed the words. There were two or three verses and it was set to music.

It was called "The Song of the Sailor," and each verse ended with th refrain: "Look you here, you sailors, all. He is my love; he is my love. Look you here, you sailors, all, -He is my love, my love." A packed house witnessed the first performance, and Belle in her simple toilet of white, with flowing gulden hair, looked radiantly pretty. Her rehearsal had been thorough and she sung the catchy little air tunefully and made a decided bit. On the theatre programme her name appeared Belle MacKenzie, and this she retained until her marriage to Herbert Archer, Kngiishman, who also sang in Mr.

Ford's operatic company. During the time that Belle was preparing for the stage Manager Ford treated her with great consideration and kindness and encouraged her to persevere in her efforts. He introduced her to many prominent personages, among them F.dwin Booth, Mary Anderson and other professional people of whom encour. g.d her to success, and 'also to several Milted States Senators and high government officials, and from them she was still further encouraged to win success In the dramatic world. J'he public will recall her wonderful success ns Hebe in Pinafore under Mr.

Ford's management, and subsequently uudcr the maniigemeut of lord Zimmerman In Philadelphia. Her dramatic career Inter and up to the time of her recent dentil Is too well known to be recalled. Many stories are told of Miss Archer's generosity after she had won success ns an nctress. To the members of her family she remained devotedly nttached, and to members of the profession to which she belonged, who required assistance, her sympathy was given and to them her purse was always open. Few women on the stage had more friends than Belie Archer.

Sue is said to have left a considerable fortune. Miss Archer was fond of racing and seemed to possess a happy faculty in selecting winners. When at the races she almost always backed her favorite, and on several occasions won sums. She was notably successful at St. Louis, where In two or three days she is said to have won about undertook.

1 here were several letters writ-tin In this sympathetic vein. "Have you a great fancy for the slage?" "Yes," replied the girl, "and I think I WA5 INTRODUCED 'f'- FIRST SUCCESS! Cazctte. It was the Colonel's custom to open the late letter mail, and one night he found among the letters a neat little envelope, inscribed in a feminine hand: "Clipping Editor, The Gaxette." Inside was a of violet-scented note paper on which tills was written: I see by to-day's flarette that you have clipped from a Philadelphia paper a statement in which It is said that while riding In a Baltimore park, was thrown from a horse and killed. Now this is not true. I am not dead, and I don't want my friends to think I am dead; so please make the necessary correction, As you do not notice anonymous conimuncations I will sign my real name.

Respectfully yours, Bella. Mingle, No. street. "Frank!" called the Colonel to one of the city staff, after having read the note; "here's a letter from one of those runaway school-girls from Philadelphia, who you told me have been caught and sent back home. It appears she has returned to Baltimore.

Take the letter and look into the matter if you care to." Frank, a few days later, went to the address Indicated by the note and found Miss Mingle occupying an apartment in the home of a private family. She h.wl arrived from Philadelphia only a few days before, with a young woman companion, who had also acconipunlcd her in her previous flight from home. Their first escapade had occurred several mouths before. Both were members of All Saints', Episcopal Sunday S-hool in West Philadelphia and sting in the church choir. Impressed with (lie idea that they could succeed on the stage, they started with the intention of becoming actresses.

From Philadelphia hi went to York, and meeting v.ilh no success there they took a train to Baltimore. Soon after reaching that qity they, while making inquiries on the street, almost fell into the clutches of dangerous woman, who had been attracted by the ram beauty of Bella and her Innocent air and manner. The woman subsequently planned a scheme for their abduction, but the police discovered the conspiracy and saved the girls from harm by placing them temporarily in custody while their friends were being communicated with. The next day the girls were safely returned to Philadelphia by a detective. It should be stated that neither of the girls had been, Induced to leave home on account of a love affair, their motive in leaving home being prompted by the hope of winning success on the dramatic or operatic stage.

The theatre was their only love uud their escapade had not been marked by any "adventure" up to the time the, authorities returned them to their homes. Koon after returning to her home, gossip-ers made it unpleasant for Belle, and to FARING BY WSf a'1'1 hmrm $20,000 IN ONE DAY ON A JOHN T.FORD a ffj fa fex ST. LOUIS RACE TRACK JSili I fffw. A vW" mSJ I MA TTKTt? AC a crTrr rnrwr-i CHINESE WEDDING The rite of marriage In China, is one of i much ceremony. The bride Is In no way 1 consulted, but Is sold to the highest bidder1 for her hand.

The ceremonies are six in number, namely: Making the marriage agree-1 ment. finding out the lady's name, the hour, day and month her birth, which until this i ceremony the husband Is not. supposed to know; the consultation of the soothsayers1 as to prospects of happiness; paying the! wedding fees, settling the wedding day and i conducting the bride to the house of the bridegroom, On the dity of this, bitter, or sixth, ceremony the bride Is gorgeously dressed and carried to her husband's house in a tightly closed palanquin, I niAj cs i-i otiULr i A portrait traced by nature on a woman's tombstone has recently been discovered ill Jedburgh graveyard, near the famous abbey. The stone was civetcd In 17'JS by a worthy liuilie of Jelhart. to the memory of his wife, Alison ltenwlck.

The slow linger of time has worn away most of the facing on the front of the stone, and part of it is overgrown with moss, which has outlined the feature. Local opinion favors the view that the fnca is a likeness of the good lady who sleeps l.c-nealh-il theory which has at lensl the merit of being difficult of disproof, since one living can possibly huve seen her. Scotch Pictorial..