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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK The Ideal Resort for Health or Pleasure Seekers S THE S.0.,U.S.A.-S0USA STORY page m&wm w m The Hecklenburg Hineral Springs and Hotel CHASE CITY, VIRGINIA. On the Southern Railway, ninety miles south of Richmond. Hotel thoroughly modern. Rooms single and en suite, private baths, steam heat, electric lights, elevator. AVinter climate ideal, location and sur roundings superb; cuisine and service the best. All popular diver sions; orchestra. Game preserves of thirty thousand acres; quail, deer, turkey and small game abundant. Fox hunting. Fine lively. Baruch and Nauheim system of baths. The famous Mecklenburg Springs water Lithia and Chloride Calcium served to guests. Tour ists rates from all points. Stop over privileges on all tourist tickets. Weekly rates, $15.00 and up. For booklets address THE 7VY E C KL L E N B U R G, Chase City, Virginia. THE BALMY BREEZES OF THE SUNNY SOUTH Are laden with Health and Happiness for the Worn-out Wrestler with the Strenuous Life. But you cannot repair wasted tissue or restore strength to jangled nerves with air and sunshine alone. The stomach calls for a food that supplies body-building material in its most digestible form. Such a food is Shredded Whole Wheat. It is made of the whole wheat, cleaned, cooked and drawn into fine porous shreds and baked. These delicate shreds contain all the nutri tive elements of the whole wheat grain and are taken up and assimilated when the stomach rejects all other foods. Shredded Wheat In made in two foriiin-III&CUIT and TIllKCUT. The IUNC11T in deliciou for breakfast with hot or cold milk or cream, or for any meal in com bination with freah or preserved fruit. TJII8CU.IT is the Shredded Whole Wheat wafer, criup, nourihlng and appetizing-. elicioun as a toant with be ve rag-em or with batter, cheese or marmalade. Both the BI8C1IIT and THIS. CHIT should be thor oughly heated in the oven just before serving 3- "There's Health and Strength In Every Shred" THE MOSTwDELIGHTFUL SUMMER RESORT IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS a modern village 1000 feet above sea level, is BETHLEHEM, N. H. No better place for rest and recreation. Every amusemont , found here, wfcle the natural advantages and scenic beautieTa?e uurpSedf rC80rt8 18 THE ARLINGTON pri OsXbdmOoULmY,lrnC;,ih0tel8ai moderate p,HLU.ntsMne golf lfnl Biennis; orchestra ? Long d iaUnL MmI'?? in hI1 lta tSrront, $360 to $700. s ulBlan telephone. Furnished cottages , F. C. ABBE, Prop. OME ten years ago a creative press agent gave to the world interesting fiction about the origin of Bandmaster John Philip Sousa's name, and ever since that time the yarn has ap peared periodically with numerous varia tions and some changes, but with the underlying idea unchanged, for it was novel, and the public loves novelty. Many it must have impressed as fiction, but its cleverness and originality made it a good story, and few like to spoil a good story by being too critical as re gards the facts. And so, again and again, the yarn has been spun anew in this country and abroad, always interesting those who have seen it, and enlightening the uninformed. Recently European musical papers have again taken the story up, and as a result, an American musical publication has written Bandmaster Sousa for infor mation on the subject, thinking that pos sibly he might be able to state some facts in connection. The Bandmaster's reply, written during his sojourn here, is so typical of the man as he is seen in social life, so filled with the quaint humor which makes all of his conversations sparkle, and so spiced with his charac teristic good English, that it is reprinted for the enjoyment of the large number of Outlook readers who have had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Sousa during his numerous sojourns here. MR. SOUSA S LETTEK. If there is one thing I dislike more than another it is to spoil a good story. I vividly remember my infantile con tempt for the punk-headed pirate who told me that Jack the Giant Killer never existed, and 1 clearly recall my undying hatred for the iconoclast who calmly in formed me that Robinson Crusoe was a myth and his man, Friday, a black shadow, without life and substance. I also de spised the man who said that Nero was never a fiddler, hence you can under stand my position when you call on me in all seriousness to verify the story that my name is not Sousa but Philipso. When I received your letter my first im pulse was to allow you to hang on the tender-hook of doubt for some moons and then in the interest of truth to grad ually set you right. The story of the supposed origin of my name is a rattling good one, and, like all ingenious fables, permits of international variation. The Qerman version is that my name is Sigismund Ochs, great musician, born on the Rhine, emigrated to America, trunk marked S. 0., U. S. A.; therefore the name. The English version is that I am one Sam. Ogden, a great musician, Yorkshire man, emi grated to America, luggage mrrked S. 0., U. S. A.; hence the cognomen. The domestic brand of the story is that I am a Greek named Philipso, emigrated to America, a great musician ; carried my worldly possessions in a box marked S. 0., U S. A.; therefore the patronymic. This more or less polite fiction, com mon to society, has been one of the best bits of advertising I have had in my long career. As a rule, items about musical people find their way only into columns of the daily press, a few of the maga zines, and in papers devoted to music, but. this item has appeared in the relig ious, rural, political, sectarian, trade, and labor journals from one end of the world to the other, and it is believed that, it makes its pilgrimage around the globe once every three years. Its basilar source emanated about ten years ago, from the always youthful and ingenious brain of the publicity promo ter, Col. Geo. Frederick Hinton. At that time Colonel Hinton was exploiting Sousa and his Rand, and out of the inner recesses of his gray matter he involved this perennial fiction. Since it first appeared 1 have been called on to deny it in Afghanistan, Be loochistan, Carniola, Denmark, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Kamtchatka, Lapland, Madaga car, Nova Scotia. Oporto, Philadelphia, Quebec, Russia, Senegambia, Turkestan, Uruguay, Venezuela, YY:iHaehia, Xenia, Yucatan, and Zanzibar, but, even with this alphabetical-geographic denial on my part, :he story like Tennyson's brook goes on forever. Were it not for the reproving linger of pride, pointed at me by the illustrious line of ancestral Sousas, I would let it go at that; were it not for the decrying bunch of sisters and brothers ready to prove that my name is Sousa, ami 1 can not shake them, I might letyoui question go unheeded. My parents were absolutely opposed to race suicide and were the authors of a family of ten children, six of whom are now living, all married and doing well in the family line : so well, indeed, that I should say about 1!!2 the name of Sousa will supplant that of Smith as our national name. Now for the historical record : I was born on the sixth of November, 1851, on G Street, S. K., near Old Christ Church, Washington, I). C. My parents were Antonio and Elizabeth Sousa. I drank in lacteal fluid and patriotism simulta neously within the shadow of the Great White Dome. I was christened John Philip at Dr. Finkel's Church on Twenty-second Street, Northwest, Washington, D. C, and would say, had 1 an opportunity to be born again, I would select the same parents, the same city, and the same time; in other words, I "have no kick coming.' Very sincerely, John Philip Sousa. Annuul Invitation Tourny. The annual invitation tournament of the Garden City Golf Club is booked for May 7, 8, and 9, two sixteens qualifying for the President's and Hempstead Cups ; a handicap being held in connection with the thirty-six hole finals. n
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