The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-20
GRAND OPERA IN PRISON.
La Tosca, Barber of Seville, Etc, Being
Sung at Goettingen.

Goeteingen, Germany, July 20.-A
Paris opera tenor, clad in wooden shoes
dirty mud-streaked trousers and a
thread-bare brown sweater vest, sing.
ing arias from La 1osca, Mignon and
the Barber of Seville on rude wooden
stage whose Scenery" consisted of one
rudely painted drop and few strips
of colored paper, TO an audience of five
hundred French and Belgian soldiers, all
of them as dirty as he. was one of the
entertaining incidents which the Asso-
ciated Press correspondent encountered
on his visit TO the great war prisoners
camp at Goettingen.
Jean Many, until last August tenor
OF the Opera de la Cats Lyriqu, in
Paris, was the singer II is doubtful
il in his best role he ever sang bet
ter than he is singing now, seven or
more times week, that prison life may
be more endurable for the thousands
of his fellow prisoners.
The opera at Goettingen has its own
orchestra which consists of a pianist on
the stage in his shirt sleeves and down
among the audience. English soldiers
in khaki as violinists and eornetists,
Belgians as futists, Frenehman as eel.
lists and a French lawyer as leader
II is noteworthy that the Russians,
who are present in the camp in large
numbers, neither are represented among
the musicians nor attend the concerts
TO any extent. As in every other camp,
they prove TO be willing, automatic.
husky workers who have little interest
in anything but eating all they can get
when they come back 20 camp az night,
and in loafing in dull satisfaction aft
erward.
Prof. Dr. Karl STANCE Of the univer.
sity Of Goettingen, the friend Of every
soldier interned regardless OF national /
Ity. il the "instigator" OF the concerts:
Is president Of the tiny university, az
the camp and instructor Of most Of
the classes: he Is supervisor OF the four /
language library; be Is editor in chief 1
~ the French newspaper and will hold 4
the same position on the English Jour
nal that is contemplated; and above all
be b. the confdant Of Russians. French, 4
Relgians, Flemish, English and Cana.
dams
Goettinggen camp lies high mp on The
hillside above the charming university
town which many Americans know 40
well. The camps "a wooden barracks,
IL four kitchens. four canteens. store
rooms and hospital buildings are laid
iut systematically. with . broad paved
.treet in the middle, of Of which narrow
.l,oroughfares lead The hillside locs.
Jon has facilitated the work Of max
ne and keeping the camp sanitary. The
oil il = hard clay. and deep drains
rom TOP 20 bottom have been built in
ne earth. They lead % the outskirts
Il the camp and there connect with
he sewerage system Of the town 81
sccttingen proper.
Prom the start the greatest care has
cen paid b. hospital arrangements.
lariisr 10 The war. when biR batch Of
russians was brought In. cholera was
discovered One 81 the prisoners vas
Fad When the train arrived. snd ~
bore died later. That uas the beginning
q an isolation camp that has hesn "a
ended untI 20 day there ere rpoms Scr
lphoid. Tuberculosis. seaflet fever and
her communicable diseases
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