The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-21
PRISONERS STAGE
OPERA IN CAMP
IN GERMANY
Partisan Tenor In Ragged
Sweater-C Coat and Muddy
Trousers Sings Arias from
Tosca to Audience of Sol
diers.

lAssoeia'sd Press Correspondence
Goettingcn. Germany. July "a
Paris opera tenor, clad IN wooden
shoes. dirty mud-stroakcd trousers
ana "A ihreadbare brown wca vest
singing arias from LA Tosca,' "Mig-
non and the Barber oil seville on
"A rude wooden stage whose Seem
cry consisted of one rudely painted
drop and IA few strips OF colorod
paper, to AN audience of 500 French
and Belgian soldiers, all OF them as
dirty as he, was one of thu entertain
ing incidents which the Associated
Press correspondent encountered on
his visit To the great war prisoners
camp al Goettlngen.
Jean Malny. until last August tenor
of the opera dc la Gate Lyriqu" IN
Paris, was the singer. II Is doubtful
81 in his best role he ever sang bet
ter han ne ID singing now. seven or
more times q week. that prison HE.
may be more cndurabie for the
thousands of his fellow prisoners
The opera at Goottingcn has its own
orchestra which consists OF "a pian-
ist on the stage in his shirt sleeves
and down among the audience Eng
lish soldiers Ina Khaki as viOlinists and
corne;ists, Bclgians az nutists,
Frenchmcn as c~cllists and "a French
lawyer as leader.
II rs noteworthy that tic Russians
who are present In the camp in large
numbers neither are represented
among the musicians nor attend the
concerts TO amy extent. As IN every
other camp. they prove Ia be- willing,
automatic. husky workers, who have
little interest In anything but eating
all they Fan get whcu thcy come back
To- camp az uiEht, and in l0afing IN
dull satisfaction altCrwutd.
Prof Kari STANCE of tho tnivcr-
sity cot Gucttlugcn, the friend of
every soldier informed regardless of
nationality. is the "i~ustigator' of the
concerts, ne is president Of the Tiny
university al the camp ana Instructor
of most oi the classes; ne b. super
visor of the lo-ur-lauguagc library, he
is cdltDr-iu-chicf Of the French news
paper and wall hold the same posi-
ton on the English journal that is
contemplated. ana above al, he rs the
|Douiidaut of Russians, French, Bel
rIaus. Flemish, English and Canadi-
ans
Gocttingon camp lies high up ON
the hillside above tho charming uni
ycrsity town which many Americans
know so we'll The camp 81 wood
en- barracks. its four huge kitchens,
four gautoous, store ruums % hos
pitfalls are laid out symmctrlc-
ally, with Cd broad paved street iu the
middle. off OF which narrower thor
pughf1ro4 lead. The hillside location
has facilitated the work uf making
and keeping the camp sanitary. The
soil is 90 hard clay, and deep drains
from top Co bottom have been built
in the earth. They lead Go the out
skirts OF an, camp ana there connect
with the sewerage system of the town
lof Gucttiurcu proper.
Frcm the start the greatest ear:
has been paid 20 hospital arrange
mouts. Earlier iu the war, when
big batch OF Russians wac hrough.
iu. cholera was discovered one o
the prisoners was dctd when tn
Itruin arrived. and 3N moro diod lntcr
That was the beginning OF an lsol"
ton camp that has nvcn cStcuic'
until today there are rooms Tor IS
phoid, tuberculosis, scarlet icycr AM
, other communicable diseases.
j. ~Gocttingon has the same trcmcn
dous influx of letters and package
that other camps have Tho stan 90
@Ctdsors reads 50. 900 outgoing Ict''i
p ana cards and $4,000 incoming mes
stegs uscry month the p~Ickasc
that have tu joe Inspected rnngc iron
r 10000 To- $1,000 @ month.
PROT stang, expressed 30 few of IN