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iery is reported from the new tfern1al
positions near Nillc-aux-Bois and ir
various sectors In Champagne.
More Than 1000 PrisOners.
The official Herman sta tement to-da.
II Az follows:
Near Neuve Chape,,c we blew up an
advanced british defence position with
the occupants. british artillery di-
rected IA heavy fire on Lens.
French artillery Is very active OPP
posite nj new positions near Vile
aux-l,ois and opposite various sectors
In Champagne.
90. On the left bank of the Meuse (Ver-
u 'front.' -Sllesian troops. with n
strong. spirited onslaught. pushed for
ward their lines IN the region west OF
Corbeaux wood. on the heights OF lie
Mort Nomme. Twenty-Five officers
II more than 1000 unwoundcd men
were captured. A counter attack.
four times repeated. gave the French
no success whatsoever. They u cred
very considerable LOSSES.
On the right bank Of the Meuse and
on the eastern slopes of the hills the
artillery on both sides kept up u bitter
duel without interruption.
In the Vosges the French undertook
numerous small attacks with recon
NOTHING parties. which were repulsed.
North OF tapaume Lieut.. LETTERS
shot down his fourth enemy %aeroplaue.
"a British b!plane. both near Vimy.
northeast OF Arras. and In the neigh
borhood of Sivry. ON the Mouse. north
west Of Nerdun. a French a.roplane
was brought down BY our anti-air-
craft guns Over fiaumont. north Of
Nerdun. a large French battlepiane
fell to earth after AN aerial gag
ment. The occupants we're made pris-
oners. The occupants OF the other ma
chihes mentioned were killed.
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LOSES TWIN SONS AT vERDUN.
Pp-nch waiter Here Notified bS
cable Of War TRAGEDY.

N1,; ne attack OF N"rdun means
oir" .oGl- Yesterday 20 come OF the
"EI'ar diners At MouIu!n's Fulton
s'r",t r'staEaGt yesterday noon. Fran
&c. lkacl. one Of the old guard
e%d.''fs. WaS serving during the lunch
20. DIR wIcu d cab.egram was handed
T., j. al. \ momcn; later he said that
T., ,p.'i rot wNk any more tha; day.
i3' rlhirgrIm tod him that his twin
s9r. raI been Killed together IN fight
~ o." q German charge n that the
tragedy had caused tie death of his
h;H. VINO wLs 80 years old.
T0' ous, who were about % years
od, were born and educated a. civil en-
su,,f- u the United states. They were
81 Para when the war began and en-
listed ~ -appers. SIN another brother
II 3. another hcarch Of the French SER
vice AID ras been mentioned in official
desp PATCHES for bravery in action.
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ENDURANCE WINS IN
BATTLE FOR CRATER
British Fight in Deep Mud for
Ten Days ut Rohcnzol.
Tern RedOubt.
NINE HAVOC APPALLING
Sr>cinl Cnhic Ntsrofch 10 TME SuN.

SDSTtJf nDfe btspuIFN W " sNN
L.oSpox. March 1.-THE ~correspon-
dent Of the Daily Mail AZ British head
quarters IN France. wr.tins under date
Of March 10. describes ten days Of fight
ing IN he area Of what formerly was
the I~Iohenzoilcrn redoubt. south Of LA
Basse.. nov IA crowded series OF mine
craters.
THE lighting" the correspondent saye.
has been concentrated and severe. and
many have been killed on both sides.
The British victory was won by scores
of fine individual deeds and has given
the British several German trenches.
Men who have fought all through the
war have seen nothing comparable with
the iarees; Of these craters. II IL an
am~phitheatre. beautifully urrounded
and covering perhaps half an acre. When
the min. wa, exploded on March :. on
servers saw "A thing like - great black
mushroom rise from the ground. he
meath IL. appeared with tn. ponderous
momentum of these big upheava!s "A
white growth like the gills Of a mush-
room. II war the chalk sibsoii tollow-
ing in the wake OF the black loam' WIN
his black and white upheaNal went UP
heaven knows how many bodies an"
limbs of Germans. scattered everywhere
,,I,h IN. res. Of the debris. and the
e>n,osion sent up many graves as well
,s IN. bodies Of those just Killed
Tn. CORRESPONDENT gives details ot IN"
mining and fighting in this sector sho"
ing that the operations we're conuu''eu
in snow and slush and terrible mud
wh,oh made the sides Of the craters al
most impossible.
"Some sank INTO the morass.' he says.
"aud had TO he helped out. Smells iail-
ing into the craters sent up eruItio's vi
mud Only men AT "A high pitch OF Tram
ing could have stood the physical "ea''-
ness OF the WORK. 80,
.No fighting has been so terrible ai'h
so condensed AZ ut this crater. ihe
oyh,inp vas in "A graveyard. which was a
nerfect target for bom,' ana grenade Ain
for the slower attack Of an enemys
mine. Intense endurance Is necessary u
hold YOUR own IN such a slough OF terror
! during the days when the crater "as
being built Tor defensive uTpose aho
the dead were being buried az far a.
possible . =,
The correspondent paws n fribute "
The dash, determination ana stubporhhes
OF the German infantry. backed by eooo
artillery and al supply Of
srenades, !,
THE tale of the enemy's losses II
high" h. Says. "One communication
trench packed with men WAS raked iron,
end TO end by one Of u guns unui u
was "A graveyard. Our artillery. over
whelning in the amount of shells. Wal
mo-, SPARED, we Airing at least ten shells
IN one. The battle IL beginning 10 De
cline. but is not yet over
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BIG ISONZ0 BATTLE NEAR.
Italians Enter Austrian Lines, hut
Fail to Hold Gains.
sp,ciat Ca6i. Despatch to THE Sun.

LoNroH. March 1.-THE new battle On
lie lsonzo which is looked for as a re-
sui Of The last few days continuous vio-
'.n' artillery action on both sides Is
stll under preparation. although the last
'wenty-tour hours saw some strong At
taehs by the Italians,
Tn-night'a official statement says
Italian attacks on the Isonzo front con-
cnut. which indicates that King Victor
tnlrnanuels troops are taking the initia-
tive IN the nsw operations. n Italians
made 4 number Of strong local drives.
In one attack they succeeded In pene.
trat!ng tho Austrian - lines. but wer:
tnven out again. The War ONCE state
ment follows:
Italian attacks on tho Is0nzo 'front
continue We drove out the enemy.
who succeeded in entering our lines ut
podsora. An enemy night attack
after hours OF artillery preparation
failed southwest Of san Msrtino,
where 1000 enemy corpses were left
nshind in fighting Of h past few
days.
Italian airmen threw bombs on
Trieste. but did no damage.
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BULGARIA's ROME PLAN VAIN.

Speciai CdbIe Despafch 10 THr

ROM, March lH.-The correspondent
of TIE H. IL authorized 10 deny n re-
port that tho 'opc has c"ns' nt"d 10 re-
ceIyc a Bulgarian Minister "a The VAT
can after the war,
The Austrian Ambassador accredited
&, the Holy See, who ~ now ~ Iugan",
Initiated negotiations IN lchalf OF Bul.
garia toward the cstahlislTncut of fiu,-
gar-Natican relations, The proposed
Bulgarian Minister n"W resides AT
Lugano.
The negotiations failed on account Of
tive Popc's refusal on the ground that tho
Catholic Episcopal" IN Bulgaria IL sutii-
Client To look after tafhoii" inter, stg,
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GERMANS PUSH ON.
Take 1000 Men and "a OnAcers
West Of Meuse.

BERLIN. Via London. March Ia
Sileslan troops stationed IN the sector
west Of crows Wood. on the west bank
OF the Mouse. attacked the French sue
cessfully yesterday. pushing the German
lines orwar ~ Dead Mans I'M and
akinR Twenty-Five officers and 1000
men prisoners.
The gains were held against four
ounter attacks In which the French
suffered considerable losses.
An advanced British position was
blown UP. with its occupants. near Neuve
~Chappelle.
Marked activity By the French artil-
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HELPS vERDUN REFUGEES.
American OrRn n~isatiOn First "a
send supply Uf Food.
spec,1i Cd6ie Despo;ch to TUE SrS.

PA.,. Marri Eth. American Re-
rsf ,i.ar.ug Itous. has the honor ~
b. ~ The INST to send relief u III.
~refpyr-e Of Nerdun.
Th"r, at, $1,000 of these refugees in
village, ina the neighborhood Of Bar-le-
Duo The first motor truck carrying
four tons OF matted milk, canned food.
q vii leav. tomorrow. Other ship
m,rts viii follow.
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AUSTRIA HAS ANOTHER FOE.


,onpoE. March I3.-Accord!ng TO 4
Rome despatch TO. the EAchaiige Tele-
graph Company Austria mas declared
war on Portugal.
~ d,,patch from Geneva a y the Aus.
,r,., Minister 10 Portugal has been re-
called from Lisbon and The Portuguese
Minister st Vienna hss rscsivsd hts psss.
portR
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BRITISH MAKE RAID.
Garry Out Operation south Of Yer.
10remhoek.
Special cabie Despotch TO Tar suS.

special Cdoie Despotch TO Tar SITS.
LONDON. March 1.-THE following re-
port from British headquarters In Franco
was Issued by the official press bureau
Tonight
Last night our troops carried out a
small aid south Of veriorenhoek with
satisfactory results.
To-day there was artillery activity
on both sides about Hulluch. floeg-
steert and Ypres.
There was considerable artillery ac-
tivity and many combats are reported.
A determined attack ON one Of our
reconnaissance machines was driven on.
A hostile observation balloon was
forced to descend when attacked.
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Canadians Arrive safely.

OTTAWA, Maruh 1.-the chief press
censor ohicc announced to-day that the
Transports Missanabio and Scandinavian
from Canada arrived In England safely.
Tho tu'o vessels carried 202 officers. 2.S71
men and ~ nurses.
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Thrown Into the Neus~.

On battalion emerging from the
railway cutting south Of RcgneNilic made
a third rush forward with the double
chje't %! gaining shelter and IN. lower
asrks o: Goose I'M cote de !D!e). As
hey sped along they were an easy mark
'cr the French gunuers on Dead Man
Hill ard At M~aiancourt and a few min
1'e- later they We're rolling In hundreds
doNr ~. ~embanknent. Many NJ those
not mortality wounded found death IN the
sppllt0 waters OF the Mouse.
"A dawn this uorning the French
counter attacked Hill 26j with IA small.
force with comparatively little loss and
vor back most Of tn. positions the Ger
mans had captured At a cost .. several
thousand men
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Seek Substitute for Coffee.

"One of our roubles now will be limit
ing the supply OF coffee or inventing a
Substitute. Another thing I am anxious
10 IND out is the use of nuts az neat.
W. hav. had for some time AIT artlii.
Ga. substitute for '2Ys and there WAS
never anything so rich IN possibilities as
'hC SOFA bean, when We have been stock
ing W ON sine, the beginning of tin war
or rather since We discovered It's uses.
IL makes a wonderful oil. "A meal equally
.!ch r.. carbohydrates and fats. and from
Il Ne also manufacture an artificial milk.
"lSut ! mustn't let YOU think this IL our
main work. We issue little tickets good
foy milk. meat. vegetables, coal and
provisions. We have given out nearly
5000. 900 since the beginning Of the war.
Then ] have written Il lot Of cool,-
books and she sent her secretary TO get
six d'ffevcu; color.d hooks. -four repre-
Srut.ng III. four divisions of Germany,
with the treatment of the foods peculiar
To each se'tion. one for the "Fettarrle
kuch~'-the kitchen H. which fat must
b. spared. and one general war cook
book.
These consist of seNeva! thousand rec
, .pr. particularly applicable to different
sections Of the country. al economical.
/ and all designed 70 spare the articles In
which ';r. many - short, These books.
issued by the Matchmaker Fraueudiens,
are free 20 any member Of 4 community
reached 10y a sub-branch. and that means
practically all Of Germany, over / ,100,-
OO0 copies have been distributed.
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capt, ". !. Shaus messy, eldest SON
of Lard Snaughurss!. has enlisted for
overseas s'rvic" with tho l?otll haJ-
,allion Of Canadian infantry. tic will
90 a. Ndjutaut.
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Food niot. Reported ~ R",s~r,..

ROM. MarriI ~, OWNS .. ga
scarcity % foud in bulgaria riotiug un
broken on; ~ ~Hf'ilippnpuiin ana Naar.
where nohs wrecked and looted si.ops.
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BuIgars 10 issu- Loan %pru l.

coPEHHA Gss. March ~, A new i pc
ceat. Bulgarian loan will hc issuel about
April I. according TO the Dsutsche Togcs-
ssttSwS. @
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Continued from First Page.

!ncs etwec Bethincourt and lie Mort
'iommc In order TO begin an enveloping
movement against the French AT Chat
t%ancourt. 10 the southeast,
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The day ! saw Frau Hey she had been
comforting with the Mayor Of Berlin Ia
the morning. who had set her the task Of
planning IN" cheapest ana most advanta-
grous way %: feeding daily $1,000 Ia
100. 600 ,ersons next falkland this was
in February.
Il shall work ont q scheme" sho said,
by which II can al he cooked In one
cnorvlous boilsr--SOnls sor' of meet
s,ew. soup or something. RecaI is,. ~
with every division into small
the expense not, only OF making
hut e; preparinp IL increased"
trru N"Nl * one example of tuuusmn,S
IN u;crmuay to-day who are bending All
their eicIgi.s toward hrlp,rg tho fathcr-
land. They an caring TO- all needy
and Sirt wonl"l, tn"N AZ. -uardiUg 'lNe
coming gene ration. th"y are ~ins'ruciinr
WnIu,H IN nov Professions, they are. IN
short. wording hrty nifty. as We say in
America with tho mon IN the f@ld lhi.
Germany may win.
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Gen. l%:Wllteui ~,

'ARis. March i5.-Announcement was
made her" to-day that Gen. ,;allieni.
Minister of War. is still lndispos.d and
Is unable to attend to his official duties.
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Nanoel Urges Loyalty.
Faeesl C;abls DesposcA to Ths SUR.

LohnoH. March l5.--Ex-king Man0el
o. Portugal has appealed 10 all his m-
lowers IN Portugal n abroad TO sup
BORT whatever tiovernnent Ii established
In Port
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on they came. wave after wave. gray
clad. hardly i've feet separating mar
FROM man and less thai, 100 yards d.
.iJiug each successive wave.
The main attack was directed from
crvNss wool against Hin 26j. while two
rankins attacks. rae a brigade strong.
attempted to push through Bethiicourt
village and Aloire the railway cmbank-
mert.
The only section which met with suc-
cesS was the centre. Ry "A series of
sedeehammrr blows. In which they lost
enormously. the Germans AT this point
uaraged TO hack their way into two
stli,nts Of the French position. The
'pial gains lid not AMOUNT to 100 yards
co. the French front line.
The enemy on the right and left came
ls'wecn "A murderous entladiug fire from
M.lAncourt. from Hi 2?5 and from half
g. dozen forts commanding the loop of the
Ncyst. In many places the foe vas
,aVslt in a ,russ'irc. The French had
been preparing for Such attacks and
scores of - batteries had been brought
w No troops in the world cuuld with
stand such au Internal ~bombardment.
The Germans fell in rows aud were
'ramrltd under foot 10y their oncoming
cpnrsdeS
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Tho sirth drfich bu Miss N,iso, ~
G"rmdny wN npp'ar n Tut Sr.' TO-
mOrroW.
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GERMAN WOMEN
AID FOOD ECONOMY
Frau Heyl. Leader Of the
Movement. a HindcMburg
of the Kitchen.
SlBSTlTrTE FOR EGGS
~ WILSON.

call 'thc Hindenburg OF the Kitchen"
so thoroughly has she mastered the
strategy Of forehandeiness. Of conser-
walton. substitution In the matter Of
national food supply AGAINST England's
attempt to starve Germany.
Her name ie Hedwig IIey,. ard this
name has been connected Tor years in
Germany with all that was philan-
.hropic. all that Was constructive and
helpful in the civic life OF Berlin. II
was due entirely to her that that amaz-
ing exhibition OF women's work in Ger
many was held IN the Hoologischer
';arten abou, two years ago II was
called Frau i'm Klaus ind Berur'-
woman in her home and in her pro-
scssion." Here appeared Illustrations OF
the thousand achievements of woman
kind in Germany. For this service Frau
Heyl was decorated by the Emperor.
SO with her belief In women and with
:he amazing ~forethought -presciencc.
one might almost call (which charac-
terizee the trained German mind. Frau
Heyl saw On the first day Of war II
u place women could and must all IN
the war. ami that morning presented her
petition for the founding OF a Nation
aler Frauendien"-'thc national service
of vomen"-vhi,h should organize all
| tho women of tn. empire into "A 90.
working. cosacr.fciug, coeconomizink AZ.
sociation.
The same afternoon. the first day OF
the war. permission WAS granted by the
War Ministry and notices we're sent 10
every city I'm the country uotifyiuy them
I Of this new Organization and bidding
. them toin the central committee after
! having organized their hon,, branch.
| Women Aid In Food Economy.
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GERMAN ASSAULT
PLANNED WITH CARE
Attack Directed Against lie
Mort HOmme Made by
Three Routes.
Success Is TEMPORARY
sr,c,ai cable Despatch 10 THE svx.

Sr,c,ai cable Despatch 10 Tar suS.
Losrox, March is Thursday THE
Iari, correspondent OF the Daily Mail.
,.lsraphiug yesterday. says:
"A,,cr a lull OF three days the attack
q, y,rdun by the west bank Of the Mouse
hogan Yesterday at 4 { o'clock In the after
,.,. +, opeucd badly for the Germans.
VINO. after gaining "a p~recarious footing
:, on. az the French advanced trenches.
r.-c obliged To surrender almost all the
,-,ird tll.v had won AS the rcsuit OF IA
v,- ,rou. French counter attack early
,,is morning with bayoNet II hand
%g-cnadcs.
on Monday the enemy brought a di-
vision from FORCES to tfill 22?. near
p,rucyillc. but attempts to advance from
,uuie-c- over ,ioose hin cote de rOie)
nc. VT, disaster. The French discpv-
,rej them half way up the slopes march,
,ry 10 los, formation and further prog
RS, vas stopped.
Monday night the Germans worked
,s.ir way TO positions on the fringe Of
COWS Wood ,Bois dcs CorbeauX). Late
,eperdiy afternoon they d~elouchcd from
The latter TO attack the more Hortherly
~ ~. Two heights which form Dead
Mans Hill tie Mort Homine). The
enemy approached in compact columns
ay tho, different routes with the eyi.
don, intention Of overwhelming the
French 10y numbers.
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GERMANS FAIL TO HOLD
GAINS WEST OF MEUSE

!ery is reported from the new German
positions near ~Nillc-aux-BOis and In
various sectors In Champagne.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24
February, 1916

and until he returned to Mt Vernon, his
occupation was Negro minstrelsy His
retirement was due to his age and to
the fact that changes in the style of
minstrel performance had made him a
back number" AS composer of Dixie"
he had long since been forgotten. He
actually had been overshadowed by its
popularity.
Dixie's adoption as the war song of
the South originated in the excitement
it caused when sung on the stage of New
Orleans Varieties Theatre, in the spring
of 1861, when Mrs. John Wood was ap-
pearing there in "Pocahontas." A fea-
ture of the performance was Zouave
march which was introduced into the
last scene. A catchy tune was wanted
for this, and Carlo Patti, the leader of
the orchestra after trying over several
pieces, decided on Dixie" He little
knew what that decision would mean for
the song. When the Zouaves marched
on the first night, lead by Miss Susan
Denim, singing Dixie" the audience
went wild and demanded seven encores.
From New Orleans it seemed to flash
over the entire South; the Washington
Artillery had the tune arranged for a
quickstep and the whole section of the
country rang with it. Pickett ordered
it played before his famous charge at
Gettysburg. Thus the anomaly was
presented of a song written and compos-
ed by man who was born in the North,
and who as matter of fact sympathized
with the North, becoming the war song
of the South. General Albert Pike and
others wrote additional verses, and these
form the only foundation for the claim
sometimes advanced that Emmett was
not the author and composer of Dixie"
whereas his name has appeared on the
copyrighted title page of the song even
since its earliest publication.
General Pixies words to Dixie" first
appeared in the "Natchez Courier"
April 80, 1861. Here are some of the
characteristic stanzas:
Southrons, hear your country call you
Up, lest worse than death befall you!
To arms To arms To arms in
Dixie!
Lol all the beacon fires are lighted
Let all hearts be now united
To arms! To arms To arms, in
Dixie!
Chorus
Advance the flag of Dixie Hurrahl
Hurrah
For Dixie's Land we take our stand,
and live and die for Dixie!
To arms To arms And conquer peace
for Dixie
To arms To arms And conquer peace
for Dixie!
Hear the Northern thunders mutterl
Northern flags in South winds flutter
To arms, etc.
Send them back your fierce defiance!
Stamp upon the accursed alliance!
To arms, etc.
Eaar No donoarI CHM NJ Iohort
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-02-24

lar with the Southern soldiers began:
Away down South in de fields of
cotton,
Cinnamon seed and sandy bottoml
Look away look away look away
look away!
Den way down South in de fields of
cotton,
Look away Look away Look away!
look away.
Emmett wrote Dixie" while he was a
member of the famous Bryants Minis
trels which he had joined in 1857 He
was known already as the composer of
"Old Dan Tucker" and he was engaged
by Bryant not only in the capacity of
stage performer, but also to compose
Negro songs and walk-arounds The
performance always wound up with an
ensemble called the "walk-around," which
was Tor was supposed to be- a genuine
bit of plantation life. The composition
of fetching walk-arounds was a knack
acquisition for minstrel troupe.
Moreover he had good voice and
played many instruments, but especially
violin and flute.
On Saturday night, September II, 1859
after the performance, one of the Bry-
ants told Emmett that a new walk
around was wanted in time for rehearsal
on Monday. The minstrel replied that
while the time was very short he would
do his best. That night after he reach
ed home he tried to hit upon some
tune, but the music wouldn't come.
His wife cheerily told him to wait
until morning; he should have the
room to himself so that he could work
undisturbed, and when he had finished
the walk-around he could play it for
her as sole audience If she liked it
the Bryants would, and SO would the
average listener.
Next day was rainy and dismal Some
years before, Emmett had travelled with
circus as a drummer. In winter the
warm Southern circuit was a popular
route with circus people, and those
who were obliged to show north would
say when the cold weather would make
them SILVER, Il wish was in Dixie" The
phrase was, in fact a current circus
On that dismal September
day, probably the beginning of the
equinox, when Emmett stepped to the
window and looked out, the old long
ing for the pleasant South came over
him, and involuntarily he thought to
himself, II wish was in Dixie" Like
a flash the thought suggested the first
line for a walk-around and little later
he minstrel, fiddle in hand, was working
out the melody, which, coupled with the
words, made Dixie" a genuine song
If the people almost from the instant
t began with a verse which was omit
I'd at the performance. The minstrels
we're very careful not to put anything
IN the stage that might give offense in 1