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The Washington times., 1917-11-29
TWO OOLD MASTERS
WERE OR|G|NATORS
OFPOPULAR MUSIC

Have our great masters written
popular music7" In order to answer
this question Il Il perhaps necessary
to give definition OF the expression
Popular Music" or recent years the
term popular music has been in bad
odor, for It refers to . lot of music
that smells to heaven and should
rightly be sent to q less blissful place
and used as firing material But
there 10 stiII another kind Of popular
music" music which appeals to the
many by virtue OF It's melodic, rhyth-
mic and harmonic material and which
follows the line OF least resistance IN
the human ear. and IL most easily alb
sorbed BY It. and which Is not bad. but
often good music.
How About Melody IN Fl
For instance. of RubInstein's serious
music such as "Feramors." Demon
the ocean" symphony and beautiful
eoncertos, the masses know nothing.
He might be the proprietor Of cloth
ing emporium or . pawnshop. Who
cares! But hoI Has he not written
the Melody in RI An important con-
tribution to contemporary musical lit.
erature"-self-supporting to such an
extent that It Is not any more Rubin
stems Melody In =. but just Melody In
+. II Is the John L. or John D. of
music. Nothing else 10 needed. It has
been arranged for AL possible and i'm
possible Instruments, even for the
Jews harp.
Then THERE'S Son the Sea-
Schubert Is known mostly by his
serenads, by his "on the Sea-" which
has become q folk song pure and
simple In Germany. Chopin. the
writer OF most refined music. could
never hope (perhaps never desirsd)
to become popular. but 10 best known
by his Military Polonsise, . silly name
bestowed upon It by some publisher,
although 1t II generally played in any
thing but q martial spirit Dvorak
owes his popularity to his Humor.
esque, q plaintive little tune discover
ed by Kreisler, arranged for violin
and then introduced into musical So
ciety BY this roundabout way. Why
1t has beeh called q humorssquo waS
always . puzzle.
The Washington times., 1917-11-29
Music Calendar.
DECEMBER.

OhNEnDEhs
S-Loraine Wyman, soprano, and
Howard BrIa-kway. pianist, in
recital of Lonesome Tunes"
+Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ethel Leginska, pianist.
Friday Morning Music Club
Program by Kitty BeAle,
Elsa Raner and Faye Hum
phrey.
11-Philadelphil Orchestra, JAG
ques Thibaud. vIolinist.
12-Rubinsteir Club Concert
13-Francis Aida soprano: Frank
LaForge, pianist: and Gertrude
Wynn Pyle, pianist.
14-Friday Morning Music Club
Program by Elizabeth Winston,
Margaret Day. Mrs. Arthur
Day. and Charles T. Tittmann.
16-Daniel G. Mason in lecture
recital on 'Srhe. Brass Section
OF the Orchestra"
'19-Motet Choral Society (color
music).
21-Friday Morning Music Club
Christmas program with
Sadie Styron-
2S-Friday Morning Music Club
Program by Henry Kaspar
and Katherine Lee Jones.
30-''The Christ Child" at st.
Andrews Church.
The Washington times., 1917-11-29

her box garbed IN the costume OF the
much-married monarch's time.
She said Il swept her into the spirit
OF the play and made her feel the at
mosphere OF the piece as nothing else
could have done. Why. asks Charles
L. Edison in the New York Telegraph,
isn't this suggestion good for all au-
diences? Perhaps II IL the next chap
ter of the new art OF the theater.
The Washington times., 1917-11-29
DRESSES TO SUIT PLAY.

Geraldine Farrar went to see the
play. "a King Of Nowhere" with its
scenes laid in the period Of King
Henry VIII To put herself en- rap
port with the persons in the play.
one OF whom was her husband. Lou
TeIlsgen, Miss FarrSr appeared In
The Washington times., 1917-11-29
ARTHUR BALFOUR
GREAT LOVER AND
STUDENT OF MUSIC

OF all the British statesmen that
have ever held the office Of premier.
there has never been one so passion.
ately fond OF music a. Arthur Bal
four. True, his. uncle and immsdi-
ate preeedessor in the premiership,
the late Lord Salisbury. was very
fond Of the works OF Rossini and Of
Nsyerbeer. But he did not possess
The Washington times., 1917-11-29
SINGING SOLDIERS
FORM NUCLEUS Of
NATIONAL SCHOOL

The National Music School, which
supporters OF American music have
been dreaming Of as a future possi-
bllity, Is building itself in a wonder
full way through the National Sing
ing Army" which is resulting from
the efforts OF the War and Navy
Commissions on Training Camp Act
ivities to make singing a part OF the
military program
Many OF the song leaders are Civ
ing their assistance to community
choruses in the cities near the
camps, and the choruses, in turn, are
cooperating in the work OF making
q singing army OF the men in train
Ing In Buffalo, N. Y, the Community
Chorus has pledged itself to keep its
work going while its director, Harry
Barnhart il. absent as song leader
At Camp Upton, Yaphank, L. I.
No More Dull Daya In Camp.
At Columbia. S. c. David Griffith,
the representative of. the War De-
partment Commission On Training
Camp Activities in. Camp jackson,
has organized a Community chorus
which has effectively done away
with the problem of dull Sunday
AOSA1- GLAAuAn Is
his chorus and the men OF his com
mand for q big community sing at
Christmas time In Missoula, Mont,
Mr.. and Mrs Martin ]. HUtchens, in
Eptred by the work accomplished in
other parts Of the country, have or
CANNED 4 community chorus that
started with q membership OF 1000
pertons. The movement promises to
become Statewide, and Is having the
enthusiastic support Of, the Associa-
tion OF Commerce.
Do you know what ''bare" singing
isS It sounds, to be sure, like some
of the newer esthetic dance forms.
but this is merely cAmoLhage. The
expression was coined by Augustus
D. zanEig. song leader. OF. the War
Department Commission on Training
Camp Activities, at Camp Sherman,
Chtllicothe, Ohio, to describe condi-
tons when the song leader is sans
band, sans cornetist, or any other
form Of musical accompaniment, and
must depend on his unaided efforts to
evoke tive singing from two or three
thousand men
Lack Of Teachers Felt. .
The problems of a song leader in
. camp Of from $4,000 TO 5000 men
are arssnumerous-thep principal one being
lack Of time to get around TO all the
regiments Stetson Humphrey, song
leader Of the War Department Com
mission on Training Camp Activities.
at Camp DIX. wrightstown, N. J., Is
surmounting the difficulty by train
ing q quartet in each company. These
quartets are called together by the
song leader to learn new soRgS-or
to familiarize themselves sufficiently
with the older ones-and then they.
in turn, teach them to the men of
their companies and lead singing
Al mess time or in barracks. Mr..
Humphrey iB also gtying, the Of
hcers Of the Camp DIX command
special lessons In voice productions to-
aid them in giving commands dis
tinctly. y :
The stimulus which singing In the
camps has given music in the coun-
try at large IL evidenced by q letter
received by the National Committee
on Army and Navy Camp Music from
prominent musician of Seattle,
wash, who seys:
~we are making efforts to estab-
The Washington times., 1917-11-29

Do you kuorV that when
| play Mozart / feel brighter
and yoHnger, almost a youth
agaiRs Rs-TSchaikoWSky.
Each composer is in part
a reflection of his epoch
and IN part an individual.
The Washington times., 1917-11-29

Never in art can thought
and form" be severed; least
of all in music.
The Washington times., 1917-11-29

Music's very mystery and
intangibility is the essential
condition Of much of its.
power.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-02
Out of Mexico.

The withdrawal of American forces from Mex
leo is obviously well advised The prospect OF
capturing Villa, which the particular object
of the expedition, faded long ago. Further, the
location of General Pershings troops was any
thing but strategically desirable, and in the event
of a larger expedition into Mexico would have been
a source of grave weakness and peril. The para
mount reason for the withdrawal, however, seems
to be the purpose of the American Government
TO remove all extraneous issues from the problems
before Carranza and then insist that he work out
those problems with some measure of success, If
he expects American support.
Carranza has contended that the presence of
foreign troops on Mexican soil rendered almost
impossible his task of bringing peace and stability
into his country's disordered affairs; and he has
met every proposal from Washington with coun-
Ter proposal for the withdrawal of the troops.
We shall now see what he makes of his free
field. Will he deal promptly and effectually with
Villas band of eight thousand more we'll armed
men,. Will he prove capable in reasonable length
of time, of protecting his northern States and the
border country against outawTy? Will he be able
people to establish fairly stable and representa-
tive government?
The outlook is not heartening. But in with
drawing its troops from Mexico after they had
NAMED almost a year, leaving that countrys free
dom unimpaired, the United States demonstrates
its fidelity pledges and it's genuine disnterested-
ness in a manner which all Latin America will
appreciate and which will Justify and bUttress
cause if serious, farreaching Intervention becomes
necessary.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-02
The Opening of the Land ShOW.

The opening of the Southeastern Land Show
in the economic history of Georgia and neghbor-
ing States. 1t is the first exposition of the kind
held in the South, the first effort to do for
this region what similar enterprises have done for
the West and the Pacific coast
prime factor in the development of Califor-
MIA has been the land show held regularly at San
Francisco for thirty years, and the Chicago land
shows have been less useful to Illinois and ad-
jacent territory. In natural resources and invest
ment opportunities, the Southeast has all that
could claim. To bring these opportunities,
in their diversity and abundance, wildly to the
countrys attention and thereby attract new capital
and energy for upbuilding the South is the
salient purpose of the Land Show which opens
Thursday evening at the Auditorium to continue
through February the fifteenth
This exposition will be seen by thousands of
visitors from many parts of America, and will
arouse their admiration and practical interest.
1t will be revelation also the people of Georgia,
States represented in the exhibits-and will give
them a clearer we'll as broader conception of
the wonderful region in which they dwell. The
Georgia Chamber of Commerce, under whose
spices the Land Show was projected and brought to
splendid consummation, has done many excellent
things, but other so rich in achievement and
in promise.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-02

They are beginning to like it. and by token the
White being less and less visited by members
of congress They await the coming OF the president
the capitol.
Former Lieutenant Governor w P. Thorn, who is
counted one orators in Kentucky, recently
visited Norfolk. He took the night boat down the
river As he leaving the docks the next morning.
big policeman him and volunteered to carry
his satchel. The governor was thankful.
What you got in tits bag?" asked the policeman
You don't suppose a would come all the way
from Kentucky without bringing a little liquor with
him. do your countered the governor.
The smiled and accompanied the distinguished
visitor to taxcab. There he deposited the bag, with
this significant remark:
Your innocent ignorance sayes you We are
enforcing prohibition law in this town"
The governor bad forgotten all about -virginia's
prohibition law, which forbids the giving away of
Of whisky and which restricts the quantity that
may be brought into the state.
Unless Republicans resort to hlibuster, the
nomination Of DR.. Cary T. Grayson to be medical
rear admiral will confirmed before the adjournment
Of congress- The naval committee of the senate has
favorably recommended the nomination, and It is
that Democratic senator will vote for
its confirmation
The opposition to the confirmation appears to be
partisan in its entirety
For many years officers navy have clamored
for and insisted that congress should adopt the
selective system the advancement of naval officers
old seniority system denounced urwise and
ineficacious usually elevating responsible positions
officers old and feeble to satisfactorily discharge
the duties
Congress finally yielded opportunities Of
naval officers year adopted. part Of the
naval program, the Seect1ve system The president
selected DR.. Grayson for advancement Certainly
is better qualified to- know and appreciate DR..
Graysons capacity capabilfty than the president
in selecting him he followed the Recommendation
of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels
Yet, the nomination Grayson opposed.
because the president Jumped" ham OF
many officers who his senior in rank and service.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-02
Another Step for Civil Service.

Another important step in taking Governmental
business out OF politics is marked by the Senate's
approval OF the plan to place within the classified
civil service the pOstmasterships which now are
filled by Presidential appointment The wisdom
of the change is unquestionable. As long as
postmaster is competent and acceptable to the pub
lie he should be retained regardless of political
vicissitudes. Thus efficiency would be always up
permost in his thought. and that would make for
the best possible service II is obvious, moreover
that the President of the United States, burdened
as he is with the gravest responsibilities should
not be troubled with the petty politics that fire.
quently besets appointments of this kind. There
are some fourteen thousand postmasterships sub
jet to Presidential appointment Fancy the task
of having to face, indirectly, the swarms and
swarms of office seekers thus alIured, This I'M
reasonable policy is certain to be abandoned soon
or late. The present Congress will win much credit
for itself il the House in the Senate amend
1nent and assures this. important extension Of the
civil service principle.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-02
, AsHfNGTON, Feb 1.-The presidents visits TO
Il the capitol are marked by democratic sim

AsHFNcToN. Feb 1.-The presidents visits to
M the capitol are marked by democratic SIM
w plicdty. He and goes almost as any
ordinary citizen would His office is always ready Tor
occupancy. 1t of the handsonest rooms IN the
Gapitol-one of the show places. couple OF hand
some settees chair or two and harocarVeo
mahogany table constitute it's furnishings.
The president rarely upon the occasions OF his
visits The double doors to the room stand open
Secretary Tumulty usually stands inside, near the
doors couple secret service men hover near the
doors; the outside A dozen or SO newspaper heH
loter within eye-shot
Since president stands his visitors stand also
Very often three or more senators in the
room anxious discuss different matters The presf-
dnnt leads his man to corner, and there for few
minutes they may engaged in earnest converse
ton Occasionally. the president will take note book
from pocket and enter notation concerning
matter.
The president has no stated interval for coming to
OF for remaining at the capitol He comes usually IN
the afternoon remains until he feels that he has
done ALL that he came do. His presence certainly
helps to facilitate things legislation alone for
a matter fact, of the conferences have to do
with other matters.
There was a disposition at first among certain
senators and representatives without regard party
to criticse the visits. feeling of resent
eut in certain quarters This has all but disappeared
The visits beginning to be more and moro welcome
Senators and representatives beginning to regard
them as helpful them rather than to the president
The president feels that he must have exercise and
fresh air likes out of the confinement Of his
the White House. He realizes that senators
congressman have little opportunity and less
desire to leave the capitol when the houses in
session. 1t requires considerable time for them to
make trip from the capitol to the White House and
back And at the White House there is atmosphere
of formalty, frequently many unavoidable delays
in getting at the president
The president the red and the formaiity
by coming t. the capitol He makes himself more
tive conclude his business in less time
than would be lost in waiting at the White House.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-02

S it your habit to put off making decisions, 10
4 postpone action whenever possible to leave
- everything TO the last moment? From bust
point of view this is exceedingly bad habit
Also it is habit weakening to the character, even
injurious to the health.
Like every habit it gets firmer grip on man
the longer it is continued 1t may get such grip
that its victim finds it almost impossible to decide
about anything take action of any sort He then
suffering from a recognized functional disorder
aboulia, or paralysis of the will.
In extreme cases people thus afflicted have great
difficulty in doing such simple things as eating and
dressing. They cannot make up their minds what
food to choose, what clothes to put on.
| have known of where persons have re-
manned in bed long after waking in the morning.
because they could not exert enough will power to
get up promptly. When they do get up it has taken
them hours or longer to decide how to dress for
the day.
To be sure habtual procrastination may be
symptom and a result we'll as cause. of nervous
weakness. If a man, formerly energetic, begins to
notice in himself tendency TO delay, he may take
it for granted that hsnerves are not in the best of
order.
What he should at do is, not merely try to
force himself to be decisive and prompt, but also
upbuld his nervous system. This is all-important
in his
His wisest course. therefore, is to begin by con-
sulting a good doctor, in order to make sure that
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-02
The Great AnachroniSm.
BY DR.. Frank Crane

VIZ HEN we stop to think about it. one thing
wv that strikes. us about war is that it is
monstrous and amazing anachronism. 1t
does not belong to this age at all. IT is entirely
out of line with the trend of modern life 1t is
holdover from medieval days.
Time was when fighting the regular bust
ness OF good part of the population. The mobiles
especially were professional fighting men. Even
when there was no war on they would get together
band of retainers and go over and slaughter their
neighbors, just for practice
The merchants fought, kept hired fighting
men. The peasants fought The boys fought 1t
seemed to be everybody's principal business in the
days William Morris and Walter Scott wrote abont
People lived in walled cities Barons had bas-
toned and buttressed and moated castles And
any leading citizen that had not stabbed somebody
in duel or 'mauled him 10 death in a joust
rather small potatoes
All that has practically disappeared Cities are
no longer fortified. knights Grant do not roam
the highways Robber bands do not live in the
forests nor pirates infest the seas
People nowadays are occupied in constructive
work. They are busy and interested in those ac-
tivities that used to be sneered at. They keep
store, manufacture goods, raise produce and alto
gether express themselves in business
Yet in this universal business civilization armies
linger as dangerous vermiform appendix. States
are still organized on military basis. Even the
advanced United States of America still has its
on keeping up the nonsense of mediaevalisrn.
We shall probably grow out of it. Slowly we
will come to realize that nobody wants to fight and
there is no use in keeping up enormous fighting
machines
The common people of Germany do not hate
the common people of France. They want to do
business with Them The whole matter of national
rivaries is fictitious.
Once we realize that the peoples of the nations
have quarrel with each other, but that the only
quarrel lies between the ruling classes-nce we
begin to nations for the benefit of the peo-
pie who compose them, and not for their dynasties
will lose interest in war.
we shall out of the great illusion some
day, as a strong man awakens from sleep and bad
dreams.
Copyright, 1917 by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-02
r. MEN WHO DELAY-By H. Addngton Bruce

he is organically sound. Nervous weakness fire.
ouently is a result of some unsupported strain due
to disease of heart, kidneys, or other organs
If any organic disease exists, it is obviously de-
sirable to discover it soon possible so that
curative measures may be applied. IT, on the other
hand organic disease is present the visit of the
doctor will help in determining just what is wrong
And usually what is wrong is nothing more tnan
some hygenic Perhaps there has been neg
lect to take sufficient exercise PerSrerne procras-
tnating one has been eating too much or too little
Perhaps he has kept indoors too much.
Or he may be over-sleeping or under-sleeplng
both of which practices that react harmfully on
the will power, and lower the vital force that makes
for energy of action. Or, again, he may be working
under unhygienic conditions.
The doctors quizzing will touch on all Vhess
points, and many 1t will aid in bringing out
the facts that the man who delays needs to knO%
about himself, that he may upbuild his nervous
system by precisely the right means.
But, while upbuiding his nervous system, let
him not forget to supplement the physical recop-
structive process by unceasng effort to exercise his
will vigorously.
Let him go the principle that it is better to
make mistakes than to be perpetually undeciS-
and inactive. Let him train himself to decide for
the sake deciding, and to for the sake OF act
ing. Inaction, indecison, can mean only con-
stantly increasing weakness or will.
Copyright. 1917, by the Associated Newspapers
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-02-02
Georgia'S Federal Road fund.

Georgias share of the second annual distribu-
ton of the federal fund for highway Improvement
is hundred and siXty-eight thousand, six hun
dred and ffty-eight doars-an apportionment
equaed by that of only other Southern State
Texas, which will receive upwards of half million.
The value of this fund lies not much in the
amount itself which is comparatively small for
road building, in the methods by which it will
be expended and the principles it will inculcate
In Georgia. in other States sharing the disri-
button, every county which receives Government
aid must adopt certain standards of construction
and maintenance in its highway work, standards
that efficient processes and durable results
This. after all, is worth more than any amount of
appropriation which lacked such safeguards in its
expenditure.