The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-05
PROUD OF BOYS!.
Every Son of Madam Schu-
mann-Heink in Army.
She Stops at Camp Funston To
Visit Her Freddie.
SINGS FOR THE SOLDIERS
Famous Singer Is Happiest
Mother in the World.
Brought Cake All the Way
From Chicago for Boy.
SINGS FOR THE SOLDIERS

Camp Funston, Kan, Oct. s.
Isn't he wonderful in his new uni |
form? He is my last boy to put on a
uniform and I'm so proud of him.
Now everyone of my children are
fighting for their country. and I'm
the proudest mother in the world"
Poised on the edge of a chair, her
eyes sparkling and glowing with hap
piness and pride, Nine. Schumann-
Heink famous concert singer. looked
lovingly at her son, Ferdinand c.
Schumann, private in the headquar-
tiers company, Three Hundred and
Fortieth held artillery, as he stood
at attention in the presence of his
Arizona ranchman, came here Sep
TENDER 20 in charge of the Yuma
county, Arizona, quota.
And you should see my family
now" she continued. 4 used to have
only bows and girls. They always said
1 was their sweetheart. But you know
how boys are. Their mother is their
sweetheart until they find a younger
one, and then they-what do call it ?
-Yes-they overthrow their mamma.
But now they are all coming back. 1
have cows and chickens and horses
and babies and boys and girls, and
everything. And I'm so happy and so
proud. Doesn't he look fine tho? And
L brought him a cake. One our old
cook baked at home in Chicago. You
remember, Ferdie, the kind you al
ways wanted to eat all the time, and
mamma wouldn't let you? 5 And he
and his friends are going to eat it
tonight.
Sings for Soldiers.
'And I am going to sing for them,
too-Ferdie and all his friends-be-
cause that is going to be my regi-
ment and they are going to call me
mamma oh, won't my boys in Cali
fornia be jealous, tho? You know I
have "a regiment in California of foot
soldiers-no. what do you call them?
infantry That's it-infantry. And
now 1 have artillery Two whole
regiments in my family And when
they get their flag I'm going to come
out and present it to them and sing
the Star Spangled Banner"
This was too much. Madame was
in the center of the floor and the
glorious words of Francis Scott Key
floated thru the room while everyone
present stood at attention. Madame
Schumann-H eink is at Camp Funston
to see her boy and she is going to
remain here until Monday and, what's
more, she is going to sing for the boys
and sing just as much and as long
as they want her to-
Up in Fargo, n. D., an audience
counted on listening to madame sing
Monday night. But when she learned
she was going to pass near Camp
Funston she Immediately cancelled the
engagement and Thursday afternoon
stepped off the train at Camp Fun
ston right into the arms of her SON
Madame left Chicago Wednesday night
bearing the precious cake with her.
Baggage or eXpressmen were not to
be trusted with it, for it was for Ferdi-
nand Schumann, private
Whole Family Fighting.
There isn't a prouder mother in the
| world than madame. For all her male
relatives are now wearing uniforms of
one country or another. Ferdinand is
here, George Washington Schumann
is in the navy and is stationed at
Goats Island; Henry Heink is in the
naval reserve at Santiago; Walter
Schumann Is in the coast artillery at
Paterson, N. j., August Heink, when
last heard from, was in command of
tne U-52, German submarine; HUI
bert G. Guy son-in-law, is in the
aviation section in California; another
son-1n-law is a physician in the Ger
man army; a brother of madame's
also is a physician in the German
army and her father was a major in
the Austrian cavalry.
| You see my family-they are all
| soldiers. They love their country.
and they are strong like the mamma,
/ and they back up their love and they
4 fight for it." And madame shook her
| fist at the blank wall as she felt of
| her muscles and threw back her
/ shoulders and tapped her chest.
II don't think they should have
/ taken Ferdie, tho. They might shoot
me for saying it, but my boy is a
/ ranchman and he raises cattle And
! little Mickey is down there all by her
self with her mother on the. ranch.
My, but Mickey is a fine girl. Green
/ eyes, just the ireland that she came
! from. oh, but I love the Irish. They
/ have such beautiful songs and write
such beautiful poetry. But Ferdie has
lots and lots of cows-but those desert
cows. they're no good They don't
i give milk
Mickey Cares for Cattle.
You have to take them and tease
! them and then they are all right But
the people all must eat meat some
times, and if they took all the men
like Ferdie there wouldn't be any cat
| tie left and somebody must stay be-
hind. But Mickey. she is a fine girl.
! She will take care of the cattle. Just
think my Mickey was New York so
cfety girl and now she is down on the
Arizona desert in little. little house