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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

One of the most poignant tragedies or
,car is the tragedy Of fear IN the heart OF
the soldier. To the infinite credit Of human
nature most men triumph orer fear. When
the test comes they put behind them the
spectre Of terror. They die, but they do
not yield.
The weokness Of the exceptional man
whom fear conquers only emphasizes the
moral fibre Of the mass. 1t IS not Gus
tomory or edifying TO write ,car stores
about men IN Uhom the fighting spirit
fails. Yet the tragedy Of such failure
has al,oays to be reckoned NTH. In THIS
storm the author treats it sardon1caIty.
Noybe that is the most wholesome pay to
treat ito laugh it of. Humor IS one OF
Pierre Miles gifts as ,criter Of 'oor
stories. He las also fine imaginative
quality and clear grip on the realities OF
,car, as many others Of his contributions to
French ,o1r fiction wiU attest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
Battles

n WHEN the Fighting Spirit dies in one
~ And when one cries for only Peace and
Rest
And days where no wild dreams are
manifest,
Beware the glow fades, deadened in the
sun.
There is an urge no more where waters run
Shouting their challenge from the earth S
Scared breast.
No great adventure calling from the
West
When dies the Fighting Spirit dreams are
On to the battle, Youth; The glory
done.
War lasts forever in the growth Of
things,
The changeless seasons and the winds of
God
War lasts forever in the heart that
stays
True to a dream that fights to keep its
wings
Out of the dust where broken men must
plod.
II.
Since one must die, why die before Deaths
hand
Shuts off the sun and moon and seals
the eyes
To smiles and tears, rainbows and stormy
skies,
And all one hoped some day TO understand?
o living death, o life in empty land,
When ones heart has no more voice
that cries
A challenge to the dullness and the lies
OF peaceful days, no voice of great COM
mand,
Give me a fighting chance for Victory
And can better bear the great defeat
Than if leave my sword of dreams TO rust.
o Life be praised. thrill that can be
Here in the days whose bugle calls are
sweet,
With dreams to fight for, and to love, to
trust,
Glenn Ward Dresbach, in Poet Lore.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

ut is impossible for me to tell you why
the soldier Cruchard was victim OF
n fear-of a fear which never showed
any abatement. which had not quilted him
for a day, or an hour, or minute IN the
six months which he had been at the front.
1t might, if you reflect on it, be more nat
ural to put the question the other way and
to wonder how it can happen that among
three million men there are so few who are
afraid, or so many, at least, who know how
to conquer fear Remember that before
this war they were all like you and me-
that thew were afraid of the dark and its
mysteries when they were little children;
that later they were afraid of the deep
water. of the fire which burned, OF the
horses which dashed by them in the
streets; of bad dogs, of pain. of death, OF
things with which they were unfamiliar or
which they knew only too well. They were
like you, like me, like all the world.
And, all of a sudden, here are these three
million men precipitated into the midst OF
the most frghtful and most general cata-
clysm the world has ever known. What is
the ferocity of nature compared with that
of man? And with what feeble means nat
IRE works compared with those which man
employs, What is the destruction of st.
Pierre in Martinique by the volcano OF
Mount Pelee. which cost only forty thou
sand lives-the price of single battle in
this war which has lasted for more than
two years and a half-what is the wreck
ing of Messina by an earthquake alongside
the hurricane of shells which for the last
thirty months has pounded, ground, re-
duced to impalpable dust hundreds of VII
lagos and towns, and then hundreds more?
And vet we see these three million men,
who resemble you and me, face each day
this terror without succumbing to it. See
how these men, day after day, with their
muddy feet, with their miry feet set in
the paths of glory, trample down and
master the most legitimate and primitive
Of instincts-the first to be born, the last
TO disappear-the instinct of self-preser-
walton.
Explain this miracle as you will. Invoke
discipline, invoke patriotism, contagion of
example and familiarity with danger, the
treasures of energy and abnegation accu-
INFLATED by the race, the will of intelli-
gence triumphing over the hestations of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

ROM vague phrases 10 Respectable
commonplaces," "Blackwood's Mag
u azine" traces the development OF
President Wilson's mental reaction to war.
In the course of some editorial Musings
Without Method this terse epitome APP
pears:
We are glad with a certain irony, that the
United States fight upon our side, because
THEN alliance is plain justification of our
conduct during the last three years.
We have been fighting the battle Of the
United States for many months. There can
be no man, not blinded with politics, who
does not know that if England and France
mad been defeated in the field the United
States would have been Germany's next vic
tim And yet we remember vague phrases
ABOUT peace without victory" and, worse
still hints that the two sides were fighting
f)r the same object.
II seemed as though Mr.. Wilson either mis-
tool the meaning Of history himself or put
little faith in the intelligence of the democ-
racy whose perfection he vaunts in his famous
message. He recognizes at last that Germany
is waging war against mankind. he con-
fesses that he was compelled to choose oe-
tween war and submission; that he could not
suffer the most sacred rights Of his nation 70
&c ignored and violated
Forgetful Of what he had SAID IN 'he past
II now asserts that civilization itself was IN
the balance, and that right is more precious
than peace. With these respectable common
places of international politics We proved our
agreement in August, 1914 when we sent our
solemn ul.imatum TO Germany.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
Women Students in Prussia
1Rcrue Uriu,rs,ta,reJ

The number of women students has con-
siderably increased during the war. Accord
ing 70 Herr Geheimrat Tilmann, there study.
at the present, 1891 women at the University
Of Prussia; 10 in the theological. 80 in the
judicial. 705 in the medical and 1883 in the
so-called philosophical faculty, embracing
science proper, the candidates for all sorts
Of teaching positions. etc. Theologians7
Yes. TO I'll the psstoratcs whose occupants
DIED in the trenches or became incapacitated
for their holy functions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
On Coming to Salonica

7 SAID that Flanders held no charm!
for me,
Grew weary of the endless, supine fields,
The chatting pave and the miry lanes
And dull monotony of mill and tree.
Till fortSne took me into France
And then surely thought Romance
Would start 10 thrill me everywhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
Current War Poetry

Sore buffeted by winds and rains
And daily cruciied upon the Somme.
O friends of mine,
Still toiling in the middle fray,
And you, dear souls at rest
In Deaths quiet trance,
O, how | envy you
The sweet humility of France.
Kalamari, 1917. P.
Saturday Review.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
The Man Who Was Afraid
By Pierre Translated lillian Mcpherson

corpses and then burst under the mass
with enormous rumblings. 1t was as II the
Globe. the whole globe, had stomach
ache and was revenging itself by crush
ing the little human beings who were lying
fat on its surface. Cruchard felt death
ly sick.
Il want to get away from here he
said. This is no sensible place to be. 1t
is no place to stay. They sent me to the
rear. They found that it was just and use
full to give me good place in the rear.
They had no right to change their minds.
"Old man." his comrades told him, with
q sort of compassion, cts all in the days
work. You're here and you'll have to stay
here. It is the same thing with everybody"
But it oughtn't to be the same thing
with everybody. AS for me, | tell you
that I'm afraid"
But they only shrugged their shoulders
As if being afraid made any difference.
Weeks passed and Orchards terror IN
creased. One day. he reached decision,
all in a SILVER:
There is nothing else to do. must
write to my sister,
They ioked with him.
"Who is she, your sister? Is she the
foster mother of Lyautey? The cook Of
Poincare! The cousin of the King OF
Montenegro? And even, you know, if she
were all these at once
But that didn't prevent him from an
nouncing presently:
"Ive done it. I'm not going to stay here.
have written to my sister,
They thought that his fright had made
him a little foolish. But one morning an
order arrived at headquarters. The
soldier Cruchard was demobilized. He was
the only person whom this news did not
surprise. He contented himself with
saying:
That was only natural, inasmuch as |
had written to my sister"
They surrounded him. ! am obliged to
say that they envied him. He had become
a parsonage since he had done thing
which they considered impossible. The
most stringent laws were waived in his
favor. And who, then, was this all
powerful sister? He told them:
"Her husband is a cattle feeder. At
Clamart."
What of that
"For a long time she pursued me to do
it. She said to ME: 1T is your oppor-
tunity. If you want to get away here is
your chance. Marry Jules's cousin But
that didn't appeal to me. | must confess
that she is not appetzng. | should have
preferred some other way. All the same,
when | saw how it was here | thought:
ANYTHING is better than this life And |
wrote to my sister: Marry her. Marry
her at once for me-by proxy 1t seems
that she did so. for am demobilized."
But what had the fact that you married
the lady to do with rehabilitation"
81 was just going to tell you," explained
Cruchard with a sigh. "She is a widow,
with three girls and three boys. So have
been demobiized as the father of six
children"
And this story is really true.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

.ngton. On general review days the h',s
were in notion almost constantly from 80, =.
in tn. morning till late in the afternoon ~
the end of the time they were generally tua'
cry. and they were always tired Inc as. =.
that brought them back home with ma
heads u, and their feet swinging was No:
series Of patriotic hymns. but Annie "a
rio" and "The Old Folks At Home" 2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24

,'eele or Greene or Chapman--certain formu~
lp could be isolated in each composers
work that would suffice, in most disputed
cases, to settle whether given piece of
music we're by him or not
Elgar is very partial to phrases beginning
with four falling notes of the diatonic
scale; his first symphony is largely con-
structed en- such sequence. Griegs FALL
ing thirds are notorious. Strauss bases the
beginning of large number Of his melodies
on the notes of the six-four chord; both the
main themes of Till Eulenspiegel" are only
variants of this chord; other variants Of it
play large part in Don Quixote." It will
be seen again in the first theme Of the
"Sinfonia Domestics," in some of the chief
"Salome" melodies, and in "Elektra."
Every Composer Betrays Himself
Handel loves a melody that flows for the
most part in smooth seconds, with an coca
sional return by leap to the upper or low
er part of the scale, followed by the same
SUGGESTIONS of seconds as before. "He shall
feed His flock" and "Ombra mai flu" are
TYPICAL examples. Many Oh NeDer Hieio-
dies seem TO swing UP and down on pivot;
there is sort of immovable centre, above
and below which the notes rise and fall in
virtual eouidistances; see, for instance, the
clarinet tune in the "Oberon" overture or
the Aat melody in the "Freischutz" over
ture. It is certain that every composer I'M
consciously betrays himself in similar man
ncrisms. whether Of melody, of harmony, OF
rhythm, Of orchestration or of general tech
! ique.
Careful analysis would provide the expert
with so many indisputably personal points
OF style that his attributon of any unsi;nec
work to it's true composer could not be ques-
toned ] believe that the authorship Of the
jena symphony could be settled once for
all by airy one with the necessary leisure
ard opportunity for subjecting the work Of
Beethoven and his contemporaries 70 this
sort Of chemical analysis Of style.
But leisure for this amplitude is not
vouchsafed the average critic-much less
the long trusting public. In the last an
alysis one must be reconclled to taking
much on faith.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24
BlackWOOd On
President w ilSOn

HROM vague phrases to respectable
n commonplaces," "Blackwoods Mag
u azine" traces the development Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-24


Were the unsigned score OF "Rienz" 70
. discovered by a later generation than
ours, by what process of analysis would any
expert dare 10 attribute it to Wagner? And
IT, for century or two. Wagner's career had
been supposed 20 have closed with
"Lohengrin." would there be a musician in
europe courageous enough TO attribute 10
Tie same composer the newly discovered
Anonymous score of "Tristan"7
IL the score Of MADAME Butterfly" had
come 70 light for the first time in the TWEEN
ty-second century, 1t might have been at'rib-
uted 70 Greg on the strength Of the quite
Griegish quality Of tho little slumber-song
that Butterfly sings 20 the child in the last
act. II always get the feeling, when hear
iris song, tha, the child's name must be
Hsskon.)
Even in matter relatively so sim
pie as the folksong, the recognized ex-
pcrts can 20 grieyously wrong. When
Elgsr used genuine Welsh folksong
in his Introduction and Allegro for
Strings" well known London critic. a
prominent member Of the Folk Song Society,
declared IL 70 be poor imitation a the folk
style when the legend got about that GER
,ain melody in an the South" was an ltal-
ian folksong the same critic recognized the
genuine folk quality in it. and it WAS dis
onc.ly unfortunate for him that III. melody
happened 10 be Cigars own invention from
frst 20 last.
I. Ia sryuable, however, that the reason
Why the experts blunder is that they are
not expert enough. | am sure that II the
analysis Of style and technique were con-
1uet.d on thoroughly scientific lines-by
the methods that have lately proved 70 EN-
eAeious in determining ho'f much Of Shake
ASeare Is really Shakespeare and how much
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

But there is something you MUST
do. and CA& do. something that ey-
cry ore Of u MUST dc. and that is
subscribe f. the Liberty Loan. Tire
nation must nave S2,00c ,000 900 NOW.
There are bonds of $50. $1oe, SEQ,
and upwards. They pay 81 per cent
aud are the safest Investment that has
ever been known. They are first
mortgage on the wealth of the United
States. now the greatest wealth Of the
world It's like buying ten dollar
mortgage On million dollar bank
building
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08
- -

And if you do your part, if you
make real sacrifice and subscribe to
as much of the Liberty Loan as you
can stagger under, if you rally Shout
der to shoulder with the ten million
regular Americans who MUST buy
these bonds, in few months time you
will see further tide of prosperity
as that 2,0o0,00O,000 is spent ON
TOP Of our present active business
and this community, and every worker
in It VII share in the business victory
you have helped to win.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

This is an enormous War Loan is
sue. Two billions, $4,000, 900, 600 is
needed nOw-immediately The banks
have subscribed literally. But the
people must take the bulk of this loan
The banks money must be used, as
les, farmers, so that crops can be rails
ed, food stuifs prepared for market,
and all business goaon as usual.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

Do your bit NOW Subscribe to a
L.berty Bond before the day is over
And when anyone asks you, show
him the receipt from your bank or
boss and grin, and say. You betcha,
friend, You betcha," like "a regular
American who did not wait until the
last day or until he was nagged into
it, but who Volunteered
didn't hang back a minute when his
country called.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

When our boys abroad are called
on to go through curtain of fire.
there will be no hanging back-theyH
go IN-.in spite of every ones know
ing that only some of them will go
THROUGH alive. And they'll laugh
and sing "There'll be Hot Time in
the Old Town Tonight, just as they
did Santiago, because that's the
kind of stuff that's in them.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08
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Keep a bottle in the house and get
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$1.00.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08
-

It only common sense to put money
in them-but you must WAKE up to
it. The Liberty Loan MUST be sub
scr.bed by June 18th. Your subscri-
ption is NEEDED NOW
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

What kind of stuff S there in you.
brother? We want you to go in
NOW. The nation needs your help
very badly. Are you going to hang
back? We don't believe you would
knowingly be Stacker You'll do
your bit if you know about It. And
the call has come-the nation needs
you 20 do your bit today.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08
H0W3TO3DO IT.

HOW TO DO IT.
Il you have bank account g to
your bank and subscribe. Your first
payment need only De percent Of
the whole and the balance IN four pay
ments up 70 August 30. # you buy
500 bond your first payment need be
only s..
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

And any real American with the
stuff in him that IS American stuff will
and can say, You beteha! Yes sir,
You betcha,"
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

WHAT WILL YOU SAY?
In a day or two days or three days
people will begin to ask you, Have
you subscribed to the Liberty Loan
YETI"
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

# you have 40 bank account 20 to
your employer and subscribe through
him You buy a $50 bond and pay
$3.50 a week to him until all paid for
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08
BE A STACKER, DO YOU?

~ curtain of fire" is? 1t is
when the enemy brings up thous-
ands of pieces of artillery, great
cannon, firing shells as large as
mans body, one of which exploding
among five hundred men could kill
all--other smaller guns firing shrap-
mel, with millions of bullets scarce
~ less destructive hundreds of
thousands of shells, all exploding
along a certain line, until there is
real wall of explosion, a wall of
death to be passed.
And our boys are going in-in
where they use curtains of fire as
you use notwithstanding in with
high hearts and laugh-and our
boys will go THROUGH-some
of them.
Brother, you can't go with
them. You are too old, or you
have too many dependent on you,
or YOU can't pass the examination,
or you are needed in your present
work to keep the wheels of bust
ness moving at home.
Washington 4
oo~ A
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

tt

Brother, you don't want business
depression Ne know. You don't want
factories closed ap, men out Of work,
old people and little children without
enough TO eat-the very poor star
wing We know you don't, but you
haven't realized the danger yet. But
We are at war AT WAR-and dan
gers 20 hand IN hand with war and
cannot be separated from it.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1917-06-08

There is no excuse for your NOT do
ing your bit-and everyone will know
it.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-21

SEEKS PLACE ON
SCHOOL BOARD

Joseph Schemansky. alderman
from the Fifth ward for two terms,
and one OF the early advocates OF a
smaller school board. Is one OF the
candidates for the seven-man board
at the primaries. March Z.
During his four years service in
tho council. Mr. Schemansky's rec
ord was a progressive one. lie WAS
defeated for reelection in the so
called Republican landslide. altho
his vote was 400 ahead OF his run.
ming mate.
Il have at all times recommend
ed and spoken in favor OF smaller
school board. elected at large" said
Mr.. Schemansky. Consequently.
have decided TO be a candidate this
spring for school inspector. believ
ing that my largo acquaintance and
popularity Will be appreciated.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-21
PUT.
HIS 0. K. ON.
BRYAN PLAN
COmmOner Says He
Urges Peace Scheme
President Endorsed
GIVES MEANS OF
PREVENTING WAR
Former Secretary of
State interviewed
In Florida

Hon. William Jennings Bryan. for.
mel secretary OF state. arrived YES
terday afternoon TO remain thrucut
the remainder OF the season, and i'm
mediately went to Lis home in the
southern part OF the city, where he
was seer by a Herald reporter.
Mr.. Bryan was In his usual mood.
and looked even younger than on
PREVIOUS occasions. and, in mounting
10 the second story OF the residence
he sprans upward two steps at a
time.
He was grave only when discuss.
lng the possibilities of a war be-
tween the United States and Ger
many and then spoke as follows:
n any ono wonders at my earnest
and persistent opposition to a declar-
alton OF war. let him remember that.
after iatoring for eight years to
bring before the world . peace plan
providing for the investigation OF
ALL disputes By an international tri-
ounal before resortinG to war--a
years time being allowed for invest
igation and report was made hap
py by President wilson's cordial In
dorsement OF tho plan.
BY his authority I called all for
eign representatives 10 the state de-
partment I'm April. 1919. and laid
this plan before them. and then be-
gan negotiations with each OF the
individual nations Within two
years from that date. treaties had
been concluded with 30 nations. in
GLIDING Great Britain. France, italy.
and Russia nations exercising
authority over one billion three hum
dred millions OF people. or three
fourths OF the population OF the
tria and Belgium formally Endorsed
the plan. although treaties have not
yet been concluded with these ma
tons
These treaties were ratified by the
United States senate. the vote being
unanimous after tho ratification Of
the third treaty.
As this treaty plan. offered to all
the world-and the oner has never
been withdrawn-gives US an honor
able means OF adjusting all disputes
with all nations. IL surely affords an
honorable means OF adjusting "A dts
pute arising from unintended Injuries
done by nation which has indorsed
the plan. altho no treaty has yet
Is Il unres sonabie or unpatriotic
20 urge. as means OF preventing
war. the employment az q plan used
by the president, and approved by
the senate, the United States and
nearly all the rest OF the civilized
world
Is II unreasonable or unpatriotlc
TO urge that the people. having en-
dorssd these treaties at tho polls.
should be consulted by q referendum
vote. before congress repudiates the
peace treaty plan by a declaration OF
war;
The president stu hopes for peace
and / pray. az earnestly as he. that
Germany may do nothing TO further
agxravate the situation.
Because ~ IL the duty % the
patriot 10 support his government
with all his heart In time OF war. he
has "a right la time OF peace 10 try
10 prevent war.
I shall live up 20 a patriots duty
n war comes-until that time | shall
do what | can to save my country
from it's horrors.-Miami. Fla. Her
aid.