New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-19
War Time Behind the Lines

Once twice week we go shoprins We
jump aboard a bus and bounce sway 10 The
city Of Brighton. II all sounds familiar
enough-shops at a seacoast resort shops
where English is spoken. We shMs ms
shons to be different must be in a Chst,an
village, with no shops at all, or a csiS''.
alley, with the glass thinkers and ltd, bells
reckoning business.
The view from the bus tor reminds ne Of
an ororgrown country village. Straw haa
With egg-shared crowns and uninsers'tlr'
brims; rows Of pink and blue and masvs has
all trimmed alike and alike uninterss,lHs
noor brushes. iron kettles and glazed pottr
tearots; cotton gloves, frills, collars;
creamery with a g;lded animated COW N ~
window and heaps Of eggs, brown. er''h'
colorod and pale blue and a bowl Of hump
cream; heavy boots and cans OF oil TO "f
them pliablc, cheap. shiny slippers fcr''h
bags. groceries and bags Of grain, and rO''i
and lilies and larkspur and windows %
windows splotched and striped with eo@
piled high.
A Cornettist From German Prison
A wide promenade stretches for mil'i''g
the waterfront. with bathing mschne'sVsn
where and rowboats with husky men 70 s"'
you through the surf to pleasant glide
the sunshine. Entrance on a pier, ehs'r az
programme for concert cost 10 cents a
soldier band plays every day and three pna
a day. Our fayorte band is the Kingsh'''
Rifles Their leader is a keen gifted if','
man, MIR. Dunn. He carries the men infOSs'
with apparently an Indifferent heS Of ~
wrist, but his eye is on each man IN hl' n'''
and his rhythm is unfaling They al %"
seen service and been wounded once al '''-
One cornettist escaped from a camp 10 Oe'
many. He lost the power Of speech w
while from the shock Of pin prie" P'
formed on him in the enemy camp 70 w."
him to talk He plays with feeling o.
tone is pure and sustained. The muh'Y.
orchestra of Brighton plays on another ~,
in a pavilion always open on the sno','
side with seats in the sun. You can ST.
ing the water and the chalky Gins un''
rockingham. while Lyell-Taylor neiu ~
20 two hours of French Russisn, GilOef'
Sullivan or miscellaneous music
prefer a good play, any evening ana
afternoons a week, you will find II on W
same pier An excellent seat, programme
good orchestra, good London company
a play like "Kick In for rs cents pe''s-
It is seldom that one hears music u 80
picture hous, here or in Paris as ''i''0s
as unimaeinative, as we endure IN hm'"
We have the idea, concerning music "'
be classical is to be dull. Therefore ~.
chancal pianos or worse; loose une'''
players worry through the ehestnu" o
modern stuff without the snap when
il endurable at its best
A special small section Of the ron
longs 20 the fishermen, old men wearing r.,
rings. That part has no cosmopolitan -.
It.might be any simple fishing village. -,
here they stock up from their seaman - -.
to go for The nights catch. here '"'; ~,
turn to sort and distribute the hsh.
and big boats stand high up from 10. h.
on the stones. Nets ard brown SAL"
spread out to dry. 1t is refreshing Z"
this haunt OF salt men.
On the way home we see opeh'i''' ,.,,.
taurants. There are rifle cracks ito'" 80
ing galleries; an old woman f" p0"'s ,.,.
cups at her stand tea, penny euP' N
keys TO ride goats in harness ana 10,
person holding the reins; wounded "a Ant.
and their girlsi the inevitable lazy !" IA
pie, and built under the promens0s .ss,.
ascends n level are numerous eosey s.mily
holes of one or two tiny rooms whs'. A
groups sit enjoying tea and the sahsA''
the water.