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New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
Waited from a Church Window

ite known throughout the British Empire as
God Save the King known to the Prussians
as Hell dir i'm Segerkranz.' and compare
tively recently sung in the United States TO
the words that give the old tune the new
name Of America The bliss OF Ignorance
consists in not having any associations with
the tunes in their original forms. An Amerl-
can traveller who heard Fosters old Folks
at Home sung very slowly as funeral chant
in China or played very briskly as mill
tary march in Java would have no stranger
sense of the unftness of the music than
the experienced musician has who hears
Bizets dramatic music, Schumann's piano
solo. foreign national anthems, airs from
Mozart's Magic Flute from Haydn's sym
phonies. from Weber's fairy opera OF
'Oberon,' or from J. J. Rousseau's comic opera
Village Parson,' cut, hacked, disarranged, re-
made into church hymns and spiritual songs.
ITO those who say that this music does
GOOD 20 the general congregation which
knows .lothing Of the origin of the music we
reply: Where ignorance is bliss tis folly to
he wise. But those who are musically wise
get q shock when they hear Jesus Shall
Reign Where'er the Sun sung reverently TO
the hold German tune of The Watch on the
Rhine Haydn's national anthem in praise
of the Hapsburgs is sung in our churches as
tbe tune Austria and is now doing duty in
Germany to the words Of Deutschland uber
Allies College boys generally are familiar
with the song Tnteger Vita scelerisque purus
non eget Mauri jaculis. neque srcu, as the
tyenty-second ode of old pagan Horace runs.
The time is called Integer Vite' in our hymn
books, though not word of the secular
ode is sung with it. Schumann's tune, re-
ferred to above, is called 'Canonbury,' and
Weber's 'Oberon melody is now named 'Sey-
rAA,,r, fnr some unknown reason
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
Current War Poetry

that once was mine,
The land | nursed for my child's child as
my fathers did long syne.
See there a mound of powdered stones, all
fattened, smashed, and torn,
Gone black with damp and green with
slime?-Ere you and | were born
Nv fathers father built house, little
house and bare,
and there | brought my woman home
that heap of rubble there!
The soil of France Fat fields and green
that bred my blood and bone!
Each wound that scars my bosom's pride
burns deeper than my own.
But vet there is one thing to say-one
thing that pays for all,
Whatever lot our bodies know, whatever
fate befall,
We hold the line, We hold it still. My
fields are No-Man island,
But the good God is debonair and holds
US by the hand.
"On les AURA" See there! and there!
soaked heaps of huddled grey!
NV fields shall lsugh-enriched by those
who sought them for prey.
j. H. Knight-Adkin, Capt, Glosters, in
The Spectator.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
Samnies, Or?

"The only difficulty is that names, lS.
parents, birthplaces, superfuous fat and
poor relations, are given. We can't get rd
Of them. They are among the little TRACE
dies Of life and the price we pay for LIVING
Sammy, then, is probably the title by which
the American soldier boys always will be
known. It is one of the prices they mus
nav for being heroes and being loved
How the Name "Sammies
Got Its Start
Evidence to show that the name was
more or less spontaneous, and OF trencn
origin at that, is urged blythe Rochester
Herald" citing THE Boston Globe:
"Just how the Yankee troops in France
got their nickname, 'Sammies,' now appears.
The welcoming French shouted enthusiasm
cally 'Vive les ams!' pronounced 'Neev lay
zammee.' and the soldiers thought that in
stead OF cheering their arriving friends the
crowds were giving them a nickname refer
ring back 70 Uncle Sam. II was queer philo'
logical incident, and it will be all the
aueerer if the nickname sticks
But THE Milwaukee Sentinel is prop
ably right:
"Why not wait? As the Irish alderman
bent on civic economy said to proposstlo'
to buy dozen gondolas tor the park s'
COON: why not buy two gondolas, mae
gondola and O female gondola, and let nat
ure take its course"
80 let nature take its course with me
nickname for the boy. somewhere IN France
The inspired name will come Of itself, ano
when it comes il will stick like Tommy
Atkins These things are born, not made
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
The Play of the Week

"The Globe" treats it rather more
lightly, remarking:
"It's more farce than comedy, and very
often burlcsque. But what it is doesn't mat
ter so much as what it does. And it does
amuse."
"The Evening Sun" calls it original,
romantic, humorous, witty and generally
delightful" adding: at is, indeed, such a
well-talored comedy that it will last a
long time"
The players come in for their full share
of praise. "The Journal" says:
"The large cast is extraordinarily well
chosen. There is not weak spot i'll 1t nor
in the four sprightly acts of the play which
will set all Broadway gufawng that1s
some task
"The Telegraph" observed:
an the role of the young tailor Grant
Mitchell gave a most entertaining perform
ance. 1t was convincing, too, until he es-
sayed to press some clothes, and then the
audience knew he was only an actor.
"As the young heiress Of the family where
at Mitchell made his initial debut in the suit
OF purloined evening clothes, Mona Kingsley
was alluring enough to have 'nerited greater
thefts than that of broadcloth and silk, and
Helen MacKellar, as the daughter of the
tailor shop proprietor, was also appealing
Frank Burbeck merited especial mention
for his portrayal of the financial king, Ma
.han, and Lo,tie Linthicum, as the almost
society belle, and Minna Gale Haynes, as the
mother of Miss Kingsley, were also pleasing.
Others in the cast who added to the gala
occasion were Gus Weinberg, l.. +. Conness,
Barlowe Borland, Theodore Fricbus, Rowland
Blackstone, Harry Harwood, Adrienne Bon
nclli. Josephine Dcfry, Phil Hardy and
Gladys Gilbert"
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
Statistics
NAPOLEON shifted

NAPOLEON shifted
" Restless in the old sarcophagus
And murmured 10 watchguard:
"Who goes there"
"Twenty-one million men.
Soldiers, armies guns,
Twenty-one million,
Afoot, horseback,
In the air.
Under the sea-"
And Napoleon turned to his sleep;
1T is not my world answering;
1t is some dreamer who knows not
The world | marched in
From Calais TO Moscow
And he slept on
IN the old sarcophagus
While the aeroplanes
Droned their motors
Between Napoleon's mausoleum
And the cool night stars.
Carl Sandburg, in Others.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
"On Les Aura!'

r Soldat Jacques Bonhomme IoqmtW--
GEE you that stretch Of shell-torn mud
~ spotted with pools Of mire,
Crossed by a burst abandoned trench and
tortured strands Of wire,
Where splintered pickets reel and sag and
leprous trench-rats play,
That scour the Devils huhting-ground to
seek their carrion prey?
THAT is the field my father loved, the field
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
WRITER in "The Musical Colrier"

W nj I'm III iH0 ="
IA spent recent Sunday morning
- "a at an open window Of his poor,
&C honest, domicile' listening to a mixed
hash of music" which drifted to him from
a nearby church After admitting that
the experience stirred in him an emotion
similar to that which must have animated
the poet Gray when he exclaimed. Where
ignorance is bliss It's folly to be WISE
this writer proceeds to comment as follows
upon the religious programme:
"First came The Stsr-Spangled Banner,
which was sung FOR patriotic reasons, ana
patriotisn has as much right to be admitted
10 a church as any other sentiment. Inc
next music was Sullivan's Onward. Chris
tian Soldiers which always annoys the pacl-
fists. They ought TO be annoyed, anyhow.
Tben the choir tore its head off and growled
IN it's collective boots in its attempt to reach
the attitudes and basstudes Of selection
from Bizet's LArlesienne,' fitted to sacred
words and dished up as an anthem. Ihose
who have seen Daudets play with Blzets
beautiful incidental music will hardly get
anv spiritual upl!ft from the choir arrange
nent Of one Of the leading themes OF the
drama. not a religious play by any manner
OF means.
"The next number was part of Schumann 5
sNacbtstick.' otherwise Nightpiece' or Noe
turne' set 10 some kind Of hymn WORDS
transposed from up to fiat, and sung
tbree times too fast. There we're several
verses 10 the one tune, and the last verse
bad the plagal cadence on the word Amen al
tsched. ., t-
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02

T SAW him once before.
/ As he passed by the door,
- And again
The pavement stones resound,
As he totters DER the ground
With his cane.
They say that in his prime,
Ere the pruning-knife Of Time
Cut him down,
Not a better man was found
By the Crier on his round
Through the town.
And now he walks the streets,
And he looks at all he meets
Sad and wan,
And he shakes his feeble head,
That it seems as if he said.
"They are gone"
The messy marble rest
On the lips that he has prest
In their bloom,
And the names he loved to hear
Have been carved for many year
On the tomb.
Ny grandmamma has said
Poor old lady, she is dead
Long ago.
That he had u Roman nose,
And his cheek was like rose
In the snow.
But now his nose is thin,
And it rests upon his chin
Like a staff;
And a crook is in his back,
And a melancholy crack
In his laugh.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
The Last Leaf
By Oliver Wendell Holmes

yh ,d. Auy;ou, Lincoln. Gadso Dayuin
yv,on ,o also the of Wendell Hotme Cambridge Ma
auv n last HednHy lhn hmer
p as Harvard in 1922 after Thh ne ""d aw %
at the end year gaze and turned his a0" 10 "een INV d
asn,l ~ him. and he a studying mh seat Though Hms
dcpcop.d 1ae eog pet abilities Of no mH" ord'' m' net"
~ & rr.d 70 him that literary lie
r.ntou, h.n ns. but the fame that th brought
n him . the uord Of letters rs port he ho, been
m.d although his Work attained eon"deraoe popularity
N. as rsfeemd Of the nteresng 'ocHd BOSTON ho"
LopeH LOngfeou Emer'o" ana o'ne's ogea
commemorate the dnrUdTy o n" orf
Uom., oapher Jr, W lyric in uheh droAe
NAH INTO cu stopping sentiment beeomng paho
, 49,, too nyoound are erqui,ly intermnged The last
Leaf"f foIows:
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
War! War! War!
(Frcm The Congressional Record

(Frc,n The Congressional Record)
Mr.. JOHNSON, of California
The call to war has been variously de-
tcribed. | read you from a recent poem'
which expresses. | think with virility no
modern American poet yet has ap-
preached, this call:
EAR and near high and clear,
j. Hark to the call Of war
Over the gorse and the golden deiiS,
Ringing and swinging of clamorous bells
Praying and saying of wild farewellS-
War, War! War!
High and low, all must go;
Hark to the shout of war!
leave TO the women the harvest yield;
Gird We, men. for the sinister field;
"A sabre instead of a scythe to wieId-
War Red war!
Rich and poor, lord and boor,
Hark to the blast Of war.
Tinker and tailor and millionaire,
Actor in triumph and priest in prayer,
Comrades now in the hell out there,
Sweep to the fire Of war.
Prince and page, sot and sage,
Hark to the roar of war.
Poet. professor, and circus clown,
Chimney sweeper and fop O the town,
Into the pot and be melted down,
Into the pot of war
Women all, hear the call,
The pitless call of war!
Look your last on your dearest ones,
Brothers and husbands, fathers, sons,
Swift they go to the ravenous guns,
The gluttonous guns Of war.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02

Cohun & Harris Thentre-"A Tailor
Made Man; comedy By Harry James
Smith. based on "The WelLFitt,ng Dress
Coat" By Gabriel Dregley.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02

TF ANYTHING were lacking to show
the boys in France that the country is
- behind them the anxiety Of the press
to find suitable nickname should reas-
sure them now that their disapprobation
of Sammy" has been communicated by
The Associated Press.
"If our men abroad-who have a right
TO be heard in the matter-wish the name
dropped they should be humored,' says the
tactic Cincinnati Times-Star," which
thinks nothing is too good for them
(Amexes, Teddies, Yankees, Unistas,
Khakis, Wesns, Liberties, Jakes, Mer-
ries. Frankies, Amboys, Vics, Rahboys,
Usays, Yellow Jackets, Tip Tops, Samsons,
Liberty Boys, Johnny Drabs, Tommy Will
sons. Attaboys, Yanks-and Sammies).
"Ther wishes should be complied with"
agrees THE Scranton Republican" They
are out on serious business and deserve
t. be known by some other title than
'Sammies' that will convey
more adequate idea of themselves, the land
they hail from and the heroic work in
which they are engaged
Nicknames Are Born.
Not Made
But" objects THE Jacksonville Times
Union:
"Nicknames are born. not made. Yankee
Il in tba hooi
the objections urged against 'sammy'-out it
has persisted and probably will live forever.
John Bull was the baptism of an enemy and
was forced upon the innocent subject. Is
Tommy Atkins dignifed, or 'Poilu' and the
boches' for the Germans? Yet these have
stuck and may be expected TO hold for years.
Did any French soldier express a desire to be
known as The Hairy One?
when the Southern soldier honored Lea
most fervently he called him 'Marse Bob;
was it digniied epithet? But Lee did not
object and the soldier had no hesitation IN
calling him that with tears in his eyes.
though when most anxious he shouted Lee
TO the rear without using his fayorit.
title. Did Winfield Scett enthuse over OH
Fuss and Feathers Is there any proof that
Taylor liked old Rough and R@1dy' or
Jackson loved old Hickory?
mo name has ye, been fixed on the Ameri-
can soldier in Europe and IT is useless &c
propose one at home or elsewhere-when the
proper suggestion is made IL will not be
wasted on the desert air and it will prob
ably come as an accident and arriv. as a
thief in the night. Already we know II
will not be 'Yank,' and Teddy is in the dis
card. while Sammy is on probation.
Dignity will not confer it and choice will
not select it-some day it will be born and
take its place in history, there to remain
like fly in amber, curiosity, perhaps ar
Objectionable feature amid so much that Is
precious but mbued with eternal life and
destined TO be loved and honored."
1t Is Possible There May
Never Be a Nickname
The fact is, says The Indianapolis
News" that
"Whatever name appeals To the American
public is likely to stick, whether the soldiers
like il or not and with the public constantly
contributing new men to the army IL Is
likely to become popular with the army
Il is even possible that the American SOL
diers in France NAV never have nick
name This would be an innovation sufficient
in itself TO attract more attention than any
nickname"
And THE Milwaukee Journal" adds:
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02
"Respublikanski!'
but true.

Incredible, but true. -.
A revolutionary moujik appealed 70 W
Provisional Government for the PERM,
sion to have his name Romanon en'"'
to "RespublikanskI!
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02

And if | should live TO be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the Spring,
Let them smile, as ! do now.
At the old forsaken bough
Where | cling.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02

4 SET of panels painted by George
n Harding, and which embellish an
Atlantic City hotel, is made the
subject Of an appreciation in "The Inter
national Studio Eva Nagel Wolf, writ
ing of them, says:
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02

know it is a sin
For me to sit and gnn
At him here;
But the old, three-cornered hat,
And the breeches, and all that,
Are so queer.
New-York tribune., 1917-09-02

III A TAILOR MADE MAN" appears
~ to have achieved an almost
unanimous success from the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-11
Pullman Model Of Eight
Years AuO Crosses Continent

1t remained for veteran Pullman,
vintage of 1909, to accomplish the un-
believable. Today it holds the record
for being the Oldest motor car, in
point of continuous service, that ever
crossed the Lincoln Highway, accord
ing to word received by the |. G.
Northwall company, representative OF
the Pullman line.
Henry A. Reid of Santa Rosa, Cal,
decided he wanted some esatern eli
mate. He told his friends that he
was going to make the trip by motor
in the car he had already driven A.
900 miles. His friends pointed out
a thousand and one pitfalls that
would come his way if he attempted
such long tour in an old car.
But Mr.. Reid was determined. He
knew his 1909 model Pullman better
than anybody-his devout faith in it
paved the way. The car made good,
some tire trouble being his only dif-
fculty on the long trip.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-11

Still another evidence of the relative
importance of Omaha as a distribut-
ing center for automobiles was
brought to the attention of an Omaha
Bee representative during the Chicago
Automobile show.
The Saxon factory crowd enter
tanned the various distributors and
dealers at an elaborate banquet at
the Blackstone hotel The banquet
extended over a period of two hours
and many interesting talks had been
prepared treating upon the subject
of efficiency and progress.
Illustrations in the form of motion
pictures were used to emphasize and
and bring out clearly mental impress
sions and points of importance in the
scheme of production. Pictures were
shown which took the guests step by
step from the first Saxon automobile
to the present efficient models.
Old views of the factory were
shown in comparison with the pres
ent-day Saxon plant which includes
the large site recently purchased upon
which several new buildings are under
construction.
The thing, however, which i'm
pressed the Nebraskans and made US
throw out our chests was a flash
showing the five leading Saxon dis
tributors, among which was w. L.
Killy of the Noyes-Killy Motor COM
pany.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-11
Peerless Building Three
New Shops to Meet Demand

On every hand the manufacturers
are telling about the growth of their
business during the last twelve
months. II new buildings are not act
ually being erected the plans are on
paper for them and work is about to
begin. Some of the concerns are
more definite, however, in their state
ment and among them rs the Peerless
Motor Car company of Cleveland, a
company which, in spite of the fact
that it is one Of the pioneers in the
industry. seems never to stop
growing.
1t is officially stated that by the
first of the year the three new build
ings in process of erection at the
Peerless plant will be in use, thereby
giving the big factory more than $780,
600 feet of floor space. The new fac
tory additions comprise two three
story brick structures and one saw
tooth chassis assembling building
about 325 by Us feet in size. The
new factory group will be devoted
exclusively to the manufacture of the
model Sc eight-cyfinder car, the de-
mand for which made necessary an
addition to the factory.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-11
Western Motor Car Company
Moves Into New Quarters

The Western Motor Car company
has recently moved into a permanent
location at 204 Farnam street, and,
according to E. V. Abbott and w. S.
Johnson, is all set" ready to take on
"all Corners
Manager Wilson of the Omaha Saw
age Sales company has unloaded a
second shipment of Savage tires, con-
sisting of 400 castings and an equal
number of tubes. The first shipment
was disposed of in short order and
Wilson asserts that they will easily
dispose of a carload every ten days.
Wilson has established beyond all
doubt an enviable reputation as Five
wire" at the Savage factory in Cali
fornia and all indications so far are
that he is adding to his reputation in
getting the Omaha branch started.
Announcement has recently been
made to the effect that R R. Nc
Nemar of Des Moines has taken over
the Omaha Chandler company and the
territory controlled by that company.
McNemar lis strong Chandler en-
thusiast and the Card-Adams Motor
company of Lincoln, state distribu-
tors for the Chandler, look for ex-
cellent results in the Omaha territory.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-11
Uncle Sam May
Use All Shops Of
US. Rubber Plant

The following telegram was sent to
President Wilson by Samuel P. Colt,
president of the United States Rubber
company, from the company's head
Offices at 1870 Broadway, New York
City:
New York, Feb. ), 1ol7.-To the
president, Washington. D. c.:
The manufacturing and distribut-
ing resources of the United States
Rubber company and its subsidiaries
are at the service of the United States
at this time. | have so advised the
secretary of war and the secretary OF
the navy.
United States Rubber Company,
Samuel P. Colt, President"
As we'll as the kilograms referred
to in the above message to President
Wilson, a similar telegram was also
dispatched at the same time to the
advisory commission of the council
of national defense at the capitol.
The United States Rubber company
controls the resources of forty-seven
great rubber factories, as well as sew
eral important plantations. 1t is the
largest rubber manufacturer m the
world.
In placing at this time at the dis
posal of the government of the United
States the manufacturing and distrib-
utng resources Of the gigantic con-
Germ of which he is the head, Colonel
Colt offers to Uncle Sam the expert
ence and perfect organization of one
of Americas greatest corporations, as
well as such essentials OF modern
warfare as tires, rubber for aeroplanes,
bandages, boots and the thousands
of other articles that will be demand
ed by the War department.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-11
PALM ROOM CLUB
AT AUTO DISPLAY
Basement Exhibitors Organize
What They Call the Palm
Room Boosting Club.
NO STOCK SELLING" CARS

The Palm Room" is the high
sounding title that has been bestowed
upon the basement of the muny Audi
forum by automobile dealers who
drew exhibit space in the subway for
the annual Omaha Automobile Show,
which will be held February 26 to
March inclusive.
Eleven dealers drew space in the
basement. or Palm Room as they call
it. Those eleven dealers promptly
organized what they call THE Palm
Room Boosting club" and already
they are starting to make so much
noise dealers who have the choice
space on the main floor are beginning
to fear the lads in the subway will
hold the whole auto show. Manager
Powell has arranged for special dec
orations for the Palm Room and there
will also be special music. The Palm
Room boosters declare the biggest
crowd at the auto show will be found
in the Palm Room at all times and
that it will stay there. The firms in
the Palm Room club are w. M. Glenn
ent Motor company. Nebraska Glide
Auto company, Raapke Motor Car
company, Nebraska Paterson Auto
company, Omaha Chandler company,
R. w. Craig, Inc, The Motor company
Nebraska White company, w. T.
Hause Auto company, Anderson
Electric Car company and Western
Motor Car company.
There will be no stock selling"
cars at the Omaha auto show, says
Manager Powell At the big national
shows, where a 100000 feet of floor
space or more is used, many cars
that do not last longer than the week
of the show are exhibited. There will
be none OF these in Omaha because
prospective automobile owners in
this part of the country are only in
terested in the sturdy cars built to
stand practical usage. So all cars at
the Omaha show will be the genuine
article, cars that can be taken from
the display booth and placed right
into service.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-11

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