The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-13

surely she Knows the na11OEal
anthem, and what an interpreta-
ton she could give 1t. She could
have given that audience g thrill
Il never would have forgotten,
but when 1t was keyed up for the
national anthem, she gave IL
America" and 1t fell nat.
A Music Lover.
Fargo, Oct. IL.
Madame Schumann- Heink's Fea-
sons for not singing THE Star
Spangled Banner" are not known to
the editor, but he confesses to q feel
ing of the deepest sympathy TOR this
big hearted woman and wonderful
artist. With one son in the German
army and three in the American, her
position is doubly trying.
She knows and loves the Father
land--not the Germany of Bismarck
and Hindenburg and Bernhard, but
the Germany OF Bach, Brahms, Schu-
bert, schumann. Wagner and Beeth-
oven. And she has come through
with flying colors. she>fs an Ameri-
can citizen in her own right, not by
marriage, and she has proven her
loyalty in a thousand ways since the
war began.
She might be able to sing MY
Country IT'S of Thee" and remember
only her adopted country, while the
more stirring and warlike national
anthem would bring the vision of her
son in the ranks Of the German
army, fighting with its back to the
wall.
Only a few days before coming 20
Fargo she had raised $4,000 for a
company fund by singing at can
Torment. It takes courage and char
acter to be loyal with a breaking
heart, and Madame Schumann- Heink
Is winning the respect, sympathy and
love of America to a greater extent
than she ever possessed it before.
From III. B.. Leichmann Of Motor
Ambulance Co. 10. Fort Riley, Kan
sas. The Forum received q rhymed
eulogy Of Fargo in October. this
week. 1t may be open to criticism
as verse, but the sentiment is all
right. and technical faults may be
overlooked. He calls It 20 To Be In
Fargo" and here 1t is:
c. to be in Fargo, now Octobers
there,
Not a passive ennui. nor a Lais-
=
Spirit is engendered by Dakota
air. /
Crisp and virile air,-crisp and
pure and cold;
Hedges turning yellow; scarlet
trees, and gold;
DandelionS riot over garden,
curb, and lawn;
SQUIRRELS gathering their har-
vest. winters coming on.
Idly chatting schoolgirls grac-
ing every spot;
schoolboys playing football on
each vacant lot.
Mother writes she's canning
+ fruit, picking. making sauer-
kraut,--- q
I can see her in the kitchen, with
K fresh baking all about;
And on crisp October evenings,
coming from the chilly air,
a.. We and honey and hot cornbread,
plenty Of it and to spare,
When think of the home luxur-
les, compared with army fare,
Then it's 20, to be in Fargo, now
October's there.
And the blazing light of Broad
49,. way, and the softer light Of
home
Bring a longing for old Fargo,
and il recross the foam,
Then / swear I'll never wander
from the Gateway City"
For it's 20, to be in Fargo, now
october's there. a
We'll, when the boys come home"
we hope the author OF this is among
them, with a big medal on his chest, |
and with some stripes on his arm,
and that he gets here in plenty of
time to eat some of the canned fruit
he refers to and long before it is
necessary to put up" any more.
War seems to have stirred the
poets Of North Dakota to action. The
Forum is getting a food OF verse
these days. and we crave the indulg-
ence Of the writers il it is not all |
published promptly. Some OF 1t will
have to so into the waatebasket. but
DIR. o. J. Harmon sent in his respects
to La Toilette this week, In verse,
and he knew our weak spot, so his
will have to be published. Here it
is:
II Ia TOILETTE RULED.
II the Lord on high. should ever see