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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
AGAINST BOYCOTTING GERMAN
"LIEDER."

Musical America: Musical America
has received several letters from artists
and musical clubs in various parts Of
the country asking whether they should
sing compositions by Brahms Schu-
mann, Schubert and other German com
posers i'm German during the coming
season in spite Of the war. The prob
lem is one that calls for consideration
only because in France and Germany IL
has been the custom to sing songs in
the language Of the respective coun.
tries, whereas we in America sing for
eign music in its original language.
1t would seem to us narrow to elimi-
nate the language Of Die Mainacht'
or Der Nussbaum" or Der Erlkonig'
on account Of the war. The German
poets. to whose productions Brahms and
Schumann composed their master-songs,
had nothing to do with war, quite as
little in fact as these great song com.
posers. During the two and a half
years following August l, 1914, Ameri.
cans were among the first to decry the
boycotting of art on account of ma.
tlonality. viz, the elimination Of Wag.
merriam music in London symphony con-
certs in the first months Of the war,
and the utterances Of the venerable
Saint.Saens about a Frenchman listen
ing to a Wagnerian opera after the
destruction of Louvain.
We have no fight with German mu-
| sic, German painting, or in fact any
branch OF German art; to discriminate
against the German language in song
recitals. or for American artists to
remove the mastersongs Of Brahms
Schumann Liszt Franz, would be an act
that future generations would look upon
with strong disapproyal and with GER
tain comment on the narrowness OF
the spirit which prompted IL. During
! the last concert season a French bassC
removed a group OF Brahms songs from
his recital program. substituting an
equivalent number by Tosti We would
be interested in knowing what is tC
take the place Of the great German lied
er. if they are boycotted next season
incidentally we would be obliged, If W,
are to be consistent, to give our Wag
ner performances in English. which
would be difficult If not impossible, az
10 our knowledge no really worthy sing
ing translation Of the "NibelungeI
Ring" and Tristan" has yet been made
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
IRISHMEN IN FIGHT FOR
ENTENTE,

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
The claim made by Lady Aberdeen in
talk in New York that Ireland, not
withstanding the revolution, has done
more for the entente allies than Can
ada. in proportion to population, Is Of
some significance. She said that 14O,.
900 men had enlisted directly from Ire
land and 10000 Of Irish birth from
England which makes a total of 3lO,-
900 from a population of 100000. From
a population Of 100000 Canada has
sent about 100000 men. Whether 1t is
wholly fair in making the comparison
10 count as part of Ireland's contribu'
tiOn the men of Irish blood who have
gone from England may be questioned
The Canadian forces have, to be sure
been considerably increased by young
men who have joined them from this
country. but Canada has for many
years lost a large percentage Of her
young manhood. which came to this
country and remained here In any
case. the attitude of Ireland toward the
war and toward the empire cannot be
Judged from the figures given by Lady
Aberdeen. for sentiment on the Emerald
Isle differs as widely as the east is
from the west.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
MARKET BASKET AGAIN
Ii Would Effect a Great Saving in the
Elimination Of Delivery of
Purchases.

New York Tribune: If the advice Of
the commercial economy board Of the
council of national defense be carried
out. this country is likely to see re,
vival of the market basket habit among
housewives In addition TO urging the
adjustment Of the return privilege for
goods purchased, the economy boarc
wants merchants. even down to retail
grocers, to Curtail greatly their de.
livery systems. II wants purchasers TO
carry home all purchases in order to
permit this reduction.
An investigation of the situation the
country over, recently made by the
board, showed them that 100000 men
are employed in the delivery retail es
tablishments. The delivery expense for
department stores averages about per
cent Of the net sales. For small estab
lishments. such as retail grocery stores
the cost of deliveries is somewhat less
about 3 per cent of the sales. The econ
omy board believes 1t would be quite
possible for the big stores to make only
one delivery day over each route, anC
to eliminate special deliveries alto
gether. | think the small stores alsC
could cut down deliveries to one a day
instead Of four or five a day, which Il
their present average.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
MAKING ECONOMY CONTEMPTIBLE

Pittsburgh Gazette-Times: 1t Is pos
sible to get testimony that the toast
on which chops, squads, game, etc, are
commonly served in restaurants is ed
ible but observers say none but the
hardy attempt to eat it, 1t is bread
wasted. SO the decision Of the execp
tive committee on national defense OF
the American Railway association to
"cut il out" in railway dining car SER
vice may be accepted as one evidence
of sanity in the food conservation move
ment Not so much can be said Of
some other new regulations Of this
service announced by Herbert c. Hoo
YER
Reading the list of reforms. one gets
the impression the object is to starve
| the traveller or make money for the
| railroads. This is neither sensible nor
honest II it tends to save food, the
gain will be at the expense Of the ply
sica. well being OF those who patron
ize the dining cars. The order TO re-
duce portions without an accompany
ing announcement Of reduction Of prices
gives the whole project a queer ap-
pearance. Persons Of limited means
will of necessity go hungry; those who
will eat. cost what it may, will be
mulcted. Then. the limiting Of the menu
decided upon seems to be unwarranted
in several particulars. The attempt TO
force people to eat what they do not
want when there is plenty Of that which
they prefer gots beyond reasonable
bounds Dining car service might be
abandoned altogether without imposing
great hardships but If it is to be re-
tanned the people who depend upon II
b should be given a square deal Proper
Judgment will be that these new regu
lations are in large part foolish. They
D. are Of a piece with others that have
drawn In the halls OF congress harsh
often too harsh-criticism Of food con
q troll plans in general Let us have san'
) economy. not silly and unwarranted bu
reaucratic Interference with the peoples
food.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
81 OBJECT"

Congressman Walsh of Massachu'
setts is winning the reputation Of being
new kind of conscientious objector.
He has taken up the sweet refrain, Mr..
Speaker | object" and is voicing it reg
ularly when various representatives ask
unanimous consent to have unneces-
sary and extraneous matter inserted in
the Congressional Record.
The record has been a sadly abused
publication for some time. The leave
to print" has been made TO serve per-
sonal interests at no small expense to
the government. Congressman Walsh
has been gathering a few interesting
facts about recent abuses of that pri-
vilege Within "A few days Of this pres
ent session, he reports, the Record has
been used to send over the country at
government expense, % poems 10
special articles, "a newspaper editorials,
26 speeches of outsiders, l69 letters and
1872 kilograms. A congressman interest
ed i'm Single Tax once had a whole book
of Henry Georges incorporated in the
Record and sent tons of copies through
the mails to gain converts to the theory.
One of LaFollette's recent anti-draft
speeches, put into the record and mailed
in the same way cost the government
$4,000.
If these insertions into the Record
served any useful purpose at all com
mensurate with the expense incurred
they might be justifiabe. As 1t is
however, they served only TO crafty
cheap personal pride, the poorest kind
Of political vanity peanut politics.
And there is an even worse purpose
OF late the Record has been used tC
send out foolish and dangerous doc
trines, opposition to the government
pacifist propaganda. etc.
II the country were consulted in the
matter it would say, almost with one
voice. II object"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
PAY YOUR BILLS.

There Is general impression among
merchants that many people bought Lib
erty Bonds and made donations to the
Red Cross out Of their current incomes.
instead Of paying their just bills when
due. one merchant In a small business
whose net income should be few hun
dred dollars a month. and whose payroll
and other overhead expenses 20 on just
the same. income or no income, com
planned yesterday that he had had eN'
actly three checks come In during the
first three weeks Of July that two OF
them were bad and on the twenty'third
ne was called upon by his bank TO meet
an overdraft caused by the protested
checks. lie had to borrow TO meet II.
Buying Liberty Bonds and donating
20 the Red Cross are not only praise
worthy. but necessary. But II these
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
AROUND THE WORLD

ireland sent 4,2O7 immigrants TO the
United states in 1916.
Italy yearly consumes 100000 tons
Of corn and this year must import
1000 GOO tons.
Spain last year imported 1928 tons
Of coffee. compared with 1874 tons
In 1915 and lS,S73 in 1914.
Japan has $4,000 lepers registered.
but the families involved aggregate
100000 persons. About 1000 persons
are now segregated.
Australia with a population OF 1000.
600. has sent 900 men to tie front
Proportionately Americas bit would be
1900 900 men.
Thibet is the habitat Of peculiar
people A sign OF politeness in Tibet
on meeting person is TO hold up the
clasped hand and stick out the tongue.
Java is steadily increasing its ship
ments OF tea. Shipments in 1855
reached 10000 900 pounds, an increase
OF 100000 pounds over the previous
year
Ascension island in the Atlantic
ocean. is the properly OF the British
admiralty and is governed by cap
tain. Money is quite useless there
There is no private property in land, SO
there are no rents, rates or taxes. The
flocks and herds are public property
and the meat is issued in rations, 50
are the vegetables grown on the farms
Lubbock. the north German city II
whose Damp for deported Belgians 50,
out OF 1000 unfortunates are reported
TO have starved to death within thre,
months. Is a moderately prosperous
town OF 10000 inhabitants. The city
presents highly picturesque appear
ance with its many.gabled buildings
its numerous medieval brick churches
including the cathedral founded In III
by Henry the Lion. and its fortified
gateways.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
LEFT BEHIND.
dBy Ruth Wright Kaufman
OF the Nigllantesl

What a world OF desolation
Now they've taken you from me!
Taken you-"to save the nation"
over there In bleeding France.
WIN they bring you back, by chance
O my dear across the sea2
What an empty house TO care for
with no lad 10 come to me.
None % put the dinner there for
Empty chair and empty bed
And that dread OF YOU as-dead,
o my dear. across the sea,
You so tender-in the trenchesl
How YOU used 10 pamper me-
sun that scorches, storm that drenches
stubborn, though the guns are loud
You will do your little bit
In that hell: I'm sure Of a.
And YOUR head will be unbowed
And / know you'l dream OF me;
And wen win-and oh, I'm proud
or my dear across the seal
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
RUSSIA WALKS THE ROPE.

A nation walking the tight rope over
a more dangerous chasm than that Of
Niagara is the spectacle which is hold
ing the world breathless. So much de-
pends upon whether the Great Bear can
negotiate the perilous passage success
fully. Kerensky. the trainer the only
man who is trusted by the great shaggy
beast which is just beginning TO wake
up after centuries Of Information. is
everywhere at once. He exhorts, guides,
demands-and wins But so much
hangs upon that frai and fiery person
ality! The Bear moves forward. slips
back a pace or two. almost loses his
balance. He hears Kerensky's voice.
He looks forward once more, takes a
step-will he come the rest Of the way
safely?
He must get across II is unbeliev-
able that he should fail! The future OF
world democracy depends upon him
Shall every man soon have his inalien'
able right to life, liberty and the pursuit
Of happiness?
Shall the nations move on TO a swift
realization Of their dream?
or shall Il become a long matter Of
years reaching into generations, fight
ing destroying, holding back progress
Come. Mr.. Bear You cannot fail. You
must not fall The world awaits you'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
~KULTuR" OF DEsOLATION.

Kansas City Journal: Until the An
glo-Saxon mind is able TO understand
the pseudo. .Darwinian philosophy of the
nation that bows before the anti-Chris-
tian. anti.social and antimoral gods OF
the Bernhard. Nietzche and Meyer
school we shall never be able 10 com
prehend the purpose Of the continuous
battering of the ruins OF the cathedral
OF Rheims. Almost since the sweep
Of the Teuton armies back from the
battle Of the Marine the special object
Of their hatred apparently has been
the beautiful French cathedral city.
Although. as is well known. there have
been periods when the German armies
were short of shells, there has been no
time when the prodigal waste OF ammu'
milton was stopped In front Of Rheims.
The unbridled viciousness Of the demo
Iutlon OF this beautiful cathedral has
/ but two parallels in history.
In the middle Of the seventh cen.
tury the Saracens were propagating
the primitive Nietzsche philosophy In
/ their conquest OF Egypt After the
capture OF Alexandria, where Ptolemy
Phuadelphus in 275 b. c. had bound.
ell the greatest library Of antiquity
the Saracens proceeded 70 destroy
these priceless treasures. Their argu
ment for this ruthless vandalism was
similar TO the Meyer justification OF
Prusslanism. The Saracens declared
that II the thousands OF volumes OF
ancient works were in accord with the
the Koran. II was unnecessary 20 pre-
serve them: IL they denied the Koran
they should be destroyed. Thus Omar
spread the "kultur" OF his time over this
civilization OF the world.
During the dark ages OF history mer
seemed 20 have an inherent respect
for the treasures of the mind. Al
though. one after another. conquerinl
hosts swept over Europe, most OF the
churches and art collections and librar
les were left uninjured. II remained
for the Prussians, twelve centuries af
ter the burning OF the Alexandriar
library TO warm the baths OF Omar I,
invade France and destroy the beauti
ful Strassburg cathedral, efacing th'
great library OF 100000 volumes an,
g 400 rare manuscripts That was IN,
Prussian "kultur" OF 1870 by whicl
the world was robbed Of priceless gems
In 1914 the Prussians again out
stripped the Saracens in their bruta
vandalism when they burned the u
brary Of Louvain with It's 10000 vo
umes and thousands OF art treasure
and manuscripts. That job complete'
the hate.inspired hVsts OF kaiserdor
began pouring shells into the Rheim
cathedral No one knows why thi
beautiful Christian edihce became IN
victim OF Prussian vandalism. No doub
liz was an In accordance with the afor,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31

said philosophy of the German leaders
of "kultur." But when the cathedral
was only shell Of battered walls, when
it was to all intents and purposes de-
Btroyed beyond hope Of repair, the Ger
man batteries continued to pour into
It's blackened wreckage their messen-
gers of vengeance, And German hate
still fingers after its object has been
oblterated. The same black spirit of
l'rutal spite which caused the victors
10 drag the dead body of Hector round
and round the walls Of Troy inspires
the Prussians to gloat over the debris
Of the victim of their mad fury
When the final accounting is made
with the dragon OF Prussianism, will
Louvaine and Rheims be remembered?
II is of course a barbaric conception
and wholly without parallel in fact, but
eternal justice demands that one day
Emperor William II shall be taken tC
Rheims and forced to kneel among its
pathetic ruins and pray the God OF
mercy and humanity for forgiveness.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
AN INVESTED INHERITANCE

II may be that the old proverb con.
cernng ministers sons must need be
reconstructed In the light Of ever.in.
creasiug and pertinent facts. The re-
markablc record of many descendants
of jonathan Edwards in accomplishing
rctably worth while things for this
country is familiar 10 all students OF
American history and sociology. And
now Il turns out that the man Of the
hour. Herbert c. Hoover, Is the son Of
minister.
II was Mr. Hooyer'H mother who was
a minister. a Quaker evangelist who so
threw her soul into her work In the
northwest that she died as a result Of
her labCrs The sterling, self-sacrific.
ing character Of the mother Is reflected
IN the son who freely and enthusiastic
ally relinquished his business in London
10 devote himself to lifting the load
upon Belgium.
II instead OF bemoanng the bad traits
one inhcrits II would become the fashion
20 reckon the best the outlook would be
more cheerful for many people. More
precious than millions Is the heritage
OF the son Of this quiet Quaker min
ister And laurels are due to the son
who took such a legacy Of soul and
invested It at the critical moment in
the big and critical need OF his own
time
After ALL true worth is the same in
all ages. II is for the people OF today
TO make the specific application OF their
best qualities to their own generation
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
ORIGIN OF MEDICINE HAT"
How Widely Known Canadian Town
Got Its Name, Significant to
Redman.

Los Angeles Times: Here is the his
tory of how the Canadian city got it's
curious name.
The word medicine" means more to
an Indian than to a white man. We
think Of 1t meaning something unpleas-
ant that is good for us, but the Indian
distinguishes between good medicine
and bad medicine" anything that he
fancies will change his fortunes for
better or worse.
Imagine that the Red m9n is hunting
antelope and meeting with no success.
Presently he finds an empty cartridge
shell or the top Of tomato can, and
shortly afterwards he gets a shot at
his game Can he doubt that the piece
Of can or shell gave him luck? Not he.
He wears that fragment Of tomato can
or empty shell about his neck with his
other jewelry, and it is good medi-
cine"
Some years ago there was a Black
! foot chief who lived in the vicinity Of
Seven Persons river, where now stands
the city of Medicine Hat He and his
tribe we're fond Of hunting and Of max
ing war on their enemies, the Crees,
This chief always wore headdress Of
feathers that he called his medicine
hat" for he thought that 1t brought him
good fortune
1t was a dark day for the chief when
he last met the Crees where now stands
the growing city. He and his men fell
upon the enemy with great bravery and
even put them to ignominioB flight.
But just then a gust Of wind whirled
out Of the west, caught the magic hat
and tossed 1t into the swiftly running
Saskatchewan river. Instantly the poor
chief lost all confidence in himself and
his cause and with the victory in hand
he forebore to grasp it and fled over
the plains toward the Rockies, followed
by his tribe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31
Uncle Sam an Easy Mark
The Enemy Alien Talks to Robert J
Widhack of the Nigilantes.

Il ran across him on a bench in the
park this morning. He remembered
that l had listened to him attentively
before. so he began to talk Perhaps
he thought he could convert me to pro.
Germanism, or perhaps he just wanted
to show me that he didn't care a con.
tinental whether | thought him a spy
or not | didn't report him. | had a
date with him instead. | want him TO
pour out some of the sedition that
seems to be boiling inside Of him.
Do you think that we Germans are
afraid of Uncle Sam? Not much, we
are not. But il is better that we should
keep a little quiet and kid him along
until the proper time.
You don't believe it or not just as
you choose. but you remember that this
war was predicted by German army Of
ficers fifteen years in advance and they
knew nobody would believe il, and no.
body did l can tell you now, and |
could tell everybody now. that the rea.
son that you don't hear about things
being blown up in this country and all
kind Of trouble. is not because somebody
said obey the law and keep your mouth
shut" We don't get scared so easy
junger.
We found out something in England
and we know something about this
country too. The reason we are laying
low is because we don't want the peo-
pie to get excited in a hurry We gotta
have a little time. We got our orders
alright.
This country has said II Is in the
war since nearly four months aready
and everything goes along slow \and
nice for US. Congress talks. talks. lik,
all you buffers ar d gets nothing done
much, and the pacifists they make trou
bic and hold you back Nobody get.
excited. Everything is nice and sweet
and peaceable
II some German forgot his orders OF
went crazy or something and killed a
lot Of people with dynamite. then In
afraid that Uncle SaR would get upor
his hind legs and raise hell Well. W,
don't want that. So we keep quiet.
| II Uncle Sam was German and n,
wanted To get the country excited h,
would dynamite a lot OF people an,
blame it on the enemy. but he amt go
so much sense. He is too soft hearte,
to make war
All got to say is this. Remembe
how the German ships were disable
by their crews on the day before Vo
Bernstorff was sent home and just b
sure that when 1t seems to be the proI
er time and will hurt the most, ther
will be hell popping in so many place
at once that you won't know whic
way TO turn.
l suppose nobody believes that lobe
the law and keep your mouth shut
| Pooh-pooh,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-31

calls cannot be met out of the current
income without refraining from pay
ing current bills, It's time to go down
into ones jeans and dig out the proper
amounts for the long-suffering mer-
chants. It's too easy to feel a glow of
virtue over buying a bond Too often
it doesn't occur to the buyer that per
haps his grocer would have liked to
buy one, too, and had the same right.
Too often the bond was bought out of
the grocer's or dry goods mans or
milliner's money.
II is probable that these unfairnesses
will adjust themselves in the next
month or so, for the cost Of the bond
or relief donation will be met by per
sonal economy and the bills viii be
cleaned up within few weeks.
But It would be wise to use a little
imagination and justice when the next
calls come. If the just bills are paid
the other fellow may have his chance
to do the subscribing.