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Under the prntt Are

]. S., Berryville.-The question as to
whether one under the draft age should
carry his birth certificate with him
as proof Of his exemption, might be
advisable II you have the appearance
OF being within the military age. You
eternal vigilance"
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In Class ).

Registrant. Richmond. = Registrars
in the draft. IL matters no, to which
class assigned. remain subject to the
orders OF their local board. Certainly.
every one within the military age
comes under the work or tight" rule.
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A Mooted Question.

S. L. D., Amelia G. HIT is a nooted
question as to which branch OF the
military and naval service mas the oeai
trained men. y sergeant is n nom
commissioned officer. ranking next
above q corporal.
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ind Is by standing on his head, which near
ly always causes it TO resume its normal beat.

- Answer.-I suppose If that remedy were urged
In this column some one would send in sar-
castle letter. Getting on all fours and craving
about often relieves palpitation and even pain
Stan Snn on the head alters tho distributon
the moment. Two cigars day would be two
too many to smoke. at least for patients with
real heart disease.
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Information Bureau

Inquiries regarding almost any topic,
excepting on legal and medical hub-
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Charcoal Eph,. Daily Thought.

'Wnen mewl staht layin' back he ears"
said Charcoal Eph, In mood, ~hits time TO t.
keep an eye on he heels, mattah even ef'n
yo' mout think he smilin'. Try banana. Mistah
Jackson"
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Prosperous Times In virr,n,.

10 me Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
war and the consequent, lack o., ai Ia ho OF
.he PEOPLE OF Virginia are more pros
ns'IiS th"n ever before in the history
% ne state. and can co,npIa cen,Iy look
hrin T"tu % the winter. Tobacco is
a., ing NJ iaouIous prices. there were
; I; y str, ''rner5 who dad nor raise boun-
49, %upPIF OF wheat. ana the good
;tvIse"hes arc Milling tho pantrics
WIN canned fruits and veEetabies tn
recent not spell was in the main bene
II .lal 10 the crops. and the tropical heat
~ IN. trop!cai rains have worked Won
uu!s WIN the corn. and more than hal
4neyd the III effect OF the drought and
80 "eather or early summer The
corn CRIB viii be fun. and so VIII he
me 5,., cellar for we have it from reliable
authority that, in the countrJ districts.
more wine was made this year than
s Is ext nsi9re; the gersimmqn outlook
mat possu:ns viii be fat: and but for
my my VEN OF sadness caused by the
OF the average Virg!nian should. in
IN, INC months to come. be fun OF happi-
ness and content. p
Charlottesville. Va. August %. 1915.
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Mabel" who on1its her full name and adj
dress and neglects to send her photo, asks US
to give Some Reasons Why We Should Be
Proud That We Ire Americana"
We amt got the space, deare. Il you'll send
US just one reason for not being proud well
print It; but before we do you'd better move
from Richmond!
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The Greater Fear.

The trembling, pale registrant approached the
desk with fear consuming his very vitals
'Well?" sharply demanded the official with
tho pen.
registrant eff there isn't some way to k-k-k-
keep me out Of this d d-draft. Please, Mr.. Man,
p-p-p' please get me out of 1t, IL you l-l-love-"
The official curled his lip scornfuy.
Stacker, Ell? Coward? Afraid Of the Hun
before you've seen him. huh?"
Afraid of Hun" the registrants eyes
flashed. Say, you big stir with pen in your
hand. lead me to a couple OF two-ton Huns and
III lick EN- with one hand tied behind me!
Afraid Of"
You certainly don't talk afraid now. but when
you came in"
Il KNOW. said the registrant, you don't
get me- You don't know my wife. She doesn't
let me go out much. and II she hears I'm going
all the way to France she'll start raising the
devil with me. and-say, MFR. Man. IL you only
knew my wife! Please, don't get me in this
draft! For tho sake of peace, Man, for the
sake Of"
They rushed forward the official and another
married man, to catch him. but he had swooned
and struck tho floor heavily. And they could
only sit around in silence, waiting for him to
revive, holding hands among them in deep SYM
pathy
The minute man signs promissory note 1t
begins to be the companion of his dreams.
Badges
Look at my War CROSSE said the returned
soldier. proudly
Right NICE" said the War Farmer, 'but say.
look at the callous in my palms! Amt they
bcauts?
Accidents push small into great places.
and then. golly. some of em male good!
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Voice of the People

Letters must give the name and adj
arSss OF the writer. Name will mol be
published IL writer so requests.
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Much Ado About Nothing
BY ROY *. MouLTON.
WeepfnE Eerd.

Bulgaria Ferd has beak like bird
And an eye that is shifty and sinister
He's kulturist czar with soul white as tar,
And you'd never take him for minister.
But morose is his song and he Weeps all day
long
For events in his Kingdom have shaken him.
His old pal Bloody Bill, a disgraceful old dill
Has hid the bankroll and forsaken him.
SO he weeps and he weeps and has nlegrums for
He was not content with one bird in hand.
He reached for too much with his murderous
The bugle sounds "taps" for Beast Ferdi-
nand.
BARRIERS strikes not always serious. They
had once in the country town where we
used to live and nobody found out about it,
Ferdinand Of Bulgaria has gone to Bad Nau.
go to.
'Ridine from Philadelphia to New York we
met an official OF the weather bureau, Washing
ton. He knows more about the weather and why
else. Concerning the present heat wave he said:
1--WE must get just so much heat every year.
IF we don't get 1t in July we get 1t in August.
Sometimes 1t comes in punches like bananas,
and sometimes all strung out. like spaghetti.
That was tho best technical Explanation we
had ever heard. We asked him IL he couldn t
arrange II to have about Is degrees of August
heat assigned to January. Apparently he had
never thought OF that.
ut sounds like good idea" he said TIL
And we know he will, for he's the boy who
can make the weather jump through. even
though it always jumps the wrong way.
Glad that's settled.
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Spnnlah- american Veteran and Draft.
NJ. Il. Hopew ell-If within the MIL
itary age, Spanish American veteran
would be required TO register in the
draft, the same as any other person.
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'-ent was ratified over ten days aro
ana me Legislature adjourned. /, w,s
t"'''c' oy one vote in tnc Senate. and
ne me, mater Is settled so far as Louis
''' :" e"hcgTned | am sorry TO say
,,a y. GEORGE. STEW i PIT
hope"eN. Va. August 20, 1915.
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The watch upon the Rhine may soon be
obliged to watch out.
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No use stating our war aims again.
So far the individual soldier is concerned
his aim seems to be pretty satisfactory
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Fewer steps and higher fare, take like
French. "c'est lie guerre."
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Ferdinand of Bulgaria is said to be feeling
III. He has certainly been acting that way.
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Speaking Of strong drafts, the wind Is Ronp
to assume velocity OF about Is very soon.
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The
Blease
Issue

tactics of the Charleston American The
Charleston American repeatedly undertook to
create the impression that President Wilson had
become guarantor of the loyalty of c. L.
please R1sase. The Charleston American dragged Mr..
wilson into taking the only position that he
speet and With the protection of the country
and OF the Democratic party. If tho Charleston
American and it's candidate object to the ex-
preston of President Wilson, they have only
the American Itself to blame for expecting II
from him The American presumed to read into
the language OF President Wilson meaning that
was not there and tho President. unwilling that
ne should be misrepresented in South Carolina
has made his position plain.-Coumbia State.
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Our idea of light summer reading Is tho diar
OF tho cx-Czar Of Russia. l.HE.. 81 8 m
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The Old Ono.

And is your mother-in-law still with you.
With me. yes; but still-NO"
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BARRIERS strikes are not always serious. The.
had one once in the country town where w
used to live and nobody ever found out about II
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-25

eUBIIsHED every day in the year at 10 South Tenth
Sfrret Richmond, Va. by Tho mcs-Dispatch Pub
ishins Co. inc Charles l. Hnsbrook. Editor aad
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or the volunteer soldiers OF
Boys Who eighteen and nineteen years
Whtnped whose valor has changed the as
&C.,, -. pect of the battle fields OF France
crown frince'L Lieutenant Joseph R Brady. for
merly of the Evening World
wri ! II can send the word back that these
sters we saw about the recruiting stations when
war was declared. have actually and effectively
indeed an Def. effective whipping From the point
sharply, SO swiftly and so far that the world
OF do9bters saw at last that our new armies
these are the eishteen and ninetee IN year old
boys whom many Congressman would keep out
Of the war while the War Department wrestles
With the vast task OF winnowing 100000 sol
the least pIaeticabe upheaval Of essential in
dustry. Berlin and Budapest could ask no policy
better adapted TO serve their desperate need
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Current Editorial Comment

President Wilson makes II per-
fectly clear that the candidacy
OF MT. Blease for United States
Senator is not approved by him.
The President was forced to take
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ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS t. Tho Tdmes-
Dispatch. md not o Individuals.
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It truly be said of the
American Americ army. in General
Army Is Marchs words, that IT is "all
u.,I cream The 3.012l12 men under
All cream arms August l the pick Of
the manhood OF this country
Those now being called for service are their
no other nation has applied or been able to ap-
ply the same strict standards. The physical
qualifications required have been high as to
cause the rejection C: immense numbers OF men
who would readily have passed the examlna-
as heretofore to have escaped notice have been
made the grounds for rejection Of tens OF thous-
ands eager to enlist or to enter the service
through the draft Physically the American
army is "an cream sound, hearty specimens
Of a vigorous people The nations OF Europe
man-power has been cruelty weakened. their
losses have been fearful. the decline in the ply
steal fitness Of their armies whole after
four years of life s in the trenches and in the
is entering the war fresh, untired morally and
physically in its prime, in the pink OF perfection.
That fact is bound to have important bear
ing on the future course of the war-New York
World
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Ferdinand OF Bulgaria has gone to Bad Nau
helm, which Is not the only sad place he will
go to.
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monograph on H3w to Flay Lady Nicotine NV
husband has heart trouble Do you think two
able, to determine tho. nature Of HIS heart
trouble The heart just starts beating Wildly
and with much force. aud the only relief he
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Rilt)ulun1 Gi11les,pispatrb

Entered January 81, 1905. at tho Post-Onice at
RichmoDd, Va, second -ctnss mater.
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TELEPHONE: Randolph !.
Private Branch Exchange
connecting with all depart
mcntS.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
MONDAY

Dance recital by Helen Moller and
pupils, at Carnegie Hall, at S:15: N
Overture. "Orpheus" ...... .cluck
Mourners ~
In the EIsyan Fields.
Dance of the Furies.
siegfred's Funeral March 'aTVefaldt Wennat
Symphonic poem. "Phacton" .Saint-Saens
Suite of waltzes:
H. ''..'......... Brahms
C. vo;;ce of SWIM. Dvorak
Symphonic fragment. "psyche sIpellus I1peats
The Race. Hall of the Mountain King. '''"'
IRON Peer Gynt" Suite Cr;oy
Prelude, The Prisoner Racbmon;roT
Stars and Stripes '''As;,"u.a Sn'sa
Concert by the New York Chamher
Music Society, at Aeolian Hall SIX:
Quintet in Il fiat major On. l6. Bcctbovcn
FOR piano, oboe. clarinet, French horn
baasoon.
Pastorale in d major. Op.
IT,. Daniel Gregory Mason
For pinno. violin, clarinet
suite suite in major Op. 1903. Emmanuel Moor
FOR hute. clarinet. oboe. bassoon. French
norm. two violins, viola. violoncello. |''>"
double bass.
Quintet in major Thcodor. Drho;.
for piano, violin. oboe viola, violonccIIo
Piano recital by Ethel Leginska st
Carnegie Hall. at S:l5: "'
Sonata in major (vivacc-prcsto)
p., Dom Paradics I712-l735,
i,a I,astorale .......... Scarlatti t16s31757,
ssrse".s, op. sear'"tti usssc;1a57,
i'olonaiss Op. 40, No. /. .Thopin
hhgeus (first time) ... Leopold GodowsIv
Islamey ......... nD",r1'wnNy
sonata in Minor .........,.' hA"krew rev.
tiRoietto Parnphrasc c......,..,'' i';snt ;snt
song recital by Lolita Madden, at
Aeolian Hail. at 8: "'
Ombra Cara. Amorosa. Scena ed Arja.
Tractta U727-I770)
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Wagner No Longer
Dictator in Opera
Rossini, Bellini and Verdi for the Allies,
Dispensing Teutonic Stodginess and
Gloom in Music World
By Crenville Vernon

whirg of the gods evidence than
has been in the world of during the last
dictator powerful than Hndnur
reegated halls
and grudgng his place
which
but with the
Works which less than decade would bushed
been accused Of liking applaudng What
all? 1t is not the the change before
that Wagner
fcklenes fashion probably
things tolerance catholty feeling originally
unfmuaed that alconquerng
kur would be unfortunate music other things
qualities the which
civilization
will demand back
this
of emotion, spontaneity
needed them to-day
Birmnghams
the have forth
beautiful fields of France filling the
need the sweetness and light of the
call foolish they
and did not trouble themselves about philosophers
believe PHILOSOPHERS
the
call them foolish But when
plan the KAISER and Hndnurg
Reventlow and compel them three
"LEGr dAmore Don Pasquae"
civilized through egato!
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Calendar of the Week

SUNDAYMpotan Opera House. $3.50 City Col
ege recital by Samuel Baldwin, Hppodrome
Gabrielle Carnegie
recital by Homann; Aeoian Hail.
the New York Symphony Society
metropolitan Opera House. French "Tha
Hail. p. recital by
Hail. Ethel
recital by Madden.
TUESDAY Metropolitan House, m,
WEDNESDAY
Ezabh' City College, recital by Baldwin,;
Aeolan Hall, 8 p m. recital by Harold Bauer.
THURSDAY metropolitan
del e Re-" Carnegie Hall, m,
Aeolan Hail.
FRIDAY-Meropotan m, Italian
terhy" m, dor"
Hall S15 m, recital by Theodore
SATURDAY Metropolitan House.
Prophete";
Hall p
by New York Symphony Society," Aeoian
by Florence Macbeth
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

chestra, at Carnegie Hall, at $3.50 p. M:
Symphony in f fiat Ok 543) ..... Mozart
Symphonic suite. "Scheherazade" (after
The Thousand Nights and Mighty,
Up. 80 .............. .Rlmsky-kor korsakoH
Song recital by Florence Macbeth,
Aeolian Hall, at 3 p. M:
Old Italian
Quel Rusceletto 1710-'92) ........ Parades
Posate Dormite (l657-l716) Battista Bassani
Aria. Con vezzi con lusinghe," from
I'll Seraglio" U756-'79) .......... Mozart
Old English
What's Sweeter Than New Blown Rose?
from the oraeorio Joseph" Q6S5-
PLAGUE of Love (arranred by II. Lane
Bid Me discourse G37s6- 1850 III Bishop snoe
Aria. 'Arette," from Jean de Nivele'
Old and modern French
Charmant Papillon O660- l744 . Campra
Non je n'irai Plus au Bois N82l-l910).
Weckerin
res feux ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Rabey
=, Modern English american composers) w
Hhe Butterfly (frst time) ..... Mana yucca
Fairy Bark tfrst time) ...... Harriet Ware
Midsummer Lullaby ........... Mcdowell
The Look (manuscript) -. Rosale Hausman
Swans (first time in New York; ~
If You Fer Have Seen (manuscript).
Gena Branscombe
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
Reforming Society Through Music

has demanded release? The result
is evident-Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti,
the early Verdi. How long they will
remain with us depends largely on the
singers who can sing them. For this
we can thank our stars for Mr.. Caruso,
for Nine. Galli-Curci, for Nine. Bar
rientos and for Miss Hempcl. These
artists are veritable soldiers in the
struggle back to sincerity of utterance.
Without skilled interpreters the old
operas are impossible, and without the
old operas latter day Teutonic stod-
giness and gloom will settle again upon
our emancipated spirits. Rossini, Bel
lini, Donizetti, Verdi-for the Allies
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

for blood, again will be impersonated
by Mr.. Didur. Others in the cast will
be Mines. Arden, Handlers, Robson and
Tiffany and Messrs. Bada and Audisio.
Maestro Moranzoni, whose reading of
the score already has been so favorablv
commented upon, will conduct the per-
formancc for the first time in the
Metropolitan Opera House.
The other operas of the week will he.
Ihals' tomorrow evening, with
Mines. Farrar, Sparkes, Egener and
Howard and Messrs. Diaz, Whitehill.
Rothier and Reschiglian. Miss Call;
and Mr.. Bonfiglio will dance. Mr.. Mon
tcux will conduct.
Saint Elizabeth" Wednesday even
ing, with Mines. Easton and Matzenauer
and Messrs. Whitehill, Ruysdael. Leon
ard and Schlegel. Mr.. Rodanzky will
conduct.
"Madama Butterfly" Friday afternoon
at special prices, with Mines. Farrar
Fornia and Egener and Messrs. ALI,
house, Chalmers. d'Angelo, Reiss. Ruvs.
dael and Audisio. Mr.. Papi will con.
duct
"Cavalleria Rusticana" and Gle Cor
dor" as double bill on Friday cv.,,
ing, the former sung by Mines Eastor
Perini and Mattfeld and Messrs. Lazaro
and Amato. Mr.. Moranxoni conductinv
"Le Coz dor" will be sung bv Mmas
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

Barrientos, Braslau and Sundelius o.
Messrs. Diaz, Didur, Ruysdael, Audls'
and Reschiglian, and interpreted "
Misses CALI and Smith, and MesuS
Bolm, Bartik, Bonfglo, Hall and 'o''
son. Mr.. Monteux will direct the per
formance.
lie Prophetic" will be the SstulON
matinee opera, with Mines. Au's
Matzenauer, Egener, Arden and llhss
and Messrs. Caruso, Mardones, DIV.
Rothier, Schlcgel, Audisio and kes's, y
gllan. Miss CALI and Mr.. Bontiglio W.
dance. Mr.. Bodanzky will condueN ..
"The Barber of Seville" will % y
Saturday night popular price pef.".
ance, with Mines. Barrientos ana "'s !.
field and Mcssrs Carpi. de Luc',
segurola, Malatesta and Resch's'''
Mr.. Papi will conduct.
AT to-night's concert Mischa S''s'.
violinist, will play Saint-Saenss ~. ~
certo end several selected solos, - Y.
Eva Didur, making her debut a.
Metropolitan, will sing an ara
La Juivo" &nd "Vissi d'Arte =
"Tosca." Jose Mardones will s'N 81,
aria from "Robcrt le Diable' anu
Pat" from LES Huguonots." ="
chostra, under the direction oil nv.
Hagcman. will play the overture NJ q,
"Mignon" and Ivanotf's "EsaulsSs
casienne."
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10
This Weeks Bill
At the metropolitan,

When "L'Amore del tre Re" was first
performed at the Metropolitan Opera
House four seasons ago it was hailed
by many judicious musical observers as
the most interesting operate work that
had come out of Italy since "La Bo-
meme" Its success was due to the very
effective libretto, originally a tragedy.
by the gifted Italian poet Sem Benell
(who has recently been wounded at tho
Italian front, but who is now in fair
way to recovery; to the sincere, spon-
taneous, fluent score provided by the
composer ltalo Montemezzi. and to
what was generally conceded to be
very admirable cast.
Next Thursday evening General Man.
ager Gattl-CasaZza will revive the work
with two important changes in the dis.
trlbution of parts. Mr.. Caruso for the
first time will sing the role of Avito
VINO IN the play represents the pure
Italian type-the representative of the
Latin race, at the period of the action
of the drama subjected to barbarian
invader, as is Northeastern Ita}v to-
day. The role of Flora, in which Sem
Benelli evidently aims at typifvjnp
Italy herself, will be sung for the first
time here by an Italian girl. Miss
Claudia Muzio. She pleased the Milan
public in the part so much that it
is said her head was taken as model
for the widely distributed poster rep
resenting Italia with her forefnger ON
her lips warning the public in the
words: "Tacetc. Anche il vostro silen-
zio aHretera la vittoria!" ("Not a
word! Even your silence will hasten
victory!").
Mr.. Amato again will be seen as Man
fredo, the son Of the barbarian invader
who has accepted Christianity and
sought to win the affection of the sub
Ject race by wedding its princess. Tho
old barbarian chief Archibaldo. n sort
of Theodore or Barbarossa, who rep
tesents the rude, cruel, pagan type that
knows no forgiveness, demanding blood
New-York tribune., 1918-03-10

After all, this is a scheme no more
extravagant than many another re-
Gently devised for the reformation of
society. What one generation hears
the next will be. The great trouble
with the Wagnerian movement in Ger
many was in its displacement of en-
phasis. Wagner was one of the su-
preme musicians of all time, who, wish
ing to be universal, decided also to be
a supreme philosopher. That he never
was a supreme philosopher did not oc-
cur to him. and it did not occur to a
large portion of the German people.
So Wagner, misunderstanding himself,
was misunderstood by his public, with
the result that there followed a grand
jamboree Of Misunderstanding, in
which complete violence was done to
every one of the canons pertaining to
the limits of the arts, so ably set forth
by another German, and German who
was true philosopher, Gottold
Ephraim Leasing, in "The LAGOON" >"
Everything was to be welded sound
with sense, poetry with painting,
philosophy with the ballet. Never since
the beginning Of the world was Hymen
to be so triumphant; a wedding ring
was to be on the finger of all the chill
dren OF art; everything would be legiti-
mate!
But, alas, the arts are jealous bed
1eiiows. Asleep they are all very we'll,
cut awake there is the devil to nav.
and the price is usually divorce. With
great genius like Wagner it was pos
sibic TO keep at least an outward show
OF marriage, though in reality music was
complete master, but with the most o,
little Wagners, the pawnshop Symptom
lsts OF the theatre, who settled like
lecusts over the fair land Of Germany
and then crossing the Rhine and the
Atlantic proceeded TO eat up the
natural genius Of other peoples, the
marriages became those of very little
stolen music united to great mass
Of words with resultant sterility
These marriages were possible only be-
cause both music and poetry were
asleep. But the sieep was the xlsep
OF death and in its arms never TO wake
have fallen many promising and
even vital ta]ents. And out Of this sleep
from this land Of technical boredom
is IL to be wondered that the public