The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-04-13

u
pose Of the book. Here are two
plain, middle-aged Americans.
who have devoted their lives to
l. the local history OF wichita and
Emporia, going to war with
| commissions in their pockets as
| colonies to investigate the Red
| Cross They are as nonmilitary
as missionaries. How is the war
going to strike them?
Henry and his friend 60 to
Paris and stop at the Ritz
which makes everyone smile, for
| they are so obviously from
Wichita and Emporia. And then,
/ with their departure for the front
their real adventure begins
They see battle. They see the
land that has been Scared and
L Churned by shellfire. They sleep
j in Red Cross hospitals where
4 thousands Of men have passed
1 through. many Of them on the
/ long journey" They see death
and suffering and heroism. There
isn't much joking in this part OF
the book. The description is
tense and spare and vivid. They
tell Of Germans Smelling hos
pitals. They learn an inspiring
lesson for the race.
The death OF Claude Debussy has
gone almost unnoticed during the
excitement OF the war news.
Debussy was one of the greatest
OF all French composers, and prob
ably the leading representative of the
newer French school OF music.
His most successful opera was
''Pelleas and Melisande", for which he
used Maeterlinck's drama Of the
same name as a Ibretto. Mary
Garden appeared in the cast on its
first production.
Probably his best known and most
popular work was "The Afternoon OF
a Faun". Il has frequently been
played in the Northwest by the New
York and Minneapolis orchestras and
is Debussy at his best, elusive. fanci-
full, haunting and mysterious.
Debussy has been called an acquired
taste. II so, it is easily acquired.
Maggie Mitchell died the other day
in New York, at the ripe age Of 81.
To the younger theatergoer that
information viii mean nothing, but
to the men and women OF the older
generation ID viii bring some fond
memories. She was the Ethel Barry
more Of half a century ago. Half
the nation was in love with Maggie
Mitchell as Fanchon in ''Fanchon. The
Cricket. She was contemporary
Of such famous players as e. L.
Davenport James WaIlacS, jr., owens
and Clarke, the comedians and
Joseph Proctor. She began her stage
career at the age Of years. and
often played before President Lincoln.
Unlike most old time favorites, she
died possessed Of q comfortable
fortune.
The Kansas City Star has unearth-
ed some OF the ancient and some Of
the modern rope-slipping rhymes.
1t has discovered that the little
miss with the brown curls steps into
the turning rope and recites some
thing like this:
Cinderella, dressed in yellow,
Went downstairs 20 meet her
fellow.
How many kisses did she get?
One two, three. four, i've, six,
seven
II she survives this test, she recites:
II love coffee, / love tea.
/ love the boys. How many like
me?
And proceeds to count how many do.
Then there is the turning around
stunt, with the following verse:
Ladybug, ladybug. turn around.
Ladybug, iadybug, touch the
the ground,
Ladybug, ladybug. tie your shoe,
Ladybug, ladybug, skidoo.
Sing Stars Over is used when
she alternately skips and ducks un-
der the rope. and it goes:
RED. white and blue,
Stars over YOU"
To end up with a real skipping
hurricane. she recites one like this:
Mother, mother, am Sick
Send for the doctor, quick, quick,
quick.
Doctor. doctor, shall die7
Yes. my child, but don't You cry.
How many carriages shall have?
One. two, three, four
Here are some more skipping
rhymes:
one, two. three. four, Ave. six
All good children go to heaven.
Some so up and some SO down,
And some go all around the town.
Teddy bear, Teddy-bear. turn
Teddy-bear. Teddy bear touch
the ground.
Teddy -bear. Teddy-bear, tie your
Teddy-bear. Teddy bear. twenty
three. slSidoo.
Read some OF these TO Miss Ten
Year Old and perhaps she can sup
ply half DOZEN more.
There Is a stoical quality to the
English race that sometimes excites
evaporation, but which causes only
admiration III wartime. 1t is a stir
neclxed pride which considers it bad
form" to make any display Of emo
ton or sentiment. Winston Churc-
hin, in a recent magazine article,
portrays this quality strikingly with
one Or two incidents, which show
how England accepts the war.
MIR. Churchill tells how waiter
had advised him % take his dinner