New-York tribune., 1918-04-21
Mme.Schun1ann-Heink
Will Sing at Camp Dix

Will Sing at Camp Dix
The soldiery at Camp Dix is to be
blessed by visit from Nine. Ernestins
Schumann-Hein To insure the an.
pearance Of the great contralto, Col.
onel Harry N. Cootes, chief of star
for General Hugh L. Scott, the camu
commandant, sent an officer to New
York City to arrange all details for
her appearance at the camp immed-
ately. "Tell your general l am de.
lighted and will be with you all on
May g." was the message taken back
to the commander.
Not only has Nine. Schumann-H -Heink's
appearance been arranged for, but
through W. Stanley Hawkins, the
camp Y. NJ. c. A. authority, Colonel
Cootes has arranged for the construc-
tion of a huge amphitheatre, seating
the entire 400O0-odd members of the
command. This immense stadium is
being constructed to enable every of.
fcer and soldier in the camp to bene-
fit by the appearance of the singer and
other celebrities who are to follow her
lead in volunteering their services to
aid in the building up and the main
tanning Of the morale of our fighting
men.
In line with practically all COM
manders in our army, those in com.
mand at Camp Dix believe that good
music is real wonder worker in build
ing up the morale of our armies. And
morale is an all-important factor
in an army. Its scope of influence ex-
tends from the smallest to the great
est, from the morale which makes him
contented with his quarters, his meals,
his humdrum, everyday lot, to the
highest type of morale, which carries
with it firm belief in the efficacy OF
prayer; a faith in the Immortality OF
the soul, and that close, intimate rea'
! tionship, palshio for the soldier, with
! God, from which comes, as Nine. Scnu-
mann-Heink expressed it, "the un'
swerving conviction that our soldier
has that he is engaged on the right
side of holy war. And that is the
case. And that is the thing when
makes this army Of ours invinc!os'
And the sooner the Kaiser and the
German people realize that that is the
unshakable belief which permeates the
stanch hearts of our boys the better
for them, for an army with that spir''
! is unbeatable. Victory alone can De
! its reward.
"And that is the spirit OF our boys
I know it. Haven't l visited HUNDREDS
of thousands of them in their camps
and don't l know it from my own
darling boys-four of them, who have
enlisted? To build up and to keep up
that spirit in their young hearts IS 'no
blessed work that | am permltteo
be engaged in by and for the gov
ernment."
Nine. Schumaun-H Heink is now deVos-
ing all of her time to government WON
and is to sail for France in the cary
summer as volunteer worker. QUO
stated that up to this time she n'u
in her life realized every ambition sh'
had ever held. She is the proud mother
of seven children, four sons being ~
the fighting forces of Uncle Sam. ~
volunteers; all physically fit, ana 90
in fighting units" as she puts 1t.
With all her energy and convlc''0"'
Nine. Heink burst forth with this e..
planation: 81 am not looking LOT '"0
petted prima donna's role in my We,
work. This is no time for friiis A"N
fancies and baby doll' business. :"
not just offering to sing. am oneias
myself for anything there is " w.
whether it be singing. speaking n''s
ing, cooking, scrubbing floors OF @A
thing else, and wherever hana' "a
needed mine are going to WORK. 90. -.
if my work takes me out where 'a
bullet finds me as its mark, wns.
glorious ending for a career, """ *.
climax for my career! Dying '" rs..
field of honor for my country! ~ :,
would do more to make the ha"'> -.
Ernestne Schumann-H Heink 1--we !"
reverent memory of love, thas "a.
want from all of the people o. ,,s.,s
land, than all the rest OF my ,I.
work combined. / am ready anu sI.
ing, anxious, to pay that price,