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The Washington times., 1918-04-18
SINGERS
LIKE NEAT SUITS
AND PRETTY GOWNS

Arms and the Man is the foremost
thought for the man OF the hour, but
stiIl to the Rentler sex, especially in
a professional career, Clothes and the
AEomAn" becomes an unavoidable
slogan. s..
Musical America decided some time
Ago to ask a group OF famous singers,
pisnists and viollniists what impor-
lance they attached to the question OF
clothes, How do they .achieve the
harmonizinG link between costume
and program? What is the predom-
mating thought in mind when they
select q wRrdrobe for the season? .?
How do they adjust costumes to all
vagaries OF concert stage back
grounds?
Think OF what Il means, TO the con-
cert artist, to the woman whose per-
sonality is as important to the public
mind as her art! She loves pretty
clothes. certainly. But selecting. pick
ing and choosing, deciuIng on shades
and materials. eat up hours OF
precious time that she feels should be
given to practice and study. Some OF
them rebel finally. Ethel Leginska's
little black velvet suit and white lace
collar and. cuffs have become well
known 20 all concert-goers Miss Le-
kluEhh DNiANNNh costume IL luchl
from the viewpoint OF comfort, con
venience and common sense. She ad-
vocates the adoption OF some such
uniform" by all artists, something to
suit their individual type. and. then
fashion may 20 merrily by with It's
fads and fripperieH.
Questioned on her views. Frieda
Hempel rather jumped at the oppor-
tunity with the delight OF a big girl
receiving a big box of spring finery.
81 love pretty Clothes" Miss Hem
pei declared. "In fact. everything
that IL beautiful appeals to me very
strongly. Opera has to be dressed
and concert singers must be. too. Per-
sonally. apart from the operatic and
concert stage, love TO be all dressed
up.
Anna Case Is another operate and
concert star who takes a firm stand
for pretty clothes. "One must work
out the style which best suits the
individual type" says Miss Case.
The Washington times., 1918-04-18

rAissd point for srEamsat rathss
than for censure.
aTho tenor said that Il vas no On
common thing for his singing % b
regarded as careless simply because
he did not give the iEpression e
great labor. He aVerred that be va
not taking life easy when he apparel
70 be slnging with freedom, but TIA
AZ -such a time be was working A. thq
very top OF his strength His ART. -
said, IN conclusion on this point. y 10
show no EFFORT when he sings. AYenr
the most experienced listeners, -
addsd. sometimes fail 70 see hoW altef
acult snortiess singing Ia -
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
CURIOUS ACCIDENT
AT MELBA CONCERT

4 strange incident happened re,
Gently at the close OF a Melba con
cert. Mrs. Frederick Kohl, wealthy
society woman at whose home Nine
Aelba has been staying. went to Join
the dive on the stage and accompany
her to the waiting automobile. She
wore a dress that was thickly be.
spangled with metal ornaments.
CHANGING to stand near an open
switchboard. she was nearly electro.
cuted when the metal ornPments
touched against the electrical appa-
ratus. There was n sudden fash of
blue fame and for an instant II was
thought that Hrs. Kohl had been
killed. She was extricstsd. and
though badly frightened she was
found to be unInjured.
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
WARTIME MUSIC
INCLUDES BALLADS
BY NOTED ARTISTS

The following are new songs more
or less directly associated with the
activities of musicians in the war:
"For Liberty and Right" a song OF
the army, by Carl Neumann.
"Ths Spartan Challenge" by Philip
Becker GoetE
THE New America, by Laurence H.
Montague, Of Buffalo.
"our Soldiers OF 1917" by Thomas
D. Casale, williamsport, Pa.
"On to Victory" by Otto H. Palm.
for the branch mercy committee Of
Railway, N j.
international Anthem" by Hattie
Lambert wAlIenstsin. New York.
"For God and Country" words and
music by Anthony ]. schindIeE
"Democracy-ThHts What Were
Fighting For" by Ike Jutras and
Arthur Price.
'The Love That Lives Forever"
ballad by John Philip Sousa and
George p. waflihan.
american Conservation Hymn" by
Francis Macmillen and Percy Mac
Kaye.
.''Over the Sea to France" by
George P. Fisher and R. H. Harring-
ton.
Somewhere over There" by Rose
VHlar, New York.
The Sacred Legion" by Alberto
Blmboni and Marcel Tucci.
Sammy Nos Amis." by Stafford
Summer, Leo Friedman, and Charles
SweetlAnd.
wen Keep Old Glory Flying" by
A. Louis Scarmolin and Carleton s.
Montanye.
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
CHILD WOLINIST
NENFEATUREON
COLUMBIADI

An accomplished violinist at the
age Of four and a performer in pub
lie at seven. Mary Zentay L. now on
the stsR Of the Columbia Graphic
phone Company. and this week she
figures prominently on the siiBt Of
releases. Her handling OF Rubin
STEMS Melody in F. and the Bar
carolle from "The Tales OF Hoffman"
are sufficient explanation OF her sue
cess both here and abroad.
The war note Is sounded in Me-
KennA'S ANY Old Place the Gang
Goes. I'll Be There" by Arthur
Fields. assisted by the Peerless
Quartet and-on the other side OF
the record-the Peerless Quarters
version OF "FauEh-A-BalIah," q song
written around the war cry OF the
Irish, which in present day language
means .Clear the way" and which 10
frequently heard on the French bat
tlefront.
There are many other records, the
selection covering all sortS of musi-
cal tastes from the classiee to the
"jazE"
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
PERCY GRANGER Is TYPE
THAT NEVER GROWS OLD

More than any artist, Percy Grain
ger represents the sheer Joy OF living.
He seems to 90 through life in a per-
petuaI leapinG ecstHcy. His personal
ity is a sort OF bubhlinE, golden ef-
fervescence. When he comes upon the
stage be seems to bring a clear, keen,
sunny atmosphere with him.
Granger Is OF . type which never
grows old, an etsrnAlly beautifully.
buoYant type. which does not. IL IL
true, come quite as close to US as GER
tain other types. but which slim
ulates our fancy. piqueS our envy and
contributes more. when all Is said and
done. to the sum total Of the worlds
worthwhilenesE than IL contributed
by any other type Of artist,
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
When the Wars at an End

(sad by the Rsp. John H. LathrOP Of Brooklyn NJ "
at All Souls Unitarian Churc Sunday last Mr. LahOp
is serving in the T. N. c. 4. War-serpcc work.)
AT length when the wars end ; p. -,
- And we've just ourseHeS-you and l. .f<E
And we gather our lives up to mend, 80
"a We vhove learned how to live and how to de-.
Shall we think Of the old ambition,
For riches or how to grow wise,
When, like Lazarus freshly arisen,
We've the presence Of death in our eyes7
Shall we dream Of our old life's passion II.
To toll for our bears desire,
Whose souls War has taken to fashion
With molten death and with fire?
think shall crave'the laughter
OF the wind through trees gold with the sun
When strife is all hnshed-after
The carnage Of war is done.
Just these things will then worth while
How to make life wondrouSIy sweet;
How to live with a song and a smile,
How to lay our lives at Loves feet
ERIC P. DAWSON, Sub. Lieut. R. N. V;R.
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
HAS SOLUTION FOR
TALKING MACHINE
MAKERS PROBLEMS

In an address before the National
Association OF Talking Machine job
bsrs at Atlantic City, c. G. Child,
head OF the recording department Of
the Victor company. suggested the
solution Of a problem that is con-
fronting manufacturers Of records;
that is. how to avoid gluttinE the
repertoire with the same old operatic
airs that have been sung time and
HEain-noW that the field from which
they are drawn has been practically
exhausted.
Mr.. ChIld's method Of facing the
problem Is to create q demand for a
newer and sterling type OF music, by
recording ieder and concert songs
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
.CARUSO ESPOUNDS
|. A FEW ARTISTIC
.THEORIESFORPRESS

Although Enrico caruso has ssl-
dom been persuaded TO talk seriously
OF hts art in New York, treating his
interviewers, a. = rule. to commonts
in a lighter vein, he departed from
this habit during q recent visit Of the
Metropolitan Opera Company IN Bos-
ton. He .expounded his artistic the
ories ina highly Illuminating man
ner 10 an tnteryiswer tor the Chris
tion Science Monitor.
words are the frst eonsidsration
IN singing, according 70 Mr.. CarusO."
says the Monitor. The text of an
aria rather than the muslc should
be. IN his view, an artlst's pri1elpal
guide IN performance. The Mbfetto
he argues. coming into existence be-
fore the notes and being IN fact the
reason for the composers writing
melody. ought 70 be the foundation
on which an interpreter builds
"In reference to unfavorabts CONF
ments made on his work in the Bos-
ton press. Caruso told his interviewer
that ne thought his singing and his
acting had takRn critics BY surprise
and had offended some OF them be-
cause OF It's novelty. He said he be-
1ieved he could convince everybody
OF the value or HIS Interpretations II
he could appear enough times IN each
ol his paris 70 become familiar.
sBsing heard IN six different roles.
he said, was to his Disadvantage. be-
cause not one OF the six argued any
thing In favor OF any ether. Every
one Of them. he remarked. was ipdI.
vfduaL and he would not sing Il out
OF the style Of the music or act itI
out OF keeping with tive character. He
pointed out certain passages in hts
study of. Rhadames. IN Ada and ofI
the Duke In sRigoletto.' where he ex-I
pressly departed from tradition, and
noted that the difference between his
Interpretation and the usual ons'
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
LONDON GRAND OPERA
ON DEMOCRATIC BASIS

Over yonder, in an English-speak-
ing metropolis that Is 1900 miles
nearer the battlefront than New York.
they are still giving opera in London.
q season OF forty performances having
recently opened at old Drury Lane
with a repertory OF twenty titles.
The four years OF war seem to have
found the British nation a bit more
advanced than Americans as yet are
thought to be in the matter OF taking
a once aristocratic and exclusive en-
tertAinment on. the more democratic
and patriotic plan OF opera in the
language Of the country and of the
people.
Never more welcome. as the London
Times remarked, than. when IL plays
Mozart, the Beecham company began
its new season on a Saturday after
noon in March with THE Marriage OF
Figaro" which was now apparently
restored to its former rank as perhaps
the most popular OF all operaG-'
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
He PROVED TT.

Suspected TraVsler-I tel you Anls
an American.
French ssrgsantAsing the WoFdl ;
of '-The star-SDsngied Banner" -
Il cant"
s.Pass. monsieur. You are an AnsFi, :
can sf
The Washington times., 1918-04-18

1t iS the daty Of each psrsoa In the
UnIted states - eat net mere than
One-AaIf pOand 81 wheat products
each week-D. Q. FoOd ,AdnlhlstFator.
Make your home service reach the
ArinE lined. c. Feed 1sdninistrator.
The Washington times., 1918-04-18

You are. or should be. = member
the United States Food AdmInIstra-
tIOn. Therefore, your hrHt question
should not be what Ia the Food Ad-
ministrntIon dOInEF" but what am I
dOInEr"-D. G. Food AdmIniHtratOr.
The Washington times., 1918-04-18

We must meet the aaeFiaes ~ 49,.
front with saeFiaee at homs.-D. Q,
FOod AamlnIstrator.
The Washington times., 1918-04-18

When gripping grief the heart
doth wound,
And doleful dumps the mind
oppreSs,
Then music, with her silver
sound,
With speedy help doth lend,
redress.
Shakespeare.
The Washington times., 1918-04-18

Each IadIviddaI e = military Unit
in an unbrOken chain, and ~ single
weak IInk may cause disasteP.-D. C.
Food AdmlnlstratoF.
The Washington times., 1918-04-18
HAVE
INSPIRED MANY
NOTED DCOMPOSERS

Perhaps one Of the most interesting
iSsvelopments Of the pictorial element
IN music is that in which the musical
inspiration Is directly or Indirectly
called forth by the canvas itself.
writes Frederick H. Martens in the
Opera Magazins. To the pointer Kaul-
bach we owe the inception OF Liszt's
symphonic poem. sThe Battle Of the
Huns." inspired by the Munich mas
tT'S canvas Of the same name.
We all know the Swiss painter
BoeekIln's eeisbrated apaintinE. The
Isle Of the, Dead" But we question
whether Il Is generally known that
Il has inspired important symphonic
poems. OF the same name, by such dis
similar creators a. Rachmaninof.
Weingartner. Halleny Huber and
Sehultz-Beuthen. Hugo kaun's fine
symphonic poem. "3linnehaha," owes
its creation largely 10 Dodgs,s paint
Ing Of The Death Of Aiinnehaha-
Inspired Three ComposItioas.
The German painter Henneberker's
Well-known picture. The Chase After,
Fortune" Il another Instance in
point. Richard BurHiester, Jean
Nicode and C. Won zsdwitE have all
been moved to write symphonic poems
with the same title, repainting it's all
legory an tone. In passing we might
Hcite James Huneker to show that iR
the smaller instrumental forms the
pictorial has also encouraged insplra-
tiop. He says: II recall with positive
satisfaction a tiny composition for
plano by Rsbikoff. which he calls
The DEVILS Daughters, after q mural
design By Franz. Won Stuck, OF Au-
nicA."
And a recent brilliant dramatic ex-
ample Of artistic reaction to the same
appeal, in the choral neld, IL the
young Chicago composer. william
Testers eantata for femAles voices
with contraltos solo, "The Galleons- OF
Spain" The imaginative beauty of
this work. its sincerity Of dramatic
accant,- Its haunting contrasts OF
color and the breath OF epic romance
which freshens Its music are traceabie
to a ffne painting by some English
RI A.. Of the '.The. Great Armada" The
recollection Of the picture, some time
after the painters name had been for
gotten, SuEgested the poem which
called forth LsSter's music
Song Settings Of Veylaine.
And what music lover does not
know Debussy'ss gonderful song set
tIngs OF the xeFisihe oems4-''SIan-'
dolIne." "clair de Luna" Les Fan
Btoehes." EN- sourdlne" sd others OF
the Fstes GaIantes? Had'ie not been
for vatican. who fdealized the spirit
bt the eightsknth century France in
his canvases. which. again TO sduote
James Huneker.. show ''the Eayest
scenes of pGgtoral elegance, in 4 land
out of time. a. No 3fan's Land OF blue
skies, beautiful womeay gallant men
and lovely Ian ndseApes.p .Ferlaine's
poems might never have been com
posed: hut VerIaine, symbolist like
vatican. vas Inspired by the latter's
paintings to reflect their exquisite and
irresponsible beauty in his verse,
verse which Debussy seized upon and
subjected to q new Artistic meta
morphosis.
Each t,aIvidIaI n n mlIItGrJ init
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
WAR AIDS GENERAL HEALTH
Sight of Sturdy Soldiers and Sailors
on the Streets Declared to Have
Had Good Effect.

An observing physician says that
the presence in New York's streets Of
many soldiers and sailors has an indi-
rect effect on the health Of civilians.
He believes that most persons become
initiative when they see one Of Uncle
Sans men with head erect, shoulders
back and chest thrown out. The natur-
al result is deep breathing. and from
this comes improved digestion and cir
culatiOn, thus causing better health.
The doctor called attention to the
fact that Poe in pointing out the psy-
Geological effect Of one person on an
other in regard to acts and manner
isms said he could figure many
thoughts Of persons in the streets by
watching their actions. AS an illus
tratiOn, Poe told of man hurrying
along in a slouchy manner until he ap-
preached a hunchback, when he inn
mediately Strengthened, the similarity
of carriage causing an unconscious
effort at the instant the hunchback's
misfortune was flashed to the brain
of the normal man.
Still another influence affecting the
general health of the public, due to the
war, is the increased number of patri-
otic men who have gone into training
after rejection by army or navy sur
geons due to minor physical disability.
Others, too, have undergone lesser sur
gical operations, long neglected, so
that they might pass.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
NOT IN "SKYSCRAPER" CLASS
Famous Tower of Babel Would Not
Be Considered in the Nature of
a Wonder Today.

The tower Of Babel was only 140
feet high, but as it was built upon an
elevated foundation 1t was the loftiest
object in Babylon, city of low build
ings, spread over fiat plain, says the
New York Evening World. This de-
scriptiOn of the most famous structure
Of ancient times has been obtained
from recent translations of old Assyri-
an records, some inscribed on tablets
Of burnt clay.
The tower was a temple and the
architectural pride of Babylon. The
lowest of Its seven stories was 272
feet square, and it was constructed Of
the only available material sun-dried
brick, faced with burned brick. 1t
was probably topped with an astrO-
nomical observatory, or rather one
for the use of astrologists, a calling
followed by many priests of BabylOnla.
Babylon, with population of 3
100000, was then the metropolis of the
world, and its great area, twice that
of London, was encircled by wall 50
miles in length. The tower of Bah
el was temple, containing wonderful
golden statues and other treasures,
and it was in attempting to describe
these that the tongues of men were
confused.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
FOOLISH TO NEGLECT CUT
Many cases on Record Where Seem
lngly urlmportant Wound Has Led
to Blood Poisoning.

To you treat a cut on your finger
properly? Or do you just take n
chance Of It healng2 Day after day
people are having fingers and arms
ainputated because they failed to take
care of little cut. The cut became
infected and In many cases blood-poi-
sonlng set In and the injured member
had TO he cut Off. It is very easy to
take care Of little cut yourself, but
IL the cut Is large one see the doc
tor or go TO n hospital. Iodine is n
drug which is very much used on cuts
as an antiseptlc. In the operating
rooms Of large hospitals you always
see the bottle Of iodine. When you cut
a finger, just put some iodine on 1t.
This Is the best thing you can use. 1t
kills the germs that are in the cut
and dlscouragcs the attempt Of other
germs to enter the cut. After the cut
has been cleansed and saturated with
iodine and the blood has stopped, 1t
may be well to apply some collodion.
This acts as a new skin. A cut is
merely Il cut when 1t is treated right,
and right away. 1t may mean some
thing worse, and entail even the loss
OF limb II you put off giving it prop
er attention.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

from Greece TO Marsellles and had
wandered all the way up here. The
two Americans who were just released
after getting over the mumps were
the first Sammies I had.
During the first two years l was
here 1t was mighty exciting, particu-
larly at night, when the German air
planes used to fly over and lombard
the town. Recently they have not
come very often"
Sister Is German Countess.
Mrs. Bradley Lee is Il sister of the
beautiful Mary Lee, who married
Count Waldersee, former chief of the
German general staff. She was for
merly the intimate friend of the
kaiserln, and is rumored to have
taught religion to the kaiser" several
years before the war.
Mrs. Bradley Lee often visited her
titled sister in Berlin or Altoona be-
fore the war, and had a large ac-
quaintance in the German "army set"
among which Countess Waldersee
moved.
The German army under Won Kluck
occupied Chantilly, after Creil and
Senlis, during the first weeks Of the
war, and n German general and his
staff stopped in Mrs. Bradley Lees
chateau, doing no damage there, al
though the Rothschild estates and the
property Of Duchess de Chartres, ad-
Joining were looted by the invaders.
This fact, together with the fact
that 1t was known that Mrs. Bradley
Lee had a sister married to a German
field marshal, caused considerable gos-
sip, and there have been many I'M
founded rumors current that the beau
tiful American woman who has op-
Grated the hospital at Creil for so long
had been arrested for giving intelli-
gence to the enemy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
German Rounclnn Bomb.

The elastic properties of rubber are
being used by the Germans in their
latest missile, the bouncing bomb. This
curious device has base of rubber so
weighted that the bomb when thrown
through the air strikes upon it. The
impact causes it to leap into the air
and also releases the time fuse. This
fuse is so arranged that the bomb
bursts when at the highest point
some six feet from the ground. It's
destructive power is then much greater
than if it exploded while on the
ground.-Milestones
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

tached to the Sudanese army near
the Abyssinian and Belgian-C Congo
frontiers. He is the only Englishman
in an area of 200 miles and none of
the native troops in his command
speak English. He has a smattering
of Arabic and his only conversation is
in that language. Some of his men,
who, he says, are fine soldiers, were
enemies not many years ago.
In an interview reported by the
Manchester Guardian he remarked
that the very sight of crowds was a
luxury after his experience. His
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
Couldn't Figure It Out.

It was the first time the little coun-
try cousin had visited n schoolhouSe
in the city. During the class recita-
tions he sat respectfully, as Il guest,
at one of the vacant desks near his
city relative. His eyes were busy TAX
ing in the unfamiliar surroundings.
81 think it's all fine" he remarked,
"Only I can't figure out how you build
the fire in these stoves" indicating
the radiator.
The young man was taken to the
basement and the mysteries Of mod
ern steam-heating plant were eX-
planned to him by the teacher with the
aid of the janitor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

Building-up for the Spring Attack at
the Front is good deal like putting
the body in condition for an invasion
OF the germs of grip, pneumonia or
Spring fever" here at home.
At this time of the year most people
suffer from a condition often called
Spring Fever. They feel tired, worn
out, before the day is half thru. They
may have frequent headaches and
sometimes "pimply" or pale skin and
white lips. The reason for this is that
during the wintertime, shut up with
in doors, eating too much meat and
too little green vegetables, one heaps
fuel into the system which is not burned
up and the clinkers remain to poison
the system-a clogging up of the circu-
lation-with inactive liver and kidneys.
Time to put your house in order.
For an invigorating tonic which will
clarity the blood, put new life in the
body, sparkle to the eyes, and a
wholesome skin, nothing does so well
as a glyceric herb extract made from
Golden Seal root, Blood and Stone
root, Oregon grape root and Wild
Cherry bark. This can be had in con-
venient, ready-to-use tablet form at all
drug stores, sixty cents, and has been
sold for the past fifty years as DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. By
reason of the nerves feeding on the
blood, when the blood is pure the
nerves feel the effect, and neuralgia or
other nerve pains disappear because
such pain is the cry of the starved
nerves for food. When suffering from
backache, frequent or scanty urine,
rheumatic pains here or there, or that
to overcome these disorders is merely
to obtain DIR. Pierce's Anuric from
your druggist. In tablets, sixty cents.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19

and rocks fly low before and during
bad weather; frogs are unusually
noisy; and sheep huddle together near
bushes before rain.
In fine weather strip of seaweed
will keep dry, and have a somewhat
dusty feeling, but with an increase Of
moisture in the air viii become limp
and sticky, indicating rain. A rosy
sky at sunset, whether clouded or
clear, a gray sky in the morning. low
dawn--that is, when the first signs of
dawn appear on the horlzon--all lndi-
cate fair weather. A red sky in the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-04-19
ENJOYED SIGHT OF CROWDS
British Soldier, Home on Leave, Ayers
That Even to See White People
Is a Luxury.

The man who thinks he has the lone
liest job in all war was recently on
leave in London. There he was spend
ing all his. walking hours walking the
streets and looking at the crowds.
Three years ago he was a cog in
London's commercial machine. Then
he went to GallipOli. Now he is at