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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-19
HUNTER COLLEGE, OF N. Y,
HAS FREE OPERA COURSE

Opera as a definite course in the
curriculum OF . municipal college
used to be a distant dream OF music
loving friends OF the people. Yet that
Is exactly what Hupter College, which
is financed by the city OF New York,
Is now offering the folks OF that
city.
Such a study has long been = part
OF the music course taken as an cleo
tive by many OF the day students.
but now Il has also been introduced.
and on much more elaborate scale.
into the evening courses, which are
given free to all who register. II Is
largely due to the efforts OF DR.. Henry
T. Fleck, head OF the college OF music
department. that this advanced study
has been brought within reach OF all
who desire II in New York city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-19
Spirit OF MUSIC
NESTLES IN HEART

Will you have music in your home
or Christmas?
Plato says that a siren sits on each
planet, caroling sweet song
Shakespeare, Milton and other poets
have developed this thought Of the
music of the spheres.
more modern writer. De Saislon
says little spirit of music nestles IN
the heart of every human being. not
always recognized. occasionally dead
like a withered limb, but always
there. waiting for the summons to
burst into melody.
Music does indeed speak all tongues
AM belong to all races. II IL born
in the Groom of the mother over the
cradle, circles the seven seas and the
two hemispheres echoing the thoughts
Of man, and sings him away at the
last. into eternity.
Today, the world is more Jealous
of its precious things. Music, the
life-blood of deep emotion, and the
stimulant of memory. becomes more
than a vagrant memory, II Is a re-
created actual thing, recorded in all
Its vigor and freshness so that the
ear may drink II in again and again.
am NAO hCAN LOOs may
know what songs made this day joy
full and what made IT sad. History,
society. the very manners OF the age
are in the songs we sing and the
music we play. an Interchangeable rec
ord.
So much has the photograph done
for humanity; opened the riches Of
melody to the millions; brought, mys-
teriously enough. the harmonies Of
music and placed them forever at our
side; for US to touch the spring when
ever we will, at our own fireside.
Great figures stalk across the coy
stage Of our home; great scenes I'M
fold themselves while the worlds ma
jestic voices interpret the inspiration
of music. Just as the library brings
the great minds Of the world to the
poor mans door, so does the phono-
graph bring into every home the most
softening influence man ever discov-
cred. the spirit of music.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-19
BELGIAN c0NSERVAT0RIES
TO RESUME ACTIVITIES

Belgium, notwithstanding all that
it has suffered through the prolonged
invasion, will have a musical future"
This is the reassuring conviction OF
Arthur N. Abel. European represen-
tative OF the Musical Courier for the
past twenty-five years.
Cesar Thompson, head OF the violin
department OF the Brussels Conserva-
tory, Is now conducting his regular
course in Paris at the request OF the
Belgian government. The Liege Con-
servatory, like that OF Brussels, had
ceased It's regular activities during
the war, but both these great insti-
buttons. Mr.. Abel assures US, will re-
sumo their work in full force once
peace conditions have been restored,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-19
whole Country to Rejoice.

Throughout the country many Sun
day schools and church organiza-
items are enthusiastically supporting
the extension Of Christmas Eve carol
singing by the children. In one city
there is a competition to see what
organization will furnish the largest
number of groups OF about ten carol
ers each. to reawaken the olden Gus
tom OF passing along the streets OF
the city, bringing joy in gladstone
and reverent music to jewellers there
in. Detroit gives the use OF the
city's automobiles to take the CAROL
ers around. thus lending the occa-
sion a civic touch.
Washington. as never before. is to
unite in a whole-hearted expression
of general good will in the two big
occasions in commemoration of the
Holy Night of bethlehem.
Local Musical Notes.
Music events in Washington-by
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-19
CALLS PROKOF|EFF
COSSACK CHOPIN

James G. Huneker speaks wildly
and amusingsly about Prokoheff, the
latest hame-coIored meteor in Russian
music, one might say, to Judge from
his comment in the New York Times
In telling Of Prokohen's debut with
the Russian Symphony Orchestra, as
both pianist and composer, he says:
Russia Is like some giant shadow
graph upon which Is prospected with
incredible velocity vast events-po-
Iitieal, social, artistic!
"Prokofeff looms upon the stormy
horizon. Serge Prokofief, who was
starred on this occasion both as COM
poser and pianist-hadnt we better
call him Fortissimist!"
or one of this newcomers compo-
sitIons he writes: at might fairly
be called an etude in rhythms, for
the lyric episode is like an amorous
night in June sandwiched between
two xylophones" Thus with much
delightful YerbIage OF a highly an
aIytical and really commendatory
character, he concludes. in comment
OF the player:
'sDiabolic glissandi-trills with in
terlocked octaves-all tremendously
exciting because OF the nerve OF the
pianist, and his extraordinary gift
OF rhythms. He may be the Cossac
Chopin for the next generation, this
tall, calm young man.
but the hero of the evening was
the lord OF the new dynRmics, Serge
Prokofeff."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-19
SPAIN LAND WHERE
PAUPERS ARE POETS

Raoul Laparra. the noted French
Spanish composer and pianist, in a
recent interview, made the unquali-
fed assertion that spain is a land
where beggars are poets. have
been repeatedly dumfounded." he
says. "by the beauty Of the melodies
and lines which have heard from the
mouths OF the roadside mendicants.
The soul, the pity. the sincerity with
which they sound their songs is a
revelation to one who hears them.
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Katherine Louise Beall, Miss Hilds
Hanes, Miss Emily Christiani. Miss
Claire Philomene Sgueo, Miss Gertrude
Nelowich. Miss Frances cureton. Miss
Elizabeth Muldrow. and Miss Eliza
beth Williams. A Moskowsky Dol
) ero," for four hands, was played by
the Misses Regina and Marian Vande-
veer.
Mr.. Gebest closed the program with
the Schubert-Tausig "Marche Mill
taire."
An orchestra, under the direction OF
Miss Freda Hauf, played for the per-
formance of the comedy Looking For
Jane" given at the First Reformed
Church, under the auspices Of the
Young Peoples League. The play
was presented by Mrs. ID. A. GiovAn-
noni, Mrs. G. z. Moore, Miss Amelia
GUIDE, Miss Frances Robinson, Will
liam Poulton, William Hagerman, Al
fred Wenzel, Paul Buhrer, Granville
GUIDE. George Haul, Richard Her
berger, and Ed Kremb.
Graveure, the celebrated baritone.
has been secured as soloist for the
FIRST concert Of the Rubinstein Club,
to be given January %. in the Ma
sonic Temple Auditorium. The club
Is now holding its weekly rehearsals
on Wednesdays at s .. m. In the
Chamber OF Commerce rooms, over
the Tea Cup Inn. on Twelfth street.
near F. Strangers in Washington
who desire to become associated with
this large women's chorus may regis
tire and be heard at this time.
The Rubinstein Club has Rs presi-
dent Mrs. r. H. Dalgleish; Claude
Robson, now in the national service
at Camp Meade, has arranged to be
present as director each week, and
Mrs. Howard Blandy Is the accom-
naniSt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-19

Thrift Stamps bought for yourself
or your children eultiVate the rtghi
spirit.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-19

TINE production Of the heodan-
Vocation. four years ago, agnaL
ned the entrance Of a gsdr
~anc hoIss into the fed Of PhOAOcaph
manufacture Before th1r ume, phonO
graph development had BEEN IN other
banda Rcsourceful inventors and
Skilful mechanics had dooe Wondas
had brought the phonograph from an
ingenious Toy 10 q mechanical marvel
But wonderful As 1t unquesoonably
uas mechanically. there was left much
20 be done IN the way Of developing
10 Mussod possbshrleA Ongn1lly
deaned a. s-TALpNG MACHINE
It's perfection As MUSICAL NSTRU-
MENT could only be accomplished by
skilful mechanics vho Were also
trained muaclanA
The sr7A Of the heolian included
such msn-men possessed Of thus I'M
usual combination Of muzal knoWL
edge and mechanical talent and e.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22

sis 100000 Of 70 goes into extensions. The
rest Is divided s449,6s6,53i for equip
ment and s4lO,O7iOi3 for additions and
betterments
II is fortunate, too. that the rich and
powerful railroads, able in spite Of the
I inadequate traffic rates OF recent years
10 keep going properly, have not fallen
/ into the decay which has ali but ruined
hundreds Of thousands Of miles Of
/ transportation systems North and South,
East and West II a broken down sys-
| TEN like the Boston and Maine has TO
get, under the authorization, more than
s22 10000, a Chicago and Northwestern
calls for only sil000000. If the Erie
requires more than s24O00,00O, the Chi
cago, Burlington and Quincy can do with
less than Si3,000O00. II the Southern
Pacific can make out with an allow
ance many millions lower.
II the New York Central gets more
than S70OOO,O0O and II the Pennsylvania
lines, East and West. get more than
sii2, 100000, they are, in capacity, serv-
ice and Importance to the nation, fifty
times what numbers of roads are whose
combined allotments greatly exceed the
allotments of those two systems.
Moreover, what small allowances have
been made for extensions seem to have
been carefully distributed. In the grow
ing West and Southwest, the Atchlson
gets, for extensions. more than S7OO,OOO;
the st. Paul more than 100000; the
Great Northern more than S45O000; the
Northern Pacific s2350O0; the Union Pa
cifc system more than $4,000; the
Southern Pacific with the greater part
OF II going s427, 900 to the Galveston,
Harrisburg and San Antonio, and $780,
900 TO the Houston, East and West
Texas more than sl,50O00O. In the
south proper, not counting the Bslti-
more and Ohio with its Sl5O0O0, the
Charleston and Western Carolina Rail
way gets 100000: the Gulf Mobile and
Northern Railway more than 100000
the Louisville and Nashville nearly ST.
100000: the Nashville, Chattanooga and
ST. Louis, S559.000.
The big thing. however, is that the |
many almost fatally battered roads |
now have a chance to patch themselves /
lp. The few yet healthy roads can
make themselves stronger. This work
.annot be done too soon for the good
1f ourselves and Of our allies on the
,attle lines Of France.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
STRUCK A RESPONSIVE CHORD.

THAT editorial plea 10 Demarvls laymen for Jus
tce for underpaid Delmarvia preachers struck re-
sponsve chord is shown by the following letter which we
have received from prominent Wilmington church-goer
Mr.. George Carter Editor THE EVENING JOURNAL.
Wilmington Delaware
My dear Sr-Iour editorial IN Saturdays issue MAY
is entitled, "Demarvia Preachers and Their Wartime
Salaries merits the appreciation Of all ministers and Is
buele call to the laymen TO "Go over the Top
II Is very timely reminder 10 the multitude OF laymen
OF what splendid work and heroic sacrifice our faithful
preachers doing every day. The pastor minister
chiefly 10 the spiritual needs OF the people However Il
both scrptura and essential that the Iaymen give proper
Thanking for your timely reminder Of this worthy
matter. am cordially yours
A DELMARVARIA CHURCH-GOER.
Wilmington. Del4 May q, 1918.
II the editorial referred has the effect Of increasing
salaries and mental and material comfort in the homes OF
the scores OF Demarvis preachers who are working in
these expensive wardays for handomouh or starvation
wages shall feel we'll content
In situation such exists in many churches
rectores, and manses only one satisfac-
tory acceptance Of that editorial can be made That
answer written in figures with the dollar mark in front
of them.
syman who half-stsrves preacher whose mission It
IS to save his SOUL pns up future trouble for himself
II no be codblooded TO extend that policy OF half
starvation 50 that hangs like cloud the lives OF
that preachers wife and children. his so srveled
that-it scarcety-worth saving.
Now is the time for normal-nded and normal-hearted
laymen TO do their duty and bring their preachers sal
aries UP abreast Of the times. It square-dea move
ment that should sweep through our Peninsula and pro-
duce happiness into many povertybeset pastoral home
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
EDITORIAL OPINION

given definite form by the report Of
the Director OF Research Of the Mer-
chants Association. 1t must be said
that this report makes out case that
demands drastic treatment. Delays not
only in mall for the soldiers in France
and not only in second-class matter, but
in letters within and between cities are
declared to be extremely frequent. In
the early weeks Of the war, and In the
congestion due to the unprecedented
weather last winter, there was some ex-
cuse for lack Of promptness in deliven
les But the investigation by the Mer-
chants Association has found that these
Irregularities are continuing, and that
they are caused by conditions that need
not exist. Large quantities Of mail. for
instance, including business letters
mailed at the close Of the day, are be-
ing seriously delayed through the fail
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
IrALY AND THE uNIrEn srATEs.

r~HE nationwide celebration this country Of Italy
American Day May 2i the third anniversary Of
southern ays entry into the war will mark the be
ginnng OF Of cordial understanding and mutual
Appreciation between the two countries. The vital Inn
portsnce organized effort promote this good feel
ng is strkingly proven by Germanys reless endeavor
through lnsdious propaganda TO IN feeling be-
tween the two countries.
German propaganda rather than force Of arms.
that nearly put Italy Of the in the great Teutonc
drive last year And the Central Powers have ceased
for moment their crafty efforts isolate Italy from her
s1es Italy, by her prompt declaration of neutrality.
LEASED French troops from her borders time TO make
possible the victory the Marne She stands today
barrier between Germany and the Mediterranean and
probable victory the great the importance
OF giving to the Italian people the fullest Of
moral support and to their government completely as
possible the backing Of our armed forces.
Il is to promote this important object which viii have
W expression in the celebration of May "a that
two great national organizations have recently been
fomed-the Ialy-Ameroan Society and the Roman Legion
Of America.
The purpose Of the former organization is the esab-
fishing Of definite platform upon which the leading per-
sonales Of the two great nations may be enabled
change their best thought upon the questions of industry
economics and finance they understood and prac-
tced in each Of these separate lines purposes to bring
together periodically representative groups OF the two
nations for the purpose Of cementng more friendly and
Intimate relationship
NJ The Roman Legion association purely Of Italians
throHghout the counrythe first national organization Of
Italians in America. Its purpose present systematic
silly TO Italians in America and Americans Of italian
<raction the true situation with regard to Germanys ef-
forts to influence the Italian mind and show them that
america IS entirely in sympathy with Italian ally
These organizations and the cause they represent
should receiKe the heares support OF every loyal snd
Intelligent American citizen. Every man. and
child in the land should the Of Italy on May
q reconsecrion Of national faith the spiritual
kinship Of Garsbaldi and Washington.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
PROTECTION CAPTURES A RIG MAN.

THE biggest to the creed of tariff protection
that has hit the trail" in a long time is Charles II.
Sabln president Of the Guaranty Trust Company
York. From his address the National Association OF
Cotton Manufactures. recently an address which was
highly appsuded, the following is taken:
"The position OF the country should be materially i'm
proved at the close Of the war have become credit
nation and will continue to be At the outbreak Of the
we debtors to the extent Of s5OOoOOoOOO or
S60OOO000O0 Since then have received over
600 Of sold from abroad 1t will necessary for us TO
conserve strength by every precaution we
devise Chief these apt 10 be that OF
an adequate protective tsrn. have always been the
oretieay free trader but the competitive conditions
which peace is certain to bring will be different from
those which exist in ordinary peace times that am
vinced we shall have to put up protective bars will
every other bellgerent nation rather lower them in
International trade. So the tariff bound TO be one OF
the big issues after the win never again be able
for the bulk OF It is considered doubtful
we shall be able to raise by this more than one
nth Of the money shall need TO run the government
economically Heavy tax burdens must be borne. OBJ
viously therefore shall have 10 revise our tariff
schedules In many respects only for protective rea-
sons, but to increase for meeting the bills OF
the war and the prospective greatly increased expend-
lures OF peace"
II Mr.. Ssbin will stop moment TO consider he will
that far government concerned the
importance OF protective tariff in the not near
ly much account Of the II will bring in al
the ports which, relatively speaking will not be great
but because protection nsures prosperity by Tending Off
those competitive conditions which he truthfully fore
tells and the prosperity Of the country depends the
ability Of the people TO pay income taxes.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
WAR DEBTS

From the New York Evening sun.
Tabulations OF figures as to the newly
created war debts Of the nations issued
by the Federal Reserve Board show that
the total Is now over one hundred and
eleven billions. OF this sum about
Sl2-OOOOO0000 represents the debts OF the
Allied nations, leaving nearly si0000,-
100000 TO the central powers. The eX-
penses Of the allied powers are also
probably increasing more rapidly than
those Of the enemy. Thus It is cost
ing US nearly twice as much 10 hold
back the Hun as he is spending in his
attack II II costs ten times as much
II must and will be done.
OF this total the war debt Of the
United states is as yet only about S6,-
500O00000. Less than one-tenth the to-
tally expenditure in the way Of mort
gaglng the future. Even so there Is an
Offset In our own case that Is lacking
among the others, except certain Brit
ish colonies At the moment when these
figures were given out the announce
ment was made by Chairman Simmons
Of the Senate Committee on Finance
that the financial condition OF the
GnAANu GlulNn kUNNl iAlllNuN 10 AtldN uEk~
ter than at any time since the nation
entered the war He added that the
country is probably better off by So
000,0000O0 than il was year ago In
cldentally the huge size Of the tax re-
turns has surprised Washington; the es-
innate may be exceeded by a billion.
So far from feeling any actual pinch
or privation from war conditions the
country as a whole is actually richer
than before Evidently neither money
nor men can fail us. But TO use these
practically limitlesst resources calls for
brains as we'll as high resolve. Are we
doing our best I'm that way2 1
INVESTIGATE ALL or 1T
From the New York Evening Post.
Complaints about the mail service are |
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
soITHFRN CONTROL. OF PENSION orv1cr

q ONE Of the constructions placed by the Commissioner
- Of Pensions the pension statutes are far too
technical and rigid in the opinion OF Congressman s
Wallace Dempsey Of New York For instance it is the
custom of the Commissioner disregard the age given
soldiers discharge certificate take instead the
shown the reports Of the locality where
the soldier lived before the war
Mr.. Dempsey calls attention to the fact that the army
ocer in granting the discharge had no object in making
a false statement in filling out the discharge papers.
which he thinks are quite as likely to be accurate the
figures Of the Frequently it found necessary
to pass special bills to drastic rulings by the
Pension Bureau, and Mr. Dempsey always allgns himself
on the side Of such legislation.
Evening journal., 1918-05-22
How Much Shall | Give?
Firm the New York Tribune

The present Red Cross appeal reaches
each Of US with new and redoubled
force. Our men, our friends and rels-
tives, are lighting, falling, diving in
France and a few dollars given here
today mean doctors, nurses, skill. com
fort, saved limbs. saved lives over there
tomorrow. II is useless to waste words
urging such a gift. Every American
worth shedding one drop Of blood for
will dig into his pocket at the first call
and give every penny that he can spare
The only question that each of us
faces is just how much he can spare
The words are easy enough to say. but
they raise a puzzling problem, one that
involves the whole theory Of our duty
in the war.
To give we must have. and for most
Of us. having, In the present hour.
means saving-steady, consistent. in
creasing saving-stesdy. consistent, in
creasing saving, day by day, coura-
geously, without regard TO convention
or comfort. This sounds like a trulsm.
But most Of us realize by this time how
inexpert we are at saving, how much
Evening journal., 1918-05-22

we have to learn OF thrift, how hard a
rub 1t Is to fall TO and put behind US
cherished conveniences and luxuries
that make either for display or for a
tickled palate.
We are learning how TO give, which
is to say we are learning how to save.
II Is all one task. The absolute unity
Of the war. Of our job in it as a ma
tion, Is steadily becoming clearer in our
eyes The old rhyme Of our childhood
Of the battle that was lost for lack Of
nail is seen to be no poetical fancy,
but cold. literal truth. We must all of
us tight n we are TO win. And for us
at home fighting means, first and fore
most. a reordering Of our lives, an
abandonment OF show and brag and the
setting up Of new ideals Of thrift and
patriotic generosity.
So we say. don't give the Red Cross
merely the spare change in your pocket.
That is a lazy peace trick II is not
war. Give, rather, what you can save,
today and henceforward, by fresh self
denial. by a new dedication OF your
daily life TO your country's needs.