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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
SECURITY LEAGUE ANNOUNCES PLANS
TO TRAIN MEN FOR SERVICE BEFORE
THEY LEAVE FOR ARMY CANTONMENTS

time and money if, when they are
called, they are provided with some
knowledge of military training and
4 sense of discipline and organiZa-
ton.
THE position of local captain,
who will supervise the work, offers
one of the finest opportunities for
patriotic service for men of stand
ing in the community who are I'M
able to get into the trenches.
Under the guidance of such a
man, aided by an influential local
clergyman and physician, the draft
ed men will go to their canton
ments in efficient, organized bodies,
rather than as a disorganized rab-
Bile, and with a spirit of self-reli-
ance and comradship. All the
Gtrangeness of the new life will
have been eliminated and, since the
men will have been taught what lies
before them, they will face duty
with the confidence of familiarity.
The military instruction will
comprise only the simplest evolu-
tions, with particular emphasis
upon military courtesy, when,
=
general supervision of this phase of
the training, for uniformity and eff
ficiency, will be conducted by the
government military authorities.
Armories, public parks and
squares, public school play
grounds, etc, will be utilized for
the actual drilling. Drills two or
three times a week of an hours
duration will be preferable to
longer periods at less frequent in
tervals.
Competitive drills will be ar
ranged to stimulate interest and en-
thusiasm. One of the advantages
of the plan will be that the men
who prove most proficient in the
preliminary training will have an
excellent chance of being selected
as on-commissioned officers when
they arrive in camp"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
PRESS CENTER rs
BEGUN IN LONDON

London.-In order 'to facilitate
the study of the psychology of the
English people" the ministry Of in
formation has established in its
quarters here an overseas press
center. There, in comfortably fur
nished club rooms containing a ref
erence library, newspapers and per-
iodicals, the representative of the
press of allied and neutral coun-
tries will be in close touch with
the ministry
In opening the center Lord Beav-
erbrook, minister of information,
said it was important for the jour
nalists to understand the determin-
alton of this country to win the
war. He urged that advantage be
taken of the opportunities that
would be afforded to study the peo-
pie. You will see" he said, that
never have we strived SO hard, and
you will realize that the British
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

New York--Under the sanction
of Provost Marshal General Crow
der, the National Security league
announces that it has undertaken
the organization throughout the
country of a systematic pTelimin-
airy course of training for the
young men in the draft, so that
when they are called they will know
something of their duties and how
To take care of themselves.
The league has drawn up a COM
Jrehensive plan, which will be put
in operation in every state in the
Union under the direction of a COM
nittee on preliminary training and
instruction Of men registered for
draft, to be appointed later.
Provost Marshal General Crow
der, to whom the Security league
submitted the idea before acting,
has approved it in a letter to Col
cnel Charles E Lydecker, president
Of the league, in which he says:
Your proposal gives me great
satisfaction. Your league can rem
der valuable assistance in this
manner"
The Security leagues plan will
be made effective through the PSI
branches of the league, scattered
in all parts of the country, and sub
committees of the general commit
tee cooperating with the local draft
boards in all the states. It provid es
for the organization into instruc-
ton classes of the men soon to be
called, to be selected by the draft
boards. the actual training to be
conducted by retired or disabled
army officers. whose efforts to pre-
pare the young men for service will
be supplemented by local clergy
men and physicians.
General J. Franklin Bell, com
mandant at Camp Upton. is an en-
thusiastic supporter of the plan
and has promised the Security
league cooperation in obtaining in
structors for the classes in this city
and vicinity.
The object Of our endeavor will
be TO make the young men under
stand why they are called for ser
vice TO their country, what is to
be expected of them, and why they
should be loyal, clean, sober and
intelligent soldiers says Colonel
Lydecker Outlining the operation
OF the plan, he continues:
There are three main working
points
Each local draft board, through
its chairman. will select a captain
who will procure the assembly of
the registrants and obtain from a
local military or naval post, state
guard or home defense unit, or from
retired or disabled veterans OF the
present war, an adequate training
officer.
THE captain will also invite
local clergyman TO give informa-
ton and advice TO the young men.
"A local physician will also in
stTuct the young men in matters of
health. hygiene and physical we'll
being, in order that when they 90
70 camp they shall present them
selves with a consciousness of
knowledge which will add to their
strength and usefulness.
AT present, the vast majority Of
our young men are called 10 the
colors unframed II would greatly
facilitate their being turned into
5oldiers and save the government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
MAGNIFICENT COUNTRY ESTATE WILL
HOUSE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHO ARE
RETURNED WOUNDED FROM THE FRONT

supply. There probably will be
double system Of water supply wa
ter from the river being used for
ordinary purposes while special
distilled or spring water viii be-
used for drinking purposes and-,u
the Kitchens and operating rooms
The manor house is large and
handsome building Of what Enc
lishmen call modern cOnstructloD
inasmuch as II dates back only n
years. II is in the Tudor STYLE
standing on a level platform on the
highest point OF the estate Il Ia
built of brick with Portland stone
dressings and has a slated roof
with artistic red-ridged tiles, while
the chimneys Of brick and stone
are made a prominent architectural
feature. The most notable parts
of the exterior are the magnificent
carved stone main entrance and the
stone balustrade.
An American housewife would
perhaps be the most Impressed BY
the kitchen. room large enough 10
be used as a ball room, white tiled
and with a ceiling thirty feet high
4
house planned to use u as a home
for poor boys, where they could be
trained TO make themselves useful
ir the world, and the kitchen would
undoubtedly be able to provide ade-
uuately for a large number Of
youthful appetites, stimulated bv
the fresh country air and the invig-
Grating work of an English farm.
stead
The ambulances which will bring
the American wounded from the
piers at Southampton will approach
the hospital by a long carriage
drive through picturesque wood.
/ land and well-kept lawns At the
entrance to the estate they will
pass a gaBled stone lodge in the
| finest type of English country arch
! itecture, which probably will be
used as the residence Of the super
| intendent and chief medical officers
Of the hospital The wounded man,
! II his cot faces southwark. will look
| out over the river towards South
| amptOn, with an occasional view Of
warships and transports. II his
! bed faces north he will still get a
river view, this time across the
| states tennis courts and cricket
field, to where the narrowing river
disappears amid the grey shadows
Of the hills.
The convalescent soldier will find
several miles of sunny or shaded
walks without going outside the
| hospital grounds. Strolling south
ward, he will cross a broad meadow
and a little patch of wods TO the
! hospital piggery and chicken farm
and just below this he will come TO
the bOathouse and the jetty, whore
he may dangle his legs just above
the water and sit, fishpole in hand
with good prospects of profitable
catch. If he chooses TO stroll north
ward from the main hospital build
ings, he will find the forest denser
and wilder. and at the other side
of the forest he will come upon the
hospital vegetable gardens and
! greenhouses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
DESPONDENT WOMEN

Nature intends every woman to
be cheerful, light-hearted and
happy, but when dragged down
with pain and suffering from fe-
male ills, will power alone cannot
overcome a nervous, Respondent
condition. Multitudes of American
women, however, have found that
there is one tried and true remedy
to restore health under such cir
cumstances, and that is Lydia E.
Finkham's Vegetable Compound,
made from herbs and roots. This
fashioned medicine is now con-
sidered the standard American rem
edy for such conditions.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Surprised on Birthday,

Miss Louise Dudley was agreea-
bly, surprised last evening when a
number Of friends came TO her
home, 1417 Eleventh street, to eel
citrate her 14th birthday. The
party had been arranged and was
successfully carried out by the
Misses Lucille Bishop and Mildred
Moose. The house was prettiIy dec
GRATED with garden flowers and the
company had very enjoyable time
playing various games After the
games refreshments were served
Those at the party are the Misses
Lucille Bishop, Mildred Moose,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Over the Top Init,

Over the Top unit of the Patri-
otto league went to the Red Cross
rooms last night and sewed for
the Belgian refugees. There was
a very good attendance and the
girls accomplished a great amount
Of work This unit has been lately
formed by the employees of the L.
S. McCabe & Co. store, and all
members are very enthusiastic
about the work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Social Announcements.

Audubon school will be open to-
morrow from to II for Red Cross
work and from 10 to Il for the
sale of thrift stamps and war saw
ings stamps.
Court of Honor No. 81 Service
league will meet tomorrow evening
with Mrs. Peter Weber, 1925 Ninth
avenue. Members are asked to
make a special effort to attend.
The Hawthorne school will be
open tomorrow morning from to
10 o'clock for the sale of thrift
stamps and war savings stamps
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

en-, the city councillors and their
friends turn out armed with spades
and brooms TO clean two of the
principal streets. Municipal en-
ployes have been on strike for sew
eral weeks and the accumulation of
dirt made it necessary for some
one to lend a hand in the interest
of health
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Second Christian Aid Society.

Fifteen members OF the Ladies
Aid society of the Second Chris
tan church met yesterday after
noon at the church. The ladies
spent the time quilting, after which
refreshments were served by the
two hostesses, Mrs. Albert Fox and
Mrs. IngersOlL The mex. meeting
will be next week at the church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
kOorstra-0Osterink.

The marriage of Miss Cynthia
Koorstra and John Oosterink, both
Of Hull, Iowa, was solemnized a.
I-S0 yesterday afternoon at the
parsonage of the First Baptist
church. Rev. J. Clark Granger,
pastor OF that church, performed
the ceremony. The groom is a
soldier on the Rock Island arsenal
and because he was unable to OBJ
tain a furlough. his bride came to
the city for the ceremony. She will
probably reside with her parents
in Hull until after the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
O'COnneu-Bach.

Miss Katherine O'ConleIl and
William H. Bach were quietly mar
ried at $50 this morning at st.
Joseph's Catholic chUch. Dean ].
J. Quinn performed the ceremony.
They were attended by Miss Irene
Bach and Merlin Martin. The new
home will be at 1922 Fourth ave-
hue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
PauIsen-Kreuger EngaRement.

An announcement that Will come
as a pleasant surprise to the MANY
friends of the young couple is the
engagement and approaching mar
rage of Miss Lillian f. Paulsen,
the youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Paulsen, 1902 Twelfth
street, and Henry C. Kreuger, 726
eenth-and-a-half street. The
wedding will be an event of the
afternoon of Wednesday, Aug. IA,
at o'clock. at the Evangelical
Church of Peace. Rev. Frederick
J. Rolf, pastor of that church will
perform the ceremony. The groom
to-be is a clerk at the Henry Darts
Sons of Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Kerr-Johnson Engagement.

The fOIIOWing announcement
which appeared in the Chicago
Tribune of August will be of in
terest to the many friends of the
young man: Mr.. and Mrs. P. A
Johnson, of 6120 Lawrence avenue
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Agnes Harriet, to Nor
man Charles Kerr of Rock Island.
Mr.. Kerr is with the headquarters
company of the Three Hundred and
Forty-second infantry, Eighty-sixth
division, Camp Grant"
Mr.. Kerr is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. n. Kerr of 119 Thirteenth
street, this city. He was gradu-
ated from the local high school in
the class of 1910 and from Browns
Business college in 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
Immanuers Sewing Society.

The Ladies Sewing society OF
the Immauuel's Lutheran church
met yesterday afternoon with Mrs.
4. Huber, 1443 Forty-second street
A social time was enjoyed after q
short business meeting. The next
meeting will be an outing with
Mrs. Paul jain, Milan, as hos
tess.
The Junior society of the church
will meet next Wednesday with
Mrs. Arthur Schaeffer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

people will presevere to the end,
Everything depends on the will OF
the people The mental attitude of
munitions makers is as important
as that of the men who fight the
battles"
TOO often" he said, war cor
respondents pay overmuch atten-
ton to maps They judge the posi-
ton by the swaying battle lines.
When, however, you understand
properly how the whole British ma
ton is straining every nerve to at
tain the one great end, and how
set-backs only stiffen their resolu-
ton, then only can you gauge the
true position of affairs We hope
by means of this center to make
such an understanding possible"
Newspaper correspondents from
many lands, including Japan, were
present at the opening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
CeIebrates Second Birthday.

Walter Mosenfelder. the small
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Mosen-
fielder. 915 Twentieth street, cele-
brated his second birthday Tues
day afternoon when he entertained
number of his little friends. His
sister, Dorothy Jane, received for
him and did the honors beautifully
for one so small. The home was
artistically decorated with garden
flowers of the season. Among the
many presents received by the tiny
host were a number of war saw
iugS stamps
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

MAYOR WORKS on STREETS.
Cardiff, es-Inhabitants of
Cardiff were surprised the other
night to see the lord mayor, alder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08
SOCIAL EVENTS

Helen Sundquist, Florence Krueg-
er. Florence Olson, Louise Math-
ews, Viola Scherer, Doris Jones,
Marguerite Cook, Ethel Hedling.
Eva Hudson, Mildred Selske, Al
berta Barnes, Marguerite Blanck,
May Beatty, Irene Atkins and Mil
bred Leveen. The girls presented
Miss Dudley with a beautiful wrist
watch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-08

Flavoring extracts. Beardsley's.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
The Religious Songs

The moro lyrical religious songs,
which are probably of popular and not
Of ecclesiastical origin, are modestly
arranged by Mr.. SCHNEIDER or their
Spanish sponsors. "The Three Kings"
shows strong resemblance to certain
French songs and Noels. Another, "The
Alteration Of the Shepherds" is inter
spersed with refrains taken from the
Church service and presumably sung
by the populacc in intervals between
the narrator's stanzas. "The Chant of
the Birds" is a charming bit of folk
fancy, set to as charming tune Here,
with a sympathetic imagination sug-
gestive of that Of Saint Francis of
Assist, the folksong tells how, on the
night when the star arose over Bethlc-
hem, the birds came and sang their
praises, each in his own manner. Only
the horned owl and the barn owl found
the splendor of the Saviour too great
to be contemplated and departed. since
when they have been blind The pro-
spectivc auditor will be relieved to
know that the twenty-five verses of the
original song have been reduced to
threo
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Music Notes

For the tenth Sunday afternoon sub
scription concert of the Symphony So
ciety of New York, in Aeolian Hall this
afternoon, the soloist is Claudia Muzio.
soprano. Miss Muzio will sing "Casta
Diva" from Beilini's Norma" and
"Depius lie jour" from Charpentier's
Louise" The numbers for the or
chcstra are the Symphony, Harold in
Italy," by Berlioz, in which Samuel
Lifschey will play the viola obbligato,
Ernest Bloch's "Trois Poemes Juifs,"
which will be played for the first time
at these concerts, and Weber's Over
ture, DER Freischutz."
Anne Case will be the soloist at this
afternoons Philharmonic concert at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music-the
third of the societys regular Brook
!yn series. Miss Case will sing the
Cavatina from Weber's "Der Frei-
schitz" and the Gounod aria. "Mon
c9ur ne peut changer" from "Mireille."
The first performance at the Philhar-
monies Brooklyn concerts of Rach-
maninoff's Second Symphony in E
Minor will be the feature of the sec
ond half of the programme For the
remaining orchestral numbers Conduc-
tor Stransky has selected the Wagner
Overture, "Rienzi," with which the con-
cert will begin, Smetana's "Ultava"
and "The Swan Of Tuonela," by Sibe-
Illus.
The concert of Thursday evening,
January II, and those of Friday and
Sunday afternoons, January 18 and 90,
will make up the Brahms Beethoven
cycle announced at the beginning of
the season by the Philharmonic for
performance in Carnegie Hail. The
New Choral Society of New York
(Louis Koemmenich, conductor), will
be the feature of the Thursday and
sunday concerts. This organization
will sing the Brahms "Song of Fate"
with the orchestra. Conductor Stran-
sky has chosen the Brahms "Tragic
Overture" as the opening number of
these concerts, and the Ninth Sym
phony of Beethoven as the concluding
composition on the programme. The
assisting quartet for the Ninth SYM
phony is: Grace Kerns, soprano; Alma
Beck, contralto; Arthur Hackett, tenor.
and Arthur Middleton, bass.
The regular monthly free concert at
the Music School Settlement, SIS East
Third Street, will be given on Sunday,
January 13, at 4 p. m The feature Of
the concert will be the playing of the
Junior Orchestra. Melzar Chaffee, con-
ductor, which will play the first move
ment of the Second Symphony of
Haydn, in D Major, and the Dorm
roeschen Waltz of Tschaikowsky. A
soloist from each department of the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Origin of the Music

The greater part Of Tuesday nights
music comes directly from the roper
tore of the great choral society, the
Orfeo Catala, in Barcelona. And this
society, which, it would seem, is the
emotional centre Of the natonalistic
renaissance. in turn had it's origin Gas
Mr. Schindler's admirably extensive
programme notes narrate) in the en-
thus;asm Of a Russian choir leader
one Dmitry Slaviansky, who visited
Barcelona with his chorus in 1895 and
became much interested in the folk
music of Catalonia.
But Mr. Schindler's chorus is to do
much more than re-sing merely what
the Orfeo Catala has surg before. Some
OF the music has been nearly and e!ab
orately reset by Mr.. SCHNEIDER, and one
or two of the ballads have been so
extensively developed asany form orig
inal compositions. The8 narrating
"A Miracle of the Virgin Mary" is
based on slow. sinuous melody, cvi-
dently of priestly origin, which was
doubtless sung in droning nasal voice
to the openmouthed townsfolk CEN
turtles ago. If this tune were repeated
for each stanza it would be too nonot-
onous for modern ears, which will
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
At the METROPOLITAN

The D'Annunzio-Z opera
Francesca da Rimini" will have an
other hearing at the Metropolitan
Opera House tomorrow evening. It
will be sung by Mines. Aida, Sundelius,
Braslau, Delaunois, Perrin, Egener and
Sparkcs and Mcssrs. Martinelli, Amato,
Bada, Malatesta, Audisio, laurent and
Bloch. Mr.. Moranzoni will conduct.
The other operas this week will be
as follows:
"L'Oracolo" and "Pagliacci," as a
double bill on Thursday evening, the
former sung by Mines. Easton and
Braslau and Mcssrs. Althouse, Scott,
Didur, Rossi and Audisio. "Pagliacci"
will be sung by Miss Muzio and Messrs.
Caruso, Amato, laurent and Audisio.
Mr.. Moranzoni will conduct both
operas.
"The Daughter Of the Regiment" on
Friday evening, with Mines. Hempel
and Mattfeld and Mcssrs. Carpi, Scott,
Reschiglian and d'Angelo. Mr.. Papi
will conduct. <
Boris Godunoff" at the Saturday
matinee, with Mines. Matzenauer, Bras
lau, Perini, Sparkes and Robson and
Messrs. Drdur, Althouse, Mardones, De
Segurola, Bada, Rossi, Reschiglian,
Audisio, Reiss and Schlegel. Mr.. Papi
will conduct.
Faust" will be sung on Saturday
evening for the benefit Of the French
Hospital by Mines. Farrar, Delaunois
and Howard and Messrs. Martinelli,
Rothier, Chalmers and d'Angelo. Miss
CALI and Mr.. Bonhglio will lead the
Walpurgis Night Ballet. Mr.. Monteux
will conduct.
At to-night's concert Mischa Elman,
violinist, will play. Miss Sophie Bras
lau will sing "Mon Cnur s'ouvre a ia
voix," from Samson ct Dalila," and
several songs by Rachmaninoff and
Delibes. Rafaelo Diaz will sing an
area from "Herodiadc" and several
songs by Alvarez, Homer and Fay Fos-
ter. The orchestra, under the drec-
tion of Richard Hageman, will play
Enesco's "Rapsodie Roumadine" and
several other selections.
"R;goletto" will be sung on Tuesday
evening at the Brooklyn Academy Of
Music by Mines. Condo (who will make
her opcratc debut on this occasion),
Perrin, Egcner and Mattfeld and
Messrs. Caruso, De Luca, Mardones,
Rossi, laurent, Audisio and Reschig-
lian. Mr.. Moranzoni will conduct.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

""'o'v ind in the narrative the dra-
"ae'c excitement which riveted the at
'eh''on of the naive parishoncrs of old.
hence Mr.. SCHNEIDER has built the ma
'erlai into unified mposition-with
Soeg'nn'ng, middle and an end"
rs the dramatic critics like to say
add'ng a bit of his own matter imi-
lated from other sources. He utilizes
10 the full the contrast of mems and
women's voices, adds an obbligato here
and there and freely makes use of the
humming effects which are cultivated
rot alone by the Schola Cantorum but
by the Orfeo Catala as we'll The old
melody, sung as it was doubtless sung
IN the old days. would sound dreary
and aimless. Mr. SCHNEIDER. without
oolng violence to the tune. has framed
1T and colorcd it so as to set off it's
strange, mystical beauty.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-13

School OF Musical Art. PROF. ANDREWS
Drectorf 1910 Broadway. Cor. 65th.