The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-12
Neqess and Comment

La societe des Concerts du Conservatore
Paris otherwise, the French orchestra, which
will make one of it's few American appearances
in Fargo next month, gave its first concert in
New York this week.
Thirty years ago the Paris orchestra was we'll
and very favorably known in America. Since
then we have been looking more to Germany for
music, perhaps because of the visits here
of such famous conductors as Nicksch and the
presence of Dr. Muck.
But in Europe the Paris orchestra is placed
second to none. 90,
Reviews Of the New York debut are not yet
available. but II is interesting to note that the
first program included Bethoven's "Eroica" sym
phony. Evidently the dislike of these patriotic
Frenchmen for things German doesn't extend
to German music. They chose the symphony
dedicated to Napoleon originally, and from which
the composer tore the title page when he heard
that Napoleon had consented to being crowned
emperor. The other numbers on the program
were chiefly by modern French composers.
Damascus captured recently by the British, is
claimed to be the Oldest city in the world THE
street which is called straight" referred to by
Saint Paul runs through the city, but the 1900
years which have elapsed since then but a
small part of the citys history The Christian
Science Monitor, in an article about Damascus,
calls attention to the reference to the city in
the fourteenth chapter of Genesis. In the year
1900 B. c.. is was the capital of the province Of
Ub its at least $500 years old, and was a
coming town" even then.
If any OF us decide to move to Damascus when
the is over, therefore, we won't have to
listen to any tales of the "old inhabitant" who
moved there when there was only collection
OF Arabs tents where the street that is called
straight u.s." and who could have bought
he hap
stands for the price of a, good camel"
These old towns like Damascus may have per-
spective but they haven't much else. Wait until
you Fargo $500 years from now.
In these effete days when we calorie instead
of eat, and learnedly discuss fats, and carbohy-
drates. and proteins and sArches, it is refreshing
to read something like What and How Much
We Should Eat" by Prof. Osborne in The At
lantic Monthly.
The world has been pamphletted and scolded
and essayed into believing that it chronically
overworksa its stomach, and that to consume the
old fashioned square meal is very crude and
gross performance, Prof. Osborne quarrels with
the view that a spoonful of a certain cereal,
two dates, and six peanuts to provide all the pro-
TENS and fats and carbohydrates that healthy
men requires. Heavens. the man actually rec
ommends eating freely even Of meats
He has discovered something called "vitamines"
which might be called the gastrononic unknown
the dietetic surd He proves that certain ami
mails may be scientifically fed and provided with
all the fats and starches and proteins and car
bohydrates they need ond yet they don't do
we'll" They lack "vitamines"
We thank Prof. Osborne for the discovery
When this war is over and we look at a beef
steak or sugar bowl without blushng, we in
tend to acquire some "vitamnes"
Anyone who has a lingering feeling that Ger
many should be given the quarter she seeks
'U-B Boats and Their Crews" in the Atlantic
Here is an excerpt quoted from letter by one
Of the British commanders:
We've had type of boat-war boat
known as the %" type. They look like old
crooks, and go out looking for Fritz with
vengeance. And they've got a lot of Fritzes,
for the work they did is this Fritz would
show himself and shell Them and then the
merchant crew would abandon the Q-boat
and row away. Frits would close up Then
the @ boat would drop her fake topsides and
have go at him. You see the point to
get Fritz close in by making hin him think the
Q-boat had been abandoned Well, Fritz got
on to it after a bit, and the German admir-
atty warned the naval reserve men who man
the Q-boats TO Just what would happen.
So man going out In Q~boat took his life
Some time ago, when entering. port, met.
one Of your old friends, now a lieutenant
commander in the reserve and he told me
the cheerful news that Fritz had bagged four
O. boats that week and done what he said
he'd do Judas Can you imagine this in
civilized day, TO lash men TO the rail OF a
sumbarine, pour paraffine over them and set
them on fire? No--neither could l. But that
Is what Fritz did to all the Q-boats crews,
with the exception OF the one boatoad whom
he made stand by while he did It and then
sent them back into port to tell their story,
Since Ernest told rae the tale I've heard tt
i'm many quarters, and It's tfue-true as I'm
a living being. Everybody knoWns about the
Belgian Prince and the Westminster and
feel the world should know If this. fE