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New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
In No Mans Land

THOUGH you be stopped midway in the
charge
And sink to earth a thing that mav not
move;
Though with the common we]tcr 90 tho
ground
Slowly and hideously you be lost;
Though you be made many with the grains
of earth
And uttcrmost dispersal be Jour lot;
Though life become a thing that never wa,
And remembrance of YOU on tho earth
Be less than a dream that no one ever
dreamt;
Yet just you
Shall surprise the shy arisen Chris.
Walking in the garden in the dawn.
-~Charics Il. Murphy, in The Nation.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

ruptions affording some measure Of relief
and in regard to the listeners endurance,
the postulate must be accepted that the
story was interesting. 1t is the necessary
preliminary assumption. If | had not be-
lieved that it was interesting | could never
have begun to write it. AS to the mere
physical possibility, we all know that some
speeches in Parliament have taken nearer
SIX than three hours in delivery; whereas,
all that part of the book which is Mar
lows narrative can be read through aloud,
should say, in less than three hours. Be
sides-though l have kept strictly all such
insignificant details out of the tale-wc
may presume that there must have been
refreshments on that night, glass of
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
ore Sorrows of the Sultan

ERSHEBA gone, and GAIA too!
And lo the British lion,
a pause to comb his name.
+~Amly padding Off again.
Tail up, en- route for Zion.
Yes, things are looking rather blue.
Just as in Mesopotamy;
My lifc-blood trickles in the sand;
Ny veins run dry; | cannot stand
Much more of this phlebotomy.
In vain for Williams help cry.
Sick as a mule with glanders;
Too busy-selfsh swine-is he
With winning ground in Italy
ANA losing it in Flanders
His mlssives urge me not to fly
But use the utmost fury
TO hold these Christian dogs at bay
And for his sake to block the way
To his beloved Jewry.
"My feet" he wired "havc trod those
scenes;
Within the walls of Salem
My sacred presence dcigncd to dwell,
And | should hate these hounds of hell
To be allowed to scale 'em.
80 do your best to give them beans
q" havs rome ammuntionO.
- ~ 1css coageytsd date
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Army Sian 2

HE following vocabulary of army
slang has been compiled by The
Wadsworth Gas Attack and Rio
Grande Rather Some of the words are
already perfectly familiar to civilians, but
there are others which will represent ac-
QUESTIONS. This is the list
Beans-1he commissary sergeant
Bean -Shooter-A commissary officer
Belly-Ache- To complain.
Black-Strap- Liquid coffee.
Blind Sentenced by court martial to for
feiture of pay without confinement.
Bob-Tail-A dishonorable discharge or "A
discharge without honor; to be "bob-tailed''
to be dishonorably discharged or to ',c
gwen discharge without honor
Bonc-To study; mistake.
Bone. Bootlck on To cultivate tho
favor Of
Bootlck ITO latter
BowLegs-C -Cavalryman
Bucls-Prvate- A term sometimes used in
referring to private
Bucking for Orderly Giving clothing and
accoutrements extra cleaning so as to com
pete for orderly.
bunkie-A soldier who shares the shelter
of comradc.
Bust-To reduce non-commissioned officer
to the grade of private.
Butcher-The company barber.
Canned Horse Canned beef
Chief~Name by which the chief musician
of the band is usually called by the enlisted
men.
Cit--A civilian.
Cits-Civilian clothes
c. O.-Commanding officer
Coffee Cooler-One who seeks "softn
detail.
Cold Feet--Fear, lack OF courage.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

Crawl-To admonish
boy--Infantrym
Dut-Any sweet edible
FLEA number on the lineal list
Fogy-Ten per cent increase of officers
pay for each FIVE years service.
Foand-To be deficient or wanting in any
thing, especially an exam
French Leave Unauthorized absence
Gold Brick-An uaattractive girl
Gold Fish-saimon.
coat-Jnnior officer in post, regiment, ete.
Goaty- Awkward, ignorant
Guard House Lawyer A soldier with
smattering knowledge OF regulations ana
military law; quite loquacious and liberal
with advice and counsel TO men in the guard
house other trouble
Hardtack-lIard bread, biscuits
Hike To march. to hike
Hive To discover. to catch
Hobo-The provost sergeant.
Holy Joe~The chaplain
Hop-A dance
!. C.-Is condemned by an inspector.
Jaw Bone-Credit (to get things on Cav
bone" to buy things on credit.
Junp-To admonsh.
K. O.-Commanding officer
Major Name by which the sergeant
major is usually called by the enlisted men.
Mule Skinner-A teamster.
o. D.-0ffcer of the day, olive drab.
Old Issul-An old soldier
Old File-An old soldier
On Official Terms-Not to be on speaking
teams except officially
On the Carpet Called before the COM
manding officer for admonition.
Passing the Buck Passing responsibility
on TO one else
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
An Enigma

SGCELDOM we find" says Solomon Don
~ Ounce,
Half idea in the profoundest
sonnet.
Through all the fimsy things we see at once
AS easily as through Naples bonnet
Trash of all trash. how can lady don it :?
Yet heavier far than your Petrarchan stuff
Owl-downy nonsense that the faintest puff
Twirls into trunk-paper the while you
con it..
And, veritably, Sol is right enough
The general tuckermanites are arrant
Bubbles ephemeral and so transparent
But this is, now-you may depend upon it
Stable, opaque, immortal-all by dint
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

bound to whatever medium by the marks of
ms own peculiar energy. He was, to be sure,
best in the Scrabine and Ravel compositions.
TO which he is more attuned and to which
ms remarkable tone colorations and agile
technique are doubtless more suitable Two
'Arabesques' of Debussy could hardly have
been more eXquisitely done"
The Globe' praised the artist very
highly:
Among contemporary panists few, young
or old, approach Mr.. Ornstein in command of
tone-color and taste in using it, Dazzling
in contrast. or endlessly subtle in gradation
the color he employed throughout the pro-
gramme was astonishing, ravshng, disarm-
ing. 1t almost succeeded in persuading one
that beyond color there is nothing in music.
But not quite. And just there was the little
rlft within the Lutte of our delight, though
fail it did to make the music mute"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

admirably confected. She is nice and bru-
nette and very girlsh. And yet she has the
murder lust-oh, quite badly. In one scene
she Kills hitten Cat-poor little animal. It is
her heritage. Suddenly the mania appears,
and then-cat murder. Kitten Cat was done
TO &c, death OF stage-let be grateful to Nh.
" ailef Tor that-and then the oppressed CELL
-us:'es on ana confdes in her brother the
curious emotions that had promnted tho so.r'.
deed. 'o''S
All TINS seemed extremely tedious to me
lor at least three acts. Both brother and sis
Ter were so remarkably cheerful and nice
about it all.
IN the last scene of all the melodrama
grows tenser and tenser, and when it is tme
10 10 go home you 'loosed out from tb.
'ayhouse fully convinced that Mr.. Walter
nas startled and excited you-whch, as u
mater OF tact he ras done for few minutes
only" '''".e"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Concerts
Leo Ornstein

Slls pianist has just returned from
d tour Of the West-returned ac
cording to "The Evening Sum-"
with an evidently increased zest for the
'emperamental demands of those modern
composers whom it is his delight to play
and his privilege to play so understand
mgly. This paper further described the
pleasures of the occasion (Which was
staged at Aeolian Hall on Tuesday after
noon) in the following manner:
hv way OF obeisance to the classics. Mr..
VfnStcln played Beethoven sonata first
He did not give it the established ;nterrro-
tatlon of course. any more than he did th.
tour CHOPIN pieces which he later plaved 49,
or any more, in fact, than would be wanted
OF an artist who, by reason Of his strong
musical curiosity and iadomtablcness. is
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
John Corbin re-

arc things to be noted. John Corbin re-
marks in "The Times:
."hatever else may be said Of Eugene Wal
yer study oil crime, it is the antithesis of all
uther crook plays. The audience last nioht -,
The Playhouse supped full o. horrors ,nua
heVed by any but the faintest CLEAN Of com
ed5 '''' u eo'"-
Alan Dale, in The American" found
The Heritage" "quite curious drama y IJo
wrote as follows:
Two OF the characters, brother and s;s-
YER nave this nauseous ailment- or is i
''seASe brother IS not at ell cast down. Usu-
S.,, S'lI ne Slls at the piano and plays beauti-
fully really classical music Tbara -
world of feeling in his instrumentation. And
yef ne suffers from the murder lust
iI''le sister Maria is charming In one
sSt she appears IN sweet gold dress n,nst
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
To One in Paradise

IHHOU vast all that to me- love,
Il For which my soul did pine
green isle in the sea, love,
fountain and a shrine.
All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers
And all the flowers were mine
All. dream too bright to last
All. starry Hope. that didst arise
But to DE overcast,
voice from out the Future cries,
"On! on."-but DER the Past
Dim gulf.) my spirit lowering lies
Mute. motioness, aghast
For, alasl alas! with me
The light of Life is DER.
mo more-no more-no more'
tSuch language holds the solemn sea
To the sands upon the shore)
Shall bloom the thunder blasted tree
Or the stricken eagle soar!
And all my days are frances
And all my nightly dreams
Are where thy grey eye glances.
And where thy footstep CLEANS
in what ethereal dances,
By what eternal streams.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

mineral water Of some s3rt to help the
narrator on.
But, seriously, the truth Of the matter
is that my first thought was Of a short
story, concerned only with the pilgrim
ship episode; nothing more Aad that
was legitimate conception. After writ
ing few pages, however, I became for
some reason discontented and | laid them
aside for time. I did not take them out
of the drawer till the late lIr. William
Blackwood suggested l should give some
thing again to his magazine
1t was only then that I perceived that
the pilgrim ship episode was a good start
ing point for free and wandering tale
that 1T was an event, too, which could
conceivably color the whole sentiment of
existence" in a simple and sensitive char
acter. But all these preliminary moods
and STRINGS of spirit were rather Oh
scure at the time, and they do not appear
clearer to me now after the lapse Of 50
many years.
The few pages ] had laid aside were
not without their weight in the choice of
subject. But the whole was rewritten de
liberately. When l sat down to it knew
it would be a long book. though ! did not
foresee that it would spread itself over
thirteen numbers of "Maga."
have been asked at times whether this
was not the book of mine | liked best.
nm great foe to favoritism in public life.
IN private life, and even in the delicate re-
lationship of an author TO his works. As
a matter Of principle I viii have no fa-
vorites; but l do not go so far as to feel
aggrieved and annoyed by the preference
some people give to my Lord jim"
will not even say that fail to under
stand" No. But once | had Or
casion to be puzzled and surprised
A friend Of mine returning from Italy
had talked with a lady there who did not
like the book. | regretted that, Of course
but what surprised me was The GROUND
of her dislike You know she said, st
IS all so morbid"
The pronouncement gave ne food for
an hours anxious thought Finally ar
rived at the conclusion that, making due
allowances for the subject itself being
rather foreign to women's normal sens-
bilities, the lady could not have been an
Italian. wonder whether she was Eu-
ropean at all? In any case, no Latin
temperament would have perceived any
thing morbid in the acute consciousness of
lost honor. Such consciousness may be
wrong, or it may be right. or it may be
condemned as artifical and, perhaps, my
Jim is not a type Of wide conlnonness.
But l can safely assure my readers that
he is not the product Of codly perverted
thinking. He is not a figure Of northern
mists, either. One sunny morning, in the
commonplace surroundings OF an eastern
roadstead l saw his form pass by-ap-
ignificant-under a cloud-per-
fectly silent. Which is as it should be. 1t
was for me, with all the sympathy Of
which | was capable, to seek fit words for
his meaning. He was "one of US
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Current War Poetry
| will arrive and consecrate
Another German mission"

l will arrive and consecrate
Another German mission"
THAT'S how he wires, alternate days,
But sends no troops to trammel
The foe that follows as bump
Across Judna on the hump
OF my Indifferent camel.
We'll, I have tried all means and wavs
Bat seldom fail to foozle 'em;
And now if William makes no sign
CIhis is his funeral more than mine)
Tho giaours can have Jerusalem.
%. S., in Punch
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20


Moscagni. Giren its frst Amevicau per-
formance ot the metropolitan Satmdoy,
January II.
Gs ME 5,,191 PRODUCTION n% ., of " a new opera"
fruitful topic, but in the pres
ent instance there is little enough to saw"
And this is a sentiment that finds it's
echo in "The Evening POST wherein ap-
pears this paragraph:
ut is the latest work by the composer of
'Cavalleria Rusticana who has been pro-
ducing operas ever since that work made it's
success-but they have all been failures
'Aodoletta' seems destined to consort with
the majority, rather than with the minority
of one. 'Cavalleria, crude and banal though
1t IS, has tragic force-the present work has
not even pathos, beyond the mere fact of the
death of the heroine. The plot is no better
and no worse than a number Of opera books
which have more or less success But
the music is so absolutely devoid of char
acter melody, interest of any Sort that it is
dlhcult to write about it,"
In "The Evening Mail" one read:
"Musicaly the work cannot be placed
ahead of the many other pleasant mediocri-
Italian composer since he placed the stamp
of genius upon 'Cavaleria Rusticana 1t is
reminiscent of Iris though less significant.
and there are occasional marked BORROWINGS
from Puccini as in the Scarpia motif of thc
second act.
"The choral passages are cevcrly written,
with especial charm in those allotted to the
boys, and there is sustained and individual
beauty in the music which accompanies the
death Of old Antonio. Otherwise the score
is alternately obvious and artificiailv in
ivolved."
This paper noted, however. that the
new opera "is an assured popular success,
II only because it gives Caruso a part
exactly adapted to his vocal and dramatic
Abilities" And now that Caruso has been
mentioned it is well to 90 on and commu-
nicate some of the general satisfaction
expressed by the critics over the singing
of the work. "rhe American" declared ::
"Whatever the merits or dement's of Lodo-
lctta,' however and let it be noted at once
that the work is not Of sort to produce
violent discussi sionit ought to prove a val
uabc addition to the repertory of the Met
ropolitan Opera House, if for no other rea-
son than that it offers quite unusual oppor-
tunites for the vocal and dramatic pcrsua-
sions of Geraldine Farrar and Enrico
Caruso, who. as every one knows. arc Signor
Gatti-Casazzas most potent boX Office mae
nets"
The Tribune recorded this opinion:
"Mr. Caruso has in Flammen part which
allows him to sing as the gods meant he
should, and he makes the most Of the on
portunity. 1t Caruso at his best his
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
What Conrad Has to Saw
About "LOrd Jim''
A new preface, in which the author tells how
the tale grew, and also defends it against the
charge of morbidty.

JOSEPH CONRAD the setinq
I" forth plainly briefly vhat his Intentions
deai debate Of
short And
did fields aginotjee
,y by becoming uu lenqsb
u0veI?
IVeN Mr. pluccs himself prefacc
of Jp' published by Doubeday Pog prefacs
becmqv qvdey IN
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
A Dream Within a Dream

TAKE this kiss upon the brow
l. And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow--
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In night, or in day,
In vision, or in none.
Is it therefore the less gone?
All-that we see or seem
Is but dream within dream.
stand amid the roar
or surf rt-tormented shore.
And hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand
How few. yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep.
While | wcep-while | weep,
O God! can | not grasp
Them with q tighter clasp.
O God. can | not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within q dream
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Catholic HYMN

4 T NORMAL noon-at twilight dim
N Maria thou hast heard my hymn!
In Joy and woe in good aud ill
Mother Of God be with me still,
When the hours flew brightly by.
And not cloud obscured the sky,
My soul, lest it should truant be.
Thy grace did guide to thine and thee;
Now. when storms Of Fate oercast
Darky my Present and my Past,
Let my Future radiant shine
With sweet hope OF thee and thine
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
By Joseph Conrad

w 7HEN this novel first appeared in
w book form a notion got about
that | had been boted away
with. Some reviewers maintained that the
work starting as a short story had got be-
yond the writer's control. One or two dis
covered internal evidence of the fact which
seemed to amusc them. They pointed out
the limitations of the narrative form.
They argued that no man could have been
expected to talk all that time, and other
men to listen SO long. 1t was not, they
seid, very credible.
After thinking it over for something
like sixteen years | am not so sure about
that. Men have been known, both in the
tropics and in the temperate zone, to sit
up half the night "swapping yarns" This,
however, is but one yarn, yet with inter
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
To F-s S. O-d
Mrs. Francis Sargent Osgood)

CMrs. Francis Sargent Osgood)
TNHOU wouldst be loved then let thy
Il heart
From its present pathway part not!
Being everything which now thou art,
Be nothing which thou art not.
So with the world thy gentle ways
Thy grace, thy than beauty.
Shall be an endless theme of praise
And lovea simple duty
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20


q make pomh egionu II
an lei O
the
lis rlyIfe:
h
a
o in Ekenese
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

Of the dear names that lie concealed with
in it.
ITO fad the name, read the first letter
IN the first line, the second in the second
and so on-Saroh Anna LeaUis.)
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
k<THE HERALD" picturcsouclv h

IGTHE HERALD" picturesquely be
gins its chronicle of proceedings
with this statement:
Eugene Walter up and smotc old Mrs.
Drama one on the eye last night that probably
has made her madder than wet hen. and
which Will bring her around to the Playhouse
every night for the next few months to see
what bold and confident playwright did to
her"
The reactions of this new individual in
the realm of criticism, this Mrs. Drama ;"
must remain largely matter of specula
lion OF the play itself, however, there
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
A New Offering at the PLAYHOUSE

"7he Heritage" a plop By E',genc Wal
ter, presented by the .Shubcrts ut the Plnv-
house on Mondqy crcn,uo.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

The Tribune recorded this opinion:
"Mr. Caruso has in Flammen a part which
allows him to sing the gods meant he
should. and he makes the most of the op-
portunlty. 1t was Caruso at his best his
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
The New MIascaSni Opera

"Lodoletto,' an opera IN three acts, the
book by Forsano and the music By Pictyo
Moscogni Giren its first American per-
Torrance at the Metropolitan SATURDAY,
JUnUu3M IT,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

E<TNHE production of new opera,
admits "The Sum- "ought to be
a fruitful topic, but in the pres
The Prescott daily news., 1918-06-27
ID GALL 875,00O
 BEFORE JANUARY 1
These Men Expected to Exhaust Glass i-i24,525 Summoned For General Military Service Yesterday.

Washington, June 29.~- Senator Chamberlain announced late today that it is proposed to call in August 300,000 draft men, in September 15O.- 900, in October 150,000, in November 150,O00 and in December 125,0O0. These s75,OoO men, he said, are ex- pected to exhaust Class 1.
 White and nsgro draft registrants numbering 124, ,525 were summoned t0 the colors for the general Military Service in call issued today by Pro- vost Marshal General Growder. Mo- Utilization will take place at intervals during the month of July, starting with the entrafAment of 27,257 white selected men on July 5.
 Todays call combined with that for 220,00O to be mobilized July 22-25 ordered by General Crowderi last night and with the various special calls previously i1ssued will remove from civilian life. during July total of se7,sel merA the largest numbe, summoned in %By one month since tho draft becanA operative,
 The cali Issued today is divided intc iour lections- for entrainment pur pos' 4, From July 5 to g, white regis .Ants numbering S3,259 are to b' rentrained: from July Is to 19, white
 27,255: July Is to 20, negro, 45,OOO July 29 to 31, negro 25,o11.
 Although the order issued las night for 220.000 men probably vii deplete the present availables in Gas 1. in most of the draft districts, it wa
 pointed out that the bulk of the me
 called for July will not go to cam 5 until after the middle of the mont and by that time it is said the add tions gained by reclassification an g by the new registrants of 21 will b
 available. ;,
The Prescott daily news., 1918-06-27
KERENSKY ID ASK
 THE AID 0F ALLIES
Is Belief of Officials. on His Pro- posed Visit t0 the United States-Will Seek to Enlist Aid of Russians in America.

Washington, June 28.-The unher- aided appearance in London today of Alexander Kefensky, former provis- ional premier of Russia, together with his announcemeht that he is on his way to America and is certain Russia soon will be fighting again with the allies against Germany, furnished the subject for discussion in Sfiseial and diplomatic circles that covered wide range.
 Speculation centseSea around Ker- ensky's purpose M coming. The be- lief seems to De general that he not only will Seek to enlist the support of his own people in this country in his efforts to rehabilitate Russia, and east off the German yoke, but will discuss the subject with officials as we'll. Appearing as he does at a time when both the United States and the entente governments are earnestly Considering how they may best aid Russia to rid herself of German in- fluence and establish a stable govern ment, the visit of the one-tinhe dicta- tor of that nation is regarded by offic- ials as having many and far-reaching possibilities.
 Coincident with the appearance of
 Kerensky in London, John Sookine, 8
 member of the Russian commission
 sent to the United States by the Ker-
 ensky government year ago ano
 now just back from France, announc.
 ed today that he had learned iron
 intimate reports from Russia that tho
 people would welcome military actior
 by the allies to overcome German
 domination.
 A few months ago, MT. Sookin' said, this action would have beer intolerable to the people, but German aggression in spite of the Brest , Litovsk treaty had caused so mucl
 suffering and privation that allie