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generosity. In this generosity Mr..
Finck himself shares. In his preface
he concludes: "The best thing in the
volume is, no doubt, the following 'Ap-
preclatlon.' written for it by Percy
Granger" And Mr. Finck is right, not
because Mr.. Grainger's words are the
truest things, but because, unlike Mr..
Finck, he writes of Strauss with enthu-
slasm, and does not use him merely as
lay figure to show the superiority Of
another. Several Of Mr. Grainger's
statements deserve to be quoted, if only
tor their paradox. He writes:
Among the great composers of our
era Richard Strauss seems to me to
stand forth as type of the gemiitlich
family man in music; normal, kindly.
we'll balanced; a genius by reason Of
attributes OF The soul and heart rather
than those Of the head. l see permeat-
ing his music humane soul overflow
ing with the milk Of human kindness" :"
A new light, truly, on the composer
OF Salome" and Electra.
And again:
Strauss appears to me to become
more mellow, more genuine, more ef-
fortlessly himself with each successive
work.
Mr.. Granger wiz have his little ex
curslon into topsy-turveydom, And "a
in his music, the Australian composer
does love to shock, as witness his coup
ling the name of Edgar Lee Masters as
a great cosmic soul Of the Milton,
Nletzche, Walt Whitman calibre."
But at other times Mr.. Granger for
gets that he lives in an age Of exag-
seratlon and advertisement, and he
writes more like an average human be-
ing.
Mr; Granger forms a corrective for
hr. flnck Between these extremes
truth somewhere will be found. tboucl,
frankly. with all his Lisztian bias. Il
will probably be found nearer to Mr.
Finck than it is to Mr.. Granger.
AT all events it is good to meet two
such unquestioning enthusiasts in these
days OF artistic doubt. They make US
realize that faith is still mighty
power.
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F arrar To Be Heard In
"Madame Sans-Czene"

Giordano's MADAME Sans-Gene,"
based on Sardou's play, will be given
for the first time this season at the
Metropolitan Opera House next Satur-
day afternoon, with virtually the orig
inal cast. Geraldine Farrar will again
| be the "Washerwoman-D Duchess" with
Mr.. Martinelli as General Lefebre, and
Mr.. Amato in his striking impersona-
tion Of Napoleon. Others in the cast
will be Mines. Sparkes, Egener, Curtis
and Mattfeld, and Messrs de Segurola,
Althouse, Beda, Leonard, Bloch, Re-
schiglian and d'Angelo. Mr.. Papi will
conduct.
Other operas Of the week will be:
"1l Trovatore" tomorrow evening
with Mines. Muzio, Matzenauer and
Mattfeld and Messrs. Martinelli, de
Luca, Rothier, Reschiglian and Audisio.
MIR. Papi will conduct.
"Le Prophetic" Wednesday evening,
with Mines. Matzenauer, Muzio, Egener,
Arden and Tiffany and Messrs. Caruso,
Didur, Mardones, Schlegel, Leonard, Re-
schiglian and Bloch. Miss CALI and
Mr.. Bonfglio will dance. Mr.. Bodanz-
ky will conduct.
~ Puritani" Thursday evening, with
Mines. Barrientos and Perrin and
Messrs. Lazaro, de Luca, Mardones
kossi and Reschiglian. Mr.. Moranzoni
will conduct
Marta" on Friday evening, Will
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poems, notably "Don juan" death and
Transfguration" and "Til Eulenspiegl,"
Mr.. Finck gives to Strauss only the
homage due the superlative technician,
though he does make an exception of
the last few minutes of "Salome," Of
which he writes most justly:
"The music Of this final apostrophe
Of the head huntress is almost as beau
tiful, as touching, as sublime, as
Isolde's Loves Death in Wagner's trag-
cdy, which served as its model. 1t is a
musical masterpiece, horribly, damna-
bly, wasted on the most outrageous
scene ever placed before modern
audience"
Mr.. Finck's naif admiration for List
is complimented by his equally naif
dislike for Brahms. Again and again
he gets his dig in at Brahms and the
Brahmins.
"Why is it that Brahms, who is a
past master of polyphony, is notorious
for the drab hues Of his scores ~
Brahms was often at loss for ideas,
but his technical command Of form and
technical skill were so great that his
lack of melodic inspiration did not pre-
vent him from composing away Justify
And so on. The book being presumably
a life Of Strauss does not prevent Mr
Fnck from using it as a compendium
Of his likes and dislikes. OF course, we
have passages devoted to the supreme
genius of Mr.. Josef Stransly as Lisz.
and Strauss conductor, and passages in
praise of Grieg and Mcdowell. And
we cannot feel angry at these digres-
sions. They give the book a persona,
! flavor, and a sense that an author pos
sessed of so much unquestioning en-
thusiasm must be very likeable sor.
of chap.
When Mr.. Finck settles down to busi
ness he gives very adequate account
of Strauss's life and character. One
portion of the book is devoted to anec.
dotes of the composer, most of then
characteristic or witty These anecdotes
lay partially at rest the Strauss bogie
That he is close fsted they don't deny
but they pay tribute to much artistic
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eouraging. 1t appears that Rimsky-
korsakotf has worked in this opera verv
nearly at his best. His fund of genial
inspiration never ran low, and the new
work is filled with ingratiating musical
ideas His facility and polish" were
scarcely matched by any composer of
the nineteenth century, and "The
Goiden Cock" appears to be work of
The most exquisite technical refine
ment. Here, it seems, we may expect
ar opera worthy of comparison with
"Roris," though in a very different
manner. 1t is not, in fact, barbaric in
any sense, but an ultra-r refined work OF
musical satire, maintaining throughout
the score an ironic flavor which is one
Of the most difficult qualities to main
tain in music.
The promised production has an ad-
(itional element of interest because of
its strange method of performance. In
conformity with the manner in which
the opera was produced in London,
shortly before the outbreak of the war.
the principal characters are to be
mined by set of dancers, and their
Tarts sung by the soloists, seated with
the redrobed chorus on either side of
the stage. This innovation caused
great to-do in London. But people gem
orally agreed that it was justified, part
lv by the artificial character of the
whole satiric story and partly by the
fact that the nuance of satire demand
cd Of the actors was beyond the capaci-
ties Of any ordinary opera singer, and,
in fact, only possible to the trained
mime Of a professional ballet.
"The Golden Cock" however, has a
further and more significant element of
interest to Americans at this time. For
it represents, in some of it's sources,
the very beginnings of the Russian lib
eral movement which in the last year
las eliminated in revolution and civil
war. 1t may sound strange to relate
IN opera to politics. But strange things
happen in Russia.
The musical score of Rimsky-Korsa-
kotf's opera was written about 1907, or
? year before the composers death. But
the poem by Pushkin, on which the
ilbretto Is based, was written during
the beginnings of the Russian revo-
lutlonary movement; in fact, about
the time of the "Decembrist" revolt.
which was the ancestor of all Russian
revolutions since. Now, though Push
Kin is known to Western readers (in so
lar as he is known at alb as "thc Rus
sian Shakespeare" the master of verbal
imagery, the weaver of strange fairy
tales and diverting romances, he was,
like so many another Russian literary
man, revolutionist, or at least a re-
voltcr, at heart. The impressionabIc
period Of his youth came at a time
when the first. STRINGS of revolution
were felt in Russia. The Napoleonic
wars were over. The first seeds of dis
content under autocracy had been
planted-iirst By the writings Of Vol
talrc and of Benz jamin Franklin (whose
works were we'll enough known in Rus
sla to merit the rebuke of the EN-
press Catherlnc), and next by the fact
ct the French Revolution, carried int,
Eussia by the soldiers of Napoleon. de-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

CARL A. RUPPRECHT r,ANIsr Fl. MS, .
2o5 Edsecombe Az. tNr. W. las ST.. Audnho, az
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

ZINES. Barrientos and Perrin and
Mcssrs. Caruso, Didur, Malatesta and
Reschiglian. Mr. Bodansky will con-
GLct.
"Marouf" will be the weeks popular
price performance on Saturday even
ing, with Mines. Aida and Howard and
Messrs. de Luca, Rothier, Ruysdael,
Chalmers, Reiss, Maiatesta, Rossi, BRda,
Bloch, Leonard and Audisio Miss CALI
and Mr.. Bonfglio will lead the Oriental
Ballet. Mr.. Nonteux will conduct
"ThaIs" will be sung On Tuesday
evening at the Brooklyn Academy of
Music by Mines. Farrar, Egener, How
ard and Sparkes and Messrs. Diaz,
Whitehill, Rossi and Reschiglian. Miss
CALI and Mr.. Bonfglio will dance Mr.
Monteux will conduct.
AT to-night's Opera Concert" at the
Metropolitan, Marvine Maazel, pianist,
will play LISTS concerto in E fiat and
several solos by List and Chopin. Clau-
dia Muzio will sing "Depuis le Jour"
from Louise" and "Casta Diva" from
Norma" Sophie Braslau will sing
go mio Fernando" from ia Favorita." :"
and several songs. Paul Althouse will
sing Celeste Aida" and several songs
by Cadman and Hammond. The or
chestra under the dire ction of MI
Richard Hagenlan will play Chabriers
"Gwendolne" overture and Glazou-
now's symphonic poem "Stenka Razine."
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

MICHAEL POSNER Vioiinist, Instruction
4" 289 FIFTH AVE
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possibly be endowed with any political
significance. The preaching of revo-
luton in bellies lettres is strange no.
ton to Americans, anyhow. Neverthe-
less, it is familiar idea to Russians.
whose literary men have consistently,
Tor almost century past, been execut-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

AnncMphNiST Languages. Nine. r. H. Coupsr
Aooo"'' H"'S' III l. 18th ST. Tel S,uyv. aSos
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ing flank attacks on Czarism through
the medium of apparently harmless
works of literature. (Witness Turgen-
icff's IA Sportsman's Sketches" which
are credited with a major part in the
freeing of the serfs and are called the
Russian "Uncle Toms Cabin.")
New-York tribune., 1918-02-24

THEO. VAN YORK TENOR
VOCAL STUDIO. 20 WEST 18TH ST
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school of Musical Art. PROF ANDREIyA
Director. 1870 Broadway. Cor. Goth.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-05-28

bag between his feet.
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tumbled off the step, fell into the mud
at the bottom of the trench, and lay
still in a huddled heap with a bullet
hole In his forehead.
At about the time he expected to ar
rive at Waterloo station he was laid
TO rest in a little cemetery behind the
lines. He had gone to Blighty.
In the trenches n can never tell
1t is not safe to plan very far ahead.
After "stand down" the men sit on
the fire step or repair to their respec-
tive dugouts and wait for the rum is
sue" to materialize. Immediately fol-
lowing the rum comes breakfast,
brought up from the rear. Sleeping is
then In order unless some special work
turns up.
Around 1890 dinner shows up,
When this is eaten the men try to
amuse themselves until "tea" appears
at about four o'clock, then "stand to-
and they carry on as before.
While in rest billets Tommy gets up
about six in the morning, washes up,
answers roll call, is inspected by his
platoon officer, and has breakfast. At
8 AS he parades (drills) with his com
pany or goes on fatigue according to
the orders which have been read out
by the orderly sergeant the night pre-
vious.
Between IL 80 and noon he is dis.
missed, has his dinner and Is ION his
own" for the remainder of the day,
unless he has clicked for a digging or
working party, and so IL goes on from
day to day. always looping the loop
and looking forward to peace and
Bnghty.
Sometimes, while engaged In q
"cootie" hunt, you think. Strange tC
say, but It is a fact, while Tommy is
searching his shirt serious thoughts
come to him. Many a time, when per
forming this operation, I have tried
to figure out the outcome Of the wal
and what will happen to me.
My thoughts generally ran in thi:
channel:
VIII 1 emerge safely from the mex
attack If 1 do will l skin through tbs
following one, and so on7 While you
mind is wandering into the future I
is likely to be rudely brought to eartl
by a Tommy i%nterrupting with, what
good for rheumatism"
Then you have something else t.
think of. VIII you come out Of thii
war crippled and tied into knots witt
rheumatism, caused by the wet ant
mud of trenches and d~ugouts? Yol
give 1t up as a bad job and general.
saunter over to the nearest estamine
to drown your moody forebodings In
glass of sickening French beer or t.
try your luck at the always presen
game of "house." You "A hear tn
sing-song voice Of a Tommy droninI
out the numbers as he extracts tn
little squares Of cardboard from tn
bag between his feet.
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relax his watch for a second. If he Is
questioned from the trench or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the ex-
panse of dirt in front of him. The re-
mainder of the occupants of his trav-
erse either sit on the fire step, with
%bayonets fixed, ready for any emer-
gency, or If lucky, and a dugout hap
pens to be in the near vicinity of the
traverse, and if the night is quiet, they
are permitted to go to same and try
and snatch a few winks of sleep. Little
sleeping is done generally the men sit
around, smoking Tags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some of them,
perhaps with their feet in water, would
write home sympathizing with the
governor because he was laid up
with a cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work In Wool
wich arsenal. If a man should manage
to doze off, likely as not he would wake
with a start as the clammy, cold feet
Of a rat passed over his face, or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the sentries in the trench.
Just try to sleep with a belt full Of
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, intrenching tool
handle sticking into the small of your
back, with a tin hat for a pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, with
"cooties" boring for oil in your arm
pits, the air foul from the stencil Of
grimy human bodies and smoke from q
juicy pipe being whitfield into your nos
trils, then you will not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes a turn In
the trench for a rest.
While in a front-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing his
boots, puttees, clothing or equipment
The Goodies" take advantage of this
order and mobilize their forces, and
Tommy swears vengeance on them and
mutters to himself, "Just wait until
hit rest billets and am able to get my
own back"
Just before daylight the men turn
to" and tumble out of the dugouts, mar
the fire step until it gets light, or the
welcome order stand down" is given
Sometimes before 'stand down" is or
dered, the command five rounds rap
i'd" is passed along the trench. Thi:
means that each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire as rapidly al
possible five shots aimed toward th'
German trenches, and then duck (witf
the emphasis on the "duck"). There Il
a great rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their rapid fire all of
first. because the early bird, in this In
stance, catches the worm-sort of get
the jump on the other fellow, catching
him unawares.
We had a sergeant in our battalion
named Warren. He was on duty viii
\ J his platoon in the fire trench n after
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CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

Suicide Annex
I was in my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door of
same was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called Suicide Ditch" Later on
l learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud,
and dreamed mud. I had v before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained in those
three little letters, M U d. The floor
Of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside 1t was raining cats and
dogs. and thin rlvulets were trickling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me anne a drip,
drip, drip. Suicide Annex was a hole
eight feet wide, ten feet long and six
feet high. 1t was about twenty feet
below the fire trench at least there
were twenty steps leading down to 1t.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
or else he would "shoot the chutes.'
The air was foul. and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's flags with a
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
strengthened with sandbags. Nails had
been driven into these timbers. On
each nail hung a miscellaneous assert.
ment of equipment. The lighting ar
rangements were superb-one candle
in a reflector made from an ammuni
ton tin. My teeth were chatterina
from the cold, and the drip from the
airshaft did not help matters much
While 1 was sitting %bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the Preside a
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing a letter, looked up and limo
Gently asked, Say, Yank, how do you
spell 'coniagration'?"
1 looked at him in contempt and an
swered that / did not know.
From the darkness in one of the cor
ners came a thin, piping voice singin:
one of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
Pack up your Troubles in your XII
Bag. and Smile, Smile. Smi
Every Low and then the
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would stop to cough, cough, cough, but
1t was a good Illustration of TOmmy's
cheerfulness under such conditions.
A m~achine-gun officer entered the
dugout and gave me a hard look. l
sneaked past him, sliding and slipping,
and reached my section of the front
line trench, where l was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, "Where
In - ave you beenT'
/ made no answer, but sat on the
muddy fire step, shiverlng with the
cold and with the rain beating In my
face. About half an hour later
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock l was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ton on the fire step. The rain sud
denly stopped and we all breathed Q
sigh Of relief. We prayed for the morn
ing and the rum issue.
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fag-draped stretcher, carried by four
soldiers. l was n of the four. Be
hind the stretcher, in column of tours,
came the remainder of the section.
To get to the cemetery, we had to
pass through the little shell-destroyed
village, where troops we're hurrying
TO and fro.
AS the funeral procession passed
these troops came TO the attention"
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only sa-
lutte a private is entitled to "some-
where In France"
Now and again a shell from the Ger
man lines would go whistling over the
village to burst in our artillery lines
in the ear
When we reached the cemetery we
halted in front Of an open grave, and
laid the stretcher beside 1t. Forming
a hollow square around the opening Of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service.
German machlne-gun bullets were
Cracking" in the air above us, but
Pete didn't mind, and neither did we.
When the body was lowered into the
grave the flag having been removed,
we clicked our heels together and
came to the salute.
1 left before the grave was filled In.
| could not bear to see the dirt thrown
on the blanket-covered face Of my COM
rade. On the western front there are
no collins, and you are lucky to get a
blanket to protect you from the wet
and the worms. Several of the sec
ton stayed and decorated the grave
with white stones.
That night, in the light Of a lonely
candle in the machine gunner's dugout
of the front-line trench l wrote two
letters. One to Pete's mother, the
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noon when orders came up from the
real that he had been granted seven
days leave for Blighty, and would be
relieved at five o'clock to proceed to
England.
He was tickled to death at these
welcome tidings and RECALLED his more
or less envious mates beside him on
the fire step with the good times In
store for him. He figured 1t out that
in two days time he would arrive at
Waterloo station, London. and then
seven days bliss
At about five minutes to FIVE he
started to .idget with his rifle, and
then suddenly springing up on the fire
step with a muttered, "I1l send over
a couple of souvenirs to Fritz 30 that
he'll miss me when l leave" he stuck
his rife over the top and fred two shots
when "crack" went a bullet and he
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CHAPTER XII.
Over the Ton.

On my second trip to the trenches
officer was making his rounds of
inspection, and we received the cheer
full news that at four in the morning
we were to go over the top and take
the German front-line trench. My heart
turned TO lead. Then the officer car
ried on with his instructions. To the
best of my memory l recall them as
follows: "At eleven a wiring party will
go out In front and cut lanes through
wi barbed wire for the passage Of
troops in the morning. AT two o'clock
our artillery viii open up with an in
tense bombardment. which will last I'M
til four. Upon the lifting Of the bar
rage the first of the three wave will
90 over" Then he left. Some Of the
Tommies. first getting permission from
the sergeant, went into the machine
g%unners' dugout and wrote letters
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CHAPTER X.
1.-THE DAYS Work.

1 was fast learning that there Is a
regular routine about the work of the
trenches, although 1t is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work in the fire trench
commences at shutdown. Tommy is
like a burglar, he works at night.
Just as 1t begins to get dark the
word "stand to-" Is passed from trav-
erse to traverse, and the men get busy.
The first relief, consisting Of two men
to a traverse, mount the fire step, one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet, ready to carry
messages or to inform the platoon Off
Ger Of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations in No Mans
Land. The sentry is not allowed to
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ITO Be C%ontinued.)

American officers believe Germany
will lose the power of offensive in the
coming drive.
Rumania. by the terms of the treaty
forced upon her, has been made a
vassal nation Of Germany.
Prince Arthur of Conn )ugat. a cou-
sin Of King George, is visiting the
United States.
American artillery and infantry is
to be sent to the Italian front in the
near future.
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other to his sweetheart. While doing
this / cursed the Prussian war god
with all my heart, and 1 think that st.
Peter noted same.
The machine gunners in the dugout
were laughing and joking. To them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, in the
warmth of their merriment, my blues
disappeared. One o o forgets on the
western front.
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Use of Bran and Shorts in Lieu
of Wheat Flour.

Bran and shorts are being
widely used throughout the
country in lieu of white wheat
flour. Shorts, particularly may
be used practically the same
as flour without any other flour
ingredient, and the resulting
breads are excellent. At most
not to exceed Is to 20 per cent
wheat flour is needed with
either bran or shorts to pro-
duce most excellent breads.
Some make splendid bread
from shorts alone.
Neither bran nor shorts can
at present be purchased as a
part of the requisite wheat
substitutes to be taken with a
wheat flour purchase. but they
can be purchased separately
and no substitutes need be pur-
chased with either of them.
The use of bran and shorts gen.
orally instead of wheat flour
will entirely do away with the
burden of paying high prices for
wheat substitutes. The food
administration earnestly urges
everyone to give them a trial.