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New-York tribune., 1919-02-23

T E HAD two major claims to dis
~ tinction. The more obvious one
81 was that he was probably the
first American citizen to get into
the world war. The other, certainly the
more interesting, was that in him Bernard
Shaw's "Chocolate Soldier" came into actual
be;ne. Bluntschli with modernizations,
naturally, but as true to type temperament
ally as if he had just stepped out OF Arms
and the Man"
We we're with him in the last weeks of
1t. which was fortunate, for there was none
left who had been his friend in the first
week-at Mons and afterward. He told
about those friends that had been, and OF
going through it all himself without even q
scratch. with grimness that could not keep
out q touch Of enjoyment. 1t was the vlndi-
cation of his chocolate soldier" theories.
He happened to be in Paris when the war
broke out His home was in Boston and his
regular job in the interior of Morocco, but
he had just finished driving a car in road
race to Constantinople and back for the
fun of the thing.
When the war was two days old he and
several friends of assorted citizenships met
to see what was to be done about it. They
decided it couldn't go on without them, and
when some one suggested that the British
army would do as we'll as any, and that 1t
was supposed to be landing on the Belgian
coast they caught the first train in a body
and hunted it up.
The British army didn't want them par
ticularly, having other things to occupy it's
attention, but it took them in. LIE Blanc
not that it matters, but that is his name
was made a sergeant and put in charge Of
the others because he could speak French
and German.
On the way across Belgium somebody
found out about the road race, SO he went
through the Battle of Mons and the retreat
as motorcycle dispatch rider. Then came
the first terrible winter in the trenches.
1t was about this time that there came
to him the realization that the soldier who
does his job without getting killed in doing
it is a better soldier than the foolhardy one
who doesn't last long enough to be of any
use.
He may have gained his first ideas in self
preservation before the through being
a neighbor of the bandit Raisuli in Moroc-
CO. RaisWi's neighbors had opportuniti IS
for education along those lines. He may
have picked up other pointers from fight
ing beside Major d'Espery against the ma
tives, who were always ambushing one in
the desert or penning up in consulate
giving way to their feelings in one way
another. The major must have picked
up some ideas, too, to judge from his good
work later as commander in chief at Sa-
loniki.
At any rate, LIE Blanc soon had abundant
instances to bear out his theory. It seemed
that many of his comrades were possessed
of the liveiiest curiosity as to whether the
Germans were still occupying the trenches
across the way.
Every SO often one Of them would feel
that he simply must know about those Ger
mans. Thereupon he would stick his head
up and look over to see what they were
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23

this condition till it covers the whole of
the great interior basin, and it is clear
enough why the interior continued for so
long to produce raw materials and nothing
else. Clear enough, too, why these east and
west railways became so powerful Pred
atory grip? 1t was nothing of the sort;
it was the grip given by indispensable
service.
But IN the mean time manufacturing in
dustry was moving to the westward also.
Not in long, reckless leaps, but far and
safely in the wake of the land hunters
One by one sagacious pioneer makers of
finished products crept quietly from New
York and Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania
into eastern Ohio, then on into Indiana,
then to Illinois and on to the Mississippi,
moving with all caution, seeking for closer
contact with the sources of their
materials. Success was won. There grew
up in those Middle Western states long
chains of sound industrial communities
firmly knit together by the railways into
east and west lines. With the waterway of
the Great Lakes to supplement the rails
that east and west direction of commerce
took the appearance of having been
divinely ordained. At any rate, it became
the established order of things. Few were
bold enough to argue seriously that time
FIR change would come.
That time has come. Since the beginning
of this century there have been plenty of
signs-not cryptic handwriting on the wall
which only a seventh son might decipher,
but signs of the plainest. And now the
experience of enforced service in the
world war has brought "The Day" to this
interior empire.
Independence of the East? No, not mere
ly; something greater. Supremacy over the
East in an industrial rivalry? No, nor that
Rather the building of great industrial
structure to which all national industrial
experience has been steadily pointing;
structure not to be jealousy bounded and
safeguarded by the rim of the basin but an
integral part of the national structure,
truly American and dedicated to the broad
est of human service.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
Caviar to
The General

In the midst of his campaign n u,
uniforms he came upon another a. ss
Obstinate generals were getting to be rsts.
an old story. This one was very obs,;.@'
Why did he want to go into the Ama.;.
army anyhow? sa
Because he was an American c,+;.
one thing. LOT
But he had taken the oath of alles;..
to Great Britain. "'s
He begged the generals pardon hn..,
hadn't wv 's
But he must have. No person cor,d
in the British army who had not dora y"
Begging the generals pardon again h..
at the time he Joined the British armr ~
British army was too much concerrss y
other matters to pay any attention 70 o..s.
of allegiance.
And how long was it since he bsa 49,.
out to France?
Well, it was some time before the yer.,.,
had come out.
Was it before Ypres?
1t was before Mons.
Before Mons?
Yes, the war had been going on two a,u.
And if the general would like to see this
passport for him as British officer h.
had had to get it from the American q,
thorities.
The general sputtered his amazement In,
he approved the request. LIE Blanc I. o..
ing to miss his generals DOW that the th;,x
is over.
He is also going to miss his war. for.
besides formulating his chocolate soldisrs
rules and regulations, he has acquired
most abiding hatred for the Hun In shs
midst of the armistice celebrations he vs.
a gloomy figure. He felt it was a dirty
shame to stop the war just when It VIA
going along so beautifully. He really was
deeply hurt about it,
There was only one spark of hone in su
of the news. That was that Rumania hai
just declared war on Germany. He won.
dered whether Rumania didn't need a first
class aviator, for her flying corps--if she
had one. Surely every one wasn't going to
stop fighting. How was the situation in
Mexico now? Wouldn't there be chancs
of something opening up there before long?
One by one his hopes faded 1t seemed
that the Hun was going to get off easy in
spite of all he could say. Of course there
was Russia, but it was cold and uncom.
Portable in Russia, and one never could be
sure of a good scrap even then.
When l left him he was becoming re-
signed to go back to Morocco to manage
his company's properties again. He was
going to take machine along, his old
bus, if he could get it. There would be
no trouble about landing fields on the
desert.
There was always a chance of interesting
developments in Morocco An airplane
would be mighty convenient thing to have
around the house, especially when you're
living next door to the Raisuli family!
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
The Problem
As Omaha Saw 1t

1t is only about dozen wears since
the people of Omaha began seriously to
consider the matter Of making that city a
primary market for grain and wool and
hides and other items on the list of raw
materials produced in the wide territory
OF which she called herself the metropolis.
To-day she is a primary market more in
name than in substantial fact, in that she
has done little toward basing other indus
tries upon this raw material traffic. Ex-
cepting meat packing she has no industries
matched to the volume Of the flow of raw
stuffs through her gates--none which figure
in that significant column of industrial
summaries value added by manufacture.
On large scale that is merely the service
OF the neutrality-suspicious. to the middle
man VINO takes charge for handling.
passing the raw materials on unchanged to
their ultimate markets; but only by the
grace OF an outworn industrial fiction NAV
such service be considered a contribution
to wealth. 1t adds to ultimate costs with
out adding at all to values
1t is, perhaps, unfair to Omaha to single
her out from the multitude of interior cities
for this implied criticism Omaha's case
is not unique; it is fairly illustrative Of a
very general condition of the very common
illusion of past days, that the riches
gained by traffic in raw materials stood for
new created wealth There was money in
1t, and 80 these scores Of thrifty interior
towns and cities continued gathering wool
Tor export to remote textile centres, which
would send it back presently as woollen
fabrics ana xarmenta. continued gstberno
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
After the
Balance?

DO you appreciate that 1t is long since
we have been talking of the westward tide
of migration save in terms of the past
Look again at the map and you will see that
since 1890 the centre of population has
hung close to one spot, just south of Indian
apolis. The meaning of that is plain. The
And hunters have finished their pioneering;
the lands of the great basin are occupied.
That has been true for almost thirty years.
Centres will shift little from time to
time; not much. Density of population has
just about come to a balance, east and
west; the next marked shift will be to the
southwark.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
Temperament i'm
The Fight

If he had any such overpowering interest
in the doings of the Hun the result Of his
observations taught him to restrain it..
When he wanted a look he went to a.
sniper's post used q perscope 1t wasn't
much extra trouble and it saved the dig
ging they were always having to do for
the ones who looked when they felt like it.
He found the idea had its advantages
too, in going over the top. He was struck
by the dissimilarity in the methods of the
Tommy and the Poilu. His French ancestry
may have made him incline toward the lat
ter's ways although the chances are that
it was his common sense
The British, he noticed, climbed out of
the trenches quite coolly when the time
came, formed in straight lines and plodded
along behind their barrage. When gaps
began to come in their ranks it made no
difference as far as the disinterested plod-
ding was concerned.
With the French it was another matter.
Before the zero hour every man in the
trench was aquiver with suppressed excite
ment They walked up and down. little
each way; they examined their rifles again
and again; they chewed their lips without
knowing it. When they went over there
were no straight lines. Every man was on
his own. Every man took advantage of
whatever shelter he could find. He darted
from one she'll hole to another, then behind
a shattered tree trunk, then behind a little
rise in the ground, but always keeping up
with the barrage.
1t was difference in temperament that
showed in the statistics when the losses
were counted. Not that LIE Blanc was inter-
ested in statistics just then; he was fgur-
ing out safety first tactics in bayonet fight
ing, ways in which you could kill the most
Germans while they were killing the least
of you.
He was successful enough at it to be
given a commission and platoon. More
wearing months in the trenches went by be-
fore there came need at headquarters for
men who could speak French perfectly and
who we're familiar with the adjacent coun-
try. AS he had spent some years in north
ern France and had friends in many of the
towns he was one Of those finally selected.
After period of instruction in map read
ing and other courses they were ready for
their work-that of gathering information
back Of the German lines. Only volun-
teers had been chosen. 1t was not looked
on as particularly safe work.
lie Blanc, however, saw no reason why
it should be especially hazardous. AS
chocolate soldier" he found it rather
tempting. Surely it would be far more
comfortable than the trenches They were
to live in chateau near headquarters-had
been living there, in fact, with beds and
tablecloths and bathtubs and the most IT,
heard of things. The only uncomfortable
part of it had been when they had started
to practise parachute jumping.
1t was the plan of the staff to send them
over the lines in airplanes, have them julp
out at convenient spots, hide the parachutes
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
first to Resume Work-The War-Made Mississippi Basi

These states produce e5 per cent in value
of all cultivated farm crops; 81 per cent of
all livestock; II per cent of all swine; 62
per cent Of all dairy cattle; 5S per cent of
the wool; 81 per cent of all cereals; 80 per
cent of the wheat, and rs per cent of the
sugar.
Not one centre of national production of
raw wealth but lies in the heart of this
basin-wheat, corn, oats; cattle, hogs,
sheep; cotton, lumber, iron, coal, copper,
lead, zinc, petroleum-the whole list, ex-
cepting oysters and Goldfish. These produc-
tion centres are grouped in an unmistak-
able north south line up and down the
Mississippi.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23

nothing can become so disagreeable as a
general who makes up his mind to it. He
has strategic disagreeable advantages that
could never be possible in civil life.
The result was a natural one. LIE Blanc,
who had volunteered for the work, ceased
to volunteer. The general sent for the
others. They felt about it as LIE Blanc did
The general insistent. They also
ceased to volunteer The general was left
alone with his excellent plan.
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23

the War Office under the impression =.
he was too valuable q man to ,osa :. 'as'
practically an impossibility. Yet he Ala ~ =
and would have had his majors OAK Nv Wv II
If the armistice hadn't spoiled th,nc. -'ss
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
1t Was Dirty Shame to Stop the War;

doing. Whereupon, lie Blanc noticed, the
Germans displayed we'll defined tendency
to shoot hole in that particular head
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
By William R. Lighton
Well kno1cn interpreter Of tveste,m spirit
and opinion

A FTER wars chaos comes recon-
"a struction. Not a mere restoration
~ of the old, but the building of
New-York tribune., 1919-02-23
By Harlan Thompson

II W HAD two major claims to dis
- tinction. The more obvious one
was that he was probably the
first American citizen to get into
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03
NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE MUSIC
LOCAL MUSICAL ACTIVITIES
By A. w. HARMED.

The Washington Opera Company Gounod
week before last and all connected with the entitled
bit of the that be offered them for the
heir work Six performances given and taken whole the
reduction would stand comparison with those of number
ravelng that visited Washington during
Nearly of the principals chorus and orchestra
oyed during the day and deal for forward
that such performances foster OF all
hsdudy of this character always paybut from
ne question of the support in the future.
1t expected Carmen" will
This that the public supports
ponb for the finances there will opportunities singers
Washington learn the best the entering
work themselves and for those playing orchestral
huy ensemble playing under the best conditions
i bettermen that such organization if made
would
Time after time during the efforts
h of this and other musical activities
he failure of public financial has made further
dong such lines the subject of kind of advice
bose that have heretofore been unable On May
the needs for the organization of the musical
which would work for the raising of the standards of music
ng by making place for the students themselves
tbsoluey false there The
With the public than with the leaders
Hnces that attending the visiting
how that the public will support which
rdy be expected that those who
sl be willing the price local productions
hey would hear those that
ad 1t to be regretted that the admission do include
for those whose purses slm but do
in the o he
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03
MUCK PROTESTS
EXILE FROM u. S.

When poor DR.. Muck was bounded
from America and the Boston
symphony by an unappreciative re-
public he returned to the sanctuary
OF Berlin, but not in chastened mood.
He proclaimed to the admiring Ger
man public that ignorant American
ofncials had arrested him on the
ground that his innocent nru sical
scores contained a code of communi-
cation. But news of this statement
enraged the ignorant officials. and
they told on him. What they told
shows DR.. Muck as anything but in
nocent
The eminent%not TO say notorious)
conductors letters of deception to a
young woman of Boston have been
this week made public. Therein a
comprehensive vocabularity of vitu-
peration is taxed. Among the epi-
thets he applied to the' American
public. his hosts. are pack OF swine,
rabble, vulgar crowd. ours, and.
again, dogs and swine. Intimate re-
lations with Count Won Bernstorfr
are revealed. showing DR.. Muck as
an invaluable agent OF German prop
aganda- Even the few persons who
once sincerely believed DR.. Muck to
be a victim Of circumstances are
now enabled. through these partial
revelations of the Secret Service. to
see what a curly and palpitant snake
was cherished in the cold, classic
bosom of Boston.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03
YSAYE TO CONDUCT
HERE DECEMBER II

Eugene Ysaye. who will conduct
the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
in the concert scheduled for the
afternoon of December IL. was
born in Liege. July 16, 1858, re-
ceived his first lessons from his
father and made his first appear
ance in public at the age of 6. He
was offered the conductorship OF
the New York Philharmonic So
ciety in 1898 but declined.
Ysaye is a man who in addition
to being one of the greatest OF
violinists has slowly and patiently
built up a reputation as an or
chestra conductor. His interpreta-
tion OF the Caesar Frank Symphony
in d minor has been enthusiastical-
ly written of by many of the most
severe critics.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03
GERMAN OPERA AMAZES.

When Pasquale Amato. the well
known concert baritone. arrived on the
steamer Giuseppe Verdi, ,~in excellent
spirits and health, he was amazed to
find German opera being given in New
York. He told of a meeting with
d'Annunzio. in Trieste. prior to the
poet-warrior's coup d'etat at Fiume.
Mr.. Amato went TO Italy last Spring
to discover the status of valuable
realty in Trieste. and was overjoyed
to find it intact. Prior to rejoininS
the Metropoliton Opera Company he
will ill concert engagements in
Montreal. Canada, and Brockton,
Mass. assisted by Miss Kitty Beale,
of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03
HOMER, BOSTON
ORCHESTRA, WINS

The Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Pierre Monteux conducting, with
Louise Homer as soloist. gave the
second of the series Of concerts ar
ranged for the season. under the man.
asement of Mrs. Wilson-Greeae, yes
terday afternoon at the National
Theater
The symphony chosen for this oc-
casion was Chausson's in b Hat major
Mr.. Monteux's reading was mastery
throughout, and the work OF the or
chestra. after its lapse of the past
season, was a revelation, bringing II
back to the standard set in other
days. All divisions OF the orchestra
responded Immediately to the con-
ductor's ideas. making the tone PC
lures well nigh perfect in every in
stance. Particular stress might be
laid on the brass. for which this
orchestra has always been noted. the
richness of the quality showing forth
especially in the choral in the last
movement.
In Critics The Pleasure-Dome OF
kubla Kahn" the work of the lower
strigs in this fantastic symphonic
poem also deserves special mention.
In this number, as well as in the
symphony. the work OF the oboes De-
serves praise.
Not less noteworthy than the 500
work of the orchestra was Mr.. Mon
teux's accompaniment of Mrs. Homer.
Throughout all the numbers the or
chestra was a full support and in
complete sympathy with the soloist.
Mrs. Louise Homer. our American
contralto. received an ovation at the
end of her suite Of three songs, which
were sung as only she can sing them.
The familiar air OF the Largo" from
Handels "Xerxes' seemed almost
new, so exquisite was her interpreta-
ton. The Bach classic. My Heart
Ever Faithful" carried a sermon to
the hearts of all.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03

usually have humorous verses. Here
is a labor song from the Arkansas
River levee, Charleston Gals:
AS / walked down de new cut road,
| met de ta'pan and de toad;
De toad commence TO white an
sing
And de possum cut de pigeon wing.
Along came a ole man a-ridin' by:
Ole man. IL you don't mind your hoss
will die.
II he dies I'll tan his skin.
An il he lives I'll ride him agin'
Hi no for Charlie ston gals!
Charleston gals are de gals for me.
"a B. is the second measure OF
that song, which Is in the key OF
C major. is natural Two measures
later the same b is Hat or in the
minor.
"'Spirituals.' 'raE-time' and blues.
these are all contributions of ne
groes to American music. ! am not
one of those who think that every
negro is a genius. or anything OF
that sort. But is not their music ex-
erting a stronger influence on the
popular music OF the American peo-
pie. and has it not a very original
and fascinating quality of its own -
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03

Blues, said Mr.. White, "is a term
derived from certain labor songs of
the negroes in the South. These peo-
pie have not stopped creating folk
music with the end of the civil war.
In fact. they continue to be perhaps
the most creative musically speak
ing. of any citizens of the United
States
"One day not very long ago." he
continued, Il was in a train in the
South. listening to the playing, on a
bamboo flute. of a young colored
man. And said to myself. My, that
sounds interesting and popular 1t
was a typical blue tune.
This word. blues comes from
the experiences of negroes. who are
feeling mournful or downcast and
who make music to tighten their
gloom. The music has interesting
and unusual characteristics. Certain
notes of the scale are raised or low
cred at will OF the musician. They
thus often give the hearer the i'm
preston of alternating major and
minor strains. and this miXup of ma
jor and minor is one of the charac-
teristic and original features of gen.
uine blues The blues are particu-
larly the musical expression OF road
gangs, or of convict laborers. They
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03
ON THE SAME BILL.

A local paper published a notice
headed "Mauretania Brings Singer"
reading: New York, Nov. 25-Thc
Cunard liner Mauretania arrived
here with many well known per-
sons among her passengers. They
included Mime. Louisa Tetrazinni.
famous grand opera singer. who
will begin n tour of the United
States on November 30. and Fred
Fulton. American h eavy-weight
boxer. who said he would seek a
match with Champion Jack Demp-
sey."
This would make an interesting
diversion from the usual concert
program.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03
CONSTANTINE DEAD.

Florencio Constantine. well-knowr
Spanish opera singer. is dead in
Mexico City after a long illness.
For many years he sang in the
Unred States. appearing with the
San Carlo Opera Company. the Bos-
ton Opera Company and the Man
haitian Opera Company, under the
management of the late Oscar Ham
merstein. He travelled all over Eu-
rope. singing in the principal cities
of England. France and Italy.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-03
THE SEASONS MUSICAL NOVELTY
The Quartet Comes from the Sistine Chapel
of Rome

Undenisby the unusual musical
will be here by four singers the Sne Chapel
Choir Of Rome These artists remarkable
conrso and bass have
the middle of September and will December
Male and contaos usual this country but these
voices the high of the Rome
for several the training of these high has been
particular development in the musical Schoa
know that the coming
Gabrie Cechini and Dos Santos
history The Ssine Choir dates back century,
before that time special
which the Pope ofciated The
the chapel built by Sxus century,
Appearing here with the four singers will be Albert
organ pianist Canei is widely
known of religious and he acting the
capacity of accompanst N this American