The Washington times., 1921-08-03
To-day
aruso Is Dead.
Yet All May Hear Him.
fpIrit, Force, Matter.
His Welcome Above.
ARTHUR BRISBANE
Copyright. 1921.

CRruso Is dead. "A nttie Wnlle
|, that would have meant much
4 few thousand that had seen
heard him, nothing to others.
II it means loss and sorrow to
kllof millions that never saw
p, but heard his voice.
Rhile ago the millions would
lave said, "He is dead, and I
r heard him." Now they will
"He is dead; / have heard him
although ! never saw him."
ID In years to come a thou
will hear Caruso. dead, for
y one that heard him living.
h is the miracle Of the talking
thine.
He learn from Caruso that the
b, a. well as the spirit, is i'm
liant. Many men have had a
psand times Caruso's musical
jus, ten thousand times his in
tgence, infinitely more emotion
sentiment than he. But with
Caruso's BODY there could
be the song that has delighted
lions and will delight other mil
5 for years to come.
hree things count, SPIRIT,
RICE ard MATTER. Spirit
let's force and force acts on
tier. The brain Of Michael
kelo applied force to the ham
that cut out the marble, and
( marble, MATTER, alone is
of Michael Angeles genius.
t was Caruso's spirit, directing
} force of his powerful body,
ing upon his vocal chords, that
|duced songs that can row live
ever. Without the strong body,
physical mechanism in the
bat, no Caruso song.
Iothers that create the human
les, and "eugenists" that deal
h the problem of better made
pan beings, are interested IL
pso. .............
as there also, perhaps, intense
1rest and excitement in Heaven
terday as the famous singer ar
Id? We cannot imagine dead,
y uniformity anywhere, least
all in Heaven. Uniformity
Id make life horrible. There
II be varying degrees OF beauty
celestial as in earthly singing.
Mas there interest above In
arrival? And how will
seem to him after living as a
to find himself ore in a
rus of many billions? These
|, questions that may be asked
st reverently. The power that
lighted a few on this earth for
hort time must surely be used
delight endless hosts through all
rnity. t..
We learn also from Caruso, IN
practical America, that mere
rILITY Is not everything.
ere was absolutely nothing
,EFUL, from the cold. material
&c point Of view. in all Caruso's
}. He did not add anything to
wealth of the world. He dealt
in steel, beef, cotton or gold.
let his was the most important
,siness," that of making men
,py. Ard il we could weigh
ritual values and effects, we
badly should find that by slim
ting human minds and feeding
spirit Caruso did in his life
moro to increase human
". and thus to increase hu-
=. wealth, than any one of the
at industrial kings.
{. a we are bound to believe,
nan beings meet. know them
res, and know each other If
future, what intense delight it
be for Verdi to hear his song
nut the woman as changeable
D feather In the wind sung by
greatest voice that ever
& it,
III the musicians will gather
und. Beethoven with head bent
hands behind his back; Wag-
Z, the powerful creator; Bach,
ording to Beethoven, king Of
m all, will crowd to meet the
' spirit.
md when they ask him about
earth, how it is getting along,
at of its degree of civilization,
russo may answer, well, at any
e, three or four thousand would
; from two to eight dollars for
eat to hear me sing. And a
ldred thousand would pay from
to a hundred dollars to see
} men fight"
The spirits will say, "Caruso,
ought to be glad to get out
such a miserable planet. Please
z us something"