THE OMAHA SUNDAV BEE: MARCH 9. 1019.
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MUSIC OFFERS
NEW FIELD FOR
SOLDIER BOYS
Brooklyn Music School Settle
ment Has Plan to Aid
Men to Better
Positions.
New York City, One of the es
lential duties which Vr Camp
Community service is called upon to
perform for the next few months, at
least, is the refitting of soldiers for
civilian life. This duty President
Wilson recently described, "The
payment of a draft of honor which
the United States accepted when it
selected these men and took them in
their health, and strength to fight the
tattles of the nation."
The methods of refitting our sol
diers are as many and as varied as
the communities to which they are
returning. One' essential which is
already unter way is the use of
music both in helpinff the soldiers to
a new way of earning a living and
In assisting the doctors of the coun
try to bring about a speedy recovery
from shell shock. Dr. George M
Parker, formerly head of the clinics
for mental and nervous diseases in
St. Vincents and Roosevelt hospitals
in New York City, was consulted by
War Camp Community service on
the value of music Hi the treatment
of shell shock. He said:
Effect of War on Mind.
"One -f the chief etfects of war
on the mind is the enormous in
crease of our primitive emotions.
Many of these have been deeply
buried, such as intense fear and
linger, conflict and fierce danger
bring these to the surface and the
individual many times is disorganiz
ed by them, especially when they
have been too much repressed -previously,
'
"The muscles and voice are pecul
iarly basic because of their value in
expressing to others our feelings
and impulses. Hence whoever may
use muscles and voice . is certain to
release in a culturabway tht primi
tive. Music does this with rhythm
and tune. To use this consciously
then would be a therapeutic neces
sity directed towards a defin e
goal."
The Question of providing a new
hieans of livelihood along musical . thing in all my life as I was when
lines nas oeen taicen up oy me i got the tirst Ked Cross box. i
Booklyn Music School Settlement. ujd not eat any more boche soup
located at 5Ja urand avenue, urooK i and we all got new clothes and ov
lyn. !n an outline of the plan sub- jercoats and hats. Before we got
nutted by Kendall K. Rlussey, di
rector of the school, to Dr. C. A.
Prosser, director of the Federal
Board of Vocational Education, Mr,
Mussey says: ,
Musicians In Service.
"We strongly feel that music has
a place in re-educational work.
There is a considerable numbe ol
very fair amateur musicians besides
the professionals now in Service,
and those whose musical education
has been interrupted by war would,
after having received ' additional
training, be able to make on excel
lent living as members of orchestras
in theaters, motion picture houses,
hotels, restaurants, and possibly
symphony orchestras as well as
piano tuning. A man fitted for such
work would earn more than in
manv of the other occupations and
trades which he might take up. If
desirable, this work could also fur
nish clinical facilities for observa
tion and experiment in the efficiency
of musicfor treatment of nerve
shock cases."
Dr. Prosser has given the plan
his hearty approval, and at the re
quest of his department, the Settle
ment has decided to provide a house
, to be used as a convalescent home
for the men while training at the
school. It has been arranged with
the Brooklyn branch of the New
i'ork War Camo Community Service
and Brooklyn National League for
Woman's Service, that they will
conduct and furnish this house
jointly, including the canteen. The
use of the house, for as long ?s is
necessary, is a gift from the school.
In order that the house and school
be together in a more central loca
tion, it has been decided to pur
chase new quarters near the acad
emy of music.
Yank Prisoners Exposed to
American Fire by Germans
Fred G. Jordon of Bennington Tells How He Was Taken
Prisoner by Huns During the Verdun Drive Yanks
Made to Carry German Wounded Lack of Nourish
The rarest of the war stories
that of an American soldier's ex
perience in a prison camp consists
usually of mere sidelights and cen
sored letters, 'but in the story of
Fred C. Jordon of Bennington, who
was, formerly a prisoner at Camp
Kastatt, Germany, there is both be
ginning and end.
Six Yankee soldiers were lost
from their company during the Ver
dun drive and on September 29 they
found themselves at 4:30 in the
morning surrounded by bodies who
were giving a heavy shell fire. Jor
don, wounded in the foot, also weak
from the gas attacks, lay all night
in a dugout full of water, and that
morning was taken prisoner.
"It was hard for me to give up,
but I could not do much more so
had to," he said.
"Hack of the lines," he continued,
"we were made to carry wounded
bodies many miles through the
thickest of American -hell fire.
Searched By Boches.
"I'd rather meet 20 boches if I had
a chance with them, than go
through such shell fire."
At the aid station German officers
searched him and left him only a
Bible and a little money.
From, here they tiaveled on by
foot, with only two days' rations,
and did not get anything to eat un
til the fourth day at noon.
"That was only a little bread or
'punk,' as we call it, sour and
hard so that one coulu hardly eat it.
"We marched 24 kilometers be
fore stopping and they gave us
then only some barley soup and
brown water, called 'coffee,' but
made of barley."
October 7, the Germans went to
Sedan and another story of priva
tion is brought to light.
Hitched to Wagons.
"At Sedan they made us work.
They hitched us to some old wagons
and we loaded their guns, hauled
loads like beasts expecting to be
killed by American shells anytime,"
he tells.
"From then on we were" kept by
the American Red Cross," he said
I was never so glad to get any-
all that we sure, were a sad looking
sight. We were at Rastatt until the
first of November, when some of us
were sent out on command,
there were twenty-two of us
at the job. We worked, in a jam
factory but we did very little. We
kept the poor Germans busy trying
to make us work. After I saw how
the jam was made I did not care
for much of it. They would get in
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with hand and feet. We worked
at the place called Ettlingcn and
s'.ayed at Karlsruhe. The train ran
from Ettlingen to Karlsruhe so we
went back and forth on the train.
Had No Blankets.
"Karlsruhe is a nice large town.
After we got to the depot at Karl
sruhe we had about half an hour to
walk to the barrack, night and
morning. After the armistice it
was no more use to make me work,
the guards took us back the next
day. On the 11th of December the
last train came from Switzerland to
take what prisoners were left. I
sure was glad to get out of Ger
many. I went hungry and cold, we
had no blankets, but it is all over
now and I am back to my old com
pany. 11
"Coming through .Switzerland we
sure enjoyed ourselves. I had so
much stuff that the Swiss people
gave me I could hardly carry it.
They sure were good to us. We
landed in Vichy, France, on the 13th
of December, where we were in the
care of the American Red Cross. I
sure miss the Red Cross now.
"I left Vichy to join my company
on the yth ot January. I was al
most seven days getting here. I
was glad to see that so much of the
company were left, as I had heard
that most of it was gone.
Chorus in Automobile
Decoration Make Hit
With Gayety Patrons
The 1919 edition of "the Auto
Girls" at the Oayety garage pre
senting "The Butterflies of Broad
way" i3 one of the seasonable at
tractions for Auto Show visitors.
"Old Man" Johnson in addition to
presenting a production in Weeping
with the week s festivities has deco
rated the theTerfor the occasion
Tickets are purchased through an
auto tire, and accessories and pen-
nits decorate the play house.
Sam Howard formerly a member
of the "Bell Boy Trio" on the
Orpheum circuit and Jim Coughlin
are the principal funmakers. They
present an especially amusing auto
sketch. They are supported by an
all star cast of principals. The
chorus represents all makes of cars
from a "fliver" to the high powered
speedster and giant truck.
Hattie Beall as Maggie Maloney
in representations of famous stage
stars proves popular with her audi
ence. Helen Tarr in prima donna
roles has a pleasing voice. Jeanette
Corbert playing the "vamp" role, has
i pair of "wicked eyes'' and "shakes
i mean shoulder."
The usherettes greet Auto Show
?isitors in full touring costume
Cans, eoeeles. duster and eil add
.o their attractiveness. Klaxons
reed the audience to their seats
'All in all," as Henry says, "It's a
rattling good show.
American
Casualty List
1EGL1ES
VAR MARRIAGES
ARE VERY VALID
Says Slacking or Overly Ro
mantic Couples Must Con
tinue in Bonds of
Wedlock. l
flMBUNS DEN
FALLS BEFORE
RALS SQUAD
Mysterious Horseshoe Nail
Opens Main Door Into
Unique "jCrap" Game
Meeting.
The followlnr Iowa and Sonth Dakota
mm ar named ia the casualty list Kent
oat It? the government fur Sunday morning-,
March 6:
DIED OF ACCIDENT.
David 8. J. Swain. Charlea City, la.
IIEI OF KISKASK.
William Moore. Hurliuell City, la.
Jahn Smith. Purket herff, la.
Jotia W. IVUUam, Florence, S. P.
Chicago, 111. It will be most
difficult for the war brides and the
draft dodger bridegrooms and the
hero htfsbands to break asunder the
holy ties of marriage, lightly but
not loosely tied in a moment of ;
mental and emotional stress
brought about by the war.
Such is the opinion, and the in
tention, of David M. Brothers, cir
cuit court judge, who deals in and
.also deals out divorces.
Said the judge today:
"The present divorce laws are ex
ceptionally severe. There are few
looplwles for persons who get mar
ried for convenience sake or some
other reason, and then, after a
short time, rue it. Desertion is a
good ground for divorce. The only
hitch is that desertion ts considered
an accomplished fact only after
three or four years.
Cruelty? Oh, yes, another good
reason, ttut there must be other
reasons to augment it. Infidelity is
another reason."
"It looks, then, as if a lot of these
men who got married to escape the
draft, or because they went to war
and thought they'd never come
back, willjiave to make the best ot
their hasty step, without really hav
ing accomplished their purpose?"
the judge was asked.
"Exactly," was the reply. "But
it's a little bit too early to form an
opinion as to whether many of
these persons will try to escape the
marital duties now that the war is
over and their military .'duties, for
the time being, have come to an
end.
indications ot dissension in
Households that have blossomed
i.irth as a result of war marriages
may be seen, however, in a large
number of cases in the court of do
mestic relations. ,
"More than 75 per center "and on
some days even as many as 95 per
cent of the separate maintenance
cases there are being brought by
wives who got married either in
the big rush of April, 1917. or since
that time," said one court official
today.
It will be remembered that in
April, 1917, the month in which
America joined the allies, 6,125 mar
riage Iicene,s were taken' out in
Cook county, breawing all previous
iccords. The rush was duplicated
the second week of last September, "t
when men above ol years ot age
registered for the draft. One thou
sand marriage licenses were applied
for in that week, as compared with
less than 500 last week.
Dan Cupid isn't exactly glad the
war is over.
SIIOPHEI! ASK
85 GENTS HOUR
AS BASSO RAT
Railroad Board to Give Hear
ing on Petition for Increase
of About 25 Per Cept
in Wages.
Washington, March 8. Several
hundred thousand railroad shop em
ployes have asked the railroad ad
ministration to increase their wages
about 25 per cent. The board of
railroad wages and working condi
tions has agreed to hear their case
Ved11esd3y.
The shop trade employes who
were given one wage advance last
year, in addition to the general in
crease in pay, now ask that the
basic rate per hour be changed
from 6S cents to 85 cents for trained
employes with proportionate raises
tor assistants and helpers, ihis
would make the rate for second
class workmen about 60 cents per
hour.
The application also urges that any
increase be made retroactive to Jan
uary 1. Shop employes participat
ing in this wage demand include
machinists, blacksmiths, boiler mak
ers sheet metal workers, electrical
workers and car men.
The principal wage question now
pending is the application of the
leading trainmen's brotherhoods for
readjustments of wage scales to re
store dirterentials existing before
the general wage advance and for
time and a half pay for overtime.
The readustments have practically
been determined upon, resulting in
some decreases and some advances
in wages .with the general trend up
ward. No decision has been reached,
however, on whether time and a half
or pro-rata wages will be given for
overtime.
"Omaha tor 1920 National
Rabbit Show" is Slogan
Exhibition of More Than 300 Rabbits, Just Closed, a
Great Success Fanciers Working for Public Mar
ket for Rabbits Here Fred G. Spaulding's Ex
hibit Wins First Prize. '
Rabbit meat is becoming so popu
lar and the raising of rabbits such a
paying business, that the rabbit
farmers are working for a public
market for rabbits in Omaha, ac
cording to Fred G. Spaulding at the
rabbit exhibition which closed in
Omaha Saturday.
"Four hundred people have visited
this exhibition in the last two days,"
Mr. Spaulding said, "and we feel that
we have accomplished one of our
purposes that of arousing sufficient
interest in the vicinity to bid for the
national rabbit show for 1920."
Three hundred rabbits were shown
at the exhibition at Fifteenth and
Dodge streets. They camefrom
Dennison, Council Bluffs and Oma
ha. Prizes were awarded by C. S.
Gibson of Detroit. Mich.
The first prie for the heaviest and
most valuable black Flemish
doe was given Fred G. Spaulding
of Council Bluffs. This rabbit alone
was valued at $300.
A rabbit can be raised on about
$3.50 a year," said Mr. Spaulding.
"A dressed rabbit brings 50 cents
and a, live one 35 cents a pound.' '
The exihibition was arranged in
Omaha purely for educational pur
poses as well as to arouse- interest in
rabbit raising for breeding and com
mercial purposes.
Mr. C. S. Gibson of the national
association was director.
Wooden Soles Are Much
Better Than is Leather
The scarcity of leather in Swit
zerland and its almost prohibitive
price have brought wooden soled
shoes into use quite generally as a
substitute. Even before the war
some wooden soled shoes were worn
although the sabot such as was
common in France and Belgium was
not at all popular.
The progress of the war has led
to the establishment of extensive
factories engaged in the production
of wooden soled shoes by a series
of machines constructed especially
for the purpose.
The wooden soles are better non
conductors than leather, and conse
quently keep the feet dry and warm.
If we ignore fashioi and prejudic.
there are a number of reasons which
is held that the efficiency of the fac
tory worker is thus increased and
that the outlay is more than re
turned after a short time through in
creased output of the employe, who
is less liable to such diseases as
arise through cold or damp feet.
Orchestra Plays for Club.
The Happy Hollow club has se
cured P. J. Christman and his or
chestra for the coming season. Mr.
Christman has been and still is fur
nishing the music for the dances at
the Fontenclle hotel.
Quaint Qurntlon.
The famous Jane Addams of the famous
Hull House said at a Runners' niieUng:
"How quaint the minds of children are.
One Ni-w Year's day 1 gave a little girl a
present of a diary.
" 'This Is a diary." I explained to her
'Every day you must write in it a record
of your life, a record of how you live.'
recommend their use. In many fa'c- ,"" '; the blank page.
c. . J of the book and asked:
tuitouslv supplied by employers, it
But why Isn't It called a livery In
stead of a diary, ma'am' ?" Cajcago Poat.
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The "horseshoe" carpenter shop,
on Seventeenth street, just north of
Capito'l avenue, said by police to be
a busy gambling resort at night was
raided last night, and five men were
arr?sted. They gave their names as
F. R. Thomas, 1920 South Fifteenth
street; Thomas Moore, Twentieth
and Grand avenue; E. King, Twenty-
fourth and Spring streets-f j. A. Han
son, 2035 South Twenty-fifth; and
Charles White, Z536 Dodge street
They are held on $500 cash bonds.
Several weeks ago the "horse
shoe" den was raided and 14 men
believed by police to be prominent
citizens, were arrested. According
to police fictitious names were giv
en, ihe place is said to be richly
furnished.
Many attempts to raid the place
were foiled by a mysterious horse
shoe which was nailed to the only
entrance. Police were at last in
formed by a man, whom they ar
rested coming out of the place, that
one of the eight nails in the horse
shoe served as an alarm.
According to the police the place
is a typical carpenter shop during
the day, but at night is changed as
if by magic into a completely equip
ped resort patronized only by a
select group of well-to-do men.
Church Ho!ds Memorial
Services for Dead Heroes
Woodbine, la., March 8. (Special
to Bee.) Memorial services for the
following soldier boys of Woodbine
and vicinity will be held at the
Christian church here next Sunday
afternoon at 2:30: George L. Weiss,
Louis v. Weiss, .Max A. Weiss
Henry Sorenson, Charles E. Purcellf
Leonard Graham, John W. Briggs,
Howard Mathews, Charles Moss
and Alva M. Powell..
New Ycric Police Arrest.
Youths forfiond Robbery
New York, March 8. Five boys,
ranging in age from 16 to 20, are
under arrest today charged with, as
sault and robbery following the
daring holdup yesterday in the fi
nancial district of Milton Strohm, a
broker's messenger, of Liberty
bonds and other securities valued at
$63,000.
Certificates Oversubscribed.
Washington, March 7. The issue
of $500,000,000 certificates of indobt-!
edness, subscriptions for which
closed yesterday, was oversub
scribed by $32,341,000, the treasury
announced today. This brought the
aggregate amount of subscriptions
for certificates to be redeemed out
It's interfering with of proceeds of the Vitcory loan to
his matrimonial agency, and taking . $4,378,000,00(1
romance out of romantic love. five weeks.
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