EVENING PX'BLK4 LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1918 ttUCY GATES FILLS j strong food conservation plea GALLI-CURCrS ROLE American Coloratura Singer Pleases Audience at Dam- i rosch Concert 'ECHO OF MIX-UP HEARD Wlillc icnreeiitntlei nf Waller narenweh ami Miup. fJnliM'uirl paced Kb. Awdcmv of MU.U- ony ce , afternoon mm '"" " - KuKreo upon, me ra'rn m '" r ilnnal prima rinmm'n iiomippciiranw Jin-c I.U'v (intc. nn Ameilcnti colnra tura'rlnReV wn rllcltliiE cordial plautllti within the BUtlltoilum. Tho substitution '' tuned entirely nfiiceable to tlin audi- however testified to ! r-lttrti or ticketn botiKht In expectation of Hie much. ex ploited ill an I'lill.ulnlphln debut. The Stvr York Symplionj ivlitMt.i. under Mr Damrowli. nubmltted an attractive urogram MrenBthrnril by welcome Was nerlan excerpto but naturally the rlamor of a loiiR-antlcipated cenl was not manifested Echoes of the whole iccretlahle affair are likely lo be heaid for ronio time. Before the Halll-i'iirel furore reached lt height- Indeed as far back as March 50 1917 the New York Symphony con tracted for the Italian artist's nppear ancfl here On one side the assertion li made that since her New York triumph Mme Gnlll-Curcl Is enabled to exact a far larger fee than that stipulated In htr original nciecinent with the Dam rosch forces The opposing contention Is to 'he effect that the Dinger Is really suffering from an ulcerated tooth and that her concert In Chicago last Sun day, subsequent to the cancellation of the Philadelphia date, was gUen under painful difficulties. In am event, I.ucy Uatcs'a position In substituting In such a situation was not enviable She was palpably nerxous In hr opening number, the florid "Bell Song. from I.akmc." and her tones, al though powerful, lacked sweetness and luster She Introduced the selection with a long unaccompanied cadenza. whose exactions would have been trying to any artist Pecldedly more effcctlxa was her closing conttlbutlon, the aria "I na oce I'oco Fa," from "Tho Barber of Se lite ' In this sprightly worlc Miss Oates revealed an authoritative technique and a olce of purity, fresh ness and charm. Mr P.imrosch prefaced his admirable tf rfaQmK Ul uiiiiiiiioo jjciiv- eict-uiivi nj in ly phony with the announcement, that he m'j v.c Antii v npfin imiirpfi nv 1111 iiiiinmn bile and might be constrained to lead part of the program from n chair. He smilingly added that an "ulcerated tooth" had nothing to do with the cape. A sitting posture, was later assume by the director In his magnificent inter pretations of the Wagnerian offerings These Included tho preludo to the third act of Loneiim In," tho "flood Friday Spell," from "Parsifal" ; the "Forest Murmurs" from "Siegfried," and the "Dance of the Apprenllcs," from "Hie Melstersinger ' H T ('. HUNGER ! fw jAh & A-n. .- . A ff-ui- puree years imerica lias lought starvation in Belgium Will you Eat less wheat meat- fats and suga;: that we may still send fcood in ship loads ? UNITED STATES POOD AnMmiiTn at.ov, 1 The wartimo wooa i. uiose of our Allies who nrr faced by the Krim specter of starvation are vividly emphasized in this forceful poster appeal from the food administration. THE WORLD'S WAR Through Woman's Eyes By ELLEN ADAIR 'The Land of the Long White Cloud" The Beautiful New Zcalandcv MUSIC TEACHER HEARS HUNTER WELSH PLAY Schumann Subject of Lecture Recital Before Philadelphia Association Members of the Philadelphia Music Teachers' Association had nn evening of unalloyed enteitalnment and edification at "the monthly meeting last evening In tne Presser Auil'torlum, when Hunter Welsh, the distinguished Philadelphia pianist, gave n lecturo recital on "The Interpretation of the Pianoforte Work? of Robert Schumann " Mr Welsh, whose return to the home concert platform has been one of the fileaslng features of the present season. s a master at the lecturo recital, which analyzes In words and Illustrates at the piano. Ills "Beethoven" and "Chopin," heard earlier In the season, showed the large caliber of his talent In this di rection and the "Schumann" proved a worthy addition to the list. Briefly he sketched the biographical details of the composer's life with espe cial stress on those that had Influence In develonlnir his cenlii". The critical & value of the spoken text, however, lay in tne anaivsis or scnumanns styio nno genius vviih pianoforte Illustration by way of Indicating significances and In- terprt tatlonn of well-known eompnsl- tlons These Mr Welsh nerformed with li' his efficient technique and inusiclanly feeling for Inner meaningH. Mr Welshs chief text for interpretative explanation was Schumann's "f'arnevul " Mr. Welsh Is a pupil of I,auer and J'lschkof Prevlousl) to his Kuropcan career he was a student at the t'nlvcr sily of Pennsylvania, where he wai graduated with literary honortt and where ho specialized in philology He has won marked success since his Amer- " , lean career began and has been soloist ! with the Philadelphia, Philharmonic and New York Symphony Orchestras. Mrs, Kll Meyer, violinist, was also a i, soloist for the teachers' meeting She Is remembered as Miss Jessie Stiauss t and has been on tour with Sousa's Band ( and Mine Kinmii t'alve. She Is nn artistic UollnU't well grounded In the I specialized technique of superior quality p now required nf vlollnlKtn llnrl with 11 talent for bringing out the meanings of the works she Is pel forming. Mrs Meyer played Bach's Arietta." a Handel Bouree, the Beethoven-Kreisler "non ding," Cecil Burleigh's "From a Wig wam" and Coleridge Taylor's "Kastern Dance." MILK FAMINE NOT AN EARLY PROSPECT Producers Meeting in Chicago Say Canned Reserve Supply Will Avert Future Shortage Chlearo. April i No danger of a "tflf famine In the fnlted States for I vrl years at least was seen by , roducers front several States who met Chicago to organize the" Mid- Milk Manufacturers' Association. The purpose of the organization Is co- , operation in legislation affecting the , industry mid to aid the Govern- I . j n tlle war- A committee was I .? t0 arrange for a future meeting. I hi.,r '"casures have limited our ; liiTCF k"ae, to ,l " 'minimum, I wim the result that manufactured milk , m .a.way '" enormous quantities," rt.iri H . "rris, or Klkhorn, Wis., i coairman 0f the meeting. "There Is no I SDr of a milk famine this year nor rniinmany-years to come, for there are I ffi '. ?f cases ot mllk now In Btorage. i. wl" UB " advance In prices, as , tat Government fixes nuch rates, but ' i.tc?ne!mllk w'll be "umclent if the I nura) mllk gives out." . Ss'WAU SISTERS' WILL AID I U. S. SAILORS MORALE A hBtlonal inniPinnnt Hrl& ' Umusemtnt fn- i..a r n.a .,.,.. .- I Lin their morale will lio launched this Pii . 0I Bl ,,,e home of Mrs. K. T. ffrVeV.'i'i ry nat,onal ehalrnian of nuvy ' The lieUf MMMmlllu. IM...I.. ,- ...II .,. I lit,, .1.1'. . '"" """" l eiui.i KrKv i . ecry s,ate- ly- church. so. f'fn,i. . " A" lmu required Is the rae Hn,J marines with entertainment, t tar ,. t. uo'"' "Y uonatlons or talk- ' I," "wiioea. "timokag." books and mo. . The chief aim of the. tin .j ,mu l" "nicies uonaieci. lnJI v t0 armplUli this, a certain EiiV.1 t. '' twnPany of marines or a Li.Ll w" Da "Hotted to the per- s fijcomjnif 'war tirotlwrs." "war hIr- m or "war mntlieru " 'ri, mnvr,An Mncllon nf niriirii noiiiaiti.l Wt! rvAKM TLt t.ij ti4 .l, ?tTrjSsasasif.aj ir-,wv-f jvl-f,';i "niMjrt London, March v. Maori Chief. Ho worry kind to t T talks o nil mm rroen an o Runner wot Is brnve. , , An' of the crews n' thrse re tnnk. whlrli makes the flappTs rave, Ycr cavalry a-thHrgln ui rost the fields In line. A-ilrlvin' nil the Germans bck fr bejond tho lino. Hut don't forget the other clidpi ot 00m there ain't murh akltc- The pom ole blarsti-d tnfantrv, wet's Into very tisht TIII'S did a lirmo Vow Xcalander un liuttlen himself tho other day! On his shoulder '" wore tho mystic b.idge of his regit! "X. ' IV And those three letters have earned undving fame on every battlefield of Kuropc "New Zealand P.lfles " Then lints off to the iufantr In this gieat war' It seems lo me the Infantry, as a whole, gets little praise. Apparently there Is nothing thrllllngly spectacular about Its doings Vet most assuictlly the hard woik falls to Its special lot For When It femesi to rnotin' out the runnln' wli) 'un. The Infnntrv mul do It with the ba'nlt and the bum' I wonder If American readers know the full measure of glory which Xevv Zealand "Tho Land of the Long White Cloud' has reaped for herself in this world war. I wan walking down the Strand with an American who had Just urrlvei) In London. A band of tall, bronzed, uni formed oung men went by, slouch hatted like the American, but with a lino of red In their khaki puggteo They were all wounded, limping, voting ami smiling! Who ate the.v " asked the American curiously "They've cottainlv been put ting up some light with Krltz" "Xevv Zealand Infantrvmen " I said "The heroes of Canibral and of Ypres"' I might have added eouallv truth fully "The heroes of Oallipoli and of theSomme. of Belgium. Kb pi ad a hundred other places " For Xevv Zealand "Aotea-Ttoa -the Land of tho Kong White Cloud has cer tainly done hei bit. "And who are these dark-klnned foreign-looking fellow?" said the Amer ican again, an inoie men of the New Zealand army passed us. ' "Xatlves of that island." I said "The highest type of colored men the Ma oris." Have you ever heard a Maori- a real backwoodsman talk'.' Maori IJke the Trench One of these brave, duk.v little war riors from Xevv Zealand was trlng to describe the extreme nnill emitting be tween his Colonel and a French Ueneral' "T'e French t'e vverry kind people," he temarked, with a grin that showed his shining teeth, "T'ey vverry glad lo see us. an' I'e French Chener.il rub nose.i wit' our Colonel tree times In t'e one day! T'e French Chief all t'e t-ame Co Manuhlrl, t'e visitor. He give t'e Maori soldier t'o red wine ewerty day for t'o 1 at Ion! "T'at wine inako tne weiry glad, an' I sing t'e 'Mnrseillnise' so loud, also t'o Maori song. T'o tea In t'e British Army vverry good, but It can't make t'o soldier glad like t'e red wine. T'e soldier can't sing t'e Maori song and t'e French song after t'e pannikin of tea." Tils first experiences under high-ex-Ploslve had been nerve-racking. "TV (lrst shell say 'pooree BIFF' " be temarked remlnlscently. "An' 1 make 111 noe bleed on t'e duckvvalk at t'e bot tom of t'e trench ! But t'at shell never 1 bang till he go (lvo mile behind' ll ' my mate laugh, an' I look like t'e fool I so I get weiry wild, an' I jump up an' ny 'FrlU. ,vnu t'o damn liar"" According to every soldier on the vvestciti front, the New ZcalanderM have extraordinary powers of "sticking It ' They come of a hardv. bushranglng larmlng stock. Although theie are many Maotls among their number, the major ity of the Xevv Zealand ntmy Is, of course, white. They have been trained long years be foro tho war In bolg. In every kind of physical contest I don't think I have elsewhere seen so many crooked noes - that mark of pugilistic tendencies' a In tho Xew Zealand Army, unless It be among the u"trallans ' Itrnvcit Are the TemlereM A trui- little storv of the ugr v In, n seems to tne symbolical of Frances grief and anguish, has just been related' by a brawny albeit lender-liearjed New 2ea landcr who has fought heroically for close on four long, homesick years I "It happened In France," ho said iiulctly, and with n misty gleam in his eyes, "at a place where Ted and George and I ued to go for a nulct bottlo of champagne. Madame mads such splendid omelets, and the champagne a good "And tho girls there were five of them they were so bright iind chatty. They were such capable girls, too. Some mad'o lace, some mnde coffee, and soms 'made eye.' "And nlna)s they were so genuinely glad to seo us Xevv Zealanders. "The joungest was nged twelve, a bon ny child, with great wldo eyes and tawny hair. "I called her 'Hully-bcef because she was so plump She wns delighted, and pronounced It 'llulla-Blff ' And wo all laughed heal Illy. "Then came the order lo move up: e had two da tin 'Tho Itldge ' Vou'vn tend of the awful 'Illdge.' of course? "Ted poor old Ted " The Xew Zealnnder's volco shook 11 111 lie. "Ted got a bit of shaipnel In the temple He died 'fleorge, when he came out of the snp, wobbled up ti me all white: eyes deep-sunken, lips trembling Oeorgo wasn't built for this kind of buslnes lie's too finely nattired. Wo shook hands. and flenrge leaned on my shoulder and suddenly cried like a kid You see, we'd been rather good pals, Ted and Oeorgo and I "I swore hard nt Oeorgo ami called him all kinds of a fool It wns the only thing to do. Then I led him to the doctor, who felt his pulso and nodded and said' " 'flas and Miook send his kit down' I wns glad old licorge was being sent out. "We went down to the village, nnd I saw Btllla-Hlff While f sipped ntv coffee, the (-at nn mv knee, talking In her quaint, bioken Kngllf-h "Soon I took my departure "Immediately after, a Herman nine-point-two burst squarely through tlio roof of the little shop " Again the Xew Zealand Infantryman paused. "Bulla-Blff wa-i killed -and her sitter nnd two soldiers," he said slowly. "Madame was wounded." Ho paused again, clearing hl throat "Xext day 1 saw Bulla-Hlft's funeral twelve girls In white all carrying flow ers. H was very beautiful." He rubbed his hand actos.s his eyes. "I havo seen men killed," he said, "I havo heard the piteous cries of the torely wounded. But never have I felt such a sense of sadness and desolation as, hat In hand, I saw them bear nwnv little Bulla-Blff and her flowers to the tiny cemetery by "tho canal " There la one notice which appears with unfailing rcgularltv in the columns ot tho newspapers "Missing Believed Killed." heads the long dallv column Below are soldiers' names "Missing- Believed Killed " Have we nnv concept Ion what it me. ins to lie, wounded and d.vlng. out In somo dreary k.v Vy :,' hellhole on tho battlefield? It Is a New Zealander who tells us of It. How rnld and dark It Is' And what thirst! Cheero, old pal" She's tandln close to m. On boche who hol the captain, I shot him. I choked another man who sprang at m". And then there cam a blank! My gear Is I v lout my water bottle and my kit! t m left alone' ' I'm weak from less ef Mood! tint, thank Qod anyway I've don my Ml The hollleh roar of auna comes throunh the mist" The fields are blasted to a desert hr. And honerombed with pools o hloodv rain. Vrt t don't feel afraid not while she's near. O Christ' Hav merrv I ain't been so bad , , , I'm uoliia numb' t'm sllpplne In the hoi' Seems like the dead are nil about me h're' I'm coming, comlne' Lord, receive my soul! PHILADELPHIA .MUSIC CLUn gncs Chine Quinlnn Soloist nt Spe cial Evening Concert The Philadelphia Mulc Club pave a ipeeinl program marked by nttehtlon to Philadelphia artists and composer. Inst night in the handsome mulc room of the Art Alliance The Philadelphia Mil . Ic Club has given a number of after noon programs fortnightly cMilug tho season, but this evening program was more extenlve and elaborate. The featured so!olt was Agnes Clune Quintan, the sleillng local planlt-com-poscr. and slio had as associates such talented nrtlsts as Adalina Pattl Xoar soprano Wlnnlfrcd (Jtoss, contralto, and Kflle I.elHtul flolz. violinist A number of tho Interesting composi tions which are winning reputation for Ml.'s Qulniaii were on the program, nnd oilier Philadelphia composers repre sented were Catnllln Zeckwcr. Philip it tioenn and Nicholas Pout v. Mrs. II II A. Beach and Charles Wakefield t'ad inan were the other contributors to tho program WARNS AGAINST COAL WASTE iislilnglciii. April 1 - Kxtravagant tp-p of antliiailte coal for Industrial pur poses now will cause shoitnge of heat ing fuel next winter, Fuul Administrator liarlield warned today. Consumers are warned not to substitute antbraite for bituminous uses, and dealers are In structed not to supplv domestic sizes of anthracite coal for this purpose , !. I liurd was named district rcpre- i sentatlvo of the fuel administration at Cleveland. 11 , todav 1 Home Tor Aged fiels 150,000 J Cliamberabiirr, Pa.. April 4 The cs. ' tutc of tho late .lohn H Shook, once cashlei of the Oreencastlo National , Bank and later president, which Is now ' released for the Home for the Aged liv 1 the death of his wife. Is estimated at SIM) nno Tim nlan is :i build 11 new 1 nnd modern home beside the piesent 1'hildnnn Home on Federal Hill, a beautiful ste near Lincoln Wnv West. 1 ARTISTS VIE IN QUEER CONTEST FOR BEST ANTI-SNEEZE POSTER Pictures of Nasal Explosions Are Being Drawn for Tuberculosis Prevention Campaign by Philadel phia Normal School Art Students ffQJTOP, look and watch your sneez- O lng." What Is probably the queerest contest ever held 'In Philadelphia was started toda among the art students nt the Philadelphia Normal School, Thirteenth and Spring Claiden streets, who will en deavor to depict suitable posters to bo ued by the Philadelphia committee of the Pennslvnnl.i Society for the Pre vention of Tuberculosis In its campaign to teach school chlldten the proper way to Miooie. Several other art tehools are arranging to enter thl odd contest. "Catch your sneere" Is the theme on which the art students will elaborate Meritorious mention will be made In each which shows greatest worth In campaign propaganda. The prlre-w inning draw ings then will be placed on exhibition and a number of Philadelphia artists se lected to decldo which Is the best of these. The poster work will bo done under the supervision of William A. Mnrtln, head of tho art department of public) schools. , Beginning next week a rourpo of lec tures on how, when and where to sneeze nnd how. when and where not to sneeze will be delivered teveral times weekly lo pupils In Philadelphia schools He gardlng this work. Dr. Bernard Kohn. chairman of the division of school medi cal Inspection, said todav "Sneezing es tablishes n medium for germ dlstrlbu '''' "J I l iT l in .!. llllll Hjlllll M lltlipWllP TnVmitter V how bfviiK(l wl!lcnnd ' sneeze xlwefli, rtsjeTWr! serious consideration rrnin ! perron interested in tho prevention, of dunas. There Is no better place to plant tMt thought than among school chlMtufl - . ', Ij.'.nsr school of the creator of that poster Hon surpassed liv few other rarrlers IF A SAUCE with an appetizing fiavM makes a rump steak taste better than a tenderloin. it's an economy sauce. That's what LEAtPERRINS SAUCE THE ORIGINAL WORCE8TERSHIM ill tlo, every time. Try it. ! A ,. ." 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