The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972, July 18, 1920, Page 49, Image 49

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    THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 13, s 1C23.
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Paulist Choir
And Soloists
Much Praised
THE cominjr of the Paulist choir ta
rouln great Interest her In mu
sical circle. The choir, now on iU
129 transcontinental tour, constats of
79 voices,, 40 of whom ara boys and
40 men. They are greeted wherever
they go with lares and enthusiastic
audiences. The ensemble Is said to be
marvelous under Its conductor. Father
Finn, founder of the choir. ..
The choir appeared in Regifta. Saska
toon, Canada, July 1, end the Morning
Leader of that city said: t '
"Beautiful beyond description was the
concert given by the Paulist choir of
New York at the Stadiurm Dominion
day of 1920 will be remembered with
thrills of delight by everyone In the
audience that for a couple of hours
was completely carried away by . the
marvelous- harmony - of the -70 men's
and boys' voices making up the choir,
conducted by Father Finn. -
"Second only to I he magnificent of
ferings of the great choir in point of
sensationalism and sheerest witchery of
song were the tenor solos given by
. John Flnnegan. Following bis first aria
of Intense dramatic feeling and gorge
ous tonal coloring, clamoring applause
brought Flnnegan back, and the won
derful purity of his tones and the in
comparable . charm of his diction cast
a still greater spell, for his song was
Somewhere a Voice Ja Calling.-"
The choir is being presented in Port
land this afternoon end tonight at The
Auditorium under the local auspices of
the Knights of Columbus, personal
management for Northwestern United
States and Western Canada being the
Western Musical Bureau. Inc., I A.
Lambert general manager.
Amellta Oalli-Curci was among the
passengers . leaving for Europe on the
Caronia on June 2. Mme. Oalll-Curci
plana a visit to Paris to see ber mother
' who la living there, and will return here
In four weeks. Before leaving the so
prano signified her Intentioa of becom
ing an American citizen within the next
two years. To a representative of Musi
cal America who Inquired over the tele
phone whether the current rumor that
she had married Homer Samuels, her ac
companist, was true, a woman who said
'she was, the. companion of Mme. Galll
Curl stated that the report was un
founded. "I would like to see nothing
better." said the voice, "but this far
nothing of the sort has happened."
Two summonses were served upon
Mme. Oalli-Curcl by Howard Strong
Jut as she was about to embark for
fCurope. Strong served a summons on
the prima donna for 1557.97, the balanc
alleged to be due him for services ren-
- dered as a detective' In her recent di
vorce case. '"'v :
At the same time the detective served
a summons wherein Charles I L. Wagner
figures as. a plaintiff, and Mme. Oalli
Curcl as defendant in a suit brought by
Manager -Wagner for $250,004 for alleged
breach of contract, and for commissions
allesred due. and asking for an account
ing for moneys alleged to be withheld by
Mme. Qalll-Curci.
-" Mme. Galll-Curcl. upon being served
by Strong, paid him $557.97 and he then
withdrew his summons, it was an
nounced by the attorneys.
An Interesting recital was given the !
latter part of June at the residence of
Mrs. J. A. Koduner. 845 Kast Forty-first
street, by the piano students of Miss
Lenore Hatter, whose studio la at 6S7
Kast Main street. The names of those
who participated are Delia and Eleanor
Day, Kenneth and Catherine Roduner,
Daisy Gerber, Twyla Mooney, Ml 10 red
Thomas, Hasel Allen, Martha Engle
hardt. Barbara Brown, Helen Kelly. Vel
ma Oruts, Bertha Steveuses. Mildred
: Caenidy. Sally - Bogfrs. Eilnie Petersen,
Ruth Martin, Gloria Klahn, Ralph Clark
and Iota Searle. In addition to the
piano numbers was a very pretty dance
from the ballet "Sylvia" byi Daisy Ger
ber. Refreshments were served.
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The short talks that Ed Gart Crawford
has been offering before the Schumann
society at Central library each Tuesday"
night have created much Interest. Music
also has awakened---keen interest and
Roy Marion Wheeler, pianist, is favor
ing with a special number each Tuesday
night. Other pianists are Virgil Edwin
Isham, Edith T. Barber ; and Mary
Stevens Mastin. Mr. Wheeler and Mrs.
MARE A STELLA
NASH, soprano, who
is here from Chicago
on visit ; Tom Coates, boy
soloist with . Paulist choir,
which appears in The Audi
torium today, i
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West," is sung by Edward Johnson. This
aria, though brief, la regarded as on of
Puccini's finest. The contralto. Beean
nt, sings the beautiful "My Heart at
Thy Sweet Voice." from "Samson and
Jjieiilah." .It la the song with - which
Samson, the unbeaten conqueror 'of the
Philistines, is lured to his "overthrow. ...
Mischa Elman records a delightful pas
toral number, a Scotch pastorale, i
Mrs. M. J. Nash of Mlnot. K. dV and
her daughter, Marea Stella Nash, are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Dow
ney of. 750 East Davis street.
Marea Stella Nash is a soprano i who
has won recognition in musical circles
of Chicago and other centers of the
Miacue west.
Her abilities as a vocalist became so
apparent in her home town that she
was advised to continue her studies.
and. following this advice, went to New
York and then to Kurone.
Mrs. and Miss Nash expect' to spend
a couple of weeks this month at Se&
side, returning to Portland for a further
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Barber open the meeting at 8 o'clock
sharp with an overture on the piano and
Madame San-Juei Crawford, merio-eon-tralto.
closes with a vocal solo. Mar
guerite Owlngsy violinist, a .player of
force and finish, renders solos each
meeting.
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Mr. and Mrs. T.: J.-Dorgan will leave
August 1 on an extended vacation trip
on which It Is hoped Mrs. Djorgan will
fully recover from the effects of a
serious attack of tonsilitls last spring.
They will go to a beach resort near
Bellingham and then to : San Fran
Cisco,; Salt :tke, 1 Omaha - and ; Kansas
Clty'; Mrs. Korean, who .ls i - promi
nent Portland nianist and ' music teach
er. Intends to attend some of the sum
mer schools of music during the trip.
They plan to return In September.
Leah Iaaka, dramatic soprano, who
appeared with ' great success in concert
at The Auditorium recently r upon her
return from New ;Tork to spend the
summer here, will be presented In con
cert at Tillamook- next Tuesday night
under the auspices of the Music League
of America. Mischa Pels, the well
known Portland pianist, will be the ac
companist. : The concert will be given
In the Tillamook city hall and theat
f air will be one of the biggest musical
and social events of the coast city for
some time.,"' ;
the immortal "Lareo " bv Handtl mn.
in Italian by Caruso, a wonderfulj
inrirFuuDn , noaouo i aria,.
"Racconto di Rodolfo," from "'Boheme,"
sung by Orville Harrold, the great Amer
ican tenor of the Metropolitan Opera
company, and "The Maida of Cadia," by
Gaili-Curci. "That She Way Believe
Me,, from "The ." Girl of , the Golden
visit of about a month, then returning
to Chicago, where they spend most of
their time, about September 1. i t
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Speeding westward on a palatial spe
cial train, two score "notables of the mu
sical world will reach San Francisco
today for the opening Monday morning
pf the "Edison Caravan convention." The
convention has been divided tn i three
parts. New York's conclave was held
last week, for the Far East; the Middle
West gathering ; this week ; at Chicago,
and the meeting of Western American
and Canadian merchants opens Monday
-at the Golden Gate... j f r
'This threefold convention of American
and Canadian Tnustc dealers originated
In the mind of Thomas A. Kdlsonrt Actu
ated by a desire to impress merchants
handling Edison phonographs with f a
deeper conception of: their ethical responsibilities-
to the public. Mr. Edison
conceived the thought of having: them
gather for three great conclaves with
some of the greatest artists, composers
and musical psychologists. : ? ; f
Music dealers from as far east as
Colorado and New Mexico, from British
Columbia and from 'the entire Pacific
coast, will attend the San Francisco
conclave. Several will represent! Port
land. - -'- ' r': ' i I , ' '.';
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'At the Medford Chamber of Commerce
forum luncheon this week Mrs. Francis
Montgomery made a big hit by singing
"Medford. O! Medford o'Mine," a song
of her own composition, which Was, by
unanimous vote, ordered printed.! :-
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Albert Coates, conductor of the London
Symphony orchestra, has been engaged
as guest conductor with the New York
Symphony orchestra next season.! s m
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Piano Player Is
NTryirig to Play
For 100 Hours
TN. A small cinema at Croydon a man
X muffled in iodine bandages plays the
piano for at least 1 i- hours daily, in
training for the world's championship
for Diaao-playinar endurance.
He ta Professor Albert Kemp, who
says he is out to win a prize of $50,000
which a Chicago music firm has offered
to the man who can play the piano 100
hours without a stop.
"I think Z can do it, be said recently.
"I Sheld the time championship in 1917
for playing 6 hours at Toronto, which
carried a reward of $1000, but since then
a German New .Yorker named Schroeder
has played for 82 hours, and he. is com
peting for the $50,000.
"Mv- arma are bound with ": Iodine
bandages to keep the blood from burst
ing my fingers, and, at Intervals, the
piano keys are sprayed with methylated
spirit, so that my finger tips don't crack.
1 am fed by attendants as I go On, and
betweefi my meals 1 chew tobacco. : It
is a habit of mine. My face, too, has
to be bathed with eau de cologne, which
clears- my brain splendidly.
"One very difficult thing." Kemp
points out. "is memorizing sufficient
pieces of music. For the contest I shall
have to learn at least :l 60, and during
the Jast three hours of the 100 I am to
play the "William Tell' overture, .'Parsi
fal' and the 'Poet and Peasant' over
tures." Kemp is to undergo his test at Croy
don on September 1, '
. Madame Alma Tracey-Young of Ash
land presented her class lit a comply
mentary recital at the armory there
Wednesday evening to a crowded house,
visitors coming from all over the val
ley. Madame Tracey-Young established
a studio In Ashland last year and has
students from all over that section of
t he-state and the recital was one Qt the
musical treats of the- season.' Miss
Berna Halght, blind pianist; who is one
of Madame .Young's advanced, students,
was given an ovation for her brilliant
playing. Mies Haight will shortly enter
concert recital work. Another pupil who
gives promise of a brilliant future In
musical" circles Is George Francis Bar
ron, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Barron.
- William Morris, the New York theat
rical manager, returned to America re
cently from England and announced that
he has placed under contract for con
cert appearances during the coming sea
mhi iwo new icnorg. jDBtpn niuop, me
Scottish-- tenor, who Is engaged for the
Chicago Opera association, will appear
under Mr.. Morris, management in a
series of concerts following the opera
season, the first concert already being
scheduled for March, 1921. Mr, Morris
has also arranged to bring .Tom Burke,
the Irish tenor, for his first American
concert Jour. Mr. Burke made his debut
at Covefit Garden last summer with ex
ceptional success and is duplicating it
this year at London's famous theatre.
An orie-innl Indian nnrf i ntttm
by Paul Bliss, a ClnclnnaU composer;,
was proaucea at Cincinnati recently , as
the initial celebration of the tmwiarv
of the landing of the Pilgrims. The prln-
e -
cipai roies were sung by professionals,
while the chorus
arammar crade-and hfch u-hnni r..,ni.
At the conclusion of the operetta the en-
u casi was posea in a patriotic tab
leau entitled "Three Hundred Tears
Aao." a renreaentaHnn rt thm. i.ai y.t
the Pilgrims, under the artdirecUon of
17ma r t ., ' . . .
oi jj. nwu, a Cincinnati sculptor.
The purpose of the operetta was to em
phasize the Indian t note as the initial
phase of the tercentenary celebration.
A charming musical was friven in the
assembly, room of the Portland hotel.
Friday, July 2, when Miss Mildred G.
Smith lyric soprano, gave a program of
English and Italian songs in delightful
style. Byard Johnson, baritone, and
Miss Lakeflsh. pianist, assisted, and both
grave splendid selections, which were
greatly appreciated. Miss Nettie Leona
Foy was the accompanist. The affair
was given for the benefit of a pipe or
gan fund for the .First Divine Science
church.
Prank Should Worry
..Th cue of the death of Frank Case.
5. whose roaV wan fminl with k..nA
nole throusrh th hrafn ma v w
officially determined, unless the officials
i nommi ana XMeoraska can set to
gether OH Ul OUMtlnn nf 1,t-l A
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case's body was found lying- on the Wy-
uiiunj.n.Braim state boundary line, the
head and upper portion in Wyoming and
the lower part pf the body and legs In
"CL" it is nenevea case committed
auicide. '
Thousands See Apparition
Thousands Of nirlnnt 1
passed through the home of Patrick
Mangan in Pittsburg to view the ap
parition, on the ceiling , of the Virgin
Mary holding a babe. . Mr. Mangan's
son, an overseas veteran. ' died in the
house just a week after the vision' ap
peared. When word of the phenomenon
occan-ie noisea around a big crowd sur
rounded the home. . Whil nnii mtjt
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on guard thousands were allowed to pass
quiciuy tnrougn ua room.
Just Too Late
Here's another nonr arnf wnnu .iio-i.
bility to the Ancient and Wrinkled
Order Jft the Jilted is unquestionable.
Louis piaubrand. salesman-, called at S8
East Orange street,,- Atlanta. Ga.. the
other morning and asked for Emma.
Emma you see. her last name was
Whitehead was to becom Tni 'h.M
that morning. "She's not here, said
tne iaay : wno answered ' the :- door.
tine marnea jam eg Homngsworth at
10 o'clock." " Whereupon Louis left. .
Jazz Spoiled Grace
The Jass is staggering to a fall. Danc
ing masters assembling in London to set
the styles report that the jazz is on the
wane. Moreover, that the girls of 1920
have been spoiled for graceful dancing
by the jazz and will learn to dance the
waltz and the square dances well only
airer mucn trying, ana presumably
many lessons.
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Separation May
Be O. K. Until
SomeoneObiects
rpALES OF HOFFMAN" baa no more
X mellifluous melodies than the notes
of harmony that prevailed . in a young
singer's household 10 years ago, when
her husband's family suggested that he
and she could get ahead In the world
better if they' were to separate. Louis
Hoffman was a bookkeeper and his wife
a singer of promise before her marriage.
They had. two children. i f' j
Hoffman today is wealthy, head of a
silk company. Mrs. Hoffman has been
'or some time a member of the Metro
politan Opera company. They have been
apart 10 years, :;. v v
-Thelka Hoffman 'never censured her
husband for his stand In the matter till
a registered letter cs me to her -home in
November. 1919. telling her Hoffman
had secured a divorce from her in the
state of Pennsylvania on the ground of
desertion.
"I could endure anything but that."
she said recently. , ' agreed that we
might get ahead better If we separated
for the time. I kept the children with
me, my husband giving each of them. $10
a week. He gave me nothing. .-. I was
happy, though, to be able to help myself.
I got Into the chorus at the' Metropol
itan. "I agreed with his mother when she
came to my home and talked to my
mother and myself, saying Louis and I
ought to separate so he could succeed.
"Isw their aide of the question and
agreed."'
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"There had never been any quarrel
ing or dissension in our home.. Every
thing was decided - agreeably, i I little
dreamed how things would turn out. ..
I am suing now for separation on the
ground of cruel and inhuman treatment.
"But still I am of the opinion that
a person can travel faster alone -witness
my husband's rise in business, not
having me to care for. . . For some time
he has , not: "provided ' for the - children,
either. . Emma Cecelia is 22 now and
Florence August is 25." . -
- In , her complaint ' Mrs. Hoffman, or
Mme. Hoffman as she is known at the
Metropolitan, pit's as one of , his acts
of cruelty her husband's alleged un
faithfulness with other women, taking
the ground that his marriage to another
woman Is only a pretense of a marriage
and constitutes " ground ; for divorce in
this state, f.. . . . '
"My husband tried to get our two
enndren to go ; to - his new home and
meet his new wife. What torture -.for
me that was."
"But don't you think it would be bet
ter to have kept your husband, home
and children together all these years?"
"Not necessarily," she replied thought
fully. "Certainly hot from Mr. Hoff
man's standpoint. His success would
not have come so quickly. I think a sep
aration is a" good thing- sometimes.
"I was always agreeable in regard to
any change he suggested. It . Is cruel
that he should have abused my confi
dence and kindness by . securing a di
vorce from toe in another state. .
,But ,. you see- there was another
woman what a difference the other
woman , makes in a man. How they
forget everything when the other
woman beckons?" s
The atory of "Mrs.. Hoffman's alleged
wronss raises the question whether self
sacrifice is' wise for a woman. Has a
wife who : allows her husband to sep
arate from her, tacitly acknowledging
herself to be burdensome, the right to
expect that she can hope for fair treat
ment?, j s . t .Z-, -"
Men have a way of taking- a woman
at the value she places on herself. If a
woman admits to her husband that Bhe
is an encumbrance and that he could
rise to great heights without her, the
chances are that, he will believe ; what
she says. : - ; . . , .'.;
For what purpose does a s man wish
to succeed if not totnke his dear ones
happy? ; Some , such incentive goads
every man on to greater effort. Once
the direct incentive Is removed, trust to
masculine instinct to replace ' it imme
diately. i
; It would behoove every wife .who
Iovcb her 4UJband. and doesn't wish to
court cruel treatment, not - to let her
lord and master regard her as an en
cumbrance, but to strive - to make him
value her as a precious being, to serve
whom is a privilege.
The very best of women are on this
point of sacrificing- themselves. If Mrs.
Hoffman's separation from her husband
10 years - ago had. this Idea alone as its
basis, then it was a mistxxe.
TIEDRED G. SMITH,
JVI Lyric soprano, who
appeared in concert
and, gave groups of English
and Italian songs.
i Could Die But Not Be Licked
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Alabama Girl Honored
Miss Florence Sheit of Mobile, Ala,
was declared the beet bread maker and
awarded a gold medal at the exercises
at Lassell seminary, Auburndale, Mass.
Miss Sheit, who was the president of the
sophomore 'Class, was' doubly honored.
She recently was elected maid of honor
to. the Queen of the May by popular vote.
Stronger Than Ever
The onion, companion of hamburger
steak - and stew, has jumped from the
frying pan into the fire. Food profiteers
in Boston have cornered the onion mar
ket and are holding out for big prices.
But Bermudas are going strong as ever.
SUNDAY CONCERT
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NELSErrs council cREar cow.
CET ORCHESTRA THIS AFTER.
NOON. ' MONTE AUSTIN INOS. AD
MISSION FREE. HOP A CO OAR FOR
COUNCIL CREST PARK
Chopin's Spirit
Plays Through
Medium in Paris
MKDITJM who. when in a normal
state, does riot know one piano note
from another, but who, whe'n la a trance,
with his eyes closed, rivals the greatest
pianists of t the ae, has Just " demon
strated at Paris before the International
Metapsychlcal institute tinder a guaran
tee of genulnity. by Dr. Oustave Geley,
celebrated -savant and . president of - the
institute. - j
The medium Is Louis Aubert. He has
never had any! musical training: and,
until the age of 18, never played a note
on the piano, j He cannot read music
and, when normal, cannot play the sim
plest piece by ear without mistakes.
Put in a hypnotic state, Aubert exe
cutes with facility; the most complicated
and difficult compositions, bringing out,
according to musical experts, all the
delicate tone ' mastery that the com
posers themselves could have demanded.
..Before the : Institute - Aubert played
selections from : Schubert,: Chopin, Ru
benstein and Bfxct. - ,
. He went to the . piano in a normal
state a pale, sallow-faced, man irt the
early 20s. Dr. Geley laid his, hand on
his head and said. -4.Tou are asleep."
Immediately Aubert's eyes, closed. 5 -"Tou
have before yota," Geley then
told him, "a symphony by Chopin. Play
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' Still with eyes closed, Aubert's fingers
unerringly sought the notes and played
the. symphony from beginning to end
without a fault. After that he went
through a long program, always without
a vestige of music before htm and with
out opening his eyes.
After the seanca Aubert was awak
ened -and askd to - play the chorus of
"La Nouvelle Madelon." the most popu
lar song hit of the day In France, which
Is whistled by every boy in the street.
Despite the fact that ha knew the air
perfectly,- Aubert could not play more
than the opening bar on the piano.
One of the musicians who heard him
play-a difficult composition by-Chopin
exclaimed. Tt is Chopin himself!"
"res." said Dr. Geley, ' "It Is Chopin
himself playing from spiritland through
the hands of this medium."
This theory is considered by savants
who believe In spiritism to be not en
tirely Improbable.
' "Tou may be killed but you Can't be
licked.?, .- -
i That, General Ulysses McAlexander,
the "Rock of the Marne," former colonel
and Instructor-Inspector of the O. W. G.
and before that commandant at O A. C,
says was the slogan of the American
aoldlera In the Thirty-eighth - infantry
regiment that held the little valley of
the Surmelin. on the banks of the Rlyer
Marne, in July, 1918, against six-German
regiments actively eng-ased against
them and three German regiments held
in reserva, .:..--,.'.., ,
, "Not only did we drive them back
but we licUed the whole lot of them and
took prisoners fronv every one t the
nine regiments. Our German prisoners
told us that e were not feared until we
got In action, but after the learned that
we were there to fight to win they real
ised that it was all over , with them,"
added General McAlexander recently In
Los Angeles, and ' he smiled reminis
cently. : .. ' '
General McAlexrnder, with his' wife
and son. ia summering in Sshta Monica.
It ta the go. erai's second visit to Cali
fornia and Santa Monica and he has
become a prominent figure daily along
ocean front He Is a man of wonderful
personality, retiring, and not given : to
reciting the many deeds of bravery
credited to him. .He la a soldier, every
inch of him.
SPOILED KAISER'S DIJOfER
1 "I am In the game as a soldier and
not fr praise, 1 doubt if a man an
look r . both praise" and efficiency,"
waa the opinion ot the 'general as ex
pressed during an Interview. -1
It was the momentous battle - of the
Marne ... that checked the . Intentions of
the kaiser to dine in Paris. It was Col.
Robert H. Kelton,, who stood with his
arm around the shoulder of Colonel Mc
Alexander as he spoke to Major Gen'
eral Dlckmanv after the, battle and said
of the man he was embracing-: "General,
this Is The Rock of the Marne.", .
I General McAlexander was '-. born in
Dun das. Minn.,- August SO, .1864, and
graduated from West Point, N. Y., tn
1887. He waa In the Sioux Indian cam
paign in. 1R90 and 1891, in the Spanish
American war in Cuba in 189S and in
the Philippine insurrection. , General
.McAlexander went over to France, al
most directly rrom Oregon,; with the
first division of the American troops in
August. 191?- He left France 1n June,
1919, and has been tn this country since,
spending most of his time in Washing
ton, D, C. .General McAlexander Is of
Scotch parentage and has a slight burr
whenever he becomes excited in ' his
talk. He has been awarded the French
Croix de Guerre and the American Dis
tinguished Service Cross. 1 In addition to
these he wears two. miner French deco
rations, the Italian War Cross and the
official decoration of the Legion of
Honor of France. He has been cl led
three times for bravery.
CITED BT FKTAIJC
! ' When the Croix de Guerre with palm
was awarded to Colonel Me Alexander
and to the regimental colors of the
Thirty-eighth, v General Petain, com
mander of its chief, cited the regiment
as follows: - ' y
."Thirty-eighth Regiment of American
Infantry, an elite regiment, which, un
der - the Intelligent command of its
chief, ; Colonel McAlexander, gave
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itRockofM;ame"Tellsof Fight
proof of. the unshakable tenacity
in the - course of the German attack of
July 15, 1911. Attacked on the front, as
sailed on tha right and left over many
kilometers, faithful to Its instructions,
it remained, despite everything, on the
bank of the Marne, hurled back the en
emy, superior in number, and took over
800 prisoners."
.Referring; to the battle. General Mc
Alexander said:
"There was only one thing that saved
ns and that was the spirit to kill or ba
killed. And I want to say I was willing
to Sacrifice the regiment and myself
with them rather than yield a foot of
ground to those Oermans. I gave orders
to my men to hold their sector until they
had orders to retire and they were just
as anxious to hold their ground as the
colonel was to have them hold It. The
books ' say that when your casualties
have reached one-third you are out of
action. But I want to tell you of one
company that when 70 per cent ef its
men were casualties organised the re
maining 30 per cent In a counter charge
and Captured 410 prisoners. The men
were as a unit. There waa nothing but
shoulder to shoulder work, with every
thing to deslra and nothing to fear,"
said General McAlexander.
HOW TO TRAIN REGIMENT
Speaking the efficiency ef a regiment.
General McAlexander had this to cay :
"Do you wish an Invincible, uncon
querable regiment? Then organire it,
administer it, train it and fight it along
invincible and unconquerable linen. Im
bue It with the pride that scoffs at dan
ger. Inspire it with a soul of Intrepidity
and honor, and make It to know that its
defeat is impossible, that they may kill
but that it cannot be conquered. '
- General Ulysses McAlexander re
ceived his given name from the late
General Ulysses Orant. In speaking of
the threat made by the kaiser to be In
Paf by midnight. July 17, 1918. where
he had said a supper party awaited him,
General McAlexander said :
"I can't say that I was sorry to dis
appoint the kaiser and his friends, but
he should not have been too hasty. Had
it not been for the American troops he
might haveakept his. word, but I sueas
the Thirty-eighth spoiled his Intentions."
Beautiful Bandit
The Paris "police have Just rounded
up a band of apaches who hnve teen
holding up belated pedestrians In the
suburbs of Paris and have atno perpe
trated several burglaries. The. chief of
this band , Is a young and beautiful
woman, 21 years of age. Bhe is known
as "L'Almee." Each member of .her
gang has for his nickname a day ftf the
week, from "Monday" to "Saturday."
There was-no seventh member of the
gang, consequently no Sunday," and
on Sunday the gang rente.
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-The cure in the town of Vllleneuve
Saint-Georges has added something new
to the church's campaign against inde
cent dress by purchasing a white dress
and announcing that all . brides who
come to his church to be married, lightly
clad, will be escorted into a room and
required to doh the more suitable cos
tume. The cure's snnouncement Is made
in the latest number of the pariah bul
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