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VOL. LXVII. No. 3
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill, Inc., at 373 4th Ave., New York. July 20, 1918
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OOD feeds the body—literature feeds the brain—music feeds the soul. To-day our souls are under-
going the greatest trial in the history of our country. Music is honey to the soul. To-day music is
feeding the soul of America and vitalizing the spirit of her sons and daughters. It is helping to sweeten
the bitter cup that the world now holds to its lips.
Music has become so closely woven into the fabric of our lives that to take it away from us would tear
at our very heart strings.
Music speaks in all tongues and all ears understand. It speaks to the souls of men and they respond with
the noblest and purest deeds of heroism. Inspired by it they make the sublimest sacrifices with a smile on
their lips. They go into battle—they go down on ships at sea singing songs.
The story of the American naval commander who coaled his ship to music in record time is an instance of
the value of music in wartime. Though dog-tired from a long cruise which had just ended, the crew plunged
into their task with a ready will and without a murmur. As the men were driving their weary, sweating
bodies to the limit of endurance by sheer willpower, a happy thought struck the ship's .commander. He
ordered the ship's band to play all the while the crew were coaling. The effect was electrifying. They worked
as if inspired. Faster and faster went the coaling, and when the job was done the men were completely fagged
out but they had broken all time records for coaling dreadnoughts.
What an excellent illustration of the tremendous influence of music in co-ordinating the working spirit
and in uplifting patriotism and sacrifice to supreme heights.
Music was never more welcome in the American home than it is to-day. At such times as the present
nothing is more acceptable as the companion of our leisure hours than good music.
Not only is music in the home a great blessing now, but it is likewise an investment in future happiness
and contentment. We put money into banks, we buy bonds, securities and insurance as investments against
future contingencies. Why not also fortify our spiritual welfare with a constant supply of mental refreshment
in the form of good music?
With music at the front, music on the seas, music in the camps and music in our homes we have a bond
of spiritual strength that will defy all apprehension, disappointment and discouragement (real or fancied)-—
that will support to the end our resolve to purge the world of a monstrous, perverted doctrine that puts might
above right—that will make unbending our determination to be stripped of all our possessions and go prema-
turely to our graves rather than permit the policy of the cloven-hoof to prevail on earth.
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The above article, submitted by Arthur J. Palmer, Orange, N. J., in the contest inaugurated by The Music Trade Reviezv at
the National Music Show, recently held in New York, for the best essay on "The Value and Importance of Music in
Wartime," has been awarded the first prize of $50 in Thrift Stamps by the judges. The next best article on the same
subject, submitted by John W. Desbecker, New York, has been awarded the second prize of $10 in Thrift Stamps, and will
be printed in next week's Review.
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