Show I When Music Pu Punctuates the Horrors of the War I I DEAD man lying an A automatic piano pinHo In a Held In which the thc German invaders ill had only recently made merry I Is only only- one of the many od odd pictures s furnished furnished fur fur- by the great reat war It emphasizes emphasizes sizes grimly the time fact that the loves lo hl his music and his dance even e under tho the most a adverse er cle conditions A British officer writing from th the front who enjoyed a festival festl of song pong by the enem enemy remarks renU that all that was needed to make mal the performance complete was a piano An And had on one been heen within reaching distance It I Is reasonable to suppose C that th the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans would woul ha hate ha e had it Tho The incident inci dent is iu in the same class aMs with the tho musical Hold held revel rc hut hilt It has a touch of human fellowship which makes makE's It eland Bland out I a against the brutal background of war Thus says a the man who records It A A we week k a ago u at an told mo InO that the Germans throw Into tho the British trenches tr a splendid hl cake coke of or chocolate with a tied to it which read We re purpose having a n concert tonight as aM it is our captains captain's birthday and we wc cordially ln Ite you to attend provided attend provided you ou will give he u us your wort word of or honor as ns guests that you ou agree to cease e all nil hostilities between and If you will honor us with your company please write back sa saying say say- ing lag so and wrap the tho note around nil ull the time tobacco you U can came sl spare na ns wo Wt haven't cut got Kot a a. left We shall shaH return It tomorrow When hen henou l 4 i you ou see us light lIh t the candles candies for tor footlights on the edge c of our safely safely safe safe- trench at ul sharp you ou can ly 1 put your our heads above e your trenches and we shall do the same an and begin the concert Word was passe passed up and down own the theIon thelong thelong Ion long trenches of ot both holh sides to avoid n accidents The invitation was accepted accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac In tobacco the long JonI row of or footlights was lit to time lime and on the th minute a double quartet of ot war whis I ered hea heads s shot up tip above c the trench h like c Christy Minstrels in a row Y and antl sung sang Our men applauded like the tho of or machine guns uns loa loaded e blank Be He- fore the concert finished one big voice r yelled lI d over o to us HI Blease ase come mILus mil milus us Into der chorus One of or our boys before we could coul stop him shouted a back Wed ed rather die than sing German German German Ger Ger- man nn and the big voice olce came hack back It would kill us If It you OU mild Die Wacht acht am Rhein splendidly sung closed close the mho truce One Ono b by ono one the battlefield footlights footlights footlights foot foot- lights wont out and as hen heavy clouds began hiding biding the sentinel stars two WJ human bel beings built in 11 Ion long Ions rows row of gs Gods God's own Image lmae sank with moistened moistened moist moist- ene ened c eyes e into the living ll graves grans where men kilt kill men I V r. r t 7 1 j. j f Y t i tN n p r ric 1 a t R f r I Abandoned Piano and Dead Soldier 1 in Belgian Fiel i |