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A NEW OLD TUNE TO THE BATTLE HYMN OF
THE REPUBLIC"

Some months ago, in an editorial, the
Editor-in-Chief of The Outlook, Dr. Lyman
Abbott, expressed the opinion that Julia
Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Re-
public" is "not merely for our Republic;
it is for all republics," and suggested that
it might well be used as a national hymn
for all English-speaking peoples. This edi-
torial came to the attention of Mr. M. C.
Coggeshall, of Summit, New Jersey, who
recalls the singing of this hymn to music not
ordinarily associated with the words. He
writes to us from New York City as fol-
lows: "During the Civil War I had two
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brothers who nursed two nights a week in the New England Soldiers' Relief Rooms, situated on Broadway, near Fulton Street. At the close of the war, when the Night Watchers' Association disbanded, they had some closing exercises at which a large chorus sang this hymn to music that I have never come across since. For forty years I remembered the tune, and then sang it to a friend of mine, a musician, who wrote it down for me." Mr. Coggeshall accompanied his letter with a copy of the melody.

There have been several attempts to provide for the "Battle Hymn" other music than

the com-ing of the Lord:

1. Mine eyes have seen the glo-ry of
I have seen him in the watch-fires of
3. I have read a fie-ry gos-pel, writ
4. He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call re-treat,

a hundred circ-ling camps;

in burnished rows of steel:

5. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born, across the sea,

He is trampling out the They have builded him an "As ye deal with my con

He is sifting out the With a glory in his

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The Battle of the Republic" (Continued)

the tune often sung to "John Brown's Body," with its Hallelujah refrain. One such tune has been written by Mr. Ralph Kinder, for many years the organist and director at Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia. His music, which is effective and vigorous, has been published and has been performed by an orchestra under the direction of Victor Herbert.

Quite different in spirit and in rhythm, both from the familiar tune and from Mr. Kinder's setting, is the melody which was sung at the Night Watchers' celebration. It lacks some of the elements of popularity that are in both of the others. If it lacks the triviality that is sometimes associated with the performance of the familiar tune, it lacks also its spiritedness, and it has not the rapid movement of the music composed by Mr. Kinder. It is, moreover, in the minor key, which to many makes it perhaps forbidding. It is almost austere ; but it has the austerity of the martial. It emphasizes all that there is of the determined and the irresistible in the words. We print on the preceding page the melody which Mr. Coggeshall has supplied us, with a harmonization which we have given to it.THE EDITORS.

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H

ERE is a fact of profound significance: In these days of
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HOW NOT TO INVEST

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10 many inquiries regarding investments of a doubtful or fraudulent character come to The Outlook that it seems worth while to point out some of the pitfalls to be avoided by those readers who seek a safe place for their savings. In spite of the spread of sound investment teaching, and the vigorous efforts of the post-office authorities to keep fraudulent financial literature out of the mails, the wildcat company promoters continue to offer their wares and attract the money of the credulous.

At a time like this, when millions of Americans are for the first time putting their savings in securities, and a Nationwide appeal is being made for savings to finance the Government in the prosecution of the war, it is amazing that worthless financial schemes should continue to be offered by irresponsible adventurers to rob people of their money. But it is nevertheless a fact. Inquiries from many Outlook readers plainly indicate that the buccaneers of finance are still spreading nets for the unwary, and exchanging their cheaply printed stock certificates for the good money of uninformed investors.

For many years-ever since the days of the South Sea Bubble in England-one of the most alluring schemes for making money has been the printing of stock certificates in mining, oil, and other ventures, and selling them for the coin of the realm. Stock certificates costing but a few cents to print are sold for many dollars, and since the early days of wildcat company promoting countless reams of paper have been converted through the printing-press into certificates of stock and sold to the gullible for untold millions of dollars. The fortunes described in the promoters' literature are sometimes made, but not by the purchasers of the stock; the promoters, not their victims, get the money.

In the vast majority of these fraudulent promotions all the money that is ever made is the money subscribed by the small investors who buy the stock. The investors get the stock certificates and the company organizers get the money.

As proof of the worthlessness of these bubble companies, a test once made by the writer is illuminating. A record was kept of all new companies offering their shares in the advertising columns of a great Sunday newspaper in the course of a year. There were 125 mining, oil, and industrial companies, capitalized at $200,000,000. After three years every one of these companies, with one exception, had collapsed. The one remaining company died two years later. The millions of dollars of savings of credulous investors was all lost-that is, it was taken from the pockets of the investors and put into those of the promoters.

While there is no way of insuring investors against loss, it is possible to point out the most obvious pitfalls. It is hoped that these few "don'ts" will aid readers of this department in avoiding some of the inistakes investors so commonly make.

Don't buy stock that is advertised in circus-poster fashion. When pages of highpriced newspaper space are bought by promoters to tell the wonders of a new company, it is time for the prudent investor to guard his pocketbook. The bigger and more glowing the advertising, the more doubtful is the worth of the stock.

Beware of companies for which extravagant claims are made. If a promoter has a stock that is "going to pay very big divi

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dends," there is no reason why he should offer it to small investors. If it really has the merit he claims, he can easily sell it in large blocks in the financial centers. Bankers and large investors in the cities are looking for "sure things," and there is no need to peddle them around the country.

Inquire carefully as to the reputation of company directors. Look out for "guineapigs"-men who sell their names to promoters to be used on boards of directorsex-Senators, ex-Governors, former Government officials, "prominent business men," and the like. Make inquiry as to the experience of the directors in the particular business in which the company is engaged, and make sure that every one of the directors is a man of undoubted integrity and business honor.

Cast into the waste-basket promoters' literature describing the fortunes made by Ford, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and other millionaires. This is the commonest kind of bait to catch the unwary.

Do not buy stock that is "soon to be advanced in price." This is an old trick.

When the promoter warns you that this is "your last chance to buy at this low price," you may know at once that his wares are worthless.

Do not buy stock from a promoter who declines to state at what price he will buy the stock from you. Investors who are enticed into buying worthless stock find afterwards that there is no market on which it can be resold. A stock that cannot be sold as easily as it can be bought should be shunned by the investor who does not wish to lose his savings.

When in doubt, seek the advice of a trusted banker. Very often the worthlessness of a stock will be apparent to the offcer of one of your local banks. If he is in doubt, write to the financial editor of any of the national magazines.

High dividend yields are a danger sign. If a stock is offered to you to yield a rate much higher than standard investments, there is something wrong with it. You cannot get something for nothing, and good investments do not go begging.

Never buy the securities of a company

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that does not make full financial reports of its assets and liabilities, of its income and outgo. Take these reports to an experienced banker or business man to find if they will stand the acid test.

Glowing "write-ups " in cheap financial journals are an indication of fraud. When a promoter sends you one of these "writeups" make inquiry as to the character of the journal printing it. You will probably learn that the publication lives by selling its pages to these get-rich-quick promoters.

Examine thoroughly into very new companies, not yet making profits, but expecting to. Ordinarily the prudent investor does not risk his savings in these new flotations. Almost invariably the shares of the best of them may later be purchased at lower prices. It is a good rule for the ordinary investor never to buy the shares of new companies until after their earning power has been proved. The vast majority of them never develop any continuous earning power.

Make sure that the money you pay for stock goes to the company and not to the broker or promoter. If the stock-seller turns only a small part of the money into the

company, and keeps most of it as his "commission," the scheme is a fraud.

Place little confidence in ordinary bank references. The directors and promoters may be men with bank accounts who pay their bills promptly, and yet may all be

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QUESTION AND ANSWER

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