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THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1914
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To-morrow night, after a very suc
cessful, trip into, Idaho where they
'packed the houses at every stop, the
University of Oregon Glee Club ap
pears at the Arcade, Theatre where
they will render the following pro
gramme, Theclub this year is com
posed of men of unusual vetsatality
and they can sing classical songs with
the same ease and grace as they sing
the late popular songs. Their en
cores to the numbers on the pro
gramme are as good as the regular
numDers. :
The programme is:
1. As I Sit and Dream at Even- '
Hail to Oregon... ...Henderson
2, Toreadors Song (From Cor
men).... .Bizet
Mr. Gillette
3. A Warrior Bold. . . . . .West
Comrade Song ........ Bullard
4. Good Old Vaudeville. . ... ...
(Written by Francis D. Curtis
' Shaver and Cowden
De ' Sandman. . . ...... Peotheroe
Lullaby . . . . , . ..... . . . .Brahms
Xlophone Solo ;". . . . .Selections
Mr. Verne Appears on
The Pretty Creature. Old English
, Mr. Gillette
When Love is Done ...... Little
The Shores of Sighing. . . .Chafin
"Caught With the Goods"".' .
George, Tyner
Gerard and Batley ' 1
The Sweet Wind That Blows
Chadwick
Mr. Lyman
The "Varsity"................,
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VER APPERSON VEUSATILE MUSICIAN.
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Holding Thumbs For Nilsson.
My professional vocation hns brought
me up against nlmost every conceiv
able superstition, from Brlgnoll's stuff
ed deer's ..head to. the more common
. place fetish ngainst thirteen as a num
ber. But I never saw any one more
'Obsessed by nn Idea of this sort than
,'Ohrltine Nilsson. She actually would
not sing utiles some one "held hen
thumbs" first. "Holding thumbs" Is
tquite an ancient way of Inciting good
.luck. One promises to "hold. one's
thumbs" for a friend who is' going
through some ordeal, like a first night
or an operation for appendicitis or a
.wedding 'or anything elfe desperate.
'Kilsson wns the first person I ever
knew who practiced the charm the oth
er way about. Before sho w6uld even
go on the stage somebody, if only the
stage carpenter, had to take bold of
. her two thumbs and press them. She
was convinced thut the mystic rite
brought her good fortune. "Memoirs
of an American 'Prima Donna," by
Clara Louise Kellogg.
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Four Sons of Fame. ,
It Is a rarity for more than one mem
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Nature seems toy about centralizing In
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ability wherewitii to cut a niche in the
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Henry M. Field. Cyrus W. Field and
Stephen 3. Field. These men were
truly called four sons of fame, aye.
and four brothers in fame. Magazine
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When the University of Oregon Glee Club appears here tomorrow
night at the Arcade theatre, it will carry a peculiarly versatile -. charac
ter in Vern Apperson. He sings tenor in the club,-plays the piano and ap
pears in several Xylophone numbers.
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Missing a Great Chancs.
' During an aviation meet in Chicago
a professional pickpocket, who was
locked up in jail pending trial, sent
for the prosecuting attorney and beg
ged to be released.
"But," said the P. A., "you picked
a man's pockets. Of course you'll have
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"I'm puzzled about this custom of
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music or the music Is intended to keep
.your mind off thc.food." Musician. . - -
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