THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, POBTLAND, MAY 3, 1903.
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WOMEN'S VOICE W SONG
THOSE who -were not at Arion Hall 1
last Friday night, to hear tho fifth J
annual concert of St. Helen's Hall
Choral Class, under the direction of Mrs. '
Walter Reed, missed an enjoyable musical
treat. There was a fair-sized audience
present, and what It lacked In numbers
it made up In enthusiasm and nice dis
crimination. The proceeds are to be de
voted to St. Matthew's Mission Church.
U. C. Zan, baritone, and W. Graham
Hodsdon, tenor, were the only men who
appeared on the platform, the rest of the
programme being exclusively in the hands
of St Helen's Hall girls, assisted, curi
ously enough, by 13 young women friends.
They are all to be congratulated on the
artistic successNof the concert.
On the Pacific Coast, It Is only now and
then that we hear choruses exclusively by
women's and girls' voices. Occasionally
we hear male voice choruses. The special
goddess who arranged music at the be
ginning of time and took it under her
KDccial protection, commanded that voices
should be soprano, contralto, tenor, and
bass. All this is welL But a change Is
often very welcome, and the concert ar
ranged by St Helen's Hall girls demon
strated the fact that it Impossible to give
a creditable vocal recital among our
midst with -women's voice choruses as the
principal" feature. Most of the singers
were schoolgirls, at this concert, and tho
volume of tone was a good one. There
was a hearty rimr to the singing, and an
absence of throatlness. "When the girls
are older and study more, they will know
the meaning of piano and pianissimo, in
singing; and will learn to know tho de
lleht of hearlnK accented notes. Their
most artistic chorus number was a soul
ful setting of Franz Abt's "Ave Maria,"
which they sang with fine devotional (feel
ing. The most difficult number proDably
was Dorn-Patte's "Daffodils," and it was
very well sung. The Beinecko number is
a charming one. with a grand fugue run
ning through it Neidllnger's "Peggy,"
sung unaccompanied, was treated with
the daintiness it deserved. The merriest
number, naturally, was Lascomc'e famil
iar "Gay Students."
The double quartette from the Treble
Clef Club earned a hearty encore by their
able and musiclanly singing of Strong's
"Now Is the Month of Maying" and "Wil
W THE REALM OF MUSIC
Fugere, the baritone of the Paris Opera
Comlque, has sung In that theater for 26
years.
The concert announced by Selma Kro
nold, soprano, Trill take place at New
York. May 14.
Receipts from the recent Toronto Musi
cal Festival exceeded $S000, and will just
cover the expenses.
Mrs. E. G. Fallenius has resigned her
position as organist at the First Unita
rian Church, Seventh and Yamhill streets.
Ben Davles, the well-known English
tenor, sang at the recent Roger-Mlclos
concert at New York, -with great success.
Carrie A. Alchin, noted for her normal
work in music for children, will be at
Lake Chautauqua Assembly next Sum
mer. Miss Eva Gardiner Is the latest acqui
sition by the Bostonians. She is a flno
soprano, and has been engaged for prin
cipal roles.
The vocalist who was to sing In Boston
last Winter as Miss Emma Rosslgnol is
claimed as a native by Davenport, la.,
which names her Poddle Ross.
The endowment fund for the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra has already reached
the sum of $400,000. It Is purposed to raise
$350,000 more, to make the sum total of
$750,000.
Mme. Emma Calve -writes that she has
had an offer from an American syndicate
to sing "Carmen" 50 times next season at
a compensation of $2000 a nignt ana au
expenses.
It Is stated in New York that Mr. Ellis,
of the Symphony management, will con
duct a concert tour for Mme. Melba, who
will begin about November 1, including
costumed opera scenes with her songs.
Chile has a National Conservatory of
Music at Santiago, and noted European
musicians, engaged by the government.
have made the people familiar -with most
of the great choral and orchestral master
pieces.
Figures of recent receipts at the Paris
Opera-House form an index of the extent
of French taste. The grand opera took
In 3,046,579 francs; the Opera Comlque,
2.149.158 francs, and the Folies Bergers,
1,550,829 francs.
Ellison van Hoose has sailed for Europe
after a successful concert tour. He first
goes to London, after which ho will spend
the Summer In Paria During the Winter
Mr. van Hoose will be heard on the oper
atic stage In Germany.
Brown's Military Band, -which will play
In different parks of the city this Summer,
Is rehearsing every Wednesday night, and
the results so far are very good". The
concerts In the open alr'Tvlll probably
not begin until early in June.
The engagement of Richard Strauss for
the New York season next year has pro
voked no end of comment among the mu
sic journals of Europe. One critic writes:
"The first case In which America gains
something -without our losing anything."
The English Folk Lore Society Is dis
playing activity In collecting and pre
serving from oblivion early popular songs.
It has alreadypublished 400 songs, gath
ered from the peasants in Sussex and
Surrey, and English concert programmes
have lately had a great number of these
popular airs.
Alice Nellsen seems to be the coming
American queen of grand opera. She Is
the idol of the hour at Naples, where her
appearances as Gilda, in "Rlgoletto," and
MIml, In "La Boheme," have been veri
table triumphs. Her ambition and the
aim of her life was to succeed in grand
opera.
Gabrielowltsch gave his last New York
recital April 29. His programme:
Variations serieuses Mendelssohn
Sonata. A flat major. Op. 110.... Beethoven
Gavotte. B minor Bach-Salnt-Saens
Intermezzo, A major. Op 119 Brahms
Ballade, G minor.: Chopin
Caprice. "A la Scarlatti" Paderewski
Barcarolle. F sharp major. Lladow
Toccata. D minor Leschetlzky
Marche Militalre Schubert-Tauslg
Edward Hagerup Grieg, acknowledged
to be in the lead of the present-day com
posers, celebrated his 60th birthday last
Sunday. When as a young man Grieg
brought to Gade, founder of the Norwe
gian school, his G minor sonata, the lat
ter, after examining it, said: "You will
never be a composer." Yet today Grieg's
music weighs much heavier In the balance
and will be handed down to posterity.
A notable list of oratorios and sacred
cantatas has been given this year at the
South Church. Madison avenue and Thirty-eighth
street. New York, by the quar
tet and chorus choir of 54 voices, under
the direction of Dr. Gerrit Smith, organ
ist. Some important work has been sung
every Sqnday afternoon since October 19.
Beginning today, "Elijah," Mendelssohn,
will be sung: May 10. "The Messiah,"
Handel; May 17, "The Redemption," Gou
nod; May 24, "St. Paul," Mendelssohn;
May SI, "The Creation," Haydn.
A benefit recital by pupils of E. O.
Spitzner, assisted by Mr. Spltzner. violin;
Mr. Conrad, cello, and Miss Huggins,
piano, -will take place at the Marquam
Theater at the end of this month for the
benefit of Charles Ebergall. 24 years old,
a blind student of music Mr. Ebergall's
Barents are dead, and as he has passed
ENJOYABLE CONCERT FOR CHARITY BY ST. HELEN'S HALL
CHORAL CLASS OF 1902-03.
son's ''Carmena." Mrs. Albert C. Shel
don was to have assisted In the soprano
section, but did not arrive until later, ow-
lwr to another musical engagement rne
octette were: Mrs. LoIs MacManon, iiiss
Agnes "Watt Miss Hilda Hegele, Mls3
"Kathleen Lawler. Miss Rita Hansen, Mrs.
E. E. Charman, Miss Henrietta Eliot and
Mrs. "Walter Reed.
"Shadows" (by Carrie Jacobs-Bond) and
"La Danza" (Rosslln) were Mrs. "VYJalter
Reed's numbers, and she sang them In
her own excellent style. She was in fine
voice, and was encored.
N. C Zan sang- "Vision Fair" (Masse
net), "Don Juan's Serenade" (Tschalkow
sky), and the famous "Toreador" song
from "Carmen." His encore was "Only
in Dreams" (De Koven). Mr. Zan sang
with fine expression, and he seemed to be
stronger in his middle register. "W. Gra
ham Hodsdon opened with an old classic
friend, "Deeper and Deeper Still," and
"Waft Her, Angels," from "Jephtha," and
he gave a very satisfactory and earnest
rendition. He also sang Clay's pretty bit
of idealism, "I'll Sing Thee Songs of Ar-
aby." This is William Lavln's favorite
song, and he and his school sing it faster
and with a crisp rythm. Mr. Hodsdon
excelled In his charming treatment of
Mozart's "Drink to Me Only With Thine
Eyes." The efficient accompanists were
miss jsiarlon Heming and Miss Lilly Fox.
The chorus choral class of 1302 -03:
Elizabeth Lord, Milram Van Waters,
Mary Ramsey, Helen Coldwell, Clara Boot,
Dorothy Langfltt Katharine Gaffney,
Nellie Sloss, Helene White, Anna Walker,
Marcla Wade, Lillie Banfleld, Frances
Wilson, Dorothy Morrison, Catharine Em
mons, May Dotson, Melita Myers, May
.renweii, J una Dennis, Evelyn Wilson,
Belle McKaskie. Nellie Blakely, Kate
Ramsdcll, Clara McEwan, Elizabeth Arm
strong, Ella Van Horn, Francis Feblger.
Edith Glover, Pearl Grimes, Marguerite
Hume, Inez Cummlng. Ina Ray, Josephine
Smith. Gertrude Dickinson, VIda Reed,
May Blake, Belvldere Martin, Lotta Ker
rigan, Louise Emmons, Ruby Wagy, Sarah
Wlnans, assisted by Miss Agnes Watt,
Mrs. Albert Sheldon, Mrs. Lois MacMa
hon, Miss Kathleen Lawler, Miss Hilda
Hegele Miss Edna Protzman, Mrs. Nellie
Williams, Mrs. E. E. Charman. Miss Hen
rietta Eliot Miss Rita Hansen, Miss Edna
Gates,. Miss Ruth Hoyt Mrs. Belta
Grimes.
Music for the Masons.
The Boyer chorus has been asked to
sing on the occasion of the opening of
the age limit he cannot continue his stud
ies at the institution for the blind, where
he has been a pupil. Tickets are now
being sold for the recital and the cause
Is such a worthy one that the response
ought to be liberal.
Maurice Grau's testimonial, given at tho
Metropolitan Opera-House, New York,
last Monday night, was a huge affair.
The programme Included "La Fllle du
Regiment," act 1; "Der Fllegende Hol
laender," act 2; "La Travlata," act 1;
"Faust," act 5, prison scene; "Les Hugue
nots," act 4; "Lohengrin," act 3, scene 1.
Next morning many of the great artists
who had taken part sailed for Europe.
Yvonne de Treville, tho American so
prano, who has been singing as first so
prano at the Marseilles Opera this Win
ter, has gone to the Royal Opera, Stock
holm, for a two months' engagement, to
sing Elsa In "Lohengrin," and other lead
ing lyric roles. Miss de Treville has been
asked to create the chief soprano charac
ter in a new opera by the young French
composer, of "Renaud d' Aries," at Vichy,
this Summer, and will sing In either Brus
sels or Cairo.
Fannie Bloomfield-Zelsler's programme
at her New York recital last Thursday:
Andante, F major Beethoven
Menuet. E flat (by request).... Beethoven
The Erl-Klng (by request).. Schubert-Liszt
Etudes Symphoniques, Op. 13.. ..Schumann
Impromptu. Op. 36 Chopin
Mazurka, Op. 7, No. 1 Chopin
Valse, Op. 61, No. 1 Chopin
Valse. Op. 64, No. 2 Chopin
Etude, Op. 10. No. 5 Chopin
ndante Spianato and Polonaise, Op.
22. Chopin
"Si oiseau j'etals" Etude, Op. 2, No.
6 Henselt
Polonaise, E major Liszt
Madame Aaellna Pattl recently sang in
Rome, Italy, for the benefit of the poor.
The concert, Manager Robert Grau states,
was an enormous success, over $20,000 be
ing realized. Among the diva's selections
were the grand arias from the operas of
"Linda di Chamounix." and "The Wed
ding of Figaro," and for her encores Ar
diti's waltz, "II Bacio," and "Home, Sweet
Home," the latter being sung at tho en
thusiastic request of a large number of
Americans who were present. At the
conclusion Madame Pattl was called again
and again to the extent of .nine times.
Ira D. Sankey, the noted evangelist, and
a personal friend of the late Dwlght L.
Moody, Is totally and permanently blind,
and is now living at his home In Brook
lyn, N. Y. He has been called religion's
greatest minstrel. The last song he wrote
before ho was stricken blind was "Let
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the new Masonic Temple, Morrison and
Lownsdale streets. May 20. Four or five
choruses will be rendered, possibly one
or two from "The Holy City," and Ros
sini's famous "Inflammatus" will be sung.
with Mrs. Rose BIoch-Bauer as soloist
The entire musical programme has not
yet been selected by Mr. W. H. Boyer.
This season the Boyer chorus has steadily
forged ahead in excellence, until It Is now
without a rival probably along the entire
Pacific Coast so far as Its ability to sing
artistically is concerned.
WENZEL kopta coming.
Famoun Violinist Will Give a Fine
Programme at His Concert
Kopta's concert Monday night at the
Marquam Grand promises to be a genu
ine treat It will be Just such a one as
might have, taken place In the days of
tho famous Paganlni. The San Francisco
Call of January 2S says:
"What Mr. Wenzel Kopta, tho Bo
hemian violinist who made his first bow
to a local audience last night at Steln
wiy Hall, does not know about fiddle
playing need . not be worried over. He
has been living the life pastoral in Cali
fornia for some years, after a long vir
tuoso career, and lately suddenly felt
the old-time pull of the - concert stage.
Last night's concert was the result of his
decision, and it is unlikely that Mr. Kopta
will be permitted to Indulge his penchant
for the bucolics for yet a little while. .
"The violinist has every trick of the
fiddle at his finger ends. 'TIs an elec
trifying technique, with Its perfect com
mand over the resources of the Instru
ments, the most terrifying double stop
ping, octave runs, trills and such, with
the whole gamut of bowing, simple, fun
to him. He has a lovely violin, and a
tone ranging from the silkiest fineness of
pianissimo to a round, golden note 'that
is eminently satisfying."
The programme follows:
Violin 2 Concerto Paganjnl
(a) Adagio.
(b) Rondo Clochette (La Champanella).
Piano Ballade, G minor Chopin
violin
(a) Airs Hongrols Ernst
(b) Romanze F major Beethoven
(c) Air (G string) Bach
(d) Cascade (Caprice di Concert)...
Kontshl
Piano
(a) Theme Variations Haydn
(b) Allegretto Vivace Beethoven
Violin Spanish Dances Carasati
(a) Playera.
(b) Zapateado.
the Blessed Savior In." His favorite song
is "The Ninety and Nine." It Is esti
mated that 75,000,000 copies of the gospel
hymns written and edited by Mr. Sankey
have been sold during the last 30 years.
The royalties- on these have amounted to
about $500,000, and the entire sum has been j
turned over to tho Northflcld, Mass.,
schools, founded by Mr. Moody.
The concerts at Vancouver, B. C, in
connection with the cycle of musical fes
tivals given over the Dominion of Can
ada, open tomorrow and finish Tuesday,
under the direction of Sir Alexander
Campbell Mackenzie. The chorus will
number 500 voices in all, and the soloists
are: Ethel Wood and Mllllcent Brennan, '
sopranos; Wilfrid Virgo, tenor; Regin
ald Davidson, baritone; and R. Watkln
Mills, bass. All these soloists are from
London, England. The concert at New
Westminster, B. C, will take place Wed
nesday, and at Victoria, B. C, Thursday.
Friday and Saturday. Several Portland
musicians are to play in the orchestra.
Portland members of the orchestra to
play during the three days' musical fes
tival at Eugene, under tho auspices of
the Willamette Valley Choral Association,
will have a rehearsal here this afternoon
of some of the music to be played on that
occasion, principally "Elijah," under the
direction of W. H. Boyer. It is now pro
posed after the Eugene festival Is over,
to give a benefit recital. May 15, at Salem,
for Professor Francisco Sealey, of Wil
lamette University, who has been sick
with typhoid fever, and has for several
weeks been a patient at St Vincent's
Hospital. "The Feast of Adonis" and se
lections from "Redemption" will be sung
at Salem.
Ole Theobald!, the noted Norwegian
violinist, will play In St. Paul, Minn., to
morrow night. He has given private con
certs for Czar Alexander of Russia. Em
peror William of Germany, the royal fam
ily of Saxony, the royal family of Italy,
and the royal families of Denmark,
Sweden and Norway. He has played in
most of the leading cities of Europe, and
in the Eastern part of the United States,
and no violinist since the days of Ole
Bull has met with greater success than
he. Besides having a wonderful tech
nique, he has the power to imitate all
kinds of nature's sounds. Theobaldl's
season in this country, although short,
has been a very successful one.
Here are some facts regarding Edward
Elgar's new oratorio, "The Apostles,"
that ho Is composing for the Birmingham
Festival in the Autumn: "With the ex
ception of one number, the words of the
oratorio are taken from Scripture. Tho
general scheme includes the Savior's
choice and appointment of the Twelve
Apostles, the declaration that the Chris
tian gospel must be preached, and the
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proclaiming its mission. Between prologue
and epilogue come two parts, the first
dealing with the life of the savior ana
ending with the Ascension, while the
second illustrates the descent of the Holy
Ghost and the work of the Apostles at
Antloch."
Pittsburg, Pa., has put on metropolitan
airs since the Metropolitan Grand Opera
Comnanv santr there a few days ago. The
venture was a great artistic success, and
the attendance large. All the operas pre
sented were enjoyed. The first was "Le
Prophete," the cast being:
T,ies Mme. Schumann-Helnk
Bertha. Miss Marilly
Jean do Leyde :-v4ivar,ez
Zacharle Edouard-de Resrke
Oberthal , Jouroet
Jonas Jacques Bars
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Incidental divertissement by Alberterl and the
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Conductor ; :.-:v?s7V?tXT: Ylon
Baltimore is trying tec have a perma
nent orchestra. Members of the board of
trustees of tho Peabody Institute are cir
culating a paper asking for a guarantee
fund to secure a series of ten concerts a
season for five seasons, under the aus
pices of the institute. Minneapolis Is also
contemplating the establishment of such
an institution. St. Paul learns of It with
a distinct feeling of envy, but not with a
complete abandonment pf hope. The Min
neapolis guarantee Is $20,000 for six con
certs. New Orleans Is trying to establish
a high-class musical organization, backed
by the financial support of prominent peo
nle. The Washington. D. C. orchestra.
which 'has just finished Its second sea
son, seems to be in some doubt about its
future.
The treasurer of the Pittsburg orchestra
has reported that the deficit of the or
ganization for the season Just ended was
$28,509.51, which is a slight increase over
last year. Nevertheless, almost all the
guarantors have renewed their obliga
tions for next year, and the orchestra
will continue under Victor Herbert's di
rection. Here is an interesting fact pre
sented by the treasurer's report: "At the
beginning of the season your committee
decided that it would spend more money
than ever before for the Item of soloists,
with a view of determining just how much
influence the reputation of the soloist had
on the receipts, and the list of soloists
this year was the best ever presented.
The result of the experiment does not
seem to have been satisfactory, for the
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not keep up our receipts either from sea
son ticket sale3 or from auction premiums,
and, with some two exceptions, the high
priced soloists failed to draw as much In
single ticket sales as we paid them for
their services."
An event of musical import and one
which will attract the attention of pro
found students and lovers of the classic
In all part3 of the country, "will be tho
Third Bach Festival at Bethlehem, Pa.,
May 11 to 16. It will mark at the same
time the 100th anniversary of the corner
stone laying of the Moravian Church In
the quaint little town. At the time of its
dedication the church was regarded as the
largest building of Its kind in America.
The historic interest clinging to the ven
erable old colonial structure only adds to
the peculiar charm of this event. The
use of chimes In formal musical compo
sition will have a fascinating effect in
one of Bach's .church cantatas "Strike,
Oh Strike, Lqng-Lool-ed-for-Hour." As at
the second festival, the -entire, audience
Is expected to assist In the singing of the
chorales.
UNIVERSAL LUNACY.
This HypothCHla Would Agree "With
Views of Gloomy Griggs.
Detroit Free Press.
John W. Griggs, ex-Attorney-General
of tho United States, waxes gloomy and
lachrymose over the decision of the United
States court In the Northern Securities
case. "If this decision carries with it the
broad power it seems to," he says, "Congress-
will have the power to tell a man
what he shall buy, and forbid one man's
purchasing what may be owned and used
by another."
Congress may or may not have such
ppwers as Mr. Griggs foresees; but since
tho adoption of the Constitution it has
exercised other powers which carry far
greater possibilities of weal and woe. For
one, it has the power to lay and collect
taxes, duties, imposts and excises. This
power involves the power to destroy all
Industry and confiscate all property. Con
gress may levy such a tariff on all articles
of foreign manufacture that not a dollar's
worth of foreign goods can be imported
Into the United States. Then It may lay
such excises on articles Intended for ex
port that not a dollar's worth of goods
can be sent out of the country, thus an
nihilating all commerce between the
United States and other nations. It
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ma continue Its destructive operations by
laying such heavy Internal taxes on man
ufactured articles of every description that
no factory can be operated at a profit. It
can then impose such burdensome direct
taxes that no farmer can save his land
from confiscation. If its desire for the
achievement of evil Is not then satisfied,
it can declare war againBt Great Britain,
Germany, France and Russia; pass a con
scription act by which even Mr. Griggs
will be compelled to carry a Krag-Jorgen-sen,
and It can pay him In debased money
not worth the paper It Is printed on.
There is almost no limit to the Congres
sional, power for mischief. If we are to as
sume that Congress is composed of some
250 and more lunatics; that the President
of the United States Is a crazy man,
with a Cabinet composed of other crazy
men, and that the City of Washington is
an asylum for dangerous and criminal
Insane. We have never had such a. Con
gress, however, and It would be safe for
Mr. Griggs to assume that the American
people will never elect a Congress to enact
laws to starve them to death. Such being
the case,. It is hardly worth while to worry
about the powers that may be lodged in
Congress to regulate Interstate commerce,
or to assume that these powers are ulti
mately to be exercised for the destruction
of all property by a government of luna
tics, by lunatics and for lunatics. The
trouble with men like Mr. Griggs Is the
trouble that has been found with the
crank that they see one thing so clearly
that they cannot see any of the other
things by which alone It can be explained
and understood.
Novel Scheme for School Orators.
Kansas City Journal.
The graduating class of the Hutchinson
High School has adopted a unique plan in
selecting the tltks of orations. All of
them will be built around the hymn
"America," and the arrangement is as
follows:
"My Country, Tis of Thee," will form
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! ' THE ACME OF ALL MOTION PICTURES
; ILLUSTRATED S0N6S THE WONDERFUL
i Edward Jerome Polyscope
ADMISSION 10c TO ANY SEAT
7:30 to 10i3O. First fleer, SOc
30c
GEO. L. BAKER
Manager
at 2:15
Intermingled
with Charm,
Color and
Vivacity
BOXOFFICE OPEN
DAILY
AT TEN A. M.
AT ARMS
the theme of the first oration, by Mis
Florence Harris, the idea, being to treat
of material America.
" 'Sweet Land of Liberty,' tho Develop
ment of Civil Liberty," Lee Buster.
" 'Of Thee I sing,' American Poetry'
will be the subject of Miss Marjorle An
derson's oration.
" 'Land Where My Fathers Died,' Th
Struggle for Independence," Nell John
son.
" 'Land of the Pilgrims' Pride,' Thf
Puritan Idea and Influence," by Miss Ada
Boyd.
" 'From Every Mountain Side Let Free
dom Ring,' The Mountaineer and Our Na
tlonal Life," Walter Jones.
" 'My Native Country. Thee. Thy Nam
I Love,' American Citizenship," by Mls
Gela Butters.
" 'Land of the Noble Free"; "Wendetf
Phillips Freedom's Orator," Ben LeeJ
"Abraham Lincoln Freedom's Martyr,'
Miss Goldle Chllds.
" T Love Thy Rocks and Rills, ThJ
Woods and Templed Hills, Picturesque
America," Elmer Padfleld.
" 'Let Music Swell the Breeze and Ring
From All the Trees,' Our National Songs
Miss Catherine Irvan.
" 'Long May Our Land Be Bright,' Th
Future of America, Robert Vance.
" 'With Freedom's Holy Light.' Ameri
can Patriotism," Miss Linda Schlaudt.
" 'Protect Us by Thy Might,' Great God,
Our King,' God In American History,
Clifford Morgan.
Some More Expert Testimony.
Atlanta Constitution.
One set of expert accountants have dlsr
covered a discrepancy of something llk
$24,000,000 In the accounts of tho Metro
poll tan Traction Company of New Torlq
while another set of accountants have de
elded that there Is no discrepancy. Front
which one must Infer that an expert ac
countant s report depends tin which wa3(
ne is empioyea to see a tning.
OF THE BALCONY NIGHTLY FROX
feexea, loses and sarHet, reserved,
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