Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-25
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suse oozzoni's Complexion Powder because Il 4
improves her looks and is as fragrant as woes.
SOUTHERN SONGS.


\ Number OF Iayorites Written by North
crn Composers.
Washington Post The members of
the Confederate Veterans Association
Of the District Of Columbia are arrang-
ing 10 give a reception and testimonial
during the latter part of this month to
Dan Emmett. the author OF the famous
tune and song Dixie" The venerable
retired minstrel is now living at Mount
Vernon, o.. and if he survives another
anniversary OF his birth he will round
out 50 years, having been born on the
10Th day of May 1915.
''DiXes Land which is really the
proper name of the song, was written
by Dan Emmett in 1S43. He was one of
the original four of Bryant's celebrated
minstrels, who played that year in the
old Park theater in Park row, in New
York city, and opposite the present city
hall. The other members of the noted
four We're Dick Pelham. Billie Whitlock
and Joe Sweeney. Emmett is the only
one of the four now living. He has re-
sided for n number of years at Mount
Vernon, and occupies small house in
that town. He has for some time drawn
moderate weekly allowance from the
actors fund, and the money thus re-
ccived has been the chief source of sup
port.
The Confederate Veterans Associa-
ton, Of Washington is a large and quite
an influential organization, and many of
the members feel that it would not only
~ a MS -, ~, -, +i ntIn,' ,ritaI
but the men and women who sympa-
th2ed with the Confederacy during the
0|SS ~ ~, ~ Not' t,, NJ ~ his oI,l
III "Iiu plopcI 70 si,oM 'nt' ~ NJ ~ ~
80 ,,,.,,i ,tas u'bn tbron~h rour,
years of awful strife and carnage
marched to the soul-stirrIng strains of
one of the most popular melodies ever
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va q, mf "arr,.ina omt the
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programmes ,,,o,
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an tu-uaS "9 II cnrI was q" w tfpu ,.
tatlGn Is not tohllhtu 10 'TI , tNille' ioaI i
continent IL Is plaEeu IN EUROPE, anu anu
ranks with the inest OF inc simple airs
IN .ouchlHS lHe liu'ona oi tlie PeoPte'
ana wherever ~ IS pay pS ~, ~,
SlronE hanH lhe auul.o,f raIi"2. NH NH
EytpliE I'M Il" ,mr ,taI.. nf 7,,roro ood
Known III an 'iie C"p,t' va r'ul"pS' "i.' "i.'
never rams TO AWAKEN vigorous az
plause' ...,.- ,.,,,.,,
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" southern h''lo'!tLo MI't,,,,',S MI't''', -
.S"l lIl, - "''i' - - 49,, a,,a,,nh IN
during me war were hLGH Gt'pus ~ ~
seize 'pi%!e ana apPF"I.Ia'e II as tmeip n
most captivating .lti roster, an I'M, onio
man wrote more OF the EtIulllelN peau-
illul p.ahlatl"h SnHE2 man any H.rn II,,,
In ms llne, ms three nest cnllposit'o,S
being "Old folks az h"he; NY OI4
Kentucky Home Good NighI anu an,
',Massa' IN de Coid, oolu Irou.tu. t
Foster, IKE an N"rlheFh iIe' VINO h1ne
written similar songs, ulu noI uHuSI