Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-14
Corbett in the hour of his undoing in &
very realistic I'M

very realistic manner.
James whitcomb Riley, the "Hoosier'
poet, who has attracted immense audiences
in this city in times past, will return this
week and will be heard Tuesday evening
at the Gilliss opera house in a programme
almost new to the local stage. although he
will give some of the old favorites. A gen.
eral classification of his readings brings
them under these heads: Annals of the
Poor" "Hoosier Verse" Character
Sketches" and Rhymes of Children" Mr..
Riley stands out among the writer's of to-
day as an essentially sympathetic and
unique contributor. He grasps the pretty,
though often homely, and hu-
mors of life as no other writer SraSpS them,
and he is a singular artist IN conveying
these Impressions.
q have never been ambitious TO instruct
| anybody, young or old, in what I WRITE"
said Mr.. Riley in a recent interview. They
do not want that: but they do want to be
cheerfully entertained, and. therefore. fav-
or the simple. wholesome, happy themes.
You must give people what they want to
please them. Here is the secret. if there
is any secret in it; to make things as
The difficult thing. the delicate office, is to
know what to choose and when to stop"
1t was suggested that in these days per-
haps people were not SO "~neighborly" as
they used to be; that class distinctions had
developed. even in small towns. and had
greatly changed the then existing condi-
luis IN aIe III
said Mr.. Riley. but in my memory, in fact,
to my certain knowledge, there were no
invidious social distinctions in the little
town and among the people of which this
and poor alike. There was no neighbor of
ours who did not have a warm welcome
ers.' as Kipling says. My endeavor has
been. therefore, to recall these dear old
traits and customs just as they existed at
that lovely past. 1t may be that one for
gets what occurred in his childhood. partic-
ularly If they were not pleasant things. 1t
is difficult for me to recall anything that
was unpleasant at the time of this story
it was all pleasant-all the people-of both
town and country-were agreeable people,
and it is a refreshingly pleasant thing to
recall them-every one
The first recital of the Euterpe Club
for the current season will be given at
Lyceum hall Thursday afternoon of this
week, beginning at 2:3o. This club has
done conspicuously studious and effective
work for several seasons. and has outlined
a most interesting course for this year.
The programme for this week. which has
been arranged by Mrs. Jennie Schultz, will
be as follows:
terty'' (Grieg). Miss Louise McGrew:
Visions D'Hardelop. Miss Selma Men
del; cello obligato, Mr.. Louis Apply:
Ca) "Verdaut Meadows" from the opera,
"Alcina" HandeD: %, "Das Wandern''
(schubert), Mr.. Silas r. Mills.
Fantasia and variations. 20 Cara Mem
, oria" (Servais). MIR. Louis Apply.
"Lo. Hear the Gentle Lark" Bishop
Miss Mabel Haas; flute obligato. Signor A
Masino.
Duet "Serenade" CTitD, signor A. Masinc
and Mr.. Louis Apply.
Accompanied, Mrs. Jennie Schultz.
Reflections on the symphony Concerts
To The Journal.
A look over the audience of the frs
g., 1,1~,- onran ,rra.t -.
garding the popular enjoyment of music
which are not easily answered. The frs
conspicuous feature was the predominatins
proportion Of women. As nearly as I could
8 estimate, II was about twenty-five to one
This is indeed a remarkable circumstanc,
!, when it Is considered that at the hour O.
these concerts. 4 p. m, there are hundred
30 h,c;paSc man and ranifaligfs whn cO,,i.