Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-10-20


TIMENT is FAvORABLE-yERY
INTERESTING p r Q 9 X MINES
RENDERED AT THE MOUNT, THE
HIGH SCHOOL AND THE PARo-
CHIAI4 SCHOOLS,
Last week the Register published the
call Of the National Committee for the
observance of the 18th inst. as Lafay-
cite day. The Object is to raise funds
among students in the schools and col
leges for proposed monument to the
memory of Marquis de Lafayette, who
came from France to assist Washing
ton and his band of sturdy and uncom-
promising patriots, in their struggle
for liberty.
Entertainments were suggested as
the most feasible method of raising
funds for the purpose There were
therefore many exercises in sehoc Is
throughout the country yesterday.
In this city all the Catholic educs-
tional institutions observed Lafayette
Day, and in the aggregate a handsome
sum was raised for the proposed monu-
ment fund. Unfortunately there was
no celebration in the public schools.
Exercises with the object CT raising
money must first have the sanction of
the Board of Education, and no regu-
lar session of the Board has been held
since the circular letters pertaining to
the subject were received in Wheeling.
Wheeling once honored the eminent
Frenchman during his life, and this
added interest to the exercises which
were conducted yesterday. De Lafay-
cite was the guest of honor at a recep-
tiCn given in building located at what
is now Market and Eleventh streets.
On the occasion of a visit to America
after the independence Of the United
States had been won and recognized
At Mt. de Chantal Academy Iafay-
cite Day was celebrated with unusual
pomp and splendor. The court of Louis
XVII was revived and the stately
minuet danced with all the grace of
former days. The costumes were not
only handsome but historically correct
In detail. Yankee Doodle" our Ma
tional melody received its due recogni-
ton during the evening both by it's
rendition and in laudatory discourse of
It's merits. The following paper was
read by Miss Julia Montague:
We are here tonight in response
TO the proclamation of Governor At
klnson, Tor the purpose of celebrating
lafayette Day. We wish to honor this
Industrious patriot in two WAYS: frsf.
by celebrating State holiday given 70
| the children of all the schools in West
virginia, and by collecting a handsome
sum Of money TO defray the expenses
Oh a monument to be erected in Paris
TO Lafayette's memory.
we snail present 10 you a gallery
| or portraits, embracing many promi-
| nent personages con1ected~-wfth cur
revolutionary period Freely, volun-
| tarliy, we give you our best-the best
| a set Of amateur performers can offer.
| hampered as We are by the class work
| incumbent upon US, and by the at
| fractions Of golf and lawn tennis. This
! performance viii begin with Yankee
| Doodle our national melody. Yankee
| Doodle has never received justice.-It
Is tune without words. What are the
recognized words? Nonsense unutter-
able The sneer OF a British Off
Ger. But the tune +. All, That is
quite another thing. The tune was
from the very first taken to the nation
al heart, and has never ceased to be
! cherished
And yet, apologies are sometimes
made for it. By whom? By the soul
less dillettante. The people know bet
ter Why? Because this music has a
voice OF its own, more expressive than
words-the language of the soul, which
speaks forth in certain melodies,
which form an utterance of unutter-
able passion. The name was perhaps
given in ridicule; it was accepted with
! pride. The air is rash, reckless, gay,
triumphant, noisy, boisterous, care
less, raging, roaring, but solemn, stern
| hopeful, resolute, fierce, strong can
tankerous (cantankerous is entirely an
American idea), bold, daring
| Words fail! 'Yankee-DoOdle' has not
yet received its D0o,"
The following named young ladies
| took part: Misses Emma Forbes
Frances McQuaide, Julia and Frances
Montagau, Ada Dickinson, Nellie
Schmidt, Martha Haas, Josephine Wa
terhouse, Narcissa Fox, Mary NJ. Henry
Angela Feeny, Gertrude Becker, Nellie
Graham, Loretta Harmon, Marie Col
Inns, Mabel Ashman, Olive Kirkland
Nellie Burt and Evangeline Hall.
The celebration of Lafayette Day al
st. Josephs Academy took place at s: 81
O'clock yesterday morning, in the music
| hall, in a manner very creditable tC
the young performers. The tasteful and
patriotic decorations of the stage gave
effect to the soul-stirring national airs
poured forth from hundreds Of young
voices in perfect harmony. The reel
tatiOns were finely chosen, and deliy-
cred with ease and animation. Amog
/ them was a poem written for the occa-
sion. Miss Gertrude LOecher's recita
of Charles Sprague's magnificent speech
upon Lafayette would have done honor
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