The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-23
WHAT AMATEUR MUSICIANS ~
OF ST. LOUIS ARE DOING. " y
Liederkranz Concerts and Glee Club
Enterta inments. " " " "

voice. and her father has a fine voice and
both of them have much histrionic ability.
hut il seems that they do not stir their
audiences.
Christmas without a Christmas tree 10
the average German would not he Christ
m:-s. ana Without songs IL would not be
i.icdcrkranz society For this reason, cho-
ruseS of women and children have been
thGroushly drilled by aty and by night
assistants. The Christmas song-festival.
with tree and Santa Claus and the rest
Of II. Will take place some time between
Christmas and New Years.
Musical events during the holidays always
ronind one tnat most Of the college glec
clubs manage to make ST. Louis their stand
during the Iulrtide. IL may be that more
sympathetic mammas and Iapas are willing
10 hear the performance because Jack or
Madg" are at home and that for this rea-
son 81. Louis is more remunerative a
stand hut one Is inclined TO think that the
k!rdnsss with which the young men are
entertained by ST Louis people has much
Ia do with II. AprOpos. there is a little
ial'acy regarding these clubs that might
he cleared uI,. Not haif.of the original club
starting ON the tour ever reaches st. Louis.
iiut the manager of the aggregation always
has a correspondent in the city who ar
ranges with some of the alumni wao can
play the banjo the mandolin or who can
sing {" take the place of the men who
have fallen by the wayside. This accounts
II their names are not ON the programme
Christmas wse, will be very busy holi-
cay season tor the youths VINO compose
the Manual Training School Mandolin club.
They nave arranged a very interesting itln-
eTdry ;u give concerts and minstrel per-
fnrmanc'S- he number Of young men is
not exceeding large but what they lack
in numbers they fully make up with en-
thusi'lsm and energy. A. Il. Mooney. who
can make BANJO sing howl and ID
guitar talk, and of whom it is recorded
that he can hyl nottZc an audience with his
mandolin. to say nothing about what he
do on violin piano. is the leader
uf the club. The others are Douglas Martin.
Harry Van tic1ve. clifford Darby. Ernest
Beck. Frank Stevens and Fred Carpenter.
They can all do miracles with their instru-
mtntS. Mysterious surprises are promised
at the forthcoming concert
The first concert and entertainment viii
take place at the Arcade Hail. in CabanE..
on next Wednesday night. ON THURSDAY
might it will he repeated in Kirkwood, in
the Armory Hall Friday night In the
Music Hall in East st. Louis. and on SatIir-
day night in Ferguson. 1t was first ar
ranged 10 give the Ferguson entertainment
on New Years Eve. but IA dance is .scked-
ulcd to take place, and the boys were tti-
Vised to change their date. In the minstrel
bali of the entertainment. Frank Stevens,
| Douglas Martin. Jack sullivan and ~ Il.
Mooney are the end men. Harry Van
Cleave. Douglas Martin and G.. f. Rilliet
will do "a sketch called Sherlock Holmes. -
Frank Stevens and a. Il. Mooney will ;,lay
guitar and mandolin solos and duets in n
! sketch called "U. Eringer RaSg." Then
Raymond Kellog ana Harry King. tenor
and barytone. who have delighted student
entertainments frequently. will sing duets
&. f.. Eiiliet also sings a tenor solo. Jack
sullivan and A. ". Mooney have the tail
end of the programme. with a sketch in
which they will illustrate a new way TO pay
"a ioard bill. Neither of them has yet
been under the necessity. but they wrote
the sketch.
arh he
boys in the higher schools take up the work
OF Slee and mSn3Qliu clubs. And, OF course,