The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-15
Two Big Bands to Play Expo
-sitiOn March at st. Louis.
Miss Mabel Mohan, the Composer, to
Hear the Presidents Band Play
Her March this Week.
INTERVIEWED AT ST LOUIS.

iauucdH cohposeir' dciif-St1s singer,
and musicians are certainly attracting
the attention of the outside world.
Many are winning success ON the stage
or in the musical world, but none has
been more signally honored Than Miss
Isabel NOLAN, of Trimble street. the
talented member of a talented family, a
sister of Mrs. John J. Dorian.
Yesterdays Louisville Courier Journal
contained large picture of Miss NOLAN,
who recently composed the st. Louis
Exposition March," accompanied by the
following;
Kentucky Building. Worlds Fair
Grounds, st. Louis. Mo-, Aug. l3.-The
Worlds Fair has given inspiration to a
young lady Of Padueah, KY, for a most
beautiful piece Of music, entitled st.
Louis Exposition March The composer
is herself visiting the Exposition, and
will have the pleasure next week of lis
tening to her composition from two diff
ferent bands-Weirs. the Presidents
band, and the official organization of
this character for the Exposition, and
the Second Infantry Band, which is Civ
ing daily concerts at the band stand be-
tween the Kentucky building and the
Government building. Capt. G. C. SAT-
farrans, formerly of Paducah, is in
charge of the Second Infantry Band, and
considers it quite compliment to be
among the first bands in the country To
play this march
The est Louis Exposition March" was
written by Miss Isabel NOLAN. Miss
NOLAN was asked today how she hap
pened to write the piece of music, and
has replied
The great Exposition, its grandeur
of conception and magnifcience of exc.
cution had been in my mind for several
days. when one evening | resolved to
give expression to my feelings through
the medium of the piano. | had no
idea of composing piece-I simply
thought in notes, for the notes came
at had always seemed Providential
that the vast territory, the
value of which even the great Napoleon
could not grasp, should be secured to
the United by the hand that first wrote;
All men were created free and equal
"'ln this broad land the Utopia of
Jefferson's dreams could be realized.
First across its trackless plain would
come the missionaries, the disciples of
the great st. Louis. Following in their
wake, the hardy pioneers to break the
sirgin soil and make for themselves
homes from which their children could
90 with the rich inheritance of purpose,
peace and power.
Then the happy. prosperous people
who should dwell within its borders.
whose rdy sons would force the
and the mines to give up
their treasures, who would harness the
imprison the torrent and with
hands of steel rivet together all parts
Of the great empire, which would bios
som as the rose and shed its fragrance
over the world. to charm. invigorate and
inspire the nations of the earth when
they should view in rapture the fruition
Of the widest dreams of fancy--the
great st. Louis Exposition.
These thoughts drifting through my
mind led TO the combination of notes
which | have dignified by the name of
St Louis Exposition March,"
"The march. as before stated. will be
IN separate programmes for the week.
Miss NOLAN will hear il from the front
porch of the Kentucky building, and lat
n on the Plaza of st. Louis. Frank NJ.
Fisher, the postmaster of Paducah and
he Western Kentucky Commissioner to
he Worlds Fair. who has interested
himself very much in getting Miss Mo
hams march before the public, will be
here next week to help applaud this
music.