Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-01
FETE ATTRACTS
MANY TO PARK
LIBERAL ALLIANCE OUTING Is
LARGELY ATTENDED
Apotheosis of Nations Executed by
Women and Children and Other
Patriotic Features-Music
In Plenty

The Liberal alliance opened It's fes-
tival at Chutes park yesterday after
noon to a good crowd. The principal
feature of the afternoon was the bevy
of young girls, each representing a
nation. Each was a beauty of her
own country, and the group was both
attractive and artistic.
The principal program, however, was
In the evening, when Chiaffarelli gave
several selections with accustomed
mastership. Architect f. Parmentier
introduced to the audience Hon.
Thomas B. Merry, who said in part:
1.-THE Liberal alliance, whose inau-
gural ceremonies begin here today, is
an aggregation of plain men, banded
together for a plain and worthy pur-
pose. 1t welcomes to its ranks men Of
all nativities and all religious beliefs,
under the common bond Of good citi-
zenship. No matter where a man is
born. whether in the olive groves of
Italy or the arid steppes of Russia, the
moment he lands upon the soil of
America he stands forth regenerated,
uplifted and disenthralled by the genius
of America which vouchsafes a home
and freedom to all, in return for
which our common country asks moth
ing but good citizenship and obedience
to the laws of the land"
Monsignor Parmentier then intro
duced Master Leo Domke, the boy
prodigy of the De Chauvenet Conser-
vatory of Music, who displayed un-
usual technique in his Interpretation of
"Salut a Pesth," by Kowalsky. AS
little Leo is only II years of age he
made very striking appearance, play
ing the full grand piano.
Apotheosis
The apotheosis representing all ma
tions was executed by young ladies
and children who came on the stage
when the band played their respective
national air. Each girl carried the
national flag.
Madame M. G.. Gonzales sang the
Star Spangled Banner" with effect.
Then Francis Murphy gave speech
on "The Unity of Man and the Indi-
visibility of Nations"
Hon. A. G. Gates said in part:
Your principles are the same as
those of the immortal Declaration of
Independence and the constitution of
the United States. All we ask is
obedience to law and the patriotic per-
formance of the duties of American
citizenship. American citizenship is
the highest blessing of mankind and is
offered to all who love our shores at
the price of obedience only and COM
pliance with the laws"
Mile. Jeanne ClaVere. who is a pupil
of Jean de Chauvenet, played the
"Fledermaus'' by Strauss-Schuett. Her
rendition of the technicalities of the
different arabesque movements OF the
fantssie was a credible result of the
careful training of her teacher and
won deserved applause. The several
Of hoY-
friends were presented her by NJ. Par
mentier.
De Longpre's Words
NJ Paul de Longpre was then called
on for a speech. He said:
Ladies and gentlemen and dear
friends:
Sometime ago I was advised Of the
beautiful celebration taking place to-
day, one of the most beautiful dreams
in all mankind, a dream, if realized.
which would mean humanity born
again. The president and members of
the committee asked me to join them
and to write the words and music for
an anthem of liberty. I know nothing
about music and I never wrote one
verse in my life and my first impulse
was, of course, to thank them and to
say that 1 was totally unfit to execute
such a task; that same evening, alone
fusal, those words: God, o grant thy
sons liberty and fraternity, unite all
nations etc. came to me as if they
were sung to my mind, and that same
night, following that inspiration,
wrote down all the words and music Of
that anthem Of liberty.
"Those words, liberty and fraternity,
are superb, they are divine, they mean
love, they mean God, they suggest the
best to be found in the heart of man;
they mean away with the storms of
war-those two words mean harmony,
harmony is peace and peace is the
mother of all blessings.
"Kings and emperors love discord
and war, they love to see brothers
numbering their brothers; their names
are written in history in letters of red.
Rule or ruin is their motto; with them,
all nations were baptised with tears
and blood; but today, my dear friends,
the only king in the world is to be the
people.
"The time has come when all men
will understand that military glory is
only red empty bubble. Let us all
hope that now and forever all our
dreams of glory will be in art, science
and peace. Let US all hope that in the
near future the world will do away
with all creeds, will refuse to be slave
to any sect. Let us all hope that soon
the world will understand that all hui
mans have only one father, that we are
all the children of the same God.
Let us all hope that today will mean
forever peace on earth liberty and fra
ternity. Let us hope that before long
the whole world will be one great land
of the free!"
M. de Longpre was received with en-
thusiastic applause and the music COM
posed by him especially for the Liberal
alliance, "The Anthem of Liberty" was
a masterpiece of sentiment, emotion
and though dignifed as it was with
the patriotic sentiment of fraternal
brotherhood and American patriotism.
1t was arranged by John M. Loretz,
who was director of the Philharmonic
chorus of New York city.
The evening concluded with fireworks
and q grand ball.