The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-03-04


been as full of interest to us that it
seemed the folks at home would not
be ayerse to reading about our exper-
ience. We left the snow and the %
degrees below zero weather of Yer
mont and reached Boston for the last
time this season on Feb. 10Th. That
same afternoon we took train for Fall
River, Mass, where we were to remain
until Monday evening. 1t was night
when we arrived and good comfort
able beds awaited our arrival at the
splendid Y. M. G. A. building. Fall
River is the third city in Massachu-
etts and thel argest manufacturer Of
cotton goods in the country.
In the morning we took trolly for
Somerset, Mass, a half hours ride,
where DR.. Merrill is now pastoring a
real Yankee church. We furnished
music and rousements for his morning
services. Rev. Myers had been in
vited to preach, but his inherent mod
esty and retiring disposition would
not allow him to do so, consequently
/ turned preacher and took as my text,
"The Negro" which l divided into the
following heads: (a) CDR. Merrill"
(b) "The South (c) Fisk Univers-
ity;" (d) Folk Songs" You can
easily see it was not hard to get a
twepty-minutes sermon out Of the sub
ject and it's subdivisions.
We soon learned that our good
friend, the ex-President, was greatly
loved by his people, for references to
him we're met with hearty response
not without tears. We also learned
that he is a power in this part of the
country, still working for Fisk. He
and Mrs. Merrill are we'll and hanpy
and most beautifully situated in their
new home. After the service we all,
DR.. Merrill included came back to
Fall River for dinner. At o'clock
we sang to 1000 men in the Y. M. C. ]
A. meeting held in the Bijou Theater,
and at night sang in the Central Con- I
gregational Church. The next day we
took lunch with Dr.. and Mrs. Mer-
rill, having a real old Fisk time, as
Dunbar says:
'We ct and drunk our potion
We felt jis lax new sassage,
We mos nigh stuffed to def"
In the evening we gave a concert
in the Congregational Church, and
although it rained quite hard, we had
an audience of (1,302) one thousand
three hundred and two. To meet our
next engagement we had to take train
at 11:90 p. m. for Providence, where
we caught the flyer for New York at
100 a. m. When we woke up we were
at 125th street, New York. Our busi-
ness in New York was to sing at the
Institute of Musical Art on 5th avenue
and Twelfth street. DR.. Frank Dam
rosek is at the head of this school,
The special occasion was a lecture by
Dr.. Henry E. Krehbiel, the dean of
American Critics upon "Foll Song"
We were to illustrate, by our singing,
certain points peculiar and original
with our own music. | shall not take
space to go over his lecture, but shall
state that he maintained successfully
according to my way of thinking that
our music is original with us and is
really folk music, the only folk mu-
sic original in America. | hope some
time to take up this lecture in detail.
In the evening we sang at the ban
luet of the Lutheran Association, in
Hotel Astor, where about seven hun
lred southerners met. "Kentucky
Home" "Suwanee River" Maryland |
NY Maryland" "Dixie" and other
Southern airs were played by the or. {
'hestra to your hearts content. Hop
Einson Smith was the main speaker
II the occasion, and what he told the