The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-08-14
Houghton Department
SYMPHONY man
SAILS TO FIGHT
Member of Orchestra Coming Here
Leaves for Front

The following from the Boston Jour
nal concerning member of the fam
GUS Boston Symphony orchestra
which is scheduled to visit the copper
country in October, is interesting:
IF my husband had not been will
ing to go back to Belgium and fight
for his country when it called him, ]
feel that | would not have the same
respect for him again, although it al
most breaks my heart to have him
part from baby and myself
In her home at GraceWood Park,
Cambridge, with all the evidences of
refinement and comfort around her,
Alloo, a trombone player of the Bos-
ton symphony Orchestra, repeated
these sentiments to The Boston Jour-
nal representative yesterday after
noon.
Alloo's Prompt Response.
Mr. Alloo received the notice from
the Belgian consul at O'Clock Friday
night at Cambridge, and at Saturday
noon sailed from New York on the
Adriatic for Liverpool on his way to
Belgium.
Modesto Alloo, a classmate OF Nine.
dAlvarez, the famous South Ameri-
can cOntralto, who sang at the Boston
opera House last season, is "A graduate
with the highest honors of the Royal
Conservatory OF Music at Brussels
lie comes from an old musical family
Of Client, his father and oldest brother
both being orchestra conductors. He
is also the inventor of a number Of inn
provements on the valve trombone,
known as the SAKE, and now in use in
Europe.
MY husband served his required
term Of four years in the same grena-
der regiment that King Albert was a
member Of" said Mrs. Alloo. Mr..
Alloo's younger brother is an officer
i'm one of the regiments that helped
defend Liege against the Germans, and
we do not know whether he is among
the slain or not. Both Mr.. Alloo and
his brother are crack shots. Last sum-
mer, at the Grand F'ete, which is car
nival time in Client, we were there on
a visit, and the two brothers thor
oughly Disguised the proprietor OF a
shooting gallery by completely demol-
ishing his stock OF glass balls.
Both my husband and his brother
alike leave behind at home wife and
young baby, by baby being only two
months old, while his cousin is four
months.
Pierian Sodality Coach.
"My husband was a pupil of Mon
sicur Gedalge, the famous teacher Of
Paris, who had the composer, Claude
Dcbussy and that wonderful Ruman-
ian violinist, Georges Ernesto, among
his pupils. Mr.. Alloo coached the
Picrian Sodality at Harvard last
spring and was planning TO make a
tour of the West with the symphony
Orchestra next autumn. This war
will spoil everything"
Then as an afterthought, she said:
IF | can have him safe home again
] won't care about anything else
At tlis juncture a large black dog
dashed into the room with evident JOY
which turned To a disappointed air
when ne perceived that his master was
not present.
This is Duke, a Belgian police dog
that we brought home with us from
Client last summer Like the highly
trained and intelligent dogs of this
breed he misses his master very much.
He is the only dog of this kind in the
vicinity of Boston" explained the
young mistress OF the house.
Sure to Seek the Front.
do you think that there is posi-
bility of the Belgian regiments having
to go outside their own country To en-
gage i'm the fighting against the Ger
mans?" she queried apXiously.
ooh. hope that he will be too
late for the actual fighting! But Ire is
sure to go To the front IL there is any
possibility Of his getting there. 1t
would he his way. Perhaps lie who
watches over the destiny of things
viii bring my husband safe home
again to baby and me-"