The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-18

Ellis consider the evil Interpretation
which might be put on their actions.
Ellis friends rush in and accident.
ally discover Rosa ELLIS proposes to
Rosa after they have left, and is &C.
cepted. Vess is much attracted by
Rosa's beauty and determines to en-.
snare her.
Also a real live comedy, when He
| Proposed with Lee Moran, Eddie
/ Lyons and Victoria Forde. Tomorrow.
| The Truth About Dan Deering," with
Murdoch McQuarria, a drama of the
early west. Orpheum orchestra. Adj
vertisement.
Last Recital Of Season,
The Zoellner quartet which appears
here tomorrow night at the Grand.
under the auspices of the Monday
Music club, will give the final recital
Of the season in the series OF the art
lists recital concerts, which have been
given all winter. This will be the
last number in the FIVE dollar mem
bership series. European and Amerf-
can cities together are giving the
quartet from Brussels a splendid vel
come, and 1t is hoped that Keokuk
music lovers will not neglect this op-
portunity.
A recent issue of Musical America
gives the. following interesting ac-
count Of the manner In which Helen
Keller, the famous blind girl, "heard"
the Zoellners:
Without the power Of sight or hear
ing, Helen Keller "heard" the music
Of the Zoellner quartet at her lecture
appearances in the auditorium here re-
Gently. Miss Keller listened to the
playing Of the Zoellners through the
medium OF the vibration caused The
Zoellners volunteered to play for
Miss Keller and for the audience that
heard her story.
AS they played, H.elen Keller stood
with finger tips laid lightly ON the re-
sonant wood OF a table placed before
her, apparently listening with bent
head She could not hear a note but
the vibrations Of the music were in
terpreted as appreciatively as though
she possessed a trained sense Of
hearing
'"The first composition, Genus Loci
by Them, was beautiful and dreamy"
she said when asked to describe her
feeling of the music at seemed like
four beautiful voices singing in sweet
0SL 1 le6l Tic NlDTdLlOu anu
the measured rhythm in music so
too can enjoy 1t even thought do not
hear it.
''The last movement of the Beethov-
en- quartet COP. Is, No. q was bright
and joyous and it makes me think of
happy children dancing and frolicking
and playing hide and seek. With the
Andante Cantabile by Tschaikowsky,
I felt in It a wild and troc5led long
ing such as comes when stand by
the great sea and feel the winds from.
afar blowing in my face" a9aY
Said Joseph Zoellner, the senior
member Of this musical family: "We
my daughter and sons and myself
felt that we were playing to a respon-
sive instrument. She could Interpret
the themes of the composer in q! won
derful manner. For instance, OF the
Andante Of Tschaikowsky she said
that she felt as though standing be-
side the great sea and felt the winds
blowing on her face. Now, Tschaikow.
sky took his theme from an old fish
ermen's song No one had told Helen
Keller Of that and yet without being
able to hear note she interpreted it
r
With Miss Keller, her teacher, Mrs.
Macy, and their secretary, Miss
Thompson, the Zoellners became
warm friends. The quartet played
on February IS under. the auspices of
the Musical Art Institute and Ladies'
Music club. The Zoellners have been
engaged for next season by the insti-
tute, making three appearances under
the same auspices. -Advertisement.