Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-18

shire) are the natural outcome Of
Welsh life. IN Wales everybody
sings and rejoices IN singing, Con-
|gregations not only lift roofs with
volume of sound. but they sing in
tune and carry the four parts. Many
Welsh congregations would be able
on the spur of the moment to sing
tcreditably the Haflelujah Chorus. It
lis interesting to note the line up
which these singers have come. Sing
ling in the home. in the Sunday
school, at church, both in choirs
and in congregations. in singing so
cieties, at locai, district and nation
lal contests, training all the while
Tor national and international els
teddfods is the line of these mems
efficient musical training. In the
United States nobody sings until
they can sing we'll, consequently few
people sing at all. and those who do
become singers are apt to spoil it by
a professional spirit. In Wales this
lis reversed. The result is that many
Welsh villages could send out musi-
cal companies which would COM
Inland attention and win praise in
1.-THE outside musical world. Musical
lcritics are according the highest
praise to the program given by the
|Gwents Saturday night.
THE PHILIPPINE QU1NTETTE.
Still another variety Of Chautau-
lqua music was provided Sunday af-
Iternoon and evening when the Phil
lfppfno Quintette gave the preludes
to the days programs. The quintet
looked like foreigners but were citi-
zens OF the United States. The
names OF the artists and Of their in
istruments have . foreign look. Mr..
tC. p. Llamas is manager Of the com.
lpany, makes the announcements and
plays the saxaphone. G. Oliver and
|C. Jimenez play first and second Ban
|durias, the instruments most like
mandolins. N. San Juan played the
lBajo de Una, which is the bass In
lstrument OF. the company, and M. Dc
Casa performed on the Laud, which
seems to be the guitar Of the rest 81
1.-THE world. These instruments are
native and natiye-made. They have
six double strings. and are charac.
lteristic musical Instruments of the
forient. t. II.
The Philippine quintet made a hi!
with the Chautauqua audience. Thu
native music which they played
sometimes accompanying 1t with
singing. apparently in a minor key
|had about it q plaintive quality
which haunts the memory. Mr. Lila
mas mastery trick PLAYING Of thu
Ipiano captured the big audience q
might. when he played the sextett,
from Lucia with his left hand. ant
ibid other seemingly Impossible
stunts. The audience enjoyed Mr.
.|Liamas' announcements of the pro
gram. His quaint foreign accen
served to remind one that the mu
i|siciahs came from the other side o
the globe, that they were represen
ltatives Of .futtered folk and wild
whom we are teaching and assimil
.lating. Webster City Chautauqu'
welcomes these stranger citizens o
.lours from the tropics for their owl
lsake, for the sake Of their music an,
tfor the future which lies ahead o
their island home.
AN ILLUMINATING ADDRESS.
! Saturday afternoon Congressman
lScott OF Kansas brought fine ad
Idress to Chaltauqua, an address ap
|preciated and applauded heartily
lThe truth about Mexico was tn,
tConEressman's theme. and the ad
dress grew out Of recent trip int
mexico for purposes OF first-hand in
|vestigation. The speech was packe'
with information and it ought to b,
Eprlnted and circulated widely.
i The open forum character o
tChautauqua was illustrated by MI
IScott's address. Scott was an anti
|dote to Bryan. SCOTS facts destroy
led Bryan's dream. On the European
'fwar and on the Mexican problem
Chautauquans are getting divers
view points and q wide range Q
facts, SO that when the oratory ha
[died away they ought to be able t
form just conclusion upon the sub
lject Of preparedness in the Unitet
Estates.
4 MI. Scott says that the interna