The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-06-01
MISS FRENCH GIVES TALK
Elks Quartette Illustrated Talk on
Songs by Singing Them Passed
Delightful Afternoon in
Charming Home.

Four generations aided in receiving
the members Of the local chapter,
Daughters of the American Revolution,
when they accepted the invitation of
Mrs r. G. Theirs, SGT Durkee avenue,
for Saturday afternoon.
The affair was reception in honor
of Mrs. Theirs mother-in-la law, a CEN
tennarian and "real" daughter
While Nine. Theirs in dignifed and
gracious manner received the greetings
of the guests, her daughter, Mrs
Charles Quarles of Milwaukee, presided
at the coffee urn, her granddaughter,
Mrs. Roy X. Dorr, in her official capa-
city as regent Of the D. "A. r. chapter,
introduced the speaker, Miss Matte
French, and little Miss Mary Dorr, not
quite one-twentieth as old as her great
grandmother, fitted about the room in
her pretty little white gown and her
big perky blue hair bow and was every
whit as interesting as her charming
progenitor.
Nine. Theirs made a pretty picture
in a lavender crepe du chine gown with
a filmy white lace shawl draped over
her shoulders, her silvery hair framing
her face and dainty cap with just
suggestion Or a pink bow in its lacey
folds, resting upon her head. Her COM
plexion has a fresh pink -and-white
which many girl might envy, and
Nine. Theirs adds to her attractiveness
with an eager display Of interest in all
that goes on about her.
She enjoys parties just as much now
as she did when she was little Mary Is
age.
Miss French Talks.
Miss Matte French was the official
entertainer for the afternoon and she
talked on "Our National Songs
With light touch, "a fund of whim-
steal drolleries and much novel and in
teresting fact, Miss French introduced
music as it appeared when the world
was young, accompanied it through,
many vicissitude, expressed her sur
prise that Christianity was not heralded
with music at its birth like the gener-
ality of religions, and step by step, she
followed the path of music to where it
led to the trail Of the Pilgrim fathers
and on and on until our national melo-
dies had been developed.
While Miss French kept her audience
constantly amused with her quips, her
josts and her whimsicalities, she also
treated them to extremely interesting
facts. She showed that she had gone
painstakingly into her subject and in
spite of the picturesqucness of her
treatment the educative factor was
there.
Songs Influence More Than Creeds.
She quoted writer as having said
he cared not who made the laws of a
nation if he could choose its songs.
She gave as her own opinion that those
who make .he songs of church WELD
greater influence than those who
write its creeds.
cit is in it's war songs that the mu-
sic Of every nation has had its origin. -
Miss French said She told how the
hardy Norsemen had done deeds of va
lor for centuries, driven on by the mu-
sic of their land and she touched upon
the music of the Crusaders. She told
how songs of ridicule had deprived
kings of their kingdom; how Hood q
The Song of the Shirt and his tsRat-
tie his bones, over the stones, he's only
a pauper that nobody owns,o revolu-
tionized the labor situation in England.
This, she said, occurred just about the
time that president was sung into
office in this country with ''Tippecanoe
and Tyler, too to the tune of esLittle
Pigs"
DOTS Hat to Puritans.
1.-THE Indian had songs FOR every
phase of his life-his hunting. his foht-
ing, his worship, his love making and
the performance of other Duties she
said. And then she tripped along to
the music of the Puritans. She said
these austere religionists had suspi-
cion as to the virtue of music. she ac-
cused them Of being deadly foes Of all
amusement, attached to the scriptures
to such an extent that they believed in
+ the days Of the saints, believed those
days were their days and that they
were the saints. But on the whole she
paid the Puritans some pretty compli-
ments, allowing that their external pc
culiarities were merely badges like a
monk s gown, and that underneath
were the courage, honesty, strength Of
character and devotion that had made
them force in the betterment of the
world. She said they had done more
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