Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-18
llSS MARIA BLAIR TELLS
OF MUSIC OF RUSSIA
nkr~ interesting: Address Hrforr
" uinrn'S 'uh-plnn Tor Matthew T.
Nnur. Dn, l. approved.

Miss Maria ll'i. SMOKE % tho m.m-
ers %! 'hc Woman club Vert. rdsy
ticruOou. ono Of tn" charter mem
crS % tho orEtniza'irn. who4. wise
puncil has guided ,ho club through
|" Pc lous Nrs' years OF 'ts being 20
ard T." present successful establish
,cut. Miss Eiair ~ z beloved and hon
rcd m"rIh"r Of tn" club. which she
eIpcd 20 found she Incurred ycstcr-
q ny on Tho RUSSIAN church anI It's
tustc. Il WINS - beautiful ;aik. fun
ne radiant personality OF tno
oman WHO mad" IL;
with Miss Blair 10 guild" tho i'm
L nation. one followed her leading
aok into Tho pasl history o. "a rrca,
"un'ry You stood before IN" may.
h,eut cathedral, and churches OF.
:nss a. hchcld their gl!,,criup miu.-
c'' and don"s OF gold. looked upon
! u tho uogrinCcnc. OF tho has; Gu
i"n~ly wrought upon the walls and
liars 80! these offices OF Worship
he speaker related in part The his
nN of 'h" Russian church, It's foun-
| "l"n "nd meaning. ana how ,hc
l." "l learning Ia. lent it's mystery
+" ths church Graded - tho O-!out.
stand '"r sv'nholtsru hu, = sanc,i-
/ '-d syWholiem and TIC ecclesiastical
~ "! the country has become The
as's o. It's political and religious he
|Fhe object ot - ritual is 20 Orodnce
intense emotion. and tho Russian p.o-
lie arc a singular combination q, cool
esS. rcServ" and profound emotion.
|''th al the Oriental suh:len"ss and
|Uys'c"y
The church aud state ar4 ono IL,
russia ana tho STATE upholds The
'hnrCh n MI things It's !n,,uccc. IS
'>trem-ly subtle. Mss Blair d.scr,l-
FL IN most interesting manner III.
'"lslnni'y OF the service its greatest
'eiehrat.on. which, ~ course. is Ea.-
er; IFS professions. ecsta,ic SONGS and
beliefs. she said that the music -
'cs'ic IN the world There is no,bint.
So persuasive as tho Russian music
!. might persuade on" equally 10 mir
der man Or praise God
Fhe Russians arc 4 singing rae.
They sing in the fields. al tn. oars. To
celebrate festivals. Through this
wonderfully descriptive music of
'heirs you hear the thunder Of the sea
the piaintive signing of the wind n,
the trees. the bowling OF wolves 1ha
sway!nE Of the reapers' scythcs. an
woven Into a harmony and rhythm ina,
Is s'mnly wonderful. MI pcoplc who
arc truly musical arc so in spitc -
ne' secution and oppression: in Rms
STA they comprehend the music Of tha
spheres INC church music has a now
"r all ITS own. II tolls OF suft.rin,.
ana sorrow. but 1t also tells Of hone
ana ny IT'S harmony fairly TRANSPORTS
- 10 eomc other realm. making, it's
appeal to the highest ana noblcs, T.,
every nature. 1t has been said no,
until you have heard Russian ,nrsin
Won nave mover heard religious ,nue,c
II was a SPLENDID portrayal OF :.
great theme, and Miss i;luir brunch,
most T!vid!y to her audience tho won
tcrrni power ana appeal OF tho cburci,
'hd the music OF the russians
PREVIOUS 10 tn" program "A motion
was maze by Mrs. Il. +. Mofftt that
on foot to set aside a dav in hnra.
Of Matthew Fonta,nc Naurv in thc
Virginia schools. The club voted
for Maury Day, in hove
Of the great Virginia scientist