Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-03-29
BUSY WEEK AT
MASONIC HOME
Concert by Glee Club, Enter
tainment by Harrisburg Lea
que Among Features

snail Academy Glee CLUB ana an en-
tertainment by the Harrisburg Story
Telling League featured the activities
at the Masonic Home. at Elizabethtown
during the past week. Memorial serv-
ices were held in honor of Past Grand
Master George w. Guthrie, late United
States Ambassador to Japan. and John
ID. Davies, Scranton, presented the
Home with a player piano.
The Franklin and Marshall Academy
Glee Club. which gave a concert at
Elizabethtown on Thursday evening
March 10, through the courtesy of Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master Thaddeus
c. Helm, kindly came to the Homes in
the afternoon of that day and render
ed its entire 1917 program for the
benefit and to the great pleasure Of
the guests of the Homes.
The Homes community have had this
gracious privilege accorded them by
this glee club in past years, but 1T was
the consensus of opinion that their
program for 1917 eXcels that of for
mer years as does also their rendition
of its several numbers.
Their voices were all good, their
chorus is well balanced. and their rem
dition speaks in the highest terms of
the careful training of their gifted
teacher and conductor, Professor III. F..
terly performance which would have
featured the program of any concert.
In addition to the music the highest
praise is due to Mr.. Sayres for his
splendid readings, which would be hard
to excel
The following program was rendered:
Duet The Merry Maiden" from Pin
afore," Gebhard and Grove; "A Man
and a Maid" Glee Club; piano duet
Allegro from Ninth Symphony" Lurio
and Heinitsh; reading, Mr.. Sayre; "Old
Mother Hubbard" Glee Club. Part Il
THE Sad Tale of the Grasshopper"
Glee Club. Part III-Quartet, Swing
Along" Messrs. Sayres, Gebhard, Ell
lingworth and Grove; duet, 'Fleecy
Clouds" David Becker and James
Crawford; piano solo, 'Rondo Capric-
cioso," Mr.. Robert; "Funiculi, Funi-
cula," Glee Club; reading; "Foresters
Chorus" from Midsummer Nights
Dream" Glee Club.
Harrisburg story Telling League
Probably the most unique entertain
ment which it has been the pleasure
and good fortune of the homes to enjoy
took place on Friday evening, March
16, and given by the Harrisburg Story
Telling League through the courtesy
of Mrs. Charles G.. Wood, of Harrisburg.
The participants Were Mrs. II. G. Kef-
fer, president of the League; Mrs. Anna
II. Wood. secretary; Mrs. Arthur
Neown, whistler, and Mrs. Joseph
Hayes, pianist.
After Introductory remarks by the
superintendent, Brother N. Franklin
HeckIer, Mrs. Keffer delivered an ad-
dress on the subject of story telling, in
(which she spoke of story y-telling as the
primitive mode of imparting knowledge
and pointing morals. Before the inven-
tion of the art of printing the nations
Of the earth had no books and received
Lheir instruction by story telling.
Recently a renewed interest in the
ubject sprung up throughout our land
and in many cities story telling leagues
are forming. They serve the purpose of
cnveying and receiving knowledge of
s entertainment and of social culture.
rhe art of storytelling to be success
fu requires declama tory and histrionic
ability and these to marked degree
wee proven to be possessed by the Ia
diei of the league.
. II the program rendered the splendid
stores told by Mrs. Neffer and Mrs
Wod were interspersed with musical
nunDers by Mrs. Keown, whistler, and
Mrs Hayes, pianist.
Mrs. Keown before marriage was a
professional whistler, who charmed
witt her art great audiences in the
lara cities all over our land and still
retains her warbling gifts to charm
frieIds who like the guests of the Ma
sonii Home are fortunate enough to
gainthe favor. Her whistling of class
ic mtsic with piano accompaniment was
artistic and beautiful, but she touched
the warm chord of sentiment in every
heart when she softly and sweetly
warblel, by request, the strains Of
annie Laurie"
Memorial Services
At meeting of the guests of the
Homes held March 10 to take action on
the deah of Past Grand Master George
w. Guthrie, q number of eulogistic ad
dresses were made and a committee
consisting of Brothers Robert Dalzell,
WilliamH II. Shaffer and G.. r. Welchans
and Mr.. William r. Ewing and Miss
Mary Dtnelly, was appointed to draft
resolutions.
The following was the report of the
committee which was unanimously
adopted
Whereas: In the death. of r. w. Past
Grand Master George w. Guthrie, late
United States Ambassador to Japan,
there has passed from this life one who
was honored for his integrity of char
acter as a man and citizen, his ability
as a lawyer. and for his eminent SER
vices to his State and Nation,
We especially honor his memory as
distinguished Past II. w. Grandmaster
of the Grand Lodge, f. and a. NJ. of
Pennsylvania, who was active in the
crystallization of the Masonic Home
tion and supervision much of the early
constructive work of the important
buildings was done, he has among these
laid the cornerstone of Grand Lodge
Hail. Therefore, be it
Resolved: That the guests of these
Masonic Homes, do hold him in grateful
memory and mourn his loss and that
our sincere sympathy be rendered to
Mrs, Guthrie in her bereavement.
Resolved; That copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to Mrs. Guthrie.
Present of n Player Piano
The Homes were the recipients on
March Is, of the very acceptable and
much esteemed gift of a player piano
The piano is a gift from Brother John
d. Davies, of Scranton, Pa, 1t was made
by the Hallet & Davis Co., to the order
of Brother Davies. 1t was designed for
use in the dining room of Grand Lodge
Hall, it's case being finished in oak to
match the woodwork of that room.
It's introduction to the guests was by
the playing upon 1t of march by Mrs
Henrietta Van Horn, the accomplished
pianist of the Homes, as the guests en-
tered the dining room at noon, and with
the player attachment during the meal
1t is a valuable and useful gift, much
admired by all for its volume and rich
mess of tone and for the beauty of it's
finish.
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