New-York tribune., 1918-04-21

Harry Lauder will begin a two weeks
engagement at the Metropolitan Opera
House on Monday evening. His IA
miliar programme will contain addi-
tional features inspired by the death
of his son, Captain John Lauder, who
fell in battle two years ago. So long
as this war lasts the father is going
to spread the propaganda of the Allies
near and far.
No one who has ever seen Lauder has
failed to remark on that wonderful
faculty he possesses of getting to the
hearts of his auditors. Five minutes
after ne appears on the stage he has
made personal friends of every man
and woman in the house. he takes them
into his confidence and is as close
to them as brother. He is as in
sidious as the Scotch "whuskey" he
sings about and as heady. 81 Like
Mana Jolly Man." he sings, and
jolly man he is himself, with laugh
so contagious that tSets merry echoes
reverberating all over the house. All
his inpersonations are solidly ground
ed in real character and he is never
the same-there is not one Of his types
that is not differentiated from the
others.
Mr.. Lauder has written a lot of new
songs for his New York farewell. One
is patriotic song, the first American
in theme ever sung by him, which is
dedicated to the President of the
United States with Mr.. Wilson's per-
mission. 1t is called "Marching With
the President from North, South, East
and West" Mr.. Lauder has also prom
ised to sing again a lot of the old
favorites. He will be supported by the,
greatest vaudeville company that Mr.
Norris has ever assembled. The first
week there will be matinees Wednes-
day, Friday and Saturday and every day
except Monday during the second week.
Mr.. Lauder will speak this afternoon
in the Metropolitan Opera House at
mass meeting arranged by the National
War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A.
Governor Whitman will preside. The
Governor is very proud of the fact that
New York State has beer furnishing
nearly onefourth of the recruits for
overseas service with the Y. M. C. A.
and it is expected that he will urge
even greater efforts to fill the places
required by the rapid transport of
troops across the ocean and the needs
of the Frendh and Italian armies.
Harry Lauder has included in every
programme he has presented this year
some such statement as the following:
every loyal American must realize,
as the soldiers do, that it is better to
die resisting the Huns than to submit
our lands to the abominable desolation
that has been visited wherever German
armies have gone.
"America was late getting into the
war, but we who understand know that
a great German propaganda had to be
beaten down first. German propaganda
is still being spread through America
and urge every member of this audi
ence to help stamp out every German
lie aimed TO hamper the government In
.waging war"
u At which there was sure to be some
stamping out"-by pro-Germans-but
not of the kind that Harry Lauder
meant.
During Mr.. LADDERS address refer
ence is expected to one of the proudest
mementoes he has of this seasons tour
of the United States. 1t is a clipping,
was sent to him anonymously, and so
cut that he has been unable to learn
who it is that compliments him by
saying:
''It is amazing that an alien person
who is touring the country as a per-