The Alaska daily empire., 1919-06-18
Mrs. Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Who Wrote That Popu- lar Air is One of Mid-
 night Excursionists
ANOTHER WRITER ALONG
Mrs. Charlotte Cameron of London, Author of Num- Der of "Stories" Also
 Making the Trip

1 Probably as many travellers and globe trotters were aboard the Prin-
 cess Alice which passed through Ju-
 neau yesterday as have ever come
 north on one boat.
 l Among them was Mrs. Carrie
 Jacobs-Bond, composer of "A Perfect
 Day." and other delightful melodies
 that are world known. Before the Alice landed in Juneau last night,
 Mrs. Jacobs-Bond entertained the
 passengers with concert.
 Another traveller of note aboard
 the Princess Alice was Mrs. Char | lotte Cameron of London, author of "A Womans Winter in Africa" Mar | raquetta of Monte Carlo" "A Pas
 sion in Morocco" and "A Durbar Bride" Mrs Cameron is one of the most extensively travelled women in the world She has made many
 long and adventurous journeys un- accompanied It is her intention,
 after touring Alaska, to write a Northern story.
 Following is an interview with Mrs Jacobs Bond which appeared in one
 of the Vancouver papers last Sat
 urday:
 Mrs. Bond is of the opinion that
 the wars effect upon music will be 1 to make it more universal.
 "It has such a wonderfully con-
 forting, restful infuence-there is nothing which can quite take its place. Nothing can ever make mu-
 sic ugly, it will always be a joy" Mrs. Jacobs-Bond is strongly of the opinion that community music should be fostered, and that the
 municipalities should interest them
 selves in the matter Recreation
 music" is the way Mrs. Jacobs-Bond
 describes it. She tells pathetic It.
 tie incident which deals with her
 songs, and which happened in Ire
 land. young Irish girl, Jean Craig,
 who possessed a lovely voice, sang
 very often for the wounded soldiers
 in the hospitals, and one day as the
 last notes of her song "The End of
 Perfect Day" died away in the cor
 ridor, nurse came up to her with
 the request that an American soldier
 wished to speak to her.
 He had been very seriously injured when the boat on which he was travelling was blown up by mine, and his life was slowly ebbing away. He asked Miss Craig if she knew Mrs. Jacobs-Bond, and if she knew more of her songs. Miss Craig re- piled that she did not, and the dying boy gave to her a very worn copy of | Seven Songs," one of Mrs. Bonds compositions which he had carried with him since he left home. in the pocket of his tunic. Miss Craig af- rewards wrote to Mrs. Jacobs-Bond
 to tell her the story.
 Mrs. Jacbs-Bond's songs were very popular during the war both in the trenches and in the hospitals, where their simplicity and charm had great appeal. Many of them were sung by the "Shrapnel Quartette,' each of whom had been blinded dur ing the war. and who had each lost either an arm or leg. but who, as they expressed it. could still sing. and were helping to cheer their lighting comrades"
 Mrs. Jacobs-Bond is very happy in
 her work. She thinks that when
 neople are doing the work they like, they are bound to b happy, whatever
 difficulties they may encounter. In one of her "Half-minute songs" she
 says: "The lucky fellow gets up at E a.m.s and he generally works until 10 p.m., while the other fellow who
 is not so lucky-he works now and then"
 Mrs. ,Jacobs-Bond has indeed
 worked hard for her success. It has not covue easily and it was quite un-