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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-31
CHURCHES

First Bapdst-The bible study
class will meet at 7:45 this even
ing at the Y NJ c. A. Tomorrow
evening at 1880 Boy Scout troop
No. will meet at the church and
the B. Y. P. u. group number four
has invited the members to meet
at the home of Miss Luzella Metz.
1885 Furteenth street Wednesday
at o'clock the Sunday school
teachers and workers will meet for
supper at the church. At 1880 the
mid-week services will be held,
followed by a meeting of the con
gregation, when quarterly reports
of the work done will be given.
Friday afternoon at 2:3O the WO-
mans Missionary society will meet
with Mrs. John Bedford Mrs. r.
G. Summers will lead the meeting.
the topic being THE Trail Max
ers." At 1880 Friday evening the
Junior Baraca class will meet at
the church to install the recently
elected officers.
Trinity EpiscOpal-At 1880 this
evening the Girls Friendly society
will meet at the parish house. To-
morrow evening at 7:30 the Boy
Scouts will meet and at O'Clock
the teachers training class, course
seven. will meet. Wednesday
morning at o'clock holy commun-
ion: at p. m. children's service
and confirmation instruction: at s
o'clock, even song and sermon by
Rev. James H. Dew Britain of
Tiskilwa. Thursday afternoon at
2:50 Trinity guild will meet at the
parish house. Friday evening at
7:45 there will be services follow
ed by adult confirmation instruc-
ton. Other Lenten services will
be held as-announced on the Len
ten cards.
Second Christian-Wednes the
members of the Ladies' Aid society
will hold an all day meeting at the
church. A picnic dinner will be
served at noon. Thursday evening
the Senior Christian Endeavor viii
hold it's monthly business and So
cial meeting at the home of Mrs.
Nettie Maxwell, 6013 Ninth street.
EdgewOOd Baptist Wednesday
evening at 7 o'clock the quarterly
meeting of the church will be held,
when reports from the departments
and committees of the church will
be given. Friday afternoon at 2:30
Mrs. L. E. Burch will entertain the
members of the Ladies' Aid society
at her home, 4019 Seventh avenue,
when a parcel post sale, and meas
uring sociable will be held.
South Side Presbyterian-Tomor-
row evening the primary teachers
will meet at the home of Mrs. E. L
Kimmel, Thirtieth. street and Sew
enteenth avenue. At AIS Wednes-
day evening the Juniors will meet
at the church. At 1880 Wednesday
evening the prayer services will be
held, and this will be followed by a
meeting of the teachers training
class.
Fifteenth Avenue Christian-The
orchestra will meet at the church
for rehearsal Tuesday evening. Fri
day evening there is, to be a COM
munity sociable at the church, given
under the auspices of the industrial
department of the Y. M. C. A.
Cseland Presbyte1 harriet
Drayer services -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-31

ent in white and mahogany. Re
turning she wore a dull coating of
battleship grey that replaced cam
outage badly worn in Mediterra-
mean convoy duty, but even under
camouf1age her name had not been
cbliterated and it was found in the
log of the U-39, confirming that her
depth bombs had put that murder
er off the seas and out of the war.
Lieutenant c. F. Howell was the
Fenetia's commander.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-31
WHO SAID MAYOR
rs PEEVED? NOT
MAD AT ANYBODY

Mayor McConochie isn't peeved
at all
REPORTS that the city executive
had shut down 81 news to report
ers because of a statement made
in one of the local papers last week
are exaggerated. An Argus report
er chatted pleasantly with the
mayor on a street car yesterday
afternoon.
The mayor showed every sign
that the mantle of his Office which
he has held so long is falling grace
fully from his shoulders The
mayor was in his usual pleasant
mood and chatted freely about
things in general
\ The reporter obtained the may
or's opinion upon the call from the
government for $4,000 volunteers
for the army in Europe His honor
declared that there is every reason
to believe there will be no trouble
in securing the number asked or
more If necessary. He said:
Il really think there will be no
difficulty in getting the $4,000 men
for service in our army under this
call for volunteers. There are
many of the boys, recently dis
charged, who will reenlist They
may be dissatisfied with their abil-
ity to get the jobs they thought
might be open for them. and, too,
/ think many of those who served
only on this side viii want an OPP
portunity to see things on the other
side. The duty, no doubt, will be
light"
The mayor is in the best of spir-
its. The reporter found him to be,
as Bryan once described a young
man he knew, as feeling:
He had kept company with a
young woman for a number of
years and finally he proposed to
her sSd she accepted him. AS he
, s1aRS out in the moonlight, he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-31


Tomorrow evening the Ladies' choir
will meet at the parsonage for re-
hearsal. Thursday afternoon the
first division of the Ladies' society
will hold its monthly business ses-
sion at the church. Thursday even
ing the confirmation class will
meet. The home department is to
hold social session at the church
Friday afternoon.
First Methodist = The Woman s
Home Missionary society will meet
tomorrow evening at 1880 at the
parsonage. Wednesday evening
mid-week prayer services will be
held. At o'clock Thursday aft
ernoon the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society will meet at the
home of Mrs. George Ackley, SAT
! Twenty-frst~ street. The choir will
meet for rehearsal at $50 Thurs
day evening, and the Junior league
will give it's first entertainment at
the church. Friday afternoon, the
Ladies Aid society WIN hold its
monthly business meeting at the
church.
Free establishments evening
there will be class meeting at the
church At 2:30 Thursday after
noon the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary society is to meet at the
parsonage, and Thursday evening
prayer services will be held.
First Swedish Lutheran - We'd
nesday evening prayer services
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Magnus Peterson, 400 Fourth ave-
nue.. Thursday afternoon at 2:30
the Ladies' Aid society will meet
at the annex, with Mrs. Josephine
Lundberg and Mrs. S. Dahlstrom
as hostesses. Thursday evening at
o'clock the Young Peoples So
ciety will meet in the-church. Next
Sunday afternoon at 3 80 there will
be vesper services in the church.
Grace Lutheran-The father and
son banquet, which was postponed
from last week will be held at the
church Thursday evening. Friday
afternoon the Ladies' Aid society
will be entertained at the home of
Mrs. William Henke, 1892 Forty
first street.
United Presbyterian = Prepare
tory services for communion which
will be observed next Sunday, will
be held Wednesday evening. Fri
day afternoon the regular fort
nightly meeting of the Ladies Aid
society will be held at the home
of Mrs. Inez White, ZIG First ave-
nue..
Memorial Christian-Tomorro
afternoon the Loyal Berean class
will hold an April fool party at the
home of Mrs. Reuben Bollman,
1000 Seventeenth street. Tuesday
night the Christian Endeavorers
will hold a business meeting at the
Jay Swisher home, Twenty-secOnd
street and Nineteenth avenue. Mid
week prayer services will be held
at the regular hour Wednesday
evening The Ladies' Aid society
is to CO - - md coffee at
the hu afternoon.
Friday fficial board
will me Irch.
Imma IN = Tonight
the You iety will meet
in the of the hall,
Tuesda the Ladies'
Sewing meet at the
Qrch evening the
Tor Young Peo-
'et at the hall
w mess session.
kSS<4s iety will meet !,
and Wednes-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-03-31

McCabe's Semi-Annual Third
Floor Sale, March 81 to April s.
inclusive.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21
CONVENTION OF MUSIC
CLUBS VISIT GRAVE

This years convention OF the Ma
tional Federation Of Musical clubs,
Just ended, took place in Peterboro,
n. H. the home and last resting place
OF Edward Mcdowell. and was in
large measure a pilgrimage to the
shrine of that great American com =
poser. beautiful and Impressive
feature of the convention was the
gathering of the 500 women delegates,
all robed in white and wearing wells.
about the hillside grave of MacDowell.
there to sing hymns in the twilight
and listen to invisible musicians soft
ly play TO A Wild Rose" and Other
pieces by the man whose memory the 2
were honoring.
Among the most important bust
ness transacted at the convention
was the adoption Of plans to raise an
endowment fund of $4,000 to aid
worthy young American artists and
com poscra The federation has long
been active in helping musicians of
promis Use but those who were success
full In it's state, district and national
contests have hitherto had to accept
rs almost their only reward the pres
tige thus gained, 1t is now proposed
TO assist them more materially with
scholarships for advanced study and
other subsidies. A week in the fan
has been designated as the time for
the half million dollar drive. and the
cooperation Of concert managers
thoatcrs. newspapers and other medt-
| inns win be enlisted.
The federation went on record as
vigorously opposed TO the publication
Of songs with cheap vulgar words a
| dernoralizing tendencies. A protes
to the government may be made OF
! the subject
Training schools for choir leader.
and church singers were advocated a!
| part of the work Of theological gem
| inzrfes, emphasis being laid on tht
special qualifications needed by per
sons filing these positions. The dele
gates also--exp pressed themselves IL
| favor Of moro and better. music in
structon IN the schools,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21
INSURANCE COMPANIES
NOW URGE SINGING
Early Training I'm Vocal Exercise
Future Health

That singing Is a source of long
evity is fact that is becoming more
and more apparent with the result
that insurance companies AZ well as
physicians are urging the pursuit OF
vocal study, Albert e. Bach, the vet
eran teacher Of Edinburgh, and one
OF the most eminent in Great Britain,
used to be most emphatic with his
pupils over the fact that singing not
only strengthened the lungs and voice,
but develops. the whole constitution,
The deaf and dumb are pointed
out 70 us AS having "A defective de-
vcIopmcnt and "a shortened lite. Doe
tors have shown that early deaths
reach the highest ratio among those
who have IA small breathing capacity ;
one famous physician even going SO
far as to assert that the recent nu
epidemic was hardest on those with
predisposition to weak lungs.
with such a deduction In view, 1t
might he well TO start children with
vocal EXERCISES as early "a the sew
enth year. their studies beng con
fined for a. time. to the compass OF a
sixth or AN octave. II is reasonable
10 assume that the earlier in life that
"A child begins 10 sing, tho more cas-
ily. does he widen the thr1sax, the
parts which In childhood are cartil-
agiuons and therefore especially cap
able of expansion. The organs Of the
voice have also at An early age the
! greatest ffsNibility and pifacy
! Through deep inspirations and full
cxpirations, these organs strengthen
/ the Inner parts, and the Development
] for the health as that OF the extern
ais
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21

munity-music ideal that music must
first be used to serve human needs IL
doughboy--simple. democratic, adapta-
bic to all his moods. How well he I'M
derstood these qualities was proved by
the arrnistice. November II. 1918, was
the burial day of all so-cailed Kaiser
Karois.' Pep songs were instantly
replaced by old favorites. especially
songs of sentiment: more ambitious
music was demanded; auartets and glee
clubs aspired to excellence OF per-
formance Consciously or II n g O n
sciously the doughboy commenced re-
turn service to the art that had served
him so practically in the most terrihc
test of his ideals"
The work OF the commission oil
training camp activities. which did so
much to bring music into the camps
is referred to az follows:
almost everyone was skeptical OF
the commission activities at first ano
the hesitation of commanding onlcers
to make a place for them is only eVi-
dence OF how much we all had Il
learn. The significant aspect or the
history of singing is just that--the ad-
vance from skepticism and reluctance
to conviction and enthusiasm. We oil
the national committee were enthu-
s,astic and confident of our own spe-
cialty---the power of music 70 inspire
and exalt as well as to discipline in
rhvthm. and make the fusion of widely
VARYING individuals easier and more
secure,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21
Preliminary season

A preliminary season Of grand
opera viii ho sung at the Lexington
theater, the last opera house buf1t
by the late Oscar Ham n1erstein. next
month TIE roster of singers has not
been anbcrl need, nor has the COM
plete repertoire. 1t is known, how
ever. THAI many works from the
German will be sung, in the original
tongue, with counter group of the
lighter operas Theodore Spiering is
to he the leading conductor. and this
Us the best proof that could be offered
New York music lovers that arts
ucally. at least. the season win be
worthy Mr. Spiering is an Aneri-
can conductor of the highest dis
tinetion. His artistic association be-
gan with the late Theodore Thomas,
and his reputation as an artist and
conductor extends throughout the
musical world of this and every for
! eign country. He conducted the New
| York Philharm onic society orchestra
after the late Gustav Marler. and prior
10 the arrival of the present Josef
Stransky, and not a few music pat
rons felt that the change from Mr.
Spieriug to the present header wa
not an Improvement
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21

-. Winter is Just a little way off: .'fhene-
Of all the times of the year-a Victrola will
be most welcome.
With cheering blaze on the hearth and
this wonderful instrument with its limitless
store of entertainment, what care you for
the chilling wind, the driving sleet and
snow!
Victrolas are scarce. With the coming of
cold weather it will be even harder to sup
ply the demand
Why not get yours now and have the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21
MUSIC FESTIVAL
y FOR STATE FAIR
Community Sing, Band Concerts ana
Music Memory Contest Among
Features.

4 large raAt festival under the
erection ~ the wisconsin Federation
Of Music clubs wlll I've on" Of the
principal events of this years Wis
rcnsin state fair
While music mas always been on
hand sat previous events OF this klna'
Wisconsin il the drst state to maze
separate and instinct feature OF the
ART in its fair The music teuVA IS
slanned TO embrace children choraI
~ erik and q faIy program OF COM
r1unttv singing and hand concerts.
+ Frederick Carberry wbo has gained
<.ige note dur1nA lho war through his
work as song header In various camps
will render sifu,iar service at This
fur.
unique Feature Of the opening
day will be III osic memory contest.
These contests which have been held
in the schools Of many cities through
cut the country are intended to test
t-ut the listeners ability to IDENTIFY
hv name and composer, list OF more
or lesa familiar music ctnSslcS, as
,hey are played GA piano. phono-
eranh. or other instrument The
contest thus combines an interesting
concert with The incentive nf compel 3
trg for prizes In this instance the
Wisconsin Federation II Music clubs
IS Offering 500 in awards TO the
" trrera.
The state fair MANAGEMENT well
O. ccrnes the music festival as an at
traction that distinctly favors our
i.olicv Of developing the artistic and
cultural intercs. In the exposition,
raid Oliver E Penney, manager of the
state fair "Ry developing the idea
which is being introduced this year.
Il Is not uniikelJ that next year one
Say Will he set ASIDE ard designated
as "Nugic- HaX." ~ WIRE h-the various
. asir %clnhs eveA-astras and singing
= societies will participate. There Is nc
: doubt, that later the management
So VIII establish a temple ~ music on
the fair grounds which wiH serve not
only for concerts, recttals and other
"a artistic activities. hut viii also give
the manufacturers and dealers n
n'usic goods an adequate exhibition
building"
Everybody sis hooking FOR spien I'D
results from the Introduction ot this
r~,usic festival aud it's success vii
doubtless stifasfate similar efforts II
~ any ether States.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21
MARRIAGE NOT A
H|NORANCE To
MUSICAL SUCCESS

The tradition that marriage and
art are unallied has proved fallacious.
The artist who thought that marriage
was a hinderance to his career. Is now
a creature of the past. Successtul
marriages in musical circles are plen-
tiful.
u,ror,a,t,v yir+uoeoe each
.,ha,. ana live ban,,,. Thus
Alma Giuck married Hlil
halist, and the huSo:. I-"uls@
Homer is famous TEN com
pose of no mean note. Nlctor Her-
bert married an Austrian opera sing
or and Leopold Stolsowisko has a wlie
who is a wonder a the piano. Also
one of the most successful OF the ne"
conductors. Ossip Gabrilowitcn Is
welded to the singing daughter Oh
Mark Twain.
Sometimes musical artists NARY
outside OF their profession. Ihus
Geraldine F'arrars lord and master as
the actor. Lou Tellegen, and one OF
Emma Games husbands was the
well-kpown painter, the late Julian
Story
This is only short enumeration
of the marriages of eminent rnusi-
clans, but 1t is enough to snow mat
single blessednass is not one OF the
prerequisites to musical success
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21

Those who intend purchasing piano
or player-piano at some future time vii
do well to anticipate their wants and make
selections now
Manufacturing costs are advancing. Ou1
present prices. however are based on pur
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21
OFFICIAL REPORT OF
MUS|C'S WAR SERVICE
Camp Music Division Of War Depart
ment Issues Informative Booklet.

An interesting book. which gives the
official record of what music did to
help win the war. is the report re-
Gently issued by the camp music divi-
sion of the war department. The book
gives comprehensive story of the
universal use of music in the camps
and tells of its effects upon the army
which went to France, as follows:
Our allies first impression of our
marching troops was that of serious
faces and determined tread, but later.
even the most casual reports rarely
ever failed to mention the singing
doughhoy What the doughboy sang
troubled him little. The Joy of sing
ing possessed him He knew In
stinctiveiy that his singing voice had
been released along with his other
powers to be used against the need
of the hour, and he left It for the
people at home to discover that the
quality was in the spirit OF his sing
ing, and not in the song
1t was an heroic test of the com
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21
WOMEN: URGE. wi
USES FOR

One of the signs ! of
promising for music but
equally for American life
is the following, resolutio|
by the national council Of N
/. Music is a--T7ecessity, 4
ury. -J a.. =
2. Every child has az
right to a musician education
8. Unity through music !
to civic Improvement. :. 1
a. Patriotism is developed
s. The spirit of comra1
gardless of race or. creed.
by music.
6. Music is the most u
UNI In constructive work. d
munity. The saloon and 4
are being rapidly ahohsl
must be established I'm
places Of clean amusement.
Z. Music tends to encour4l
form of citizenship. i
&. Music Is a powerful q
mental, moral and physical
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21
POPULAR SONGS ARE
sometimes ECHOES
Origin of Hawaiian and Other Meio'
dies Fpusd in Strange
Places.

The old saving that there r. Moth
Ing new under the gun is just as true
In these latter days as ever. especrarry
with regard TO unusual compositions,
william +, 1pthorpe once remark
ed that had Bach been the last great
composer We wbuld sti(l have had
pract icaIly eserythine that there js In
music. It's well known fact that
all Of the famous composers made
use Of any obtAinable material for
their themes. gwen borrowing from
each other freely, but ii is safe to
sav-thae good .etse was made OF the
matter thus obtained. and in fact
.r.ixs far from rssesstFig the use Of
.rfss t4Eaa work ny nf*, *tsa ,Im-sa@ War~'
ner, sr3d cosnplAcently: Wen it win
a, lcast be heard by the public"
The present Aa4 compose Of ropu-
arnuxsc n .*uSed~pt IN this rartieu-
lar art, although sait cannot he said
that he irnrroveA upon the original Az
the old masters often did. As an in
stance NJ q concert in the Brooklyn
Academy OF Music n few days since, a
well known pianist played. and y
young lady was overheard advtsin :
her ompauion that the artist was I'M
proving on the popular atr, '+rhasine
Raiuhows" She WAS nearly right, as
he was playing Chopin's Fantastic
fn4preEnrtei " whose classic ~ mes arc
almost identical with th6se OF the
song
"Aloha De" hos acquired quite some
popularity an native Hawaiian mel
ody hut u consists almost wholly Of
two themes. the FIRST the Moody &
Sankey hymn Pass Me Not oh Gem
tie Saviour" and the second the old
minstrel song Try George +. Root
There's Music in the Air.
The march from Rats 'TRonore
Synpbony" has been played for many
years hut II was only a short time
since that AT organtst who utilized II
for postlude, was accused Of playing
Good bye Litt1A Girl. Good bye"
During IRE war HAL, Hail. tho
Gangs An Here" has many times done
duty in France for the national an
hem. and ts still good seller, hui
when Sir Arthur sullivan wrote thu
Pirates Chorus in the Pirates O
= Penzance'' he scarcely foresaw its VA
rious later uses
Finally how often we have seen
popular SUNDAY school hymn. which
commenced with q few bars OF moth
ing IN particular, and fhen branchet
into Palms or Nazareth or ever
the Intcrfuezzo from "Cavallerta ?"
The Heather Chinec" did not have
all Tho ways that We're queer and th'
. tricks that were vain"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21

Gov. Cats. of Florida, is taking
care Of the other Cats and perhaps
also the kittens. He has appointed mis-
son Adjutant General --Chattanooga
News.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-21

The Afghans have a penchant Tor
musical instruments, and the weaith-
Ter classes import some costly makes
though occasionally their manner OF
using them is somewhat staftilhs
An. Afghan nobIeman sent for grand
uiano. and had ali the lower part
cut off, AS be found il most conven-
lent TO play 1t squatting on the floor
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-17
]. W. FISHER DEAD
Stroke of Apoplexy Fatal to
Kansas Pioneer.
Father of County Attorney First
X. e. Graduate.

John w. Fisher. age IS, died at 4
o'clock Monday afternoon at Christ's
hospital. Fisher was stricken with
apoplexy during the morning while
attending to his work as superintend-
ent of Mt. Auburn cemetery.
When he was a small boy he came
to Kansas from Ohio with his father,
the Rev. H. D. Fisher. The family
lived at Lawrence at the time of
Quantrelrs raid. With another boy
his age they ran over the present site
of the university. The other boy was
killed. The Rev, H. d. Fisher served
as chaplain of the First Kansas in
fantry during the Civil war.
Fisher was a member of the first
class ever formed at Kansas univer-
sity. 1t was an academy then and
held its sessions in the old north COL
lege.
Since 1909 Fisher has lived in To-
peka and was president and manager
of the Mount Auburn Cemetery asso-
citation.
He is survived by his widow, two
sons. w. D. Fisher. secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce of Sheridan,
Wyo.; Hugh Fisher, Shawnee county
attorney; one daughter, Mrs. 1. H.
Stearns, of Wichita, and two brothers,
DR.. C. E. Fisher. Arrowhead Springs.
Cal, and H. F. Fisher, of Denver. Fu-
neral announcement later.