Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-27

Recent reports from France bring
glowing accounts of the friends and
admirers won by Miss Margaret Will
son, daughter of President Wilson,
during the time of her journeyings
from camp to camp there. A graceful
tribute to Miss Wilson appeared in a
| recent issue of a notable Paris week
ly. just received here, written by a
member of a French family with
whom she stayed at Semur. The
translation. made by C. L. Du Bots of
this city, says, in part:
| I'm leaving France Miss NJ. Wilson
| will carry with her to the United
States all the regrets and all the re-
! spectful sympathies of those who have
! had the pleasure of knowing her.
! During the long months of her stay
! the graceful daughter of the Presl-
| dent of the United States has visited
F.; unwearyingly the camps and the am
balances of the American armies in
france, carrying with her the charm
! OF her presence, encouragement and
comfort, helping the wounded, organ
| izing concerts, in her unaffected, alert
| and interchangeable way. She hardly
stopped her benefcent pilgrimages
even during the first visit of Mrs.
J Wilson, and since then she has re-
Sumed her journeys of goodness. At
every station in the old sectors at the
| front, in the zones of occupation and
also in the depots created everywhere
in our little provincial towns, she has
been welcomed with gratitude. One
can understand how very popular she
is with her compatriots here. But We
ought to tell how she has secured the
attachment of all the thousands of
of oil ha
homes of our old land. wherever she
has gone, or wherever she has hap
pened to stop even for a few hours
and she will never be forgotten by
them. few months ago Miss Will
son sojourned thus in the region of
Semur, where several thousand Amer
leans had reunited. She was enter
tanned by a prominent French fam
lily, and this visit has resulted in our
being able to publish in this issue a
pretty amateur photo and with it
there came some lines giving a pen
portrait. of which we must give the
exact language. 1t was written with
all the enthusiasm of a young daugh-
ter of Semur, Mile. Robot. She por-
trays her in the following terms:
Mile. Wilson knows how to please
every one. She is of medium height,
distinguished and alluring in appear
ance she has very cultivated mind,
speaks several languages and has
secured the highest honors in uni
Vers1tles. She is woman of energy:
her out-of-doorS exercise has develop
ed fine physique. yet she has known
how to preserve an elegant and grace
ful carriage. In the evening, in her
brilliant toilette. with her handsome
hair cendre, her winning smile, her
splendid shoulders and arms, she
seems to be good and beautiful fairy
dispensing happiness and faith in
every walk OF life. Among intimates
she is most affable and princely demo-
cratic, and a true daughter of her
father, and in spite of a multiplicity
of duties, she is ready to help any
one. She travels without display or
pomp. An ordnance officer: her sing
ing professor, and a pianste COM
prise her encourage; she has not even
a maid. In the course of her Journeys
there were many untoward happen
nings, but they never disconnected
her.
I'm a village of Buorgogne, during
her concert in camp her automobile
how? She does not know up to the
present time She goes from camp to
camp. visiting her compatriots and
charms them by her musical talent into
forgetting for the time being their
exile from home. Yesterday evening
the theater at Semur was completely
filled with Americans, and we know
that Miss Wilson held them SPELL
bound. She rendered eighteen num-
bers, and as a delicate compliment to
the country she wished to serve, ac-
cording to the measure of her abili-
ties, she sang an old French song.
But with all her amiability and
charming simplicity Miss Wilson
only for Americans. All the same.
many, many thanks to her for putting
ray of sunshine into the gray sky
of our dear old Semur. She leaves
with US many regrets for the brevity
of her stay
TT goes without saying that we can
add nothing to this touching portrait
Of young American girl by young
French girl"
Mrs. Beulah Harper Dunwoody,
contralto; Herman Rakemann. violin
list; Richard Loreleberg, violoncellist;
Lieut.. ]. w. Sietsema, precentor, and
Claude Robson. organist. will rem
der the following program at the
musical service of the Church of the
Covenant this evening: Organ pre-
lude, ave Maria" by Dethier; trio
for violin, cello and organ, "Sere-
made" by Albeniz; contralto solo,
But the Lord Is Mindful of His
Own" from the oratorio, "St. Paul"
by Mendelssohn: violin solo. Largo"
by Gluck; contralto solo, There Is a
Green Hill Far Away" by Gounod;
organ solo. "Postlude," by Parker.
William stansfeld, organist and
choir director of the Church of the
Epiphany, has arranged music for the
services today as follows: Morning
organ prelude, Largo" from NEW
World Symphony" by Dvorak; 'Te
Deum'' in B fiat major by Stamford;
offertory anthem, Praise the Lord"
e es fandeSEsr 1sEan minoT BY
Grison Evening 80 o'clock, organ
recital, Fantasia in G minor; by
Bach; Spring Song" by Hollins;
'Nocturne, No. g." htbestraum, by
Liszt; Allegro vivace, by STAINS
tune. GLORIOUS Things of Thee Are
Spoken; "Magnificat" and "Nunc
Dimittis," by Gounod, sung by the
choir; offertory anthem, "I-.'rd OF
Our Life" by Field. with inct. entail
tenor and bass solos by George An
postlude, Coronation March," fr-~
''The Prophet" by Meyerbeer.
Convalescent soldiers from Walter
Reed Hospital were entertained iasl
Sunday evening at Emory Methodist
Church South, by a program com
prising some unique features. MISS
, Helen Kalstrom. soprano, delighted
the company with two songs. wv hen-
ever I Think of Thee" by Edwards,
and For You Rose, Dy Dry ant, a.
companied at the piano by Pro1
Woodward The young singer illus
trated her second number by car,
rying a huge bunch of red roses and
walking through the hall as she
sang, tossing the roses here and there
| among the soldiers. DR.. 1nterrante,
member of the Medical Corps at the
| hospital an American citizen of 1tal-
ian birth, who will shortly be mus
tered out of the service, played eff
fectively on the mandolin. The Wa,
tiers of Venice" Mandolinata.' and
some of his own compositions, with
| Mrs. Dorothy Kilkoff Butler. at the
| niano and soma duets for mandolin