Arizona republican., 1919-03-09

success of the public reader Her rem dition of the dramatic story of Mon sieur Baucaire by Booth TarkingtOn would alone place her in the first rank with the public readers
 | MT. Hes played piano selections by | the great American composer. Edward | A Mcdowell. and proved by his fine | technic and good tonal uaqlity that he has future. The program follows: | Pinao:
 | Novellette. e.............Op. 4G, No. | Mcdowell ! Reading:
 ! His Welded Wife. Rudyard Kipling | The Barrel organ. Alfred Moves | Piano:
 Traumerei. .Op. 46, No. \ From Uncle Remus. .Op 51, No. ! To the Sea. .Op. 55. No.
 Mcdowell Reading:
 l Monsieur Beaucaire. .. Booth Tark- inston.
 ! Two of the most popular victor rec { ords Of the week are Tn The Land of ! Beginning Again and T Found the | End of the Rainbow" The melody in both songs is very charming and catchy and a most effective violin obligato is woven into the refrains.
 The war worked a miracle in Harry Lander. as it did in many of us. He was always big hearted human being ' quick to seize upon the little foibles of mankind, but after the death of his ] son in Flanders he caught a newer bigger vision. He rendered invaluable | service to this country when he came \ over to America to sing in aid of Lib erty bonds and Red Cross funds. for the reason that his singinb bore so obviously the hallmark of sincerity. | On one Of these trips across the At lantic he had in mind the sailors as we'll as the soldier when he wrote his new song There is Somebody Waiting for Me" He calls it a "chanty song" ''I am dedicating this to eveery sailor that sails the sea" he said in his in troduction. Few landsmen realize what a highly specialized existence a sailor leads. He has little or no home life and therefore can form but few of the close ties that bind other men. He is cut adrift largely from both women and childern. and the great seaport city that he knows with their gigantic buildings and ordered civilization are | far less real and substantial to him than the frail decks and heaving wat % CTS uIOn which he spends the greater part Of his life. How little the close tipped men of the British Navy have told us of the long lonely vigils of the North Sea, How little we know even Of our own NaVy-especially of that section of it which existed before the war and will go on existing. silently, efficiently, now the war is over. Harry n a1 tons Of these cheery but misty sailor folk. He knows their sentiments and their humors and their warm hearts. ' Sc he makes his incomparable victor record. giving voice to the inarticu- late.
 | To be convinced that music is com ' Ing to be regarded in America as a | natural necessity and that Phoenix Is | realizing her share of this necessity, \ one has only to sit for q few minutes \ ID the reception hall of the School of Music. listen to the singing. the pianos. violins and see the children, boys and girls and people of all ages coming and going from their lessons.
 An eastern visitor recently called at the school, who saw a picture of the building in London and had the curios- T sNN v would be located in the desert country of Arizona, but the call and observa- ton of the activities there soon con- .inced the gentleman that Phoenix possesses something that few cities have and that We realize the educa - tional uplifting and pleasure giving dqslities of the study of music in this community.
 Sonme of the most popular songs of the year are now available at all the leading music stores in Phoenix. The catchy Irish song Mary" has be- come very popular throughout the country and songs from the musical comedy Going Up' are full of spark \ ling melodies Songs from The Girl Behind the Gun" and "Glorianna- the musical comedy that played 16 weeks in New. York and is now on the road with Fritzie Scheff in the leading role, contains some of the best waltzes of the season full of the old time grace and the virtue Of novelty. Some of the most popular Pathe records of the week are "Oh, Tomorrow Night" Jewels of the Madonna play cd by the Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Lucien Muratore singing T Pagliaccir and Claudia Muzio sing ing Mime. Butterfly"
 Edna Paul Beware. the charming and