The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-20
A Bouquet from a Bishop
was the Beginning of the
Great Adventure for
Miss GOttIieb.
SERVICE OVERSEAS
Talented Local Woman will Leave
Kenosha to Sing and Play in the
Crowded Hospitals of France
and England.

Roses - the gift of bishop - have
been strongly intertwined in the web
of patriotism that has entangled Miss
Lillian Gottlieb, the talented and
charming daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Simon Gottlieb, and is now holding her
willing captive, scheduled for i'm
mediate service overseas.
Miss Gottlieb has found her "big
chance' to bring little bit Of hap
piness to Americans "out there.
Under the auspices of the United
States government and the Jewish
Welfare Board she is going abroad to
sing and play in the hospitals of
France, Belgium, England, and possibly
Russia. She will also appear at recon
struction camps in all parts of the
United States where men heroic
men are patiently starting life over
again in the eerie darkness which fol-
lows :" the light that fails. =
Miss Gottlieb has already received
her first papers for service with the
Welfare Board and has made formal
application for her passport. This will
be Immediately forthcoming and will
send her from t'little old New York =
to London and "gay Paree" some
time between the first and tenth of
March.
a Bouquet From a Bishop.
The young Kenoshan started ON the
long, long, trail to patriotic fame in
the summer of 1917. In June of that
year the Grand Army held its annual
encampment in Kenosha and became
strangely influential in putting Miss
Gottlieb on the right road. The Rev.
Samuel Fallows of Chicago also figured
in the little episode that became the
beginning Of "the great adventure. +"
At the final gathering of the veter-
ans Miss Gottlieb sang "The Mar
sellaise'' When the deafening APP
plause had subsidized, Bishop Fallows,
the speaker of the evening, took two
roses from the table near him and
gave them to Miss Gottlieb with the
pertinent explanations:
Your song was almost as lovely as
the roses. -
The Bishop forgot the incident imme-
diately, perhaps, but Miss Gottlieb re-
membered it and kept remembering it
throughout the war, because some
way it had brought wildly home to
her the satisfaction of doing something
for one s country one s country and
roses.
Has Been Active in War-Work.
Thereafter whenever anyone asked
her to do anything for the Cause
she remembered the tribute from the
bishop and couldn't refuse. She sang
and played at numerous patriotic func.
tions in Kenosha and on one occasion
gave complete recital at West Pull,
man, Illinois, for a Church that was
raising a Red Cross Fund. Her rich
contralto voice it timbre and tone
are exquisite won for her not only
wide popularity but also the following
note of commentator from the Liberty
Loan Committee:
"The splendid work performed by
you in behalf of the Fourth Liberty
Loan has again brought about a record
for Kenosha of which you may well
be proud. Without your support we
would never have obtained such great
results.
cit will indeed be source Of great
satisfaction and justifable pride to
have your family, your relatives, your
friends, and our boys who went to the
front, point to you as one of those
who, while not able to serve under
the flag and carry gun, left the
noblest heritage that can be left by
anyone irrefutable proof of pa
triotism and loyalty to our beloved
country
A Real Music-Master.
Miss Gottlieb is unusually we'll
qualified for the work she is under
taking Her ability as pianiste is
evidenced by the fact that she is 8
graduate of the Chicago Musical Col
Iege and that she holds silver, 8
gold, and diamond medal won in open
competition at the School.
Her power as singer is attested
by her popularity not only in Keno
CHA, but also in Chicago, Milwaukee
Great Lakes and other North Shore
cities.
Miss Gottlieb has been very prom