The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-22
ALLIED NATIONS
HEARD IN SONG
Remarkably Effective Program Staged
at Meeting of Monday Music
Club Held Last
Evening"
DRAMATIC TABLEAUS
Mrs. Leonard MatIess Puts on Per-
Torrance Which Greatly Pieases
Large Audience Ia
Auditorium.

Annually MRS. Leonard Matless is
sponsor for a program before the Mon
day Music club, which Is always given
to capacity houses. The program last
night was the Songs Triumphant.
It Included the national hymns OF the
allied nations, the singers appearing
in costume, and most Of the songs
were accompanied by a. scene charact-
erisdcs OF the nation. There were no
announcements Of the various NUM-
bers. except that the flag Of the natioA
whose song was to be sung Was placed
In q standard at the side OF the stage.
The Star Spang1ed Banner was tbs
first number. and was sung by Mrs.
Leo. Credeli, who appeared as Colum-
bfa Mr.. willard March, whose singing
has been much enjoyed during his
VISIT IN Keokuk, sang the Serbian
national hymn.
The belgium scene was effectively
done. MISS Griffis read an extract from
Brand whttlock's, Belgium Bound" in
which he described the peasants
eaHhsred before the cathedral and
their enthusiasm when through the
open door came the sound OF their
national hymn. Some twenty charact-
ers had part In the scene, dressed In
Ncs~~S
La Brabonconne, with splendid eject.
La Belle France Was There.
Miss Caroline Baldwin sang La Mar.
siellafxe in French with much spirit.
She stood ON raised platform with
Miss Madalene Marley as Alsaca ana
Miss Mildred French as Lorraine. on
the other side. The costumes worn
by Miss Baldwin was made OF the trt-
colArs of France and at the close OF
the Marseillaise the draperies falling
from her out-stretched arms above
Alsace and Lorraine formed the
French flag.
Mrs. o. w. Sandberg, sang God
Save the King, with excellent effect
The Japanese scene which accom-
panied the singing of Kimigayo was
most effective A summer house cover.
ed with hundreds OF wisterfa blooms
| was in the center OF the stage and
some fifteen characters in gay Japa
reese costume had part in the chorus
There were many chrysanthemums
used in tire costuming and in decora,
ton Of this scene, all of which were
made by Mrs. Hugh j. Robertson.
The Rumanian hymn was sung in
good voice by Miss Carline Bede. who
} wore Tile pSdsclt SOS.uAS " ASuAAio
mia.
i Our Joiiiest Ally.
/ The singing Of the italian hymn was
accompanied by street scene on a
holiday. There was much ANIMATION
and local color in the scene including
q fruit stall and flower vendors ano
all in gay Italian costume.
No zfp,~ ho q
which Mrs Matless stages, Is that she
does SO much on small stage anC
gets effects that would seem impossi
BILE to anyone else.
4 H T. Graham played the Greef
! national song as piano number Miss
Griffis read. ""The New Peace" and the
program closed with the singing o.
the last stanza of America, accompan
led by scene in which grocp OF rea
soldiers appeared with all the nations
represented, with Mrs. Leo Gredell as
Peace holding in her hand a white
dove, standing in the center of the
group The program was effective
throughout.
The community singing was led By
P. G. Hayden, the club singing. I'm.
Battle Hymn Of the Republic anc
other national songs
Mrs. Matless was assisted in ar
ranging the program by Miss Baldwin
and Miss Florence Talbot.
The returned soldiers were homo,
guests OF the club and quite number
were present