The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-08-22
Expert Admircr and Student Of Mans
Feathered Friends Gave Spleen
did Talk at Hamilton
Yesterday.
JUBILEE SINGERS GOOD
Their Concerts In the Afternoon and
Evening Were Pleasing to
Large Crowd Which Was
There.
rBy a staff Correspondent. ]


HAMILTON, Ill, Aug. 22.-The
Gamers Jubilee Singers and Charles
Crawford Gorst gave exceptionally
good programs at the Hamilton chau.
tau1ua yesterday. The Jubilee Sing
ers are the highest type concert
company of that nature on the road.
Mrs Garner, the pianist, is gradu-
ate of the Northwestern university,
both in the liberal arts department
nnd in the music department. The
soprano soloist rs a graduate Of the
Chicago Musical college. All the
Others in the company gave adequate
support They sang Dixie" My
old Kentucky Home "Old Black
Joe" and songs of that type, as well
as plantation jubiIees, You Must
Come in at the Door" "Oh, My Lord,
Show Ne the Way" and little
David, Play on Your Harp" They
sang also Bridal Chorus from The
Rose Maiden" ''In My Heart" and
the Indian song, Wrap Me in Your
Big Red Shawl" The program was
varied by two piano numbers and by
readings from Paul Lawrence Dun
bar, THE Party" and Encourage
ment" Every number on the pro-
gram was well received by the audi
ence
The Jubilee Singers gave also the
evening prelude.
Charles Crawford Gorst, we'll
named 'the bird man." gave a unique
and most instructive entertainment.
He has made the study Of birds a
life work and has literally lived In
the open, analyzing and recording
and learning the songs Of birds. 1t
is almost unbelievable, the perfec-
ton with which he initiates the
songs of birds. He had beautifully
painted charts giving the pictures Of
the birds. AS each was shown, he
told about the bird and its habits,
and gave its various songs and calls.
He said: Everyone should hunt
birds, but with field glasses and
bird guide-not with gun In
speaking of the value of birds in de.
stroying insects, he said: IF eighty
four freight cars filled with bugs
and worms were placed where all the
birds of Illinois could feed from
them, it would take less than twenty
four hours for the last bug to ids
appear in the craw Of the hungry
birds. II all the birds in this coun-
try were destroyed, in shorter
space of time than you would be-
I1ieve possible the bugs would take
every green leaf and twig off the
face OF the land and we should be
reduced to starvation. We seldom
take account Of the good birds do
by eating the seeds Of weeds"
Help Preserve Birds.
I'm addition to leaving a gun al
home" said the speaker. Everybody
should put up bird houses and kill
stray cats. Every pet cat should
have license on It, and no cat
should be allowed to roam at large.
for cats are by nature foes to birds"
Rev. r. L. Schwab was the able
platform manager yesterday.
The program this evening Will be
g presentation Of The MlkaGo" by
the Davies Light Opera company.
which company gave the program
this afternoon.
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock the
Bertha Farmer company will give the
musical prelude, and they will give
the full concert in the evening. From
an artistic standpoint, this will be
the highest class musical organfza-
ton OF the week Bertha Farmer
herself has sung several seasons In
grand opera and was for several
seasons soprano soloist with the
Los Angeles Symphony orchestra.
The lecture Saturday afternoon
will be by DR.. Dennis Mason. on the
subject "Masterful Men" There Is
much interest shown in DIR. Mason's
lecture
Among the Keokuk people at the
ichautauqua yesterday were: Mrs
George W. Delaplaine, Mrs. H. O.
Whitney, Miss Elizabeth Collier,
Miss Haskin, Miss Elizabeth Webb,
Miss Jessie Webb, Mrs. Jacob Schou.
ten. Miss Verna Schouten, Miss
Schlotter, Miss Carolyn Stevens and
Curtis Koepf