The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-04
Peoples Institute Organization Ap-
pears in Second Booster Concert
Last Evening Before Large
Audience.
EVERY NUMBER ENCoRED
Child Artist Discovered by Al.
Fields Proves One of the Inter
esting Soloists in the Pro-
grom.
by Mrs. Selby Johnson.l


cert by the Peoples Institute band
at Bethel A. NJ. Z. church last even
ing proved a great success. The band
was greeted by an audience OF al
least five hundred people, both white
and colored, and all agree that this
was one of the best band concerts
ever given in Keokuk, and the bes,
one by this band.
. In the absence of the Rev. c. r.
waters, DR.. T. H. Phillips gave the
invocation after which the band
played three sacred melodies to be-
gin the program. These were: Let
the Lower Lights be Burning
yield Not to Temptation" Cast Thy
Burden on the Lord"
The march, Virgin Island" by
Adams was pleasing. "In Twilight's
Watching Hour" by Phipps, drew
great applause.
Mrs. Jerietta Morton appeared
next She is a natural born elocu-
ZIONIST, those qualities having been
Inherited from her mother, and she
has received great inspiration and
help from Mrs. Collingwood Tucker,
in whose home she has been employ
ed. Mrs Morton gave Dunbar's THE
Watermelon" and was encored. She
gave another reading from the lam
iented poet. w.,
THE Butterfly" given by the band
was splendid and held the audience
enraptured Next came the solo,
!"Out on the Roll of the Open Sea-"
sung by Theodore Bryant with Resi-
maid South as the accompanist. This
/ also received great applause.
/ Child Artist is Discovered.
| Following the ten minute intermis-
! sion, the program was resumed with
a clarinet duet by A. J. Fields and
Lucy Ross. Little Miss Ross is an
orphan, and with her brothers and
! sisters is living with Mrs. Minnie
Scott She is only nine years old,
but Mr.. Fields discovered that she
had musical talent and ability and
for the last three months he has
been helping her in her study of the
! clarinet. She gives great promise of
future development with this instru-
ment
Star Light Love-" by the band,
Morton's readings, this time When
bers by the band, Little Sunshine"
'Eittiwake" and Federal Guard"
/ stirring march, brought the program
Ito its end. The band played Aud
Lang Syne as the closing number ,
! One with only a limited knowledge
of music could note the improvement
and progress the band has been MAX
ing in its work since the last booster
concert. The band was organized five
years ago. Fred D. Fields is it's con-
ductor and business manager, and %
him, as well as to the loyal members
of the organization must be given
much praise for the success OF the
concerts. The band has no fund to
draw upon for its expenses, the mem
bers dig down into their pockets. 1t
appears before the public in concert
CT this sort but once each year. The
band has responded graciously 10
every invitation to play that has been
extended it. 1t was organized as nom
'denominational and helps out in every
way when asked. 1t was organized
TO help promote the moral uplift
work, and to fill the place that love
of music does among the colored
people.
After the concert, the women of
the Bethel church served refresh
r,ents in the dining room to the large
audience.