The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-26
Signs of the
Times

In the grand chorus OF praise and |
Thanksgiving. the feeble pipes OF
humanity, speaking especially of the
Individual, can we add only wee
minor strain to that wonderful |
galaxy of sound that was brought to |
Tulsana this week by the Ukranian |
National chorus and in the pleasing |
bit of Mozart's delightful music, |
expressed in Cost Fan Tuttl." We !
are finding ourselves prone to Join |
in the hymn of laudation. especially |
for the evening when the Russians |
sang. High on the tide of public |
opinion, favor has swept in by press /
critics Of the east who have heard |
this wonderful chorus on this their |
premier appearance in America.
Free from all cosmopolitan plat |
form manners, but with a dignity |
most admirable, they sang celestial |
strains into our ears, making chill |
shivers Of pleasure perambulate up |
and down our spinal columns as the |
Choruses, human organs of sound |
filled the vast auditorium at con-
vention hall More shivers OF pleas |
ure pursued the same avenue of
vertabrae as we gazed upon their
picturesque costumes. The evening
was a triumph for Tulsa and the |
realization came, alas, too late that !
many were missing a chance OF a
lifetime to hear the unusual, for
there were many empty seats Long |
live the artistic genius of Russia
which is an inspiration TO the world
today though somewhat astray in
its native land. Cost Fan Tutti'
expressed Mozart's ideas OF music
in It's airiness an old-fashioned
rythm. One looked for the harpis-
cord and spinnet and revelled in the
costumes and elegance of the pic
;ure. The singing was high, true
Mazort style, and sung with that
ease that typified the composer.
Speaking OF thanksgiving and
singing poems Of praise, the nation,
the state, the city, the home and the
individual will raise proud voices
and lift their hearts to Almighty
God for a continuance OF His mercy
and goodness to the world and to
US. Let us think not OF our selfish
ambitions, but look about us and
visualize and acknowledge all
earthly good that comes only from
one source. II Is not in order to be
churchiy or religious that we do this,
Il is a genuinely human trait and
craven is that person who does not
remember TO be thankful for the
richness Of this worlds gifts TO
our souls and to our bodies. Look
Ing down the hazy vista Of years
past, we have gifmpsed the joys and
sorrows and are able to know that
in the experiences of both we were
allowed to grow In more grace and
are more godly men and women
and know the true from the false.
Today, with a world OF science and
activity in all lines Of endeavor, we
perhaps are able to stand more
firmly alone and cope with the
fast expansion that surrounds us.
We are able to lift ourselves above
a human strata and see more clearly
the way In which our footsteps
should go so as to place monu-
Inent to ourselves In after life, as
having lived as we should. Let us
he thankful for this and for the
little things.
As James Whitcomb Riley said:
Let US be thankful not only because
Since last our universal thanks
were told
We have grown greater in the
worlds applause
And fortunes newer smiles sur
pass the old.
In this day when the cry unlver-
sally Is for consolidating the thougNt
of the world for peace, there comes
an idea to US in this international ex-
change of music, art and other
talents. For instance, take the multi
millionaire oil man who takes his
family to Europe. where he meets
people OF genuine caste, sees the
countries at their best and enjoys
II all Europe sends It's cultured
people here. They are shown to us
in cinema portrayal In news films
and we read about them casually
in the press. But there is no his
toric imprint made by this exchange