6 NO MARSEILLAISE FOR ENGLISHMEN British Soldiers Hide Their Bravery Behind Songs of Home So great is the Englishman's fear of showing his emotions and deeper feelings that according to the au thorities in the literary and musical world of that country, England will never produce such songs as the "Marseillaise" or the "Wacht am Rhein." Not that lie isn't inspired by the great work of the war or by the ideals for which he is lighting:, but that hA neither wants nor needs to sing those songs which are essen tially conducive to creating patriotic feelings. His emotions are deep, but ho keeps them hidden. As a result of this the songs he sings on the battlefield are apparently light hearted and superficial in moaning. They are in the majority of cases the old homo ditties with which he lias always been familiar. Perhaps the most popular of them is the fol lowing: The bolls of hell go ting-a-ling-line For you, but not for me, For me the angels sing-a-ling-lins They've got the goods for me. Oh, death, where is thy sting-a-ling ling, ' W T here, grave, thy victory? The bells of hell go ting-a-ling-ling For you, but not for me. Naturally, this song is directed against the Boche. There isn't much to it in the way of poetic beauty or soul-stirring emotion, yet on the lips of the fighting Tommy, who al ways, always, is afraid of someone suspecting him of being an emotion al creature, it becomes, in the bitter seriousness of battle, a war hymn whose fervor and power is second to none. JVmerimn Soldier Slums No Re ticence of S*'lrlt Tliis reticence of expression is not true of his American lather. At the Battle of San Juan Jliil the American soldiers fought their way to victory on the tune "There'll be a Hot Time in the Old Town To night." And according to present reports from the front, it is this same song which is now proving most popular with the soldiers "over there." Hut besides this, the spirit ol' song which is gaining a strong hold in our army to-day has engen dered in our boys a desire to sing at all times, thus solidifying their ranks. Our boys in khaki now set forth in song the feelings deeply im planted in their natures. Special Music at St. Stephen's Episcopal In connection with the regular evening service in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church several musical numbers are always given beside a wood practical address by the Kec- To-morrow evening Mrs. Gobin A'allerchamp will sing Fry's "X Will l.<ift Up Mine Eyes" and the choir will sing Parker's "In Heavenly 1..0 rd Abiding." There will also be two organ numbers. Sunday evening, March 3. the j choir will render Mendelssohn's "Hear My Prayer, v There is in preparation the following cantatas: "Gallia" by Gounod; "The Conver sion" by Matthews and "Olivet to Calvary" by Maunder. §j HEAR the LARK'S SONG § S on the AMPICO Hk * I /"~\NE day a lark sang. Glinka listened BFwU J|' composed his famous virtuoso j||| piece ''The Lark." Jtalakirew arranged |B\vA mj it and Richard Buhlig played it for the H\j\\ Ampico, which reproduces every trill M V^W B and quaver of Buhlig's interpretation. [wy w jR For the hour of lighter vein there are the jl| 'YR ■ old-time melodies, light opera transcrip- JBj JU H tions and infectious dance numbers—all H ffi repoduced exactly ns played by real K/ f faa artists in these schools of music. H / F | H Ampico recitals daily in our salesrooms. Come B | | jjj and bring your musical friends. S I \ Iff The Amptco may be had in the Marshall cj- WendclL, |9| J j||fj at prices rangimgjhm B Jl 1 J. H. Troup Music House • 1 it Troup Building V //•' 15 South Market Square jgi "fc AMPICO.. MARSHALL & WENDELL J SATURDAY EVENING, STUDIO ON SING NO. 4—PITCH By JOHN' W. PHILLIPS The one thing above all others,] that has been the target of the ctrtics lor years, is the singing or| playing off pitch by singers and j violinists. This one shortcoming in an artist, the critic cannot overlook, because true pitch is the very firstj essential necessary to the artist who j has to create both pitch and tone. It is not our business here to dis-j cuss the scientific meaning of pitch, | defined as the rate of vibration, or, the acutcness or gravity of any par- i ticular sound. The average music! listener is not concerned with the! scientific analysis of pitch, but is in-] terested in melodies and harmonies sounding in tune. Singing off the pitch is traceable' to two causes, and two only,—in correct musical ear, and lack of vi- i tality. Playing the violin off pitch j is due almost entirely to faulty mil-' sical ear; although occasional lapses! are sometimes due to lack of per-j feet • technique. We are speaking now of professional or public per formers and not students. The piano artist will not perforin on a piano until it has been thor oughly tuned, —that is—put on the pitch for him. He has an artistic and sure stroke and strikes the keys in such a manner that the best pos sible tone is secured, but he had nothing to dh with the pitch. The piano tuner did that. In Chicago, a lady brought her niece to me, for voice trial, and wanted a frank opinion as to whether the young lady had singing pdssibilities. If I told j the guardian that the niece had neither voice nor talent, 1 might be stepping on the neck of dear Aunt ie's judgment; and if 1 told her that Angelina had a wonderful voice and j great talent. —which she did net pos- | seas at all—l would have been straf- | ed later, so in a moment of great | inspiration, I became one of tliej world's foremost diplomats, (al- j though Ilie world does not know it) i I advised Auntie to let Angelina take j piano lessons. I have not yet seen ! her name in print or on electric I signs in front of concert hall?. Now, Angelina's voice wasn't so bad, but! it was not on speaking terms with the pitch. An Unhappy End Possibly she came to the same' unbnppy end as the man in the fol-j lowing story—a lady belonging to a I church in Massachusetts went to lierj pastor with the complaint that the; unmelodious singing of the man in j the pew in front of her was posi-1 tively unbearable; that his voice I was harsh and that he had no idea 'of a tune. "Can't you iisk him to! change his pew?" she s.d pastor. The kindly pastoi 1 wis soTO-' ly perplexed, after a few moment's reflection, he said, "Well, I natur-) ally would feel a little delicate on j that score, especially as I should have to tell him why I asked it. I But, I'll tell you what I might do." I Hero his face became illuminated by a happy thought, "I might ask him to join the choir." Of Tremendous Importance Not everybody 'appreciates the' value of correct pitch. It is of tre-! mendous importance. People who j allow their pianos to become woe-! fully out of tune, and who can sit! and play on this same piano by the hour, will make a heap of unpleas-! ant conversation if they hear even \ an amateur sing a single phrase j out of tune. Many people sing off I pitch that do not themselves sus- i pect it. good voice does not no-l cessarily mean a true voice, and it is only the true pitched voice that can be beautiful. Let us examine the first violins of an orchestra for a moment—There are eighteen or twenty of them—A violin soloist —a great one—is to play with their accompaniment, to which is added the balance of the great orchestra. The soloist will be heard above the twenty first violins and above the whole orchestra. He may have a better violin, but surely not so much better or more 'powerful violin than the twenty combined. Why is this? ' The Difference In the first place the twenty vio lins are all different —in weight, quality, balance and possibly var nish. The twenty men playing them are all different —in ability, in im agination and sense of pitch. Sclen- ] tifically, possibly no two violins are j tuned precisely alike. There is not I a thoroughness of tone or pitch. The.! soloist with one violin, and with an extraordinary sense of pitch and tone can therefore make his solo easily distinguishable because of the purity of tone gained by the two factors named above. The same principle applies to quartet or chorus singing. Not every body hits the pitch in the middle. A good natural voice not well placed, or poised, or focused; is not quite jin tune. The roundness and full ness, so much desired, comes as the result of a voice strictly in tui\p. True pitch has vitality and glow in it. Faulty pitch is reflected by dull, uninteresting tone, of which th'ere is a bountiful supply. Singers should practice exercises without piano support—strike a single note only for a fundamental tone —-sing the exercise—then find out by striking the beginning tone whether you landed back on the pitch. Recitations in oratorio or opera, are also excellent for train ing the sense of musical pitch, be cause recitations have often little or no accompaniment, but do have •enougljj —usually at the end —to tell whether the singer has held to the pitch. A singer, physically tired, or lack ing vitality, will sing off pitch,— usually slightly under it —and will sometimes sing an upper tone slightly sharp (or above) because of a forced effort. This is usually only a tem porary condition. The tone that glows, thrills, soothes or charms is the tone that Ms in tune —the tone that is out of tune annoys the acute ear. It can never be artistic or beautiful. Tone musical pitch then is the first requisite of the singer. V*- ■/ Music in the Churches PINK STREET PRESBYTERIAN Morning—"Praeludium in G Ma jor," Mendelssohn; xAnthem, "O Praise the Lord in Heaven," J. ('hrostopher Marks; Offertory, "Rev erie," Strauss-liogers: Solo, "The* Are They" (Holy City), A. R. Gaul, by Mrs. Cox; Postlude, "Grand Cho-j rus in,D Major," Henand. Evening—Organ Selections at 7.15 I "Legend," Federlein; "Elegie," T. i Tertius Noble; Anthem, "Jesus, Lov- j er of My Soul." Williams; O/fertory, I "Abendlied," Mendelssohn; Anthem, "At the Close of the Day," George : r. Nevin; Postlude, "Fantasle In C," ; Tours. RIDGE AVENUE M. E. Morning—Prelude. "Adagio Soste- | litito," Beethoven; Anthem, "In the! Cross of Christ," Petrie; Offertory,! "Adagio," Shelley; Postlude, "Marche j Pontilicale," Leinmens. j MESSIAH LUTHERAN Morning—-Prelude, "Andante "con; moto," Calkin; Offertory, "Ave Ma ria," Verdi: Anthem, "Jesus! Name of Wondrous Love," Starr; Postlude, "Postlude in G," Shelley. Evening—Prelude, Prelude in D Flat," Chopin: Anthem, "Hear Me, O Lord," Dixon; Offertory, "Beree-j use," Zapff; Quartet, "O Jesus, Thou Art Standing," Shepard: Postlude,! "Grand Chorus." Torfibelle. LENTEN ORGAN RECITAL • The Third in the series of six Len- ! ;en organ recitals held in St. Steph- ! •n's Church will be given next Sat urday afternoon at 5 o'clock by Har 3ld J. Bartz, F. A. G. 0., organint I it the First Presbyterian Church of fork, Pa. Miss Belle Middaugh. contralto, | will be the assisting soloist. ST. STEPHENS EPISCOPAL Morning—"Venite," Turbe; Bene licte, Harker; Benedictus, Heath- 1 'ote; Anthem. "Jesus Said Unto th People—'l am the Bread of Life,' " Stainer. Evening—Magnificat, Jacob; Nunc' Dimittis, Stuiner; Soprano Solo, "I I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes," Fry, Mrs. i 3obin Vallerchamp; Organ, "Medi .ation," Cole; Anthem, with Soprano! Jbliguto, "In Heavenly Love Ahid ng," Parker; Organ, "Grand Cho •us," Salome. SALEM REFORMED Morning—-"Meditation," Callaerts: | jloria Patri, "To Deum Laudamus," 1 Kotzschamar; Contralto Solo, "The Ninety and Nine," Campion. Miss "assel; "Lento Maestro," (from Stra iella) Flotow-Buck. Evening—"At Twilight," Steb jins: Gloria Patrl, "Tho Shadows of the Evening Hours." Barri-Shelley, tvith Contralto and Bass Solo; "Pray jr" (from Ist Sonata in G Minor,) Becker. WASHINGTON DAY EXRRCISES Wain. Pa., Feb. 23.—The Blaln primary school rendered a program if exercises, consisting of music, trills, speeches end recitations, in celebration of Washington's Birthday I :>n Friday afternoon. A number of •itizens attended and enjoyed hear ing the little folks speak. Miss 1 Myr tle Wentz is the teacher. Tbe building was crowded last h venlng at the exercises held at Mount Pleasant school by Miss Jo sephine Slieaffer, teacher. A fine program was rendered by the pupils In honor of Washington and Lincoln. There was a good attendance at i'io Washington's Birthday exercises :ifld on Thursday afternoon at Red rorner schoolhouse in Jackson township. The children were well .Irilled, much credit being due the tiacher, Miss Elsie M. Bistline. HA.RRISBURG TELEGRAPH SINGING SCHOOL 80 YEARS OLD Community Work Served Both Social and Musical Purpose * The old-fashioned singing -school for grown-ups may or may not have been the ancestor of the modern community chorus. If it was, all the more 'honor to tho be-spectac.led, black-coated singing masters who eighty years ago and more, '.rudged with flocks through the New England snows and the Pennsyl vania uplands to the low red school house, so cold and dark on winter nights till the lanterns and lusty voices of the country people filled! it with light and cheer. Wliy They Came The young men and women came! to learn note-reading—24 lessons for $1.50. That was not a trifling sum in the 'forties and the walks to the schoolhouse were often wearying after a day's work. Was it all for the sake of mastering the interval from do to la, keeping time and qualifying for a place in the choir to be organized later? Of course not! The singing school was a so cial diversion, an exciting neignbor liood affair in the days when dances and evening parties woi'3 rare, even in the cities. H°w singing School Was Conducted The late L. O. Emerson, born in Parsonfield, Me., in 1820 and liv ing to see the beginning of the modern community efforus gives the following vivid reminisn-n.-o of the sinji'tiir class he attended as a young man: "There would be the usual rivalry between the swains lor the privilege of accompanying the fair ones and cariy-.ng their song books. Some times there were imprumptu brushes her ween pet spced.-w? attached to sleighs in which some of the couples rode to the school. Yes, there was reason for looking forward to mer riment and good times as well as learning to read f>-om note. "The school room was without light although a big stove gave forth a comfortable heat. Tho leader car rying a lantern from his sleigh, walked to the teacher's desk and placed his light and book thereon. Others came with portable lamps, but most with tallow candles set in small blocks of wood. I "And now the lesson began, the | rudiments of music being taken up j and explanations given. Sometimes I the very earnestness or the would-ho singers resulted in confusion and they became mixed as to the proper succession of the do, re, mi, series. But good humor prevailed; n mis j take was laughed off, and every- I body tr|ed again until the exercise j could be sung correctly. "By the time tho last lesson was | reached these young people had learned to read from note with some i facility and were generally i accurate 1 ntime. Of real training in singing there was little or none, j Uhe people sang as they thought best ] and the quantity was certainly above j the quality. But they were bene -1 f.ted personally and socially. : "Yes, the old-fashioned singing school was a useful institution and i kept alive in tho hearts of the people' j a good foundation for the latter pro- 1 | gress. Steelworker Falls Into Bucket of Hot Slag j Lewistown. Pa., Fob.. 23.—Harry 1 ; Krouse, aged 22 years, of BeaveV j Springs, was badly injured at the J Logan Iron and Steel Works yester- J day when he stepped backward and j fell into a large bucket of white-hot J flag. His body was burned almost | all over from the neck to the waist I and his clothing burned away. He I was hurried to the Lewistown Hos-! pltal. where it is feared that his in- I juries will prove fata. >llts. SAHAII HAMILTON lli;s Elizabethtown, Pa., Feb. 23,—Mrs. Sarah Hamilton, widow of Adam Hamilton, died at her home in South Market street ofi Thursday after a ' brief illness. Mrs. Hamilton was about 70 years old and one of the oldest citizens of the borough. She , was a member of St. Peter's Catholic . Church. She is survived by one i daughter, Mrs. William Barnes, at ■home; a niece, Mrs. John Keller, ] Mount Joy; a brother, John Sweeney, j of Newville, and a sister, Mrs. JCim- ] merman, of Middletown. The fu- i enral will take place on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Services in St. Peter's Church, conducted by the j Rev. Mr. {Stumph. Burial in the ' church graveyard. BIBLE CLASS MUSICALE Enola, Pa., Feb. 23. —The Ladies' Bible class of fit. Matthew's Re formed Sunday school held Its monthly meeting. Thursday evening] at the home of Mrs. Edward Esen- • wine. After a musical and literary i program refreshments were served i to the following: Mrs. John Grirver, Mrs. Christian Kautz, Mrs. Ambrose < Baskenstoe. Mrs. John Snyder, Mrs. G. A. Yeager, Mrs. John Kauffman, Mrs. W. L. Fisher, Miss Claire Me- i Nail, Mrs. Esenwine, Kenneth and Romayhe Esenwine. ILUISTBATEO LKCTIHK New Cumberland, Pa., Feb. 2::.—On Tuesday evening an illustrated lec ture on prohibition will be given in 1 Baughmon Memorial Methodist Church. The Phillips Studio 121 State Street HOW TO PRODUCE TONE HOW TO SING WHAT TO SING ' The Phillip* art of Tone Production and Singing is based on unchangeable and correct principles and musicianship With Player and Singer At Bethlehem Lutheran Church to-morrow the music will be in keep ing with the Lenten season. Gounod wrote his best music for that sol emn period in the church year im mediately preceding the Easter fes tival as his oratorio of "The Re demption," "O Divine Redeemer" and "Cross of Calvary" give pToof. Roy Mathias, bass soloist of the choir, will sing ttiis composer's "Gentle, Holy Savior," the text'by Alfred Phillips, at the morning ser vice. The quartet choir will sine William Drcsslor's adaptation of tho Scriptural invitation, "Come Unto Him All Ye That Labor" to music of Beethoven's. Mrs. W. K. Bum-! baugh, soprano and director of the choir,, will sing the solos in this number. The evening anthem, "Be hold, God Is My Salvation," is bv Rogers. Mrs. W. H. Witherow, con tralto, and Mr. Mathias will be heard in solos in the Liebe-Schill ing setting of "Nearer My God to Thee." On Easter evening the choir will sing "The New Life," a cantata by James H. Rogers, now in course of preparation) Messiah Lutheran Church choir has been rehearsing Mendelssohn's "St. Paul" and expect to sing it when the new organ shall have been in stalled. Music for the dedicatory services to be held upon the com pletion of the new church at Sixth and Forster streets is also being pre pared and the thirty members of this choir are consistent in their at tendance at rehearsals. It is likely John B. Siefert, the Pittsburgh tenor, will sing the tenor solos when "St. Paul" is sung. Mrs. Roy G. Cox, soprano, will sing "These Are They Who Have Come Out of Great Tribulation," from Gaul's "Holy City," at Pino Street Presbyterian Church to-nior row. Zembo Temple Band, under the direction of Cornelius B. Shope, is rehearsing for the meeting of Ma sons to be held in Chestnut Street Auditorium next month. A feature of the meeting of th'e Daughters of the American Revolu- STACCATO NOTES ( It will interest musicians and tho public generally, to learn that Enrico Caruso, paid his income tax last week, and it amounted to $59,000, which he gave his check, al though it was not due until next June. The figures for this tax were based on the new income, excess, and super levies made necessary by war. Caruso is believed to earn about $250,000 per year. Digga—My wife Is a wonderful 'I singer; why, I have known her to I ! hold her audience for hours, i Riggs—Get out! j Diggs—After which she woufd lay ' \ it in the cradle and rock it to sleep, Ethel Ijeginska, the concert pian ■ ist, in private life Mrs. Ethel Whlt tern, has been granted a divorce from Roy Emerson Wlilttern, composer, of ■ ! Cleveland, Ohio, better known as iWhithorne. The decree was granted ! in Ohio by Judge Aivin J. Parson, j in the Court of Common Pleas. j At a campmeetlng where hats | were used as collection baskets, the j preacher said: "Let us sing while the hats are 1 coming in." ! The pianist, after some fumbling with tho panes, turned to him and | said: "I can't find it." "Beg pardon?" said the preacher, j ! "Why," replied the pianist, "I j nan't find that song, 'Whfle the Hats {Are Coming In' in my book." — I Christian Herald. I The owners of the Irving Place ' theater. New York, have asked the I German stock company which now is giving drama and musical comedy there to vacate on May 1, 1 1918. The Irving Place theater has been the center of German dramatic pro duction in this country for the last thirty years. "Only think, Mr. Grogan, that great Piani-pounder has practiced so har- id at the pianny for the lasht | six months that he has paraloysed two fingers." "Begorrah, that s nothing, Mrs. Dolan. Me daughter, Mary Ann, has practiced so hard for the lasht six months that she's paraloysed two j piannies." Another Russian violinist. Toscha i Seidle. arrived in this country on | Monday. us suggest that all the . Busslan violinists now in this coun try. return to Russia, and combine to create harmony there. Sebastian Bach Schlesinger, the American Composer residing on the French Riviera, recently gave in T<ice a concert for the benefit of the orphans of the war. An old lady of the American colony said to him: "You are named after the famous composer. Bach, aren't you? "Yes, quite so," was tho reply. "I love Bach's stuff," 'said the old lady. "Is he composing anything j now?" "No," said Mr. Schlesinger, "Bach i lu decomposing now." We are slowly coming to the con- I elusion that Beethoven was a futur- ! ist. His music, is for the past, present j and future. FEBRUARY 23, inis. tion at tho Civic Club yesterday afternoon was tho singing of "Your Old Uncle Sam," Allen Sangree's words, sung to the tune of "The Old Grey Mare," with Miss Mary Cor bett leading, the voices of the Daughters rang out in the Sangree poem. Especially appropriate to the sol emn church season are the musical numbers chosen for the services at Graco Methodist Episcopal Church to-morrow. "Art Thou Weary," ny Dudley Buck; "O Paradise," by C. B. Hawley, and Otis' "O Mother Dear, Jerusalem" are striking ex amples of music of somber timtfre. The wife of the Secretary of War, who was filizabeth W. Leopold be-' fore her marriage, was a teacher in | the music faculty of AVilson College,! Chambersburg, and soprano soloist; of tho historic Falling Spring Pres byterian Church, of which the Rev. Dr. John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton University, was once pas tor. When Mrs. Baker made up her mind to leave Wilson, expres sions of regret were general. At an evening farewell concert, which was attended by nearly everybody who was anybody musically In the Frank lin county seat, the young woman who became the wife of President Wilson's war chief, song Tosti's "Good Bye." The girls were in ! tears as the poem unfolded and some ; sobbed aloud. So distress ing was the experience to the singer] that bang! went her upper G as Mrs. Baker sang the closing meas ures of the famous song. When the teacher fainted at the close of the song there was a wild scramble for water and smelling salts. In the morning Bessie Leopold, as she was known, went from tho halls, where for several years she had shone as a , vocal star, to her home in Norris town, fhis state, and thence to the destiny all good Presbyterians believe in—in her case to the altar with Newton D. Baker. The singing of "O Lord. Correct Me." arranged to the music of the aria from Handel's "Rinaldo" and sung by Master Paul Ross at St. .Stephen's P. E. Church recently, re calls the success made of this par- A struggling composer not long ago submitted to an almost equally struggling pubisher a ballad entitled, "The Lay of the Lark." It was re turned with this note: "Rejected with thanks. Send a few specimens of the lay of the hen just now. We will gladly accept them." The latest song success "Who Put the Germ in Germany," we presume, refers to the war germ—and we know who put it in. too. Music in the Churches MARKET SQ. PRESBYTERIAN Morning—A varied program, in connection with the one hundred and second Anniversary of the Sunday •school- Evening—Prelude. "Allegro Mod erato. Adagio, from Sonata No. 1. Mendelssohn; Offertory, "Pastorale," Flagler; Anthem. "Our Soul on* God with Patience Waits," Garrett; Post lude, "March in F. Wallis." CHRIST LUTHERAN Morning—Postlude, "Daybreak." Spinney; Offertory, "Pastorale," Bar nard; Indies' Chorus, "Judean Shep herds Lift Your Eyes,", from "The Shepherd King," J. Hall; Postlude. "Marche Moderne," LeMaire. Evening Prelude, "Berceuse,"* Dickinson; Ladies' Chorus, "All Peo ple Praise," Charles Gingrich; Offer toTy, "Prayer," Thompson; Ladies' Chorus, "From Every Stormy Night," Wilder; Solo, Miss Margaret Wilson; Offertory, "Offertoire in F Minor'* Fa u Ikes. Where DoYou Sit to E T\ • o you believe that it would contribute ' You will never get the greatest enjoy materially to your pleasure, and entertain- j ment from music until you can play it ment if, by some miraculous power you f yourself, sitting at your own piano, were to gain instantly the ability to play on the piano any piece of-music put before The piano you should own, and can af you? • " ford, rs more than a piano, it is a player piano. If you could purchase to-day the manual dexterity that people are able to acquire Let our salesman demonstrate to you only through years of practice, would you the wonderful possibilities of the player be interested in the proposition? j piano without obligation. C. M. Sig Pianos Victrolas VgfF BIJIVOYVG 30 N. 2nd St. ~AK ticular setting of the plea by Mrs. Eleanor Kessler Coates, a kinswo man of Benjamin M. Nead, the Har rlsburg attorney. When Mrs. Coates returned from study under operatic teachers in Berlin she was invited to sing in many Lutheran churches and found the Handel aria an ap propriate vehicle for the text. At recitals in New York and Philadel phia, with Wayne H. Bowers, a brother of Robert Hood Bowers, the composer, as accompanist, Mrs. Coates sang many of the Robert Franz songs her favorites being "For Somebody" and "Dedication." Mrs. Coates is now living in England. Miss Sara Lemer, whose violin re cital at Penn Hall, Chambersburg, I attracted many lovers of music from Franklin county towns, re sponded to the applause of the Penn Hall girls with several encores. One of tho most beautiful of the | compositions of the late Dr. William I Wallace Gilchrist, who had a par- j tioularly warm place in the hearts of lovers of music of this city, is his j setting of the liyriin "O Jesus, Thou Art Standing," arranged for contral- [ to voice and choir. The music de- | mands a wide range of voice. The ; organ accompaniment is after the! COLUMBIA Grafonola mid Columbia JSecurdk "That's the o I iitil you have seen and heard the Columbia Grafo nola you are not likely to have a complete convic tion that you are buying the right instrument for your home. From the lowest-priced Grafonola at $lB to the handsomest cabinet instrument at $250, Columbia instruments invite and welcome com parison. / • Join Our 1918 Club on Pianos and Player-Pianos It gives you the opportunity to make the family a gift of never-ending pleasure by paying a small initial pay ment and the balance in convenient instalments. Our Well-Known Line of Renowned Makes Needs No Recommendation Call today—make yoar selection—and have a piano in yoar home j— "OPEN EVENINGS* Spangler fJJJJI Mus 5 " 2112 N. SIXTH STREET BETJJ IHONLE 4011-J Colombia ll r t.'rnfonola j^/ Price sllO almost inimitable style of Dr. Gil christ. The composition is appro priate to the Lenten season. Thomas G. Shep&rd also has written a most reverent setting of this poem, with solo for soprano voice. The members of the Second Re formed choir were entertained by their director, George A. Hutman, at his home, 1703 North Third street, last evening. This is an an nual event. • N Campion's "There "Were Ninety and Nine" will be sung by Miss Cassel at Salem Reformed Church to-mor row. St. Stephen's 'Tlptscopal Church is rehearsing Mendelssohn's "Hear My Prayer" and will sing it during the season. It is in this compo sition the famous setting ®f "O For tlie Wings of a Dove" appears. Prof. Kuschwa's singers read for the first time last evening Gounod's "Gallia," writen by the famous French mas ter at the close of the Franco-Prus sian War. George Balch Nevin's anthem, "At the Close of Day" will be the even ing choir offering at the Pine Street Presbyterian Church.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers