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Page 2 m FESTIVAL STARS P| HEARD IT GAMP yj J R Charlotte's Distinguished Guests Make Tour of Camp Greene. | Knigtvts of Columbus Buildingj Packed With Soldiers at Con- j RejwJvjB cert by Great Artists. ffl vO Welcomed to Camp Greene by Gen-1 [ \ * Hi eral K. B. Babbitt, the Entente Al- I I \|j M lies' Patriotic Music'Festival party be rAlUJI Kin a lour of the great military can f BU WTB tonmenl yesterday ariernoon ai a 3. Ml H o'clock, which closed with a superb v9l concert at Knights of Columbus buildThe party was composed of the W ffl Marquis de Polignac, of the French Hftjjff high commission to the United States, /VII the marquise. Miss Alice Nielsen, M. Vj| Lucien Muratore. M. Henri Casadesus, S? M. Louis Husselmans, Major Dupont JW H and Lieutenant Dael. Mr. Marion RmV Greene. Miss Toye, companion of Miss la Nielsen. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sullivan, gLB Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Van I>andingham. W nFK Yesterday the secretary of the Knights IJr of Columbus requested the Charlotte j Music Festival association to agree to the api>earance of these artists at |BS Camp Greene yesterday afternoon. It nH. was manifest that such an appearII' ance would affect the night performtfTTW ance but in an effort to co-operate with the soldiers at camp who might not be able to attend either performed/ Yv/* ance the association readily agreed, 1 "N an(1 conveyed the invitation to the I artists, all of whom were delighted to I make the trip. ft J Immediately after the afternoon ] ft\ // concert the party left the Selwyn ho- j to'- a,1(J arriving at General Babbitt's ; headquarters, moving pictures of the ' arrival of the marquis and the mar- j tfllljN quise and their reception by the gen- j f Z. oral wore taken, together with a numEHMMp ber of groups, including the French : I visitors, and M. Muratore, and the | | m massed military band which played at j Bboth night concerts. i Thence the party went to the K. C. building. No. ?, where each, of the artists assisted in entertaining the sol- J Mr. Green led the program, with' Mr. Wilfrid I'eletier at the piano. He' was recalled to the stage and his sing- I ing was immensely enjoyed by the! He was followed by Miss Nielsen, j who sang ihriee. The first number j was "When Irately in Dance I Km-< braced ller." This was followed by! "Under the Greenwood Tree." which was especially pleasing to the large , She was recalled, so great was the appreciation of her audience and to | the delight of her new hearers and those who heard her in the afternoon ; f IffiTTBH she SHnK "Sweet Genevieve." Miss Nielsen was itarticularly happy at the | jbjDra camp. She sang for the first time to soldiers, and expressed deep appreciakJBK] tion at being invited to sing to them. "1 never knew just how much of an American I am until I see all these i nSl fine boys in uniform," was the way \ she expressed it. Yesterday the apv, pea red in three concerts at the regular X ^01 matinee at the auditorium, at Camp Greene and at the final concert of the series at the auditorium last night, made a new place for herself in piedV M. Casadesus followed Miss NlelySxFfiB sen. and played two selections, the \ If first the air?Martini Tambourin BorL ghin for the viola d' amore, the secW ond a French folk dance, both of a r Jl which were enthusiastically received. 3 a Last 0,1 the Pros""** was M. Mura11 jl tore, who sang first "Chanson de Barberine." which he sang at the opening BBBJ concert on Friday night. His voice HI y was in exceptional trim and his best II * I work of Friday was easily excelled. His second was the "French Song f| Ik of Victory." which brought from the II B large audience round after round of IM applause. Again and again he re*pil H| pea red to express his appreciation of him hut this did not satisfy the audience and it was 1IHL Mfl not until he again took the stage were H>v SeJ j they content. Then it was that the most dramatic feature of the entire trip occurred. a The great tenor announced "Lea Marseillaise." and almost with one accord, led by the French high commissioner and the marquise and Major Dul>ont, the audience stood while Muratore sang the French battle hymn. H I'pon its conclusion the marquis adHfl vanced to the stage and extended his hand In hearty congratulation and Hi Leaving the building the entire parHfl ty together with the audience, was U caught by the moving picture mall chine sent from the New York office DO of the Pathe News service for this II purpose. This film will be issued in II all other cantonments in the United If States, as an evidence of the considerati on shown the enlisted men in giving them entertainment ajBtJkS From the building the party returned to the city, each expressing to TRENCH the festival management their delight as having been able to appear before the soldiers who are to fight our battles in France. ORIGINAL PLAY GETS ENTHUSIASTIC HEARING Charles Koehlers "Learning How ID Parlez Vous" Is Staged at I / V Building 106. ? [ Battery E. Thirteenth Field artllI lery. put on Charles Koehler's origi| nal one-act farce at *7" 106 on Sat| urday night in a manner that seemed I to please the large audience immense-1 ly. "Learning how to paries vous" , is the title of the skit, which lasted over an hour and brought roars of laughter. All the characters played very well indeed. I The opening represented a school -1 room, any Y. M. C. A. building. Wlin seven pupils and a French teacher. The tramp. Private Hoenich. was the first pupil in school. He brought I a roar of - laughter with his hobo, ' stvle of speaking. Then entered Rasj tus. the coon. Private C. Hendrlck. I He played well throughout the act. I also doing some good jigging. Next ; came the Jew pupil. Sam Pomerantx. i Needless to say, his acting was more than perfect, and the crowd gave I gave him a great ovation. Next entered the dope fiend. Grant Rietzel. ! and the bowery tough. Villiain Richj ter. They were also largely responsi-1 1 ble for the gales of laughter from I the crowd. The French teacher. Charles Koehler. next entered. He played his part i with great skill, ana tne anawnce 1 showed their appreciation of him. ; The last pupil to enter was Percival C. Russell, of the band, who played i ] excellently. School waa closed with I a few songs by Sam Pomerantz, and, I a final one by the whole cast. "When I I Yankee Doodle learns to parlez vous." I ! This is the second success of the kind which Battery E has scored, the first being "The Broadway Cabaret." i The next attraction which will soon | appear is a minstrel show by Koch- j ler. and possibly the same cast. i NOTES FROM BATTERY B SEVENTY-SEVENTH Cook Blnkoski: "What's for breakfast, sergeant?" Mess sergeant: "How many eggs have we?" Cook: "Two dozen." Men sergeant: "How much flour is there?" Cook: "Two' hundred pounds." Mess sergeant: "Give 'em scrambled eggs." I wonder why ex-Cook Herman hangs around the kitchen. Stick around. Herm, they might take pity and take you again. Little boy sitting behind Red ' Ciohassey in picture show: "Ma. look j at the funny man in front of me." We wonder why Cook Ladendorf was balling Cook Schutmaer out The reason is said to be that he used old Dutch cleanser in place of baking powder in our strawberry shortcake. Just think of poor Lincoln. liaJsino: "Sergeant, 1 can t Keep tnis gas mask on my nose." Sergeant: "Let me isee your nose. (Takes a look at It) You fall out and get a nose bag." Since so many cooks are getting killed ovef there our pastry cook is awful sick. Cheer up. Albert, your're . i insured for $10,000. I And we have been wondering where I Sergeant Falconer goes every Saturday i night. Did they take the M. Ps off i down there? \ Things we never hear in the army: j Q. "Where were you for retreat?" j A. "I didn't hear first call." "All right, try and hear it next time. : please." "Sergeant, please put me on cook s i , police." "No. sergeant. I would rather drilli than sleep this morning." "I don't care for any more cake, ; I you." i I Somebody offered Herman Riffiart i five dollars for his hundred acres of land In Belgium. One of the cooks is worried to ! death. Somebody said Chicago went dry. One of our most famous plays: Dodging military police after 11 p. m. I Private Dlehl walking post: "Halt! ! who's there?" I Party: "Me." [ P. D.: "Who's me?" P.: "I." I P. D.: "All right, go ahead." | Rifflart. walking post at 2 o'clock I in the morning: "Halt! who is It?" I Ans.: "Friend." R.: "Oh. ah?tot I mean?ach h?1. go ahead. 1 forgot the rest." j EX-YANKEE PITCHER^ SEEKS BOMB TOSSERS New York. April 29.?Marty MoHale, the former Yankee twlrler, who is now a first lieutenant in the 22nd engineer regiment, announced a project Wednesday to obtain hand grenade throwers for Uncle Sara's army. He proposed to recruit a corps of 500 bomb throwers, which he intends to train and turn over to the government for service in France. McHaie wants to secure men of experience In athletics, particularly those who have played baseball, football. basketball, or any sport where ability to throw anything a designated distance to required. The only stipulation McHaie makes to that the ap-( plicants be without dependents. AND CAMP APPEAIi TO THE PATRIOTISM OP BTUMCNTS. I am in college today because the United 8tatae entered the war. Before that I had refused to consider seriously the prospect of four years spent in self-improvement It seemed a selfish answer Indeed to the cry of bloodsodden Europe. I hoped to make mine a nobler response. And then the inevitable occurred. America awoke from her lethargy and stretched her Btrong young arms across the sea. The war acted on my confused brain as some chemical reagents do on a milky solution?all cleared before my vision; I saw things in their true perspective. I watched the boys with whom I had worked (i nlnvAll in Aftrlv a/>hnA] llavu march in* off to a sterner school. I I learned to put by sentimentality and j tears for these b?ys who go forth to ) death with the love of life shining In I their eyes. I saw that I had been | spared for a saner task. There must be those left behind to build houses | and till fields, to dream of dawns and sunsets, and sing of happier things. The work of reconstruction after the war is over is to be a mighty task, and the responsibility rests, in large part, upon our individual shoulders. So I have come to college, not knowing what share of the task may be mine, but confident that the more liberally educated I am, the more thoroughly In sympathy with the highest ideals of men, living and dead, the more able I shall be to do my part welL (Editor's Note?The above was written by a daughter of Dr. C. L Jackson, religious work director of "Y" 103 at Camp Greene. She is a member of the clan of 1931 of Smith college. It was reprinted and largely distributed by the Massachusetts department of education.) r "Say It Wil Remember her birthday Floweijram if she is in a dis Scholtz, The No. 8 No. Tryon Mo Steam ] Laundry and One block in Rear o Up town office o[ TELEPHONE' I / GARIBALD Watchmakers, Jew* I PHO? I Fine Watches and Diamonds. Wrist Breakable Glass. Also Poc Diamonds and E 10 and IS S. Tryo* St. REGRET ALLEN'S DEPARTURE. We, the soldiers who are In the eeotion of Camp Greene who hare been ' J using T. M. C. A. hat 1S?. learn ,-?i the deepest regret that Mr. G. H. Al- , len is to lea re us. Mr. Allen, tor '..l| friendliness and ple?amr personality,. ;,j has won a place for himself that will *3 be hard to fill. With a friendly smile | and sunny disposition he has greeted ^ us on^our visits to the "Y." The life he has lived has shown us and his friendly words of chger and counsel have pointed to the liner and better uungs UJ. inc. vic mi. imoo ...... ? he is gone and it will be hard to fill his place. . :| We desire to take this means of 'ex- pressing oar very great appreciation for the work he has done and as we cannot have hfm any longer we send with him our very best wishes for his' success and happiness and the assur-. : ance that the boys of 106 will never forget him who has been a friend and brother in this, the newest and great- -3? est experience we have nad' in life. ' " ill And he was going so fast that he. was unable to tell whether the pants iff behind him were his own or the dog's. .1 -? V" M I I tn riowers " * liifl .M t-'Q this year, with flowers?a j C / tantcjty. , . K Florist, Inc., 8 J-'"'w Charlotte's Flowerphones 441-442 del [ oiin/lru - uauiiui y Main Office - S.j f Mecklenburg Hotel >posite City Hall > 110 and 111 [ & BRUNS i>gl Jen and Engravers : WM 'E 8X1 jfflSI ' xlsSJ Watchea, Elgin, Waltham In NOBket Watches In All Grades. * diamond Jewelry
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