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“HARRY T. BURLEIGH, CREATOR OF GENUINE AMERICAN MUSIC” This is the caption of a most com plimentary and well-deserved article in the December number of The Mu sical Observer under the heading “In teresting New Publications of the Month, Reviewed by James Harold.” The article contains a fine half-tone of Mr. Burleigh and also of Miss Christine Miller whose singing of Mr. Burleigh's compositions in her recent recital at Aeolian Hall created such a favorable impression. That musicians of the Colored race, who are producing works of merit are coming into their own to the extent that the leading musical journals of the country are taking notice of their work is not only gratifying, but is a most hopeful sign of the times, which should encourage all of our race who may be talented in any line to strive diligently for efficiency and profi ciency which, however slow in coming, must eventually compel recognition. Here is the article as published m The Musical Observer: “No matter how frequently I hear H. T. Burleigh’s setting of an old Negro melody, ‘Deep River,’ the pathos and expressive power of this music never fails to impress me. Mu sic of this kind, originally imbued as it seems to be with the innermost feeling and yearning of the Colored race, has taken on an entirely differ ent expressive character with treat ment such as Burleigh has given it. It strikes a sympathetic note with all listeners, and the tenderness of its appeal is quite irresistible. It has been sung in public by a large num ber of our most prominent singers, and a particularly strong impression was created by Miss Christine Miller when she sang it at her recent recital in Aeolian Hall on October 31st. Mr. Burleigh’s gradual development and rise from the most obscure sur roundings is very remarkable. He is a self-made musician in every sense of the word, and the sacrifices he had to undergo in order to gain a musical education would have halted any but *hc most enthusiastic and ambitious lovers of the art. He has toured Europe and America as a concert bar itone, and has won considerable praise for bis gifts as a singer. But it is the unusual merit and expressive force of his songs that given him his world-wide reputation. Some of his best known songs, in addition to ‘Deep River,’ as published by G. Ri cordi and Co., New York, are ‘Love’s Garden,’ ‘Jean,’ his earlier successes, and such of his art songs as the cycle of five ‘Saracen Songs,’ ‘Pas sionable,’ ‘Memory,’ ‘A Prayer,’ The Grey Wolf,’ ‘Ethiopia Saluting the Colors,’ ‘One Year,’ and ‘The Young Warrior.’ ” It will be of interest to the readers of The Monitor to learn that “The Young Warrior” has been officially adopted by the imperial government as the war song of the Italian army. NEXT TUESDAY IS YOUR VOTING DAY (Continued From First Page) electric light and current you use in your home or place of business there is only one thing for you to do and that is to go to the polls next Tues day, December 6, and vote to ratify the street-lighting contract. Put it up to your neighbor to do the same. This is a very important matter. We are sure that readers of The Monitor, so many of whom are home owners and users of electric light and current will see the advantage of going to the polls Tuesday and voting for the con tract. It means money in your pocket. SOUTH SIDE. (Mrs. Lulu Thornton, Correspondent) Mrs. Lydia Gray, aged 50, died at her residence, 4409 South Seventeenth street, last Sunday. She is survived by her husband and two sons. The remains were shipped to Des Moines Tuesday by Jones and Chiles. riease get your subscription money ready for our collector. The Monitor needs it. Dan Desdunes’ Orchestra, Webster 710, 2516 Burdette St.—Adv. NEWS OF BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH The Mission Circle is holding a rummage sale at Twenty-sixth and N streets. Thanksgiving dinner was served in connection with the sale. The Rev. Dr. York, of New York, will speak at 3 o’clock Sunday after noon at which time six candidates wdll be baptized. A party was given by the Young Men’s Club Friday night at the resi dence of Mrs. Hilton. The evening ,vas pleasantly spent with games and music. ANTICS CF PURE GLYCERIN. This Queer Substance Is Endowed With Peculiar Properties. One of the great advantages of glyc erin In Its chemical employment Is the fact that It neither freezes nor evap orates under any ordinary tempera ture. No perceptible loss by evaporation has been detected at a temperature less than 200 degrees F., but if heated intensely it decomposes with a smell that few persons find themselves able to endure. It burns with a pale flame, similar . > that from alcohol, if heated to about 300 degrees and then ignited. Its nouevaporative qualities make the compound of much use as a vehicle for holding pigments and colors, as in Btninplng and typewriter ribbons, car bon papers and the like. If the pure glycerin be exposed for a long time to a freezing temperature it crystallizes with the appearance of sugar candy, but these crystals being once melted it is almost an Impossi bility to get them again into the con gealed state. If a little water be added to the glycerin no crystallization will take place, though under a sufficient degree of cold the water will separate and form crystals, amid which the glycerin will remain In its natural state of fluidity. If suddenly subjected to in tense cold pure glycerin will form a gummy mass which cannot be entirely hardened or crystallized. Altogether it is quite a peculiar sub stance. The Tibetans. The Tibetans are not beautiful. How could they be when by their own con fession the national ancestry runs back to the king of the monkeys and a hobgoblin? Bonvalot says of them, “The very bears are better looking.” The type is midway between the Eskimo and the Chinese. Broad, flat noses, without visible bridge; no eyebrows, wide mouths, full lips, oily skins, hair as coarse and straight as horsehair and short, square, ungainly figures—these are the elements of the unpleasing pic ture. Real, Nevertheless. “What is the political difference,” in quired the man from back home, “be tween the citizen who is about to vote and the citizen who has already vot» *d?” “A mere distinction of terms,” re sponded Congressman Hammfatt “The one who is about to vote is a good fol low, while be whose bullot already has been cast is a good thing.”—Richmond Tlmes-Dispatch. Reliable South Side Merchants THE CHICAGO BARGAIN STORE , * ; 4824 South Twenty-fourth Street. ...... j j " EVERYTHING FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WHY PAY HIGH PRICES i When you can buy seasonable and dependable merchandise at old prices. Everything guaranteed or money refunded. 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