The Spokane woman. [volume], October 14, 1926, Page 9, Image 9

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Thursday, October 14, 1926
The Woman’s Home Companion
Sketches of Spokane Men Who Are Husbands of Women
Actively Identified With the Club and Social
Life of the City
GUSTAVE FORET
By LUCY M. ROBINSON
Several noted musicians came from
Olmutz, the historic town in the Prov
ince of Moravia, where Gustave Foret
was born. Maria Jeritza, whose love
ly voice is known to all the world, was
a friend of his childhood, and on more
than one occdsion they sang together
in the children’'s operas that were part
of the town’s musical life. In that
country they say that when a child is
born the father offers it a violin and
a piece of money, and that its future
career is decided by the baby’s choice;
if it reaches for the violin it will be
a musician, and, so tradition holds,
if it takes the money it will be a bank
er or a thief!
“What if the child grasps them
both?”. “Well,” Mr. Foret laughed,
“maybe he will be a musician just
the same, for we have to live the
same as anybody else!” Out of that
romantic part of the world come a
great many of our finest musicians-
Bohemia, Austria—all those soft syl
lables that sound so far away to
American ears—their people seem to
be born with a song on their lips or
in their souls.
Mr. Foret has a very democratic
idea, in the music he is preparing
to offer to all the people of Spokane
through the Spokane Concert Orches
tra, which will begin a series of con
certs on October 17. Music, he be
lieves, is as essential to our daily lives
as anything else, and he wants to have
the music he gives available to every
body, to all that big audience of mu
sical students that undoubtedly exist
in the city, with programs that will
appeal to all. It is just an experiment,
he says, to find out what the Spokane
audience really wants. He is young
enough to enjoy an experiment, and
is hoping to see a big combined chorus
and concert orchestra here, as another
interesting thing.
Service in the Austrian army, and a
short sojourn in Poland under the Rus
sian Bolshevik army have been part
of a varied and interesting career.
Stories of the Red armies, as we hear
them in America, have been grossly
exaggerated, he says. The Jews, in
Poland, have been much better treat
ed than in hundreds of years before,
and while discipline of the civilian
population was strict under Bolshevik
rule, it was no hardship to a young
man fresh from years in the army of
Austria. We cannot visualize, over
here, the long centuries of oppres
sion, of no emotional outlet whatever,
back of the Russian mind, and so we
THE SPOKANE WOMAN
cannot realize the release that the
Russian is trying to secure for the life
of ideas as well as the physical body,
in his country. Mrs. Lenin, Mr. Forest
says, is a socialist in the truest sense
of the word, spending her life in se
curing schools and culture for the
children of Russia.
During a period when Mr. Foret was
with the Court Symphony of Belgrade,
Servia, Mr. Foret was married. Mrs.
Foret shares his devotion to music,
but they have many other interests.
Reading, and especially poetry—sports
of all kinds—he has played soccer
football a good deal-—all the outdoor
sports keep people human, he says,
and help them have a better perspec
tive on their work. Incidentally, he
speaks five languages beside English
and reads Russian.
Churches
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-—Second
avenue and Lincoln street. John New
ton Garst, D. D., minister. Church
gervices, 11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.;
church school, 9:45 a. m.; B. Y. P. U,
6:45 p. m. Dr. Garst's subject for 11
a. m., Sunday, October 17, will be
“Now Concerning the Offering,” and
the theme for 7:45 will be the fifth
commandment, “Honor Thy Father
and Thy Mother.”
PACIFIC AVENUE CHRISTIAN—
W. E. Adams, pastor. 11 a. m., “We
Are Members, Are We Christians?”;
8 p. m, “Is There Any Such Thing as
Salvation? If so, What Is It?" The
Christian Endeavor Society is being
reorganized. Dean Patrick of Spo
kane University has taken a new class
of young men in the Sunday School.
Plans for a young people's chorus are
under way,
ALL SAINTS' CATHEDRAL—Serv
ices for Sunday October 10, 1926.
Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. Holy
Communion, 8:00 a. m. Church School,
9:45 a. m. Morning Service and Ser
‘mon, 11:00 a, m. Evening Prayer and
Sermon, 7:30 p. m.
CHURCHES OF CHRIST, SCI
ENTIST--First church, Fourth and
Post. Second church, Indiana and
Post. Services are held in these
churches at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Sub
ject, “Doctrine of Atonement.” Golden
text, Romans 5:1. Responsive read
ing: John 10:1-3, 7-10, 14-16.
The Annual Mass meeting of Sun
day School workers will be held in
the Central Chritian church next Sun
day, at 3 p. m. Bishop Cross of the Epis
copal church, Dr. T. M. Jeffry of the
Central Methodist, and Mr. G. W. Sum
mer of the First Presbyterian church
will be speakers.
The Carrie Barge group of the Wom
en's Home Missionary society of the
Central Methodist church will meet
at the home of Mrs. J. D. Ellis, 51022
Cedar street, at 12:30 p. m. tomorrow.
The May Leonard Woodruff group
will meet at the home of Mrs. C. E.
Eggleston, N 2407 Hamilton street, at
2 p. m. Topic, “Our Possessions.”
The Womanless Wedding to be
staged by men of the Central Method
ist on Tuesday evening is attracting
much curious interest. Admission is
by card only.
National Organization of
Indian Women Sponsored
Spokane may be the mother chap
ter of a national organization of In
dian women, as the Eagle Feathers
Club recently formed here grows into
prominence wherever Indian women
may be organized. Mrs. J. M. Simp
son, who was adopted as parliamen
tary adviser by the local club, has
been working on a local and national
constitution with the Eagle Feathers
officers, for several weeks. The club
is meeting today in the Northwestern
Social Hall, 8317 Howard street, to
go forward with this work.
Mrs. N. W. Durham is educational
adviser, Miss Gladys Thompson is
home economics adviser of the club,
Dean Rhoda White, official sponsor,
and Dr., Frances E. Rose medical ad
viser. Miss Jimmie Lane has assisted
the Indian women with their business
affairs. Mrs, Mary Lloyd is president
of the club.
Questers Discuss Education
Education was the topic for discus
sion at the regular meeting of the
Questers, October 8, at the home of
Mrs. W. O. Wisner.
Miss Nelle Wilson, vocational guide
at North Central, gave a talk on vo
cational guidance, its place in the pres
ent school system and what they
hoped to accomplish.
Mrs. Roy Redfield had a paper on
“The Modern Trend of Education,”
discussing the new aims of education
and the intelligence tests.
Club guests were Miss Alice Gun
ning and Mrs. Goettals.
The next weeting will be a 1 o'clock
luncheon at the home of Mrs. Louis
R. Harney, W#44B Twenty-fourth ave
nue, the topic for discussion be ng
the fall elections.
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OBSERVERS’ CLUB MEETS
The meeting of the Observers Club
scheduled for Tuesday was postponed
for one week, owing to the death of
Edward Rowland, father of Mrs. W.
F. Binge, who was the club’s first
president. At the luncheon next Tues
day Mrs. R, J. Zell will preside as pro
gram chairman, presenting a motion
picture dealing with the history and
development of the films. Mrs. J. R.
Porterfield is to talk of the early pic
tures, with a review of one of the
first. Mrs. George Carlson will bring
the history up to date, and sketch one
of the newest films. Roll call will be
answered by names of favorite picture
plays, with the star, and the reasons
for preference.
Mrs. C. T. Goodsell will sing, ac
companied by Mrs. E. E. Loffler, and a
violin solo by Miss Florence Water
house will complete the program.
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